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9 gouniy umm BREEDERS' CUP CLASSIC MAV BE WIDE OPEN. CK HOLMDEL IS TENNIS TOURNEY CHAMP. CI mr i 1 1 feL.J asburyvpark i ii i ii i ii xi fir xi xiy xi htv' JERSEY LIFE CAN WE BE WIRED FOR LOVE? Dl V'-: 3 I SINCE 1879 h4J it fTl 4 I I A GANNETT NEWSPAPER 50 CENTS LONQ BEACH TOWNSHIP: Tuesday's storm scooped tons of sand off beaches and dunes on Atlantic Ocean beaches, leaving decks on homes on 55th Street perched on the brink. The township will bulldoze some sand back in place, (staff photo: tim mc carthyj m. 2 Drivers in the Miami area waited for hours, some overnight, for a chance to fill up at a Sam's Club gas station, and when the line got snarled, anxious motorists screamed at each other as several police officers tried to restore order.

"This is like the Third World," said Claudia Shaw, a native of Colombia who said she never Coastal towns vulnerable if fall or winter storms strike BUSINESS rvnrnrf? uri LATLnlO flLLr COUPLE GET FINANCES FIXED. Fl THURSDAY, OCT. 27, 2005 Mother guilty of looting trust fund disabled daughter By KAREN SUDOL FREEHOLD BUREAU FREEHOLD A Fair Haven woman has admitted spending a substantial portion of a $2.8 million settlement trust that had been established for her daughter, who was born with severe neurological disorders and cerebral palsy. Barbara Marschall, 49, pleaded guilty Oct. 20 to using money from her now 20-year-old daughter's trust fund which had been established solely for the daughter for her own benefit while having no authority to do so, the Monmouth County Prosecutor's Office said Tuesday in a statement.

Specifically, Marschall bought luxury cars, including Mercedes-Benz and Porsche convertibles; took lavish vacations; and bought a plasma-screen television and a tanning bed, according to prosecutors. She also used the money to buy cocaine and heroin and pay for bail and legal fees associated with arrests on drug-possession charges, prosecutors said. In exchange for plead- ing guilty to a single count See Trust fund, Page AS 12T1I DISTRICT Pay-to-play, tax reform key issues By JAMES A. QUIRK FREEHOLD BUREAU At the beginning of 2003, it seemed far-fetched to think that Michael J. Pan-ter Jr.

and Dr. Robert Morgan, a pair of Democrats with no previous government experience, could derail the Republican juggernaut that had controlled the 12th Legislative District for more than three decades. But by the end of that year, a stream of frontpage, revelations about Senate President John O. Bennett Ill's profiting at taxpayer expense swayed voters, who put three long-serving incumbents out of office. When the smoke cleared, Ellen Karcher, then the Marlboro Township Council president, had defeated Bennett, then the most powerful elected Republican in the state.

And Panter and Morgan, Karcher's running mates, See 12th, Page A2 Coming Friday Take along our Tillie mask to the 2005 Weird N.J. Halloween Party on Saturday at The Stone Pony. JERSEY AUVEI JMHBB Holmdel U.S. grid all quit Pop Warner staff will take over By SCOTT STUMP STAFF WRITER HOLMDEL Two days after Holmdel High School head football coach Joe O'Connor abruptly resigned, all nine assistant football coaches at the school turned in their resignations on Wednesday in a show of solidarity. O'Connor resigned Monday in the middle of his sixth season as head coach because he said he believed the administration undermined his authority after he dismissed a player from the team on Saturday and that player was reinstated by the administration on Monday.

On Wednesday, Holmdel assistant coaches Robert Kearns, Mark Van Horn, Harry Anderson, Ed Helf-rey, Jeff Philhower, Bill Graybush, John Bird, Dave Menges and Pete Raspitzi all resigned effec tive immediately, according to Holmdel athletic director Laurie Cancalosi. Coaches from the Holmdel Pop Warner teams will take over for the rest of the season, which includes Friday's game at See Coaches, Page A5 Gubernatorial camps push mail-in ballot By JONATHAN TAMARI GANNETT STATE BUREAU TRENTON Election Day is 12 days away, but the two leading candidates for governor are encouraging their supporters to vote now. With a new state law essentially allowing any registered voter to make choices using an absentee ballot, the campaigns for both U.S. Sen. Jon S.

