October 2013 GW Voice

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Vol. 17
17,, No. 10 – October 2013
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A Monthly Periodical Serving Greenbriar at Whittingham
PRESENTED BY THE RESIDENTS CIVIC CLUB OF GREENBRIAR AT WHITTINGHAM
Waiting for the Next Storm?
Start Planning Now!!!
By Ruth Banks
The old and the young: veterans and youth together present the flags.
Photo by Joe Harvie
Remembering “A Tragedy of
Unthinkable Proportions...”
This past September 11
marked the twelfth anniversary
of the destruction of the World
Trade Center in New York
City, the attack on the Pentagon in Washington, DC, and
the crash of a plane in Pennsylvania headed to Washington, DC to do more damage.
“The tragedy struck close to
home, here in Monroe. Sadly
some of our residents lost
family, loved ones, and
friends. Our hearts and
prayers go out to each and
every one of them. Husbands
and wives, mothers and fathers, brothers and sisters,
sons and daughters, friends
and co-workers once heroes in
everyday life are now heroes
in history. As the years pass
and we try to continue on with
our daily lives, we always re-
War of the Worlds...Revisited
By Helen Oxenberg
I was a young teenager in
1938 when one of the headlines in the Times was:
“RADIO LISTENERS IN
PANIC, TAKING WAR
DRAMA AS FACT. Many flee
homes to escape ‘gas raid’
from ‘Mars.’ Phone calls
swamp police at broadcast of
Wells’ fantasy.”
A wave of mass hysteria
seized thousands of radio listeners when a broadcast of a
dramatization of H.G. Wells’
fantasy The War of the Worlds
led thousands to believe that
an interplanetary conflict had
started with invading Martians
spreading wide death and destruction in New Jersey and
New York.
There were traffic jams,
clogged communications systems, families rushing out of
their homes with wet towels
over their heads and faces to
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member the American flag, the
ultimate symbol of freedom,”
shown here being presented
by war veterans from Monroe,
supported by a troop of local
Boy Scouts.
“That tragic day we witnessed hero after hero of incredible proportions, victims
who so tragically lost their
lives, the families of the victims
who live on, paying tribute to the
memory of their loved ones, the
police officers, firefighters and
emergency medical personnel
who ignored concern for their
own safety to save others, passengers on the flights who died
trying to prevent further deaths,
volunteers who continued to
work tirelessly day after day,
and our government leaders
who worked to protect and defend our country, states and
communities.
“In each other we see the
symbol of love and compassion, a nation united together.
In our children we see the
symbol of hope, the future of
America. We will always remember this day.”
(Excerpted from Monroe
Mayor Richard Pucci’s remarks at the 9/11 annual memorial ceremonies on September 11, 2013.)
BOARD
ELECTION
RESULTS
WHOA: Miriam Cohen, Rod
Kober, Les Linet
GWCA: Irwin Kaplan, John
Cassiliano
GGCA: William Benjamin,
Alan Kadish
A brighter ambience: A new rug in the Towne Center Library
teaching a course in Public
Health.
Planning for disaster preparedness involves a number of
steps, the first being to have a
plan that will deal with anticipated as well as unexpected
situations. Pay attention to
weather forecasts – they have
been very accurate. Before
Having survived Super
Storm Sandy and Hurricane
Irene, we are more aware now
of the importance of preparing
in advance for potential emergencies and disasters.
As was pointed out at the
Residents Civic Club meeting
on September 11 by the
speaker, Miriam Cohen, disasters can occur suddenly,
without warning. Ms.
Cohen is in a position to
know this first hand having
been involved in the state’s
response to the attack on
9/11. Formerly the Director
of Nursing for the Middlesex County Health Department, she has also served
as Director of Disaster
Planning for the NJ Primary Care Association.
She currently is on the faculty of Kean University, Miriam Cohen, Public Health Nurse
SPECIAL GENERAL ELECTION
Wednesday, October 16
GW Ballroom, 6 AM to 8 PM.
To elect a new U. S. Senator from the State of New Jersey
(to finish the term of deceased Senator Frank Lautenberg.)
Alone No More on Thanksgiving:
A Dream Becomes a Reality
By Ben Baum
Two years ago when the
new Senior Center was still
just a vision, Bonnie Leibowitz,
Senior Center Director, and I
spoke about our dream for a
dinner for those Monroe Township residents who had no
place to go for Thanksgiving.
We had several conversations
after that and she decided it
wasn’t feasible to consider this
project before the opening of
the new Center. Once the
Center opened on June 26,
Bonnie started the process to
make this dream a reality. We
have had several committee
meetings with representatives
from the Senior Center staff,
adult community members and
MEET & GREET THE CANDIDATES
Board of Education, Monroe Twp.
Brought to you by the
Residents Civic Club and
The League of Women Voters
of Monroe Township
Wednesday, October 9, 2013
Program Starts Promptly, 7 pm, in the Ballroom
Note: 13 Candidates are running, but only the
following six, who accepted our invitation, will speak:
Michele Arminio, Lewis Kaufman (Incumbent), Louis C.
Masters (Incumbent), Thomas S. Nothstein, Steven
Riback, Ira Tessler (Incumbent).
NB: Neither the GW Residents’ Civic Club nor The
League of Women Voters of Monroe Township
endorses any candidate. This event is held as a public
service so that the community may be better informed.
ALL RESIDENTS ARE WELCOME
REFRESHMENTS WILL BE SERVED
OCTOBER 2013 – PAGE 2
GREENBRIAR AT WHITTINGHAM VOICE
WHOA Responds To Rugged Criticism
There are approximately
2,800 residents in our community—a community that offers
multiple and varied activities
and diversions. No one activity
appeals to all or to even a majority of residents. Interests
and tastes are varied. Thus,
no two houses are furnished
or decorated in the same manner. As a matter of fact, some
residents even paint their mailboxes to express their individual style and taste.
It should be abundantly
clear that 2,800 individuals
could not come to a consensus and approve the decorative selections made by anyone. Decorative styles are
plentiful and readily available.
It is a pipe dream to believe
that a committee, as suggested by board critics, would
succeed in gaining approval of
a majority of our residents.
At random, pick up an issue
of any popular decorating
magazine such as House Beautiful, House & Garden and/or
Interior Design, and multiple
decorative versions of the same
room will be featured, with no
two being identical or even in
the same style. A visit to the
Design Center in New York or
any fabric, wallpaper, rug and
carpet, etc. showroom will provide a view of hundreds, if not
thousands, of varying designs,
color combinations, quality and
type of material used.
While we recognize that
tastes are indeed varied and
different, and respect a resident’s right to disagree with our
decisions, we do not appreciate
when the disagreement with the
board is over taste and decor,
but is somehow presented with
charges of Board incompe-
tence, irresponsibility and heavy
handedness. We have always
acted sincerely and with the
community’s interests at the
forefront.
We chose Barbara Ostrom,
an internationally recognized
veteran Designer and Consultant with builders of high-end
residential and commercial installations. Both Home Beautiful
and Home & Garden magazines
have included her as one of the
top 100 Designers in the US
and with her work published in
over 50 books. She has been a
designer for over 35 years and
her wide array of services has
been utilized in hotels, restaurants, as well as commercial
and retail spaces.
Barbara Ostrom was chosen
after recommendations by the
past President of the New York
Chapter of the AID and who
now holds the rare position of
Fellow in that organization and
who has spent 58 years in the
Design Field. Barbara was the
only recommended Designer
who agreed to amend the industry’s standard contract, to permit
us to use her design and do all
purchasing on our own. The
Letters to the Editor
Water, Water Everywhere...
I understand that plans are
being made to give Middlesex
County all wet and woodlands
properties currently owned by
Greenbriar residents. And I
also understand that a communication will shortly be going to all residents about this
matter and a vote taken on the
proposal. As a prelude to open
meetings that may be held, I
have framed some questions I
would like answered in order
W HITTINGHAM VOICE
THE G REENBRIAR at
Staff Members
S. Alexander Banks, Editor-in-Chief
Amy P. Appleman
Ruth Banks
Ben Baum
Annette Cavaliere
Ellen Chmiel
Joan Freeman
Eileen Giacalone
Art Gordon
Don Greenfield
Dick Herlands
Dawn Horowitz
Freddy Howard
Arlene Lazar
Harvey Lazar
Gloria Montlack
Olga Naccarella
Dianne Pinkowitz
Martin Rich
Larry Sheppard
Elaine Wintjen
Editorial Board
S. Alexander Banks, Editor-in-Chief
Helen Oxenberg, Village I
Burton Farber, Village II
usual 33 1/3% extra charge on
purchases by the designer was
waived. So we save that extra
amount off every purchase
made under the plan. Thus the
$25,000 retainer is the total fee
with no additional commissions.
Despite granting the small,
very vocal group of Board critics
a forum to freely voice their criticisms at both our workshop
meetings and Wednesday
evening Ballroom meetings,
the criticism is masked in
accusations of incompetence, irresponsibility, and
heavy handedness. Please
remember that the Board
consists of residents duly
elected pursuant to our Bylaws. Our duties and obligations
are specified in those Bylaws.
To encapsulate them, the word
“management” appears proper.
In conclusion, if you disagree
with our selections, it would be
appreciated if you limit your
criticism to the real reason for
the disagreement, that of taste
and style. Refraining from inflammatory accusations of
Board incompetence, irresponsibility and heavy-handedness
would clear the air.
Arnold Riback, Representing Vill. II
WHOA Representative
Saul Brodman, Business Manager
Advertising Office
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to be informed enough to cast
a vote. I am presenting them
here so that all residents can
review them, add their own to
the list and we can all (the
board included) be prepared to
address this situation quickly
and thoroughly.
My questions are as follows:
· When was the dam built and
by whom?
· How does Trent Lake fit into
the water management system of the County?
· When did the dam break
and by what means?
· What are the consequences
of the dam being breached?
Property damage? Water
management issues? How
are residents of GW affected?
· With consideration of the
consequences, are we required by law to repair the
dam?
· What are the costs to repair
the dam and how many
quotes have we received?
· Was there insurance on the
dam? If so, have those monies been received and
where are they?
· Why are we giving all of the
wet and woodlands to the
County and not just the lake
and access to it?
· Will we get a tax abatement
for the gift of property?
· Will we be exempt from contributing to the repair of the
dam due to our gift?
· What assurances do we
have that the dam will be
fixed and in what time
frame?
If we give up the property
what assurances do we have
that it will be kept private and
the lake and surrounds will not
become part of the recreational system of the County
with hiking trails and a parking
lot?
What assurances do we
have that unsecured roadways
will not be added to the property jeopardizing the security
of our homes with unmonitored access to our properties?
Will there be fencing around
the perimeter? Other security
Message from The
Manager’s Office
B
y William H. Hinkle,
General Manager
As the summer season
wraps up, this may also include the conclusion of some
of our summer projects if
weather turns too cool. However, we will work to accomplish as many outdoor projects
as possible if Mother Nature
cooperates into November.
Our landscape crews will begin late into October and continue into November with leaf
pick-up, but please recognize
that this is an ongoing project
as various varieties of trees
lose their leaves at different
times, including some that will
retain their leaves well into the
winter season.
As of this writing with the
hurricane and storm season
already half over, we are hoping that we may dodge a bullet, as weather patterns have
been mild, after two trying seasons. Coming into the peak of
the season and into October,
residents are reminded to
keep their guard up, and use
diligence in maintaining emergency procedures close at
hand, with last year’s late October storm in mind. Take the
time each and every day to
review the emergency preparedness bulletins that have
been circulated and published
throughout the year.
With the closing of the outdoor pool, Management will
again be storing and inventorying all equipment assessing
concerns and needs for the
2014 season. Outdoor pool
attendance did experience a
slight rise this season, especially on weekends.
Our eight community ponds
have experienced considerable established growth after
many years of monitoring and
planting. Come November, we
will again look to have all
growth (excluding trees), cut
down to 8 inches for the winter. Some concerns have
arisen throughout the year
with the growth; hence, we will
look at options next season for
thinning out some brush during the season. Our water
quality has been good through
our seasonal pond maintenance (with limited surface
algae); geese control improved and bank stabilization
excellent in maintaining our
desired pond levels. The function of our ponds is the overall
control of water into the detention and retention basins in
preventing any community
flooding. Do your part and
keep street drains clean by
avoiding throwing undesirable
debris into same, especially
dog waste.
Please remember that you
must submit an Architectural
Modification Application to the
Management Office for any of
the following before commencing work: landscaping, decks
and/or patios, exterior light
fixtures, solar panels, HVAC
system replacements, walkways and porticos, vinyl trim
wrap, roof and/or window replacements, front lawn trees,
PODS/dumpsters, tube lights,
and any other change to the
exterior of your home. Applications may be picked up from
Management or Resident Services. Once your application is
reviewed, you will receive an
approval letter from GW management indicating that you
can begin your project. Remember, respect the guidelines set forth in our governing
documents. The approval letters that you receive from the
community are a required part
of you (or your contractor) obtaining Township approval for
those projects that need a
Township permit as well.
Autumn officially arrived on
September 22. The fall months
bring many items that I wish to
remind you of:
For those getting ready for
your winter retreats, remember
to winterize your home. There
are forms available at the Concierge Desk to assist you in
the filing process with the
Monroe Township Municipal
Utilities Department. This includes draining the water from
and turning off the outside
water spigots.
Do NOT disconnect your
telephone service if you will
be away as there will be no
way for your alarm system to
communicate with the Central
Station (dial tone IS mandatory). Furthermore, do not reduce your phone service (long
distance) until you confirm with
your alarm company that the
number it calls can be
reached.
Complete a vacation form
(available online or from the
Concierge or Security) letting
us know when you will be
away, provide a forwarding
address, and notify us of who
would respond to a household
emergency should there be
one.
This is a prime time to clean
your chimneys if you are utilizing a wood burning fireplace in
your home.
Have your gutters cleaned
as leaves can clog them as
they fall, which may cause
concern during rainstorms
and/or winter storm events.
Remove all planters from
walkways, stoops, and driveways not later than October
15. Remember: Should there
be any snow clearing over the
winter months, the vendor is
NOT responsible for damage
to these items if they are not
removed from these areas).
With our economy still in a
state of recovery, there are
several items that you can do
to save your household
money. In many of these options, rebates from your utility
company(s) and/or tax credits
through the federal government may be available:
· Install CFL (Compact Fluorescent Lighting) bulbs,
which may save you an average of $125 per year;
· Consider replacing light fixtures, motion sensor security lights, and ceiling fans,
with Energy Star fixtures;
· Change your air filters regularly (every one to three
months);
· Have a programmable thermostat installed;
· Replace an older toilet with
a high efficiency, high performance WaterSense labeled model, which may
save you up to 60% on your
Meet the Stars
By Gail and Myron
Alpern
Backstage, at the August
WHOA Show in MTHS, Hassie
and Michael Lichten and Dale
and Bob Blum met the Unexpected Surfer Boys. The
group tackled the timeless
songs of the legendary
Beach Boys. Our couples
were wowed by the beat of
such classic hits as; Surfin
USA, Barbara Ann, and I Get
Around. They said that meeting this group was so much
fun because they were warm
and friendly and they gave
each couple an autographed
CD.
We hope that you agree
that WHOA provides great
shows at a fair price. We often hear people say, “Where
can you see such great
The Residents
Civic Club of
Greenbriar at
Whittingham
Is Conducting
Its Annual
Holiday
Fund Drive
We wish to thank our excellent, hard-working 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 $15.00 for a
couple and $7.50 for a
single, but any amount will
be appreciated.
Please note: WHOA &
GWCA are not sponsors
of the Holiday Fund.
Please make your check
payable to “Residents
Civic Club.”
Mark “Holiday Fund” in
the memo section and
deposit into Lock Box #4
near the Concierge desk
in the clubhouse.
Checks can also be
mailed to:
Residents Civic Club
Box 4,
100 Whittingham Dr.,
Monroe Township
NJ 08831
shows so close to home?”
Come often and bring your
friends. It is a good place to
meet and greet and catch up
with everyone at our sellout
c r o wd s. St ay i nf or m e d
through our emails/flyers/
channel 3 and monroenjonline (website).
Come to our shows—you
may be the next one to Meet
the Stars!
Manager
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water usage;
and insulate your
home, which may offer you
up to a 20% savings on
heating and cooling costs;
· Purchase Energy Star qualified appliances such as
washers, dryers, freezers,
refrigerators and dishwashers;
· Insulate your water heater
by wrapping it with an insulating jacket or switch to an
Energy Star qualified water
heater;
· Upgrade your furnace and/
or air conditioning system;
and
· Replace your windows and/
or doors.
For those of you who are
leaving for your winter homes,
the staff and I wish you a wonderful winter and we’ll see you
in the spring!
· Seal
New Residents Get Together
By Sheila Werfel
The dates, August 13 and
22 may not mean anything to
many of you, but to the 57 new
residents who were invited to
my home those evenings, it
meant a chance to meet other
new neighbors. Unfortunately,
a few people were unable to
attend. There were also 29
new residents I couldn’t call
because I didn’t have their
phone numbers.
Everyone had such a great
time. Many came early, and
many stayed late. Bissli (our
Cocker Spaniel) greeted all
the guests when they arrived,
and gave a goodnight bark
when they left. There was so
much cake, cookies, pies, fruit,
candy, and coffee, that no one
wanted to leave (except for
those who are still working).
Once everyone took a seat
(in the living room, dining
room and the hall) we went
around the room and introduced ourselves. We applauded the couple married
50 years and the newlyweds
married a week. The Brooklynites outnumbered the rest
of us; as usual! Several people went to the same high
school and two people discovered they had been high
school classmates. “It’s a
Small World After All!”
When asked the question as
to why they moved to Greenbriar at Whittingham, the answer was unanimous: “It’s the
best community around!”
If you have recently moved
into this community and haven’t received a call from me,
that most likely means that I
don’t have your phone number. So….PLEASE get in
touch with me at either my
e m a i l
a d d r e s s ,
[email protected] or by
phone, 619-3229. Don’t miss
out on having a great evening
with friends you haven’t met
yet. I’ll be having another get
together in October.
My door is always open to
meet you. My coffee pot takes
a minute to start perking and
my tea kettle can blow its
whistle at any given moment. I
look forward to meeting you.
