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such tunes as There’s No Place Like Home, Jingle Bell Rock, and perennial favorite White Christmas. A brief intro-duction to each song was read by different members of the chorus highlighting some un-usual or pertinent fact about the song or the composer. The audience was particularly re-ceptive to Light One Candle, written by Peter Yarrow (of Peter, Paul and Mary fame) because of its message that the light of freedom must never go out. The program concluded with a spirited ren-dition of Auld Lang Syne which brought the audience to its

feet clapping. The musical program was

preceded by a brief business meeting conducted by Vice-president Ben Baum. Sandy Werfel, membership chair, thanked those who had con-tributed to the Holiday Fund which is used to present our employees with a small token of our appreciation for their dedicated service. He also urged those who had yet to join and pay dues to do so be-cause the funds are used to support community facilities such as the Senior Center, Library and First Aid Squad.

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By Ruth Banks An enthusiastic audience

greeted the new GW Chorus in its debut at the Residents Civic Club meeting on De-cember 10. Billed as a “Dreamy Winter Evening” the 26-member chorus was led by music director and accom-panist Janet Blau and music leader Lois Hayon.

The Dream portion began with All I Have To Do Is Dream, included When You Wish Upon a Star and con-cluded with California Dream-ing. Then the chorus em-barked on a spirited sing-a-long engaging the audience in

There are many Veterans living here in GW who are cur-rent members of the post and perhaps others who are not members and not aware of our programs to help them and other Veterans in Monroe Town-ship and elsewhere.

Meetings are held on the first Monday of the month at 1 p.m. at the Monroe Township Munici-pal Building Court Room, 1 Mu-nicipal Plaza, Monroe Township, NJ 08831. New members are always welcome-join us!

For more information contact the post service officer, Nicholas Ferrarotto, 3 West-boro Lane or visit the post’s web site at alpost522. home.comcast.net

If you have served honora-bly during any of the following eligible war eras, we invite you to become a member of The American Legion, here of Post 522. National Guard and Re-servists having been federally activated (including basic training) during these same

MT American Legion Post 522 Seeks New Members war eras also meet the eligibil-ity requirements. And of course if you are currently on active duty, serving the United States honorably anywhere in the world you are also eligible. · April 6, 1917 to Nov. 11,

1918 (World War I) · Dec. 7, 1941 to Dec. 31,

1946 (World War II) · June 25, 1950 to Jan. 31,

1955 (Korean War)

· Feb. 28, 1961 to May 7, 1975 (Vietnam War)

· Aug. 24, 1982 to July 31, 1984 (Lebanon; Grenada)

· Dec. 20, 1989 to Jan. 31, 1990 (Panama)

· Aug. 2, 1990 to today (Gulf War, War On Terrorism)

Residents Civic Club Presents Dr. Larry Abeitman Upper Cervical Chiropractic

of Monmouth Discussing upper cervical issues

January 14, 7:30 pm GW Ballroom - Refreshments

All Welcome

Lois Hayon directs the GW Chorus during its Dreamy Winter Evening performance on December 10, 2014.

By Arnold Riback, GWCA President

One of the Greenbriar Board’s activities in 2014 was a major effort to get the Trent Road Dam project approved and underway. Topography and hydrology studies are cur-rently in the works to help us develop a plan to submit to the DEP for the removal process. Actual construction to remove the current Dam as we know it and replace it with a remod-eled structure and major storm bank improvements will not take place until the spring of 2015. In the meantime, we have posted the property to deter hunters and other tres-passers. In 2015, we will have a number of other projects underway. These are dis-cussed below:

Repaving projects for three Greenbriar streets will begin

the first week in May. Detailed instructions to the residents of Wakefield Court, Phillip Court, and Umberland Place regard-ing daily necessities such as mail delivery, medical visits, health emergencies and daily ingress and egress will be forthcoming in April, before the paving process begins.

In the summer when our driveway concrete will be warmer and more porous, we hope to begin our driveway rust removal project. We still have to do one more rust re-moval product test with power washing equipment to assure results before proceeding. Unfortunately, the early No-vember cold spell delayed this test until warmer temperatures arrive. Subsequently, 100 driveways will be selected af-ter an inspection and signing


Greenbriar This Month

WHOA This Month By Paul Klarman, WHOA President

Once again, let me wish all of you and your families a happy and healthy New Year. We look forward to another fun-filled year at GW and welcome all suggestions from residents to improve anything and everything.

Early last month, GW hosted a Community Asso-ciation meeting in which we and other local senior com-munities discussed pertinent issues affecting us all. Some highlights were: · We advised the others that

GW had installed an emer-gency generator to supply power to our clubhouse in the event of a power loss emergency. None of the other communities pres-ently have generators for

their clubhouses nor had any of them expressed immediate interest in in-stalling one. However, they were interested in learning about our efforts.

· Resale of houses has been good at all of the communi-ties. All of the communities currently charge capital contribution fees to buyers ranging from triple the monthly maintenance fee to $3,000. New residents in Whittingham currently pay $1,000 to the WHOA Board that goes into its discre-tionary fund and those moving into the Greenbriar section pay $1,000 to the GWCA Board.

· Some communities had security cameras within the community. They felt it was


Above is the GW Holiday Season display in the lobby. HAPPY NEW YEAR!

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Message from The Manager’s Office

B y William H. Hinkle, General Manager

A happy and healthy new year is wished to all our resi-dents from the staff!

The staff has been calling those residents who (a) have not picked up their wristband(s) for use during an emer-gency should there be a power outage and the Towne Centre is utilized as a comfort zone; and (b) who do not have either a cell phone number or an email address listed on file. This contact information may be used to keep residents in-formed of any information con-cerning the outage available to Management during that time. Please be assured that per-sonal contact information will not be shared and will only be used to advise you of pertinent important information. We would appreciate your assis-tance in helping us keep our records up-to-date.

Management once again reminds those who will be away during any period during the winter to: · Leave your telephone active

as it will allow your alarm system’s ability to communicate with the central station (mandatory for all Village I/Whittingham residents);

· Complete a vacation form (available from the www.gwmonroe.com website, Concierge, or Security Gate House) and drop it off at the Towne Centre;

· Ensure your emergency contact information listed with Security is up-to-date;

Consider placing lights and a radio with a “talk show” on timers within your home, so that it appears that someone is in residence; Security issues become especially important at this time of the year with added hours of darkness and vacant homes.

· Contact the Post Office so that mail can either be forwarded or held until your return;

· Remove any and all planters from your driveway or walk/stoop and store them so they are not damaged during any snow clearing operation; and

· Remember to winterize your home (MTMUD forms available through our Concierge) or leave the temperature at 60° or higher. The east coast now moves

into what can be two of the most challenging months of the year with the weather be-ing unpredictable. The com-munity does not provide cal-cium chloride for application at individual residents’ homes; therefore, residents are en-couraged to purchase calcium chloride for use at their homes. In many instances, a coating of the product on the driveway and/or walkway prior to or at the onset of an anticipated storm can assist in the clearing process. Manor Home units in Village I have buckets with calcium chloride placed near the top of the stairs as well as the bottom for resident use. Residents are reminded that vehicles should not be parked

on the street if snow or inclem-ent weather is anticipated. There is parking available for these vehicles in the upper Towne Centre lot. If you re-quire preferential snow clear-ing and you have not already completed the application available in the Management Office, please take care of this as quickly as possible. Those eligible for priority snow clear-ing are individuals receiving dialysis, chemotherapy or ra-diation.

As we complete many of our outdoor projects for the 2014 season, we immediately start inspections to guide us on pri-oritizing projects for 2015. All contracts are in place, includ-ing but not limited to; Land-scaping, Nursing, Lifeguard Services, Irrigation & Pest Control (for Village I) and the many agreements for service that are necessary in maintain-ing the equipment throughout the community. Our ponds again are under contract for their Seasonal Pond Mainte-nance and Geese control, through the use of border col-lies. In no way is harm done to the geese through this opera-tion.

Our Ponds – Retention and Detention Basins have served us well in avoiding flooding issues in the community, but we need the continued coop-eration of all residents to avoid discharging any debris or pet waste bags down our sewers. Especially important is advis-ing any personal contractor that they are not to clean paint brushes or discharge any ma-terial into our street drains. We expect that residents remain cognizant of the rules and regulations pertaining to pets and especially those rules when walking dogs throughout the community.

WHOA and GWCA Boards have selected their 2015 com-mittee appointments. Commit-tees assist the Board in provid-ing valuable input in their deci-sion making. The Boards thank each person who sub-mitted an application. Letters have been sent advising those who applied as to their appli-cation’s status.

During the latter part of No-vember and during the month of December, the annual holi-day décor was displayed in and around the Towne Centre and our main entrance. I would like to take this opportu-nity to thank April Schauer, Kristin Puriza, Brenda Sorenson, Robert LaConti and Monica Caterson for their time and effort in this endeavor.

Management reminds you that applications for exterior modifications must be submit-ted for the following changes in Greenbriar: solar panels, decks, patios, pavers, portico and walkways, awnings, roof replacements, HVAC replace-ment, railings, tubular sky-lights, window replacement, storm doors, painting of the front doors, exterior light fix-tures, PODS/dumpsters, land-scaping, front lawn trees, out-door storage boxes, etc. In Village I, applications for archi-tectural modification must be


to Board interaction, discus-sions about employees and residents and pending con-tracts. As a result, Board voting on all other issues will take place during open meet-ings with agendas supplied prior to these meetings. We have already been in compli-ance with the other require-ments of the statutes.

The Board is planning to change at least two of the voting requirements for the WHOA Board that are pre-scribed in the By-laws. Cur-rently, if there is more than one candidate per open seat running for the WHOA Board, a runoff is required. For ex-ample, if there are three seats to be filled and there are five candidates, a pre-liminary vote will be required to eliminate two candidates and then a final vote will be required. We want to elimi-nate the preliminary vote re-quirement. The second change would be to eliminate voting entirely if the amount of candidates is equal to the seats available. Each of these changes would elimi-nate extra voting that cost money for mailings, voting machines and supervision of the process. We will be pre-

paring the paperwork for these proposed changes to occur prior to the next WHOA Board election.

As I write this, our Decora-tion Committee, on behalf of the Board, is in the final stages of completing work in the lobby and library which includes purchasing chairs and accessories. To date, we have been receiving kudos for their work and I think most everyone will be happy with the final results.

At this time, our new Board has completed work on the 2015 budget for both the WHOA common areas and for Village I. With sharply rising costs, our goal was to minimize expenses while keeping up the physical ap-pearance of the community and the clubhouse. Our most ambitious endeavor for this coming year will be to give the ballroom a facelift. The ballroom was renovated ap-proximately 14 years ago and is showing its age. We intend to retain an interior designer for this purpose and we will conduct a search that will include interviews with those who have completed some of the more impressive clubhouses in the area. Best of all is that we have accu-mulated sufficient reserve


WHOA This Month

Editorial Board Alex Banks Ruth Banks

Helen Oxenberg

WHOA Rep. Bert Herling GWCA Rep. Arnold Riback

Ben Baum Arthur Gordon

a crime deterrent. · Some had heated outdoor

pools. All of those with the heated pools felt it was a big positive. Some had salt water pools; some were happy others not. Those that discontinued the use of salt water did so be-cause of erosion of the concrete surface of their pool, clogging of drains and/or because swimmers felt like they were left with an objectionable film on their body.

· Several attendees re-marked that there are sev-eral new communities slated to be built in Monroe that had no age restriction. Based on current demo-graphics of Monroe, this type of increase of popula-tion probably would require new schools to be built sending our property taxes up substantially. They strongly urged individuals to attend Planning and Town Council meetings to show the strength of us seniors to get the Town-ship to insist that new com-munities be age restricted (Seniors) to minimize what could be very high property tax raises in the future. The WHOA Board was

apprised by our attorney that we are required to comply with the “Sunshine” Laws that were enacted by the State a few years ago to maintain the transparency of the community Boards. Un-der these statutes, the Board maintains the ability to keep privileged only the Attorney

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mentation effort into effect. We know that a number of

rules/regulations and clauses in our governing documents deserve review and perhaps should be changed. We are undertaking a comprehensive review of all rules/regulations and governing documents to prepare for and establish change priorities. In addition, a language review, and legal re-view must be done. As always, resident discussion will take place before any Board actions are taken. Irwin Kaplan is chair-ing this activity and will present his findings to the Board for dis-cussion, approval, priority, and implementation.

We foresee a busy year ahead, but a Board cannot live in a vac-uum; it needs input from its con-stituents to best serve them. We need to hear from you, whether it’s praise, negative comments, or outright disagreement. If it’s done in an orderly fashion and produc-tive spirit, you will certainly get our attention. Please attend our Agenda and Public meetings. Let us see you and hear from you!

Greenbriar Projects & Assignments 2015

· Mailbox Review/Recom-mendations - Kaplan/Sandler

· Rules & Regulations - Redo - Kaplan

· Budgets/Finance Sandler/Riback

· Snow Removal Operations - (w/Bill Hinkle) Cassiliano

· Disaster Planning - (w/Bill Hinkle) Cassiliano

· Insurance Coverage - Kaplan/Riback

· Architectural/Landscape - Database - Sandler

· WHOA/Whittingham Relations - Riback/Abrams

· Storm Water Management Representatives - Riback/Abrams

· Paving/Capital Reserve Projects - Sandler/Abrams

· Legal Contacts - Riback/Abrams

· Driveway Rust Removal - Abrams/Riback

Greenbriar

of a “Hold Harmless Agree-ment” before we undertake this remediation work. The selection process will also probably involve a lottery ap-proach. Please be patient and more information will follow in the spring as we put our imple-


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tee, we wish you a Happy Holiday Season and a won-derful New Year! Come out and see our line- up for 2015. You make our shows possible.

See you at the Show— Don’t forget to say Hello!

Stay informed through our emails/flyers/channel 26 and monroenjonline

(website). Come to our shows —

you may be the next one to

Meet the Stars!

Meet the Stars By Gail and Myron Alpern

Backstage at the Novem-ber WHOA Show at Monroe Township High School, Ronny and Bill Swinkin met the group, “Oh What a Night.” The group was aptly named because they sang up a storm and their chore-ography was so energetic. They brought us their ver-sion of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons and we all were able to think back and remember the good times. Ronny had a special moment when they sang the song entitled, “Ronnie” and it was as if they were singing right to her.

For those of you who come to our shows regu-

larly we want to say a big thank you! For those of you who have yet to try us, please come out and join us. Many times I have said, in this column, that WHOA Shows are a big bang for your buck and being close to home is an extra bonus.

The entertainment com-mittee, the WHOA staff and our agent all work together to bring the best shows to the high school on the third Saturday of the month. We are so lucky that we are able to use the beautiful Monroe Township High School as the site for all our shows. Our next show will be in March, 2015.

On behalf of WHOA and the Entertainment Commit-

Thank You Notes I am writing to express my

sincere thanks to all friends and neighbors in our community. Your cards, calls, visits, and prayers were really appreciated during my week in RWJ hospital and two weeks at HealthSouth Rehab Hospital. A special “thanks” to Joe Barecchia who realized I was having a stroke and immediately arranged to have me taken to the hospital. Thanks to Joe, I am on the road to recovery.

Leo L. McKernan ***

I would like to thank all my friends in GW for the cards and gifts during my recent surgery. It is com-forting to know such won-derful people.

Harriet Platte

I want to thank the wonder-ful people in our community for the cards, calls, and food and fruit baskets following my surgery. It makes me so happy that we moved to such a caring community.

Morty Goldberg ***

To all our wonderful friends and neighbors at GW: Words cannot express my deep grati-tude for the sympathy, love and caring you have extended to me and my family during this difficult time after the passing of my wife Molly. Spe-cial thanks to the minyan group for your compassion and dedication. We are grate-ful to all of you.

Irving Schmookler and Family

submitted for the following: awnings, landscaping, Manor Home enclosures and/or win-dow replacements, attic fans, tubular skylights, railings, storm/screen doors, satellite dishes, window replacements, seasonal gazebos, installation/removal of a portable hot tub. If you are unsure if an applica-tion is necessary, contact the Management Office.

Have you picked up your


Manager

2014-2015 phone directory? If not, there is a supply of them available with the Con-cierge. You will need to pick up your OWN copy. For those who have already left for your winter destinations, a phone book will be waiting for you upon your return; there is a sufficient supply.

Again, the staff and I wish you each a Happy and Healthy 2015.


THE COMMUNITY AROUND US

Civic Affairs

MANAGEMENT

BUSINESS

HOURS The Management

Offices (on the sec-ond floor of the Towne Centre) are available weekdays only during the hours of 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

During lunch, the office will be closed from 12:30 p.m. to 1 p.m. At all other times, please see the Concierge.

We thank you in ad-vance for your coop-eration.

WHOA Board of Trustees

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By Jerry Tamburro Monroe Township Council President

Happy Holidays and Happy New Year!

I don’t know about you but I don’t think 2014 had 365 days. It seems only like yesterday we were cele-brating the New Year for 2014!

Thanks are due all the GW residents for their par-ticipation on the various boards, commissions, and committees. In addition, to all the GW clubs that contribute to the many functions that the Township sponsors thank you for your financial help and participation.

During the last several

months there were many programs recognizing those veterans who have served our country in military ser-vice. Veterans Day honors all those who served and those who gave the ultimate sacrifice.

A musical program was held at the senior center for Veterans Day conducted by our own Sheila Werfel which was enjoyed by all.

