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We have socialized quite a bit and spent time in one another’s homes and through my association with them I have appeared several times on DWI / TRAFFIC television, as has The Boardwalk Journal.

In social settings, my wife Rebecca and I have had the privilege of meeting FAMILY LAW the other three Housewives, their husbands, their children and many of the peripheral personalities associated with the show, many of whom have been featured in one way or another in The Boardwalk Journal. PERSONAL Everyone I have had the privilege of meeting has always been very nice INJURY to both myself and my wife, including Teresa, and it has always been my belief and understanding that characters can become heroes or villains on Best LegaL services any given Sunday night based upon what takes place in the editing room IMMIGRATION more so than what takes place in real life. - Silver - This is reality TV, but in all reality, it is not always an accurate depiction of who these men and women really are.

One of the sweetest and most down to earth people you could ever meet in this often bizarre world of reality television is Jacqueline Laurita, one of Melissa and Kathy’s television co-star’s on The Real Housewives of New Jersey.

Jacqueline was generous with her time and very open with The Boardwalk Journal’s Danielle Davies about her emotional and truly inspirational journey navigating the rough waters of dealing with the many uncertainties that arise when coping with autism.

If you are looking for a Real Housewives of New Jersey tell-all of who gets along with who and who doesn’t, look elsewhere.

This is her story, her reality and I assure you that it is a 100% accurate depiction of who she really is.

Another amazing and very accomplished woman you will read about in this issue is Deana Martin, the daughter of the legendary Dean Martin.

Deana gave our Felicia Lowenstein Niven unfettered access into her fascinating world as she takes a trip down memory lane, remembering her late father and his Rat Pack brethren, and a glimpse of what to expect JAMES J. LEONARD JR., ESq. when she comes to Caesars on May 31st as part of an evening honoring her father presented by the Schultz-Hill Foundation.

Last, but certainly not least, the very accomplished Danielle Gomes gives our readers an insight into the history and day-to-day operations of Brigantine’s Marine Mammal Stranding Center.

Danielle has recently written a book honoring her late father, casino legend Dennis Gomes entitled Hit Me: Fighting the Las Vegas Mob by the Numbers and is the real story behind the notorious Stardust Skim, which served as the backdrop for Martin Scorsese’s epic film Casino.

Her book is available for pre-order on Amazon.com, as is the aforementioned Real Housewives Melissa Gorga’s book, Love Italian Style: The Secrets of My Hot and Happy Marriage. Of course, if we are plugging books, you can read all about my very Attorneys At LAw interesting / intimidating encounter with notorious Atlantic City mob hit man Philip Leonetti in his book Mafia Prince: Inside America’s Most Violent Crime Family and The Bloody Fall of La Cosa Nostra, which is also available 1200 AtLAntic Avenue on Amazon.com.

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page 6 SWEENEY: ON THE MONEY ABOUT REVEL, ATLANTIC CITY Never one to mince words, Senate President Steve Sweeney called it straight several months back when he said that the long struggling Revel needed new management and he hit it out of the park last year when he said of Atlantic City: “The city needs leadership. The city needs to get things done.” While neither prophecy will spark a comparison between Sweeney and Nostradamus, Sweeney’s blunt and succinct analysis of Atlantic City’s woes is a breath of fresh air from the usual line up of our local talking heads whose own analysis and often misguided optimism regarding what is really going on is more akin to rearranging the deck SENATE PRESIDENT NOSTRADAMUS chairs on the Titanic. STEVE SWEENEY WHAT'S TRENDING

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#REMEMBERWHEN #AINTNOBODYGOTTIMEFORDAT #WEALREADYTOLDYAONCE This was our cover two years ago in Embedded somewhere in HBO’s critically acclaimed The Boardwalk Journal is in all Atlantic County WaWa’s and April of 2010. television show The Wire was a subliminal yet ominous you can have it delivered to your home. Go to www. warning for “alleged” drug dealers NOT to talk about boardwalkjournal.com for more information and don’t make drugs, guns and murders on the telephone for fear of us tell you again. being intercepted on a wire, hence the name of the show. Unfortunately for some, but fortunately for more, this irony was apparently lost. Come home to Cousin Mario’s Live Music tHursday - Friday Happy Hour 12 - 7 daiLy drink speciaLs FuLL Banquet FaciLities take out & deLivery avaiLaBLe cHeck us out on tHe weB or Be our Friend on FaceBook 5401 Harding HigHway (route 40), Mays Landing, nJ 609-837-2699 n CousinMarios.CoM 6 | The Boardwalk Journal | April 2013 President / CEO Founder and Publisher of The Boardwalk Journal il capo di tutti capi James J. Leonard Jr., Esq. Editor-in-Chief Underboss Rebecca M. Leonard Director of Operations Kenneth M. Warren Jr., Esq. Creative Director Michael A. Porto Copy Editor Danielle Davies Chief Photographer Tom Briglia Features Writers Danielle Davies • Danielle Gomes • Felicia Lowenstein Niven Contributors Nancy Adler Lloyd D. Levenson, Esq. Ken Calemmo Constance McNelis Julie Dods Anthony Previti Harry Hurley Raina Tallent Your Business Bill Kelly Administrative Staff Will Thank You. Shernita Demby For inquiries or comments, please email us at For rates, email us at [email protected] [email protected] www.boardwalkjournal.com facebook.com/boardwalkjournal BoardwlkJournal

Now Available www.boardwalkjournal.com at Atlantic County The Boardwalk Journal | April 2013 | 7 The legendary Philadelphia Magazine, which we have always respected and often sought to emulate, has come under fire recently following a controversial March cover story entitled “Being White in Philly”, which was blasted by Philly Mayor Michael Nutter and panned by critics alike. If this was a foul ball, Philly Mag definitely struck out in its April issue when an article about a marine sniper entitled “The War Within” was revealed to be a fabrication and the magazine took the step of “unpublishing” the story and issuing an apology, admitting that they “blew it” after being duped by the dubious subject of the story. For our money, they should also issue an apology for the thinly veiled hit piece they did on South Jersey magnate George Norcross, who has in the past and continues to perform wonders for the severely impoverished City of Camden and most recently has lent his support to its long forgotten school children. Atlantic City would be lucky if Mr. Norcross decided to land his helicopter in our neck of the woods…

Atlantic City has long been a stomping ground for gangsters dating back to the historic summit of organized crime leaders who converged on The Boardwalk in 1929 for the now infamous Atlantic City Conference. At the time, it was cigar chomping mob elites like Al Capone, Lucky Luciano, Meyer Lansky and Frank Costello who came to town to work and play. Decades later, Atlantic City was home to notorious mob boss Nicodemo “Little Nicky” Scarfo and his nephew Philip “Crazy Phil” Leonetti who lived on Georgia Avenue in the city’s Ducktown section. In the early 90’s, Salvatore “Sammy The Bull” Gravano even used Atlantic City as a hide-out while ducking the FBI in New York who sought to arrest him in the case that ultimately brought down mob boss John Gotti. But when rumors began to circulate that Irish mob boss Whitey Bulger, who was #2 on the FBI’s Most Wanted List behind Osama Bin Laden, may have been lamming it in our area, many ears perked up as a hefty $2 million reward was out there for anyone who could bring Bulger to the FBI. Reported local sightings of Bulger began to circulate and reports were that the mob legend was spending his time on the golf course. Fast forward to April 2013 and the infamous Whitey Bulger was now behind bars in a Massachusetts lock-up after being captured in Santa Monica, California which by all accounts is a far cry from Atlantic City, but the rumors of Bulger being in our area persisted. How could this be? Did Whitey utilize a body double like Saddam Hussein? The Boardwalk Journal decided to hunt for this mysterious figure and low and behold, we found him at of all places, the Mays Landing Golf and Country Club wearing a black leather jacket and a head full of white hair neatly combed back. Sure enough, this imposing figure bore a striking resemblance to the infamous Bulger. It was none other than Doug Fraser, the Vice President of The Mays Landing Golf and Country Club. Case closed.

James “Whitey” Bulger Doug “Whitey” Fraser

Speaking of cases … As the one year anniversary of April Kauffman’s mysterious (or not so mysterious) death approaches, well-placed sources have suggested that the investigation into her murder is by no means a cold case and that investigators remain diligent in their efforts to bring her cowardly killer / killers to justice. Stay tuned to this story, it is far from over … 8 | The Boardwalk Journal | April 2013 SSaaiinntt JJuuddiitthh CChhaarrtteerrss

The Boardwalk Journal | April 2013 | 9 hello my name is Diane Mitchell DIANE MITCHELL, co-host of the Mike & Diane Morning Show on 95.1 WAYV

Hello, my name is Diane Mitchell, reports will be juicy! I’m proud to say that I know most of what there is to know about celebrities—yes, I’m obsessed! I can tell you co-host of the Mike & Diane Morning Show on 95.1 WAYV. When their ages, who they’re married to and the names and ages of their I introduce myself to people, many of them react with the same kids. This is “research” for me, watching as many TV shows as I predictable responses. “Oh, are you the one on the back of the can, reading every magazine I can get my hands on and seeing the bus?”, “I listen to you every morning” or “What is Mike really like?” most popular movies—it’s hard work, but somebody has to do it! But the majority of listeners almost always ask, “What is it like to host your own radio show?” It’s probably not what you think… 3…2…1…the ON AIR light is flashing and Mike opens the show at 5:30AM. We take listener calls and play them back on the air There’s really no such thing as a “typical” day in radio—you never while monitoring social media. At the same time we execute prize know what the morning will bring. However, most of them start giveaways and post most of what we discussed on Facebook and out the same way. I wake up to two alarms at 3:30AM (yes, I have Twitter, while interspersing it all with Today’s Best Hits. After a back-up, just in case.) In my younger years, that was about the the show is wrapped, I hop into the production studio to voice time I was going to sleep! I splash water on my face and put on my commercials and conduct celebrity interviews that we’ve lined up. “uniform”—yoga pants, a hoodie and UGGS (in the summer I wear flip flops, even though it’s against company policy—the “Suit and By 11am, I’m finally in the clear—or so I think. On this particular day Tie Boss” doesn’t like the clip-clop sound.) My hair goes up—forget I have headphones, purse and coat in hand and I try to sneak out about makeup at that hour of the morning. I justify this by saying the back door. But, “Suit and Tie Boss” sees me out of the corner of that going makeup free during the week helps my skin! I grab a his eye and waves me over. He’s schmoozing a new client and the granola bar….okay, that sounded good, but in reality it’s probably minute I hear him, I know exactly what he’s talking about—the 1997 a Hershey bar to satisfy my inner chocoholic. Plus, I need the story of when he first hired Mike and I. His voice is getting louder caffeine because I don’t drink coffee. I know, hosting a morning as I walk closer. show without coffee is unheard of! “I used to listen to Mike & Diane on a small station in Monmouth I warm up my voice in the privacy of my own car on the way to County in the mid 90s. In order to record them with my little the radio station. Believe me; no one wants to hear me sing. I walk cassette recorder, I’d have to pull over on the Garden State into the Bayport One Building and the first person I run into in the Parkway,” he drones on. “This was before the internet and before hallway is our new 19-year-old intern, Casey—bubbly, perky and streaming so I had to do record them before I lost the small signal ready for a new day. Did she put blush and mascara on this early? they used to broadcast from. If I kept driving, I’d lose them. I was Then I remind myself, “no, Diane, that’s just what 19 year olds look riveted by their chemistry, frivolity and mischievousness; and like, naturally.” Casey informs me of any celebrity interviews that intoxicated by Diane’s laugh! They were just so spontaneous and are scheduled and fills me in on hot news headlines. She also tells entertaining! I’d play these tapes over and over to our morning me what’s happening in her life—it’s never a dull moment, which show at the time, Spider & Kelly—trying to coerce them to sound makes for good show material. more like Mike & Diane—but to no avail. So, instead of trying to teach our students, I decided to try to hire the professors. Sixty The door to the studio is extremely heavy this morning—weird. days later, the rest was history.” Maybe I should work out more. Maybe it’s my perpetual sleep debt. Anyway, there’s Mike, well-dressed and well-caffeinated as usual. I smile, truthfully that story never gets old—although hearing He’s always organized and ready to run through the day’s show the boss retell it, does. This trip down memory lane is starting to topics. He’s talking very fast. With a head nod he invites my opinion seriously cut into my mani-pedi-salon time, so I must be going. on the topics. Woman tattoos her 2 year old…Kim Kardashian’s Plus, in order to justify my chocolate and Cherry Cosmo habits, I poor choice of maternity fashion….good apps for your smart need to get to the gym. The sooner I get there, the better. I’ve been phone...why do women give cheating husbands a second chance… known to talk myself out of the workout when I’m actually on my way to the workout. Anything unusual or funny that happened the previous day has potential to be a show topic. This includes the details of our lives— As I turn to leave, the client that the “Suit and Tie Boss” was whether it’s at home, the supermarket, the mall, a restaurant, etc. talking to says to me, “You know, you look much better in person Everything in our day can be considered “show prep.” Sometimes it than you do on the back of the bus.” I smile, and suddenly I’m the can be the littlest thing, but it always has to be something relatable one that doesn’t need blush. Did I mention that I love this job? to the listener. That’s why we take notes all day long. I even have a notepad in my car just in case. Want more Diane? Check her out every morning on South Jersey’s Most Listened to Morning Show–The Mike & Diane Show on 95.1 I do a “Celebrity Dirt” feature three times every morning. There WAYV, Monday–Friday, 5:30AM-9:00AM. was a lot of entertainment news overnight, so my “Celebrity Dirt”

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Joseph Veltri – AVP, Atlantic City Banking Center Manager, and Larry Morier, Senior Vice President and Regional Larry Morier, Senior Vice President and Regional Manager of Cape Bank’s Commercial Lending Division, Manager of Cape Bank’s Commercial Lending Division, present a plaque to said Dr. Jennifer Pullman, the Atlantic present a check for $1,500 from the Cape Bank Charitable Foundation to Atlantic City High School City High School Master Teacher whose Community Arts Club created a mural entitled “Boardwalk Community” to Master Teacher Dr. Jennifer Pullman, whose Community Arts Club created a mural entitled “Boardwalk adorn the lobby of Cape Bank’s new Atlantic City office. The presentation as part of the bank’s VIP Open House. Community” to adorn the lobby of Cape Bank’s new Atlantic City office. The presentation was made as part of the bank’s VIP Open House and Grand Opening Celebration marking the bank’s 90th year in business.

