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The Boardwalk Journaltm is published this month: by Boardwalk Media Group, LLC, ©2009 all rights reserved James J. Leonard Jr., Esq. 9 the raw feed President/CEO 12 Miss America Returns to Atlantic City 14 Michelle Dawn Mooney, Gary Hill & Jerry Blavat Creative Director Ginny Leith 18 Shore Memorial Hospital Expansion Copy Editor 20 On the Scene Lee Carroll 21 DKNY and New England Hot Dog Factory Come to ‘The Walk’ Features Writers Don P. Hurley 22 The Good Life, with Mr. Tony Bennett Beverly Bird 24 Katching Up With Kim Kardashian Judy Dehaven Brian Hickey 26 The 2009 Atlantic City Air Show Jason Smedley 30 Color Therapy Featured Columnists 34 Best of the Beach: Michelle Dawn Mooney 110 S Cambridge Avenue, Ventnor Gary Hill The Geator with the Heater 36 Cooper Levenson: Contributing Writers 50 Years of Excellence in Law Regina Schaffer Chuck Betson 44 The RNS Show House: Tina Leonard Preserving Memories & Saving Lives Danielle Davies Veronica Dudo 46 Living La Dolce Vita: Bob Downey Paulajane D’Amato and the House That Skinny Built International Gaming Advisor & General Counsel 48 Delaware Places A Bet on Sports Gaming Lloyd D. Levenson, Esq. 50 Scandal Rocks A.C. Fire Department Trademark & Copyright Counsel 52 Summer Days: Joseph L. Youngblood iii, Esq. A History of the Ocean City Beach Patrol Office Manager 54 Food Fight! Tara Shoemaker 56 it’s Hands-On at the Jersey Shore Children’s Museum Distribution 61 Going Strong at 95: Island Hopper Distributors The ‘Godfather of Fitness’ Jacl Lalanne Matthew Leonard 62  1200 Atlantic Avenue | Atlantic City, New Jersey 08401 The Last Word (609) 345-0500 | www.Boardwalkjournal.com [email protected]

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Thomas D. Carver, the executive director of the Casino Reinvestment Development Authority has been working without a contract since October of 2007. Despite this, Carver has remained the Authority’s chief executive and in December of 2008 was reportedly asked by Governor Jon Corzine to remain the boss of the CRDA, one of the state’s most powerful agencies for an additional two years. Republican Assemblymen Vince Polistina and John Amodeo have called on the Governor to settle the contract issue and restore stability to the CRDA leadership as it deals with potential investors by either renewing Carver’s contract or moving in a different direction. Sources say that Governor Corzine has at least flirted with the idea of replacing Carver with a very prominent and politically connected Atlantic City attorney. Atlantic City Mayor Lorenzo Langford appears steadfast in his resolve to name a Public Safety Director whose authority would usurp the powers currently under the purview of Police Chief John Mooney and Fire Chief Dennis Brooks. Various names have surfaced as candidates for the position, including former Deputy Police Chief Willie Glass, current Deputy James J. Leonard Jr., Esq. Police Chief Ernest Jubilee, former PBA President Don Hurley and current Emergency Services Director Tom Foley. Sources say that Langford may also be considering candidates from outside the city. Mooney and Brooks have indicated their existing contracts preclude Langford from naming a Public Safety Director and have threatened litigation in the event that he does. A Full Service Litigation Firm Langford’s legal team has denounced the language in those contracts as being “unenforceable”. While this quagmire is likely heading to Court in the coming months, can someone please see R to it that the ability to park ones vehicle on the north side of Iowa Avenue outside of the Criminal Law Baltimore Grill is restored? Whoever can accomplish that has our vote. When the FBI recently arrested 44 individuals in a massive statewide corruption scandal, Municipal Court / DWI the rogue’s gallery and the nature of the charges were extremely diverse. Ranging from the proverbial $10,000.00 cash payoff inside a diner (hasn’t this been done before?) to the sale of Traffic Matters black market kidneys from third world countries (I can’t even touch that one), prominent North Family Law • Divorce Jersey rabbi’s and businessmen, the mayor’s of three municipalities and a state legislator from Ocean County were all forced to do the perp walk much to the delight of the Newark Star Ledger. Personal Injury Lost in all of the hoopla was that not one of the 44 accused was named Callaway or had any Immigration Law connection to Atlantic City. Speaking of connections to Atlantic City, how does the city who famously bungled its 83-year Casino Licensing old partnership with the fabled Miss America Pageant in 2004 allow the World Monopoly Championship to take place in Las Vegas? That’s like the White House Sub Shop packing up and setting up shop in Buena. Let’s bring back Miss America (especially if she looks like Katie Stamm, see page 12) and let’s get the World Monopoly Championship out of the desert and bring it back to the Boardwalk. (609) 345-5800 Let’s also remember Dafiq Rasheed, who was born to lead and died tragically last month at the age of 19. www.LeonardLawGroup.com August 2009 The Boardwalk Journal | 9 SHORE TOMORROW THE CAMPAIGN FOR SHORE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL announcing

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smhf-0368-09BJ.indd 1 5/4/09 12:13 PM Returns to Atlantic City in Support of National Teen Dance Event iss America Katie Stam By Don P. Hurley

Miss America came back home to the birth the University of Indianapolis, place of the legendary pageant when Katie Stam majoring in communications with hosted an event in support of TheU nited States an emphasis on electronic media. Tournament of Dance, a National Performing In a twist to the structure of Arts Championship held at The Melting Pot this years pageant the Miss M Restaurant, located right near the Walk on America Organization reported Atlantic Avenue in Atlantic City, New Jersey. that Katie also appeared along Atlantic City is the host city again this year for with the other 51 Miss America this prestigious dance competition, which has contestants in TLC’s four-part a rich history dating back to 1976. reality series COUNTDOWN The USTD reports that they were licensed to TO THE CROWN. Katie award US Title Divisions in 12 Title categories secured the first gold sash including; Petite Miss Dance of the US/Young awarded, which made her James J. Leonard Jr., Miss America Katie Stamm and the Mr. Dance of the US/Junior Miss Dance of the eligible for “America’s Vote” - a 2009 U.S.T.D. Finalists at The Melting Pot in Atlantic City US/Junior Mr. Dance of the US/Mr. Dance of possible spot in the pageant’s top 15. America responded the US/Petite Miss Acrobat of the US/Young the excitement that you’re feeling. Having and placed Katie directly into the semi-finals, Mr. Acrobat of the US/Junior Miss Acrobat somebody who can be here and help you bringing her that much closer to the crown. of the US/Junior Mr. Acrobat of the US/Mr. bring it altogether to do your best... hopefully Acrobat of the US/Miss Acrobat of the US/ “I’ve got about one and a half weeks left that’s what I’ve been able to do here today,” and the Miss Dance of the US. International before I hit my 6 month anniversary (as Miss said Stam. titles were also implemented at that time to America),” Katie said. Stam described her experience as Miss accommodate competitors who traveled from Stam said that she is thoroughly enjoying her America as “ one of the best things that has Canada, England and as far away as Australia reign as Miss America. “It’s fantastic work. I ever happened to me and a once in a lifetime to attend the competition. absolutely love being the goodwill ambassador experience that truly helps mold and change I was accompanied to the event by the President for The Children’s Miracle Network, and the you into who you are meant to be and to have and CEO of The Boardwalk Media Group, opportunity to meet with our troops serving the opportunity to do such wonderful things.” James Leonard, Jr., where Miss America Katie our country around the world and doing work Miss America Katie Stam will travel 20,000 Stam was just finishing a delightful-looking for them and volunteering with the USO too,” miles every month for the next 6 months in a fondue-style dinner with a dozen of the lucky she said. journey that will continue to take her to every competitors from TheUST D Championships, Katie Stam’s platform for Miss America part of the world. being held in Atlantic City who is again playing involves bringing awareness and promoting But for today Miss America returned to the host to more than 10,000 dancers, teachers, community service around the nation and city where it all began in order to help a dozen parents and fans. other places around the world... Getting in and more high achieving young ladies in pursuit of The competitors for this year’s dance title out of the elementary and high schools has their own individual crown. include: Jenny Squires, Tonya Lee, Melissa been fruitful in taking her message throughout McNulty, Nina Royal, Nicole Dlug, Alyssa America and internationally as well. In looking to the future, Katie’s career ambition hopes would have her join the world Romano, Christina Moore, Brigid Cash, With regard to her appearance in Atlantic City of television news reporting and anchor when Amanda Castro, Gabrielle Khan, Alexa Schear in support of the teen dance competition, her reign as Miss America ends one day. and Melissa Dazo. Stam said, “My number one priority is to In welcoming Miss America Katie Stam to instill some confidence and to also give some I couldn’t help but be a bit reflective with a Atlantic City, she replied, “It’s always great to encouragement to the competitors.” feeling of hope and nostalgia at the thought of Miss America being back in Atlantic City. come back to the birth place of Miss America”. ”Whenever you’re competing in any kind of There was a feeling that everything was Katie Stam, who was Miss Indiana in this year’s competition it takes a lot of guts. It always right again. pageant, was crowned Miss America on January helps to have the support of someone who 24, 2009 in Las Vegas Nevada, with a platform of has done it before and knows the kind of Maybe you really can go home again...even if community service awareness. She is attending anxiety, the nerves that you’re feeling and also just for a day.

12 | The Boardwalk Journal August 2009 August 2009 The Boardwalk Journal | 13 Random Ride of Kindness By Gary Hill Hilltop View Community Relations (MBCA) By Michelle Dawn Mooney, Newsanchor/WMGM TV40 Business Perhaps employers need to provide a members: small and large businesses, It was a blustery fall elements alone. So…we decided to Personality! courtesy “guideline” to their workers, or at casinos, non-profits, and residents. Great afternoon, if I recall turn back. Many of us are least give them directions and suggestions networking is available at all our events, and correctly. I was We both agreed that he looked reminiscent of on paper or by e-mail. It doesn’t take a lot we try to give back to both our community about 11 or 12 and innocent enough, but of course times past when of time to say “May I help you?” or “Good and our non-profit members. This is Mom and I were just heading home from a one must never be too careful. So we knew the store morning”. It’s not difficult to ask “How are MBCA’s main personality. We’ve given shopping trip. We were stopped at a traffic light as humorous as it sounds now, owner or a car salesman personally and we you today?” or to finish up with “Thanks over two hundred thousand dollars to area in Egg Harbor Township where we noticed a knowing the rest of the story, we could talk business with them over a cup for stopping by”. All these small courtesies charities and events since our inception, all slim, elderly man, dressed to the nines, with worked out the emergency game of coffee or a drink. But now, in this new give your business a personalized touch. It due to the generosity of our members and an overcoat draped over one arm. With that plan, just in case. fast-paced world, things are different. So doesn’t matter how big or small a business friends of MBCA. We thank them for their same arm, he managed to hold on to the metal there has to be a “personal touch” to any is. Being nice to customers should be a continued help. signpost as his other hand made a feeble attempt I can’t really remember what Mom transaction or interaction. A courtesy call given, not an exception. Check out our Summer Mixer event on to keep his mint-condition hat from becoming said as we approached him, but he during or after a transaction can go a long Each business can create its own unique August 12h at The Chelsea beginning at a victim of the whipping winds. Since he was agreed to accept a ride. He proceeded Today that story still comes to mind when I way toward making a client feel special and personality and run with it via radio or 5:00 poolside. More information about quite slight in frame, we feared that he might to tell us how he walked to the area senior think of how the kindness of strangers has unique, and solidifying the sale or service. newspaper advertisement, business flyers, MBCA is available at www.mbcanj.com actually blow over if he let go, and we wondered citizen nutritional site for a bite to eat, only to helped shape parts of my life along the way. It website, social network pages, or the where on earth he might be going by himself. find out that it was closed. We offered to take also reminds me of how my mother’s actions Whether employees are working for a telephone book. Make yourself stick out Since Mom had always taught me to never talk him to the local diner, but since it was closed for so many years ago showed me the amazing casino, restaurant, store, auto supply outlet, so people know what you’re all about. to strangers and never let strangers in the house, renovations, our new, dapperly-dressed friend feeling that comes from those little random or a florist shop, they need to remember it would only stand to reason that one should said the nearby McDonald’s would be fine. acts of kindness. that customers have choices. They can take At the Metropolitan Business and Citizens their business elsewhere. And this has the never “pick up” a stranger. This particular day, We chatted a bit as he slowly tackled his Now, I’m not condoning the act of offering Association (MBCA), a non-profit civic/ potential of having a negative economic however, Mom bent the rules. burger and fries, learning that he was a retired rides to random strangers, but maybe we could business organization in existence for impact on their company and on their jobs. nineteen years, we’re proud of our At first we drove by him, trying not to stare as watchmaker who lived down the street. As he just keep our eyes open a little more for those In this harsh economic time, everyone “business and community personality” we attempted to get a closer look. He appeared shared a few brief stories, I still remember the rare opportunities where we might be able to is reaching out for the same dollar. So in the Greater Atlantic City region. to be shivering, and you couldn’t help but wonderful feeling of seeing how happy he was make a big difference by offering so little of be courteous, be helpful, and be friendly. We’ve worked on this courteous and feel compassion in realizing wherever he was to be out for the day, even if it wasn’t the four ourselves. After all, sometimes happiness is This seems like common sense, but many helpful image for almost two decades. headed was important enough to brave the star restaurant he was easily dressed for. only a Happy Meal away. employees seem to forget it. We have over seven hundred and fifty

