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Vol. 9 No. 4      Published by and for The Residents of Sea Breeze at Lacey

                                                                     Photo by Roy Winograd

 Belmar Gazebo
 Photography by
 Mike March                                                          Photo by Jack Mecca
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Editor’s Note
                  Spring is here! Hooray!!!!
                  Once again, this month, we have some great contributions from residents. We’re hearing
              about your hobbies – from guitar making and playing to painting and classic cars. We’re learning
about what a librarian/media specialist does and about growing up in New York City. And there are other stories
about various holidays during the month.
   Enjoy the weather and we’ll see you around the neighborhood.

                       FIRST SERVICE RESIDENTIAL “RESIDENTS’ PORTAL”
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 Visit Seabreezeatlacey.connectresident.com (do not use WWW) to create credentials and access
 community information.

                                                    Board Meeting Dates – 2021
 All Meetings begin at 7 p.m. and will be “in person” (if possible) AND via Zoom
 • Board Fireside Chat: Thursday, April 15
     o Dedicated to new homeowners, since May 2020
 • Annual Meeting of Members: Thursday, May 20
     o Open Board Meeting: Same evening, following Annual Meeting of Members
 • Board Fireside Chat: Thursday, July 15
 • Open Board Meeting: Thursday, August 19
 • Board Fireside Chat: Thursday, October 7
 • Open Board Meeting: Thursday, December 2

                                   It’s a beautiful day in the neighborhood……
                                   when you remember these important words of wisdom from Fred Rogers.
                                   Fred Rogers on Sharing Responsibility - "We live in a world in which we need to
                                   share responsibility. It's easy to say, 'It's not my child, not my community, not my world,
                                   not my problem.' Then there are those who see the need and respond. I consider
                                   those people my heroes."
Fred Rogers on Seeing Scary Things on the News - "When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the
news, my mother would say to me, 'Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping.' To this
day, especially in times of 'disaster,' I remember my mother's words, and I am always comforted by realizing
that there are still so many helpers--so many caring people in this world."

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Amazing Facts for Bat
                                 Appreciation Day April 17!
                                  Bats can live more than 30 years and can fly at
                                  speeds of up to 60 mph.

                                  Bats can find their food in total darkness.

                                  Bats can eat up to 1,200 mosquitoes an hour.

                                  Some bats hibernate in caves through the cold
                                  winter months and can survive freezing
                                  temperatures, even after being encased in ice.

                                       Play Ball!

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Civic Affairs
                                             By Charlotte Martyn

    We appreciate the opportunity to have had a chance to update you on the latest activities happening in
Lacey Township. We look forward to having a more detailed session with you in the near future.
    Lacey Township School Board: Our district faces another decrease in state aid. Should it be similar to
last year’s decrease, we would lose about $1.5 million. This would result in another round of teacher layoffs.
Last year the district had to reduce by 15 teachers. This year it appears the district would lose another 15
to 18 teachers which translates to increased class sizes. Taxes will increase proportionately. The effort our
group put into establishing a 501C3 for the school system a few years ago unfortunately was for naught. Its
demise was due to lack of strategic focus and lack of parental participation. Our focus is on bringing in special
needs students and school consolidation. To combat declining state aid, these actions are needed more than
ever. Further, State Senator Sweeney has always supported school district regionalization and efforts are
underway to make that happen.
    Oyster Creek: In the latest court settlement, Lacey vs Holtec, Holtec has agreed to make available to
Lacey a very large emergency cask. However, it is currently being stored at Holtec’s factory in Camden, NJ.
Our concern, if some emergencies were to occur such as a leaking cask, is Holtec’s response. Our questions
are: how will it get to Lacey (we understand it will be barged). How long will it take to transport it? Are the
procedures and steps of the process to rectify or control the emergency in place? What special equipment
is needed, and if so where is it?
    The bare fact is that it is not a workable solution. Then again, with what other decommissioning plants
have received from Holtec and what Lacey has not received, it is not surprising.
    To our new homeowners in Sea Breeze, we need your help. Please volunteer! If you are interested in
joining the Civic Affairs group, please contact Ron Martyn at (201) 388-9868. Also, Sea Breeze has CERT
Training for volunteers (Community Emergency Response Team). The team is part of the Ocean County
Office of Emergency Management. Currently,our CERT members are working on a daily basis to help with
the COVID-19 vaccine process. Please join this team! The feeling of accomplishment goes without saying. If
you are interested in joining CERT, please contact Carmen Telleri at carmen.telleri@gmail.com.

 Concerned Citizens of Lacey Coalition:
 Ron Martyn, Chair                 Mike D’Amato                     Bill Klika                    Tom Paduano
 Greg Adams                        Paul Dressler                    Charlotte Martyn              Diane Puccio
 Art Albrizio                      Stu Feldman                      Wayne McMullin                Artie Ricciardi
 Russ Arlotta                      Mike Galbavy                     Ed Mojka                      Nick Spaltro
 Joe Branciforte                   Matt Golembeski                  Karen Mojka                   George Walker
 Sue Canonico                      Bill Huneke                      Madelyn Noto

                                     Lacey Township Meetings

MUA                                   Wednesday, April 7              6:30 pm                    34 Kennedy Blvd
Lacey Township                        Thursday, April 8               6:30 pm                    Municipal Blvd
Lacey Bd of Ed                        Thursday, April 15              6:00 pm                    LTHS Hall
Planning Board                        Monday, April 19                6:30 pm                    Municipal Blvd
Lacey Township                        Thursday, April 22              6:30 pm                    Municipal Blvd

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Welcome New Homeowners to the Sea Breeze Community!