On Thanksgiving there was a dinner, attended by over 150 residents who might have been alone on that family holiday had it not been for this festive dinner.

During December there are many Menorah lightings that we participate in as

well as various Christmas tree lightings over the entire Township.

As in past years there is the large Menorah and na-tivity scene at Perrineville Road and Prospect Plains which shows the diversity in our Township.

Finally, there is Grand-parent’s Day sponsored by our community center each year. The program is a lunch, sponsored by The Gardens at Monroe, a fam-ily picture and an appropri-ate film for both the grand-kids and grandparents. In addition there is the treat of riding on a school bus to and from the theater!

Happy and healthy New Year to all!

Whittingham Building and Grounds Committee

By Thomas Garuccio The B&G Committee con-

sists of a chairman and eight members. We meet every month on the second Thursday. Also attending the meeting are the Admin-istrative Assistant, Board Members and the General Manager. The previous month’s minutes are read by the Chairman. The mem-bers discuss their findings of items requiring repair in the community, follow up on completed repairs and sug-gestions for improving the cosmetic, aesthetics and mechanical conditions in the community. The Admin-istrative Assistant records the minutes of the meeting, follows up on suggestions, corrections, and repairs. The General Manager in-forms the committee of the general conditions in the community, future planning, contracts in progress and any item requiring immedi-ate attention. The Board

Members make sugges-tions when required. Copies of the meeting minutes are forwarded to the WHOA Board.

The committee has four to six two-member teams that cover four to six areas. The. Chairman covers members’ areas that aren’t completed due to illness or other reasons. Each team inspects from 90 to 130 homes. Copies of the in-spection are given to the Administrative Assistant. Some of the items in-spected are siding, exterior trim, front stoop, concrete and brick, railings and pil-lars, patio fence, driveway and aprons, Belgian blocks/curbs, common areas, side-walks, expansion joints, splash blocks, mailbox and stand, house lights, dental moldings, drip caps, J chan-nel, vinyl trim, doors, brick façade, leaders and gutters.

The Bu i l d ing and Grounds Committee is look-

ing for new members. You don’t have to be experi-enced, the Chairman and members will train you if necessary. New members must realize that the main thrust of the committee is to do in depth inspections. These inspections require a lot of walking. In emer-gency situations such as snow removal, flood, fire your presence might be required. If you can’t meet t hese qua l i f i ca t i ons , please don’t request ap-pointment to the commit-tee. If you are ready, will-ing and able to become a member of the Building and Grounds Committee, a form will be mailed to all residents in the near fu-ture requesting appoint-ment, include any experi-ence that you might have. Greenbriar residents also can become members of the Building and Grounds Committee.


From Our Mayor

B y Richard Pucci, Twp. of Monroe

year (or 2.1 million gallons per day) for $4.5 million.

Once new wells and treat-ment facilities are con-structed and our 30 year contract ends in 2017, the Township will no longer have to purchase additional water from the NJ American Water Company, saving the Township $565,000 in oper-ating expenses each year.

Currently, the Township pays NJ American Water $2,750 per million gallons

for supplemental water to our existing ground water supply. With the new alloca-tion, the projected 40-year capital cost of purchasing and developing wells, the new comparable cost will be $615 per million gallons of water to bring the Monroe’s water supply totally in-house.

The new allocation is es-pecially good news for resi-dents in the north end of town. Monroe has three pressure zones and all of the water supply is currently in Zone 1, which is the southern end of the Town-ship and then pumped to the north.

Part of the allocation will be used to drill a well for non-potable (irrigation) wa-ter that will be used in three current developments in the northern end of the town allowing those residents to use special irrigation piping installed for their homes.

There are more than just monetary benefits to the allo-cation purchase. Currently, local ground water and water purchased from NJ American is blended together. However, NJ American uses surface wa-ter that can be anywhere from 70 to 80 degrees Fahrenheit in the summers and they disin-fect their water with hypochlo-rite and ammonia. The Town-ship uses ground water that is usually always around 50 de-grees Fahrenheit year-round and is disinfected with only hypochlorite once.

Once the new wells are put online, the water will not only taste better but will have a more consistent temperature throughout the year, all at a reduced cost.

Benefits of Water Allocation Purchase

By Ben Baum Monroe Township Com-

munity Cares Thanksgiving-November 27. At our second Thanksgiving Dinner for those seniors who are alone we served 140 individuals. The price remained at $10 thanks to our corporate sponsors and individual contributors. Many Greenbriar residents assisted with the preparation for the dinner on the day before as well as on Thanksgiving Day. The Senior Center received so many inquiries about volun-teering that the Director had to turn down some late volun-teers. If you are interested in participating next year, please contact me by the beginning of October to guarantee that you are on the volunteer list. Sev-eral of us will be meeting in January to strategize for the November 2015 Thanksgiving. It was amazing how much smoother the whole process evolved in this our second year.

Library Board of Trustees Meeting-November 17. The Youth Services staff has be-gun database instruction at the Woodland Elementary School (not something that was available when we were in school.) On Saturday March 21 there will be a Maker Fest at the Library fea-turing 25 “makers” demon-strating their crafts. Here is an opportunity for you to find out what the maker space is all about. The Friends of the Li-brary are sponsoring several presentations on art: Nancy Gunkelman will present “An Artist’s Experience in the Third World” on January 23. Anne Swartz will speak on African American Art in Feb-ruary. A film and discussion series on artists will be pre-sented later in the year.

Library Board of Trus-tees Meeting-December 8-The Friends of the Library conducted their annual holi-day book sale and raised $1000 for the Library. The Library will be closed for the following holidays: January 1-New Year’s, January 19-Martin Luther King Day and February 16-Presidents Day. Monies have been provided by the Library Foundation to the Chil-dren’s Section of the Library

The Township will soon be able to provide more local water for its residents at a lower cost.

In August, the Township was approached by SWM Paper Mill in Spotswood and asked if we were inter-ested in purchasing some of its unused water allocation rights.

After extensive negotia-tions, the Township pur-chased the rights to 750 million gallons of water per

to purchase 12 iPads and educational apps for use by the youngest members of our Library population.

Middlesex County Free-holders’ Board Meeting-November 17-The Board pro-claimed November as Home-less Youth Awareness Month. There are 1000 homeless youths in Middlesex County; they are children through the age of 17 who are economi-cally disconnected from their families and are homeless. The Freeholders passed an ordinance funding the closing of the Roosevelt Care Center; bonds in the amount of $8 million were approved to par-tially demolish the existing structure and convert the re-mainder into a state-of-the-art senior housing facility. The Middlesex Academy for Allied Health and Biomedical Sci-ences in Woodbridge has been chosen by the U.S. De-partment of Education as a Blue Ribbon School. This is the third Middlesex Vo-Tech School in three years to be so chosen. At the N.J. Senior Art show, nine Middlesex County seniors received awards.

Board of Education Meet-ing-November 19- The Mon-roe Township High School has been rated by the state of N.J as # 10 in Middlesex County. The top two schools are the aforementioned Vo-Tech Schools. The November Su-perintendent’s Report reflects an increase of 144 students as compared to November 2013. This September there were 2097 students at the High School. A Demographic, Facil-ity and Redistricting Feasibility Study was presented to the Board in September; this study was based on projections for the 2018-19 School Year. It recommended the retention of the sister school model at the elementary level - grades K-2 in one school and 3-5 in an adjacent school. Based on the projected growth a new ele-mentary school as well as renovation of the Oaktree School would be needed. The Middle School, which is al-ready overcrowded, is in the process of an immediate reno-vation that will be completed by this summer to add, by in-ternal remodeling, nine addi-


Around Town and Beyond


By Rhoda Juskow “The Dad Who Fought

Back” Alisa Flatow, a 23 year

old college student from New Jersey, was one of several people who were killed by terrorists while rid-ing a bus in Israel in 1995. Palestinian radicals claimed responsibility. Unlike other similar tragedies, however, this one attracted world-wide attention because of the resulting international implications. Join us on Sunday afternoon, Septem-ber 20, 2015, in the Monroe Township Senior Center, to learn where Alisa Chapter derived its name.

Alisa’s father fought back. Eventually, revenge was exacted on the Iranian gov-ernment and on the interna-tional banks that laundered money for that Middle East dictatorship. Attorney Stephen Flatow of West Orange uncovered a direct link between the bus attack and the Iranian govern-ment. Since American citi-zens are barred by law from suing a foreign nation, the late New Jersey Senator Frank Lautenberg intro-duced special legislation that enabled Flatow to sue Iran. Courts ruled in his fa-vor and millions of dollars in assets were attached, in-cluding choice 5th Avenue real estate in Manhattan.

A former IDF spokesman,

then on the US Attorney’s staff in Manhattan, he sub-sequently learned that nu-merous banks were fraudu-lently funneling Iranian funds into the U.S. Conse-quently, Lloyds of London and Credit Suisse paid fines totaling $886 million. Bar-clays Bank and HSBC paid fines amounting to $298 million and several other banks paid fines totaling in the billions. The proceeds are being used to sponsor young Jewish women from around the world in order to take a semester of study in Jerusalem.

Attorney Flatow’s appear-ance here on this coming September 20 will again be sponsored by Hadassah As-sociates in cooperation with Alisa Chapter and Monroe Township Chapter of Hadas-sah. This will be the third in the annual series that began in 2013 to honor Sir Nicholas Winton who personally res-cued over 600 Czech Jewish children from the Holocaust. Last year Tammie Schnitzer told how she stood up to the skinheads who terrorized her hometown of Billings, Mon-tana.

Mark your calendars now for September 20, 2015. We guarantee that you will be proud to be a supporter of Hadassah that is doing so much for the State of Israel.

of continuing concern such as the environment and cli-mate change, women’s health and juvenile justice, and also brainstorm future topics of interest.

For more information on the program or the League, please contact Ruth Banks, 609-655-4791; Judy Perkus, 609-395-1552; Francine Glass, 609-860-7890.

LWV: Looking for Love…And Being Tricked By Ruth Banks

A film on Human Traffick-ing will be shown at the town-ship Library on January 20 at 2 pm. It is being co-sponsored by the Library and the League of Women Voters in conjunction with the New Jersey Coalition Against Hu-man Trafficking, ORT, Ha-dassah, National Council of Jewish Women and the Jew-ish Federation of Middlesex and Monmouth County. The viewing is free and open to the public.

The film depicts a world where vulnerable young women can be caught up in a web of forced prostitution, and the efforts of law en-forcement agencies in differ-ent states to charge and prosecute the criminals who prey on these women. Hu-man trafficking encompasses transnational and domestic trafficking as well as both sex and labor trafficking and has grown to be the second or third most profitable criminal enterprise in the world. Young women and children are particular targets.

The goal of the program is to raise awareness in the community that anyone can be a victim, to recognize the signs and to be familiar with available resources. The film will be accompanied by dis-cussion of the issues. Janu-ary is being observed nation-ally as Human Trafficking Awareness Month and Janu-ary 11 was designated as Human Trafficking Aware-

ness Day in Monroe Town-ship by a proclamation issued by the Township Council and signed by Mayor Pucci.

The League will hold its regular monthly meeting on January 26 at 1 pm in the Township Library, not in the Municipal Building, Members will be able to continue the discussion on Human Traf-ficking, exploring future activi-ties, and also review issues

By Eddie Thompson Shalom Havarem (Greetings friends),

Happy New Year 2015! We wish everyone a happy, healthy, fulfilling and pros-perous New Year.

On December 1, 2014, Middlesex and Monmouth Jewish Federations voted to merge to better serve the needs of both communities. We hope this will allow us to

increase and continue with our many vital programs. Mitch Frumkin is the Presi-dent of the merged Jewish Federation and Keith Krevit-sky is the Executive Director. Susan Antman, the former immediate executive director of the Middlesex Jewish Fed-eration will serve as execu-tive vice-president. Our main office will remain at 230 Old Bridge Turnpike, South


Associates of Alisa Chapter of Hadassah

Jewish Federation, GW Chapter

By Sheila Werfel, Director, Conductor Do you enjoy singing, even when you’re not in the shower?

And do you enjoy having fun? As long as you can carry a tune, you have what is needed to join The Monroe Township Chorus. There are no auditions. We meet on Tuesday mornings at 9:30 am at the Monroe Township Senior Center, 12 Halsey Reed Road.

Rehearsals will begin on Tuesday, January 6, at 9:30 am. Come join us. For additional information, contact me at either 609 619-3229 or [email protected]

The Monroe Township Chorus


Although the nominees will not be announced until January 15, 2015, it is evi-dent that certain films will be the contenders. What is hard to comprehend is how the Academy can come up with 10 films worth nominat-ing. Unless the December offerings are outstanding, this has been a very paltry year for really good films. In checking out my own re-views of 23 English lan-guage films this past year, I could only come up with two ‘A’ category selections and those were BOYHOOD and BIRDMAN. Amongst my ‘B’ selections were GONE GIRL, LOVE IS STRANGE, THE IMMI-GRANT, THE JUDGE and BEGIN AGAIN which I am sure will help fill the 10 film

SAINT VINCENT employs every cliché known to Holly-wood since the days of Shirley Temple and Rin Tin T i n . B I L L M U R R A Y (Vincent), playing a gruff anti-social slob, meets a single mom (MELISSA McCARTHY) and her ador-a b l e 1 2 - y e a r - o l d s o n (JAEDEN L IEBERHER) when they move in next door. Although MURRAY is less than a good neighbor, he soon babysits JAEDEN for $12 per hour and teaches him the finer points of betting on the horses, how to sit on a bar stool and how to break a nose in self-defense. MELISSA, a nurse with long working hours, is oblivious to all the shticks and only finds out when her lawyer ex-husband shows up to le-gally get their son away from her. Helping make the story move along is a hip pr iest teacher (CHRIS O’DOWD), a wise mouthed pregnant Russian hooker (NAOMI WATTS) and vari-ous good hearted souls ready to add a cliché or two when needed. In a grand finale, everyone shows up at the school for an essay contest about what makes a saint. JAEDEN’s offering wins hands down as he pro-poses that, despite his many faults, MURRAY (Vincent) deserves the title when discoveries are re-vealed about his devotion to his Alzheimer ridden wife, his bravery during the Viet Nam war and other merciful

By Larry Sheppard BIRDMAN features MI-

CHAEL KEATON as a burned out movie star who wants to regain his acting stature by writing, directing and starring in a Broadway play. His fame is due to his role as Birdman, a comic book character successfully brought to the screen in years past but he is now mortgaged to the hilt in this desperate attempt to make himself viable again. Sur-rounded by family, fellow actors, an ex-wife, a possi-bly pregnant girlfriend, busi-ness associates and even his own visual Birdman, he is delusional as he levitates and floats over the city. In-ner voices prompt him to overcome his fears as re-hearsals and performances take place while the action is choreographed brilliantly by cinematographer EM-MANUEL LUBEZSKI whose moving camera work left me breathless. This plus the mesmerizing acting of fre-netic MICHAEL and volatile EDWARD NORTON makes this film an absolute con-tender for the upcoming Academy Awards. Along with EMMA STONE, AMY RYAN and ZACH GALIFI-ANAKIS, BIRDMAN is one of the two most original films this year, the other being BOYHOOD. For those who l ike their stories straight, this film can be a disappointment but for those who can take the sur-real, it should prove worth-while. RATING…A-

The Cinema

acts. Even as this reviewer asked his wife for a tissue to dab his eyes, he knew he had been conned again by Hollywood. Despite some people’s opinion of me as a tough movie critic, I’m really a softy. BOO-HOO! RAT-ING…C+

quota although I question whether they are Oscar worthy. It is evident that Hollywood continues to sti-fle creative talent in favor of going for the big buck with animated youth oriented films and special effects extravaganzas. While inde-pendent films continue to show up, the big movie chains continue to ignore them and only the small art theatres give them a chance to be seen. Will this continue is a good question as ticket prices go up and the public discovers Netflix and other venues to enter-tain themselves. We can only hope that the small quality film is not lost in the quest for the big block-buster and the big returns.

Reflections on the Upcoming Academy Awards

Sunday, March 8, 3 pm TICKETS ON SALE NOW!

General Admission $25, Patrons $22.

Students: Free At the Marasco Theater, Mon-

roe Township Tom Paxton was at Janis

Ian’s very first public show at NY City’s famed Village Gate. Janis was just 13-years-old, and she received a standing ovation, but since she was nervous and already headed

back to her seat she had no idea what was happening. Tom along with Lou Gosset Jr. and a couple of other perform-ers urged her to, “Go back, kid! Go back!”

The show these two old friends put on, with the able a s s i s t a n c e o f m u l t i -instrumentalist extraordinaire Robin Bullock, is living proof that “The sum is greater than the parts.” In addition to sing-


Tom Paxton and Janis Ian Together at Last


Stephanie Fitzsimmons Sexton RN, APN

Staying Healthy and Preventing Diabetes

Happy New Year! Last month I wrote about exercise and this month I decided that if we live our life striving to pre-vent diabetes that effort can be interpreted as a “healthy lifestyle.” I am not diabetic but it is a disease that affects many people. In 2012, 29.1 million Americans, or 9.3% of the population, had diabetes. The percentage of Americans with diabetes age 65 and older remains high, at 25.9%, or 11.8 million seniors. Diabetes is a complex group of dis-eases with a variety of causes.