Thank You
Notes
Living in GW with residents
who make our community a
warm and friendly place to live
is a unique experience. This
was made apparent when I
was overwhelmed with cards,
phone calls and visits during
my recovery. I sincerely thank
everyone for their concern and
best wishes.
Ed Goldman
***
Your many thoughtful expressions of sympathy were
so appreciated. I thank you for
the cards and contributions
sent to me in memory of my
sister Mae. This is truly a caring community.
Marilyn Grossman
***
Family and friends, Joel and
I were overwhelmed by the
love, caring and concern of all
of you during my surgery and
recovery. I thank you from the
bottom of my heart for all the
cards, donations, gifts, flowers, visits, and delicious food.
Our friendships have become
a lasting bond. Love...
Rickie Schartoff
***
Dear GW friends, thank you
for all the kindness and concern
shown us after Irwin’s recent
hospitalization. Thank you for all
those good wishes and for all
that delicious food. You are a
wonderful community.
Fondly,
Ann and Irwin Rausch
***
This is just a note to tell everybody how lucky we are to
have Johnny as our bus driver.
Johnny is always smiling,
courteous, cheerful and helpful. We salute him and thank
him for a job well done.
The many riders
***
Thank you to all our caring
friends and neighbors at
Greenbriar at Whittingham for
helping us through this time of
sorrow. Your sympathy and
comfort at the loss of my beloved
sister,
Brenda
Wagschal, will always remain
in our hearts! She was a
woman of valor.
Audrey and Paul Bresalier
and Family
MTCAC Presents
Annual Juried
Art Show
Paid for by Citizens for Tamburro & Schneider, 103 Concordia Circle, Monroe Township, NJ 08831
From Monday, October 21
through Monday, October 28,
the Monroe Township Cultural
Arts Commission will sponsor
a Juried Art Show at the Monroe Township Library. The Juror, Jeff Cohen, is a professional artist and teacher who
does unique paintings, sculpture and ceramics.
The exhibit is open to living
artists of all ages. Work must
be original and not from kits.
.Artists should present their
work at the Conference Room
in the Library on Tuesday, October 15 between 3 pm and 7
pm. Artwork not accepted
must be picked up on Friday,
October 18 between 11 am
and 3 pm.
To obtain an entry form, visit
the web site www.Monroe
TownshipCulturalArts.com or
call (732) 521-4400. Questions: (609) 395-0934 during
working hours. Do not call the
Library.
THE COMMUNITY AROUND US
Civic Affairs
By Jerry Tamburro
Monroe Township
Council President
Free Parking!
Yes, that’s right – free parking!
Currently you can park free
at the Township park & ride
locations on the week-ends.
However, you must obtain a
park& ride hanger which must
be displayed when parking on
the week-end. They are not
valid during the week and yes
they are free. You must apply
at the transportation office at
our new senior center and you
will receive it while you wait.
At our regular Council meeting on September 9 we intro-
duced an ordinance which will
also make parking on
Wednesdays free, however
only at the new park & ride
across from Clearbrook. Just
for clarification, the new park &
ride is at Clearbrook Commons, across from Clearbrook
and next to the CVS.
When this lot was built, at a
developer’s expense, parking
on both sides of Applegarth
Road was eliminated. At that
time it was noted that most of
the cars parked on Applegarth
were from residents that lived
outside of Monroe. Only Monroe residents can use our park
& ride lots.
Since the new lot is cur-
rently underutilized we felt that
residents who only use the
facility occasionally should
benefit. As with the week-end
only parking you must apply at
the transportation center for a
different color hanger.
This privilege will not be
available until January 1 of
next year. It takes two readings of our ordinances and
20 additional days to become
effective which brings us to
the end of November. In addition we have to obtain the
hangers, which takes several
weeks.
Bottom line is that it is free
with no conditions attached!
Enjoy!
At October LWV: An Insider’s View of New Jersey
By Ruth Banks
Having served as a State
Senator and State Assemblyman, Assistant Commissioner
of Education, author, and lecturer at Princeton, among
other roles, Gordon MacInnes
has learned at first hand the
ups and downs, the pitfalls
and the successes, of the
State of New Jersey.
He will be sharing some of
those insights with us at the
Monday, October 28 meeting
of the League of Women Voters
of Monroe Twp. The meeting
will be held at the Township Municipal Building at 1 pm, and is
free and open to the public.
Mr. MacInnes is currently the
president of the New Jersey
Policy Perspectives, a progressive think tank in Trenton. From
2007 to 2012 he was a Fellow
at The Century Foundation in
New York, and for two years
was a lecturer at the Woodrow
Wilson School, Princeton University. His legislative experience was gained first in the
General Assembly and then in
the State Senate from 1994 to
1998, representing a Morris
County district, where he served
on the education and environment committees.
He has been a director of
the New Jersey Network, was
the first director of the Fund for
NJ and served as a special
assistant to the Commissioner
of Education and Governor
Richard J. Hughes. From 2002
to 2007 he served as the Assistant Commissioner of the
NJ Department of Education
responsible for directing the
implementation of courtordered programs in the
state’s poorest city districts.
Following his Senate term he
led the Citizens for Better
Schools, a non-profit organization that advocated for improved instruction in underperforming schools.
A current member of the
Board of Governors for Rutgers University and a trustee
of Occidental College, of
which he is a graduate, Mr.
MacInnes is the author of
Wrong for All the Right Reasons: How White Liberals
Have Been Undone by Race
(1996) and In Plain Sight: Simple, Difficult Lessons from
New Jersey’s Expensive Effort
to Close the Achievement
Gap. (2008). He also authored
a monograph for The Century
Foundation in 1999, Kids Who
Pick the Wrong Parents and
other Victims of Voucher
Schemes. He is a graduate of
the Woodrow Wilson School of
Princeton University.
The LWV is a political but
nonpartisan national and state
organization. The League
does not support or oppose
candidates for public office,
Jewish Federation GW Chapter
By Eddie Thompson
We hope that everyone had
a pleasant High Holiday experience and we all look forward to a year of good health,
happiness, and peace for Israel and the world.
On September 22, we honored Richie Diamond at our
annual Awards Luncheon
which was held at B’nai Tkvah.
Richie was happy to see so
many of his friends, neighbors,
and relatives present to share
in his simcha.
Our guest speaker was Jeffrey Schwartz who is chairman
of allocations for the Jewish
Federation. He explained how
we allocate the funds we receive and explained why it is
so important to donate to Jewish Federation so that we may
continue with all of our very
vital and needed programs.
On October 12, we will have
our annual phonathon for
Monroe Twp, and we hope to
contact as many “snow birds”
but does study and act on
public policy issues which the
members have agreed on. The
League is open to men, not
just women, and meets
monthly, usually on the fourth
Monday of the month at 1 pm
at the township Municipal
building. In months when a
holiday occurs on the fourth
Monday, we meet on the third
Monday. In June and in November the League hosts a
luncheon at Forsgate Country
Club. This year’s Holiday
Luncheon is on November 11
and will feature Ingrid Reed as
the speaker. She will again
deconstruct the election for the
attendees.
For information on the
luncheon, please call Doris
Altman at 609-655-5932; for
information on membership or
programs please contact Ruth
Banks, 609-655-4791, or Judy
Perkus, 609-395-1552, or
Francine Glass, 609-860-7890
for residents of the Ponds.
The New Jersey Distinguished Service Medal was awarded to these residents during a ceremony in
Trenton on the anniversary of V-J Day. From left are Charlie Dunlop, Harold Siegel, Bill Schwartz
and Dan Mann.
GW Chapter Jewish Federation
as possible before they venture south. Please be sure to
answer our phone call and
respond generously so that we
may continue to adequately
serve our Middlesex Jewish
community as well as our fellow Jews in Israel and elsewhere across the seas.
A Community Day is
planned on November 24 at
the Douglass College Campus
Center (this is the day before
Thanksgiving and the first day
of Chanukah) and we will have
a fun day for the youngsters
and programs to enlighten
everyone about our programs
and services.
On January 12, 2014, we
will continue with our solicitations and designate that day
as our official Super Sunday
phonathon. Again, we urge
you to answer the call if you
have not as yet. We cannot
stress enough how important it
is that you help us to reach our
goal of serving you and your
fellow Jews.
To those who are leaving
our community for the winter,
we wish you well and for those
who are staying, we hope you
find the winter tolerable and
safe.
If you have questions about
Jewish Federation, please call
co-presidents, Dorothy
Thompson (860-2664) or Judy
Brodman (395-8171), or you
may call the Jewish Federation of Greater Middlesex
County office at 732-5881800. If you wish to become
active with Jewish Federation,
we encourage you to contact
either of our presidents or the
Federation office directly and
we will be happy to welcome
you as an active volunteer.
Thanksgiving
seniors who live outside the
gated communities. At the last
meeting there were 20 enthusiastic people present. We
have decided that we can accommodate 150 people this
first year; our hope is that this
will become an annual event.
This year the event will only be
open to seniors but future
Thanksgiving meals may not
be age-restricted.
The Monroe Township Office of Senior Services will be
conducting Monroe Community Cares Thanksgiving on
Thanksgiving Day. The goal of
this event is to provide an opportunity for all seniors to celebrate this day and not experience the lonely feeling of having no place to go while everyone else is celebrating this
national holiday. Now they can
come to the Senior Center and
have what we expect will be a
memorable event.
The following facilities/
businesses have agreed to
serve as corporate sponsors
to keep the per person cost to
a minimum: The Gardens at
Monroe, Brookdale Assisted
Living at Wynwood, Saint Peter’s Hospital, Point of Care
Pharmacy, Seaview Orthopedics, Senior Bridge, Hospice of
New Jersey, Monroe Medical
Supply and The E. Francis
Parker Memorial Home.
If you are interested in attending this noon time Thanksgiving
Day event or know of others in
GW who will be alone on November 28, please have them
get in touch with me at 609-2359440 or the Senior Center 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 continue this most important function. To cover the broad spectrum of observance among
residents, we need to ensure
the presence of 10 men at all
Shiva minyans. You do not
have to be fluent in Hebrew to
be part of our group but we
need your presence. However,
if you are fluent in Hebrew, we
could also ask if you wish to
be a minyan leader as well.
For more information and to
volunteer, please call: Eddie
Thompson-860-2664/Aaron
Nitkin-395-7598/Jim Penzias860-8344.
From Our Mayor
B
y Richard Pucci, Twp. of Monroe
Township Tops List of Communities
for Empty Nesters
Monroe Township was
named the Best Community
for Empty Nesters in the state
in an article in the September
2013 issue of New Jersey
Monthly.
According to the story, Monroe was chosen to top this list
because of its low taxes, open
space and location in Central
Jersey among many other factors.
“Many of the Jersey towns
with a significant number of 55
-plus communities – such as
Manchester, Stafford, and Little Egg Harbor are located further south,” the article stated.
“Monroe has the advantage of
being closer to population centers of Northern and Central
New Jersey and even New
York. That makes it a good
choice for empty nesters eager to downsize, but not ready
to retire.”
In addition, the article, which
is available online at
www.njmonthly.com, also cited
quick commutes to New York,
whether by bus or train, as an
advantage of living in Monroe.
“Express buses stop at
Rossmoor and other locations
to pick up passengers for the
55-minute commute to the
Port Authority in Manhattan,”
the article stated. “There are
also several park-and-ride lots.
New Jersey Transit riders typically drive a half hour to Matawan, New Brunswick or
Princeton for the direct train
connection to New York City.”
Furthermore, the Township’s low tax rate and local
health-care industries were
taken into consideration in getting Monroe to the top of the
list.
“The presence of industrial
ratables (drawn to the proximity of Exit 8A off the New
Jersey Turnpike) helps keep
taxes under control. The abundance of seniors also has
spurred “over-whelming
growth in the [local] health-
(Graphic reprinted with permission from New Jersey Monthly September 2013 issue.)
Nurse’s Notes
Durable Power of Attorney
and Advance Directives
Stephanie Fitzsimmons
Sexton RN, APN
This past weekend the
Home News Tribune carried
an article about a gentleman
who was not competent to
make decisions for a period of
time due to injuries from a fall.
As a result he was made a
ward of the state and received
health care using his insurance supplemented by his private assets. At the moment he
appears capable and is battling to be declared competent
and independent. He has a
home that he owns and yet
cannot return to his home because he does not have the
legal right to sign himself out
of the assisted living facility
where he currently resides.
Durable Power of Attorney
for Property (DPA) is a document that allows you (the principal) to give legal authority to
another person to make financial/legal decisions and financial transactions on your behalf. It is called “durable” because it remains effective
even if the principle (you) becomes mentally incompetent.
Mental incompetence could
happen for several reasons, a
sudden illness or accident
where you are not able to
speak on your own behalf or
the development of Alzheimer’s disease.
Now you are sitting there
thinking – nothing is going to
happen to me and if it does I
have family members that will
step forward to assist me. That
could be very true, but I think
you should choose whom you
want to make those decisions
for you. A DPA is effective as
of the day it is signed and executed. This means that even if
you are competent to make
your own decisions, your DPA
will have the legal authority to
act on your behalf and engage
in financial transactions.
A “springing” DPA, on the
other hand, becomes effective
at a later date, usually when
the principal(you) becomes
mentally incompetent – it
“springs” into effect at the
point you lose capacity, as
certified by a physician. Consult with your bank about its
requirements for accepting a
DPA.
Advance Directives are legal documents which provide
information about your treatment preferences to those car(Continued on page 21)
care industry.”
The excellent school system
and low crime rate were also
cited in the article as reasons
to live in Monroe.
“Monroe Township High
School ranked 124 last year
on the New Jersey Monthly list
of Top High Schools,” the article stated. “Younger families
seek out three-bedroom
ranches for about $325,000 or
the higher-priced fourbedroom colonials. Like the
empty nesters, they appreciate
the access to nearby centers
of employment and culture
such as New Brunswick and
Princeton.”
Monroe was the only Middlesex County community on
the list of Top Towns for
Empty Nesters, and beat out
communities such as West
Caldwell, Pennington, Florham
Park, North Caldwell and Manchester.
We have worked hard
throughout the years to make
Monroe a great place to live,
raise a family and retire. It is
an honor to be named by an
independent survey as the
Best Community for Empty
Nesters.
Computer Tips and Tricks
By Herman Strauss
Saying Goodbye: Five Alternatives To The Optical Disc
With computers growing
smaller and lifestyles going mobile, fewer and fewer devices
offer sufficient space for internal
optical drives. Presently, the
market is kept afloat by Blu-ray
consumer home video sales but
in terms of data storage, optical
discs are slowly becoming ob-
solete. Moreover, while most
movie buyers still prefer to own
a physical copy of their purchase, this market, much like
the music market, will soon be
taken over by streaming services. So are you still storing
data on optical drives?
Optical discs have a storage
capacity of up to 50GB (Blu-ray)
and at around $0.08 per GB
they remain one of the cheapest ways to store data. Under
optimal conditions in terms of
temperature, humidity, and
handling, Blu-ray discs can
last over 50 years, an impressive number. The problem is,
optical discs require an optical
drive to be used and such a
device will likely break long
before 50 years are up. The
question then is whether those
drives will still be available in a
decade or two from now and
at what point is it smart to
switch to another storage medium.
The way you store your data
should always be current.
There is no point in chaining
yourself to a specific method
or medium. The key is that
your data is easily accessible
to you, now and in the future.
Hence, the best way to store
your data depends on your
needs. How much data do you
have? Do you want to store,
transport or share your data?
Where do you need to access
them? And for how long do
you need to store your data
safely?
To make potential alternatives to optical discs comparable, I have examined four different criteria: storage capacity , average price per GB,
average or approximate lifetime in years or number of
write/erase cycles, and compatibility with other devices
and operating systems.
Option 1: USB Stick
Capacity: regularly up to
128GB (256GB available.)
Price: from $0.60 to $0.80 per
GB. Lifetime: 10 thousand to 5
million write/erase cycles,
approx. 2 to 20 years. Compatibility: theoretically any device
with USB port.
Flash-based drives and particularly USB thumb drives are
probably the best alternative to
optical discs in terms of lifetime
and portability. Since lifetime
depends less on climate and
storage conditions but primarily
on the number of times data are
written to or erased from the
drive, flash drives theoretically
could have a longer lifetime than
DVDs or Blu-ray discs. With up
to 128GB, thumb drives also
offer more storage capacity (Blu
-ray up to 50GB) and they do
not depend on the availability of
an optical drive. However, flash
drives are significantly more
expensive per GB.
Option 2: SD(HC) Card
Capacity: up to 128GB.
Price: from $0.62 to $1 per GB.
Lifetime: 100 thousand to 1
million write/erase cycles,
approx. 1 to 10 years. Compatibility: adapter or SD card
reader required.
This is the most portable alternative to optical discs. With
regular storage sizes between
16 and 64GB, SD cards are
also comparable in size. Similar
to USB sticks, the lifetime of SD
cards depends on write/erase
cycles and can thus be very
short or rather long. Like all
flash-based storage devices, the
price per GB is significantly
higher than that of optical discs.
Moreover, SD / SDHC cards
require an SD / SDHC card
reader or an adapter.
Option 3: External Hard Drive
(HDD)
Capacity: up to 3TB. Price:
from $0.04 to $0.15 per GB.
Lifetime: approx. 2-5 years.
Compatibility: any device with
USB port.
External hard drives are the
cheapest alternative to optical
discs. They cost less, offer a
much higher storage capacity,
and are essentially compatible
with any device that sports a
USB port. In terms of connecting the hardware, compatibility
is a non-issue. That said, keep
in mind that the file system
(typically FAT32 or NTFS) can
potentially prevent recognition or
full functionality of a HDD when
connected to other devices (TV)
or operating systems. The biggest issue, however, is the vulnerability of HDDs. They are
easily damaged by physical
shock, which makes them
suboptimal for transporting data.
Moreover, their operation relies
on moving parts, meaning each
use increases the likelihood of
hardware failure.
Option 4: External Solid State
Drive (SSD)
Capacity: up to 256GB.
Price: from $0.80 to $1.78 per
GB. Lifetime: 100 thousand to
5 million write/erase cycles,
approx. 5 to 20 years. Compatibility: any device with USB port.