                 Linda and Gerald Gillikin made 4 Erinbrook Court their new home in October, 2020. Gerald
                 is originally from Scotch Plains, New Jersey and Linda is from South Carolina. They met
                 11 years ago and settled in Budd Lake, NJ. They are both employed. Gerald and his twin
                 brother own a commercial and electrical contractor business. Linda has been a software
                 consultant for Danone, a food and beverage company. She journeys weekly on her job,
                 wherever her appointments take her. She enjoys visiting the local malls as she explores new
                 cities. They are the proud owners of two Pomeranians, one year old Tanner and nine-year-
                 old Lightening. Linda said if you see them walking please come up and introduce yourself
                 to the canines. Second to the dogs, they both like exercising and belong to Planet Fitness.
Linda goes one step further than the gym; she runs at least 20 miles each week. These two avid boaters have
their yacht docked at our local marina.

                       AnnMarie and Jim Ruggiero made 63 Ambermist Way their new address in October,
                       2020 after 33 years on Staten Island. Their adult son Matthew has also made himself
                       a Sea Breeze resident. Jim, a native Staten Islander, and AnnMarie who moved there
                       from Brooklyn in her teen years, were destined to meet as mutual friends and colleagues
                       played matchmaker. Jim is still employed by CSL Global Limited as a Marine Insurance
                       Surveyor. He plans to retire in February after a 49-year career. AnnMarie owned a beauty
                       salon and sold it to an employee. She eventually became a stay-at-home mom. Along with
                       Matthew who is studying to be an airline pilot, they have another son living in Manhattan
                       who is a commercial broker and a recently married daughter in Highland Park, NJ. They
also have one grandson. Jim, an avid New York Yankee fan, enjoys reading, golfing and attending sporting
events with the family. AnnMarie, a music lover, likes to cook, dance and shop. As a couple they have traveled
to Italy, Iceland and sailed on more than a dozen cruises; Alaska, California and the Caribbean are among their
favorites. Their favorite travels include taking road trips with the family to Canada, Niagara Falls and Florida.

                        Dan and Grace France moved into 37 Ambermist Way in October, 2020. They
                        resided in Dayton, NJ for 22 years but are originally from Brooklyn. Dan has owned a
                        Metal Finishing Business in Asbury Park for the past 40 years where he does powder
                        coatings and electroplating. Grace is retired after working as a paraprofessional in
                        South Brunswick with 1st through 5th graders. Their son works with Dan and their
                        daughter is a nurse. They also have a Siberian husky grand-puppy. Dan is a musician
                        and played drums in a band and hopes to continue in the near future. He enjoys classic
                        cars. Grace likes to read and spend time with her loved ones. They enjoy traveling.
                        Some of their favorite vacations have been to Italy, London, Arizona and Utah.

                        Lou and Vittoria Luongo moved to 215 Ambermist Way in October, 2019. They
                        moved to Sea Breeze from The Landings in Toms River where they lived for the past 33
                        years. They have two sons, both of whom live in NJ, and one granddaughter and two
                        grandsons. Lou has been working in the IT field for 31 years and is currently employed
                        at IBM as a Storage Architect. Vittoria is enjoying her retirement after working in the
                        retail field for approximately 20 years. Both Lou and Vittoria love to travel and have
                        been on several cruises. They have been to Italy several times and can’t wait to get
back out and discover new and exciting places. Lou likes the outdoors and enjoys his daily walks around the
community. Vittoria is an avid gardener, enjoys a day at the beach, and loves to cook for family and friends.

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Beyond Books, Providing Access to Information
                                                By Susan Szczepanek
     In honor of National Library Worker’s Day, April 6th, I thought some of you might be interested in what
the position of Librarian/Media Specialist means to our educational system. I was a Librarian in the NJ public
schools for 31 years. I received my degree from Trenton State College (TCNJ) back in the mid-seventies.
I doubled majored in Elementary Education and Library Science. Teaching jobs were hard to find then and
when a librarian position opened up, I was very grateful for it. I ended up loving it. I worked the last 22 years
for the Eatontown Public Schools.
     When I walked in the first day, the computer lab opened for the first time. Anything that was plugged in
was my responsibility. I spent my time teaching library classes on literature and research skills all day and
then running into the lab to fix problems that came up during the course of the day. A computer teacher
was finally hired, so my responsibilities switched back to the library. With modern information technology, I
was assigned the task of automating the library. I had to weed the collection and then get the card catalog
converted to a digital catalog. It was a task that took many months. As the years went on and tablets were
introduced, my students would bring them to library class and I would construct my lessons to help them
maximize their familiarity with research tools to help with all of their subjects. The highlight of my career was
when Congressman Rush Holt got into office and he invited all of the school librarians in his district to come
to Washington DC to visit The Library of Congress, several of the Smithsonian Institute Museums and his
office. We had an incredible day. I had a very rewarding career and hope that I impacted the children that I
taught to love reading and technology.

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Who doesn’t love a crispy, gooey melted cheese sandwich? On April 12, one of the
                                top comfort foods in the country is recognized. In fact, according to food historians,
                                cooked bread and cheese have been enjoyed by many cultures since ancient times.
                                The modern version of the grilled cheese sandwich originated in the United States
                                in the 1920s as sliced bread and American cheese became more readily available.
                                Grilled cheese is a very versatile sandwich, and you can mix and match ingredients
                                to create new and delicious versions. One tip I would like to mention is the use of
                                mayonnaise instead of butter when you fry the sandwich. I find I need to use less of
                                it than butter, and it makes the sandwich crispy and extra delicious. Here are some
                                suggestions for you to try.

French Onion Grilled Cheese: Sauté half of a chopped Vidalia or sweet onion in a tablespoon of butter with
a little onion powder and thyme until the onions are golden brown. Remove from skillet and build sandwiches
on country white bread with cheddar, swiss and the onions. Butter or mayo the bread on both sides and fry
in the same skillet until golden and cheese is melted.

Smoked Gouda and Roasted Red Pepper: Lay out a couple of slices of smoked Gouda, a slice of deli
muenster, a thin layer of roasted red pepper, a bit of arugula and another layer of the Gouda. Close sandwich,
butter or mayo the bread and fry in a nonstick skillet until cheese is melted.

