WE'RE BACK!!

It's been awhile between Council newsletters, but now that summer is over and our council gets back to the work ahead, hopefully this edition of our Council newsletter will bring you up to speed.

HEAR YE! HEAR YE!

It's time for our Monday, September 26, 2005 Business meeting. This meeting will be held at the American Legion Post 25, located at 4 John F Kennedy Drive, Milltown, NJ. Please note the meeting will begin at 8 PM. All council members are invited to attend and guests are welcome. (See below for directions to meeting)

Directions to American Legion Post 25

4 John F. Kennedy Dr, Milltown, NJ From points North or South off Route 18:
Route 18 to Milltown Road. Take Milltown Road thru East Brunswick and into Milltown. Proceed to the bottom of the hill to the traffic light at Washington Ave. This is the sixth traffic light in from Rt. 18 and is opposite the Milltown Rescue Squad and a BIG Hess Gas Station. Turn right at the light and proceed 100 feet to John F. Kennedy Drive and make a right. Before turning you'll see an attack helicopter in the parking lot on the left side of Washington Ave. The post is on the right side and the parking lot is on the left side of JFK Drive. Enter thru the front doors and proceed downstairs to the meeting room.

From Points North or South off Route 1:
From Route 1 North or South exit onto Milltown Road and proceed to Milltown. Go through Milltown and over a small bridge to the traffic light at Washington Ave. The light is opposite the Milltown Rescue Squad and a BIG Hess Gas Station. Turn left at the light and proceed 100 feet to John F. Kennedy Drive and make a right.

ATTENTION BOARD OF DIRECTORS

President Dan Dermer has scheduled a Board of Directors meeting for Monday evening, Sept. 26, 2005 at 7 PM. This meeting will be held at our new location, American Legion Post 25, Milltown NJ. All Board members are urged to attend this important meeting.

PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE!!

Greetings to all as the autumn season is upon us. Since my last President's message, many wonderful events have taken place far our Council and those we support. During the last several months the Central Jersey Council has been engaged in discussions with the Jersey Coast Council. On Sept. 1, 2005, by majority vote of both Council's Board of Directors, both of our Councils agreed to merge. Officers from both Councils are finalizing all the relevant details. Once completed formal notification to the NJ Area President, Liberty Region President and National will be made.

For the Central Jersey Council, everything pretty much remains unchanged. Our name, meeting place and our adopted units all remain in place. For the Jersey Coast Council, all of their members will become part of our membership. I have extended to several of their officers an invitation to become members of our Board of Directors and to even become officers.

The greatest positive result from this merger will be that we, as a very active Council will be joined by active Navy Leaguers who were part of a less active Council. Additionally a premier Sea Cadet unit, the Earle Division will now be sponsored by the Central Jersey Council. The Earle Division is headquartered in its own building at NWS Earle. The cadets and their officers provide tremendous support to the base and its social activities. The mixture of our resources and their hands on activities and access to NWS Earle are a great combination. This news has been warmly received by Capt. Robertson, CO NWS Earle, Nancy Eldridge, the base PAO and the base's MWR Group. This increased ability to work with and help the soldiers and sailors at Earle is now at a level that no one could have ever imagined.

As new opportunities now await us, we must be mindful of and continue to honor all of our commitments to our three adopted Coast Guard Cutters and of course our own Sea Cadet Unit, the Kitty Hawk Division. As we take this step forward, I'd like to recognize Rich Baumann and the Officers of the Jersey Coast Council for having the
forethought and trust in wishing to join forces with us. Most importantly though, I'd like to welcome them and all their members to our Council.