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Rhonda Rehm

If only all of Red Bank’s power outages were so minor. On Christmas Day, power at the intersection of Newman Springs Road and Broad Street was out briefly around 10 p.m.

According to borough police department Capt. Ernie Van Pelt, Jersey Central Power & Light recirculated the power grid and the power was restored. Van Pelt said that no police needed to be dispatched to the location.

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COWLENDARS are on sale at the Knollwood School, 224 Hance Road in Fair Haven, and at the FoodBank of Monmouth and Ocean Counties, 3300 Route 66 in Neptune. Knollwood students submitted their renderings of "Cow of the Month" drawings for the FoodBank of Monmouth and Ocean Counties’ first COWLENDAR for 2003. Thirteen renditions of a previously drawn picture of a cow were selected to represent the 12 months of the year. Cowpid represents February, Moo York Yancow represents May and God Bless Americow represents July. Donation is $15. For information, call (732) 618-2600.

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Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School will host "The Fifteen Minute Child Break," sponsored by the Partnership for a Drug-Free New Jersey (PDFNJ), on Jan. 8 at 9:30 a.m. The one-hour program was created to help parents build better lines of communication with their kids, according to Bob Henne, public information officer at the high school.

The presentation, arranged by Dr. Suzanne Fico, the school’s student assistance counselor, will be held in the community room at the school followed by a brief question-and-answer period. Local resource materials and information will be provided. For more information, call (732) 842-1597.

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The Woman’s Club of Little Silver will host a piano concert at its meeting at 1 p.m. Jan. 8 at the Woman’s Club building on Rumson Road and Church Street. The piano concert will be performed by club scholarship recipient Christopher "Topher" Ruggiero, a graduate of Red Bank Regional High School who currently attends Ithaca College for the Performing Arts, New York. For more information, call Rita Ulan at (732) 747-3339.

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The Little Silver Garden Club will meet at 9 a.m. on Jan. 9 at the Woman’s Club building on Rumson Road and Church Street. Cindy Webster, a member of the Garden Club, will conduct a class in which eight people will have the opportunity to design an arrangement and take it home. For more information, call (732) 842-7169 or (732) 758-8030.

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Want a summer job as a lifeguard? Or maybe a gardener. Or perhaps a job in the golf shop would appeal. All these jobs and more will be up for grabs when the Monmouth County Park System holds its seasonal employment job fair from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 11, at the Hominy Hill Golf Course, 92 Mercer Rd., in Colts Neck. Openings in the park system, whose facilities include Seven Presidents Park in Long Branch, include opportunities for pool and oceanfront lifeguards, counselors and recreation leaders, sports instructors and assistants, preschool assistants, gardeners, park maintenance workers, nature activity leaders, golf shop staff, historic site interpreters and tour guides, arts and crafts instructors and program instructors in such fields as cooking, language arts and creative writing.

Park staff will conduct on-site interviews.

Candidates must be Monmouth County residents, at least 17 years of age and possess a driver’s license. For more information about the job fair, call (732) 460-1167.

Big Brothers Big Sisters (BBBS) of Monmouth County, based in Eatontown, has issued its annual appeal for support.

The agency is in great need of sponsors, funds and in-kind services to expand its mentoring programs to more children in the Monmouth County area.

The contributions will help children, ages 6 to 18, most of whom have lost one or both parents. To overcome the loss of such a critical role model, BBBS matches the child with a mentor — someone to give the guidance, stability and friendship all children need.

To participate, call Big Brothers Big Sisters of Monmouth County at (732) 544-2224.

Monmouth University has announced the appointment of Rhonda Rehm to the position of staff attorney for the Office of General Counsel.

She will be responsible for the oversight of the risk management program, which includes the insurance coverage and claims for the university.

Rehm, of Cumberland County, has served as a law clerk for the state Superior Court in Atlantic City.

She was employed for 13 years by Prudential Insurance Company in the Information Systems Division and has been an adjunct professor at Cumberland County College.

Rehm obtained her undergraduate degree at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, her law degree from Rutgers University School of Law and a master’s of business administration from Rutgers University School of Business.