Roasted Tomato: Toss 4 halved plum tomatoes with a tablespoon of olive oil and a sprinkle of salt and pepper.
Roast at 350 degrees for an hour. Mash the tomatoes and spread on 2 slices of sourdough bread. Add 2 slices
of cheddar to sandwich, close, butter or mayo the bread and fry until golden.

Blue Cheese and Onion: Sandwich 2 slices of marble rye bread with 1 slice each of muenster and soft blue
cheese, some caramelized onions and another slice of muenster. Butter or mayo the sandwich and fry until
golden.

Ricotta-Garlic: Mix a cup of shredded mozzarella, 1/2 cup of ricotta, 1/3 cup of grated parmesan and a small
clove of grated garlic in a bowl. Spread the mixture on a ciabatta roll, add a slice of provolone, butter or mayo
the sandwich and fry.

Fontina and Roasted Asparagus: Roast asparagus for about 12 minutes at 400 degrees with some olive
oil, salt and pepper and a sprinkle of pecorino romano cheese. Place a slice of fontina on sourdough bread,
top with asparagus and another slice of fontina. Butter or mayo the bread and fry.

Mediterranean: Spread baba ghanoush on 2 slices of whole grain bread, add a slice of Monterey jack, a few
thin slices of grilled zucchini, 2 tablespoons of crumbled feta and another slice of cheese. Close sandwich
and fry in olive oil.

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Inquiring Minds Want to Know
                                     What is your favorite movie quote?

This seemed to have been a popular question and many home owners shared the same thoughts.

Chris DeSarno, Donald Derewecki, Jim Ruggiero, Nicholas Signoretta, Christine Buro & Roy Winograd:
“Leave the gun, take the cannoli.”

Maria Mattera: “I made him an offer he couldn't refuse.”
Bill Vanore: “It’s not personal Sonny, it’s strictly business.”
Dave Wasienko: “Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer.”

Anne Fialkowski, Diane Herman, Anna Passalacqua, John Pusteria, Susan Szczepanek & Loretta
Wallerstein: “Frankly my dear, I don’t give a damn.” Gone With The Wind
Russell Arlotta & Barbara Telleri: "My momma always said, life was like a box of chocolates. You never
know what you're gonna get.” Forrest Gump
Ginny Callan & Tim Pinelli: “There’s no crying in baseball.” A League of Their Own
Cynthia& Michael Mahon: “You is kind. You is smart. You is important.” The Help

         Carol Ann Holster, Julia Vanore & Jane Wasienko: “There’s no place like home.”
         Cheryl Arbeit: “You always had the power my dear, you just had to learn it for yourself."
         Sue Sherman: “Toto, I’ve a feeling we aren’t in Kansas anymore.”

Rich Fela & Henry Szczepanek: "You can't handle the truth." A Few Good Men

                                         Barbara Napolitano: “Snap out of it!”
                                         Joanne Ramirez: “Old man, if you give those dogs another piece of
                                         my food, I'm gonna kick you 'til you're dead!”

Steve Callan: "Fat, drunk, and stupid is no way to go through life." Animal House
Randy Scott: “Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, she walks into mine.” Casablanca
Laura Heller: “Nobody puts Baby in a corner.” Dirty Dancing
Jan Levine: “If you build it, they will come.” Field of Dreams
Vincent Levito: “We need a bigger boat.” Jaws
Christine Fela: “Love means never having to say you’re sorry.” Love Story

Antoinette Folkard & Jessica Raimo: “You had me at hello.”
Fran Bray: “I love you. You…complete me.”

Patricia Camarda: "Don't let's ask for the moon, we have the stars.” Now, Voyager
Evamarie Gere: “There’s no such thing as too late, that’s why they invented death.” Out to Sea
Cindy Trevisan: “Is it you?” Somewhere In Time
Linda Wejnert: “Though nothing can bring back the hour of splendour in the grass, of glory in the flower, we
will grieve not, rather find strength in what remains behind”. Splendor in the Grass
Linda C. Marino: “We keep you alive to serve this ship, so row well and live.” Ben Hur
Pat Dirner: “Go ahead, make my day.” Sudden Impact
Lisa Martinez: “Hakuna Matata!” The Lion King
Ray Cozzarelli: “Who is this Guy? The best hitter in baseball now and always.” The Natural
Erin Murphy: “Remember Red, hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies.”
Shawshank Redemption
Marie Kessel: “I’ll have what she’s having”. When Harry Met Sally

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Look Up at the Sky
                                                By Patricia Camarda

     At first glance, celebrating “Look up at the Sky Day” on April 14 seems a bit silly. However, if we reflect a
moment, we can understand why this day was dedicated to this pursuit. As humans, we are always forging
ahead to make our lives more comfortable, to amass more money, to become more powerful. Seldom do we
“stop and smell the roses”. And yet, some of the things that are awe inspiring, and bring us joy and peace are
free. Think how wonderful you feel when admiring the sun rising or setting over the ocean or the mountains.
When the first or last rays of the sun illuminate the sky, it seems as if the whole sky is on fire.
     After a rain shower, how wonderful to look at the sky and see a beautiful rainbow connecting one side of
the earth to its opposite end. The French call this phenomenon “l’arc-en-ciel", which literally means “the arc
in the sky”. Talking about colors in the sky, what can be more satisfying than watching the dancing lights of
the aurora borealis (also known as the northern lights) around the polar regions?
     How about the night sky? As day turns into night, the sky becomes illuminated with planets, moons, stars,
galaxies. We are always fascinated by their beauty and they have often sparked our imagination.Think of the
movie “Moonstruck”, or Dean Martin’s song, when he sings: “When the moon hits your eye like a big pizza
pie, that’s amore” and also: “When the stars make you drool just like pasta e fasule, that’s amore”. In art, the
stars have been immortalized in paintings such as “Starry Night“by Vincent van Gogh. Sailors follow the stars
to find their way amid the vastness of the oceans. In religion, the Three Wise Men, coming from the Orient,
followed the Star of Bethlehem to lead them to Baby Jesus.
     Even though today it is a common occurrence, seeing an airplane up in the sky is always an amazing sight.
To think that man has “taken wings” is a feat sought after for centuries and finally realized. In Greek mythology,
Icarus dreamed of flying to the sun with wings made of feathers and wax. Leonardo da Vinci experimented
with flying machines in the Renaissance but to no avail. We had to wait until the beginning of 20th century.
On December 17, 1903, the Wright brothers made four brief flights at Kitty Hawk, NC, with their first powered
aircraft to finally conquer the sky. The age of aviation had arrived.
     If in1492, Christopher Columbus looked at the horizon and hoped to find a new route to the Orient, in 1961,
President Kennedy looked at the sky and advanced man’s quest from aviation to space exploration. His goal
was to place a man on the Moon by the end of the decade. On July 20, 1969, his dream became a reality,
when Neil Armstrong, walking from the Apollo 11 spaceship, pronounced the famous words: “One small step
for (a) man, one giant leap for mankind”.
     Some days the sky is a deep blue with wispy, fluffy, white cotton balls clouds; other days the sky becomes
dark with grayish-blue, foreboding clouds. As the clouds collide with each other, the dark sky becomes
illuminated with lightening and the sound of thunder reverberates in the air. Sometimes the clouds give us
gentle downpours, other times nature unleashes its mighty force in the form of hurricanes. Sometimes we
admire snowflakes dancing in the air before settling on the ground and forming a winter wonderland.
     Regardless of sunny or rainy days, serene or stormy skies, we will continue to look at the sky and outer
space to unlock the secrets of our origin and the reason of our existence on earth.

