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2008 MEETING ARCHIVES
Wed Jan 2 - Club
Assembly on Membership
Wed Jan 9
-
Fred Carl of InfoAge located at the
former Camp Evans will give us an update of their 'labor
of love' project to preserve the history of Camp Evans.
Check out the
InfoAge website.
Wed Jan 16
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Claire Pavlinec,
Mrs. New Jersey for 2007 / 2008, will speak about
the
Mrs. New Jersey America pageant and her charity
called
Maternal Wings.
Click on her picture to view Claire and prior Mrs. New
Jersey winners at a charity function for children from
December.
Wed Jan 23 -
William "Skip" Hidley Executive Editor and
Vice-President from the Asbury Park Press
will be with us. His talk will center around
the Press's new format and easy access for calendar
and story items.
Wed Jan 30 -
Don Pignatore from Holiday Express will
talk about the group's mission. Check out the
Holiday Express website.
Wed Feb 6 -
Susan Pellegrini, one of our new members, will
share details about her exciting film project
documenting the life and works of Stephen Crane
here in Asbury Park. See her website at
Synergy Productions. Also, learn more
about
Stephen Crane.
Wed Feb 13 - The
Honorable Lawrence Lawson will be with us to
tell us about the changes that have been implemented
with the County and State Court System. Learn more
about
NJ Courts.
Wed Feb 20
- Gale Wayman will be speaking about
improving the image of the USA through
Inter-national volunteerism. Gale is a member
of the Toms River Evening Club and has the
distinction of being a Rotary World Peace Fellow.
Read a
recent article. Gale is also active with a
worldwide group of Rotarians that promote World
Peace. Though not associated with Rotary
International,
RIFPD
has Rotarians from every country in the world as
members.
Wed Feb 27
- Brian Mullins will talk about his field of
Physical Therapy. Did you know Brian owns and
runs
Eastern Monmouth Physical Therapy located in
Neptune.
Wed Mar 5
- Doug Eagles,
son of our former Rotary member Loren, will talk
about
ASLAN Youth Ministries of Red Bank.
Aslan is a wonderful organization that has
helped many youth make it to adulthood. He
will share about their work projects for the
underprivileged.
Wed Mar 12
- Numa Saisselin,
Executive Director of the Count Basie Theater,
will share about the history and restoration of this
wonderful landmark in the heart of Red Bank.
Wed Mar 19
- Jeff Breen,
President of the Board, spoke in place of Michael
Pollack, General Manager of Deal Golf &
Country Club. He will be describing the
renovations that will be going on at the club over
the next several months and also spend a few minutes
on what is involved in being the General Manager of
a Country Club.
Wed Mar 26
- Tyler Blackmore, the new principal of
APHS,
will be with us. He is a member of the Chamber of
Commerce and is very community oriented. And
most important, his father is a Rotarian.
Wed Apr 2
- Club Assembly
Wed Apr 9
- Steve Littleson from Jersey Shore
University Medical Center will give us an
update on Jersey Shore's expansion program.
Check out
JSUMC's website.
Wed Apr 16
- Bob Cohen, one of our club's newest members
and Director of Development for
Easter Seals NJ, will share about his
organization's unique mission and it's connection
with Rotary.
Wed Apr 23
- Fran Gallagher, Executive Director of NJ
Pediatric Council on Research and Education (NJ
PCORE), will talk about the group's mission to
improve health policies and practices for kids.
Read more at
NJPCORE.org.
Wed Apr 30
- Liza Guthridge of Community
Partnership for Healthy Adolescents will
talk to us about the group's mission to instill
positive health habits and to reduce harmful,
risk-taking behaviors related to violence, substance
abuse, and pregnancy in adolescents living in Asbury
Park and Long Branch.
Wed May 7
- David Legg, a Rotarian from the Tinton
Falls club and regular visitor to ours,
will be discussing
the District's International Water Project.
He has been giving these talks at clubs throughout
the District as well as the District Conference.
David is an excellent speaker and it should be an
entertaining, interesting and informative
presentation. Wed May 14
- Paul McEvily, the associate Executive Director of
Interfaith Neighbors will give us an update of their
Mission.
Wed May 21 - John
W. Callinan, a certified elder attorney, will talk
to us about Medicaid planning and the importance of
Living Wills, Powers of Attorney and Trusts. Paul
is one of about 50 Certified Elder Law Attorneys in NJ.
Wed May 28 -
Dr. Richard Ponton, Director
of the Human Services Department of Ocean Township
(which includes the Recreation Dept.), Rich will be
speaking to us about the reopened Colonial
Terrace Golf Course. He'll also share
about the First Tee Organization making the
Colonial Terrace their home course for Monmouth and
Ocean Counties.
