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a full service litigation firm when results matter Greetings From Atlantic City I am very humbled and excited that we are presenting to you this month the 50th edition of The Boardwalk Journal, a compilation of sorts that celebrates our greatest hits and misses since our launch back in 2009. To prepare for this issue, I undertook the task of personally going through each of our previous 49 issues, all 3,136 pages, as well as our digital archives, which include stories and photographs that never made it to print. What is contained in this month’s cover spread is in essence a trip down memory lane, highlighting what I believe were the highlights of each issue. Best LegaL services Going back to our October 2009 issue, I am happy that we had the foresight to feature Chris Christie on our - Silver - cover before he became our Governor. I have to give Don Hurley credit for pleading with me to do this cover, telling me to trust him that we wouldn’t regret it. I trusted Don and two years later when the now Governor Chris Christie was featured on our cover a second time in October 2011, he personally thanked me—at the Sandi Pointe Inn in Somers Point at a Republican fundraising event—for taking a chance on him.

Our August 2011 cover with Real Housewives of New Jersey star Melissa Gorga was the first of many magazine covers for her, and later got The Boardwalk Journal significant airtime on the same cable television show watched by millions of people.

Subsequent Housewives covers, featuring Kathy Wakile and her family in November 2011 and Jacqueline Laurita in April 2012, were so popular that our web server almost crashed when their loyal legions of Twitter followers came to www.boardwalkjournal.com to read the issues. James J. Leonard Jr., esq.

George Anastasia, a New York Times Best Selling Author and one of my favorite writers, was responsible for our Nicky Scarfo/Philip Leonetti inspired mob cover in November 2012 as well as last month’s cover, which pulled no punches on exactly why and how Atlantic City has found itself in its current predicament. I do believe—with some of the things that we are currently working on at The Boardwalk Journal—that, like the late great Frank Sinatra, who is featured on our September 2011 cover, once said: “The Best is Yet To Come…” Here is to our next 50 issues. Attorneys At LAw Thank you for continuing to support and read The Boardwalk Journal. 1200 AtLAntic Avenue AtLAntic city, nJ 08401 (609) 345-5800 James J. Leonard, Jr., Esq. President / CEO www.LeonardLawGroup.com Founder and Publisher of The Boardwalk Journal The Boardwalk Journal | June 2013 | 3 HURRY! Offer Ends Soon!

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Now Available We’ve Got The Jersey Shore Covered at Atlantic County The Boardwalk Journal | June 2013 | 7 As Atlantic City Mayor Lorenzo T. Langford celebrates his recent victory in the 2013 Democratic Primary and prepares for what some believe will be his final four years in office, speculation is already mounting as to who will emerge as his heir apparent should he decide to step down at the end of 2017, when, God willing, the then 61 year old Langford will have endured, survived and prospered during a turbulent quarter century of chaos in the tumultuous world of Atlantic City politics. Despite all of that, there are—by our count—no less than six names that come up every time the topic of “Who will succeed Langford” is discussed:

1. Former Atlantic City PBA President Dave Davidson. The 51 year old Davidson has already confirmed that he is running again in 2017. Despite finishing in third place in this year’s primary—Davidson received slightly more than a third of the total votes that Langford got, in spite of having very little name recognition and virtually no money or street team. If Davidson can improve on all three fronts, he definitely stands a chance in 2017.

2. Councilman At-Large Moises “Mo” Delgado. The 43 year old Delgado was the top vote getter in a crowded field of candidates for Council At—Large and with a rapidly growing Hispanic population, Delgado could be the city’s first Hispanic Mayor, should he choose to run.

3. Councilman At-Large Frank Gilliam. The 43 year old Gilliam was the second highest vote getter in the aforementioned Council At-Large race and currently serves as the Vice President of City Council. Often seen standing side by side with Langford, it has been speculated by many that Langford views Gilliam as a devoted and loyal soldier and may be grooming him as his eventual successor.

4. Second Ward Councilman Marty Small. The 39 year old Small has more name recognition than Davidson, Delgado and Gilliam combined, but Small remains unproven as a viable city wide candidate following the shellacking he took at the hands of the Langford, Gilliam, Delgado and Tibbitt ticket in the very ugly 2009 Primary. Say what you want about Marty Small, but he is the embodiment of the word resilient and just as the referee reaches the number 9, Small miraculously returns to his feet before the fatal ten count is tolled.

5. Atlantic County Freeholder Chairman Frank Formica. The 61 year old Formica, already the unofficial “Mayor of Ducktown”, turned a lot of heads when he recently moved back into Atlantic City and many have speculated that Formica did so because he has his eye on becoming the Mayor of Atlantic City. If Formica were to run, he would certainly be well funded and add a unique dynamic to the race.

6. First Lady Nynell Langford. The 30 something year old (we are sticking with that) wife of the Atlantic City Mayor epitomizes grace, humility and compassion, something that is certainly lacking amongst the aforementioned political animals. With the embodiment of those precious and very rare commodities, and the support of her husband’s very loyal political base, Mrs. Langford could absolutely become the city’s first female Mayor should she choose to run. Hey, Oscar Goodman’s wife Carolyn succeeded him as the Mayor of Las Vegas and when 2017 rolls around the country will be talking about former First Lady Hillary Clinton for President, so don’t rule out our First Lady.

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Before I became Rebecca Leonard, I was Rebecca someone and when I would remind Jimmy—my new Makris and I was born and raised in Cherry Hill. self-anointed boyfriend—of this fact, he would dismiss it and say something to the effect of, “Forget about After graduating from Cherry Hill East, I went on the other guy, he’ll get over it.” to study Marine Biology at the University of Rhode Island. I envisioned that my degree would take me And that’s what I did. Four years later, in 2004, to the depths of the seven seas’ to swim with and Jimmy and I were married in Philadelphia, a few study dolphins. I thought maybe I would end up blocks away from that infamous IMAX Theater. with a residency at SeaWorld in Orlando or maybe Siegfried & Roy’s Secret Garden & Dolphin Habitat in My dreams of swimming with dolphins were by then Las Vegas. a thing of the past as I was now swimming with sharks, working as a full-time Narcotics Prosecutor Somehow I ended up in Camden. at the District Attorney’s Office in Philadelphia.