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On Saturday, July 11, the legendary Tony Hurst told me that many years ago; he received said, “Frank Sinatra was ten years my senior. Bennett brought his annual tour to Caesar’s a telephone call from Tony Bennett. “Ed,” At that time everybody was trying to sound Casino on a warm summer night. I Bennett said, “I need a photograph of you, one like him. I knew that in order for me break accompanied Mr. Bennett’s lifelong friend, that depicts you working in the studio.” With through in the record business; I had to radio broadcast pioneer Ed Hurst, to the no explanation other than that, Ed complied. have my own sound.” So how did he find beautiful stadium theater at Caesar’s for Several months later, a package arrived at his own voice at a time when so many others a meeting and interview with the singing icon. his home. He opened it to find a portrait of were modeling themselves after Sinatra? “I It’s a little known fact that Hurst was the first himself at work, signed by the artist Anthony reached deep within my own heart, my own broadcaster to play a Tony Bennett record on Dominick Benedetto, who is better known to mind, and I found a voice that was natural for the radio. After Bennett greeted his friend, Ed, the rest of us as Tony Bennett. me. I really felt that everything else, no matter and asked how everybody was doing, it was Talk about not forgetting a good friend. how much it sounded like Frank Sinatra, time to talk. “Do you see that man with you?” was just an imitation, an impersonation. It’s At the concert venue in Caesar’s Casino, I asked important to have your own sound. Louis he asked. He was speaking of Ed Hurst, of Mr. Bennett about his many years of playing in course, a legend in his own right who has been Armstrong, as deep and gravelly as his voice Atlantic City. “I love playing Atlantic City and was, had a unique sound, all his own. It was broadcasting now for over six decades. “He was always have,” he replied. “My days in Atlantic the first guy who ever played my record on the unmistakable, and that’s what I mean about City are among my fondest memories.” He finding your own voice.” radio and I’ll never forget him,” he said. Back recalled his times at the famous 500 Club, in 1954, Ed played “The Boulevard of Broken The Steel Pier, and many of the Atlantic City I asked Bennett how he has stayed so young Dreams” on Philadelphia and Delaware Valley casinos. “One of the things that really stands while crossing over from an era in time and radio. The rest, as they say, is history. What is out in my mind is how hard it was to get in and music that some think is long gone. “The not history, however, is the enduring friendship out of Steel Pier, as there was only way in,” he things I do are the things that I love to do, and that ensued, a friendship that has transcended said, referring to the boardwalk entrance at I’m blessed with the fact that I’ve always known decades in one of the craziest businesses in the Virginia Avenue. Bennett said that fans would what I wanted to do in life,” he said. “I’ve never world: the music industry. be lined up along the pier near the dressing once said that I’m quitting what I do.” Because so many in this business don’t share rooms in hopes of catching a glimpse of the “I’m getting a great education studying the the same sense of loyalty and appreciation, I stars who were playing that particular day. masters. It’s not that I want to do it. I have had to ask Mr. Bennett about that. “You’ve “Some of the stars even had to sleep on the pier to do it, whether I get up and paint or if I’m got to remember the people who have helped at times because they couldn’t get through the learning a new song. I’m always working at it, you along your way through life,” he said, “and large crowds. It was amazing!” but it’s not like work because I love what I’m Ed Hurst has been a big part of mine. I had a Bennett recalled the names who have graced doing. So in that sense, I’ve never worked a day million-selling gold record because of him.” The Steel Pier, everyone from Frank Sinatra, in my life,” Bennett said. I was also curious to know if Mr. Bennett Louis Armstrong, and Nat King Cole, to “Life isn’t disappointing to me. And I’m not still receives the same joy from music that he Abbott and Costello - not to mention many finished yet. I know I can get better. The dream experienced throughout his historic career. others who frequented its stages and halls I have is that - and if I get lucky it might just Without hesitation, he said emphatically, every summer. work - if I can keep singing until I’m a hundred “Unquestionably yes! I enjoy two very specific “I’m a saloon singer at heart,” Bennett said, and prove that I sound better at a hundred things with a passion, singing and painting. And “and playing stadiums and too large a crowd than I did at fifty or twenty, then if you keep I’m lucky enough to do both of them every day.” just doesn’t provide the same feeling of learning, you can get better. That’s what I’m This lesser known part of Mr. Bennett’s career intimacy that you get from a smaller venue. trying to do.” is his love of art. He became an accomplished The connection between the singer and Those in attendance at Caesar’s during artist after many years of training and practice. the audience isn’t possible when you’re Bennett’s sold-out performances would be in In fact, hanging in Ed Hurst’s den is a portrait playing before twenty thousand people.” complete agreement with that. Just like fine by this famous singer and painter who also When I took him back to his past and asked vintage wine, Tony Bennett continues to keep happens to be a very dear friend. about singing some sixty years ago, Bennett getting better with time and maturity.

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The Horsemen welcome, but should be aware that there will be a “no 2009 three-ship P-51 demonstration team is the world’s boat zone” restricting boaters except for the U.S. Coast Serving the Freshest, only P-51 Mustang formation aerobatic team. Other Guard, police and other marine units, from approaching civilian demonstrations include Tim Weber GEICO Extra too close to the Atlantic City beach. 300 Aerobatics, Rob Holland MX2 Aerobatics, and Jim Those coming to the show are encouraged to wear light Finest Seafood Beasley Jr. Spitfire Aerobatics. Signifying the beginning clothing, apply sunscreen, and bring bottled water, of the show will be a flyby from the Horizon Blue Cross sunglasses, and radios to tune into AM 1400 WOND for Blue Shield Blimp of N.J. the Atlantic City Airshow broadcast or Lite Rock 96.9 WFPG The Atlantic City Airshow “Thunder over the Boardwalk” for Gary Guida’s broadcast from the Boardwalk. You’ll also presented by Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa is free to hear call-ins on Cat Country 107.3, ESPN-FM 97.3, WZXL the public. However, for those looking for a front row 100.7, WAYV 95.1, WMGM The Shark, WTKU Kool 98.3 The heart-stopping feats, aerobatics maneuvers, seat, Flight Line Club tickets are available to purchase. and WJSE 102.7. Younger children may also find ear plugs formation flying and solo routines of the Atlantic City Tickets cost $20 each and include a seat, choice of one beneficial due to the close proximity of the aircraft. Air Show “Thunder Over the Boardwalk” presented hamburger or hot dog, one drink, and one bag of chips. The Atlantic City International Airport is the host airport by Borgata Hotel Casino and Spa will guarantee that For children under 12 years of age, admission is free but for the Atlantic City Airshow. While the majority of Wednesday, August 19, from 11 a.m. until 3:30 p.m., a seat and meal are not included. Food and beverage airshow performers take off and land via the airport, won’t be your usual day at the beach. is also available a la carte. The Flight Line Club, hosted the Atlantic City Airshow takes place over the beach Putting the thunder into “Thunder Over The Boardwalk” by Siganos Management, is located on the beach at and Boardwalk in Atlantic City. will be the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds, along with the Florida Avenue. Tickets may be purchased by calling Presented by Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa, the Atlantic U.S. Army’s Golden Knights, Marines, N.J. Air National 609-646-2292, extension 25. City Airshow “Thunder Over The Boardwalk” is a Guard, Coast Guard, civilian aircraft, and many more. There are several designated areas for parking in Atlantic community partnership between the Greater Atlantic Aircraft will reach up to 15,000 feet and as low as 50 City for the Airshow. Early arrivers may want to try the City Chamber; the 177th Fighter Wing of the N.J. Air feet over the water in front of the Atlantic City skyline. South Jersey Transportation Authority lots on Fairmont National Guard; South Jersey Transportation Authority; Along with the Thunderbirds and the Golden Knights, Avenue and Atlantic Avenue, and the parking garage FAA William J. Hughes Tech Center; The Atlantic City acts and returning demonstration teams from on New York Avenue between Atlantic and Pacific. International Airport; David Schultz Airshows, LLC; the the military included the U.S. Air Force-ACC F-22 However, remote parking at Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa City of Atlantic City; and the Atlantic City Convention & Raptor, Air National Guard 177th Fighter Wing F-16 is highly recommended. Borgata is easily accessible Visitors Authority. Fighting Falcon, NJ State Police S-76A+ and Bell 206 from the Exit 1 off the Atlantic City Expressway through demonstration, U.S. Navy F/A-18F Super Hornet, FAA the Atlantic City Connector. Visitors should look for For more airshow information, call 888-AC VISIT William J Hughes Technical Center Global 5000, U.S. directional signs in the surface lot. If you park in the (228-4748), visit www.atlanticcitynj.com, or go to Coast Guard HH-65 search and rescue demonstration, garage, walk through the casino to the North Entrance the official award-winning airshow Web site, www. atlanticcityairshow.com.