Wed Jun 4 -
Jon Leidersdorff, owner of Lakehouse Music
Production Company and former Asbury Music
Awards winner, and Scott Stamper, owner of the
Saint and co-founder of the Wave Gathering music event
in Asbury will be speaking. This event is a
huge music festival modeled after the International one
held in Austin, TX each year. Both will be speaking
about the importance of the music scene to Asbury and
its role in the revitalization.
Wed Jun 11 -
Wed Jun 18 - Scott
Hoffman, Executive Administrative Officer of the
Ocean Grove Camp Meeting Association, who will speak
about the OGCMA and planned activities for the summer.
Wed Jun 25 - Tom
Arnone, Mayor of Neptune City, will talk about
Neptune City's Redevelopment Plan.
Sun Jun 29 -
Wed Jul 2 -
Robert Taylor, Executive Director of the Boys
and Girls Club of Asbury Park, will be our
speaker. Robert is well known to all of us and
might be the only Kiwanian in history to have perfect
attendance at a Rotary Club! Seriously, Robert
will share with us the wonderful happening at the Boys
and Girls Club.
Wed Jul 9 -
Club Assembly - Our new president Sandy Brown will be
laying our plans for his year. All major
Committees held organizational meetings and goals were set.
Membership is set to increase our membership to 65.
Wed Jul 16 - John
Shaw of the Ocean Grove Camp Meeting Association
spoke to us about the 8th largest pipe organ in the
world. Located in the Great Auditorium.
Wed Jul 23 - Dick Isackson, former District Governor, will be speaking
about the many relief projects Rotary gets involved
in including the Shelter Box program.
Sat Jul 26 -
Beach Party - Our annual beach party will be
held right on the beach in Allenhurst at Adrienne's
home - 2 Allen Avenue. Times are 11 am to 5
pm. Don't forget your sunscreen.
Cost $15 pp and kids under 12 are free.
Wed Jul 30 - Tom
Morrissey - Co- Executive Director of the ReVision
Theatre of Asbury Park will be sharing exciting details
of their upcoming production of Hair at the Carousel
Section of the Casino. Go to
www.ReVisionTheatre.org for more details, dates and
ticket prices.
Wed Aug 6 - Dan
Cortez, our new District Governor, will be with us.
This is his official visit with the club to share his
vision for the District and the World and to offer
support to new president and board. Board Members
and Committee Chairs are to arrive by 11:30 to have a
brief meeting with Dan.
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2008 NEWS AND ARTICLE ARCHIVES
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Sad News - Club Member Ed Mautner
Dies.
May 26, 2008
EDWARD M. MAUTNER, 89, of INTERLAKEN BOROUGH
EDWARD M. MAUTNER, 89, of INTERLAKEN BOROUGH,
died Sunday, May 25 at home. Ed graduated from Asbury
Park High School and attended Rider College. He served
in the U.S. Army in World War II in the European Theater
and was awarded two Battle Stars and the Foreign Service
Ribbon, before serving 25 years in the Army Reserves,
retiring as a Lt. Colonel. Ed was former deputy director
of II Corps U.S. Army Reserve Marksmanship Program and
was awarded the U.S. War Department's Distinguished
Rifleman's Medal. He was a former member of the
Interlaken Borough Council and served as Interlaken
assessor. Ed was a past member of the Deal Lake
Commission, the Interlaken Recreation Committee and a
Community Development representative. He was a
self-employed real estate and insurance broker, and New
Jersey licensed real estate appraiser. He was a former
member and chairman of the board of directors of the
Keystone Savings and Loan Association, and a member of
the board of directors of the Jersey Shore Savings and
Loan Association. He was a member of the Board of
Governors of Jersey Shore Medical Center and a member of
the Joint Advisory Committee of Meridian Health System.
He was a communicant, trustee and usher for Holy Spirit
Church, Asbury Park and past president of the church's
Holy Name Society. Ed was a former safety inspector for
Monmouth Council Boy Scouts of America. He belonged to
the Asbury Park Rotary Club (where he was a Paul Harris
Fellow), the Retired Officers Club, VFW Post 1333 and
the American Legion Post 24. Ed loved fishing and the
outdoors, and was known as the "Beachmaster" at Loch
Arbor Village Beach, where he was a member for over 70
years.
He was
predeceased by his wife, Margaret Ryan Mautner in 1999.
Surviving are two sons and their spouses, Edward M. Jr.
and Helen Mautner of Roundville Va., and John J. and
Ellen Mautner of Fair Haven; three daughters and a
son-in-law, Margaret Bentz of Asbury Park, Mary L.
Mautner of Long Branch, and Elizabeth R. and Thomas
Porter of Middletown; 13 grandchildren; and nine
great-grandchildren.
