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Six Flags employees demonstrate new cleaning procedures. By Chris Lundy JACKSON – Six Flags Great Adventure announced a July 3 opening for members and season pass holders, and July 4 for the general public. Gov. Phil Murphy gave the approval for amusement parks to reopen, and provided guidelines for safety. Until now, only the Safari was open at Six Flags, and it was self-guided like it was years ago.
The park announced that there will be new health procedures and ways to allow parkgoers to social distance. They also noted that they might change procedures on an as-needed basis to comply with state recommendations. For example, thermal imaging will be used for temperature checks. Screening technology will allow for touchless bag checks. Mobile food
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ordering will reduce interaction with staff. There will be an online reservation system to keep track of attendance, and to schedule guests for when they enter. This way they will arrive at staggered time and reduce exposure. While these new regulations might make for a different experience, park management said that it’s the safest way to proceed. Some rides,
retail and food locations might not be available upon opening. The park team will open additional attractions as they become available. “We have developed a comprehensive reopening safety plan that includes protocols designed by theme park and waterpark industry experts, along with best practices from top destination parks from around the (Six Flags - See Page 4)
Addiction Assistance Group Adapts To Pandemic Conditions
By Bob Vosseller TOMS RIVER - Hope Sheds Light is one of several active agencies that has a mission to assist those facing addiction as well as to support their family members. That mission has been made more difficult during the current COVID-19
pandemic. Heather Price, the organization’s volunteer and outreach coordinator has been hosting weekly Zoom meetings to communicate with members of not only her organization but other support agencies as well to compare notes on
how to help those who are facing challenges of addiction during the pandemic. “We have a very small staff but we have volunteers who are the heartbeat of our organization. We provide 24/7 hotline support, online resources, communi-
ty education, commu- either people in longnity outreach, family term recovery or family support services, youth members. We raise soprograms, wellness pro- cial awareness. We share grams and family man- experience, strength and agement skills,” Price hope, resources and navigation and we do all that said. She added, “we cele- to create community brate those in recovery. change and to break the We are peer to peer sup- stigma of addiction.” port so most of us are (Addiction - See Page 17)
July 4, 2020
Jackson Backs Police During Meeting
By Bob Vosseller JACKSON – Township Officials spoke up in support of the police department during its last council meeting referencing a sign seen in social media that was carried by a participant of a recent Black Lives Matters protest held in June. Councilman Martin Flemming brought up the subject during the council’s June 23 meeting which was the governing body’s first live session and which featured an audience. Flemming said, “I’d like to welcome everyone back to a live meeting. It is much nicer. A short while ago many people of Jackson participated in a peaceful protest at Johnson Park, while I wasn’t in attendance, I am friendly with many of those who had attended and several who spoke and I understand it was an entirely peaceful process.” Flemming added however, “one sign that was displayed that I saw on social media caught my eye, it stated ‘not all cops are racists but all Jackson cops are.’ This bothered me. I have been part of emergency services in town for 44 years. I have been at many, many scenes with our police (Police - See Page 6)
Pipeline Blow Out Condemns Home
By Bob Vosseller UPPER FREEHOLD – An Upper Freehold Township homeowner has been relocated after a hydrological incident involving drilling for a New Jersey Natural Gas (NJNG) pipeline project. “I was almost too terrified to investigate after what had felt like an explosion in my house. I discovered huge cracks in my foundation, my basement floor, and even my walls. As I watched in horror, water and sludge came pouring in through the cracks,” resident Barbara Fox-Cooper said. Cooper was given just a few minutes to gather some of her belongings and to evacuate from her residence on June 19 as the slab of her home cracked due to hydrostatic pressure and the building inspector advised (Mess - See Page 21)
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Six Flags:
Continued From Page 1 world, which will allow guests to experience our parks in the safest way possible. This ’new normal’ will be different in some ways, but we believe these additional measures are appropriate in the current environment,” said Six Flags President and CEO Mike Spanos. Reopening procedures include: Health Screenings Contactless infra-red thermal imaging will be used to screen temperatures of guests and employees prior to entry. Individuals will be required to acknowledge and abide by the company’s health policies, which prohibit park entry if guests have recently been exposed to or are experiencing symptoms of COVID-19. Following CDC guidelines, all guests over the age of two and all team members will be required to wear face masks covering the nose and mouth throughout their visit/work day. The park will also offer “mask break zones” in select locations to provide socially-distanced areas for guests who wish to temporarily remove their masks. Masks will be available for sale at the front gate for any guest without one. Masks will not be required on waterslides, water attractions, or in pools. Strictly Enforced Social Distancing Easy to identify distance markers will be added in all park entry, ride, restroom, retail locations, and dining queue lines. Dining areas will be adjusted to allow ample space between seated parties. Guests will be separated by empty rows and/or seats on all roller coasters, rides, and attractions. Six-foot viewing areas will be marked for guests to observe game play while adhering to social distancing requirements. Advanced security screenings will enable touchless bag checks. Guests viewing outdoor entertainment will be separated by at least six feet. Capacity at indoor venues and on some attractions, including the Wave Pool and Lazy River, will be reduced to meet social distancing requirements. Guests will be allowed to ride on a tube with family/group members, but will not be allowed to share a tube with those not in their immediate party. A limited number of complimentary lifejackets will be available upon request; however, families are encouraged to provide their own coast-guard approved lifejackets for children under 42 inches, or those who are not strong swimmers. All Hurricane Harbor lifejackets will be sanitized after every guest use. Extensive Sanitization Trained and dedicated cleaning teams have been put in place. Rides, restraints, and handrails will be cleaned throughout the day. Team members will frequently sanitize and disinfect high-touch points, including the following, such as seats, tables, doors, and trash cans. Restroom staff will be stationed to disinfect each stall, sink, and shower area on a frequent basis. Multiple hand-washing and alcohol-based hand-sanitizer stations will be located throughout the parks. All team member work areas will be regularly sanitized and disinfected.