In terms of price and durability, SSDs are similar to
thumb drives or SD cards: ex(Continued on page 12)
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Senior Solutions
By Helen Oxenberg,
MSW, ACSW
(Helen Oxenberg’s column,
Senior Solutions, is syndicated
and appears in several states.)
Dear Solutions: A woman
whom I knew many, many
years ago has just moved into
my community. I was never
very friendly with her but some
of my friends at that time
played cards and some played
mahjong with her. Unfortunately she was found to be
cheating in both games and no
one would play with her anymore. Now I understand that
she is about to join an ongoing
card game and I’m in a quandary. I know it was many years
ago but do people ever really
change and should I warn the
other card players? I don’t
want to be mean to her or unfair to the other women so I
don’t know whether to say
anything or not. The trouble is,
I have a very good memory.
What do you think?
-Emma
Dear Emma: Actually
Emma, a very good memory is
one that can remember what
to remember and knows what
to forget! I understand your
dilemma. However, has anyone asked you anything about
this woman, since it was
“many, many” years ago? You
don’t know what she may have
learned or how she may have
changed over the years. The
women in the game she is
about to enter are surely smart
enough and mature enough to
recognize any wrongdoing and
make their own decisions
about how to react. So,
Emma, remember that you’re
a compassionate person – or
you wouldn’t feel this as a dilemma – and remember to feel
good about yourself.
Dear Solutions: My daughter, who was not very young
when she married, has one
child – “the heir” as her husband calls him. Now, because
time is running out, as she
says, she wants to have another child right away. Her
husband says it’s very important to him to have an heir so
his family’s biological genes
will continue in the world and
since he now has that heir,
he’s not interested in another
child. She’s upset and has
asked me for advice about
how to convince him, so I’m
asking you for advice about
what to tell her. Thanks.
-The mother-in-law
Dear Mother-in-law: She
should tell him if he really
wants to insure his biological
genes’ continuation in the
world he shouldn’t just count
on one “heir.” He should have
an heir and a spare. After all,
who knows what can happen
in this world. Tell him it would
also be nice for the heir to
have sibling company to carry
those genes in the world. –
(just make sure you don’t
name the new baby “spare”).
Seriously, your daughter
should talk to her husband
about his fears of having another child – financial?, emotional?, conflict? – whatever,
they should sit down and talk
frankly about each one’s feelings and fears and then make
a decision together. Bringing
their opinions into the open will
help them to be closer and to
understand each other better.
And you, Mother-in-law, after
suggesting “heir” and
“spare,” say no more.
a
Dear Solutions: I’ve been
living with the same man for
28 years, we’re not married.
But like a marriage, our relationship has grown stale. So
we snipe at one another. I become extremely irritated when
he questions and probes my
five grown kids (in a sneaking
way when I’ve left the room) to
find out their income. He feels
the need to know how much
they pay for their house, mortgage, cars, etc. I’ve asked him
not to grill my kids about such
things but he continues to do
so. I tell him, “If they want you
to know their business you
wouldn’t have to ask.” We argue about this constantly after
the kids go home. Bear in
mind, all five kids are gainfully
employed as nurses, real estate agents, their own business, etc. As their mother, I
never pry because it’s obvious
they are all doing well financially. So what do you think?
-BG
Dear BG: Well, BG, 28
years? So, while you were
groaning they were growing
and now both the groaning
and the growing has come to
maturity. Every one of his
questions “when you leave the
room” can be and should be or
not be answered by those
grown children. As you say to
him, “if they want you to know
their business you wouldn’t
have to ask.” And BG, you’re
right, if they want won’t. It
sounds like you arhim to know
their business they will tell him
and if they don’t, they e using
this problem to cover your own
uneasiness with your “stale”
relationship. Stop using your
children as scapegoats and start
working with your companion to
try to fix what’s wrong – maybe
with some therapy.
Problems? Become part of
the Solution. Write to Helen
Oxenberg, Senior Solutions,
P.O. Box 346, Jamesburg, NJ
08831 or
email:[email protected]
Demonstrations October 1 - 15
The Cinema
By Larry Sheppard
FRUITVALE STATION portrays the last 24 hours in the
life of Oscar Grant III (MICHAEL
B. JORDAN), a 23 year old
black youth apparently trying to
turn his life around. Unable to
keep a job and already having
done some prison time for drug
dealing, he is hardly the model
of a good citizen. He does love
his illegitimate child with his girlfriend (MELONIE DIAZ) but his
hot temper and inability to put
his past behind him will eventually end in violence. His caring
mother (OCTAVIA SPENCER)
tries to keep her angry son out
of trouble but good intentions
aren’t enough. Based on an
actual incident in 2009, Oscar
and some friends celebrating
New Years’ Eve become embroiled in an altercation at the
Fruitvale Station of the San
Francisco BART line. Police
are called and the situation
escalates, culminating with a
police officer shooting Oscar in
the back. Director RYAN
COOGLER does an outstanding
job in his first full length film,
depicting Oscar as a human
being not deserving of death
even though his faults become
evident. The white officer who
shot Oscar received a light sentence with his claim that in the
excitement, he mistook his regular pistol for his Taser gun.
Oscar is a victim of a fractured
society where violence, discrimination and deprivation are a
basic reality of everyday life.
What is significant about FRUITVALE STATION is the sadness
and frustration manifest in this
waste of a human being. RATING…B+.
BLUE JASMINE proves again
that WOODY ALLEN is a genius. That is a strong statement
but how can one not give him
this credit for producing about
45 movies in as many years.
They were certainly not all winners but he can still fashion a
compelling story with a perfect
cast of characters that makes
him an artist extraordinaire. Jasmine (CATE BLANCHETT) arrives at her sister’s dumpy
apartment in San Francisco.
Her pampered existence on
Park Avenue has been completely eradicated when her
husband Hal (ALEC BALDWIN)
is arrested and imprisoned for
financial fraud. Claiming to only
having the clothes on her back
but flying first class to get there,
she is on her way to a nervous
breakdown. Her divorced sister
Ginger (SALLY HAWKINS) is
her exact opposite, scatterbrained and kooky but still
wants to do the best she can to
help her sister. Their personality
and physical differences are
explained as due to being
adopted rather than having the
same biological parents. We
also meet Ginger’s boyfriend,
excitable Chili (BOBBY CANNAVALE) as well as Ginger’s exhusband, resentful Augie
(ANDREW DICE CLAY). Jasmine’s polished exterior soon
gives way as she tries to adjust
to this comedown from a life of
exquisite clothes and fancy parties to being a dentist’s receptionist. Her last attempt at extricating herself from her base
circumstances by marrying a
wealthy man, Dwight (PETER
SARSGAARD,) does not work
out, bringing on her final collapse. CATE is brilliant as the
doomed Jasmine and several
Academy Award nominations
are in order for this small but
terrific film. RATING…A.
THE BUTLER is actually the
story of the civil rights movement as seen through the eyes
of real life White House servant,
Eugene Allen and the eight
Presidents he served during
those tumultuous years. Less
realistic is the screenplay includ-
ing a name
change to Cecil
Gaines
(FORREST
WHITAKER,)
his wife Gloria
(OPRAH WINFREY) and son
Louis (DAVID OYELOWO)
along with numerous cameos by
some familiar faces. Most are
quite a stretch, including ROBIN
WILLIAMS as Dwight D. Eisenhower and JOHN CUSACK as
Nixon, although JANE FONDA
as Nancy Reagan seemed
reasonable. The screenplay
begins in the deep south as
Cecil sees his father shot
down for trying to protect his
mother from a white rapist. He
goes north and ends up as a
waiter in a fine Washington,
D.C. restaurant where his excellent reputation leads to a
White House job. As a butler, he
is privy to presidential conversations concerning many civil
rights situations which are
then flashed onto the screen
for the audience to relive. Interspersed with these happenings is his own family life, less
tranquil with an unhappy alcoholic wife, a rebellious son who
is active in civil rights violence
and another son who is killed in
Vietnam. While I found the soap
opera ending contrived, the film
is still significant as a review of
the struggle for freedom of African-Americans in the 20th century. I recommend the film both
for the acting as well as the
emotional impact of those troubled times. RATING...B-.
Finance and Investing
By Irwin Kaplan
Forecasts and
Stock Purchases
I don’t think interest rates
will rise soon because the U.S.
economy is relatively weak.
There is not a lot of consumer
demand and retail prices continue to rise, keeping the pressure up. The U.S. debt is still
sadly high along with U.S. unemployment and a slow housing market buildup. Internationally, politics and economies seem to be degenerating. This is the kind of scenario that does not make investing easy nor does it build
investing confidence. Rather, it
seems to create a highly volatile investment environment,
ups and downs coming for
good reasons and no reasons.
It is a time for investors to be
very cautious and not get
trapped in investments that
have no value logic to their
market price.
When interest rates begin to
rise, whenever that will be,
there will be a rush to the exits
as mutual funds, along with
professional and hedge fund
players, join the exodus. History tells us that rising interest
rates create downward pressure on market prices for most
securities, stocks and bonds.
History also tells us that this
tide doesn’t stay with us forever – but no one knows in
advance how long it will impact the financial markets.
This is my current forecast. I
have taken this forecast position because I don’t see legislative action in Congress to
change my opinions, nor does
the current international situation foster investment confidence.
Yet, like many retirees I am
looking for income. One of my
responses to the economic
drag is to search out and invest in companies that pay
dividends and have estimates
of earnings rising in the next
three years. These companies
must have adequate finances
– controllable debt, and be
conservatively managed. At
the same time my buy-in market price has to be conservative- a modest P/E (price to
earnings ratio) and dividend
payout ratio. I am also prepared to reinvest the dividends
I receive to help build value
and income. To find these investment candidates I look for
companies in industries that
Reflections
By Ben Baum
When Bart, our 9-year-old
grandson, visited in August
from Ohio, he surprised me
with his request to make a return visit to Insectropolis, the
bug museum in Tom’s River. I
had taken him there last spring
and he was so enthralled with
the world of insects he wanted
to return. Since I taught science for four years, I was encouraged that he might someday head down a scientific
career path. From my perspective it was a double
whammy, for I got to see the
exhibits again and learn some
concepts I missed on the first
go round as well as spending
valuable hours with my grandson.
When we proceeded to the
section where the entomologist allowed the audience to
touch a scorpion, a centipede
and an African cockroach, Bart
was thoroughly engrossed.
Next to him were a boy and
girl who interacted with him
and shared that their birthday
was the next day. So I interjected and asked them if they
were twins. Much to my
amazement they indicated that
their other brother and sister
were sitting across the aisle
with their mother. We had met
our first set of quadruplets who
were 9 years old like Bart!
After the quadruplet encounter, I Googled quadruplets and
learned we had met one of the
3447 sets of quadruplets in the
world.
On the last Saturday in August I spent the day with my
mother in the emergency room
at Robert Wood Johnson Hospital. I came to the conclusion
that emergency rooms are a
great equalizer. There was a
significant representation of
the country’s ethnic, racial and
religious groups at the ER.
There was an Orthodox Jewish gentleman in his traditional
garb, an Indian man in his native clothes, an Arabic woman
with the required head covering and a few teenagers who
were scantily dressed. We all
had one thing in common —
concern for the well being of
the loved one we had accompanied to the ER. By the time I
had been there for about 3
hours, I began to converse
with a man whose father was
bleeding internally. When I left
that evening, we two strangers
shook hands and wished each
other well.
The other factor I observed
in the ER setting was that you
can always find someone
there whose problems are
more profound than your own.
Many of the cases that Saturday were of a more life threatening nature than my
Mother’s. And I forgot to mention that my Mother turned 97
on April 15!
By the time you read this the
GW elections will be over. I
hope that we have as many
residents involved in the September 18 election as we did
in the July 17 election to mod-
Finance
will prosper in the future economy I see. What are they? Ok,
here is my current industry
choices - Healthcare, Utilities
(electric and water), and
REITs (real estate investment
trust).
This week I made an initial
investment in a company that
owns U.S. hospitals. While
hospital operations are sure to
be effected by the new health
laws, there is a large demand
for medical services by a
growing maturing population
and a move toward consolidation in the industry. My income
forecast for this company is up
for each of the next three
years. I am comfortable with
my conservative buy-in price
and I am looking for this investment to rise in value as I
wait for the market to recognize the potential I bought into.
This company also pays a current dividend above 4.5% annually, which I can reinvest.
Because no investments’ future is written in cement, I
have to monitor the company’s
results, and hopefully it will
work out profitably, as I
planned.
This is my example of how I
put my forecast to work for
investment selection. You can
do the same. If the job is not
for you, get professional investment advice, or look for
mutual funds that meet your
criteria.
Cinema
ify the by-laws; 1072 of us
voted in that election. Don’t
forget to vote in the October
16 election for the New Jersey
representative to the U.S.
Senate.
The country would sure be
better off if its citizens got as
enthused about the democratic processes as they are
about their favorite athletic
team. How about 535 congressional cards to add to the
baseball cards that fans collect?
We were at the mall one day
and I observed a family of five
waiting to enter the movie
theater. As they sat there I
noted that each one of them,
parents and children, were
utilizing their smart phones. I
wonder if their behavior is indicative of what occurs when
they arrive home, namely, little
direct communication between
family members. I’ll bet they
entered the theater and
watched five different movies!
After judging for several GW
elections and interacting
closely with April, I’m convinced that if we had a GW
Jeopardy Game that April
Memories: Life On This Side Of The Hudson
By Len Greenberg
I grew up in suburban Hillside, New Jersey. We were
walking distance from the famed
Weequahic High School, in
Newark, a world away from our
relatives in Brooklyn.
Most everyone lived in two
family and single family homes.
The town was a mix of blue collar factory workers, middle class
entrepreneurs and professionals, as well as some wealthier
people like Phil Rizzuto.
I recall those hot summer
days of my childhood, the
days before air conditioning.
It’s truly amazing how we all
survived without “air.” Living in
our own house, we were able
to have an attic fan that created a refreshing, but warm
breeze throughout.
Memorial Day was the official
day for my dad, who worked six
days a week in his store, to take
down the storm windows and
put up the screens. It was my
job as well as my older brother’s
to help him, once I became a
teenager. There were fourteen
sets of windows in the house
and two screens and storms per
window. This was a day I
dreaded; the screens were
stored in the attic. They collected dust all winter and the
screens were quite heavy. The
only break in the day long project was the Memorial Day
parade that came right past
our house.
The parade was usually
headed up by a platoon of Marine reservists who were commanded by one of our high
school teachers (who later was
rumored to have had an affair
with one of my female classmates,) followed by the high
school band playing something
like “On Wisconsin,” followed by
a few vets in uniforms that no
longer fit. For us kids the true
highlight of the parade came at
the end, when dozens of kids
with their bikes decorated in
crepe paper and streamers followed with their own contributions to the goings on.
Early in the summer, we were
able to spend the day at the
playground where there were
organized activities, usually a
softball or kickball game for the
boys and more crafty endeavors
for the girls or less athletically
inclined boys. Every summer
the “Playground Commission”
organized trips to Yankee Stadium or the Polo Grounds,
never to Ebbets Field, where we
would join thousands of other
kids from all over the metropolitan area to cheer on our heroes
who were so far away on the
field that it was often impossible
to see who we were cheering
for.
A special treat for us kids
from the Newark area was an
excursion to Olympic Park in
nearby Irvington. It was our Palisades Park. One just needed to
walk to Chancellor Avenue and
take the number 14 bus which
took us right to the door. Once
inside we enjoyed the rides or
swam in the enormous pool
which looked like it could accommodate 1000 kids. The park
even had its own circus which
had two shows a day on Saturdays and Sundays. If you liked
Computer Tips
pensive, but potentially long
lifetime. SSDs are available
with larger storage capacities
than other flash-based storage
devices, however, this also
comes at a higher price.
Option 5: Cloud Storage
Capacity: regularly up to
500GB
with
Dropbox
(theoretically unlimited.) Price:
from free to $1 per GB and
year. Lifetime: theoretically
unlimited, practically as long
as service is available or as
long as you pay. Compatibility: any device with internet
access.
Storing your data in the
cloud is the most convenient
way to backup, share, and
keep your data with you, provided you have access to the
internet. However, this is only
practical for small amounts of
data. If you have more than a
Reflections
Schauer, with her encyclopedic knowledge of GW and its
residents, would be the hands
down victor.
If you complained recently
about GW officials, Township
officials, state leaders or national leaders, ask yourself
two questions: Did I perform
my civic duty by voting in the
last election? Did I take an
active role in the democratic
processes at any of the
above levels?
Have you made time to
escape from the world-wide
realities of floods, uncontrolled fires, use of chemical
weapons and a myriad of
other negative occurrences
by just looking outside and
appreciating the serene transition from summer to fall
that surrounds us? It’s hard
to remain stressed about the
above events when watching
a tree sway in the breeze, a
butterfly gracefully landing on
a blooming flower and even a
couple walking hand in hand
in the crisp cool air.
Mark your calendar for the
following October holidays:
games of chance, you could
spin one of the big wheels on
the tree shaded midway for one
of the fun prizes which, it
seemed, no one ever won. This
was an innocent time before we
realized that many of these
games were rigged. At the end
of the day you would have spent
all your money, including the
dime necessary to take the bus
back, and had to walk all the
way home. Times were different
then. The same neighborhoods
that are shooting galleries of
crime today were safe enough
then for us youngsters to walk
home.
I wonder if today’s kids are
missing out on some level of
creativity in their lives. So much
of their time is organized in “play
dates” and travel teams. I cannot imagine my three grandsons
walking or even biking the three
miles to Olympic Park, as we
did. On the other hand, maybe
it’s a good thing that times are
not as innocent. I hope the
world will be as full of promise
and good times for the kids of
today as it was for us.
few GB, it can get very expensive as fees are due monthly
or yearly, for as long as the
storage space is needed.
Conclusion
Many alternatives for optical
drives exist, but few can compete with the price and theoretical lifetime of Blu-ray discs.
On the other hand, many
make for better long term investments. In the long run, you
should always have your data
stored in at least two futureproof locations. But for the moment, Blu-ray discs and DVDs
are a viable storage method.
Just make sure you move your
data before your last way to
access them disappears.
Do you still use optical discs
to store or transfer data?
