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The “Eyes” Have It that we had been engaged for an hour.) Dr. Trottini ad-dressed three main areas re-lated to eye health, cataracts, macular degeneration and dry eye.

Cataracts A cataract is a yellowing of

the lens inside the eye. Just like a camera, the lens in the eye helps to focus images. With time, the lens will turn yellow and brown. Patient will start to complain of a film over their vision. They will also complain that lights have large halos and bothersome glare. This is because a cataract will scatter light.

When a cataract starts to affect a patient’s daily activi-ties, such as driving, reading watching TV, golfing, etc., the doctor starts to consider cata-ract surgery, normally a very quick and painless procedure. Patients do not require general anesthesia and generally have a short acting sedative during the procedure. Limitations af-ter the surgery are minimal

with no heavy lifting, bending or heavy exercise for about two weeks. The vision gener-ally improves the day after sur-gery or shortly thereafter.

Macular Degeneration The macula is a region in

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By Ben Baum At the beginning of the Resi-

dents Civic Club Meeting on October 8, President Gene Gursky reviewed the many worthwhile organizations that the Club’s dues support. Jerry Cohen, Program Chairman, shared the upcoming Resi-dents Civic Club Meeting top-ics: November 12, New Resi-dents Meeting and December 10, a presentation by the GW Chorus.

At this Residents Civic Club Meeting, Dr. Michael Trottini, Optometrist, presented an in-teresting and informative over-view of our eyes and the prob-lems related to them that are common in those over 60 years old. The small but en-thusiastic audience was en-couraged to ask questions throughout the presentation resulting in an audience that was very invested in the doc-tor’s comments (I personally felt that this information was related in such a positive man-ner that it was hard to believe

Greenbriar This Month By Arnold Riback, GWCA President

Now that the Greenbriar Board elections are over, a new Board has been constituted. This Board will be a working Board. Every Board member will be assigned specific projects and responsibilities. So that the residents have some idea of the diverse activities and projects in the Board’s sphere of responsibility, I am presenting a listing for public information and knowledge. Projects/Assignment Responsibility LMS Lawn Maintenance Oversight Riback/Abrams LMS Driveway Rust Test/Snow Contract Abrams/Riback Mailbox Review/Recommendations Kaplan 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 Mgt. Representatives Riback/Abrams Paving/Capital Reserve Projects Abrams Legal Contacts Riback/Abrams

Board members will be reporting on their progress and activities related to their projects and assignments at our Greenbriar at Whit-tingham Public Meetings.

For your information, major projects underway are: Filing for various state permits to start removal of the Trent Road

Dam Reviewing bids to start Greenbriar’s street repaving program.

Funds are provided through our Capital Reserve Program accumu-lated from the residents’ monthly maintenance. The streets we hope to repave are Wakefield Court, Phillip Court, and Umberland Place.

Testing to determine an acceptable rust removable product for our driveways will start soon. If the testing is successful, our program for 100 rust affected selected driveways will begin in the Spring 2015.

We will continue to keep the Greenbriar Community informed as our current projects progress and new projects and programs are initiated. By William H. Hinkle,

General Manager As I prepare my message

for November, hopefully we can breathe a sigh of relief as the 2014 hurricane season winds down. Uncharacteristi-cally we have only identified hurricanes up to the letter “F” so far, which makes for a very uneventful season for the east coast this year. October will see the final stages of com-pleting the Towne Centre gen-erator installation, which in-cludes, but not limited to: PSE & G shutdown of gas for their hook-ups, JCP & L shutdown of electrical, for their hook-ups

Message from The Manager’s Office and the final Performance and Acceptance testing.

I appreciate the cooperation and patience we’ve received from all residents in under-standing the need for periodic Clubhouse closings for the obvious safety reasons.

Management, along with the

WHOA Board has created an Operational Plan that will af-fect the utilization of the Club-house in the event of a power outage. Like any plan, if nec-essary, adjustments can be made, and all resident input is appreciated as we look to ac-

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Monroe Township Chorus Holiday Performance

Above are the members of the Senior Sensations dance group in their costumes worn in “42nd Street,” which was the finale performed for the Senior Social Club and the Women’s Club at Stonebridge.

THE RESIDENTS CIVIC CLUB WELCOMES NEW GW RESIDENTS

TO OUR MEETING ON WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 12

AT 7:30 P.M. IN THE BALLROOM

ALL RESIDENTS ARE INVITED TO MEET THEIR NEW NEIGHBORS AND TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR AN ORIENTATION

ON THE ORGANIZATION OF OUR COMMUNITY AND OF MONROE TOWNSHIP.

NEW RESIDENTS WILL RECEIVE A VALUABLE PACKET OF MATERIALS

PREPARED BY THE MAYOR’S OFFICE.

The following people will be present: - Monroe Twp Council President - GW’s own, Jerry Tamburro

- WHOA President - Paul Klarman - GWCA President - Arnold Riback - GGCA President - Dr. Allen Cooper - General Manager - Bill Hinkle - Recreation and Facilities Mgr. – Monica Caterson

ONE ON ONE WITH CLUB REPRESENTATIVES WILL BE AVAILABLE BEFORE AND

AFTER THE FORMAL MEETING.

Get in the spirit of the holi-day season with a concert of Chanukah and Christmas songs. The Monroe Township Chorus will be performing a program of wonderful Holiday music, some familiar and some new to celebrate the upcoming season. DATE: Tuesday, November 18 TIME: 7 pm PLACE: Monroe Township

Senior Center 12 Halsey Rd., Monroe Twp., NJ

Tickets are not required and everyone is invited to attend. So mark your calendar and come and enjoy an evening of beautiful music and fun.

For questions and/or addi-tional information, contact Sheila Werfel, Director, at 6 0 9 - 6 1 9 - 3 2 2 9 o r [email protected]

Dr. Michael Trottini, Optometrist

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Message from The Manager’s Office

commodate our residents in the most effective and efficient way. Moving forward, I feel comfortable that we have es-tablished a good basic plan, which through cooperation and implementation of the guide-lines, will work.

We at Management have been conducting our annual pre-action meetings as we prepare for the winter season ahead. As the winter mes-sages and recommendations come forward on what we feel residents should consider as priorities, do your part, being proactive in anticipating your cold weather needs.

On Tuesday, November 4, the Towne Centre Ballroom will not be available for card playing or other activities as the General Elections will util-ize that space. Please make alternate arrangements for card playing that day. The polls will be open from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m.

The WHOA Board elections were held on September 17. I would like to congratulate the incumbents, Paul Klarman and Gloria Girard, and welcome Sandra Cohen and Anita Schrank to the WHOA Board. Their term will be through Sep-tember 2016. I would also like to thank former Trustees Bobbi Braverman and Bert Herling, for their contributions to the WHOA Board. I would also like to congratulate In-cumbent Arnold Riback, and welcome Howard Abrams and Jack Sandler for their election to the GWCA Board, whose terms will also be through September 2016.

During their respective No-vember open meetings, the WHOA and GWCA Boards will present their 2015 budgets. Residents are encouraged to attend these meetings to be informed of any proposed in-creases and justifications for changes to the budget. GWCA will meet on Monday, No-vember 17 at 7:30 p.m., and WHOA will meet on Wednes-day, November 19; both Boards will host their meet-ings in the Towne Centre Ballroom. There is an oppor-tunity for questions and an-swers. The Boards, budget committees, and staff spend a considerable amount of time annually in discussing and preparing the budget to keep costs at a minimum.

Committee applications for both WHOA and GWCA were mailed out in October and re-quired an October 31, 2014 return date. Please be sure to submit your application in a timely manner as the Boards will be making their selection for 2014 committee service. If you are a member of a 2014 committee, you must still sub-mit an application to be con-sidered for 2015 committee service. Applications may be mailed in or dropped off at the Concierge desk.

The 2013 – 2014 commit-tees once again played an ac-tive part in helping achieve and identify the goals and ob-jectives of the community. The annual Committee Apprecia-tion Breakfast was well at-tended during October as all our resident volunteers were

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acknowledged for their hard work and dedication.

Snow bulletins are available in the Towne Centre; I would like to remind residents to pick up a supply of calcium chloride to apply to their own driveways and walkways if inclement weather should occur. In the event that a storm is predicted, you may wish to consider ap-plying some of this product prior to the storm as a proac-tive measure in reducing build-up. If someone in your house-hold fits one of the following categories, chemotherapy, dialysis or scheduled surgery, complete a Preferential Snow Clearing form available from Management to apply to have your name placed on an emer-gency clearing list.

As Greenbriar residents ar-range for their irrigation sys-tems to be winterized, please remember to encourage your vendor to core heads for spring start-up to ensure proper operation and minimize damage. Irrigation systems should remain winterized through March of each year. The Village I irrigation system will be winterized as well dur-ing November. Additionally, the four aerators at our en-trances will be removed during the month of November where they will be serviced and stored until the spring.

Landscape Maintenance Service will conduct its leaf clean up into November, as needed. Weather permitting, this process may continue into December.

The annual fall cutting of foliage at the front ponds is scheduled for later this month. All growth will be reduced to 8” during this cutting with the ex-ception of trees. This is in con-nection with our storm water management plan and recom-mended by our contractor, Princeton Hydro. Enviro-scapes will be conducting the work.

For those who will be leav-ing for their winter retreats, please remember to leave your telephone active: if shut off your alarm system’s ability to communicate with the cen-tral station will be compro-mised (mandatory for all Vil-lage I/Whittingham residents); complete a vacation form ( a v a i l a b l e f r o m t h e www.gwmonroe.com website, Concierge, or Security Gate House) and drop it off at the Towne Centre or with Security; ensure your emergency con-tact information listed with Se-curity is up-to-date; 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 re-member to winterize your home (MTMUA forms avail-able through our Concierge). Even for those who are not wintering away, it is very im-portant to drain and blow out your outdoor spigots to ensure that there is no potential for a line break. And, all residents should remove outdoor plant-ers from driveways and walk-ways in preparation for possi-ble winter clearing events.


The same article stated, “Court 5 is being considered as a possible use for the game.” We appreciate the support the tennis club has shown us, and the fact that they realize one of the tennis courts Is needed by the Pickle-ball club. But I believe the de-cision as to which court will be used is that of the WHOA Board and not the tennis club. But again we thank them for their support.

Angelo J. Scanelli ***

There is a situation in this development that is terribly inconvenient for all legitimately disabled residents!! Since there is such a shortage of handicapped spots, I think I have discovered a simple way to “fix” the situation.

Since we have pool passes, fobs, and wristbands for vari-ous reasons, a simple fix for legitimately handicapped GW people to get a spot would be another identity marker: a sticker on the window of a car indicating it is operated by a NJ registered handicapped driver. This is an easy fix and should be implemented ASAP!

Mrs. S. Einiger (Editor’s note: The easiest,

most foolproof and cost effec-tive fix relies on operator integ-rity! Do not make use of plac-ards issued to others! Do not lend your placard to others!

The New Jersey Depart-ment of Motor Vehicles now requires handicapped persons to renew, IN PERSON, every three years, their permit to park in handicapped spots, INCLUDING RECERTIFICA-TION BY THEIR PHYSICIAN. This procedure, plus a regis-

tering system for GW resi-dents might help lessen the number of handicap imper-sonators illegally using de-parted spouse credentials or sharing a blue placard issued to one’s spouse or partner to take up spaces they are not entitled to use. However, only total honesty is foolproof.)

Letters to the Editor

Editorial Board Alex Banks Ruth Banks

Helen Oxenberg

WHOA Rep. Bert Herling GWCA Rep. Arnold Riback

Ben Baum Arthur Gordon

In a Pickle The article submitted by the

tennis club in the October is-sue of the Voice implies that Pickleball is part of the Tennis Club, this is not true. The Pick-leball club was formed by a number of residents with the specific intention of promoting and teaching the game of pick-leball to any resident inter-ested in playing the game. We have no affiliation with the ten-nis club.

Our club was formed, our mission statement presented to the WHOA board and we have been recognized as a WHOA club. This summer the WHOA board approved a sec-ond court in the rear parking lot and we thank them for do-ing so.

In September officers were elected and By-Laws intro-duced and approved by the general membership, which, I might add, has grown to 47 members and continues to grow weekly.

A number of our members are also members of the ten-nis club and we encourage them to continue their mem-bership in that club.

Although the playing season is coming to an end for out-door play, the game can be played indoors. Monroe Rec-reation Department, recogniz-ing the growth potential of Pickleball, has added two out-door courts at the senior cen-ter and has six indoor courts at the community center which are used daily. Many of our members will be using the courts at the center throughout the winter months, and the rest will be playing the game in Florida.

cused. It’s responsible for our central vision. There are two forms of macular degenera-tion: dry and wet. In the dry form the patient will start to develop yellow spots in their macula called drusen. As this process progresses the mac-ula will atrophy and patients will notice a decrease in their central vision. If this process continues to progress, new blood vessels start to grow in the macula and leak blood. This wet macular degenera-tion occurs 10% of the time.

Treatment of dry macular degeneration consists of tak-ing vitamins to help prevent progression into the wet form. Treating the wet form consists of injecting medicines into the eye to clog or seal up the leaking blood vessels.

In response to a question, the doctor stated that individu-als usually have a genetic pre-disposition for macular degen-eration. Ultra violet sun glasses can be a preventative.

Dry Eye A tear film protects the cor-

nea which is the front cover to the eye. There are three lay-ers to the tear film. Dry eye results if one or more layers don’t work well. Symptoms of dry eye include: burning, irrita-tion, a grainy sensation in the eye, a feeling like there is something in the eye and red-ness. There are many causes for dry eye: inflammation af-fecting the tear layers, less tears produced as we age and from taking medicines such as antihistamines and antide-pressants. Environmental fac-tors also play a major role: winter and dry months, heat-ers/ air conditioners and smoke.

The treatment of dry eye depends on the severity. Artifi-cial tears work well for pa-tients who have infrequent symptoms. Patients who have symptoms on a daily basis are usually prescribed Restasis. Restasis helps the eye to pro-duce more tears and better quality tears. Dr. Trottini cau-tioned users of artificial tears to avoid the cheapest brands because he has found them to be the least effective.

Dr. Trottini cautioned every-one who has ever had chicken pox to be sure to get the shin-gles vaccination, Zostivax, because he has treated sev-eral patients whose shingles resulted in severe long term eye complications.


The “Eyes” Have It

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By Gail and Myron Alpern

Backstage at the September WHOA Show at Monroe Township High School, Muriel Hertan and Bill and Ginny Mayer met Freddie Roman. Freddie is currently the Dean of the New York Friar’s Club. Bill and Ginny knew him well throughout the years. He was one of the three comedians who performed and the audi-ence was delighted with the comedic variety of all three performers. We had a packed house and everyone said that the jokes and routines were funny and topical.

It is interesting to note that Bill Mayer has been our an-nouncer at all the WHOA shows for the past fifteen years. He has a very distinc-tive voice which he cultivated as the producer, director and host of a local radio show on WCTC called Senior Issues. Bill also arrives early at the

WHOA shows to do sound and lighting checks and to help with the camaraderie back-stage. Thanks Bill for warming up the performers!

The entertainment commit-tee, the WHOA staff and our agent all work together to bring the best shows to the high school on the third Satur-day 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.

Don’t miss Saturday, No-vember 15 for an unforgettable show called “Oh What a Night.” A group that sings all the songs that bring you back to happy times.

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!

LWV Luncheon To Feature Election

Discussion By Ruth Banks

“Holiday Happening,” the League of Women Voters an-nual winter event, will take place on Monday, November 10, at the Cranbury Inn. Guest speaker Ingrid Reed, well known policy analyst and for-mer director of the NJ Project at Rutgers’ Eagleton Institute of Politics, will discuss the out-come of the mid-term Con-gressional elections.

