NJ
Dept of Military and Veterans Affairs
BG Glenn K. Rieth
The Adjutant General
COL Maria F. Morgan
Deputy Adjutant General
COL Emil H. Philibosian
Deputy Commissioner for Veterans Affairs
Contacting us is easy!
Office of the
Joint Chief of Staff
Col (Ret) Michael B. Smith
Mrs. Laura A. Branham
Phone:
(609) 530-6987
Fax:
(609) 530-7109
Email:
branham@njdmava.state.nj.us
We're
on the Web!
www.state.nj.us/military
To
all of DMVA's Award Winners.
Congratulations
on a job well done!
"Hard
work spotlights the character of people: some
turn up their sleeves, some turn up their noses,
and some don't turn up at all."
.Sam Ewing, author
108th ARW Congratulates
its
Community College of the Air Force Graduates.
"Don't
knock the weather: nine-tenths of the people
couldn't start a conversation if it didn't change
once in a while."
.Kin
Hubbard, American Journalist
Good
Luck to all of the DMVA employees who are retiring
at the end of this month. We wish you and
your families the best of luck in the future. You'll
be missed!
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The
Department honors Employees of the Year and
Quarter at Awards Ceremony.
The
Department of Military and Veterans Affairs will
honor its 2002 Employees of the 3rd and
4th Quarter, the 2002 Employees of the
Year, and the 2003 1st Quarter Employee
Award winners at a ceremony on Friday, 27 June
2003, at the Headquarters New Jersey National Guard,
Fort Dix. Listed below are the Award winners. The
Employee Awards Program was placed on hold last
year due to the move of the Human Resources Division
and the increased workload processing state active
duty payroll during Operation Enduring Freedom.
2002 3rd Quarter Award Winners
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Federal
Employee of the Quarter
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Donald
S. Withers, Materials Handler, 108th Air
Refueling Wing
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Employee
of the Quarter - Menlo Park
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Margaret
Schibinger, Secretarial Assistant 2
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Employee
of the Quarter - Paramus
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Jacqueline
Homes, Head Laundry Worker
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Employee
of the Quarter - Vineland
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Susan
Kizner, Social Worker I
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Team
of the Quarter - Menlo Park
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The
Medical Billing Team
John
Collins, Barbara Nedeau, Denise Puma,
and Nina Shah
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Team
of the Quarter - Paramus
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The
Food Service Department - Annie Abrams,
Aurea Advincula, Sandra Arnett, Sonja
Banks, John Bonin, Seymour Bryan, Nuran
Bubay, Mark Chamber, Anjanie Daly, Brenda
Davis, Carlito Dechavez, Rosalina Delacruz,
Mary Dew, Genoveva Diaz, Migdalia Diaz,
Pablo Dinio, Jasper Ellis, Carla Favors,
Shaji George, Olinda Hageneder, Bernice
Jackson, Rujina Jalakh, Reena John, Beenamma
Joy, Fatma Kaya, Fatima Koc, Ummahan
Korkmaz, Wysheka Lowery, Joseph Lutz,
Melardo Magloyoan, Pierre Maurice, Vernell
Morrisey, Thouraya Oughourli, Valsamma
Palathinkal, Cicily Raju, Jessy Rino-Joseph,
Ariel Romero, Thomas Shelley, Victor
Squirewell, Samuel Thomas, Dorothy Tokarczuk,
Sylvia Tolentino, Chacko Varghese, Mariamma
Varghese, Chacko Varkey, Gertrude Visti,
Victoria Visti, Zehra Yildirim, Denise
Young, and Nitza Zvuloni.
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Team
of the Quarter - Vineland
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Unit
1 B - Elba Cano, Alice Ellis, Vickey
Mason, Florentino Ponferrada-Shannon,
and William Tomlin.
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2002 4th Quarter Awards
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Federal
Employee of the Quarter
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2LT
Joseph Pipas - Information & Administrative
Services Div.
Information
Management Bureau, Telecom
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Central
Office - Employee of the Quarter
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Gail
Miller, Special Staff Officer 3
Information & Administrative
Services Division
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Employee
of the Quarter - Menlo Park
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Donna
Wrigley, Administrative Analyst 2 - OIS
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Employee
of the Quarter- Vineland
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Carol
Nnachetam-Dobbs, Registered Nurse - RNAC,
Unit 3
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Team
of the Quarter - Menlo Park
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Recreation
Department - Eunice Brown-Gross, Debra
Drake, Bernetta Hibbert, Marsha Lasko,
Denise Lima-Laskiewicz, Christine McNulty,
Ervin Perry, Virginia Rynone, and Diane
Schimpf
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Team
of the Quarter - Vineland
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Critical
Staffing Response Unit - Kimberly Hoffman,
Tasha Jones, Sandra Langley, Elizabeth
Lombardo, Charlene Peterson, Maria Poventud,
and Elizabeth Teti
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2002 Employee of the Year Awards
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Employee of the Year - Central Office
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Robert G. Sauselein
Assistant Superintendent, Veterans Haven
Division of Veterans Services
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Employee of the Year - Menlo Park
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Hector Gonzalez
Store Clerk - Business Office and Storeroom
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Employee of the Year - Paramus
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Rita Alston
Personnel Technical Assistant 3, Human Resources
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Employee of the Year - Vineland
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Oswaldo Quinones, Jr.
