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PRSRT STD ECRWSS U.S. Postage PAID EDDM Retail Monroe Twp., NJ 08831 VOLUME 55 / No. 3 Monroe Township, New Jersey March 2019 If you have diabetes, this workshop is for you By Mary Jane Brubaker simple changes to your diet Take control of your diabe- and how to incorporate safe tes by attending the free six- and effective exercise into week workshop series on your daily life. You will also Tuesdays beginning March meet others who are dealing 26 from 1 to 3:30 p.m. in the with the same issues and Gallery at the Clubhouse. you can support each other The key to controlling your as you learn the simple yet diabetes is through gaining a important steps you can take better understanding of the to control your diabetes. disease which, if left uncon- This workshops series is trolled, can lead to debilitating being offered as a commu- health problems. Managing nity service by the Rossmoor your blood glucose level or Community Church and is blood sugar, along with your being sponsored by Quality blood pressure and cholesterol Insights in partnership with are essential to maintaining the Centers for Medicare & quality of life while living with Medicaid Services. this serious disease. To register please call Jar- At this workshops series maine Williams at 732-955- you will learn how to make 8168. Your electricity bill just went up Korean-Americans celebrate the Lunar New Year with dinner and games. The name of By Carol De Haan years Monroe Township cre- the game above is “Youtt.” It did? ated its Community Energy Yes, the rate for one kilo- Aggregation program, which watt hour went from has lowered electricity costs Focus on: Korean American group $0.07946 on your December, to homeowners. Our current 2018 bill to $0.08663 on your contract with the low bidder, By Jean Houvener began to get together for Officially the group began January, 2019 bill. This is an South Jersey Energy, per- When Soonja Nam and her meals and to socialize at dif- this past August, and so it is increase of $0.00717 per mits that company to raise its husband Sin-U moved to ferent homes. the most recent of the groups kilowatt hour. rates under certain circum- Rossmoor two years ago, As it turned out, there are or clubs at Rossmoor. They stances. This is what hap- they wondered how they more Korean people at now have 28 members, and How much is this in dol- pened: would fit into the community Rossmoor than they had ex- generally meet at 5 p.m. on lars? South Jersey Energy uses and what activities to join. pected. Eventually the group the third Saturday of the In more practical terms, the government’s high volt- Both have been active in dif- grew larger than could fit in month in the Gallery or the this means that if you used, age transmission system to ferent groups, but they anyone’s home. Like other Maple Room. They meet on for example, 2,000 kilowatt bring electricity to us. In May missed having a supportive groups, they approached Saturdays in the evening hours at the December rate, 2018, the Federal Energy Korean American group to E&R about setting up a because many members of your bill would have been Regulatory Commission is- meet with. As they met other group and meeting at the the group are still working. $158.92. sued an order that resulted in residents from Korea, they Clubhouse. All the members came The same 2,000 kilowatt South Jersey Energy having originally from different towns hours at the January rate will to pay higher costs for using in Korea to the United States now cost you $173.26.* that federal transmission sys- School vote on the agenda - March 12 and all came from different What is the reason for tem. Under its contract with towns in the United States to By Linda Bozowski these options bears a large this? (Continued on page 2) The Monroe Township price tag, but the Board indi- (Continued on page 15) As you know, in recent Board of Education is once cates that this construction again asking residents to will see us through continu- participate in the school ex- ously expanding student en- pansion decision on the up- rollments over the next sev- coming ballot. Two different eral years. configurations are being of- The Board of Education fered: construction of an ad- has created a web page de- ditional middle school to be voted to the referendum is- used by sixth through eighth sues. The website is referen- graders or a combination of a [email protected] A new middle school and a link can also be easily found substantial addition to our by searching for Monroe existing high school. Each of (Continued on page 2) Inside this issue Bits & Pieces .................. 2 Musings and Memories 13 Bob’s Almanac ............... 9 RCAI Meetings ............... 