Food Service Modified menus and implementation of mobile food ordering will help facilitate touchless transactions. Self-service buffets and salad bars will be reconfigured to eliminate guest contact with food. Condiments, self-serve cutlery, and napkins will be provided to guests with their meals as required. Beverages will be served by attendants; any drink bottle refills will be served in a paper cup each time guests refill. Cleaning And Distancing All employees will be issued Team Member Action Packs which will include the following items: a safety face mask, safety glasses, and disposable gloves. Low pressure backpack sprayers will be utilized for disinfecting large areas. Abundant supplies of sanitizers and disinfectants will be available. Microfiber cloths will be used to sanitize surfaces. Queue line supplies, fencing, and tents will be in place to promote safe social distancing. Frontline team members will go through extensive COVID-19 training. Safety messaging and reminders will be displayed on Six Flags’ website, and in newsletters. Distance markers and physical distance indicators will be in place. Informational safety signage will be posted throughout the park. Attendance Great Adventure will set attendance caps to a limit that would allow people to social distance. All Members, Season Pass Holders and all guests with a single-day or group ticket will need to make a reservation at sixflags.com/reserve. Guests who need single day tickets will be able to reserve during the purchase process. The process will take 5-7 minutes, and guests will complete the following steps: • Enter their online order number, ticket number or Membership/Season Pass number. • Select the day and the approximate time they want to visit. • Acknowledge their understanding of the company’s health policy. • Order pre-paid parking, if they do not already have a parking pass. • Watch a brief video describing new social distancing and sanitization procedures. The park’s website and social media channels will announce the reservation system’s launch date. Guests will be contacted electronically (either by email, text or both) the day before their scheduled visit to confirm their intent to visit. All Members and Season Pass Holders will receive booking priority over single-day and group ticket buyers. “Six Flags Great Adventure and Hurricane Harbor are beloved outdoor destinations for so many in the northeast, and we look forward to welcoming families back to our parks. The safety of our guests and team members remains our number one priority, and the new safety guidelines we have put in place are designed to create a safe environment for everyone,” said Six Flags Great Adventure and Hurricane Harbor Park President John Winkler. “We greatly appreciate the support of Jackson Township Mayor Michael Reina, Lieutenant Governor Sheila Oliver, Deputy Chief of Staff Mike DeLamater, Senate President Steve Sweeney, the New Jersey Amusement Association, and Governor Phil Murphy throughout this reopening process.”
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Food Safety During Power Outage
As the USDA notes in Keeping Food Safe During an Emergency, your refrigerator will keep food safe for up to 4 hours during a power outage. Keep the door closed as much as possible. Discard refrigerated perishable food such as meat, poultry, fish, eggs, and leftovers after 4 hours without power.
After a power outage, never taste food to determine its safety. You will have to evaluate each item separately—use this chart as a guide. When in Doubt, Throw it Out! For information on which foods to keep or toss, visit foodsafety.gov/food-safety-charts/ food-safety-during-power-outage.
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Police:
Continued From Page 1 officers. Some were funny and light hearted, others were deathly unfunny.” “In-40 plus years I have seen our men and women handle themselves in many ways - professional, courteous, kind and understanding. I’ve never once seen it matter to what the person they were helping looked like,” the councilman added. “Most people meet officers when they are not having a good day. Sometimes that bad day starts when flashing lights go on behind your car. Sometimes they meet them on the worst day of your life,” Flemming said. “Even during this terrible time, I see our police officers go above and beyond. I’ve seen our officers in various situations and I’ve seen them at play at many charitable events some of which I played on with them and some on teams against them.” The councilman noted that he knew every member of the police department in the township. “Most are acquaintances. Some of which I have been fortunate enough to count as friends. They are a group of people that I am proud to have protect our community and I want them to know they have my gratitude for doing an impossible job that is well done. I want them to know that they have my total support,” Flemming concluded. Council President Alex Sauickie welcomed everyone back and thanked residents for their patience as the council worked through the restrictions of COVID-19 in the last several months. “It is good to be back in the same room. It is a much better way of doing things.” Sauickie added his support to the police department adding that members of the department had responded recently to a rare occurrence which was a murder that occurred. “I could not agree with Councilman Flemming’s comments more. Our police department working with the Ocean County
Prosecutor’s Office made an arrest in that case within 24 hours and our condolences to the family of the 23-year-old resident of the town. The person arrested was not from our town,” Sauickie said. “Our police force - as many up here have said are second to none. I hope we don’t see another case like this in a very long time. We are one of the safest towns in the state,” he added. It was the first full meeting for newly appointed Councilman Steven Chisholm who took the oath of office at the council’s prior meeting. He remarked that it was “good to be here for my official first full meeting. I am looking forward to working with the council and I am glad to see real live residents here and thanks for coming.” In recent months the governing body has been meeting virtually through Zoom due to the conditions of the COVID-19 pandemic. During a May 12 meeting the council introduced two ordinances that would repeal prior ordinances of the township. Both were stated to be redundant by members of council and Township Attorney Gregory McGuckin. One ordinance was approved since that meeting which involved the restriction of dormitories within applications to build schools. The second ordinance involving rescinding an ordinance designating where schools could be built in the township was tabled. Officials stated that the decision to table that ordinance was made in order to await further word from the NJ Department of Justice. That agency had initiated a lawsuit against the township alleging anti-Semitism concerning denials of applications of projects that included dormitories. Sauickie said “I had mentioned that we were working with the Department of Justice regarding the factual inaccuracies of their complaint. We only just received a response back recently so we are going to give our attorneys some additional time to have those discussions (with the DOJ) so we will table it.” “It will not be on the agenda tonight. We are not postponing it indefinitely,” Sauickie added.