                                                   Club News

                                            THE NOVEL BUNCH
                                                By Marilyn Winograd
                           The book club meetings are virtual. I will be hosting a Zoom meeting on the 3rd Thursday
                       of each month at 7:00 pm - until we can meet again in person. If you are interested in this
                       format, send me an email, and you will receive an email each month with the link prior to
                       our meeting. MWinograd4@gmail.com. Upcoming books and dates:

4/15/21        The Cemetery Keeper's Wife by Maryann McFadden (a blend of fact and historical fiction; the
		             story of a woman murdered outside Centenary College in Hackettstown, NJ.)
5/20/21        The Island of Sea Women by Lisa See (Set on the Korean island of Jeju; historical fiction).
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Fifth Annual Pajama Party
                                                       By Norahmarie Bischoff and Barbara Telleri

                                          Pandemic, COVID-19 and
                                      quarantine didn’t stop us from
                                      helping those that need us. Our
Stitch and Bitch club decided to hold the fifth pajama/book collection
for the benefit of children in need. We are delighted to announce that
we received 163 pairs of pajamas, 196 books, and $1,195 in donations.
Many charities have suffered this year because of the pandemic, so
this boost to an organization that distributes pajamas and books to
children in New Jersey was greatly appreciated. As a side note, to date
and converting the dollar donations to pajamas and books, we have
donated a total of 700 PJs and 693 books. What a wonderful, generous
community we are a part of.

                                                                  On the high school level in New Jersey, schools
                                                             are having an abbreviated winter season and a similar
                                                             reduced spring season. The good news is that there
                                                             is a season and the state is beginning to allow some
                                                             fans to attend contests indoors. The traditional spring
                                                             sports, since they are held outdoors, should see the
                  Sports Review                              allowance of even bigger crowds. Hopefully things
                      By Bill Klika                          work well for all involved.
                                                                  On the professional level both the NBA and the
    Spring is here and hopefully we’ve seen the last         NHL are playing. They are both playing a reduced
snowfall of the season. In the sports world, we have         schedule, and the leagues have created a limited
begun a return to some form of normalcy. For this            travel schedule for their games to reduce problems
month’s article, I will give you a short overview of each    with COVID concerns. They both have run into a
of the three levels of sports (college, high school and      number of problems with game postponements and
professional) in the country.                                cancellations. The positive for both is that they are still
    On the collegiate level, both men’s and women’s          playing and fans are back in the stands but the number
basketball will bring an end to their respective seasons     is still very limited. Baseball has just finished spring
with their Final Fours in the first weekend of April. The    training and the season has begun with limited fans
schools have all played reduced schedules with many          in attendance. If all goes as planned, that will improve
playing only conference games. It has worked but             over the course of the season. Finally, the Masters is
there have been postponements and cancellations              back in early April with limited attendance however.
because of COVID issues. The other two major                      It appears we are moving (sports) in the right
college sports--ice hockey and wrestling have either         direction and if we are smart, careful and lucky things
completed their seasons or will finish in early April. One   will work out and fall will be the new normal we all hope
of the real unique aspects of this spring will be that       for. Stay well and get outside and exercise when the
the lower-level NCAA schools will be playing their fall      opportunity presents itself.
sports this spring along with the regular spring sports.          The answer to last month’s trivia question: the first
This will create a myriad of problems for athletes, staff    major league shortstop with 200 hits, 30 home runs
and university facilities as they try to navigate this new   and 40 doubles in a single season--Cal Ripken Jr. This
situation. It will take a great deal of planning and good    month’s trivia question: What is the first baseball movie
luck to create a manageable spring for all.                  nominated for an Oscar as Best Picture?
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International Dance Day
                                            By Patricia Camarda
    Started in 1982, by UNESCO, International Dance Day strives to encourage participation and education
in dance through events and festivals held all over the world. Dancing can be classified as classical dance
and folk dance. The former requires professional schooling and the learning of specific techniques. The latter
is usually held at folk dance gatherings and requires little or no professional training. It is generally designed
for public performance. The new dancers often learn by observing others or receiving help from others.
   Ballet is considered a classical dance. Many of us have enjoyed seeing young girls, in their tutus, performing
on stage. Perhaps, some of them hope one day to dance in “The Nutcracker”, or “Swan Lake”, or “Giselle”.
The dancers, with fluid and graceful movements, are able to tell us a story.
    Folk Dance is more readily accessible to everyone. Most likely we have participated in some form of folk
dance at a celebration or a festival. We might have admired dancers, donned in colorful, traditional costumes,
performing in a square, a stage or a field to celebrate a wedding, the harvest, the coming of seasons, the new
year or to honor the tradition of their ancestors.
    Following is a list of popular folk dances from around the world. How many can you match with its country
of origin?
     ________1. Flamenco					                                 a. Japan
     ________2. Gombey					                                   b. American Indians
     ________3. Horah					                                    c. Congo
     ________4. Jarabe or Hat dance				                       d. Pakistan and India
     ________5. Kabuki					                                   e. United States
     ________6. Kwassa Kwassa				                             f. Italy
     ________7. Maypole dance				                             g. Spain
     ________8. Mazurka					                                  h. China
     ________9. Pow Wow					                                  i. Senegal
     _______10. Punjabi					                                  j. Louisiana
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     _______11. Sirtaki					                                  k. Sweden
     _______12. Square dance				                              l. Israel
     _______13. The Dragon dances				                         m. Greece
     _______14. Tarantella					                               n. Poland
     _______15. Zydeco					                                   o. Mexico

