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Proposed K-8 Language Arts, Grants DirectorPositions Broached By Board of Education

By MICHELLE H. LePOIDEVINSpecially Written for The Westfield Leader

The retirement of Elizabeth Willett,Coordinator of Elementary Educa-tion and Assessment, at the end ofthe year has served as a catalyst forthe creation of two new positions,Kindergarden to Grade 8 (K-8) Lan-guage Arts Supervisor and Directorof State and Federal Programs, by theWestfield Board of Education.

Superintendent of Schools, Dr.William J. Foley, commencedTuesday’s regular meeting pointingto a large pile of reports compiledannually by Ms. Willett and sent tothe State Department of Education.The reports include several compo-nents, such as the school district’sobjectives, state test results and Qual-ity Assurance Annual Report.

Dr. Foley outlined the reasons forcreating the two new positions, not-ing the need for supervision, exam-ining the testing and evaluation pro-cess, exploration of other sources forfunding such as state and federalgrants and the need for the district tofile reports and meet state require-ments.

The proposed position of Directorof State/Federal Programs, Grants &Testing was briefly discussed by theboard, but not in length. This indi-vidual would be responsible for seek-ing out additional funding and grantopportunities for the school district,and compiling reports and docu-ments.

According to Dr. Foley, this posi-tion would also entail defining cur-riculum needs.

A K-8 Language Arts Supervisorwould be more beneficial than a K-12 Language Arts Supervisor, ac-cording to Dr. Foley, because thesupervisor would be able to concen-trate solely on the needs of articulat-ing between the elementary and in-termediate schools, instead of find-ing him or herself engrossed in su-pervision only at Westfield HighSchool.

The Superintendent asked board

members to give their opinions onthe drafted and tentative job descrip-tions, stating, “I’m the guy that’sresponsible and I’d like a little atti-tude in how this is structured.”

Board Member Thomas Taylor toldDr. Foley that he puts the fate of thesedecisions in his hands, quipping,“Basically, I leave it up to you. Justdon’t screw up.”

Despite urging by Board PresidentDarielle Walsh and Dr. Foley to reachan accord regarding the new posi-tions, Board Member AnnmariePuleio remained concerned about thejob descriptions. She said that thenew hires’ involvement in thedistrict’s new Teacher Institute isunclear.

“The references are obtuse,” main-tained Ms. Puleio. She also feltstrongly that the job description ofthe K-8 Language Arts Supervisormust include elementary educationexperience. Currently, the require-ments for the position do not entailthis.

Dr. Foley advised Board Vice Presi-dent Arlene Gardner, who alsopressed for alternatives to the pro-posed job descriptions, that the re-tirement of Ms. Willett now allowsthe board to better articulate the po-sition, making it K-8, instead of split-ting the position into a K-5, 6-12grade structure or pursuing a K-12structure.

When Board Member WilliamWallace asked Dr. Foley how similarschool districts are creating such aposition, the superintendent re-sponded that several districts such asEast Brunswick have maintained aK-12 position.

However, Dr. Foley added that suchdistricts may have their own tradi-tions and staff that can make a K-12structure work versus a K-8.

Board Members Carol Molnar andEileen Satkin concurred with Ms.Puleio regarding the need for el-ementary education experience forthe K-8 Language Arts Supervisorposition. Ms. Satkin added that she

would be “uneasy without elemen-tary expertise.”

“In the old days, none of this wouldhave been necessary,” encouragedDr. Foley, pointing to what he calls“high stakes testing” and new CoreCurriculum Standards that have nowbeen mandated by the state. “Weneed to adapt our management struc-ture to whatever is happening in theenvironment.”

“We need the subject area exper-tise,” he maintained. Dr. Foley addedthat he envisions such a K-8 supervi-sory position for other areas such asscience. A K-8 Math Supervisor po-sition has already been created by theschool district.

Assistant Superintendent Janie P.Edmonds added, “The K-8 model isappropriate to get the work done thatwe need now.”

When a group of students fromRoosevelt Intermediate School whowere present to observe a Board ofEducation seemed confused by the dia-


Revamp of TV-36 Moves Closer to Reality;Council OKs Purchase of Entrance Signs

By PAUL J. PEYTONSpecially Written for The Westfield Leader

In what is seen as the first step inthe development of a community-wide cable television station inWestfield, the Town Council has in-troduced an ordinance to form a tele-vision advisory board.

The 11-member board, which willconsist of nine at-large membersalong with representatives from theTown Council and the Board of Edu-cation, resulted from an ad hoc com-mittee that was created by MayorThomas C. Jardim earlier this year.

Third Ward Councilman Neil F.

Sullivan, who served as council liai-son to the ad hoc committee, referredto the establishment of the TV advi-sory board as the “first step towardsultimately having a very robust com-munity television within our com-munity.”

Mr. Sullivan said the town will bemaking a “quantum leap” in the wayit communicates with its residentsthrough the restructure of the TV-36operation, the town’s local cable tele-vision access channel.

Noting that the station, currentlyknown as TV-36, reaches 80 percentof Westfield households, Mr. Sullivansaid the council will be “called to theplate next spring to put some moneybehind this (ordinance).”

He noted that this funding will beaccomplished by designating all fran-chise fees received by the town from

Comcast, the town’s cable televisionprovider, into the station’s opera-tions.

The ordinance was introduced atthe town council’s meeting on No-vember 23.

Under the ordinance, the stationwill be designated as Westfield Com-munity Television or WCTV. Theadvisory board also will recommendto the council the name of a candi-date to serve as Director of Opera-tions, a paid position to be created bythe council.

Mayor Jardim said a public hear-ing and council adoption vote on theordinance is scheduled for Tuesday,December 7.

He asked council members to givehim the names of individuals whomight like to serve on the board. Healso invited residents to contact the

town of their interests of serving onthe board.

The initial board will consist ofthree members appointed to one-yearterms, three members who will beappointed for a period of two years,and three members who will servefor terms of three years each.

The council and school board rep-resentatives will be appointed annu-ally. Darielle Walsh, Board of Edu-cation President, has said she willappoint herself as the board’s repre-sentative on the advisory panel.

Once formed, the new board willappoint a Chairman and Vice Chair-man. The board will have the author-ity to form standing committees, themembers of which will be appointedby the board’s chairman.

According to the ordinance, the

Cheri Rogowsky for The Westfield LeaderSANTA’S HERE...Santa Claus gets the crowd going during Westfield’s official Christmas tree lighting last Sunday.Playing the role of Santa’s helper was Mayor Thomas C. Jardim, shown holding his daughter, Cecile.

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HOLIDAY MUSIC IS THE THEME...The Westfield Community Band per-forms during Sunday’s ceremony which attracted large crowds to northsidetrain station.

David B. Corbin for The Westfield LeaderSENIOR POWER!...Westfield High School seniors travel down East BroadStreet during the high school Home Coming Parade on November 24. The seniorslater defeated the juniors in the annual Power Puff football game. Please seesports section for story.


North Side Residents Consider Options to ModifyAnticipated Impact of Garwood ShopRite Store

By KIM KINTERSpecially Written for The Westfield Leader

A group of residents on the northside of Westfield have begun meetingto discuss ways to deal with the pro-posed ShopRite grocery store plannedfor North Avenue in Garwood.

The residents met on November 22

with Town Councilman Matthew P.Albano, who represents the SecondWard. Mr. Albano’s ward is locatedclosest to the proposed store com-plex.

The councilman, who organizedand planned the meeting, said thatabout 100 residents filled the Mu-

nicipal Building’s Community Roomand that talk centered mainly onways to deal with the traffic thatcould be created by construction ofthe new store.

Town Attorney William Jeremiah,2nd, and Anthony J. Scutti, WestfieldPolice Chief, were among those in

attendance at the meeting.Councilman Albano said that as a

result of the meeting, “at the veryleast,” he is requesting that the TownCouncil pay for a traffic study of the“grid” area bound by Gallows HillRoad and Saint Paul Street and North

Building Department Okays ReturnOf Franklin Pupils to Home School

By KIM KINTERSpecially Written for The Westfield Leader

Franklin Elementary School firstgraders, who have been temporarilyhoused at various schools through-out Westfield since September, areexpected to return to their homeschool on Monday, December 6.

Robert A. Berman, Westfield Pub-lic Schools Business Administratorand Board Secretary, said studentsshould return on Monday, but pointedout that a lot of work has to occur overthe weekend for that to happen. Ifsomething goes awry, the move mayhave to be slightly delayed, he said.

Parents of the first-grade students

were to be notified in writing todayabout the move, he said. Teachers,meanwhile, will be expected to com-pletely pack up their temporary class-rooms at the end of the week. All oftheir materials must be moved backto Franklin over the weekend.

Mr. Berman said plans for relocat-ing the children back to Franklinhave been ready for some time, butthat he now has only three days toimplement them.

Final approval from the WestfieldBuilding Department occurred Tues-day afternoon for the students to bemoved back to Franklin.

Approximately 91 students fromfive first grades normally housed inthe so-called “new wing” of FranklinSchool have been bused since thebeginning of the school year to EdisonIntermediate School and Wilson,Washington and Tamaques Elemen-tary Schools while a second story hasbeen added to the one-story wing atFranklin.

The students originally were ex-

pected to be housed in the schoolsjust through September, but the largeproject has moved more slowly thananticipated, preventing their return.Two first grades were bused to Edison,while one first grade each was housedat Wilson, Washington and TamaquesSchools.

Mr. Berman said he has been work-ing with town building and fire in-spectors and the construction com-pany to return the students as soon aspossible.

Westfield Fire Chief Paul A.Battiloro, Jr. said his main concernhas been safety and that he has workedwith the contractors and schools toiron out some unspecified problems.He said he is allowing children toreturn, but has notified the schoolsthat people may need to be posted toassist children in the halls in case ofan emergency.

Mr. Berman said that he was awareof Chief Battiloro’s suggestion abouthall monitors, but that he understood


Council Agrees to Lower Speed to 25 mph on Broad St.;Consultant to Conduct Study of Further Safety Measures

By PAUL J. PEYTONSpecially Written for The Westfield Leader

The Westfield Town Councilagreed Tuesday to move forward onan ordinance to change the speedlimit on East Broad Street from Gal-lows Hill Road to Euclid Avenue to25 mph. The governing body alsoagreed to have a traffic calming studyconducted along the thoroughfare.

The council is expected to intro-duce the ordinance this Tuesday,December 7, to change the BroadStreet speed limit. The restriction iscurrently 35 mph from SpringfieldAvenue to Euclid Avenue, at whichpoint the speed limit drops to 25mph.

Once passed, the ordinance will be

sent for approval to the state andcounty.

After a lengthy discussion, councilDemocrats, who had been pushingfor immediate action on the speedlimit change before the end of theyear, agreed to have The RBA Group,based in Morristown, conduct a traf-

fic calming study on East Broad.Republicans had wanted to wait untila study was conducted on Board Streettraffic speeds. They also had pressedfor traffic calming measures to betaken.

RBA has already been retained bythe town to conduct similar studies

on several major thoroughfares inWestfield, including Rahway Avenue.

RBA will charge the town $16,000to complete the latest study, whichwill include the area from EuclidAvenue to Gallows Hill Road.

According to RBA’s proposal, sub-mitted by Jack E. Molenaar, a princi-

pal planner with the firm, the firststep will be the creation of a taskforce to work with RBA. Mr.Molenaar has recommended that arepresentative of the county engi-neering department, and perhaps amember of the freeholder board, serve


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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1logue, Mr. Taylor explained to them theimportance of “articulation” in the K-8position, which would help subjectmatter in grades K-8 flow together in abetter fashion.

“Sometimes, we’re speaking our ownlanguage up here,” he told them.

Dr. Foley called for an informal voteon the proposed job descriptions in orderto gain a feeling as to whether or not theywere “heading in the right direction.”

“I’m telling you what I think couldwork here and you have to vote,” hesaid.

The proposed job descriptions re-ceived approval from newest boardmembers Anne Riegel and Mr. Wallace,as well as Ms. Gardner and Ms. Walsh.

However, Ms. Satkin urged that shewas “not convinced that this really is

the right move” for the district. Ms.Molnar noted that she would still like tocompare the position to that of otherdistricts.

Ms. Walsh pressed that looking atother districts would only help Ms.Molnar “build her case either way.”

Mr. Taylor maintained that althoughhe trusts the decision of Dr. Foley, hewould “like more answers.” Ms. Puleiosaid she would support the descrip-tions, but would not approve the jobdescription for the K-8 Language ArtsSupervisor without elementary educa-tion experience.

The board will revisit the job descrip-tions and hold a formal first reading ata later date after further discussion ofmolding the positions.

School Board Examines TwoPossible Supervisor Positions

WESTFIELDFIRE BLOTTER

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 22• Two hundred block of Clark Street

– dryer fire.• Three hundred block of Linden

Avenue – electrical short.• Four hundred block of North Av-

enue West – rescue call.• One hundred block of Kimball

Circle – unintentional alarm.• Two hundred block of Clark Street

– unintentional alarm.• One hundred block of Greene Place

– unintentional alarm.• Tuttle Parkway – service call.

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 23• Four hundred block of Springfield

Avenue – hazardous condition.• Five hundred block of Dorian Road

– car fire.• Seven hundred block of Saunders

Avenue – lock out.WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 24• Fifteen hundred block of Boulevard

– automobile accident.• Nine hundred block of Tice Place –

oven fire.• Eight hundred block of Rahway

Avenue – standby at Bon Fire.THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 25

• Thirteen hundred block of ProspectStreet – unintentional alarm.

• Eight hundred block of Forest Av-enue – animal rescue.

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 26• Four hundred block of Beechwood

Place – system malfunction.• One hundred block of Nomahegan

Drive – automobile accident.SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 27

• Six hundred block of Norwood Drive– furnace malfunction.

• One hundred block of ProspectStreet – electrical short.

• One hundred block of Clifton Street– system malfunction.

• Twelve hundred block of Boulevard– smoke condition.

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 28• Five hundred block of Fairmont

Avenue – lock out.• Seven hundred block of Standish

Avenue – leaf fire.• Two hundred block of Elizabeth

Avenue – good intent call.


board’s purpose will be to recommendto the council policies that will insurethe station “is used in the best possiblemanner to serve the needs of the com-munity with programs which wouldcover community events, cultural andathletic events, and other programswhich would be of interest to the com-munity.”

The board would also create and es-tablish a system to place emergencyannouncements on the station. Theboard will plan promotional activitiesfor the WCTV as well as apply andreceive grants and donations to supportthe station.

The board would be responsible forproducing local programming on a regu-lar basis, to review program proposalsand tapes submitted for broadcast anddecide whether or not they should beaired.

The board would set quality controlguidelines for programming.

Third Ward Councilman John J.Walsh said approval of the ordinancewill “open a number of possibilities forthe town” of an otherwise“underutilized” local cable TV accesschannel.

He said the establishment of the TVadvisory board will help in the creationof programming that enhance “a robustof public faith” while increasing thebroadcast of local entertainment pro-grams offered in the town.