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1. With Spring finally arriving, albeit several 6. After Lorenzo Langford’s tenure is done, who weeks late, on which golf course are you would you like to see as the next Mayor of most likely to be found? Atlantic City? Hidden Creek Frank Formica, I call him “Il Duce”. He gets it.

2. Who typically rounds out your foursome? 7. What do you miss about growing up in Ducktown? Jim Fraser, Pete Schneiders and Marty Maglio St Michael’s School Yard on Saturday. If you 3. If you had to describe Jim Fraser what would weren’t there by 8am, you had to sit winners. you say about him? 8. What was your grandmother’s signature Local legend, big brother dish? 4. Last year you attended The EHT Republican Everything. She could make an old shoe taste Club’s Roast of Harry Hurley. Who in your great. opinion was the best roaster and if you were roasting Harry what would be one of your 9. Name three restaurants or bars that no zingers? longer exist in Atlantic City that you miss? Jimmy Fraser was good, Jimmy Leonard was Strand, My Way Lounge and McGettigans. great. Teasing Harry? I’d probably have to say “He changes stations more often than I change 10. Godfather I, II or III and why? putters” Godfather I, it is a classic. II was probable the 5. Excluding Angelo’s and Angeloni’s, what is best sequel ever made. III sucked. the best Italian restaurant in Atlantic City? 11. Your best friend needs a divorce lawyer and My house. I don’t attend Men’s Night Out your next door neighbor needs a criminal Cooking. I would not want to embarrass anyone. lawyer, who are referring them to?

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The Boardwalk Journal | April 2013 | 21 Turkessa Lee

hough Turkessa Lee has worked as a social worker sums up for readers the lessons Lee learned from her with almost every population from foster care to divorce, primarily, to make yourself a priority. “I was putting Tprobation and lots in between, she never expected myself at the bottom of the list...the book is about bringing that her experience would grow to include the demise of your own self up,” Lee said. her own marriage. And yet, when it did, despite her years of experience, the divorce shook her world. “I had such a long While After the Gavel is a small book (92 pages) it is chock life with him that I never imagined a life without him,” Lee full of information and practical advice, taking the format said of her ex-husband. of a workbook or journal with writing and thinking prompts. It’s written in the most user-friendly way possible: with a Though in the midst of her divorce Lee was understandably ‘lesson’ in ABC’s. A. Ask for What you Want. B. Believe You grief-stricken, she has come through the ending of her are Worthy of Love. C. Count Your Blessings in the Midst of marriage with clarity and grace, and a brand new book. After Trouble. And the list goes on, providing readers with 26 hard- the Gavel: The ABC’s of Happiness After Divorce is “designed won principles for healing from divorce. to provide readers with practical ways of coping and healing from divorce,” according to the publisher website. Lee asks the pivotal question, “What are you willing to invest in yourself?” and advises that “We need to know we “The book provides people with therapeutic things they can are worthy of love with or without another individual.” In do...practical things they can do to feel better,” explained her own efforts to come to peace with her divorce, Lee did Lee. Stemming from her own experience, After the Gavel whatever it took to raise herself up so she could be a better mother to her girls, and a better person for herself, finding solace in journaling, and inspiration in power words—words she wrote on index cards and placed all over her home and belongings in an effort to remind herself of her own worth day in and day out. Lee also strongly advocates creating and surrounding yourself with an “all-star team”—people who are doing what you want to be doing—as well as taking physical time for oneself, especially if you have kids. “To give them the best of you, you must have time away...you need time without your kids.”

And though Lee is fresh off writing After the Gavel, she’s

Turkessa Lee Turkessa been busy outside the publishing world as well. From her job as a school social worker at Pleasantville High School to her work with the Rites of Passage Program, a youth empowerment initiative, Lee spends most of her time helping those around her. Lee has also just established her own business entity, called Permission to Have a Voice, LLC. Its mission? To “give life to your story”. Lee’s goal is to “co-write stories” with and for people “who may not have the words to express their points of view or struggle with articulating”, and co-create unique masterpieces that will “liberate and educate others.”

While Lee is busily and happily collaborating on a number of projects right now, her biggest role is as mother to her two young daughters, ages 5 and 7. “I bring my kids everywhere,” Lee said of bringing them to community service events and raising them to understand ‘giving back’. “I want them to know, no matter what goes on in the world, we’re together.”

After the Gavel: The ABC’s of Happiness After Divorce can be purchased online at Amazon.com, Xlibris.com, or BN.com. Lee can be followed on Twitter @TurkessaLee.

22 | The Boardwalk Journal | April 2013 Dave Davidson Jr.

avid Davidson Jr. has dedicated the last thirty years of his he understands that if he becomes mayor of Atlantic City, he life to the people of Atlantic City. And he’s not done yet. will be there to represent all of the people. “I believe it can D change...political leadership can be for the people,” Davidson On March 13th, Dave Davidson, a thirty plus year veteran of explained. the Atlantic City Police Department as well as past-president of the PBA, announced he would be running as a Democratic “For the people” firmly resonates with Davidson. Actively candidate for the Mayor of Atlantic City. Davidson will be involved in his community—Davidson has worked with Venice running against the immensely popular incumbent Mayor, Park Youth Basketball, Boys & Girls Club of Chelsea, and Lorenzo Langford, as well as former Atlantic County Freeholder, Buzby Village Dance Troop—participating in civics is part of Charles Garrett, in the June primaries. his definition of “common sense”. “I learned early on that it wasn’t all about me,” Davidson said of his upbringing. One of Make no mistake, Dave Davidson is not a politician. He is five children abandoned by their father, Davidson and his family direct, frank, and almost relentlessly results driven, making often experienced hardship. Davidson credits the experience him atypical for any political race, much less one for mayor with providing him his perspective...not only is he aware of the of a large city. His candidness and common sense make him ‘bigger picture’, but he is also able to relate to so many Atlantic a political anomaly. While friendly and personable, Davidson City residents, who themselves are facing hardships. is not going to charm the socks off you with his charisma or affability—though he may have both in spades. Davidson is, Dave Davidson is not a politician. But he’s willing to become one however, a seasoned negotiator—in his role as PBA president, to clean up and restore the city he calls home. he reached across aisles and dealt frequently with Atlantic City

government, not to mention the daily negotiating he needed Dave Davidson Jr. with criminals just to get home in one piece—and a staunch supporter of the one thing he thinks is missing in Atlantic City right now: common sense.

“The basic practice of understanding the principal of common sense seems to be void in city hall,” Davidson said, continuing, “There has been a failure in exercising common sense...the reality of things happening around us is hard to ignore...crime is high in Atlantic City. It’s not a perceptual problem. It’s a reality.”

As a local resident and lifelong police officer, Davidson is privy to a unique perspective—he has first-hand knowledge of the underbelly of Atlantic City and is determined to clean it up. “Only 12 uniformed officers are not enough in Chelsea,” Davidson said, describing his goal of cleaning up crime. “You can’t talk about new revenue or lowering tax rates until the streets are cleaned. From that, everything else grows.”

And Davidson, like other police officers, relies on the results of action as a necessity. “As a cop, you are results oriented, or you will die...the same abilities you use on the street are the ones that get you home,” citing negotiation, preparation, and common sense as the must-haves in police work as well as politics.

In addition to combatting crime, Davidson is interested in the restoration of goodwill and respect between the community and the police department. “There is a gap, and it needs to be restored,” Davidson said, explaining that the lack of respect from city officials translates to a lack of fear from criminals. “Double homicides used to happen late at night in dark alleys, now they are happening in broad daylight.”

While Davidson can clearly see things from a cop’s perspective, The Boardwalk Journal | April 2013 | 23 Randee Rosenfeld

hese days, it almost seems like a photographer is born every minute—so be capturing the legacies of those she photographs. “I had relatives in the it’s not always easy to stand out in a crowd. Unless of course, you’re Holocaust and a family member who escaped Auschwitz,” Rosenfeld said of her TRandee Rosenfeld. series of survivor photographs, adding, “There won’t be survivors alive much longer...we will have to continue their legacy for them.” Upon first glance, Rosenfeld, the owner of Photography by Randee, appears to be a standard portrait photographer, doing weddings, beach photos, Though Rosenfeld is deeply invested in the survivor series of photos, and in engagement photos and kids portraits. And while it’s true that she does do all fact her photos and accompanying interviews were included in both Portraits of those things, her photography goes deeper than one would imagine by just of Resilience: Holocaust Survivors of South Jersey as well as the updated and viewing her Facebook page (Photography by Randee). expanded follow-up edition, Holocaust Survivors of South Jersey: Portraits of Resilience, she didn’t intend to be a photographer. Rosenfeld, who studied photography at Stockton, along with a major in communications and a minor in Jewish Studies, Holocaust and Genocide, has In fact, it was at the urging of a friend of hers that she enter photography used her photography to document some of the most intimate of tragedies. at all. While on break from West Virginia University, where Rosenfeld began From capturing the images of dozens of local Holocaust survivors to her undergraduate degree, a friend invited her to take a photography class photographing infants who are stillborn or have suffered neonatal deaths for with her over the summer at ACCC. Rosenfeld wasn’t interested. The friend their families to have something to hold onto, Rosenfeld is privy to the most persisted, even offering to share her camera. Rosenfeld acquiesced. As it turns private experiences of people’s lives. out, the friend hated the class, and Rosenfeld loved it. It was the beginning of something big. “I’m a very emotional person,” Rosenfeld said, explaining, “I cried on Coach (the 90s sitcom) when the dog died...(but) how can I say ‘no’ to these families?” In addition to pursuing photography as a course of study at Stockton, Rosenfeld tapped into her own unique style as well as her love of adventure, And while her work is often emotionally loaded, Rosenfeld is honored to leading her to photograph some hugely important events. From photographing a space shuttle launch at NASA to capturing the trip of Holocaust survivors as they returned to Germany and re-live their experiences in Nazi Germany, from their births to their captivity and release, to being the only person given permission to photograph author Elie Wiesel when he came to Beth El Synagogue in Margate in 2004, Rosenfeld has captured iconic moments.

Though Rosenfeld has photographed some truly heart wrenching moments, she maintains a positive and uplifting demeanor. And it’s her personality, in addition to her skills and experience that make her such a hot commodity in the photography world. Besides having a client list that includes Shore Memorial Hospital, TJ Maxx/Marshalls, Jewish Family Services and New Motion Dance Studio, among others, Rosenfeld does portrait work on location or at her studio, located in Galloway.

From weddings and engagements to bar mitzvahs and parties, Rosenfeld

Randee Rosenfeld Randee does it all. One of her specialties is photographing children. “My friends call me the baby whisperer,” Rosenfeld joked. But with an uncanny knack for gaging personalities, including the foresight to book extra-long sessions with newborns, Rosenfeld is definitely a favorite of parents.