For more computer tips and
tricks, come to the Computer
Club meeting at 9:30 am on
the fourth Saturday of each
month in the Towne Centre
Ballroom. Club membership is
$10 a year.
Columbus Day–14, Election
Day for U.S. Senate–16,
United Nations Day–24,
Make A difference Day–26,
Navy Day–27 and Halloween
– 31. The gemstone for October is the opal or tourmaline;
the flower is the calendula or
cosmos. When celebrating
Get Organized Week from
October 1–7, you might want
to consider putting your
plans in place for any upcoming disasters, including the
creation of emergency kits.
Since October 8–14 is Fire
Prevention Week you should
continue your organizational
efforts by reviewing your
plans in case of a fire emergency and also attend to replacing the batteries in your
smoke and carbon monoxide
alarms. October 10–19 is
National Food Bank Week;
please do your part. Look for
me on October 17; I’ll be
wearing an orange shirt, purple pants and a polka dot
bow tie to celebrate Wear
Something Gaudy Day. I expect to be able to jump over
the Towne Centre in a single
bound by the end of October
because I’ll be observing
Spinach Lover’s Month!
Ladies Golf
League News
By Carol Cooper and
Ruth Reich
From The Golf Board
Labor Day was the last Golf
Tournament of the 2013 season. The weather was beautiful. The players went out in
two flights, one at 7:30 and the
second at 10:30. Each group
had a light breakfast of bagels
and cream cheese, and a
chance to socialize before
playing. Everyone was in good
spirits, when Kevin, (our Head
Professional) gave instructions
for playing the round.
The tournament was a
Scramble. Each person in the
foursome drove the ball from
the tee. A Scramble is not like
an ordinary tournament. Usually each person hits his own
ball and then hits his next
shot, until he putts the ball in
the hole. His score is the
number of shots he takes to
get the ball in the hole. In a
Scramble, there are no individual scores. There is only
one score for the entire foursome.
After the foursome tees
off, the group decides which
shot they want to use. One
ball is selected and all players hit their second shot from
the location of that ball.
There were two rules that
made the game more interesting. First, the person who
hits the drive can not hit the
second shot. Second, every
player must hit at least one
drive. Choosing which drive
to use becomes more complicated. If one or two players
in the foursome typically hit a
short drive, the question becomes when to use his drive.
The Scramble format allows people of different abilities to play together, as a
team, and have a good time.
Along with the Scramble, the
format also included a Shotgun start. Every foursome
starts on a different hole. All
the foursomes start at the
same time. In the past some
courses actually had the
starter fire a shotgun so everyone knew when it was time
to start.
At the conclusion of the
tournament there was a delicious buffet that included
various salads, pasta,
chicken, sausage, eggplant
rollatini and beverages.
Labor Day also marks the
beginning of the Fall agronomy program. The greens
are aerated with a machine
that digs small holes about 3
inches deep. The plugs are
removed and the holes are
filled with sand. At first the
greens are impossible to putt
on. After about a week, if
weather conditions are reasonable, the grass grows in
to fill the holes. Eventually,
the green is restored, and
the aeration improves the
health of the grass. A similar
process is used on the fairways and tees.
Course Superintendent
John Cipriano is also adding
turf to low lying areas in the
fairways where turf was lost
and to some areas where turf
was lost on the edges of the
greens. The heavy rains and
extraordinary heat cooked
some of the grass and the turf
was lost.
A SPECIAL RECRUITING
CAMPAIGN is being offered to
bring in more players . The
Golf Course is running a one
time special offer. The price of
membership, for people who
have never been members
before, is being reduced to
$600 for residents, and $900
for non-residents. In addition,
if someone wanting to join
brings another player, the price
is reduced another $100 for
each player. Two residents joining together would pay $500
each and non-residents would
pay $800 each. The difference
in price between residents and
non-residents is due to the fact
that residents also pay $25 per
month in maintenance to the
golf course.
People joining now can begin playing immediately and
then play through the 2014
season. In the following (2015)
season the players must pay
the full membership price.
A Message from
Your Golf Professional
By Kevin Darlington
As we head into the fall of
another golf season, we look
forward to the great weather
that accompanies it.
The golf club would like to
recognize our club champions
of the 2013 season. Our Men’s
18 Hole club champions are:
Championship flight, Bob
Fausak; Flight A, Bill Devin;
Flight B, Jack Beekman. The
Men’s 9 Hole Club Champion
is Harry Koenig. The Ladies
18 Hole Club Champion, Pat
Mizerek; the 9 hole Flight A,
Anne Hughes; 9 Hole Flight B,
Ruth Sachs; 9 Hole Flight II,
Bunny Applebaum. Congratulations to all our winners.
This month’s golf tip ties into
being a club champ: being a
good putter. No matter how far
you drive the ball, how accurately you play your iron shots,
or how good you are pitching
and chipping, it’s all about getting the ball in the hole. That
means the shortest club in the
bag, the putter, is also the
most important. Most golfers,
including pros, use the putter
for about 40 percent of all
shots in a typical round, no
other club comes close. The
mistake we make the most
with our putting is the 3 putt.
One way of improving your
ability to putt the correct distance is by using a simple
practice drill. Instead of trying
to make putts of 20, 30, or 40
feet, your goal should be to
leave the putt within a distance
of 3 feet from the cup. This
drill will train you to keep the
ball within 2 putt range on
longer putts in turn limiting lost
strokes due to the dreaded 3putt. As with anything we want
to improve, the key is spending the time practicing.
We want to wish our members heading south a safe trip
and great winter golf season.
Thanks for a great year.
August 15 was a crystal
clear day as the Ladies Golf
League celebrated their
“Member-Member” Tournament. Dressed in pink shirts
and white shorts while munching on bagels and sipping coffee, they convened for their
traditional Scramble. The
teams were comprised of two
women from the Tuesday
league and two from Thursday. Everyone had a chance
to drive the ball. The next shot
was chosen and all hit from
that position until they reached
the green and all putt. This is a
very inclusive way of mixing
the teams and fun is had by
all. The winners were Bette
Meyerowich, Leslie Davret,
Abby Diamondstein and Gail
Shinberg.
Two prizes were awarded.
One for “closest to the pin” on
hole four to Beth Cohen.
“Closest to the line” on hole
two to Verna Arden.
The evening event at Knob
Hill was held in the tradition of
the 50’s. Myrna Reiter and her
sister Darlene Broder were the
Chairwomen. Dressed in poodle
After Hours Club
By Gail Alpern
The August 30 After Hours
Hawaiian Dinner Dance gave a
new meaning to the word Aloha!
Members were greeted by a
board member and a colorful lei
was placed around their necks.
The catered dinner was varied,
on a Hawaiian theme, with
many selections so that everyone found their favorites. The
Dorian Parreott Quartet played
many love songs as well as fast
music for the line dancers and
those that like to mix it up. Attendance at After Hours functions has been growing rapidly
and club president, Myron Alpern, read an extensive list of
new and returning members so
that the group could make them
feel welcome.
We hope that you will join us
for future occasions and be part
of the fun!
Upcoming events are as follows:
October 25 is Rinaldo
Toglia—a tenor in the manner
Ladies Golf
skirts, jeans with bobby socks
and sweaters buttoned backwards, the woman danced the
night away to a marvelous DJ,
“Good Vibrations.” He got us up
dancing to the twist and 50’s
music that made us really move.
He directed us to sing in chorus
along with Doris Day, Louis
Prima and Teresa Brewer. He
brought out a pile of Hula Hoops
that were the rage in the 50’s
and a good number of our ladies tried to revive the fad. Hula
Hoops became a contest that
was won by Leslie Duvet. The
room was festive with poodle
skirt center pieces which supported the balloons, bubble
gum, candy and 45 records on
the table. While some women
were snacking on hors d’oeuvres, others were cheering for
the women competing in a putting contest.
There were smiles galore
and everyone left feeling the
warmth of old friends and new.
It was a marvelous evening
with everyone in a circle holding hands and singing That’s
What Friends Are For.
In future articles, look forward to golf tips, rules and
regulations that apply to our
course and updates on golf
events. October 11 is our
Awards and Closing Breakfast
at the Americana Diner.
“Chip-ins” for August were
Bunny Applebaum, Darlene
Broder, Bette Meyerowich,
Sandy Kelly, Evie Rabinowitz,
and Joan Ricci.
Thanks go to Sheila Fox for
writing the previous articles.
Keep smiling and swinging. To
the women leaving for the winter have a safe, healthy and
fun time.
of Mario Lanza with a fantastic
voice. Refreshments to follow.
November 22 is our Holiday
Dinner Dance featuring the
Dale Stover Quartet. Details are
being finalized.
Dues are $10 pp—check
made out to After Hours Club
and put in Box 8. Stay informed
through Channel 3 and flyers in
the rear of the Towne Centre.
Please give us your email address to receive the latest updates. Please note deadlines for
table reservations.
American Legion
Aux. Unit 522
By Catherine McKernan,
Secretary
Greetings from Texas. We
are here to attend the 95th National Convention of the American Legion and Auxiliary. It
takes place at the George R.
Brown Convention Center in
Houston, Texas.
There are hundreds of members of the Legion, Auxiliary and
Sons of the American Legion in
attendance.
Festivities began with a baseball game between the Houston
Astros and the Mariners. The
National Commander, James E.
Koutz, threw out the first ball. A
good time was had by all.
Sunday was the day of the
big parade. Legion and Auxiliary
members, along with Sons of
the American Legion marched
the route even though it was hot
and humid.
Auxiliary meetings were held
Tuesday through Thursday. It
was reported in the Auxiliary
Convention Guide that the
American Legion Auxiliary is still
the largest patriotic women’s
service organization. We honor
all veterans’ service and try to
make a difference in their lives.
“The world needs to know who
we are and what we do so they
can understand and appreciate
why we matter.” Over the past
year more than 4.5 million volunteer hours were served. Almost 20 million dollars were
raised or spent on veterans and
military families, and 3.2 million
veterans and military families
were served. The Auxiliary did a
fine job and will continue to do
so. Our Unit is dedicated to giving all the help needed by our
veterans and their families. We
hope more women will join our
ranks and serve our veterans.
Thursday was a special day
for New Jersey. Our candidate
for Eastern Division National
Vice President, Maggie McMahon, was elected and installed.
She has always been a hard
worker and a dedicated member
of the American Legion Auxiliary. So we offer our congratulations to Maggie. We know she
will do a great job.
We must also mention two
New Jersey stars of the American Legion. William Rakestraw
was elected to the high office of
National Vice Commander. Bill
has always been a true Legionnaire, always ready to serve.
We also congratulate Daniel
McCole. Dan is the National
Executive Committeeman for
New Jersey.
It was a successful convention and we learned a lot about
activities, fund raising, and helping our veterans and their families. Charlotte, NC will be the
site of the 96th Convention.
Please fly your American
flag daily for our troops in
harms’ way. Pray for their safe
return. God bless our troops
and God Bless our Great
Country - America.
Alisa Chapter Of
Hadassah
By Rhoda Juskow
What a great day it was! The
Associates of the Alisa and
Monroe Township Chapters
presented a powerful and emotional day. An attendance of
over 300 men and women came
to hear the Hon. Consul General of the Czech Republic of
Philadelphia speak about the
unbelievable good in a man
named Nicholas Winton. Nicholas Winton saved 669 Jewish
Children from the Nazi death
camps. Today, over 5,000 men
and women are alive because
of what one man accomplished.
After Peter Raphaeli spoke,
the audience viewed the film,
“Nicky’s Family,” the story of
how one man saved so many
children. He found people in
England and Canada and some
in the United States who were
willing to take a child to live with
them. Queen Elizabeth knighted
him and he is now Sir Nicholas
Winton. At the age of 104 he is
still doing fine. Mr. Raphaeli had
lunch with him in London just a
few weeks ago.
The day gave Hadassah a
chance to speak about our Associates and the many ways
that Hadassah is helping people
in Israel and other parts of the
world. The proceeds from this
event will help the children living
in Youth Aliyah Villages in Israel
and our many Young Judea
groups.
Our Education sessions are
very well attended and we are
grateful to our speakers who
have been so interesting. The
discussion on the book, “Rav
Hisda’s Daughter” will be a wonderful prelude to hearing the
author, Maggie Anton, speak at
our Book & Author event on
October 14. At our Member Appreciation that evening, four of
our long time active members
will be honored. So get your
reservations in and join us for a
great evening. Flyers are in the
rounder.
The day at Boscov’s department store was fun, and the first
Lunch Bunch Day had a successful beginning. Contact Judy
Gerstein, 860-8446, to join the
Lunch Bunch.
At our September meeting,
radio hosts from station WWFM
DJ Ted Otten and DJ Michael
Kownacky regaled us with the
music and life of Cole Porter. On
Wednesday afternoon, Sept. 25
at 1 pm, an afternoon with renowned Chef Ash at Lemon
Mediterranean Restaurant in
Freehold took place with a cooking demo and a five-course
lunch.
Hadassah
Sunday, October 27 is the
Myrtle Wreath luncheon. Alisa
Chapter will be honoring two of
our very special ladies, Joanne
Ferstan and Sheila Farber at
Forsgate Country Club. Call
Rhoda at 409-0983 if you need
more information.
GW Bridge Club
By Arthur Van Blerkom
It is now October and the GW
Duplicate Bridge Club is still
going strong. Starting November 4, the Monday, 1 pm nonsanctioned game switches to
Encore. GW residents do not
pay at the games played at Encore. The Thursday, 7 pm game
which is held year round at GW
also non-sanctioned. All GW
residents are welcome to come.
There is no daily cost for the
Monday game but GW residents
must pay annual dues of $10.
Starting in November on Thursday nights there is no game fee
but annual dues are required to
be paid. Anyone who wants to
play on Thursday night should
email me by 6 pm Wednesday
to be guaranteed a spot.
Any player, Bridge Club
member or not, who has any
bridge questions please contact
the writer of this letter at
[email protected] or 609—8606346. Any question will be responded as soon as possible.
This month I will discuss the
use of Texas Transfer.” Many
fans of Jacoby Transfers play
Texas Transfers as well . The
treatments are similar, but there
are important differences. After
a 1NT opening by partner, the
Texas transfer may be used to
describe a hand with a six-card
or longer major suit with appropriate values. Be careful not to
use the Texas Transfer on a
hand that is too weak. As far as
differences between Jacoby and
Texas transfers, the responder
bidding 4D or 4H for a 4H or 4S
bid from the 1NT opener is usually not interested in a slam.
“Bidding a hand in the right
manner allows opener to contribute its opinion as to whether
the partnership belongs in game
only or slam. Two heads are
better than one.” I wish to acknowledge that the above was
taken from the ACBL convention review. Go to the ACBL site
and get more details on Texas
Transfers and other conventions.
The following hand will be
used to show difference between Texas Transfers and
Jacoby transfers;
VUL NONE, DEALER SOUTH
NORTH
♠ AT76
♥ A94
♦ A962
♣ A7
EAST
WEST
♠K
♠ J4
♥ 32
♥ KJT865
♦ QJ743
♦ 85
♣ QJ863
♣ T95
SOUTH
♠ Q98532
♥ Q7
♦ KT
♣ K42
The normal bidding has gone:
E
N
W
S
P
P
1NT P
4H
P
4S
P
P
P
This is a Texas Transfer.
Why? Because South has only
10pts and a 6 card spade suit
Since N 1NT promises at
least two spades, bidding 4H
for a 4S transfer is correct and
hurts defense in finding a killer
lead if possible
If the South hand did not
have the D K and C K, the correct response would be 2H
transfer to 2S and then P,P,P.
There would be no possibility
of game and 2S is a better
contract than 1 NT. This is
even true if responder only
has 5 spades and a weak
hand. If he only has 3 pts the
chances the contract belongs
to the opposition. Most of the
time you should get a favorable score bidding 2S.
Social players who try duplicate often fail to understand
that their score on each hand
matters only in relation to what
other pairs did on the same
deal.
At rubber bridge, party
bridge or IMPS, the goal is to
make the contract.
At matchpoint duplicate,
making the contract is not the
goal (as strange as that may
sound). South wants a higher
score than the other Souths.
The problem is when different
levels of players are playing
the game. Sometimes the less
experienced player will get a
better score on one particular
hand that is not played properly. But over 100 hands the
person who does follow the
above guideline will have a
better overall score.
The above points have been
repeated from previous Voice
Bridge articles on purpose.
Duplicate players must automatically understand the different principles relating to duplicate bridge from other types of
bridge games.
Below is a summary of the
August 2013 games. They are
split between the non sanctioned games on Monday and
the non sanctioned games on
Thursday The first number is
for number of first places, the
second number is for number
of second places and the third
number is for number of third
places
Monday non-sanctioned
games: August 5,12, 19,26
Lester Ageloff 010, Lorraine
Ageloff 010, Marilyn Askin
010, Richard Assenzio 110,
Lloyd Baskin 001, Saul Blum
200, Claire Brinn 010, Natalie
Cancel 002, John Cassiliano
001, Paulyn Cohen 010,
Cheryl Davis 001, Herb Dinowitz 100, Elaine Egers 110,
Nat Fein 100, Ronald Feldman
001, Donald Friedland 100,
Ken Friedman 100, Roseanne
Goodstein 001, Ronnie Greenhouse 010, John Ievers 001,
Stanley Kaplan 011, Richard
Lazar 011, George Moehringer
001, Seymour Orchowitz 110,
Elliot Lila Pollinger 110, Chuck
Redburn 002, Jerry Seymour
100, Irma Siegel 100, Elaine
Singer 001, Lillian Sottile 010,
Myron Stein 101, Elaine Stein
101, Joseph Tauber 010, Arthur Van Blerkom 100, Fred
Weiner 010, Kurt Weiss 001,
Phil Zwalsky 010.