Cor-zine, and Republican Doug Forrester have pushed to get out the vote early. Absentee ballots must be received by county boards of election by 8 p.m. on Election Day, Nov. 8, whether sent by mail or hand-delivered. But it's unclear whether the new law and campaign efforts will make a difference.

Rutgers University political scientist Ingrid Reed said it's hard to tell if the law will lead to more people voting, or if the same voters will just use a new method. Reed, director of the New Jersey Project at Rutgers' Eagleton Institute of See Mail-in, Page A15 ABbury Park Press daily coaches LONQ BEACH: A surfer emerges from a wave Wednesday in the Holgate section. Surfing's been awesome for the past two days, devotees say. (staff photo: tim mc carthy; mm MORE COVERAGE CLEANING UP: Repairs to beaches, boardwalks and other property continue all along coast. PAGE A7 FRUSTRATION: Flood victims on Waretown's bayfront fault town officials.

PAGE A8 CROPS DAMAGED: Produce from Florida will be more expensive. PAGE Fl Visit our Web site, www.app.com, and look under Today's Spotlight1 on the homepage for a link to a video clip featuring staff writer Dan Kaplan reporting in the midst of Tuesday's nor'easter. Also, look under flooding photo galleries' for photos of the storm-hit shore. Cool Partly cloudy. WEATHER A2 TEMPERATURES BREAKFAST 42 LUNCH 51 DINNER 52 a I By BRIAN PRINCE MANAHAWKIN BUREAU When the waters that washed across the Boulevard receded, it was not flooding that Long Beach Island officials were primarily concerned with but beach erosion.

Harvey Cedars, Beach Haven and several areas of Long Beach Township suffered severe damage to their beaches and dunes in Tuesday's nor'easter, according to the state Department of Environmental Protection. To Anthony Aukstikal-nis, who has lived in Harvey Cedars since 1992, it's all part and parcel of living on Long Beach Island. It does not mean he does not fear damage or loss of his home in such circumstances. "Of course you get nervous," Aukstikalnis said, but he added, "You also are pretty used to it." The Army Corps of Engineers' beach replenishment project, he said, will be a big ment once it pleted. Throughout lmprove-is corn-southern Ocean County, residents and officials coped with the aftermath of a rainstorm that cut into dunes and gave new meaning to the term "waterfront property" in several towns.

"These are areas where shore replenishment work is most desperately needed to protect the infrastructure, businesses, homes and potentially people's lives," the Jersey Shore Partnership, a group that lobbies for funding to protect the shore, said in statement Wednesday. Long Beach Township Public Works Superintendent John Jones said See Storm, Page A6 BUSINESS Fl COMICSPUZZLES Qt EDITORIALS A 18 HOMEGROWN DIP MOVIESCELEBS Da OBITUARIES Ala TELEVISION 09 TROUBLE SHOOTER 07 MANASQUAN: Catherine and Al Kelly of Middletown walk along the sand-covered boardwalk Wednesday. (STAFF PHOTO: TANYA BREEN) Shortages angering Florida residents saw such conditions in her home country not even when the power went out. "We live in a state where we suffer from these storms every year. Where is the planning?" At least one relief site of 11 in Miami-Dade County ran out of supplies Wednesday, and others were running low, Mayor Carlos Alvarez said.

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS MIAMI Thousands of increasingly angry Meridians spent Wednesday searching for gasoline, food, water, building materials or other aid supplies. Sometimes they waited in vain, at gas stations with no fuel or electricity, or at some aid distribution centers where, on a day before, promised trucks filled with necessities never materialized. Preserving the dead It took a lot of work for ancient Egyptians to prepare a body for becoming a mummy. BRAINSTORMD4 IF -i ft Call Todayl 1 -677-735 SELL Read 'On The Run' Wednesdays.