This year’s election has been of particular interest since the 12th Congressional District seat had been up for grabs after having been held for many years by Rush Holt. As in past meetings following an election, Ms. Reed will put into perspective the implica-tions of the vote. With her ex-tensive knowledge of the state, she will share her in-sights into its politics.

The luncheon will start at 12 noon and reservations may still be made with Doris Altman, 4 John Adams Ct., Monroe Twp. The cost is $32, and Ms. Altman may be reached at 609-655-5932.

Ms. Reed has a wide audi-ence among League mem-bers, as well as the general public, owing to her many op-ed columns in area newspa-pers. While at Eagleton she was actively involved in issues of voter participation in elec-tions and government. A founding member of NJ Fu-ture, she is now on the board of NJ Spotlight.com, a civic journalism website designed to provide news coverage about critical issues shaping the state and its communities.

Before joining Eagleton in 1996 she was vice-president for public affairs and corporate secretary of the Rockefeller University in NYC, and served as Assistant Dean of Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and Interna-


I take this opportunity to ex-press my sincerest appreciation and thanks to all who supported my reelection effort. To all who expressed their continued sup-port and offered best wishes to me after the election, I am in-deed grateful. My congratula-tions to those winning candi-dates; I wish them well and hope their tenure is successful in furthering the best interest of our community. I take pride in the knowledge that because of my extensive business ex-perience and varied legal background my contributions, which freely offered and ac-cepted, were meaningful, gratifying and of great benefit to the community.

Bert Herling

Thank You Notes

Meet the Stars

*** I wish to express my deep-

est gratitude and appreciation to all my friends for their cards and calls on the passing of my beloved brother Larry. This has meant a lot to me.

Leon Yablon ***

We are writing to express our appreciation for the sym-pathies extended to us on the passing of our beloved son, Salvatore. We thank our friends and neighbors at Greenbriar at Whittingham for the calls, cards and food sent to us at this sad time. It is nice to know we live among such thoughtful peo-ple. Thank you.

Dolly and Larry Meloro

Note that the Towne Cen-tre is now observing “winter hours” on weekends when the Towne Centre is open from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sat-urdays and Sundays. Any-one using the pool or exer-cise areas should plan ahead and vacate those ar-eas not later than 3:45 p.m. to ensure that you are ready

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In observance of Thanksgiv-ing, the Towne Centre will be closed on Thursday, Novem-ber 27. Towne Centre will host regular hours the day before as well as the day and week-end after. The staff and I wish each of you a happy and en-joyable Thanksgiving.

The Manager’s Office


THE COMMUNITY AROUND US

Civic Affairs

tional Affairs, where she also directed the Rockefeller Public Service Awards Program.

The League of Women Vot-ers is a nonpartisan political organization with state and national affiliations. It neither supports nor opposes candi-dates for public office. Born after Congress granted women the right to vote, it en-gages members in public pol-icy issues on the local, state and national levels. Its most recent foray has led to a study of Human Trafficking and its October meeting featured the Assistant Prosecutor of Mid-dlesex County, Christine D’Elia, who described the county and state efforts to stop this modern form of slavery.

For more information on the League, please contact Judy Perkus, 609-655-1552; Ruth Banks, 609-655-4791, or Fran-cine Glass, 609-860- 7890, at the Ponds. Men and women are invited to join the League, and the meetings are free and open to the public.


SWM, a manufacturer of paper for cigarettes and cigars has been downsizing their opera-tion because of the declining sales of tobacco products. In this regard, they now have excess water supply and ap-proached the Township to ex-plore our interest in possibly purchasing their excess water allocation. This water is from DEP approved artesian wells and like our water needs little in the way of treatment. This source is near the northern portion of the town and will be able to serve the water needs in that area without having to purchase expensive ground water from American Water.

Many of the large develop-ments in that area required the developer to install non-potable water lines for irriga-tion when those homes were built. We never had the ability to deliver non-potable water. With this new source of water available, however, we will be able to sell non-potable water at a lower cost to those resi-dents and effectively enhance the future supply of potable water since it’s not being used for irrigation.

This is a major addition to our water supply, but more importantly, it is a very good business deal for now and for the future.

THE RESIDENTS CIVIC CLUB Of Greenbriar at Whittingham IS CONDUCTING ITS ANNUAL

HOLIDAY FUND DRIVE We wish to thank our excellent,

hard-working and loyal staff. We appreciate the efforts of our

nurses, security, maintenance, office and management employees

who keep this a beautiful community.

We suggest a minimum donation of $15 for a couple, $7.50 for a single, but any amount will be appreciated. Please note: WHOA AND GWCA are not sponsors of

the Holiday Fund. Make check payable to: “Residents Civic Club”

Mark “Holiday Fund” in memo section and deposit into Lock Box #4 or mail to:

Residents Civic Club, 100 Whittingham Drive, Monroe Township, NJ 08831

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Civic Club Dues Are Due Is your Civic Club membership up for renewal? By renewing, you help support our community at large and

help us to improve life here. Each membership is important and counts. Your support helps us move forward.

Our annual dues remain at $16 per couple, $8 for a sin-gle, to encourage maximum participation from our com-munity. We hope with your renewal, you may be able to help with an additional gift of $2 or $4, or more to pro-vide much needed funding for Civic Club programs. No, it’s not a lot, but every little bit helps and is important. You could add more and it will be appreciated.

Fill out the coupon below, attach your check payable to “GW CIVIC CLUB” and deposit in lockbox 4 in the Towne Centre lobby.

Name __________________________________________

$_____________________

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Thank you for your continued support and generosity. For more information, contact Sandy Werfel, Membership Chair-person, The GW Residents’ Civic Club, at 619-3229.

LWV

By Jerry Tamburro Monroe Township Council President

Where Do We Get Our Water?

The water which we receive from the Township utility de-

partment is primarily from deep artesian wells within the Township. This is quality water which needs little in the way of treatment except for the re-moval of naturally occurring iron. Water with iron is the rea-son the sidewalks by TD Bank look orange and the same for the irrigation in Whittingham.

We have a more than ade-quate supply of water for gen-erations to come from these wells.

During the summer months, however, there always has been a need for additional wa-ter as a result of using potable water for irrigation. Because of the elevation of the streets in the northern portion of the Township additional water is needed, not for the lack of wa-ter, but for the additional pres-sure needed to bring the water to that area.

Almost 30 years ago the then MUA agreed to purchase surface water from American Water. Even though we only needed the additional supply during the summer months the agreement required us to pur-chase some water each month. That contract is about to expire; the cost to continue is extremely expensive and we have been looking for an alter-nate source.

A company in Spotswood,


From Our Mayor

B y Richard Pucci, Twp. of Monroe

Halsey Reed Road. It is fitting that the event is held in the Irwin Nalitt Meeting Room. The former Councilman liked nothing more than sharing sto-ries and laughing with new and old friends.

Last year, more than 100 residents took part in the feast, sharing stories with one an-other just like they were family. It really was like a home-cooked meal as they passed platters and bowls of food around the table to one an-other.

The Community Cares feast would not be possible without generous donations from many area businesses and organizations, including the Gardens at Monroe, BCB Bank, Saint Peter’s Hospital, Brookdale Assisted Living at Wynwood, Point of Care Phar-

Thanksgiving is a time for families and friends to gather, share a meal, and give thanks for what they have.

The Township Office of Sen-ior Services wants to make sure all of the Township sen-iors have a place to spend Thanksgiving with its extended family – the people of Monroe Township. Its doors will open on Thanksgiving and host the Community Cares Thanksgiv-ing meal.

For just $10 per person, seniors can register for the event, where they will be treated to a full Thanksgiving meal with turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, cranberry sauce, vegetables, bread, des-sert and more. The meal is served family style to give it that at-home feeling.

The two-hour event is set to start at noon on November 27 in the Irwin Nalitt Meeting Room in the Senior Center on

macy, Seaview Orthopedics, Senior Bridge, Hospice of New Jersey and the Francis E. Parker Memorial Home.

Furthermore, we had so many great volunteers who took time out of their Thanks-giving holiday to set-up for the meal, run the food to the ta-bles, and clean up after the event. I would like to thank them for giving back to their community and invite resi-dents who may have some time on Thanksgiving to volun-teer for the event.

Transportation to and from the event will be available but will be limited, so residents that are capable of driving or carpooling are recommended to do so.

I would like to commend Bonnie Leibowitz, the Director of the Office of Senior Ser-vices, for all of her hard work in planning, organizing and running the Community Cares Thanksgiving program. It is a shining example of just how close-knit the Monroe Town-ship Community is.

Those interested in attend-ing or volunteering for the event should contact Ms. Lei-bowitz at (609) 448-7140.

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.

By Eddie Thompson Shalom Havarem (greetings friends),

We trust that everyone en-joyed all the holidays in October. Our next holiday is Chanukah, and the first candle is lit on De-cember 16.

The Jewish Federation of Greater Middlesex County is merging with the Monmouth County Federation and this merger will hopefully give us the ability to provide an even greater range of services and also with a larger population we hope to obtain more corporate and federal grants. Keith Krivit-sky of Monmouth will be the executive director and Mitch Frumkin of Middlesex will be the president.

Our Super Sunday pho-neathon has been scheduled for January 11, 2015 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 programs. Prior to this date, we have tried to contact all the “snowbirds” during the month of October.

As I write this article, there is relative quiet in Israel and we

hope that it remains so. How-ever, anti-Semitism is rampant in Europe and Jews once again are living in a state of fear as the European governments are not adequately facing this outrage and Sweden has even gone so far as to recognize the so-called “Palestinian state.” An unbinding vote in the British Parliament also shows lawmakers to be in favor of recognition.

Brussels, Belgium is now 38% Muslim and it is extremely dangerous to walk through the streets of Europe manifesting any Jewish appearance such as wearing a kipah. Synagogues and Jewish businesses have been attacked, and not only by Muslims but neo-Nazi’s and their followers as well. Also, the intelligentsia and many academ-ics have also gotten on the anti-Semitic band wagon.

Is there a solution to this problem, other than all Jews leaving Europe — particularly France which now is the most dangerous European country for Jews — and moving to Israel or perhaps the United States, al-though there are many outward


Community Cares Thanksgiving

Ultimate Tribute to Rod Stewart “Blondes Have

More Fun” On Saturday. November 15,

at 7 pm, the Monroe Township Cultural Arts Commission will present The Ultimate Tribute to ROD STEWART with “Blondes Have More Fun.” The performance will be held at the Richard P. Marasco Theatre for the Performing Arts, 1629 Perrineville Road, Monroe, NJ 08831.

Rick Larrimore’s impersona-tion of Rod Stewart captures the total experience of Rod’s four decades of million seller hits with the same humor, high en-ergy and sexy savoir faire that made him a Rock ‘n Roll icon. Rick’s performances have mes-merized crowds worldwide.

This show is exciting and unique, guaranteed to dazzle and entertain audiences every time.

The show covers the rock (Continued on page 6)

GW Jewish Federation


LIS is beautifully acted, the direction is elegant and the film well worth seeing. RAT-ING…B+.

THIS IS WHERE I LEAVE YOU left me mostly sorry to see some talented actors wasted in this less than funny fluff piece. Advertised as a comedy, it is mostly a very strained effort by the director to have JANE FONDA, JA-SON BATEMAN, TINA FEY, ADAM DRIVER and COREY STALL all appear as members of a family sitting Shiva for seven days upon the death of their father. No one looks like they came from the same genes, they are endlessly bickering over nothing and worst of all, JANE is the psy-chologist author mom who in-sists on letting the world in on the family’s peccadilloes and they are all having problems.

For openers, JASON stumbles on his wife having sex with his boss, TINA feels her husband is too preoccupied about busi-ness, COREY’s wife is dis-traught about her inability to conceive and ADAM is totally irresponsible with behavior problems. For cheap laughs, there are several brawls be-tween the brothers, TINA’S kid schlepping his portable potty around, a rabbi called Boner and JANE flashing her mam-mary glands as she describes her husband’s equipment. Di-rector Shawn Levy probably could have done something to make this mishmash plausible or at least funny but nowa-days, what passes for humor are references to genitalia, scatological terms, endless banter about sex and believing that this will suffice to make people laugh. This film is one of the worst examples of this genre and I recommend a pass. RATING…C-.

Federation

signs of anti-Semitism here as well, but it has not as yet fully erupted.

We were privileged to hear the former ambassador to Ger-many present a talk on anti-Semitism in Europe on Sunday, October 5 at the Monroe Twp Sr. Center. This event was sponsored by the Jewish Fed-eration of Greater Middlesex County. Those who attended received much interesting and important information; those who did not attend missed a very important session.

If you wish to become an ac-tive participant and volunteer in Jewish Federation, please call Dorothy Thompson at 860-2664 or Judy Brodman at 395-8171 or call Jewish Federation di-rectly at 732-588-1800.

Happy Thanksgiving!


By Larry Sheppard THE DROP is a place where

dirty money is dropped off to be distributed by the local Ma-fioso. In this scenario, Che-chen mobsters collect the drop at a neighborhood bar man-aged by Marv (JAMES GAN-DOLFINI) and his cousin Bob (TOM HARDY.) Marv, the original owner, was forced to give the bar to the Chechens for overdue debts and is very resentful about the situation. Fellow barkeep Bob seems mild mannered but there may be more to him than meets the eye. When the bar is held up and robbed of $5000, the Che-chens want the money back and threaten Marv and Bob who promise to make good on the amount. By chance, Bob finds an abused puppy in an ashcan and becomes involved with Nadia (NOOMI RAPACE) an ex-girlfriend of reputed kil-ler Eric (MATTHIAS SCHOE-NAERTS.) Eric claims to own the dog and demands Bob pay him $10,000 or else he will kill the pup. Even as Marv scoffs at Bob’s willingness to pay for the dog, he seems to be plot-ting a double cross involving the drop money with Eric. This leads to several murders, some light torture, an ampu-tated forearm in a paper bag and a final violent rubout. While the plot sounds quirky

and it is, the menacing mob-sters, the double dealing of Marv, the weirdness of Eric and the calmness of Bob does create an air of suspense and impending doom. RATING…B-.

LOVE IS STRANGE is any-thing but strange these days. Retired artist Ben (JOHN LITHGOW) and music teacher George (ALFRED MOLINA) have lived together for many years and have decided to marry. Unfortunately, their marriage precipitates a prob-lem as George is fired from his job by his Catholic Church em-ployer when his sexual prefer-ence becomes public. Their loss of income forces them to sell their condo and they must separate till their financial con-dition improves. Ben goes to live with his nephew Eliot, his novelist wife Kate (MARISA TOMEI) and their teenage son, Joey (CHARLIE TAHAN.) He tries to keep out of the family’s way but Kate and Eliot’s relationship is strained by his intrusion into their lives. George flops with friends Ted and Roberto, two gay police officers who lend him their couch but this proves too dis-ruptive to his sensibilities. The two men try to maintain their relationship but it is difficult and eventually they grow apart with George finding a new partner and a place to live. A very classical soundtrack un-derlies the action which adds to the intellectual mood of the film but I found this distracting at times. On the other hand,

Rod Stewart

Finance and Investing legend’s entire career from his early years through the disco 80’s to great American classics. Rick Larrimore in this tribute to Rod Stewart will perform such hits as “Forever Young”, “Maggie May”, “Have I Told You Lately?” and many more.

