The BERKELEY Times Vol. 31 - No. 6
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Resource Fair Bridges Gap Between Nonprofits, Vets By Chris Lundy BERKELEY – The Bayville Elks once again invited veterans for lunch, entertainment, and an opportunity to learn about services they might need at their resource fair. There were plenty of tables set up inside, with a tricky tray for donated items and Central Regional ROTC students serving food. Outside, a band played and there was a barbecue Photos by Chris Lundy feel to the event. There At tende e s d roppe d was a missing man table – tickets into the cups to seating set aside in honor win donated prizes. of those who never came home. This showed how the theme was blended between camaraderie and providing solutions. A number of community organizations were on hand to help veterans get anything they needed. Tunnel To Towers, which is building veterans housing on Route 9, had a table there. So did Sal Ferlise, a former Berkeley School Board member who wrote a memoir, “My View Of The World From The Back Step,” about his time as a firefighter and his life. He Food was served by Central Regional donates all proceeds to Tunnel To Towers. ROTC students. “I’m a vet. I’m fortunate, I have a roof over my head. Tunnel To Towers is a wonderful organization that to a recycler in exchange for calling cards. Those cards are sent overseas to soldiers so they can call home. takes care of people like me,” he said. Soldier On is part of the Bring Veterans Home Nancy Seibert shared a table with him, collecting Cell Phones For Soldiers. She brings old cell phones (Resource Fair - See Page 4)
VA Clinic Closer To Being Named After Local Hero
By Chris Lundy TOMS RIVER – A bill to name the Toms River Veterans Administration clinic after Lt. Leonard G. “Bud” Lomell has passed the House of Representatives. It now has to pass the Senate. Lomell, who had been drafted into the United States Army in 1942, served as an Army Ranger during World War II. Tom Brokaw dedicated a chapter to Lomell in his book “The Greatest Generation.” Steven M. Gillon wrote an entire book about his life before and after the war, called “Len Lomell: D-Day Hero.” Congressman Chris Smith (R-2nd) sponsored the bill, and described Lomell as “one of the bravest and most highly decorated combat soldiers of World War (VA Clinic - See Page 5)
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Plan Denied To Raze Restaurant, Build Homes
Photo by Chris Lundy The owner of the Island Beach Fish Company submitted plans to tear down the restaurant and build homes instead. By Chris Lundy BERKELEY – An attempt by a restauranteur to turn his land into homes was declined by the Township Planning Board. The Island Beach Fish Company is just north of Island Beach State Park. It’s on Central Avenue (Route 35), between 21st and 22nd avenues in the South Seaside Park section of town. It’s near Bum Rogers, which is owned by the same person. The owner planned on changing the property to six, three-story homes, said Douglas Klee, engineer for the project. Five of the units would have driveways on Route 35 and the sixth would be on 22nd Avenue. There would be no on-street parking. Answering questions from the Planning Board’s engineer, Ernie Peters, Klee explained that there would be two (Plan Denied - See Page 4)
Emotional Support Humans Needed For Special Dogs
By Stephanie Faughnan TOMS RIVER - Most people understand the comfort and companionship emotional support animals can bring to humans struggling with anxiety or trauma. But at All Fur One Pet Rescue & Adoptions on Hooper Avenue, the connection goes both ways. Dana Vieth, a retired teacher and former social worker, is the dog adoption manager at the nonprofit. In less than two years, she’s helped more than 250 dogs find new homes. But it’s the ones left behind - the timid, the overwhelmed,
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the ones carrying invisible scars - that stay with her long after closing time. “Anxiety is just another kind of special need,” said Vieth. “We’ve placed three-legged dogs. We’ve placed dogs with medical conditions. These dogs with emotional trauma? We’d like to see them find homes as well.” Though Vieth doesn’t use the phrase explicitly, in effect, she’s putting out a call for emotional support humans. Instead of the typical model where people look to pets for healing, the rescue (Emotional Support - See Page 5)
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