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APP.COM Asbury Park Press Sunday, Sept. 8, 2013 Page AA3 today Annual walk honors Sept. 11 victims Memorial remembers 3 men who lost lives in attacks; donations top $250G Even youngsters who were not born during the 2001 attacks understood the significance of Walk with Joe. "It's a nice thing to do, and I'm with my friends and it's a nice way to remember all the people who died in 911," said Katie Adler, 11, of Manala-pan. "My daddy also worked in one of the (World Trade Center) buildings but he was late for work that day, so he never went there," Lauren Vanasco, 11, of Mana-lapan said.

The walk, which ultimately began as a tribute to Driscoll an avid out-doorsman who was en route to Yosemite National Park in California for an annual hiking trip when his flight was hijacked has evolved to include and honor more victims and their families over the years. Maskowitz knew Driscoll from their time spent together in the Yorktowne Club, a community benevolent organization in Ma-nalapan. "Joe was a great, kind, giving man. He was always in the forefront of volunteering and giving back to the community," Maskowitz said. "We've incorporated it into a remembrance for everybody." Chris Driscoll, Joe Driscoll's son, thanked the attendees for never forgetting the terrorist attacks.

"A lot of these things (memorials) have a shelf life of a few years; they're dying out," Chris Driscoll. "This is 12 years and going very, very strong." The $20 registration fees are donated to various charities, including the Samaritan Center in Manalapan, the Flight 93 Memorial in Shanksville, the Christopher Gray Memorial Scholarship Fund at the University of West Virginia, the Freehold Open Door Food Bank and several others. Overall, donations have topped $250,000, Maskowitz said. Walking in Saturday's warm weather under blue skies brought back flashbacks to organizers and attendees. "Weather like this just like 911," Maskowitz said.

"When you remember back to where you were, unfortunately but this is exactly the weather of 911 as we remembered it." For more information on the annual event, visit ww w. walk with oe com Gina Columbus: 732-643-4010; gcolumbusgannett.com By Gina Columbus ginacolumbusapp MANALAPAN More than 1,000 people gathered at Monmouth Battlefield State Park Saturday morning to remember a family man and York-towne Club member, a foreign exchange trader and a New York Fire Department veteran all who fell victim to the Sept. 11 attacks 12 years ago. Walk with Joe, an annual event aimed to honor the lives lost in the terrorist attacks, held its memorial ceremony and a 5K runwalk throughout the park. The Monmouth Battleground Men's Chorus also performed two fitting songs "Irish Prayer" and "Follow the Flag." "It's a day of remembrance and it's a day where we all reflect back to that day," said Jordan Maskowitz, chairman of Junior ROTC member Matt Deissler of Marlboro salutes the flag during the event, peter ackermanstaff photographer lines Flight 93 passengers; Christopher Gray, a Cantor Fitzgerald foreign stock trader who worked in the World Trade Center; and Tom McCann, a 23-year veteran with the New York Fire Department who assisted others during the attacks.

Beach Plum Festival set for annual event today Routes 9 and ciose in Toms Overnight closures for 3 weeks the Walk with Joe committee. "It's sad feelings, but it's great feelings because the community at large comes out." The three lives celebrated at the event were those of township residents Patrick "Joe" Dris-coll, one of the United Air event at the park's Ocean Beach Bathing Pavilion No. 1. "You can buy a four-ounce jar of homemade beach plum jelly for $5 a jar, an informative beach plum recipe book for $2, and a cup of homemade beach plum ice cream for $3 a cup," organizers say in their invitation. "Sundaes of South Toms River makes the ice cream for us, but we pick the plums and make the juice so Sundaes can make the ice cream." Donations from the nonprofit group have been a help to the park, which like the rest of the state Division of Parks and Forestry contended with tight budgets for years.