Diabetes is a disorder of metabolism—the way the body uses digested food for energy. The digestive tract breaks down carbohydrates—sugars and starches found in many foods—into glucose, a form of sugar that enters the blood-stream. With the help of the hormone insulin, cells through-out the body absorb glucose and use it for energy. Diabetes develops when the body does-n’t make enough insulin. Over time, high blood glucose dam-ages nerves and blood ves-sels, leading to complications such as heart disease, stroke, kidney disease, blindness, am-putations and increased sus-ceptibility to other diseases

The two main types of dia-betes are type 1 diabetes and type 2 diabetes. A third type, gestational diabetes, develops only during pregnancy

Type 2 diabetes—the most common form of diabetes—is caused by a combination of factors, including insulin resis-tance, a condition in which the body’s muscle, fat, and liver cells do not use insulin effec-tively. Type 2 diabetes devel-ops when the body can no

longer produce enough insulin to compensate for the im-paired ability to use insulin. Symptoms of Type 2 diabetes may develop gradually and can be subtle; some people with Type 2 diabetes remain undiagnosed for years. Type 2 diabetes occurs more fre-quently in African Americans, Alaskan Natives, American Indians, Hispanics/Latinos, and some Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islander Americans than it does in non-Hispanic whites.

Physical inactivity and obe-sity are strongly associated with the development of Type 2 diabetes. Thin people de-velop diabetes too. People who are genetically suscepti-ble to Type 2 diabetes are more vulnerable when these risk factors are present.

Studies show that millions of people can lower their risk for Type 2 diabetes by making lifestyle changes and losing weight. One study proved that people with prediabetes—at high risk of developing Type 2 diabetes—could sharply lower their risk by losing weight through regular physical activ-ity and a diet low in fat and calories.

There are several ways to diagnose diabetes. Each way usually needs to be repeated on a second day to diagnose diabetes. Testing should be carried out in a health care setting or at the annual health fair in the clubhouse.

Research shows that you can lower your risk for Type 2 diabetes by 58% by losing 7% of your body weight or 15 pounds if you weigh 200 pounds and exercising moder-ately 30 minutes a day, five days a week. Be patient if you can’t get to your ideal body weight. Losing even 10 to 15 pounds can make a huge dif-

ference. Work with your health care

team to find out if you have prediabetes, a condition that puts you at risk for Type 2 dia-betes. Knowing you can pre-vent or delay diabetes can give you peace of mind. Ask yourself these questions and write down your answers:

Why do you want to pre-vent diabetes (or stay healthy)? Who do you want to do it for?

Review your answers every week to help you stay with your goal. Research shows that peo-ple who keep track of their weight reach their goals more often than those who don’t.

Make healthy food choices to help reach your weight loss goal. You can prevent or delay the onset of diabetes by losing weight through a low-fat, re-duced calorie eating plan, and by increasing physical activity. Use the tips to eat healthfully to help you reach your goals.

Try dancing, swimming, bik-ing, walking, or any activity that keeps you moving for 30 minutes most days.

If you fall off the wagon, don’t get down on yourself. It’s not easy to make lifelong changes in what you eat and in your level of physical activ-ity. And remember, preventing diabetes is good for you and for your family and friends. Keep at it!

Happy New Year! Lecture at GW: March 2, 1

pm, “Balance” A lecture re-garding balance difficulties; why they happen and strate-gies to improve your balance, presented by Jerri Blitzer and Beth Ando Brenman, Physical Therapists. Please register with the Concierge.

Nurse’s Notes

earnings. Understanding why I am investing and what the numbers mean is a comfort to me. I try to limit my risk by data analysis and buying in at a price that seems reasonable in relation to future business and earnings growth, and fu-ture price appreciation. I set my holding period for at least two to three years and re-evaluate my investment peri-odically during this time. Using this technique I look to identify trends that can make an in-vestment more valuable in the future. I’m not always right, but I have been mostly successful with this method.

Let me give you an example of my current thinking.

The Aging of America The United States popula-

tion is getting old and living longer. The first Baby Bboom-ers are people born during the Post World War II baby boom between the years 1946 and 1964. This generation reached the age of 65 back in 2011, and are expected to live longer than any generation before them. Take a look at the fed-eral governments’ estimates on our aging population below.

Federal Government Ag-ing Population Statistics for the period between 2010 and 2060 (these projections are based on the 2010 Census).

By Irwin Kaplan Diversifying Your Portfolio The stock and bond markets

run in unpredictable cycles with inherent investment risk. Popular sectors rotate, P/Es (price/earnings ratios) fluctu-ate with investment psychol-ogy, corporate management problems occur, and interest rates get out of sync with infla-tion. There is a lot of uncer-tainty and risk to investing and choosing individual invest-ments. Diversifying and rebal-ancing your portfolio can help protect returns from excessive volatility. Diversifying, how-ever, and rebalancing cannot ensure protection against mar-ket loss. Differences abound in “professional” opinions of what is a “good” investment. Face it, there is no perfect playbook for investing success. The formula for failure though is crystal clear: unrealistic expec-tations, lack of diversification, being greedy, paying too much, poor money manage-ment, etc. And, there are a lot of other etceteras.

In order to provide more assurance of profit I rely on my own investment analysis. I look at industries, sectors, and companies of all sizes with unique prospects that are ade-quately funded, and, with good prospects for increasing future

· The number of U.S. Citizens aged 65 and older is expected to more than double from 43 million to 92 million, making them almost 20% of the overall U.S. population.

· The number of U.S. residents aged 85 and older are expected to triple from just under 6 million to slightly over 18 million, accounting for nearly 4 % of the total population. This growing U.S. popula-

tion will consume a large amount of health care for a long period of time. Most im-portantly, the majority of health care expenses usually occurs in the later years.

Investing in the healthcare industry can be a long-term investment opportunity be-cause of the population trends. Having opted to invest in this sector, I decided a bouquet of companies was less risky and delivered global investing across large sectors of health-care. Mutual fund investing in healthcare seemed to be the approach because of the com-plex research required and a funds’ ability to own many companies with a mix of healthcare sectors.

When I reviewed the past (Continued on page 9)

Finance and Investing


thing but I can sort of feel his annoyance and he’s acting very cold to me. I’ve been giv-ing her gifts because she has such a warm heart. Do you think I should explain to him that I’m not after his wife? What am I doing wrong?

-Tom- Dear Tom: His cold shoulder

must take precedence over her warm heart! Cool it. It feels flattering to you that she pays attention and it feels flattering to her that you give her gifts but it obviously feels threaten-ing to him. What are you “doing wrong?” – you’re around all day and he’s not. That’s enough. Start looking elsewhere for single women friends. I assure you there are many who also have warm hearts and are willing, even eager, to share.

Dear Solutions: I don’t know

whether my problem is with my daughter or with my grand-son. My daughter and my 4 year old grandson have to live with us for a while and she has him enrolled in every activity possible. He has sports class dates, tutoring dates, swim-ming dates, play dates, and more. Now he’s refusing to go to the swimming class, but my daughter insists he should go and when he gets there he won’t go in the water. She thinks if he doesn’t go he’ll never get over his fear. I think she should leave him alone. What do you think?

-Her Dad- Dear Dad: It just goes to

show – you can lead a child to water but you can’t make him

Senior Solutions

performance data of mutual funds in this sector I was amazed at the magnitude of the historic returns. The past record is quite impressive. Some healthcare funds’ cur-rent market prices are at the highest market price for the last 52 weeks!

When To Say No I like the performance in

some of the healthcare mutual funds. I’ll wait though until the market prices are lower. The problem now is that these funds have had steep price appreciation. That is too much risk for me at current price levels. I’ll wait until the current prices retreat about 12% to 17% before I make purchases. I still believe healthcare mutual funds will make good long-term investments at the right buy-in prices.

I’m not discouraged. It’s been my observation that you can run out of capital before you run out of investment op-portunities. I’m now looking for my next investment opportu-nity in regional bank stocks.


By Helen Oxenberg, MSW, ACSW (Helen Oxenberg’s column, Senior Solutions is syndicated and appears in several states)

Dear Solutions: My sister has five children. Four of them are doing very well – doctors, successful business people, good marriages, etc. One, the middle daughter, is struggling along. As my sister says “nothing ever works out right for her” and that’s all my sister concentrates on now. She keeps talking about it and is depressed and gloomy all the time. She doesn’t know what to do about it and I don’t know what to do about her. I keep telling her to feel good about how well her other children are doing but she doesn’t seem to get any joy out of that. I’m afraid she’ll make herself sick. What do you think?

-Ellie- Dear Ellie: I think that a

mother is only as happy as her unhappiest child. The first thing you can do is express your understanding of that be-cause that’s where she’s at. She doesn’t worry about her other children because she doesn’t think she has to do anything for them but thinks she does need to fix things for this one and that’s the prob-lem. She’s feeling powerless. Unless there’s some practical way she can change things for this daughter she needs help to accept that she can’t fix things. She can only be sup-portive. Perhaps she can help her daughter get professional help. She should also get some counseling for herself. That would let both her and you off the hook.

Dear Solutions: My wife died

recently and my next door neighbor has been very kind. I’m retired and home all day and so is she but her husband is still working. Because she’s been so kind to me listening to my need to talk and everything I’ve gotten her a few small gifts. I’m beginning to get a bad feeling from her husband though. He doesn’t say any-

swim! I think your grandson is overwhelmed and may be too young for this intensive dating game. He could probably benefit from a “do nothing” date. Children’s imagination and creativity have a chance to develop when they have some time to just invent their own play activity with no adult telling them how. I would ad-vise your daughter to back off for a while. He can get in the swim later when he’s ready.

Dear Solutions: I have two

first cousins. We all grew up together and I’m still close to each one separately but they don’t talk to each other. Each one doesn’t know that I’m still friendly with the other. My son is getting married and I’m invit-ing the whole family but I feel caught in the middle about these two. If I invite them both I don’t know what to tell them. Where do I go with this?

-Eve- Dear Eve: Out of the middle

is where you go. Don’t make a muddle out of the middle! In-vite each one. It’s their battle, not yours. If they ask tell them the whole family is being in-vited and you hope they’ll come. Period.

Problems? Become part of the Solution. Write to Helen Oxenberg, SENIOR SOLU-TIONS, P.O. Box 346, James-burg, NJ 09931 or email: [email protected]

Finance

By Ben Baum One day in November in the

midst of the deer rut season, I received an emergency mes-sage (Nixle) on my cell, which I shared with Sandi, indicating the advised preventive proce-dures for driving at dawn and dusk around the deer. The next day as we were returning from our daughter’s house after dusk in Hillsborough, a buck ran across the road; the car stopped about five yards from the deer.

As recommended, Sandi was driving well below the speed limit and was especially attuned to the possible pres-ence of deer that were only focused on each other. I on the other hand had a different perspective; since I wasn’t driving I was focused on the majestic creature frozen in front of us. I can still see that buck, oblivious to us, but the epitome of graceful move-ment.

At the end of October we visited our daughter and grandsons in Stow, Ohio. On the return trip we passed through one of the four tunnels that cut through four different mountains at the western end of the Pennsylvania Turnpike. When we exited the tunnel, we witnessed a breathtaking scene, a picture perfect farm-ing valley framed by the col-lage of colors that emanated from the deciduous trees on the mountainside. The nature ordinaire of the turnpike effec-tively contrasted with this oa-sis of beauty.

One day as I passed the elementary school in Hills-borough that two of our grandsons attended, it struck me that it just seems like yesterday that the grandson who is now a senior in high school was walking the halls of that elementary school. So I developed a list of memora-ble past occurrences: In 1944, my Granpa sat in front of the radio and cried when he heard what was happen-ing to the Jews in Europe; seeing him crying left an in-delible impression on me even though I was only three years old; it just seems like yesterday. In 1961 went out on a double date until 1:30 am; then reported to work at Arnold’s Bakery at 3 am! It just seems like yesterday. In 1965 I went to the JCC in Wilmington, Delaware to a singles mixer. Saw girl across the room; was imme-diately interested. President of club came over to ask Sandi if he could take her home; I emphatically told him that he was not taking her home because I was taking her home. I did so and six weeks later we were en-gaged; it just seems like yes-terday. In December, 1968 our first child Jennifer Debra, was born in Wilmington, Delaware. It just seems like yesterday that I was speed-ing down Interstate 95 to the hospital.

In 1984 Jennifer became the head twirler for the North


Reflections


(pollen-laden structures at the top of the stamens) should be removed before the flowers are arranged. If the florist hasn’t already done it, cut the stamens out from the center of each lily. Getting rid of the pollen will also help the flowers last longer.

Tulip stems actually con-tinue to grow and elongate in the vase, and can get droopy. To straighten the stems, trim an inch or two from the bottom, or simply change to a taller vase. For other heavy-headed flowers that droop, such as amaryl-lis or mums, prick the stem with a pin just below the flower head. This will re-lease air and increase wa-ter flow.

You can embellish your flower arrangement by add-ing some branches from your outdoor shrubs, such as rhododendrons or ever-greens. As your flowers fade, buy some fresh ones, to keep it going all season long.

QUICK TIP: Don’t leave your terracotta or glazed pots outside filled with soil and exposed to winter’s cold. The moisture in the soil will freeze and expand, possibly cracking your fa-vorite patio containers. If you remove the soil you can then store them outside in a protected place, turned up-side down so that they don’t collect water.

Since the holiday excite-ment is over and life has returned to what passes for normal, we can contem-plate all the things we do NOT have to do now in the garden. This welcome res-pite calls for relaxation, pro-crastination and hot choco-late.

Calendar Note: The Green Thumbs will meet at 11 am on Tuesday, January 13, at the Monroe Twp. Senior Center.

The Green Thumb

Calling for Minyan

Volunteers

The Minyan Group of Greenbriar at Whittingham has serviced our community for over 20 years and now we need your help in order to con-tinue this most important ser-vice for our residents. We are seeking both male and female volunteers, but of course those who, because of their particu-lar religious preference, wish only men at their minyan can make that request. You do not have to be fluent in Hebrew to be part of our group, but we need your presence in order to ensure at least 10 people at all Shiva minyans. If you are flu-ent in Hebrew we might ask that you would also consider being a minyan leader as well. For information and to volun-teer, call: Eddie Thompson-860-2664/ Aaron Nitkin-395-7598/ Jim Penzias-860-8344.

EMAIL BULLETIN DELIVERY SOME OF THE EMERGENCY AND OTHER EMAIL BULLETINS FROM MANAGEMENT

SENT TO RESIDENTS ARE BEING RETURNED AS UNDELIVERABLE. TO FACILITATE DELIVERY, PLEASE ADD

THE EMAIL ADDRESS

[email protected] TO YOUR CONTACT LIST.

By Laura Resnick The winter blahs are upon

us! How about perking up the surroundings with fresh flower arrangements? If so, here are some florists’ se-crets to care for your new blooms.

It is most important to fully hydrate cut flowers to increase their vase life. As soon as you bring them home, remove the lower leaves. Then trim at least an inch from the stems making a diagonal cut, and plunge them into a bucket of warm water and let them rest in a cool dark place for a few hours. Cut-ting at an angle allows them to sit in the vase on their tips, drinking fluid, rather than resting on the flat, which inhibits water uptake. The only excep-tions to the warm water rule are spring bulb flow-ers like daffodils, tulips and iris, which prefer cold water.

Woody types, such as the stems of lilacs, for-sythia and holiday ever-greens, will draw in more water if you split the stems

vertically with a one-inch cut. Carnations have nodes (regularly spaced swellings) along the stem. For best water absorption, cut between the nodes. Bulb flowers like tulips and daffodils are often pulled from plants rather than cut, so trim away the white growth at the bottom because only the green part of the stem will take up water.

Daffodils exude a poi-sonous sap that can kill other flowers in a mixed bouquet. One way to han-dle this is to keep them in a separate container. Oth-erwise, you can neutralize the daffodils by letting them stand for 24 hours in water to which 1/2 tea-spoon of bleach has been added. Only then can they safely join the others.

Poppies and holly-hocks need to be seared on the ends with a match flame to seal in their sap, before they can be used as a cut flower.

The yellow pollen of lil-ies will stain tablecloths and clothing, so anthers

Brunswick Township High School Band. It just seems like yesterday. In high school our son was an average to below average student. In September, 1991 he entered Middlesex County College. One day in February, 1992 I came home and asked Sandi where David was; her sur-prising answer was “at the library.” On that day David found himself academically; from then on he was on the Dean’s List and graduated cum laude from Rowan Uni-versity. It just seems like yesterday.

In 2003 our younger daughter, Kimberly Michelle, was married at our house. It just seems like yesterday. And in September, 2007 we moved to GW. It just seems like yesterday.

When I got my car repaired in December, replacing a significant number of the front end parts, I mused about the veritable miracle of our body parts most of which are 55-90+ years old. Thought about starting a new GW Club: I will purchase a round folding table; set it up in our guest room and invite five men to meet six nights

(Continued from page 9) each month at our new table. The club will be called Six Nights At The Round Table!

Mark your calendar for the following holidays in January: New Year’s Day-1 and Martin Luther King, Jr. Day-19. The January birth flower is the carnation; the birthstone is the garnet. Plan to visit the Monroe Township Library on 4, Trivia Day and 18, The-saurus Day. In observance of Human Trafficking Day-11, plan to attend the special film/discussion at the Library which is sponsored by the League of Women Voters and the Library on January 20. We will not be celebrat-ing Squirrel Appreciation Day on 21 because we just fin-ished paying our extermina-tor to trap the two squirrels who decided to adopt a Chichester address by mov-ing into our attic. On 25 I’ll be wearing my shoes on the wrong foot, shirt inside out and doing the opposite of what I’m told for I’ll be observing Oppo-site Day. Don’t ask me to write anything on 31 because it’ll look like this- drawkcaB; yep I’ll be celebrating Backward Day. To all of you readers, Best Wishes for A Happy and Healthy 2015.