First Ward Councilman Gregory S.McDermott, noting that volunteerswill be sought for all aspects of thenewly revised station, urged the boardto seek out Westfield High Schoolstudents to volunteer their time. Cur-rently, TV-36 is located at the highschool and uses students in all as-pects of production as part of theiracademic studies.

In other business, the council unani-mously approved a resolution to pur-chase 10 “Town of Westfield” entrancesigns at a total purchase price of$20,737.

Seven signs will be located at strate-gic borders with surrounding commu-nities. An additional three signs will be

Revamp of TV-36 MovesCloser to Becoming Reality

placed in storage. The signs will bepurchased from Hastings Designs ofPittstown.

Michael La Place, Executive Direc-tor of the Downtown Westfield Corpo-ration, said the signs will be placed atthe following locations: Mountain Av-enue at the Mountainside border; onesign each at the Scotch Plains andGarwood borders on both North andSouth Avenues, for a total of four signs;Central Avenue at the Clark border, andSpringfield Avenue near the Echo LakeCountry Club at the Springfield border.

Mayor Jardim said the new signswill “demonstrate who we are and whatwe are all about well into the nextcentury.”

The council also re-appointed TownEngineer Kenneth B. Marsh for a three-year term. Mr. Marsh, who also servesas Director of Public Works, has beenemployed by the town for six years.

During the public comments seg-ment of the meeting, North ChestnutStreet resident Anthony M. LaPortaasked the council for its support oflegislation pending in the state Senatewhich would enable towns to restrictthe hours of operation of disposal com-panies collecting garbage in their com-munities.

Assembly Bill No. 1853 is spon-sored Assemblyman Richard H. Bag-ger, who served as town mayor in 1991,and has passed the Assembly by a voteof 74-0, according to Mr. Laporta. Mr.LaPorta chaired the council’s SolidWaste Committee when he was on coun-cil in 1993 and 1994.

The Assembly bill has been assignedto the state Senate’s Community Af-fairs Committee.

The legislation follows an ordinanceenacted by the council a number ofyears ago that was aimed at restrictinghours of operation of haulers who werepicking up trash in Westfield during theearly morning hours.

The town, however, lost a legalchallenge brought by several of thehaulers. Mr. Laporta noted that thecourt ruled the state and not munici-palities have jurisdiction in this is-sue.

While noting most haulers who oper-ate in Westfield are now collecting atlater hours, Mr. Laporta said passage ofthe legislation by the Assembly “is apositive move and I hope you (the coun-cil) can all support it.”

Mayor Jardim responded that he be-lieves the legislation is “worth support-ing.”

Third Ward Councilman John J.Walsh, who ran on the Democratic ticketheaded by Mr. Laporta, the mayoralcandidate, in 1994, said residents were“constantly complaining” to him aboutearly morning pickups during his coun-cil campaigns.

On another matter, John Cannizzaroof Fourth Avenue commented on arecent meeting, hosted by Second WardCouncilman Matthew P. Albano. Themeeting was held in the aftermath ofthe recent court victory by Village Su-per Markets to build a ShopRite Su-permarket on the Westfield border inGarwood.

Mr. Cannizzaro asked the council toconsider a legal challenge of the recentSuperior Court decision that found theGarwood Planning Board’s 1995 ap-proval of the ShopRite store was cor-rect.

Mr. Cannizzaro also asked the coun-cil to give their support to AssemblyBill No. 301 which addresses proposeddevelopments that may impact sur-rounding communities.

The legislation, introduced by As-semblyman Bagger in January 1998,would establish cross acceptance ofmaster plans by bordering communi-ties. The bill also would setup a reviewof major applications in bordering townswhich may be impacted by them interms of increased traffic and otherenvironmental concerns.

The legislation is currently sittingin the Assembly Government andHousing Committee.



Building Department OK’sReturn of Pupils to Franklin

North Side Residents DiscussGarwood ShopRite Impact

David B. Corbin for The Westfield LeaderPROGRESS REPORT…Construction crews continue work on the second storybeing built at Franklin Elementary School in Westfield, as the five first-floor firstgrades that have been temporarily housed at four other town schools prepare to moveback. The first graders are to be returned Monday, December 6, pending notifica-tion of parents and the moving of the five classrooms back into the first floor ofFranklin. Construction will continue on the second story once the children return.

Avenue and East Broad Street, whichMr. Albano believes will be most af-fected by increased traffic due to theproposed store.

The councilman added that he will“seriously request that they (TownCouncil) move quickly to conduct astudy. This is something that we wantto stay in front of.”

A subcommittee of interested resi-dents who attended the meeting is alsobeing formed to develop plans and setgoals, he said. That subcommittee hasnot yet met.

Mr. Albano first contacted his con-stituents in a letter during his recentreelection campaign, in which he re-vealed that a Union County SuperiorCourt decision was handed down inOctober in favor of construction of theShopRite on North Avenue in Garwood.

Construction of the proposedShopRite had been in litigation for yearswhen two residents claimed thatGarwood Planning Board officials hadnot correctly followed procedures andthat their decision allowing the con-struction of the store was invalid.

The two Westfield attorneys repre-senting the residents have until mid-December to file an appeal of the Supe-rior Court decision in state AppellateCourt. One attorney, William Butler,said his client still has not made adecision about whether to file an ap-peal, while the other, Brian Fahey, didnot return telephone calls.

Mr. Albano said that he wrote in the

letter to his constituents that, essen-tially, he “felt strongly that while wecan’t stop ShopRite, we can take actionto improve” the quality of life and pre-serve property value in the area aroundthe store.

He admitted, however, that there wereseveral residents at the meeting whodid question whether there was any-thing legal that the town could do to haltthe construction of the store. Mr.Jeremiah told the group that there wasnothing that could be done by the town,Mr. Albano said.

David Owens, a Saint Mark’s Av-enue resident who attended the meet-ing, told Mr. Albano he believed theremay be some legal recourse and that hewas planning to investigate the matter.

Contacted at home by The WestfieldLeader, Mr. Owens said, “Ideally, wewould like to not have it (the store) atall.” But, he acknowledged, the groupwas at the very early stages of develop-ment and it was unclear what exactly itsgoals would be.

Mr. Owens, however, said he is plan-ning to contact Al Norman, a Massa-chusetts resident who operates the or-ganization Sprawl-Busters and has beensuccessful in fighting the constructionof such large stores as Wal-Mart andHome Depot in various municipalitiesthroughout the country.

A Web site, www.sprawl-busters.com, contains information aboutthe organization. Mr. Owens has re-ferred the residents to it for information.

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 22• An Alden Avenue resident reported

that her vehicle was burglarized whileparked on Elm Street and that a Note-book model computer and software forthe unit were removed.

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 23• An incident of theft by deception

was reported, in which approximately$11,683 was stolen as a result of creditcard fraud, police confirmed.

• A shoplifting incident occurred at aNorth Avenue department store, in whichan individual took three leather hand-bags from the store. The suspect wasdescribed as 6 feet tall, dark-skinned, inhis late 20s to early 30s, with a possiblemustache. He was wearing a baseballcap and a black shirt at the time theincident occurred. Police said the sus-pect fled the store parking lot in a 1981,beige, four-door Chevrolet.

• A camcorder was reported stolenfrom the Choir Room of St. Paul’s Epis-copal Church on East Broad Street.

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 24• An Elm Street resident reported that

someone smashed the side door of hishome in an apparent burglary attempt.The individual is believed to have beenfrightened by the victim’s dog, however,and fled the scene.

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 26• Separate burglary attempts were

reported at two restaurants on SouthAvenue, West, according to police. In thefirst incident, a wall in the restaurant wasdamaged after someone apparently at-tempted to break through the sheet rockon the building. The second case in-volved a door window being broken on adelicatessen.

• A Willow Grove resident claimedhe was assaulted by three men on CacciolaPlace, who also broke a window on hisvehicle as he fled the scene. The suspectswere described as black males about 20years old.

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 27• Pastor Sanchez, 44, of West New

York was charged with driving whileintoxicated on South Avenue nearLivingston Street. He was released onhis own recognizance.

they would be necessary only if firealarms were malfunctioning. He saidseveral recent checks of the alarms in-dicate they are in working order.

Meanwhile, Anthony Scelsa,Westfield Construction Official, metwith Mr. Berman Tuesday afternoonand looked at the site to make sure itwas safe for the return of the students.Mr. Berman said Mr. Scelsa looked forsuch things as clear exits and the re-moval of construction equipment andbuilding supplies from areas where chil-dren traverse.

Mr. Berman admitted that there weresome parents who were anxious to havethe school district move their childrenback into Franklin. He added that theyhad expressed concern about the stu-dents being bused and spending dayafter day away from their home school.

But he said that there also was “sen-timent to do it right, to get the job doneright.”

Mr. Berman said the original plan tomove the students back to Franklin inOctober proved to be too optimistic. Heexplained that the roof was not constructedas quickly as possible and during Octo-ber there was some leakage in the build-ing when it rained. The first order ofbusiness was to get a full roof on tomaintain a water tight structure, he added.

The full roof has now been installed,

but much interior and exterior workremains.

When students do return to Franklin,they will only move into the first floor.Work will continue on the second floor,which will not be completely ready foroccupation until the fall of 2000.

Mr. Berman added, though, that be-cause of the school district’s push to getthe students back into the classrooms,the project is now ahead and may becompleted by June.

Mr. Berman added that, because ofthe eight inches of concrete between thefirst and second stories, the construc-tion crew should be able to work with-out bothering the students on the lowerlevel.

The new second floor will consist ofnine classrooms. There will be five regu-lar-sized classrooms, two 1,000-square-foot classrooms and two small roomsfor use by small groups, Mr. Bermanexplained.

The project totals more than $2 mil-lion.

As the largest elementary school inWestfield, Franklin enrolls more than450 students. The additional classrooms— funded with an $11.7 million publicbond referendum approved in Decem-ber of 1998 — are expected to help easeovercrowding and maintain reasonableclass size.

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on the committee, given the fact thatEast Broad is a county thoroughfare.

The second step will be a proposal byRBA of traffic calming measures toimprove safety on the roadway. In addi-tion to changing the speed limit, trafficenforcement and educating the publicon traffic safety issues, physical changescould be made to East Broad.

Among traffic calming devices thatmay be considered are curb extensions,textured crosswalks, illuminated cross-walks, raised crosswalks, speed humps,raised intersections and corridor-widelandscaping.

Republican Third Ward CouncilmanNeil F. Sullivan emphasized that trafficstudies conducted around the countryhave proven that reducing speed limitsis not successful unless accompaniedby some sort of traffic calming tech-niques.

The final step by RBA will be to holda public meeting, at which time a pre-liminary report will be released by thefirm. Public comments will be takenand incorporated into a final report.

Mr. Sullivan asked the council fortheir commitment on traffic calmingand speed limit enforcement by thepolice to go along with the proposednew speed limit.

A recent study conducted by the po-lice department found that the averagespeed on the roadway is 33.5 mph. Thetest was conducted from 12:15 a.m. to11:45 p.m. on November 18 on EastBroad at Temple Emanu-El. Over 67percent of motorists were traveling atabout 36 mph.

Fourth Ward Councilman LawrenceA. Goldman noted that while the newspeed limit will not improve safety alongthe roadway by itself, it is the first stepin that direction.

Two pedestrians were struck andkilled by motorists during the first twomonths of this year on East Broad.

Mayor Thomas C. Jardim said thecalming devices, once installed, shouldhelp reduce the number of motoristswho ignore the new speed limit.

In other business, the findings of astudy of the number of vehicles as-signed to town personnel was releasedby Second Ward Councilman James J.Gruba, who chairs the Finance Com-mittee.

He said a total of 75 vehicles arecurrently assigned to town employees.Twenty-five are assigned to PublicWorks employees, 29 to the policedepartment, five to the fire department,two vehicles to the Board of Health andone to the Recreation Department di-rector.

Among those with assigned vehiclesare the town administrator; the policechief, deputy chief and two police cap-tains; Public Works supervisors, thefire chief and two deputy chiefs; theconstruction official, town engineer, taxassessor and surveyor.

These vehicles are take-home ve-hicles, said Mr. Gottko, since theseemployees are on call 24 hours a day.

Mayor Jardim asked the committeeto look further into the matter of as-signed cars for non-uniform personneland report back to the full council.

On another matter, Bill Fitzpatrick,representing the Holy Trinity RomanCatholic Church, came before the coun-cil to request that the governing bodywaive the fees charged for bingo eventsand a raffle the parish holds asfundraisers for its inter-parochialschool.

Non-profit groups, such as the school,are charged $10 per bingo event, fees

which are set by the state. For the 100bingo nights conducted annually byHoly Trinity, that amounts to an extra$1,000 in municipal fees that it mustpay to the town and also to the state. Forraffle fees, Holy Trinity must also pay$500 to the town and another $500 tothe state.

Mr. Fitzpatrick said by waiving themunicipal fees, Holy Trinity would gen-erate another $1,500 in revenue for itsschool.

Third Ward Councilman John J.Walsh supported the request, notingthat the private school saves the townmoney by educating children who wouldotherwise have to go through the localpublic school system.

Officials said they were concernedthat waiving such a fee would set a badprecedent in town. Town Administra-tor Edward A. Gottko noted thatWestfield generates $29,000 annuallyin revenues from various fees and li-censes, most of which are for “games ofchance.”

Mr. Goldman said the council eitherneeds to eliminate the municipal feescharged for bingo events or have a policyof not granting waivers on these charges.

First Ward Councilman Carl A.Salisbury said he was concerned aboutthe loss of revenue and its impact onmunicipal budgets, including the needto raise taxes to support the annualspending plans if such waivers weregranted.

Mayor Jardim suggested that thecouncil might want to consider lower-ing the fee.

In other business, the council agreedwith a recommendation from Mr. Grubato raise parking meter violation finesfrom $10 to $13. A dollar of that in-crease is the result of a new state sur-charge to raise funds for spinal cordresearch.

A survey conducted by the town de-termined that most communities in thearea were raising fees to make up for therevenue lost due to the new state sur-charge. The town will receive $8.50 foreach ticket. The remainder goes to sup-port the computer system utilized by allmunicipal courts in the state, as well asto fund the costs for bullet proof vestsfor the State Police and for emergencyvehicles.

Overtime parking tickets currentlygenerate about $11,000 in income forthe town.

The council decided not to take ac-tion at this time on the appointment ofthe town’s insurance risk manager, ahot political issue the past few years.Amalgamated Insurance Agencies(AGA), a firm co-owned by formerRepublican Mayor Ronald Frigerio, wasappointed over Democrats’ objectionslast December.

AGA replaced Bollinger Fowler, afirm that represented the town for years.

Mr. Gottko prepared a request forproposals in an effort to generate pro-posals from firms that might be inter-ested in Westfield’s contract. Officialssaid the pact with AGA ends on Friday,December 31.

Thus, the council could be without aconsultant to handle paperwork frominsurance claims filed against the townfor up to three weeks. The council’s firstpublic meeting of the year will be Tues-day, January 18. The administrator saidthe absence of the position, though, willnot provide a risk to the town since it isfully insured.

