Students Invest In Their Future

By Chris Lundy BERKELEY - Berkeley Township Elementary School students took

the Stock Market Challenge and won.

They were asked to invest $100,000 in imaginary money. Whoever beat the S&P

500 by the highest percentage would win. They beat it by 4 percent. The next team was 2.9 percent.

House Fire Claims Owner

By Chris Lundy

BERKELEY – A house fire, possibly caused by an electrical malfunction, led to the death of the owner.

Janet Conroy, 77, was found by fi refighters searching the house at 1 Miles Pond Road. The fi re broke out in the afternoon of July 20.

Investigators looking into the cause of the fi re said that an electrical issue in the dishwasher couldn’t be ruled out.

Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer acknowledged the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office Major Crime Unit-Arson Squad, Ocean County Fire Marshal’s Office, Ocean County Sheriff’s Office Crime Scene Investigation Unit, Berkeley Township Police Department Detective Bureau, and Berkeley Township Bureau of Fire Prevention, for their combined and cooperative efforts in connection with this fi re suppression and investigation.

V.F.W. Post 10185 News

By Past Post Commander James Egan

BERKELEY - The next meeting of Silver/ Holiday V.F.W. Post 10185 will be held on Thursday, August 3 at 1 p.m. at the Silver Ridge Park West Clubhouse, 145 Westbrook Drive. We hold our meetings on the fi rst Thursday of every month. We meet in the daytime, so you do not have to drive at night.

To join our post, just bring a copy of your Discharge (DD-214) to our meeting and you will be signed up right away. You’ll receive a hardy welcome and refreshments before the meeting. You will also have a chance to talk with fellow veterans and make new friends.

Anyone needing transportation to our meetings can call Past Commander James

Egan at 732-341-4905 or one of the other Officers, and we will gladly pick you up and take you back home after the meeting. Remember if you hear of any Post member passing away or being in the hospital, call any officer and let him know.

Friday, August 4, The Vietnam Conflict began in 1964.

Monday, August 14, Japan surrendered in 1945.

The VFW would like you to drop your old and faded flags off at either H. C. S. Clubhouse (Main Building), S. R. P. W., S. R. P. N., S. R. P. E., S. R. P. Westerly, and Holiday City Berkeley Clubhouses. God bless America and God bless our troops.

Fly the flag every day, weather permitting.

Holiday Craft/Vendor Fair

TOMS RIVER – Save the date! November 25 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The American Legion Auxiliary located at 2025 Church

Road will be hosting their Annual Holiday Fair. Vendor space still available if interested contact Laurinda at 732-272-7552