2009 Atlantic City Airshow “Thunder over the Boardwalk” Presented by Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa on Wedneday, August 19, 2009 10:30 a.m. Horizon Blue Cross Blimp of New Jersey Flybys 12:22 p.m. US Air Force F-16CJ Viper Demonstration 11:02 a.m. US Army Golden Knights Parachute Team Flag Jump w/National Anthem 12:35 p.m. US Air Force Heritage Flight (F-16, A-10, 2X P-51) 11:10 a.m. US Army Golden Knights Parachute Team Mass Exit Show 12:44 p.m. Horsemen P-51 Demonstration 11:17 a.m. US Air Force-Air National Guard 177th FW F-16 Fighting Falcon 12:55 p.m. Tim Weber GEICO Extra 300 Aerobatics Flyby (4-ship) 1:09 p.m. US Air Force-AFRC C-130 Hercules Flyby (4-ship) Award Winning Seafood 11:19 a.m. US Air Force-Air National Guard 108th ARW KC-135 Stratotanker Flyby 1:10 p.m. US Air Force-Air National Guard 106th RQS HC-130P 11:21 a.m. US Air Force-AFRC 514th AMW C-17A Globemaster III Flyby & HH-60G Demonstration 11:23 a.m. US Air Force-AFRC 76th ARS KC-10A Extender Flyby 1:32 p.m. Rob Holland MX2 Aerobatics 11:25 a.m. New Jersey Air National Guard Composite Flyby (KC-135 & F-16s) 1:45 p.m. US Navy F/A-18F Super Hornet Demonstration 11:27 a.m. US Air Force-ACC F-22 Raptor Flyby (4-Ship) 2-passes 1:58 p.m. US Navy Legacy Flight (F/A-18F & F4U Corsair) 11:32 a.m. Red Eagles Air Sports Teaser Demonstration 2:05 p.m. Jim Beasley Jr. Spitfire Aerobatics 11:40 a.m. NJ State Police S-76A+ and Bell 206 Demonstration 2:20 p.m. US Army Golden Knights Parachute Team Mass Exit Show 11:45 a.m. FAA William J Hughes Technical Center Beech 200 Flyby 2:38 p.m. Red Eagle Air Sports 2-ship Aerobatic Demonstration 11:46 a.m. FAA William J Hughes Technical Center Global 5000 Flyby 2:55 p.m. US Air Force Thunderbirds Enlistment Ceremony 11:49 a.m. US Coast Guard HH-65 Search & Rescue Demonstration 3:05 p.m. US Air Force Thunderbirds 12:03 p.m. US Marine Corps HMM-774 CH-46E SeaKnight Flybys (2-passes) 4:00 p.m. Airshow Ends PHILLIPSSEAFOOD.COM 12:08 p.m. US Air Force A-10A Thunderbolt II Demonstration ATLANTIC CITY PHILADELPHIA THE PIER SHOPS AT CAESARS SHERATON CITY CENTER HOTEL 609.348.2273 215.448.2700 26 | The Boardwalk Journal August 2009

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The Mancuso Family The Atlantic City Jitney Association 2300 Fairmount Avenue, Atlantic City, NJ 08401 serves the needs of the local P: 609-344-2439 F: 609-348-1043 • angelosfairmounttavern.com community as well as the millions of visitors to Atlantic City. We provide convenient, on-time transportation to ??? various points in Atlantic City. Jitney Color-Coded route numbers #1 Pink New Hampshire Ave. to Jackson Ave. via Pacific Ave. #2 Blue Marina Area-Trump Marina, Harrah’s, Borgata via Delaware Ave. to Pacific Ave. #3 Green Welcome to AtlAntic city #4 OranGe Locations for Jitney To all our Atlantic City visitors, the members of UNITE HERE! Local 54, the hotel and restaurant employees union, extend a warm and sincere welcome. The members of UNITE HERE! Local 54 are professionals in Atlantic City’s hospitality industry and we take ticket sales: our responsibility of making you feel welcome and comfortable very seriously. We hope that your stay here will be enhanced by good service and, if you’d like to reward an employee for that good service, here are a few guidelines you may wish to consider. Atlantic City Jitney Association Bartenders & Cocktail Waitresses: Showroom Maitre d’s & Ushers: We thank 201 Pacific Avenue Most casinos offer free drinks to players In a few showrooms where seating is not at tables and slot machines. A tip of reserved but remains at the discretion of you for staying Atlantic City $1-$2 is the norm for good service. the Maitre d’, a tip of $5 to $20 helps you If you get a round of drinks (four or more), get your desired seating. You might want Check Cashing you might add a few extra dollars. to tip the usher a few dollars ($2-$5) with us and hope 1226 Atlantic Avenue or for his or her courtesy even if you have Bell Captain, Bellman & Doorman: pre-assigned seating. that our service 3100 Atlantic Avenue The usual tip is $1-$2 per bag. 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UNITE HERE! cocktail show only; $10-$20 for a dinner show for the same size group depending a century of LocaL 54 on service. excellence 609-344-8642 colors take some effort due to their vague tints, flow becomes confusing when you don’t take and even white and black require a good look at the whole picture into consideration. their range of color values. Perhaps you want a While I respect how natural sunlight and size affect blue that reflects more grey. A paint deck walks a space, I don’t let them limit my color options. you through the color process with every blend For me, the most memorable spaces are smaller possible. If you have the luxury of starting with ones drenched in deep, comfortable colors. a blank palette, then choosing your colors just requires a little research. And here’s a final thought on flat versus sheen: By Tina Leonard flat or matte paint is forgiving on wall surface Looking through magazine photos to identify irregularities, but it will make a color appear Nothing transforms a space like color! It news is that a color exists for everyone - but rooms that use a color you love is a great start. deeper. By contrast, glossy, enameled paint Colorevokes a multitude of emotions and energy most likely it won’tTherapy be found on a wheel. If, like most of us, you’re in a space that’s already tends to highlight irregularities but it makes invested with furnishings and accessories, then while enhancing our material surroundings. Finding it requires a little soul searching. Color color appear reflective and lighter. When used selecting colors can be more challenging, but I The basics of color appear simple enough. is instinctive. It shouldn’t be decided from the that makes us feel more in touch with our body together, the finishes help recede and bring think the result is often more rewarding. It can We’re often directed to use the color wheel latest trend or because you like the way your and our spirit. Perhaps the vibrancy of spring, forward your desired color effect. as the standard tool when choosing a palette. the refreshing hues of summer, fall’s cozy be exciting to see a room come to life when the neighbor’s walls look. Color should be what Color awakens our furnishings, art, accessories, Dee backdrop has been reinvented. Suddenly, items Why then are so many people intimidated you love, what makes you feel good, satisfied, embrace, or winter’s glistening landscape will you were thinking of eliminating look fantastic. and our perspective. It allows us to feel when it comes to picking a color for their and happy. Color is born from inspiration, help narrow your selections. Once you connect home or office? to a season, choosing your colors becomes Everything feels harmonious and balanced. whimsical, romantic, playful, sophisticated, and inspiration can be found everywhere – in adventurous, and alive. Perhaps it’s time to I think it’s because color is so much more than nature, food, fabric, carpet, wallpaper, tile, even more simplified. You should always ask yourself if the color Decor brighten your life? a wheel and technical rules. Color is expression, your own closet. The next challenge is the spectrum that each you’re choosing makes sense to the room, to its contents, and to its adjacent interior and exterior and when used correctly, it is self expression. I like to use the seasons - spring, summer, fall, color presents. Look at any paint deck and Tina Leonard is a decorator and spaces. That is one color “rule” I do subscribe to. How color impacts each of us is subjective. and winter - as a visual starting point to help you’ll see that no red, blue, green, or yellow proprietor of Dee Decor & Design. Red, for instance, can create excitement in one is quite the same. There are different tones, Many spaces end up disjointed and the visual Design guide a client. We all have a favorite time of year She resides with her family in Linwood. person and be unsettling to the next. The good depths, and intensities for each of them. Neutral & Dee a personalized Decor decorating service Design tina leonard & phone 609.601.0553 [email protected]

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34 | The Boardwalk Journal August 2009 August 2009 The Boardwalk Journal | 35 “I think my years in the casino business day-to-day operations of the firm, overseeing a group of more than six hundred businesses in prepared me to serve all the needs of our all aspects from accounting, systems of Southern New Jersey. gaming clients,” said Kaufman. She handles information, marketing, and human resources. “It’s Ken who really makes this office run,” licensure, equipment approval, administrative “While other firms have grown for the sake of Levenson said of his firm’s Chief Operating proceedings, and financing for casinos, growing, gobbling up smaller firms, Cooper Officer. “We put all our eggs in the basket of a gaming suppliers, gaming industry vendors, Levenson has methodically grown through twenty-nine-year-old when he came on board. Cooper Levenson: and clients worldwide. Kaufman also handles integrating seasoned professionals into its In a gaming town, it can be said that we made a matters relating to skill gaming, promotional ranks,” Calemmo said. “Its commercial litigation good bet on Ken Calemmo.” sweepstakes, and gambling on the internet. 50 Years of Excellence in Law practice was expanded when Kevin Thornton Kevin DeSanctis, Chief Executive Officer of “Some regulations have eased through the and Mark Soifer joined Steve Scherzer, Rona Revel Entertainment Group, said, years,” Kaufman said. “Others - like matters Kaplan, Ric Shenkman, Jay Collins, Kathi involving financing - have become much Morris, and Bill Hughes. Mark Schwartz “Working on as many issues as we have with “Credibility and respect...built over a long Levenson has stayed and has grown in a town three areas of law, clients can find a specialist stricter in the current climate. Lloyd and I are has been a tremendous addition to our real the Cooper Levenson Law Firm, rather period of time.” that’s as well known for its beautiful beaches within their halls in just about any field. proud to have built an expanding client base estate transaction practice. He’s a guy whose than experiencing the ordinary lawyer/ that has taken us from multi-jurisdictional capabilities we had known about for years and client relationship, it feels much more like a This is how Lloyd D. Levenson, Esquire, CEO, and its boardwalk as it is for the casino industry “Our business has remained strong is because that has developed here these past three-plus to worldwide in our practice. It continues to had always wanted to have in our firm.” partnership. When important matters are in responded when asked to describe the Cooper we’re so diversified,” said Levenson. become more complicated, but also much their hands, there’s a level of confidence.” Levenson Law Firm, a company with a rich decades. For Lloyd Levenson, the idea of “In addition to our expansion to Las Vegas, leaving Atlantic City was unthinkable. “Every one of our experts is the best in his or more rewarding for us, too.” “Cooper Levenson is a preeminent firm in history and tradition, now operating in its her field.” He stresses the importance of the 52nd year in Atlantic City. Mark Juliano, Chief Executive Officer for dealing with gaming and other complex firm’s clients knowing that whatever their need, Trump Entertainment Resorts, said of Cooper “While other firms matters. But more importantly, they’re The practice is large enough to advise the they will be in the hands of the most qualified Levenson, “The firm has been an important part great citizens who are deeply involved with biggest and most sophisticated of clients while “Credibility attorney to handle that specific issue. of our community for years. The original senior have grown for the sake Atlantic City and the surrounding area,” added maintaining the cozy feeling of hometown Levenson began his legal career as an Assistant partnership was a mainstay in the community. DeSanctis. service necessary to an area such as Atlantic Prosecutor in Essex County in 1972 where I think that under the new partnership, they’ve City and its surrounding communities. of growing, gobbling Rob Salad is president of the firm. He just he worked for Joseph Lordi. Lordi went on continued to be involved in the community in recently celebrated his 25th anniversary with Beyond the knowledge and experience of and respect... to become the first an even bigger way.” up smaller firms, Cooper Levenson. its professionals is yet another quality: the Chairman of the New “We work with all the firms in Atlantic City, Salad received a firm’s unique understanding of how to deal Jersey Casino Control and Cooper Levenson gives back a lot. Lloyd Cooper Levenson has Masters Degree in with government on the state, local, and built over a Commission. In the particularly takes a lead in causes that are taxation in 1984 and federal levels. “It’s not enough to know the early 1980’s, Levenson important to the community. I think that’s methodically grown has been employed law backward and forward,” said Levenson. joined the Atlantic what sets them apart,” Juliano said. “It’s their by the firm since “It’s just as important to have the credibility County Prosecutor’s corporate culture and it gets set from the top. through integrating 1982, when he began and recognized ability to be heard by the long period office as Chief Lloyd Levenson leads by his own example. “ as a law clerk. He appropriate decision-makers. Knowing Assistant Prosecutor deals with the firm’s who to talk to about a client’s problem is for then Prosecutor “Giving money is one thing,” said Juliano, seasoned professionals Lloyd Levenson, Esq., CEO Ken Calemmo, COO complex tax issues. just as important as the technical nitty-gritty Joseph Fusco. Fusco “but Lloyd and his firm donate their time, and surrounding that problem. The best brief or of time.” had worked with that’s harder to give up than money. I think into its ranks.” “This is the only job letter in the world doesn’t do any good if the Levenson in Essex County and had just left they’re an exemplary firm with excellent I’ve ever had,” Salad said. This seems to be a right person doesn’t read it.” his position as Director of Licensing with the lawyers, but just as important, they’re great - Ken Calemmo common thread among Cooper Levenson Casino Control Commission. community leaders.” employees. The people who go to work here “Some people call it having ‘juice’,” Levenson - Lloyd Levenson, Esq. stay here. said. “But I think it comes from a hard-earned Levenson left the Prosecutors Office in 1984 Speaking with Levenson, or with any member reputation for competence and integrity. That’s to enter private practice. His experience as a of the Cooper Levenson firm, you get the we’ve also identified an opportunity in “We deal with many of the complex areas of what opens doors at any level of government.” “How could we be a committed gaming firm prosecutor prepared him well for a career in sense that there’s a real team concept at work Delaware,” he said. “We opened an office tax law,” said Salad. “Local, state, federal, and and not be located here?” he asked. From the here. They have a habit of inserting a team there to expand our bankruptcy practice. Eric international tax issues are matters before us “The Cooper Levenson firm is the largest in casino gaming. Trying cases as a prosecutor inception of casinos, Cooper Levenson has player into the precise spot that’s right for Browndorf and Alan Angelo now spend a good on a daily basis and they require all the depth the city,” said Atlantic City Mayor Lorenzo taught Levenson to think on his feet in the shined as the preeminent gaming law firm, any particular matter. Lloyd Levenson has portion of their time in Wilmington.” of experience that our firm possesses.” Langford. “They’re obviously one of the major unpredictable worlds of law and gaming. initially in the State of New Jersey and now adapted his competitive spirit as a star high players in casino gaming law, but I look at them “Trying cases means that you have to be ready “We’ve got clients and business projects all over Salad uses a sports analogy to describe the servicing clients around the world. school athlete into a business model designed the world,” said Calemmo. “No matter what the operation of the firm’s business. “It’s like a through a different spectrum of observation. I for everything...because anything can happen,” for excellence in delivering legal services. look at their contribution to civic and social The secret to Cooper Levenson’s success is said Levenson. “Being prepared is paramount. issue, we have a specialist, an expert in that field, football team. If every player is playing his simple. “Everybody is a specialist,” Levenson said. Levenson said that the key to the firm’s success to give the most effective representation for that position, it works and it works well.” Salad organizations, and their philanthropy is second Being able to make adjustments quickly is just is, “Good judgment in people, and good, plain to none. This is a firm that puts their money - The firm employs seventy lawyers and a hundred as important.” specific discipline of the law. We’re committed credits the team of professionals, the legal professional employees, all working with specific common sense.” to delivering unparalleled services, and we also assistants, and paralegals. “It’s our employees and more importantly their time - where their Lynne Kaufman is a graduate of the University areas of responsibility. “The law is very specialized Ken Calemmo joined the firm nineteen years have a deep commitment to our community who keep things going. We’ve worked hard mouths are. Their legal prowess speaks for of Pennsylvania and Villanova University itself, but their civic commitment and their these days,” he said, “and I’ll put our professionals ago, at a time when law firms were becoming and giving back in every way that we can.” to not lay off even one of our workers, even School of Law. She joined the firm in 1998 through the toughest of times, and we plan to sense of responsibility to the community and experts up against any firm anywhere.” businesses and not mom-and-pop shops Calemmo, like so many others in the firm, has after a ten year career as in-house counsel for a keep it that way. I feel very privileged to work exceeds anyone else.” anymore. He brought a wealth of experience in dedicated himself to community activities and Cooper Levenson has gone to great lengths major casino. She works closely with Levenson with great attorneys such as Ron Wagenheim, to make their firm a one-stop shop for all legal business administration in both the public and to public service. He was recently elected Chair While so many law offices and businesses in the casino law department. private sectors. Calemmo is charged with the Joe Mahon, Pat Agnellini, and Chris have fled Atlantic City over the years, Cooper matters. Because they focus on more than twenty- of the Greater Atlantic City Chamber, serving