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SPOTLIGHT ON GOVERNMENT Correspondence & Commentary From Your Local, County, State & Federal Officials
Smith: Pass The JUSTICE Act From The Desk Of
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Chris Smith WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Chris Smith (R-4th) made the following speech before the House: “Madame Speaker, the JUSTICE Act is designed to ensure greater transparency and accountability in policing in order to build safer communities. “I cosponsored the JUSTICE Act because it is a serious, comprehensive and balanced reform initiative an important step forward. “I am deeply grateful to Senator Tim Scott and Congressman Pete Stauber for authoring this bicameral legislation. “The killing of George Floyd while in custody by a Minneapolis police officer demands justice and has resulted in a fresh and necessary look at crime and policing. “I watched the video of Derek Chauvin kneeling on the neck of Mr. Floyd who pleaded “I can’t breathe” with horror and disbelief. Chauvin not only betrayed his solemn duty to serve and protect but he betrayed, as well, police officers throughout the nation who serve with great honor and valor, and make enormous sacri-
fices to protect the innocent and enforce the law. “Today I - like many Americans - believe that nonviolent dialogue and persuasion are not only the best way, but it is the only way to achieve meaningful change. “Those who commit violent acts against police and others, as well as those who destroy property and steal, should be prosecuted to the greatest extent of the law. “The JUSTICE Act that we will vote on today includes new funding of $225 million for improved police training - including best practices for violence de-escalation and alternatives to the use of force - which will likely reduce injury or death to both police officers and criminal suspects. The training also includes the most effective approaches to suspects with mental health conditions and developmental disability including individuals with autism. “The JUSTICE Act also authorizes a $500 million matching grant program to help police departments purchase body-worn cameras and receive the necessary training to ensure optimal use. It conditions eligibility
for this funding on certain criteria, including usage at all times when an officer arrests or detains anyone. “The evidence for bodycam use is compelling. Studies have shown that the use of body-worn cameras can reduce complaints against officers by up to 90 percent and decrease officers use of force by 60 percent. “The JUSTICE Act also provides $500 million for duty-to-intervene training and directs the Attorney General in consultation with state and local governments, and organizations representing rank and file law enforcement officers to develop training curricula on the duty of a law enforcement officer to intervene when another officer engages in excessive use of force. “Had any one of the three officers on the scene in Minneapolis intervened when George Floyd pleaded that he couldn’t breathe, his life could have been saved. “Other reforms embedded in the legislation includes maintaining and appropriately sharing disciplinary records for officer hiring, use of force reporting to the FBI, no-knock warrant reporting, incentivizing chokehold bans and increased penalties for false police reports. “The JUSTICE Act empowers the Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) grant program to hire recruiters and enroll candi-
dates in law enforcement academies to ensure racial and demographic representation similar to the communities served, and funds an education program for law enforcement on racism produced by the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History. “The bill makes lynching a federal crime. “The legislation also creates the Commission on the Social Status of Black Men and Boys which will study and issue a wide-ranging report on conditions affecting black men and boys, including homicide rates, arrest and incarceration rates, poverty, violence, fatherhood, mentorship, drug abuse, death rates, disparate income and wealth levels, school performance in all grade levels and health issues and will make recommendations to address these issues. “That said, why not vote for the Democrat bill that is before the House today as well? “I have serious concerns that the language in H.R. 7120 - the Democrat proposal - eviscerates qualified immunity in civil lawsuits for our women and men in law enforcement. “Let’s be clear, current policy provides no immunity whatsoever - nor should it ever - from criminal prosecution as in the case of the
officer responsible for the death of George Floyd. “But qualified immunity - a judicially created legal doctrine - shields government officials, including law enforcement, from personal liability lawsuits so long as their actions do not violate “clearly established statutory or constitutional rights of which a reasonable person would have known.” According to the Congressional Research Service, “The Supreme Court has observed that qualified immunity balances two important interests - the need to hold public officials accountable when they exercise power irresponsibly and the need to shield officials from harassment, distraction and liability when they perform their duties reasonably.” Section 102 of the Democrat bill ends qualified immunity and states in pertinent part that “It shall not be a defense or immunity in any action brought under this section against a local law enforcement officer…”even if “…the defendant was acting in good faith, or that the defendant believed, reasonably or otherwise, that his or her conduct was lawful at the time when the conduct was committed…” If Section 102 became law, it would likely result in a flood of legal actions - an engraved invitation to sue
law enforcement officers. Moreover, it will deter police from using force where the use of force is necessary to save life or protect property—diminishing the ability of police to provide public safety in dangerous situations. Finally, a June 15 letter from the National Association Of Police Organizations - which represents one thousand professional police associations and units and 241,000 officers throughout the United States - wrote: “Our most significant concerns include amending Section 242 of Title 18 United States Code to lower the standard for mens rea (Title I Subtitle A, Section 101) and the practical elimination of qualified immunity for law enforcement officers (Section 102). Combined, these two provisions take away any legal protections for officers while making it easier to prosecute them for mistakes on the job, not just criminal acts. With the change to qualified immunity, an officer can go to prison for an unintentional act that unknowingly broke an unknown law. We believe in holding officers accountable for their actions, but the consequence of this would be making criminals out of decent cops enforcing the laws in good faith.”
Can We Reunite This Surfer With Camera Found On Beach?
By Chris Lundy BRICK – Every once in a while, there’s a story about someone finding a wedding ring or something, and through the magic of the internet, the original owner is tracked down. Beckie Emerson of Brick is hoping the same thing will happen now. She found a Go Pro camera in debris dredged up from Superstorm Sandy back in 2012. She said she was on a beach in Point Pleasant shortly after they reopened following the storm. The camera’s memory had a bunch of surfing footage, and just one good shot of the presumed owner. There’s actually video of when the camera falls off the surfboard into the ocean.
Emerson had forgotten all about the camera until finding it when packing recently and decided to take another shot at finding the owner through seven degrees of separation. Emerson said she thinks it’s a first generation Go Pro Hero. They are up to their eighth generation now. According to Wikipedia, the first one came out in 2005. Perhaps this surfer lost it back then? After all, the storm brought up all sorts of stuff from the ocean floor so who knows how old it is. Then again, it probably would not have kept its charge that long. So, let’s share this photo and see if anything turns up. C’mon, internet. Do your thing!