The answer can be found on p. 25

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                                             April 2021   The Breezeway         13
Girl Scouts: Not Just Cookies
                                            By Catherine Schwartz

                When we think of girl scouts, one of the first things that comes to mind is “girl scout cookies”.
            I have been very fortunate to have been a girl scout myself, and later I became my daughter’s girl
            scout leader. There is so much that I have learned and experienced in both roles that will always
            stay with me. If it weren’t for girl scouts, the opportunities we had may never have happened.
             Our troop was very involved in community service. Some of the activities we did were:
•    Delivered meals they cooked for volunteers for Habitat for Humanity and learned about the organization
     first-hand.
•    Volunteered at Special Olympics competitions. We assisted people in wheelchairs playing ping-pong by
     chasing and returning the balls to them. We also got to observe the other types of competitions, such as
     weightlifting, etc. It was a great way to see people in a different way and to appreciate and respect them.
•    Created “Baby Baskets”, filling them with baby supplies and donated them to the church to be distributed
     at homeless shelters.
•    Participated in Grandparents Day at a nursing home. The girls did crafts with the residents making picture
     frames. We then took Polaroid pictures of the girls with the residents as a remembrance of the day, sang
     for them and served refreshments.

These are a few amazing experiences that the girls are still talking about:
• We spent Veterans Day weekend in Washington DC right after Clinton’s presidential election. What an
   amazing experience. Our congressman gave us a tour of the Capital. Veterans Day ceremonies were
   taking place all over DC. Since our girls were in their full-dress girl scout uniforms, they were asked to
   participate in many ceremonies.
• One of the most memorable experiences was at the Vietnam Memorial Wall. The girls’ school librarian
   lost her brother in Vietnam and had written a poem. We found his name on the wall and the girls stood
   in front of it and recited the poem. There was silence in the air as everyone stopped to listen. When they
   were done, there wasn’t a dry eye. Many people came to us afterwards and thanked us.
• In addition to all the monuments and museums, they loved Arlington Cemetery and seeing where JFK was
   buried. They were excited to be at the Lincoln Memorial. They had just seen Michael Jackson performing
   there on TV during the presidential election celebration. The girls had never been to DC before and loved
   the museums and monuments, staying in the hotel, riding the Metro train system and people watching.
• We also experienced “Survival Training” on a campout. We took a hike through the “reflector trail”. This
   15-minute walk through the woods is taken in the dark with a flashlight, following the reflectors to make
   your way through the trail. Due to a bad winter, many of the reflectors had fallen, and we got lost in the
   woods for 3 hours. While trying to stay calm, we tried different ways to attract help. I had my trusty whistle
   and started blowing SOS, and we were finally found.
• We had a full weekend of campfires, cooking over an open fire, hiking, kayaking, crafts, etc. Everything
   was going great until the skies got black, the wind kicked up and we lost power in the main lodges and
   sheltered areas. We had to scramble to secure everything, make sure we were safe and ate before it got
   dark. We piled into a small wooden cabin, since we couldn’t stay in the tents and the temperature dropped
   with no heat. It appears that a tornado had touched down a few miles away.
• We participated in an overnight at Space Camp. The girls learned about space travel, astronauts, how
   to communicate and work together and then did a simulator of an actual space launch. They had the
   opportunity to be part of the ground team like in Houston and then switched to be in the lab as an astronaut
   and had to follow instructions and protocols to run the space mission, experiments, etc.
    So next time you see it’s Girl Scout Cookies time, be sure to support this wonderful organization and buy
the cookies.

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International Guitar Month
                                         From Gourd to Guitar
                                                 by George Bray

     When I was younger, I played guitar to my two sons. Both of them
enjoyed music and ended up playing clarinet in high school bands.
They learned to play on my guitar and started buying old guitars so
they could have their own; the guitars were real beaters and looked
and sounded bad. Thus, I got enlisted to repair and set them up. I cut
new nuts and made bridges and learned how to adjust truss rods.
We stripped the finish off of some of them and touched up others. We
found great resources on the web and got these instruments to sound
fairly good. Then they figured, why not make one. After a lot of research, we found it was cheaper to refurbish
and a lot less time consuming.
                                 My oldest boy started collecting stringed instruments and learned to play and
                             repair them. I built him a dulcimer and wood case which turned out nicely. Around
                             that time my wife bought some gourds for Christmas hobbies. My oldest was looking
                             at one and said this would make a nice tenor guitar. With the body figured out, we
                             went looking for hardware. We found Stewart Mc Donald had a great site, lots of
                             parts and even an on-line fret calculator. Thus, we were off on the build. I cut the
                             neck out of some cherrywood I had left over from my kitchen remodel and used
                             maple wood for the fret board. I then found some thin mahogany plywood from an
old door and that became the top. We found that if you ground the set off an old hacksaw blade, it was just
the right width for cutting fret slots. Probably the most difficult part was cutting the gourd in half evenly. These
are not easy to hold. Of course, I had to build one for my other son as I had two gourd halves. I also found
that spraying lacquer in the basement was not a good idea. It really stinks up the place. They both still play
the guitars and when my older son was the best man at my younger son’s wedding, he played and sang the
toast with his gourd guitar. It was a nice fun project put to good use.