Kimberly Kaczmarksi, whose two year old twins were photographed by Randee when they were born, offered, “I was so grateful to have such an amazing picture that reflected the sweetness of two babies. We bought into a package from her that she would take our children’s pictures for the next year or so. Being a busy wife, mom of three and working full-time it was great to already have arranged sessions and know that we would have cherished photos. Randee was very easy going and very accommodating to our schedule. I now have an amazing collage on my wall of my favorite works of art taken by Randee.”

While her website is being updated, Photography by Randee is active on Facebook, where Rosenfeld holds frequent specials and contests. Rosenfeld can also be reached at 609.226.4667.

24 | The Boardwalk Journal | April 2013 Robert Loefflad, Esq.

hough attorney Robert Loefflad is well experienced in a wide range legal community, Loefflad serves on the executive board of the Vincent of civil litigation matters, he chooses to focus his practice at Ford C. Haneman Inns of Court, where he participates in a mentorship TFlower Hasbrouck & King—where he has been since June 2012—on program designed to encourage and advise younger attorneys. Within family law and bankruptcy. He is well aware that his choice doesn’t Atlantic County, Loefflad serves as the Chair of the Board of Directors necessarily reflect the views of other attorneys. for Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Atlantic County. Loefflad got involved in the program in 2007, and firmly believes in it. “It does a world of good “Some attorneys don’t want to work in family law...they don’t like it...but for the kids,” explained Loefflad, adding, “It gives them a mentor and a I don’t see it as different than any other field of law,” Loefflad explained. second chance...every child should have a mentor.” After all, Loefflad continued, he knows of business dissolutions that have become as contentious as any divorce. When he isn’t working for his clients or the community he calls home, Loefflad is involved in one of his favorite pasttimes—volleyball. Loefflad In addition to his unique viewpoint, both Loefflad and his clients benefit began playing during summers in high school and college, and never from his laid-back and calm demeanor. “I like dealing with my clients...I’m stopped. Now in his 23rd year with the Ventnor City Recreational a good personality fit for family law,” Loefflad explained. And while Volleyball League, he has the perfect outlet for himself after long work Loefflad admits that there are some cases that very heart-wrenching, hours and community involvement. he has learned not to get emotionally involved, with either the clients, or his opponents in the courtroom. “You have to get used to not holding Loefflad can be reached in the Linwood office of Ford Flower Hasbrouck & grudges,” Loefflad explained of our tight knit legal community, adding, King at 609-653-1500. “You do the best you can with each case, but one case can’t affect the next case you may have with the same attorney. You must always act

professionally and courteously with your legal adversaries regardless of Robert Loefflad, Esq. past experience.”

As for his bankruptcy expertise, Loefflad handles short sales, mortgage modifications, and debt relief, and prefers to help clients find solutions before relying on bankruptcy as an answer. Loefflad and his colleagues are particularly interested in helping community members who are suffering financial hardships as a result of Hurricane Sandy.

While Loefflad joined his current firm last June, his experience dates back almost two decades. After growing up in Somers Point and attending St. Joe’s and then Mainland Regional High School, from which he graduated in 1989, Loefflad attended Villanova University, where he double-majored in political science as well as the Villanova Honors program. Upon his 1993 graduation, Loefflad attended law school at Villanova University School of Law, and was admitted to the Bar of the State of New Jersey in 1996.

After graduating, Loefflad returned to his native South Jersey, where he began working with Attorney Seth Grossman, who was in general practice in Somers Point. The small general practice provided Loefflad with a lot of exposure to all types of law, and he became a partner in the firm after about five years. While Loefflad values the experience he received working with Grossman—Loefflad left the practice in 2012—he is very happy at Ford Flower Hasbrouk & King.

“It’s the best of both worlds,” Loefflad explained of working at the seven attorney firm. “It’s still a small practice, but we have top notch legal software, paralegals, and office staff, and it’s great to be able to kick ideas around with my colleagues.”

In addition to his practice, Loefflad is involved in the community around him—both the legal community as well as Atlantic County. Within the

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Restaurant Week rolled around again and just For dinner, a mellow glass of Burgundy went like every year, I couldn’t decide where to go. down smooth with the 8 ounce filet, expertly Joseph’s I find myself basically scrutinizing the menus grilled medium rare, nestled atop a mushroom because some restaurants cut their portions ragu, and covered with Gorgonzola butter. I and I just hate the feeling of getting ripped off. didn’t hear a single complaint about that dish. R estaurant I would rather pay regular price for a great All the dinners were also served with sautéed Renault Winery Resort meal than half the price for a small portion broccolini, some au gratin potatoes, and 72 N. Breman Ave, Egg of some average grub. I thought I had it all buttery spaghetti squash. Now, that’s a sweet Harbor City planned out and just before my reservation, I portion for Restaurant Week!!! Phone: 609-965-2111 realized the restaurant I picked wasn’t doing Hours: Open 7 Days a Week. the Restaurant Week menu on a Saturday. I paired a fruity and fresh Riesling with a huge Lunch starts at 11:30 am. WHAT?? Now I was really mad! double cut pork chop. I am a big fan of the Dinner: 4 pm to 8 pm and words “double cut” anything. The beautifully Sunday starting at 3 pm. So there I was: starving, depressed, and angry. grilled monster chop was served with the www.renaultwinery.com And you wouldn’t like me when I’m angry and sweetest, caramelized cippolini onions. A sip hungry. But then I remembered about a gift of wine here, a bit of pork there, a little bit of card for the Renault Winery burning a hole in onions in between. Honestly, I forgot all about menu: my dresser drawer. Wait…Restaurant Week that other restaurant we were gonna try Restaurant Week was a menu and a gift card? Jackpot! before they pulled the Restaurant Week menu solid deal. But their menu out from under us. is fairly priced for both I forgot all about my raging hunger pains as food and wines, especially we walked into Joseph’s Restaurant at the I was stuffed. I couldn’t eat a single thing for being located on a Renault Winery and sat overlooking some more….or so I thought. I just couldn’t say winery. Check it out on rustic wine barrels. I ordered a glass of the “No” to a round of blueberry champagne and Premium Chardonnay, which was dry and that dreaded dessert tray. That thing gets me their website. aged in oak barrels to compliment my starter every time. How can anyone decline when the of mussels. The wine was certainly the star waiter brings over a dessert tray for you to and much more flavorful than the mussels. look at? I really wanted the WHOLE tray, but Tony’s Tip: While the mussels themselves were very fresh, we settled for the hot Apple Tart topped with The Renault Winery I found the lemon and butter broth to be a vanilla ice cream and candied walnuts and the usually offers specials on little bland. I was tempted to pour some of Tiramisu Cheesecake. Part cheesecake, part my Premium Chardonnay in the bowl, but that tiramisu, and a delicious way to end the meal. their website that often was just crazy-talk. include an overnight stay, Okay, so Joseph’s Restaurant wasn’t my first wine tastings, and dinner I was a bit envious of my dining partner’s choice for Restaurant Week. I admit that. classic combination of the Renault Royal But, Joseph’s offered great portions at a packages. It would really Rouge wine with the Burrata Mozzarella significant discount and some really delicious make for a nice getaway appetizer. The blended, soft red wine wines at a fair price. That is how Restaurant without having to travel perfectly complimented the plate of Week should be done! And while Joseph’s mozzarella on the outside, filled with a wasn’t my first choice on that particular too far from home or spend creamy, buttery cheese on the inside, vine evening, it certainly will be in the future. too much. Mother’s Day is ripened tomatoes, and a drizzle of 12 year Especially if next time they let me order the right around the corner ya’ aged balsamic vinegar. It was a nice mix of whole dessert tray… know. flavors and we just couldn’t get enough of that

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The Liccios Are At It Again... An Expanded Johnny’s Café & Martini Bar and The Opening of John’s Steaks

Introducing John’s Steaks. Located in Margate at the Martini Bar, then located in Ventnor. corner of Adams and Ventnor Avenues—formerly the location of Rita’s Water Ice—John’s Steaks is a walk-up In fact, when the Liccios originally went into business steak shop, reminiscent of the legendary Geno’s Steaks here in South Jersey, they weren’t planning on a full (or, if you’re so inclined, Pat’s Steaks) in Philadelphia. scale dining establishment at all. John Liccio, who had spent years in the pastry business, from Litto’s Bakery With a great location and an already loyal clientele, the and Isgro’s Bakery in the Italian Market section of Liccios are bound to be busy this summer. Add to that Philadelphia, to his own bakery, Lucia’s, in Washington the fact that John’s Steaks will be open late (closing will Township, planned to build upon that experience. be at 3am seasonally) and offer beach deliveries, and I Cookie’s and Cream, which opened in 2005, was the can’t imagine that the Liccios will have a moment free result. this summer. As an ice cream and pastry shop at 7303 Ventnor With two walk-up counters—one for fries and soda and Avenue in Ventnor, Cookie’s and Cream was a big hit. the other for steaks and sandwiches, including fish Yet the seasonal ebb and flow of customers inspired cakes, hot dogs and pulled pork—John’s Steaks boasts John Liccio, in 2006, to try his hand at something new… outdoor seating under a canopy as well as good prices— breakfast. Dinner followed shortly afterwards, and by steaks average $7, hotdogs $2. the end of 2006, the Liccios closed If you’re a Johnny’s Café & Martini Bar fan and you’re down for a month worried that any of this will be affecting the Liccio’s to renovate. other restaurant, don’t be. Not only have the Liccios branched out with John’s Steaks, but they’ve also Re-opened in extended Johnny’s Café & Martini Bar by 1000 square February 2007 as feet while overhauling much of their interior, including Johnny’s Café & the floors, bar, colors and light fixtures. Martini Bar, the With all of this going on, it’s hard to imagine that Liccios quickly the Liccios never intended to open one of the most built up such a successful restaurants in Margate, which they did in loyal following 2007 with the opening of the original Johnny’s Café & that they were Main Bar at Johnny’s Cafe & Martini Bar

28 | The Boardwalk Journal | April 2013 forced to expand into their current location at 9407 Ventnor Avenue in Margate in December 2008. Originally boasting two dining rooms in the restaurant, after the most current addition of space—a wall was knocked down to extend the restaurant—Johnny’s Café & Martini Bar has plenty of space. With a relaxing ambience—colors of soothing chocolate brown, white and wedgewood gray grace the interior—the space is available, and perfect for, weddings and parties with a dance floor and stage area. And though the restaurant is beautiful and serves upscale cuisine, the vibe is decidedly low-key. “We want people to know they can come in on their way home from the beach,” explained Joanne Liccio. In fact, the Liccio’s extend their winter happy hour into the summer, hosting a ‘Bikini Happy Hour’ from 4 to 6 every day.

Open seven days a week, year round, Johnny’s Café & Martini Bar offers breakfast, lunch, and dinner menus as well as a wide range of fun martinis (think Cherry Cheesecake and Lemon Basil martinis), entertainment, and a pianist every night.

The Johnny’s Café & Martini menu is extensive. Breakfast includes standard fare like omelets, breakfast sandwiches, pancakes and waffles, but almost everything as a non-traditional alternative. From a lump crab, Swiss cheese and hollandaise omelet to orange marmalade and cream cheese French toast, Johnny’s Café & Martini Bar isn’t afraid to experiment.

Lunch is no different. Full of healthy salads and sandwich options, as well as a few platters, Johnny’s Café & Martini Bar offers up several mouth-watering options. Sandwich selections include the filet mignon cheesesteak with gorgonzola cheese and a spicy spread as well as the portabella mushroom sandwich with fresh mozzarella cheese with pesto mayonnaise. Salad options include Classic Caesar, a wedge salad, and a grilled salmon salad.

And while breakfast and lunch at Johnny’s Café & Martini Bar are popular, it is the dinner menu that truly shines. The menu leans heavily toward Italian fare but has enough variety to suit everyone’s taste. House specials recommended by Johnny himself are the Trip Tails… three lobster tails stuffed with crabmeat and served with smoked bacon creamed corn ($39.95), Seafood Pescatore…calamari, lobster, shrimp, scallops, mussels and crab served over spaghetti with a choice of red, white, or Diablo sauce ($34.95), Cold Lobster Platter…1/2 lobster cooked and served chilled with jumbo shrimp and colossal crabmeat served with mango salsa ($33.95), Pan Seared Chilean Sea Bass served over sweet mashed potatoes with a balsamic reduction ($36.95) and the 15 ounce Grilled Veal Chop topped with Chorizo sauce ($42.95).

From an ice cream parlor to a full service restaurant and a steak shop, the Liccios have made their mark on the Margate community. Whether you’re visiting Johnny’s Café & Martini Bar or John’s Steaks, you’re sure to enjoy dining with them this summer.

