Robert C. Novy Receives Corporate Leadership Award at Monmouth Medical Center Foundation Humanitarian Gala
Robert C. Novy, Brick, the managing partner of the law firm Novy & Associates, Manchester, recently received the Corporate Leadership Award at the 2014 Humanitarian Gala of Monmouth Medical Center, Southern Campus (formerly Kimball Medical Center) Foundation, Lakewood.
More than 300 supporters, physicians and staff attended the foundation gala at the Eagle Oaks Golf and Country Club, Farmingdale, to honor Dr. Paul C. Hiley, Jane Maroney and Novy – the award recipients for the respective physician, community and corporate leadership honors.
Novy has practiced law in New Jersey since 1976 and is admitted to practice before the Federal District Court of New Jersey and the United States Supreme Court.
He has also served as a member of the New Jersey Commission on Aging; is a member of the New Jersey Alzheimer’s Disease Study Commission; and is a board member of the Caregiver Volunteers of Central Jersey, a nonprofit organization that helps the elderly and frail by providing friendly visits, shopping, and rides to doctor appointments at no charge.
In addition to serving as a board member of the hospital foundation since 2008, Novy was instrumental in establishing the Legacy and Planned Giving Foundation at Monmouth Medical Center’s Southern Campus, a charitable arm of the hospital that he still chairs.
Novy has received dozens of awards over the years and has been recognized for his philanthropy and community involvement. He and his wife, Catherine, have three adult children.
Lakewood Municipal Employees Finish CPR and AED Training
What if someone in your workplace had a cardiac emergency? A breathing or first-aid emergency? Would you know what to do? Could you use a defibrillator if you had to before EMS personnel arrived?
Through funding from the County Municipal Support Service, Lakewood Mayor Menashe Miller was able to obtain two defibrillators for the Lakewood Municipal Building, Third Street. One is located on the second floor, facing the elevator; and the other is in the Municipal auditorium.
Scott Carter, Lakewood EMS supervisor, said that 17 municipal employees finished a six-hour class that trains employees to respond to a workplace emergencies. During the class, attendees learned how to assess the needs of someone in trouble, effectively use the AED (Automated External Defibrillator) and CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation), and especially how to develop a communication describing what is happening in order to help EMS when they arrive on the scene.
Lakewood Emergency Medical Technicians (EMTs) who taught the course were Mary Jane Delvalle, Ronald Hill, and Shannon Ortiz-Milne.
Mayor Miller recently recognized the Lakewood Township employees who completed the CPR/AED course. They included Yehuda Abraham, purchasing agent and risk manager; Elizabeth Barina, payroll and pension supervisor, finance department; Susie Beck and Cindy Schwartz, clerk typists, municipal manager’s office; Gene Canfield, senior code enforcement officer, and Terry Gaudlip, code enforcement officer, both in the code enforcement and inspection department; Marta Harrison; computer technician; Cassandra Johnson, senior assistant assessor, Regina Keith and Mike Shave,; assessing aides in the tax assessor’s office; Florence Ochs, senior clerk typist, township clerk’s office; Jason Ochs, tax clerk, tax collectors office; Steven Reinman, interim municipal manager and executive director of the Lakewood Industrial Commission; Marilyn Rodriguez, senior code enforcement officer, code enforcement/inspection department; Ed Seeger, Jr. tax assessor; Margaret Stazko, supervisor of accounts, finance department; and Sheila Wilson, deputy municipal court administrator, municipal court.
Learn to Take Control of Your Health – A Free OHI Workshop
Do you have diabetes, high blood pressure, or anxiety? If you or your loved one have these conditions, Ocean Health Initiatives, Inc. (OHI), a federally qualified health center, is offering a free six-week workshop directed toward people and their caregivers with any ongoing or long-term health conditions, at OHI’s Toms River location, 301 Lakehurst Road, beginning July 10, once a week, from 9:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
The program, sponsored by the New Jersey Department of Human Services, was created by Stanford University, California, to help people with chronic health conditions get more out of life.
“We like to have couples, patients and caregivers attend because caregivers are often the ones creating new menus and keeping the patient on track so they follow doctors’ orders,” said Israel Arroyo, a patient navigator at OHI who is one of the peer leaders for the Take Control of Your Health workshop.
