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The Greeks knew the importance of grief and rebirth. The Phoenix, a mythical bird, had to be consumed by fire; only then could a new bird rise from the ashes.

On Yom Kippur Jews honor grief and mourning by saying Kaddish, a prayer for the dead, a way of saying goodbye to loved ones and remembering the good of those lost.

After 44 years I shall say Kaddish for a marriage that died and a husband who no longer exists for me.

When I met him, his sadness was a magnet to me. I fell madly in love. Full of youthful dreams and optimism, my mission in life was to make him happy.

He was attracted by my vitality and my liveliness. He said he married me because he felt I "would make a good wife and mother." I fulfilled his expectations.

We married in 1960. He was God¹s gift to me. I loved my life as wife and mother. I was so happy and energized, he said to me, "Everything you do, you do with such a passion."

In midlife, however, he underwent a drastic personality change. The man whom I admired, respected and adored started to die a little at a time. He was angry and depressed; his spirit withered. His reaction to my vitality became "Simmer down, your exuberance is a trial to me." I was expected to mirror his moods. Our relationship became an emotional straitjacket. His demeanor was the same on the outside but the inner man had changed, much like the man in Oscar Wilde's "The Picture of Dorian Gray."

After 44 years the marriage is over. That man I¹d loved so dearly is gone. I hear the lyrics, "How could a love that was so right go wrong?" And I remember how wonderful our marriage once was.

Like many others, I was glued to the TV for certain Olympic events.  I enjoyed the phenomenal speed in some of the running events, the beauty of the gymnasts, and I definitely have to go and see my dentist as a result of grinding my teeth during the tense moments of the women’s soccer games between the USA and Germany, and the USA and Brazil.

Apostle Paul was very familiar with the Olympic Games and he often uses athletic terms in describing the Christian walk.  To the Corinthian church, also familiar with the Olympic Games, he writes:

“Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one gets the prize?  Run in such a way as to get the prize.  Everyone who competes in the games goes into strict training.  They do it to get a crown that will not last; but we do it to get a crown that will last.  Therefore, I do not run like a man running aimlessly; I do not fight like a man beating the air.  No, I beat my body and make it my slave so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified.”  1 Cor. 9:24-27.

The saddest thing at the Olympics was to see athletes being disqualified.  Some athletes received the gold medal and then they were disqualified because they had not played according to the rules.  They broke the rules by taking performance enhancing substances that were forbidden.   The USA 400 hundred meters rally had some of the fastest women runners.  They failed to follow the rules in passing the baton.  It was passed from one person to another outside of the space allowed for the exchange.  Tears came down the checks of both runners.  They knew that they were disqualified.  One small mistake disqualified them.

In the history of the church we encounter the term “atleta Cristi”.  It was a term given to those people who were committed to run the Christian race in order to win the prize. 

Writing to the Galatian Church, Paul is admonishing them to run the race.  “You were running a good race.  Who cut in on you and kept you from obeying the truth?”  Gal 5:7 Paul submits his own race to other people who have spiritual authority in the church.  “Fourteen years later I went again to Jerusalem, this time together with Barnabas.  I took also Titus with me.  I went in response to a revelation and set before them the gospel that I preach among the Gentiles.  But I did this privately to those who seemed to be the leaders, for fear that I was running or had run my race in vain.”  Gal. 2:1-2.

The concept of running the race in our churches is becoming more and absent.  In many Catholic churches people arrive at Mass late and leave early.  The adage is that the most dangerous place to be on Sunday morning is in front of a Catholic Church because they are in such a hurry to leave the church.  The Protestants boast that their members know their Bibles.  Yet there is a drastic decrease in Bible studies and in Sunday School attendance.  For some, Sunday School classes are too early on Sundays.  For some Bible Studies are too late in the evening, interfering with their favorite TV shows or other evening activities.

Paul was afraid of being disqualified from the race after he trained so hard.  He was afraid that he might do something that would cause God to consider him unfit for the crown.

During the Olympic Games I listened about the rigorous regimentation that the athletes are undergoing.  They start at a young age.  They submit themselves to coaches that are often very harsh.  They train for long hours – sometimes 12 hours per day.  Their families move from one corner of the country to another in order to train with internationally known coaches.  They forsake friends in order to get the best training that is available.  And all of this as Paul says, for a crown that will not last.

I listen to people in the church who often are opting for the minimum that they should do to fulfill their obligation as Christians.  They describe regular Sunday church attendance as one or two Sundays per month, they describe tithing as giving between one to two percent of their income, they describe marital faithfulness as having had only one affair, they excuse their viewing of internet pornography because they are “red-blooded American males”.  These are not the spiritual athletes that Paul is talking about.  In fact, I think these are the situations over which Paul is warning us that we will be disqualified.

As Paul is coming to the end of his life, he writes to Timothy:  “I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.  Now there is in store for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award me on that day – and not only to me, but also to all who have longed for his appearing.”  2 Tim. 4:7-8.

Are you in training as an athlete for the Kingdom of God?  Are you running according to the rules?  Are you looking forward to the appearing of the righteous Judge because you know that He will give you the prize?

THE WARRIOR CANDIDATE AND THE EUROPEAN CONNECTION

This week I read that two-thirds of Europeans want John Kerry to be our next president. The data came from a survey of 35 countries. The same survey also showed that 58% of Europeans prefer the USA not to have strong leadership (unless, of course, Americans should again need to storm the beaches at Normandy or perform some other heroic actions to save European hides).

Well, I thought, that’s it. Mr. Bush is toast. How can Americans possibly elect him, knowing that Europeans prefer his opponent? Surely, we wouldn’t oppose their wishes. Mr. Kerry is the European dream candidate. They love him (and his hair). We simply can’t disappoint them.