Thursday Non-Sanctioned
games: August 1, 8, 15, 2, 29
Lester Ageloff 121. Lorraine
Ageloff 121, Frank Askin 100,
Marilyn Askin 101, Richard Assenzio 201, Saul Blum 001, Eve
Buzin 101, Paulyn Cohen ,201,
Elaine Egers 100, Nat Fein
001 ,Doeia Frisch 110, Eileen
Gialacone 010, Roseanne
Goodstein 101, Warren Greenberg 010, Marlene Greenberg
010, Ronnie Greenhouse 010,
Manny Jarvis 001, Doris Kohlberg 010, Dorothy Kreitzberg
110 Richard Lazar 002, Joel
Levy 200,, Elihu Nemiroff 200,
Bea Orchowitz 002, Seymour
Orchowitz 001, Lila Pollinger
120, Gene Ross 010, , Elaine
Singer 101, Eugene Sultan 002,
Joseph Tauber 002, Fred
Weiner, Beverly Weiss 001, Kurt
Weiss 021, Phil Zwalsky 101.
If any bridge player wants
additional information concerning time of games or what is
required to play on either Monday or Thursday please contact Arthur at 609/860-6346 or
email at [email protected]
Computer Club
By Fran Solomon
On July 27 Fran Solomon
talked about “How to Sell on
eBay” and George Realmuto
spoke about “How to Evaluate
Stocks.” On August 24 Arthur
Segal from Rossmoor spoke
about Digital Photography and
how to effectively transfer photos from camera to computer.
On September 28 Joe Morris showed us his favorite and
interesting Web Sites and he
also ran the meeting in the
absence of our President.
At the meeting on Saturday,
October 26 at 10 am John LeMasney from the Ewing Computer Center will speak about
“How Seniors can use Technology in a Sensible Way.”
All meetings are held in the
GW Ballroom.
We have refreshments starting at 9:30 am and the meeting starts promptly at 10 am.
We usually start our meeting
with a DVD of jokes. Our computer experts are here to answer any and all of your computer questions. You can bring
your questions with you for
answers.
There is always something
interesting to learn about how
we communicate with computers, phones and tablets.
The Computer Club communicates with its members
through The Voice, meetings,
email, flyers in the rounder
and Channel 3. If you change
your email address or want to
be added to our mailing list be
sure to notify Mary at [email protected].
Computer Tip: Three best
sites to make money doing
odd jobs and tasks:
“Talkrabbit”, “Gigwalk”, and
“Elance”.
GW Connections
By Dorothy Thompson
As we enter the fall season,
we hope you enjoy the beautiful colors that Mother Nature
has to offer.
Speaking of fall, our trip to
QVC on October 30 is a sell
out. You can place your name
on the wait-list. Call Juliet at
409-1959 for more information.
Our next General Meeting
will be on November 4 at 7:PM
in our Ballroom. Dr. Robert
Butts, a popular lecturer for
the New Jersey Council for the
Humanities, is presenting a
terrific program entitled “From
Shakespeare to Sunset Boulevard - The Story of the Broadway Musical.” Dr. Butts is professor of music at Montclair
State University and the Baroque Orchestra of New Jersey and Opera of Florham
Park.
As the 21st century begins,
the Broadway musical remains
one of the world’s most popular musical formats, reflecting
the styles, trends and personalities of all who enter its exciting world. The New Jersey
Council for the Humanities
offers speakers from politics
and religion to race, education
and health care. Humanities
Connection brings together
some of New Jersey’s most
fascinating scholars, authors,
filmmakers and educators in
conversation about critical topics facing our state, nation and
world. Attend this informative
program and invite your
friends. Any questions - call
May Herlands 409-3828.
GRACE KELLY. -On November 19, 2013 we will be
going to the Michener Art Museum for a docent led tour of
“From Philadelphia to Monaco
— Grace Kelly, Beyond the
Icon.” Over 100 objects including 40 designer dresses and
the famous “Kelly” handbag
will be shown. The exhibit presents the woman behind the
celebrity and traces her extraordinary life’s journey. This
exhibit is the first and only one
in the USA. The cost is $65.00
with the bus leaving at
9:45AM. We will have a plated
lunch at Cock’nBull Restaurant
in Peddlers Village with discount coupons for the shops in
the Village. Pick up a flyer in
the rounder and place your
check in lock box #5 with your
choice of lunch as stated on
the flyer. Any questions, call
Selma Herzog at 395-4031 or
Juliet Klein at 409-1959. Don’t
miss this fabulous afternoon!
Looking ahead to 2014...On
June 11, we will go to Two
Rivers Theatre in Red Bank to
see a delightful show by
Wendy Wasserstein. Also, on
October 8 we travel to Pennsbury Manor, the home of William Penn. This is the 43-acre
estate of the statesman, diplomat and founder of Pennsylvania. Mark your calendars for
these wonderful events in
2014.
Now that fall is here, check
your closets as we accept inseason clothing which is donated to the Women Aware
Shelter and Home Front.
Marilyn Steiner, 10 Umberland
Place, or Doris Becker, 12
Severn Way. We accept clothing for men and women, so
please place items in bags
and just drop the bags at
Marilyn’s or Doris’. We also
accept toiletry samples from
hotels, cosmetic samples, etc.
Through our Designated
Charities we have donated 27
backpacks to the Women
Aware Shelter, along with
clothing and school supplies.
Our Study Groups continue
to have some openings.
Please call Barbara Fineman,
395-8038 or Annette Roth,
655-9088 to learn more. The
groups are: Book Study - Barbara Fineman; The Classics Jean Melden; It’s Debatable Enid Kadish; Movie Groups Lynn Padwee; Play Reading Marcia Lambek and Jean Melden; Poetry - Arlene Lazar;
Provocative Thinking - Rita
Modell; Short Stories - Juliet
Klein.
Remember - You can always send a lovely greeting
through “Connections”. Just
call Dorothy Thompson at 8602664; a card can be sent for
only $2.50.
GW Friends
By Len Greenberg
Have you checked out the
GW Friends monthly breakfasts at the Tap Room? If you
have not, you had better get
with it. The last few breakfasts
have attracted over 50 members! We are not sure what the
big attraction is. Could it be
our charming President Marvin
Shindelman, or the exciting
50/50 drawing which is bound
to reward someone with several months of free breakfasts? Maybe it’s our friendly
greeter at the door who
says…”what’s your name?”
and “seven dollars please.”
The breakfast is open to all
members and is particularly
well attended on a rainy morning when the golfers have
nothing else to do.
Although our membership is
comprised of both men and
women, the typical breakfast is
attended mostly by men. One
might think the wives encourage the guys to get out of the
house or perhaps the guys are
anxious to get out of the
house. One thing is for sure; it
is the biggest monthly weekday breakfast in the community. If you have not been, call
Howie Katz today, and make
your reservation for the next
breakfast. They are usually the
first Monday of the month at 9
a.m. When you call Howie,
mention my name so I get to
keep this job. If you are a new
resident, we are a very
friendly, welcoming group, and
this is a great way to meet
your neighbors. I should also
mention that we will again
have two South Florida reunion breakfasts this winter. One
will be January and another in
March. The dates and details
will follow in a future notice.
Here is a list of our scheduled activities for October.
Monday October 7: Monthly
membership breakfast. Just
$7 gets you the choice of the
Tap Room’s breakfast menu.
A lot of fun with a great group.
Fifty-Fifty drawing every
month. A great place to make
new friends. Breakfast starts
at 9 a.m. Call Howie Katz to
reserve a seat. 409-8606
Monday October 7: Movie
Group meets at 4p.m. in the
Towne Centre. Open discussion and review of recent
movie releases. Join the lively
discussion. Call Bob Modell
and let him know you’re coming. 395-8575
Tuesday October 8: Finance and Investing Group
meets at 7:30 in the Town
Centre library. Irwin Kaplan
leads this group in a fascinating discussion of worthwhile
investment opportunities. This
month we will be joined by
Tom Ondreyka, V.P. of Wells
Fargo, who will make a presentation of where the financial
GW Friends
market is and where it may be
going. Call Irwin and tell him
you are coming. 860-9582
Thursday October 10: GW
Friends Golf Outing. Our third
outing of the season. Meet at 9
am at the Clearbrook Golf
Course, for a 9:30 t-time. Just
$24 for nine holes of fun. After,
we meet at the Tap Room for
lunch. Make out your check for
$24 to the GW Friends and deposit in box 22. Lunch is just $9,
tip included, payable in cash at
the Tap Room. For more information call Charlie Strimpell at
655-9596
Monday October 14: MedSci Group will be meeting at 4
p.m. in the Towne Centre library. Starting up again with
fascinating discussions promised by our member presenters. Al Brackup leads this
group and will start by presenting a program on allergy and
immunity. You can participate…just call Al and let him
know what you are interested
in.. Al can be reached at 4097677
Monday October 21; Music
Group. The group meets at
7:30 in the Towne Centre library. Each month a different
member presents a program
on artists, composers, and
genres of music, from Benny
Goodman to Brahms and even
Bo Diddley (I don’t think this
has happened yet). This
month Norm Katz will be making a presentation of
“seasonally appropriate music.” If music is your thing call
Dave Lasser at 409-7667.
Monday October 28: Book
Club; Marv Bachman leads
this group. If you’d like to participate in a lively discussion
on books you’ve read, call
Marv at 409-5464. The group
meets at 4 p.m. in the Towne
Centre library. The following
books are slated for future discussions: The Great Gatsby,
The Immortal Life of Henrietta
Lacks, Red Sparrow, and Unorthodox.
Monday October 28;
Monthly Membership Meeting and Speakers Night:
Business meeting starts at 7
p.m. Guest speaker at 7:30
will be Delores Meyerhoff who
will speak on the legal treatment of gays. As usual, this
night is free to members and
spouses/significant others. A
nominal $2 fee is asked of non
-members. Coffee and refreshments will follow
Looking forward to meeting
you at a GW Friends event.
GW History Club
By Sandy Werfel
The planned topic for the
History Club Meeting on September 9 was to be the
‘Robber Barrons.’ Unfortunately our speaker was unable
to attend due to a prior commitment. The meeting went on
as scheduled with a different
topic.
In 1861 when the Civil War
started there wasn’t even one
person medically educated
and trained to care for the sick
or disabled as a nurse. There
were less than 150 hospitals in
the North and the South combined. The only medically educated people were physicians.
There weren’t any schools for
nurses.
In 1861 caring for the health
of family members was
women’s work. For females to
provide nursing outside the
home was unthinkable.
Healthcare for pay was
thought to be demeaning and
unladylike since it could bring
them in contact with strange
naked men.
When the war began, we
were totally unprepared medically. The employment of 1812
tactics and 1860 weapons
caused so many casualties
that the existing medical profession care methods were
instantly overwhelmed. The
unanticipated number of battle
casualties was not in the hundreds, but in the thousands.
There was another unspoken factor involved. We need
to keep in mind the effects on
income in the North and
South. A large number of
bread-winners were at war.
The war’s effects in the South
were further complicated by
the blockade.
At that time an enlisted soldier’s wages, on either side,
were thirteen dollars a month.
This was not a livable wage.
The calico shirt a soldier wore
cost twenty dollars.
This sudden need created
another, previously unavailable, form of employment.
Those assisting doctors in providing medical care had been
exclusively male. But males
were now at war and no longer
available. Many women were
suddenly without breadwinners. Economically deprived
women took war related work
because of necessity. Most
women were paid for jobs
such as seamstresses, cooks,
domestic servants, earning
between $5.00 and $12.00 a
month. Where women did
men’s work, ‘equal pay for
equal work’ was unheard of.
The need for people to help
care for the extraordinary
numbers of the wounded
forced the realization that
women were needed to fill the
gap. To overcome the prejudices of the era, the issues of
patriotism and one’s Christian
duty were raised and spoken
of.
Newspapers reported the
problems of lack of medical
care. The reports told horror
stories of wounded and dying
men left unattended on the
battlefield without even being
offered a drop of water.
Women in both the North
and South responded by volunteering to care for the sick
and wounded. In spite of their
lack of education and their
lack of experience, the women
volunteered to go on the battlefields. They volunteered to
go into the field medical facilities, and into the makeshift, offbattlefield hospitals.
One might think that because of the extraordinary demand and need, the pay for
women to serve as nurses
might be reasonable or even
good. Need I tell you “no such
thing existed?” Nurses were
not paid as much as the lowest enlisted rank in either
army. In spite of the requirement that they be educated
and over the age of 35, the pay
was $0.40 per day. That’s right!
For a six day week, a female
nurse got two dollars and forty
cents. A woman nurse’s pay
was $9.60 per month. A male
assisting physicians and doing
the same work the female
nurses were doing, received
$20.50 a month; more than
twice as much as the females.
These “male nurses” outnumbered female nurses throughout
the war 4:1.
A town in Illinois received a
letter describing the poor care
and lack of medical supplies
its soldiers were receiving.
The letter went to pastor Edward Beecher (Harriet
Beecher Stowe’s brother) of
the Congregational Church.
He made the letter the subject
of a sermon. The church held
a successful fund raising drive
which made it possible for
them to purchase a large
amount of medical supplies.
But no one was willing to take
it to the soldiers.
Mary Bickerdyke, a 43 year
old widow, arranged for her
sons to stay with friends so
she could deliver the supplies
to the soldiers. When she arrived at the Army base, she
was appalled at the filthy conditions of both the patients and
clinics. She told a doctor to get
some soldiers to begin a
cleanup. He said his rank was
so low no one needed to obey
his orders. She set about recruiting soldiers to labor in the
cleanup process. She then
confiscated some barrels and
had them cut into bath size to
be used for bathing and for
REMEMBER OUR MEN AND
WOMEN IN THE SERVICE
GW History Club
clothes wash tubs.
Pretty soon, without any
authorization, she was ordering the cleanup of the patients
and medical facilities of the
Army of the Tennessee, commanded by William T.
Sherman.
Soon she ticked off enough
officers so that they tried to
bar her presence. Sherman
did have a rule that barred
women from his camps. She
took a doctor to Sherman who
explained the good she was
accomplishing. Sherman
okayed her as the only woman
allowed in his camps.
She cleaned up the Army of
Tennessee’s medical units
and attached herself to them
for the balance of the war.
They were in Georgia when
she saw a combat exhausted
battalion passing her medical
facility. She ordered her staff
to bring them some fruit and
water. She told their colonel to
halt the battalion. He refused,
so, in a deep voice, she called
the Battalion to halt.
She told the Colonel, “You
don’t want to go to the wall
with me. I have been there
with a number of officers and I
am the only one to come back.
Now I have work to do, you
carry on!”
Enough officers complained
of Bickerdyke overriding their
orders to Sherman. He said,
“Okay, okay; I know she can
be difficult. It’s that she is so
damn good. I will take care of
it.”
“Bickerdyke, I’m getting
complaints on top of complaints. Haven’t you ever
heard of insubordination?”
“Yes sir, it’s the only way I
can get things done!”
“On whose authority are you
acting?” Sherman demanded.
“I obey the authority of the
Lord God Almighty.” Bickerdyke responded.
Sherman reported back to
his officers, “I am sorry boys,
there is nothing I can do. She
outranks me.”
If you have any questions or
would like additional formation,
please contact me by either
email,
[email protected] or by phone
619-3229.
Italian American
Sr. Cultural Club
By Rose Corso
The Italian American Sr.
Cultural Club installed its new
board members. May they have
a bright and productive two
years. Remember, they’re volunteers. Support is what they
need from the membership.
Polynesian night turned into a
colorful and provocative evening, enjoyed by everyone,
even those not dressed in Hawaiian attire. The music by the
Jersey Shades had the dance
floor jumping. A perfect evening
from all angles.
Point of interest: October is
known as Italian American Heritage Month. Italian-Americans
have made significant contributions, economically, culturally
and politically to our society.
Amerigo Vespucci and Christopher Columbus were some of
the first explorers to discover the
North American continent and
illustrate the geography. ItalianAmericans have won prestigious prizes, such as the Nobel
Prize, the Pritzker Award for
architecture, and the Fields
Medal for mathematics.
Today, over 26 million Americans of Italian descent live in the
United States, making them our
country’s fifth largest ethnic
group.
Italians and Italian-Americans
invented many devices that are
integral parts of our lives from
calendars and eye glasses to
batteries. We have been entertained by Hall of Fame baseball
player Joe DiMaggio and singer/
songwriter Frank Sinatra. Our
country’s political process has
also been enriched by individuals like Anthony Celebrezze (the
first Italian-American Cabinet
member) and Antonin Scalia
(the first Italian-American Supreme Court justice), and New
York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani.
“Now, Therefore, I Richard
Pucci do hereby recognize October as Italian-American Heritage month in the Township of
Monroe.” (Dated: October 3,
2002)
Dates to remember: October
4 - November 1 (Music Nite)
Ciao a tutti.
New Kids on
the Block
By Fran Solomon
The New Kids on the Block is
a group of single homeowners
in GW who are interested in
taking trips, learning something
new and meeting other singles.
All ages are welcome.
On Wednesday, August 7
Marc Leibeck spoke about
Memory Loss and What to
Know.
On Sunday, September 15
we walked the High Line in New
York and had a great day.
Instead of our meeting on
September 18 we went to the
Little Szechwan in West Windsor for dinner.
On Wednesday, September
25 Larry Krakower led a group
on a docent tour of Drumthwacket, the Governor’s Mansion.
On Saturday, October 5
Diane Altman is organizing an
exciting event - we will go to
dinner at Antonio’s then go on a
Ghost Walk in Princeton.
On Sunday October 13 we
will be going to Grounds for
Sculpture with docent Marcia
Pudalov. For information about
this event call Barbara Beck,
409-9344.
On Wednesday, December
4 at 7:30 pm we will have a
Line Dance and Pizza Party
with Mike Malone, experienced Line Dance teacher.
$10 - Open to All.
If you are interested in knowing about an event, we advertise
on Channel 3, put flyers in the
rounder, have an article in the
GWVOICE and send emails. In
order to attend an event you
must be a dues-paying member.
Any single homeowner can
join this group and the dues are
only $10 per year. Put your
check made out to “New Kids
on the Block” into Box #26.
For more information about
New Kids on the Block call
Maddi Litoff 609-395-4071 or
email
her
at
[email protected].
ORT America
By Nancy Feuerstein
IMPROVE, EMPOWER,
EMPLOY! These are the
words of ORT’s campaign for
2013. For 133 years, ORT has
led the way with innovative
programs for underserved
Jewish communities worldwide. We educate over
300,000 students daily, giving
them opportunities for educational and career success.