After Sandy, the group increased its donations to $21,000 to pay for 49 By Larry Higgs APPLarry TOMS RIVER Routes 9 and 166 will be closed overnight in each direction under the Garden State Parkway in Toms River over the next three weeks, starting Monday, state Department of Transportation and New Jersey Turnpike Authority officials said. On Monday night, from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m., contractor George Harms Construction Company is scheduled to begin a series of full overnight closures of Route 9 northbound and Route 166 southbound to demolish the existing GSP bridge By Kirk Moore KirkMooreAPP ISLAND BEACH STATE PARK Friends of Island Beach State Park will host its 16th annual Beach Plum Festival Sunday in the park, a major fundraiser that earlier this year financed dune repairs and replaced park equipment destroyed by superstorm Sandy. Named for native seaside plums a wild fruit native from Maine through Virginia, but surviving in few places in New Jersey the festival celebrates the old-fashioned plum jelly made by the organization's volunteers over the past three weeks. Plum ice cream, muffins and jelly will be for sale during the 9 a.m.

to 4 p.m. Kiko Police: 4 Brooklyn residents arrested after using bogus cash during shopping spree Gabrielle 166 to River starts Monday ity is reconstructing the bridges over Routes 9 and 166 as part of a $350 million project to restore full-width shoulders and make other safety improvements to the Parkway between milepost 83 in Toms River and mile-post 100 in Wall Township Construction is expected to be completed by the end of 2014. The precise timing of the work could change as a result of weather or other factors. Motorists should check NJDOT's traffic information website, www.511nj.org, for construction updates and real-time travel information. Michael Clennon Belinda Boutin Ryan Telesford Shaka Charles mi.

"iffliimirin Dhahran, o.4 Saudi Arabia lifeguard equipment, help refurbish the flood-ed-out park gate house and buy a record-setting 65,000 beach grass plants to re-establish dunes cut down by the storm surge. Activities will include beach plum tours, jelly-making demonstrations, children's games, food, music, crafters, lifesav-ing demonstrations by lifeguards, seining on the bay with park naturalists, a kayak raffle, and environmental and nonprofit exhibits. For more information, visit www.the-friendsofislandbea-ch.org. The festival will go on, rain or shine. Admission to the park is free but organizers request a $5 donation per car to help finance the Friends' conservation work.

earthweek By Steve Newman -IT Vostokj Antarctica Andean Explosions Peru's Ubinas volcano produced five thermal blasts within a two-day period, sending ash and volcanic gases soaring high above the northern Andes Mountains. Geologists say the explosions were due to the accumulation of melted snow in Ubinas' crater. "It's like pouring cold water on a hot plate. That will cause a reaction," said seismologist Victor Aguilar, of the University of San Agustin in Arequi-pa. In 2006, Ubinas belched ash, smoke and toxic gas over southeastern Peru, killing livestock and polluting water supplies.

It had previously been dormant for nearly 40 years. Drunken Elk A gang of elk held a Swed- ish man captive in his own home for hours after the animals became drunk from eating fermented apples on the homeowner's lawn. Stockholm police say they were called to the residence on Ingaro island, in the city's eastern suburbs, where a man said his front door was being blocked by four adult elk and a calf. The elk had moved on before the authorities arrived. "I'm not surprised that he called the police when he was faced with a gang of five drunken elk," police spokesman Albin Naverberg told TheLocal.se website.

"They can be really dangerous. They become fearless. Instead of backing away when a person approaches, they move toward you. They may even take a run at you." Drunken elk are a reoc-curring problem at this time of year in Sweden. In 2002, a drunken bull elk was shot after it attacked an 8-year-old boy.

Another intemperate elk laid siege to a Swedish schoolhouse in November 2006. Distributed by: Universal (J click www MMXlll Earth Environment Service 02 decks over the state highways at that location. Route 9 southbound motorists traveling to Route 166 will be de-toured to use Indian Head Road to Connector Road to Route 166. Route 9 southbound access to the ramp for the GSP will be maintained. Route 166 north traffic to Route 9 north will be detoured to use Connector Road to Indian Head Road to pick up Route 9 north.

Variable message signs will be used to help motorists navigate the detours and Toms River police will assist directing traffic. The Turnpike Author their patrol car, the Nissan took off through the parking lot, went over a curb and onto Martin Truex Jr. Boulevard, police said. Police returned to the patrol car and began to pursue the Nissan. The Nissan continued onto East Road and turned right onto Route 72 east, where police lost sight of the car because of heavy traffic, police said.