Not the Camden Aquarium, but Rutgers Law School Friends and family would joke that I would lock up in Camden. the bad guys and Jimmy, a criminal defense lawyer in Atlantic City, would set them free. It was during my second year in law school, the summer of 2000, that I applied for and accepted In 2005, after leaving the DA’s office and moving an internship in the Philadelphia District Attorney’s back to South Jersey, our daughter Grace Ann was Office. It was there that I first met another intern born. Two years later her brother and best friend, named Jimmy Leonard. Christian Gene, a/k/a The Gooch, joined our family. It was a year after my son was born during a family Much like first grade boys choose girls to be their trip to Maine in the summer of 2008 that Jimmy told girlfriend, that’s what Jimmy did with me. He me he had an idea and wanted to start a magazine. would hold my hand when we would go to lunch He even had a name for it: The Boardwalk Journal. and tell people that I was his girlfriend. A former Philadelphia D.A. named Larry Bozzelli can attest I told him he was nuts and five months later I had to all of this. As a matter of fact, Jimmy somehow a living room full of The Boardwalk Journal's with Donald convinced Larry, who was our supervisor, to Trump on the cover. chaperone us on what he called “our first date”. And did I mention it was during work hours? As The Boardwalk Journal begins its fifth summer, I am happy to announce that I am now the Editor in It was a trip to the IMAX at The Franklin Institute. Chief of my husband’s crazy idea and I will be implementing and overseeing some new and exciting There we were—myself, Jimmy and Larry—sitting changes to both the print and digital presentation of in the IMAX Theater wearing those horrible black The Boardwalk Journal. sunglasses and watching a 3-D movie while eating popcorn and Raisinets. What made the whole scene I look forward to sharing them with you in the even more bizarre was that I was already dating coming months.

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The Boardwalk Journal | June 2013 | 15 Pictured left to right are Bill and Muriel Elliott of the HERO Campaign; David Tilton, President and CEO of AtlantiCare; Dr. John Becher; and Eugene Arnone, Chairman of AtlantiCare Health System Board. AtlantiCare presented the Edward Actor Ian Ziering, cast alumni of 90’s hit TV show “Beverly Hills, 90210,” hosted R. Knight Award for Community Service to New Jersey Governor Chris Christie a party at The Pool After Dark, Harrah’s Atlantic City. Multi talented R&B singer- and First Lady Mary Pat Christie. The Christies gave a videotaped acceptance songwriter Brian McKnight stopped by to say hello to the crowd and pose for a speech. Also recognized were the Ensign John R. Elliott HERO Campaign for few pictures with Ziering. Photo: Tom Briglia/PhotoGraphics Designated Drivers and Dr. John W. Becher during the 54th Annual Century Club Gala, which raised more than $550 thousand through individual and corporate sponsorships to benefit AtlantiCare's Healing Arts Program; Healthy Schools, Healthy Children Program and Growing Green Initiative.

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The Boardwalk Journal | June 2013 | 17 fashion by Raina Tallent, Fashion Editor of The Boardwalk Journal Hair We Go Again  One of the best feelings is having a good hair day. When your As soon as I got in the car, I hair looks fresh and the way you like it, it’s as if you can handle immediately called another salon to any obstacle that day. You feel like those models in the Pantene try and fix it as soon as possible. Two commercials shaking their hair back and forth. It simply makes hours later I ended up in another you feel beautiful! Beautiful hair is a woman’s best accessory. woman’s chair. She did the best she possibly But what happens when your hair turns out to be a total could with the situation, but I still wasn’t nightmare?? happy. For the next few weeks I wore a baseball cap—I was so self-conscious of my As a whole, I think we women are unhappy with the hair we are hair and what had now become Big Bird’s born with. We submit ourselves to various treatments to alter hair color. our looks. You have curly hair but you want straight hair. You’re a brunette but want to be a blonde. I think this is all normal but Finally, I found someone that was honest, of course this is coming from a mousy brown brunette gone insightful, and completely understood platinum blonde. what needed to be done. Although it took some time, it came out perfectly. It was a great hair day! The problem is finding the right hairdresser. You need a hairdresser to give you the look you want, but also to be honest when it’s unrealistic. Speaking of hair, it’s summer time ladies. We have to start worrying about the hair they we’ve been neglecting all winter This has been a rough month for me in the hair department. long. I’m so not used to shaving my legs on an everyday I’ve had extensions in basis, that I recently and out of my hair for Raina Tallent graduated from Simply Fly Boutique in 2009 to wore a skirt and only the past three years, and the University of Miami in 2001 bring some of her South Beach remembered to shave finally decided to give up and returned to Margate where fashion sense and unique taste one leg. I was walking the weaves and change she currently resides with her to the South Jersey area. around with one leg up my look. I’ve been to husband Mike, her three sons Simply Fly Boutique continues looking silky smooth three different salons and and five dogs. Although she to offer the latest fashion and and the other like teen finally ended up with the graduated with an education trends while providing a fun wolf. Waxing is a great degree, she had more interest and relaxing environment for blonde hair I wanted. But in fashion and decided to open all of its customers. alternative that many it wasn’t easy. women love, but ten years ago I had the I started off by driving an hour and a half to some chic new salon worst experience and it has scarred me for life. I was getting a that women were raving about on Facebook. As the woman was bikini wax in Miami and the woman said “whatever you do, don’t washing the bleach and color out of my hair, every stylist came close your legs.” She put the wax on and it was so hot that my by and said how fabulous it looked, which is pretty typical in immediate reaction was to shut my legs. You can only imagine every hair salon. When I blew it dry (I have anxiety about anyone that next hour. else blowing out my hair), it was the color of an apricot. I got all hot and started to sweat in a panic. It may sound ridiculous, but I So for now, I’m stocking up on Gillette razors. am nuts about my hair. The hairdresser kept saying how it didn’t look orange and that it was perfect. All of the other woman flocked over to my crying self and assured me that it looked just like Reese Witherspoon’s hair, when in reality I looked like the billboard for Wendy’s. The stylist was very offended with my critique, and I didn’t want her to do any more damage so I paid and left with swollen eyes and a lump in my throat. Excellent Wedding Photography Affordable Packages for Every Budget