Don’t miss it. . General admission $25, pa-

trons $22. students: free For more information:

www.MonroeTownshipCulturalArts.com. For tickets call: 1-877-77CLICK 9 AM-10 PM EST or (732)521-4400. Tickets will also be available for purchase at the Box Office 2 hours before the performance


“goes down” and people are sad. That’s human nature at work.

All businesses, no matter how good they are, have their ups and downs. The same goes for stock prices. The stock market is an arena where you can buy and sell shares of companies in di-verse industries - some that provide health services, manu-facture products, provide es-sential services for homes, or a host of other businesses and services. Many of these big businesses have names you


The Cinema

By Irwin Kaplan Money can’t buy happi-

ness, but neither can pov-erty.

The mint makes it first, it’s up to you to make it last.

The safest way to double your money is to fold it over and put it in your pocket.

Stocks move up and down - almost always. Just about everyone is talking about the stock market NOW because stock prices are fluctuating rapidly. The stock market “goes up” and people are happy. The stock market


will recognize and many you won’t have heard of.

Buy Low, Sell High. If a listed company has a profit-able business, lots of people will want to buy its stock and the price usually will go up. Investors who bought shares of rising stock increase the value of their assets. If the market price goes down, un-fortunately, you have most likely lost money in that invest-ment.

Investors are happy when stock prices go up. They can make money. And, that’s why investors are un-happy when stock prices go down. They can lose money.

Stocks Fluctuate - All busi-nesses, no matter how good they are, have their ups and downs. As an investor, you have to expect the unexpected because you don’t control the business and depend on oth-ers for financial information.

The relationship between supply and demand in the stock market is often called “sentiment.” When stocks are in high demand and prices are rising, the sentiment is mostly positive, which leads to fewer stockholders willing to sell and more investors looking to buy. Extremes in sentiment precipi-tate major market fluctuations.

So what’s an investor sup-posed to do to curb the chances of a particular invest-ment not having a chance to make money? One of the an-swers is to carefully research your investment selections for companies estimated to in-crease income and share earnings in the next few years.

That’s only the beginning. There is a lot of other financial information to be considered by the investor: what price to buy in, what price to hold or sell, and what changes hap-pen in the particular business as it matures. There is a great deal of financial information the investor must accumulate, assess, and act on - or not.

In the meantime the world goes on, good and bad things can happen and do happen. Wars, medical epidemics, slowing economies, and in-


pearance; hence we can’t par-ticipate in certain activities: There are still many countries in the world where the expectation for females is limited. Make an attempt to see the best in peo-ple. If I can see beauty in float-ing algae, you should be able to seek out the positive in your interactions.

I have developed a new per-spective regarding the famous Gilda Radner quote, “It’s always something.” I have spoken to friends and ask them how their day went or what they accom-plished lately, some of them inevitably relate that their day started out with a trip to a medi-cal professional. As we become more “mature,” frequent ail-ments seem to become a given.

A resident related to me that she felt that since she’s been living here, the Boards haven’t done anything? I could write a whole column sharing the many positive changes that the Boards have instituted. Once again we are dealing with per-ceptions. This resident sees what she wants to, not neces-sarily what is the realistic pic-ture.

In a previous column I shared that Sam, our 14 year

Reflections By Ben Baum

I had an interesting experi-ence while walking by the Chichester Pond. I saw the float-ing algae on the perimeter of the pond but instead of one’s usual reaction to this gooey conglom-erate, I became enthralled with the unique designs it created. This experience was a lesson in perception for that day. I saw more in that algae bloom than the pressing need to have it re-moved.

My algae epiphany really reinforced the concept of “in the eyes of the beholder.” There are so many instances in which we react to our first impressions that may be helpful in some case but these first reactions may also prevent an objective approach to new exposures. Many times first impressions added to accepted generaliza-tions result in inaccurate reason-ing. For example, a person views a physically handicapped person for the first time and as-sumes that that person has limi-tations that go beyond their physical disability. Many of us have experienced the reaction of younger people to our ap-

clement weather conditions are some of the news items that can make investors unset-tled. It is also probable that good news will appear, too. For instance: higher corporate and share earnings, mergers, new product introductions, and opportunities to increase busi-ness.

When these various items become public news, they cause fluctuations in the stock market. Some stocks go up and some go down. The stock market averages do the same.

Stock prices fluctuate! The best thing to do when negative conditions “hit” the stock market is to check on your personal stock holdings and assess conditions that make an individual stock a “sell” or a “buy.” Then take appropriate action. In many instances it is prudent to wait for the market to recover or stabilize before making stock decisions. What to do depends on the financial facts for the individual investment.

What to Expect: In general, the stock market will continue to rise into the future. That goes for stocks that have good management and financial underpinnings, and a prosper-ous business. Keep in mind all the depressions the US has gone through in the past. Stock market averages have been low before and have risen before, too.

Most averages and stock prices have moved higher and holding on to the “good” stocks has produced increased value. The hard part for investors is not always knowing exactly when the bad news ends and the good news begins. Since you can’t change that, risk is always present.

My advice for this market is to be very careful investing in stock markets that move up and down rapidly. If you have to invest now, then search for stocks you have evaluated. Hopefully, you’ll make invest-ments in companies that most likely will prosper in the current and estimated future economic climate. Look for stock invest-ments that are anticipated to increase future share earnings for stockholders, and possibly increase dividend payments.

Finance

old grandson, came in second in the national billiards tournament in the 10-14 year old category. As a second place finisher plus his stellar performance in other tournaments, Sam was invited to compete in the international tournament to be held from No-vember 15-18 in Shanghai, China.

The headline on the Sep-tember 18 Star Ledger was an eye opener: N.J. Poverty Rate



Stephanie Fitzsimmons Sexton, RN, APN

Depression As we all know, Robin Wil-

liams died as a result of de-pression. I hope that his death opens minds and helps people realize that depression is not a choice, but a disease. Every year at this time I like to talk about depression as we go into the holiday season. For people struggling with depres-sion, or just natural sadness, the holidays can exacerbate feelings of isolation. Please remember that and reach out to neighbors that may have lost a loved one this past year.

Depression is a common, often debilitating, psychiatric disorder experienced by ap-proximately two million older American adults. Further, de-pression is diagnosed three times more commonly in women than in men. In con-trast to the normal emotional experiences of sadness, grief, loss, or temporary “bad moods,” depression is extreme and persistent and can inter-fere significantly with a per-son’s ability to function. It is impossible to predict which older adults will develop de-pression, but studies indicate that substance abuse, isola-tion, prescription medication use, and chronic medical con-ditions all contribute to the on-set of significant depression.

The American Psychological Association lists these nine symptoms of major depres-sion:

1. Depressed mood most of the day, nearly every day, as indicated by either patient re-ports feeling sad, empty, “blue” or observation by oth-ers.

2. Markedly diminished in-terest or pleasure in all, or al-most all, activities.

3. Significant unintended

weight loss or gain (more than 5% change in body weight over one month).

4. Insomnia or hypersomnia nearly every day.

5. Either physical agitation such as pacing, shaking, or rocking, or physical immobility nearly every day (observable by others, not merely subjec-tive reports of restlessness or lethargy).

6. Fatigue or lack of energy nearly every day.

7. Feelings of worthlessness or excessive or inappropriate guilt nearly every day.

8. Diminished ability to think or concentrate nearly every day.

9. Recurrent thoughts of death (not just fear of dying).

Depression is not a normal part of aging, and studies show that most seniors feel satisfied with their lives, de-spite increased physical ail-ments. However, when older adults do have depression, it may be overlooked because seniors may show different, less obvious symptoms, and may be less inclined to ac-knowledge feelings of sadness or grief.

Although many people as-sume that the highest rates of suicide are among the young, white males age 85 and older

actually have the highest sui-cide rate. The majority of older adults with depression im-prove when they receive treat-ment with an antidepressant, psychotherapy, or a combina-tion of both. Research has shown that medication alone and combination treatment are both effective in reducing the rate of depressive recurrences in older adults. Psychotherapy alone also can be effective in prolonging periods free of de-pression, especially for older adults with minor depression, and it is particularly useful for those who are unable or un-willing to take anti-depressant medication.

I urge anyone with depres-sion or if you have a loved one with depression to discuss your feelings with your primary health care provider. Years ago there was limited therapy; today there is much to be done to have the vital life you desire.

Adapted from: http://www.nimh.nih.gov/heal th/publications/depression/how-do-older-adults-experience-depression.shtml

Reflections

Nurse’s Notes

Keeps on Rising. The ensuing article addressed the fact that in 2013 there were 998,549 people in N.J. living in poverty. An es-pecially disturbing fact since N.J. possesses a rather high average per capita income.

Please call me at 235-9440 if you know of someone that is alone that might want to attend the second annual Community Cares Thanksgiving at the Sen-ior Center on November 27. If the person you have in mind has a personal aide that individual is also invited. The nominal fee for all attendees is $10. If you are available to volunteer any amount of time on Wednesday or Thursday, November 26 or 27, to assist with the preparation or actual serving of the meal, please contact me.

Mark your November calen-dar for the following holidays: Daylight Savings Time Ends-2, Election Day-4, United States Marine Corps Day-10, Veteran’s Day-11, World Peace Day-17 and Thanksgiving Day-27. The birth-stone for November is the topaz or citrine; the flower is the chry-santhemum. If you notice that I am acting a little looney on No-vember 20 that’s because I’ll be observing National Absurdity Day!


bulb will rot if too wet. Once the flowers open, move the plant out of direct sunlight to prolong the bloom. It will bloom in eight weeks, so start now if you want flowers by the holidays.

Would you like to keep the bulb going on for years, blooming annually? Try this after the plant has flowered: Remove the spent blossoms and cut the flower stalk off about two inches above the bulb. Treat it as a foliage houseplant, letting the strappy leaves grow in order to re-charge the bulb. You can sum-mer the plant indoors, or out-side in a shady spot. By Sep-tember the leaves will have turned yellow. Stop watering entirely and store the bulb in-doors in a cool (50 degree) location. Amaryllis needs an eight week dormant period to bloom again. In November you should see new growth and start the process again: “Bright w indow—-Water ing—Soi l barely moist”. After a few years, a bulb may produce up to three stalks, each with four very large flowers. Do you think it’s worth a try?

PAPERWHITES (Narcissus Tazetta) bear clusters of five to 15 flowers atop slender stems and most are strongly scented. (Some folks dislike this fragrance). The down-side? They commonly grow too tall for their containers and, being top-heavy, they flop over instead of standing tall. William Miller, director of Flower bulb Research at Cor-nell University, found that dos-ing paperwhites with a shot of diluted hard liquor stunted their growth, making for stock-ier, non-flopping plants. (He never revealed how he made this discovery).

Start the bulbs atop a layer of stones, gravel or marbles


The Green Thumb By Laura Resnick

HOLIDAY PLANTING TIME With its big, bright flowers, the AMARYLLIS has become a favorite holiday plant. For early flowers, buy potted bulbs that have already started to grow shoots. If you prefer to start your own from loose bulbs, plant them in five- or six-inch pots in a regular potting mix. Just an inch of the bulb should show above the soil line and there should be about an inch of space between the bulb and the pot. Simply place the pot in front of a well-lighted window and start watering, keeping the soil just barely moist, as the


count on changing her mind – people discount truth, defend their lies and go on believing whatever they want. So – you have choices. And, remember the old adage – “Truth will out.” Count on that and you can choose to do nothing.

Dear Solutions: I have this

friend who makes me furious because she exaggerates eve-rything she talks about. If I try to correct her she gets mad. She’s very dramatic and says “so what – it makes a better story that way.” I’m planning a reunion of old schoolmates at my house. We all went to high school together and we’re go-ing to try to remember things that happened when we were teenagers and tell about them. I know she’s going to tell cer-tain incidents about me that were a little funny. Even though they’re true the way she tells things I know it will be humiliating to me. She won’t listen to me. Any suggestions?

-Elly- Dear Elly, In other words

she can’t tell the truth without

Senior Solutions

By Helen Oxenberg, MSW, ACSW

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

Dear Solutions: My daughter and son-in-law have been married for two years. Now she thinks it’s time to have a baby. Instead of trying for that he has walked out saying he needs time off before he de-cides to stay in the marriage. My daughter is devastated. He has no parents and I would like to really get hold of him and talk to him but my daugh-ter won’t let me. I would talk to him about the meaning of mar-riage and commitment. It’s not supposed to be a temporary arrangement. How can I con-vince her to let me try?

-Bernice- Dear Bernice: So you think

marriage should be a life sen-tence. He says he’s out on parole. The main thing for you to accept is that you’re not his parole officer. Honor your daughter’s wishes. She knows better than you what has gone on in her marriage. Also, the thought of a baby and what that entails in terms of respon-sibility may have scared him. Be supportive of her. Assure her that you’re there for her in any way that will help but that “way” is up to her. As for the parolee you can just express your hope that he can work things out. Offer to pay for counseling if he or they think that could help. Unless some-one asks you for help that’s all you can do now. It’s their prob-lem and it will have to be their solution.

Dear Solutions: I have

strong political opinions and I’m pretty vocal about them and my friends know it. I’m also very much in favor of a certain candidate. There’s one friend who disagrees with me politically and especially about that candidate. I try to stay away from her opinions so that we won’t argue but she keeps sending me long nasty e-mails about that candidate. I would-n’t care if these were just her opinions but these are written by other people and they’re full of lies – actual lies about facts that have been researched and published all over. It both-ers me that this kind of false information is floating around and people believe it. I don’t want to argue with her but I do want to point out the truth by quoting reliable, public sources that anyone who reads a newspaper, watches TV or reads a book knows. How do I do this without argu-ing or hurting the relationship?

-Kate- Dear Kate: Choose. Choice

#1: You don’t want to hurt the relationship so – decide that the “e” in “e-mail” means “E-RASE”, “E-RADICATE”. “E-LIMINATE” or in today’s tech-nological terminology go back to the letter D and that stands for “DELETE”. Or – choice #2: You don’t want to be tempted to read these so: ask her to please stop sending you politi-cal material. Or, choice #3: You can’t stand to let these lies go unchallenged so cor-rect each one with reliable evi-dence. Then tell her that good friends can disagree and still stay friends. However – these issues are emotional so don’t

Veterans Day: November 11

lying. Well, beat her to the punch – the punch line that is. Just before she gets to the end of the story start to laugh and say “Oh yes I remember that”. Laughing at yourself first, before anyone else can will take the sting out and make you the star – the host-ess with the mostest because then everyone will be relieved that they don’t have to feel embarrassed for you.

Dear Solutions: This is in

reference to a neighbor who is a hater. Everyone who is not of her religion or ethnic back-ground is “crapola” as she re-fers to us. She’s a gentile yenta. She asked me if I was Jewish and when I said no she said “Thank God”. I’ve heard her call people gay whom she hardly knows and puts down everyone else who is different. If you say anything to her she gives you a mouth like an ele-phant’s backside. Is there any legal way we can stop her? She is called the wicked witch of the 1st floor.

-17 Irritated Owners- (Continued on page 10)


Memories The Reunion

By Charles Dunlop It all started in the early part

of this year when I received an email message from an old Army buddy that I served with in Japan. He informed me that we were having a reunion of our unit in September. I had attended reunions of my sec-tion before in Louisiana, Vir-ginia and Maryland. This one was being held closer to home in Yardley, Pennsylvania.

At former reunions there were perhaps twenty ex-members of our unit, but I was surprised to see only six vets attending. Four of the men brought their wives. They came from Rhode Island, Mas-sachusetts, Wisconsin, Florida and New Jersey.

After checking in at the Hampton Inn, we all got reac-quainted and sat around and talked. We went off to dinner that night and easily got lost coming back home. Our buddy, George, had a van and six of us rode along. There are some great upscale dining places in the Yardley area; they were very crowded for mid-week dining.