During the workshop, participants will learn how to manage their symptoms; get started with healthy eating and exercise; communicate effectively with their doctor; and manage fear, anger and frustration, which will make their daily tasks easier.
“Non-compliance among the chronically ill is a tremendous deterrent to living a happier life. I speak from experience and can relate to some of the things people are going through,” said Arroyo.
The workshop has been held for the past three years, in both English and Spanish, Arroyo said.
To register for the workshop, call 732-363-6655, Ext. 8383. Patients and the public can register up to the course date, but is limited to the first 12 people who register. Materials for the workshop are supplied by OHI.
About Ocean Health Initiatives
OHI is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) federally qualified health center (FQHC) with locations at 101 Second Street, Lakewood; and 301 Lakehurst Road, Toms River; and 333 Haywood Road, Manahawkin; and in the Clifton Avenue Elementary School, 625 Clifton Avenue, Lakewood; and the Mobile Medical Unit outside the George J. Mitchell Elementary School, 950 N. Green Street, Little Egg Harbor.
OHI provides comprehensive preventative and primary health and dental care to Ocean County uninsured and underinsured populations on a sliding-fee scale, based on an individual’s or family’s ability to pay. Services include pediatrics, maternal and child health, prenatal, WIC, universal immunizations behavioral health, dental, family medicine, internal medicine, OB/GYN, podiatry and social services.
OHI has a bilingual staff available to assist patients and callers. To become a patient of OHI, call a representative in the Call Center at either 732-552-0377, Toms River, or 732-363-6655, Lakewood. Visit www.ohinj.org. for further information.
Family and Children’s Performer to Hold Concert in Lakewood
Enjoy a free Lakewood Township concert for people of all ages, sponsored by Investors Bank, Lakewood, and Dr. Gary Wheeler, Lakewood Family Dentistry, Route 70, Lakewood. Bring lawn chairs.
Mark Rust, a multi-talented family and children’s performer from Woodstock, N.Y., will entertain the entire family at the Lakewood All Wars Memorial Amphitheater, North Lake Drive, Lakewood, Wednesday, July 9 at 7:00 p.m.
This show will begin with “My Family’s Musical Traditions,” a fun collection of songs performed on a variety of instruments, including guitar, banjo, fiddle, hammered dulcimer, mountain dulcimer, and spoons. Rust always involves the audience in some fun way on every tune.
In the second part of the show, Rust will hold a group workshop called “Tunes for Spoons,” during which Rust will hand out spoons and teach everyone how to hold and play the spoons. Anyone can do it! When everyone has the hang of it, the group will play along with fiddle tunes, ending with a great group spoons solo.
Finally, Rust will also teach some traditional American country dances that require no experience. These dances, such as the “Virginia Reel” and “Patty Cake Polka,” are fun and easy to learn.
For information, call the Lakewood Recreation office at 732-905-3405 or visit www.lakewoodnj.gov.
About Mark Rust: Mark Rust starred in the Broadway musical hit Pump Boys & Dinettes, has appeared in People Magazine, has performed with Pete Seeger and Peter, Paul & Mary, and has been a featured guest on the Phil Donahue Show. He has released several recordings, including “Songs of America” on Golden Books, “Home Fires,” featuring Peter Yarrow (of Peter, Paul & Mary) and Jay Ungar (PBS Civil War series), “Legacy,” featuring songs of family and growing up, and his newest release “Live at the Ithaca Festival.” Rust has been nominated for a Campus Entertainer of the Year Award in Family & Children’s Programs by the National Association of Campus Activities (NACA).
Streamlined Government Website Helps Businesses Compete
Want to do business with the State of New Jersey? According to Yehuda Abraham, the purchasing agent and risk manager for Lakewood Township, it’s not a mystery and it’s not difficult. The state has created NJSTART.gov., a streamlined website where vendors can easily and quickly sign up.
All vendors, including nonprofits and suppliers, have to register in order to do business with the State. NJSTART.gov (State of the Art Requisition Technology) was created to simplify the process for anyone who wants to do business with the State or compete for contracts with the State. You also need to be registered to be paid by the State for your goods or services.