The council’s calendar, including thedate for the reorganization meeting, hasyet to be finalized by council members.

Recent Home Sales

WESTFIELDMessercola Brothers Building Co., Inc.

to Raymond and Christine Dente, 935Sedgewick Court, $603,900.

Michael and Christine Fossceca toScott and Noreen P. Singer, 536 ForestAvenue, $380,000.

Patricia Ann Heller to Joseph H.Sydnor Ar, Fourth Trust and Louise R.Sydnor, 12 Cowperthwaite Place,$355,100.

Virginia J. Glenn, in trust as trustee ofthe Virginia J. Glenn Revocable Trust U/A and Neil B. Glenn to Frank J. andEvelyn J. Schaefer, 17 CowperthwaiteSquare, $280,000.

John Jefferson to Wesley Nowak and

Jennifer S. Khan, 634 Downer Street,$180,000.

Jerry Simunovich to Mark P. Perretti,624 Ripley Place, $196,500.

Lenore K. Hodes to Owain andCourtney C. Rees, 302 Landsdowne Av-enue, $295,000.

Gordon S. Inamine and RosemarieKelly to Waldemar Garbowski and AnnaDec-Garbowski, 131 North Cottage Place,$200,000.

George V. and Theresa S. Lerose toMichael and Nancy K. Leahy, 240 EastDudley Avenue, $1,100,000.

Margaret M. Sheffield to Don DonRealty, L.L.C., 200 Ross Place, $350,000.

Affordable Homes of New Jersey, Inc.to Casey and Orlando D. Hurdle, 203Livingston Street, $179,900.

Bruce P. and Linda H. Shutts toStephen and Cheryl Hinel, 814 CedarTerrace, $835,000.

Scott R. and Tara A. Heuschkel toDonald C. Cassett, Jr. and Donald C. andElla Mae Cassett, Sr., 908 Everts Av-enue, $190,000.

Emilie M. Kerner, trust, Barbara K.Hart-Trustee to Robert N. and SusanD’Arecca, 24 Cowperthwaite Square,$264,000.

Lee Edward and Lesley Gwenn Millerto Neil P. and Stacy K. Horne, 3rd, 239Sylvania Place, $510,000.

Martha Brenkach to Lisabeta Zorrilla,786 West Broad Street, $213,000.

Westfield Prime Properties, L.L.C. toDavid and Daria Mary MacDonald, 724Clarence Street, $449,000.

Susan R. Carrigan to Mark and IritAttias Malinsky, 111 Marion Avenue,$208,000.

Council Agrees to LowerSpeed to 25 mph on Broad St.

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Fanwood Committee MovesForward on Plans to LaunchLocal Business AssociationBy SUZETTE F. STALKER

Specially Written for The Times

Believing it will unify andstrengthen the business district, theFanwood Downtown RevitalizationCommittee (FDRC) is forging aheadwith development of a business andprofessional association in the bor-ough.

The committee, which meetsmonthly for regular business, hasbeen working to establish theFanwood Business and ProfessionalAssociation for some time, accord-ing to FDRC Chairman Jim Lamca.Mr. Lamca said his committee envi-sions the association playing the samerole as business groups in Scotch

Plains and Westfield.During an organizational meeting

November 10 at The Chelsea inFanwood, FDRC members, alongwith several business owners andBorough Council representatives,shared ideas for recruiting membersto the association and discussed fu-ture leadership positions.

Also on hand were members of theScotch Plains-Fanwood High SchoolDECA Chapter, an association ofmarketing students, and their advi-sor, Donald Cababe. DECA studentshave done publicity for the FDRCand recently distributed a survey door-to-door to local businesses. Businessowners are asked to return their com-pleted questionnaires as soon as pos-sible.

The survey, which seeks input onmerchants’ concerns and priorities,was a follow-up to one mailed out ayear ago to all Fanwood households.That questionnaire asked residents’opinions on how to improve commu-nication between municipal govern-ment and the public and how thedowntown could be enhanced.

The original survey captured a firstplace award for the Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School Chapter atDECA’s annual state competition lastFebruary in Cherry Hill.

Merchants and professionals, aswell as other interested members ofthe community, will have anotheropportunity to network and discuss aplan of action for the association at ameeting next Tuesday, December 7,between 7:30 and 9 a.m.

The gathering will take place at ATasteful Touch Bistro, 42 SouthMartine Avenue in Fanwood. Com-plimentary continental breakfast willbe provided.

“We’re trying to get the businessesto be interested in forming an asso-ciation,” Mr. Lamca told The Timeslast week, saying such an organiza-tion would give its members strengthin numbers when working to achievegoals or seeking support from thegoverning body on downtown issues.

“We’re trying to show what couldhappen with it (being part of a group)as opposed to everyone going on theirown,” he commented.

He added that while response tothe association from Fanwood’sdowntown community has beenmixed, about a dozen businesses sofar have appeared “very interested”in joining the organization.

FDRC members, while optimisticabout the influential role the associa-tion could play in the community,have emphasized that plans and goalsfor the organization are still in thediscussion stage. However, member-ship forms and dues are currentlybeing accepted, and may be broughtto the December 7 meeting or mailedto DECA at Scotch Plains-FanwoodHigh School, 667 Westfield Road,Scotch Plains, 07076.

Although several earlier attemptsto form a business and professionalassociation in Fanwood were unsuc-cessful, Mr. Lamca said he believesthe climate may be right this time. Heremarked that borough officials havebeen more responsive to the ideathan in past years. “They’re franklywilling to do a lot for the businessdistrict,” he said.

In addition, he observed, Fanwoodwas recently awarded $400,000 instate and county grants to initiatedowntown improvements.

“It’s a slow process, we understand


State Delay on Grade 4 Foreign Language TestingMay Enable SPF to Refine Its Elementary Program

By SUSAN M. DYCKMANSpecially Written for The Times

Word has it that the State Commis-sioner of Education’s office may putoff testing of foreign language profi-ciency among fourth graders untilthe 2001-2002 school year. As a re-sult, Scotch Plains-Fanwood schooladministrators and the Board of Edu-cation will take some time to refinethe elementary World Languagesprogram under consideration to en-sure that the time required to imple-ment such a program does not detractfrom the existing curriculum.

The administration appeared to befavoring introduction of foreign lan-guage in both the second and thirdgrades beginning in September 2000.

At the November 23 board busi-ness meeting, Superintendent ofSchools Dr. Carol B. Choye said for-

eign language study could be “natu-rally integrated” into the curricu-lum, particularly in music, art and,possibly, physical education, througha collaborative effort by the respec-tive teachers.

At present, the proposal calls forinstruction of a different language(French, German, Italian or Span-ish) at each of the five elementaryschools, with Spanish being taughtat two schools. While several boardmembers have repeatedly expressedmajor reservations about this ap-proach, the topic was not discussed atany length during the meeting.

Discussion on the World Languageprogram will resume in January.

In other business, the board dis-cussed the rising costs associated withtuition for special needs’ studentswho must be placed out of district. As

of the November 23 meeting, with 64students in out-of-district placements,district tuition expenditures have al-ready exceeded the $2 million bud-geted for the 1999-00 school year.

“I am really concerned about thetuition account,” stated Director ofPupil Services Eleanor Henry. “I ammore than a little overwhelmed bythe number of three-year olds whoneed to go out of district because ofserious disabilities.”

Once a child who has been identi-fied as needing special services turnsthree years old, a school district isrequired to take responsibility forthat child’s educational needs, re-gardless of whether they are met in-district or out-of-district. This re-sponsibility usually includes a vari-ety of support services as well astransportation. The state funds only

about 30 percent of the cost of out-of-district placements.

With respect to the facilities issue,Dr. Choye announced that the com-munity survey results would be re-leased at the Thursday, December 9agenda meeting, which will begin at8 p.m. In the meantime, administra-tors are reviewing the priority itemsand associated costs set forth by TheThomas Group in its November 9feasibility study report. The reportprovides the district with several op-tions and costs estimates to provideadditional capacity in the district’sschools to handle an increasing stu-dent population.

During the meeting, board mem-ber Jean McAllister updated boardmembers and the public on theSchool-to-Work Initiative aspect of

Township Council to Look into ConditionsAt Scotch Plains Gardens Apartment Complex

By FRED ROSSISpecially Written for The Times

The Scotch Plains Council prom-ised to look into conditions at theScotch Plains Gardens apartment com-plex after two township homeownersexpressed their concerns about theFront Street property’s condition.

During its regular meeting No-vember 23, the council heard the twohomeowners talk about the uncol-lected garbage, abandoned cars andbroken windows and overcrowdedunits in some of the buildings theyhave observed at the complex.

One homeowner expressed someconcern about a large amount of roof-ing repair supplies left on the roofs ofsome of the buildings, which, hesaid, could pose a safety threat if thematerials were to slide off the roofand onto the ground.

One of the homeowners, Harold

Brody, told the council he had spo-ken with the complex’s managementcompany, but received little positivefeedback about his concerns.

Councilman Tarquin Jay Bromleysaid it was important for the Coun-cil and the local residents to con-tinue communicating with ScotchPlains Gardens’ management com-pany to find solutions to the localresidents’ concerns.

On another matter, the councilauthorized the Township Environ-mental Commission to submit a$2,500 grant request to the New Jer-sey Department of EnvironmentalProtection. If approved, the town-ship will match the grant, which willbe used to assist in an environmentalanalysis of the land in the Ashbrookreservation that is slated to be turnedinto a park and ballfields.

On a related issue, Union County

is currently studying whether toestablish a dedicated trust fund tobe used for open space and parks.All municipalities in the county,which is one of five in the state notto have such a trust fund, are beingasked to submit comments on theproposal, under which one-to-threecents per $100 of assessed propertyvalue would be earmarked for thefund.

A recently-appointed county com-mittee plans to hold public hearingson this topic early next year.

The council also gave permissionfor downtown businesses to hold side-walk sales on the three weekendspreceding the Christmas holiday.Outdoor sales will be held on theweekends of December 4 and 5, 11and 12 and 18 and 19.

On another matter, the council islikely to give further consideration to

approving a second street designa-tion for Senger Place between EastSecond Street and Front Street.

The two options are to give thestreet a secondary name of eitherMeyer Boulevard or Meyer Place, inrecognition of the Meyer family’sdecades of contributions to the ScotchPlains Fire Department.

Under the proposal currently be-ing considered, the official name ofthe street would remain SengerPlace.

Separately, the council congratu-lated Jeffrey Reichman on achievingthe rank of Eagle Scouts in the BoyScouts of America. The council alsorecognized the winners of the down-town Halloween Window PaintingContest.

The Township Council’s next meet-ing will be held on Tuesday, Decem-ber 14.


Planning Bd. Completing RevisionsTo Update Fanwood’s Zoning Code

By DEBORAH MADISONSpecially Written for The Times

The Fanwood Planning Board isin the process of revising theborough’s zoning code. The codehas not been updated in over 20years, according to Planning Boardmember and Borough CouncilmanJoel Whitaker.

Mr. Whitaker is also Chairmanof the Land Use and Historic Pres-ervation Committee and the Plan-ning Board’s liaison to the Bor-ough Council of which he is a mem-ber.

The reasons for revising the code,according to Councilwoman KarenSchurtz include outdated ordi-nances that are unnecessarily bur-densome to homeowners, as well asarchitectural and technological ad-

vances that must be incorporated intothe code.

The most significant changes tothe code for homeowners is the elimi-nation of the need to make an appli-cation to the board for certain typesof housing additions.

According to Mr. Whitaker, if anew addition is constructed alongexisting property lines and does notimpede any closer to property linesthan what codes allow, then an appli-cation may no longer be necessary.

“This should eliminate many rou-tine applications that previously hadto come before the board and be lessof a hassle for homeowners,” hestated.

A construction permit will still berequired, Mr. Whitaker added.

The other most significant changes

to the code are the creation of aCentral Commercial Zone 2 andthe elimination of the current des-ignated Light Industrial Zone. TheCentral Commercial Zone 2 is de-fined as a retail zone, but withdifferent parking requirements thanCentral Commercial Zone 1.

The light industrial zone, whichran along South Avenue from TerrillRoad to Martine Avenue has beenchanged to a general commercialzone. The revised code will containsix zones, which include: a generalcommercial zone, central commer-cial zones 1 and 2, a professionalzone and residential zones 1 and 2.

The two residential zones aredifferentiated by standard lot sizes:an R75 zone features residential


Age is No Factor for This GroupOf Former Boy Scout Members

By FRED ROSSISpecially Written for The Times

Old soldiers may fade away, butsome old Boy Scouts just keep onserving. At least that’s what the Flint-locks, a local group made up prima-rily of former Scout members, try toachieve.

They’re a group of older men, intheir 60s, 70s and 80s, who havebeen together for some 12 years andwhose common thread is that they’reall former Scouts or were involved inscouting in some way.

The non-profit Flintlocks worktogether to support the Scouts byusing money raised at the RecyclingCenter to make improvements to vari-

ous camps serving the Scouts.According to Alan Ebersole, man-

ager of the Fanwood-Scotch PlainsRecycling Center on North Avenueand member of the Flintlocks, thegroup was originally organized “tosee if we could do something for ourcamps, because they were sufferingfrom a lack of available people orwere unable to hire people because offunding problems.”

The Flintlocks number a few dozenretired men from about 12 communi-ties in a handful of New Jersey coun-ties, primarily Union County.

Mr. Ebersole told The Times thegroup has “accomplished an awfullot,” and a look at the list of their

recent projects bears out this assess-ment.

Once a week, regardless of theweather or the time of year, the Flint-locks travel to Boy Scout camps inthe region to do physical work, whichincludes carpentry, painting, plumb-ing, digging and other activities.

Lately, the group has been involvedin making improvements at CampWinnebago in Rockaway, and CampSabbattis in the Adirondacks in NewYork State.

They built 26 new latrines, 110new tent platforms and about 65 pic-nic tables. The men also designedand built a new 28-by-36 foot multi-purpose building, completed a newrifle range and a 65-foot boat dock,and powerwashed and painted a din-ing hall and repaired the building’sroof.

Suzette F. Stalker for The TimesSPECIAL INTRODUCTION…Fanwood’s new Plumbing Inspector/PlumbingSub-Code Official, Robert S. Cenar, pictured above, was recently introduced tothe community by Mayor Maryanne S. Connelly and the Borough Council. Heformerly served in the same position in Scotch Plains.

GIVING FROM THE HEART…DECA students from Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School demonstrated the truemeaning of the holiday season by feeding the homeless at the Black United Fund Community Center Complex in Plainfieldon Thanksgiving Day. Pictured, left to right, are: Julie Lowen, Lauren Regenthal, Jennifer Miller, Diane Ferrara, SarahVilim, Becky Vilim and Katie Sargent.



SCOTCH PLAINSPOLICE BLOTTER




Committee Plans to LaunchFanwood Business Association

Delay on Foreign LanguageTesting May Change Program

Age is No Factor for GroupOf Former Boy Scouts

Planning Bd. Completing Revisions to Zoning Code

that,” stated Charles Lehmann, a life-long borough resident and formerowner of the Corner Store in Fanwood,regarding the effort to get a businessand professional association off theground. “Our intention was to showsomething in the works. We’re seeingit build up.”