My Army unit served in the occupation of Japan from 1945 to 1952. It was at Su-

we found a piece of a razor blade missing, getting them ready for their court appear-ances and many other things that we were responsible for as jailors. We all had different anecdotes.

We spoke of Father John Ryan, who was the Chaplain at the prison. He was mur-dered outside the gates of the prison in December of 1948. One of our guards was ar-rested for the crime and served time in prison but was later released. The fault was put on the Japanese “mafia” because the Chaplain was crusading against the black market and prostitution around the prison.

There were two fellows with us who had witnessed the hanging execution of Tojo and seven other war criminals in 1948.

On our last evening we had a meeting to decide on the location of the 2015 reunion. There were many suggestions but they all involved lengthy travel. We all agreed to have it at the same place. Unfortu-nately our organizer is in bad health and cannot handle the details, when they asked for a volunteer they looked at me!

We all said our goodbyes on Friday morning and wished for safe trips home and good health until we meet again next year.

gamo prison, located outside Tokyo.

I was not quite 18 when we arrived at the prison after a long ocean trip. It seems that they wanted young men with-out war experiences and high IQ’s to serve as jailors and guards, to serve outside the cell blocks, but we as jailors were locked in the cell blocks with the prisoners, armed with only the key to the cells.

The prison was the home of both major and minor Japa-nese war criminals. We were the caretakers responsible for well-known politicians and mili-tary that planned the war against the United States; such men as Heideki Tojo, the Prime Minister, Mamuro Shi-gamitsu, who signed the Japa-nese surrender and Iwane Ma-tsui who was responsible for the “rape” of Nanking, China, where over 2,000,000 people died.

On all three nights of the reunion that we had the meet-ing room available to us we had long “show and tells.” All the guys brought along their memorabilia from the prison a n d J a p a n . W e h a d “autographed almost every-thing,” flags, pictures, draw-ings, crafts (Tojo would sign anything) and then the stories started: how we had to bathe and feed the prisoners, shake down their cells looking for contraband, what we did when

(no soil needed). Pour in enough water to cover the pebbles, not the bulbs. A clear glass container is best, so that you can check on what’s hap-pening. Once the first green shoot is 2 inches tall, replace the water with a 5% solution of vodka, rum, gin or whiskey. Do not use beer or wine, as the sugar in them will foul the wa-ter. If you are a teetotaler, grow your paperwhites in a solution of 1 part rubbing alco-hol to 10 parts water. Using this system, the stems will get to be about half the regular height, while their flower size, fragrance and longevity are undiminished. Happy Thanksgiving, every-

one!!! Meeting notice: The Green

thumbs will meet at 11am on Tuesday Nov.11 at the Mon-roe Twp. Senior Center.


Dear Irritated: Unless she actually does something be-sides talking, there is no legal way to stop her. However, I have two suggestions. Since there are many of you, try in-viting her to a meeting where grievances will be discussed and she can be told how her behavior is affecting people and their regard for her. It might be helpful if a religious


leader in the community would be willing to speak to the group about mutual respect and the effect that hate speech has on people. Sec-ondly, when she says these things tell her clearly that you do not want to hear her nasty opinions and she will be iso-lated by the community if she doesn’t stop. And – you can always turn your back and just walk away. Remember, she has the freedom to speak and you have the freedom not to listen.

Readers: I would appreciate

hearing some of your sugges-tions about this. If you wish you can contact my column with your thoughts. Thank you.

Problems? Become part of the Solution. Write to Helen Oxenberg, SENIOR SOLU-TIONS, P.O. Box 346, James-burg, NJ 08831 or e-mail: [email protected].

Solutions

Green Thumb


Election for the Greenbriar Golf Club Association Board of Trustees took place on Sep-tember 17. Three seats were open and there were four can-didates running; Stephen Chason, Allan Cooper, William Devin, and Howard Paskowitz.

Chason, Cooper, and Devin were reelected to the Board. Following established proce-dures, the five members of the new Board decide what posi-tions the trustees will hold. The trustees essentially voted to keep the Board intact. The results were Allan Cooper President, William Devin Vice President, Stephen Chason Treasurer, Alan Kadish Secre-tary, and William Benjamin Secretary.

This Board has worked smoothly together in the past,

and while they do not always agree on issues, they are able to resolve differences without rancor.

As the season winds down, and summer gives way to the beautiful colors of autumn, the golf course remains in extraor-dinary condition. Guests who come to play at Greenbriar are impressed with the course. This is not the result of one year of good work on the course. It results from years of good treatment, especially aerating the fairways and greens and the use of sand and seed. Some golfers are upset with the aeration holes in the greens and the covering of sand. It does make it tem-porarily hard to play. However it is a necessary evil that all good courses utilize. After the

course heals, it is in better condition than before the treat-ment.

The maintenance work goes on continuously. We see John Cipriano, and his excellent crew on the course even while the golfers are playing. The crew is courteous in temporar-ily stopping their work while the next foursome of golfers plays through. They manage to get their work done and maintain a pleasant atmos-phere on the course.

It goes without saying that Kevin Darlington and his staff do a wonderful job in keeping play on the course running smoothly, efficiently, and as pleasant as possible. Golf clubs are ferried back and forth from automobiles, or the club’s storage room. The staff at the front desk are ef-ficient and pleasant. The rangers ride around the course seeing that golfers walk or ride in the appropri-ate locations. They will often try to help golfers find their golf ball in the rough.

We hope that as golfers play their rounds, they take a mo-ment or two to look around and enjoy the beauty of the golf course.

By Carol Cooper and Ruth Reich

Our summer days have waned, autumn leaves are putting on their lovely colors, and our ladies’ league has ended for this year. We thought we would write an arti-cle about the most simple imple-ment we all use in the sport: the tee.

The tee is a peg, made of wood or plastic or other mate-rial. Yet its history is older than three of the major champion-ships. It’s a tiny thing, but a very important part of the game. The Honorable Edinburgh golfers in 1744 used the word “tee” in their Rules of Golf. The tee was the starting place of the hole, and was made by raising a small pile of sand, (the sand was kept in a box nearby, hence “tee box”) moistening it with water, and placing the ball on the top of the mound. It wasn’t until the 20th century that this method was changed.

In 1899, George F. Grant ap-plied for a patent for “Improvement in Golf Tees”. Grant was the first African-American graduated from Har-vard School of Dental Medicine. His tee was some rubber tubing placed on a wooden peg that was pushed into the ground. The ball was placed upon the rubber tube, which gave way when the ball was hit. He had the tees produced for himself, but never sold them.

Then in 1921, William Lowell, also a dentist, conceived the Reddy Tee, one piece of wood with a red flat top, so it could be found. He paid well-known peo-ple to use the implement and it became a huge marketing suc-cess.

The tee of today is really un-changed. Manufactur ing speeded up its production. A factory can turn out more than 2 million tees a day. However, people try to make changes to the golf tee. Innovations have been tees with prongs, tees with bristles, tees with platforms—on and on. Some manufacturers declare that these tees will give you greater distance, but the rules of golf state that a tee may not “unduly influence the move-ment of the ball.” Indeed the larger drivers have led the golf-ers to use longer tees so that

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the ball would meet the height sweet spot of the newer drivers. The USGA has banned tees longer than 4 inches. One of the stories is about a Canadian Pro who could play for weeks with the same tee. He was asked how he did that. His reply, I’m trying to hit the ball not the “tee.” Aren’t we all trying to do that?

Our closing luncheon was held at Taverna Ouzo where all the women enjoyed the Greek food and conversation. Myrna Reiter presented the trophies, chip in and birdie pins. Thanks go to the Ladies Golf Board, the committees Sandy Kelly, Anne Hughes for the R/W/B held at Forsgate CC and Bunny Apple-baum, Evie Rabinowitz, and Harriet Weitzner for a colorful lively Member/Member event, at Knob Hill, both a resounding success. We look forward to more events.

The flight of the “Snow Birds” started in Oct.. We wish everyone a healthy happy win-ter.

Chip ins: D. Alter, C. Cooper(3), M.Ganz(2), S. Kelly, E. Singer, B. Teiger and S. Win-ters

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cated on Monmouth Rd has six Pickleball courts. The courts are available from 8 am to 12 pm, Monday thru Friday. Any Monroe resident can play; you simply need to show up, sign the sheet and wait for a game. The membership fee is $5 yearly. There are also a number of other activities of-fered at the center.

On September 15 at the MT community center, nine teams from the adult communities in Monroe competed in the Mayor’s cup tournament. When we learned of the event it was too late for us to enter a team, but a few of us attended the event. The tournament

By Lila Pollinger The Pickleball club held an

election of officers in Septem-ber and the following members were elected to office: Angelo J. Scanelli, President, Nancy Hynes, Vice President, Freda Werden, Secretary, and Linda Arnold, Treasurer. Committee chairman were also appointed, Lila Pollinger, Public Rela-tions, Tony Dippolito, Rules Committee.

When the outdoor games end, some of us will be moving indoors at the Monroe commu-nity center and others will be playing in the warm Florida weather.

The Community center lo-

was won by Rossmoor in a hard fought match with Stone-bridge.

This past year the club has grown substantially and we are expecting many new mem-bers to join us this spring. New members, in addition to pro-viding more players also mean we will be making new friends. The friendships developed during the summer months continue throughout the year and provide fun both on and off the court.

New player lessons will be-gin in May and will be held mornings before play begins and afternoon and early eve-ning sessions for residents who work and can’t make the morning sessions.

Come join us.

tennis games, especially for new people.

Suggestions were also made for an overnight trip to Wemlock and Shawnee, Pennsylvania. Both places have golf and tennis.

The trip to the U.S. Open and drivers will be fully reim-

bursed for all expenses. Diane Altman will be looking

into CPR lessons, perhaps from St. Peters Hospital.

The new slate of officers for 2014/2015 are: president, Marty Moskowitz; treasurer Diane Altman; membership, Linda Shiff; recording secretary, Sandy Moskowitz; correspond-ing secretary, Fran Solomon.

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Alisa Hadassah By Rhoda Juskow

Sherry Keller has begun the four part series “Zionism, The Sequel” and we all found it very interesting and are looking for-ward to the next session.

Sukkot has been delightful as usual, and thank you to those of you who put up your own Suk-kah’s so that we may enjoy a meal together under the stars.

Member Appreciation was a delightful evening at which time we voted on our new slate of officers for 2015, honored some of our very special members and had the pleasure of listening to Steve Zeitlin, renowned folk-lorist.

The Lunch Bunch met at Fresco’s for their monthly get together and as usual, a good time was had by all.

At the Myrtle Wreath Lunch-eon on October 26, we will be proud to honor Hazel Cun-ninghis and Claire Lazar as this year’s Alisa Chapter Honorees. Both of these women have given us a great deal of their time and effort over many years. Thank you from all of us to Ha-zel and Claire.

Save the Date: Sunday, November 9, 10:30

a.m., Aryeh Green from Media Central in Jerusalem will once again be at Greenbriar to bring us up to date on what is hap-pening in Israel and how they are working with the media and reporters throughout the world.

Monday, November 17, 7:15 p.m. - Our next regular Alisa Hadassah meeting will include Installation of Officers. Please join us as we welcome them as our leaders for the coming year.

Tuesday, December 2 - 1:30 p.m. - Rabbi Melinda Panken of Temple Shaari Emeth will speak about Bio Medical Ethics and end-of-life decisions. Contact Ella Goldstein - 235-9616 to reserve your place.

If you are a Hadassah mem-ber and are interested in help-ing to plan programs and events, call Bunny at 409-4498. We look forward to new ideas and suggestions to keep our meetings interesting and informative.

MT Friends of Disabled Israeli

War Vets By Martin Rich

Over 220 contributors to this worthy cause gathered in the Grand Ballroom of Greenbriar at Whittingham, on Sunday afternoon, October 19, to en-joy a Musical Interlude.

Chairman Judy Schneider introduced the audience to Beit Halochem Rehabilitation Facilities by showing two short videos, illustrating the impor-tant work being accomplished by utilizing the funds that our donors provide.

The International Concert Soprano, Este’re diva, headed up the musical program, joined by the Acclaimed Tenor, Ri-naldo Toglia. Herbert Braden-sten, a talented pianist, com-pleted the group. The audi-ence was mesmerized as these gifted performers pre-sented them with a varied pro-gram that was geared to sat-isfy every musical preference.

Their presentation began with, “My Yiddisha Momma”, and concluded with, “Time To Say Goodbye” which was a moving duet, in which Este’rediva and Toglia really outdid themselves. (Bottcelli and Brightman would have


Pickleball Club

By Claire Finestein, Secretary

The club’s annual dinner dance was held on September 27. Everybody had a great time and there were many door prizes. Our thanks go to Sandy Moskowitz, Larry Petron and Richie Diamond for setting up this delightful eve-ning.

The trip to Paterson, New Jersey museums also went well thanks to Ed Goldman.

The ball machine is now fully functional. The wall for practice for tennis and other sports is still under considera-tion.

October 18 will be the last meeting at which time we will partake of a great brunch thanks to Dolores Schmidt, Joy Keiles and Diane Altman. Dick Brief is looking into the winter get together in Florida.

For the new playing year, we will have a lot going on:

Several people have volun-teered to help rate tennis play-ers so they will be able to get

World renowned concert so-prano Este’re diva headed up the program.


applauded.) A lively rendition of, “Fiddler on the Roof” by pianist, Herb Bradensten, added to an accomplished, very pleasing program.

The positive feedback, and comments, as the audience left the ballroom, was most gratifying to the sponsors of this event; and will encourage them to repeat similar pro-grams in the future.

All monies collected are sent directly to Israel for use by Beit Halochem in Israel. Beit Halochem is a rehabilita-tion program for wounded Is-raeli Defense Forces veterans and victims of terrorist attacks. “Friends” is a vital and proud contributor thanks to the sup-port of its donors.

GW Bridge Club

By Arthur Van Blerkom It is now November and the

GW Duplicate Bridge Club is in winter mode. The Monday game starting November 3, 2014, switches to Encore for six months, the regular Thurs-day Night Game has been suspended for the winter. There is no daily costs for the Monday afternoon game at Encore.

During July and August, in the intermediate bridge les-sons article, I went over the system that was taught at the lessons. If you learned bridge during the dinosaur years of the 1950s and 1960s the bid-ding systems have changed. This is the 21st century and the following bids will be based on what is bid today. You must understand there are varia-tions but try to understand there are several correct varia-tions. Try to understand the bidding system described in the September and October GW Voice articles and, after that, make changes to better fit your partnership needs.

The lesson for this article is playing the hand. If you are the Declarer and a lead is made now is the time to think by all players. Delays on the first round should be allowed by a Director. After the first round it is up to the Director to adjust the score if delays give assistance to your partner or intentionally mislead the oppo-sition.

Going back to the last para-graph when the lead is made and the dummy goes down then the declarer should de-cide how to play the hand. This is not considered hesita-tion. An example of hesitation is declarer leading a spade toward dummys AQ10 SPADES. Let us say that W takes a long delay and has 348 SPADES .This can be hesitation as declarer figures W must have KJ. The Director can adjust the score, so play without hesitation and let De-clarer make his own mistakes.

When dummy goes down, figure the best way to make the contract. Let us say the contract is 4 SPADES and the only way to not make the con-tract is if spades are 4-1 in W hand. Play accordingly and if E has 4 you make the con-tract. If W has 4 you must go down and you just go onto the next hand. The important thing is that you have played good bridge.

By the way, if you would like to play a little duplicate bridge


and learn about duplicate the Monday game is usually best for less experienced players. The less experienced players would be competing against similar players and if you want to learn, there is assistance available.