In the early 1960s, on a Presidential visit to Europe, First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy dazzled the French with her chic looks (ooh-la-la Jackie!) and her finishing school French. For his part, Mr. Kennedy stood near the Berlin Wall and famously declaimed to a cheering crowd, “Ich bin ein Berliner” – i.e., “I am a jelly donut” – not realizing that “Berliner” was the local idiom for the city’s favorite snack. Luckily, he wasn’t in Vienna, where he might have said, “Ich bin ein Wiener” (“I am a hot dog”) or in Frankfurt – “Ich bin ein Frankfurter” (presumably kosher).

All this occurred when Mr. Kennedy was in office – not during the 1960 campaign. Mr. Kennedy had the grace to keep his campaign focus entirely inside the country and on the present moment. He did not wander, retrospectively, back to the Solomon Islands, circa 1943, when his torpedo boat, PT-109, was rammed and sunk by a Japanese destroyer. (During that episode, Mr. Kennedy evidently acted heroically and showed genuine leadership in effecting the rescue of his men.) Although he wrote a book about his experiences, Mr. Kennedy made no mention of his military service when he ran for president. Actually, being a veteran was not a big deal at the time.

In 1960, nearly every American male around Mr. Kennedy’s age had served in World War II. Post-war Presidents Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, Ford, Reagan, and George H. W. Bush were all World War II veterans. Mr. Eisenhower was Supreme Commander of the European Theater, but all others held relatively junior rank. Only Mr. Reagan did not serve overseas. Both Mr. Kennedy and Mr. Bush distinguished themselves by gallantry in combat. (Mr. Truman served in World War I; Mr. Carter was a veteran of the Korean War.)

No presidential candidate in living memory has made such a production of his war service as John Kerry. I offer no opinion on the veracity of his claims of heroism during his four months of service. But I will say that the controversy which has arisen from those claims – including the counter-charges from the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth – derive entirely from Mr. Kerry’s own touting of his service. His ostentatious “salute” and declaration that he was “reporting for duty”, at the start of his acceptance speech, was a gauntlet thrown down to thousands of veterans who still resent his post-service peace activism. (He was formally honored by North Vietnam for it.) Most galling to veterans was his 1971 testimony to the Congress, when he accused American soldiers of widespread atrocities and unspeakable crimes in the field. Mr. Kerry would have been well advised to let lie the sleeping dogs of war.

Beyond these contentious military issues, no presidential candidate before Mr. Kerry has invoked the preference of foreign peoples as an argument for his own election. The idea would have been laughable in earlier times, and I believe it should be laughable now. Most Americans ask who gives a flying finkelmeyer what the French or the Germans or the Swiss think about our elections and our candidates. Yet Mr. Kerry continues to believe this will carry weight with the American people and will convince middle-of-the-road voters to support him. I think he and the Democratic Party are in for a big surprise on this.

But our current sensitivity to what foreigners think of our electoral process now extends even farther than to which candidate is preferred by which countries. I say this because 2004 will be the first election in American history to be actually overseen by foreign election monitors – as though we were a third-world country that cannot be trusted to hold fair and correct elections.

In an article entitled, “Imported Election Monitors” (Washington Times, 9/12/04), Thomas Kilgannon, President of Freedom Alliance – a foundation dedicated to preserving American sovereignty – reveals the facts behind this amazing story:

Mr. Kilgannon describes how Representative Eddie Bernice Johnson, Texas Democrat (joined by ten of her House colleagues), wrote to UN Secretary-General Kofi Aman requesting that he send election observers from the UN to monitor our November elections. In that letter Rep. Johnson asked for help to prevent “questionable practices and voter disenfranchisement”. Observes Mr. Kilgannon:

“Though the United States is the greatest example of representative democracy the world has ever seen, some federal officials, sworn to protect and defend the Constitution, believe foreigners are more qualified to police our elections than our own countrymen.”

Fortunately, Secretary-General Aman rejected the Congresspersons’ request on the technicality that the monitors had not been requested by the USA’s head of state. Undaunted by this setback, they sent the identical request to Secretary of State Colin Powell. The Secretary immediately invited the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) to send crack teams of French, German or Bulgarian poll watchers to observe our November elections.

Mr. Kilgannon continues:

“Ignoring the obvious inexperience of many OSCE member-states to monitor U.S. elections, Rep. Johnson glibly applauded the State Department decision: ‘The presence of monitors will assure Americans that America cares about their votes.’

“…spreading conspiracy theories that an election was ‘stolen’ and no institution of American government is capable of fairly monitoring election results is unworthy of a member of the House of Representatives. Still bitter from the Democrats' loss in 2000, [Miss Johnson] and her colleagues [will] sell U.S. sovereignty for petty electoral gains.

“International election monitors will be watching over your shoulder when you cast your vote...”

At my age I’m not shocked by much, but this report left even me gasping for air. Exactly what authority Mr. Powell thinks he has for this action is not clear to me. Mr. Kilgannon wonders if “…somebody over at Foggy Bottom misread the Constitution. It is the ‘states’, not the ‘State Department’ by which our federal elections are run.”

What I do know is that polling places in Virginia are absolutely off limits to any non-Virginian on Election Day. Even a Virginian not registered to vote in my county has no legitimate business at our polls. Certainly no foreigner should be found anywhere near any American polling place on November 2, no matter who “invited” him. Every citizen should be incensed by such a prospect and demand that their election officials bar any foreign “monitors” from the places where American citizens are voting.

Elections are a very serious matter for our Republic – far too serious to let foreign voyeurs loiter about where our votes are being cast. Indeed, given the reports on foreigners’ publicized preference for Mr. Kerry, how can we even trust them? Who will monitor them? And just when did Mr. Powell become the Supreme Poobah of our elections?

On election day, I shall challenge the presence of anyone at the polls who looks out of place. I urge all citizens to do the same. This globalist intrusion must be nipped in the bud.