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MAYOR MIKE REINA ENCOURAGES
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Firearms Applications Are Now Online
By Bob Vosseller J A C K S O N – To w n s h i p P o l i c e a r e reminding residents that firearms applications are now online so those residents seeking to apply for a firearms identification card or permit to purchase a handgun no longer need to come to police headquarters. Those interested in such items can now go online through the Firearms Application and Registration System (FARS) on the New Jersey State Police website, the agency’s ORI number is NJ0151100: Visit njsp.org/firearms/fars.shtml Jackson Police advised that due to the extremely high volume recently, applications are taking longer than usual to process. Due to the volume, the criminal history checks and criminal checks from the state have taken additional time and if a criminal history is located, it takes additional time to get that information in the mail from the state for the department to begin the rest of the background investigation that is done to determine eligibility. Records which typically have been
mailed within a week in the past are taking several weeks or longer to obtain. Once they are received, the background is completed and then reviewed before it is forwarded to the chief of police. This becomes more involved with out of state incidents where other agencies may have to be contacted for additional information to determine eligibility under New Jersey laws. One-way applicants can assist in the process is to ensure that reference information is accurate and the references respond to the email request. Additional staff has been utilized when available to assist with the additional workload. The applications which for the agency to date have been: • January: 111 • February: 64 • March: 140 • April: 112 • May: 84 • June: 419 “Thank you for your continued support during this time,” Jackson Police Captain Steven Laskiewicz, Investigations Division Commander said.
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By Bob Vosseller JACKSON – “A Jackson Juneteenth Bash” drew a good sized crowed to Hope Cathedral on Bennetts Mills Road for a family-centered festivity. The June 26, event had been postponed from June 19 was organized by Kiana Yasmine and assisted by those who organized the recently held Jackson Peacef ul Protest. T hat Black Lives Matter rally drew more than a thousand people to Johnson Park last month. Resident Elliot Bell was one of the primary organizers of that protest and was also part of the committee who put together the June 26 Juneteenth event. “Juneteenth is a day in which the slaves in Texas were informed that the civil war was over and the all slaves had been freed. The emancipation proclamation freeing the slaves January 1, 1863 was not enforced for more than two years, and June 19th marks the day they all learned of their freedom,” Bell said. Bell added, “I feel it’s very important for African Americans and people of color to celebrate this day as it’s a day of freedom, much like the US Fourth of July. We not only want to celebrate freedom but also celebrate the advancement of our race and educate others on the people, places, and things that we’ve done and accomplished.” He noted the importance of “keeping the momentum going from our successful protest, we look for our Jackson Juneteenth Bash to educate, unify, and celebrate our freedom as well as having fun with new friends and family.” Yasmine also noted the event’s importance saying, “celebrating Juneteenth is important because it marks a date of major significance in American history when slavery offically ended. June 19, 1865, was the day federal troops arrived in Texas to ensure that all enslaved people were freed and it was more than two years after Abe Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation.” “Juneteenth represents the ways in which freedom for Black people have been delayed and it is a reminder that nobody is free until everybody is free. Juneteenth should be celebrated as the day when all Americans were liberated, in my opinion,” she added. “Elliot and Danny Niblack originally reached out to me to help them with a f lyer for the Jackson Peaceful Protest and from there we just kept shooting ideas to each other and eventually added more of our friends to help put everything together,” Yasmine said. She added, “we did not expect the immense amount of support and love that came of organizing something like
this which ultimately led us to want to continue this movement in Jackson.” Not all of their efforts were appreciated however, “we did get a lot of negative backlash from some of our friends and families, even other Jackson residents but so many more have reached out to us for positive reasons and really stand behind us.” The organizing committee now has a name. “we called ourselves Jackson Peace Unit and made a group Instagram to post the latest news, resources, and events. We plan to educate those in our community and to also be a resource for people,” Yasmine said. “I personally want to keep the peace, love, and unity in the community,” Bell said. Yasmine added, “we really aim for our events to be a safe space for everyone to join together and be free of discrimination. Although our mission works to amplify Black lives, we welcome people of all walks of life. Some have already shared their stories from both sides of this virus called racism.” A’liah Moore was among the speakers at the event which also included several vendors, a balloon release, arts and crafts activities, a caricature artist, and the f ly and f lutter butterf ly display table. Moore a member of the local chapter of the NAACP said, “Color and culture are beautiful unique and important. It is why we shouldn’t say I don’t see color, It is important to say not everyone is the same. We may have different skin color, different cultures, different values but we are one race, the human race.” Jackson resident Jocolyn Williams was another member of the event organizing team. She said she was happy to see so many turn out for the event. “Everyone is enjoying themselves and are fully engaged with all the activities we have here.” Emil Fisher of Jackson noted it was a good event. He brought his 5-year-old daughter Honesty to it and she was eager to see her caricature which was being drawn by artist Jay Dawes. Another artist, Ed Bell who some refer to as “the Butterf ly Guy” provided his “Fly and Flutter, The Beauty of Butterf ly” displays for the outdoor event. Another obser vance of Juneteenth was held on June 20 at Johnson Park sponsored by the organizations Rays of Hope and Girl Be Heard. Forty-seven out of 50 states recognize Juneteenth as a state holiday. Legislation to declare it a national holiday has been stalled according to the Congressional Research Service.
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Take A Hike Through Jackson’s Trails By Dan Green, Corresponding Secretary, Jackson Pathfinders JACKSON – The Jackson Pathfinders are men, women, teens and scouts who love to be out on a trail whenever possible in the beautiful natural lands of our town. When life eventually returns to normal, the Pathfinders will again run short hikes and trail beautification events all year round. We charge no dues or fees, and we do not sell anything. All we ask is your own enthusiasm. We used to say, “If only more people knew about our trails!” Now we often meet others when we are out on the trail. It must be that, because of the pandemic, more people are finding time to discover our trails and enjoy nature. Yes, all trails are again open to the public. The Jackson Pathfinders maintain the Silver Stream Trail, the Steve Kitay Living Trail, the Purple Heart Trail and the Jackson Jungle Children’s Trail. Visit our website and view our interactive Google trail maps. We also display maps of other trails in Jackson, including those at the Forest Resource Education Center. The next time you arrive at one of our trails, open our website on your cell phone, then select the appropriate Google map and use it to navigate.Another option is to print out a map on paper and take it with you to the trail. Here is an update on some issues with the Silver Stream Trail. Turning right to enter the south side of the trail at Cut Pine Junction (see our map for reference), you soon come to a wetland area near the West Little Bridge. Acouple of trees there are now leaning over, and their large roots have come up from the ground, making walking a challenge. Please be extra careful there while we seek a solution. Between the East Little Bridge and the White Cedar Grove are several areas where the trail is not well-defined, so this month we have installed many new trail markers to keep you from getting lost!