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The first thing you notice when speaking to Carrie Gregory is her through their events, catering to their needs and putting the friendliness and charm. In fact, by the time I finished speaking perfect creative touches onto each affair. with her, it felt like she was an old friend. It’s this quality—the ability to relate to and engage people—that serves her so well in It’s a job she loves. life as well as the two businesses in which she’s involved. “I love the creativity part of it,” explained Gregory, adding, “We Gregory, a Linwood native and wife of Paul Gregory, of Gregory’s really work to cater to the customer. Paul and Joe are amazing Restaurant and Bar in Somers Point, is a self-described “people with food...I give the attention to detail to the client and cater to person”. So much so that Gregory spent the early part of her every single type of budget and need.” career—before she had her three children—in the classroom, teaching kindergarten and serving as an early learning From cocktail parties to weddings to elegant at-home dinner facilitator, for nine years in Pleasantville while working summers parties, Gregory does it all. And it’s not just food. Elite Fleet at Gregory’s. Catering is a full service caterer, providing food—yes—and so much more. From event rentals to flowers to musicians and It was after having her first child, Emma, and leaving teaching deejays, Gregory acts as an event organizer, coordinating when Carrie Gregory really began to understand how well her vendors and ensuring that the customer is more than satisfied. people skills could drive a career, and in the process, contribute to her family. Gregory became the event coordinator for Elite It’s paid off. Now in its twelfth year of business, Elite Fleet Fleet Catering, the catering company established in 2001 by her Catering has a built in base of returning clientele, keeping all of husband and his brother, Joe Gregory. While Paul and Joe are the Gregory’s busy. And though Carrie shares that she isn’t a award winning culinary chefs, it is Carrie who guides customers salesperson, saying, “I don’t know how to sell something. I don’t feel like I have to sell this product because it (the quality) sells itself,” her involvement has led to the formation of long lasting professional relationships who return to Elite Fleet year after year for their events.

With her skill set of relationship building, communication, customer service and attention to detail, Carrie Gregory’s newest endeavor is another perfect fit. After hearing from a friend who works as a Doncaster clothing stylist and consultant—a direct-to-home women’s clothing business—about J. Hilburn, a men’s custom clothing line that’s also direct-to- home, and doing some research, Gregory was hooked. After completing a weekend training seminar in New York, she became a J. Hilburn style consultant. Carrie Gregory

“I love it,” Gregory explained of the position she began six months ago. “I go to the customer’s home and complete a measurement profile and then we can begin selecting.” J. Hilburn creates custom shirts and customers, with the help of Gregory, select fabrics, shirt style, cuffs, buttons, pockets and more. Once a customer has been measured, he has an option to re-order based on his custom pattern. In addition to the custom shirts, a hallmark of the J. Hilburn brand, Gregory can also help customers select wardrobe items from the J. Hilburn ready to wear line.

“I’ll never look at men’s clothing the same,” Gregory said, adding, “A lot of men wear ill-fitting clothing.” Gregory has always had a flair for fashion. Add that to her love of working with people and bringing them a quality product, and you can see why Gregory has been off to a great start.

To book an appointment with J. Hilburn presented by Carrie Gregory, contact Gregory via email at Carriegregory. [email protected], or visit www.jhilburn.com. To book or get more information from Elite Fleet Catering, visit www. elitefleetcatering.com.

24 | The Boardwalk Journal | June 2013 Steven Mento

“...The legacy of the piano and its riches are the reason I the First Time Home Buyer Program as well as short sales. became a pianist and the reason I teach, record, write, and Mento sees his piano experience as a foundation upon which perform. Part of the cause is simply to keep this art alive he’s built success as a realtor, saying, “Real Estate...employs against overwhelming neglect.”—Dr. Steven Mento similar discipline and a multi-layered process that requires patience and time while working toward a final result.” Stephen Mento, a formally trained classical pianist, didn’t take the traditional path taken by many other aspiring classical And while Mento is now a realtor, he will always be a pianist, musicians. He did not begin lessons when he was a child and a teacher. Mento maintains his own studio with sister, and work tirelessly throughout his upbringing to emerge a Loretta: The Duo Mento Piano Conservatory. Located in teenage prodigy. In fact, Mento, who did take piano lessons Ventnor, Mento teaches piano and composition, working when he was five years old, quit about a year later. “I didn’t with all ages and levels. And he is the best kind of piano like it,” Mento said. teacher, one who cannot only teach, but inspire, interested in teaching his students to bring a piece of music to life, saying, It wasn’t until Mento was a teenager, singing vocals for a rock “The great composers for the piano wrote their music to band that played Led Zeppelin, that he began to study the communicate all aspects of the human condition through piano in earnest. “We needed a keyboard player, so I started their tonal narratives. Each work tells a story—a story that taking lessons,” he explained. And while at first, Mento was can speak immediately to our poetic sensibilities and nervous learning to accompany the band, he soon found that he system—and it is the response of those properties that guide wanted to learn to play as a solo act, and switch from rock to us to closer examinations.” classical music. Mento can be reached, for both real estate needs or “I fell in love with it,” Mento said of music and his subsequent conservatory questions at 609.271.1953.

decision to study music in college at the University of Steven Mento Delaware. Though Mento came from a musically appreciative family—his mother was a huge opera fan and his father studied violin before serving in WWII—his dad didn’t think it was a good idea. “He thought I should go into something like pharmacy or engineering,” said Mento. Unfazed, Mento went to Delaware and was followed, a year later, by his sister Loretta Mento, who also studied piano.