Reflections


BUS PICK-UP SCHEDULE

VILLAGES WILL ALTERNATE EACH MONTH

GREENBRIAR:

JUNE AUGUST OCTOBER DECEMBER FEBRUARY APRIL

WHITTINGHAM: JULY SEPTEMBER NOVEMBER JANUARY MARCH MAY

BUS PICK UP TIMES

1ST VILLAGE

9:00 AM TO 9:20 AM

2ND VILLAGE 9:20 AM TO 9:40 AM

BUS LEAVES GREENBRIAR @ WHITTINGHAM

PARKING LOT @ 8:55 AM PROMPTLY!

By Dr. Alan Cooper In January the Golf Pro

Shop is closed, and remains closed until March 1, 2015. However, there is Winter Golf on the Greenbriar Golf Course. There are rules that need to be followed. 1. Each day golfers must

look for the sign that indi-cates whether the course is Open or Closed

2. When the course is open, Play starts at 10 am. Golf-ers must be off the course by 4 pm.

3. The course will be closed when the temperature is below 40 degrees.

4. It is suggested that golfers go out at least two at a time, and that they bring a cell phone.

5. ALL GOLFERS MUST

START AT THE PRO SHOP (1st Hole ) TO DE-T E R M I N E I F T H E COURSE IS OPEN.

6. Greens will be open for play unless otherwise noted. There will be two (2) holes and one flag stick on each green. When you finish putting place the flag in the hole you didn’t use. This re-duces wear and tear on the green.

7. WHEN THE GREENS ARE CONSIDERED TOO SOFT FOR PLAY, GOLF-ERS MUST USE THE TEMPORARY GREENS. (Location of the flags will indicate which greens to use.)

8. Golfers are urged to use common sense, and pro-

tect the course from any damage.

9. Rangers will monitor com-pliance

10. USE OF THE GREEN-BRIAR GOLF COURSE IS RESERVED FOR PEOPLE WITH PLAYING MEMBERSHIPS ONLY.

11. ANY GOLFER NOT FOL-LOWING THE RULES WILL FACE A TWO WEEK SUSPENSION DURING THE SUMMER SEASON AT THE DIS-CRETION OF THE GOLF BOARD.

During the winter months the Course Superintendent makes repairs to our equip-ment. In March the equipment is ready for use to keep the course in excellent condition.

Facts on Pickleball

History

In 1965, in the state of Washington, U.S. Congress-man Joel Pritchard invented a family game--pickleball. The name pickleball came from the family dog, Pickle, who used to chase the balls all over the yard. What was once a back-yard game played by few is now a game played in thou-sands of schools, recreation centers, and homes. Pickleball is played in the United States as well as Canada, Japan, Singapore, and Western Europe.

Fun Facts · There are more than

100,000 pickleball enthus-iasts worldwide.

· The United States Pickleball Association (USAPA) was founded in 1984.

· In 1999, the USAPA re-leased its Official Pickleball Tournament Rulebook.

· 1999, the State Games of Oregon included pickleball as a sport.

· Benefits of Playing · Pickleball is great for hand-

eye coordination. · Pickleball helps you to build

self-esteem. · It can be played when you

are 5 or 85. · It can be played indoors or

outdoors. · It is a ton of fun!

Pickleball is the newest court in town.

Pickleball. It may be silly sounding, but don’t be fooled — it’s some pretty serious stuff. That is, if you take hav-ing fun seriously. Tennis play-ers, former tennis players, in-jured tennis players, kids of tennis players, parents of ten-nis players, grandparents of tennis players, and even peo-ple who’ve never played tennis (yes, they exist!) may want to give pickleball a shot. That is to say, you don’t have to be in tip-top shape to start playing pickleball — it’s a one-size-fits-all kind of sport!

SNOW EMERGENCY BULLETIN

WINTER 2015 Please do NOT call Towne

Centre or Security to request changes to the snow clearing plan. This plan is based on fairness (rotation of starting areas) and special circum-stances (substantial drifting, emergencies, or other un-foreseen events). At no time should residents directly in-terfere or interact with work-ers’ schedule and perform-ance.

Management maintains only one special needs list for which you need preclearance to qualify. Special needs are limited to: · Chemotherapy; · Dialysis; · Hospice Care; · Radiation Treatment; and · Scheduled Surgery

The nurse has NO authority to place you on the special needs list. You MUST APPLY

TO THE MANAGEMENT OF-FICE.

Your application will require disclosure of your treatment, the schedule, and place of treatment as well as provider’s name and telephone number. In addition, you will be re-quired to provide a letter of authorization to your provider permitting them to verify all of this information and provide the Management Office with a copy.

The following are not a ba-sis for preferential snow clear-ance: · Family commitments; · Scheduled appointments

with doctors, dentists, physical therapy, etc.;

· Work. Your cooperation is appreci-

ated. Sincerely,

WHOA Board of Trustees

News from the Golf Board


tary gifts for birthdays, Christ-mas, Easter, Halloween, and Thanksgiving. We also ar-ranged for entertainment for the residents with luncheons in restaurants, wine and cheese party and afternoon entertain-ment at the home. We also provided much needed cloth-ing for the residents.

We purchased hundreds of items needed, and these were given free to the residents who need them. We were able to do these things because of the success of our Poppy Cam-paign, our only source of in-come to provide for our veter-ans at Menlo Park, and our veterans in need of help. We look forward to 2015 being just as successful. With your help and generosity, it will be.

We would like to invite all eligible ladies to join forces with us to help our veterans, both at the home and those in need in everyday life. These folks rely on many organiza-tions for assistance, and that is our primary function. Please join us in our effort to help them. For information on join-ing our Unit, feel free to call President Dolly Meloro, Secre-tary Catherine McKernan, or Treasurer Rosie Anklowitz. You will be warmly welcomed.

Why not make a New Year resolution to fly your American Flag daily. Pray for peace in this world. Pray for our military in harm’s way. Pray that they will come home soon. God bless our troops around the world, and God bless our great country, the United States of America. GW Connections

By Dorothy Thompson Welcome to 2015. We hope

everyone enjoyed a Merry Christmas and a Happy Cha-nukah. In 2015, we wish eve-ryone Health and Happiness.

We hope our snowbirds are enjoying themselves, wher-ever they might be. Some members are still here and enjoying what our lovely active-adult community offers during the winter months.

Membership dues for GW connections are $15 per year of which $5 goes directly into our charitable giving fund. You must be a member to attend our events and our study groups. Our charities include “HOMEFRONT,” an organiza-tion helping homeless families at their location. Another char-ity is “WOMEN AWARE” a shelter for abused women and their children. We accept in-season clothing for these or-ganizations. Just call Marilyn Steiner - 860-6494 - at 10 Um-berland Place or Doris Becker - 395-8018 - at 12 Severn Way. Let them know you are dropping off bags. We can also accept clothing from your grandchildren. Don’t forget to save your cosmetic samples and samples you might re-ceive at hotels and on a cruise. We accept these items also.

GW Connections news is as follows: We had a lovely day in AC with a show, dinner at Car-mine’s and time in the casino. We thank Carol Essner for chairing this terrific day.

Moving to May 4, we will have our official installation followed by a musical treat, “The Watering Can Band.” our own Eddie Thompson is part of this musical group which sings songs from the 40’s to

After Hours Club By Gail Alpern

We just completed our 2013 season with a gala evening of dining and dancing. The affair was catered by Business Bis-tro with music by The Dale Stover Quartet. We had a great turnout and the board members were showered with compliments because the buf-fet was delicious with some-thing for everyone and the band played great dancing music from the 50’s to the 90’s. There was a female singer to round out the eve-ning and the dance floor was crowded at all times. To add to the ambiance, the tables were decorated in a holiday mode and everyone sparkled in their holiday outfits.

The After Hours Club has some new and exciting shows for the 2014 season. Our shows take place on the last

60’s. This event will be held in our ballroom at 7 pm. and, of course, refreshments will be served

On May 13 we will be going to Staten Island. While there we will visit the New York Chi-nese Scholar’s Gardens, lo-cated in the Snug Harbor Cul-tural Center and then go to the Alice Austen House. Alice Austen, a 19th century photog-rapher, was ahead of her time. Lunch will be at the Do Noi Restaurant, an Italian restau-rant, listed in Zagat. This trip is limited to only 49 people. Checks will be accepted April15 and the cost is $49 for this wonderful day.

On June 18 we will go to Knob Hill Country Club for our Book and Author Luncheon. The book is entitled “Henna House” by Nomi Eve. In this book, the author paints a pic-ture of Yemenite Jewry during the 20th century. Evocative and enthralling...a tale (and traits) of a young woman...her family, her community and the rituals (henna) that bind them. She also wrote “The Family Orchard”, a Book of the Month Club selection which was nominated for a National Jew-ish Book Award. Seating will be limited and we urge you to place your check for $42 on April 1.

On July 16 we will go to the Seeing Eye Institute in Morris-town where we will learn the history of guide dog training and have an opportunity to meet a guide dog, trainer and someone who has been paired with a dog. We will then have a repeat visit to the Cozy Cup-board Tea Room, a venue we visited last year. Check for $62 will be accepted after June 4.

Check the rounders in the back hall opposite the indoor pool for flyers and additional information about GW Con-nections. Join us at our up-coming fantastic events.

Our Study Groups continue to have some openings, please call Barbara Fineman at 395-8038 or Annette Roth at 655-9088. The groups are as follows: Book Study - Bar-bara Fineman, The Classics - Phyllis Dayboch, It’s Debat-able - Harriet Bachman, Movie Group - Arlene Lazar, Play Reading - Marcia Lambek, Provocative Thinking - Rita Modell or Enid Kadish, Poetry - Arlene Lazar. Do you have another idea for a group? Please call Barbara or An-nette.

We can send a greeting card through GW Connections for only $2.50 Just call Doro-thy Thompson - 860-2664 and she can send a card for you. Now, how easy is that! $l of every card sent goes directly into our Charitable Giving Fund.

GW Friends By Len Greenberg

It’s 2015 and the GW Friends are up and running at Greenbriar at Whittingham as well as South Florida. At this point the November- Decem-ber holiday period is over and everyone is making New Year’s resolutions to lose weight, exercise more and eat healthier foods. Good luck with all that.

Our speakers program starts up again in March on the fourth Monday evenings. However, our groups, break-


Friday of the month. The After Hours Club is a great place to meet new friends, be enter-tained and sample some deli-cious refreshments. We would like to do a shout out to all of the new residents that have come to GW: join our ranks! We have tables of ten but, if needed, we can arrange to seat you at a table. Member-ship dues are ten dollars per person, made out to the After Hours Club and placed in box #8. Please visit the rounders in the Towne Centre to see com-plete information and give us your email address to receive our monthly flyer.

Listed below are the fabu-lous attractions for the coming season: Dinner shows and other special events are in the works. • January 31—Jim Daily—A

funny guy you won’t want to miss to start the New Year off right!

• February—To be An-nounced

• March 28—Michele Sex-ton—”From Puccini to Broadway”

• April 25—Frank De Rosa—Neil Diamond Tribute

• May 30—Lee Glantz Trio • June 27—Stiletto and the

Sax Happy New Year and we

look forward to seeing you!

American Legion Auxiliary Unit

522 By Catherine McKernan, Secretary

2014-2015, A Successful Year

President Dolly Meloro of Unit 522 extends best wishes for the New Year to all our members and friends. We hope you will all have a happy and healthy 2015.

Unit 522 had a successful year in 2014. We provided our veterans who reside in the Menlo Park Home with mone-

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fasts and even a golf outing are set for the next month or so. Keep your eyes on our GW Voice articles and newsletters for all upcoming events. Our President Bob Blum is always a phone call away if you have any questions. You can con-tact Bob at 609-409-6705. We are always looking for new members and certainly wel-come your input.

Listed below are our events scheduled for the month of January: Monday. January 5, Membership Breakfast. We start off every month with a friendly membership breakfast in the Tap Room at 9. For just $8 including tax and tip you can choose from the Tap Rooms sumptuous breakfast menu. Just a casual good time. Our 50/50 helps one lucky person pay for breakfast and even, sometimes, lunch. Please call Jim Penzias and make a reservation. 860-8344.

Monday January 5: Florida Reunion Breakfast. Tentatively scheduled for this date, at the Bagel Tree, in the Kings Point Shopping Center, in DelRay Beach. We will kick off the proceedings at 9. If you have not made a reservation, call Len Greenberg and let him know you are coming. Len can be reached at 954-979-0162.

Monday January 5: Movie Group. Bob Modell heads up the discussion of new release movies. We meet at 4 in the Towne Centre. Each month you will get a list of movies to see for the next month’s meet-ing. Call Bob and let him know you are coming. 395-8575.

Wednesday January 7: Pool & Pizza. If you love pool, bil-liards and pizza, this is for you. If you have always wanted to learn the game there will be someone to give you a friendly lesson. We meet at 12:30 for pizza at La Villa, on Apple-garth Road and reconvene in the downstairs pool room of the Towne Centre. Call Norm Goodman and let him know you are interested. 395-8998.

Monday January 12: Med Sci Group. The group meets every month to discuss medi-cal, science and technology. This month Carl Lipshutz, who has taught and practiced exer-cise programs for years, will present a program on how to make your body stronger and sharper. In addition, Mickey Kaplan will bring you up to date on the Road Scholar pro-gram, which used to be known as ElderHostel. The group meets at 4 in the Towne Cen-tre. Mickey Kaplan would love to hear from you. 395-1054.

Tuesday January 13: Fi-nance and Investment Group. Irwin Kaplan, resident invest-ment guru heads the group. Each month Irwin brings you updates on the world of invest-ments. Your input is invited; however, do your own home-work. The group meets at 7:30 in the Towne Centre. Call Irwin and let him know you are com-ing. 860-9582

Monday January 19: Music Group. Dave Lasser heads up the group. We meet each month for a presentation by a group member on the fascinat-ing world of music. The group gets together at 7:30 in the Towne Centre. We have heard everything from Gershwin and “The Dead” to Bach, Beetho-


ven and “The Beatles”. This month Shelly Soffer will pre-sent Benny Goodman. If you are a music lover call Dave and let him know you are inter-ested. 409-7667.

Wednesday January 21: Pool and Billiards. Meet the first and third Wednesday of the month at 2. See informa-tion above please.

Monday January 26: Book Group. If you are a reader of books you’ll want to get to-gether with this group. Marv Bachman heads up the group, however you are encouraged to present your ideas on your favorite read. This month we will talk about “The Promised Land” by Ari Shavit. The group gets together at 4 in the Towne Centre. Call Marv and let him know you are coming. 409-5464.

The Speakers Program is on winter hiatus until March. Look for announcements about future speakers.

Florida Golf: We will once again sponsor a golf outing at the Boca Delray Golf and Country Club in DelRay Beach Florida. The outing is sched-uled for February 3, at 9. At this point, we are sold out, however Jerry Roth is keeping a wait list. You can contact Jerry at 561-733-5332. If you have any questions regarding this event, Jerry is your con-tact person.

Italian American Sr. Cultural Club

By Rose Corso There will be no general

meeting for the month of De-cember. With that statement, there is no news to report on the club’s activities, other than the wonderful news of the club’s most generous charita-ble gift to SIX families in Mon-roe Twp. The membership should be applauded for this gift, for without their help, this could not be accomplished.

Point of interest: Americans are proud of their blue jeans. Once the garb of cowboys and manual laborers, denim pants have gradually worked their way into everyday casual at-tire. The heavy twilled cotton cloth almost seems to have “Made in America” stamped in its very fibers and is intrinsi-cally associated with Levi

Strass & Company. However, this durable material predated the American West by hun-dreds of years and was first made in ITALY centuries ago.

The origins of this popular cloth hearken back to a time when coastal Italian cities were known for their preemi-nence on the seas. The busy ports received goods from all over the known world and their mariners sailed the oceans and seas for commerce and exploration. Genoa, located on the Ligurian Sea in northwest Italy, was a powerful maritime republic and by the 13th cen-tury its sphere of influence reached from North Africa to the Black Sea. Today, Genoa is Italy’s sixth largest city and most important port

(Genovese, therefore mer-chant). This ancient saying

GW Friends may best sum up Genoa’s long nautical and mercantile history. From medieval times, the city was also known for its textile production, and the marriage of the fabric industry with mercantilism brought about the diffusion of the heavy, blue cloth used for modern-day jeans. The dye was first obtained from the woad plant and then from the indigo plant, whose use was documented in Genoa as early as the 12th century. For art-ists, this blue dye was a pre-cious commodity. The French court chose blue as its royal color, and the church selected it to represent purity and, con-sequently, the Virgin Mary.

The earliest strong blue cloth remaining from Genoa today takes the form of an artist’s canvas upon which a

striking collection of mono-chrome paintings were exe-cuted in the 16th century. These works on blue canvas depict the Passion of Christ and are in Genoa’s Museo Diocesano. In that period, the heavy blue cloth had a host of uses, such as coverings for merchandise aboard ships, sails and fabric for sailors’ pants.

The cloth quickly spread through the contact of Ge-noese sailors with the ports of Europe. By the second half of the 1500s, the blue fabric was widely exported to England and was referred to with the French translation of Genoa, “Genes.” From that, the word was anglicized to “geanes” or “jeans.” “Blue jeans” came from the French “blue de



Genes” or “blue from Genoa.” The word “demin” is of later origin and comes from “de Nimes,” denoting the French city that traded with Genoa and where the rough cloth was also made.