The Silver Stream Trail is located within the Metedeconk Preserve of the New Jersey Conservation Foundation, so the yellow markers say NJCF TRAIL. It tends to be muddy there much of the time, and wearing boots is recommended. Recent storms have damaged the High Brook Bridge, the East Silver Stream Bridge and the East Boardwalk. Use caution in those locations until we can get them fixed. Last week some of our volunteers raked and weed-whacked the surface of our new Children’s Trail, and it is now even more welcoming.An entrance sign has been approved by Jackson Township, and we are working with the Township to have it made and installed. With or without the entrance sign, however, the Children’s Trail is inviting you--whatever your age--to go inside for a little adventure. It takes only three minutes for an adult to walk around the entire trail! Always observe “carry in, carry out” etiquette when visiting woodland trails anywhere. Because garbage trucks cannot access trails, it is up to each of us as Pathfinders participants to help keep our trails beautiful. We are the ones who care the most, so keep a couple of trash bags in your car and take one along whenever you go out on a trail. The beauty of Jackson’s natural lands is calling us! Let us again go out to breathe the fresh, virus-free air and experience the scent of the pines, the flowing streams and the traffic-free quiet. Do wear sturdy shoes or boots and bring drinking water. Apply insect repellent before you begin your walk. When you return home, remove any ticks you might find on your skin. Always remember to wear a face covering and keep away from others you encounter on the trail. The Jackson Pathfinders look forward to sharing with you our love for nature and for the trails which lead us there. Vist jacksonpathfinders.org/ or the group Facebook page facebook.com/TheJacksonPathfinders.
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Governor and Mary Pat Christie Launch New Jersey 30-Day Fund
By Bob Vosseller NEW JERSEY – Modeling a successful program in Virginia, former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie and his wife Mary Pat Christie have launched the New Jersey 30-Day Fund to help businesses in the state affected by the COVID-19 crisis. Like the Virginia 30-Day Fund, it will provide $3,000 forgivable loans to businesses owned and operated by a New Jersey resident. Companies must have between three and 30 employees. The application process is simple and quick, and businesses will get an answer on their application in three days. The former governor said, “Mary Pat and I have heard so many stories of hard-working New Jersey residents who have been financially devastated by this horrible disease. Our hope is to quickly provide some financial relief to help those businesses who need it most.” The New Jersey 30-Day Fund has been established as a partner of the Virginia fund started by Disruptor Capital CEO Pete Snyder and his wife Burson Snyder, which is a qualified 501(c)(3) non-profit. Pete Snyer said, “we started the 30-Day Fund in Virginia to help small businesses survive the cash crunch caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. In five short weeks we have funded over 300 struggling small businesses from all across the Commonwealth.” Mary Pat Christie said, “in speaking with the Snyder family, it was apparent that the quick turnaround was a life-saver for small
businesses which were waiting to reopen. By establishing the NJ 30-Day Fund as a partner of the Virginia program, we can be up and running and providing loans this week.” If businesses that receive the loans can re-pay those loans, the Christies said those repayments would go back into the fund to provide additional loans to other worthy businesses. The Fund can accept contributions from businesses and individuals who seek to support their local New Jersey neighbors. It will launch with a $100,000 contribution from the Christie Family. To contribute or for more information, please visit: nj30dayfund.com. “Given the solid and resourceful leadership they provided for New Jersey in the wake of Superstorm Sandy and the millions they raised from the private sector to offer immediate relief to their citizens, we could think of no two better partners and leaders than Mary Pat and Governor Chris Christie to help save jobs and struggling small businesses in the Garden State,” Peter Snyder said. The New Jersey 30-Day Fund has secured volunteer assistance from Seton Hall business, law, undergrad and other college students who will review grant applications and help businesses through the process. Several New Jersey companies are offering volunteer services to also assist. The former governor said, “,y hope is that this will be one more example of New Jersey residents helping New Jersey residents. We will get through this crisis together.”
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Four Zoning Board Members Retain Their Seats
By Bob Vosseller JACKSON – Four members of the Township Zoning Board of Adjustment will be continuing to hear and review applications regarding variances having been reappointed during the most recent council meeting. Members Carl Book, Nino Borrelli, James Hurley and Peter Maher were reappointed by the council during its last meeting. This board hears cases regarding variances from township regulations regarding land development projects and property improvement plans. The Zoning Board of Adjustment operates under the protocols of the state Municipal Land Use Law. The vote to approve their reappointment was unanimous. While Book, Hurley and Maher will serve
four year terms as regular members of the panel, Borrelli who was present at the session, will stay on as Alternate No. 2 and will serve period of two years. Sauickie thanked those who served stressing that they were volunteers and not being paid. He said each of them were “just looking out for the town. Thank you for your service.” “I want to thank you for the opportunity to continue to do that. I love serving and volunteering here in town, “Borrelli said during the council’s first live meeting held on June 23. The live meeting allowed for audience members to be present and speak at the podium. Prior meetings have been held in a Zoom online program due to the conditions of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Chamomile Helps Arthritis, Blood Thinning And Mouth Pain By Suzy Cohen, R. Ph.