Mento foresaw a career in teaching piano at a university level. And as anyone attempting to procure a job in academia knows, it’s an extremely competitive world and almost impossible without a substantial education under your belt. And so, Mento continued his own education, receiving his Master’s Degree from Temple University and ultimately, his Doctorate from University of South Carolina.

Since then, Mento has performed locally with the Bay-Atlantic Symphony—for which he wrote an orchestral work that premiered at Stockton College—as well as both Carnegie and Merkin Halls, among many others. He has also served as an adjunct musical faculty professor at both Stockton College and Burlington County College, and along with his sister, Loretta Mento, with whom he often partners as part of Duo Mento, has recorded with Eroica, a classical music label. Most recently, Mento has worked to get a Pandora station. Loretta already has one, and the stations for Duo Mento and Steven Mento as a solo pianist will be available in the next few weeks.

Ironically, though poised to become university professor, Mento got involved in real estate in 2005, becoming a top producer for Prudential in 2010. Specializing in the resort and second home market on Absecon Island (Atlantic City, Ventnor, Margate and Longport), Mento is also well versed in The Boardwalk Journal | June 2013 | 25 Scott Strenger, MD, FACS, MMM, CPE

In more than two decades of practice in South Jersey, Lawrence Strenger, was the first full-time neurosurgeon Scott W. Strenger, MD, FACS, MMM, CPE, has become one in the geographic region, and he is a 1973 graduate of of the areas pre-eminent neurosurgeons. As President of Atlantic City High School. Dr. Strenger earned his medical both Shore Medical Center’s Medical Staff and his private degree from the University of Health Sciences/The Chicago practice, Coastal Physicians & Surgeons in Somers Point, Medical School in 1982. From there it was on to New York NJ, he has improved the quality of life for hundreds of City and Mount Sinai Medical Center, where he completed patients in their time of need. his residency in neurosurgery.

For some, this would be enough. Yet for nearly 15 years, His drive led him to be named Chief Resident during this Dr. Strenger has done more, helping to shape the lives of period, and his excellence was noticed by others. In 1988, countless young men through his ongoing relationship with he was awarded the prestigious Association of Attending the Boy Scouts of America. As an adult volunteer, he has Staff/Bella Trachtenberg Award for House Staff Excellence. taught the skills and leadership ideals Scouts can use to lead successful, productive lives themselves. Currently, he Upon the conclusion of his residency, Dr. Strenger returned serves as Atlantic District Chairman for the Scouts’ Jersey to southern New Jersey and founded Coastal Physicians Shore Council, which includes groups in Atlantic, Cape May & Surgeons, which has assembled some of the finest and Ocean counties. specialists dedicated to the treatment of spinal and neurologic conditions. Dr. Strenger’s roots in the community run deep. His father, In 2002, Dr. Strenger continued his studies, earning a Master of Medical Management degree from the Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine. He is certified by the American Board of Neurological Surgery, and is a Fellow in the American College of Surgeons.

In 2004, he became Medical Director of Shore Medical Center’s Neurosciences Center, a position he held through 2011. Dr. Strenger is currently President of Shore’s Medical Staff, and he is proud of the role he has played in the evolution of Shore’s neurosciences program. Since 2005, Shore Medical Center has been certified as a Primary Stroke Center by The Joint Commission. The medical center has also received the organization’s Gold Seal of Approval® for Spine Surgery.

In his neurosurgery practice, Dr. Strenger specializes in microsurgical and minimally invasive techniques for cerebral and spinal disorders. He also provides general neurosurgical services. During May, National Stroke Month, and throughout the year, Dr. Strenger tries to educate the public about strokes. While the mortality rate from stroke is on the decline, it remains a leading cause of disability nationwide.

Dr. Strenger is an in-demand lecturer who has presented at events across the country, and has maintained membership in multiple organizations. He is a member of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons, the American Association of Neurologic Surgeons, the North American Spine Society, the American College of Physician Executives and is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons. In 2001, Dr. Scott Strenger, MD, FACS, MMM, CPE MD, FACS, Scott Strenger, Strenger was designated a Certified Physician Executive by the Certifying Commission in Medical Management.

26 | The Boardwalk Journal | June 2013 Devon Peterson

I’ve never golfed a day in my life, but after talking to the new pro, Eddie O’Donnell, that he got back into the game. Peterson Head Golf Pro at Mays Landing Country Club, Devon Peterson, was hired at Atlantis Country Club in Tuckerton, NJ, where he I may give it a shot. Why? It’s not because Peterson, a PGA Pro worked his way up from dishwasher to cook. O’Donnell, then with decades of experience under his belt, is the best person the golf pro at Atlantis, took Peterson under his wing and got to teach me the game of golf (though I’m sure he’s fantastic). him back into the game. It’s because Peterson makes golf sound like so much fun. Though he was exposed to some future golf Hall of Famers In fact, that’s the premise of much of his work right now. One early on, Peterson still didn’t plan to go into golf as a career. In way Peterson has brought ‘fun’ to golf was by instituting a fact, when he was 21, Peterson began working with his father ‘Skins Game’—According to GolfTips on Golfsmith.com, “Golf selling insurance. He wasn’t a terrific insurance salesman, skins have players competing for money...with the golfers but he was great at golf. So when he took a client golfing at facing off hole by hole”—each Friday afternoon from 2:30-5:00, Colonia Country Club and the client asked the pro there if he where anyone is welcome to play for $30, $10 of which goes in was still looking for an assistant, the pro responded by asking, to the ‘pot’ of ‘skins’. “Can you work on the 4th of July?”

