Fw: The Green Cafe @ Whitebriar, now open 7-7 every day with healthy living programs from 7-9pm

The following are Carol Moore's messages emailed to The Reporter this week with a date of 5/8/09, 5/24/09 and 7/31/09. I guess Carol's computer is 6 to 8 months out of date.

Is that like a day late and a dollar short. Maybe the reason Carol would be a dollar short is because of the sewer bill she just paid.

We thought you would get a kick out of reading them because your gonna need all the humor you can get this year.

By the way, does Carol pay a commercial rate for the sewer bills on all of the Whitebriar Bed and Breakfast Inns she owns (3 in EP alone and only god knows how many in Beverly)?

Gee Chairman Dave, maybe you and the Sewer Authority wouldn't have to raise the sewer rates for us EP residents who are not politically connected, if your authority properly charged the Commercial Sewer Rate to all of your political friends who have commercial businesses like B&B, Apartments or Beauty Salons in residential homes.

Glad to see your looking out for us Chairman Dave!

The Edgewater Park Reporter

----- Forwarded Message ----
From: Carole Moore <whitebriarbb@hotmail.com>
To: edgewaterparkreporter@yahoo.com; whitebriarbb@hotmail.com
Sent: Fri, May 8, 2009 2:53:43 PM
Subject: The Green Cafe @ Whitebriar, now open 7-7 every day with healthy living programs from 7-9pm

Deapie,r Edgewater Park Reporter, I think you might have come in to our Organic Green Café the other day. You are "frumpy", "over weight", "slide your feet, instead of lifting them", "dress back in the 60's when we use to cover an over weight body with faded denim skirts that only come to above the knee. The reason I think it is you, is because when I tried to be "friendy" and ask if you were local...you said...."I came in to read my book not to be interogated"....well, it's a friendly town, here in Edgewater Park, and if you're local, we welcome you to sit before our twin fire places and drink your coffee, read your book or paper. If you are new to town, just drop off the name, address contact phone or e mail, so we can make up a "WELCOME BASKET", which will include some of the 400 brochures & business cards from locals, who wish to welcome you to the neighborhood. If you are "passing thru" we won't call you a stranger, you're "Gentle Visitor", and we welcome you to stop, sit, and relax in our 6 private dining rooms, with soft lights and lots of "collectibles" and "Estate pieces" which you can purchase as a very discounted price.

You see, Edgewater Park Reporter, we are an environmental, Organic facility, so to show the world that we didn't need to "gut this old bank building and fill our landfills with debri", we have used the entire bank just as Ethel Budden, Dave Parker, Bob Notigan, and Harry Van Sciver (God Rest his sole) left it....the teller windows are now (1) the Soup bar (2) Pastry bar (3) quiche bar (4) sandwich bar (5) coffee tea bar. Remember those offices where you signed the paper to take out a loan from the old Beverly Bank? Well, those offices are lovely quaint private dining rooms filled with antiques and collectibles that you can purchase. But don't take my word for it, stop in and get one of our "Green" post cards with the Menu on the back.

We are Organic (no chemicals on the ground where animals are raised, no hormones/toxins in the feed they are fed,) and other "healthy" foods grown locally, and provided from South Jersey Organic Farmers. We serve only 3 sandwiches (1) Roast Pork Loin (2)roast Eye Beef (3) Roast Breast of Chicken, and we serve it with an Organic healthy slice of tomato & lettuce, but if you want to "doctor it up" we have a variety of barbque sauces to add. Today we have home made rice pudding with whipped cream, pumpkin pie, blackberry , poppy seed biscuits, spiced cup cakes, applesauce raisin/walnut, and chocolate chocolate cake. Our soups are always chili, and beef barley, but today I've made a terrific "Steak and Potatoes Soup" which will be ready tomorrow.