About a million cups of chamomile tea are served every single day! The antioxidant compounds in chamomile, including apigenin, have been proven useful for a variety of issues that might concern you. Today, I’m going to share the unexpected benefits of chamomile. Here are some benefits of chamomile that you may not have heard of: Arthritis. You might expect benefits from frankincense for knee pain or other “itis” issues, because that herb has been long associated with strong evidence for inflammation. But it’s really unexpected to see chamomile studied for knee pain! Researchers applied chamomile oil topically to the knee. The randomized controlled clinical trial was published in Complimentary Therapies in Clinical Practice. Patients who applied chamomile needed lower doses of their pain medicine. You could try adding drops to massage oil or some other pain-relieving cream or gel. Supplements and teas are available as well for oral consumption. Chamomile is known to induce drowsiness. Blood Thinning. Having thick or ‘sticky’ blood is bad for you. Doctors seek to thin the blood in order to prevent strokes and heart attacks. Warfarin is the most popular prescribed anti-coagulant. There are many plant-derived supplements that work similarly to warfarin, as well as foods with anti-platelet activity. But chamomile wouldn’t normally be something you think of for blood health. It has unexpected
blood-thinning properties. For that reason, I advise caution or avoidance of this herb if you are already taking warfarin (or other drugs) because there will be an exacerbation of the blood-thinning. Gum bleeding might be the first sign of additive anti-platelet activity in your body. Easy bruising is another sign. Mouth Pain. Have you ever burnt your tongue or mouth on hot coffee, or a super-hot pizza? Fortunately, if you burn your mouth it heals right away, within a week or so. But if you are receiving chemotherapy, there is a type of mouth pain that is unbearable. It can occur with high dose local radiation in the mouth. The term for the pain is oral mucositis or “OM.” Chamomile can help with these oral lesions. Sometimes a person is able to speak after a chemo treatment, and they cannot tell you of this pain. I worked in nursing home settings and saw this at times. So if you’re a caregiver, nurse or family member, please become more mindful of non-verbal cues, so you can determine if someone is dealing with OM. Of the herbal and medicinal oral rinses tested in a recent study, researchers concluded that certain ones were the most effective. Chamomile, honey, curcumin or Benzydamine-containing mouthwashes were found to be the most effective. You can make your own soothingl mouth rinse using the above ingredients, gargle with a tea, or simply dab on the essential oil to the sores.
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the SROs $87,957 each per school year. This means a total of $175,914 running from Sept. 3 2020 to June 18, 2021. An SRO is a trained sworn police officer who holds a full-time position to protect children, staff and property in the state’s public schools. Their training prepares them to face challenges of the school environment and according to the New Jersey School BoardAssociation an SRO can provide valuable counseling and support services for students and as such are considered the “preferred model for a law enforcement presence in a school building” as well as being an important safety factor within schools.
Trigger Points – Untangling Those Knots Once and for All! By Cara Parliament, DPT, Forked River Therapist & Facility Manager
WHAT EXACTLY IS A TRIGGER POINT? What people typically refer to as “knots” in muscles are actually trigger points. These are small fibers of muscle tightly contracting, causing areas of tenderness. When muscles are constantly contracting, they are unable to relax and recover their blood supply, which carries oxygen and glucose (the muscle’s energy source), to the muscles. When muscles are deprived of these recovery elements, fibers within the muscle remain contracted, becoming “angry,” creating trigger points. Trigger points can be classified as “active” or “latent.” Active trigger points cause pain at rest, are tender to the touch, and cause radiating or referred pain. Latent trigger points do not cause spontaneous pain, but may restrict movement or can be the cause of muscle weakness.
WHAT TRIGGER POINTS CAN CAUSE:
• Pain with pressure applied to these tense muscle fibers • Referred pain to a location near the trigger point • Inability to fully lengthen the muscle, restricting range of motion (aka muscle tightness) • Weakness of the muscle where trigger points are located • Headaches • Neck pain • Low back pain • Chronic pain
WHAT CAUSES TRIGGER POINTS?
• Muscle overuse, which is sustained or repetitive muscle contractions, deprive the working muscle of oxygen and glucose preventing the recovery process of the muscles. When the muscles cannot recover properly, parts of the muscle remain contracted, leading to constantly tense fibers of the muscle, aka trigger point formation. • Poor posture is a main cause of trigger points in the neck, back, and shoulder area. When someone stands hunched over, with rounded shoulders and a forward-bent head, the muscles responsible for holding the shoulder blades back and keeping the neck up are constantly contracting. These muscles are working extra hard to keep the skeleton erect and in alignment as best as possible. All these muscles constantly contracting, will lack proper recovery, again leading to trigger points. • Poor body mechanics, such as bending at the waist instead of at the knees when lifting objects, can also lead to trigger points, among other serious issues (disc issues, muscle strains, tears… so bend at the knees!). By bending over at the waist and coming back up when lifting a heavy object, one is causing the muscles of the back to pull excessive loads in an elongated position (when muscles are weak), leading to prolonged and extreme contractions. These excessive and strenuous contractions again lead to deprivation of oxygen, glucose and recovery to the muscles being used, ultimately predisposing them
to those pesky and painful trigger points. • Muscle imbalances (some muscles weaker than others) • Direct trauma to muscle causes disturbance to the tissue, which can disrupt the blood supply to the muscle, preventing adequate oxygen and glucose to reach the muscle, ultimately leading to trigger points (among other injuries to the muscle).
HOW TO PREVENT TRIGGER POINTS:
• Maintain proper posture - keep your chin up, shoulders and head back… no slouching! • Gently stretch regularly! Keeping those muscles loose is crucial. • Build that core! Strong core muscles help keep proper posture and reduce your tendency to slouch. • Proper ergonomics at work! Make sure your desk and computer set up allow your head to look directly forward, hands are at a level that prevents you from hunching over, have a supportive chair with a lumbar roll, have knees bent 90 degrees. • Take stretch breaks! • Use heat or ice when you need it - They are your friends!
MYOFASCIAL PAIN SYNDROME VS FIBROMYALGIA It is common to have more than one trigger point. However, when someone has many painful or tender trigger points, they may have myofascial pain syndrome (MPS). Fibromyalgia (FM), on the other hand, causes someone to “hurt all over,” having widespread chronic pain accompanied by fatigue, sleep disturbances, mental ‘fogginess’ or confusion, and low pain tolerance. Fibromyalgia is considered more of a neurological disease, whereas MPS is considered a dysfunction of a muscle tissue. Although both diagnoses are very similar, there are a few defining features that help health care professionals differentiate between the two. FM’s painful spots are referred to as “tender points,” which differ from trigger points.