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WINDOWS ON RED BANK by Daniel Murphy, Jr. Danny's Steak House daniel@ahherald.com

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HOMELESS IN RED BANK

Homeless in Red Bank

I am sure all towns and cities throughout the country have had there share of homeless people living on the streets. There are also the characters that are present in the town that are the more hapless with mental illness or alcohol related issues. Red Bank is no exception. Many think that this is new problem erupting in the last couple of years, in my memory it goes back to my childhood.

In most novels about small towns there is always the town drunk or the slightly twisted individuals that wander the town and is known but unknown to most citizens. Our town was no exception to this observation of American small towns and cities. In this story I am trying to recall the names and more comical incidents of some of those hapless individuals that lived in Red Bank. Most have died or disappeared to area health centers others are still with us. Most I know only by first or street names.

Rodney was an alcoholic that lived in an about Red Bank for about 15 years. He had a “Cliff” from Cheers way of talking and a mentally to match when he was sober. He did odd jobs around town to earn money. I remember one time when he was hired to paint the luncheonette, Gus’s I believe it was, at the corner of Monmouth and Bridge, now a Mexican restaurant. He was using a roller on the outside of the building when it started to rain. He continued to paint as the rain poured down. As the paint ran down his arm I walked up to him and said, “Rodney it is raining, you should stop painting.” With that he turned his head to me and said, “It's okay…it is a water base paint.” I stopped laughing a short time later and left the scene watching him continue to work, the paint now running down his side on to his shoes. Rodney died from exposure in the Blaisdell Lumber Yard a year or later, he was in his forties.

As a young adult I remember the “push cart lady.” I believe her name was Bella and you would see her walking all over the area pushing a grocery cart. What freaked me out a couple of times was seeing her in Red Bank at 11:00 AM and then seeing her in front of Edie’s coming back from the direction of Fair Haven. This time distance lapse occurred a number of times. For the life of me I could not figure out how she got around so fast. It was years later that I learned she had a twin sister or sister that dressed and push a cart around the same way she did.

One of the most notorious for years in Red Bank was Willie. He was a young black man with multiple mental and drinking problems. He was harmless except for the fact that he was a pack rat. He would set up house anywhere he could, in an alley, in a deserted garage or house and spend all day and night picking up “things” in the nationhood and bringing them to his “house.”

One time he found his way into a deserted house and garage behind the Anderson Building. He filled every inch of the house and garage with stuff he picked up around town to the point where you could not walk through either building. It took the owner days and 3 forty yard container to clean them out. On another occasion he came down Bridge Ave with a shopping cart. In it was a full 8 foot red wood picnic table with both benches all balanced straight up in the air. When I asked him where he got that his answer was always the same….”I found it in the garbage.”

Most of his food he got from the dumpsters behind WAWA or the area restaurants. He would store this “food” where ever he set up house. Living  in box on White Street. He had a TV plugged into an outside outlet on the side of the building complete with lounge chair. The most outrageous stunt I ever saw him pull was one day he came down the middle of Bridge Ave. pulling trailer with a 16 foot Boston Whaler complete with outboard engine. I called the police and of course when asked where he got the boat…..”in the garbage.” Actually it belonged to the Schwartz car lot and was parked a little to close to the dumpster….ergo Willie got it.

Willie has disappeared in the last couple of years…maybe he found a car parked a little to close to a dumpster and decided to leave us for a while. In a story in the AHherald.com published on June 28, 2001 titled “The River Men” I wrote about a man I called Smithy his name was actually Chub Chandler I found out just recently. It was a story about growing up in Red Bank and one of our local characters. You can find it at www.AHHerald.com under windows on Red Bank in the Archives sections.

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SPOTLIGHT ON KEANSBURG by Patrick Pecora Keansburg Councilman

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KEANSBURG 2005 BUDGET, SUSPENDED OFFICERS BACK TO WORK AND NO ACTION TAKEN ON BOROUGH MANAGER POSITION

On Thursday evening 9/9/04, there was yet another a special meeting of the Keansburg Borough Council. This special meeting began at 5:30 PM. Though there were not many items on the official agenda for the meeting, it turned into a very busy meeting indeed. At the start of the meeting, the agenda showed only two resolutions and one ordinance for action. Again, as with previous meetings by the end of the meeting two more resolution were added for action by the council. After approval of the ordinance and before any other action the council went into executive session.

First, I want to mention that the hearing officer finally made his recommendations because of the suspension hearings for the three officers from our town. Two of the three officers were reinstated. One can never be and internal affairs officer again and the second received a 30 day suspension. The hearing officers recommendation upheld the termination of the chief. Of course, these recommendations will now go to the Merit Board for a final decision. The attorneys involved in the case have 13 days to file exceptions to the recommendation of the hearing officer. After that, the Merit Board has up to 45 days to finalize the decision.

The reason I mentioned the hearing officers recommendations is because at this past council meeting after a long executive session the council decided to let the two officers return to work. One of the added resolutions to the agenda I mention above was resolution 164 that allows two of the suspended officers to return to work pending final resolution by the Merit Board. Resolution #164 passed by a vote of three in favor, one opposed and one abstention. I will say that I was the lone vote in opposition because I just felt it would have been better to wait for the results from the merit board. Three other councilpersons did not see it that way.

During other action in this meeting, the council tabled resolution number 161, again after the lengthy executive session. This resolution would have resulted in the appointment of a new Borough Manager. The vote to table this resolution was unanimous.

Resolution 162 is titled Designation of a new school site. This was a request by the New Jersey Schools Construction corporation basically seeking the town feelings on a proposed school site. The site could be the big lot on the corner of Raritan and Beachway but it does not mean it is definite still at this point. This resolution passed with four affirmative votes and one abstention.