                                                  April Quiz
1. What does the word April mean?                          6. In what city was Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
   A) warmth B) flower C) open D) spring                      assassinated on, April 4, 1968?
                                                              A) Memphis B) Dallas C) Chicago
2. What is the gem associated with April?
                                                              D) Birmingham
   A) ruby B) jade C) diamond D) sapphire
                                                           7. Who became the youngest golfer in history to win
3. Which of these flowers is considered the flower of
                                                              the Masters on April 13,1997?
   April?
                                                              A) Tiger Woods B) Arnold Palmer
   A) daisy B) rose C) tulip D) bluebell
                                                              C) Bobby Jones D) Jack Nicklaus
4. Who reached the North Pole in April, 1909?
                                                           8. Who broke Babe Ruth’s home run record on April
   A) Robert Scott B) Robert Peary
                                                              8,1974?
   C) Roald Amundsen D) Fridjhof Nansen
                                                              A) Roger Maris B) Tony Oliva
5. A famous mutiny occurred in April 1789. What was           C) Hank Aaron   D) Willie Mays
   the name of the ship?
                                                           9. What Elvis Presley song hit the Billboard Charts
   A) Discovery B) Caine C) Bounty D) Beagle
                                                              at # 1 on April21,1956?
                                                              A) Heartbreak Hotel B) Teddy Bear
                                                              C) Love Me Tender D) Jailhouse Rock

                                                                           Answers on page 25
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Where I Grew Up
                                                by Jane Waterman
     When someone asks you where you are from, to say New York City does not convey the unique effects a
particular part of that city can have on your life. I’m from a Manhattan neighborhood called Yorkville. Located
on the East side of Manhattan between 72nd and 96th Streets, from the East River to 5th Avenue, it is now
called the “Upper East Side”. Although that newer name implies wealth, which it has and had in my time,
there is so much more.
     The area is laid out in a grid, with avenues running north-south and streets east-west. Along the eastern
part of the neighborhood the avenues include East End and York. These contain some of the most beautiful
apartment buildings in the world, most built pre-World War II. The western part, from Lexington to Fifth Avenues
is a world unmatched. As you leave the stores and shops along Lexington Avenue and walk west one block
to Park Avenue, you pass some of the townhouses and sandstone houses built in the late Nineteenth/early
Twentieth centuries. The view along Park Avenue with its canopied building entrances, elegant lobbies and
beautiful facades is the definition of luxury. The next two blocks west, to Madison Avenue and then Fifth
Avenue, contain some of the most unique and valuable private homes ever built in America. Along Fifth
Avenue, facing Central Park, mixed in among the stately apartment buildings, are the mansions built by the
barons of industry. For instance, at 70th St. is the Henry Clay Frick House, a palace like structure with an
elevated garden in front. During the time that the family lived there in the early 20th century, the third floor
was the servants’ quarters with room for 27 servants. Today it is known as the Frick Museum and is open to
the public. It contains a premier collection of old master paintings and outstanding examples of European
sculpture and decorative art. Further north at 91st St. and Fifth Ave. is the Andrew Carnegie mansion. Built
in 1902, it was the first American residence to have a steel frame and among the first to have a private Otis
elevator and central heating. As you walk up Fifth Avenue between these two palaces you pass the Metropolitan
Museum of Art and the Guggenheim Museum. The West side of Fifth Avenue is the entrance to Central Park,
the most beautiful and functional urban oasis in America. Although as a young person I walked these streets
and visited these locations, the main part of my life was played out between these borders. In my memory
the heart of Yorkville was from 1st to 3rd Avenues, a working-class enclave where my extended family and
friends lived for decades.
     The main east to west streets in Yorkville are 72nd, 79th, 86th and 96th. These streets are all two way
for traffic as opposed to one way either east or west for the others. The main north/south avenues are 1st,
2nd and 3rd which in my youth were two-way. The primary building stock in the area were tenements. These
were usually 4 or 5 stories tall, walk ups, with two so called “railroad apartments” on each floor. In the area I
lived in, 86th St. was the main street that was graced with fine restaurants, movie palaces and nightclubs. The
annual St. Patrick’s Day and Steuben Day Parades marched up Fifth Avenue and then east on 86th to pass
reviewing stands between 3rd and 2nd Avenues. With all the bands playing and the crowd cheering, these
were magical days. As you walked on the avenues you passed all the shops and stores that catered to the
neighborhood, many so called “Mom & Pop” stores. In these stores you could shop for food, deal with the local
butcher, have a clerk measure your feet for new shoes, try on new clothes for your Sweet 16 party or meet
your friends on the corner in front of the soda shop. There were churches in the neighborhood where your
grandparents worshiped, your parents were married and you were baptized; however, if the physical aspects
of a location give you a sense of home, it’s family and the people around you that shape your vision of life.
     I lived at 208 East 90th St. between 2nd and 3rd Avenues. This block was different as it was a hill. Our
Lady of Good Counsel Rectory, Church, Parish Hall and Convent were situated in the middle of the “downtown”
(south) side of 90th. Ruppert Knickerbocker Brewery took up residence from the “uptown” north side of 90th
to 93rd St. Because of this, there were not as many tenement buildings so it made for fewer people and
opened the block for stick-ball, Ringolevio, Off the Point,roller skating and doing figure-eights around the
man hole covers, tag, king/queen, Johnny on a Pony, water balloon fights in the summer, or learning new
dance steps if someone had a transistor radio. During the winter months, fun time was spent sledding if you
had one, or you were borrowing the lid of the aluminum trash can if you didn’t. If my mother was looking out
the second-floor window and saw that a wedding, funeral or baptism did not have enough people going into
church, my sister and I donned our chapel veils and to church we went! Moreover, in addition to my family
of six I had two widowed grandmothers, two uncles and three aunts living either in my building or in a similar
building up the street. From time to time we would have visitors from Ireland “come over” and stay with one
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family or another. These were happy and festive times and our railroad flats were filled with people. When my
maternal grandmother passed away, she was waked in my aunts’ apartment and buried from the church on our
street. This church was also where my parents, other family members and I were married. Since this was a
working-class neighborhood, in the morning, the streets were busy with men going to work and children off to
school. In the afternoon kids could stay out till dinner time and play or gather on stoops or soda shops. I met
my husband, Tom, by a soda shop on 89th St. and 3rd Ave. He had recently moved from a similar location
on 83rd St.His mother told us that one day while she was walking Tom in his baby carriage, she stopped to
talk to my mother who was pushing me in mine. This was the first time we met and although we were babies,
Tom recalls me winking at him! The first time Tom came to my house to meet my parents and take me to
the movies, my Mom asked about his Grandma O’Brien. It seems both of our grandfathers, immigrants from
County Kerry, Ireland, worked as prison guards on Blackwell Island. Yorkville in some way was like a small
town, there were many connections going back over the years.
                            It would be impossible for someone walking the streets of Yorkville today to envision
                        what the past was. I can see my Uncle Jerry coming home from work and if we happened
                        to meet him, he would give us money for Addie Valens, the fancy ice cream parlor on
                        86th St. On Saturdays, the children’s section of the ornate movie theatres would be filled
                        with kids for the double feature, all under the watchful eye of the matron. On Sundays
                        at Mass with your family the priest would convey neighborhood news such as deaths,
                        pending marriages and upcoming school and church events. Your special days were
                        always marked by your extended family gathering in one flat to celebrate with you.
    Although I lived in a neighborhood that was a small part of a big city, family, friends and the values and
history we shared made it very special and shaped my outlook to this day.