Mr. Lehmann added that the DECAChapter is “doing a great job” in sup-porting the FDRC’s campaign to launchthe association.

Among the questions contained inthe DECA survey sent out last year to

residents was one asking what activi-ties individuals would like to see theFanwood Business and ProfessionalAssociation engage in.

Responses indicated that residentsfelt the association should participate inpromotional activities such as a busi-ness newsletter; joint promotional ef-forts and community activities; groupsales and advertising and sidewalk sales.

For more information on the De-cember 7 meeting at A Tasteful Touch,please call Mr. Lehmann at (908) 889-6515.

the state’s Core Curriculum ContentStandards.

While the proposed implementa-tion code for the standards related toworkplace readiness has seen somerevisions and the “most obnoxiouslanguage” has been eliminated, Mrs.McAllister said she is concerned thatthe program “is clearly moving for-ward” in districts around the state.She said that, although students arenot mandated to have work experi-ence prior to high school graduation,the state standard for work experi-ence still stands.

In her comments, Mrs. McAllisterchastised the New Jersey SchoolBoards Association for not acting ona resolution passed last May which

stated the organization would bringpressure to bear on state legislators toact on this issue.

In another matter, the board ac-knowledged the efforts of commu-nity volunteers and Parent-TeacherAssociations who have worked towire their elementary school build-ings for Internet access.

Those recognized for their “do-nated resources of time, expertise,and labor” were: Steve Esposito, JohnThompson, Jihjye Twu, FeliciaLevine, Suzanne Nagourney, CarenGoldberg, Nancy Guiffre, SallyDeVries, Janet Mann, Clarice Howe-Johnson, Lisa McNally, BarbaraCronenberger-Meyer and GaleMiller.

lots of 7,500 square feet or under,while an R150 zone is for lots largerthan 15,000 square feet.

All residential neighborhoods fallinto one of these two categories de-pending on the predominance of thestandard lot sizes in that neighbor-hood. Except for the elimination ofroutine applications, most of the resi-dential zoning ordinances will re-main the same. A preponderance ofthe code is mandated by the state andcannot be modified.

One of the major issues being re-viewed by the board is businesssignage. According to Mrs. Schurtz,the state’s Beneficial Use Law man-dates that a town cannot prohibitsomething that is deemed to be of abeneficial use to a great number ofpeople, such as a cellular telephonetower or a business sign.

The borough can, however, dic-tate the conditions of where thattower will be located and set thestandards for signage, Mrs. Schurtzexplained.

“It is the job of the board to find abalance between what is commer-cially lucrative and what is aestheti-

cally pleasing,” Mrs. Schurtz stated.According to Mr. Whitaker, the

board is considering the formation ofa sign committee to deal with thiscomplex issue. There are many as-pects of signage that must be takeninto account when devising the stan-dards, such as illumination intensityand appropriate size, officials noted.

“A dedicated committee that fo-cuses exclusively on sign applica-tions is something that other townsare doing and is something that wewill be considering in the near fu-ture,” Mr. Whitaker stated.

The next step in the revision pro-cess is a review of the final draft bythe borough’s attorney, Dennis Estis.Then, the final draft will go to theBorough Council for action.

“Because the draft must be intro-duced and adopted in the same year,it will most likely not be done untilafter the new year,” Mr. Whitakerstated. “A more detailed list of thespecific changes will be published atthat time.”

FANWOODPOLICE BLOTTER

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 23• A Meadowview Road resident re-

ported the theft of several blank checks.The theft came to light when an areacheck cashing business became suspi-cious during a transaction and seizedthe check. It is unknown as to when thetheft occurred.WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 24• A Hunter Avenue resident reported

finding the word “SEAS” spray paintedin white on her car.

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 25• A Mountain Avenue resident re-

ported finding pry marks on a rearwindow to the house. Entry was notgained.

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 27• James Gordon, 24, of Newark,

was arrested and charged with receiv-ing stolen property, automobile theftand hindering his own apprehension.Gordon was found to be in possessionof a stolen motor vehicle during amotor vehicle stop on Route 22. Thevehicle was stolen on October 29 inMarlboro Township. Gordon also pro-vided a false identity to police at thetime of his arrest resulting in the addi-tional charge.

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 28• A side view mirror was reported

broken off a vehicle parked on ParkwoodDrive.

They also installed handicap rampsto all the buildings to make themcompliant with federal regulations.

The Flintlocks benefit from thediversity of their membership, Mr.Ebersole said, noting the varied edu-cational, business and income levelsof the men.

“We have people who were scien-tists and we have people who wereplumbers,” he said. This range ofexperience means that “everyonelearns from the others” and “we areall able to lean upon one another.”

Flintlocks won’t let older mem-bers, who are not as physically ca-pable as some of the others, rest.They’re put to work assembling bird-house and bird feeder kits as well asother novelty items that are then soldat Scout stores.

Every Saturday, the Flintlocks workat the North Avenue Recycling Cen-ter, during its normal operating hoursfrom 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., helping to

empty cars and carrying variousrecyclables. Along with other volun-teer organizations, the Flintlocks“man the center and make it work,”Mr. Ebersole said.

The money the Recycling Centerraises from selling off the collectedrecyclable materials is itself recycledback into the volunteer organiza-tions that lend a hand.

Robert Sommerich, President ofthe Recycling Association, calls thegroup “a great bunch of people whodo an enormous amount of good.”

While still a strictly local organi-zation, Mr. Ebersole told The Timeshe would love to see the Flintlocksbecome a national service group. Oneproblem the group constantly fightsis, perhaps obviously, the age factor.

Mr. Ebersole is looking to recruitnew members, and not being a BoyScout alumnus should not stand inthe way of any potential volunteers,he said.

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 24• A purse snatching was reported at

a South Avenue supermarket, accord-ing to police. The victim said a smallred car, possibly a Toyota, pulled up infront of her in the supermarket parkinglot. An individual, described only as ablack male wearing a black coat, thenpartially exited the passenger side ofthe vehicle and took her purse.

According to police, the suspect thenreentered the car, which fled west on

South Avenue. No description of thedriver was available and no one hadbeen apprehended as of press time,authorities confirmed.

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 29• The owners of a Kempshall Ter-

race residence returned home to findtheir front door open. Authorities said apolice search revealed that a burglaryhad taken place, with a couple of itemstaken, although no one was found in thehouse.


Fanwood Planning Board Gives ApprovalTo Petition to Conduct Home Business

By SUZETTE F. STALKERSpecially Written for The Times

FANWOOD – Just one new appealwas heard during the November 23regular meeting of the Fanwood Plan-ning Board. The board also memorial-ized five resolutions of cases that weredecided last month.

Following a brief public hearing,Claudette Bardwil of 40 Laurel Placewas granted permission for a homeoccupancy to conduct business as atravel agent from her residence.

Ms. Bardwil said she does all busi-ness by telephone, fax machine or e-mail and that clients would not becoming to her house. Only a small areaof her home would be utilized for thebusiness, the applicant confirmed. Sheadded that she would mail or person-ally deliver materials to clients.

Observing that these types of homebusinesses are becoming more com-mon, Board Chairman GregoryCummings told his colleagues he wouldlike to see the process for approvingsuch requests speeded up in the future.

Councilman Joel Whitaker, whoserves as governing body Liaison tothe Planning Board, said such matterswould likely be addressed under therevised Fanwood Zoning Ordinance.The ordinance – roughly 200 pageslong – is expected to be introduced bythe council either later this month or inJanuary.

All the resolutions memorialized lastweek were approved by the board onOctober 27. Tomas Frias of 115 CrayTerrace was awarded a bulk varianceto increase the kitchen area of his single-family home. He said he intended toaccomplish this by using a portion ofhis existing garage space.

Carl Monopoli of 107 WilloughbyRoad received a bulk variance to erect

a detached, two-bay garage on his prop-erty. Mr. Monopoli’s application wasapproved with the condition that heinstall a storm water detention systemto compensate for the reduced amountof pervious surface on his lot once thegarage is built.

Borough Engineer Richard Marsden,who offered the applicant some guide-lines on storm water management dur-ing the public hearing on his appeallast month, will have to approve what-ever option Mr. Monopoli chooses.

The board approved four bulk vari-ances for Stephen and Janet Siegal of211 Coriell Avenue, who sought per-mission to construct a deck and an addi-tion onto their home for a playroom.

In the fourth petition heard lastmonth, Harsh and Aruna Bhargava of6 Crest Lane were granted bulk vari-ances to create a sun room in theirsingle-family home and to expand theirkitchen area and deck. The renova-tions are expected to boost imperviouscoverage on the property by 5 percent.

As a condition of approval, thecouple was asked to channel runoffwater into their backyard until roadand storm sewer improvements areimplemented by the borough next yearon nearby Coriell Avenue, which isexpected to relieve flooding in back-yards on Crest Lane and Carson Street.Runoff water from the Bhargavas’ resi-dence may then be directed into theregular system.

The final resolution memorializedlast week confirmed the board’s ap-proval of a petition by David Jaxheimerfor mixed residential and commercialuse of 38 South Avenue. Mr. Jaxheimeris the contract purchaser of the site.

The applicant had asked the board toamend its decision last August thattransformed the status of the lot from a

non-conforming residential use to aconforming commercial use.

Mr. Jaxheimer plans to rent a single-

family home on the property to tenantsand use the back portion of the lot topark two vehicles for his business.

Revamp of Westfield’sTV-36 Becoming Reality

By PAUL J. PEYTONSpecially Written for The Times

WESTFIELD – In what is seen as thefirst step in the development of a commu-nity-wide cable television station inWestfield, the Town Council has intro-duced an ordinance to form a televisionadvisory board.

The 11-member board, which will con-sist of nine at-large members along withrepresentatives from the Town Counciland the Board of Education, resultedfrom an ad hoc committee that was cre-ated by Mayor Thomas C. Jardim earlierthis year.

Third Ward Councilman Neil F.Sullivan, who served as council liaisonto the ad hoc committee, referred to theestablishment of the TV advisory boardas the “first step towards ultimately hav-ing a very robust community televisionwithin our community.”

Mr. Sullivan said the town will bemaking a “quantum leap” in the way itcommunicates with its residents throughthe restructure of the TV-36 operation,the town’s local cable television accesschannel.

Noting that the station, currently knownas TV-36, reaches 80 percent of Westfieldhouseholds, Mr. Sullivan said the coun-cil will be “called to the plate next springto put some money behind this (ordi-nance).”

He noted that this funding will beaccomplished by designating all fran-chise fees received by the town fromComcast, the town’s cable television pro-vider, into the station’s operations.

The ordinance was introduced at thetown council’s meeting on November 23.

Under the ordinance, the station willbe designated as Westfield CommunityTelevision or WCTV. The advisory boardalso will recommend to the council thename of a candidate to serve as Directorof Operations, a paid position to be cre-ated by the council.

Mayor Jardim said a public hearingand council adoption vote on the ordi-nance is scheduled for Tuesday, Decem-ber 7.

He asked council members to give himthe names of individuals who might liketo serve on the board. He also invitedresidents to contact the town of theirinterests of serving on the board.

The initial board will consist of threemembers appointed to one-year terms,three members who will be appointed fora period of two years, and three memberswho will serve for terms of three yearseach.

The council and school board repre-sentatives will be appointed annually.Darielle Walsh, Board of Education Presi-dent, has said she will appoint herself asthe board’s representative on the advi-sory panel.

Once formed, the new board will ap-point a Chairman and Vice Chairman.The board will have the authority to formstanding committees, the members ofwhich will be appointed by the board’schairman.

According to the ordinance, the board’spurpose will be to recommend to thecouncil policies that will insure the sta-tion “is used in the best possible mannerto serve the needs of the community withprograms which would cover communityevents, cultural and athletic events, andother programs which would be of inter-est to the community.”

The board would also create and es-tablish a system to place emergency an-nouncements on the station. The boardwill plan promotional activities for theWCTV as well as apply and receivegrants and donations to support the sta-tion.

The board would be responsible forproducing local programming on a regu-lar basis, to review program proposalsand tapes submitted for broadcast anddecide whether or not they should beaired.

The board would set quality controlguidelines for programming.

Third Ward Councilman John J. Walshsaid approval of the ordinance will “opena number of possibilities for the town” ofan otherwise “underutilized” local cableTV access channel.

He said the establishment of the TVadvisory board will help in the creationof programming that enhance “a robustof public faith” while increasing thebroadcast of local entertainment programsoffered in the town.

First Ward Councilman Gregory S.McDermott, noting that volunteers will

be sought for all aspects of the newlyrevised station, urged the board to seekout Westfield High School students tovolunteer their time. Currently, TV-36 islocated at the high school and uses stu-dents in all aspects of production as partof their academic studies.

In other business, the council unani-mously approved a resolution to pur-chase 10 “Town of Westfield” entrancesigns at a total purchase price of $20,737.

Seven signs will be located at strategicborders with surrounding communities.An additional three signs will be placedin storage. The signs will be purchasedfrom Hastings Designs of Pittstown.

Michael La Place, Executive Directorof the Downtown Westfield Corporation,said the signs will be placed at the fol-lowing locations: Mountain Avenue atthe Mountainside border; one sign eachat the Scotch Plains and Garwood bor-ders on both North and South Avenues,for a total of four signs; Central Avenueat the Clark border, and Springfield Av-enue near the Echo Lake Country Club atthe Springfield border.

Mayor Jardim said the new signs will“demonstrate who we are and what weare all about well into the next century.”

The council also re-appointed TownEngineer Kenneth B. Marsh for a three-year term. Mr. Marsh, who also serves asDirector of Public Works, has been em-ployed by the town for six years.

During the public comments seg-ment of the meeting, North ChestnutStreet resident Anthony M. LaPortaasked the council for its support oflegislation pending in the state Senatewhich would enable towns to restrictthe hours of operation of disposal com-panies collecting garbage in their com-munities.

Assembly Bill No. 1853 is sponsoredAssemblyman Richard H. Bagger, whoserved as town mayor in 1991, and haspassed the Assembly by a vote of 74-0,according to Mr. Laporta. Mr. LaPortachaired the council’s Solid Waste Com-mittee when he was on council in 1993and 1994.

The Assembly bill has been assignedto the state Senate’s Community AffairsCommittee.

The legislation follows an ordinanceenacted by the council a number of yearsago that was aimed at restricting hours ofoperation of haulers who were picking uptrash in Westfield during the early morn-ing hours.

The town, however, lost a legal chal-lenge brought by several of the haulers.Mr. Laporta noted that the court ruled thestate and not municipalities have juris-diction in this issue.

While noting most haulers who oper-ate in Westfield are now collecting atlater hours, Mr. Laporta said passage ofthe legislation by the Assembly “is apositive move and I hope you (the coun-cil) can all support it.”

Mayor Jardim responded that he be-lieves the legislation is “worth support-ing.”