In England, jean fabric was predominantly used by the lower and middle classes who appreciated its economical price and durability. Compared with other cotton fabrics avail-able in Europe at the time, the heavy cloth cost less to pro-duce and was thus a popular choice for work clothes and everyday attire. The jeans characteristic look was achieved by dying only the vertical strands of thread blue and leaving the horizontals their natural ecru color. Unbe-knownst to the Genoese


weavers of the time, the resul-tant fabric’s gradual stone-washed effect would eventu-ally be prized by the fashion industry.

Dates to remember: No meeting in January. Next meetings February 6 and March 6.

Have a Happy, Healthy New Year. Ciao a tutti.

ORT America

By Nancy Feuerstein We often meet people who

ask us, “What is ORT?” The following is an answer: ORT is the largest Jewish education non-profit in the world and our supporters are defining gen-erations of Jews globally. We provide state-of-the-art tech-nology education, whose focus is in the sciences and mathe-matics – from environmental engineering to computer graphic design to bio-chemical studies.

When you participate in ORT’s activities here in G/W, you are helping to support this world-wide organization that changes lives. On November 12 we travelled to Manhattan for a great trip to the United Nations. On our docent-guided tour we learned about the his-tory of the UN, the exhibits and special conference areas and the important work that continues here. Thanks to Muriel Hertan, an Israeli dele-gate spoke to us in a private meeting. This trip was made possible by the efforts of Muriel, Lollie Reich and Eileen Birnbaum and we thank them very much.

As the new year begins, we wish you and yours a happy, healthy and peaceful year. Many exciting events are be-ing planned, so mark your cal-endars and watch for further details.

As part of Human Trafficking Awareness, a special discus-sion with a film will be held at the Monroe Township Library on January 20 at 2 pm. This meeting will be under joint-sponsorship of the MT Library and the League of Women Voters in conjunction with the New Jersey Coalition Against Human Trafficking, ORT, Ha-dassah, National Council of Jewish Women and the Jew-ish Federation of Middlesex and Monmouth County.

March 25 – Card party in the ballroom, details to follow.

April 13 – Book and Author Luncheon at Battleground Country Club. Author Boris Fishman will tell us about his book, A Replacement Life, which was published by Harper Collins in June, 2014 to rave reviews. His novel is a “provocative, soulful and sometimes hilarious story of a failed journalist asked to do the unthinkable: forge Holo-caust restitution claims for old Russian Jews in Brooklyn.” The cost will be $48 and eve-ryone is welcome. Contact Roz at 409-0907 or Alyce at 409-9545. May 13 – Media, Pa. – “Hello,

Dolly” May 27 – Meeting at Senior

Center, 7 pm. June 1 – Mercer Symphonic

Band June 11 – Green Wood

Cemetery – 2 hr. trolley tour July 22 – Member Appreciation


Italian American Sr. Cultural Club

New Jersey regional president of ORT America Mildred Greenberg (l) recently hosted its annual luncheon where Harry Ettinger, one of the original and the last survivor of the Monuments Men, spoke of his experiences as an 18-year-old, German born, American soldier translating records of art treasures stolen by the Nazis. He was introduced by Lynn Leeb (r), chairman of ORT's Bramson Colleges in NYC.


Aug.12 – Game Day Aug.26 – meeting at Senior

Center, 7 pm. Sept. 9 – luncheon and

fashion show by Chico’s of Hamilton

Oct. 21 – meeting at Senior Center, 7 pm.

Oct. 28 – card party Nov. 11 – Doylestown, Pa.

On-going: Bowling – Beverly 409-7993; Tribute Cards – Rita 395-8993; Unwanted cell phones – Kay 409-0955; Gift cards for Shoprite and Stop & Shop – Miriam 409-9160.

A reminder: Dues for 2015, $36, payable to ORT are now due. We thank you so much for your support and look for-ward to seeing you in the New Year.

The Martin

Salmanowitz Senior

Social Club By Paul Bresalier

We would like to wish every-one a very happy and healthy New Year.

2014 was one of the Club’s most active and successful years. All of our monthly shows sold out and earned excellent feedback. Most of our weekly meetings featured a speaker who gave a presen-tation on topics relevant to our lives. We sponsored a show trip to Washington, D.C. and Maryland, had our annual trip to Monmouth Park Racetrack, saw “A Chorus Line” in Long Beach Island, and spent a day at Resorts Casino in Atlantic City. In addition, we ran the monthly bingo games in our ballroom. We are very proud that we were able to donate a total of $5,000 to many worthy charities, mostly in Monroe Township.

We appreciate the support of our members. The contribu-tions of our many volunteers and board members over the years have made the club a major contributor to the quality of life at Greenbriar at Whit-tingham

Our show on November 13, “Voices of Legends,” featured singing impressionist Eric Kearns, who has the amazing ability to sing in the style of so many well known performers. At the end of the show, he earned a standing ovation.

Bingo Our club sponsors and con-

ducts an evening of Bingo on the second Friday of each month with doors opening at 7 pm. The next Bingo is sched-uled for January 9.

Events Calendar January 8 – Thursday –

New Year’s Brunch featuring comedian Stewie Stone. 1 pm. Ballroom. Brunch will be ca-tered by the Bagel Bazaar and features pancakes, French toast, scrambled eggs, home fries, bacon, sausages, ba-gels, rolls, muffins, assorted salads, coffee, and a lot more. $17 pp members, $19 pp non-resident guests. Waiting list.

February 19 – Thursday – Luncheon show, “From Puc-cini to Broadway” featuring soprano Michele Sexton. 12:30 pm. Ballroom. Family style lunch catered by the Tap Room Café includes salad, tilapia, meatballs, ziti, mixed vegetables, cake, coffee, soda. $17 pp members, $19


pp non-resident guests. March 19 – Thursday – The

Mastros Luncheon Show with singing, comedy, and celebrity impressions. 1 pm. Ballroom. Family style lunch catered by the Tap Room Café includes corned beef, roast beef, and turkey sandwiches with potato salad, cole slaw, cake, and coffee. $16 pp members, $18 pp non-resident guests.

April 21 – Tuesday – “Abie’s Irish Rose” luncheon show at the Hunterdon Hills Play-house. Bus leaves 10 am. See flyer for luncheon choices. $69 pp members, $72 pp non-resident guests.

Speakers Program Programs start at 2:30 pm.

All members are invited. January 19 – Speaker will

discuss Senior Men’s Health. January 22 - Dr. Jeffrey Ap-

ter from the Princeton Medical Institute will discuss Memory Loss.

J a n u a r y 2 9 – K e v i n Hoagland, Middlesex County Surrogate will discuss wills and estates.

February 5 – Anthony Dis-sen, Centra State Medical Center will present Chair Yoga, a way to keep our minds and bodies healthy.

Yiddish Club

By Donna Steif Our Annual Chanukah Party

on Sunday, November 5 was great as usual. Who could resist the delicious platters of nova, whitefish and other sal-ads. Israeli singer, Shlomo Haviv sang songs of his coun-try as well as from Eastern Europe, which are still very popular among Jews. But as soon as the audience heard their music, the floor was filled with line dancers and the place was hopping!

Renewal of Membership: Dues of $10 per person must be paid by the January break-fast. Place check in Lockbox #6 in a separate envelope marked Dues.

Please note that unless oth-erwise specified, programs take place the first Sunday of every month at 10:15 a.m. Bagels, cream cheese and coffee are served. For those who prefer, tea is also avail-able. Charge is $6 per person unless otherwise indicated.

ORT America 2015 Future Programs On Sunday, January 4, the

Yiddish Club presents Martin Schneit, noted lecturer, New York tour guide and historian. His subject will be “A Virtual Tour of Jewish Harlem”. Did you know Harlem was the third largest Jewish settlement in the World? Discover the celeb-rities who resided there. Plan to attend.

Sunday, February 1, The W o r d M a v e n s , J o y c e Eisenberg and Ellen Scolnic, are co-authors of “Dictionary of Jewish Words,” a user-friendly guide of more than 1200 Hebrew, Yiddish and English words which are sometimes, often unbe-knownst to us, part of our con-versation. We anticipate a fun-filled morning.

On Sunday morning, March 1, we again welcome acclaimed author, Gloria Goldreich. The Yiddish Club is proud to an-nounce that her newest book, “The Bridal Chair,” a story of Marc Chagall’s daughter, will be debuted at our breakfast next month where it will be available for purchase as well as book-signing. As always, we look forward to Ms. Goldreich’s enlightening discussion.

Please note date change: clubhouse closed on Sunday, April 5, because of Easter. Instead our breakfast-program will be held on Sunday, April 12. Lisa Sherman and accom-panist, Bob Egan, at the piano will present “Decades Of Jew-ish Divas,” a tribute to the singers, songwriters and en-tertainers including Bette Mid-



Yiddish Club

Sunday, January 11, 2 pm Beneath The Helmet – From

High School to the Home Front

Free! – Afternoon Showing – Register Now!

Marlboro Jewish Center is sponsoring a premier screen-ing of Beneath The Helmet – From High School to the Home Front” on Sunday 1/11/15, from 2-4 pm at the Marlboro Middle School, 355 Country Road Route 520, Marlboro NJ 07746. This is a free community-wide event, suitable for all ages. It is a coming-of-age story that high-lights five young Israeli high school graduates, who are drafted into the army to defend their country. At the age of 18, away from their homes, family, and friends these young indi-viduals undergo a demanding journey, revealing the core of who they are and who they

want to be. From the creators of the

PBS-featured documentary film Israel Inside: How a Small Nation Makes a Big Differ-ence, the film illustrates how these young men and women are protecting not only their homes, but the shared values of peace, equality, opportunity, democracy, religious tolerance and women’s rights. The les-sons they learn along the way, are lessons that can be adapted, understood and ap-preciated by everyone.

The facility has plenty of parking, 600+ auditorium seats and a large screen. Lt. Aviv Regev from the IDF who is featured in the movie, will speak with us afterwards. This is free but registration is re-q u i r e d . P l e a s e v i s i t www.jewishmonmouth.org/bth and select the Marlboro Jew-ish Center event to register.

Major Movie Premier

By Arnold Bornstein When retiring and moving,

my wife gave me as a gift a very popular cookbook, as I had indicated that I thought I would be interested in learning and doing gourmet cooking as hobby during my retirement years. Not only did it never materialize, but our friends still tease me about the gourmet dinner I had promised them many years ago.

The book by Julia Child, "The Way to Cook,” still sits in my cabinet downstairs, along with other books that are still unread. However, cooking, dining and eating have be-come important health factors in my life. I became aware of Julia Child through TV, as she was a television icon with vari-ous cooking programs from the 1960s through the 1990s. She made French cooking popular.

My Child cookbook is in-scribed by me as a birthday, retirement and “Phase Three” gift from my wife. Phase Three was the title I used for a col-umn that I wrote for a local newspaper. My wife had noted that phase one was everything before marriage, phase two was marriage, and Phase Three was retirement.

Gourmet dining really hit home when the sister of our son’s wife, Helen Kimmel, managed the landmark New York restaurant, the Rainbow Room, on the 65th floor of the 30 Rockefeller Plaza building. She’s a registered nutritionist and dietitian, and she used to research the nutrition for the restaurant’s various menus. She co-wrote a book, “low carb 1 - 2 - 3, The Low-Calorie Low-Carbohydrate Cookbook,” with Rozanne Gold, three-time winner of the James Beard Award, which includes cook-books.

The Rainbow Room, with its breathtaking views of the Man-hattan skyline, reopened re-cently after extensive renova-tions.

Another landmark restaurant in Manhattan was Windows on the World, atop the World Trade Center building, which was destroyed by terrorist at-tacks in 2001.

Not too far from Times Square is one of New York’s most unusual restaurants, The

View, which is on top of the Marriott Marquis. The restau-rant rotates, with a 360-degree view of the city.

Looking back, in high school, college, the Navy and afterwards, I think my intake of food was typical. My taste buds dominated my eating habits — with little or no thought given to what may be good or not good for me.

Following marriage and the births of our son and daughter, my thinking seemed to change, as I related my health and well being to the future needs of my family. Fortu-nately and wisely, I started steps to take good care of my-self, as there was a history of heart disease in my family, namely with my mother, sister and oldest brother.

I watched what I ate and didn’t eat, with an emphasis on the level of saturated fat and cholesterol.

I also got into a rigorous exercising and training regi-men, often jogging home from work, when my colleague would drive me to work on days I was going to run home. I also did several relatively short races before training for and participating in marathons, as well as two triathlons. It paid off, as my doctors evi-dently consider me to be in good health.

My wife and I became semi-vegetarians, but we still eat fish, fat-free or low-fat cheese, and eggs (although I only have egg whites and an egg substi-tute, which my wife uses to make omelets). Interestingly, our path to becoming semi-vegetarians also involved see-ing documentaries and read-ing reports about the treatment of chickens and animals. My wife usually buys cage-free eggs. This past Thanksgiving, I recall her saying, “They’re raising all these turkeys just to kill them for Thanksgiving.”

I jokingly got into the habit of calling food with too much saturated fat and/or choles-terol in it as “poison.” When one of our granddaughters was still a little girl, I remember her holding up a French fry and asking, “Mommy, is this really poison?”

She is now a freshman in college and recently, when


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ler, Eydie Gorme, Carole King and Helen Reddy.

Special Event: “Life in the Foreign Service”: On Wednes-day, February 4, from 10:15 am till 11:30 am, Sheila Kurtzer will talk about her life and experiences in Egypt as the wife of Ambassador Daniel Kurtzer. This program will take place in the back multi-purpose room and is limited to 50 people. Reservations a must! Call Zeena Kelberg at 609-409-0472. No charge! Only Yiddish Club members may attend!

2015 Future Trips Only Yiddish Club members

may attend! Save The Date: Our Annual

NJPAC trip will take place on Friday, February 27, 2015. A light breakfast served there will be followed by a dress rehearsal of the N.J. Symphony Orchestra which will include pieces by Mozart and Mendelssohn. After-wards, lunch will be at Tony Da Caneca’s Restaurant, always delicious and enjoyable. Bus departs at 7:30 am from GW parking lot. Place flyer from the rounder and check for $70 per person in an envelope marked NJSO and deposit into Lockbox #6.

Wait List Only: On Tuesday, March 31, 2015 the Super Gala Kick-Off of the Centennial Year of the Folksbiene National Yid-dish Theatre will be held in Car-negie Hall. The program starring Itzhak Perlman in the Fiddler’s House and Klezmer musicians from around the globe will begin at 7:30 pm. Tickets are $80 per-son including door to door bus service. Departure is at 4:30 pm from GW Parking Lot. Plan a late lunch at home and bring a snack.

On Tuesday, April 21, there will be a trip to Philadelphia to visit the Archaeology and An-thropology Museum as well as a guided tour of the Israeli Artifacts Gallery, all on the extensive grounds of the Uni-versity of Pennsylvania. After-wards there will be time to further explore the area. Lunch on your own at the Museum Cafe. Cost is $35. Call Zeena at 409-0472 for any questions.

On Thursday, May 21 we will visit the New York Botani-cal Gardens to see Frida Kahlo’s solo exhibition of the artist’s work in NYC in more than 25 years.

Multi-Media Center The first Sunday of every

month, the Multi-Media Center is open before 10:15 am to allow Yiddish Club members ONLY to browse through the selection of books, DVD’s and Video Cassettes. Anything borrowed must be returned by the following meeting. For an annotated bibliography, e-mail Librarian Natasha Rosenbaum at [email protected].

Yiddish Vinkle Come join us even though

you speak or understand very little Yiddish, you will be warmly welcomed. Join the women and men at the Yid-dish Vinkle the third Wednes-day of every month from 10 a.m. to 11:30 am in the Club-house. Remember, you MUST be a member of the Yiddish Club.

Check out our breakfast-programs, trips and Special Events. Bet you’ll find some-thing you would enjoy. We would love to have you!



By Dawn Horowitz Imagine a museum that is

filled with all the paraphernalia and information needed to pro-duce a perfect spy. And imag-ine that museum is devoted to advice about the methods of disguise, instruments of de-struction and deception, codes and general intrigue. This pri-vately owned institution, the International Spy Museum, located on “F” Street in north-west Washington D.C. is the place to satisfy one’s appre-ciation of the talents required for successful operatives of espionage.

Last fall, my husband Paul and I were introduced to the Spy Museum by my son Aaron and his daughter Elana. We loved it. I was intrigued by the amount of history the institu-tion detailed since spying goes back to Greek and Roman times. Many of their same techniques are still used to-day.

The Spy Museum invites the public to learn all the tricks spies use in gaining the trust of local citizens during their missions. There is a special section on the second floor describing the education of a spy. Upon entering the mu-seum, the visitor is first intro-duced to this area and encour-aged to try to assume a cover identity to prepare for their own simulated spying activity during the tour.

After examining the pictures of possible choices, I found an older woman whom I thought I could emulate by age and ap-pearance and I began to copy the details about her life and background. The laughing do-cent said it was important to memorize the information and agreed with me, that I would be a terrible spy.