Our Coffee is Organic, and I heard some one at the "Blog" wasn't educated in just what was and was not Organic...It's a "seal" given by the federal government, and we have Organic coffee. Also we have about 30 Herbal Teas and fancy earl gray black teas, english breakfast, camomile, mine, and chai. Doesn't matter if you have a "cup" or ask for one of our "antique Tea Pots", the price is still $2.00.

So dear, Edgewater Park Reporter, if you were that "frumpy" old 60's person who came in, I'm sorry I disturbed your reading, but we in Edgewater Park are noted for friendly conversation. Come again, in a 1980's outfit and I won't recognize you.

Carole Moore, Owner, Green Café 1101 Cooper Street Edgewater park, N.J. 08010

The following is the second message and much like the letter published in the BCT.

----- Forwarded Message ----
From: Carole Moore <whitebriarbb@hotmail.com>
To: edgewaterparkreporter@yahoo.com; comments whitehouse web site <comments@whitehouse.gov>; whitebriarbb@hotmail.com
Sent: Sun, May 24, 2009 3:09:01 PM
Subject: Closing of Beverly National Cemetery and Wasteful spending

Today, I had 2 women who went jogging in the Beverly National Cemtery, as most of us have done in the past. They were approached by an employee who handed them a "brochure" stating that no one is allowed to job, run, exercise in the cemetery, and that there are federal charges of $500 for each offense. A day later an elderly couple came into the Café, and reported the same thing happened to them, as they were walking to exercise after a heart surgery. Both groups were very upset, so I e mailed Bev. National Cemetery Director, Mr. White, and as a result of my e mail he came to my "Green Café" with his "Handy" veteran employee.

After several words these facts came to pass. The Beverly Bee's Owner, Bev Haaf had already interview Mr. White, who said they are moving the head quarters to a gigantic new building at Washington's Crossing and that the Beverly office will be closed, it's employees replaced with "veteran own contractors" who don't have to hire veterans, or American Citizens to cut the grass and trim around the tomb stones. Other than "Veteran Contractors" who will visit the site for cutting, Mr. White said " his staff will have a presence at the Cemetery".

Now, It seems to me that just having spent several million dollars (with more to come) to dig up the grass, spray poison to kill the old grass, and they put sod on the cemetery, that it would have been worth keeping the cemetery open. Seems to me that the other million that was spent to "lift every tomb stone" and "re set it", almost as straight as it use to be, was indeed a waste of good money that could have been spent on giving better living conditions to our "alive" veterans and their families.

So we have it, now that the "stimulus" money was "blown" on the poison/sod/lifting, now we can't afford to keep a staff at this building. There was not enough staff to put a "flag on each grave", but we learned to appreciate that idea when Director Delores Blake, used the funding to put "teak benches" in the cemetery, so elderly, could sit and ponder. It seems the money is gone to buy new poles for the "Avenue of the Flags" that we put up in 1970's -- my grand fathers, uncles and fathers flags....gone for ever....Only a few were up this year and the cemetery looked vacant.

Mrs. Haaf interview Mr. White and suggested he do a "letter to the Editor" but as of yet, I have seen nothing that will indicate the National Cemetery System's "view point" on keeping Tax Paying residents from walking, and exercising in the cemetery, but allowing "non americans" in to cut the grass and trim, and waste money on sod and have nothing left to keep open the building. Please feel free to call the Beverly National Cemetery and find out for yourself how we are being "Abandoned" by the Veterans Administration for their "cushy, new, expanded Head quarters" just a few miles north.

Carole Moore, Owner Green Café 1101 Cooper St, Edgewater Park NJ

This is the third message;

----- Forwarded Message ----
From: Carole Moore <whitebriarbb@hotmail.com>
To: edgewaterparkreporter@yahoo.com
Sent: Fri, July 31, 2009 9:24:46 PM
Subject: Re: The Organic Green Cafe

Please go on to GleasonJim@word.com to read a review of This Unique conversion from a bank to Organic Café, Antique/collectible shop, Travel and Tourism center, and more.