If any player, a Bridge Club member or not, has any bridge questions please contact the writer of this report at [email protected] or 609-860-6346.

Below is a review of the September and October 2 2014 games. They are split between the Monday and Thursday games. The first is for the number of first places second number for second places and third number for third.

MONDAY GAMES, Septem-ber 8,15, 22, 29: Marilyn Askin 010 Saul Blum 001 Paulyn Cohen 002 Cheryl Davis 001 Anthony Dippolito 110 Inge Dippolito 010 Daniel Engel 100 Ken Friedman 001 Rose-anne Goodstein 010 Ronnie Greenhouse 110 Selma Herzog 001 John Ievers 001 Manny Jarvis 021 Ed Kantner Richard Lazar 001 Jessie Le-vine 001 Helen Nachimson 010 Bea Orchowitz 100 Sey-mour Orchowitz 100 Lila Pollinger 100 Miriam Rubin 010 Barry Salka 200 Eileen Salka 100 Marsha Schwartz 010 Mort Schwartz 010 Jerry Seymour 010 Champak Sheth 101 Dina Sheth 101 Irma Siegel 010 Elaine Singer 010 Elaine Stein 110 Myron Stein 110 Joe Tauber 001 Arthur Van Blerkom 102.

THURSDAY GAMES, Sep-tember 4,11,18 October 2: Alan Bohmstein 010 Nat Fein 201 Paul Fried 101 Doris Frisch 100 Renata Gervis 100 Roseanne Goodstein 010 Warren Greenberg 010 Marlene Greenberg 010 Ronnie Greenhouse 022 Selma Herzog 001 Manny Jar-vis 022 Stanle Kaplan 010 Dorothy Kreitzberg 100 Carol Levey 102 Barbara Livingston 100 George Moehringer 001 Elihu Nemiroff 110 Bea Orchow-itz 001 Seymour Orchowitz 100 Marsha Schwartz 100 Mort Schwartz 100 Elaine Singer 010 Gene Sultan 001 Arthur Van Blerkom 011 Beverly Weiss 110 Kurt Weiss 110.

GW Connections By Dorothy Thompson

Can you believe that it is November already and almost Turkey Day? We bid farewell to our Snowbirds as they go on their merry way South, West or elsewhere. If you are one of them, please don’t for-get to keep in touch with us back at Greenbriar at Whitting-ham. Have a copy of the “GWVOICE” mailed directly to you wherever you might be.

Speaking of Turkey Day, the Senior Center is once again having a dinner for those who would be spending the holiday alone. We at “Connections” are helping them financially and you can help them set up the day before. Please call Arlene Lazar at 409-2749 for more information.

Our ladies enjoyed a won-derful day at Pennsbury Manor last month. We would like to thank Carol and Rickey for this outstanding trip.

On November 3 we invite you to attend our next open meeting in our Clubhouse. We will have back, by popular de-mand, Dr. Richard W. Butts, a Professor/ Lecturer/ Artistic Director/ Conductor. Dr. Butts will speak about Broadway’s Golden Age, 1943-1967. This meeting is at 7:15 PM and of course, refreshments will be served.

We are going to Atlantic City to the Tropicana on December 9. The cost is $59 with lunch at Carmine’s and $15 to spend in the casino. Turn in your checks now to Box #5.

Mark your 2015 calendars for the following dates: In May, a musical group, “The Water-ing Can Band” will entertain us on May 4. We are planning a trip to Staten Island in May of 2015. Details to follow. Our next Book and Author Lunch-eon will be on June 18, 2015 and the book is titled “Henna House” by Naomi Eve. In this book, the author paints a pic-ture of Yemenite Jewry. She also wrote, “The Family Or-chard”, a Book of the Month Club selection which was nominated for a National Jew-ish Book Award. Lunch will be at Knob Hill, with limited seat-ing, and we urge you to place


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MANAGEMENT BUSINESS HOURS The Management Offices (on the second 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.

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your check for $42 in lockbox #5 when you see the flyers in the rounder. On July 16, 2015, we will go to the “Seeing Eye Institute” in Morristown and lunch will be at “Cozy Cup-board Tea Room” once again. Everyone enjoyed the High-Tea we had at this charming venue. Cost is $62, which in-cludes the bus, the lecture about the dogs, and lunch. In August, we will have a One Woman show. Details will be in our next LINK.

Don’t forget to pay your dues of $15. $5 of your dues goes directly into our Charita-ble Giving Fund.

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, Short Stories - Juliet Klein. Do you have another idea for a group? Please call Barbara or Annette.

Did you know that $1 of every card you send through “Connections” goes directly into our Charitable Giving Fund. Dorothy Thompson at 860-2664, can send a card for you, you just have to call her and she will take care of the rest for only $2.50.

We received a beautiful note from one of the campers we sent to camp this summer. This child came from the “Home Front” facility which is an organization helping home-less families. We also received a Thank-you from “Women Aware”, an organization for abused women and their chil-dren. We supplied backpacks filled with school supplies for 10 children.

Don’t forget that we accept in-season clothing. Call Marilyn Steiner at 10 Umber-land Place or Doris Becker at 12 Severn Way. Please call them to let them know you are dropping off your bags. We also accept cosmetic samples and the samples you receive at hotels and on a cruise.


Have a Happy Thanksgiving and we will see you again in this column next month and at our meeting, Nov. 3.

GW Friends

By Len Greenberg While we say good bye to

our snowbird friends, the GW Friends are happy to report that our November calendar is chock full of events for your enlighten-ment and entertainment right here in Greenbriar at Whitting-ham. Though you might be dis-tracted by world events, do not fear, we are here for you with a full calendar of study groups, get-togethers and interesting speakers. In addition to all our events scheduled in New Jer-sey, our South Florida snow birds can look forward to golf at the Boca Delray Golf and Coun-try Club on February 2, and probably two breakfasts tenta-tively scheduled for the first Monday in January and the first Monday in March. We will ad-vise of the actual breakfast dates and location at a later date. Anyone interested in par-ticipating in our South Florida golf event can call Jerry Roth for details. Jerry’s number is 732-742-9954. Meanwhile listed be-low are the events planned for November 2014:

Monday November 3: Mem-bership Breakfast. We meet in the Tap Room the first Monday of every month at 9. For just $8 per person you can choose from the great breakfast menu. This is a great time and place to make new friends. We are en-joying a crowd of 45 to 50 mem-bers each month so call Howie Katz and let him know you are coming. 409-8606

Monday November 3: Movie Group. Bob Modell leads the discussion of new releases. We meet in the Towne Centre at 4. If you love movies, this group is for you. Bob can be reached at 395-8575.

Wednesday November 5: Pizza & Pool. Once again our Billiard Group will meet in the GW Towne Centre parking lot at 12; then go over to D&T for pizza. After, we will reconvene in the downstairs pool room of the Towne Centre for a fun af-ternoon of pool and billiards. If you love the game you’ll want to be part of this group. If you’ve always wanted to learn, lessons

are available. Call Norm Good-man and let him know you are coming so he can make the ap-propriate arrangements. 395-8998

Monday November 10: Med-Sci group. This month Alan Kadish, a career pharmacist will bring you up to date on the field of Pharmacology. His views on the present state of medicine in this country will provide a very interesting afternoon. The group meets in the Towne Centre at 4. Call Mickey Kaplan and let him know you are coming. 395-1054

Tuesday November 11: Fi-nance & Investing Group. Each month the group meets to discuss the latest news on the financial front. Irwin Kaplan, resident investments guru leads the discussion. The group meets at 7:30 in the Towne Centre. Call Irwin and let him know you are interested. 860-9582

Monday November 17: Lunch with Friends. We meet at 1 for a casual lunch and a good time. Greg has put to-gether a special menu for us. For just $10 p.p. including tax and tip you can choose from a variety of sandwiches and sal-ads. Space is limited, however so you must call Howie Katz for a seat at the table. 409-8606

Monday November 17: Mu-sic Group. If you love all kinds of music you’ll want to partici-pate or just come and listen. Each month a member of the group presents their favorite artist, composer or genre of mu-sic. This group meets at 7:30 in the Towne Centre. Call Dave Lasser for details. 409-7667

Wednesday November 19: Pool Group. If you enjoy pool or billiards, or have always wanted to learn the game, call Norm Goodman for details. The group meets at 2 in the down-stairs pool room of the Towne Centre. Norm can be reached at 395-8998

Monday November 24: Book Group. The group un-der the leadership of Marv Bachman meets monthly at 4, in the Towne Centre, to dis-cuss new releases and old favorites. If you love to read and talk about books, call Marv for more information. 409-5464

Monday November 24: Membership Meeting and Speakers Night. Our mem-bership business meeting starts at 7 followed by another interesting speaker promptly at 7:30. This month we will bring you Marty Schneit and his his-tory of the Borscht Belt. Our evening is followed by refresh-ments. Admission is free to all members. We ask a nominal $2 for nonmembers to help us defray our costs.

We hope to see you at a GW Friends event. Member-ship is open to all residents.

Italian American Sr. Cultural Club

By Rose Corso October was designated as

Italian Heritage Month to coin-cide with Columbus Day, a United States holiday that commemorates the landing of Christopher Columbus in the New World on Oct. 12, 1493. The Italian American Sr. Cul-tural Club celebrated with a delightful night of music featur-ing “The Jersey Shades” and always good, delicious food.

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Once more we would like to thank our members for the wonderful support given to the club. All of our shows and trips in 2014 have sold out.

Donations Our club, although a social

club in name, has a very seri-ous side also, and we believe in sharing our good fortune with charitable causes. A total of $5,000 is being donated in 2014. The recipients are: Fisher House Foundation, American Legion Post 522 Poppy Fund Drive, Prostate Cancer Foundation, Breast Cancer Research Foundation, National Pancreatic Cancer Foundation, Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, the Residents Civic Club Holiday Fund Drive, and the following Monroe Township institutions including the Public Library Foundation, First Aid Squad, Office of the Aging and Senior Center, Food Pantry, Monroe Education Foundation, and the Patrons of the Arts.

Bingo Our club sponsors and con-


The history of the Italian in America begins in 1492. Cristoforo Columbo sailed out of Palos, Spain in the service of Queen Isabella. At length, after three months of wander-ing an uncharted sea, Cristo-foro and his three ships reached the island of San Sal-vadore in the Bahamas on Oc-tober 12. Without realizing it, he was on America’s doorstep. At San Salvadore, Columbo and his crew were greeted by the wide-eyed natives. Think-ing he had landed at an out-post of India, Columbo called them Indians, a name that has stuck with all the dark-skinned, indigenous Americans - South, Central and North.

Thus it was Cristoforo Columbo, an Italian, who be-gan the great European migra-tion to the New World nearly 500 years ago: the European history books credit him with “discovering” America.

When he heard of the re-sults of Columbo’s New World enterprise, King Henry VII of England granted authority to John Cabot (originally a Ge-noese named Giovanni Caboto) and his three sons to sail west from England and cash in on the glory. Cabot and his small crew of 18 men left the port of Bristol on May 20, 1497. Around 1500, a Flor-entine banker who had settled in Seville, Spain, signed up for several voyages under Span-iard Alonso de Ojeda and ex-plored the coast of Brazil. Two years later he led his own ex-pedition to South America. Upon his return, the Italian Amerigo Vespucci boasted that he had discovered the New World continent in 1497, a year before Columbo landed there on his third expedition. Vespucci’s story gained cre-dence through papers printed in Florence and found its way to a German college instructor, who was compiling a book with a new map of the world. When the book came out in 1507, the introduction said, “Since Americus Vespucius has discovered a fourth part of the world, it should be called after him - America.”

In 1524, King Francis I of France picked a Florentine explorer, Giovanni da Veraz-zano, to represent French in-terests. He traveled up the Hudson River and led the first expedition into New York Har-bor. In 1679 Enrico Tonti, in the service of France, built the first large vessel ever to sail the Great Lakes. Tonti reached Louisiana in 1682, and later founded the first European settlement in Arkan-sas. Thus with the trip of Cristoforo Columbo a new land was opened for many immigrants around the world.

Dates to remember: Nov. 5, music night - no meeting in December. - but on Dec. 11, the wonderful “Christmas Gala.” Ciao a’ Tutti.

ORT America

By Nancy Feuerstein The question was asked,

“How would you best describe ORT’s mission?” The answer is: ORT’s educational mission is simple: “Give a man a fish and he eats for a day; teach a man to fish and he eats for a


lifetime.” In other words, an ORT education gives people the knowledge they need for an independent and meaning-ful life, a mission our programs have been accomplishing for 134 years.

Here at GW we enjoy many interesting and enjoyable events as we help to support ORT’s programs. On Septem-ber 18 we visited the magnifi-cent mansion of Henry Du-pont, “Winterthur,” located in Delaware. We strolled through the beautiful exhibit of furniture and costumes from the PBS series, “Downton Abbey” and after enjoying lunch we took a tram ride around the lovely gardens and grounds. Back at the mansion our docents con-tinued describing the history of the Duponts and their beauti-fully furnished home. We were taken back to another time and place of great luxury. We thank Roz Scheidt and Lois Gallop for planning this special day.

We are looking forward to November 12 for our trip to the United Nations. There will be a guided tour and lunch is on our own. The cost for this memorable trip will be $48. Contact Muriel Hertan at 860-1740 or Lollie Reich at 235-9680 and watch for further de-tails.

On December 17 everyone is invited to join us for our an-nual Holiday Party at 7 pm in the Senior Center. This is al-ways a festive way to end the year with good friends. Car pools will be available.

Events are currently being planned for 2015, so save these dates: March 22 – Card Party April 13 – Book and Author

Luncheon at Battleground Country Club

May 13 - Media, Pa. –”Hello Dolly”

Aug.12 - Game Day 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

We’d love to see you at our events and welcome your help in joining our dedicated group of ORT workers. For more in-formation about how you can get involved, call Ann Gold at 409-0668.

The Martin

Salmanowitz Senior Social

Club By Paul Bresalier

We would like to thank our many snowbird members for attending our events this past spring and summer. Have a great trip back to your warm havens. We will look forward to seeing you next year.

Our September 13 luncheon show featuring singer Vincent Talarico was the highest at-tended show in 2014 with 272 people in the audience. We were rewarded with a terrific show, some saying that it was one of the best that Vincent performed for us.

In last month’s article we mentioned that the performers who appeared in our out-standing “Broadway Classics” show on August 7 were invited to do another show for us in 2015. Gay Willis and James Michael will be back in June. More details will be an-nounced at a future date.

Italian American Sr. Cultural Club


Senior Social

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 November 14.

Events Calendar November 13 – Thursday –

“Voices of Legends” luncheon show featuring singing impres-sionist Eric Kearns. 12:30 pm. Ballroom. Family style lunch-eon includes salad, chicken cacciatore, eggplant parmigi-ana, potatoes, peas and car-rots, cake, coffee, soda, $16 pp members, $18 pp non-resident guests.

December 6 – Saturday – Annual Holiday Dinner and Show featuring Doug Ferony and his six member band. The band will play for dancing prior to the show which is called “America’s Greatest Songs”. 6:30 pm Ballroom. Family style dinner catered by Jacques includes salad, short ribs of beef, chicken marsala, baked ziti, vegetables, cake, coffee, and soda, $28 pp members, $31 pp non-resident guests.

January 8, 2015 – 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 guests.

Speakers Program Programs start at 2:30 pm.

All members are invited. October 30 – Presentation

on Senior Men’s Health Issues November 6 – Mitch

Dormint from the Jewish Fam-ily Service will speak on “Meditation and Relaxation Exercise”

November 20 – Ms. Marga-ret Andreko, AARP, will speak on Medicare Advantage Plans.

