What is it with us? We moan and groan all winter long about snow and cold and ice and then the first warm day hits and we’re complaining about heat. Yes it was a bit of a shock Monday as temperatures soared over inland areas but it was great to roll down the windows in your car and open the windows in your home. So what if it was a bit warm….can’t you flash back to a few short months ago when we were digging out from two feet of snow? Don’t you remember that promise you made about not complaining about the heat? Frankly you either forgot or just need something else to be miserable about. Don’t fret because the heat wave was short-lived….at least for now.
It has to be a parent’s worst nightmare…the death of a child. However one can’t even imagine the pain that comes when it’s discovered that death was a suicide.
That’s the pain being felt by a Point Pleasant family as officials have ruled that a 19-year old woman intentionally drove her car onto the tracks and into the path of an oncoming train Saturday night in Spring Lake. Published reports say the 2010 Point Pleasant Borough graduate was having a rough freshman year at Rutgers and a recent breakup made things even more difficult. It is the latest of several suicides that have involved teenagers and trains on the North Jersey Coast Line in southern Monmouth County and it’s become a frightening epidemic.
Things are moving along very well for the Dick Gabriel Memorial Golf Outing on June 6th at Toms River Country Club. Friends and family have organized the benefit in memory of the longtime Island Heights resident, who lost his battle with cancer last spring. Dick and I were classmates at Central Regional High School where he was an outstanding baseball player and his death left friends and family wanting to do something to perpetuate his memory as proceeds from the golf outing will go towards a scholarship fund in his name. Openings to play golf are limited and the day-long event will also feature a dinner and gift auction which I will emcee. For information you can visit www.dickgabrielmemorial.com
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