                       If you would like to share memories of where you grew up,
                              send your story to lindacmarino@yahoo.com

                                     Ocean County Historical Society
                                     Welcomes Accomplished Photographer
                                     Well respected throughout the state history community, especially in
                                     Monmouth and Ocean Counties, retired Monmouth County archivist and
                                     educator, Gary Saretsky is also an outstanding photographer. In 1972,
                                     he became seriously involved with photography, eventually sharing his
                                     knowledge and experiences with students at Mercer County Community
                                     College. Established in 1985, his online photo bookstore currently offers
                                     more than 800 titles for sale.
                                     Art and photography lovers should plan to join OCHS on April 11, 2021
                                     at 2:00 PM, for our Zoom presentation of Gary Saretsky’s illustrated slide
lecture, Nineteenth Century New Jersey Photographers. After showcasing photographers of state renown,
Gary will focus on selected photographers of Ocean County. Gary lectured under the auspices of the Public
Scholars Speakers Bureau of the NJ Council for the Humanities before the pandemic.
To register, email oceancounty.history@verizon.net with the following information: your name, zip code and
email address. In the subject line please include “NJ Photographers, on April 11, 2021” You will be sent the
link to Zoom the presentation a few days before the event.
                                                                                Submitted by Sally Guerrierie

                                                                                   April 2021   The Breezeway   17
Dishin’ the Dirt                                              Over the Rainbow
                    by Barbara Engel                                            by Linda C. Marino

                                                                                                  April 3rd is Find A
     It’s time for spring inspection: On one of the                                           Rainbow Day. Legends
first warm days of spring, put on your inspector’s hat
                                                                                              of rainbows are found in
and head out to the garden with a notepad. It’s time
                                                                                              fairytales, leprechauns
to see what happened in the garden while you were
indoors all winter.                                                                           find a pot of gold at the
     Take note of the following: Cold, ice or snow                                            end of them, unicorns
damage on plants; beds that need to be cleaned out;                                           leave them in their trails
and hardscaping elements – walls, fences, benches,           and Judy Garland sang the Academy Award winning
sheds, trellises that have shifted, bowed or rotted.         song about the multicolored arc in The Wizard of Oz.
     Do a thorough spring clean-up: Ideally, just            The song was almost cut from the classic movie by
before your spring bulbs start to pop up, clean the plant    Louis B. Mayer of MGM because he thought it was
debris out of your garden beds. This includes fallen         too sad. It would have been a sad day if we hadn’t
branches, matted down leaves, last year’s perennial          heard those inspiring lyrics written by Harold Arlen and
foliage and hibiscus, ornamental grasses and any             mesmerizing melody scored by Yip Harburg. Rainbows
annuals you didn’t remove last fall. Maintaining good        are anything but sad; Mayer didn’t understand the
hygiene in your garden beds will help to keep pests          hopefulness that the curve inspires.
and diseases at bay.
                                                                  Science has taught us that this vibrant phenomenon
     Feed your soil: Talk with someone at your local
                                                             is a reflection, refraction and dispersion of light in water
garden center about which specific products to use;
always follow the package instructions for best results.     droplets. Biblically, this colorful spectrum was a display
It’s a good time to sprinkle an organic, slow-release        of God’s creativity and His trustworthiness as He
plant food like Miracle Grow or Plant-tone or Rose-tone      painted one across the sky after the flood.
around perennials and shrubs. Time to prune some                  The best time to find a rainbow is on a slightly
types of woody shrubs and trees. Start by pruning out        humid, sunny day. Stand with your back to the sun and
anything that has been broken or damaged by winter           look toward the horizon. When caused by sunlight, the
ice, snow and cold. Remove dead wood, too.                   bow always appears opposite the sun. I spent my first
     DO NOT prune early flowering shrubs and those           11 years of teaching at the elementary school level. I
that bloom on old wood (last year’s stems) like azalea,      always had a rainbow displayed on my bulletin board
forsythia, hydrangea and weigela in spring. If you do,       with the name of ROY G. BIV above it. This acronym
you’ll risk cutting off this year’s flower buds. You might   is the arrangement of hues starting at the highest point
not be able to see them, but they are there; so resist
                                                             with red, orange, yellow, green blue, indigo and violet
the urge to prune.
                                                             as the inner most color. In a double rainbow, a second
     Divide perennials and transplant shrubs: In
early spring when they are just beginning to pop             arc is seen outside the primary arc, and has the order
up, divide and transplant any perennials that have           of its colors reversed, with red on the inner side of the
outgrown their space or grown large enough to split,         arc. This is caused by the light being reflected twice
if desired. In most cases, it’s best to divide and move      on the inside of the droplet before leaving it.
perennials in the opposite season of when they                    I remember the first time I ever saw a double
bloom. That means moving summer and fall blooming            rainbow; it was April 23, 1986. I was watching a varsity
perennials in spring and spring blooming perennials          baseball game at St. Joseph by-the-Sea High School
in fall. This avoids disrupting their bloom cycle.           where I was a math teacher. It started to rain and
Evergreen shrubs can be moved in early spring before         the game was called. It was a long walk back to the
their new growth appears or in early fall to give them       car and an eight-mile ride home. The rain suddenly
enough time to re-establish their roots before winter.
                                                             stopped and as the sun broke through there was the
     We all start looking for plants and flowers at this
                                                             double rainbow. This is memorable to me because on
time of year but be careful. Purchase only cold weather
flowers such as pansies. Warmer weather is needed            my car radio I was listening to the hourly news report.
for annual flowers and plants to thrive. Freezing            The newsman announced the death of Harold Arlen;
temperatures are still possible and that can destroy         I had never heard of him. The broadcaster stated the
anything you’ve planted in the ground or containers.         Harold was the lyricist of Over The Rainbow and in his
     Wishing all of you happy gardening.                     honor, he played the song. I drove home with goose
                                                             bumps, gazing at the double rainbow that I believed
                                                             was sent from above as a thank you to Harold.
18      The Breezeway   April 2021
World Art Day April 15th
    The Breeze Way celebrates World Art Day with this exhibition by some of our neighbors. When the
clubhouse reopens, you can join them in their weekly class. The lessons are guided by local Forked River
artist, Liz Paseler. Liz shares her talents in all mediums. The artist works with acrylic, charcoal, oil, pastel or
water. Explore the inner artist in you.