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The Garden State has some of the most over a pound and which was actually a Where there is still scientific beautiful and pristine beaches in the chunk of ambergris. Experts have controversy is on the question of world. There are few things I enjoy more valued it at $65,000. This is small whether (let me be blunt here) the than walking along the shore, picking up potatoes, however, compared to the 110- whales poop out the ambergris or the occasional seashell, and listening to pound chunk which was found on a vomit it up. Some marine biologists the crash of waves while admiring what beach in North Wales and which was say that ambergris is the whale version Aeschylus poetically called “the many worth $790,000. of a cat’s fur balls, but they also admit twinkling smile of ocean.” Obviously, finding a chunk of that no one has actually seen a sperm While sauntering along, I sometimes ambergris could be your ticket to a cushy whale vomit. see avid treasure hunters using their retirement. Naturally, there are some My research has found that some metal detectors to unearth lost jewelry obstacles to instant wealth. First, it is brave and foolhardy gourmets have and other valuables. But perhaps the very rare – it is thought that only one made use of ambergris in food and most valuable thing that can wash up on percent of the world’s 350,000 sperm drink. I will spare my readers the the beach is something no metal detector whales can actually produce it. recipes I have dug up on this, on the can find. All you need are your eyes and Second, it is not necessarily easy to theory that (1) we are not going to have your nose. identify, as it can come in a variety of easy access to this particular I’m talking about ambergris, one of the colors and textures, from small, kidney- ingredient; and (2) the number of most costly substances on earth due to shaped lumps to large rock-like hunks. people who want to eat or drink its - - - unique origin. To be specific, The distinguishing feature of ambergris something flavored with goo excreted ambergris is an “emission” from the seems to be its smell. Some people from a whale is vanishingly small. sperm whale. (More on this later.) compare it to the smell of a “well-rotted Still, if you happen to spot a smelly The thing about ambergris is that it is manure heap,” to wet dogs, or to chunk of something on the beach incredibly valuable. High-end perfume farmyard animals and their which seems to have squid beaks makers, including Chanel and Lanvin, environment. Naturally, there can be a imbedded in it, you may not want to use it in their finest products because of lot of things on a beach which smell like just kick it out into the waves. You may its unique capacity to bind the perfume that which are not ambergris. be kicking away a fortune. scent to human skin. The molecular Scientists seem to be in agreement that structure of ambergris is heavy and ambergris is formed in the lipophilic, which means it binds to fatty gastrointestinal system of whales as a molecules. It adds its own fragrance to way of protecting the whale’s delicate Lloyd D. Levenson is Chief Executive the perfume while helping the perfume’s internal organs from sharp objects which Officer of the Atlantic City-based law firm Cooper Levenson and Chairman of the firm’s Casino Law scent linger longer on the skin. have been swallowed, particularly squid Departments in Atlantic City and A year ago, an eight-year-old boy beaks. (The presence of squid beaks in a Las Vegas. Mr. Levenson may be reached at strolling on the beach found a “funny suspected chunk of ambergris is an (609)344-3161 or by email at looking” rock which weighed a little almost sure sign that it is authentic.) [email protected]. 30 | The Boardwalk Journal | April 2013 www.cooperlevenson.com NEW JERSEY PENNSYLVANIA DELAWARE NEVADA

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Actor Minnie Driver once said, “Celebrity is a weird appendage, which is useless unless you do something with it.”

For Jacqueline Laurita, one of the original cast members on the wildly popular reality show, The Real Housewives of New Jersey, knowing what to do with that celebrity wasn’t always clear. “I always wondered what my purpose was on our drama filled show,” explained Laurita, continuing “I never felt the urgency to push products or insert myself in the media celebrity...I felt like I just went through the

motions without a purpose.” The Boardwalk Journal | April 2013 | 35 The diagnosis she received last summer for her son changed going on with Nicholas, she did have some experience with all that. Laurita, married for more than 11 years to her and knowledge of autism. When her older son, CJ, was little, husband Chris, (who is also the brother of another original his shyness prompted his then preschool teacher to suggest cast member, Caroline Manzo), has three children: 22 year he may be on the spectrum. CJ was tested, and while he old Ashlee, 10 year old CJ, and three year old Nicholas. Last wasn’t diagnosed with autism, Laurita worked with her son summer, the Laurita’s were informed that their son Nicholas to bring him out of his shyness, initiating daily play dates for has autism. him after school. Though she didn’t know it at the time, she was already becoming an autism advocate. “My son’s diagnosis gave me a purpose, a mission, and RHONJ gave me the platform to do some good, to raise Although armed with only scant information about autism, awareness and to make a difference. Many people have Laurita began researching the Autism Speaks website to reached out to help my son. I am beyond grateful for that. get to the root of Nicholas’s issues. She began with the My husband and I now want to help as many people as M-CHAT™—Modified Checklist for Autism in Toddlers—a we can. RHONJ gave me a large social media following “scientifically validated tool for screening children between and millions of TV viewers which gave me a voice. I am 16 and 30 months of age to assess their risk for autism determined to use it for some good,” Laurita explained. spectrum disorder” according to Autism Speaks.

Though Laurita, a fan favorite on RHONJ, is relatively new Laurita brought her concerns to her pediatrician, who to the world of autism, she has spent much of the last year referred Laurita to a developmental pediatrician for educating herself, and those around her, about the realities testing after Nicholas hardly acknowledged her presence and misconceptions about autism. After all, it wasn’t when she entered the examining room. While waiting for very long ago when she was the one clamoring for more that appointment, the Laurita’s visited two DAN! (Defeat information. Autism Now!) Doctors, one in Irvine, California and one in Middletown, NJ. (“DAN! Doctors are trained in the ‘DAN! “I wanted to be handed a map from A to Z of what I needed Protocol’ an approach to autism treatment which starts with to do to recover my child, but there is no such map,” Laurita said of hearing the diagnosis. “The autism spectrum is so wide and each child needs to be treated individually.”

Although Laurita felt she needed more information, she had already taken the formidable step of getting a diagnosis. Though parents are often the first to notice their child “showing unusual behaviors,” according to Autism Speaks, “doctors unfamiliar with diagnosing autism sometimes dismiss parent concerns, delaying diagnosis and the opportunity for early intervention therapies.”

For Laurita, those signs began to surface when Nicholas was between 18.5 months to 2 years of age. “Nick was not advancing in his milestones as quickly as his cousin who is 2 weeks younger,” Laurita shared. “He also seemed to be regressing. It was very gradual. As a mother, you just know...you sense it.”

The signs were heartbreaking. Nicholas wouldn’t answer to his name when called. He couldn’t follow Laurita’s finger as she pointed to an object. He seemed to tune out the people and the world around him. Along with being unable to follow simple commands, he was regressing. He had a loss of language, and stopped singing his favorite songs and using utensils. Beyond that, sometimes his eyes would go to the side and he would start spinning in circles. He would go upside down a lot. His interests were specific and limited. Instead of being interested in the people around him, Nicholas would spend a lot of time lining up his toys and focusing on the credits from his favorite TV shows.

Though Laurita didn’t know exactly what was Nicholas 36 | The Boardwalk Journal | April 2013 the idea that autism is a biomedical disorder” according to About.com. While there have been criticisms of DAN! Doctors by the mainstream medical community because of their unconventional treatment methods, according to AustismKey.com, there are many, many instances of children and adults with autism improving from the use of DAN biomedical treatments.)

Nicholas underwent blood tests—to confirm first that there was nothing genetically wrong with him, and then for food allergies and intolerances, and to see what supplements he was lacking in his body. He was also, during his diagnosis, tested through hair, stool, and urine as part of biomedical testing. As a result, Nicholas began the Gluten Free/Casein Free diet (GFCF diet), one of “several alternative treatments for children with autism” according to WebMD, “based on the theory that children with autism have an allergy or high sensitivity to foods containing gluten or casein.” Though considered ‘alternative,’ it’s fair to note that it is increasingly common and recommended by those on the frontlines of autism—parents—who anecdotally report behavior improvements.

Laurita was one of those parents. Once Nicholas began the GFCF diet, the Lauritas did notice improvements. By the time of their appointment with the developmental pediatrician, Laurita admits that “a part of me was hoping the doctor would tell me it wasn’t autism, even though I knew in my heart that it was.” Unfortunately, Laurita’s instincts were right—Nicholas has autism.

“I remember feeling sad, choked up, fearful of the future, lost, not knowing where to go, what to do or who to talk to first. I felt scared for Autism Advocates / Mother Warriors Jenny my son’s future. I cried a lot,” Laurita shared. “I went home and cried McCarthy and Jacqueline Laurita with my husband until I couldn’t cry anymore. The next day, I started my yearlong obsession with researching everything I could find on autism and seeking out the right team of people to help my son. It’s become my mission.”

America And so began Laurita’s quest to help not just her own son, but the autism community. Besides using her large social media platform—Laurita is a contributing editor for Parenting magazine and has an online blog on their website as well as her own at www.jaquelinelaurita.com—to raise awareness and educate people with as much information as possible, Laurita is continuing to share her family’s journey, with the inclusion of autism, on the Real Housewives of New Jersey. “Being on RHONJ brings many viewers into my world and (offers) a chance for me to show people what it’s like as a parent to cope with a diagnosis,” Laurita said. “My family is sharing our journey with others. I hope I don’t disappoint. I’m only human. North I mages / Getty McGregor Mike C redit: I’m learning and growing as I go. We all are.”

That’s not all. Laurita has been busy, both connecting with other mothers involved in autism advocacy, including Areva Martin, Dawn Neufield, Holly Robinson Peete, Jenny McCarthy, Jody Gomes and Maura West, hoping to help raise awareness, as well as implementing and participating in local initiatives during April’s Autism Awareness Month. From the simple act of wearing a blue hair extension for the month of April (Cafface, a beauty bar in Franklin Lakes owned by Laurita’s niece, Lauren Manzo, is having an April promotion— blue hair extensions—with proceeds going to Autism Unites Us of Bergen County), to attending events and sitting on panels (the Lauritas will be part of a conference panel at the Generation Rescue/Autism One conference in May), Laurita is doing everything she can think of to help spread the word.

It’s a family affair. Chris Laurita is the president and CEO of BLK Beverages, and is launching an initiative in which a portion of the proceeds from every bottle of BLK sold Jacqueline and husband Chris on the red carpet The Boardwalk Journal | April 2013 | 37 from April 1 until December 31, 2013, goes to Generation Rescue.

The Lauritas have come a long way from where they were last summer. Laurita admits, “I am TV Bravo much more educated now on autism than I used to be. I wasn’t as emotionally attached before it became so close to me. It’s hard to understand it fully unless you are connected to it.”

And Laurita is nothing if not connected to her son and autism. Nicholas is involved in an array of therapies, from occupational therapy, applied behavioral analysis, speech and language, physical therapy, behavioral therapy, and life skills during his six hours a day in a specialized preschool classroom with an IEP (individualized education plan). After school, depending on the day, Nicholas gets added ABA therapy, speech and language, music therapy, and gymnastics. In addition, Nicholas—at both home and school—uses a PECS system, a picture exchange communication system that helps him communicate his needs and encourages language. The Laurita’s continue to provide Nicholas with a GFCF diet as well as providing him with hyperbaric oxygen therapy and supplements. “All the therapies work together and offer him something different to help him,” Laurita explained. “I think my son enjoys and responds very well to music though.”

If it seems that Laurita is throwing everything she can at autism in an effort to help her son, The Real Housewife you’re right. But cure it? “I don’t say cure, I say recover,” Laurita explained. “I fight to bring him back to the progress he was making in his developmental milestones before he started regressing. I don’t think my child is sick, I think he is brilliant. I just think he learns differently than typical kids

do. I don’t want to change who he is, Magazine People I want to enhance who he is. I want to find his gifts and nurture them and help them to grow. I want to bring out the best child that my child can be and if I can give my child the proper tools now to help make his life easier for him in the future than that is what I am going to do.”

Part of that comes with educating people. “I have a list of famous, very successful people that have autism that most people would be really surprised to hear,” Laurita said. “I want people to be more educated on that and have a deeper understanding of what autism is so The Mother they can have more empathy towards 38 | The Boardwalk Journal | April 2013 them and realize that they are just like everyone else. They just have a harder time expressing their thoughts.”

It’s a struggle that many families hope to rectify. At the Autism Shines website, pictures and descriptions of aurita.com kids with autism are posted in just such an effort. Each picture has a description like, “Meet Charlie...he loves drawing, Legos and trucks. He loves unconditionally and L Jacqueline can light up a room with his smile. This is autism.”