Third Ward Councilman John J.Walsh, who ran on the Democratic ticketheaded by Mr. Laporta, the mayoralcandidate, in 1994, said residents were“constantly complaining” to him aboutearly morning pickups during his coun-cil campaigns.

On another matter, John Cannizzaro ofFourth Avenue commented on a recentmeeting, hosted by Second Ward Coun-cilman Matthew P. Albano. The meetingwas held in the aftermath of the recentcourt victory by Village Super Markets tobuild a ShopRite Supermarket on theWestfield border in Garwood.

Mr. Cannizzaro asked the council toconsider a legal challenge of the recentSuperior Court decision that found theGarwood Planning Board’s 1995 approvalof the ShopRite store was correct.

Mr. Cannizzaro also asked the councilto give their support to Assembly BillNo. 301 which addresses proposed de-velopments that may impact surroundingcommunities.

The legislation, introduced by As-semblyman Bagger in January 1998,would establish cross acceptance ofmaster plans by bordering communi-ties. The bill also would setup a reviewof major applications in bordering townswhich may be impacted by them interms of increased traffic and other en-vironmental concerns.

The legislation is currently sitting inthe Assembly Government and HousingCommittee.

ShopRite Store DiscussedBy North Side Residents

By KIM KINTERSpecially Written for The Times

WESTFIELD – A group of residentson the north side of Westfield have begunmeeting to discuss ways to deal with theproposed ShopRite grocery store plannedfor North Avenue in Garwood.

The residents met on November 22with Town Councilman Matthew P.Albano, who represents the Second Ward.Mr. Albano’s ward is located closest tothe proposed store complex.

The councilman, who organized andplanned the meeting, said that about 100residents filled the Municipal Building’sCommunity Room and that talk centeredmainly on ways to deal with the trafficthat could be created by construction ofthe new store.

Town Attorney William Jeremiah, 2nd,and Anthony J. Scutti, Westfield PoliceChief, were among those in attendance atthe meeting.

Councilman Albano said that as a re-sult of the meeting, “at the very least,” heis requesting that the Town Council pay

for a traffic study of the “grid” areabound by Gallows Hill Road and SaintPaul Street and North Avenue and EastBroad Street, which Mr. Albano believeswill be most affected by increased trafficdue to the proposed store.

The councilman added that he will“seriously request that they (Town Coun-cil) move quickly to conduct a study. Thisis something that we want to stay in frontof.”

A subcommittee of interested resi-dents who attended the meeting is alsobeing formed to develop plans and setgoals, he said. That subcommittee hasnot yet met.

Mr. Albano first contacted his con-stituents in a letter during his recentreelection campaign, in which he re-vealed that a Union County SuperiorCourt decision was handed down in Oc-tober in favor of construction of theShopRite on North Avenue in Garwood.

Construction of the proposed ShopRitehad been in litigation for years when tworesidents claimed that Garwood Plan-ning Board officials had not correctlyfollowed procedures and that their deci-sion allowing the construction of thestore was invalid.

The two Westfield attorneys repre-senting the residents have until mid-December to file an appeal of the Supe-rior Court decision in state AppellateCourt. One attorney, William Butler,said his client still has not made a deci-sion about whether to file an appeal,while the other, Brian Fahey, did notreturn telephone calls.

Mr. Albano said that he wrote in theletter to his constituents that, essentially,he “felt strongly that while we can’t stopShopRite, we can take action to im-prove” the quality of life and preserveproperty value in the area around thestore.

He admitted, however, that there wereseveral residents at the meeting who didquestion whether there was anything le-gal that the town could do to halt theconstruction of the store. Mr. Jeremiahtold the group that there was nothing thatcould be done by the town, Mr. Albanosaid.

David Owens, a Saint Mark’s Avenueresident who attended the meeting, toldMr. Albano he believed there may besome legal recourse and that he wasplanning to investigate the matter.

Contacted at home by The WestfieldLeader, Mr. Owens said, “Ideally, wewould like to not have it (the store) atall.” But, he acknowledged, the groupwas at the very early stages of develop-ment and it was unclear what exactly itsgoals would be.

Mr. Owens, however, said he is plan-ning to contact Al Norman, a Massachu-setts resident who operates the organiza-tion Sprawl-Busters and has been suc-cessful in fighting the construction ofsuch large stores as Wal-Mart and HomeDepot in various municipalities through-out the country.

A Web site, www.sprawl-busters.com,contains information about the organiza-tion. Mr. Owens has referred the resi-dents to it for information. Fanwood

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All State School Districts Would be EligibleFor Loans Under Proposed Legislation

TRENTON – Bipartisan legislationwas introduced in the state Senate onNovember 15 that establishes a guar-anteed financing and construction pro-gram for every school district in thestate.

“We have created a program thatwill provide an opportunity for everyschool district in the state to receivefinancial support to build new schoolswhere needed, rehabilitate aging fa-cilities and expand overcrowded build-ings,” said Senate President Donald T.DiFrancesco of Scotch Plains, whoannounced the program.

“For the first time ever, the state willprovide financial support for schoolconstruction and rehabilitation in all618 districts, including suburban dis-tricts which never before had help fromTrenton,” he added.

Under terms of the proposal, evendistricts that are ineligible for corecurriculum aid would be in line fordebt service aid for building and reha-bilitating schools. Additionally, theprogram guarantees a fixed rate ofdebt service aid that will not be tied toannual fluctuations in the state aid for-mula. The program also offers a $1billion revolving loan fund.

The Senate legislation, S-15, is be-ing sponsored by Senators William

Gormley (R-2nd) and John Lynch (D-17th).

The program is a response to the1998 Supreme Court ruling that or-dered the state to subsidize facilities’improvements in the state’s poorestschool districts, the so-called Abbottdistricts. The Senate bill, dubbed the“Educational Facilities Constructionand Financing Act,” provides a com-prehensive loan and funding programnot only for the 30 districts included inthe court order, but also for all of theother districts throughout the state.

Under terms of the program, thestate will finance 100 percent of thecost of school construction in theAbbott school districts, which will berequired to have the New Jersey Build-ing Authority supervise constructionprojects.

Districts with a state aid percentageof less than 50 percent have the optionof using the state Building Authorityor building the project themselves.Debt service aid will be in proportionto the amount of aid the district re-ceives at the time the constructionproject is approved or a minimum of10 percent.

The new legislation would not alterthe route that school districts must taketo issue debt for school construction

and renovation, which is to win voterapproval for new borrowing.

Local school districts would be re-quired to win voter approval of itslocal share of construction costs ser-vice prior to receiving the state debtservice aid.

The revolving loan fund would pro-vide non-Abbott districts with up to$200 million per year for a total of fiveyears. Loan repayments would be rolledover for additional loans following theinitial five-year period.

The bill also directs the New JerseyEducational Facilities Authority to as-sist districts with borrowing to meetthe local share of project costs and forrefinancing existing school facilitydebt.

In addition, the legislation providesfor Community Development SchoolProjects, a program announced earlierthis month by Senators DiFrancesco,Gormley and Lynch.

That program requires school dis-tricts in New Jersey’s urban centers tocoordinate new school buildingprojects with other community rede-velopment initiatives in a comprehen-sive effort to promote revitalization ofthe state’s older downtown areas andneighborhoods, Senator DiFrancescosaid.

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By SUZETTE F. STALKERSpecially Written for The Westfield Leader and The Times

WESTFIELD – A Westfieldwoman was arrested at an AtlanticCity casino last Saturday and chargedwith having bludgeoned andstrangled her husband to deathThanksgiving morning at their resi-dence in Upper Darby Township, Pa.

Kim Vo, 45, is suspected of havingkilled Michael Coll, 67, in the one-bedroom apartment they shared.Detective Sergeant Robert Comptonof the Westfield Police Department’sDetective Bureau said Tuesday thatPennsylvania authorities informedWestfield police that the victim andVo were married two months ago.

Mr. Coll’s body was discovered byPennsylvania police last Fridaywrapped in bed linens and concealedin a bedroom closet in the blood-spattered apartment, Detective Ser-geant George Rhoades of the UpperDarby Township Police Departmentsaid. Upper Darby is located in Dela-ware County, which is just outsideWest Philadelphia.

According to Sergeant Rhoades,the Delaware County Medical

Examiner’s report found that the vic-tim died of “multiple blows to thehead, trunk and limbs and also stran-gulation.” He added that authoritieswere still attempting to identify themurder weapon used.

He noted that a neighbor heard anargument coming from the apart-ment at about 5 a.m. Thanksgivingmorning, during which the victimwas heard yelling “what are you do-ing?” and “why are you doing that?”The dispute was followed by the soundof a thump, Sergeant Rhoades said.

Police in Upper Darby were alertedto the situation after a friend of thevictim reported that Mr. Coll failedto show up for Thanksgiving dinnerat the friend’s home, SergeantCompton acknowledged.

Westfield police assisted Pennsyl-vania authorities with obtaining andexecuting a search warrant last Sat-urday at Vo’s home on Florence Av-enue in Westfield, according to Ex-ecutive Assistant Union County Pros-ecutor Robert O’Leary.

Sergeant Compton confirmedTuesday that the search uncoveredseveral pieces of evidence linking Voto the crime, including bloody den-tures and clothing belonging to thevictim, as well as a recent bank re-ceipt for $36,000. Mr. Coll report-edly received the money after sellinghis interest in a Pennsylvania radiostation, Sergeant Rhoades said.

Authorities discovered that Vo tooka taxi from Westfield to Clark at noonlast Friday and traveled from there toAtlantic City. She was arrested byNew Jersey State Police at Caesar’scasino without incident the follow-ing day.

Sergeant Compton said that whiledetectives had found evidence thatthe suspect “had done a lot of gam-bling,” it was unknown whether ornot a gambling habit had played arole in the murder.

Vo has been charged with murder,manslaughter, aggravated and simpleassault, recklessly endangering an-other person, robbery, theft, receiv-ing stolen property, possessing in-struments of crime and tampering orfabricating evidence, SergeantRhoades confirmed.

He said the last of these chargeshad to do with Vo’s alleged attemptsto clean up the apartment and discardevidence in a dumpster on the apart-ment property.

Sergeant Rhoades said investiga-tors had sifted through trash at aDelaware County incinerator wherethe contents of the dumpster hadbeen taken, but had not uncovered

anything connected with the crimeas of Tuesday.

The Pennsylvania detective saidWestfield authorities offered “a greatdeal of cooperation” in the case andwere instrumental in the swift arrestof a suspect in the crime.

According to Sergeant Compton,Vo used several aliases, includingKim Qui Vo, Kim Paster, Maria Lewisand Maria Louis. He said tax recordsshow Vo had owned the home onFlorence Avenue since 1989, but thatMr. Coll did not live there. TheWestfield Tax Assessor’s office con-firmed that Vo also owns a house onCacciola Place in Westfield, whichshe rents out to tenants.

Vo waived extradition to Pennsyl-vania following a November 30 hear-ing in Atlantic County Superior Courtin Mays Landing, said Janet Niedosik,a spokeswoman for the AtlanticCounty Prosecutor’s Office, yester-day morning. She is expected to betransported to Pennsylvania withinthe next several days.

In September, Vo was arrested inNewark and charged with a series ofthefts by fraudulently using the ac-count number of Celebrations, aWestfield business where she worked.

In July, Vo put the store’s bankaccount number on her personalchecks and cashed four checks inAtlantic City in the amounts of$2,351, $2,000, $1,725 and $500,Sergeant Compton confirmed onTuesday.

Mr. O’ Leary said Vo pleaded guiltyin Superior Court on November 18 toone count of theft by deception, athird degree crime. She is scheduledto be sentenced on Friday, January28, and faces 90 days in jail plusrequired restitution to the store.

Westfield police said Vo had alsobeen charged in April with drivingwith a revoked license. A municipalcourt warrant was issued after shefailed to pay the summons.

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WESTFIELD – The Raritan Valley Line Commuter Commission(RVLCC) will hold its quarterly meeting on Thursday, December 9, at 7:30p.m. in Town Hall in the Administrator’s Conference Room.

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Type ‘A’ Light DesignTo Grace Westfield

By PAUL J. PEYTONSpecially Written for The Westfield Leader and The Times

WESTFIELD – The Westfield busi-ness district will not only soon begetting brighter, butreceiving a facelift aswell.

Two new lightingdesigns, appropri-ately labeled “A” and“B” were displayedfor two weeks at theintersection of Elmand East BroadStreets. TheWestfield DowntownCorporation has de-termined that model“A” is the clear win-ner, based on opin-ions submitted viatelephone and e-mailfrom more than 50people.

Model “A” was fa-vored by a margin of2 to 1 as the new light-ing design for thedowntown, accord-ing to Michael LaPlace, DWC Execu-tive Director.

He noted that theDWC envisions that200 or more of thetype “A” street lampswill grace the busi-ness district over thecourse of the nextthree to four years, Mr. La Place said.The four corners at East Broad andElm Streets will be the first area tofeature the globes.

The area, referred to as BankSquare on the Downtown Plan devel-oped by the DWC, will feature doubleglobes while single globes will beinstalled in the rest of the downtown.

Mr. La Place said the new fixtureswill sit atop black poles that are 12feet in height. They will replace thecurrent lighting fixtures that stand

25 feet off theground. The newlight poles will beplaced 80 feetapart.

“We didn’t wanta mish-mash withthe old and the new(lighting fix-tures),” Mr.LaPlace stated.

In order to ac-commodate thehanging of ban-ners and holidayseason decora-tions, two orna-mental style polesfree of light fix-tures will be placedper block in thedowntown be-tween the newlighting fixtures.

The new light-ing fixtures will beowned and main-tained by PublicService Electricand Gas Company(PSE&G) andleased to the town,as is currently thecase with the ex-isting lighting.

Mr. La Place said the lights will beadded as the town receives outsidegrant money.

Town Administrator Edward A.Gottko said only the demonstrationlights have been budgeted for to date.Mr. La Place noted that lighting forsome additional locations has beenfunded.

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David, Marilyn HartReceive Civic Award

By KIMBERLY A. BROADWELLSpecially Written for The Westfield Leader and The Times

MOUNTAINSIDE – The presen-tation of the local Mabel Young GoodNeighbor Award opened theMountainside Council meeting onNovember 23.

This year’s civic award went tolong-time Mountainside residentsDavid and Dr. Marilyn Hart.

The award was presented by BillBiunno, who represented the MabelYoung selection committee.

The annual Mabel Young GoodNeighbor Award was started 17 yearsago to honor Mabel Young ofMountainside, a long-time teacherand community activist. Ms. Youngretired to Florida about 10 years ago,where she later died.

The purpose of the annual award isto “salute a member or members ofour community who have made out-standing contributions for the better-ment and welfare of Mountainside,”Mr. Biunno said.

“Tonight, the recipients of theMabel Young Award for 1999 followin the tradition of Mountainsiderscaring for Mountainsiders,” he said.“People who have given their timeand talents and love in unassumingways, seeking no acclaim or recogni-tion, but always giving and beingtheir brother’s keeper.”

