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Quote of the Issue:

                                 A goal without a plan is just a wish.                                                                                           Antoine de Saint-Exupery (1900 - 1944)

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A WORD OR TWO FROM ME
by Karen E. Jarosz
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Are you ready for the big holiday?! Most folks love Christmas but I love New Year's Eve! Even as a kid I looked forward to the ball dropping, staying up late and playing games with my family at home. I still look forward to those things but I also look to New Year's Eve as an opportunity. Not to set resolutions but rather goals for the new year. Goals are more concrete and real to me. This is especially true when I think ahead about them and put a plan together to make them happen. They also have more meaning when I actually write them down and put that paper somewhere I will see each day like the fridge or the mirror. Anyway, before the big rush and craziness of Christmas is upon us take some time to think about what you really want to achieve in the new year. Write it down, cut out pictures if that works for you and develop a real plan to make your goals reality. Then watch your plan take off and see what happens....

Until January 7th, peace and happiness to you and yours!
Karen

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LOCAL HAPPENINGS AND EVENTS
by Karen E. Jarosz
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December 18 - Fred Lehotay's Melody Men Band from 7:00-10:30pm is Social dancing to a live band the third Tuesday of each month sponsored by the Freehold Knights of Columbus 70 East Main St., Freehold. Call (732) 780-0747

December 21 - The Hope Concert 2 featuring Bobby Bandiera, Tim McLoone and the Shirleys, The Jersey Shore Rock-N-Soul Revue, Mark Pender & LaBamba, Gary US Bonds, Southside Johnny, and Jon Bon Jovi will begin at 8 pm to benefit The Valerie Fund Center at Children's Hospital at Monmouth Medical Center at the Count Basie Theatre 99 Monmouth St, Red Bank. Call (732) 224-8778 ext 107

December 22 - Holiday Harmonies from 12:00-3:00pm features traditional Carolers, Choirs, Brass Bands Rock, Folk, Jazz & Blues Musicians on the Sidewalks of Red Bank. Call  (732) 842-4244

December 29 - Jackson Elks Lodge #2744, 1059 E. Veteran's Hwy, Jackson will host at 8 pm Entertainment by The Karaoke Chicks. All welcome. No cover charge. Come sing your heart out or just cheer on the next super star. Call the Lodge (732) 363-4101

December 31 - The Drifters with Bennie Anderson will perform at the Algonquin Arts 173 Main Street Downtown Manasquan at 8 pm. Call (732) 528-9211

December 31 - Bring in the New Year at the Jackson Elks #2744, 1059 E. Veteran's Hwy., Jackson New Year's Eve Party, benefiting Jackson Lodge. Cost is $35 per person and includes Open Bar, appetizers, hot and cold buffet,midnight toast, dessert table and transportation home. Call the Lodge (732) 363-4101 for tickets and info. Limited seating available, call early.

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December 31 - The Nerd will be performed at The First Ave Playhouse in Atlantic Highlands. It is a play about an aspiring young architect in Terre Haute, Indiana, Willum Cubbert has often told his friends about the debt he owes to Rick Steadman, a fellow ex-GI whom he has never met but who saved has life after he was seriously wounded in Vietnam. He has written to Rick to say that, as long as he is alive, "you will have somebody on Earth who will do anything for you Willum is delighted when Rick shows up unexpectedly at his apartment on the night of his thirty-fourth birthday party. But his delight soon fades as it becomes apparent that Rick is a hopeless bumbling oaf with no social sense, little intelligence and less tact. And Rick stays on and on, his continued presence among Willum and his friends leading to one uproarious incident after another, until the normally placid Willum finds himself contemplating violence. The theater is located at 123 First Avenue Atlantic Highlands. Call (732) 291-7552

anuary 3 to 5 - The Nerd will be performed at The First Ave Playhouse in Atlantic Highlands. It is a play about an aspiring young architect in Terre Haute, Indiana, Willum Cubbert has often told his friends about the debt he owes to Rick Steadman, a fellow ex-GI whom he has never met but who saved has life after he was seriously wounded in Vietnam. He has written to Rick to say that, as long as he is alive, "you will have somebody on Earth who will do anything for you Willum is delighted when Rick shows up unexpectedly at his apartment on the night of his thirty-fourth birthday party. But his delight soon fades as it becomes apparent that Rick is a hopeless bumbling oaf with no social sense, little intelligence and less tact. And Rick stays on and on, his continued presence among Willum and his friends leading to one uproarious incident after another, until the normally placid Willum finds himself contemplating violence. The theater is located at 123 First Avenue Atlantic Highlands. Call (732) 291-7552

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January 6 - Sandy Hook Birding Program is a chance to join Monmouth County Parks' own Andrew Spears at Hartshorne Woods, one of the country's great parks for winter sparrows, hawks, and surprises. Pre-registration is recommended. Meet at 8:45 am at Lot B, Bayberry Gateway National Recreation Area Sandy Hook. Call (732) 872-2500

January 6 - First Saturday Asbury Park is a great way to spend the first Saturday of each month enjoying sidewalk sales, shopping, and dining under a variety of different themes. Call (732) 775-7676

January 6 - Viennese New Year's Eve is your chance to waltz into the New Year with the Orchestra as it celebrates the glorious sound of the Viennese waltz. Let your cares melt away as you experience the sensation of near-flight that can only come from this lush Viennese music. The show starts at 3 pm at the Algonquin Arts Theater on Main Street in Manasquan. Call 732-528-9211

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This space for rent FREE for local groups looking to get the "word" out.