Here at G/W we support this
very important mission by participating in our many interesting and informative events. On
August 8, we visited the beautiful and historic Renault Winery to enjoy wine tasting and a
family-style luncheon consisting of delicious food all prepared with wine. After an informative tour and a visit to the
gift shop, we continued on to
Atlantic City for a day of fun at
the Showboat Hotel and Casino. We thank Florence
Singer and Nancy Feuerstein
for planning this fun-filled New
Jersey day.
At our meeting on August 14
at the Monroe Township Library, we enjoyed hearing
about some of the highlights of
Manny Strumpf’s career with
the National Park Service.
Manny was in charge of The
Statue of Liberty and had
many stories about celebrities,
such as Mary Tyler Moore and
Dolly Parton who met with
Manny as he accompanied
them on a tour of this landmark. This was a very informative and entertaining presentation and we thank Lynda
Radowitz for inviting Manny to
speak to us.
On October 9, we are looking forward to our ever-popular
card party to be held in the
ballroom at 11:30 a.m. Check
with Miriam 409-9160 or
Janice 409-1630 for availability as of today. We will enjoy
lunch of Sloppy Joe’s deli
sandwiches and salads, catered by Lox, Stock & Deli.
The cost is $26 per person
and everyone is welcome.
We look forward to our next
meeting at the Monroe Township Library on October 30 at
6:30 pm to hear a special
speaker, Star-Ledger columnist Mark DiIonno. He is a
highly respected finalist for the
Pulitzer Prize in news commentary, so we know his talk
will be very interesting and
informative. Refreshments will
be served and everyone is
welcome.
On Sunday, November 10,
the North Jersey Region of ORT
is hosting a wonderful buffet
breakfast at the Forsgate Country Club at 10:30 a.m. The cost
ORT America
is $36 per person. Our special
guest speaker will be Larry
Strickler who will discuss “Sex,
Gangsters and the Hays
Code” (censorship). Provocative
films in the 30’s led to this censorship code that lasted almost
three decades. Larry is a well
known movie historian, college
lecturer and performer. If you
were lucky enough to have seen
Larry at a previous ORT event,
you know how interesting and
entertaining he is! Call Roz
Scheidt at 409-9097 if you have
questions.
Save December 11 as we
end the year with our annual
holiday party. By popular request, we will have our exciting
auction, so plan on joining us
with a new gift of minimum $5
value. More details will follow.
Save March 26, 2014 for our
ever-popular card party and
June 2, 2014 for a special performance of the Mercer Symphonic Band.
The movie discussion group
meets on the fourth Monday of
each month, 1 pm in the Towne
Centre Library, members only.
We enjoy lunch on our own at
11:30 a.m. in the Tap Room, so
RSVP to Betty 409-1168 or
Nancy 860-6633. Watch Channel 3 for details about the films
to be discussed.
Ongoing: 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.
Martin Salmanowitz
Senior Social Club
By Bert Herling
As I had expressed in my
last month’s WHOA News column, many times it takes a
downturn to make us realize
how extremely lucky we actually are. As many of you know,
I found myself unexpectedly
facing heart surgery. Unfortunately, complications did not
permit a speedy recovery. It
was not easy to learn and then
accept the news that my hospital stay would be extended.
However, all the calls, cards,
and good wishes from the very
caring Greenbriar at Whittingham community, especially my
friends at the Martin Salmanowitz Senior Social Club
helped chase the blues away.
Words fail to adequately express the overwhelming gratitude I feel. I cherish the friends
and friendships Rita and I
have made in this community
and the Senior Social Club.
We truly are blessed and I
thank each of you from the
bottom of my heart.
Memorial Tribute to Jim
Kelly and Henry Perotti:
While we are deeply saddened
by the passing of our members and friends, Jim Kelly and
Henry Perotti, we rejoice in
having known and worked
closely with both of them.
They had completely different
personalities but were as one
in their dedication to serving
the club. Tireless workers,
they were always willing and
ever ready to undertake the
often difficult and thankless
tasks that needed attention
and action. We will miss them.
If you missed our ballroom
show on August 24, you missed
one of the best shows we have
ever had, at least that is the
feedback from many at the sold
out event. We saw Ed Sullivan’s
“Really Big Shew!” Performers
included Tom Jones, Jimmy
Durante, Jack Benny, Louis
Prima and Keely Smith, Sonny
and Cher, Elvis Presley, Uncle
Floyd Vivino, and more. The
show was hilarious and Floyd
had everyone singing old commercials, amazingly in tune.
Preceding the show we danced
to the music of the Ace in the
Hole All Star Band. Dinner catered by Jacques was also outstanding. Many who attended
our Michael McGeehan show
on July 18 said that that show
ranked among our top shows so
it was gratifying to hear that we
are meeting our goal of helping
to make Greenbriar at Whittingham a great place to live.
As we have often said, we
are very grateful for the support of our members who attend our events. We try very
hard to live up to your expectations by presenting quality
entertainment. Almost all of
our shows sell out so we recommend that reservations be
made as soon as a new offering is announced. If you have
not already done so, please
give us your e-mail address so
we can notify you of new
events. You can send your e-
mail address to [email protected].
In order to attend our shows
and trips, membership is mandatory. Dues are $20 per year
for a couple and for a single
man. A single woman’s dues
are only $10 for the year. The
membership year runs from
July 1 to June 30.
Bingo
Our club sponsors and conducts an evening of Bingo on
the 2nd Friday of each month
with doors opening at 7 pm.
The next Bingo is scheduled
for October 11.
Events Calendar – Save
These Dates
October 15 – Tuesday –
“Ciao Bella” – Afternoon cabaret show and luncheon at the
shore with Vincent Talarico.
Crystal Point Yacht Club in
Point Pleasant. Buses leave
10:45 am. $60 pp members,
$63 pp guests. Waiting list.
October 17 – Thursday –
singer Darren Williams Luncheon Show. 1 P.M. Ballroom.
Salad platters catered by the
Tap Room. $17 pp members,
$19 pp guests. Waiting list.
November 14 – Thursday “All American Variety Show”
with Joey Arminio and the
Family.
1 pm. This luncheon show is
a tribute to our servicemen,
commemorating Veterans
Day. Deli platters will be catered by the Tap Room. $17
pp members, $19 pp guests.
December 7 – Saturday –
Holiday dinner show.
“Legendary Singers of the ‘50s
and ‘60s” presented by Ace in
the Hole Productions. 6:30
P.M. Ballroom. Dancing. Dinner catered by Jacques includes salad, beef Bourguignon, chicken breast Florentine,
ravioli, rice and broccoli au
Senior Social Club
gratin, cake, coffee, soda. $28
pp members, $31 pp guests.
A Personal Thank You
I wish to acknowledge and
publicly thank Paul Bresalier
for his extraordinary service
to our club during my hospitalization and resultant inactivity. Paul spent two full
years at the helm and was
due and entitled to a respite.
Yet when called upon, he
was there without hesitation
or any reservation to continue the activities calendar
of our club as well as writing
this column. He didn’t miss a
beat. Thanks also to his wife,
Audrey, who tolerates his
long hours on the computer.
Sadly, we express our deepest sympathy to Audrey on
the recent passing of her sister in Maryland.
GW Tennis
Club
By Claire Feinstein
Well another month has
gone by and so fast. They say
as we get older, the years go
by faster. Just think when we
were young we couldn’t wait
until we got older so we could
get our permit and drive a car
among other things. Oh well—
that’s life! C’est Ia vie. Now on
to better things.
GW tennis had success at
the Senior Olympics: our very
own Linda Shiff and Marge
Geffner won medals.
Richard Diamond is being
honored by the Jewish Federation of Middlesex County
for all the work he has done.
Our congratulations to him.
The next Norm Finestein
mixed doubles tournament
was held on September 12 at
the Princeton Racquet Club.
Our many thanks to Herb
Levin and Linda Shiff for arranging a breakfast at the
Tap Room to honor Bill Dobkin, past president and recording sec’y for all the work
he has done. Linda Shiff was
very creative and made a
beautiful card which we all
signed. We will miss Bill and
Marian who are moving to
Florida. We wish them much
good health and happiness
with many years together in
their new residence.
Marge and Barry thanked all
who participated in the mixed
doubles before the pizza party.
Our speaker, Dr. Berger,
chiropractor, certified trainer
and nutritionist gave an
enlightening lecture about taking care of oneself. He told us
what to do and what not to do
in case of pain. He operates
the Wellness Center in Jamesburg where they do physical
training, massage, acupuncture and of course chiropractic
procedures.
Our meeting ended with pizza
and drinks. Accolades to Carolyn Marks, Linda Shiff and Diane
Altman for the professional
manner in which they handled
the distribution of the pizza; a
job well done. Thank you.
Yiddish Club
By Donna Steif
On Sunday, September 1,
we welcomed for the third time
Marcia Haddad Ikonimopolous
to our monthly breakfast. She
is the leading authority on Romaniote Jewry which traces its
roots back to the Hellenized
Jewish communities of ancient
Greece. She spoke on Bulgaria’s role during the Holocaust.
According to Ms. Haddad,
the Bulgarian government had
been proclaiming that the
Yiddish Club
Jews born in Bulgaria were
treated very well during this
terrifying time and that many
of those who fled to Bulgaria
to escape the Nazis were allowed to stay. Statues of men
were erected who were
claimed to be saviors of the
Jews when, in fact, they were
the ones who treated the Jews
the worst. It was a shock for
many of us to hear that what,
in fact, had occurred was that
the Bulgarian citizens and
those who had sought asylum
there had been deported to
Auschwitz. There now are
groups of young Bulgarians
who are doing their utmost to
spread the horrible truth of
what had been done in their
country during the worst tragedy to mankind in Europe’s
history. After her presentation,
Ms. Haddad welcomed a
question and answer period
which also proved to be informative.
Again we wish to assure
those who do not speak or
understand Yiddish that you
are definitely in the majority!
Members of the Yiddish Club
who attend our Sunday morning breakfasts come with the
expectation of seeing an interesting program and are rarely
disappointed. Of course, you
must realize this IS the Yiddish
Club and our themes are of
Jewish content - an author
who has written something of
interest, an expert on Jewish
genealogy, or someone who
has lived among and studied
the Jews of a different culture.
You may find it to be one of
the best Sunday mornings you
have ever spent!
NOTE: Unless specified, our
programs take place the first
Sunday of every month at
10:15 a.m. Bagels, cream
cheese and coffee are served.
Tables are set up for 10 and
12. Charge is $6 per person
unless otherwise indicated.
Membership dues of $5 per
person must be PAID UP for
2013 to attend programs and
trips! Place your check and
seating arrangement form
taken from the rounder in the
Towne Centre into Lockbox #6
with your name and date of
event written on the outside of
the envelope. No admission at
the door…reservations a must!
Future Programs:
Sunday, October 6, Aryeh
Green, our guest for the second time, is Director of MediaCentral, a Jerusalem-based
project of HonestReporting,
which provides support and
services for foreign journalists in Israel. Most recently
he has served as a senior
member of Natan Sharansky’s staff in the Prime
Minister’s office, responsible
for contacts with Palestinian
and other Arab activists. Suffice to say, you will find him
very engaging!
Sunday, November 3, the
Bumper “T” Caring Clowns,
represented by Dr. Huggabubbe (aka Aviva Gorstein)
and Dr. Curlybubbe (aka Ester
Gushner) will be here to talk
about The Healing Power of
Humor…Jest for the Health of
It. These amazing ladies will
share their profound experiences visiting seriously ill patients, distracting them for a
moment from their treatment,
fears and anxieties. That moment of levity or solace can
last long after the clowns leave
the room. Join us for an entertaining, inspiring and refreshingly different aspect of health
care!
Sunday, December 1, is our
annual always well attended
Chanuka Party. There will be
music for your dancing or listening pleasure as well as delicious platters of food. Details
will follow.
TRIPS:
Thursday, November 14 the
Yiddish Club Council consisting of the Yiddish Clubs of
Clearbrook, Concordia, Encore,
Ponds,
Greenbriar@Whittingham and Regency will be seeing the musical version of the film, Lies My
Father Told Me. Cost per person is $54 which includes
transportation and your orchestra seat. Lunch is $15 on
your own at the Yiddish Club’s
favorite, Ben’s Deli. Sold out!
We do have a wait list – call
Charlotte at 409-7969.
On Tuesday, December 3,
our trip will be to the Center for
Jewish History on 16th Street
in New York City.
Our Annual Trip to the New
Jersey Performing Arts Center
will take place on March 21,
2014. Details to follow.
Let’s Speak Yiddish has
been thoroughly enjoyable
for the men and women who
converse in Yiddish on the
third Wednesday of each
month from 10 am until 11:30
am. Chairperson Harriet
Weitzner would like to extend
an invitation to you to join
her and the group even
though you may speak and
understand only a little bit of
Yiddish. Only Yiddish Club
members may join!
Multi-Media Center: Many
of our members have been
taking advantage of the MultiMedia Center to borrow books,
DVDs and video cassettes
before or after attending the
breakfast and program of the
Yiddish Club on the first Sunday of the month in the ballroom. All selections borrowed
must be returned the following
month. If you wish an annotated bibliography, e-mail Natasha Rosenbaum, our librarian in charge, at [email protected].
The Yiddish Club welcomes
new members with whom we
could share our special programs and interesting trips.
We would be happy to greet
you!
A Vacuous State
By Elaine Wintjen
For a number of years, I’ve
had the pleasure of seeing my
often- innocuous, sometimesconvoluted thoughts printed in
this newspaper. However, when
I began to submit my “prose” to
The Voice, my intention was to
write in a humorous voice and,
perhaps, become the Erma
Bombeck of Greenbriar at Whittingham. I’ve no idea if I’ve had
any success because the salary
is non-existent and I don’t get
much feedback. However, when
writing for this august publication, one must meet a deadline
and while next month’s deadline
is fast approaching, I can think
of nothing to write about, certainly nothing humorous. My life,
Nurse’s Notes
ing for you, helping to insure
that your wishes are respected
even when you can’t make decisions yourself. A clearly written
directive helps prevent disagreements among those close
to you and alleviates some of
the burdens of decision making
which are often experienced by
family members, friends and
health care providers.
Your directive takes effect
when you no longer have the
ability to make decisions about
your health care. This judgment
is normally made by your attending physician, and any additional physicians who may be
required by law to examine you.
If there is any doubt about your
ability to make such decisions,
your doctor will consult with another doctor with training and
experience in this area. To-
of late, has been far from funny.
When not feeling particularly
humorous, my next favorite
topic is to castigate those politicians whose politics do not
agree with mine. There, I have a
wealth of material. Almost on a
daily basis, some congressman
or candidate for political office
will make an absolutely outrageous statement to which I must
respond. However, my editor
has asked that I refrain from
making any kind of political
statement in this publication.
And while this helps keep my
blood pressure under control, I
am also, at this time, too tired to
do battle with anyone.
But what about that deadline?
gether they will decide if you are
unable to make your own health
care decisions. Your directive is
in effect only as long as you are
unable to make your own decisions.
References:
Advance Directives for Health
Care (1991) retrieved September 4, 2013
http://www.state.nj.us/health/
healthfacilities/documents/ltc/
advance_directives.pdf
Family Caregiver Alliance Durable Power of Attorney retrieved
September 4, 2013 http://
www.caregiver.org/caregiver/
jsp/home.jsp
GW Lecture — Monday, October 7, 1:00pm. Optometrist Dr.
Michael Trottini will speak on
Life and the Eye. RSVP: Concierge.
Flu Shots Friday October 18,
8am to 2pm in the Ballroom.
Medicare Part B – no fee or
25.00 receipts given.
TOWNE CENTRE NEWS
By Monica Caterson, Clubhouse / Recreation Manager
WHOA Entertainment
The Phantom’s
Leading Ladies
Saturday, October 12, 2013
8:00 PM ~ $25.00
The Monroe Township High School
The Bronx Wanderers
Saturday, November 16, 2013
8:00 PM ~ $25.00
The Monroe Township High School
WHOA Movies
In The Ballroom @ 1:00 PM
Sunday, October 13, 2013
“Quartet”
Sunday, October 27, 2013
“Arbitrage”
WHOA Trips
Mount Airy/Sands Casino
November 10-11, 2013
Celebrity Cruise from
Ft. Lauderdale
January 20-31, 2014
Royal Caribbean Cruise
from Bayonne, NJ
January 21-31, 2014
Ask about the 2015 Cruise!
*Flyers in Towne Centre*
WHOA Atlantic City
Wednesday, October 2, 2013
Bus Leaves Community @ 9:30AM
“Resorts”
Wednesday, November 6, 2013
Bus Leaves Community @ 9:30AM
“Caesars”
WHOA Duffy Square
Duffy Square will resume:
May 21, 2014
June 18, 2014
July 16, 2014
August 20, 2014
September 17, 2014
Addiction
By Juliet P. Klein
OK! OK! I confess. I’m a
junkie. Nay, not a druggie, but I
definitely have an addiction. You
see, I’m a clipper. Scissors must
be ever at the ready whenever I
peruse newspapers or magazines. My eyes ever scanning…
I hunger for tidbits of oddities, of
stories, of blurbs, or whatever
smacks of being out of the ordinary, amusing or downright bizarre. Gleefully I clip away, and
into my story file it goes. Here’s
a glimpse of just a few of the
snippets and my comments.
Cronuts’ Entrepreneurs. In
case you’ve been out of the
country since May, a Cronut
(trademarked) is the latest craze
in NYC. It’s sold only in a So-Ho
bakery. It’s a puff pastry-like
croissant-donut cross breed,
deep fried , filled with pastry
cream, topped with icing, rolled
in sugar and supposedly tastes
like fried heaven. The Cronuts
are $5.00 each with a two limit.
The bakery opens at 8 am. Only
200 are made and sell out by 9
am. Ever on the alert for a quick
buck, the entrepreneurs
(scalpers) queue up sometimes
starting at 2 AM. The going rate
for a single black-market Cronut
is $35.00. Some scalpers have
a clientele via Craigslist and
deliver but often charge more.
Others hawk their place in line
for up to $30.00. I marvel at the
scalpers who have seized the
opportunity, and those who are
so flush that apparently money
is no object to satisfy a craving.