Among other new features, the need to file duplicate forms every time you submit a proposal for a new contract has been eliminated. All State agencies seeking to buy your goods or services will have access to all registered vendors through NJSTART.
Elizabeth Mackay, assistant director of the Division of Purchase and Property for the N.J. Department of the Treasury, said, “During my work with Lt. Governor Kim Guadagno on the Red Tape Review Commission, the most frequent complaint from businesses about contracting with the State was the necessity of repeatedly filling out the same forms with the same information. The ‘document vault’ feature of NJSTART should be welcomed by businesses as eliminating that piece of red tape.”
Abraham said, “A component that is probably very important to vendors is that
any time a municipality, school board, fire department or any public contracting agency governed by the Local Public Contracts Law is looking to purchase any goods or service, they will be able to access this website and get a list of vendors for this item. It is a way of advertising what your company offers to every such agency in the entire state.”
According to a press release from the N.J. Department of the Treasury, some other benefits include:
1. Be part of an online business directory that provides State and local agencies with unprecedented access to the universe of NJSTART vendors;
2. Have the ability to view all quotes, solicitations, and awarded contracts online, increasing transparency of the process;
3. Enjoy enhanced visibility as small businesses can submit proposals for contracts to compete with larger firms;
4. Have the capability to upload forms and certification to their vendor profile;
5. Experience improved customer service among State agencies, local governments and vendors.
Categories of products and services include administrative, financial, and management; agricultural equipment and products; arts, crafts, entertainment and theater; automotive products; building equipment, supplies; computers, software, supplies; food, equipment and related services; furnishings and furniture; hardware; janitorial and cleaning equipment; medical; office supplies; paper, printing, among many, many other categories of business.
Jignasa Desai-McCleary, director of the Division of Purchase and Property for the State, said, “This system will enhance the visibility of small- , minority- and veteran-owned businesses so they can gain exposure to additional contracting opportunities. It will offer a ‘one-stop shop’ for vendor management and allow suppliers to track submitted quotes or proposals, certifications, contracts and online invoice submissions.”
Enjoy Free Music Concerts and Special Events This Summer in Lakewood
This summer Lakewood residents can enjoy free Township special events and music concerts sponsored by Investors Bank, Lakewood, and Dr. Gary Wheeler, Lakewood Family Dentistry, Route70, Lakewood. For music concerts, bring lawn chairs.
For more information, call the Lakewood Recreation office at 732-905-3405 or visit www.lakewoodnj.gov.
The following concerts will take place at the Lakewood All Wars Memorial Amphitheater near Lake Carasaljo, off Route 9, on North Lake Drive. Remember to bring lawn chairs.
July 3: 6:30 p.m. Miles for Matlosz, five-mile run around Lake Carasaljo
7:00 p.m. Music Concert, Patriotic Band, conducted by Wilbur
Wittemann
9:15 p.m. Fireworks
July 9: 7:00 p.m. Kids’ concert, featuring Mark Rust. Fun-filled family
entertainment with audience participation led by Mark
Rust, performing a variety of songs and instruments. Rust will teach traditional American country dances
and “Tunes on Spoons” during which children and adults
learn to play the “Spoons,” and much more.
July 23: 7:00 p.m. Concert, featuring Ragtimers
July 30: 7:00 p.m. Concert, featuring The Kootz
August 6: 7:00 p.m. Concert, featuring Strictly 60s.
August 13: 7:00 p.m. Concert, featuring Yosi and Eugene, a super friendly monster who is
misunderstood by nearly everyone except young children. Songs, stories
and humor designed to bring kids closer to understanding one another.
August 27: 7:00 p.m. Concert, Big Band Boot Camp with the Wilbur Wittemann Orchestra
performing the big band songs of the 40s.
SPECIAL EVENTS
July 8, 22, and Aug.12: Adult Pontoon Boat Tours around Barnegat Bay. Must register in
4:30 p.m. advance. Tour is limited to 15 people.