As Laurita says of Nicholas, “Autism is just a small piece of who he is...My son is a very loving, affectionate little boy. He loves hugs and kisses. He is very smart...my hopes for my son are the same as any mother would want for her child. I want him to be accepted for who he is, graduate from college, be able to live independently, hold a job, have a career, communicate and build relationships with others, fall in love, get married, have children.”

And just like with her hopes, Laurita’s fears for her son Jacqueline with fellow Real Housewives of New are like those of any mother, “I worry that he won’t Jersey stars Caroline Manzo, Melissa Gorga be able to do all of the above. I worry about him being and Kathy Wakile bullied one day. I worry about what would happen to him if something happened to me and I couldn’t be there for him.”

Fortunately, both Nicholas and Laurita are surrounded by a supportive network of family and friends. “Having everyone working on the same page helps a lot,” Laurita said. Laurita has educated those surrounding her son, explaining autism to those who weren’t familiar with it. In return, her extended family has been extremely supportive. “They give each of my kids the time and attention they need individually...they are respectful of Nick’s diet and schedule,” Laurita shared.

While it’s been said that having an autistic child can create family tensions in WebMD among many other autism resource sites—from sibling resentment to strained marriages—Laurita has found that, “As far as family goes, it has brought us all closer together.” Adding, “My husband and I are completely on the same page. We have a common mission to recover Nicholas and raise awareness. We each established our individual roles in the beginning after his diagnosis.”

As for Nicholas’s siblings, they “didn’t

The Boardwalk Journal | April 2013 | 39 40 | The Boardwalk Journal | April 2013 know a lot about autism before Nick’s diagnosis...they at home for your child. Do what you can do...You can understand it now,” shared Laurita. “My other children make your own P.E.C.S. Make some play dates. The treat Nicholas like any other child. They are very Internet is full of resources. Google your way around.” patient, loving, understanding and kind to him.” Laurita was a parent twice before having Nicholas, While Laurita seems like a walking appendix of autism so she is well aware that parenting him comes with resources now, less than a year ago, she was in a far its own unique set of joys and challenges, saying, different place. She knows what it’s like to get the “As a parent, I worry about all my children...Nicholas diagnosis that the parents of the newly estimated 1 in requires a lot more intense one on one time. Every 50 (National Center for Health Statistics) children will moment is an opportunity for a learning experience. receive. She offers this advice: “Don’t waste time...early Parenting Nicholas is a challenge and a joy every day. intervention is key to recovery. Educate yourself on all Little accomplishments for typical kids become big the information and resources that are out there. Find accomplishments for my child. As a family, we celebrate out what works best for your child and your family. Find those moments.” a good support group. Be your child’s best advocate. Don’t ever give up on your child. Defy expectations!” Author and columnist Lori Borgman has said of mothers parenting special needs children, “You’ve developed As for the financial dilemmas facing many families the strength of a draft horse while holding onto the with autism (many insurance companies do not cover delicacy of a daffodil...you are the mother, advocate, and treatment for autism), Laurita said, “We were turned protector.” Jacqueline Laurita has become one such down at first as well. There are many therapies that we mother, advocate, and protector. To these add one— pay out of pocket for. I would love to change that. In the inspiration. meantime, there are lots of things you can do yourself

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Deana Martin caught the acting ‘bug’ at just six years old. That’s when Judy Garland knelt down and told Dean Martin’s daughter that she was the best tree she had ever seen.

The play was performed at Judy Garland’s home on Mapleton Drive in Holmby Hills, an affluent neighborhood in western Los Angeles. The impromptu cast assembled that day included Deana’s older sisters and Judy’s daughter Liza.

“When I think back to all of the famous people who were naturally part of my life, because of my dad, it is pretty amazing,” said Deana. “But at the time, they were all regular folks, very friendly and down-to-earth.”

The “who’s who” of Hollywood that regularly assembled around the Martin family kitchen table was indeed impressive. “Imagine Rosemary Clooney at Christmas time singing, Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas,” said Deana. “Or joking around with Frank Sinatra, Andy Williams, Tony Bennett, Shirley MacLaine, Peggy Lee, Judy Garland, Sammy Davis, Jr., and Lucille Ball. And Doris Day with that gorgeous voice! How she looked in those films was actually how she looked all the time; she would ride around dressed in yellow. I grew up in an amazing community of family friends.”

Deana also was surrounded by a talented, and theatrical, family. “All of the Martin’s are a bit of a ‘ham’,” she admitted. “It was lots of fun when we all got together.”

Deana had “the luxury,” as she describes it, of taking tap dancing, piano and acrobatic lessons as she grew up. But singing was one lesson that wasn’t on the list, at least at first. Her father didn’t want her to sound like a member of the choir. That’s when she turned to the ‘Chairman of the Board,’ ‘the Sultan of Swoon,’ a.k.a. Old Blue Eyes.

“I had admired Uncle Frank for so long, and I remember at age 16, asking him how he gets that great tone,” said Deana. “So he sat me down and explained about breathing, singing from your diaphragm and so forth. He told me that he knew, even before a note came out, if he was going to be on pitch. So I asked, ‘Does my dad do that?’ Frank smiled and said, ‘No. He has no idea what he’s doing. He just does it. ’That was what was so amazing about Dean Martin,” acknowledged Deana. “My dad would just sing. He made it look so effortless.”

The singing lessons must have worked because Deana had a hit single at age 16. Written by Lee Hazlewood of These Boots are Made for Walking fame, Deana’s Girl of the Month Club became a radio favorite. She headed to Nashville to do some television, including Music City USA.

46 | The Boardwalk Journal | April 2013 About this time, Deana made her television debut on the Dean for Dean Martin fans. Jerry Lewis Martin Show. The NBC variety show brought Dean into the living had been her father’s partner rooms of America, and also introduced his daughter to his fans. for many years, ever since their inaugural performance in 1946 at But Deana was ready for more—training, that was. She enrolled in Atlantic City’s 500 Club. Dartington College of the Arts in South Devon, England, to study. “This was a huge learning experience for me,” she said. “We were It was about this time that studying Shakespearean plays in a castle.” It was also the era of the Deanna revisited the Great Beatles and the Rolling Stones, and Deana was there firsthand. “It American Songbook. “Something definitely was an exciting time to be in the U.K.,” she said. just touched me, to be able to sing my dad’s music,” she said. “I She made her North American theatrical debut in the national feel his spirit with me. After I do touring company of Neil Simon’s The Star Spangled Girl with a concert, I sign autographs and George Hamilton. She was introduced to motion picture audiences people have such stories about in the western, Young Billy Young, with Robert Mitchum and Angie my dad, and what he meant to Dickinson. This debut led to subsequent lead roles on the big them. It’s quite remarkable how screen. he touched their lives. People tell me that they see him in me. Of But she took a break to get married and raise a son. She channeled course, I have his mannerisms her energy into health and exercise. “It was about the time that and I steal some of his jokes. But I also know that he’s with me every Jane Fonda had her workout videos,” said Deana. “So I developed time that I sing.” my own. I even had a company called Bodies By Deana.” She also hosted her own talk In 2004, Deana published a memoir. Memories Are Made of This: show, The Deana Martin Dean Martin Through His Daughter’s Eyes became a New York Times Show, which ran for four bestseller. There are plans to make it into a movie, directed by actor seasons. Joe Mantegna with the screenplay written by actor/writer Bonnie Hunt. Actress Jennifer Love Hewitt has signed on to portray Deana. But singing remained her great love. In 2003, In the meantime, Deana hasn’t sat still. Her 2006 debut CD Deana returned to release, Memories Are Made Of This, stayed in the top ten for 40 television, performing a consecutive weeks. In 2009, another hit CD, Volare, was released; musical duet with Jerry it debuted on the Billboard charts at #7 and the Jazz chart at Lewis at the Muscular #22. White Christmas, released in 2011, was another chart buster. Dystrophy Association She also hosts two top nationally syndicated radio shows with her telethon. It was husband, John Griffeth. When not performing, they divide their especially memorable time between Beverly Hills, California and Branson, Missouri.

The Boardwalk Journal | April 2013 | 47 ‘Deana Sings Dino’ For Schultz-Hill Foundation In the Atlantic City of the 1940s, 50s, and 60s, the 500 Club— or The Five—was the place to be. Run by Skinny D’Amato, “the best dressed man in town,” the club attracted its share of VIPs from politicians to gamblers to celebrities. Dean Martin. Jerry Lewis. Frank Sinatra. Sammy Davis, Jr. Milton Berle. The list goes on and on. Its doors opened at 5 p.m. and closed at 10 a.m. with shows around the clock.

Long since an Atlantic City memory, the 500 Club will live again, at least in the eyes of Gary Hill, co-founder of the Schultz-Hill Foundation. The Foundation’s annual benefit, scheduled for May 31, 2013, will feature 500 Club regular Dean Martin’s daughter Deana, singing her father’s songs in Atlantic City just as he had a half century ago.

“We had to have it at Caesars,” said Gary. “It’s address is 500 Club Lane. Then of course, here is the daughter of one of the legends of America. Deana is bringing back the American songbook, not only her dad’s music but his contemporaries. For many people who remember the 500 Club, this is going to be very exciting.”

“When Gary reached out to us about the concert, it was a very quick conversation,” said Kevin Ortzman, senior vice president and general manager for Caesars, Bally’s and Showboat. “We were very excited to host it. My parents and grandparents were big fans of Dean Martin, and we anticipate many of our guests are as well. Anytime we have the opportunity to support the community, and the arts, we welcome the chance to do so. As far as we’re concerned, it’s a win from every angle.” year, the Foundation has made its mark in the community with The corporate benefactor for this event—and every Schultz-Hill scholarships and program sponsorships that make the arts Foundation annual fundraiser for the last 10 years—is Cooper accessible. Most recently, they partnered with CRDA to produce a Levenson Attorneys at Law. “Our entire history of this law firm has free senior concert series at Dante Hall and with a charter school in been dedicated not only to the quality of the legal work that we do Atlantic City to bring a musical environmental program to students. but also giving back to the community,” noted Lloyd D. Levenson, CEO and chairman of the Casino Law Practice Group. “A community “We were looking for a way to reinvest in our community when we without a strong sense of the arts is not a real community. We hope started the Foundation,” said Hill. Co-founder John Schultz is a self- our role encourages other companies to step up and support the acclaimed history ‘nut’. Hill and Schultz both enjoy the arts. So that arts.” became their focus.

Lloyd also has a personal connection to the concert. “My mother’s The major fundraiser fits perfectly into their mission. Paulajane favorite singer of all time was Dean D’Amato, Skinny’s daughter, is co-chair of the event with husband Martin,” he said. “I bought tickets William Frankel. She remembers Dean Martin fondly. for her to see him in the 80s, but he was ill and didn’t perform. She “He was always so kind to me,” she said. “I remember when we never got to go, but I’ll now be able were at Lake Tahoe one summer, I saw Dean at the craps table in to think of her, and how she knew the casino. He saw me, got down on one knee, and yelled my name. every word to every song, as I hear I ran right into his arms, and he swung me around.” Deana perform.” She never met Deana, however. “I played with Natalie Cole; I knew The benefit is the major annual all of Frank’s kids,” she said. “I’m looking forward to meeting Deana fundraiser for the Schultz-Hill when she comes to town.” Foundation, http://www.schultz- hill.org , a private nonprofit 501 Paulajane believes the show will be a great draw to anyone with a (c)(3) foundation that supports memory of the 500 Club. the arts, culture and history in South Jersey. Now in its eleventh “Everyone likes to go back to a time like that which was wonderful,”

48 | The Boardwalk Journal | April 2013 she said. “I can’t tell you how often people will stop me and tell stories about how they got engaged at the 500 Club or how they stood in the back alley just to hear the entertainers inside. It’s a part of their history—and ours.”

The historical connection was one reason Hill courted Deana for over a year. “We met through mutual friends,” said Gary. “Michael Feinstein had performed at our inaugural event, and Deana was performing at Feinstein’s at the Regency in New York. It was a year of relationship building, looking at schedules, and seeing what we could work out.”

“I loved that it was being held at Caesars,” said Deana. “At the beginning of my career, I played Caesars Palace in Vegas. Since then, I’ve been back to Atlantic City many times. But I never had a chance until now to play Caesars again.”

Deana is excited to be singing in front of a full orchestra, which isn’t very common anymore. She promises a loving tribute to her dad and his contemporaries, including a duet that she’ll sing with a video of him.

“We’re debuting the video, which is taken from home movies and photos,” she said. “My husband found the original handwritten arrangement of True Love, one of the finest ever written. It touches the soul in a way that I can’t describe. I hope that I don’t cry.”