Dr. Hart, born Marilyn McGuire,was raised in Mountainside. Mr.Biunno noted that she started volun-teering at a young age as a bandagewrapper for the USO during WorldWar II. She then served as a volun-teer at Lyons Veterans Hospital.

According to Mr. Biunno, Dr. Hart

met her future husband while bothwere members of the Catholic YouthOrganization at St. James RomanCatholic Church in Springfield. Thecouple was married in 1951.

David Hart was born in Spring-field and earned his undergraduatedegree, as well as his master’s degreein Education, at Montclair StateUniversity, Mr. Biunno noted.

Mr. Hart then taught in theWestfield school system. After he leftWestfield, his wife and son, Dr. D.Michael Hart, established a scholar-ship honoring the educator, which isawarded to graduating WHS seniorsinterested in the environment.

Mr. Hart was Principal of theDeerfield School in Mountainsidefor two years before beginning a 27-year career as a middle school Prin-cipal at Brewer and Carl H. KumpfSchools in Clark, Mr. Biunno said.He retired in 1989.

Dr. Hart earned her bachelor’s de-gree at Seton Hall University. Shelater obtained her master’s degree ineducational psychology and a doc-torate in urban anthropology. Shewas then hired by Kean University asa professor.

Mr. Biunno noted that Dr. Hartserved on the Board of Education forthe now-defunct Union County Re-gional High School district from 1976to 1979 and that her husband servedon that board from 1980 to 1982. Healso stated that Dr. Hart served on theMountainside Borough Council from1979 to 1991, while Mr. Hart servedas a Mountainside councilman from1993 to 1998, including one year as

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House Fire on WindsorInjures Two Residents

By KIM KINTERSpecially Written for The Westfield Leader and The Times

WESTFIELD – Two people es-caped with minor injuries after a firebroke out in the second story of aWindsor Avenue residence Tuesdayafternoon.

Westfield Deputy Fire ChiefRaymond Luck said that the fire be-gan about 4 p.m. in a second-floorbedroom of the split-level home onthe south side of Westfield.

It was contained by the fire depart-ment within 10 minutes, he said, butthe second floor suffered extensiveheat and smoke damage.

Roger Gaiter, 77, the owner of thehome, and Rita Short, 45, a relativeof Mr. Gaiter, suffered minor burnson their hands after they initiallytried to extinguish the blaze them-selves, he said.

The Westfield Volunteer Rescue

Squad treated the two at the sceneand they did not require hospitaliza-tion.

The Windsor Avenue home is un-inhabitable, however, and theWestfield Chapter of the AmericanRed Cross helped the two to findtemporary shelter. Both will continueto be housed temporarily until theycan make permanent living arrange-ments.

Deputy Chief Luck said that thecause of the fire is undetermined atthis time, although it may be electri-cal in nature and is not suspicious.He said that the investigation is con-tinuing.

Two Westfield Fire Departmentengines and one ladder truck werecalled to the scene and firefightersrequired no assistance from neigh-boring municipalities.

Gail Corbin for The Westfield Leader and The TimesSOUTH SIDE HOUSE FIRE…A fire Tuesday afternoon in a second-floorbedroom of a split-level Windsor Avenue home was extinguished within 10minutes by the Westfield Fire Department. Two people inside the home escapedwith minor burns to their hands when they initially tried to put out the blaze.

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Letters to the Editor

GROTESQUESometimes it is necessary to dig

deeply for the origins of certain words.The history of grotesque, which cur-rently means “outlandish or bizarre,”provides a good example of this typeof word excavation. Grotesque, infact, came from a 16th century ar-chaeological dig that occurred at theancient Baths of Titus, the ruins ofwhich can still be seen today in Rome.

What impressed the public of theperiod when this discovery took placewas the fantastic art on the walls ofthe old bath ruins. These drawingsdepicted the heads of beasts on thebodies of men. They were centaurs,satyrs, tritons and so on. The pictureswere first called pittura grottesca,meaning “cave picture.”

The comic and bizarre cave pic-tures found in these “digs” resultedin the English version, grotesque,via the French, who added their dis-tinctive -esque (like) ending. Do youdig it?

Fanwood Business Association Would PlayVital Role in Strengthening Downtown

Along with its school system and municipal ser-vices, a strong business district is what shapes thebackbone of a community and attracts people to live,work and shop within its borders. It forms the heart-beat of a town, brings people together and helps givea municipality its flavor and uniqueness.

Fanwood, a borough measuring just 1.3 squaremiles, is making a substantial and diversified effort tobolster its downtown through infrastructure and aes-thetic improvements, events such as the annual “FannyWood” Day festival and development of a businessand professional association.

In attempting to get the association off the ground,the Fanwood Downtown Revitalization Committee isfollowing in the footsteps of merchants in ScotchPlains, who five years ago launched their own busi-ness and professional group to represent the interestsof the downtown.

Begun with just a handful of business people, theScotch Plains association now boasts approximately200 members and has become a guiding force in thecommunity.

The association sponsors special events in thedowntown throughout the year, such as a Classic CarShow and the Scotch Plains Day/StreetFest celebra-tion; operates a scholarship fund and a townshipbeautification program, publishes a monthly newslet-ter and contributes funds and volunteer time to vari-ous organizations.

Although the idea of an association has generatedinterest among members of Fanwood’s business com-munity, FDRC representatives have admitted that itwill take time to see the project come to fruition. Wordneeds to get out. A plan of action and concrete goalsneed to be set. In addition, some businesses may viewthe concept with a skeptical eye, since several earlier

attempts to form a business association in Fanwooddid not pan out.

Last month, an organizational meeting dealing withthe formation of the association was held at TheChelsea in Fanwood, and next Tuesday, December 7,a second meeting is planned at A Tasteful Touch Bistroon Martine Avenue in Fanwood from 7 to 9:30 a.m.

All businesses in the borough are invited to send arepresentative to this meeting, where participants willnot only have an opportunity to network but alsoshare mutual concerns that will hopefully form thecornerstone of the association. Attendees are invitedto submit membership applications and dues at thistime.

We urge all members of the downtown communityto support and nurture the formation of a business andprofessional association in Fanwood. The borough ishome to many dedicated business people who haveinvested much in the community and are eager to seethe downtown grow and prosper in the next millen-nium.

An association can strengthen the fabric of thebusiness community and give it a unified voice whenpresenting problems or concerns before the govern-ing body. An association can also help membersrealize common goals and enhance the commercialdistrict’s ties to the rest of the community.

We additionally encourage business and profes-sionals not to lose enthusiasm for the project if thingsdo not progress as swiftly as they anticipated, or if theassociation’s agenda fluctuates along the way. Anyfledgling organization goes through growing pains,and the inevitable kinks will have to be ironed out.However, we need only look to the Scotch PlainsBusiness and Professional Association to see howsuccessful such an endeavor can be.

A concerned wife writes: I am ahappily married 45-year-old womanwho is living with a 46-year-old suc-cessful man. “John” built up a dyingbusiness that he inherited from his fa-ther and is a wonderful father and hus-band. Lately, he has withdrawn fromsome of our friends and questions if hehas contributed much in his life. Heseems to be in an early mid-life crisis;he is not depressed, but is seeking someunderstanding about the meaning oflife and our roles in it. Aside fromtherapy and/or medication, is there anyadvice you would recommend?

Answer: Some individuals seem tobe feeling a mid-life crisis at earlierages. It does not necessarily mean thatthe person is severely depressed; ques-tions of “what have I accomplished,and with whom,” come to the fore.Some question their sense of value,adequacy and significance. If therapyand/or medication are not being con-sidered, it would be helpful to supportJohn to focus on several specific areas:1) Concentrate on your friends withwhom you are involved and who meana lot to you and vice versa. 2) Think ofthe movie, It’s a Wonderful Life andconsider what would not be if you didnot exist. You will see that you do makea difference. 3) Evaluate how you canmake the future exciting and meaning-ful. Appreciate what you have and setgoals that will elicit positive motiva-tions. This could include efforts to helpothers, volunteer time, build on yourrelationships with family and friendsand recognize your individuality andthe individuality of each of us.

Twenty years ago I met with col-leagues (over lunch, of course) to dis-cuss the meaning of life. Twenty yearslater, I confess I don’t know the answer,but I do take pride that my work hasmade a difference to others. Each of usmust come to grips with his/her ownsense of value and each of us does havevalue!

A caring daughter writes: I amconcerned about my mother. She hasbeen divorced for many years, but hasdated a lot of men. I don’t feel that theytreat her right. I am 16-years-old andMom and I live together; she works asa nurse and frequently meets men whereshe works or at dances. I am not jeal-ous, but she seems to always get in-volved with guys who tell her what todo and then become angry if she doesn’tlisten. She used to have a drinkingproblem, but has been sober for threeyears. Some of the men bring beer orliquor home and tell her “It’s okay. Youcan handle the liquor.” They alwayscriticize her clothing or hair, and if theysee a movie and she disagrees with herdate’s feelings about it, he says “Youdon’t know what you are talking about.”She had a bad life growing up with mygrandfather, who was always criticiz-ing the children to do well – and then itwas never good enough.

Is there anything I can do to help her?I love her but a I am afraid she is goingto get into a nasty situation, which willharm her.

Answer: I hope your mom realizeswhat a loving daughter she has. Anindividual who grows up with a parent(or parents) who is critical, judgmentaland controlling, one who communi-cates to the child that it is “never goodenough”, which means the child is in-adequate or a failure, needs to resolveher feelings of poor self-image if she isto establish a healthy feeling about her-self and have fulfilling, loving relation-ships with others. If not, the persongrows up with emotions of guilt andself-criticism and chooses (very often)“significant others” who play into theirproblems — they reaffirm these inad-equacy feelings by criticizing and at-tacking (emotionally and/or physically).In all probability, your mother’s unre-solved difficulties with your grandfa-ther has resulted in adult situations ofmen who carry on her father’s message- that she has done something wrongand needs to be reprimanded and treatedlike a bad girl.

Please show your mother this col-umn. I encourage her to call me oranother mental health clinician to seektherapy, which will enable her, ulti-mately, to seek gratifying relationshipswith individuals who affirm her.

A follower writes:You often speak about life being a

journey filled with experiences, and weshould try to govern our journey’s path.

Could you print your recent com-ments about the year 2000 and how tocreate good vibes, and a good “jour-ney.” This would be a great gift for yourreaders who continue to read you intothe new millennium.

Answer: My pleasure and try to be-come an excellent traveler on the roadof life. Here is the “ABC’s of Life’sJourney”:

HUNG UP!!

By Milt Faith, Executive DirectorYouth and Family Counseling Service

Wife Needs Help Dealith WithHusband’s Early Mid-Life Crisis

Appreciate who you are,Be nice to everybody,Choose your own road,Dodge negativity,Envision your destination,Flaunt your fabulousness,Go where your heart leads,Have faith,Investigate life’s twists and turns,Jump!,Keep on keepin’ on,Laugh lots,Make friends,Never litter,Observe the scenery,Play often,Quit worrying,Relax,Stop and smell the flowers,Take it one step at a time,Unload your excess baggage,Venture into the unknown,Walk a mile in someone else’s shoes,X-pect the best,Yield to fun,Zone out occasionally – it’s good for

you!

Article on Aircraft Noise SuccessfulIn Handling Complex Subject MatterThe November 25 article “Commu-

nity-Based Citizens Groups Band To-gether to Address Increasing AircraftNoise Concerns” by Deborah Madisonin The Westfield Leader and The Timesof Scotch Plains-Fanwood provided ex-cellent coverage of a complex issue. Theauthor objectively and comprehensivelypresented many facets of the subject.

For more than a decade, aviation pol-lution (noise, air, and water) has drivenpublic policy; for example:

• President Bill Clinton has directedthe Secretary of Transportation to re-duce aviation noise pollution by 80 per-

cent by the year 2000.• Support for Ocean Routing covers

the depth and breadth of our electedofficials: Congressional, state, andcounty representatives, the Governor andour town council.

• The use of safe, economical, cleanhigh-speed rail transportation, as an avia-tion alternative, is gaining widespreadsupport.

The article was very successful inputting this history into perspective.

Frederick ObrockScotch Plains

Boys Soccer DirectorThanks Coaches

The main objective of Westfield’ssports programs is to help shape eachchild’s skills, develop a sense of goodsportsmanship, guide children to-wards playing as a team and, mostassuredly, to have fun.

As Director of the Boys FourthGrade League, I was overwhelmedby the enthusiasm of all the coachesand assistant coaches. These gentle-men spent 10 weekends instilling thebasics and this year’s play was tre-mendous.

I would like to thank the followingcoaches for their hard work and pa-tience – Frank Calvaruso, JoGreenaway, Jim Wissel, Paul Clark,Andy Muldoon and Chris Fitzpatrick.

I’d also like to thank all the assis-tant coaches and parents who wereso supportive of the boys throughoutthe season.

What better way to teach team-work than by the example set forth byso many. My heartfelt thanks to oneand all.

Bob CasconeWestfield SoccerDivision 5A Boys

Mr. Ratner Expands His Accusations,Charges GOP of ‘Conspiracy Fantasy’

When I originally reported my obser-vations of Westfield Fourth Ward poll-ing place irregularities to the UnionCounty Board of Elections, I was fullyaware that neither the purported victorof the election nor those who failed toproperly administer it would be particu-larly overjoyed at those revelations.

Indeed, the Board of Elections has,quite predictably, conducted a cursoryand hasty “investigation” without ad-dressing the specifics of the seriouscharges of electoral misconduct.

While some disappointment at theresulting inconclusive electoral resultsis only to be expected, I would neverhave even imagined the incredible ve-nality, mystifying stupidity and shock-ingly reckless disregard for the truthevinced by the statements of RobertCochran, the local Republican Partyleader.

If reported accurately, Mr. Cochranhas stated his bizarre theory that myreporting the election day irregularitiesto the responsible authorities was actu-ally part of a conspiracy which wasintended to discredit his party. In fact, ifthis monstrous lie typifies the local Re-publican organization, then it is abun-dantly clear that Mr. Cochran certainlydoes not require my assistance to buryhis party in disgrace and shame.

Let’s set the record straight: Notwith-standing Mr. Cochran’s fertile imagina-tion, his conspiracy fantasy is completelyunrelated to reality and truth. I reportedthe failure of the electoral authorities toconduct an accurate election becausethe grave improprieties and proceduralaberrations which I observed at the poll-ing place call the accuracy of the elec-toral results into serious question.

My correspondence speaks for itself[I would be pleased to e-mail copies ofmy letters to anyone who contacts me at:[email protected]]. While the Re-publican candidate was, perhaps, inad-vertently benefited by these unfortunateevents, my report clearly stated that, “Iwish to emphasize that I am not allegingthat the ‘victorious’ candidates played

any conscious role in this electoralfarce.”

Thus, while I did not vote for hisparty’s candidate, my concern had ab-solutely nothing to do with the identi-ties or parties of the individual candi-dates.