Bus leaves from Public Works, Cedarbridge Avenue
Aug. 12: 4:00 p.m. NIGHT AGAINST CRIME, Pine Park, sponsored by
Lakewood Police. Dept. FREE games, rides, food, prizes, and more.
Aug. 17, 2:00 p.m. FREE CAR SHOW at Pine Park
Lakewood Chamber Sponsors a Comedy Night at the Strand
The Lakewood Chamber of Commerce, 395 Route 70 West, Lakewood, is sponsoring an adults-only Comedy Night at the Strand Theater, 400 Clifton Avenue, Lakewood 08701 on Thursday, July 10, 2014. Doors open at 6:00 p.m. The show begins at 7:30 p.m. Part of the proceeds will benefit the Lakewood Volunteer Firefighters.
The evening includes entertainment by three professional comedians—Andy Pitz, Tom Daddario, and Rob Falcone—all of whom have been on late night talks shows, including the Tonight Show and have worked in Las Vegas and Atlantic City. Light food (Kosher food is available) and a cash bar are available.
General admission is $60.00 with open seating. Sponsorships are available for $600.00 and include two (2) free tickets. Pre-registration is required. To make a reservation, call 732-363-0012 or email staff@mylakewoodchamber.com
David Nicola, executive director of the Lakewood Chamber, said, “The Lakewood Chamber and business community are proud to help make this event possible, and we appreciate those of you who can come to support what will be a fun-filled night! The Strand is a wonderful place to see a concert or a comedy show, and a great place to hold a meeting. If you haven’t been to the Strand in a while, Comedy Night is a great way to reintroduce yourself to the Strand.”
Patriotic Celebration on July 3 in Lakewood Marks Independence Day
Lakewood Township is celebrating Independence Day, the birthday of the United States, on July 3, 2014, with a five-mile run in honor of slain Lakewood police officer Christopher Matlosz, a free band concert, and a fireworks display.
Miles for Matlosz, a five-mile run around Lake Carasaljo, Lakewood, sponsored by Darren St. Jean, a teacher at Brick High School who works with the recreation department and the police department, and Prestige Athletics memorializes police officers Christopher Matlosz, William “Nichie” Preslar, and Hartley F. Richter who died in the line of duty. This nonprofit event will raise money for Lakewood P.B.A. Local 71.
Check in for the race on July 3 is between 4:45 and 5:45 p.m. at the amphitheater, Lake Carasaljo, Lakewood. A one-mile Fun Run for children ages 12 – 17 (with a parental release form) begins at 6:00 p.m.; the five-mile Miles for Matlosz run begins at 6:30 p.m.
The preregistration fee, by July 1, is $10.00 for the one-mile run; $20.00 for the five-mile run; and $25.00 the day of the run. For more information or to register, call 908-783-5696 or email dstjean@prestige-athletics.
A free music concert on July 3 featuring the Patriotic Band conducted by Wilbur Wittemann will begin at 7:00 p.m. at Lake Carasaljo, Lakewood. Bring lawn chairs. Investors Bank, Lakewood, and Dr. Gary Wheeler, Lakewood Family Dentistry, Route 70, are sponsoring this concert and several others this summer.
The Independence Day fireworks display over Lake Carasaljo that can be seen either from North or South Lake Drive, sponsored by Lakewood Township, will begin at 9:15.
July 4 marks the signing of the Declaration of Independence July 4, 1776. It was the approval of the Declaration that began the separation of the 13 colonies from Great Britain, and eventually led to America’s freedom from Great Britain. Traditionally, this strictly American holiday is celebrated by displaying the American flag, and having patriotic parades, concerts, fireworks, picnics, and barbeques throughout the United States.
Lakewood Car Show to Benefit Lakewood Museum
Lakewood Historical Society and the Lakewood Heritage Commission are holding the first “Sheldon Wolpin Memorial Car Show” fundraiser Sunday, August 17, 2014, from 2:00 to 6:00 p.m. at the Clarence Brown Pavilion, Pine Park, (near the Lakewood Country Club), West County Line Road Lakewood, N.J.