The benefit is scheduled for Friday, May 31, at 8:30 p.m. in The Circus Maximus Theater at Caesars Casino & Hotel in Atlantic City. Tickets for the show are priced at $45 and $60. For $200, patrons can get VIP seating and enjoy a meet-and-greet with Deana after the show. Tickets are available through Ticketron and the Caesars box office. Because the performance is a benefit, tickets are tax-deductible.

Hill hopes the varied prices will help bring people out. He is looking forward to the reaction of the crowd when Deana takes the stage.

“I’m really just going to be looking the Atlantic City shimmer in people’s eyes,” said Gary. “They’ll be reliving the Rat Pack days. And it’s going to be extraordinary.”

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The Boardwalk Journal | April 2013 | 49 SAVING THE SEA: Bob Schoelkopf and The Marine Mammal Stranding Center By Danielle Gomes

Just as the famed ocean explorer Jacques Cousteau noted, As a locally recognized marine animal trainer, Schoelkopf the sea holds the hearts of many, particularly at the Jersey began receiving calls to rescue injured sea life. Initially, Shore. Many of us risk Mother Nature’s wrath just so that we Schoelkopf rescued animals on the side, slipping out can live close to the shores of the Atlantic and anticipate any between shows; which did not please his boss. However, due free moment to dip our toes in the surf. However, for Bob to the local media’s positive reaction to Schoelkopf’s work, Schoelkopf, the sea is more than just a source of wonder, the his boss was put in a position where he was unable to stop sea and its inhabitants have become his life’s purpose. Schoelkopf from going on rescues. Then in 1978, Schoelkopf, together with his wife Sheila Dean, initiated the Marine In 1978, Schoelkopf founded the Marine Mammal Stranding Mammal Stranding Center—a first for New Jersey. With this, Center and 35 years later he continues to run this marine animal rescues became his full-time job. organization. The Marine Mammal Stranding Center is a privately funded, non-profit organization that rescues and The MMSC’s sole purpose is to rescue, rehabilitate, and rehabilitates stranded release stranded sea animals. The MMSC animals. Consequently, is the only organization “The sea, once it casts its spell, holds human contact is in New Jersey that is limited and the animals federally authorized to one in its net of wonder forever.” are not named. They handle these animals. —Jacques Yves Cousteau. are treated and as soon This means that this as they are healthy, center is solely responsible for 1800 miles of shoreline. Since they are returned to the wild. Schoelkopf explains, “They are the MMSC’s inception, they have responded to over 4,000 all federally protected animals, marine mammals and sea calls for stranded whales, dolphins, seals, sea turtles, and turtles as well, so we respond to those animals to determine one manatee. The sheer fact that Schoelkopf has managed if they’re injured, what’s wrong with them, how we can to save the lives of thousands of marine animals on funds recover those animals, rehabilitate them and turn them he’s raised privately is amazing in itself, but that’s just part loose in the wild again. The dead animals, of course we have of his story. to find out why they’re dead. ‘Were they hit by a boat? Were they shot by somebody? Were they caught in fishing line or Schoelkopf’s devotion to marine life is evident in his work. did they swallow hooks?’ This is all important information. It However, his purpose in life was not always so clear. Prior to goes to the federal government for an overall picture of the finding himself at the helm of the Marine Mammal Stranding Center, Schoelkopf was a medical corpsman in the Navy and worked with special operations Marines in Vietnam. Following an injury sustained in the war, Schoelkopf was taken to a Philadelphia Naval Hospital. He quickly tired of the recuperation process and took a nighttime job at an aquarium around the corner from the hospital, called The Aquarama Aquarium Theater of the Sea. It was a special place for marine life lovers as it was part aquarium and part circus. Aquarama’s performers included their porpoises and pilot whales whom were housed in the aquarium’s large tanks. Schoelkopf’s job was to clean the tanks at night, and in a short time he learned he had a true penchant for this line of work, playing with the animals whenever he could. Soon, Schoelkopf was promoted to animal trainer and in 1969, the owner of Aquarama moved the operation to the boardwalk in Atlantic City. There, “Captain” Bob trained and performed daily shows on The Steel Pier. Danielle Gomes and Bob Schoelkopf on Tour at MMSC.

50 | The Boardwalk Journal | April 2013 health of marine mammals and sea turtles in the world.” Stranding Center, including only four employees and 1800 Sadly, the greatest threat to marine life and one of the main miles of shoreline to monitor, continues to operate and reasons they end up at the MMSC is trash and pollution. continues to save the lives of thousands of animals. Plastic bags, fishing-line, cigarette butts, balloons, and “Volunteers are the center” according to Schoelkopf. “We plastic beverage rings have injured or killed countless need those people.” Volunteers support the Marine Mammal marine animals, an epidemic that is so easily prevented. Stranding Center in a number of ways. When a stranded animal is called into the MMSC by either the Coast Guard or Occasionally, the MMSC will receive an animal that is a Police department, the first thing the center does is pull not able to be released back into the wild. Meet Ziggy, a up their volunteer list and call the people that live within 15 little grey seal that washed up in Longport. Ziggy had an minutes of the stranding area. The volunteer will respond, infection and was partially paralyzed. Unable to return to block off the area around the animal, take pictures, and the wild, Ziggy remained at the MMSC for five months and report back to the MMSC. With this information, the MMSC then moved to the Albuquerque Bio-Park in New Mexico. is able to respond with the haste and efficiency that each There, this little seal could swim free in the 350,000-gallon animal deserves. tank, with several harbor seals and sea lions. Despite a few situations like Ziggy’s, after 35 years in operation, the Volunteers also support the center through donations and Marina Mammal Stranding Center boasts a rehabilitation time. Volunteers like Ken Schaeffer, an account executive success rate of 90%. and evening host on WIBG, Wibbage FM 94.3, who also happens to be the newest board member to join the Marine However, financially speaking, this has not been an easy Mammal Stranding Center. For Ken it was an easy decision, road. One year in operation costs roughly $650,000. This “I’ve owned property in Brigantine since 1987 and have been budget includes: the salaries of the four full-time employees, a full-time resident since 2003. I always admired and visited $16,000 for animal food, $35,000 for medical care, the MMSC, and I’ve owned and given many of their famous laboratory expenses, mechanical maintenance, insurance Seal Sweatshirts as gifts over the years as my small way of for two boats and four transportation vehicles, the cost supporting the center! Little did I know that I would someday to perform rescues, and mechanical maintenance for the become involved as a member of their Board of Directors. center. My background is in promotions and entertainment. I am in the Media business as an advertising sales consultant Furthermore, federal budget cuts and Hurricane Sandy and an on-air radio host and my love of animals, combined have added to the center’s operational expense. Sandy’s with my career, made this decision an easy one. When Bob strength damaged a state-of-the-art animal over-flow tent, [Schoelkopf] asked if I would consider joining the board two storage sheds filled with maintenance equipment, of directors, I was honored. It was a natural fit for me. I’ve the tent storage unit for the zodiac rescue boat, and the been active in dog rescue for several years, assisting Beacon generator that kept the center operational during the storm Animal Rescue, West Jersey Volunteers for Animals and and maintained the life-support systems for the rescued also participating in private rescue, finding homes for local, animals. Consequently, the financial outcome of the center senior dogs in need and many Southern dogs in danger. is uncertain. It’s great to facilitate an adoption and see a dog ultimately placed in a happy, loving home when their fate was so “How we keep money coming in every month is a challenge,” uncertain. Extending my passion to helping wild animals, according to Schoelkopf. “We are very careful in how we particularly the beautiful mammals that grace our area, is spend the money, where we use it, where we look for grants a pleasure and a labor of love. I truly enjoy helping with the and private donations and bequeathments that help us quite fundraising as it helps these beautiful mammals a bit. But we can never count on that because we don’t know what’s coming in or the number or volume of animals that are going to be alive versus dead.”

When forced to consider what the impact would be if the MMSC were to close, Schoelkopf stated that there, “would be a lot of animals lying on the beach slowly dying or people deciding that they would take the animals home for treatment to have them die there and the people get bit in the process.” This is a dangerous prospect for both the sea life and the people who may come into contact with these injured animals. Although these animals look cute and cuddly, they are anything but—the seals in particular. When a seal is injured and stranded on the beach, it is important to remember that they too are very scared. As such, it is likely that this animal will bite and cause damage to those who may try to approach it. Furthermore, these animals may be sick and could easily spread diseases. The MMSC recommends that if an injured animal is spotted, one should keep a fifty-foot distance and then immediately call the (From left to right) Ken Schaffer, board member and chairman of MMSC. the fundraising/events committee; Danielle Gomes, of Boardwalk Journal and volunteer on our fundraising/events committee; and Despite the difficult financial situation, the Marine Mammal Bob Schoelkopf, founding member and Operations director at MMSC.

The Boardwalk Journal | April 2013 | 51 who would otherwise not have a voice or advocate without great organizations like the Marine Mammal Stranding Center. Bob, Sheila and their staff truly dedicate their lives to helping mammals and they are among the most dedicated and passionate people I know. I’m very happy and proud to be part of such a great organization.”

So, how can you help?

That’s easy! First, keep our beaches clean. That means dealing with your trash even when you’re not near a beach, because improperly disposed garbage often finds its way to the ocean through run-off drains. Second, visit the Marine Mammal Stranding Center and learn about their work first-hand. You can even adopt a seal! For a $25 donation, you will receive an adoption certificate, photograph, and the story of a seal your donation helped. By adopting a seal, you can help pay for the food and medications these animals need. Third, support the MMSC by attending their various fundraising events.

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Many novice exercisers join a fitness center with lofty intentions and Think about all of the unexpected life occurrences that affect your daily unrealistic expectations which is a recipe for disaster right out of the gate. schedule. These could be personal or social obligations such as making it “Exercise is not a quick fix to your daughter’s dance recital solution; it is a lifelong journey or environmental barriers Julianne Dods is Vice President/General the reach of every member. Core that facilitates lasting change,” such as inclement weather. Manager of Tilton Fitness. Tilton Fitness programs and services include strength says Personal Training Director Sometimes, life happens and is a nationally-recognized leader in and cardiovascular training, extensive Ann Erik from Tilton Fitness things don’t go as expected, health club operations. With more than group fitness and mind/body classes, Galloway. The most successful but instead of throwing in the 12,000 members in four southeastern personal and group training, nutrition exercise programs are the towel and skipping a workout New Jersey clubs, Tilton Fitness is the and weight loss counseling, youth consequence of well-planned session, plan ahead. Make a list leading provider of fitness services in and teen training, aquatic exercise, goals, consistently executed of possible barriers to success the region. By providing exceptional youth swim lessons and master swim actions, and measurable and create a plan of action to facilities, unparalleled customer programs. Additional services include progress. Goals of any kind, but institute in the occurrence of service, highly-trained professional community outreach programs, medical particularly health and wellness each barrier. For instance, if you staff, and comprehensive fitness and lectures and health screenings. For related, should be specific, have a business trip coming wellness programs, Tilton Fitness more information, visit tiltonfitness. achievable and time sensitive. up, research a hotel that offers ensures that improved health is within com, or call (609) FITNESS. Joining a fitness center for 24 hour access to an on-site the first time in 10 years and fitness facility. Or, if your child expecting to lose those 50 has an evening sporting event, make time to hit the gym in the morning pounds in 30 days is unrealistic and will only result in disappointment. before work or pack tennis shoes and hit the walking trails on your lunch However, by developing realistic goals and putting a plan in place to break. Are there blizzard-like conditions outside and you can’t make it to achieve them (such as investing in a 6 month Personal Training program) your favorite Group Fitness class? Turn up your play list and complete you have set yourself up for success. a 30 minute body weight circuit in your living room. By being proactive, scheduling your workouts, expecting the unexpected and staying flexible, IF IT DOESN’T CHALLENGE YOU, IT WON’T CHANGE YOU you will be able to achieve your fitness goals.