Human Resource Manager 1, Human Resources
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2003 1st Quarter Awards
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Federal
Employee of the Quarter
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Captain
Francine Main, Pilot, Mission Planner
108th Air
Refueling Wing, McGuire AFB
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Central
Office Employee of the Quarter
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Sharon
Lample Card - Secretarial Assistant 3
ChalleNGe
Youth Program
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Employee
of the Quarter - Menlo Park
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Louella
Anderson, Head Cook II - Food Service
Department
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Employee
of the Quarter - Vineland
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Miriam
Alicia, Medicare Billing Coordinator,
Medical Dept.
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Team
of the Quarter -
Federal
and State
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108th Civil
Engineering Squadron, 177th Civil
Engineering Squadron, and Installations
Division
TSgt
Howard E. Achilles, SRA Daniel Baldwin,
TSgt John A. Battersby, Mr. Ron Beck,
COL William Bertsch, MSG James Boykins,
Mr. Llewellyn Charles, SSgt Ricky M.
Clark, SrA Walter Cox, SSgt Richard Dickson,
SSG Stewart Duncan, SSgt James Ferretti,
Mr. Sylvester Gore, MSG Timothy Gover,
MSG John Hastings, SSgt Michael Jones,
SSG Nehemie Juleus, Mr. John Kienzle,
SRA Shannon King, Mr. Roger Kitz, MSG
Peter Mariotili, Mr. Bill McBride, Ms.
Kathy McGuinn, MSgt Robert Mick, III,
SSgt Andrew Middleton, Sr., CPT Hobart
Montee, MAJ Mark Preston, MSG William
Price, WO1 Nancy Rowbotham, SSG Matthew
Scudder, Mr. Mike Varone, TSG Lewis Williams,
and Mr. Darren Williamson
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Central
Office Team of the Quarter
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Maintenance
Staff - National Guard Training Center,
Sea Girt
Robert
Bubadias, Eddie Cephus, Clifford Chisum,
Gary Schmitz, Kevin Williamson, James
Ward, and John Molloy
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Team
of the Quarter - Menlo Park
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Maintenance
Department
John
Bailey, Steven Bash, Mark Bernstein,
Edwin Boyd, Anthony Clark, Jr., Joseph
Dolson, Sara Ford, Kerry Keane, Edwin
Kielian, Antonios Kousoulos, Martin Muniz,
Richard Pascale, Raymond Przytulski,
Shawn Seymore, Robert Tietchen, Santiago
Valarezo, Roger Vonah, Edward Weisenhorn,
and Clarence Wiley.
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Team
of the Quarter - Vineland
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Maintenance/Powerhouse
Department
Fred
Arcangeli, Edward Courter, Dorothy Grasso,
James Green, Charles Hummel, Richard
Hurst, William Irwin, Robert Jackson,
Bruce Kidd, Judy Kozma, Frank Lorenzo,
Earl Mints, Robert Mossop, Kenneth Mucciarelli,
Neil Oberdick, Anthony Oliveri, David
Park, Alvin Rabenberg, Martin Rodriquez,
Leonard Sernaque, James Snyder, David
Wargo, Jeffrey Wargo, and Jeffrey Zink.
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CPT
Michael Ciarrocca, Commander of the 253rd Transportation
Company, NJARNG, and his soldiers, activated for
the war against terrorism, recently sent a brief
e-mail message from the Iraqi desert (exact location
undisclosed). CPT Ciarrocca thanked everyone concerned
for the cards and packages of personal use items
sent to his soldiers. He stated that his unit
has reinitiated convoy missions after a brief rest,
and that New Jersey's Citizen Soldiers continue
to serve their country and state in a proud and
professional manner. We continue to wish him and
all of his soldiers victory in their mission and
a safe and speedy return home.
108th Air
Refueling Wing congratulates its graduates.
College
graduates across the nation, diploma in hand, are
departing the world of academia, and joining the
ranks of America's workforce. It can be a exciting,
and sometimes anxious, experience. Five non-commissioned
officers of the 108th Air Refueling
Wing joined the ranks of college graduates on June
22nd during the Wing's awards ceremony. They
are the Wing's newest proud graduates of the Community
College of the Air Force. The following individuals
received the Associates Degree in the following
disciplines: MSgt Dilcia English, Aviation Maintenance
Technology; MSgt Robert Tibbetts, Information Management
and Human Resource Management; TSgt Christopher
Birardi, Criminal Justice; TSgt Sharon Roth, Logistics;
and TSgt Mike Yung, Information Management and
Electronic Systems Technology. "Caps off" to our
newest graduates on a job well done!