The final resolution I will mention here was resolution #163 that was the introduction of our 2005 budget. The budget had to be introduced at this time in order to meet a September 15 filing deadline for state aid. This introduction was approved by a margin of three in favor and two opposed. There are many items in this budget that have increased tows spending by more then a million dollars over the budget from the previous year. When asked the auditors stated if this budget was adopted in the current form it would result in a tax increases of 46 cents. I do want to point out that this budget as introduced is only a working document. I hope that between now and final approval the numbers will be changed. There will be a series of council meetings for the purposes of budget review and meeting with department heads over the next several weeks. These meetings are open to the public. I will try to present more information on the introduced budget in a future article.

There was one other action item on the agenda and it was ordinance 1368 which will allow the borough to increase the budget cap for certain items from 2.5% to 3.5% for the next budget cycle. Currently our budget is approaching the 2.5% cap and by next year the new auditors feel we will need the cap extension. This cap extension allows for increased spending on items within the capped portion of the budget. The ordinance was approved by a vote of 3 affirmative and 2 opposed.

During the public portion, the council voted four to one to impose a 5 minute time limit on speakers. Six residents spoke during the public portion on a variety of issues.

Upcoming Council meetings.

For the month of September, there is one regularly scheduled meeting of the Keansburg Borough Council. The regular meeting will be on Wednesday 9/22 at 6 PM. There will most likely be a series of budget review special meetings over the next two months. As usual, all meetings will be held in the Borough Council Chambers at Keansburg Borough Hall.

Upcoming town events and announcements.

Keansburg Museum Fifth Anniversary Celebration: On 9/19 from 3 to 6 PM the Keansburg Historical Society will celebrate the fifth anniversary of the opening of the Keansburg Museum. There will be an open house that day at the historical society and museum building on Carr Avenue and that section of the street will be closed for a celebration to include activities for children, some food and a band for entertainment. I hope everyone in town will make an effort to come down to see what the Keansburg Museum has to offer about the history of our town. Please help spread the word about this event by telling all of your friends, relatives and neighbors.

Reminders.

The new Keansburg Waterfront Public Library has a web site however like our library you may find that some of the site is still under construction at this time. However, I wanted to remind everyone of the library web site. The address is: www.keansburglibrary.us.  This web site has been built and is maintained by the members of our library committee and the volunteers.

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GORDON BISHOP ON THE ISSUES by Gordon Bishop Syndicated Columnist gordon@ahherald.com

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KERRY NAVY MEDALS INVESTIGATED BY PENTAGON

The Navy Department is investigating how Senator John Kerry received five decorations in only four months of combat in the Vietnam War.

The Pentagon’s Inspector General has contacted the Secretary of the Navy about Kerry’s three Purple Hearts and Silver and Bronze stars.

The Navy Department responded to a formal complaint filed August 18 by Judicial Watch in Washington, D.C., the nation’s only nonprofit legal “watchdog” that investigates and prosecutes government corruption and abuse.

The Judicial Watch complaint called for an “investigation, determination and final disposition of the awards granted to Lieutenant JG John Forbes Kerry, U.S. Naval Reserve.”

On August 31, Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton called upon Senator Kerry to “remove the Silver Star citation from his political campaign Internet website, pending a review of the granting of the award by the U.S. Navy.”

Fitton said Kerry’s political Internet site displays a document listing a “Silver Star with Combat ‘V.”

The Combat “V” device is “is never awarded with the nation’s third highest award for heroism,” Fitton said.

A U.S. Navy spokesman said: “The Navy has never issued a “a Combat V” to anyone for a Silver Star.”

Former Navy Secretary John Lehman was quoted with respect to the Silver Star citation, saying: “It is a total mystery to me. I never saw it. I never signed it. I never approved it. And the additional language it contains was not written by me.”

Kerry filed his own applications for the three Purple Hearts and Silver and Bronze Stars, according to the Navy. Normally, the commanding officer of a Naval unit files such applications. Three Purple Hearts allowed Kerry to leave before his full tour of duty was completed.

Judicial Watch commented, “We hope this is the beginning of an actual investigation of the legitimacy of Senator Kerry’s awards by the Navy and the Pentagon.”

At the same time, Americans For Truth About Kerry is petitioning Kerry to file a simple one-page SF-180 federal form to release all of his military records.

Kerry has released some of his war records, but more than 100 pages in the Navy Department file have been blocked by Kerry, including his medical records, according to Gary Aldrich, former FBI agent and founder of the Patrick Henry Center for Individual Liberty.

President George W. Bush has released the information in his files about his service in the Texas Air National Guard. Bush received an “Honorable Discharge” when he left the Navy Reserves.

Kerry supporters are now accusing Bush of not completing his full service requirements. Bush has the support of his commanding officers in the Navy reserves, who said Bush had more than enough “points” on his record to satisfy his requirements for an Honorable Discharge.

Kerry supporters are trying to portray Bush as the son of a then Texas Congressman who used his political clout to get his son in and out of the Air National Guard. Both Bushes then went on to become Presidents of the United States.

President George W. Bush is letting his Navy record speak for itself during the controversial Vietnam War years.

More importantly, Bush took the high road by commending Kerry for his “honorable” duty in Vietnam during his four-month tour on a Navy Swiftboat.

In response, Kerry accused Bush of not condemning the 64 Swiftboat Vietnam veterans who are attacking Kerry for his role as the leader of the anti-Vietnam War movement.

Kerry described his former Vietnam veterans as “war criminals” who committed unspeakable “atrocities” on the Vietnamese. Here’s what Kerry said, under oath, to Congress in 1971 while still a Navy officer:

“(American troops) had personally raped, cut off ears, cut off heads, taped wires from portable telephones to human genitals and turned up the power, cut off limbs, blown up bodies, randomly shot at civilians, razed villages in fashion of Genghis Kahn, shot cattle and dogs for fun, poisoned food stocks, and generally ravaged the country side of South Vietnam.”