Even if you love to exercise, doing the same, tired routine week in and Keep in mind that relapses are bound to occur; it’s part of the process. week out is not only boring but its ineffective. Research shows that Even the most committed fitness enthusiasts face challenges with staying gym patrons who religiously stick to their routines are more likely to hit on track from time to time. But, being able to foresee and identify potential training plateaus which stall progress and promote negative self-talk. road bumps on your journey towards health and fitness will help to It takes between 4 to 6 weeks of regular exercise before we experience increase your program adherence and combat those inevitable set-backs. body composition changes of any significant magnitude. However, it is also important to point out that it only takes 4 to 6 weeks for our bodies to become conditioned to the stress of a new exercise program. Effective weight loss and strength training programs require constant variation and adjustment throughout the year. You will need to listen to your body and take note when your workouts start to feel easier: you can tolerate more

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When it comes to spring cleaning, don’t leave out your diet. We all like the idea of a And get rid of extra sugars, like the ones hiding in your yogurt. There is typically more good spring clean, but in terms of our diet, this doesn’t mean we have to turn towards sugar in yogurts than you realize. Instead of those fruit at the bottom varieties, choose cleansing teas, roughage or milk thistle, or fast for several days to detox our whole a Greek nonfat yogurt loaded with healthy protein and mix your own fruits and nuts to it. systems. Our bodies are perfectly capable of excreting waste, and very restrictive diets A teaspoon of agave nectar can help sweeten the pot. can leave you suffering from headaches, digestive problems and lethargy. Monitor your alcohol intake. Sure you need one… maybe two… some nights. But unless However, spring is an ideal time to give your dietary habits an overhaul. It’s the perfect you’re being social, only chill a couple nights a week with a cold beer or glass of wine. time to take advantage of all the seasonal spring foods, which can be less expensive this You’re trying with all you got to lose weight, making a concerted effort to make better time of year in addition to being food choices, then a few sips and more nutrient dense. Eating a you’re over the calorie intake for healthier diet will leave you feeling Nancy Adler is a certified nutritionist physicians consult with and refer Nancy the day. Club soda and lemon will energetic and healthy, just in time specializing in nutrition and weight control. to their patients to help them to possibly help you to stay away from more for a spring bike ride or day spent She is the owner of Nancy Adler Nutrition eliminate medications and naturally achieve than one. outdoors. where she counsels her clients on a one- a healthier lifestyle. 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Buy just enough in schools, businesses and civic groups nancyadlernutrition.com or call her for an drinking (the main principles of so there isn’t any unnecessary where she helps to spread the importance appointment at 609-653-4900. sensible detox diets) can boost of healthy living through nutrition. Area waste. your energy levels and motivate you to take charge of your health. Start cleaning out your pantry and fridge by reading the labels. Anything that reads trans-fat needs to go in the trash. This Starting your day with breakfast, low in fat, high in fiber and containing a wide range includes products that claim to be “trans-fat-free” but contain partially hydrogenated of vitamins and minerals, will improve your energy and concentration levels in the oils. No exceptions. morning. For a healthy springtime breakfast, slice fresh fruit, such as strawberries or apricots, over a bowl of muesli soaked in low-fat milk or a whole-grain cereal with low- Don’t forget the kids and remember to watch breakfast items to start the day. The closer fat yogurt or milk. The fiber and protein will sustain your appetite through the morning. the ingredients are to the top of the nutrition label, the more of the item is in that food. Quick rule of thumb, never buy a cereal with more than 9 grams of sugar or less Keep your energy levels high throughout the day by including a source of lean protein than 3 grams of fiber per serving. And please get rid of the Pop- Tarts! Some flavors of with each meal, (skinless poultry, lean meat, fish, beans and nuts) and opting for the tooth-rotting belly expanders contain more than 40 ingredients! 40! Is that really healthier snacks that provide low release energy (whole wheat pita bread with hummus necessary? They are included in my 5 top ‘NO NO” items. or peanut butter). No brainer here. Get rid of all the chips, pretzels, cookies and candy. You’re not helping Be sure to include vegetables throughout the day—there is an abundance of lovely your children or yourself by having them readily available for a “go-to” snack. It’s not vegetables during the spring. They include asparagus, broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower and healthy and you won’t be productive with the roller coaster ride your body will be on spinach. They will all provide antioxidants, vitamins and minerals. after a bag of these crunchy critters. Nuts, seeds and celery provide the crunch your body craves. Low iron levels are also one of the leading causes of fatigue, so eat iron containing foods regularly, such as lean red meat, poultry, iron—fortified cereals, eggs and nuts. If you really feel your diet needs an overhaul this spring, a nutritionist can help. They will assess your current diet and create a meal plan and offer tips and advice based on Finally, you need at least 6-8 glasses of water a day. Yes 8! Even slight dehydration will your body’s needs, fitness goals and your health. cause fatigue and headaches. Drinking more fluid will not only make you feel better, it can also help you cut back on food intake. It’s springtime, it’s your time!

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The Boardwalk Journal | April 2013 | 55 family Danielle Davies, Family Editor of The Boardwalk Journal Identity Theft: My Life’s been Hijacked

When I was seventeen years old, I drove a black convertible Fiat Spider and, maybe you’re like me. minus the fact that it broke down every other day, I thought it was the best thing in the world. The first time I drove it with the top down over the Ocean Here I am, three years into minivan ownership—and I must admit here that the City 34th Street bridge, the cover to my convertible top flew off into the bay. I idea to get the minivan was mine alone—and wondering, What the hell was I didn’t care a bit. I was seventeen years old, in a great car, and I had my whole thinking? There really is no other way to describe it. Picture this. I’m driving life ahead of me. along, listening to the radio, windows down on a gorgeous day. But I’m in a minivan. It just doesn’t fit. It doesn’t belong. It makes me feel like my life has We’re all getting older—it’s a been hijacked by some frazzled, fact. Sure, we tell ourselves that Danielle Davies is a freelance University’s graduate program, rule-cracking, lady known as 50 is the new 40 and that our writer and blogger, and the Danielle spent two years in ‘mom’. The thing is...I’m her. generation is aging a whole lot voice behind rubyandthemoon. Philadelphia classrooms before better than those that went com. A 1996 graduate from moving her family to her For me, the minivan is starting before us. And yes, we have Villanova University, where hometown at the Jersey Shore, to feel like some great big life access to sophisticated cosmetic she studied theater and where she happily juggles sellout, akin to the guy from the surgery if that’s the route we philosophy, Danielle worked for many roles—writer, blogger, old Passat commercial who says, want to take. Lots of us take to several years at Jossey-Bass editor, and artist—while raising “The fact that I’m responsible for the gym, hoping to undo the Publishers, A Wiley Company, her family. Danielle is the the upbringing of another human in San Francisco, before longtime copy editor of The natural signature of age on our returning to her native East Boardwalk Journal. She welcomes being is just utterly ridiculous. bodies. But the fact remains, we Coast. After earning a teaching comments and feedback at How did this happen? Suddenly, are getting older. We are (sigh) certification from Drexel www.rubyandthemoon.com. I’m the one saying, “Don’t touch getting old. the cookie on the ground” when I’m really thinking...5 second rule. And nothing, nothing shoves this fact in our faces as much as the minivan. That cookie just hit the ground. That cookie is still good.”

When I was a kid, my dad proudly drove into the driveway with a brand new Sometimes, I think we get so caught up in how we should be parenting...don’t Toyota minivan. Not the Sienna. The old Toyota Van, sometimes called the eat the cookie off the floor or drive an impractical vehicle or curse in front VanWagon. It had a refrigerator with mini ice-cube trays under the floorboard of your kids or eat this or do that...that we become, a little bit, strangers to up front and a sunroof big enough for a family to crawl out of—together. The ourselves. And while I’m not urging anyone to stop doing the right thing for middle row of seats could actually lay back, creating a full size bed for my their kids, I do think that somewhere along the way, we’ve forgotten a little sister and I to sleep on as we took family vacations to Florida—safety was bit about what made us young in the first place. It wasn’t just our age, but our clearly not an issue for us back then. While it may have been the novelty of the viewpoint...the carefree and excited way we looked at the world. The way we thing (we had previously been a sedan family), we thought it was awesome. It thought we would never turn into our parents. was the first and last awesome minivan I’ve ever seen. I don’t mind getting older. And I love having a family. And my parents are great, I have friends who will look you in the eye and rave to you about their so I don’t really mind that I’m turning into them. But I’m bound and determined minivans. They will extoll the virtues of the the seats that fold down under not to lose (complete) sight of who I was before I had kids. No, I won’t let them the floorboard, the literal running room for kids, the space they have to put eat cookies off the floor. And I won’t suddenly revert to being a teenager. But I their belongings, the airplane-like aisle down the middle, doors on both sides would like to drive something without the world ‘minivan’ in the name.....is that and enough room to get in there with your kid and strap him or her to their too much to ask? carseat no matter what kind of fit they’re throwing. It’s true. The minivan does have these things. It is, in fact, a very practical vehicle. And if you are a very practical person, then maybe you’ve made your peace with the minivan. Or

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The Boardwalk Journal | April 2013 | 57 Eddie AND the Cruisers 30 Years Down the Pike By Bill Kelly

It’s been thirty years since Hollywood came to the Jersey Shore to filmE ddie and City and saved money he the Cruisers, but it’s still fondly remembered for documenting the times and the made from selling hot dogs places that were very special to a lot of people. and sandwiches on the boardwalk at St. James Set in the early 1960’s and filmed on location on the Ocean City (NJ) beach and Place. When the opportunity boardwalk as well as Tony Marts nightclub in Somers Point, Eddie and the Cruisers arose—just after the Storm caught the spirit of early rock and roll and captured the basic landscape of a of ’44—Marotta purchased bygone era—a landscape that for the most part, no longer exists. the old Schick’s Hotel and Rathskeller on Bay Avenue Eddie and the Parkway Cruisers first made their appearance in literature in the in Somers Point. Expanding 1980 novel, “Eddie & the Cruisers” by P. F. Kluge. the tavern bar on the first floor and adding a stage, From Berkeley Heights, New Jersey, Paul Frederick “P.F.” Kluge attended Kenyon Tony brought in acts like College in Gambier, Ohio, where he now teaches creative writing. Shortly after Bill Haley and the Comets, Conway Twitty, graduating, Kluge landed a job teaching at Vineland High School in South Duane Eddie and Mitch Ryder. Tony Jersey, and from there, frequently wandered down to the Jersey Shore where he featured all kinds of entertainment and discovered a burgeoning rock & roll scene. The music scene inspired him to write a variety of music, as long as the people the story of a typical Jersey Shore bar band that, on the verge of breaking out liked it. A second stage was added to and making the big time, ends tragically when the lead singer dies in a suicide present continuous live entertainment so crash off the Ocean City causeway bridge. when one band concluded another would begin, keeping the dance floor busy. The book wasn’t a bestseller but one copy found its way into the hands of Martin Davidson, the Hollywood producer of The Lords of Flatbush, the movie that first Featuring traveling recording artists, Tony Marts ushered in early rock & roll and introduced us to Sylvester Stallone and Henry Winkler. Davidson saw the movie in even Las Vegas style headline acts as well as local bar bands in its heyday. In it, and purchased the film rights with his own money. Using his literary licenses, 1965, Conway Twitty was the most popular attraction and the house band was Davidson made some minor variations in the script but kept the basic story and Levon & the Hawks (who later became The Band that often accompanied Bob main characters the same. In the book, Eddie’s inspiration is the sentimental Dylan after he “went electric”). romantic Walt Whitman, who Davidson replaced with the radical eccentric Arthur Rimbaud. Instead of Leaves of Grass, the Cruiser’s masterpiece is Season in Hell, But by the summer of 1982, Tony Marts was a shell of its old self. The music was giving it more of a Doors’ psychedelic edge. winding down, disco had changed the styles, DJs were cheaper, and Tony was tired. So when the right deal came along, Tony took it. Tony decided to sell the Martin Davidson has said that his inspiration for the film came from a desire to place to an attorney who had plans to level the old clapboard building and build a “get all my feelings about the music of the last 30 years of rock music into it”. He disco nightclub, as he had done with Bayshores across the street. wrote the screenplay with his wife Arlene It was to be the last summer before the music died when this Hollywood film crew and decided to use comes to town looking for a rock & roll nightclub to make a movie. When they saw a Citizen Kane-style Tony Marts, looked at the scrapbook of bands that had played there, looked at the story structure, “That walls and soaked in the club’s motif, which had been simmering in the booze for was in my head: the decades, they knew Tony Marts was the place. Davidson wanted to close the place search.” for two weeks and make a movie there, and when Tony told them how much it would cost, they made a deal. Although not in the book or in the A casting call went out for teenagers to be in the audience and for bit parts, and original script, when hundreds of people got called and became part of the show. “Think 1962” they the location scouts were told, the year the movie was set, and the clothes and hairstyles that were and set designers required. came poking around for a place to shoot Eddie, the leader of the Cruisers, drove a ’57 Chevy. the film, they were directed to Tony When the main stars showed up, many of the extras didn’t recognize them. Now, Marts Café in Somers three decades later, they’re familiar faces with household names—Tom Berenger, Point, one of the Michael Pare, Helen Schneider, Joe Pantoliano, Matthew Laurence and Ellen last of the old rock Barkin. & roll nightclubs still standing at the time. Berenger plays Frank Ridgeway, aka “Wordman,” a school teacher character based on author Kluge, who is working the summer as a Tony Marts custodian and Anthony Marotta, recruited into the Parkway Cruisers, the band led by Eddie Wilson, played by the fresh from Masina, charismatic Michael Pare. “Words and music,” Eddie says, “that’s what we need.” Sicily, made his way to Atlantic In the movie, Berenger’s Ridgeway is pushing a broom around Tony Mart’s dance 58 | The Boardwalk Journal | April 2013 floor, stools up on the bar, when in walks Eddie Wilson. There’s a sign just above The movie that the front doors that reads, “Through these doors walk the most beautiful girls in bombed at the box the world”. office was now on cable TV and a new Eddie, in his leather jacket, arm around his girl—the lead singer, played by Helen audience of twenty Schneider—leads the rest of the band into the club and announces, “Tell Tony and thirty year olds Eddie & the Cruisers are here.” were just discovering the film, liking the Tony Mart’s son Carmen, who plays a bartender in the film, said that if any band music and buying the actually did that, his father would have fired them before they ever played a note, album soundtrack. because Anthony Marotta was treated with respect and didn’t take anything from anybody, especially some young punks in a band who wanted him to give them The band that almost a job. Tony fired a band a week and his deep gravelly voice saying “Get atta here made it but fell short you bums!” was often heard. Tony wasn’t a character in the movie, though maybe and the movie that didn’t make it, suddenly had it made. Michael Pare was given he should have been. the opportunity to make Eddie II, which despite not having Berenger in the mix, actually turned out pretty well. Eddie’s love interest, the vivacious singer Helen Schneider, is actually a singer and recording artist popular in Europe, especially Germany, where Eddie and the But the story doesn’t end there. Carmen Marotta has continued to promote the Cruisers has a cult following. music, bringing in bands to play Tony Mart reunions and summer gigs on the Somers Point beach, Kennedy Plaza, on the Atlantic City Boardwalk and the Ocean Berringer went on to make Looking for Mr. Goodbar, The Big Chill, Platoon and City Music Pier. Carmen’s favorite group today is the Billy Walton Band, which most recently The Hatfields and McCoys. features Walton, Southside Johnny’s lead guitarist. According to Marotta, Billy Walton is the real Eddie Wilson. Pare went on to do The Philadelphia Experiment, Village of the Damned and a dozen other movies, including Eddie and the Cruisers II - Eddie Lives! in 1989. Don Hurley, who watched them make some of the movie, is also excited about the 30th anniversary of the film and has interviewed most of the stars of the Joe “Joey Pants” Pantoliano (featured in The Boardwalk Journal June 2012) is now film for a show he is putting together. Hurley also hopes to put the movie Eddie better known for his roles in Risky Business, The Fugitive, U.S. Marshalls and The and the Cruisers back up on the big screen sometime this summer, as it will be a Sopranos while Ellen Barkin stars in The Big Easy and is in the soon to be released new experience for those who have only seen it on TV. At the same time, Hurley Very Good Girls. wants to present a concert by John Cafferty and the Beaver Brown Band, a double feature of the movie and the music. Michael “Tunes” Antunes, the sax man of The Beaver Brown band, plays Wendell Newton in the movie, but is killed off in a drug overdose, and is replaced in the Carmen recalled that, “When they were making the movie, I was thinking how movie by the late Philadelphia jazz bagpipe player and Saxman Rufus Harley. someday Tony Marts is going to be gone and the only thing left will be this movie and our memories.” And now, that’s the way it is. With 50s style cars and people dressed in the style of the early 60s, Bay Avenue became a throwback in time, and for those who missed the era, and never made it to Tony Marts, it’s all captured pretty accurately on celluloid— crowded bar, the WHAT ARE YOU LOOKIN AT? dance floor, the twirling mirrors—skip the lights fandango—and the music. This peaceful sanctuary of a park lies just For the music, Davidson turned to a real garage band—John Cafferty and the Beaver Brown Band of Providence, Rhode Island—who had a collection of really behind the hustle and bustle of a busy good, original songs that seemed like a mix of Dion and the Belmonts, the Doors, boardwalk, providing the perfect respite and Bruce Springsteen. for runners and bikers or for anyone who They set up a tent in the parking lot to feed the extras while the stars ate in the wants to sit, enjoy the sun and view the local restaurants and patronized the bars–Gregorys, Charlies, DiOrio’s and the Anchorage. sea. Landscaped with beautiful flowers and walkways, it’s a year round treasure. Then everybody waited for the movie to come out. It was supposed to be released in the summer of 1983, but was delayed. When it was released, in September To find the answer, 1983, its target audience was back in school. go to BoardwalkJournal.com

