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Quote of the Issue:

                   Life is a great big canvas; throw all the paint on it you can.
                                                                        Danny Kaye US actor & singer (1913 - 1987)

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A WORD OR TWO FROM ME
by Karen E. Jarosz
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Happy 2008! I hope everyone had a wonderful New Year's! I love the Quote of the Issue because it for me it is true of  the new year. Each new year is like a canvas before us to paint the way we see fit. We can choose to paint bright colors or dark colors, fill in all the blank space or leave some white space. The year ahead is the same. You can choose to set goals that are positive, joyous and attainable or you can spend each month trying to figure out what to do with yourself. You can reach out and up or sit back and be quiet. The choice is yours. So, with only a week into this new year how will you paint your canvas this year?

Until January 21st, here's to making 2008 great!!
Karen

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LOCAL HAPPENINGS AND EVENTS
by Karen E. Jarosz
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January 12 - Sandy Hook Birding Program offers the North Shore with Scott Barnes, Senior Naturalist, beginning at Manasquan Inlet and working the ponds north, as well as Shark River Estuary for seabirds, gulls, and ducks. Meet at 8:45 am. Pre-registration is recommended and you meet at  Lot B, Bayberry Gateway National Recreation Area Sandy Hook. Call (732) 872-2500

January 13 -  Classical Music from Around the World is a musical journey around the continents of the world to be held at 2 pm at Monmouth County Library Headquarters located at 125 Symmes Drive Manalapan. Call (732) 431-7220

January 15 - thru February 3 - Reimagine Macbeth as a startling, supernatural horror show to be presented at Two River Theatre 21 Bridge Ave, Red Bank. Call or check site for showtimes (732) 345-1400

January 17 thru February 17 - And Her Hair Went with Her will be presented by New Jersey Repertory Company The Lumia Theatre 179 Broadway, Long Branch. Call or check site for show times (732) 229-3166

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January 20 - Mike Longo Trio will be exploring the possibilities of rhythm for your enjoyment at 2 pm at Monmouth County Library Headquarters 125 Symmes Drive Manalapan. Call (732) 431-7220

January 20 - New Year Blossom is a show celebrating the Chinese New Year to begin at 7 pm at the Middletown Arts Center 36 Church St., Middletown. Call (732) 706-4100

January 20 - Paul Zeigler and Friends will perform at 4 pm at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Monmouth County  located at 1475 West Front Street, Lincroft. New Jersey award-winning composer and pianist Paul Zeigler will perform an afternoon of original music featuring his newly composed Peace: An antiwar Song Cycle on Five Poems by Lanston Hughes with mezzo-soprano Patricia Ruggles. Also on this unique program will be his Sonata for Violin and Piano with Renee Jolles, violin. Advance individual concert tickets (7 days before event) are $20 for adults and $12 for students and seniors. Standard tickets are $25 for adults and $15 for students and seniors. Contact Pat Rathemacher (732-872-2737) or Carol Owen (732-714-8149) to purchase tickets or for more information

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January 23 - The Art of A Cappella is being presented by The Quartet in Pulse at the Algonquin Arts Theatre located at 173 Main St, Manasquan at 10:30 am. Call (732) 528-9211

January 26 - Enjoy a benefit Concert for Monmouth-Ocean Food Bank: presented by David Cohen performing Classical Guitar Concerts at the Manchester Inn, Ocean Grove. Showtimes are 3:00pm and 7:30pm. This is a terrific benefit! I have seen David perform and you won't want to miss him!! Call 732-774-1391

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For Your Information....
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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.

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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.

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.

Jersey Shore Coupons has the latest in coupons! We are always looking for more to add to the page.

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

From: BSteele@co.ocean.nj.us
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

From : MJ@lonekeep.com
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LINKS OF INTEREST TO THE JERSEY SHORE
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Save the Planetarium Fund
   http://www.savetheplanetarium.org/

SOUTH JERSEY ASTRONOMY CLUB
   http://members.aol.com/sjastroc/

Astronomical Society of the Toms River Area
   http://astra-nj.org/

Welcomes you to the City Guide for Spring Lake, NJ
   http://www.discoverourtown.com/NJ/Spring%20Lake/Shopping-1107.html

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

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Downs Genealogy

History and genealogy of the Downs Family
and Collateral Families including: Bassett, Bixbee, Bixby, Chaney, Chapin, Cole, Collier, Cooke, Cook, Curtis, Doane, Eldridge, Ellis, Fisher, Freeman, Gould, Hallman, Hatch, Higgins, Hopkins, Linnell, Mayo, Merrick, Mitchell, Neff, Nickerson, Paine, Payne, Ring, Shaw, Smith, Snow, Snyder, Sparrow, Twining, Watts, Welden, Whelden, Williams, Young and others.

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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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The Inns of Ocean Grove represents 3 remarkable Bed and Breakfast located in Ocean Grove, NJ.  The Ocean Plaza, The Ocean View Inn and The Park View Inn will prove to meet your accommodation needs.

• The Ocean Plaza represents a Victorian flair bed and breakfast
• The Ocean View Inn is a Caribbean Private Beach style B&B
• The Park View Inn is undergoing renovations.  Expected to open early winter this B&B will have 30 rooms and a banquet and catering facility for up to 300.

Contact Bob Hilton - the General Manager at info@theinnsofoceangrove.com to be placed on our newsletter distribution.

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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
   http://thecoaster.net/wordpress/?p=1692

Welcome to Perth
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