This revelation may come as a ratherrude shock to Mr. Cochran, but express-ing support for free and accurate elec-tions is not a partisan political act.Rather, it is a declaration of reverencefor a right which is fundamental toAmerican democracy. In spinning hispoisonous little tale, Mr. Cochran hasnot only slandered me, but has defiledthe memory of every American whofought and died to preserve and protectour precious legacy of electoral free-dom. Mr. Cochran, shame on you! AsRobert N. Welch, special counsel forthe American military at the 1954 Army-McCarthy hearings, stated to anotherequally-inaccurate Republican politi-cian, “Have you no decency, sir, at longlast? Have you no decency?”

In conclusion, I call upon Mr. Cochranto publicly withdraw his slanderous,imbecilic and unfounded drivel and toapologize for what I truly hope was notmore than a momentary lapse of de-cency and reason.

Robert J. RatnerWestfield

Donald Bishop AdvancesTo Senior Foreign Service

SCOTCH PLAINS – Donald M.Bishop, the son of Mr. and Mrs. RobertBishop of Scotch Plains, has been ad-vanced to the Senior Foreign Service ofthe United States in the grade of Coun-selor.

Following the recommendation of theForeign Service promotion panel, Presi-dent Clinton has sent his name to theSenate for confirmation.

Members of the Senior Foreign Ser-vice (SFS) are the senior foreign affairsexecutives in the Department of State,the United States Information Agencyand other agencies.

The SFS is equivalent to the SeniorExecutive Service and flag rank in thearmed forces.

Mr. Bishop is Deputy Public AffairsOfficer at the American Embassy inBeijing, China. The press and culture

section manages the embassy’s infor-mation, cultural and educational ex-change programs.

After joining the Foreign Service in1979, Mr. Bishop served in Hong Kong,Korea, and Taiwan. In 1991, he was aforeign affairs Congressional Fellow onthe staff of Congressman Chris Smith ofNew Jersey, before directing the train-ing program for new Foreign Serviceofficers of the United States Informa-tion Agency in Washington.

He was Country Public Affairs Of-ficer in Dhaka, Bangladesh, prior to theassignment to China.

A 1963 graduate of Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School, Mr. Bishopholds degrees from Trinity College andOhio State University. As an Air Forceofficer, he served in Vietnam and Ko-rea. He and his wife, Jemma, have threesons.

Mairen Priestley CompetesIn Scholarship Program

WESTFIELD – Mairen Priestley, aWestfield High School senior, was nomi-nated to compete in the nationalPrincipal’s Leadership Award scholar-ship program (PLA), sponsored by theNational Association of SecondarySchool Principals (NASSP).

She was nominated by Westfield HighSchool Principal Dr. Robert Petix.

Principals in high schools through-out the country could nominate one oftheir student leaders. Nominees areselected based on their leadership skills,participation in service organizationsand clubs, achievements in the arts andsciences, employment experience andacademic record.

After being nominated, Mairen filledout an application and wrote an accom-panying essay that Dr. Petix submitted

to the NAASP.The NAASP will choose 150 PLA

winners from throughout the countrythis spring to receive $1,000 collegescholarships.

While at Westfield High School,Mairen has been the Treasurer of theClass of 2000 for four years. She is thePresident of the Investment Club, theStudent Council Treasurer and the Trea-surer of the New Jersey Association ofStudent Councils (NJASC).

She is a National Merit Semi-finalist,a member of the National Honor Society,a Senior Girl Scout and a dispatcher atthe Westfield Rescue Squad. Mairen willalso represent Westfield High School atPresidential Classroom in WashingtonD.C. this winter and is the high school’snominee for the U.S. Senate Youth pro-gram.

Council President.Mr. Biunno added that while serv-

ing in these positions, the Harts werealso involved in many other commu-nity activities, especially with theirthree children. Mr. Hart was a Scout-master for Troop No. 78 for fouryears, while also volunteering for LittleLeague and being a member of theMountainside Music Association.

Dr. Hart was a Cub Scout denmother, manager of the girls softballprogram in Mountainside, a memberof the Parent Teacher Association, aGirl Scout leader, a substitute teacherand Chairwoman for the March ofDimes for one year.

David, Marilyn Hart ReceiveMountainside Civic Award


In addition to their children, theHarts also have six grandchildren,Mr. Biunno observed.

In thanking the committee for theaward and addressing borough resi-dents, Dr. Hart stated that, “MabelYoung set the pace for being a goodneighbor in our borough. We have asmall town atmosphere here andhaving that prevail is a credit to ourcommunity.”

Mr. Hart added, “I love living inMountainside. I have raised threechildren here and they have alwaysbeen treated royally by our commu-nity. It has been fun working for thebenefit of Mountainside.”

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WESTFIELD – In the event ofunexpected school closings or de-layed openings in the Westfield Pub-lic Schools, information will be avail-able through the following sources:New Jersey 101.5 FM, Comcast CableChannel 36, News 12 New Jersey(Channel 42) and www.westfieldnj.com.

Elementary and intermediateschool students’ homes will be tele-phoned by PTA and PTO parents toadvise them of closings or delayedopenings. Parents of Westfield HighSchool students may call any of theschool’s PTO board members.

The Westfield Public Schools willno longer have school closings an-nounced on WOR or WJDM radio.

Tree Lighting and Town DecoratingPlanned Throughout the Area

Thursday, December 2, at 6:30 p.m. – MRNJ- Open MRI of Westfieldwill sponsor its Annual Tree Lighting Ceremony in front of their office onthe corner of South and Central Avenues. The ceremony will includecaroling and a visit with Santa Claus and former New York Giants SuperBowl Hero and Senior Vice President of Paine Webber.

Friday, December 3, at 6:30 p.m. – The Union County Board ofChosen Freeholders will host the county’s annual Holiday Tree LightingCeremony and Charity Drive at the Watchung Stable in Mountainside.The event will include a visit with Santa Claus. Participants are asked tobring an item of canned or dried food or an unwrapped toy for the drive.

Sunday, December 5, from 2 to 5 p.m. – The Fanwood Cultural ArtsCommittee and its Winter Decorating Committee will conduct a familywinter celebration to decorate the downtown. Fanwood Mayor MaryanneS. Connelly will light the Christmas tree. Reindeer rides and photos withSanta Claus will be included.

December 5 from noon to 5 p.m. – “Old Fashioned Holiday Fun” willbe held in Scotch Plains Towne Centre. The event will feature horse-drawn carriage rides, live entertainment, pony rides, tree lighting, a visitwith Santa Claus and caroling.

James P. Roughneen EndsPilot Training Program

MOUNTAINSIDE – Air Force Cap-tain James P. Roughneen has graduatedfrom Specialized Undergraduate PilotTraining (SUPT) at Columbus Air ForceBase, Miss.

The pilots earned silver wings andreceived an aeronautical rating of pilotin the Air Force.

Each training phase of the 52-weekSUPT program includes extensive hoursof ground events, flight simulator, fly-ing, and flight related instruction. Ad-ditional instruction is received on flightformation, navigation, low-level navi-

gation flying, visual and instrument tran-sition, radar cell forma-tion, and simulated refu-eling and airdrop mis-sions.

Captain Roughneen isthe son of Mr. and Mrs.Martin Roughneen ofMountainside.

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SP Downtown Holiday EventPlanned for Sunday, Dec. 5

SCOTCH PLAINS – ScotchPlains will hold its fourth annual“Old Fashioned Holiday Celebra-tion this Sunday, December 5, fromnoon to 5 p.m. in downtown ScotchPlains.

The Scotch Plains Business & Pro-

fessional Association (SPBPA), andits 180 members, have organized thedays events in conjunction with theParks & Recreation Commission.

There will be live entertainment,hay rides, a petting zoo, pony rides,face painting, sidewalk sales and pro-motions, the annual tree lighting, thearrival of Santa and more.

The Historic Osborn CannonballHouse will be having an open houseand all are invited to visit the mu-seum where they will be serving foodand refreshments.

This year Resolve CommunityCounseling Center also will be cel-ebrating its 25th anniversary with anopen house and a craft fair on theVillage Green next to the MunicipalBuilding.

Volunteers from the SPBPA will bedressed in elf outfits to lend to theholiday atmosphere and Mrs. Clauswill also be in town.

The Oratorio Singers of Westfieldand other local choir groups will beperforming on the Village Greenthroughout the afternoon.

Horse drawn wagon rides will begoing around town from 12:30-4:30p.m.. Tickets are $2 and childrenunder 2 ride free.

The Scotch Plains Volunteer FireDepartment will have a fire engineon display and will ride Santa intotown.

The annual tree lighting will takeplace at 5 p.m., followed by the ar-rival of Santa. Children from toddlerthrough age 7 can visit with Santa atthe Gazebo and will get a treat. Par-ents may take photos.

Information on Sunday’s event canbe obtained from the Recreation De-partment at (908) 322-6700, Exten-sion Nos. 220 and 221 or from SPBPAChairwoman Vi Brown, of RealtyWorld PAR Agency, at (908) 322-4700.

Westfield BOE to TakeFinal Action TuesdayOn Special Ed PoliciesWESTFIELD – The Westfield

Board of Education is set to take finalaction this Tuesday, December 7, toupdate the district’s special educa-tion policies.

The change is part of the overallrevisions being made to the board’sentire Policies Manual, a documentthat has not been changed in years,according to school district spokes-woman Lorre Korecky.

The school board approved therevised special education policies,on first reading, on November 9. Thespecial education policies are thefirst section of guidelines reviewedby the Policies Committee, which ischaired by Board Vice PresidentArlene Gardner.

Other members of the committeeinclude Michael Kessler, EileenSatkin, Thomas Taylor and alter-nate, Carol Molnar. Other partici-pants in the revision of the specialeducation policies were Director ofStudent Personnel Services, Dr. TedKozlik, and Board of EducationPolicy Committee AdministrativeLiaison, David Tuller.

A draft copy of the new policieshas been placed in each school office,the administration building and theWestfield Memorial Library for in-terested citizens to review. Beforevoting on the policies, the public willhave a chance for input.

Questions should be directed toMr. Tuller at (908) 789-4428.

Volunteers Sought to WorkOn Reservation Trails

MOUNTAINSIDE – The UnionCounty Division of Parks and Recre-ation will sponsor a “Trail WorkDay.” on Saturday, December 4, from9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Volunteers will work to restore asection of the Orange Trail and por-tions of a bridle trail in the 2,000-acre Watchung Reservation. Manyof the more than 56 miles of hikingand bridle trails were damaged by

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Participants should wear sturdyhiking shoes or sneakers and bringlunch and a shovel and/or rake, ifpossible. Some tools, snacks and bev-erages will be provided.

To volunteer and register, pleasecall Trailside Nature and ScienceCenter at (908) 789-3670.

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SUCCESSFUL DRIVE…Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School DECA stu-dents are shown with some of the food they purchased after a successfulcanister drive for the needy. The students expect to deliver more than 120food baskets, made up of fresh fruits and vegetables, staples items such asrice, flour eggs, bread and a turkey with all the trimmings to needy familiesin the area. The students worked with the Fanwood Presbyterian Church, St.Bartholomew’s Roman Catholic Church in Scotch Plains and the ScotchPlains Welfare Department.

Free Trolley Rides, ActivitiesOffered Downtown This Month

WESTFIELD – On Saturdays,December 4, 11 and 18, the Down-town Westfield Corporation (DWC)and the Westfield Area Chamber ofCommerce will sponsor free trolleyrides for those coming to downtownWestfield.

Individuals visiting the downtowncan park for free at the South Av-enue train station parking lot andride the trolley throughout down-town Westfield, with trolley stops atthe Lord & Taylor department store,as well as on East Broad Street andCentral Avenue.

The trolley will run continuouslyfrom 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., soriders are advised to look for the“Trolley Stop” signs posted in thedowntown.

“The trolley rides will offer cus-tomers and employees a convenientplace to park, at the South Avenuelot, and allow them to easily go fromSouth Avenue to the north side ofdowntown and back,” said DaveSutter, Downtown Westfield Pro-motions Chairman and owner ofLancaster, Ltd. in downtownWestfield.

Entertainment is also on theschedule for downtown Westfieldover the next three Saturdays.

The Watson Highlanders PipeBand will play traditional festivemusic on bagpipes from 11 a.m. to 2p.m. throughout the town.

The Yuletide Carolers, dressedin “Dickens” attire, will strollthrough downtown Westfield, en-tertaining shoppers from 11:30 a.m.to 12:30 p.m.

“Escape,” a women’s barbershopquartet, will sing barbershop har-mony from 1 to 3 p.m.

On Sunday, December 5,MotoPhoto Portrait Studio at 251North Avenue also will host itsannual “Photos with Santa” eventfrom 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Chil-dren will receive a free 5 by 7-inch photograph with the dona-tion of two cans of non-perish-able food for the Westfield FoodPantry.

Also available downtown for salethroughout the month of Decemberis the Westfield Gift Coin, aWestfield gift certificate, valued at$25, and redeemable at over 60 lo-cations.

It comes packaged in a gold boxwith a card listing participating busi-nesses where the coin can be re-deemed.

The Gift Coin may be purchasedat Scott Shoes, Backroom Antiques,Summit Bank, The Westfield Leaderand the DWC/Chamber office at105 Elm Street.

For further information, pleasecall the DWC office at (908) 789-9444 or the Chamber at (908) 233-3021.

Kiwanis Luminary SaleBegins Saturday, Dec. 4

SCOTCH PLAINS – The ScotchPlains-Fanwood Kiwanis Club’s an-nual luminary sale will get under wayon Saturday, December 4, from 9 a.m.to 3 p.m.

Every year the club sells the minia-ture wax candles in varying quantities,along with sand paper bags and in-structions on how to create an illumi-nated illusion of the “road to Jerusa-lem.”

Quantities are sold in increments offive candles, starting with as few as 10and going up to several hundred in thecase of neighborhood committees andchurches.

The club uses the proceeds to fundvarious local charities as well as col-lege scholarships for Westfield andScotch Plains-Fanwood High Schoolseniors.

The luminary sale will be held at theFanwood Department of Public Worksyard, directly across from the FanwoodLibrary on North Avenue in Fanwood.

Candles can be obtained each Satur-day from December 4 through Decem-ber 18, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. In addi-tion, the facility will be open from 1 to3 p.m. on Friday, December 24.

For further information, please call(908) 322-4138.

Mayor Jardim to HeadLeague of Municipalities

WESTFIELD – Mayor Thomas C.Jardim of Westfield was elected thispast week as President of the UnionCounty League of Municipalities(UCLOM). Mayor Jardim’s term aspresident begins on January 1, 2000.

The League consists of elected rep-resentatives, mostly mayors, of UnionCounty’s 21 municipalities. The

organization’s purpose is to foster adialogue among municipalities in theCounty of Union for the purpose ofsharing ideas and finding ways toprovide residents with services in amore efficient, cost-effective manner.

Mayor Jardim stated that his pri-mary goal as President of the Leagueof Municipalities will be to initiateconcrete shared service measuresamong municipal governments in thecounty.

“The Union County League of Mu-nicipalities provides a unique forumfor elected leaders from all of UnionCounty towns to share their bestpractices, initiate cost-saving coop-erative ventures and speak with onevoice on issues of mutual concern.

