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Houston Has Liftoff for Local Youth
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Middletown, NJ – The high-flying Middletown-based UltraTwisters Trampoline Team is home to seven United States National Trampoline Team members. Six of those UltraTwisters athletes traveled to the newly named US Olympic Training Site just outside Houston, Texas this past weekend on their first 2011 assignment representing the United States. Cody Gesuelli of Middletown, Audrey Ghanian of Holmdel, and Meghan O'Connell of Middletown were selected for the Junior National Trampoline Team. Two brothers from Atlantic Highlands, Jeffrey and Steven Gluckstein, and team mate Sean Kennedy of Middletown will compete this year as members of the Senior Trampoline Team.
(Back row left to right) Jeffrey Gluckstein (18), Sean Kennedy (23), Steven Gluckstein (20)
(Front Row) Cody Gesuelli (12), Audrey Ghanaian (15), Meghan O'Connell (13)
The three-day camp, the first this season for the US national team, included three daily workouts along with the other national team members from all over the country.
Ultra Twisters Head Coach Tatiana Kovaleva, four-time World Trampoline Champion, and Assistant Coach Kyle Bowen, former US Team Member and Colorado Springs Olympic Training Center Resident Athlete, were among the coaches invited to the training camp.
Sounds of Highlands Junior Concert Features Gifted Young Performers
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ATLANTIC HIGHLANDS, NJ - Thirty-three talented performing artists will take the stage at the Central Baptist Church in Atlantic Highlands at 3 p.m. Sunday, March 6 as the third annual "Sounds of the Highlands Jr." Concert showcases the very best professional and aspiring young musicians in the Monmouth County area.
Participating artists auditioned in January and have been working with voice and movement coaches under the direction of Laura DuBois. A professional back-up band composed of David Paul Crowton, Jim Mizell, and Geoff Hipschman will accompany vocalists.
Tickets for Sounds of the Highlands Jr. are reasonably priced, making this concert a perfect opportunity for families to enjoy live music together.
Admission is $15 for adults, $5 for children age 12 and under. Refreshments will be available to purchase at the intermission. The concert will be filmed by video artist Robert O'Connor, and DVDs may be ordered.
The concert is sponsored by the Atlantic Highlands Arts Council.
Human Rights Day Celebration
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FAIR HAVEN, NJ - the Greater Red Bank Church Women United Unit will celebrate Human Rights Day at Fisk Chapel AME in Fair Haven on Fisk St. at 11am on March 4th. Everyone is welcome to attend. This year’s theme for Church Women United is “Living the Legacy, Driving the Movement” and refers to the 70 years that Church Women United has been living the legacy of our founding mothers, and the need for us to continue to “drive” the movement. Recognizing the individuals who have worked tirelessly for the cause of Human Rights is the key to this celebration. We all have people in our communities who have been committed to lifting up the cause of peace and justice in many different ways.
The Greater Red Bank Unit is proud to recognize The Reverend Dr. Henry P. Davis, Jr. Dr. Davis presently serves as the Senior Pastor, St. Paul Baptist Church, Atlantic Highlands, NJ. He has been pastor at St. Paul’s since July 1973. Dr. Davis has developed programs of evangelism, missions, education and stewardship. Dr. Davis has served as Moderator of the Seacoast Missionary Baptist Association on three different occasions. He is presently First Vice Moderator-at-large of the Moderators’ Auxiliary7 of the National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc. Pastor Davis holds the Doctor of Ministry degree from Drew University and the Master of Divinity degree from New Brunswick Theological Seminary. Dr. Davis is a veteran of Korea where he served as a Ground Radio Operator. He has served in several civilian capacities with the Air Force and Department of Army. He is a member of several community organizations in Monmouth County. He has received numerous awards from social and civic organizations. He is a Life Member of the NAACP. He was inducted into the Morehouse College, Martin Luther King, Jr. International Board of Preachers on April 2, 2009. He is married to Dolores Ryan of New Carrolton, Maryland. They are the parents of tem adult children and 22 grandchildren.
After our celebration we will continue with a light lunch. Everyone is invited to help us honor and celebrate Human Rights!
Michael Riley To Preach at the First Presbyterian Church
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ATLANTIC HIGHLANDS, NJ - Newspaper columnist Michael Riley will preach at the 10 a.m. Sunday service at the First Presbyterian Church.
Michael Riley
His sermon title will be "A Way out of Hell," which will focus on the ways we keep ourselves from experiencing God's love and how to find it.
Riley is an ordained minister and a regular preacher at the church. He is also an author and editorial writer at the Asbury Park Press, and his weekly Press column,"Only Human," appears on Fridays.
Riley will continue his popular "mystery bag" children's sermon series when youngsters try to "stump the pastor" by placing a small personal "treasure" in a brown paper bag. He then picks one bag and creates a children's message from its contents.
Leonardo Citizens Committee Discusses Property Taxes
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LEONARDO, NJ - On Friday night, February 4, 2011, the Leonardo Citizen's Committee held a meeting at the New Jersey Blindmen's Association on Burlington Avenue, Leonardo. Residents of Leonardo attended the meeting as well as Atlantic Highlands realtor Raymond Passaro.
Several citizens stated they received a letter from Realty Appraisal of West New York, with lower property tax assessments. Mr. Passaro stated that even though the taxes were assessed lower, it did not mean that the property taxes were necessarily going to be lowered. He said that it was the rate that determines if the taxes are going to be lowered, they may not be lowered at all. Mr. Passaro also stated that assessing value occurs at a certain period of time. He said that in the past, the values on homes were always more than the assessments, and that the values of homes were down 25%.
It was also noted at the meeting, that with a new rule on property taxes, if a resident does not pay the 4th quarter taxes, then a lien could be put on one's home.
Tax appeals are still be filed by residents who live on waterfront properties.