Peterson is also excited about the new family course that’s That was over 30 years ago. Now in his 26th year as a PGA being developed right now at Mays Landing Country Club. Class A member and finally back to the Jersey Shore, Peterson Set to open soon, the family course is designed to bring more is thrilled to be teaching the game he loves at the Mays families to the game of golf, and with packages like the ‘Get Landing Country Club. To schedule a lesson, contact him at Ready Golf Program’—1 hour of instruction, 3 rounds of golf, 609.641.4411. and a restaurant credit all for $250 for a family of four—as well as the availability of KidsClub Fittings for Juniors (with Devon Peterson clubs made specifically for kids of different ages, weights and strengths), it’s sure to be a hit with both parents wanting to get back to the game of golf, this time with kids, as well as newcomers to the game.

Perhaps one of the biggest reasons Peterson is excited right now, however, is because he is exactly where he wants to be. Peterson, who summered at the Jersey Shore during his youth, has spent the last ten years trying to return. And it almost didn’t happen.

After spending the last decade in Delaware as the Head Golf Pro at Shawnee Country Club in Milford, Peterson, who had taken about a year off from golf, decided to get back in the game. He was met with almost instant success in the form of simultaneous job offers from Dick’s and a golf club in the Pennsylvania mountains. Ready to make the transition, Peterson stopped in to see his old friends, The Fraser’s— Peterson was the golf pro at Atlantic City Country Club for 8 years prior to it being sold in 1998—to say hello. The rest, as they say, is history.

Peterson couldn’t be happier to be back in the area. Not only is he once again working for the Fraser family, whom he calls a “true golf family”, but he is back in New Jersey. Though originally from Union County, New Jersey, Peterson and his family moved to Tuckerton when he was in his late teens. And of course, Peterson spent years living in Somers Point when he worked for the Frasers the first time around.

The irony of the situation is that Peterson never intended to have a golf career. Though his dad, who was an amateur champion himself, introduced Peterson to golf as a child, other interests pulled Peterson away from the game. Interestingly, it was when Peterson’s aspirations to be a chef collided with golf The Boardwalk Journal | June 2013 | 27

Anthony’s Out to Lunch By 50 Issues - 50 Meals Anthony Previti

50 issues? Wow. Congrats to everyone and But we didn’t stop there. My little article and the hard work that goes into The Boardwalk Journal each food obsession grew stronger each month. Now, month. I have been lucky enough to be part of I am lucky enough to have a full-page column in this great magazine for 38 of those 50 issues. the middle of the magazine and a Facebook page (That is, if my math is right, but it probably isn’t). dedicated solely to eating great food. I have been I can remember my first time writing for this truly honored by all the responses, comments, magazine. You might think there was a crazy and emails. Every day, someone stops me and interview process. That I had to wear a chef’s tells me about a meal they just had, or a place coat, and submit a résumé or a writing sample or that I just need to try. And I love every second of something. But here’s how it really happened: it.

One day after finishing all my cases for my court The driving force of this article has always been list, I ran into the The Boss of All Bosses, Jim to go out, find the best meal, and show some Leonard. He was about to take a bite out of a support for our local business owners. And we’ve Tony’s Tip: gigantic cheese danish. I mean this thing was really met some great people over these years. I bigger than my face. He looked up and saw me learned how to make turn of the century AC style and we both started laughing. So of course, I pizza from Mike Hauke over at Tony Boloney’s, Eat Food. had to have one. But before I grabbed a pastry shared a pint (or four) with the guys over at the for myself, I snapped a pic of it on my phone. He Tuckahoe Brewing Company, and almost got Be Happy. was surprised and asked, “What are you gonna the secret recipe for Tiramisu from the Giaccone do with that photo?” My buddies Eric and Charlie family at Jo Jo’s. (Okay, that last one didn’t (frequent eating partners of mine) chimed in, happen—they won’t ever give that recipe to me, Where “Anthony has thousands of food pictures, he no matter how much I beg). should write for your magazine.” Jim looked at me and said, “Why not? Let’s do it.” And thus I want to thank everyone that reads this article, should I go began my public quest for the perfect meal. Oh, Charlie and Eric for suggesting it, and Jim and the necessary trips to the gym after each Leonard for giving me a chance. And a special next?? one. shout out to my cardiologist for only yelling at me once a year when I see him. I hope we all make If you look online at www.boardwalkjournal.com, it another 50 issues together. And another 50 you can find my slightly less chubby face on page after that. No matter where I go, I’ll always be Log onto Facebook, 29 in the May 2010 issue. (That photo was taken that chubby Italian kid, sitting in the corner of a like our page, and by my famous friend, The Miller, who agreed to restaurant taking pictures of my food and telling be my photographer for the day if I bought him you where to get it. Just with a few more gray let us know tacos). In a small article, just about one quarter hairs than in 2010… of a page long, I ever so eloquently declared that at: facebook.com/ at Chido Burrito in Northfield, “Life is always AnthonysOutToLunch better when listening to sound of the waves crash, while clutching a two-handed burrito.” Ah, so true…

Anthony Previti is a criminal defense attorney who appears frequently in Atlantic County Superior Court and he loves food. If you would like your restaurant featured, please send an email to: [email protected]. The Boardwalk Journal | June 2013 | 29 The Future is Now: Internet Gambling Panelists discuss piblic policy and insights. Organizers Michael Pollock of Spectrum Gaming and Tom Sykes of SOSH Architects