• Ischemic compression is a manual technique involving pressure applied to the trigger point, temporarily depriving the area of blood flow. This then allows for resurgence of blood flow to the area upon release of pressure. This revival of blood flow helps supply the formerly restricted area with the needed blood, glucose and oxygen, creating a healing/ recovering effect, diminishing trigger point. • Trigger point injection, which is indicated for patients who have symptomatic active trigger points that produce a twitch response to pressure and create a pattern of referred pain. • At home treatments include trigger point tools, such as the one shown below, that allow you to locate the trigger point and control the amount and direction of pressure.
HOW PHYSICAL THERAPY CAN HELP: Physical therapists can locate, reduce and even eliminate trigger points as well as educate you on how to prevent future issues. Manual techniques physical therapists can perform include soft tissue mobilization and ischemic compression to help break up those pesky and uncomfortable “knots” and help the tense muscle fibers relax and allow the recovery process to occur. PTs can help strengthen core and postural muscles and aid patients in correcting body mechanics and posture. Strong core and postural muscles will help patients reduce the tendency to slouch and help keep their muscles in their optimal length and position, preventing them from getting “angry” or overused and ultimately reducing the likelihood of developing trigger points. Physical therapists can also provide suggestions and guidance for setting up work stations to promote proper posture and body mechanics at the work place, as well as educate you on proper lifting techniques, preventing future trigger point formation, among other potential injuries!
Tender points have 18 specific locations, are usually symmetrical in location on one’s body, do not refer pain, and cause an overall increase in pain sensitivity (hence the low pain tolerance!). So if someone does not have the tender points in 11 of those 18 specific locations, they do not have FM! Trigger points, however, are localized painful spots in any area of the body that typically refer pain and can vary in presence, showing up one day and may be absent a few days later.
Most frequent locations of trigger points
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• Spray and Stretch technique, which involves having a therapist gently stretch the muscle while simultaneously applying ethyl chloride spray topically. This spray temporarily decreases skin temperature, causing an anesthetic affect, which allows the muscle to be passively stretched toward normal length. This elongation then helps to inactivate trigger points, relieve muscle spasm, and reduce referred pain.
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Continued From Page 1 Price said the volunteers at the center have been trained through a national program called CCAR which is a nationally recognized academy. “Part of my role is to train them so I am a certified trainer in CCAR which you can send in your certificate to once you have completed those courses to the state of New Jersey to be a certified peer recovery specialist.” She noted it was a three to four-day training for each course. The volunteers are scheduled in shifts to help navigate the resources of treatment.” Hope Sheds Light holds Tuesday meetings specifically aimed at family members of those who are in recovery or are seeking recovery. “One is our Finding Hope meeting which meets the second and fourth Tuesday of the month. This meeting has an educational speaker and afterwards we break into small groups to talk and support each other about the process of recovery and speak about life on life’s terms.” Price said the “Finding Recovery” meeting is on the first and third Tuesday of the month also at 7 p.m. and it is a topic driven meeting. She said it involves fellowship and “since we are a family focused organization we support the whole family in long term recovery.” The group offers a grief and bereavement program called Human Hearts on Thursday nights from 6 to 7 p.m. “This is for those who lost their loved ones to the disease of addiction,” Price said. She said that the Recovery Center has a Circle of Hope Garden set up that family members can purchase pavers in the name of loved ones who have passed. The center also normally offers a rotating calendar of programs that include tai chi, yoga, painting, wellness Wednesdays, and performing artists for the youth, a fitness class and a program to understand your addiction. “What these programs look like now is that they are all completely virtual. We recently received a grant to work with children who are affected by the disease and who may be living with their aunt or grand mom.” Price noted that while Zoom and other online platforms have proven useful to facilitate sessions during the pandemic, it was not the same as a live session and on occasion has its technical glitches. She did say “Zoom is a lot simpler than I thought it would be. Typically when we are running one of our family meetings we have a member of our staff that will reach out to anyone who has a problem signing in.” She added that HOPE Sheds Light has a Facebook page. “Our volunteers are answering calls for our 24/7 hotline. Price said she and members of the staff are also recovery coaches. “We also work with Ocean County College with some support services as well,” Price said. Once the health restrictions are lifted, “all of what we are doing virtually will go back into the center including its many Saturday programs and their Tuesday family meetings. Price noted that most treatment facilities are open currently and some “are even offering extended services which is fantastic to see.”
The Jackson Times, July 4, 2020, Page 17 Willis said of the organization, “there is transformative power here. The Hope Recovery Center is a national model and there is absolutely no reason, with God’s grace, that it won’t happen. It needs to happen and it’s happening.” Price discussed her agency’s background during the session, which was created in 2012 when its co-founder Ron Rosetto lost his son Marc to a battle against substance abuse. Today, HOPE Sheds Light serves
the community with support and resources available to those affected by addiction and their families. Rosetto partnered with Stephen Willis and Arvo Prima. Last December, HOPE Sheds Light opened a new Hope Recovery Center located at 253 Chestnut St., Toms River. The non-profit organization, whose mission is to educate families on the disease of addiction, is led by representatives of the local recovery community. The organization’s CEO, Pamela Capaci
had said previously that HOPE Sheds Light was “a hub for community members to access peerbased recovery support services, community education and outreach programs, academic and vocational training, family strengthening and reunification programs, trauma-informed support services, family support groups, social/ recreational outings, wellness workshops and physical activities for the whole family.” For more information, visit HOPEShedsLight. org.
