Community Bulletin Board
Township of Brick ethics meeting June 27

The township of Brick has announced that a special council meeting will take place June 27 at 7 p.m. in the Brick Township Municipal Building, council room A/B, 401 Chambers Bridge Road, to receive public input on the township’s formation of an Ethics Committee. A copy of this notice will be made available to the public and posted on public bulletin boards. Copies of the former Code of Conduct are available to the public at the council office. Formal action will not be taken at this meeting.

Brick Knights slate fall

trip to Las Vegas

The Knights of Columbus Council 836 will host a trip to the Flamingo Hotel in Las Vegas. The trip will run Sept. 29-Oct. 4 and will include round-trip bus transportation to and from Newark Liberty Airport, accommodations for five days and four nights, a trip to Hoover Dam, two full buffets daily, and gratuities. The cost per person is $659 for double occupancy, $620 for triple occupancy, and $884 for single occupancy, including tax. A deposit of $259 per person is due by June 30. Call (732) 920-7538 for reservations.

Cruise to benefit Jersey Shore Animal Center

The Jersey Shore Animal Center is sponsoring a Carnival Line Cruise on the Imagination, which will sail from Miami for a five day/four night cruise Nov. 3-7. Proceeds from the trip will support homeless animals at the shelter. The ship will make stops in Key West, Fla., and Cozumel, Mexico. Prices per person double occupancy for the cruise only are $406.72 for an inside cabin, and $456.72 for an outside cabin. The charge for a third, fourth and fifth person in the cabin is $256.72 (inside) and $276.72 (outside). A $50 deposit per person is required to reserve a cabin at these rates. Second payment will be due July 1. Airfare is available for an additional $279.25 departing from Atlantic City, or $280.62 leaving from Newark, and includes transfers to and from airport and ship in Miami. Call (732) 262-8626.

New Jersey State Rowing Championship July 13

Lifeguards and recreational rowers of all ages will gather at Beaton Boat Yard in Brick, July 13 to experience the competition, camaraderie and wide array of unique craft in what is New Jersey’s largest surfboat rowing event. The New Jersey State Rowing Championships covers 7 miles of the open waters of Barnegat Bay, passing through 14 beach communities from the Mantoloking Bridge to Seaside Heights. This is a rare opportunity to see not only many of our areas top lifeguards and competitive rowers, but also a wide assortment of surf-rescue boats, dories, Jersey skiffs, sculls and custom rowing craft. This fifth annual race, with 12 boat classes, five age groups and five rowing combinations, is open to any type of rowing craft. According to the press release this is the largest lifeguard rowing event in the United States and one of the largest open water rowing events in New Jersey. All proceeds of the race will benefit The Ocean County College sailing program. Registration will take place at Beaton Boat Yard in Brick from 7:30 to 8:45 a.m. with the event beginning at 9 a.m. and ending at Seaside Heights. Entry fee is $25 in advance and $35 the day of the race. Details: (732) 237-0576 or www.vikingpromotions.com/njsrc.

Symposium strives to educate on Alzheimer’s

Meridian Institute for Aging will host a free symposium, “Alzheimer’s Disease: The Disease with Two Victims,” July 7, from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., at Shore Meadows Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, 231 Warner Street, Toms River.

This one-day symposium, co-hosted by Shore Meadows Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, will offer caregivers information about Alzheimer’s Disease, its origin and process; coping skills in caring for the older adult; current and future medication expectations; availability of research medications; legal and financial advice; and access to support networks.

Featured speakers will include Joshua Shua-Haim, M.D., medical director of Meridian Institute for Aging and Juanita Smith, MPA, program director for Meridian Institute for Aging.

Details and registration: (732) 657-3757. The deadline to register is July 7. Continental breakfast and lunch are included, and respite services are available if needed.

Tax breaks for car

donations to Red Cross

The Jersey Coast chapter of the American Red Cross is looking for people to donate their old cars and machinery in exchange for a tax deduction.

The Red Cross accepts trucks, recreational vehicles, motorcycles, boats, farm or construction equipment, and almost any car. However, the better condition the vehicle is in, the more the tax deduction will be worth.

The Red Cross is even willing to pick up vehicles at homes or offices, avoiding the expense and hassle of selling a vehicle from home or towing an old vehicle to the junkyard. Details: 1-87-RED-CROSS or www.redcrossdonations.org.

Project Child Find can

help identify problems

The Brick Township schools want the public to know that it participates in Project Child Find, a free referral service and public awareness campaign to assist in the identification of unserved/underserved youth with a delay or disability from birth through 21 years of age. In addition, Project Child Find develops and distributes information to the public about early intervention services and special education programs throughout New Jersey.

The program’s comprehensive efforts include referring families of infants and toddlers, birth through 2 years old, who are concerned about their child’s development to their local Special Child Health Case Management Unit for early intervention services; directing families who have concerns about preschoolers ages 3 to 5 to their local school district; helping families access community services through referral; promoting community and public awareness of all children with disabilities by providing information; and assisting local school district boards of education in identifying unserved children ages 3 through 21 who are in need of special education and related services.