Security
and Emergency Response Information System (SERIS).
The
DMVA's Information Technology Bureau and the Homeland
Security Office has established a partnership with
the Picatinny Arsenal Armament Research, Development
and Engineering Center (ARDEC) "Homeland Security
Center of Excellence" to provide the test bed for
a newly developed Homeland Security Information
Technology System known as SERIS. The system will
provide live "on-line" intrusion detection and
emergency response information using GPS and Wireless
technology. A full-scale initial BETA test was
conducted at the Picatinny Arsenal, Lawrenceville
Homeland Security Center of Excellence, and the
Training and Training Technology Battle Lab (T3BL)
located at Fort Dix. Observers and participants
used a real-time web based video, on-line GPS/GIS
mapping, and Video Conferencing Technology to communicate
throughout the demonstration.
Army
Policy on Instant Messaging (IM).
IM
is a real-time communications service that may
include capabilities such as sending text notes
to others online; custom chat rooms; shared web
links; the ability to look at images on someone
else's computer; the ability to hear sounds someone
else is playing or play sounds for others to hear;
sharing files through direct send; audio conversations;
and streaming content such as real- time or near-real
time news or stock quotes. Many commercial entities,
e.g., AOL, Microsoft, Yahoo, offer instant messaging
as an unregulated Internet service. Individual
Army end user subscription to any non-DoD IM service
such as AOL or Microsoft from a computer connected
to the RCAS or other DoD network is prohibited. The
AKO portal is the Army instant message server and
is the only IM currently authorized for use and
installation in Army organizations.
Air
Guard Unit hosts "Bring a Buddy Day."
The
108th Air Refueling Wing sponsored its
Second Annual "Bring a Buddy Day" on Saturday,
21 June 2003. Sixty-four visitors arrived at 9
a.m., sampled an assortment of warm pastries and
fresh fruit, and were welcomed by the new Wing
Commander, Colonel Larry Thomas. In a dynamic
Power Point presentation loaded with photos of
the "Guardians of Freedom" of the 108th ARW
doing what they do best, the Commander focused
on the various career fields and benefits available
in the Air National Guard. Despite the periodic
downpours, visitors braved the weather and boarded
108th buses for the grand tour. First
stop - a tour of a KC-135E Stratotanker, then off
to the Operations Group and Logistics Squadron
to try on aircrew survival and chemical warfare
gear. Next, our guests visited the various
Attention
State Employees.Changes to your personal emergency
information on NJ Direct are due today!
Today
is the last day to update your personal emergency
information located on NJ Direct. As part of the
state's workplace security measures, this updated
personal information will provide the state with
the ability to identify and contact employees associated
with a specific facility in the event of an emergency. This
information should be updated using NJ Direct http://njdirect.state.nj.us from
your state office PC. Your password is set as
the last four digits of your Social Security Number. You
should make these changes from your desk. Do not
send your information to the Human Resources Division. The
deadline for making these updates is June 27, 2003.
Armory
Happenings - Check to see what's happening
at an Armory near you.
28 June
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Bead
Show
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Cherry
Hill Armory
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28-29 June
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Basketball
Tournament
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Jersey
City Armory
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30 June - 5 July
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Carnival
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Lawrenceville
Armory
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5 July
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Tool
Show and Sale
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Washington
Armory
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12 July
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Flea
Market
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Teaneck
Armory
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18 July
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Tool
Show and Sale
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Dover
Armory
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19 July
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Tool
Show and Sale
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Riverdale
Armory
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COL
William J. Bertsch retires as Director, Installations
Division.
A
large group of friends and family gathered on June
14th for a "Hoe Down Picnic" on the
back lawn at DMVA in honor of COL William Bertsch's
retirement. He officially retires this Monday
after having served the Department for over 30
years (four years as a federal employee and 26
years of State service). COL Bertsch has been
the Director of Installations for the past four
years, and prior to that served as the Director
of Fiscal Division for 11 years. It was a sunny
and hot Saturday afternoon; however, at the end
of the picnic it began to rain "buckets." Rumor
has it that COL Bertsch prays for rain every weekend,
as he will start a new career as a Disaster Specialist
with the Federal Emergency Management Agency. The
Department thanks COL Bertsch for all of his contributions
to making DMVA a better place, and wish him and
his family the best of luck in the future.
James
L. Brey retires as Chief
Financial Officer.
Family,
friends and colleagues gathered on June 21st
for a "Dinner & Dance" at the Lawrenceville
Armory's Garden Room in honor of Mr. Brey's retirement. He
officially retires this Monday after having served
the State of New Jersey for over 25 years. Mr.