The pre registration car entrance fee is $12.00 and $15.00 the day of the event. The car show lineup will begin at 1:00 p.m. The proceeds of the car show will benefit the renovations of Kuser Hall, the home of the Sheldon Wolpin Lakewood Heritage Museum, 500 Country Club Drive, Lakewood Pine Park, Lakewood, N.J.*
Attendees can also enjoy Oldies music by the “Oldies Maven” Jimmy Givens, the “Dr. of Musicology”; a display by the Ocean County Society of Model Railroaders; a P. B. A. Local #71 special full-sized charter bus, through Classic Tours, in memory of fallen police officers, and Local #71’s S.W.A.T. (Special Weapons and Tactics) vehicle. P. B. A. members will be selling hot dogs and hamburgers to raise money for their organization.
Registration checks should be made payable to the Lakewood Historical Society, 245 Martine Way Lakewood, NJ 08701. Be sure to include year, make, and model of the car. To register or for more information, contact Jimmy Givens, chairman of fundraising committee for the Lakewood Historical Society, at jimmygivens.com or call the special cruiser hotline at 732-770-7245. The rain date is Sunday, August 24.
The Lakewood Historical Society is a 501 (c)(3) nonprofit organization. Visit lakewoodnjhistoricalsociety.org. Donations are always welcome.
*About Kuser Hall and the Lakewood Historical Society: Kuser Hall, a two-story, 16,000 square-foot math and science classroom building was built in 1927. It is the last remaining building of five that was once the Newman School for Boys, a private boys’ high school from 1920-1942.
The Historical Society has been renovating the building for more than a year. Renovations include, repairing the roof, replacing more than 465 broken window panes, repairing window wells on the exterior of the building, and installing protective screening on all windows.
The first floor of Kuser Hall, now the Sheldon Wolpin Historical Museum, has been restored to include six galleries that will display some of the vast museum collection of memorabilia and artifacts. Some of the current projects include renovating the bathrooms, building a handicapped ramp, installing a HVAC system, and landscaping.
CFO of Eatontown Company Elected to Board of Directors of Statewide Home Care Organization
Todd Thiede, Hoboken, CPA and Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Preferred Home Health Care & Nursing Services (PHHC), Eatontown, a company that provides a wide range of medical and non-medical home health care services from pediatric to geriatric care throughout New Jersey and Pennsylvania, has been elected to the Board of Directors of Home Care Association of N.J.
Home Care Association of N.J. is a statewide organization whose goals are informing, educating, assisting and advocating for home care providers, and the patients and families they serve throughout New Jersey since 1973.
New Jersey members include home health agencies, hospices, health care service firms, home care support and consultant services, home care professionals, other health-related associations, and organizations concerned about New Jersey’s home care needs.
Thiede said, “It is an honor to join this board. As a board member, I look forward to helping New Jersey families and home care providers.”
As CFO, Thiede is responsible for corporate finance. He oversees the management of more than 100 corporate employees and more than 1,000 external nurses, among other duties. Prior to joining PHHC, Thiede was vice president of financial planning and analysis for Goldman Sachs Inc., New York City, for five years.
Thiede was graduated from Rutgers University, New Brunswick, with a B.S. in Accounting in 1999. He is a member of the N.J. State Chamber of Commerce and a board member of Circle of Life, an organization that provides palliative and end-of-life care for children with life-limiting illnesses as well as support for families.
Thiede will be formally introduced this June to attendees at the Annual Conference of Home Care Association of N.J. Atlantic City.
About Preferred Home Health Care & Nursing Services:
Since 1987, Preferred Home Health Care & Nursing Services (PHHC), 45 Main Street, Eatontown, N.J., has provided a wide range of medical and non-medical home health care services from pediatric to geriatric care throughout New Jersey and Pennsylvania. PHHC is accredited by CHAP (Community Health Accreditation Program), an accrediting organization for the home health care industry.
Preferred works collaboratively with physicians, hospitals, nursing homes and facilities to ensure a smooth transition to one’s home. In-house services include skilled nursing care for infants, children, adults, and seniors; personal care services, including bathing, grooming, dressing, feeding, etc.; private duty nursing services; and at-home physical therapy, among others. All of the care can be provided in-house and is coordinated by registered nurses, with clinical supervision available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Visit Preferred at PreferredCares.com for more information.