“It was a public relations disaster,” said Don Hurley, a friend of Tony who watched them make some of the movie. “It was supposed to be released during the summer—it’s a summer movie, but got delayed, and it missed its target audience.”

Carmen Marotta and his wife Nancy went to a local premier with a half dozen others, some of whom were extras in the movie who wanted to see if they made the cut. There are some memorable scenes, including those of the Ocean City beach and the band practicing on the roof, with Dolfin Dock and the Clam Bar visible across Bay Avenue.

But as a movie, Eddie and the Cruisers was not well received by critics, as Roger Ebert gave the film two out of four stars and said, “the ending is so frustrating, so dumb, so unsatisfactory, that it gives a bad reputation to the whole movie”.

A week after the movie came out it was gone and everybody seemed to have forgotten about it, but then, nearly a year later, the movie’s soundtrack and three songs from the film suddenly made the pop charts. Three songs—Wild Summer Nights, On the Darkside, and Tender Years—were rising quickly. Image by Constance McNelis Constance Image by The Boardwalk Journal | April 2013 | 59 politics by Harry Hurley, Political Editor of The Boardwalk Journal Campaign Autopsy: Challenger Will Pauls defeats Atlantic County Freeholder Joe McDevitt to win Republican Convention—The Inside Story

The anatomy of Will Pauls assent to become the formally endorsed Republican nominee over contested June Primary election if they lose the election at the convention. two-term incumbent Atlantic County Freeholder at Large is as fascinating as it is improbable. Pauls accepted these terms, McDevitt did not. Pauls is the President of the South Jersey Building and Construction Trades Council, AFL-CIO. At 8:51 p.m. on the evening of Monday, March 25, 2013, the day before the Republican For the first time, you will learn the behind the scenes machinations and political calculations Convention, McDevitt sent out a stinging press release to announce that he would bypass that led to this stunning reversal of electoral fortunes for these two election opponents. the convention and that he was going to directly challenge Pauls in the June 4, 2013 Primary Election. Several moments of truth all fell Pauls’ way. It starts with Egg Harbor Township Mayor James J. “Sonny” McCullough. Egg Harbor Township controls 190 out of the 600 convention votes This ended all the intrigue and suspense in terms of who would be the officially endorsed required to win the nomination. nominee. Pauls will be the Regular Republican Nominee, giving him the appearance of being an incumbent. It will be Pauls on the ballot underneath the names Chris Christie, Kim McDevitt made a decision to attend the Brigantine Beach Republican Committee meeting and Guadagno, Frank Balles, John Amodeo and Chris Brown. he bypassed Egg Harbor Township. McDevitt calculated that he had already You cannot overstate the magnitude lost Egg Harbor Township and he Harry Hurley is Political where he also serves as the of this shocking result. It gives Pauls worked to consolidate his down beach Editor of The Boardwalk Journal. senior programming consultant. insider status and places the two-term base. Hurley is the president of He has hosted various programs incumbent (McDevitt) in the position of Harry Hurley Consulting and for local television and is the outsider looking in. Multiple well placed Egg Harbor Communications, LLC. He hosts editor and publisher of his Township sources have confirmed that the daily talk radio program news and information website, This is a significant chapter, but it really McDevitt could have won at least a “Hurley in the Morning” 6-10 www.harryhurley.com. Send is just the beginning of the story. Now split of the 190 votes, though winning a a.m. weekdays on Townsquare comments to HarryHurley@aol. Atlantic County Republicans will deal bloc vote wasn’t in the cards. Atlantic Media, WPG Talk Radio 1450, com. with the political fall-out of a nine week County Executive Dennis Levinson fierce intra-party battle. publicly stated on “Hurley in the Morning” (WPG Talk Radio 1450) that McCullough confirmed to him that he didn’t have the votes to win a It promises to be very nasty. Pauls plans to be issue oriented and plans to stay away from bloc vote if McDevitt attended the EHT meeting. attacking McDevitt. That’s easy for him, because he’s in the preferred Column A pole position.

This was the beginning of the end for McDevitt. Next came Hamilton Township and their 105 It’s the cat bird’s seat of electoral politics. All endorsed republican candidates have endorsed votes. Former Mayor John Sacchinelli (now Republican Club President) led the charge for all Pauls. All those loyal party faithfuls have also fallen immediately in line with Pauls. 105 votes to be bloc-voted for Pauls. The challenger now led 295 to zero over McDevitt. Never before has anything like this happened so fast. McDevitt is like a trapped animal. He has The next moment of truth came in Somers Point. Mayor Jack Glasser and others were lining seen his standing as a regular institutional republican collapse before his eyes. up to support McDevitt. McDevitt attended this meeting, losing a 13-12 vote to Pauls. With this vote, Pauls won all 59 votes. It leaves him to take the unenviable position of attacking his own party leadership—a leadership he now refers to as “Bosses”, and worse. This gave Pauls another bloc vote bonanza and he now led McDevitt 349-0 in the race to 600. Had McDevitt won Somers Point, he would have been right back in contention, because Unless McDevitt catches a wave of public affection from those Republicans who feel that he he was strong in the western portion of the county and down beach. has been treated unfairly, he is headed towards a probable defeat.

Galloway Township decided not to bloc vote, but it became apparent that Pauls was going to With no good options, McDevitt is left to aggressively go after the very same people he has win by a margin of approximately 100-60. This made the score 459 to 60 in Pauls’ favor. been aligned with for the past 6 years.

It looked like the rout was on. Complicating matters further for McDevitt, a first-time rule was proposed: “Rule 21” or the sore losers rule. While it could not be legally enforced, the Republican Convention was going to ask each candidate to pledge that they would not run in a Harry Hurley The Voice of South Jersey Weekdays 6am to 10am

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By Ken Calemmo and Kristine Kodytek By Ken Calemmo and Kristine Kodytek The Miss America organization, the Miss Atlantic City, Ethel Charles, was travels approximately 20,000 miles a world’s largest provider of scholarships the hostess of the beauty contest, which month, changing location every 24 to to women, has its roots in Atlantic City. began the tradition of Miss Atlantic City 48 hours. She tours the nation to The first “pageant” was held on the participating annually as the hostess of support her ideals, committed to beach in 1921. the Miss America Pageant. In 1921, one public service. hundred thousand people came to The The first hint of what would become of Boardwalk to watch the competition! For the last eight years, the Miss the Miss America competition took America Pageant has been held in place in 1920 when The Businessmen’s Margaret Gorman of Washington, January in Las Vegas at the Planet League of Atlantic City created a “Fall D.C., was named the winner of both Hollywood Resort & Casino. Finally, Frolic” event in late September. The the popularity and beauty contests and in 2014, the Miss America competition most popular event at the frolic was a was awarded $100. Rumor has it, will be returning home to Atlantic City, parade of young, female beauties who when Gorman, the “Most Beautiful NJ! were pushed along The Boardwalk in Bathing Girl in America,” returned to rolling chairs. Atlantic City in 1922 to defend her The Miss America competition will be title, she showed up draped in the a 13-day event following Labor Day Between 1920 and 1921 newspapers American flag and was affectionately weekend. There will be three nights of along the East Coast were sponsoring called “Miss America.” Preliminary Competitions on local beauty contests in which winners September 10, 11 and 12. The ever were chosen by photograph The Miss America Pageant has come a popular, “Show Us Your Shoes submissions. Fittingly, The long way since its simple, sandy Parade,” will be held on The Businessmen’s League invited all the beginnings. But, it continues to be one Boardwalk on September 14. winners of the contests to the 1921 Fall of the most beloved and recognized Frolic to participate in Atlantic City’s traditions in America. Contestants now very own “Inter-City Beauty” Contest. represent their respective states (and Puerto Rico) and compete for The Inter-City Beauty competition scholarship prizes to fund their was comprised of a popularity contest educational endeavors. and a beauty contest. Eight finalists from cities in the Northeast competed The beautiful, charming and talented including: Miss Newark, Miss young ladies are judged in six Camden, Miss Washington, D.C., categories: Personal Interview, Talent, Miss Ocean City, Miss New York Lifestyle & Fitness in Swimsuit, City, Miss Pittsburgh, Miss Evening Wear and Onstage Question. Philadelphia and Miss Harrisburg. The woman crowned Miss America The Boardwalk Journal | April 2013 | 61 THE REAL HOUSEWIVES OF NEW JERSEY

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