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Pemberton Township Clean Communities came to
Presidential Lakes Today July 19, 2008. The turn out
of P.L. residents was not what I expected. There were
about 20 people who participated in this event which
targeted New York Road, the Washington Blvd.
entrance, Dakota Trail entrance, Deep Hollow and
Upper Mill entrances.
The amount of trash in this community was
unbelievable, everything from apple juice bottles to
tires and whiskey bottles. Deep Hollow Road between
Route 70 and Oregon Trail is a dumping place I guess
for the pint size whiskey bottles on the way home.
(Pemberton Police should set up a check point)
Presidential Lakes Today July 19, 2008. The turn out
of P.L. residents was not what I expected. There were
about 20 people who participated in this event which
targeted New York Road, the Washington Blvd.
entrance, Dakota Trail entrance, Deep Hollow and
Upper Mill entrances.
The amount of trash in this community was
unbelievable, everything from apple juice bottles to
tires and whiskey bottles. Deep Hollow Road between
Route 70 and Oregon Trail is a dumping place I guess
for the pint size whiskey bottles on the way home.
(Pemberton Police should set up a check point)
You will see in the pictures the amount of pint
size Inver House Scotch bottles I personally
picked up (15 I believe), along with wine, beer,
vodka bottles. Are there really so many people
who drink and drive? There also had to be 20
bags of leaves just dumped along the fire lane,
not to mention the trash.
I just can not believe that so many people have
no respect for our community and feel they can
just litter the way they do. Just thinking that a
resident of the community could do such a thing,
I would rather they moved.
size Inver House Scotch bottles I personally
picked up (15 I believe), along with wine, beer,
vodka bottles. Are there really so many people
who drink and drive? There also had to be 20
bags of leaves just dumped along the fire lane,
not to mention the trash.
I just can not believe that so many people have
no respect for our community and feel they can
just litter the way they do. Just thinking that a
resident of the community could do such a thing,
I would rather they moved.
It is really sad that 2 dozen people spend 3 or 4 hours cleaning up just 5 roads and there is still so much
more to do! For those resident's who came out to this event I applaud you, to those who create this
mess, you will hopefully get caught. By the way Mayor Patriarca and his wife were in attendance on their
33rd Anniversary. Happy Anniversary and Thanks for coming to P.L. to help clean it up. I guess we
made a dent in it.
Please stop your littering before we are nothing more than a trash heap.
Thomas Maahs, Sr.
PL resident POSTED 7/20/08
more to do! For those resident's who came out to this event I applaud you, to those who create this
mess, you will hopefully get caught. By the way Mayor Patriarca and his wife were in attendance on their
33rd Anniversary. Happy Anniversary and Thanks for coming to P.L. to help clean it up. I guess we
made a dent in it.
Please stop your littering before we are nothing more than a trash heap.
Thomas Maahs, Sr.
PL resident POSTED 7/20/08
I just purchased gas in Pemberton Borough for $3.95 per gallon. Drove into Browns Mills...two
stations was posting gas at $3.79 per gallon. Traveled along Lakehurst Road to get home and there
are two traffic lines along the road from both directions at the gas station...price listed is $3.56!!!!
Interesting turn of events...
By the way I want to thank all the volunteers for their efforts at cleaning up PL this morning...even saw
the Mayor doing his part as I was driving along Upper Mill Road. The edge of the forested lot just
across the street from my house looks better as the bottles and cans were picked up by three
volunteers this early morning.
Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
Ruth Adrian
POSTED 7/20/08
stations was posting gas at $3.79 per gallon. Traveled along Lakehurst Road to get home and there
are two traffic lines along the road from both directions at the gas station...price listed is $3.56!!!!
Interesting turn of events...
By the way I want to thank all the volunteers for their efforts at cleaning up PL this morning...even saw
the Mayor doing his part as I was driving along Upper Mill Road. The edge of the forested lot just
across the street from my house looks better as the bottles and cans were picked up by three
volunteers this early morning.
Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
Ruth Adrian
POSTED 7/20/08
DEAR EDITOR
WOULD YOU PLEASE POST THESE IMPORTANT ISSUE'S FOR OUR TOWNSHIP VETERANS. THANK YOU,
RUDY IRIZARRY
PEMBERTON TOWNSHIP VETERANS ADVISORY COMMEETY
Subject: VFW Washington Weekly, August 5, 2008
VFW WASHINGTON WEEKLY
August 5, 2008
In This Issue:
1. VA Funding Passes House
2. New Housing Bill has Vet Provisions
3. House Passes Vet Bills
4. Congress on August Recess
1. VA funding Passes House: By a 409-4 vote, the House passed the 2009 VA and Military Construction funding bill. The
bill builds on last year's historic funding increase, providing $8.8 billion more than last year's funding level. For VA, it's a
$4.6 billion increase in funding to a total of $47.7 billion. It includes funding to treat the 40,000 new Iraq and Afghanistan
veterans that VA expects to treat this year.
It also includes funding for:
* Priority 8 veterans - would allow a small number of new Priority 8 veterans back into the health care system
* Mental health care - nearly $1 billion more than last year's funding level for PTSD, suicide prevention and other mental
illnesses
* Mileage Reimbursement - would increase the rate by $.13 per mile and freeze the deductible
* Rural care - increases funding for rural care options, especially targeted at returning Guard and Reserve members who
live far away from VA facilities
* Research and prosthetics - over $170 million more than last year's amount
* Claims processors - allows the hiring of 2,100 additional processors to help reduce the disability claims backlog
* Construction - begins funding six additional VA facilities and allows smaller projects to be conducted at 145 additional
locations
The Military Construction portion of the bill includes $336 million in new funding for quality of life programs for troops and
their families, much of which is targeted towards barracks and medical facilities. It also sends $3.2 billion specifically
towards military housing.
The bill awaits Senate action. With the Senate on recess until September, we will not see any movement for a while.
Once the Senate passes its version of the funding bill, the differences would need to be resolved before being sent to the
President.
For a detailed summary of the bill: http://appropriations.house.gov/pdf/MilConSummaryHP09.pdf
For information about the bill:
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d110:h.06599:
To see how your Representative voted:
http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2008/roll563.xml
2. New Housing Bill has Vet Provisions: The housing and economic recovery legislation that was recently signed into law
(PL 110-289) includes several VFW-supported provisions designed to safeguard servicemembers and veterans during
the mortgage and foreclosure crisis.
Some of the provisions in the bill will:
**Prohibit foreclosure of servicemembers property for at least nine months following deployment.
**Increase the amount of VA's Home loan guarantee program.
**Authorize VA to provide assistance for specially adapted housing to active-duty members with certain
service-connected disabilities.
**Allows individuals with severe burn injuries to be eligible for specially adapted housing assistance.
**Extend through December 31, 2011, the period of assistance for individuals residing temporarily in housing owned by
a family member.
For the entire bill's provisions click here: http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d110:h.r.03221:
3. House Passes Vet Bills: The House passed eight veteran-related bills covering a wide array of benefits. Several of the
bills will provide new protections for servicemembers who have or are in the process of being deployed. One such bill is
HR 6225, The Improving SCRA and USERRA Protections Act of 2008. Provisions include requiring judges to give
veterans a hearing when they are seeking to regain a job lost during deployment and allowing servicemembers to
terminate contracts if they are notified of deployment. It also lets them continue education benefits where they left off prior
to active duty.
VFW Resolution 639 supports another bill cleared by the House- HR 6445 ,The Veterans Health Care Policy
Enhancement Act, would eliminate co-payments for catastrophically disabled veterans and would direct VA to develop
and implement a comprehensive policy on the management of pain. It also mandates the VA to centralize third party
billing, and allow family members of veterans to be eligible for counseling.
For a complete list of bills passed visit the House VA website at: http://veterans.house.gov/news/
4. Congress on August Recess: Congress heads out of town with many items left on the agenda including VA funding
and the Defense Authorization bill. Now is the perfect time to visit their local offices and talk about issues important to
veterans and the VFW. Remember all of the House members are up for re-election in November so they should be
willing and eager to visit with you. When making an appointment make sure you arrive promptly and come prepared to
discuss your issues. It is best to stick to one or two specific items and give examples of why you (VFW) support these
issues. Always thank them and remind them that you expect them to do the right thing for America's veterans and
servicemembers. For a list of our priority goals visit our website at:
http://www.vfw.org/index.cfm?fa=caphill.leveld&did=3694
To find contact information for your Representative including district office locations, type your zip code in the box in the
following link: http://capwiz.com/vfw/dbq/officials/
POSTED 8/6/08
WOULD YOU PLEASE POST THESE IMPORTANT ISSUE'S FOR OUR TOWNSHIP VETERANS. THANK YOU,
RUDY IRIZARRY
PEMBERTON TOWNSHIP VETERANS ADVISORY COMMEETY
Subject: VFW Washington Weekly, August 5, 2008
VFW WASHINGTON WEEKLY
August 5, 2008
In This Issue:
1. VA Funding Passes House
2. New Housing Bill has Vet Provisions
3. House Passes Vet Bills
4. Congress on August Recess
1. VA funding Passes House: By a 409-4 vote, the House passed the 2009 VA and Military Construction funding bill. The
bill builds on last year's historic funding increase, providing $8.8 billion more than last year's funding level. For VA, it's a
$4.6 billion increase in funding to a total of $47.7 billion. It includes funding to treat the 40,000 new Iraq and Afghanistan
veterans that VA expects to treat this year.
