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B2 Asbury Park Press Friday, Oct, 7, 1994 -1 AIDS lecturer sounds wake-up call -7 It wasn't until several years later that she discovered he was infected with the AIDS virus, after she saw her former husband discussing his illness on television, she said. By JONAS GRYOER PRESS CORRESPONDENT MIDDLETOWN TOWNSHIP "Wake up! You are playing games with your lives," Sharon Lund, an AIDS educator, shouted at the audience attending her lecture on the disease at Brookdale Community College yesterday. Lund, a heterosexual woman who became infected with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, in 1984, emphasized that anyone who puts themselves at risk can contract the deadly disease. "The virus doesn't ciiscriminate. People discriminate," she told the mostly college-age crowd attending the lecture.

Lund detailed how she caught the disease from her second husband during a marriage that lasted only six months. milk, semen, vaginal fluid and blood, she told the audience. She emphasized the importance of using a condom with every sex act, and told members of the audience to "always assume the other person is HIV-positive." Although Lund said anyone who contracts HIV now that its route of transmission is known "has no one to blame but themselves." As a white, heterosexual woman, Lund said she has received better treatment than the majority of AIDS sufferers. Still, when it became known she was infected with HIV six years ago, people stopped using her typewriter at work, co-workers stopped coming to her office and all but one of her friends deserted her. "AIDS is preventable, but it is only preventable when each and every person takes responsibility for their lives," Lund said.

She said statistics prove that despite repeated attempts by educators such as herself, people are not taking that responsibility. On college campuses, one in 95 people is infected with the virus, she said, adding 'that means probably at least one other person in this room other than myself has AIDS. "Among all age groups, about one in 250 people nationwide are afflicted, including more than 22,000 in New Jersey," she said. Twelve of the approximately 60 audience members raised their hands when asked if they knew someone suffering from the disease. AIDS can only be contracted by contact with four bodily fluids: breast JAMES J.

CONNOLLYAsbury Park Prs Mickey Hayes leads chamber of commerce effort. Lund It wasn't until he was on his deathbed, in 1990, that her former husband admitted to Lund that he knew of his infection before marrying her, she said. "I understand how he felt," she told the audience. "I'm not angry that I'm infected with AIDS." "What I am angry about is people not taking responsibility for themselves," she said. "This is life and death." honored for making a While many of the businesses support the idea, others are skeptical, Hayes said.

Many people, including Reid and Councilman Dennis O'Keefe, who owns the Study Hall Gym on Route 36, said they like the idea and are waiting to see how it is organized. "He has some very, very good ideas and he's full of energy," O'Keefe said. "There's a definite need for a chamber. It's worthwhile see how he sets it up." Borough Manager Philip D. Huhn also thinks Hayes is on the right track.

He has helped Hayes find information from the state Chamber of Commerce. "They can't solve their problems without knowing what the problems are," Huhn said. "The main factor is getting the business community together and talking to one another. They have to keep talking. "Until they do that, (the business community) will be like a ship floating on an ocean without a tiller, floating aimlessly," he said.

"This is the first step." Hayes, an ironworker in New York, envisions a chamber of commerce that will hold festivals and car shows and publicize local sports. It could arrange a low-interest loan program and help attract professional and retail businesses. In addition, when a business expands or improves its property, he wants property tax breaks from the town. He also wants the chamber lobby the Borough as well as state and federal officials, to improve the business climate. For information on the chamber, call (908) 495-0072 or (908) 787-4379.

Business From page Bl image has to go. There are good people in town. But the image is of a (welfare) town, a low-income town. That's because people (from other towns and cities) are getting dumped on us. "I see us becoming another Asbury Park, and I want to stop it now before we're reading in the newspaper 20 years from now about how we declined," he said.

Yet Hayes doesn't view the situation as hopeless if the businesses unite. "(Businesses) are not dead," he said. "And we're not going down without a fight." Uniting the borough's 170 businesses may be a difficult task for Hayes. The town has isolated pockets of business. Part of the town, such as the boardwalk and Main Street, are lively, but other areas, such as Church Street and the northern parts of Carr Avenue, have more vacant storefronts than stores.

Several business owners, including Hayes, said the business community has had little communication in recent years. Borough Clerk Thomas Cusick said attempts by him to start a chamber were unsuccessful in 1988, when he was then borough manager. A chamber started in 1986 was short-lived. A chamber, of commerce did operate for a "few years about 1980 and was run by Al Reid, owner of the boardwalk. A TASTE OF to to Volunteers By PATTI GALLAGHER PRESS STAFF WRITER EATONTOWN Marilyn Karl, a supervisor of volunteers in the county social services division, told 300 staff and volunteers yesterday a story of people helping people.

She told the story of a volunteer with the Monmouth County Division of Holocaust center PRESS STAFF REPORT THE CENTER for Holocaust Studies at Brookdale Community College will hold a testimonial dinner honoring former Gov. Thomas H. Kean, who now serves as president of Drew University, Madison. The testimonial dinner costs $125 a ticket and will be held at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Woodbridge Hilton.

Kean will be recognized for his leadership role in Holocaust education both as governor and as college president, said Seymour Seigler, coordinator and co-founder with Professor Jack Needle of Brookdale's Center for Holocaust Studies. During the 1980s, Kean established the New Jersey Governor's Advisory Council, among the first of its kind in the nation, Seigler said. The council eventually became the New Jersey Social Services, who took more than a passing interest in one 90-year-old woman whom he delivered meals to. Eventually she was hospitalized, but on the day she was discharged, he retrieved her house key, turned her heat on, brought clothing to the hospital and drove her home. He then returned with a meal and her prescription, but he didn't stop to honor Kean Commission on Holocaust Education.