December 11 – John Frank, Princeton Healthcare System, will speak about Balance.

Yiddish Club

By Donna Steif An exceptional Yiddish Club

program took place on Sun-day, October 5 in the Ball-room. We had the pleasure of welcoming back Dr. Eric Gold-man, expert and lecturer on Yiddish, Israeli and Jewish film whose subject was “The Cul-ture of Anti-Semitism in Film.” He showed clips of films most of us recognized and had seen which dealt with anti-Semitism, some in a subtle way and oth-ers more obvious.

The insightful manner in which he delivered his lecture as well as his charm and hu-mility during the question and answer period which followed won all of us over.

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

Future Programs On Sunday, November 2,

our guest will be Rabbi Sally Priesand, the first woman in the United States to be or-dained as a rabbi. She faced many challenges on the road to acceptance as she strug-gled to carve a place for her-


self - and for all women - within the panoramic diversity of Judaism.

Our Annual Chanukah Party will be held on Sunday, De-cember 7. Nova, whitefish, tuna and egg salads with a variety of cream cheeses and bagels will be served. There will be desserts as well as tra-ditional round jelly donuts, popular in Israel during Cha-nukah. Shlomo Haviv will pro-vide music and song in his own exciting fashion. Cost is $20 per person.

“Stand with Israel” Mark Your Calendar - Special Event: On Sunday, November 9 at 10:30 a.m. in the club-house, Aryeh Green will be featured from Media Central in Israel to discuss the news as reported in America. This is co-sponsored by our Yiddish Club and Alisa Hadassah. Fill out flyer in rounder to register and include your check for $5. Place envelope in Box 19 marked “Rhoda Juskow”. Questions call Ruth at 394-8478 or Rhoda at 409-0983.

Past Trip On Wed., October 1, the trip

to the Masonic Temple in Philadelphia was a great ex-perience. After lunch at the wonderful Reading Market, it was on to the Philadelphia Academy of Fine Arts. Every-one agreed it was an interest-ing and fun-filled day!

Cancelled: November 18 trip to New York Botanical Gar-dens Holiday Train Show will not take place.

Future Trips 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 re-hearsal of the N. J. Symphony Orchestra which will include pieces by Mozart and Men-delssohn. Afterwards, lunch will be at Tony Da Caneca’s Restaurant always delicious and enjoyable. Bus departs at 7:30 a.m. from GW Parking lot. Place flyer from the rounder and check for $70 per person in an envelope marked NJSO and deposit into Lock-box #6.

Wait List Only: On Tuesday, March 31, 2015 the Super Gala Kick-Off of the Centen-nial Year of the Folksbiene National Yiddish Theatre will be held in Carnegie Hall. The program starring Itzhak Perlman In the Fiddler’s House and klezmer musicians from around the Globe will be-gin at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $80 person including door to door bus service. Departure is at 4:30 p.m. from GW Parking Lot. Plan a late lunch at home and bring a snack.

Multi-Media Center The first Sunday of every

month the Multi-Media Center is open before 10:15 a.m. 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 a.m. in the Club-house. Remember, you MUST be a member of the Yiddish Club.

Thanks to our 2014 Nomi-nating Committee consisting of Elaine Stein, Elaine Brackup, Zeena Kelberg, Sorella Schiller and Harriet Bachman for the time they put in con-tacting everyone to see who is interested in serving on the Board this year. We are proud to say that everyone was de-lighted to continue on. Here they are: Presidents: Ruth Goldstein, Bill Mayer and Rickey Penzias, Vice Presi-dent: Jack Feigenbaum, Treasurer: Linda Weintraub, Financial Secretary: Herb Burd, Recording Secretary: Donna Steif, and Correspond-ing Secretary: Rita Swirsky.

Please join us at our break-fasts as well as on our trips. It would be our pleasure to greet you!

Princeton Folk Music Society Presents Joel Mabus

The Princeton Folk Music Society announces its 2014-2015 concert series season, featuring a variety of professional mu-sicians who charm their audiences with a mixture of cultural and artistic genres, timeless melodies, and unique talents. The concerts are held on the third Friday of every month at Christ Congregation Church, 50 Walnut Lane, Princeton. Doors open at 7:30 p.m. and the concerts begin promptly at 8:15.

Joel Mabus, singer, musician, and songwriter, will be the fea-tured performer on November 21. He expertly intertwines his love for folk music with contemporary and original tunes, seamlessly combining and enhancing his music with wit and a delightful sense of humor.

Mabus grew up in a working-class environment. His first instru-ment was the family mandolin. During the Great Depression his family took their ‘home-grown’ country music on the road, singing their brand of hillbilly music throughout the Midwest. Joel soon added the banjo, guitar, and fiddle to his repertoire, and became a proficient performer of blues and spiritual music.

Today one is likely to find bluegrass, western swing, and Celtic dance music among Mabus’ many talents, thus combining folk melodies with traditional, contemporary, and original tunes. He has toured widely, making records and CDs, and was one of the first established folksingers to start his own independent label, Fossil Records.

Capital Times says,” His songs, which range from thoughtful to silly and poetic, show that he knows his way around the English language and American culture just as well as he knows his way around the fretboard.”

Concert admission is $20 for non-members, $15 for members. Parking is free and refreshments are served during the concert.

To listen to his music: http.www.joelmabus.com


By Juliet P. Klein Deep into a gentle afternoon

nap, into my dreams suddenly came a loud pounding sound. Thinking I was dreaming I ig-nored it and continued to nap. But sleep would not come be-cause the pounding became louder. Then, almost awake, in addition to the pounding I could hear a muffled voice. I soon realized where both sounds were coming from. Still a bit groggy, wrapping my robe around me, I hurried to the front door. As I peeked through the window, standing there, a man, in some sort of official looking shirt was still pounding. When he saw me at the window, he shouted, “It’s Urgent! It’s Urgent!…Open up! Open up!”

Reluctantly, not knowing who he was, I guess it was the official looking shirt that per-suaded me, I opened the door. Before I could say a word, si-multaneously with his urgent words, “YOU AND ALL IN THE HOUSE MUST EVACU-ATE NOW!” came the over-whelming nauseating odor of natural gas. He continued. “There’s a major gas leak and we fear a possible explosion. All houses within the immedi-ate area must be evacuated.” Still trying to take it in and me not seeming to move…he al-most screamed. “There is no time. You must EVACUATE NOW.” Not in my pajamas, I said. Frustrated, he said…now in a more commanding tone “Lady get yourself together and be out within 3 minutes.”

With great fear and trem-bling, accompanied by hus-band Erv, into the street we fled. We were startled to see so many firemen and police-men. Four fire trucks and four police cars blocked entry to our section of the street. In addition, EMS stood at the ready. Although we were very disturbed about the situation…it was a great comfort to know that our emergency personnel were there for us.

We and our neighbors hud-dled together down the street away from the source of the leak. The leak was caused by a broken gas meter pipe…accidently caused by a neighbor’s gardener. We had been assured that the gas had been turned off, but PS&G needed to give the final signal that all was ok. We constantly asked the firemen. “Where’s PSE&G?? Where’s PSE&G???” “They’re coming soon” was the repeated response.

I should mention that the house with the broken gas me-ter (an attached villa) is di-rectly across from ours. Be-cause the occupants have medical problems their rela-tives were summoned to take them away immediately. But, Ann, in the adjoining villa, joined the rest of us. After about an hour, the imminent danger, seemingly having passed, we were allowed to return to our homes, except for Ann who took refuge in our home. With a cup of coffee in hand and with great anxiety she watched as an endless troupe of firemen filed in and out of her home, checking, checking, and checking. “How long is this gonna last,” we repeated to each other. We, personally, were doubly anx-ious…would everything be

That Sinking Feeling resolved in time to allow us to leave the premises? It was Rosh Hashanah eve and we were expected at our relatives’ home for the usual holiday celebration dinner.

And then, suddenly, we were told that PSE&G had sent word. It wanted us all to again evacuate! We were to gather away from the danger area. Since it was getting cold and no one knew how much longer it would be before PSE&G gave the all clear, we were told that the WHOA bus would take us to the club-house to wait it out. So to the clubhouse we went and al-though we all felt we were out of danger, we had this over-whelming feeling. This sort of stuff isn’t supposed to happen in our “safe little village.”

About five hours after the initial evacuation signal, the situation was resolved and we

all safely returned to our homes, and we arrived in time for the Rosh Hashanah cele-bration.

During the whole ordeal, I had this sinking feeling. What if it hadn’t been caught in time? What if there had been a major explosion? What if our homes were completely de-stroyed? Where would we go? What would we do?

And it brought to mind what cannot possibly be imagined…the feeling of helplessness so many have experienced through some of mother na-ture’s madness and even worse, the madness of some of our fellow men. I know now that I shall never again be able to easily and with indifference look away when I see the an-guish of those who have lost everything, because for a nanosecond, I felt in my bones that same sinking feeling.

Happiness, Hope and Home By Arnold Bornstein

It’s November and you really start thinking about the holi-days that are coming up: Thanksgiving on Thursday, Nov. 27; Hanukkah at sunset, Dec. 16; Christmas on Thurs-day, Dec. 25, and New Year’s Day on Thursday, Jan. 1. And how does 2015 sound?

I haven’t found out yet who originally said or wrote it, but it goes something like this: “Live every day like it’s a holiday, and every night like it’s New Year’s Eve.”

In any event, enjoy, cele-brate and observe your holi-days throughout the year— and enjoy all the days in be-tween.

Now you’re thinking of fam-ily gatherings. My Thanksgiv-ing memories go way back.

As you know, a number of us didn’t or don’t get off from work on some of the holidays, like Columbus Day, for exam-ple.

I used to be a journalist, and, as you know, news hap-pens around the clock, so jour-nalists often have unusual working schedules.

Early in my career, I worked in Columbus, Ohio for Interna-tional News Service, which is no longer in business and which was a news service similar to the present-day As-sociated Press. I worked the so-called graveyard shift, which began around midnight and usually lasted for about eight hours. So when I got off work, it was the usual time to have breakfast.

However, my landlord’s son was a doctor, and he said that since I would be eating in the early morning, and then going home to sleep for about eight hours, it would be healthier to eat a dinner-type meal, just like it was dinner time rather than breakfast time.

I tried his advice, and sitting in a restaurant at around 8:30 to 9 am, I would order a steak or chops or other dinner meal. As you can imagine, those sitting around me and eating eggs or cereal, stared at me in disbelief and as if to say, “What’s wrong with that guy?”

Now, going into the new year and looking at some of



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the holidays, and skipping reli-gious holidays, Martin Luther King Jr. Day is Monday, Jan. 19. Lincoln’s Birthday is Thurs-day, Feb. 12. Your heart should warm up on Saturday, Feb. 14, Valentine’s Day. Monday, Feb. 16, is Presi-dents Day, and Washington’s Birthday is Sunday, Feb. 22. Wednesday, April l, should provide some fun on April Fools’ Day. Sunday, May 10, will be another heart-warmer, for it’s Mother’s Day.

You may have a three-day weekend with Monday, May 25, being Memorial Day. Dads get into the picture with Fa-ther’s Day on Sunday, June 21. There is another three-day weekend ahead with Inde-pendence Day. It’s also known as the Fourth of July — which will be on Saturday, July 4, and Independence Day will be observed on Friday, July 3. And there’s no shortage of three-day weekends, with La-bor Day on Monday, Sept. 7.

I would like to point out — being a grandparent — that Sunday, Sept. 13, is Grand-parents Day, which doesn’t seem to get too much atten-tion. Oh well, I guess grandpa and grandma got to go with the flow.

Looking back to the most recent Halloween celebration, just this past Friday, Oct. 31, why didn’t kids in costumes ring your front doorbell for treats, mainly candy? Do you suppose that living in Green-briar at Whittingham had something to do with it? You know, an adult community or senior community or retire-ment community or whatever.

Whatever the case, here’s wishing you the Five H’s: Holi-days, Health, Happiness, Hope and Home!


Happiness, Hope and

Home

listed as partners in all the ac-tivities at the Mansion.

The first stop on our tour was to the “Big Hall” where general meetings and worship were held. Here we saw a spacious airy room with a 15-foot trompe l’oeil ceiling and walls painted in a design of delicate flowers in yellow and pale green. The hardwood floor was stained dark brown. I loved seeing the contrast of shades presenting a “homey” feeling in the extra-large room.

Next, Mr. Lang led us to the spartan single rooms within the mansion where the mem-bers slept. It was the only area within the Mansion where a member had any privacy. Mr. Lang explained that the group ate together, socialized in the upper sitting room and partici-pated in vigorous healthy exer-cises daily.

The guide repeatedly said the members believed in the sharing of all wealth. The par-ticipants adopted the principle that it was an economic bene-fit for the whole community if everyone worked at an indus-trial plant or creative en-deavor. The products they pro-duced included silk thread, patchwork quilts, animal traps, community china and Oneida silverware.

Religion was the core belief that drew people to the com-munity. A doctrine of the Bible, i.e. to reduce selfishness and work together for the common good plus the communal life-style led to greater respect for the value of women’s property rights, continuing education for all members throughout life, and the belief in a work ethic for both men and women. Fol-lowing these principles, the members argued, would com-plete all economic aspirations for an equal gender society. These were novel ideas for the time.

The sexual practices of the group included eliminating mo-nogamous marriage and al-lowing couples the freedom to enjoy multiple partners. For John Humphrey Noyes, the community’s founder, this was a principle he happily sup-ported. Since he was the most respected member of the soci-ety, it was an honor for the woman to be chosen for a special meeting. Mr. Noyes parented many children as a result of these liaisons.

Various personal items in the showcases plus individual family photographs which de-picted the daily life and intense involvement in the community were displayed throughout the

rooms of the mansion. Many artifacts from that time can be seen now in the library area, i.e., furniture, costumes, land-scape paintings, books and pamphlets.

The society disbanded in 1881 because of internal dis-cord and outside cultural pres-sure. The stock in the various establishments remained and was distributed to the families still involved with the commu-nity. One of the factories, the one producing Oneida silver flatware, was for years a pri-mary choice for America’s utensil usage. Also since many of the numerous de-scendants still live in the area today, ex-family members con-tinue to participate in the many special amusements con-ducted at the mansion.

As we walked around the house, a wedding party was preparing for their event that afternoon. I loved seeing the bride and her attendants in their lovely pink dresses meet us as we toured. It was won-derful to note that happy occa-sions continued to be cele-brated in this historic venue.

Full time residents continue to dwell here. The present per-manent tenants live comforta-bly in this nineteenth century building with its high ceilings and hardwood floors. The rental apartments differ from each other in both size and shape and all utilities are in-cluded in the rent. Eight spa-cious rooms are available too for traveling overnight guests. A tour of the Mansion is added when visitors choose to spend a night in a historic landmark. And for those wishing to have a souvenir of their visit, the gift shop is filled with many local hand crafted choices.

Historians will schedule presentations about the history and genealogy of the commu-nity for a $50 fee plus travel expenses for any organization requesting this type of in-formed history. A customized educational program for col-lege and AP history students can also be programmed by the speakers’ bureau of the Mansion. For additional infor-m a t i o n , c o n t a c t www.oneidacommunity.org or telephone 315-363-0745.

The Community Mansion House is open Monday to Sat-urday from 9 am to 4 pm, ex-cept for major holidays. On Sundays the visiting hours are from 12 pm to 4 pm. Tours are regularly scheduled at 10 am and 2 pm daily and on Sun-days at 2 pm. There is an ad-mission fee.

