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ASBURY PARK PRESS I THURSDAY, APRIL 22, 201 0 B3EAOSKEWS ON YOUR CELL PHONE: ACCIDQiTAL SHOOTING Man hit in the leg after a rifle is dropped at a Lakeviood shooting range. 3 FRAUD IKDICTCIEOT Ex-Brick man accused of fraudulently collecting more than $180,000 in disability payments. 2 COMICS PUZZLES See pages 6,7 TextAPPNEWSto 44636 (4INF0) to gM breaking news SMS alerts from APP.com. ord leach to shelve Point mamce Would have made civilian head of police dept. form of municipal government, the mayor can vote only to break a tie.

He also has veto power, but his veto can be overridden by a two-thirds majority vote by the council. Barrella said the proposed ordinance was unpopular with a majority of residents. During a budget workshop meeting Tuesday night, Hennessy and Dyer said they now support keeping a police chief as the head of the department, Barrella said. See PL Beach, Page B2 23-officer department, Council-men Jeffrey T. Dyer and Sean Hennessy said they had concerns with how the force was managed by Police Chief Daniel DePolo, who had retired two weeks earlier.

Councilmen Dyer, Hennessy, Raymond C. Cervino and Frank J. Rizzo voted for the proposed ordinance. Councilman Timothy P. Lurie and Councilwoman Kris-tine Mercuro Tooker voted against it.

Barrella also is opposed to the proposal. However, under this By ERIK LARSEN TOMS RIVER BUREAU POINT PLEASANT BEACH Mayor Vincent R. Barrella said the Borough Council will shelve the plan to have a civilian head of the Police Department. Last week, in a 4-2 vote, and following a passionate five-hour debate before a standing-room-only crowd, the council introduced an ordinance that would have created the post of police director. In explaining their support for a civilian director of the Community Former board member, merchant Write-in candidate wins big in Plumsted By KEITH RUSCITTI TOMS RIVER BUREAU PLUMSTED Herbert Marinari has been a community leader in the township's New Egypt section for three decades.

He owns the Big Woods Garden Center and Nursery, and he is president of the Plumsted Business and Merchants Association and a former Board of Education member. On Tuesday night, the community rallied in support of Marinari's public service by voting him onto the Plumsted school board as a write-in candidate. He gar- "A lot of my heart is in that school district think I have a good rapport with the teachers. I think we have the best teachers and best Medical Center touts 'go green' initiative 0P.Qfr.P.P the Di SMfc 3 Last week, in a 4-2 vote, and following a passionate five-hoar debate before a standing-room-oriy crowd, the council introduced an ordinance that would have created the post of police director. MORE ONLINE: Visit app.com and search "Earth Day" to read more stories relating to its 40th anniversary and to view our special page, Earth Day 2010.

rector of hospitality services at the hospital. "We are averaging 400 pounds of food waste a day. That kind of food waste is very heavy to haul to Dumpsters, so with Chester we are doing something better for the environment." The organic food digester is a big part of a "go green" initiative at the hospital, started last year by Yanisko and members of his staff. See Chester, Page B2 students aroindi 3 Herbert Marinari, write-in winner in Plumsted STAFF PHOTO: TIM MCCARTHY Tom Yanisko, administrative director of hospitality services at Community Medical Center in Toms River, watches as kitchen employee Arnold Pascual dumps a tray of waste food into the organic waste decomposition system Tuesday. IQIXTl l- I nered 702 votes to gain one of the two vacant spots on the board.

"I really didn't think I had much of a chance," the 64-year-old Marinari said Wednesday. "I'm very humbled by it." His wife, Janet, said they were "overwhelmed" when they saw the vote totals late Tuesday. "The website said 'Write-In' had 702 votes, and I thought 'Write-In' has a name," Janet joked. Garrett Midgett III was the top vote-getter in the race with 850 votes. Political newcomer Paul F.

Milligan finished third with 570 votes, while incumbent Lawrence Downs received 492. "A lot of my heart is in that school district," said Marinari. "I think I have a good rapport with the teachers I think we have the best teachers and best students around." He said a couple of months ago some people urged him to run for a seat on the board but he was hesitant to put his name on the ballot. And Marinari said he stayed away from the PTO-sponsored candidates debate "out of respect for the candidates on the ballot." But he did build momentum with campaign mailers and leaflets that he had distributed in the past month. Finally, at the budget meetings last month, Marinari said he decided to give the school board another shot.

"There wasn't one issue that made me run, but I felt I could provide some experience to the board," he said. See Plumsted, Page B2 1 staff photo: tim McCarthy Waste oil from the hospital kitchen is collected In this cube-shaped container. The waste Is converted into a fuel to power vehicles. JUST THE FACTS Today is 40th anniversary of Earth Day. Earth Day aims to inspire awareness and appreciation for Earth's environment.

It is observed in more than 140 countries around the world. Earth Day is usually celebrated with outdoor performances, where individuals or groups perform acts of service to earth. By MICHAEL AMSEL TOMS RIVER BUREAU TOMS RIVER Its official name is organic food digester, but employees in the kitchen area of Community Medical Center af-fectionally call the machine "Chester the Digester." Chester captures all organic kitchen food waste, including scraps and leftovers, and processes them utilizing enzymes to break the food down into a liquid that is environmentally safe and flows down the drain. A big benefit of the process is that it eliminates food waste from having to be carted away to a landfill, where it eventually becomes biodegradable, but sometimes produces methane gases. "Chester is kind of like a virtual stomach.

Anything a person can eat, he can digest," said Thomas Yanisko, administrative di- deadly force handgun. Jensen shot at Stoia twice after Stoia allegedly raised his pistol at the officer. One bullet struck Stoia in the face. Stoia has been in police custody at Jersey Shore Medical Center in Neptune since the shooting. He has undergone reconstructive surgery there and remains in critical but stable condition, hospital officials said.

He has not posted $200,000 bail, Brick patrolman taken off streets after shooting Investigation begins into use of Capt Thomas Hayes, a county Prosecutor's Office spokesman. Jensen is the second officer to shoot a suspect in about 15 months. Sgt Terrance Cover, a narcotics officer, shot a suspected drug dealer in the leg in January 2009. Covert was assigned to administrative duties for about three months after the shooting, Rein said. A grand jury did not charge Covert with any crimes, the state Attorney General's Office confirmed.

Covert was returned to his unit in March 2009. i By MATTHEW McGRATH TOMS RIVER BUREAU BRICK Patrolman Joshua Jensen, who confronted and shot a suspected thief Saturday morning, was taken off the streets until Ocean County Prosecutor's Office detectives finish their investigation into the cop's use of deadly force, township police confirmed. The limited responsibilities assigned to Jensen are typical for a police officer who needsto fire his weapon while on the job, Capt John Rein said. Jensen was the first officer to respond to the CVS pharmacy on Burnt Tavern Road at 6:32 a.m. after a burglar alarm was tripped minutes earlier, police have said.

Jensen confronted Ralph Stoia HI after the 30-year-old state corrections officer exited the rear of the pharmacy armed with a.