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Continued From Page 1 her to leave for her safety. NJNG was drilling in Upper Freehold as part of its $180 million Southern Reliability Link (SRL) pipeline project which received approval by the Pinelands Commission and the NJ Dept. of Environmental Protection and the state Board of Public Utilities. The SRL pipeline would connect to a compressor station in Chesterfield and run 28 miles of pipe through Burlington, Monmouth, and Ocean Counties. Specifically, it goes through Plumsted and Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst and ends in Manchester near the corner of Route 70 and Colonial Drive. Company spokesman Kevin Roberts said the company is taking full responsibility for the incident wants “to make things right.” He explained what occurred using the term, “inadvertent return, which is a technical industry term for something that can and does happen during underground drilling operations.” Roberts said that on the morning of the incident, “during normal drilling operations on Province Line Road in Upper Freehold in Monmouth County on the border near Burlington County, we experienced an inadvertent return which is basically the unexpected release of drilling mud during naturally occurring cracks and crevices which are in underground soil.” That process involves a horizontal direction drill, he added, which is boring several feet underground. As the drill is spinning it ejects drilling mud which is organic material of clay mixed with water. When the pressure builds up, that drilling mud escapes through those cracks or cervices. “In this case the home was about 100 feet from the drilling site and you never want to see something like this happen but with this kind of operation incidents like this can occur. This is obviously something that was very regrettable and we apologized to her and we are committed to 100% make the situation right,” Roberts said. Roberts added that while these types of events can occur, “it is very rare to have a property owner impacted this way. We offered to pay for her accommodations and do whatever we needed to do for her.” A week later the State Department of Environmental Protection conducted a Compliance Evaluation and Assistance Inspection on the SRL pipeline. The agency issued a Notice of Violation to the company stating that their pipeline is in violation of their NJDEP permit and/or Water Pollution Control Act along Province Line Road. “The DEP hit NJNG with two notices of violations for SRL drilling in Upper Freehold. It’s a step in the right direction, but they need to issue a Stop Work order. They’ve had several violations and drilling incidents in Upper Freehold, Burlington County, and in Plumsted Township,” New Jersey Sierra Club Director Jeff Tittel said. “The SRL pipeline has affected their air, water, and now their homes. Since NJNG can still go ahead with HDD drilling in Burlington County, we believe that DEP should issue a stop work order on the pipeline altogether. That will give us our day in court and time for the Murphy Administration to conduct a thorough investigation to fix and deal with any problems from the pipeline,” Tittel added. Some of the items noted during the DEP inspec-
The Jackson Times, July 4, 2020, Page 21 tion include: Inadvertent returns (IRs) that were reported on three separate occasions between April 1 and June 20, 2020. These IRs constitute unpermitted discharges of a drilling mixture to surface waters. There were also notations for discharging pollutants to the surface waters of the state without a valid NJDEP permit issued by the Department and over four instances of inadvertent returns of a drilling mixture occurred. Burlington County issued a stop work for NJNG’s SRL pipeline until they comply with new permit requirements. This is the second stop work order issued by the county. In May, NJNG continued the construction of their pipeline in Burlington along Province Line Road despite an immediate stop work order issued by Burlington County. In Plumsted Township, Ocean County on Fisher and West Colliers Mill, near the SRL construction, a pipe collapsed causing a sinkhole. Roads will be closed for several weeks to repair the damage from that incident. The DEP has required the NJNG to cease all unpermitted discharges. They also require a written report by NJNG of specific details of remedial measures to be instituted as well as an implementation timetable. Since the June 19 incident work has stopped on the project according to Roberts who said the company was awaiting the results of its internal investigation. Tittel described the Upper Freehold incident as “a disaster, someone’s house is being condemned because DEP and Gov. Phil Murphy did not put a stop work order on this SRL pipeline. This unnecessary and damaging pipeline has caused a nightmare for residents along the route.” Tittel added that members of the Allentown fire department responded to the site that morning along with the building inspector. He also said that Cooper was an opponent of the pipeline project. He noted that “grey material in the stream appears to be bentonite, which contains hazardous materials and the town’s building inspector believes this was caused by hydrological pressure from horizontal directional drilling (“HDD”) that came through the ground and moved the resident’s basement slab, which destabilized the house.” “We immediately stopped our drilling operations. The Department of Environmental Protection was given notification and they were on site to evaluate what was going on with the incident,” Roberts said once the situation had been reported. Roberts noted that beyond the damage to Cooper’s home some of the drilling mud had been discovered seeping into a nearby creek and that was fully contained by the end of that day. “The incident itself is still under investigation and we have not resumed drilling in that area while we put a game plan together and await the results of the investigation. I am hopeful that we may have something to look at this week but that would all depend, we usually bring in an environmental consultant to look at what is going on,” Roberts said. When asked about Tittel’s statement regarding violations, Roberts said, “it is not surprising for them to have their facts wrong. For the totality of the project which is 30 miles in length the bulk of which (20 miles) is in Ocean County, only about a mile of it is in Monmouth County and nine miles in Burlington County, we have installed over 21 miles already without incident.” Executive Director of Pinelands Preservation (Mess - See Page 23)
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Continued From Page 21 Alliance Carleton Montgomery said, “PPA and Sierra Club said NJNG had not performed conclusive studies of the hydrological risks of construction along this pipeline route. “We submitted expert reports demonstrating that the company’s proposed methods were unduly risky. Yet, the company insisted on a route along well-populated local roads, and the Pinelands Commission, Board of Public Utilities (BPU) and DEP all just rubber-stamped the company’s assertions that all would be well,� he said. Montgomery added, “it is especially galling that all this harm is being done for a pipeline that is completely unnecessary for serving the public.� Roberts said the whole point of the project was for the southern end of NJNG’s system that serves Ocean and Monmouth counties and is currently served by one hookup to an interstate feed to have SRL tapped into a second natural gas source from a state pipeline. “The residents of Ocean County are the ones who stand to benefit from this project,� Roberts said. If something unforeseen were to occur such as a natural disaster or some curtailment of the interstate pipeline supply it would impact about a million people between Ocean and Monmouth counties but with SRL in place it would prevent a problem from such a curtailment. “Gov. Murphy’s inability to protect his constituents from a corporation acting with total negligence and disregard for the safety of New Jersey communities is, frankly, embarrassing,� Food and Water Action NJ Director Matt Smith said.
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