Photo caption: Ewing Township resident Linda Rieth, the spouse of Brig. Gen. Glenn K. Rieth, The Adjutant General of the New Jersey National Guard; is briefed in preparation for her trip this week to the Annual 2002 National Guard Family Program Workshop and Youth Symposium. This year’s theme is "Our Guard Family - The New Reality." The symposium is being held in Des Moines Iowa July 26-30.

The conference is held once a year in various locations across the United States and enables state coordinators and family programs volunteers the opportunity to work with each other and develop strategies in the Family Readiness arena in the post-Sept. 11 world.

Also attending the conference for New Jersey are: Chief Warrant Officer 4 Ralph W. Cwieka, State Family Program Coordinator; Mrs. Christine Caruso, Family Readiness Member 50th Brigade; Maj. Bill Heineman, Family Readiness 1-114th Infantry; Mrs. Marie Durling, Family Readiness, 1-150th Aviation Battalion; Kathleen Schiessl, Family Readiness, Division Support Command; Mrs. Marci Widen, Family Readiness, 108th Air Refueling Wing, as well as two youth delegates Erika Rieth and Will Heineman, III.