          Barbara Telleri                      Jane Waterman                            Linda Marino

                             Lynn Macoun                                         Robert Klein

        JoAnn Muir                               Rose McMullin                                   Linda Ascolese
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Spring Holidays -The Lunar Mismatch
                                                                         By JoAnn Muir
     Three religious holidays, Easter, Passover and                                    325 A.D., the Church decided to set its own date for
Ramadan, will be celebrated within weeks of each                                       Easter, independent of the Jewish reckoning. Today
other this year. All of them share special religious                                   most Christian communities celebrate Easter on the
observances and family celebration. We know the                                        first Sunday after the first full moon (after the vernal
pandemic has certainly altered the way we celebrate                                    equinox about March 21). Sometimes this full moon
these religious festivals, but it hasn’t changed the way                               isn’t the same as the Jewish one and that’s when we
the dates are determined. That remains the same -                                      get into a bigger time discrepancy.
complicated.                                                                                                         The lunar mismatch occurs
     Most of us have come to realize that Passover,                                                               because both calendars
like Easter, arrives at different times during the early                                                          struggle with the same
spring. However, Ramadan can appear anywhere                                                                      underlying problem: A lunar
throughout the twelve months.                                                                                     year is not the same length as
     I discovered that the Christian and Jewish                                        a full solar year. In fact, nothing is exactly the same
calendars are not aligned, who knew! Both holidays                                     length as a solar year, because not all solar years are
are supposed to fall on, or near, a full moon in the                                   the same length (think, Leap Year). This challenge
spring. Passover always begins on the 15th day                                         ails not only both religious calendars, but also every
(or some say 14th) of the Hebrew month of Nisan.                                       human attempt at timekeeping on Earth, which is a
Because the Hebrew months are pegged directly to                                       whole other topic.
the lunar cycle, the 15th day of Nisan is always a full                                     The Hebrew calendar uses lunar months. When
moon.                                                                                  you add up twelve of those months it’s only 354 days,
     For a time, early Christians used the Jewish                                      about 11 days too short. A solar year is about 365 days.
calendar as a reference, celebrating Easter on the                                     The Hebrew calendar will drift out of sync with the
first Sunday after Nisan 15th. But somewhere in                                        solar calendar and is periodically adjusted by adding
                                                                                       an extra month.

            BERKSHIRE                                                                       The Islamic calendar is based off the cycle of the
                                                                                       lunar calendar as well. Ramadan is the ninth month of
            HATHAWAY                                                                   this calendar which is determined by the sighting of the
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                                                                                       crescent moon is quite faint and can only be seen for
                                                                                       about 20 minutes. There's actually a “moon-watching
                                                                                       team” in the Middle East that determines the beginning
                                                                                       and end of Ramadan. The start of Ramadan can even
                                                                                       vary depending on which hemisphere you live.
                                                                                            While Passover and Easter occur within relatively
                                                                                       the same time frame every year (based on the spring
                                                                                       full moon), it can take the Muslim calendar about 33
                                                                                       years for a feast to occur on the same day on the
                   Victoria Kratsch                                                    solar calendar.
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New Jersey Famous - Mike Trout and His Bat

                                          We know the young man, Mike Trout. He was born in Vineland NJ in 1991. Trout
                                     is an eight-time MLB All-Star, three-time American League Most Valuable Player
                                     (winning the award in 2014, 2016, and 2019, while finishing second in the 2012, 2013,
                                     2015, and 2018 votes), and is a seven-time winner of the Silver Slugger Award. He
                                     is nicknamed "the Millville Meteor." We also know what happens to the ball when
                                     the young man hits it and can measure it with the oldest of baseball statistics or the
                                     newest, demonstrating he is, indeed, on track to be one of the all-time greats.
                                          Bat Day is in April, so, for something new, this is a story about his bat: Old
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