36 | The Boardwalk Journal R August 2009 August 2009 R The Boardwalk Journal | 37 Wisniewski. All of them are instrumental in “During the last fifteen years, the state and “As law firms differentiate into specialty areas, coordinated effort of this firm and all of their Consistent with the firm’s commitment to “You and I have been opposing counsel in the success in our specialty.” federal governments have enacted employee some never interact with the City in their in-house experts.” attorneys who concentrate on a particular field, various personal injury cases for at least thirty- protection statutes and regulations that require practices,” said Atlantic City Councilman G. “Ron Wagenheim, particularly, has been Nick Talvacchia has been with the firm for Cooper Levenson is unique in maintaining four years. I’ve told so many attorneys that my mentor here,” he said. “He founded this a great knowledge of the law. In order to serve Bruce Ward. “Others, like Cooper Levenson, a separate appeals department to handle in my judgment, you’re the most competent our clients, there must be a full understanding actively represent clients before the City’s five years, working on a variety of land use department after serving as the senior trial issues while representing developers and other appellate matters at the state and federal levels. defense attorney I’ve ever had on the other attorney in the Chief Counsel’s office ofthe of everything involved in compliance with various Boards, guiding clients through Gerard Quinn is the Appellate Department side. Yet at the same time, you’re that classic these laws,” said Lichtenstein. regulatory and compliance requirements. clients. “It’s rare that a matter will affect only IRS.” A tax practitioner for over thirty-six years, one area of law, and because of the depth of chairman. Quinn is a veteran of over twenty- gentleman attorney.” he earned his B.S. from the Wharton School, This is the key, Lichtenstein believes, to Cooper Levenson is one of the city’s long- five years in this area of the law. One of his two established firms that have maintained a our firm, we can identify issues early to more Ken Wolfe concentrates his practice in his J.D. from the University of Miami, and a keeping businesses from being sidetracked effectively represent our clients and even save colleagues has over thirty years of experience commercial and financial transactions, real Masters in Taxation from New York University. by litigation and avoidable disputes. local presence in our community affairs. Its in litigation, transactions, and appellate work. founding partner, James “Jimmy” Cooper, them money,” said Talvacchia. estate development, and land use matters. Wagenheim brought his considerable skill and “We’ve taken a proactive approach to help The other is a judge advocate with extensive He’s represented a large number of clients in intelligence to a firm in the city his family our clients avoid conflict by conducting remains Chair of the Gardner’s Basin Board Talvacchia said that regulations are becoming experience in military law and civil law. The of Directors, continuing the firm’s tradition of much more stringent these days, and without real estate development transactions, from the has been part of for a long time. A regular seminars that keep them current on all their firm’s appellate department regularly practices most basic to extremely complex agreements, guest lecturer in law schools, Wagenheim is a responsibilities so they can better navigate giving back to the community.” putting together the right team of experts, before state and federal appellate courts, projects can be stopped dead in their tracks. casino developments, high-rise structures, and respected and beloved figure in an area of law the mine field of regulations.” Will Donio has been practicing law for the including the New Jersey Appellate Division, major subdivisions. “We’ve gone from a small Fortunately, the firm has a seasoned team, the New Jersey Supreme Court, the United that can be treacherously complex and dry. Lichtenstein, like so many of his associates, past fourteen years, the last six of which have local firm to a large and nationally recognized including Warren Stilwell, Nick Menas, and Ray States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, Salad is also proud to point out that things gives credit to the depth of his team for the been devoted to Cooper Levenson. He’s a one, and that’s very exciting to be a part of. In Papperman, who bring years of experience. and the United States Supreme Court. have come full circle for him now. His son is successful accomplishments of his department. specialist in the area of education law as well as order to keep up with the evolution of things, clerking for the firm, just as Rob himself did “My field crosses over into so many other areas an Adjunct Professor of Education at Rutgers “The role of the land-use attorney is to Louis Niedelman is a trial attorney with you need to specialize in a specific area in twenty-five years ago. “What’s better than that? of law. It’s the team of players we have at our School of Law. “I primarily represent schools quarterback the work with a team of experts thirty-seven years of courtroom experience. order to properly represent your clients and We’re a blessed and fortunate business.” firm that gives us the versatility to weave our and school districts for the firm,” said Donio. to completely represent our clients. We cover He concentrates on professional malpractice their needs.” “The area of education law has become highly all the ground that no one person could ever defense litigation and construction defect Russell Lichtenstein is considered an expert way through these complicated matters.” “One of the things our firm is most proud of is specialized. It’s moved in to the category of a cover alone,” he said. litigation. “I’m happier than ever with the in the ever-changing area of employment George “Chip” Godfrey is one of those team winning “The Bailey Award” presented by The niche practice.” direction of our firm,” said Niedelman. “It’s law. It involves interaction with clients, players. He helps in the defense of casino Cooper Levenson has established a significant Press of Atlantic City for charitable and civic the personality and the drive of the people businesses, and government agencies when clients in litigation matters. Eileen Muskett Education law is evolving constantly, given the presence in the state of Nevada as well, work within the community and the Southern here that have made us the broad-based firm dealing with compliance with local, state and works with Lichtenstein and has been with regulatory enactments and obligations being adding a significant additional player in 2007, New Jersey Area,” Wolfe said. “We’re the first that we are today.” Niedelman specifically federal statutes and regulations. Lichtenstein the firm since 1995. Like so many of her fellow placed on school districts and the challenges Kimberly Maxson-Rushton, well-known for law firm ever to win this award. It’s something cited his partners, Bill Kohler, Carmelo has been recognized as one of the premiere employees, she’s seen the firm grow and the being faced by parents and students. “The her experience in gaming and transportation we take immense pride in.” Torraca, and Joe Deal. Ken Sylvester and Jim trial attorneys in New Jersey and he has an law change considerably. She brings with her biggest challenge we face today is helping our issues in Nevada. Maxson-Rushton served in Paoli concentrate in the related but important Lewis April is the lead partner in the plaintiff’s impressive collection of favorable jury verdicts. a depth of experience, from her days clerking clients navigate the complex federal and state the Clark County District Attorney’s Office field of worker’s compensation. litigation department, responsible for handling He has been named as one of New Jersey’s for Atlantic County Superior Court Judge laws, rules, and regulations that are being from 1993 through 1998, then in the Attorney put in place in a time of serious monetary General’s Office as Chief of the Las Vegas all personal injury matters on behalf of the “Top Attorneys” in the employment litigation Carol Higbee to her work as a trial attorney Niedelman was one of those who worked on firm. April has obtained numerous settlements field by New Jersey Monthly Magazine from defending one of the largest mass tort litigation constraints,” said Donio. “You have to balance office and Counsel to the Nevada Gaming the Tropicana Casino garage collapse case a individual rights, Constitutional dimensions, Commission from 1998 through 2003. She and jury verdicts in excess of seven figures. 2004 through the present – every year they’ve cases in history. few years ago. “It consumed 95% of my time He carries over thirty-one years of defense and the labor and employment issues, all in the was Chairman of Nevada’s Transportation for three and a half years,” he said. “You can’t made that designation. Russell has also been “The law continues to change so much,” said experience. April was recently interviewed context of an ever-shrinking ability to provide Services Authority from 2003 until 2007. help but lose a part of yourself in trying a case recognized by the New Jersey Supreme Court Muskett. “Just this July, the Paid Temporary on national television regarding his successful those services. There’s always an answer...and like that. But when you come away with the as a Certified Civil Trial Attorney, and by the Disability Act in New Jersey came into effect, “I’m really enjoying working for this great law representation of the Becker family in the loss then there’s the education answer. I like to say, needed result, you’re satisfied in knowing that National Board of Trial Advocacy as a Certified bringing with it new rights for employees and firm,” she said. “It’s an ever-evolving industry of their two daughters, tragically killed in a if it happens in life, it happens in school.” you did right by your client.” Trial Advocate. new regulations that employers are required dealing with transportation, and gaming and motor vehicle crash. “It’s so helpful to have a large firm like utility issues here in Las Vegas. It’s the strength Levenson said of Lichtenstein, “Russell was to comply with. We help our clients establish The key to a successful outcome for Niedelman “The Becker case was so devastating way ahead of the curve. More than fifteen policies, procedures, and standards for the work Cooper Levenson right here in the city,” said of our team that gets the job done every time.” involves preparation, probing for the true facts Fred Nickles, Atlantic City Superintendent emotionally, and at some points, it made me years ago, he saw a changing area of law that environment to comply with local, state and Jerry Busby also works out of the Las of a case, legal research, and an application of of Schools. “They have experts in so many wonder if I was practicing in the right area of was going to bring with it new regulations federal regulations. With the talented employees Vegas office, handling a diverse variety of the law in a relentless defense. The renowned areas of law. With the ever-changing system law,” said April. “Once I got to know the family, that would require a new depth of experience. of our firm, we’re able to bring national caliber defense matters. trial attorney Paul D’Amato once said to it became an even more deeply emotional Russell met the challenge head-on.” service with a local feel to our clients.” of education, it really helps to have the Niedelman following a case against each other, experience. This firm is like a big family, our partners, lawyers, paralegals, secretaries, and everyone else who works with us. We’re all working for a common goal and that’s why we are successful.” We are pleased to welcome Michael Jacobson has been in practice for over thirty years and is well-versed in the areas of banking, real estate, commercial and municipal law, and civil litigation. He now concentrates on real estate, banking, and foreclosure law and related issues, such as tax appeals, lease/ contract work, purchase/sale, and zoning and planning. His client list includes banks, private companies, partnerships, and corporations. “Everything has become multi-faceted,” said Jacobson. “Gone are the days when you could handle a real estate transaction without so many other disciplines of law being involved.” When asked about his service since 1985 on the Board of Directors at Richard Stockton Erika A. Appenzeller College, Jacobson said, “It’s one thing to help people in the course of your business, but helping people through volunteer work is very rewarding. It’s not something we talk about to the here. Rather, we just do it, because it’s the right thing to do.” As someone born and raised in Atlantic City, and who has worked almost my entire life here, I thought I really knew about the Cooper Levenson law firm when I began writing this story. I knew that the firm is a big and accomplished practice. What I didn’t realize was just how big Cooper Levenson is, both in scope of its size and their record of accomplishment, here in this country and around the world. It’s no small feat to pioneer a course through the mysterious Formerly with the well-established labyrinth of both gaming and other areas of law, as Lloyd Levenson and his firm has Atlantic City Law Firm Jacobs & Barbone, done. In takes decades of experience, the development of good contacts in both the Miss Appenzeller will focus her practice on all private and public sectors, and most of aspects of Family Law and General Civil Litigation all, clients’ trust in them as experts in any chosen field. If you want to say that they have “juice”, that’s true, too, but understand that “juice” is really sweat from plenty of good, hard work over decades of service. The bottom line for this or any other law firm (609) 345-5800 looking to effectively represent their clients is the ability to get things done. It is by this measure that Cooper Levenson has set the bar high for everyone else to follow. www.LeonardLawGroup.com