Brey has been the Director of Fiscal for the
past four years and a total of 11 years with
the Department of Military & Veterans Affairs. It
was a fun and enjoyable evening for all. The
Department wishes to express its gratitude to
Mr. Brey for his service to the military and
veterans' community, and would like to extend
its sincere best wishes for continued success
in all future endeavors.
DMVA
Unity Day held on Friday, 13 June 2003.
DMVA
celebrated its 5th Annual Unity Day
on 13 June 2003 with the theme, "New Jersey, Together
We Can Make a Difference." Unity Day is held annually
to enhance cross-cultural awareness, promote harmony
among all members of the New Jersey National Guard,
and recognize the contributions of minorities and
women. The combined efforts of Army and Air National
Guard, State and Federal employees, the 305th Air
Mobility Wing and community members resulted in
20 different ethnic and special emphasis groups
being represented at this year's event. The day
began with a 5K Fun Walk/Run in which an estimated
50 individuals participated and received Unity
Day t-shirts. The NJ National Guard's ChalleNGe
Youth Program's Drill Team led the Opening Ceremonies
in which 25 individuals and groups were recognized
for their contributions to our Special Emphasis
Programs. Special recognition went to two members
of the Youth Challenge Program for designing the
t-shirts and two local restaurants for community
support (a first time for Unity Day). The highlight
of the day was the judging of the "Chili Cookoff" by
BG Sullivan, BG Chojnacki, and COL Carlini. After
tasting 15 entries, LTC Pete D'Elia and SFC Harvey
Smith were awarded 1st Place Ribbons.
Vietnam,
Distinguished and Meritorious Service Medal
Presentation Ceremonies are scheduled.
9
July
11
a.m. & 1 p.m.
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Distinguished Service &
Meritorious Service Medals
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Millville
Elks Lodge
1815
E. Broad St., Millville, NJ
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15
July
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Vietnam Service Medal
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Morristown
Armory
430
Jockey Hollow Rd., Morristown, NJ
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23
July
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Vietnam Service Medal
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Athenia
Veterans Post
Clifton,
NJ
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Sunday,
22 June 2003, marked the beginning of Lightning
Safety Week. In the past 30 years more people
have died from lightning in the US than from tornadoes
or hurricanes. Most fatalities occur during the
summer in the late afternoon when temperatures
are warmer. The following are precautions to
take during a thunderstorm or lightning conditions:
Ø Take
cover whenever you hear thunder.
Ø Follow
the 30-30 Rule - if the time between lightning
and thunder is 30 seconds or less, take cover. Once
the thunder ends, wait 30 minutes before going
outside.
Ø The
safest place during a thunderstorm is a house or
building.
Ø The
second safest place is a car.
Ø In
the event there is no immediate shelter, make yourself
the lowest object around.
Ø If
you are in a group of people, split-up and stay
away from trees or isolated objects.
Ø Suspend
outdoor sports when a storm is approaching.
Ø Have
a lightning safety plan prepared.
Ø Learn
lightning first aid and follow these safety procedures.
Call
911
Perform
CPR or mouth-to-mouth resuscitation if possible.
Touch
the lightning victim for vital signs. (It's safe
to do.)
NJ
Vietnam Veterans' Memorial and Vietnam Era
Education Center Announces its Calendar of
Events for the summer.
28 June
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10 a.m. - 3 p.m.
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Restored Military Vehicle Display - presented by
the Military Transport Association of
NJ (MTA) and the South Jersey Chapter
of the Military Vehicle Preservation
Association (MVPA). Visit their websites
at http://www.mtaofnj.org/ and http://hometown.aol.com/sjmvpa/SJMVPA.html.
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26 July
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1 p.m.
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Author Lecture/Book Signing Program by Patricia
Farawell Enyedy, Author of A Redcatcher's
Letters from Nam: Reflections of Family
and Friends.
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27 July
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9 a.m.
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5th Annual Classic Car and Motorcycle
Show
Rain Date: Sunday, 10 August 2003
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8 Sep
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9 a.m.
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Golf Outing Olde York Country Club
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19 Sep
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11 a.m.
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POW/MIA GSM Recognition Day Ceremony
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21 Sep
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11 a.m.
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Rolling Thunder POW/MIA Awareness Motorcycle Run
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For
more information about any of these events, please
call the NJ Vietnam Veterans Memorial Foundation
office at (732) 335-0033.
Interesting
but useless facts.
J The
smallest county in America is New York County,
better known as Manhattan.
J The
life span of a taste bud is 10 days.
J The
oldest known animal was a tortoise, which lived
to be 152 years old.
J At
birth, a Dalmatian is always pure white.
J The
first bike was called a hobbyhorse.
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