And he admitted on television that “Yes, yes, I have committed the same kind of atrocities as thousands of other soldiers have committed.”

He also accused America of being “more guilty than any other body, of violations of the Geneva Conventions…the torture of prisoners, the killing of prisoners.” When Kerry returned to America, he led the “anti-war movement” with actress Jane “ Hanoi” Fonda, who years later apologized to the Vietnam veterans for what she had done to destroy their reputations. Kerry has yet to apologize.

That is why those who fought side-by-side with Kerry (his Swiftboats group) wrote a book and ran TV ads revealing the real Lt. John Kerry during his four-month tour of duty in Vietnam.

Kerry then threatened to sue the publisher of the Swiftboat vets book, “Unfit to Command,” and the television stations running the Swiftboat ads. What is Kerry afraid of – the truth?

Kerry and his campaign staff have so far failed to find any proof or evidence of any Bush involvement in the Swiftboat book and TV ads.

“Unfit to Command” is the number one best-selling book in America.

Bush is currently leading in the polls by double-digit numbers.

(Gordon Bishop, a national award-winning author, historian and syndicated columnist, is New Jersey’s first “Journalist-of-the-Year” – 1986/New Jersey Press Association.)

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OLD OAK TRAIL by Joe Reynolds AH Environmental Commission Member joe@ahherald.com

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FOOD FOR THOUGHT  by Mark R. Vogel Contact : mark@ahherald.com

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POPEYE'S SECRET WEAPON

Spinach may have provided Popeye with superhuman strength, but its real life potential is far less lofty. In fact, its nutritional reputation is somewhat inflated. Spinach contains oxalic acid which inhibits the absorption of its calcium and iron. Moreover, it contains other nutrients that are not fully absorbed when it is consumed raw. This is not to say that spinach is not good for you. But, like many health and nutritional claims, the surface hype usually obscures the underlying scientific reality.

Spinach originated in Persia, (modern day Iran). The earliest records of its cultivation go back 2,000 years. It was introduced to China in the 600’s and to Spain around 1100. By the 16th century it was well established in Europe. The Spaniards brought it to America. Spinach was the first vegetable frozen and sold commercially. That honor goes to Clarence Birdseye in Springfield Massachusetts in 1930. Fresh spinach is available year round. California and Texas are the major growers.

There are four main types of spinach. Savoy sports crinkled, dark green leaves, Flat or Smooth-Leaf is self-descriptive, Semi-Savoy’s leaves are in-between Savoy and Flat, and Baby spinach is a smaller Flat-Leaf variety. The latter are very tender and desirable for salads. Choose spinach with crisp and vibrantly green leaves. Avoid specimens that are limp or discolored. Store it in the fridge in a bag for up to three days. Spinach can be very gritty and must be rinsed thoroughly, even the so-called “pre-washed” type sold in packages.

Despite the aforementioned encumbrance to utilizing its calcium and iron, spinach has other nutritional benefits. It contains vitamins A, C, folic acid, magnesium and potassium. Spinach is high in carotenoids, a group of substances espoused to fight cancer and perform other miracles. However, like carrots, the spinach must be cooked to optimize the absorption of the carotenoids.

My favorite way of enjoying spinach is simply to sauté it with garlic and olive oil. It’s great for salads, soups, pasta sauces, dips, or flavoring a risotto. For the latter, blanch the spinach in boiling water, wiz it in the blender and stir it into your risotto at or near the end of cooking. Spinach is very high in water. One pound of spinach will reduce to one cup cooked.

CREAMY SPINACH SOUP

2 and a half ounces of Israeli couscous, (or the pasta of your choice)
1 small to medium onion, chopped
1 hot pepper, chopped, (optional)
Salt and pepper to taste
Olive oil as needed
1-2 cloves of garlic, chopped
1 pint chicken broth
1 pound baby spinach
4 oz. heavy cream

Boil the pasta separately from the soup. While the pasta is cooking sweat the onion and hot pepper with salt and pepper in the olive oil. Do not brown the vegetables; merely soften them. Add the chicken broth and bring to a boil. Add the spinach in bunches until it all wilts. Add the cream, simmer for a few minutes and add additional salt and pepper if need be. Add the pasta and serve.

SPINACH ENCHILADAS WITH HOT PEPPER SAUCE

1 medium onion, chopped
2 jalapeno peppers, finely chopped
4 oz. mushrooms, finely chopped
Vegetable oil as needed
1 lb spinach
3 cloves garlic, chopped
Half teaspoon cumin
Half teaspoon coriander
Half teaspoon chili powder
Salt and pepper to taste
8 corn tortillas
Hot pepper sauce, (see recipe below)
1 cup shredded Monterey Jack cheese

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Sauté onion, jalapenos, and mushrooms in vegetable oil until soft. Add spinach in batches until it is all wilted adding more oil if needed. Add garlic, cumin, coriander, chili powder, salt and pepper, and cook one minute more. Set filling aside. In a separate skillet heat some vegetable oil and then dip each tortilla, one at a time, in the oil for a few seconds until it is limp. Drain it on paper towels, place some filling in it, roll it up, and then place in an oiled baking dish. When all the enchiladas are filled, cover them with sauce, sprinkle with cheese, and then bake them until the cheese is melted, about ten minutes.

HOT PEPPER SAUCE

1 cup water
1/3 cup of red wine vinegar
1-3 hot peppers, depending on heat level desired.
1 large red bell pepper
Half a small onion, chopped
2 cloves garlic, chopped
1 tablespoon paprika
1 teaspoon cumin
1 teaspoon salt

Chop the peppers, onion and garlic. Bring all the ingredients to a boil and simmer for eight minutes. Allow it to cool somewhat and then puree in a blender. Eliminate the hot peppers if you want a mild sauce. Use jalapenos for hot or habaneros for very hot.

