Ted Bertiger posted:Ted Bertiger posted:Our club, Ocean County Society of Model Railroaders, has been shut down since March 19 until further notice from the township. Since we share the building with the Lakewood Historical Museum and are located in a township building that was left abandoned for almost 30 years, the museum has a 75 year lease from the township and our club is on that lease as well. We have to abide by the what the township dictates and I am not complaining. The mayor is into O gauge trains like the rest of us.
I might entertain a Zoom meeting in the near future. For now, the museum folks and myself with 2 others are the only ones permitted to check on the building weekly.
So... some of you might have seen the news that Lakewood, NJ made the national news. Just so you know, our club is located way outside of the center of town and away from the stupid mayhem that the residents are doing being non-conformists. And NOT abiding by what the NJ governor has put in order.
There was a toy store that was open for business with a large crowd outside and inside selling and taking orders. Well... they all got arrested and the store was ordered to shut down. There is a particular group of people who live there who will not conform, hence the largest Cov-19 cases in Ocean County.
So... if you see the news and say wow, Ted's club is located there, we are NOT anywhere near the center of town. When we did open, This is to alert folks that it is safe to visit our club.
Thank you.
Glad you guys are being safe and hopefully no one tries to lump in everything in Lakewood with you guys. Put it this way, anyone who knows what is going on in Lakewood knows it has zero to do with a model railroad club, two very different groups of people.