Since I’m adverse to anything
so sweet, I can easily pass by
this indulgence. But then, as
they say, to each his own, and I
do recall many a time, when
dear husband and I didn’t think
twice about “blowing the wad”
on some little thing or other that
we thought we really, really
needed and simply couldn’t live
without! Thinking back…what
foolishness. But, those scalpers,
now they’re on to something.
What’s That You Say, Never
Heard of a “Durian?” Well, all
you need do is ask any of the
citizens of the South East Asia
countries and they will either
smile and say “Ah you mean the
King of Fruits,” or stare at you
with a ghastly grimace and
say… ugh! Known and consumed in South East Asia since
prehistoric times, why it’s called
a fruit is anybody’s guess since
its distinctive characteristic is far
from the delightful fragrance of
fruits as we know it. Rather it
has a pungent odor, often described as rotten onions, turpentine, raw sewage, etc., etc. The
odor is so strong that often it’s
prohibited on public transportation. But something weird happens when the shell is opened
for inside is a substance described as looking like rich custard with delicious almond like
flavor, apparently with little of
the odor. It’s about the size of a
large watermelon. Many who
taste it become addicted. Some
claim it has an aphrodisiac effect and others that it provides a
“hot body high.” Having lived in
Hong Kong for five years, I remember it well. When in season, the supermarkets carried it
and I recall almost gagging at
the odor and having to flee for
fear of throwing up. Many times
I was told if you can go beyond
the smell, you’ll be rewarded by
its delicious ice cream like taste.
Never happened! But should
you dare to give it a try take
yourself to Jay Fan’s sidewalk
booth on Grand Street in NYC
Chinatown. He claims he carries
the very best quality Durian
(there are many varieties) and
for $40.00 he’ll cut and scoop
out the “delicious” pulp…and
who knows you, too, may become addicted.
Concierge Doctors in the
Hamptons. What? You thought
the charming seasonal comedy
“Royal Pains” on the USA network was a delightful figment of
the writers’ imaginations? Not
so. The fun program that centers around “Hank Med,” a concierge doctor and his associates
who are on call to immediately
attend to the medical needs of
the rich and famous in their
Hamptons’ homes, is based on
real services. And now, again in
real life, into the breach, step a
husband-and-wife dental team
who for $999 per person will
perform one hour session of
professional teeth whitening in
the comfort of the client’s living
room. The dentists practice in
NYC and offer their services
while vacationing in the Hamptons. Another opportunity seen
and captured. Sigh. And we
thought the days of doctor
house calls had gone the way of
the dodo bird. Not so. Not so.
Got Money? They’ll come.
Horrors…Fading Sense of
Smell. All through our lives
we’ve heard…Stop! Take time
to smell the roses. So now, in
our “glorious” golden years,
when we do have time to pause,
it’s been reported on good authority that the sense of smell
degrades as we age, reducing
pleasure and safety and by 60,
half of us will experience some
reduction of nose function; by
80, three-fourths of us will. Experts have told us that the taste
of food is directly connected to
our sense of smell…test it…
close your eyes, hold your nose,
and take a bite of any food…
can you tell what it is? Probably
not. How often lately, have you
said…this just doesn’t taste as
good as I remember it??? Well,
now we know why….our
schnozzle is betraying us and
joining our fading hearing and
eyesight. Moral of the story…
enjoy every precious moment.
Environmentally Friendly
Recycling. It seems the mortuary industry that hasn’t had a
new idea in 150 years is now
pushing the envelope. Its appealing to those who wish to
leave an environmentally sound
legacy, to forgo all the usual
trappings we commonly now
use, bulky coffins, cement
vaults, etc. all of which are
claimed to pollute the earth with
toxic chemicals. Among the new
burial options, a company called
Another View
By Joan Freeman
It’s quite astonishing to realize how readily we lap up the
mega-doses of horror and
violence that are thrust upon
us daily. A gurney with the
bloody victim strapped onto
it, being loaded into the medi
-vac is a familiar scene on
the nightly news, or the latest
police or “whodunit” television drama. Perpetrators of
drug wars, rapes, random
killings, or child abuse are
shown, being squashed into
the back of a police car. No
one needs to be told what a
yellow plastic tape indicates
when it marks off an area of
ground, or surrounds a
house or a parking lot. Insistent reporters shove microphones into the faces of
Addiction
Eternal Reefs suggests becoming a “reef ball” and provide a
habitat for sea life. Cremated
remains are mixed with environmentally friendly concrete and
cast into a basketball-size
“pearl.” It’s then attached to a
honeycomb-shaped reef. Whole
families can become a reef. The
company has already installed
more than 1,700 memorial balls
in many locations. And for
$25,000, Celestis Inc. will send
a module containing your remains on a mission to the
moon. An Ontario company is
working on a metal glide canister that will be shot into the sky
and when reaching space a
small pyrotechnic charge will
eject the ashes into the heavens…talk about making a statement! For me, I think I might
consider the “reef ball.” What a
really cool idea. But strange that
I would even consider it since
I’ve never been comfortable with
ocean waters, even snorkeling
gives me the creeps.
“Ghost Money.” How the
Chinese Honor Their Ancestors. To our Western thinking,
we may find the following hard
to fathom. Let me assure you …
having witnessed it during my
time in Hong Kong, it’s true. The
Chinese are strong believers in
venerating their dead ancestors
based on the idea that their spirits continue to dwell in the natural world and they have power
to influence the future fate of the
living. Consequently, during the
annual “Hungry Ghost Festival,”
when the gates of the underworld are believed to open and
ghosts are allowed to wander
the earth, the living make burnt
offerings of stacks of “ghost
money” also known as “Joss
Money” to help ensure their ancestors’ comfort in the afterlife.
Temples have large furnaces
outside their main gates where
people gather to place the
grieving families for their reactions to the fate of their
loved ones. We seem to enjoy, even revel, in the most
gruesome details of the latest child murder or discovery
of a shallow grave or the trial
of a celebrity murder suspect.
Why? What has happened
to us as a society? Why do
we have such a bottomless
appetite for the most brutal
occurrences? Do we dwell on
violence because it is the
only subject presented in
comprehensive detail by the
media?
We can’t seem to focus on
the really pressing issues of
our time: social reforms, immigration, foreign policy, envi(Continued on page 25)
money to be burned. Traditionally in small denominations but
recently the value has risen to
bigger fake bills, some in millions, billions and trillions. The
reason even Hong Kong’s dead
must keep up with the Joneses,
and since hyperinflation is now
rampant in Hong Kong, so it
must be in the spirit under world,
since it’s believed that it mimics
what is happening above
ground. And something to behold…DVD players, cars,
houses, and servants all made
out of colorful paper are available to be burned as offerings
for the needy dead. According
to Chinese tradition, burning
ghost money is a vital part of
ancestral care. The traditional
view of the Chinese afterlife is
that it closely mirrors the real
world with its own otherworldly
bureaucracy full of officials that
need careful cajoling – not to
mention bribes. And cash is
needed in the underworld to
gamble…a favorite activity of
living Chinese. (Interesting what
man will do and believe in his
fear of the unknown.) In addition
to all the burning, in true
“festival” fashion, parties
abound, and of course, empty
chairs are placed at tables
should the ghosts care to join.
(Elijah’s Glass, anyone?).
No doubt there are many
other interesting cultural customs throughout the world of
honoring one’s ancestors.
Those I know, attending annual
religious services in synagogues
or churches, lighting memorial
candles and visiting gravesites
once a year, seem so very simple by comparison.
So, dear reader, hopefully
you’ve enjoyed my snippets and
comments and can understand
my addiction.
Note: Lest I be accused of
plagiarism…yes, of course, excerpts were taken and reworded
from the various articles as well
as verification on Google
search. Care to know where?
Email [email protected].
Vacuous State
I still have nothing to say and
while some professionals might
call this “writer’s block,” I know
I’m not in that category. I may
simply have to write about nothing and at this point, dear
reader, you might wish to turn
on your television set.
I did some extensive research
and found Mr. Webster’s definition of the word “nothing.” It’s “a
thing that does not exist” or a
“person or thing of no importance.” I couldn’t think of a better way to describe my current
condition. My brain is blank; my
nerves are numb and my body
is still a bit broken.
I’m certainly aware this little
exercise has been far from humorous, uninformative and not
at all interesting. However, there
is good news; I’ll not miss the
deadline!
Columbus, Ohio
By Dawn Horowitz
Columbus, Ohio is a little off
the usual chosen road as a
tourist destination. However, a
traveler, on his way to another
vacation spot, might want to
stop for three days in Columbus, which can provide interesting sights as the driver
rests from continuing on a long
drive.
Therefore, last summer my
husband Paul and I drove to
Columbus on our way to Chicago, Illinois. Also, my grandson Mikhael and his girlfriend
Liat are presently living there,
on the North side. Thus, Mikhael offered to be our guide for
our initial exposure to the
unique sights of Columbus.
On our first day, we drove to
the downtown north area
which is filled with upscale restaurants and antique shops.
After we parked, we came
across the indoor North Market, a hodgepodge of stalls
selling farm fresh vegetables,
fish, wonderful baked goods,
tourist souvenirs, homemade
candy, etc. and a really good
introduction to what Columbus
has to offer.
Both Mikhael and Liat said
they passed the structure daily
but had never entered. Together we found postcards
and some nibbles plus met
interesting shoppers willing to
share their tips on what was
worth buying there. We all ordered their highly recommended frozen yogurt and
agreed totally with the sound
judgment of the previous customers.
Afterwards, we wandered
through the various antique
shops. We were also on a mis-
sion to find a worthy dining
option for the evening but
could not find one we all
agreed upon. Liat solved our
problem by choosing a lovely
vegetarian restaurant that we
had passed before on the
main street.
On day two, Paul and I went
to the Columbus Museum of
Art. We were delighted to find
an exhibit about the history of
the folk art of Czech puppeteers. In the past when we visited Czechoslovakia, we
bought a puppet of Don Giovanni and admired the work
displayed in all the souvenir
stores. Therefore, while wandering about the museum, it
was fun to reexamine the fantastic genealogy of our puppet
and see how the Czechs’ art
has influenced marionette development in the United
States.
Next, we traveled to see
The Ohio State University, an
original land grant college. It is
the third largest campus in the
country, simply enormous.
There are city buses in use
only for travel along the campus streets. Of course, once
there, we took the chance to
enter one of the renowned Big
Ten football conference arenas and looked at its beautiful
field. “Very impressive” said
Mikhael. He said he planned
to see a game this year.
Then, upon entering the
main university library, Mikhael
led us to an elevator to the top
floor to view a lovely panorama, a green-tree scene of
miles and miles of Columbus.
Also we went to the icehockey field house to see if
any team was at practice but
no game was available to
watch.
That evening, we attended a
Triple A minor league baseball
game of the Columbus Clippers. We were dedicated fans
and were very sad as the Clippers seemed destined to lose.
However, the Clippers rallied
in the ninth and went on to
win; a great evening was enjoyed by all.
On our last day in Columbus, Mikhael took us to the
state capital, named for the
explorer Christopher Columbus. Here is housed the seat
of government of the State of
Ohio. Located in a Greek Revival building is the General
Assembly, consisting of a
House of Representatives and
a Senate as well as the Governor’s offices. Luckily, we were
able to enter the legislative
chambers, decorated elegantly and we could admire
how beautifully the entire
building was outfitted. Also
we noted that the delegates’
desks had modern additions
such as plugs for iPhones,
iPads, etc.
When we came to the museum inside the capital building, we were happy to learn
about the history of the many
native tribes who first inhabited the territory. We saw a
painting of Thomas Edison,
born in Ohio, and discovered
that Lincoln had visited the
state three times and was
honored by the residents for
his support that led to the
Union’s winning the Battle of
Vicksburg during the Civil
War.
Now it was finally the time
for the event we had been
waiting for since our arrival
at Columbus. We were about
to visit the famous Ohio
State Fair. Joining the
crowds walking up to the
Fair’s ticket booths, we went
in and found ourselves surrounded by sheep in line for
the contest of “sheep shearing.” Mikhael questioned how
one could judge this type of
contest and we found no answers. I suggested that maybe
the time to complete the job is
the main priority for the judge?
Later, we rode the sky train
that went from one side of the
Fair to the other. The train
consisted of Ferris Wheel type
seats on two cables which
traveled about 25 feet above
the paths the visitors were using to view the Fair’s attractions. This gave us a bird’seye-view of the possible exhibits we could see next. We also
ate the hot corn for sale at almost every booth. Mikhael enjoyed his first-ever corn dog
and pronounced it okay! We
tried a couple of games but
didn’t win anything. Nevertheless, it was still a special experience for us and remains a
good memory.
However, on this trip, we
missed visiting the zoo and
aquarium, reputed to be the
best in the country. Thus, we
intend to return soon. Since
we still have Mikhael and Liat
living in Columbus, we have
an added incentive to plan an
additional visit for this coming
winter.
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Green Fair Expands for 2013
Freecycling, environmentally
friendly storytimes by the Library, hybrid and electric cars,
bicycle exchange and so much
more are on tap for the 4th
Annual Green Fair.
The Fair, set to run from 10
a.m. to 3 p.m. Oct. 5 at the
Oak Tree School on Applegarth Road, is once again cosponsored by the Monroe
Township Environmental Commission and the Public Library.
“We are happy to continue
our work with the Library to
give residents the knowledge
and access to products to
make their lives a little
greener,” said John Riggs,
Township Director of Planning
and Environmental Protection.
Freecycling is a major component of this year’s Green
Fair. Through Freecycling,
residents can bring items that
are in good working condition,
such as furniture, toys, lamps,
tools or other items they do
not need anymore, leave them
at the freecycling site at the
fair, for someone else to take
home.
“We want to remind people
that this is not a dump for garbage,” Mr. Riggs said. “The
idea is to keep perfectly good
items out of the landfill. Items
that are not taken by residents
will be donated to RISE.”
RISE is a non-profit organization based out of Hightstown
that provides referral and support services to area families
and individuals in need.
In addition, the fair will feature the Bike Exchange, an allvolunteer effort that collects,
repairs and sells bikes from its
shop in the Capitol Plaza
Shopping Center on the Trenton/Ewing border. The bike
exchange not only makes low
cost bikes available to lowincome families it also makes
financial contributions to the
Boys and Girls Club.
Furthermore, St. Peter’s hospital will be on hand to check
blood pressure and cholesterol.
Electric and hybrid cars will be
on display. The shredding truck
will be available for residents to
shred old documents. Bee
keepers and worm composters
will share information, and so
much more.
Essential Emergency Information
(Please cut out and save)
Gather the items listed below and place them in a
bag, suitcase, box, backpack or container (your kit) in
the event you have to leave your home.
1. Anyone on life support systems: get a back-up 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, flashlights, extra batteries.
4. Have cash on hand (at least $100.)
5. Clothing for family members.
6. Extra set of car and house keys.
7. Whistle
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 notice
of a storm, full.)
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), nonperishable foods, mechanical can opener, up to date
meds, AND don’t forget for your pets, too.
5. Fill tub with water for sanitary reasons.
6. People with special needs, register with the Township.
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ronmental concerns, financial
disparity between rich and
poor, and ethical and moral
issues. We give only cursory
glances at articles that require
contemplation and serious
thought. We shrug our collective shoulders and return to
the violence of the day.
Are we also victims? Yes,
we are. Experts continue to
assure us that there is absolutely no connection between
increasing violence in our society and escalating focus on
sex and violence in the media.
But then, why do advertising
agencies spend millions of
dollars to encourage the public to buy a new product, such
as a new soft drink. Ads display it continually so that the
public will be seduced into
choosing it above others. We
buy what we are programmed
to buy. Is it not likely then, that
the barrage of violent images
we see inures us so that we
are no longer shocked by its
invasive effect on our lives?
Rather than working to
make our society less violent, we permit the media, in
all its forms to persuade us
that it is perfectly okay to live
in a world saturated with horror and violence. I think
there is something wrong
somewhere. Don’t you?
War
flee from the “gas raid.” Thousands called police, newspapers, radio stations in U.S. and
Canada seeking advice for
protective measures. Many
required medical treatment for
shock and hysteria.
The program, produced by
Orson Wells and the Mercury
Theatre on WABC was on
from 8 to 9 PM and was listed
in the newspapers as: “H.G.
Wells’ War of the Worlds presented by Orson Wells and the
Mercury Theatre.”
Meanwhile...
I was at home listening to
the radio. I was tuned to that
station and actually heard the
very beginning, which made it
clear that what you were going
to hear was a play. So the play
began with – a program of
Spanish music – and then an
announcement which I remember very clearly. It didn’t
say “we interrupt this program”
it said “we interrupt this program of Spanish music to
bring you a special announcement of breaking news” and
then went on to describe an
invasion of aliens from Mars.
So, I knew that this
“announcement” was just part
of the play and since I wasn’t
into aliens or stories about
Martians I turned it off and
went to a friend’s house.
While I was there her aunt,
who she lived with, came in
all excited and said, “turn on
the radio” because somebody told her there’s an invasion of aliens in New Jersey.”
They turned on the radio and
began to hear the panic and
hysteria going on. I kept telling them that the news announcement was just part of
the play being broadcast but
no one was quite sure what
to believe.
So I guess I was practically
the only person on the East
coast who knew the truth.
And now, I live in New Jersey, not far from the Martian
landing site which supposedly
took place (on October 23,
75 years ago) in a little town
called Grovers Mill and every
time I drive past I get a
slightly creepy feeling. I keep
looking for remnants of those
Martians but I guess brave
New Jerseyians who didn’t
flee fought them off because
I don’t see them anywhere.
Letters
measures? County property is
open to county residents – can
it legally be closed to the public?
Has research been done to
determine the effect of repairing the dam to adjacent property? Many of us have underground streams that feed the
lake and run under our property. Will these be affected by
the restructure? If so, what
assurances do we have that
property damage will be addressed?
I am sure others can add
additional relevant questions.
This issue is of great importance to the community. We
may be giving away more than
just acreage and responsibility
for the repair costs. What
about security, rights and financial remuneration? I understand that the costs are high to
repair the dam but what are
the unspoken costs of gifting
the land? The entire community is affected and needs
clear, complete and thoughtful
answers to make a decision. I
look forward to getting them.
Nancy James
***
Just Vote!