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JOBPATH by Caroline Ceniza-Levine caroline@ahherald.com www.thinkasinc.com

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Caroline Ceniza-Levine, head of career consultancy CL Search Services, is also an adjunct professor of Professional Development at Columbia University and a career/life coach. Caroline can be reached at 212-502-8593 or at her website at www.thinkasinc.com.

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SENIOR SAVVY by Bernice Roberts email - bernice@ahherald.com

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SEVEN MINUTES THAT WILL LIVE IN INFAMY

What were you thinking, George? That is not a rhetorical question. We really want to know, “What were you thinking?

A schoolroom is agreeably a fine place for daydreaming. But not for the President of the United States when the nation is under attack. The question won’t go away. “What were you thinking . . . thinking . . . thinking for seven long minutes? The news they gave you was urgent. The second Tower got hit. Something must be done. But what? With such a catastrophic message your limbic brain must kick in, giving you a ‘fight or flight’ imperative. After all, that brain feature enabled humans to survive all these eons. It’s equivalent to ‘thinking on your feet.’

But George, you weren’t on your feet. Were you just seated or sedated? You sat for seven minutes while your expression was blank. Except for the darting eyes. The Bush guys, your apologists, said in retrospect, “He didn’t want to frighten anyone.” Well you frightened me. But more than that, I think you frightened yourself. “Where was Churlish Cheney, where was Ripsaw Rumsfeld, the two fearless action figures that you, George Bush always relied on to prop you up?” Without them you reverted to being ‘Shrub,’ as you were dubbed back in Texas early in your career.

So, were you, the ‘man in charge,’ having a full-blown panic attack? Were you paralyzed with indecision? Should you flee or should you fight? Or did you feel feckless without your two action figures, unable to do either? Now that’s real Panicsville, George. Welcome to America. This is the America we know. No job prospects, no healthcare, pension funds wiped out, 401Ks evaporated in corporate criminality, getting poorer, getting no respect. Now those are real reasons for panic attacks.

Did faking all those reasons for getting into the oilfields of Iraq help you break out of those panic attacks? Were you so thrilled with thoughts of riches beyond Texas’ wildest dreams? Did you and your action figures choose to fight Saddam Hussein instead of Osama bin Laden? Well at least you chose to fight someone at all and that helped you a lot. The real problem, George is that this nation is having a panic attack over our troops now. We want them home safely. It’s as obvious as the nose on your face that you have no plan and never did. We’re real panicky because we don’t know what you’ll choose next. Will it be fight or flight?

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NO BULL FISHING REPORT by Jay Cosgrove of Bahr's Landing Marina and Restaurant Highlands, NJ  jay@ahherald.com http://www.bahrs.com

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REPORTS OF RIVER, BAY AND OCEAN FISHING

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Big Ed's Tuna Rodeo 20041st Place-"Quarry Master"
Largest Tuna, Largest Mahi
Mike Stavola Dwayne Blessing Neal Phillips John Lyons Jack Muller Al Grover2nd Place - "Shark Byte"
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Yellowfin and Longfin Tuna trolling and chunking Hudson Canyon.3rd Place - "Karen L"
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Gus McClosky Matt McClosky Billy Pagan Rob Clark Matt McComb>>==>:>Monday Sept 13 Subject: Fish Report Hello JayAfter a couple of weeks of good Fluke fishing in Ambrose Channel we are now back fishing Raritan Reach channel. The fishing the last two days has been extremely good catches range from 4 to 7 keepers per angler plus a bunch of limit catches with pool fish in the 4 to 6 lb. range.Elaine B II Capt. StanAnnual Fall 40 Hour Striped Bass TournamentThe Hi-Mar club conducts one of the premier striped bass tournaments in North Jersey. This year's 40 hour event will run from 8 P.M. on Friday (10/22/04) to Noon on Sunday (10/24/04) at Atlantic Highlands Municipal Harbor. To find out more information about this event, just call the tournament director, Bob Kamienski at (732) 495-9210.One of the goals of the Hi-Mar striped bass tournament is to raise funds so that the club can help various local charities. For instance, Hi-Mar supports the Monmouth/Ocean County Big Brother - Big Sister Organization by providing a mid-summer fluke trip for local youngsters aboard local charter boats. The club has also adopted Camp Happiness in Leonardo, which is a home for blind men. The club members provide a personal touch for these organizations by routinely dropping off fresh fish for the residents of the home.

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LEAFNOTES by Charles Deitz charles@ahherald.com

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A BOOK, SOME TV, AND AN AFTERTHOUGHT

THE BOOK

Just One Look by Harlan Coben
Published by Penguin Group
ISBN 0-525-94791-4 (hardcover)

I have always been a sucker for the story of a simple person whose life spirals out of control.  Early Ludlum novels were a great source.  For example, “The Chancellor Manuscript” told the story of Peter Chancellor, a reporter who wrote a “what-if” scenario and presented it to a publisher.  Unfortunately, his imagination ran parallel to actual events.  Peter spent the rest of the book wondering why people were trying to kill him.  The common man stuck in an uncommon situation.  Great stuff!

Coben has tapped into the same well.  Like many of his stories, it begins with the common man, or in this case, woman.  Certain events transpire.  Within fifty or sixty pages, his or her suburban existence is trembling like a California overpass.  The dogs are loose.

In Just One Look, poor Grace Lawson did no more than retrieve some vacation photos from a typical New Jersey one stop shop.  Thumbing through them, she found an odd-ball in the pack.  It definitely was not one she had taken.  Nor was it even a product of her camera.  The processing was different and it appeared much older than the rest.

At home, she showed the curio to her husband Jack.  Remarkably, one of the subjects had a striking resemblance to her husband as a young man.  Of course, Jack denied the resemblance.  That evening he went out and never came back.  Thus begins the spiral in Grace Lawson’s life.

