The Coaster

By ED SALVAS
Six months and several operations after an on-stage mishap sent him to the hospital, Village People performer and Asbury Park resident Felipe Rose is looking forward to returning to the stage and joining fellow members of the world famous disco group as they tour the world celebrating the 30th anniversary of their signature song, Y.M.C.A.
Rose and the Village People were at the Epcot Center in Orlando, Fla. last October getting ready to perform three shows a day for three days at the Food and Wine Festival when bounding on stage for the first show, he landed wrong as he tells it and hurt his left foot. The pain was immediate.

By DAVE CHRISTOPHER

Has the changing economy affected your summer vacation plans?

Tom Miller & Joy Bellamy, Bradley Beach

Tom: It has affected me. I work in Jersey City and it seems like Im working to pay for gas. Im off this summer. Im going to stay home and ride my bike.
Good thing I live by the beach.
Joy: I havent made plans. But I work locally, at the Grist Mill in Tinton Falls.
I dont plan to go far at all.
Just work and save my money. I hope people dont stop tipping because of the gas prices.

By RICHARD VIRGILIO
When Oprah calls jump on a plane to Chicago. When 60 Minutes calls hide.
During my time at Maury Povich, we joked that getting a call from 60 Minutes is worse than a call from the IRS. Mike Wallace doesnt want to talk to you about your secret to a flawless tan. More likely, hold on to your hat sexy, one of your skeletons is flying out of the closet on Sunday evening. Call your mom and significant other and start repenting.
Recently, Thomas Beatie, a.k.a. the Pregnant Man got the call from Oprah and jumped on a plane with his wife, bumping the economic crisis we are being devastated by, off the front pages of every major newspaper and magazine around the world for a day, with his baby bump.
Yes, the Pregnant Man is confusing at first blush.

By JOANNE L. PAPAIANNI

John Bauer, of Ocean Grove, plants a magnolia tree at the new rain garden being installed at Memorial Park in Neptune City. Bauer is a Monmouth County Master Gardener.

By JOANNE L. PAPAIANNI
Original plans for the demolition and rebuilding of Francis Asbury Manor in Ocean Grove have been abandoned and new designs are being drawn.
Harry Schneider, Vice President of Projects for the United Methodist Homes, owners of the FAM said the original plans would have required three separate demolitions.
Plans for the new design, which are still in preliminary stages, will have construction going up around the perimeter of the existing site and demolition of the current building when the new building is complete.

By GARRETT STASSE

Coaster Photo: Allenhurst Police Sgt. James Gaul (center row, fourth from right) was the guest of a honor at a retirement luncheon last week. Employees of the police department, the public works department and clerical staff of Allenhurst gathered to congratulate him on his retirement after 27 years of service. Allenhurst Police Chief Robert Richter is fifth from right in the center row.