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He kept all the color Richard Lucas. Touches of its storied past have capacity that I am involved.” grounded with whites and neutrals to maintain been provided by Paulajane D’Amato, who spent 1961: West Side Story rules the box office; a first treatment on their home shores. Her source “I think we all have someone - a family member Designers and decorators begin submitting sophistication. What was his biggest challenge her childhood and a chunk of her adulthood class stamp sets postal customers back four cents; for these funds was the residents of Atlantic or friend - who has been touched by cancer,” said their ideas to RNS in January of each year. with this room? “When we started, you could roll inside these walls that we would all just love to John F. Kennedy is sworn in as the 35th President City and its surrounding communities, and Scott Eccard. “RNS does a lot of good work, and Then, for the next six months, those who are a marble from one end of the room to the other,” hear talk. As we walk from room to room, we’re of the United States; and in Atlantic City, a mother these were twenty thousand 1961 dollars they I think all the designers believe in the cause. This selected will have their way with an assigned Eccard said. “The fireplace is on a platform. We privileged not only with the spectacular work of channels her grief into a cause that gives others donated. The Ruth Newman Shapiro Cancer is a way for us as designers to give back.” room of the chosen home. had to raise the platform three and a half inches the selected designers and decorators, but with hope while the FBI focuses a suspicious eye on Memorial Fund was born. Marcy Dash Friedman of Dashing Designs, to keep everything level.” personal and intimate moments of Paulajane’s As for the ultimate hosts, the Ruth Newman a local legend who has just dropped twenty five Initially, Rose’s only mission was to get that Inc. in Cherry Hill was initially disconcerted past as well. Paulajane has graciously provided Shapiro Cancer and Heart Fund, know that if large on a lavish home in Ventnor City. And yes, there are ghosts at La Dolce Vita, albeit cobalt machine to Atlantic City. But Atlantic when she was given the master bedroom to friendly ones. Sinatra and the rest of the Rat Pack, RNS with many family photographs that are you decide to visit this showcase, your dollars Forty-eight years later, two of these events County residents were still willing to help, and renovate and design - Skinny’s haven in his last Liberace, Berle, and Skinny himself...you can feel sprinkled through several of the rooms. are going to the best possible causes. Their have dovetailed into one of the premier local cancer victims continued to have needs. years. “It had many openings to contend with, all of them as you explore room to room. They’re La Dolce Vita is a grand ol’ dame up to the task of fundraising efforts benefit not only AtlantiCare social occasions of the season. On July 10, It seemed premature to disband the efforts which made it much more difficult,” she said. standing, dirty martinis in hand, grinning at all of providing RNS with its annual Show House at the Regional Medical Center, but also the Bacharach Rose Newman’s charitable efforts met Skinny of such dedicated volunteers. Further down But “out of nothing” came her favorite of all the us as we savor this peek at the glory days. Scott Shore. Perhaps none of the previous seventeen Institute for Rehabilitation, Cape Regional D’Amato’s intriguing past at La Dolce Vita, the the road, Rose’s organization expanded even RNS rooms she’s ever done. Eccard of Eccardesigns came to work every day homes to enjoy this spotlight have spoken so Medical Center, Shore Memorial Hospital, and home where Skinny, of legendary 500 Club further in response to others requiring urgent Chaz Scholtz of CSZ Designs in Bellmawr was with a CD player loaded with songs from the late specifically to the rich history of Atlantic City, to Gilda’s Club South Jersey, a club offering free fame, once lived “the sweet life” on Suffolk medical care and RNS began to address issues assigned to refit and redesign Bedroom #3, a fifties and early sixties. Some of them he liked, the days before casinos when gambling thrived emotional and inspirational support to those Avenue in Ventnor. of cardiac care as well. roughly 15’ by 15’ space he said required “special some of them he didn’t, but he chose them all to in dark and smokey back rooms. Skinny D’Amato battling cancer. The occasion was the Ruth Newman Shapiro What began as a need for a cobalt machine in planning”. “A 15’ x 15’ space can be consumed help him set the mood for his work. Several other lived and entertained here in this 4,500 square General admission to the Show House is $25 and Cancer and Heart Fund Annual Show House at 1961 has now mushroomed into one of the by two twin beds, or even one full size bed,” volunteers informed him that when he was away foot Dutch Colonial dedicated to sweet living, a Show House Sponsor Ticket is available for the Shore Gala Preview Party. And gala it was, premier charities in South Jersey, renowned Scholtz said. And this particular room had from his room, the CD player would stop and and it does RNS proud. $100. Such a ticket offers unlimited visits to this as hundreds of well-heeled guests threaded not only for its philanthropic efforts but for only one wall with considerable, uninterrupted start on its own, sometimes backing up as many “I believe the house is one of the best ever,” Chaz their way through the stunningly appointed its organizational quality and fundraising. space. “Planning the space to maximize as six tracks to land on a different song. Eccard 2009 design exhibition. The La Dolce Vita Show Scholtz of CSZ Designs said. “In my opinion rooms of a rejuvenated D’Amato family home Nobody raises money quite like the Ruth function while keeping the space open, fresh, laughed at the idea that Skinny - or Frank or House at the Shore is open to the public from there is something for everyone and all the spaces where they were treated to a smorgasbord of Newman Shapiro Cancer and Heart Fund and inviting required creative energy.” Sammy - was picking his favorite songs. “I might July 11 through Sunday, August 16, from 10:00 drink and hors d’oeuvres donated by various are exceptional in their own standing.” AM to 5:00 PM daily, except on Wednesdays does. To say that they have a flair for it is an When one of the RNS volunteers first stepped have done the same thing,” he said. “Okay, we can local eateries and service providers. and Thursdays when extra hours are offered understatement. into the “Steller Cellar” after Bill Collins of skip this song...” “I think the history of the home is terrific,” said until 8:00 PM. So stop by and share this glimpse The genesis of this story, the reason people arrived This year’s Show House is RNS’s eighteenth Painted River Studios in Corbin City was Also cementing the reflection of history are this Marcy Dash Friedman of Dashing Designs. “The into Atlantic City’s storied past, knowing your in droves at 12 South Suffolk Avenue that Friday such effort. Julie Reses, RNS President and finished with it, she cried, unable to believe year’s honorary co-chairs, Paulajane D’Amato, stories we all know - and the stories that the night, is Ruth Newman Shapiro. An Atlantic Show House Chairperson, says that the 2009 what Collins had accomplished with it. Collins firstborn daughter of the man himself, and walls know.” contribution is going to help save lives. City High School alumnus, Ruth excelled Preview Party brought a multitude of new said that the cellar was a particular challenge William McCullough, son of Marie McCullough, The designers also have nothing but accolades scholastically but ultimately her heart was in her faces from past crowds, a sign that its appeal is because there were so many different living home. Wed to her childhood sweetheart, they still growing after nearly two decades. environments all within one room. “When I Famous visitors to the RNS House include (from top left) Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr., Dean Martin, Nat King Cole and Liberace. created a family for several adopted children and The idea behind the Show House fundraiser is first saw it,” he said, “it was a dingy basement. Bottom right is wall image of Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin hanging inside house. one of their own. Then, at the age of 32, her life a little bit of genius. It offers a venue for area We started sandblasting in April and the whole was mown short by cancer. designers to showcase their work. It gives the process took ten weeks. It was the biggest Her mother, Rose Newman, chose to deal with public a peek into some of the finest homes space we ever did, and everything we touched grief in a proactive way, and ten million raised South Jersey has to offer - in exchange for a ticket unearthed a bigger problem underneath.” But dollars later, her response to Ruth’s death price donated to RNS which will eventually Painted River Studios paid attention to the has brought hope, medical care, and state-of- find its way to area medical facilities. details and they have seamlessly brought the past into the present with integrity and style. the-art equipment and facilities not only to The process typically begins around the first countless other cancer victims, but to sufferers of the year when RNS organizers start their Alicia Brown-Kosko and her associate, of heart disease as well. The odyssey began search for a residence that meets specific Beth Reale, of Interiors by Alicia out of in 1961, just about the time Skinny D’Amato criteria. First and foremost, it must possess Williamstown, did “Cocktails at Six”, a sun moved his family into his dream house. that magic something that will lure the public room on the first floor, and “Tiny Bubbles”, After Ruth’s death, one of the things that stayed into dropping a few dollars for the privilege of a powder room nearby. “The colorful cast of with Rose was that cancer patients at that time stepping inside. The chosen home needs history characters who walked these floors during had to travel out of state for intensive treatment. and public appeal. It also needs to be...well, the heyday of Atlantic City would hopefully Atlantic County’s facilities could not match needy. It must require renovation and some be pleased with what we’ve done,” Brown- those offered in New York or Philadelphia. measure of tender loving care. It must be large Kosko said. “What a fabulous time to have Ruth proceeded to raise more than $20,000 enough to offer space to a variety of designers, been alive and to experience La Dolce Vita! toward a cobalt machine for what was then and capable of accommodating hundreds of I hope Interiors by Alicia brought a little of Atlantic City Hospital so that others suffering guests. La Dolce Vita, for instance, has more that excitement back to Suffolk Avenue where from cancer could receive at least some of their than twenty rooms and seven bathrooms. cocktails are always at six!”