Next we entered the section where the school for spies was featured. We saw how “bugs” were planted in cameras, tele-phones, rugs, upholstered fur-niture, shoes, eyeglasses, etc. and that a spy could wear spe-cial clothing with concealed pockets and linings. A simple disguise could consist of a hat at a strange angle or a differ-ent way of combing the hair. This was another technique to change one’s appearance to better conceal the identity of a secret operative. The one dis-guise that most impressed me was the tiny lipstick tube hid-ing a single-shot revolver in-

side its case that was used by female KGB spies.

Then we continued on to view the interactive exhibits. It was exciting to see the actual photographs of spies in action. There were videos, motion pictures, magazine articles and speeches by the people who participated in lengthy operations in foreign countries, a world of which I was totally unacquainted. However, I could enter that world by just pressing a button.

I was fascinated by the suc-cess stories of the “Cold War” Russian spies and how the U.S. discovered their exis-tence. Also in another area, I relived the experience of watching the trial of the Rosenbergs by seeing the complete exhibit of the proof of their espionage for the USSR. They were convicted of con-spiring to give atomic secrets to the USSR and later exe-cuted. I remember the discus-sions during the 1950s ques-tioning their actual guilt. Now we have learned that Mr. Rosenberg was found guilty, but his wife was completely innocent.

Of course, there is a special exhibit of the fifty years of the movies of James Bond. Bond’s autos, with all the en-hanced devices, are shown. The viewer sees a Jaguar with a rear mounted gun, and a heat-seeking missile activator, plus an Aston Martin equipped with tire shredders, machine guns and rotating license plates. I am not really familiar with all the Bond movies but I loved seeing the unusual weapons installed in the cars and the explanation of how they were employed against the evil villains in the films.

The tools Bond owns were also on display as well as a description of the changes in the type of instruments Bond has available now, different from those he had in the years past: i.e., a lethal nerve gas inhaler which is new to the spy trade. The museum pamphlet states that the Bond films in-troduced the public to the life and methods of an espionage agent.

Another presentation ex-plains that challenges for our espionage community con-tinue today in the twenty-first century. Evildoers are involved with invading cyberspace and trying to interrupt the normal activities of the world’s popula-tion. At this time stronger in-struments of intelligence are in the process of being devised to stop these operations. Top experts predict the activities of terrorists will continue to cause problems for the American people. Our intelligence agents plus the knowledge-able public must be vigilant in trying to foil their schemes.

Various educational pro-grams within the museum are available for families, adults and students throughout the year as well. They are com-pletely separate from the regu-lar museum viewing area and require an extra admission fee. One called “Spy in the City” involves a team of play-ers who are given a GPS and clues and instructed to find the password for the use of a se-cret weapon. This game could be used when one is sponsor-ing a birthday party or some

other special family event. An-other interactive exhibit en-couraged guests to sign up for “Operation Spy” an interactive program where visitors agree to pretend to become spies and move around a totally dif-ferent area of the museum perfecting their intelligence operation. I thought both of these programs would provide a fun filled afternoon.

The Sunday we arrived at the museum it was extremely crowded but we managed to play with any interactive mate-rials we were interested in. This is truly a family gathering spot and can appeal to an int-ergenerational audience. I think a teenager would be en-thralled by the depiction of a spy’s ability to change every-thing about his image and be-havior. I know we were three generations there and each one of us had a wonderful


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she was eating lamb chops, I said to her, “Was that Mary’s little lamb?” She didn’t seem really angry, and then she said to me sternly, “It’s the food chain!”

When I was a little boy, I remember my mother would yell at me if I left over too much food on my plate. “People in Europe are starv-ing,” she would say.

My wife and I enjoy dining at Chinese, Japanese and Italian restaurants, among others, and I just try to compensate as best I can when eating. In any event, things are going well, and I’m not complaining. I’d like to lose a little belly fat, but that’s another issue.


The International Spy Museum


t ime. Anyone harboring dreams of a career as a secret agent can play with the idea at the museum in this simulated situation.

The museum is self-guided with docents sprinkled about to help with following all the guidelines. There is informa-tion located about every ex-hibit with wall placards and voice descriptions the visitor hears by selecting telephone messages. Most guests should plan to spend two hours at the exhibits. The mu-seum is divided into three floors with ready access for the handicapped. However, wandering through the Mu-seum Shop might take extra time since many replicas, of the 750 historic artifacts on display, can be bought as sou-venirs.

The International Spy Mu-seum is open daily except for Christmas and Thanksgiving. For additional up-to-date infor-mation about hours and spe-cial programs the telephone number is 202-393-7798 or via the internet spymuseum.org. It will be a worthwhile afternoon for all the family members.


Parker at Monroe, Long-Term Living Community, Opens Doors to First Residents

Monroe Township, NJ — On the morning of Decem-ber 15, the staff of Parker at Monroe happily welcomed their first residents to Parker Home’s newest long-term liv-ing residence. The intimate Ribbon Cutting ceremony in-cluded welcome and remarks by Doreen Illis, Administrator, and Roberto Muñiz, President and CEO. The ribbon cutting was followed by a celebratory luncheon with first residents, family and staff.

Parker Home® is a leader in the transformation of tradi-tional long-term care practices to person-directed living, where residents have choice, dignity, self-determination and purposeful lives. Parker at Monroe takes this philosophy a step further. It is a uniquely

designed long-term living com-munity that blends an environ-ment similar to assisted living with the best practices of skilled nursing care.

Next month, Parker cele-brates the eighth anniversary of Parker at Stonegate, an assisted living residence in Highland Park, NJ, and today is expanding services with the opening of a new long-term living campus in Monroe Township, NJ.

Parker at Monroe, located at 395 Schoolhouse Road in Monroe Township, will be home to 96 residents. The campus consists of three two-story buildings connected to a community center with a formal dining room, a café, a health and wellness center, enclosed gardens, roof-top

terrace and a great room for activities and socializing. Each building contains two small homes, one on each floor, where sixteen residents with similar needs will live together. Every small home includes a living room, sun-room, a kitchen and dining area. Each comfortable pri-vate and semi-private bed-room suite has a fully-accessible bathroom with a large shower.

“Our staff invested signifi-cant time studying the success of our Evergreen Way ‘small home’ memory care model and teamed with our archi-tects, engineers and builder to construct a new level of excel-lence in long-term living envi-ronments,” said Donna Lazar-tic, Parker’s Chief Operating Officer.

“Parker at Monroe has four distinct programs to meet a variety of individual needs,” said Doreen Illis, “These dif-ferent programs are de-signed to serve individuals who have no cognitive im-pairments and are physically dependent, those who have early stage memory loss and are physically active, people who require traditional long-term care services, and those who have behavioral expressions which may be difficult to manage at times.”

“Our newest community is another means of fulfilling our mission of serving more indi-viduals in central New Jersey who are seeking affordable long-term care services,” said Roberto Muñiz. “Parker Home’s legacy continues to represent exceptional quality and an organization that is viewed as a state and national leader in the delivery of person-directed eldercare,” he added.

International Spy Museum

Membership Information Being a registered member

of the Office/Center is free and available to Monroe Township residents, 55 years of age or older. The Senior Focus is distributed around the 15th of the previous month and at that time, members can register/sign-up for the special monthly activities.

Advance registration is rec-ommended to ensure easy admission into a program. Registration is also available on the same day of an event from 9 to 11:30 a.m. Members are encouraged to see if there are openings for a particular activity up to 2 days in ad-vance and on the program day. For members unable to attend a registered program, a cancellation phone call is ap-preciated.

For more information, visit the Senior Center, 12 Halsey Reed Road, Monroe Town-ship, NJ 08831, 609-448-7140, to pick up a calendar of e v e n t s o r v i s i t www.monroetwp.com, and look for the “Office of Senior S e r v i c e s ” l i n k u n d e r “Departments.”

Get Your Game On!

On select days and times, bring friends and play your game of choice on Monday and Wednesday afternoons from 1 to 4 p.m. and on Tues-day and Friday mornings from 9 to noon. Cribbage (for new and seasoned) players meet on the 2nd and 4th Wednes-day. (Some days are shared with classes.)

Move & Groove Starting on Monday, Janu-

ary 5, at 10:15 a.m., join Sarah for some fun dance moves to melt away those holiday pounds during this 10-session class. Course fee: $35 p.p., due upon registering in ad-vance, in-person. If you love to dance, then this exercise class is for you. Space limited.

Achieving Financial Fitness

On Monday, January 5, at 1:30 p.m., join Laura Reeves, owner of Benefit Bookkeeping, for this (repeated) interactive program to help organize

one’s finances. Find out when it’s time to ditch certain docu-ments and more. Q & A period along with freebies. Space limited. Please register early.

Acrylics for All Levels Meeting on Tuesdays, Janu-

ary 6, 20, and 27, at 10 a.m., join Andrea Casey, our Acryl-ics Teacher, for a fun, crea-tive, and instructional class for both beginners and intermedi-ates. Payment of $45 p.p. (includes class materials) is due upon registering in-person, in advance. Space limited.

Flicks: Running Hot and Cold

Starting on Tuesday, Janu-ary 6, at 1 p.m., enjoy some summer and winter-themed movies this month at the Cen-ter. When registering, please be sure to indicate the movie title and date. January 6: The Kings Of Summer; January 13: Captain America: The Winter Soldier; January 20: Dirty Dancing; and, on January 27: The Ice Storm. Synopses available at the front desk.

Qigong for Healing Starting on Wednesday,

January 7, at 10:30 a.m., An-thony Dissen, from Cen-traState, offers this 4-session whole body exercise. Qigong, often referred to as “needle-less acupuncture,” is a set of simple movements that move the vital energy (Qi) within the body to promote health and healing. Course fee: $28 (Payable to: “CSMC-HAC”) due upon registering in-person. Space limited.

Mah Jongg for Beginners

Starting on Thursday, Janu-ary 8, from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m., learn how to play Mah Jongg with Roz Blinder. Course fee: $6 p.p. (for six sessions). In-person registration necessary. Only two tables to fill for this class.

Brown Bag Bonanza: Frozen World

Starting on Thursday, Janu-ary 8, at 12:30 p.m., enjoy your brown bag lunch (beverage and treat on us) and explore the Ice Age as we feature the HISTORY DVD



This event is scheduled for 1 p.m. on Tuesday, January 13 at the Monroe Township Public Library, 4 Municipal Plaza.

One week after the Kristall-nacht terror in 1938, German Jew Luzie Hatch fled Berlin to resettle in New York. Ar-nold Hatch, an American-born cousin and industrialist was her rescuer. Luzie serves as an advocate for the desperate requests of German relatives asking for Arnold’s help.

Author Charlotte Bonelli uses correspondence in Luzie and Arnold’s preserved letters as a narrative for bio-graphical information, condi-tions at internment camps and the unfamiliar side of

1/31/15. 1/31/15.

Distant Bells By Irwin Dunsky Distant bells and distant shores Calling me to embrace them Longings resonate in my soul All of me lay just ahead of me Smell the far-away roses Waiting for me... pulling me on Not destined simply to be Intended to evolve into me Refusing to stand still A man on a mission move Reaching for the golden ring Alive in my sweet evolution Reminding myself That the journey Is the reason I wake up

Gold By Irwin Dunsky Been down the road Didn’t do what I was told Never kissed a toad Thought I was Mr. bold Running hard, living large Warnings disregard Found myself boxed in Waking up in the sin Existing in a corner Not dead, no mourners Ready to fold, so cold Damaged household Not so bold, willing to be told One more chance Another glance Not ready to dance Work my way back With crap in the sack Weight on my back Found a track Found my path Did the math Felt the wrath Needed a brain bath Lived the aftermath Redesigned, redefined, realigned New and improved, found a grove Pulled off the blindfold So many people to hold No longer living in the cold Behold I made it to OLD And that’s gold

By Len Greenberg It was January of 2004 and I had just retired from Wol-

verine World Wide, my employer of twenty five years. I had been a salesman doing what I did bes: Talk. My son-in-law had, a year or two before, bought a business that he had worked for throughout high school and college. It was a manufacturer and retailer of sheds. You know…the kind you put in your backyard. There are sheds to store garden tools, pool stuff and even motorcycles, and autos. Knowing of my selling abilities, he asked if I could help him out occasionally on busy weekends selling. I jumped at the opportunity to keep busy as I was young enough and knew I would get bored quickly without some chal-lenge.

My mother’s father was a carpenter when he came to this country, and pretty much could build anything out of lumber with his ancient primitive tools. My father, however never learned any of this. He was a retailer as was his father before him. Growing up I do not even remember a hammer or screwdriver in our home. I never acquired the skills of my grandfather, the carpenter. He lived far away across the Hudson, and then some, in Brooklyn, and we saw him about once a month. By the time I was born, he owned a restaurant and made a sensational pastrami sandwich.

Needless to say my son-in law hired me strictly for my selling ability. The very first day of work he told me “you don’t touch tools!” Bill is no fool.

At that point I really did not know the extent of the tools used in manufacturing sheds. The shop reminded me of a torture chamber. There were jig saws, rip saws, circular saws. There were nail guns, staple guns, drills and ham-mers of all sizes and types. Then I was shown the hard-ware storage shed. I had no idea you could buy nails in so many sizes. In my experience if it didn’t come in a blister pack it didn’t exist. Of course when you build sheds from scratch you need lumber. Piles and piles of lumber were scattered by size all around the yard. You have to learn all about this stuff if you want to sound more knowledgeable than your customer. What astounds me, to this day, is how little the consumer really knows about any of this. Unless you are in the construction trades, most people know little about the construction of a shed. Therefore, I become the expert!

Twelve years have gone by and I am the top salesman every year. Of course I am the only salesman. Everyone else does all the building and hard work. In addition, the two owners do their share of selling. By job description, I am the entire sales force.

I will be off to Florida in a couple of days. What they do around the shed place without me, is not my problem. Rumor has it that a college age girl fills in for me. I do not believe it….can’t be.. My only concern is that if she does a good enough job while I’m gone, my job won’t be there when I get back.

The Shed Place

Poetry Corner

Holocaust history. “Exit Ber-lin: How One Woman Saved Her Family from Nazi Ger-many” examines how Ameri-can Jew Arnold Hatch as-sisted unknown relatives abroad in escaping a most certain death. See and hear their story through slides and discussion.

Charlotte Bonelli is Direc-tor of the American Jewish Committee Information Cen-ter and Digital Archives lo-cated in Manhattan.

Light refreshments and books available for purchase and signing to follow.

Program co-sponsored by the Henry Ricklis Holocaust Memorial Committee.

Free tickets available now at the Library’s Welcome Desk.

Meet the Author featuring Exit Berlin: How One

Woman Saved Her Family from Nazi Germany

REMEMBER OUR MEN AND WOMEN IN THE SERVICE


TOWNE CENTRE NEWS By Monica Caterson, Clubhouse / Recreation Manager

WHOA Entertainment There will be NO SHOW in

January or February

SAVE 2015 DATES! Saturday, March 21, 2015 Saturday, April 18, 2015 Saturday, May 16, 2015 Saturday, June 20, 2015 Saturday, July 18, 2015

Saturday, August 15, 2015 Saturday, September 19, 2015

Saturday, October 17, 2015 Saturday, November 21, 2015

*Flyers will be in the Towne Centre*

WHOA Movies In The Ballroom @ 1:00PM

Sunday, January 11, 2015 @ 1 p.m.

“Belle”

Sunday, January 25, 2015 @ 1 p.m. “Million Dollar Arm”

WHOA Trips Explore Ohio!

May 17-20, 2015

Amish Country July 22, 2015

*Flyers in Towne Centre*

WHOA

Atlantic City Wednesday, January 7, 2015

Bus Leaves Community @ 9AM *Tropicana*

Wednesday, February 4, 2015

Bus Leaves Community @ 9AM *Resorts”

WHOA

Duffy Square Duffy Square trips will resume in May of 2015

January Calendar of Events for Monroe Township Public Library

funds to complete this project without the need for an as-sessment. We will also look to put a fresh coat of paint on other areas of the building and to improve the house-keeping.

As usual, we will put great effort into updating and re-freshing the landscaping in the community. We will con-tinue to use our landscape advisory committee for this purpose. Hopefully, some of you master gardeners in the community have volunteered to join us in this endeavor. Speaking of volunteering for committees, we have re-ceived resident requests for committee membership and we are attempting to place as many of you as possible on the committees. We con-tinually look to take advan-tage of the knowledge and experience that so many of

(Continued from page 2) you offer. We thank those of you who

forwarded suggestions for the use of the clubhouse dur-ing a communitywide power loss. We are studying how we can extend the duration of occupancy of the club-house for each resident and improve conditions in the clubhouse. Maintaining good communications with the residents during an emer-gency will be our priority. By the time you read this article the generator installation and the testing of the unit will have been completed and the clubhouse will be ready for use when required.

We hope all in the commu-nity had a wonderful holiday season and that all who at-tended our New Year’s party enjoyed the festivities. Again, have a happy and healthy 2015 and beyond.

WHOA This Month

Coupon Club 1:30 p.m., Monday, January

5. Clip, swap and trade cou-pons. Discuss deals, share frugal tips and shopping ex-periences. Bring a pair of scis-sors and your stash of non-expired coupons. Program is free and registration is not required.

Cooking the Books and Blogs

6:15 p.m., Monday, January 5. Ages 16 and older invited to discuss the publications of “Cooking Light.” Attendees

share a dish cooked from a “Cooking Light” recipe and prepare a recipe as a group. Registration begins Tuesday, December 2.

Book Café 11:00 a.m., Wednesday,

January 7. Talk about books that you read and enjoyed. Light refreshments served. Register at the Welcome Desk.