By Dawn Horowitz During the nineteenth cen-

tury, many individuals in the United States tried to find the perfect society in which to spend their life. Looking for a utopian existence, these men and women wished to fill their days with education, music, artistic expression and culture. In America, the Oneida Com-munity, located in the southern tier of New York State, was the largest group to try to achieve these ideals. Their utopia existed from 1848 to 1880 and was economically the most successful.

A history of the community’s ideas and practices can be examined today with a visit to the Oneida Community Man-sion House, a National Historic Landmark. When my husband Paul and I traveled to Oneida last spring we were delighted to find that the Mansion still exists in its original state.

Walter Lang was the volun-teer docent who conducted our tour of the Mansion House. He told us that the Mansion provided the home base for all the activities of the seekers of this utopian life-style. He said that at its most renowned and respected time, three hundred members were

Oneida Community Mansion House


By Len Greenberg From Monday thru Thursday

a small group of men meet informally in the Tap Room. The group varies from four to eight depending on the weather and doctor appoint-ments. Someone is always going to a doctor somewhere. The group invariably falls into discussions on matters from the thickness of the tomato slices in the Tap Room to weapons of mass destruction. (real or imagined), to whether or not we really needed that generator. Other important matters often discussed are the fob, last Saturday’s show and of course Obamacare.

All these diverse subjects have something in common. We often know little about any of them. You would be hard pressed to come up with that conclusion by listening to the often heated arguments that occur. This group is often re-ferred to by myself as the “Kvetch Club”, (Kvetch is Yid-dish for complain). However to be kind, I have entitled this article “The Brain Trust.” We have discussed and argued about where the best hot dogs come f rom, Pres iden t Obama’s true birthplace, and what happened to the weap-ons of mass destruction which brought about Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Rest assured…many great answers come out of this group’s informal meetings. Is the temperature on any given morning, in the gym, the “right temperature?” Who has the

qualifies each of us for the ma-jor worldly topics discussed on any given day.

What is really interesting is that by the time the group breaks up for the day, no one remembers what was dis-cussed in the last hour. When I arrive home, my wife usually asks the nature of our discus-sion for that day. I rarely re-member. The good news is that despite some heated ar-guments, we still talk each other. To the best of my knowledge no one has tossed a chair at any other member of the group. There is no name calling or cursing. We do, how-ever, have a lot of laughs, and even look forward to the next day’s important issue.

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Sometimes the group is more mellow than other times. Often we discuss our doctors and various ill-nesses. The conversations range from what the derma-tologist removed last week to dental implants and cataract surgery. Serious illness con-versations are happily left at home. No matter what, there is always one person who is an expert on any one of these medical issues by vir-tue of personal experience.

When we run out of topical matters, we usually default to our individual work experi-ences. I can win the prize, at any time, boring everyone, talking about my forty years in the shoe business. There are, however, several other legendary careers discussed. At one time, two of the group were partners in a floor cov-ering business. To hear them discuss this, one would think that they were busy creating the first satellite shot into space by the Borough of Brooklyn. Other careers range from running automo-tive stores to school teachers to a vice president of opera-tions for a major cosmetics manufacturer, to a buyer for a well-known men’s acces-sory line. You can see that the range of careers uniquely

Great Decisions Discussion Forum

10:30 a.m., Saturday, No-vember 1. U.S. trade policy will be discussed. America’s foreign policy tools are not lim-ited to sanctions, treaties or military campaigns-they also include the sales pitch. Does U.S. policy for promoting the benefits of democracy and the free market gain valuable dip-lomatic partners? Register and reserve background informa-tion at the Welcome Desk. Jewels of NJ Jewelry Show

& Sale 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., Sunday,

November 2. A free, day-long event featuring handcrafted jewelry, wearable art and jew-elry making by NJ artisans. Proceeds benefit the Monroe Township Library Foundation.

Coupon Club 1:30 p.m., Monday, Novem-

ber 3. Clip, swap and trade coupons. 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 re-quired. Downton Abbey Series: Sea-

son 4: Episodes 2-5, 2:30 p.m., Mondays, No-

vember 3, 10, 17, 24 Catch up on the award-

winning PBS drama series about a pre-WWI family and their servants. Registration not required.

Book Café 11 a.m., Wednesday, No-

vember 5. Talk about books that you read and enjoyed. Light refreshments served. Register at the Welcome Desk.

Art a la Carte Series: Ma-tisse vs. Picasso

1 p.m., Wednesday, Novem-ber 5. Maurice Mahler pre-sents two champions of art and their life-long competition with each other. Program sponsored by The Friends. Free tickets available at the Welcome Desk.

International Film spon-sored by The Friends

2 and 6:30 p.m., Thursday, November 6. The 1997 Ger-man drama “The Harmonists” based on the true story of six friends forming a band in pre-WWII Germany. Film shown with English subtitles. Tickets are available for $1 at Circula-tion.

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

ber 7, 21 Stitch projects, assist oth-

ers, share tips, projects and patterns. Bring your own sup-plies. Light refreshments served. Registration not re-quired.

Princeton Symphony Orchestra Chamber Music

Series: The French Bassoon 11 a.m., Monday, November

10. Enjoy an afternoon of mu-sic featuring Brad Balliett and friends. Pieces include: Brad Balliett-Eight Scottish Duos for flute and bassoon; Francis Poulenc- Sonata for clarinet


November 2014 Calendar of Events for Monroe Township

Public Library


BUCKLE UP FOR SAFETY

ship Cultural Arts Commis-sion. Evening Book Discussion

7 p.m., Wednesday, No-vember 12. Join Library Di-rector Irene Goldberg and Assistant Director Leah Wag-ner to discuss “Good Lord Bird” by James McBride. Register and reserve your copy at the Welcome Desk.

Friday Afternoon Movie 2 p.m., Friday, November

14. Recent comedy about a voice coach doing voice-overs for movie trailers. Mov-ies are free, registration is not required.

Gallery Artist Reception F e a t u r i n g J e a n n e t t e

Schoenberg at 1:30-3 p.m., Saturday, November 15. Meet the artist and enjoy light refreshments. Registra-tion not required.

Library Board Meeting 6:30 p.m., Monday, No-

vember 17 International Book Club 10:30 a.m., Tuesday, No-

vember 18. Discuss “The Garden of Everything” by Malaysian author Tan Eng. Register and reserve your copy at the Welcome Desk.

Friends Meeting 7 p.m., Tuesday, Novem-

ber 18 International Book Club Extra: Skype with author

Camron Wright 1 p.m., Wednesday, No-

vember 19. Camron Wright, author of “The Rent Collec-tor” will discuss his novel and answer audience questions over Skype. Advance ques-tions can be submitted at the Welcome Desk. Registration is not required.

Annual Book Lovers Gift Sale

Library Hours, Friday No-vember 21 through Sunday, November 23. Book and lit-erature-themed gift items will be available for sale in the Library’s meeting room. Happy 350th Birthday NJ!

Free Movie 2 p.m., Tuesday, Novem-

ber 25. Paul Blart: Mall Cop (2009) starring Kevin James as a security guard protect-ing a shopping mall from a gang of crooks. Registration is not required. George Ivers Display Case

Teen and children’s books from the collection of Young Adult Librarian Sue Grotyo-hann

Rotunda Art Gallery Collage art by Jeannette

Schoenberg Library Closings:

Tuesday, November 4 Tuesday, November 11 Thursday, November 27 Friday, November 28

All events are open to the public.

www.monroetwplibrary.org

TOWNE CENTRE NEWS By Monica Caterson, Clubhouse / Recreation Manager

WHOA Entertainment “Oh What A Night!”

A Musical Tribute to Frankie Valli & the Four Seasons

Saturday, November 15, 2014

Please Watch for Our 2015 Shows! *Flyers in Towne Centre*

WHOA Movies

In The Ballroom @ 1:00PM

Sunday, November 9, 2014 “Gravity”

Sunday, November 23, 2014

“August: Osage County”

WHOA Trips Ocean City, Maryland November 2-4, 2014

Explore Ohio!

May 17-20, 2015

Amish Country July 22, 2015

*Flyers in Towne Centre*

WHOA

Atlantic City Wednesday, November 5, 2014 Bus Leaves Community @ 9AM

*Resorts*

Wednesday, December 3, 2014 Bus Leaves Community @ 9AM

*Golden Nugget”

Wednesday, December 25, 2014 Bus Leaves Community @ 9AM

*Resorts*

WHOA Duffy Square Duffy Square trips will

resume in May of 2015…

and bassoon; Philipe Hersant- Eight Duos for viola and bas-soon. The PSO Chamber Se-ries offers sophisticated classi-cal music in an intimate set-ting. This program offered in collaboration with the Monroe Township Cultural Arts Com-

(Continued from page 19) mission. French Opera

Presented by Jerry Kal-stein at 1 p.m., Wednesday, November 12. Lecture and live performances of arias from early French operas by Lully and Rameau, Manon and Werther by Massenet,

Gounod’s Faust, Carmen and Pearl Fishers by Bizet, Ber-lioz and Donizetti. This pro-gram coincides with the live Metropolitan Opera broad-cast of Georges Bizet’s Car-men at local theaters. This program offered in collabora-tion with the Monroe Town-

November 2014 Calendar of Events for Monroe Township Public Library


Essential Emergency Information (Please cut out and save)

Gather the items listed below and place them in a bag, suit-case, 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 battery-pack. 2. Keep information and phone numbers (doctors, family,

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

3. Buy battery operated radio, cell phone chargers for car, flash-lights, 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 8. Buy a GPS for your car

Also, remember to complete these emergency tasks! 1. Keep car with at least 1/2 tank of gas filled. (If there is notice

of a storm, a full tank.) 2. For heat, boil pots of water, on stove. DO NOT just turn stove

on. NEVER leave unattended. Avoid using candles, but if you must, NEVER leave unattended.

3. Make contact with your neighbors, family. 4. 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.

5. Fill tub with water for sanitary needs. 6. People with special needs, register with the Township.

From the EEI committee Gloria Girard, Irwin Kaplan, Miriam Cohen, Linda Norden

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. RUMMIKUB games on the 1st and 3rd Wednes-day; CRIBBAGE (for new and seasoned) players meet on the 2nd and 4th Wednesday. (Some days are shared with classes.)

Drivers Safety Program On Monday, November 3,

as well as November 17, both at 8:45 a.m., enhance your driving skills with the AARP-sponsored drivers safety pro-gram. An AARP discount ap-plies so please bring your card in when you pay by 10/27. For more info, please contact Rosanna at the Senior Center.

Music BINGO On Monday, November 3, at

1:30 p.m., join Tara for a fun afternoon of BINGO with a musical twist. You’ll laugh; you’ll smile; you’ll relive memories; and, oh, yeah, you’ll win prizes too! Thanks to Archer Law Office, LLC, we

have 2 BIG Stop & Shop gift cards just waiting for winners! Tickets: $1 p.p., due upon reg-istering in-person, in advance.

Bone Health as We Age On Thursday, November 6,

at 1:30 p.m., join Susan Jafar, RN-BC, Clinical Nurse Leader for Acute Care for the Elderly, UMCP, for this informative session about osteoporosis and what can be done to en-sure healthy bones. Please register.

Combat Holiday Blues On Friday, November 7, at

10 a.m., enjoy bagels and a discussion about dealing with the holiday blues. As the holi-day season approaches, Sheli Monacchio, from Senior Bridge, focuses on how to be proactive in order to avoid fal-ling into sadness as a result of changes in our lives. Bagels courtesy of The Gardens at Monroe. Please be sure to register in advance.

Wii Play On Friday afternoons, from

1 to 4 p.m., stop by the Senior Center and get your Wii game on! Our interactive video gam-ing system will be available for your enjoyment. Participants MUST be familiar with the Wii system. Interested? Please


The Monroe Township Of-fice of Senior Services

All members, of the Office of Senior Services, have the op-portunity to participate in its daily activities. Being a regis-tered member is free to Mon-roe Township residents, 55 years of age or older.

In order to participate in the different programs, registration is needed to ensure an enjoy-able experience for all mem-bers. Members can call up to 48 hours in advance and between the hours of 9 and 11:30 a.m. the day of a program to see if space is available to participate.

Depending on the nature of a given activity, there could be attendance limitations. So, signing up in advance is ideal to guarantee your spot. And, cancelling a program registra-tion enables other members to fill in your missed spot.

For more information, visit the Senior Center to pick up a calendar of events or call 609-448-7140.

Get Your Game On! On select days and times,


HOME SAFETY TIPS How To Deter Home Burglary

• Invest in good quality locks on doors and windows. This includes all sliding glass doors as well. Make it difficult and time consuming for a burglar to gain entry.

• Whenever you go outside, lock the door and take the key with you, even if you are just stepping next door or out in the backyard.

• Don’t put valuables where they can be seen from the window, especially items that can be easily carried.

• Be sure your garage door can be secured. Do not leave it open when you are away; an empty garage broadcasts your absence.

• When you aren’t home, use a timer set to turn interior lights on and off at varying intervals as though your home is still occupied.

• Don’t keep large amounts of cash or really valuable jewelry around the house.

• If a stranger comes to your door asking to use the telephone, make the call yourself. Don’t invite them in.

• Don’t hide a spare key under the doormat or flowerpot. Thieves know all the good hiding places.

• Invest in a good security system along with motion sensor lights installed out of reach.

• Keep any tools that could be used to break into your home locked away in the garage.

• Always double check that doors and windows are locked even during daylight hours.

• Videotape the contents of your home. Keep the video and the list of all valuables in a safe place, such as a safe deposit box.

How To Safeguard Your Home While on Vacation

• Strive to make your home look as lived-in as possible while you’re away.

• Don’t broadcast your plans but do let your neighbors and local law enforcement know.

• Arrange to have your mail and newspapers either stopped or picked up daily.

• Use automatic timers to turn on a radio and lights at different intervals to hide the fact you aren’t home.

• Turn down the ringer on the telephone. An unanswered telephone is a dead give-away.

• Be sure you don’t announce your absence on your answering machine message or email.

• Leave your blinds as you normally would if you were home. Only close them all the way if that is what you would normally do.

• Move valuables away from windows. • Be sure to close and lock the garage as well as any

storage sheds, etc. • Be sure someone knows your itinerary and your estimated

time of arrival and return. • If you get lost while traveling, ask directions of local law

enforcement, not complete strangers. • Be sure your vehicle is in good working condition and that

you have taken enough money. Do not carry large amounts of cash, use credit cards and travelers’ checks.

• Arrange for a friend or relative to inspect your property periodically.

• Do not leave a key in a hiding place. • Call police to tell them when you are leaving and returning;

be sure to leave names and numbers of people to call in case of a problem.

• Check and double-check all windows and doors on every level and garage doors before leaving.

Car Safety

• In traffic, keep doors locked and windows up • Park and lock your car and remove the keys • Park in areas that are well lighted • Cruise around a bit in shopping centers parking lots until

you find an open parking place close to a well-lighted entrance.

• When you return to your car, check in and around it, and have your keys in your hand and ready to use.

• If you are followed by another vehicle, go to a public place or, better, police station. If near home, stop at the staffed gate house to alert security.

• Keep valuables in trunk or hidden in the car and do not keep valuables in the glove box

• BE COURTEOUS! Confrontations often occur when drivers become frustrated about how others drive.

• If you have car trouble: Raise the hood, use emergency flashers, tie something white around your antenna or mirror.

• Carry a ‘HELP’ sign and keep a can of tire inflator in trunk. Stay inside the car, lock the doors and if help is offered, ask for the police. Do not allow strangers to help you “fix that flat.” Thieves, especially near banking institutions, are known to ice pick a car’s tires, so they’ll go flat in a short distance.