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Stay Connected | The Boardwalk Journal | June 2013. 51 Shore Medical Center Foundation Thanks More Than 700 Donors at 24th Annual Stainton Society Brunch Award-Winning Journalist Anderson Cooper Is Event’s Featured Speaker Shore Medical Center President & CEO Ron Johnson Unveils Plans for Shore Crucial Care and DiOrio Society at Brunch

SOMERS POINT, NJ – The Shore Medical Center Foundation thanked more than 700 weekend hours. donors for supporting the mission, vision and values of Shore Medical Center at the 24th Annual Stainton Society Brunch held on Sunday, May 5, 2013, at Revel in Atlantic “We take great pride in providing state-of-the-art, university level care to the members City, NJ. Award-winning broadcast journalist Anderson Cooper was the featured of our community, and Shore Crucial Care will add to our ability to provide high level speaker at the event. care to residents and visitors to our area,” said Johnson. “Through our ambulatory care centers, six Centers of Excellence and relationships with world class providers In a wide-ranging presentation, Cooper spoke to members of the Shore Lightkeeper’s such as Penn Medicine, the Jefferson Neuroscience Network, The Cancer Institute of Society, Stainton Society and Stainton Associates about his diverse background New Jersey, Advanced ICU Care, Onsite Neonatal Partners and Advanced Radiology covering presidents and entertainers, as well as his time spent in Massachusetts in the Solutions, Shore is well positioned to serve the healthcare needs of South Jersey.” wake of last month’s Boston Marathon bombing. During his presentation, Johnson also unveiled the Foundation’s new DiOrio Society. Cooper also shared stories of his time as a war correspondent in places such as Named in honor of Joseph DiOrio, who served on the Shore Medical Center Board of Somalia, and drew comparisons to the life and death situations that physicians and Trustees for 50 years, The DiOrio Society recognizes and honors those who have made nurses contend with on a daily basis at Shore Medical Center. a commitment to preserve and enhance the current and future healthcare needs of our entire community by making a gift to Shore Medical Center through bequests, life Shore Medical Center President and CEO Ron Johnson thanked everyone in attendance income gifts and other planned gifts. for their continued support of the medical center. He praised the passion and dedication of those involved in providing exceptional, patient-centered care at Shore. The annual Stainton Society Brunch is a way to say thank you to those who play a vital In a surprise announcement, he also revealed that the medical center will be opening role in the growth of Shore Medical Center and its continuing mission to provide the Shore Crucial Care in Atlantic City. highest quality care to the community. The Stainton Society is the largest fundraising organization of Shore Medical Center’s Foundation, and the cornerstone of the Medical Shore Crucial Care will be located at 2100 Pacific Avenue in Atlantic City, on the ground Center’s annual giving program. floor of the Caesars Atlantic City Hotel and Casino self-parking garage between Arkansas and Michigan Avenues. Patients will receive an exceptional patient experience To join the Stainton Society and secure an invitation to next year’s Thank You Brunch, from board certified emergency medicine doctors; comprehensive, on-site diagnostic or to learn more about The DiOrio Society, call 609-653-3800, email foundation@ equipment, including CT-Scan, Digital X-Ray, Ultra Sound and Hospital Level Blood Lab; ShoreMedicalCenter.org, mailto:[email protected] or visit www. no waiting or appointments; clear, affordable, all-inclusive billing; and evening and GiveToShore.org.

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Children need enough food to support healthy growth and overweight as they enter the teen years. Most kids do not outgrow development. But when they take in more calories than they burn the problem. It’s a good idea to get your child’s blood work done. Start throughout the day, the result is weight gain. Understanding how them early. It’s a good idea to know what they are facing at an early children become obese or overweight in the first place is an important age. Maybe it’s a wakeup call to start to focus on the importance of step toward breaking the cycle—there are so many myths and truths healthy eating. Most people who are on medications for cholesterol about weight problems in children that it’s hard to know where to likely had elevated cholesterol at a younger age than the average start. person of the same age. A child can have cholesterol concerns from 4 years of age. First of all, many factors contribute to this growing imbalance between calories in and calories out. Families are busier. They are cooking less and eating out more. Second, there is easier access to cheap, high Teaching your child at a young age is where to start. Begin eating calorie, fast food. And the portions are bigger than they used to be. right today as a family. Targeting just one child in the house will only In addition, kids spend less time actively playing outside, and more make matters worse. And chances are that everyone may need to do time watching TV, playing video games and sitting at the computer. some food regrouping as a whole. Teach your child to have a healthy And worst of all, schools are now eliminating or cutting back on their relationship with food. Lifestyle changes, rather than diets, are the physical education programs. I don’t know about you but I remember way to go. A good example of a lifestyle change is to start serving my gym teacher cracking the foods that have colors of whip! If you didn’t run at gym Nancy Adler is a certified nutritionist physicians consult with and refer Nancy the rainbow. Encourage time you stayed after school specializing in nutrition and weight control. to their patients to help them to possibly the consumption of a wide and did it then. Things have She is the owner of Nancy Adler Nutrition eliminate medications and naturally variety of fruits and veggies. changed—and not for the where she counsels her clients on a one- achieve a healthier lifestyle. You may listen Red beets, orange carrots, better—for children and their on-one weekly basis helping them to make to Nancy every Tuesday mornings on WOND permanent healthier lifestyle changes. 1400 AM on Barbara Altman’s “Front Porch” yellow bananas, green health. She currently holds three of the highest and on Ed Hitzel’s “Table for One”. Nancy lettuce and broccoli. Pretty accredited certifications in the field of may also be seen on NBC TV 40 “Better foods make healthy and alert Truth or myth? Childhood nutrition and fitness. Nancy lectures Living with Adrienne.” Visit Nancy’s website children. obesity is genetic, so there in schools, businesses and civic groups at www.nancyadlernutrition.com or call her is nothing you can do about where she helps to spread the importance for an appointment at 609-653-4900. Another lifestyle change to of healthy living through nutrition. Area it. That is a MYTH. The truth consider is making breakfast is that while a person’s a priority. Children who eat genes do influence weight, they are only a small part of the equation. breakfast are less likely to be overweight or obese than a child who Although some children are more prone to gaining weight than others, skips breakfast even a few times a week. Focus on maybe a bowl of that doesn’t mean they are destined to gain weight if they eat right oatmeal, or scramble an egg. They need to sit down before they start and exercise. their day and fill up on a healthy start breakfast. Skip the sugary cereals. I know how easy they can be to serve as they are quick and Truth or myth? Obese children should be put on a diet. MYTH. The easy to prepare, however the high sugar in those cereals contributes truth is, unless directed by your physician, the goal here is just to stop not only to weight gain but can also make the child tired, preventing the weight gain or slow it down while educating the child on nutrition. him or her from having a productive school day. Along the way, teach the child good from bad foods and include the child in making healthier choices. Ask them to help you make dinner Because of the increasing rates of obesity, unhealthy eating habits and explain to them about the color of foods—the greener they are, and lack of physical activity, we may see the first generation that will the more nutrients and vitamins they carry. And use smaller dinner be less healthy and have a shorter life expectancy than their parents. plates when serving. In other words, tell them about why and how It’s not that difficult to make small changes, lifestyle changes, changes good foods make them strong and fit. Diets don’t work for people and that will help your child be a healthy and fit adult for the rest of their certainly not for children. life.