Information through Project Child Find may be obtained by calling toll-free (800) 322-8174 seven days a week, 24 hours a day. All calls will remain confidential.

Applications available for Decoy & Gunning Show

Applications are available to enter the 2005 Ocean County Decoy and Gunning Show planned for Sept. 24 and 25. The applications include the guidelines for participating in more than 30 contests, as well as reservations for vendor and organization booths.

The state award-winning event will be held, rain or shine, at three locations: Tip Seaman County Park, Pinelands Regional High School and the Tuckerton Seaport, from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m.

The annual event attracts a wide array of participants, including carvers, whittlers, skeet shooters, duck and goose callers, retrievers, artists and photographers. More than 400 organizations associated with the environment, water fowling, and maritime activities and vendors selling carving supplies, outdoor paraphernalia, antiques and art work consistent with the show’s working decoy and water fowling heritage have booths or exhibits.

Each year, an official “Bird of the Year” is designated. For 2005, it is the scaup, a diving duck common to the Jersey Shore. Four contests at the show will be devoted solely to the Scaup: Barnegat Bay Working Rig, Contemporary Working Decoy, Head Whittling and the Cork Decoy Working Rig.

Winners of the open divisions, which attract professional and advanced carvers, will receive a plaque. To encourage the art of decoy carving, novice and intermediate ribbon awards will be presented to those who have carved for less than five years and never won best in the Bird of Prey, Game Bird, Songbird, Decorative Fish, Decorative Shorebird and Decorative Wildfowl divisions.

German Georgieff, coordinator for the event for the Ocean County Parks and Recreation Department, announced changes to the 23rd annual show: the contemporary working decoy rig contest has been replaced with a working cork decoy rig contest, and the gunning boat accessories contest has been eliminated.

In recent years, the show included some venues at the Tuckerton Seaport, which is located within walking distance of the park. This year it will serve as the site for most of the events previously held at the Pinelands Regional Junior High School. The school will serve as a parking area. For further information, visit www.co.ocean.nj.us/Parks/decoyshow2005.htm or call (609) 971-3085 for a show application.

Church of Visitation golf outing to raise funds

The annual “Create a Legacy” golf outing to benefit the new Church Campus Building Fund for the Church of the Visitation, Brick, will be held June 18 at the Ocean Acres Country Club in Manahawkin.

The fee of $100 per player includes greens fees, cart, refreshments after the ninth hole, player giveaway package, awards, dinner and more. Golf-only and dinner-only options are also available. There will be separate prize categories for men and women. To register or for additional information, call (732) 477-0028, ext. 256, or e-mail newchurch@visitationchurch.com.

Friends of Brick library host used book sale

The Friends of the Brick library will host a used book sale June 25 at the library located at 301 Chambers Bridge Road, Brick. The one-day-only event will take place in the library meeting room from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. All paperback books will be on sale for $.25 and hard cover books and video tapes will be sold for $.50 each.

Donations of books and VHS tapes will be appreciated, but can only be dropped off June 24 from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. due to space limitations. Children’s books are especially needed in addition to special interest books, books on crafts, hobbies, novels and anything else. No textbooks, Readers Digests or damaged and marked books will be accepted. Details: (732) 477-0018.

Community Players present ‘The Boyfriend’

On July 8, 9, and 15 at 7:30 and on July 16 at 3:00, The Brick Community Players will present the 1920’s musical “The Boyfriend” in the air-conditioned auditorium of Brick High School on Chambers Bridge Road in Brick. Performances will take place July 8, 9 and 15 at 7:30 p.m. and July 16 at 3 p.m.

The production is directed by Janet Lynn Spahr with choreography by Monica Vermeulen, Ashley Vermeulen and Kate Lindstrom and musical direction by Steve Allen.Tickets are $15 for adults; $12 for seniors age 62 and older and students; and $8 for children age 10 and under. For tickets and other information call (732) 840-2015.

‘Girls Are Great!’ camp at Georgian Court

The Girl Scouts of Ocean County “Girls Are Great!” Day Camp will provide activities in an outdoor setting at Georgian Court University, Lakewood, to approximately 50 girls each week from July 11 through Aug. 19. Girls entering grades one through six may sign up for anywhere from one to six weeks of the program. Each week’s activities will be based on a different theme. Financial assistance is available to assure that cost is not an obstacle for any girl who wishes to attend.

Day camp registration brochures in English and Spanish will be available soon in Lakewood at the offices of the Puerto Rican Action Board, the Puerto Rican Congress, the Lakewood Community Center, and the Lakewood Branch of the Ocean County Library. Brochures are also available at the Girl Scouts of Ocean County Service Center in Toms River. Call (732) 349-4499 to request that a brochure be mailed.