44 | The Boardwalk Journal August 2009 Hialeah - were nightclubs street-side with of Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis first joined And Skinny’s house is still alive with the gambling rooms in the back. And then, of together on stage there and history was made. memory of a man who was larger than life course, there was Skinny D’Amato’s “cigar The act put the 500 Club on the national map. and who tried to cheat death by reportedly store”, relocated to the 2000 block of Pacific Other legendary entertainment followed: smoking in excess of three packs of cigarettes Vita Avenue by the early 1940’s. Wagering - and Frank Sinatra, Patti Paige, Mickey Rooney, a day. At one time Skinny dreamed of being Dolce especially horse wagering - was alive and well Milton Berle, and Sammy Davis, Jr. La the first casino to legally open in Atlantic City, Living in Atlantic City, and eventually the law felt It was a time that will forever be remembered and that would have been only fitting for a By Beverly Bird Daddy’s Girl Comes Home: Paulajane D’Amato and the House That Skinny Built that such decadence should be addressed. as the 500 Club’s heyday. Skinny D’Amato legend who defined the city in he lived in, who But like a true celebrity, the house called La On July 14, 1941, Skinny’s “cigar store” befriended the pinnacles of every industry: brought it to the spotlight single-handedly, Dolce Vita does not lead with this cement, no was raided. Skinny landed on his feet and sports, entertainment, politicians. Those and who loved it even before the neon lights matter how famous the names and the prints launched a nightclub called Luigi’s at the celebrities poured into the 500 Club and hit the Boardwalk. stamped there might be. The house does not corner of Arkansas and Pacific Avenues. The they loved Skinny right back. Rumor has it Though Skinny intended to rebuild the 500 wear them on her forehead. A guest has to wind establishment that would soon become the 500 that Skinny was there when Frank Sinatra Club after the fire, it didn’t happen. The his or her way through the home first, has to Club was right around the corner, operating at floundered for awhile in the early fifties, holding cigarettes tragically caught up with him and go outside to the rear of the backyard, and has that time as the “500 Café”. him up, opening new doors for him through his he suffered a series of heart attacks in the to look for them. Like a star who knows she’s At Luigi’s, a gambling hall once again Club, and a lifelong friendship was born. seventies. In later years, however, the man still royalty, La Dolce Vita saves the best for last. flourished in the back, behind closed doors. Then Skinny married and his first daughter, did what he was known for...he entertained. The original “Mr. Atlantic City”, Skinny When Skinny was there, the place was Paulajane, was born. In the beginning, the And he ran games - right from his bedroom. D’Amato was born and raised on our shores. packed. When he wasn’t...it wasn’t. The D’Amato’s lived in an apartment atop the Club. Legend has it that in his infirmary, once the 500 Even as a child, he had a keen eye for human owners of the 500 Café took notice and tried As the Club turned to an entertainment focus, Club was no more, celebrities still trooped to nature, for all that people want to be and all to lure Skinny into coming ‘round the corner’ celebrities abounded - both upstairs and down. 12 South Suffolk Avenue in Ventnor to provide that they can be, for both good and for bad. to their own establishment. People from hundreds of miles away would Skinny his audience. Visitors to the RNS Show He applauded the good and he acknowledged “The Five” (as it would come to be affectionately flock to the shore, to the 500 Club, for the House at the Shore have said that they can that there was money to be made from the bad, called under Skinny’s ownership) was then entertainment. And celebrities from thousands feel their personalities there still. Skinny held from the inevitable vices that people will crave owned by a man named Phillip Barr and it of miles away would come to the New Jersey court in his bedroom, in silk pajamas, with his and succumb to, especially gambling. boasted the requisite horse-betting room at shore, to the 500 Club and to Skinny’s private cigarettes close by. parties, for his company. An era was defined. Born in December of 1908, he was dubbed the back. When Skinny was enticed on board, The current owners, Dr. and Mrs. Richard “Skinny” by his pals in Ducktown in tribute that horse-betting room grew to a full-fledged To hear anyone tell it, he was a man who gave Lucas, are, to Paulajane’s recollection, the third Frank Sinatra and casino. Popular rumor has it that Skinny won of his money freely; no matter how hard he Paul ‘Skinny’ D’Amato to his long, lanky frame. His ancestors hailed owners since the home left the D’Amato family. from Naples, Italy; Skinny was a first generation the 500 Café from Barr in a card game. Maybe, had earned it. And he was a man of utmost “I’m thrilled to death that there are people maybe not. Another version of history says that honor. What he knew, what he heard, would When the 500 Club burned to ash and American, born to a father who immigrated in the home now who truly appreciate it and Joey Bishop, Jackie Gleason, Jimmy Durante, after a couple of raids by authorities still intent never be repeated. cinders on June 10, 1973, legend has it that from the Old Country. When he was twelve, love the space that they’re in,” Paulajane said. Nat King Cole, Joe DiMaggio, and Sammy on shutting down Atlantic City’s back-room Skinny D’Amato wept as the building went Skinny’s family relocated to Missouri Avenue, This is what a visitor feels when walking the “They’re going to take care of it like I would Davis, Jr. games of chance, Barr suffered a heart attack down. But thirty-six years later, hundreds of not far from where the legendary 500 Club halls of Skinny’s La Dolce Vita. When asked have taken care of it. The place was home to and died. The 500 Café was repossessed by guests found the memories still alive when Cement does not burn. So after the fire, would eventually thrive. And Skinny found his about her memories of the home, Paulajane terrific fun, and Rick and Mary Ann Lucas get its mortgage holder. Skinny borrowed money they visited D’Amato’s one-time home at 12 the imprints were uprooted and moved calling here: running various games of chance said, “Every year was different, every season was that. They are so excited to live in Skinny’s from relatives (again), took a few partners on South Suffolk Avenue in Ventnor, courtesy to a warehouse, where they sat and sat... in the school playground. different. There were marvelously wonderful house that it just gives me goose bumps.” until daughter Paulajane celebrated her board, and bought the place back from the of the Ruth Newman Shapiro Show House at By the time he was fifteen,S kinny was ready to happy times, and there were - obviously - really first wedding anniversary at La Dolce Vita lender. According to Jonathan Van Meter in Paulajane said that Mary Ann Lucas told her the Shore Gala Preview Party. move onward and upward. Legend has it that sad times. It’s difficult to put them all together. that there is a part of the master bedroom that in 1978. his book The LastG ood Time 1, Skinny pulled I was eleven years old in 1961 when we moved Fire can kill tangibles, but memories have a he borrowed $40 from a relative and rented she cannot pass by without smelling cigarette off the reopening on a shoestring, sending in. I lived there until I was 36. That’s 25 years. breath all their own and as long as people are “I said to my father, why don’t we move the out the ground floor of a crumbling building smoke...despite all the renovating. When you brother Willie to buy liquor as needed by the There was a lot of activity all the time - positive alive to remember, as long as a piece here or footprints?” Paulajane said. “Let’s do it the on Arctic Avenue. The storefront was a cigar walk into Skinny’s room now at La Dolce Vita, bottle from a store down the street to keep the activity. The holidays were always great, and in there remains to be touched, the past does not day of the anniversary party and then we can store. The back room was something else if you can look around a seam in time, you crowds sated because he could not afford to the summer, when the awnings outside went die. The 500 Club lives still in La Dolce Vita’s pour fresh cement and get the prints of the entirely. Filled with cast-off furniture, Skinny can still see him: the cigarette in his mouth order in a full supply of liquor. up, that’s a great memory, too.” backyard, the home Skinny D’Amato called wedding party and everyone else, too.” So the ran his card games there. At first they were dangling when he laughed, the magic fingers Those in the know maintain to this day that “The Sweet Life”. “footprints” were carted home to Skinny and penny-ante. But Skinny grew up and so did his Paulajane recalls Sammy Davis Jr. singing “The ruffling a deck of cards, a hand in his pocket for to Paulajane, to 12 South Suffolk Avenue in aspirations. The most important thing he took mob money was not involved, and if Van Meter Candy Man” to her daughter at La Dolce Vita money for whoever needed it. Here, laid side by side, spanning an area of Ventnor, in time for the party. from those cigar store days was his name. He is correct then one would think not. Mob at the baby’s christening - and coming home some ten yards, are blocks of the cement funding would not have required sending one’s Skinny D’Amato was a gentleman. He kept “Danny Thomas was in Atlantic City on that developed a following. from New York one day to find no one home. pavement that once graced the front of the brother to buy liquor by the bottle to satisfy his secrets. He loved well, most especially his date,” said Paulajane. “He came to the party “My dad was not in his bedroom, my sister legendary 500 Club on Missouri Avenue in No matter who you talk to, the consensus is the thirsty gamblers. Van Meter also theorizes family, but also his friends. And the house with his wife, Rosie. He made his print that was not there,” Paulajane said. “I walked to Atlantic City. Here the stars would come same. Everyone liked Skinny D’Amato. So where that the fact that Skinny pulled off the opening on Suffolk Avenue lives on in his memory. night and he signed it. And that was the night the sun porch and I looked outside, and there’s outside before or after they had performed Skinny went, the crowds were sure to follow. of the new 500 Club on his own garnered him Thanks to the generosity of its new owners, that I announced that I was pregnant. Dad this film crew there, a TV crew, and my father to plant their hands or their feet into cement Contrary to modern opinion, gambling did the respect of those he did not take “funding” Dr. and Mrs. Richard Lucas, the memories, didn’t know. It was a surprise to everyone. and Eddie Fisher. Eddie had been asked to be freshly poured for the occasion. Crowds not come to Atlantic City in 1978. In the from – the mob. both tangible and imagined, are refurbished... And then Danny Thomas stood up and interviewed by some TV show, and he said that numbering in the hundreds gathered to watch. thirties, it was a goldmine industry conducted but still alive. announced that he wanted to be my child’s The 500 Club surged to the forefront of the only way he would do it was if it happened The superstar names of a bygone era have all behind closed doors. The top names in town godfather. And so he was.” entertainment in 1946 when the famed duo at Skinny’s house.” left their mark: Frank Sinatra, Milton Berle, - the Paradise Club, Club Harlem, and the

46 | The Boardwalk Journal August 2009 August 2009 The Boardwalk Journal | 47 Delaware Places Fantasy a bet on Sports Gaming FOOTBALL

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A flat-out beast, he’s the Governor Jack Markell of Delaware is betting filed a legal brief with the daily regiments. I like to wake up a little hands down number 1 pick in any draft. on it to remedy a state budget deficit that is Supreme Court of Delaware, early, make a pot of coffee and log onto LaDanian Tomlinson. He’s been beat up the reportedly between $700 and $800 million. opposing it. And Delaware’s my favorite free websites looking for the last two years and still managed decent stats. “racinos” - horse racing next Antonio Gates. After dinner, I’ll put in If he can stay healthy, expect a big year. In May, the Delaware Senate voted 17-2 in favor an hour or so developing a draft strategy. tracks that carry video slot Brian Westbrook. 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48 | The Boardwalk Journal August 2009 August 2009 The Boardwalk Journal | 49 Atlantic City Fire Department Officials Accused of Misconduct By Don P. Hurley This story is one of the more mysteriously The local chapter of the Reverend Al Sharp Department by named and un-named interesting cases that I can recall in all of my ton’s National Action Network, a group individuals and groups. years in Atlantic City. founded in 1991 is led by President Steven My confidential source said, “There certainly The only thing missing would be the basics Young of Atlantic City has also weighed in on should be no rush to judgment, especially usually required by a course in Journalism 101: the matter. by elected officials that are making public The Who, What, Where, When and Why? The National Action Network pledges to be a comments for political purposes with But we are going to try and tell the story anyway. civil rights organization working in the spirit no evidence.” and tradition of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Steven Young said that the Action Network There is as much outrage, sensationalism and with a standard of justice and decency for all genuine concern as I have ever observed for is calling for federal involvement with the people regardless of race, and the improvement investigation, given their experiences in the an incident that has been so fully talked about of race relations. minus the actual details of the allegations. past with matters involving the Atlantic City “These are very serious charges, and our group Police and Fire Departments. “I’m outraged and appalled,” said Atlantic City wants to be assured of an open and honest Mayor Lorenzo Langford when speaking about Law enforcement officials, including the investigation,” said Steve Young on behalf of Atlantic City Police Chief John Mooney, Fire the unspecified alleged acts of misconduct the Atlantic City Chapter. by certain members of the Atlantic City Fire Chief Dennis Brooks, and Atlantic County Department during a press conference at City “This is a public building we are talking about Prosecutor Ted Housel have neither confirmed Steven Young said that his group is trying to way, in a public fire house by as-yet-unnamed Need Roofing Hall on July 17, 2009. here in Atlantic City; a firehouse should be a safe nor denied an investigation into any of the build a trust between the citizens and the Police Atlantic City firefighters. haven, somewhere that people can go without reported allegations. and Fire Departments, although incident such A confidential source, working closely on the However, a confidential source close to the fear or abuse of any kind,” Young added. as this makes it difficult when they may involve and Siding? matter said, “The Atlantic City firefighter’s Mayor Lorenzo Langford said, “We are treating case said, “In the end, these same individuals “those who are charged to protect and serve names which have surfaced have an excellent At issue are unspecified allegations of these allegations very seriously. They will be who have rushed to judgment may be surprised the people of Atlantic City,” said Young. reputation as law-abiding and peaceful misconduct which have been hurled at fully investigated, and if they are found to be when the real facts of this matter are known.” certain members of the Atlantic City Fire true…then heads are going to roll.” Call Today! members of our community.” Many believe that this case involves young Thus far, for a story that has generated a women, some juveniles who were reported great deal of smoke, we have not seen any real to have been abused, maybe even in a sexual fire...yet. 609-822-4839