Visitation
will be held from 2 to 4 p.m. and from 7 to 9 p.m.
Tuesday at Buckley Funeral Home, 509 Second Ave., Asbury
Park. A Funeral Mass will be celebrated at 10 a.m.
Wednesday in Holy Spirit Church, Asbury Park. Interment
will be in Mt. Calvary Cemetery, Neptune. In lieu of
flowers, please donate to either Meridian Hospice or
Holy Spirit Church Restoration Fund.
July 6, 2008
HUBIE R.
PIERCE, of NEPTUNE
HUBIE R. PIERCE, of NEPTUNE, departed this life
Tuesday, July 1, at Monmouth Medical Center, Long
Branch. He graduated from Neptune High
[[/obitpix,ob06rpie School in 1958. While in Neptune
High School, he earned many varsity letters in baseball,
and football. He furthered his education by attending
the American Academy-McAllister Institute of Funeral
Service, graduating in 1966. After receiving his license
from the State of New Jersey as a practitioner of
Mortuary Science, he started his career as a funeral
director under the late F. Leon Harris Funeral Homes in
Asbury Park and Red Bank. He became a funeral director
for the James H. Hunt Funeral Home in 1970, and was
mentored by Mr. James H. Hunt. He was a co-founder and a
charter member of Faith Baptist Tabernacle, Asbury Park,
where he was president of the Tabernacle Choir for many
years, and was on the board of directors of its Shore
Community Child Care Center. He was well known for his
singing ability, having formed many gospel groups, the
most prominent group was the Spiritual Keys. Hubie is a
member of Mt. Pisgah Masonic Lodge No. 48; Samuel Gordon
Consistory No. 50; Mahja Temple No. 47; Adah Chapter No.
17 OES,PHA; The Asbury Park Rotary Club, of which he
served on the board of directors and was past president;
past president of the Whitesville School P.T.A.; proud
coach of the Neptune Girls softball league "BEARS" that
won many championships for him and a past member of the
Neptune Police Reserve.
He was
predeceased by his father, James E. Pierce, Sr. and his
brother, James E. Pierce, Jr. He leaves to cherish his
memory a loving wife of 48 years, Celestine Carolyn
Pierce; a daughter, Deidra Carolyn Calderon, of Neptune;
his mother, Rosenetta V. Pierce, of Neptune; two
brothers, Eric N. Pierce, of Reading, Pa.; and Gyse D.
Pierce a sister, Nadine R. Hardy, both of Neptune; a
granddaughter, Maria Luisa Miti, of Neptune; an uncle,
Eddie L. Pierce, and his wife, Geraldine, of Neptune;
three sisters-in-law, Brenda E. Mallory, of Dolphin,
Va., Doris Mitchell, of Bricktown, and Gladys Dickerson,
of Neptune; a brother-in-law, the Rev. Albert E.
Mallory, Sr., of Dolphin, Va.; two foster brothers,
Isaiah and Larry Fisher, Jr.; one foster sister, Janet
Watt, and a host of nephews, nieces and other relatives.
A funeral
service will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday from the Living
Word Christian Fellowship Church, Hwy 35, Neptune, with
the Rev. Cedric Miller, Pastor, officiating. Interment
is at Monmouth Memorial Park, Tinton Falls. Cotton
Funeral Service, Orange, is in charge of arrangements.
July 31, 2008
MONICA MARY
McPHERSON, 46, of BRADLEY BEACH
MONICA MARY McPHERSON, 46, of BRADLEY BEACH,
passed away Tuesday, July 29, at Our Lady of Lourdes
Hospital, Camden, with her mother and father at her
side. Monica was a graduate of Asbury Park High School,
the University of Maryland with a Bachelor's degree in
Public Administration and a Masters Degree in National
Security Studies. She was a graduate of Seton Hall Law
School. She worked as an attorney for various law firms
and most recently worked as an attorney for the State of
New Jersey in Trenton. She was a former member of the
Asbury Park Rotary Club.
She is survived
by her parents, James P. and Marguerite Ann McPherson;
her five brothers, Capt. James B., U.S.C.G., John,
Patrick, Commodore Brendan, U.S.C.G., and Michael; and
13 nieces and nephews.
Visitation
will be from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. Friday at the
Reilly Funeral Home, 801 D St., Belmar. Relatives and
friends are invited to attend the funeral at 9 a.m.
Saturday from the funeral home, followed by a 10 a.m.
Mass of Christian Burial to be celebrated at the Church
of the Ascension, 501 Brinley Ave., Bradley Beach.
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Susan
Pellegrini, shown on the left, is a movie producer
and director. She owns
Kathy
King was invited to attend Rotary by Hunt Parry.
Kathy is the daughter of a former club member Bob
Deeves. Kathy is Vice President of Business
Development for