• Remember to regularly check your car’s oil, gas, water and tires. Service your car regularly.

• Invest in an auto club membership, such as AAA, so you may have roadside assistance help you in any emergency, from fixing a flat to towing.

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.

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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.

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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.

Traffic Safety Announcement

sign-out a Wii remote control at the front desk, on a first come, first served basis. (1 hour max. time) Acrylics for Beginners & In-

termediates Starting on Monday, No-

vember 10, 17, & 24, at 10 a.m., join Andrea Casey, our Acrylics Teacher, for a fun, creative, and instructional class for both beginners and intermediates. Payment of $45 p.p. (includes class materials) is due upon registering in-person, in advance. Space limited.

Staying Alive & Healthy On Monday, November 10,

at 1:30 p.m., Ellen Ciacci-arelli RN, MS, APN-BC, C C R N , G l o r i a S a k e r Women’s Center at Cen-trastate Medical Center, ex-plores how we can be proac-tive in living life well...and, stayin’ alive. Please register.

Memory Loss & You On Thursday, November 13,

at 10:30 a.m., Dr. Zeeshan Khan, CentraState, discusses the common types of memory loss, three modifiable risk fac-tors, and different techniques to help prevent a decline in

(Continued from page 21) memory. Michael & Ted Present:

Comden & Green On Thursday, November 13,

at 2 p.m., Michael and Ted, our friends from WWFM’S “The Classical Network”, ex-amines the 60 year collabora-tion of Betty Comden and Ad-olph Green, with a focus on their Broadway output (“Make Someone Happy”) with such composers as Leonard Bern-stein, Jules Styne, and Cy Coleman.

Pizza Day On Friday, November 14, at

noon, enjoy a slice or two with friends (as well as a beverage and dessert). Tickets: $6 p.p., due upon registering in-person. If you wish to attend the featured program that fol-lows at 1 pm, please be sure to register for SID CAESAR separately.

Sid Caesar On Friday, November 14 at

1 p.m., relive the golden age of television when you watched Sid Caesar’s Your Show Of Shows. Barry Jacobsen shares anecdotal stories about the creation and production of the show along

with personal stories about working with Sid Caesar, Imogene Coca, Carl Reiner, and Mel Brooks. Besides look-ing at memorabilia, enjoy viewing some of the best com-edy sketches filmed on original NBC TV kinescopes dating from the early 1950’s. Fountain of Youth Revealed

On Monday, November 17, at 1:30 p.m., Dr. Simone Singh, CentraState, discusses adaptable sources of aging, choosing behaviors that con-tribute to staying healthy, and ways to separate fads from proven methods of looking younger.

Zumba Tone Starting on Tuesday, No-

vember 18, at 11 a.m., join Sandra Paris for 8 consecutive sessions of Zumba toning fun! Zumba Weights (fitness “Maracas”) or two bottles of water are required to tone your arms as you let your hips move to the music. $20 p.p., due upon registering in-person by 11/12. Space limited as per instructor. Veteran’s Aid & Attendance

Pension Program On Tuesday, November 18,

at 1:30 p.m., join Victor Me-dina, of Medina Law Group, LLC, for an informative semi-nar discussing the benefits and eligibility requirements of this VA program. An eligible veteran can receive over $23,000/year for assistance with medical expenses and long-term care. Find out how to obtain benefits even if you or a loved one had already been turned down.

Roaring 90’s On Wednesday, November

19, at 1:30 p.m., by invitation only, this group, for the 90+ set, gets together to reminisce and share stories. For more information, please call the Office and ask for Bonnie Lei-bowitz, Director.

An Eye on the Thigh On Thursday, November 20,

at 1:30 p.m., join Chris Socha, RPh, from Texas Road Phar-macy, as he explores the problem of losing weight in the thighs. (Talk about turkey leg timing!) Find out why this is such a problem area, ways to make changes to overcome weight retention, and how weight loss in the thigh and abdominal areas leads to a reduction in diabetes, choles-terol, and blood pressure.

Caregivers Café On Thursday, November 20,

at 1:30 p.m., join Susan Schwartz , CSW, and Dale Ofei-Ayisi, LCSW, from the Caregivers Program, COPSA Geriatric Services, for a fun afternoon designed for care-givers and their loved ones. This month, create memories by bringing in a favorite photo to share with others (optional) and going home with a keep-sake. Pre-registration is re-quired by calling Susan, at 1-866-300-3277, or Dale, at 732-235-8452. Art of the Masters: Grandma

Moses On Friday, November 21, at

2 p.m., Christina, from Crea-tive Notions, discusses the career and life of Grandma Moses. After the lecture, you can create a paper collage, group masterpiece in the art-



Transportation TRANSPORTATION – Air-ports, events, doctor’s appoint-ments and more. Call George (732) 887-5437. BOB’S CAR SERVICE – We go everywhere-anytime. Low rates. (609) 409-7174 or cell (646) 258-0241. TRANSPORTATION DOC-TOR – Airports, trains, piers, doctors, local service, NYC. Reliable and references. Call Lon J. (732) 423-1847. 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. RICK’S CAR SERVICE – Pro-fessional driver. Greenbriar resident. Reasonable. (609) 902-9979 or (609) 655-8051. MARVIN’S LIMOUSINE – Greenbriar resident. Low rates. Airports, piers, NYC, Philadelphia, anywhere 24/7. Ride in style for less. (908) 812-6299.

AAA TRANSPORTATION – Monroe area (Encore resi-dent). Transportation to air-ports, trains, piers, NYC and reasonable rates. Call Howard (732) 979-3085.

Home Improvement &

Services JOHN PEARL HOME IM-PROVEMENT AND LAND-SCAPING, LLC – General repairs, power washing, gutter cleaning, painting, tile, ma-sonry repairs, landscaping. Basement/garage cleanouts. NJ License # 13VH0651570. (908) 208-1150. LEN’S HANDYMAN SER-VICE – Fall is here - time for fix-ups and repairs. Special-izing in home improvements. 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 cabinets, closet doors and closet remodeling. Bath tile and grout, caulking, shelving, Pergo flooring and ceramic tile, electrical work – any-thing in your home. Whole house/garage cleanouts. Monroe Township resident. All major credit cards ac-cepted. Licensed and in-sured . NJ L icense # 1 3 V H 0 3 7 0 1 8 0 0 . www.lenshandyman.com Call (732) 353-6031. EXPERT HOME REPAIRS - Kitchen, bath, closet remodel-ing, tiling, painting. Call Bob Katz – (609) 490-9522 for de-tails.

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

Miscellaneous/Services

I CAN HELP – Need help set-ting up your annual holiday event? Fundraiser, charity, indoor flea market, etc.? Local gentleman, reasonable, reli-able. Call (609) 468-3412. TAROT READINGS in your home. Concordia resident Donnalee makes local house calls. Group specials. (609) 664-2446. HAIRCUTS DONE in the com-fort of your own home. Please call Renee at (908) 705-7569. PIANO LESSONS – Begin-ners welcomed. My home in Concordia, or yours. (609) 655-5054. PET CARE – Loving, respon-sible, experienced. Reason-able rates. Please call (609) 664-2237. PROFESSIONAL PET CARE – Bonded and insured. Local. Call (609) 860-9696. BETA TECH – One step ahead. We specialize in Mac, iPhone, and PC repairs. C h e c k u s o u t a t www.betatech.org (609) 571-7619. 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.

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

Help Wanted 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. elizabeth@ caringelder-care.com – (646) 413-0813.

For Sale TWO MAUSOLEUM CRYPTS located in Woodbridge. Sacri-ficed at $10,000. (609) 409-0945.

Help & Health Services

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE PAIN DOCTORS – Sang H. Song, D.O. Board Certified Physical Medicine. 241 Fors-gate Drive, Suite 107. (732) 660-8715. AIDE/CAREGIVER – Com-panionship, meals, errands, scheduling, transportation to doctor appointments. Recrea-tional needs. References available. Monroe Township resident. Lillian (908) 208-2215. CAREGIVER with 16 years of experience, excellent refer-ence, HHA license and car looking for part-time, full-time night job. Irma (908) 330-1130. ANNA’S HOME CARE – Certified professional care-giver is looking for live-in/live-out job in Monroe Township. Experienced, references. Driver’s license. Accepts long-term care insurance. Low prices. Private care op-tion. Call Anna at (609) 409-1600 or (908) 337-7462. CONCORDIA RESIDENT – Licensed CNA skilled in all aspects of long-term care and rehabilitation seeks long or short term position. Refer-ences with background check. Contact Peggy at (609) 395-0141. EXPERIENCED WOMAN to care for the elderly with good driving record. Excellent refer-ences available. Also a Certi-fied Home Health Aide. Cell (609) 218-0979.

CLASSIFIED ADS GET THINGS DONE!

CAREGIVER/ELDERCARE – European lady with excellent references seeking live in po-sition. Prepares special meals, gives personal care, house-keeping, supervise medication and more. Call Anna at (732) 439-0162. 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 independ-ently; a few hours a day or a few hours a week. Experi-enced, reliable, affordable. Local, references. (646) 413-0813. www.CaringElderCare.com

Housecleaning NICE JEWISH GIRL’S HOUSE CLEANING and Health Aide Service. 20 years experience. Low rates. Insured and bonded. Call Eileen at (609) 860-9050. HOUSE CLEANING to clean your home expertly and thor-oughly. References, honest, courteous and experienced. Reyna (609) 371-4775. You’ll be glad you called. 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. H E N R Y K A ’ S H O U S E CLEANING – Polish ladies, reliable and experienced. Ref-erences available. (609) 586-0806.

Please print your ad and mail it to Princeton Editorial

ist’s style. Lecture only? Sign up over the phone. Project? Please register in-person to obtain a coupon while they last.

Hand Massage On Monday, November 24,

by appointment only, enjoy a 10-minute hand massage in the afternoon — on us — with the help of The Healing Touch massage therapists. Limited appointments available. Pizza Plus Educational Lec-

ture On Tuesday, November 25,

at 12:30 p.m., it’s a special Pizza Plus: Lunch & Learn program featuring the topic: The Great Mammography De-bate: Is it necessary? How often must it be done? Hosted by Princeton Radiology, Dr. Christopher Ananian, Diagnos-tic Radiologist and Breast Im-aging Specialist, unpacks the debate by exploring issues surrounding breast cancer screening recommendations and helps you understand what to do to protect yourself. A $2 donation minimum is re-

(Continued from page 22) quired when registering in-person, in advance, for this program. Proceeds will sup-port the Holiday Food Basket Drive.

Healthy Approach to a Healthy Weight

On Tuesday, November 25, at 2:30 p.m., Anthony Dissen, RD, from CentraState, looks at calories and the way our bod-ies control our appetite. Learn how to make the most out of your meals to keep your weight healthy and your body happy. THE OFFICE/SENIOR CEN-

TER IS CLOSED ON: Tuesday, 11/4 — Election Day Tuesday, 11/11 — Veterans Day Thursday & Friday, 11/27 & 11/28 Thanksgiving & the Day After

Wishing You and Yours a Happy Holiday Season!

Tis the Season to be Giving

Between Thanksgiving and the Winter Holidays, our spe-cial holiday endeavors ensue:

Celebrate Thanksgiving with us on November 27, at Noon, in the Senior Center, during our 2nd Annual Community Care Thanksgiving dinner! Reservations will be accepted now through Friday, Novem-ber 21. Cost: $10 per person. Please join us for a wonder-fully festive afternoon of holi-day fare and friendship! Inter-ested in participating or volun-teering? Please call me for details. Holiday Food Baskets & Holiday Toy Drive are un-derway for our Food Pantry recipients as well as for Town-ship families with children en-rolled in the subsidized school lunch program. Food contribu-tions and/or monetary dona-tions are appreciated by No-vember 14 and by December 12. A list of food items as well as a Gift/Toy Wish List is avail-able at the front desk. As al-ways, your compassion and generosity in supporting these special projects are truly ap-preciated! Thank you!


18 9 a.m. Sculpting & Arts/Crafts

Class 9 a.m. Healthy Bodies 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

17 9 a.m. Ping Pong 9 a.m. Yoga 9:30 a.m. Shuffleboard 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 Mtg. 12 p.m. Men’s Fitness 12:45 p.m. Duplicate Bridge 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.

21 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 7 p.m. Canasta Tournament

SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY

23 1 p.m. Movie: “August

Osage County”

25 9 a.m. Sculpting & Arts/

Crafts Class 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

26 9 a.m. Ping Pong 9:30 a.m. WHOA Budget &

Finance Comm. Mtg. 9:30 a.m. Ceramics 9:30 a.m. Shuffleboard 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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19 9 a.m. Ping Pong 9:30 a.m. Ceramics 9:30 a.m. Shuffleboard 10 a.m. Decorating Group 10 a.m. GWCA Covenants

Comm. 10 a.m. The Yiddish Vinkle 10 a.m. Aerobic Exercise 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.

20 9 a.m. Healthy Bodies 9:30 a.m. Decoupage 9:30 a.m. Disabled Israeli

Veterans Group 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

Class 5 p.m. Italian American Board

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

22 9:30 a.m. Computer Club

General Mtg. 6 p.m. After Hours Holiday

Party

9 10:30 a.m. Yiddish Club/

Jewish Federation 1 p.m. Movie: “Gravity”

10 9 a.m. Ping Pong 9 a.m. Yoga 9:30 a.m. Shuffleboard 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 12:45 p.m. Duplicate Bridge 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

11 9 a.m. Sculpting & Art/Crafts 9 a.m. AARP Course 9 a.m. Healthy Bodies 10:30 a.m. Line Dancing 12:30 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

12 9 a.m. Ping Pong 9:30 a.m. GWCA Open

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

Club Open Mtg.

13 9 a.m. Healthy Bodies 9:30 a.m. Decoupage 9:30 a.m. WHOA Building

and Grounds Comm. Mtg. 9:30 a.m. Disabled Israeli

Veterans Group 10 a.m. GWCA Finance

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

Centre 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. Duplicate Bridge 7 p.m. Stained Glass Group 7:30 p.m. Billiards 7:30 p.m. Line Dancing

14 9 a.m. Ping Pong 9 a.m. Yoga 9:30 a.m. Painting Group 9:30 a.m. Yiddish

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

15 10 a.m. Tennis Club

2 10:15 a.m. Yiddish Club

3 9 a.m. Ping Pong 9 a.m. Yoga 9:30 a.m. Shuffleboard 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 12:45 p.m. Duplicate Bridge 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. GW Connections 5:30 p.m. Weight Watchers 6 p.m. Water Volleyball

4 6a.m. – 8p.m. General

Election 9 a.m. Sculpting & Arts/

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

Comm. 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

5 9 a.m. Ping Pong 9:30 a.m. Ceramics 9:30 a.m. Shuffleboard 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

6 9 a.m. Healthy Bodies 9:30 a.m. Decoupage 9:30 a.m. Disabled Israeli

Veterans Group 10 a.m. Entertainment Mtg. 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. Duplicate Bridge 7 p.m. Stained Glass Group 7:30 p.m. Billiards 7:30 p.m. Line Dancing

8 9 a.m. Ping Pong

7 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 6:15 p.m. Italian American

Club

24 9 a.m. Ping Pong 9 a.m. Yoga 9:30 a.m. Shuffleboard 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 12:45 p.m. Duplicate Bridge 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 7 p.m. GW Friends

27 Happy Thanksgiving *Towne Centre Closed*

28 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 7:30 p.m. After Hours Club

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30 1 p.m. Movie: “The Book

Thief”

1 9 a.m. Ping Pong

Daylight Saving Time Ends

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