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Y y!! our l ic Cit ast stop before Atlant A History of the Ocean City Beach Patrol SummerBy Chuck Betson Days

It was the summer of 1970 and our country was Ocean City on a humid July morning, any of lifeguarding so enticing that people will being torn apart by a variety of forces, none of preconceived notions of the bronzed gods and hire lawyers and litigate just to try to keep which was responsible for the searing pain in my goddesses of lifeguarding are quickly swept on lifeguarding when they are past the age of arms, legs, and lungs as I took the test to become away. The phone doesn’t stop ringing and sixty? In Ocean City, like other South Jersey a member of the Ocean City Beach Patrol after Mullineaux’s lieutenants swarm around him beach patrols, there is no shortage of legal cases graduating from Lansdowne Aldan High School searching for answers that aren’t always there. filed by past lifeguards who feel they have been in Lansdowne, Pennsylvania. The long, cold “I’ll know when it’s time get out,” Mullineaux done an injustice by not being hired back. half-mile swim tested everything I had. said. “Just like when I knew it was time to get “There’s something special about the job that “Come on, you can still make the patrol!” out of being a football coach and an athletic gets into your blood,” Miller said, “and it’s not someone shouted from a boat that accompanied director. But I’m not there yet.” easy to give it up.” Miller retired from the OCBP the swimmers in the frigid June ocean. Mullineaux has been working in Ocean City for in 1997 after thirty-three years. He met his wife Susan on the 14th Street Beach in Ocean When it was over, the OCBP took thirty-two forty-five years and has seen the beach patrol enough publicity for the swimming and Hall of Fame in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. summer on the OCBP. But when February rookies out of ninety-seven applicants. A skinny change more times than a chameleon. Now it City and they’ve been together for thirty-four rowing races that are held every summer. And Then there’s the legendary Captain Lafferty rolled around, the itch to return would begin seventeen-year-old, I was number thirty one, runs under the auspices of the fire company in years. Together, they are a very cultural couple from there, an historian/writer was born. From who would schedule the South Jerseys on his and by Memorial Day, these same boys barely making the cut. The next nine summers Ocean City, with a heavy emphasis from the in Ocean City. Both are retired educators, and the days when Jack Kelly and his daughter birthday every summer and win them, much (and now girls) of summer would be ready to of my life would not be the same. United State Lifesaving Association. Fred has become the de facto historian for the City of Ocean City. In 2004 he wrote a book, Grace walked the Ocean City beaches, to to the chagrin of other beach patrols and come back for one more season on the beach. Flash ahead: It is now the morning of July 14, Mullineaux knows all about pressure. At “Images of America; Ocean City Beach Patrol”, the glory years under Lafferty when the lifeguards such as Jim Whelan, now a state One more summer on the beach. It sounds so 2009, and as the lifeguards on the legendary Frankford High School in Philadelphia, he took published by Arcadia. It was his second book. OCBP won fifteen South Jersey lifeguarding senator, who worked for the Atlantic City inviting now. That is the lasting legacy of the Ninth Street Beach in Ocean City begin their day over the football program after a legend, Coach The first, “Ocean City; America’s Greatest titles (including eleven straight), Miller has Beach Patrol and swam in the competition. OCBP in America’s Greatest Family Resort. by pushing their boat down to the water, six young Al Angelo, retired. He won at Frankford after Family Resort”, was a history of the city itself. chronicled it all in his book. It is must-read for On Labor Day, many of these figures would swimmers are already in trouble in a wash by the Angelo, and with the way he runs it, he’s still He is now ready to release a third about the anyone who has ever been a lifeguard, detailing suggest that this was it; this was their last rocks. OCBP veterans Jon Howell and Matthew winning now on the OCBP. city’s baby parade. the great competitive skills of the OCBP. The Betson do what lifeguards have been doing in “It’s much different now Betson,” he said. Miller got his taste for all this by working under South Jersey lifeguarding championships, Ocean City since 1898: they row the boat out “Cell phones. When people complain now which now consist of a doubles row, a swim, into the ocean and save the victims before the rest OCBP captain George Lafferty in 1981 when they call right from the beach. Used to be they Lafferty felt that the OCBP wasn’t getting and a singles row, have been held since 1924, of city has had time to wipe the sleep from their would go home and call or write a letter to making them one the longest-running events eyes. On Ninth Street, the day begins with a boat complain.” in South Jersey sports history. Beach patrols run (rescue). That’s the way Ninth Street is and $ * from Brigantine to Cape May compete. And always has been in Ocean City. But complaints aren’t the story of the OCBP - efficient lifeguarding is. There has never the OCBP has won or tied for the South And so it goes. The evolutionary circle is complete, been a documented drowning on a protected Jersey championships thirty times, more than like father like son, on the legendary OCBP. beach in Ocean City. People have died from any other South Jersey beach patrol. Ventnor 39 The Ocean City Beach Patrol is the second- heart attacks in the water and they have is next with fourteen titles. oldest beach patrol in the country, Atlantic City suffered strokes, but they have never died It’s not just chief Mullineaux or the Millers being the oldest. In 1898, after an outcry by local from drowning itself. who make the OCBP special. It’s a long line of Introductory businesses and newspapers, Ocean City hired “Swimming-wise we’re stronger than we’ve ever highly skilled athletes and characters who give 1-Hour Massage three men to patrol their beach. One of them been before,” Mullineaux said, looking out at it its flavor, which is distinctly that of summer. Session was Joe Krause, who had previously worked the water. “And we have to be, because we face The OCBP has had great rowers like Dave Lill, for tips, pulling people out of the surf. Krause, a major challenge every day protecting these Tom Stephanik, Ron Kirk, John Herron, Mark Franchises available along with George Lee and William Scull, beaches.” Baum, and Ted Evans, all of whom are in the MassageEnvy.com earned forty dollars a month. And thus began OCBP Hall of Fame. And there have been great Convenient Hours the legacy of the OCBP, which today employs a Why is the job so hard to give up, Mullineaux was asked? Why do grown men cry when swimmers like Dick Thieler, Paul Sweeney, hundred and sixty-seven men and women who Sid Cassidy, and Paul Mangin as well who patrol eight and a half miles of beachfront in they come back and aren’t given the beach Open 7 days. M-F 8am-10pm, Sat 8am-7pm, Sun 10am-6pm have brought glory back to the OCBP when “America’s Greatest Family Resort”. they want to guard? “There aren’t too many Massage Envy’s professional therapists can help you feel completely relaxed on your jobs where you put on a bathing suit to go to competing against other patrols. But there have Last year an estimated 3.2 million people used schedule. A one-hour session is only $39* for first-time guests. And with convenient hours work,” Mullineaux replied. also been great characters, like Charlie Duffy, and locations, rejuvenation is just moments away. the beaches in Ocean City. Protecting these who could knock a seagull out of the sky with Across town on Gull Road in Ocean City, people is a daunting task. When you climb a seashell and whose good looks could land Fred and Susan Miller sit in their home full up into the office of OCBP Chief Operations him a modeling job in New York. Or Bruce of Ocean City lifeguarding history, and they Officer Tom Mullineaux on First Street in Wigo, who would name his son Wolfgang and ponder the question: What makes the job go on to coach the U.S. water polo team in the Olympics. Today Wigo runs the Swimming