2 Clubs ........................... 16 Religion ......................... 18 Culinary Corner ............ 15 Sports ........................... 19 Health Care Center ..... 20 Transportation Tidbits ... 22 Landscaping ................. 20 Your Garden ................. 20 Students in the “Pathways to Production: Storytelling in South Africa” program wave Maintenance ................. 21 Snow Policy .................. 22 their joy and send a huge THANKS to Frank Nobile and to the Rossmoor Pickleball Players for sending them a gift of many new pairs of sneakers. 2 MARCH 2019 The Rossmoor NEWS School vote $100,000 assessed valua- $150,000 that cost amounts tion. So the owner, in Ross- to an increase of about $138 (Continued from page 1) moor, of a home valued at in the school portion of the Bits & Pieces Township, NJ Board of Edu- $150,000 would see an in- tax bill. At the risk of sound- Sue Ortiz cation. That presentation crease of about $75 in the ing like a TV commercial, provides a great deal of infor- school component of the that tax increase translates house. (I could write a mation that may be helpful to home’s tax bill. to less than 50 cents per I should follow the advice book.) our community’s voters. This day. of singer Bobby McFerrin – Will I have enough money article will present, briefly, Option two “Don’t worry, be happy!” to retire at an age where I some of the highlights from The second option being What can happen if the Because, I think I worry too can still enjoy life? Will my that more comprehensive proposed includes construc- referendum is voted down much over some things that house need major repairs in presentation. It is hoped that tion of the new middle school again are not my direct concern, the near future, and how voters will review and con- and expansion of our existing According to a publication but that do concern me. will I pay for them? The sider the data in advance of high school, which is pro- released by the Board of For example: Who is house is in good shape, but the voting on March 12. jected to see a student popu- Education last spring after bringing the snacks to the I will need new windows, lation in 2021 of 2,993 stu- the first referendum failed, if next Sisters in Crime- new siding, new vinyl floor- Option one dents. The current high the referendum is not passed Central Jersey writers’ ing, a new fence, and even- As noted above, the first school was built to accom- on this second voting oppor- meeting? I will probably tually a new roof. option, construction of an modate 1,800 students but tunity, the N.J. Department of bring something, because I I worry about falling down additional middle school, will the current enrollment is al- Education will step in. The do get hungry. But some- stairs, about broken glass, accommodate the 2021 pro- ready at 2,400 students. The State could nullify the failed one should have passed and about dingbat drivers. jection of nearly 2,100 stu- proposed addition would add referendums and order con- around a snack list at the (Fears, phobias, and foi- dents. The current middle space for about 1,000 addi- struction of facilities that January meeting. Who will bles.) I worry about that school building was designed tional students and would would be paid for by our local set up and clean up the smoky smell in the middle for 1,100 students, but 1,710 include 30 classrooms and taxpayers. These facilities kitchen, since no one of the night. It’s probably students are being taught multiple ancillary student may not necessarily be those stepped up to head hospi- someone’s wood stove, but there, using the existing spaces including labs, gym currently planned in terms of tality? (I am not doing it!) you never know, so I sniff space and portable trailer- space and a new cafeteria. classrooms and ancillary stu- Who’s going to take over around the house anyway. type buildings on the prop- This high school addition dent spaces. To quote this the VP position, since the Some of my medications erty. A 35-acre site owned by would ring in at about $71 document (Monroe Township current VP stepped down are produced overseas in a the Township would be used million. Combined with the School District Referendum abruptly. (I am not doing it!) country known for having for construction of a new middle school, the projected News), dated March 1, 2018, I worry about deadlines. cancer-causing substances building. The cost for this tax impact of this double of- “Decisions will be removed Will I have enough content in certain recalled drugs, option, middle school only, fering would increase the from the community by the for the next newsletter? dog food, and other prod- would be over $75 million school portion of our tax bills State.” (Thinking of giving that up, ucts.