Some have commented that Just One Look is too complicated.  I can not agree.  Complications often arise when characters become indistinguishable.  This is not (nor is it ever) the case with Harlan Coben.  Both his external descriptions and his internal characterizations make the people who populate his stories as separate as day and night.

Again, Coben delivers. The reader can count on him for hundreds of pages of plain old-fashioned entertainment.

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SOME TV - The Story Ends

I don’t know how many fans Drew Carey had left by the time the show ended, but the two or three of us who saw the last one probably shared some remorse.  OK.  So he finally got married and had a son.  That sort of wraps it up.  But the show was in decline.  When they got rid of Christa Miller and the Winfred-Lauder store, the fans knew for whom the bell tolls.  Only they could not hear the bells over the writers desperate shouts for help.  The well had run dry.

The chemistry between Carey, Miller, Diedrich Bader and Ryan Stiles drew on a source beyond the abilities of the writers.  However, it grew thin after a few years - like the gang at Cheers.

So, like the champion horse that ran the good race then came up lame, they shot the Drew Carey Show.  A little late and a little painful, but they shot it.  Thanks guys, somebody had to do it.

AND THE AFTERTHOUGHT

Wow.  You read all the way down to here.  Or did you skip the stuff above to see what was on my mind?  OK.  If you’re with me this far, we might as well finish.

I’m not a particularly smart person.  Sure, I can guess my way out of a paper bag, but Ken Jennings has it all over me.  And his retrieval rate is phenomenal.  By the time I phrase my answer, he has blurted it out already.

But that’s all data, facts, and trivia.  How is Ken in the world of common sense?  For instance, is he stupid enough to get bogged down in the never-dying Vietnam era conflict now being foisted upon us by the Dems and Reps?

Does Ken realize that we are being treated like idiots?  Voting for Dummies!  The major parties sound like a couple of kids who have ridden in the back seat too long.  Someone should reach back and swat them.

This is our country we’re talking about.  Our economy, our security, and our future ride on the choices we make in the election.  But the parties cloud the field with smoke and mirrors.  Maybe we’re the children, easily distracted by bright lights and loud noises.

Come on you jerk politicians!  Both of you, start discussing the issues.  Ken does not care what you did thirty years ago.  Let it die.  Get back on track.  There are bigger issues here.

A long time ago, I voted for Shirley Chisholm.  There were two reasons.  First, independent thinkers should be encouraged.  Second, the major candidates were acting like jerks, like now.  So if I was going to throw my vote away, I wanted to throw it far.

I guess that’s the point of this afterthought.  Don’t let the major parties distract you from the issues.  Their cantankerous ways should not be rewarded.  Demand better. 

AND IF I HAVE TO STOP THIS CAR!

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IT'S ALL RELATIVE by Amy Shore

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TURNING 90 AND 2

It was a hot, summer day in Massachusetts, a typical one for my grandfather who now lives in a nursing home, the victim of a stroke that zapped his memory and made it difficult for him to be self-sufficient. On August 18th he awoke, got dressed, ate breakfast, and waited in the hallway for my grandmother to whom he has been married for over sixty years.

Much to his surprise, his second eldest son, my father, and my mother (who now live in Florida) were there in person to wish him a happy birthday. To no one’s surprise, he didn’t know it was his birthday, his 90th…

I remember when I was a little girl, my grandfather, Zadie I call him, used to say, “I’m going to live to be one hundred! You watch!” He’s well on his way to fulfilling that promise, only I don’t know if he will realize the milestone if and when he does celebrate one hundred years on earth.

But I will.

My Lucy will celebrate her second birthday on October 23rd. Last year she celebrated her first birthday in Guatemala with her foster family. I remember feeling great sadness and a heavy heart when I knew that she wouldn’t be home with us on her very first birthday. I hoped that her foster family celebrated the day in a special way. I even sent a package and a card hoping they would find their way to my little girl whom I had not yet met in person…

Now this year will be different.

The funny thing is, my daughter and my grandfather have a lot in common:

• They are both oblivious to what day of the week it is--what month or what year, for that matter, too.
• They both need help getting dressed, brushing their teeth, eating, and going to the bathroom.
• They require a mid-day nap to restore their energy and keep them from getting cranky.
• They need to be reminded to “be nice” and share.
• Their smiles light up a room!

…And they are loved; I adore them both with every fiber of my being.

This year I was not able to be with my grandfather to celebrate his special day, because my family and I recently moved to Texas, and my older daughter was starting junior high school that very week. I told my grandmother, my father, and my mother to tell Zadie that I love him, and that I wish him a happy birthday. Of course, whether or not they told him doesn’t matter, because without seeing my face, he won’t remember who Amy is, even if I am his oldest granddaughter and we were close throughout the years before dementia hit. The last time I visited him in the nursing home, he asked me my name…

Still, on his birthday I thought about him leaving the nursing home, a major privilege, going out to lunch with his family, eating fried seafood at one of his favorite restaurants, and enjoying a piece of cake at the end of the day. I could close my eyes and see his wrinkled face crinkled in a smile, loving the attention, being happy…

This will be the first time I am able to celebrate Lucy’s birthday with Lucy. We as a family are planning a wonderful day of fun. In the morning we’ll stroll through the zoo, pet baby animals, and maybe even feed a monkey or two some peanuts. In the afternoon we’ll take lots of pictures of Lucy eating birthday cake topped with gooey frosting. She’ll start with a fork but her hands will win out, scooping up the frosting on various fingertips and licking them, her pink tongue rejoicing in the sticky sweetness. She’ll say, “Mmmmmmm!” In the end, she will have crumbs of chocolate cake and gobs of vanilla frosting in every nook and cranny of her face and hands; a big smile from ear to ear will make it difficult for me to clean the creases in her cheeks. Most likely I will have to baby wipe her hair, too. I will kiss her when I’m finished, despite her wiggling to get free, and I will commit to memory the taste and smell of sugar on her little face.