52 | The Boardwalk Journal August 2009 August 2009 The Boardwalk Journal | 53 King ItalIan GrIlle of the Food FightBy Regina Schaffer What a difference two years makes. would be his third-floor neighbors – and traffic generators – is not happy. In a lawsuit filed in lawsuit states. “Buddakan and Continental at front investment, the suit states – while the It was 2007, and newspapers, blogs and magazines the pier face declining revenues each year.” proposed Starr deals required Starr to make a Wings! touted the upscale dining that was available or April, Starr claims to have sustained millions of dollars in losses due to a lack of business. A lawyer for the defendants, Jeffrey Meyers of “substantial up-front investment” to build the coming soon to the third floor of The Pier at planned restaurants. Caesars, the new, high-end retail destination When financing for rumjungle and English is Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll LLP, has 1/2 Price billed as “the most distinctive shopping and Italian fell through, Chodorow pulled out – yet said that Starr’s accusations are inaccurate. Once the restaurants opened, Starr was required Wings every dining destination in Atlantic City.” Starr claims he was led to believe that Chodorow According to the suit, Pier developers allegedly to pay a minimum annual rent of $317,800 was moving forward with his restaurant and presented Starr with a lease schedule that for Buddakan and a minimum annual rent of Among the buzzed-about offerings: new $289,205 for Continental. Wednesday! branches of Philadelphia restaurateur Stephen nightclub. Pier developers knew Starr would “falsely stated that rumjungle and English is not open his restaurants unless Chodorow (Eat-In Only) Starr’s well known Buddakan and Continental Italian had binding and enforceable leases to Since last August, Starr has placed each monthly restaurants; Jeffrey Chodorow’s English is opened his, he claims – adding that developers open at The Pier for the summer of 2006.” rent payment into an interest-bearing escrow All of us at Jo Jo’s extend a warm knew that Starr’s restaurants were essential to Italian restaurant; and rumjungle, a glitzy “Had the landlord told the truth, Starr would account. Atlantic Pier Associates filed a complaint welcome to you and your family. keeping the third floor alive. nightclub made famous in Las Vegas. have walked away from the project prior to in response, claiming that Starr was not allowed It brings our family great joy to to place the rent in an escrow account under the Fast-forward to April 2009. The Pier’s third In short, Starr claims he was duped. March 2006, which could have doomed the introduce our style of cooking. entire restaurant promenade at The Pier, lease terms. District Judge Eduardo C. Robreno floor, known as the “promenade” level with its The four-count lawsuit, filed in U.S. District set a trial date for November. Boardwalk-style walkway, isn’t quite as full as Court in Philadelphia against The Pier’s stopped the opening, created an exodus by the the two floors of luxury retail shopping below developers and landlord, alleges fraud and retail and restaurant tenants, and left The Pier Starr is seeking compensatory damages of more Cooking it. There is no English is Italian restaurant. demands more than $20 million. with no known brand as a draw for the public,” than $20 million, as well as a termination of the the complaint states. Buddakan and Continental leases, “including is an art! The promise of a rumjungle is, apparently, a “Plainly, the rumjungle lease (and the English is broken one. A much-hyped wedding chapel Starr also claims in the suit that Pier developers the removal of all signage or any indication that Buon Appetito Italian lease) was meaningless and fictional – a they were related to The Pier.” and reception venue on the fourth floor also ‘bait and switch’ – that was designed to attract did not offer him the same deal they offered La Famiglia Giaccone remains dark. other tenants,” the complaint states. Chodorow. 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Last Tuesday, while granddaughter Grace, age three, was elsewhere when the Jersey Shore it was a three thousand square foot stand-alone facility And, of course, like so many other businesses in however, Callum seemed quite content hanging out in the museum. “She’s been in the grocery store now Children’s Museum was in its on Fire Road in Egg Harbor Township. While the museum our current economy, the museum faces financial their parents alike. Gena Sakers, a frequent museum guest in South Jersey. Callum was spending the day at the for two hours,” said Pfeiffer. infancy. That message was wasn’t seeking a huge profit (they are a 5013C nonprofit challenges. It makes money through admissions, birthday and mother of three, said, “My kid’s just love the Children’s Jersey Shore Children’s Museum. that they were undertaking organization), they did need to bring in enough money to parties, school trips, and memberships. Rainy weeks like Museum. 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Fortunately, most exhibits are sponsored by businesses. the relatively small scale of the Jersey Shore Children’s babies in the doctor’s office exhibit, while mom Michelle a week, from 10:00 to 5:00 Monday through Saturday The Pediatric ER is sponsored by Shore Memorial Hospital. Museum, Leigh Fox said that it was amazing what they Inserra uses strategically placed factoids, like “Medical Large it is. In addition to its Then along came the Shore Mall, a Cedar Shopping and from 12:00 noon to 5:00 on Sunday. Admission price Chiropractic Corner is sponsored by the Klingert Family had done with such a small space. Myths” to provide her daughter with new information. exhibits, the museum also Centers Property, with an offer too good to refuse: a is $6 per person per visit. Summer memberships, which Chiropractic Center. Both donate a portion of the exhibit As a former educator and mother of three, Inserra knows provides seasonal “Make and Take” craft activities such storefront location with no rent. When asked about this include unlimited visits from Memorial Day through Labor At only six thousand square feet, the Jersey Shore props and materials to the museum. If anyone is interested, a good thing when she sees it. “The museum encourages as foam ties for Father’s Day and flags for the Fourth of generous arrangement, Brenda Walker, Vice President of Day, are available for $50. Family memberships, which are Children’s Museum is definitely small, especially when sponsorships are currently available for the Construction kids to use their imagination, which I think is something July. It offers weekly story time during the school year, Cedar Shopping Centers, explained, “We like to be good annual and include unlimited visits in addition to a party compared to the approximately twenty thousand and as a big plus to local parents, it also offers birthday Zone, Library, Puppet Corner, and Craft Area. square feet of exhibit space at the Discovery Museum in that toys today don’t necessarily do,” she said. “And I can citizens. No matter where we have property, we try to be package discount, half-price guest passes, birthday party take my eight-year-old here and he has as much fun as party accommodations. All activities and programs with good neighbors.” In spite of its challenges, the Jersey Shore Children’s and museum store discounts, and a quarterly newsletter, Marlton, and the thirty-eight thousand square feet of the exception of space rental and parties are free with the behemoth Please Touch Museum in Philadelphia. my four-year-old.” While the museum still pays for utilities, exhibit upkeep, Museum has managed to create a dynamic, clean, and are available for $70. Parking is free. the price of admission. And admission is reasonable - user-friendly space enjoyed by its very young guests and Yet what this museum lacks in size, it absolutely makes Museum Director Sue Gunther couldn’t agree more. As $6 per person with coupons that are available in many and employees, this freedom from having to pay rent has up for in scope. Gunther explains to new visitors and those unfamiliar publications. (Note to coupon clippers…only one been a tremendous help. Their location is now widely with children’s museums, the Jersey Shore Children’s known and they get foot traffic from the mall’s anchor Specializing While the Jersey Shore Children’s Museum physically coupon is accepted per family per visit!) in Homemade encompasses three former storefronts in the Shore Mall Museum is most definitely hands-on. Some parents stores, Boscov’s and Burlington Coat Factory. As tenants of Here’s another note to the discount-savvy consumer: Southern Italian in Northfield, it is the home to a virtually unlimited look skeptical, but Gunther insists, “There isn’t one the Shore Mall, they also get a certain amount of publicity family who, if they give their kids a chance to play here, the Jersey Shore Children’s Museum store carries the just for being listed as a vendor. What’s more, in an area Cuisine since 1970 world of imaginative play and learning. Nestled hugely popular Melissa and Doug educational toys. within its corner of the mall, the museum contains goes out with a closed mind. They say the kids had a known for its outside recreational activities (think beach, great time.” And while the Museum’s proximity to larger shopping boardwalk, sun and sand); there is a definite benefit to Capri sixteen exhibit spaces loaded with hands-on activities venues prevents some guests from visiting the museum designed to promote creative role-play. Children ages “People are starting to realize that kids need hands- linking up with indoor activities. 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58 | The Boardwalk Journal August 2009 Going Strong at 95!!

Jack LaLanne on Living Life to its Fullest By Don P. Hurley

Now that we’re into the summer season, I was When the subject of his many world records Longer”. It will relate all of LaLanne’s secrets thinking about all the ways people work to stay and other feats of strength was broached, from the foods he eats to the exercises he does, fit and look their best when bathing suits and less LaLanne said, “I wanted to call attention to and it will include those things he’s done to cover drape their bodies, so I reached out to “The my profession and to the fact that anything help people to change their own lives. It will Godfather of Fitness”, Jack LaLanne. LaLanne is possible with regard to what you can call upon more than eighty years of experience will be turning 95 this September. I think it’s safe accomplish in life if people would fuel their in the fields of fitness, diet, and exercise. to say that his theories on health, exercise, and bodies with the right foods and exercise their “Living a long life is not difficult,” said LaLanne. nutrition have stood the test of time. bodies into a condition of health and fitness.” “But you have to do enough yourself to make The first ever to host a health and fitness In 1954, at the age of 40, LaLanne swam the it happen. It has to become a habit just like show on the medium of television, his “The complete length of the Golden Gate Bridge anything else.” Jack LaLanne Show” ran for thirty-four in San Francisco, California, under water and I wondered if it gave LaLanne a good feeling consecutive years from 1951 through 1985. with a hundred and forty pounds of equipment to have been known all these years as “The He was the single revolutionary in the industry strapped to his back. This feat set a world record. Godfather of Fitness”. He said, “It’s better than when he developed the first-ever health club At the age of 41, in 1955, LaLanne swam from if I was known as The Godmother.” LaLanne in America and opened it in 1936. After fifty Alcatraz Island to the Fisherman’s Wharf in San is sharp, quick, and witty, not just for a man years of development and operation, LaLanne Francisco while handcuffed. In 1956, at the age about to turn 95 years young, but for a person sold his empire of more than two hundred Jack of 42, LaLanne brought awareness to fitness by of any age. LaLanne Health Clubs to the Bally Company, appearing on the television show “You Asked which later became Bally Total Fitness. On the subject of milestones and feats, For It” and performing 1,033 push-ups live on LaLanne said, with a hearty laugh, that for his Today LaLanne says that the first thing he television in twenty-three minutes, another upcoming 95th birthday, “I might just tow my does every morning when he wakes is thank world record event. wife Elaine across the bathtub this time.” God that he is alive and well. Then he begins a Jack LaLanne was the first trainer to In closing, he stressed, “Remember, anything workout regimen that will last for at least two encourage people to work out with weights, is possible in life if you make it happen. God hours - at least ninety minutes of weight training and his concept that women should work helps those who help themselves and the most and thirty minutes of swimming daily. with weights, too, was revolutionary in the important person on this earth is YOU!” 1930s. “People thought it was a crazy idea,” When it comes to food, Jack keeps it simple. I wished Jack a happy 95th birthday in “If man made it, don’t eat it. And if it tastes said LaLanne. “I was encouraging both men and women to work out with dumb bells, and advance of the September date before saying good, spit it out. Three or four pieces of fresh goodbye. He replied, “Thanks, Don. I need fruit, raw vegetables, and whole grains...these the experts at that time said the men would be having heart attacks and women would be the birthdays to keep on coming... because are the natural things we need to put in our dying would ruin my image.” bodies. I just bought a new Corvette and I unattractively muscle-bound.” wouldn’t dream of putting bad fuel in this To coincide with LaLanne’s 95th birthday on prime vehicle. So why would we ever consider September 26th, he will release a new book: putting bad fuel in our bodies?” “How to Feel Better, Look Better, and Live

August 2009 The Boardwalk Journal | 61 The Last Word A Message for the UAW: Go Back to Detroit! area. All this comes at substantial cost to Atlantic City tax payers who United Auto Workers union, ATLANTIC CITY - On July 18, 2009 the foot the bill for increased police and other law enforcementSuch disruptions presence representing Atlantic City casino dealers at Harrah’s Entertainment needed to ensure safety for residents and visitors. also harm other local businesses. casinos Bally’s and Caesars, voted to authorize a dealer strike. The UAW UAW, which is based in Detroit but has recently started representing And these safety measures are more than precautionary. The workers in unfamiliar industries, claimed “overwhelmingUnion officials support” say that has been confronting customers at the casinosU andAW mailing obtained post-cards Harrah’s from its members in favor of the authorization. to customer homes. When asked how the “97 percent” approved the measure, but have refused to release data on customer addresses, Harrah’s spokespeople said thatU Harrah’sAW might keeps have the number of members, nearly 3,000 dealers, presentUAW for officialsthe actual now these lists confidential and is investigating how the vote. Now that the authorization has been granted, obtained them. need to approve a strike. Harrah’s reports that it has not seen a dip in customer traffic in its Tourism to Atlantic City is at a 30-year low, and the gaming and casinos, proving that UAW tactics are not having their intended effect, entertainment industry is struggling in the face of unprecedentedU AW but is still concerned that driving away customers will have negative challenges posed by the economic crisis. Despite this, the consequences for all of Atlantic City. believes a dealer strike and driving away customers through a costly Further, the UAW has blanketed Atlantic City with radio, television, smear campaign aimed at Harrah’s will provideUAW’s economic agenda, benefit some tosay its and billboard advertising stating their accusations about Harrah’s. But members. Though a strike might serve the no court has found merit in any of these accusations, and Harrah’s that it doesn’t recognize the economic impact that it will have on the UAW offers strike benefits of $200 per has not been found to be violating any labor laws as enforced by the very dealers it represents. The National Labor Relations Board. week to striking members. But Caesars dealers can make an average of $224 per day during summer months, according to recent analysis Though theU AW has voiced displeasure that some employee benefits, of dealer toke rates. such as 401k matches, have been cut, Harrah’s has also frozen executive pay and suspended bonuses in an attempt to preserve jobs and long- pokespeople for the UAW say the strike authorization vote is a S term opportunities for its 14,000 Atlantic City employees. JUNE 23 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 6 reaction to Harrah’s Entertainment’s alleged unwillingness to negotiate UAW has recently began picketing – a contract for dealers, and the The Atlantic City casino industry is an engine of employment busing in college students and other union members from around opportunity and job growth, employing more than 41,275 people This award-winning show combines magic, comedy and elegance with all the New Jersey and Pennsylvania - in front of Caesars. But Harrah’s and directly and 21,000 people indirectly. Over 30 years, the Atlantic City dark fun and intrigue of a traveling carnival. You’ve never seen anything like it! the UAW have met more than 50 separate times to negotiate, and the casino industry has generated more than $17 billion in taxes and fees for New Jersey. UAW has cancelled a number of other negotiating sessions. CARNIVAL OF WONDERS SUMMER PACKAGE The UAW has informed Atlantic City law enforcement that such Finally, it should be noted that salaries have been frozen and all picketing will continue for six to eight weeks in front of Caesars, Manager’s and above have taken a 5% cut in pay. 2 VIP seats • Overnight accommodations in a Deluxe Room Bally’s, and Harrah’s Resort, and could involve both protests on foot in Traffic picketing, which the In the present economic climate, casinos cannot afford to lose front of casinos as well as traffic picketing. customers and Atlantic City cannot afford to lose tourists that make For Room and Package reservations, visit www.trumpplaza.com or call 1-800-677-7378. UAW also employed over the weekend, involves union representatives job and economic growth for residents and local businesses possible. disrupting traffic by driving numerous large trucks in line through the Tickets on sale now at the Trump Plaza Box Office, ticketmaster.com or call Ticketmaster at 1-800-736-1420. What is the UAW DOING? Nt cIty sAme OlD trIcks...DIffere etrOIt DON’t let the UAW turn Atlantic city into the next D www.trumpplaza.com