Under Kean's direction, Drew University established the Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies on the Madison campus last year. "Tom Kean continued his family's tradition of fighting the evils-of the Holocaust as governor of New Jersey and now as president of Drew University," said Albert A. Zager, president of the Board of Directors of Brook-dale's Center for Holocaust Studies. Kean will receive a plaque and a gift for the new center at Drew University. Michael Berenbaum, director of the Research Institute of the U.S.

Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C., will be the main speaker. For more information, call Brook-dale's Center for Holocaust Studies at (908) 224-2769. SHORELANDS WATER COMPANY CUSTOMERS FREE ADMISSION 1 Are You Curious? A Three Session Journey Come Jewish Spirituality, Jewish values, Jewish DESIGNED FOR JEWISH THE BEGINNER OR NOT there he left his telephone number by her bedside, in case she needed something. "What a difference it made in her life," Karl said. Karl told the volunteers, "You have made a statement 'Yes, I want to be That takes energy, patience, insight, empathy and caring." The occasion, a silver anniversary "-fry -w.

1 Funds raised to help boy with brain cancer SHREWSBURY: Friends of an 8-year-old boy with cancer ran and danced to the tune of $5,068 Saturday at the Red Bank Lanes bowling alley. About 50l) people filtered in and out of a party that raised money to help with medical expenses for David Van-derbilt, a Middletown Township resident with brain cancer, said Blaze Mclnerney, an organizer of the event, which included a 5-K run through Shrewsbury. Mclnerney said donations to help David are still being accepted and may be mailed to Friends of David, 148 Highway 35, Red Bank, N.J., 17701. Flu shot clinics set TWO MUNICIPAL health departments have scheduled flu shot clinics. The Middletown Township Health Department will hold its clinic from 9 to 11 a.m.

Oct. 12 at the Senior Citizens Center on Leonardville Road. Free flu shots will be given to township residents age 60 and older or residents who are at risk during the flu season. No appointments are necessary. For more information, call (908) 615-2095.

The Red Bank Health Department will provide low-cost flu vaccinations to senior citizens and people considered to be at high risk for the illness. Shots will be given from 9 to 11 a.m. Wednesday and Oct. 19 at the Red Bank Senior Center, 65 Chestnut St. The fee is $5 and the clinic is open to any resident of Monmouth County.

For more information, (908) 530-2754. Recycling pickup set HAZLET TOWNSHIP: The township recycling crew will pick up white metal appliances from Oct. 17 to Oct. 21. White metal appliances include stoves, hot water heaters, washers and dryers.

All items must be at the curbside by 7 a.m. Oct. 17. Residents disposing of refrigerators, freezers and air conditioners must pay a $25 fee to the township before pickup. Automobile and household batteries will also be picked up.

Call 787-3636 to notify public works of battery disposal. mm! is 7Jf 1 difference breakfast and awards ceremony at the Sheraton Eatontown Hotel and Conference Center, recognized the efforts of the 1,400 Monmouth County volunteers who expand the range and quality of the division's services. Melody Fair, Red Bank, expressed her gratitude to the Division of Social Services and its volunteers for helping her improve her life. Fair told the assembly of 300 staff and volunteers how she was encouraged and helped to continue her education. A single mother of five, she received her high school diploma in June 1993, and is now attending Brookdale Community College, where he is majoring in education and law.

Appreciation awards were presented to those who completed 20, 15, 10 and five years of service, with the acknowledgment that their help is an essential component in meeting the needs of the community. Louis J. Paparozzi, director of the Monmouth County Department of Human Services, applauded the volunteers: "We could never pay you enough to do all the work (you) do." There are 11 public service programs that use volunteers, from adult literacy training to a homeless family outreach, and Karl said they are always ready to welcome new volunteers. 1 Anyone interested in volunteering can call (908) 571-5718. Man held in sex assault FREEHOLD: A 31-year-old Broad Street man was charged with aggravated sexual assault and sexual assault on a 17-year-old female Oct.

2, police said. The victim came to police headquarters and, through an interpreter, told police that Isidoro Merino has been physically and sexually abusive since he moved her from Mexico in 1992. She suffered a miscarriage the day before, and said she had been beaten with a cord by Merino, police said. In court papers, Merino is identified as her stepfather. Merino remained lodged at the Monmouth County Jail, Freehold Township, on $100,000 bail, a jail spokesman said yesterday.

IN A STORY about the retirement of Hazlet Township Detective Capt. John J. Fetherston, his wife, Deborah, said Fetherston's retirement is a blessing in disguise. "It's a good thing in a way. A lot of people don't really get that opportunity to retire," she said.

"We're going to do things together. We're going to do day trips and take long weekends." Mrs. Fetherston's comments were incorrect in some editions of the Community section of the Asbury Park Press Wednesday. FORMER GIANTS Phil Simms and Ottis Anderson attended separate fund-raisers Wednesday night. Simms was at a Juvenile Diabetes Foundation fund-raiser at the Atlantic Club in Wall Township, and Anderson was at a United Way fund-raiser at the Squires Pub in West Long Branch.

A headline yesterday incorrectly stated that both were at the same event. The Shorelands Water Company will commence flushing of its distribution system on October 10, 1994. Temporary slight discoloration of the water andor a decrease of pressure may be experienced as a result of this program. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause, but by flushing the system we expect to improve the overall quality of water delivered to our customers. It is anticipated that the flushing program will be ongoing for approximately 4 weeks.

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