Police found the Nissan again near the Stafford Square jughandle, where it drove through a red light onto Route 72 westbound. The Nissan headed toward the Garden State Parkway northbound ramp and accelerated at a high speed, police said. Police followed the Nissan onto the Parkway, when the damaged Nissan left the roadway and came to a stop near mile-post 64.5. All four people inside the car surrendered, police said. At the scene of the arrest, the suspects' counterfeit money, numerous items and proceeds of the bogus money were recovered, police said.

Detectives collected $1,800 in counterfeit money from Walmart and $4,100 from Target. A search warrant on the suspects' car resulted in police finding thousands of dollars in fraudulently purchased goods and additional counterfeit money, police said. Brett Bodner: bbodner njpressmedia.com By Brett Bodner brettbodner STAFFORD Four people from Brooklyn were arrested on Thursday after attempting to buy merchandise with counterfeit money from Walmart on Route 72 and speeding away from police when their car was pursued, police said. Michael Clennon, 30, was charged with eluding an officer, theft by deception, possession of counterfeit marks, conspiracy and was issued numerous motor vehicle summonses for driving recklessly while trying to avoid arrest, police said. His bail was set at $100,000 and he was being held at the Ocean County jail.

Shaka Charles, 25, Ryan Telesford, 31, and Belinda Boutin, 18, were charged with eluding an officer, theft by deception, possession of counterfeit marks and conspiracy, police said. Charles' bail was set at $75,000, Telesford's at $50,000 and Boutin's at $25,000 and all were being held at the Ocean County jail. Police responded to a call at the Walmart at about 4:50 p.m. for two men attempting to buy items with counterfeit money. When police arrived, they noticed a 2013 Nissan Altima in the parking which fit the description given to them by Walmart Loss Prevention and stopped the car, police said.

When police got out of Week Ending September 6, 2013 Climate Deadline The chief climate scientist says the world is at "five minutes before midnight" when it comes to the deadline for averting severe climate change. Rajendra Pachauri told reporters that humanity can no longer be content kicking the can down the road in coping with greenhouse gas emissions, which are the root cause of our warming planet. His comments came less than a month before the first volume of the next Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change assessment report will be released. It will look at the scientific evidence for climate change and be followed by two more volumes next year that will focus on the impacts of a warmer world and the options for tackling them. A leaked draft of the first volume two weeks ago said that human activity is almost certainly behind climate change.

Recent studies revealed the deep oceans have absorbed most of the accumulating warmth since the turn of the 21st century, with global land-based temperature trends remaining relatively flat. Two-Toned Rarity A Maine fisherman made a l-in-50 million catch when he pulled in a lobster that is almost exactly half orange and half brown. Jeff Edwards donated the rarity to the Gulf of Maine Research Institute after snapping a few photos. "It looked as if someone had taken painter's tape and run it from proboscis to tail, then spray-painted one side. It's a perfectly straight line," institute specialist Alan Lishness told Reuters.

"You don't usually see such hard edges in nature." Atlantic lobsters are typically greenish-brown in color, and turn red only after being cooked. Only albino lobsters are less likely to turn up in a trap than the kind caught by Edwards. Radiation Spike Radiation levels jumped MOH I nearly la-tola near a tank containing highly contaminated water from Japan's crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. An announcement from Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) said that the radiation was measured at 2,200 millisieverts per hour, which is a record high and enough to kill an unprotected person within hours.

It was unclear if the spike was caused by yet another spill of contaminated water at the plant, which has been a growing problem in recent weeks. Japan's Nuclear Regulation Authority said TEPCO cannot store the radioactive water forever, and it will eventually need to be dumped into the Pacific. The country' national fishermen' organization recently criticized TEPCO' management for its bungling of the disaster since a March 2011 earthquake and tsunami caused meltdowns at the plant. Fleets have been waiting to resume fishing off Fukushima for more than two years. Earthquakes OFive people were killed and thousands forced to flee their homes when a 5 .8 magnitude quake struck southwestern China's Sichuan province.

Earth movements were also felt over a wide area from Indonesia's Banda Sea to the Australian city of Darwin, and in southern Japan, far northern India, Costa Rica, the Aleutian Islands and eastern Texas. Tropical Cyclones Southern Japan's Kyushu Island was drenched by Tropical Storm Toraji. Tropical Storm Kiko formed briefly off Baja California. Puerto Rico and Hispaniola were soaked by Tropical Storm Gabrielle..