Throughout the day we’ll sing the birthday song over and over and over again! She’ll love opening presents and playing with new toys. I’ll fuss with her curly hair, and she’ll pull out the ribbons and bows, yanking off her socks, too, when she gets the chance…

I will be beaming from ear to ear, watching my youngest daughter revel in joy and happiness on her special day. If she’s lucky, in 88 years she will celebrate her 90th like Zadie…

Each of them right now lives for the moment, the day… One or two days after each birthday celebration, neither Zadie nor Lucy will remember what they did on their special birthdays.

But I will…

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FERRY RIDER by Anne Smolenski Boiko

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THE SUMMER CROWD

For years year-round residents along the Jersey shore did whatever they could think of to encourage the arrival of summer visitors to their communities. The increase in summer income brought businesses into the black and even allowed lower taxes for year round residents. Amusement parks were developed at the train’s last stop so that summer visitors would have to stay on the train longer, thus paying a higher fare. All of these plans seemed at the time to be great ideas to increase each little town’s prosperity. However, what has happened over all these years is that when people came to the Jersey shore, they found it to be a wonderful place and eventually there was a great influx of summer and even year round residents.

During the last week of the 2004 summer season, the regular residents and boat riders were besieged with not only the last of the summers but also with those commuters who felt their normal mode of transportation would likely be upset with the arrival of the Republican Convention.

There is no doubt that the high speed commuter boats have been a good and welcome addition to shore life and have made the Jersey shore very accessible from New York. Policies of priority boarding and a ban on splitting books have been an attempt to assure commuters who travel by boat all year long that their ‘regular seats’ will be waiting for them. The boat companies have been attempting to be loyal to their customers. This policy however is not a roaring success for several reasons.

First, the laid-back atmosphere of shore life has relaxed some regular riders to the point where they think they can arrive at the last minute and everyone will wait for them.

Second, priority boarding only requires a bit larger up-front investment in a ticket book. Should a summer visitor buy a weekly, monthly or even a three-month book, he/she can use it at his/her leisure, pass it among family or friends and so long as only one person uses the book at any given time, he/she will be accorded the same preferred status as the regular, year-long commuter.

Ticket numbers could not possibly be checked against book numbers as had been proposed, that would be far too time consuming. Until the time when more boats are put on the routes and no one is left at the dock, perhaps the solution would be a ticket book that would require the crew member to rip out the ticket upon boarding. With every good solution, however, another problem arises. If that were done, then what about the rider who inadvertently leaves a ticket book in another purse or pocket. A friendly commuter then could not lend him two tickets for the day? American Express issues gold and platinum colored cards for its preferred customers. That might work.

Finally, no matter what solution is thought of or implemented, so long as the boats are an extension of the crowded conditions of City life, and there are a limited number of spaces on board, some sort of reasonable herding policy must be implemented. If there are two access doors, one could board ‘gold members’ and the second summer visitors. An additional third door leading to a wooden plank for those who insist on rude behavior would also come in mighty handy.

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POETS' LAIR by Area Poets

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BEYOND OUR BORDERS

If they’d come from their white collar projects
They could sit on our doorsteps and feel the groove
Of the rumble of Harleys past the blue haired Goths
Trying to slip by the house of the former
King of Tennessee.

If they’d come from their white collar hilltops
They could listen to the jazz that fills our air
And stirs our women with its catlike grace
As their children play under the street’s dim lights
And the King of Tennessee parks his crimson beer truck
Beneath the star over South Jersey.

If they’d come from their white collar bar-hops
They could escape their mind made prisons for a while
And dream of landscapes of true color for a change
As we all must dare to dream beyond our borders.

Elizabeth Kittredge
Woodbury, NJ

Beyond Our Borders
by Elizabeth Kittredge

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Picture This! We'll show you a photo each week - taken in Monmouth County - and you tell us where it is located.  If you have not won in the last 3 months and you know the answer, send your response to editor@ahherald.com along with your name and the town where you live. 

Be the first person to respond with the correct answer before next Thursday and we will publish your name and the town where you live.

Only those responses received on, or after, the date above will be accepted.

Last Week's Picture This! Answer

George Patterson of Highlands, NJ  was the first to correctly identify this location last week. A: Highlands - Sea Bridge Bridge

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MEMORIA PROJECT BELONGS AT VETERAN'S PARK

To the editor,

I have heard that some of our veterans in town are pushing to remove the Memoria Project from Veterans Memorial Park in Highlands. I find this surprising and disappointing.

My father is a veteran of the forgotten war in Korea. I know the value of remembering what our men and women have done for their country at great sacrifice to themselves. And that is why when I take my kids to play at the park we stop at the flags and the plaques and talk about what they mean. As my son plays on the “cannons” as he calls them, I tell him how Grandpa and others, went to far away places and fought to protect and free people, and how many of them didn’t come back.

It is with this same sense of gravity and respect and sorrow that I then talk to him about those great marble columns on the grassy knoll. He is only six but he remembers the day “the bad people crashed into the towers and they fell down.” My daughter wasn’t born at the time and so she doesn’t remember, but when she is old enough to understand, I will tell her also about that horrible day that so many people were murdered, and how so many of the people that went to help them, died trying. I never want them to forget about what happened that day, nor do I want them to go without knowing about Korea or Vietnam or the World Wars.

On September 11, 2001 more than 3,000 of our neighbors became the first casualties of our current war. They deserve to be remembered, especially in this town from where we used to be able to see the towers. And they deserve especially to be remembered in this park where we remember our countrymen who died for the ideal that all people deserve the opportunity for life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
Please preserve this memorial.

Shannon Kelly Winning
Highlands, NJ

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