New BNI Chapter starting in Robbinsville area. Call Area Director at 732-988-4044 for additional info.

Shore Speakers Club now meets regularly in Neptune at the Neptune Public Library, Neptune Boulevard Neptune.They meet 1st & 3rd Mondays at 7 pm.

Freehold Phrasers Toastmasters Club meets the 1st & 3rd Wednesdays each month at the Western Monmouth - Chamber of Commerce, 17 Broad Street , Freehold, NJ 07728 at 7:30 pm. For more information call Jim, 732-605-1362, or email jsamuel12@comcast.net, or see http://www.freeholdphrasers.homestead.com. The January meetings are January 2nd and January 16th

The Monmouth County Association for the Blind needs Driver Volunteers on a rotating basis to assist their members in getting to their monthly dinner meetings and then home. The dinner meetings are held in the Wall Township area and take place the second Monday of the month between 6pm-8pm. Driver volunteers are invited to stay for the dinner. Anyone interested please call Lucy at 732-280-6655 or email lucyjb@optonline.net.

BNI, The World's Largest Referral Organization, is looking to start up new chapters in Mercer County. If interested contact rjarosz@bninj.com

Magic: the Gathering group meetings about every other Monday for casual fun play. Call Rick Kirk, 732 224-8883 or email rickjan@comcast.net to get on the mailing list.

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Jersey Shore Community Information Bulletin Lighthouse Award is given out quarterly. Submit your favorite site for the most prestigious award on the Jersey Shore! http://www.lonekeep.com/jscib/Lighthouse.htm

Central Jersey Blood Center Blood Drives at  Jersey Shore Medical Center are held the 3rd Monday of each month from 3:30 pm to 8:00 pm

Township of Ocean Historical Museum is now open Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays from 1- 4!!! Call 732-531-2136 for more info.

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Remember to send in your submissions to JerseyShore@lonekeep.com and to let us know what you want to see.

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From Local Readers
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From: Wordancer1@aol.com
Writer's Ink Poetry Group meets every other Tuesday from 10:00 am to 12:00 noon at the Red Bank Library located at 84 West Front Street Red Bank. Gloria Healy is the moderator. For more info please call 732-741-8966

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VOLUNTEERS SEE THE LIGHT -- Volunteers are in the process of forming a "friends of" organization at Barnegat Lighthouse State Park. Volunteers welcome visitors and support lighthouse activities throughout the year, making it possible to expand activities at the Barnegat Lighthouse State Park and increase the operating hours of the new interpretative center. For more information about volunteering, call 609-494-2016

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LINKS OF INTEREST TO THE JERSEY SHORE
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Welcomes you to the City Guide for Spring Lake, NJ
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Spring Lake Bed and Breakfasts
   http://www.bedandbreakfast.com/spring-lake-new-jersey.html

Irish ancestry by city
   http://www.epodunk.com/ancestry/Irish.html

Annual Christmas Candlelight House Tours
   http://www.fodors.com/

Jersey Shore Christmas Ornament
   http://southjersey.craigslist.org/art/473749805.html

Season's Greetings From The Jersey Shore
   http://www.flickr.com/photos/sis/323040408/

War at the Shore
   www.warattheshore.org

Official website of the Path to Glory Gaming Club
   http://www.thepathtoglory.com/

Flames of War Escalation League
   www.shoreguide.info/flamesofwar/

Bradley Beach Historical Society
   www.bbhistory.org

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Bradley Beach Public Library
   www.bradleybeachlibrary.org

Knights of Columbus Council #816
   http://www.kofc816.org

Interlaken, New Jersey
   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interlaken,_New_Jersey

NEW SUMMER COLONY; Great Activity in Building of Cottages at Interlaken, N.J.
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9C07E2DA1239E433A25752C3A9619C946196D6CF

FAIR HAVEN PUBLIC LIBRARY
   http://www.fairhaven.lib.nj.us/

Hilary Duff to Visit Bradley Beach, Ocean Grove to Film
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Welcome to Perth
   http://www.oceangrovenj.com/perth/index.html

"Stardust Memories" in Ocean Grove
   http://www.constantreader.org/v3/excursion3.html

A Shoobees Guide to the Jersey Shore
   http://www.shoobees.com/article.asp

Benny Go Home - Fighting for the Jersey Shore
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GHOSTS ON THE JERSEY SHORE By Stephen Crane
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