Genealogy Club

1:30 p.m., Wednesday, January 7. Beginning and ex-perienced genealogists wel-come to discuss research, share findings and resources. Registration is not required.

Technology Drop-In 3:00-5:00 p.m.

Thursday, January 8 10:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m., Fri-

day, January 9. Learn how to use your new tablet or device. Registration is not required.

Sit -N- Stitch 10:30 a.m., Fridays, January

9, 23. Stitch projects, assist others, share tips, projects and patterns. Bring your own sup-plies. Light refreshments served. Registration not re-quired.

PSO Chamber Music Series featuring Spanish Winds


ing old favorites like “Ramblin’ Boy” and “At 17,” they sing one another’s songs, add har-mony and instrumentals, and share the stage for far too short a time. Don’t miss it!

Tom Paxton has become a voice of his generation, ad-dressing issues of injustice and inhumanity, laying bare the absurdities of modern cul-ture, and celebrating the ten-der bonds of family, friends, and community.

In describing Tom Paxton’s influence on his fellow musi-cians, Pete Seeger has said: “Tom’s songs have a way of sneaking up on you. You find yourself humming them, whis-tling them, and singing a verse to a friend. Like the songs of Woody Guthrie, they’re becom-ing part of America.” Tom Pax-ton’s songs are reaching around the world more than he, or any of us, could have realized.

Paxton has been an integral part of the songwriting and folk music community since the early 60s Greenwich Village scene, and continues to be a primary influence on today’s “New Folk” performers. The Chicago native came to New York via Oklahoma, which he considers to be his home state and where he received a BFA in Drama from the University of Oklahoma in 1959.

Brought to New York courtesy of the US Army, Tom remained

(Continued from page 7) there following his discharge. His early success in Greenwich Village coffeehouses, such as The Gaslight and The Bitter End, led to an ever-increasing circle of work. Then in 1965 he made his first tour of the United Kingdom - the beginning of a career that has included at least one tour in each of the succeed-ing years.

Tom has performed thou-sands of concerts around the world in places including Aus-tralia, New Zealand, Japan, Hong Kong, Scandinavia, France, Italy, Belgium, Hol-land, England, Scotland, Ire-land, and Canada. That these fans still enjoy his music is a testament to the quality of his recent work, and to the endur-ing power of modern stan-dards like The Last Thing On My Mind, Ramblin’ Boy, Bottle Of Wine, Whose Garden Was This?, Goin’ To The Zoo, and The Marvelous Toy. Paxton’s song books, critically ac-claimed children’s books, award-winning children’s re-cordings, and a catalog of hundreds of songs (re-corded by artists running the gamut from Willie Nelson to Placido Domingo to Johnny Cash), all serve to document Tom Pax-ton’s 45-year career.

Tom Paxton’s place in folk music is secured not just by hit records and awards, but by the admiration of three gen-erations of fellow musicians.

An internationally recognized and beloved cultural figure, he has always chosen goodwill over commercial success. His generosity has taken shape through gestures like perform-ing a benefit concert perform-ance for a little girl fighting leukemia and writing a per-sonal note of encouragement to an up-and-coming song-writer. This is the man who wrote and lives the words, “Peace will come, and let it begin with me.” He is one of the great songwriters of the 20th century and will be recog-nized as one of the greats in this century, as well.

Who are the great songwrit-ers in America today? Not the most popular, not the richest, simply the greats. Ask any stu-dent of the form, and Janis Ian will be counted among them. The writer of, Jesse, a song recorded by so many others that few remember Ian wrote it; Stars, possibly the best song ever written about the life of a performer, recorded by artists as diverse as Mel Torme and Cher; and the seminal At Sev-enteen, a song that brought her five Grammy nominations in 1975 (the most any solo female artist had ever garnered) and which is now reaching its third generation of listeners. Ian is a formidable talent, a force of na-ture. Ella Fitzgerald called her “The best young singer in Amer-ica.” Chet Atkins said “Singer? You ought to hear that girl play guitar; she gives me a run for my money!”

Tom Paxton and Janis Ian Reviewers have called her live performances “over-whelming to the spirit and soul,” and “drenched with such passion, the audience feels they’ve been swept up in a hurricane.” Not to mention her short stories, her songs for film and television. She also runs a foundation, named for her mother, that works with vari-ous universities and colleges to supply scholarships for re-turning students; they’ve raised over $300,000 to date!

In 2008, Janis reached an-other pinnacle in her career, releasing her long-awaited book, Society’s Child: My Auto-biography. The hardcover was released in North America by Tarcher/Penguin. This monu-mental story that traces Janis’ meteoric rise to fame in the 60s and beyond has already gotten stellar reviews; Oprah’s O Magazine called it “Hugely read-

able” and recommended it as one of the summer’s 27 “must-reads.” Mojo Magazine gives it a four-star review, while Booklist raves its “painfully candid, and hard to put down.”

In 2009, the release of Soci-ety’s Child in paperback (Tarcher/Penguin) and a return to her roots when Janis and Sony jointly unveil The Essential Janis Ian timed to coincide with the release of the paperback in September. The double CD-set contains 31 tracks, and is the first “best of” Janis has ever released in North America. From start to finish, it unearths such gems as Ian’s very first demo recording Hair of Spun Gold, sung into her father’s tape recorder when she was thirteen years old, and features all the classics, completely re-mastered from the original sources, as well as never-before-heard bonus tracks.


Essential

Emergency Information

(Please cut out and save) Gather the items listed below and place them in a bag,

suitcase, box, backpack or container (your kit) in the event you have to leave your home. 1. Anyone on life support systems: get a back-up bat-

tery-pack. 2. Keep information and phone numbers (doctors, fam-

ily, friends, hospital, list of medicines, pet shelters, insurance, vital records) conveniently located in a fire-proof, water-proof box. Put in an easily accessible place. Remember to update your kit and check on its location often.

3. Buy a battery operated radio, cell phone chargers for car, flashlights, extra batteries.

4. Have cash on hand (at least $100). 5. Clothing for family members. 6. Extra set of car and house keys. 7. Whistle (to call for help). 8. Buy a GPS for your car

Also, remember to complete these emergency tasks!

9. Keep car with at least 1/2 tank of gas filled. (If there is notice of a storm, a full tank.)

10. For heat, boil pots of water, on stove. DO NOT just turn stove on. NEVER leave unattended.

11. Avoid using candles, but if you must, NEVER leave unattended. Use flameless candles.

12. Make contact with your neighbors, family. 13. Stock-up on water (1 gal/person/day), non-perishable

foods, mechanical can opener, up-to-date meds, AND don’t forget for your pets, too.

14. Fill tub with water for sanitary reasons. 15. People with special needs, register with the Township. 16. ** Keep the Towne Centre Emergency Plan for genera-

tor use in accordance with the sheet (sent in the mail) along with the bands that were issued, with this Emer-gency Reminder.

Program Chairman Jerry Cohen announced that the January 14 program will fea-ture Dr. Larry Arbeitman, DC, discussing upper cervical is-sues. Dr. Arbeitman is the founder of the Upper Cervical Chiropratic of Monmouth.

Ben Baum, Community Af-fairs chair, thanked the many GW volunteers who helped make the Thanksgiving Dinner at the Senior Center a success for the 140 seniors who had no family with whom to spend the holiday. He also reported briefly on recent Township Council and Board of Educa-tion meetings. He made spe-cial mention of the County Freeholders concern with the growing problem of homeless youth. The Freeholders are


Caregiver Support Group

Focus: Spouse/Partner Thursdays at 1:30 p.m. Location: Saint Peter’s Adult Day Care Center

Monroe Township

Meetings are 90 minutes Registration is not necessary.

Questions may be directed to Stephanie Fitzsimmons, RN, NP at 1-800-269-7508, press 1, press 8662

Sponsored by Saint Peter’s University Hospital

publicizing Homeless Youth Awareness in light of the fact that there are some 1000 homeless youth in the County. Ben’s remarks can be read in full in this month’s issue of the GW VOICE.

The members of the GW Chorus are: Bobbie Bruskin, Ellen Carr, Barbara Cohen, Jerry Cohen, Norma Cottler, Adele Daras, Charlotte Di-nowitz, Harriet Ehrenreich, Roberta Ellen, Neil Fitz-patrick, Sally Gladstein, Jay Goldfine, Claire Kluse, Bea Kun, Sam Lerner, Gerry Lip-shutz, Gloria Mach, Garry Mandell, Geri Mandell, Joyce Mandell, Olga Naccarella, Elliott Nachimson, Lydia Rosen, Renee Sonneberg, Gay Spector, and Judy Weinstein.

available at Five Below stores). The class combines balance, flexibility, and endur-ance stations for a complete workout. Course fee: $35 p.p., due upon registering in-person, in advance. Space limited!

Pizza Plus On Friday, January 16, at

noon, enjoy a slice or two with friends (as well as a beverage and treat) along with the fea-tured film, “The Fault In Our Stars.” Tickets: $6 p.p., due upon registering in-person, in advance.

Musically Yours

On Wednesday, January 21, at 1:30 p.m., enjoy a musical afternoon and refreshments with Bobby B. (member of the 1960’s record band, “1910 Fruitgum Co.” who sang the hit, “Simon Says”).

Science Today! On Tuesday, January 27, at

1:30 p.m., we welcome back Vivian for an informative dis-cussion on climate change. Please be sure to register in advance.

10-Minute Plays On Thursday, January 29, at

1:30 p.m., enjoy a collection of six, 10-minute, one-act come-dic plays written, directed and performed by the Stonebridge Drama Club. Please register in advance

Laughs & Dessert

On Friday, January 30, at 1:30 p.m., get your giggle on and enjoy assorted treats while watching the late John Pinette’s 2011 performance, Still Hungry. Tickets: $1 p.p., due upon registering in ad-vance, in-person.

Music Is in the Air

Venting for Safety

Every so often, I find an is-sue I feel that it is important to bring to the attention of our residents. This time it is clean-ing of clothes dryer vents.

Dryer vents are usually full of lint, caused by build-up in the ventilation system, even though there is a receptacle for it in the physical dryer it-self.

This lint can easily catch fire if it is not removed periodically. In addition, excess heat can be created by poor air flow and cannot only ruin clothes but increase the wear and tear on the dryer itself. Clogged vents also cause less efficient drying of clothing so that each load takes longer to dry and therefore ends up costing more for gas and electricity.

So now that you are having your dryer vents cleaned, the flexible hose (which leads from the dryer itself to the wall and ultimately to the outside of the house) and especially the flexible metal hose for the gas line, should be inspected. The dryer flex hose, which may be made of plastic or duct foil may be easily kinked or crushed from the point where it exits the dryer. It may also be likely to sag and allow lint build-up at low points. If there are holes or cracks in either of the flex hoses they should be replaced: (a) to increase the efficiency of the venting and (b). to insure safety of the sys-tem.

Please take the time to ac-complish this for yourselves. It will be well worth it to prevent any problems from arising.

Howie Abrams

series, “Frozen World: The Story of the Ice Age.” The four specials examine a different aspect of this time period: #1—Clash of the Cavemen, on January 8, compares the Ne-anderthals with the Cro-Magnons; #2— Volcanic Win-ter, on January 15, examines the volcanic eruption at Lake Toba; #3 — Journey to 10,000 B.C., on January 22, focuses on the first humans to cross over the Arctic ice shelf; and, #4 — Mega Freeze, on Janu-ary 29, looks at a variety of climate change episodes in Earth’s history. When register-ing, please be sure to include the program name and date….and, remember to brown bag your lunch.

Zumba Gold Starting on Friday, January

9, at 9 a.m., join Fran for 8 sessions of Latin-infused dancing fun while you melt away the holiday pounds. Course fee: $28 p.p., due upon registering in-person, in advance. Space limited! Previ-ous participation does not guarantee enrollment in this class.

Bagels + Knowing Your Resources

On Friday, January 9, at 10 a.m., tap into the resources provided at your Senior Cen-ter. Hosted by The Gardens at Monroe, enjoy a bagel (and smear) as you meet the staff and learn more about the vari-ous services available for you. Please be sure to register in advance.

Wii Play On Friday afternoons, from

1 to 4 pm, get your Wii game on! Participants MUST be fa-miliar with the Wii system. Wii remote controls will be avail-able at the front desk, on a first come, first served basis. (1 hour max. game time.)

About Tinnitus On Friday, January 9, at 2

p.m., learn more about that ringing in your ear when Karen E. Vardaro, Doctor of Audiol-ogy, RWJ, as she discusses tinnitus as it relates to hearing, loss, diagnosis, treatment, and screening. Please register in advance.

Pharmacy Game Show

On Monday, January 12, at 1:30 p.m., test your medication “IQ” and get answers to your questions about OTC and pre-scription medications from Timothy Reilly, PharmD, BCPS, Clinical Pharmacist, PHCS, and Asst. Professor at the Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy, Rutgers. Feel free to bring a list of medications with you for review.

Introduction to Yoga Around the World

On Thursday, January 15, at 1:30 p.m., learn about Eileen’s approach to chair yoga during this introductory session. After the class (and if you are inter-ested) you will be able to reg-ister for the new program start-ing on Thursday, February 5, at 9 a.m., for 8 sessions, $40 p.p.

Boot Camp: Winter Session

Starting on Friday, January 16, at 10 a.m., join Georgeann for 10 weeks of circuit training fun with resistance bands and 1 lb. Velcro, ankle weights (all


Letter to the Editor


Please drive carefully within the community making sure to STOP at stop signs, use your DIRECTIONAL SIGNALS and abide by the 25 M.P.H. SPEED LIMIT. Also, please be certain to park on the right side of the street.

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tional classroom spaces. The functional capacity of the Mid-dle School, as defined by the State, is 1260 students. By 2018-19 the enrollment is pro-jected to be 1700. The func-tional capacity of the High School is 2200; we will reach that total by the 2016-17 School Year.

Monroe Township Regular Council Meeting-December 1 - Chief of Police Michael Lloyd introduced to the Coun-cil the four officers to be pro-moted: Michael Biennes-from Sgt. to Lt., Lisa Robinson from Sgt. to Lt., John Strych to Sgt. and Sergei Jangols to Sgt. All of the newly appointed officers have either an Associate’s

(Continued from page 5) Degree or B.S. Degree. In addition Lieutenant Robinson also serves as the Chairman of the Township Human Rela-tions Commission. The council approved the negotiated sala-ries for all of the Township unions as well as supervisory positions. All of the four-year contracts include a 2% per year increase. At the conclu-sion of the four year contract all union employees will be contributing 35% toward the cost of their insurance bene-fits. Approved the payment of $8500 for the right of way for a traffic light which will replace a four way stop at Applegarth and Station Roads. The Town-ship will attempt to acquire reimbursement for this project

from the nearby builder. The Township Green Team and Environmental Commission were thanked for their efforts that resulted in the Township receiving a designation as a Bronze Level Green commu-nity. Council President Tam-burro commended Sheila Wer-fel for the excellent November 12 performance of the new Senior Center chorus. Center State Engineering has ac-quired the Township engineer-ing contract for 2015; Feist Engineering was the previous recipient. The Council ap-proved the purchase of a vehi-cle for the Recreation Depart-ment via the N.J. Cooperative Purchasing program. The Council authorized the award of bids for the restoration and reconstruction project for the Dey Farm.

River, NJ 08882 and the phone # is still 732-588-1800.

Our Super Sunday phone-athon is scheduled for Janu-ary 11 and we hope that you answer the call and are able to give generously so that we may continue all of our many important and varied pro-grams.

The Jewish Federation Mission Statement: The Jew-ish Federation brings to-gether people, partners, and resources to fulfill the most important needs and aspira-tions of our community. We


Jewish Federation, care for the vulnerable locally and worldwide, forge strong connections with Israel, at-tract people to a more vibrant community, and inspire the next generation to embrace Jewish life.

Become an active partici-pant and volunteer in the Jewish Federation. You will be helping your fellow Jews and ultimately yourselves. Become involved—call Dorothy Thompson at 860-2664 or Judy Brodman at 395-8171, or call the Jewish Federation directly at 732-588-1800.

• The leading factor contrib-uting to dryer fires: failure to clean lint from traps, vents and areas surrounding the dryer.

• LINT is a highly flammable fiber that will ignite easily.

• Lint accumulation trapped in the lint filter and/or vent will: √ Reduce the efficiency of

the dryer. √ Over time increase your

electric bill. • Signs of a blocked dryer

vent: √ Unusually longer time to

dry clothes √ Clothes that do not dry √ Clothes are hotter than

normal at the end of the dry cycle

√ Dryer stops due to high temperatures

√ Increased heat and hu-midity in the area of the dryer

√ Exterior flapper does not open when dryer is on

• Steps to take to reduce the risk of fire: √ Clean the lint filter either

before or after drying every load.

√ If you are aware of a bird’s nest or other blockage in the dryer vent, have it removed.

√ Never turn on the dryer and then leave the house.

√ Install a portable fire extinguisher near the laundry room.

• Dryer Maintenance: √ Clean the lint filter either

before or after drying every load.

√ Wash the lint filter with soap and water every couple of months to re-duce the waxy residue left behind by dryer sheets.

√ Remove the lint filter and vacuum lint from around the lint filter.