Truth or myth? It’s just baby fat. This is the biggest MYTH of them all. While childhood obesity doesn’t always lead to obesity in adulthood, it does raise the risks dramatically. The majority of children who are overweight at any time during preschool or elementary school are still NaNcy adler NutritioN It’s not a Diet. It’s a Lifestyle.

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The Boardwalk Journal | June 2013 | 57 family Danielle Davies, Family Editor of The Boardwalk Journal This Father's Day: Celebrating Dads One Grandpop at a Time

It’s been said that it takes a village to raise a family. I would add retirement, but I swear it has something to do with the kids. While that if not a village, then at the very least, a grandfather. they are exhausting him (he was recently forced by my four year old daughter to carry her around the block on his shoulders in 80 My dad retired a few short months ago, and I can honestly say degree heat), they are also keeping him young. They make him that I’ve never seen so much of him. When I was growing up, my laugh. They make him sweat (see above walk around the block). father worked a lot. As in, a lot. He always made it to our games They make him tell stories—about my sister and I when we were or performances and we certainly took family vacations together, kids, about him as a young man, a soldier, a boy scout, and about but he was raised to believe in hard work and hard work is what when he met my mom. They truly consider him their own. he did. And he is needed now, at 65, as much, or even more than when It’s a different world for my children. They will never remember he had young children of his own. My children need him—their my father as a man grandfather—as well as coming and going at odd Danielle Davies is a freelance writer program, Danielle spent two years their own father. Because hours to get to job sites. and blogger, and the voice behind in Philadelphia classrooms before while their father is They won’t know him rubyandthemoon.com. A 1996 graduate moving her family to her hometown at responsible for the as someone who often from Villanova University, where the Jersey Shore, where she happily entirety of their lives couldn’t make it home for she studied theater and philosophy, juggles many roles—writer, blogger, (including discipline, dinner. They won’t know Danielle worked for several years editor, and artist—while raising rule setting, and limits), at Jossey-Bass Publishers, A Wiley her family. Danielle is the longtime him as the hard-working Company, in San Francisco, before copy editor of The Boardwalk Journal. She their grandfather isn’t father he was to me. returning to her native East Coast. welcomes comments and feedback at constrained by those After earning a teaching certification www.rubyandthemoon.com. limits. He becomes their Instead, they know him from Drexel University’s graduate friend, their ally, their as their grandfather, confidant. He becomes, someone who builds tree- along with my mother, houses and takes them to Dino’s for lunch and entertains them their secret candy dispenser, partner in crime, vacation planner, for hours with games of hide and seek and tickle monster. As and biggest cheerleader. It is nearly impossible for him to tell someone who will talk to them, love them, and protect them. As them, “no”. sentimental and cheesy as it sounds, it seems author Alex Haley was right on when he said, “Nobody can do for little children what But he’s also able to help them grow in way that’s different from grandparents do. Grandparents sort of sprinkle stardust over the the way my husband and I guide them through life. He’s more able lives of little children.” to see, with a whole lifetime in his rearview mirror, what’s really a big deal and what’s not. He’s got the advantage of hindsight at his But the relationship between my dad and my children doesn’t just disposal and he uses it wisely. My children are the benefactors of benefit them. It benefits him as well. Though I’ve been watching this wisdom. my parent’s transition into their new roles for the past several years, it has been since his retirement that I’ve really seen my My father was a great dad, though like everyone else, far from dad enjoy it. (While he has been an active part in the lives of my perfect. As a grandfather, though, he is nearly Rockwellian. And children since they were born, suddenly it seems, we don’t go a this Father’s Day, I’d like to thank him. For being a terrific dad, day without him. Even our dog seems forlorn if my dad isn’t over yes. But for adding to that and embracing grand-parenthood our house daily.) with all he’s got...absolutely. Happy Father’s Day, Dad. As for my father, he seems younger, funnier, more relaxed. Sure, this could be attributed to a shockingly well-suited life of 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 58 | The Boardwalk Journal | June 2013

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The Boardwalk Journal | June 2013 | 59 politics by Harry Hurley, Political Editor of The Boardwalk Journal The 2013 Primary Wrap-Up: Pauls, McDevitt, Langford and Why Jim Whelan May Have a Problem in November

The much anticipated and fiercely negative Republican Primary Election for Atlantic County Suddenly his friends were disloyal political scoundrels. McDevitt called County Executive Dennis Freeholder At-Large is now in the rear view mirror. Levinson “a liar.” He called Party Chairman Keith Davis “a Political Boss.”