An Election Day Primer in
the Sept. Voice was confusing
to many. The four easy steps
to voting did not mention the
most obvious and important
one, come on down to the
Towne Centre and use the
voting machine.
Eliminate the sending out of
proxies and send out absentee
ballots when requested. Vote
like we do in Federal and
State elections. Eliminate the
cost of mailing and the confusion.
Sincerely,
Fred Marks
(Editor’s note: The availability and importance of voting in
person was carefully recognized by the author and the
GW VOICE. The story in question opens with the following
two sentences in the first paragraph.
“On September 18, a vote for
WHOA, GWCA and GGCA
board candidates will take place
at the Towne Centre from 8 am
to 8 pm. You can vote in person
during that time.”
Root, Root for
Old Utrecht High...
On October 6, there is going
to be a New Utrecht High
School Reunion at the Station
Bar and Grill on Route 130.
That is the old Cranbury Station Restaurant.
The price is $20 per person
for a full luncheon and various
surprises. The time is 1 to 5
pm. If you are interested call
Janet Unger at 655-4087.
Gene Gursky
Monroe Library
Book Discussion
1 p.m., Saturday, October 5.
Part two in this two part program about Half the Sky authored by the Pulitzer Prizewinning couple Nicholas D.
Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn
about oppression of women
around the globe. Sign up and
reserve your copy at the Welcome Desk.
World’s Greatest Arias
Presented by Jerry Kalstein,
Boheme Opera NJ at 1 p.m.,
Monday, October 7. A survey
of celebrated opera arias composed by greats including Mozart, Rossini, Verdi, Puccini,
and others. Live singing and
CD and DVD performances
accompany discussion about
the features of each composer
that have endeared them to us
throughout time. Free tickets
are available at the Welcome
Desk.
Coupon Club
1:30 p.m., Monday, October
7. Clip coupons and swap ‘til
you drop at the Library’s
monthly Coupon Club. Spend
time with fellow couponers trading unwanted coupons in exchange for those you need. Discuss deals, share frugal tips and
shopping experiences. Bring a
pair of scissors and your stash
of any non-expired coupons.
Book Discussion
with Sylvia Deutsch
10 a.m., Tuesday, October
8. A discussion about Jill Ker
Conway’s memoir, The Road
from Coorain. Register and
reserve your copy at the Welcome Desk.
NJ Authors’ Network
Author Panel
2 p.m., Saturday, October 12.
Local authors share tips and
information on getting published
in today’s market. Register at
the Welcome Desk.
Coffee and a Book
10:30 a.m., Tuesday, October
15. Sarah Thornhill by Kate
Grenville will be discussed. Sign
up and reserve your copy at the
Welcome Desk.
CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING
Transportation
RICK’S CAR SERVICE – Professional driver. Greenbriar
resident. Reasonable. (609)
902-9979 or (609) 655-8051.
TRANSPORTATION – Airports, events, doctor’s appointments and more. Call George
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CAR SERVICE – For a comfortable ride I hope you decide
to call John (609) 655-2015.
Airports, doctors, shopping.
MARVIN’S LIMOUSINE – Low
rates. Choice of Cadillac sedan or Lexus SUV. Greenbriar
resident $5 discount with this
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A. HARRINGTON LIMOUSINE – Owners are Greenbriar
Whittingham residents. Call
(800) 458-5466.
FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE
– Errands, doctor’s appointments, bank reconciliation,
household organizing and
more. Bonded, reasonable
and reliable. Call Carol (609)
448-9188.
NAT TRANSPORTATION –
Monroe resident. All airports,
shipyards, NYC and local.
Doctor and hospital visits.
(917) 657-5611.
BOB’S CAR SERVICE – We
go everywhere-anytime. Low
rates. (609) 409-7174 or cell
(646) 258-0241.
TRANSPORTATION DOCTOR – Airports, trains, piers,
doctors, local service, NYC.
Reliable and references. Call
Lon J. (732) 423-1847.
Home Improvement
& Services
EXPERT HOME REPAIRS.
Kitchen, bath, closet remodeling, tiling, painting. Call Bob
Katz (609) 490-9522 for details.
TKS HOME IMPROVEMENT
– A full-service contractor and
handyman services. Roofing,
kitchens, baths, basements,
painting, tile, hardwood and
more. No job too big or too
small. Lic#13VH05970500.
(609) 259-2574.
RELIABLE
HANDYMAN
SERVICES – Local resident.
No job too small. All labor
guaranteed. Call me to discuss-no obligation. Reasonable rates. Call (609) 4097096 or (908) 385-5869.
LEN’S HANDYMAN SERVICE, LLC – Autumn is heretime for fix-ups and repairs.
Specializing 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 – anything
in your home. Whole house/
garage cleanouts. Monroe
Township resident. All major
credit cards accepted. Licensed and insured. NJ License # 13VH03701800.
www.lenshandyman.com Call
(732) 353-6031.
JOHN PEARL HOME IMPROVEMENT AND LANDSCAPING, LLC – General
repairs, power washing, deck
staining, tile, painting, masonry repairs. Tree removal,
landscape projects and more.
Licensed and insured. NJ License # 13VH06515700. Call
John at (908) 208-1150.
MIKE THE HANDYMAN –
See my display ad in this edition. (732) 780-0468.
M & M POWER WASHING –
Community special $110 plus
tax. Includes one-story house,
concrete front walkway and
back concrete patio. Call for
details. (732) 367-1071.
SAM’S PAINTING COMPANY
– Quality painting for over 30
years. Free estimates. License
#13VH02599700 (732) 6168402.
WINDSOR MOVING COMPANY – Helping families pack
and move for over 20 years.
Fully insured. Lic. PC00512.
Call (609) 448-8840.
Miscellaneous/
Services
PROFESSIONAL PET CARE
– Bonded and insured. Call
(609) 860-9696.
HAIRCUTS DONE in the comfort of your home. Call Renee
(732) 641-2170.
HAIRCUTS in your home.
Please call Barbara (917) 9951696.
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 protection. Monroe
resident with over 20 years of
computer
experience.
[email protected] (732)
723-9523 or (732) 967-3400.
PC PROBLEM SOLVERS –
Low priced service. Slow computer? Viruses or spyware?
Pop-ups? Computer and internet set-ups. We make house
calls. Call Herman (609) 4090824.
COMPUTER ASSISTANCE in
senior's home. Help with all
aspects. Selection, set-up, and
training. (609) 409-7631.
Wanted to Buy
CARS WANTED-CASH WAITING – I come to you. Any make,
any year, don’t trade. Call me
first, I’m a fellow senior. (732)
735-0125 from 8:30 a.m. to 8
p.m. 7 days a week.
Help & Health
Services
OUR CARING HOME COMPANIONS help seniors live at
home. Personal care, meals,
housework, transportation, up
to 24 hour care. Top references and screenings, we do
things your way. Affordable
rates. VISITING ANGELS.
(732) 656-7720.
CARING ELDER CARE – We
will help you live independently. Experienced, reliable,
affordable. Local, references.
(646) 413-0813.
www.CaringElderCare.com
EXPERIENCED CAREGIVER
looking for full-time/part-time,
live-in/out position as a companion/caregiver to a mature
adult. Excellent references.
Call (908) 587-8573.
ANNA’S HOME CARE – Certified professional caregiver 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 option. Call
Anna at (609) 409-1600 or
(732) 579-8158.
NEW JERSEY LICENSED
MASSAGE THERAPIST – 10
years experience. $30 for 50
minutes. Appointment only.
(609) 662-4481.
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.
HENRYKA’S
HOUSE
CLEANING – Polish ladies,
reliable and experienced. References available. (609) 5860806.
Start Planning
Sandy made landfall in NJ, there
were numerous warnings of the
impact it could have on our
state. How many residents actually prepared for the power outages? Ms. Cohen’s admonition
to the audience was to make a
plan and implement it. Her
checklist included:
· Buy a whistle. If electric power
is cut off, and you are alone,
blowing a whistle will attract
help.
· Duct tape: In the event of a
hazardous or toxic spill event,
you will want to duct tape over
openings in your home.
· Charge your cell phone and
learn to text. Texting on a cell
phone will work in the event of
a power failure, even though
you can’t make calls on your
cell phone. Also, have a list of
contacts and numbers.
· Have a radio, which can run on
batteries, such as a NOAA
Weather radio. This will keep
you in touch with what’s going
on outside.
· Batteries: Have a fresh supply
of batteries for the radio, flashlights, lanterns, hearing aids,
etc.
· Matches: If you have a gas
stove, you can light the burners
with a match and heat water
and food.
· Documents: Collect important
documents in a waterproof container or pouch. For example,
homeowners insurance policy,
licenses, passport, credit cards,
medical information.
· Get together in a backpack, if
possible, personal information,
cash, copies of important documents, medications, first aid
stuff, and so on, as well as a
change of clothing, medications, and prescriptions if necessary.
The Red Cross suggests everyone keep at a minimum in
event of an evacuation order a
three-day supply of water, a
change of clothing, a blanket ,
flashlight and batteries, radio,
extra set of car keys, sanitation
supplies, extra eye glasses.
Make sure your car has a full
tank of gas.
Ms. Cohen also cautioned
that a disaster could result in
more illnesses, impaired health
care structure, shortages of food
and water, and lack of electric
power for days, even weeks.
People who live through disasters and/or are displaced from
their homes will take time to recover, both physically and mentally.
Another point she stressed
was to let your family members
know how you are and how they
are. Also, we need to be alert to
neighbors who might need assistance.
Free family protection publications can be had by writing to
FEMA, P.O. Box 70274, Washington, D.C. 20024. Ask for “Are
You Ready? Your Family Disaster Supplies Kit” and “Emergency
Food and Water Supplies.”
In the brief business meeting
preceding the program, Ben
Baum, Community Affairs chair,
announced that a Thanksgiving
Dinner will be held at the new
Senior Services Center for residents who are alone. A more
detailed story appears in this
issue. Baum told residents who
wished to support this effort to
contact the Office of Senior Services, attn: Bonnie, at 609- 4487140, or him at 73 Chichester
Rd., 235-9440.
Gene Gursky, president, reminded the audience that the
club is seeking contributions to
the Holiday Fund, which is “our
way of thanking the people who
keep GW running smoothly and
safely year round,” and urged to
put checks in the club’s lockbox
# 4. The program for October 9
will feature a “Meet and Greet
your Candidates for Board of
Education.” Co-sponsored by
the Civic Club and the League of
Women Voters of Monroe Township, it is scheduled for 7 pm
and is open to the public. Only
six candidates accepted the invitation to participate. A trained
League moderator will oversee
the proceedings.
Jerry Cohen, program chair,
reminded the audience that a
welcome to new residents will
be the feature of the November
program.
The second round of flu shots
will be held on October 18 from
8 am to 2 pm in the ballroom.
IZABELA’S CLEANING SERVICE - Professional house
cleaning. Quality work. References available. Reasonable.
2 bedroom/2 bath, $65 and up.
Experienced. Free estimates.
(609) 954-0181.
Please print your ad and mail it to Princeton Editorial
SUNDAY
MONDAY
TUESDAY
1
6
10:15 a.m. Yiddish Club
3:00 p.m. Disabled Israeli
Veterans
13
1:00 p.m. Movie: Quartet
7
20
27
3
FRIDAY
4
5
9:00 a.m. Healthy Bodies
9:30 a.m. Decoupage
10:00 a.m. Entertainment
Mtg.
10:00 a.m. Chorus
11:00 a.m. Aquasize
1:00 p.m. Cards
1:00 p.m. Knitwits/Art &
Sewing Class
2:00 p.m. Senior Social
Club
6:00 p.m. Water Volleyball
6:00 p.m. Zumba
7:00 p.m. Cards
7:00 p.m. Stained Glass
Group
7:00 p.m. Duplicate Bridge
7:30 p.m. Billiards
7:30 p.m. Line Dancing
8
9
10
11
9:30 a.m. Decoupage
9:30 a.m. WHOA Building
and Grounds Comm.
10:00 a.m. Chorus
11:00 a.m. WHOA Towne
Centre Mtg.
11:00 a.m. Aquasize
1:00 p.m. Cards
1:00 p.m. Knitwits & Art/
Sewing Class
1:00 p.m. GWCA Finance
Comm. Mtg.
2:00 p.m. Senior Social Club
6:00 p.m. Zumba
7:00 p.m. Stained Glass Grp
7:30 p.m. Billiards
9:00 a.m. Ping Pong
9:00 a.m. Yoga
9:30 a.m. Painting Group
11:00 a.m. Aquasize
1:00 p.m. 3D Dimensional
Art
7:00 p.m. Bingo
12
9:30 a.m. Ceramics
9:30 a.m. Computer Club
10:00 a.m. Aerobic Exercise
10:00 a.m. Village I Fee
Simple Adv. Board
Elections
10:30 a.m. WHOA Village I.1
Adv. Board Elections
11:00 a.m. WHOA Village I.2
Adv. Board Elections
11:30 a.m. ORT Card Party
1:00 p.m. Quilting
1:30 p.m. T’ai Chi Class
7:00 p.m. Yoga
7:00 p.m. Golf Finance
Comm.
7:30 p.m. Residents Civic
Club Open Mtg.
16
17
18
19
25
26
14
15
9:00 a.m. Sculpting & Arts/
Crafts Class
10:30 a.m. Line Dancing
1:00 p.m. Cards
2:00 p.m. Patio Discussion
Group
4:00 p.m. Tap Dancing
7:00 p.m. Cards
7:30 p.m. Billiards
7:30 p.m. GW Friends
Discussion Group
5:30 a.m. Special Election
9:30 a.m. GWCA Open
Workshop Mtg.
9:30 a.m. Ceramics
10:00 a.m. Let’s Talk Yiddish
1:00 p.m. Quilting
7:00 p.m. Yoga
7:00 p.m. Golf Course
Finance Comm. Mtg.
9:30 a.m. Decoupage
10:00 a.m. Chorus
11:00 a.m. Aquasize
1:00 p.m. Cards
1:00 p.m. Knitwits & Arts &
Sewing Class
6:00 p.m. Zumba
7:00 p.m. Cards
Group
7:30 p.m. Billiards
23
24
9:00 a.m. Ping Pong
9:30 a.m. WHOA Budget &
Finance Comm. Mtg.
9:30 a.m. Ceramics
9:30 a.m. GWCA Covenants
Comm. Mtg.
1:00 p.m. Quilting
3:00 p.m. Bridge Board Mtg.
7:00 p.m. Yoga
9:30 a.m. Decoupage
10:00 a.m. Chorus
11:00 a.m. Aquasize
1:00 p.m. Cards
Sewing Class
5:00 p.m. Italian American
Club Board Mtg.
6:00 p.m. Zumba
Group
7:30 p.m. Billiards
30
31
9:00 a.m. Ping Pong
9:00 a.m. Yoga
11:00 a.m. Aquasize
Art
6:30 p.m. Italian American
Senior Social Club
SATURDAY
9:00 a.m. Ping Pong
9:30 a.m. Ceramics
1:00 p.m. Quilting
7:00 p.m. Residents Civic
Board Mtg.
7:30 p.m. New Kids on the
Block
9:00 a.m. Sculpting/Arts &
Crafts Class
12:30 p.m. Orientation Mtg.
1:00 p.m. Cards
Group
7:30 p.m. Billiards
7:30 p.m. Finance Study
Group
7:30 p.m. WHOA Covenants
Comm.
October 14
2
THURSDAY
9:00 a.m.
Sculpting/
Arts & Crafts
Board Mtg.
10:00 a.m. GWCA Site
Review Comm.
1:00 p.m. Cards
Group
7:00 p.m. Cards
7:30 p.m. Billiards
9:00 a.m. Ping Pong
9:00 a.m. Yoga Class
10:00 a.m. GW Debatables
10:00 a.m. Body Sculpting
11:00 a.m. Aquasize
12:00 p.m. Woodworking
12:00 p.m. Men’s Fitness
1:00 p.m. Painting
1:00 p.m. Storm Water Mgt.
Comm. Mtg.
1:00 p.m. Health Lecture
4:00 p.m. GW Friends Movie
Club
6:30 p.m. Meditation Class
9:00 a.m. Ping Pong
9:00 a.m. Yoga
10:00 a.m. GWCA Grounds &
Landscaping Comm.
11:00 a.m. Aquasize
1:00 p.m. Painting
Med-Sci Group
7:00 p.m. Hadassah
Membership Appreciation
7:30 p.m. History Club
WEDNESDAY
9:00 a.m. Ping Pong
9:00 a.m. Ping Pong
6:00 p.m. Tennis Club
Dinner Dance
8:00 a.m. Flu Shots
9:00 a.m. Yoga
11:00 a.m. Aquasize
Art
Columbus Day
21
9:00 a.m. Ping Pong
9:00 a.m. Yoga
9:30 a.m. WHOA Open
Workshop Mtg.
10:00 a.m. Prov. Thinking
11:00 a.m. Aquasize
11:00 a.m. Golf Finance Comm.
11:30 a.m. WHOA Closed Mtg.
1:00 p.m. Painting
1:30 p.m. GGCA Board Mtg.
7:30 p.m. GWCA Open Mtg.
7:30 p.m. GW Friends Music
28
1:00 p.m. Movie: “Arbitrage” 9:00 a.m. Ping Pong
9:00 a.m. Yoga
10:00 a.m. GW Connections
11:00 a.m. Aquasize
1:00 p.m. ORT Movie
Discussion
1:00 p.m. Painting
4:00 p.m. GW Friends Book
Club
22
Crafts Class
1:00 p.m. Cards
Group
7:30 p.m. Billiards
29
Crafts Class
1:00 p.m. Cards
Group
7:30 p.m. Billiards
9:00 a.m. Ping Pong
9:30 a.m. Ceramics
1:00 p.m. Quilting
7:00 p.m. Yoga
9:30 a.m. Decoupage
10:00 a.m. Chorus
11:00 a.m. Aquasize
1:00 p.m. Cards
Sewing Class
6:00 p.m. Zumba
Group
7:30 p.m. Billiards
Happy
Halloween
9:00 a.m. Ping Pong
9:00 a.m. Yoga
General Mtg.
11:00 a.m. Aquasize
1:00 p.m. 3D Dimensional Art
7:30 p.m. After Hours Club

October 2013 GW Voice

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