Your Dryer: How To Prevent a Fire


Transportation NAT TRANSPORTATION – Monroe resident. All airports, shipyards, NYC and local. Doctor and hospital visits. (917) 657-5611. E X P E R I E N C E D L I M O DRIVER – NYC, airports, any-where. Clearbrook resident. Call John (609) 642-6136 or (732) 610-0703. A. HARRINGTON LIMOU-SINE – Owners are Greenbriar Whittingham residents. Call (800) 458-5466. CAR SERVICE – For a com-fortable ride I hope you decide to call John (609) 655-2015. Airports, doctors, shopping. MARVIN’S CAR SERVICE – Greenbriar resident. Low rates. Airports, piers, NYC, Philadelphia, anywhere 24/7. Ride in style for less. (908) 812-6299. TRANSPORTATION – Air-ports, events, doctor’s appoint-ments and more. Call George (732) 887-5437. RICK’S CAR SERVICE – Pro-fessional driver. Greenbriar resident. Reasonable. (609) 902-9979 or (609) 655-8051. TRANSPORTATION DOC-TOR – Airports, trains, piers, doctors, local service, NYC. Reliable and references. Call Lon J. (732) 423-1847.

Home Improvement &

Services EXPERT HOME REPAIRS - Kitchen, bath, closet remodel-ing, tiling, painting. Call Bob Katz – (609) 490-9522 for details. RELIABLE HANDYMAN SERVICES – Local resident. No job too small. All labor guaranteed. Call me to dis-cuss-no obligation. Reason-able rates. Call (609) 409-7096 or (908) 385-5869. MIKE THE HANDYMAN – See my display ad in this edi-tion. (732) 780-0468. LEN’S HANDYMAN SER-VICE, LLC – Winter is here - time for fix-ups and repairs. Specializing in home improve-ments. We do it all. We paint one room or the whole house. Sheetrock and wall repair. Crown moulding. Renew or repair that bathroom or kitchen. Doors, medicine cabi-nets, closet doors and closet remodeling. Bath tile and grout, caulking, shelving, Pergo flooring and ceramic tile, electrical work – anything in your home. Whole house/garage cleanouts. Monroe Township resident. All major credit cards accepted. Li-censed and insured. NJ Li-cense # 13VH03701800. www.lenshandyman.com Call (732) 353-6031. A A A P R O F E S S I O N A L PAINTERS - $75 per room and up. Fully insured/licensed. Free estimates. (732) 521-8311 0r 1-800-PAINT-93.

CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING WINDSOR MOVING COM-PANY – Helping families pack and move for over 20 years. Fully insured. Lic. PC00512. Call (609) 448-8840.

Miscellaneous/Services

LAW OFFICE OF RYAN M. DEVERN in Cranbury, NJ. Wills, real estate. Affordable services. Free consultation and in-home services avail-able. (609) 722-3013. TAROT READINGS in your home. Concordia resident Donnalee makes local house calls. Group specials. (609) 664-2446. TECH BUDDY – Need simple step-by-step help with smart-phones, computers, tablets? Want to video chat with grand-kids? I bring technology to you. So easy my 99-year-old mom can do it. Patience and enthusiasm included. Free quote. [email protected] (732) 589-4974. PC PROBLEM SOLVERS – Low priced service. Slow com-puter? Viruses or spyware? Pop-ups? Computer and inter-net set-ups. We make house calls. Call Herman (609) 409-0824. COMPUTER ASSISTANCE in senior’s home. Help with all aspects. Selection, set-up, and training. (609) 409-7631. COMPUTER REPAIRS - RJF Sales Company LLC (formerly Monroe Computer Service). Is your computer running slow? It may need a tune-up. Desktop and laptop repair in your home. Virus removal and pro-tection. Monroe resident with over 20 years of computer ex-per ience. www.monroe-computer.com (732) 723-9537 or (732) 967-3400. PROFESSIONAL PET CARE – Bonded and insured. Local. Call (609) 860-9696. PET CARE – Loving, respon-sible, experienced. Reason-able rates. Please call (609) 664-2237.

Tax Services GREGORY TAX SERVICE – Personal and small business. Low fees, in-home appoint-ments. IRS, AFSP qualified. Jim Gregory (609) 409-7039. VINCENT CAPODANNO, CPA, MST – Tax preparation services. CPA with 20+ years of experience. Competitive rates. [email protected] (732) 261-4877.

Wanted to Buy BUYING & SELLING GUNS – Call for pricing. (609) 558-9509. Ask for David. Licensed Firearms Dealer.

Help Wanted TAYLOR MANAGEMENT COMPANY is seeking a part-time Lifestyle/Activities Direc-tor for an active adult commu-nity in the Monroe/Manalapan area. If you are interested, please contact Jeff Logan at [email protected]

Notice to All GW VOICE Contributors

As the scope of the GW VOICE has grown, the process of publishing each month is of necessity almost entirely han-dled by computer, hence is very sensitive to the method of transmission and the condition of copy submitted for publica-tion.

Since we have observed that much of the copy re-ceived is actually gener-ated on a computer, we believe it can be transmit-ted to the GW VOICE edi-tor by computer as well. E-m a i l t o g w v o i c e @comcast.net. It is a rela-tively simple process to attach copy to an e-mail or paste it into the body of an e-mail directly. If you wish, we will be happy to provide instruction at the GW VOICE office at a mutually convenient time.

If you do not have e-mail capability, copy must be typed using a conventional typewriter, word processor or computer and delivered UNFOLDED, UNCLIPPED, and UNSTAPLED to facili-

tate scanning. Copy must be on letter-sized paper and brought to the GW VOICE office in the annex section of the Towne Cen-tre. A mailbox for copy is situated in the wall next to the entrance to the office. Please use 10-12 point black Times Roman type on 20# white printing or copy paper. Do not use exotic typefaces or bold type throughout your docu-ment.

If you wish, you may put copy in a 9” X 12” enve-lope. DO NOT FOLD INTO A BUSINESS SIZE enve-lope. Henceforth, if you supply folded and/or sta-pled or clipped copy you will be notified directly of the proper method of sub-mission.

Thank you for your coopera-tion. We encourage you to sub-mit copy for publication and will do everything we can to help you meet our requirements. If you have any questions, please call Alex Banks at 609-655-4791.

CAREGIVERS WANTED. Help make life easier for the elderly: light housekeeping, meal preparation, help with showering and dressing. Flexi-ble schedule. You will be working with a variety of cli-ents (646) 413-0813. [email protected]

For Sale TREADMILL – Like new. Originally $600, $150 picked up. (609) 409-0665.

Help & Health Services

OUR CARING HOME COM-PANIONS help seniors live at home. Personal care, meals, housework, transportation, up to 24 hour care. Top refer-ences and screenings, we do things your way. Affordable rates. VISITING ANGELS. (732) 656-7720. CARING ELDER CARE – We will help you live independently; a few hours a day or a few hours a week. Experienced, reliable, affordable. Local, refer-ences. (646) 413-0813. www.CaringElderCare.com CARING HANDS HOME CARE PROVIDER – Certified Home Health Aide Services. Companion care. Hourly or live-in. Skilled Nursing visits. Licensed, accredited, insured, bonded. 92 Main Street, Mata-wan, NJ 07747. (732) 441-2273.

Housecleaning IZABELA’S CLEANING SER-VICE - Professional house clean-ing. Quality work. References available. Reasonable. 2 bed-room/2 bath, $65 and up. Experi-enced. Free estimates. (609) 954-0181 or (609) 656-9281. NICE JEWISH GIRL’S HOUSE CLEANING and Health Aide Service. 20 years experience. Low rates. Insured and bonded. Call Eileen at (609) 860-9050.

Please print your ad and mail it to Princeton Editorial

1:00 p.m., Monday, January 12. Enjoy an afternoon of mu-sic featuring a Wind Quintet from the Orquesta Sinfónica del Principado de Asturias (OSPA). PSO Music Director Rossen Milanov is also Princi-pal Conductor of OSPA. This program offered in collabora-tion with the Monroe Township Cultural Arts Commission. Registration is not required.

Library Board Meeting 6:30 p.m., Monday, January

12 Meet the Author

1:00 p.m., Tuesday, January 13. Author Charlotte Bonelli presents “Exit Berlin: How One

(Continued from page 20) Woman Saved Her Family from Nazi Germany,” through slides and discussion. Light refreshments and books avail-able for purchase and signing to follow. This program co-sponsored by the Henry Rick-lis Holocaust Memorial Com-mittee. Free tickets available at the Welcome Desk begin-ning Wednesday, December 17.

Friday Afternoon Movie 2:00 p.m., Friday, January

16. Recent film about a boy’s heavenly experience. Movie is free, registration is not re-quired.

International Book Club 10:30 a.m., Tuesday, Janu-

ary 20. Discuss “An Unneces-sary Woman” by Rabih Ala-meddine. Register and reserve your copy at the Welcome Desk.

Art a la Carte Series: An Artist’s Experience

in the Third World 1:00 p.m., Friday, January

23. Monroe resident Nancie Gunkelman shares her images and experience as an artist among different cultures across the globe. This pro-gram is sponsored by The Friends. Registration is not required.

Friends Meeting 7:00 p.m., Tuesday, January

27 Friday Afternoon Movie:

Classics Edition 2:00 p.m., Friday, January

30. “Casablanca” will be shown. Movie is free, registra-tion is not required. George Ivers Display Case Bird carvings by Thomas

Quattrochi Rotunda Art Gallery

Collage art by Jeannette Schoenberg

Library Closings: Thursday, January 1 Monday, January 19 All events are open to the

public.

www.monroetwplibrary.org

January Calendar of Events for Monroe Township Public Library


20 9 a.m. Sculpting & Arts/Crafts 9 a.m. Healthy Bodies 10 a.m. Village One Mtg. with

Landscaper 10:30 a.m. Line Dancing 1 p.m. Cards 2 p.m. Patio Discussion

Group 4 p.m. Tap Dancing 7 p.m. Cards 7:30 p.m. Billiards 7:30 p.m. GW Friends

Discussion Group

19 9 a.m. Ping Pong 9 a.m. Yoga 9:30 a.m. WHOA Open

Workshop Mtg. 10 a.m. Provocative Thinking 10 a.m. Body Sculpting 10 a.m. Line Dancing 11 a.m. Aquacise 11 a.m. Golf Finance Comm.

Mtg. 12 p.m. Men’s Fitness 1 p.m. Woodworking 1 p.m. Painting 1:30 p.m. GGCA Board Mtg. 4 p.m. Tap Dancing 5:30 p.m. Weight Watchers 6 p.m. Water Volleyball 7:30 p.m. GW Friends Music 7:30 p.m. GWCA Open Mtg. MARTIN LUTHER KING DAY

23 9 a.m. Ping Pong 9 a.m. Yoga 9:30 a.m. Painting 10:30 a.m. Aquacise 1 p.m. 3D Dimensional Art

SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY 2 9 a.m. Ping Pong 9 a.m. Yoga 9:30 a.m. Painting 10:30 a.m. Aquacise 1 p.m. 3D Dimensional Art

1 Towne Centre Closed Happy New Year

25 1 p.m. Movie: “Million Dollar

Arm”

27 9 a.m. Sculpting & Arts/

Crafts 9 a.m. Healthy Bodies 9:30 a.m. Yiddish Club 10:30 a.m. Line Dancing 1 p.m. Cards 2 p.m. Patio Discussion

Group 4 p.m. Tap Dancing 7 p.m. Cards 7:30 p.m. Billiards

28 9 a.m. Ping Pong 9:30 a.m. WHOA Budget &

Finance Comm. Mtg. 9:30 a.m. Ceramics 9:30 a.m. Computer Club 10 a.m. Aerobic Fitness 10 a.m. Aquacise 1 p.m. Quilting 7 p.m. Yoga

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21 9 a.m. Ping Pong 9:30 a.m. Ceramics 10 a.m. Decorating Group 10 a.m. GWCA Covenants

Comm. Mtg. 10 a.m. The Yiddish Vinkle 10 a.m. Aerobic Fitness 10 a.m. Aquacise 1 p.m. Quilting 7 p.m. Billiards Group 7 p.m. Yoga 7:30 p.m. WHOA Open

Board Mtg.

22 9 a.m. Healthy Bodies 9:30 a.m. Decoupage 10 a.m. Chorus 12 p.m. Senior Social Club 1 p.m. Cards 1 p.m. Knitwits & Art/Sewing

Class 6 p.m. Water Volleyball 7 p.m. Cards 7 p.m. Stained Glass Group 7:30 p.m. Billiards 7:30 p.m. Line Dancing

24 9:30 a.m. Computer Club

General Mtg.

11 1 p.m. Movie: “Belle”

12 9 a.m. Ping Pong 9 a.m. Yoga 9:30 a.m. Hadassah Board

Mtg. 10 a.m. Body Sculpting 10 a.m. Line Dancing 11 a.m. Aquacise 12 p.m. Men’s Fitness 1 p.m. Woodworking 1 p.m. Painting 4 p.m. Tap Dancing 4 p.m. GW Friends Med-Sci

Group 5:30 p.m. Weight Watchers 6 p.m. Water Volleyball 7:30 p.m. History Club

13 9 a.m. Sculpting & Arts/

Crafts 9 a.m. AARP Driving Course 9 a.m. Healthy Bodies 10:30 a.m. Line Dancing 1 p.m. Orientation Mtg. 1 p.m. Cards 2 p.m. Patio Discussion

Group 4 p.m. Tap Dancing 7 p.m. Cards 7 p.m. WHOA Covenants

Comm. Mtg. 7:30 p.m. Billiards 7:30 p.m. Finance Study

Group

14 9 a.m. Ping Pong 9:30 a.m. GWCA Open

Workshop Mtg. 9:30 a.m. Ceramics 9:30 a.m. Computer Club 10 a.m. Aerobic Exercise 10 a.m. Aquacise 1 p.m. Quilting 7 p.m. Yoga 7:30 p.m. Residents Civic

Club Open Mtg.

15 9 a.m. Healthy Bodies 9:30 a.m. Decoupage 10 a.m. Chorus 10 a.m. WHOA Landscape

Comm. Mtg. 12 p.m. Senior Social Club 1 p.m. Cards 1 p.m. Knitwits & Art/Sewing 6 p.m. Water Volleyball 7 p.m. Cards 7 p.m. Stained Glass Group 7:30 p.m. Billiards 7:30 p.m. Line Dancing

16 9 a.m. Ping Pong 9 a.m. Yoga 9:30 a.m. Painting 10:30 a.m. Aquacise 1 p.m. 3D Dimensional Art 7 p.m. Canasta Tournament

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4 10:15 a.m. Yiddish Club

5 9 a.m. Ping Pong 9 a.m. Yoga 10 a.m. GW Debatables 10 a.m. Body Sculpting 10 a.m. Line Dancing 11 a.m. Aquacise 12 p.m. Men’s Fitness 1 p.m. Woodworking 1 p.m. Painting 1 p.m. Storm Water Mgt.

Comm. Mtg. 1 p.m. Health Lecture 4 p.m. Tap Dancing 4 p.m. GW Friends Movie

Club 5:30 p.m. Weight Watchers 6 p.m. Water Volleyball

6 9 a.m. Sculpting / Arts &

Crafts 9 a.m. Healthy Bodies 10 a.m. GWCA Site Review

Comm. Mtg. 10 a.m. Yiddish Shabbat

Dinner Mtg. 10:30 a.m. Line Dancing 1 p.m. Cards 2 p.m. Patio Discussion

Group 4 p.m. Tap Dancing 7 p.m. Cards 7:30 p.m. Billiards

7 9 a.m. Ping Pong 9:30 a.m. Ceramics 10 a.m. Aerobic Fitness 10 a.m. Aquacise 1 p.m. Quilting 7 p.m. Resident Civic Board

Mtg. 7 p.m. Yoga 7:30 p.m. New Kids on the

Block

8 9 a.m. Healthy Bodies 9:30 a.m. Decoupage 9:30 a.m. WHOA Building

and Grounds Comm. Mtg.

10 a.m. Chorus 11 a.m. WHOA Towne

Centre Comm. Mtg. 12 p.m. Senior Social Club 1 p.m. Cards 1 p.m. Knitwits & Art/Sewing 1 p.m. GWCA Finance

Comm. Mtg. 6 p.m. Water Volleyball 7 p.m. Cards 7 p.m. Stained Glass Group 7:30 p.m. Billiards 7:30 p.m. Line Dancing

10 9 a.m. Ping Pong

9 9 a.m. Ping Pong 9 a.m. Yoga 9:30 a.m. Painting 9:30 a.m. Yiddish

Entertainment Group 10:30 a.m. Aquacise 1 p.m. 3D Dimensional Art 7 p.m. Bingo

26 9 a.m. Ping Pong 9 a.m. Yoga 9:30 a.m. Yiddish Club

Program Comm. Mtg. 10 a.m. GW Connections 10 a.m. Body Sculpting 10 a.m. Line Dancing 11 a.m. Aquacise 12 p.m. Men’s Fitness 1 p.m. Woodworking 1 p.m. Painting 4 p.m. Tap Dancing 4 p.m. GW Friends Book

Club 5:30 p.m. Weight Watchers 6 p.m. Water Volleyball

29 9 a.m. Healthy Bodies 9:30 a.m. Decoupage 10 a.m. Chorus 12 p.m. Senior Social Club 1 p.m. Cards 1 p.m. Knitwits & Art/Sewing

Class 5 p.m. IASCC Board Mtg. 6 p.m. Water Volleyball 7 p.m. Cards 7 p.m. Stained Glass Group 7:30 p.m. Billiards 7:30 p.m. Line Dancing

30 9 a.m. Ping Pong 9 a.m. Yoga 9:30 a.m. Painting Group 10:30 a.m. Aquacise 1 p.m. 3D Dimensional Art

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