It also includes funding for:
* Priority 8 veterans - would allow a small number of new Priority 8 veterans back into the health care system
* Mental health care - nearly $1 billion more than last year's funding level for PTSD, suicide prevention and other mental
illnesses
* Mileage Reimbursement - would increase the rate by $.13 per mile and freeze the deductible
* Rural care - increases funding for rural care options, especially targeted at returning Guard and Reserve members who
live far away from VA facilities
* Research and prosthetics - over $170 million more than last year's amount
* Claims processors - allows the hiring of 2,100 additional processors to help reduce the disability claims backlog
* Construction - begins funding six additional VA facilities and allows smaller projects to be conducted at 145 additional
locations
The Military Construction portion of the bill includes $336 million in new funding for quality of life programs for troops and
their families, much of which is targeted towards barracks and medical facilities. It also sends $3.2 billion specifically
towards military housing.
The bill awaits Senate action. With the Senate on recess until September, we will not see any movement for a while.
Once the Senate passes its version of the funding bill, the differences would need to be resolved before being sent to the
President.
For a detailed summary of the bill: http://appropriations.house.gov/pdf/MilConSummaryHP09.pdf
For information about the bill:
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d110:h.06599:
To see how your Representative voted:
http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2008/roll563.xml
2. New Housing Bill has Vet Provisions: The housing and economic recovery legislation that was recently signed into law
(PL 110-289) includes several VFW-supported provisions designed to safeguard servicemembers and veterans during
the mortgage and foreclosure crisis.
Some of the provisions in the bill will:
**Prohibit foreclosure of servicemembers property for at least nine months following deployment.
**Increase the amount of VA's Home loan guarantee program.
**Authorize VA to provide assistance for specially adapted housing to active-duty members with certain
service-connected disabilities.
**Allows individuals with severe burn injuries to be eligible for specially adapted housing assistance.
**Extend through December 31, 2011, the period of assistance for individuals residing temporarily in housing owned by
a family member.
For the entire bill's provisions click here: http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d110:h.r.03221:
3. House Passes Vet Bills: The House passed eight veteran-related bills covering a wide array of benefits. Several of the
bills will provide new protections for servicemembers who have or are in the process of being deployed. One such bill is
HR 6225, The Improving SCRA and USERRA Protections Act of 2008. Provisions include requiring judges to give
veterans a hearing when they are seeking to regain a job lost during deployment and allowing servicemembers to
terminate contracts if they are notified of deployment. It also lets them continue education benefits where they left off prior
to active duty.
VFW Resolution 639 supports another bill cleared by the House- HR 6445 ,The Veterans Health Care Policy
Enhancement Act, would eliminate co-payments for catastrophically disabled veterans and would direct VA to develop
and implement a comprehensive policy on the management of pain. It also mandates the VA to centralize third party
billing, and allow family members of veterans to be eligible for counseling.
For a complete list of bills passed visit the House VA website at: http://veterans.house.gov/news/
4. Congress on August Recess: Congress heads out of town with many items left on the agenda including VA funding
and the Defense Authorization bill. Now is the perfect time to visit their local offices and talk about issues important to
veterans and the VFW. Remember all of the House members are up for re-election in November so they should be
willing and eager to visit with you. When making an appointment make sure you arrive promptly and come prepared to
discuss your issues. It is best to stick to one or two specific items and give examples of why you (VFW) support these
issues. Always thank them and remind them that you expect them to do the right thing for America's veterans and
servicemembers. For a list of our priority goals visit our website at:
http://www.vfw.org/index.cfm?fa=caphill.leveld&did=3694
To find contact information for your Representative including district office locations, type your zip code in the box in the
following link: http://capwiz.com/vfw/dbq/officials/
POSTED 8/6/08