After all the ballyhoo, negative print collateral, television and radio blitzkrieg, it wasn’t even close. As a long-time political analyst, I do not fault McDevitt for his strategy. He was a man with literally no good options. I don’t agree with his theme, but, once he abandoned the convention and the As I had long projected, the Atlantic County Regular Republican Party line held mightily. regular Republican Party, he really had no choice but to run hard against it.

With all of the votes counted, challenger Will Pauls has defeated the two-term sitting incumbent Obviously when a two-term incumbent receives less than 30 percent of the vote in his own Party Freeholder Joe McDevitt, with Pauls achieving an astounding 71 percent of the vote. Roughly 7,100 Primary, this message didn’t resonate with Primary voters. to 2,900 votes. McDevitt’s only chance to win would have been if he could have created enough public outrage Many want to know, how did this happen? The truth on this occasion is not sexy, but it’s still the that he was mistreated and banished from the Column A team unjustly. That it was patently unfair. truth. Will Pauls simply out-worked and out-smarted Joe McDevitt at every turn. Had he succeeded in pulling this theme off, and led the public to embrace this concept, he could have won. Disclaimer: Joe’s a good man and he served two quality terms on the Atlantic County Board of Chosen Freeholders. Many, myself included, regret that it came down to such a vicious knock- McDevitt enjoyed a very intense level of support from a certain portion of the Republican Primary down, drag-out, brutal intra-party political death match. voting populace. However, the overall strength and organization of the Regular Republicans But, electoral politics ain’t a bean bag sport. was impossible for McDevitt to overcome.

Because Will Pauls is not the most Harry Hurley is Political Editor of serves as the senior programming Ironically, much of the past several articulate public figure to come along, The Boardwalk Journal. Hurley is the consultant. He has hosted various months have been focused on Republican some underestimated him. This was a big president of Harry Hurley Consulting programs for local television and discontentment. I have always maintained mistake. Pauls over-performed during every and Communications, LLC. He is the editor and publisher of that once the Primary Election was over, this moment of truth during this hard-fought hosts the daily talk radio program his news and information bad position would immediately transfer campaign. to Senator Jim Whelan and Democratic “Hurley in the Morning” 6-10 a.m. website, www.harryhurley.com. Send Chairman Jim Schroeder. It’s already The road to the nomination at the weekdays on Townsquare Media, comments to [email protected]. happening. Republican Convention could have tipped WPG Talk Radio 1450, where he also McDevitt’s way. State Senator Sonny They foolishly kicked Atlantic City Mayor McCullough started the Pauls juggernaut. Lorenzo Langford, Councilmen George McCullough grew disgusted by what he felt was McDevitt’s lack of attentiveness to Egg Harbor Tibbitt, Mo Delgado, Frank Gilliam and soon-to-be Atlantic County Freeholder (District 1) Ernest Township, where McCullough serves as the decades-long Mayor. Coursey off of their Column A ballot.

Even still, right up to the United Republican Club vote, McDevitt was poised to win about 1/2 of the All five of these candidates prevailed, off-the-line in Column C. I interviewed Mayor club’s support. That would have changed everything. Langford, Councilman Tibbitt and Freeholder In Waiting Coursey at length the morning after the Primary Election. They are preparing to do little to nothing for Whelan. Because when Hamilton Township bloc voted for Pauls, it was a “Favorite Son” deal. McDevitt could have weathered that. However, McDevitt failed to attend the crucial EHT Club meeting. That This could pave Sheriff Frank Balles’ way to the District 2 State Senate seat. Whelan and Schroeder sealed his fate. Pauls won the entire 190 EHT votes, nearly 1/3 of the total votes required to win the have a lot of significant fences to mend. Whelan cannot win re-election without a strong showing nomination and the coveted Column A ballot placement. in both Atlantic City and Pleasantville.

Add to that the 190 votes from Hamilton Township and Pauls was on his way. Galloway and Somers Balles is not your ordinary Republican running this year. He has a great deal of support in Point fell in line and McDevitt faced his next moment of truth. He calculated that he couldn’t win Pleasantville and a respectable amount in Atlantic City. Ask former 5-term Sheriff Jim McGettigan about this question. the nomination at the convention. So, he bypassed it. Pauls won the convention and instantly became the front-runner. Balles has proven that he can attract votes in cities that most Republicans fail mightily in.

Another moment of truth came very late in the campaign. Pauls agreed to attend a Liberty and It also should be noted that former New Jersey Assemblyman Vince Polistina also softened Whelan Prosperity organization meeting. This is a grassroots, local tea party movement. There is no up two years ago during their contentious election. Polistina has never been credited properly mistaking that they had significant suspicions about Pauls. with this before, but it’s an absolute fact. Just like Levinson softened up Jim McGettigan one year before Balles defeated him. History may repeat itself this upcoming November 5, 2013. However, Pauls went into the equivalent of the political lion’s den and he ate the lion. Even if he didn’t succeed in actually changing their hearts and minds, he crossed an important threshold and Finally, regarding Joe McDevitt’s future in Atlantic County electoral politics: Never say never in was now perceived as a viable Republican candidate. politics. But, he has a lot of rehabilitation to do. He offended many high ranking Republicans along the way during his aggressive, anti-establishment campaign. The day after the election, I received a letter from Dennis Mahon, President of Liberty and Prosperity, pledging his support to Pauls. This is a big deal, as the General Election now begins. Welcome to the General Election Campaign. It McDevitt was left with one poor option after another. When he determined that he couldn’t win the begins now. convention, he then had no choice but to run a scorched Earth campaign.

He was forced to distance himself from everything that he had enjoyed for the previous six years. Harry Hurley The Voice of South Jersey Weekdays 6am to 10am

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