“My focus during my tenure asPresident of UCLOM will be to makereal progress to initiate shared ser-vices in the areas of municipal court,fire services, municipal library andother functions of municipal govern-ment.”

The UCLOM meets once a monthat Union County College in Cranford.Mayor Jardim most recently servedas Treasurer of the league.

Mayor Thomas C. Jardim



Jonathan Behler and Miss Nicole Gragnano

Miss Nicole Gragnano

To Marry Jonathan BehlerMr. and Mrs. Edward Gragnano

of Westfield have announced theengagement of their daughter, MissNicole Marie Gragnano, to JonathanChandler Behler. He is the son ofMs. Susan Gemmill of Volcano,Hawaii and Roger Behler ofEdwards, Colo.

A graduate of Rollins College inWinter Park, Fla., the bride-elect is

MR. AND MRS. DAVID A. NIXON(She is the former Miss Lande Ajose)

Miss Lande AjoseWeds David Nixon

Miss Lande Ajose of San Fran-cisco, the daughter of Olusegun Ajoseand Gene Wollenberg, was marriedon the evening of Saturday, June 19,to David A. Nixon. He is the son ofJames and Melba Nixon of Westfield.

The Reverend D. Maurice Charlesof Stanford University performed theceremony at the Trentadue Winery inGeyserville, Calif. A dinner recep-tion immediately followed at the win-ery.

The bride wore a simple, sleeve-less ivory silk and satin gown by de-signer Richard Glasgow of New YorkCity, adorned with a cathedral-lengthveil. She carried a round bouquet ofcreamy white lilies and garden roses.

Miss Heidi Philbrick of San Fran-cisco was the maid of honor for hersister. The bridal attendants includedMiss Bunmi Ajose of Albany, Calif.,also a sister of the bride; Miss CarolNixon of Washington, D.C., the sis-ter of the bridegroom; Miss GinaAirey of Pasadena, Calif., Miss RobinLenhardt of Washington, D.C. andMrs. Lucille Renwick and Mrs. Sa-rah Williams of New York City, allclose friends of the bride. The bridalattendants wore crepe periwinkle-blue gowns designed by Watters &Watters.

Michael Somerville of Chicago wasthe best man. Serving as ushers wereMichael Nixon of New York City, thebrother of the bridegroom; Kola Ajoseand Tayo Ajose of Albany, Calif., thebrothers of the bride, and Bob Jackminof Fanwood and Jay Post of

employed as Director/Buyer for theSquash Blossom, Fine Art & Jewelryin Vail, Colo.

Her fiancé, who attended EmersonCollege in Boston and the Universityof Northern Colorado at Greeley, isemployed by Oakley as Sales Man-ager for the State of Wisconsin.

A wedding is planned for Novem-ber of 2000 in Spring Lake.

Old Guard ProgramsUnveiled for December

WESTFIELD – The Westfield areaOld Guard has announced its pro-grams for December, which includea tour of Drumthwacket, the NewJersey Governor’s Mansion, and theorganization’s annual Christmasparty and luncheon.

At its regular weekly meeting to-day, Old Guard member Al Morasso,Jr., will provide a slide presentationand lecture on lighthouses. A por-tion of the meeting will be devotedto election of officers for the year2000.

The 23 Old Guard chapters fromall over New Jersey will gather onMonday, December 6, in Colt’s Neckfor their bi-annual inter-chapter con-ference, where all chapters addresslocal chapter issues, plans and pro-grams for the future.

On Tuesday, December 7, a num-ber of members from the WestfieldOld Guard chapter will travel to

Princeton for a tour of Drumthwacketand will also view the festival ofChristmas lights.

The last regularly scheduled meet-ing for the year will be held onThursday, December 9, at theWestfield Y. This meeting will fea-ture the annual Christmas program,including the Cranford High SchoolMadrigal Ensemble under the di-rection of musical director LindaHelmke. In addition, the ReverendHerbert Brynildsen of the UnitedMethodist Church of Westfield willoffer a Christmas message and ablessing.

The last event of the year will bethe Ladies Day Christmas Luncheonon Tuesday, December 14, from 11:30a.m. to 3 p.m. at Snuffy’s PantagisRenaissance in Scotch Plains.

The first regular weekly Thursdaymeeting in the year 2000 will be onThursday, January 6.

Annual College NightDraws Hundreds at WHS

CHOOSING A COLLEGE…Westfield High School junior Jenna Davino andher parents, Michael and Paula Davino, talk to Trinity College AdmissionsCounselor Karen Archambault at Westfield High School’s recent College Night.

WESTFIELD – Hundreds of stu-dents and families attended WestfieldHigh School’s annual College Nighton November 18.

More than 200 colleges and uni-versities were represented, provid-ing literature and answering ques-tions about their schools. The HighSchool’s College and Career Re-source Center was also open for par-ents and students to visit.

This event gives students and theirparents an opportunity to gather in-

formation about colleges and univer-sities nationwide, noted Dr. RobertPetix, Principal of Westfield HighSchool.

Gymnasiums, cafeterias and class-rooms were filled with college repre-sentatives and interested students andtheir parents.

Westfield High School’s CollegeNight, hosted by the High School’sGuidance Department, was originallybegun more than 30 years ago by theCollege Woman’s Club of Westfield.

Junior Woman’s Club to HostFundraiser With Santa Photos

FANWOOD – The Fanwood Junior Woman’s Club will host its annualPhotos with Santa Fundraiser on Saturday, December 4, from 10 a.m. to1 p.m.

Santa will arrive on the 10:20 a.m. train at the Fanwood Train Station.Admission is $3 and includes crafts, games, candy necklaces, coloring

and face painting. The cost per picture is $3.All proceeds from this event go to the Scotch Plains-Fanwood Scholar-

ship Fund. The Fanwood Junior Woman’s Club is part of the NationalOrganization of Woman’s Clubs dedicated to serving the communitiesthroughout the United States.

Scotch Plains PBA Kicks OffAnnual Holiday Toy Drive

SCOTCH PLAINS – The members of the Scotch Plains Policeman’sBenevolent Association have kicked off their sixth annual “Toys For Tots”toy drive.

Last year more than $3,000 in games and toys were donated. These giftswere placed in baskets and distributed to local churches and religiousorganizations throughout the community.

New toys and games are needed for this year’s drive.All donations may be dropped off at the Scotch Plains Police Department

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The bride, a graduate of San Fran-cisco University High School, earneda bachelor’s degree from OccidentalCollege in Los Angeles and a master’sdegree from the University of Califor-nia, also in Los Angeles.

She is currently a doctoral candi-date in urban planning and publicpolicy at the Massachusetts Instituteof Technology in Cambridge.

The bridegroom graduated fromWestfield High School in 1984 andreceived a bachelor’s degree in elec-trical engineering from Cornell Uni-versity in Ithaca, N.Y. He also earneda Master of Business AdministrationDegree from the Sloan School of Man-agement at the Massachusetts Insti-tute of Technology.

He is employed as an associate withthe San Francisco office of A. T.Kearney, a management consultingfirm.

Prior to the wedding, the couplewas feted at a Nigerian engagementparty hosted by the bride’s mother,Ms. Olusegun Ajose, at The Oak Treein Oakland, Calif.

The rehearsal dinner for the wed-ding guests was hosted by the parentsof the bridegroom, Dr. and Mrs. JamesNixon, the night before the nuptials atthe Geyserville Inn in Geyserville.

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By KIM KINTERSpecially Written for The Westfield Leader and The Times

WESTFIELD – Rockefeller Centerofficials are already on the prowl forjust the right Christmas tree for displayin New York City the next few seasons,but it probably won’t be an evergreenfrom Westfield.

It is a fact that this summer someonewho works closely with those whoscout for the giant tree that sits on thestreet near Rockefeller Center in NewYork City every year stopped atWestfield’s Fairview Cemetery, locatedoff East Broad, to look at one of theproperty’s huge pine trees.

But what else actually happenedconcerning the tree’s future seems tobe in dispute.

Frank Sullebarger, a member of theBoard of Trustees of Fairview Cem-etery, said that this summer someonewho helps search for RockefellerChristmas trees stopped at the cem-etery and examined four large ever-greens.

All but one tree was rejected, how-ever, he said. One was too large andold, he said, and the visitor feared itwould shed too many needles.

“We were told to feed it (the one treenot rejected) and we already do thatanyway,” Mr. Sullebarger added.

When the man left, Mr. Sullebargersaid he understood that the tree wouldbe under consideration as a future NewYork City Christmas time evergreen,but was not yet the right specimen forthe Rockefeller Center spot.

But, he said, when the cemetery’s

board heard about the news, they ques-tioned whether they would be willingto give up the tree.

They held off deciding until theyheard from Rockefeller Center offi-cials.

Meanwhile, David Murbach, Gar-dens Division Manager for TishmanSpeyer Properties that managesRockefeller Center and who also isresponsible for locating just the righttree every year, said, however, that “wehave no interest in their tree.”

He said that he will not take a treefrom public property.

Mr. Murbach explained that by us-ing a helicopter, mainly in the winterwhen the leaves are off the deciduoustrees, and a laptop computer hesearches the country for healthy ever-greens suitable for the RockefellerCenter site.

This year, he explained, when hefound the tree on private property inConnecticut, he simply knocked on theowners’ door and asked if it could beused for the New York City site. Thetree is always donated, he said.

In the case of Westfield, Mr. Murbachremembers receiving a brochure fromthe cemetery and a picture of at leastone tree. He said that he explained tocemetery officials at the time that treesare usually not taken from public prop-erty, but that as a courtesy the tree wasexamined during the summer by some-one who works with him.

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SPECIAL SERVICE…Students from the Holy Trinity Interparochial SchoolService Club help gather together and transport donations of canned goods andcleaning supplies to Bound Brook residents for the Flood Relief program. Manystudents and their families were involved in this effort and gave generously oftheir time and donations.

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Civic Club, a member of the Na-tional Association of ColoredWomen’s Clubs Inc. and an affiliateof the New Jersey State Federation ofColored Women’s Clubs, will holdits Holiday Dinner Dance on Satur-day, December 18, from 8 p.m. tomidnight at The Westwood inGarwood. The public is invited toattend.

A volunteer group, the Obsidiansoffer educational, cultural, social,spiritual and personal enrichmenttraining for the Obsidians’ Juniors.The Juniors include 30 to 40 youngmen and women between 8 and 18years old.

The Obsidians, who meet the sec-ond Sunday of the month, also pro-vide financial assistance to hun-dreds of graduating seniors fromthe tri-county area. The group’smajor fundraiser, a Scholarship Ball,will be held on Friday, June 16,2000 at Pantagis Restaurant inScotch Plains.

Tickets for the Holiday DinnerDance are $35. All proceeds willbenefit the organization’s scholar-ship fund. For membership and/or

ticket information, please call AprilHill-Jones at (908) 351-0811 or CarolMercer at (908) 654-1840.

Union Catholic Parent GuildTo Host ‘Tree of Lights’

SCOTCH PLAINS – The ParentGuild of Union Catholic High Schoolin Scotch Plains has invited past andpresent members of the Union Catho-lic community and the general pub-lic to participate in its first “Tree ofLights” event on Tuesday, December7, starting at 6 p.m. in the mainentrance area of the school.

The tree will represent the changespeople experience during their lives,including their joys and sorrows, ac-cording to Union Catholic spokes-woman Bernadine Liebrich.

For a donation of $2, $5, $10 orany other amount, a light will be litin memory or in honor of someonespecial; as a way to reconnect with

the school or to promote Union Catho-lic within the community.

Flyers with complete informa-tion about the “Tree of Lights” cer-emony may be picked up at theschool office. Interested individu-als are asked to make checks madepayable to the Parent Guild and toinclude their name, address andtelephone number and the name ofthe person they wish to be remem-bered. Checks should be mailed toUnion Catholic, attention ParentGuild, 1600 Martine Avenue,Scotch Plains, 07076.

Those persons interested in attend-ing the tree lighting ceremony shouldcall (908) 889-1600.

WHS Math Dept. ReceivesEducation Fund Grant

WESTFIELD – The WestfieldBoard of Education has accepted agrant of $3,234 for the WestfieldHigh School (WHS) Math Depart-ment from the Education Fund ofWestfield.

The grant will enable the MathDepartment to purchase a classroomset of TI89 graphing calculators foruse by Advanced Placement Calcu-lus students.

WHS Math Supervisor HalJohnson noted that this new calcula-tor was approved for use for the firsttime last year in the Advanced Place-ment exams.

“Algebraic calculations can bedone on these calculators, which savestime,” Mr. Johnson said. “Our stu-dents in both Calculus AD and Cal-

culus BC will be introduced to thefunctions of this new calculator inthe classroom. We are grateful forthis grant from the Education Fundbecause we didn’t want our studentsto be disadvantaged.”

Approximately half of the studentsin Calculus AD and between 85-90percent of those in Calculus BC typi-cally take the Advanced Placementexaminations.

Westfield Education Fund ofWestfield President Tom Morabitonoted, “The Education Fund seeks tokeep Westfield’s young people well-equipped and productive to meet thedemands of our changing world. Weare pleased that contributions fromWestfield residents and alumni en-able us to continue these efforts.”

Ashbrook Nursing CenterHolds Giving Program

SCOTCH PLAINS – AshbrookNursing and Rehabilitation Center,1610 Raritan Road in Scotch Plains,is sponsoring a program that encour-ages employees, volunteers and thecommunity to bring presents to eld-erly residents.

The program, “The Angel Tree,”will be held from now until Friday,December 17.

The public is encouraged tovisit the nursing home to selectan item from a gift list or drop

off an unwrapped gift of theirchoice.

Ashbrook administrators hope“The Angel Tree” will collect enoughgifts for their 120 residents.

For more information or ideas aboutappropriate gifts, please call (908)889-2588.

Ashbrook Nursing and Rehabili-tation Center, a 120-bed long- andshort-term care facility, is an affiliateof the Saint Barnabas Health CareSystem.

‘Armchair Genealogy’To be Lecture TopicAt Meeting on Dec. 9WESTFIELD – The Genealogical

Society of the West Fields will host aprogram on “Armchair Genealogy”next Thursday, December 9, at 1p.m. in the Meeting Room of theWestfield Memorial Library.

The program will be presented byBea Denman Howley, a professionalgenealogist with more than 20 yearsexperience as a lecturer, presenter,writer and researcher in the field ofgenealogy.

Mrs. Howley’s research has takenher to many states and to severalEuropean countries. Her presenta-tion will touch upon history and fam-ily and the genealogical connection.A question-and-answer period willfollow.

Interested members of the publicare invited to attend and light re-freshments will be served.

SAFETY FIRST…Alisha Hooey’s first grade class at Wilson Elementary Schoolin Westfield, recently visited the local fire house to discuss safety rules duringFire Prevention Week. Children were given a tour of the fire house, viewing thevarious pieces of equipment and vehicles the fire department uses in emergen-cies. The lesson was reinforced during the week at school with emphasis on theproper procedures to take during an emergency in the home or at school.

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KIDS HELPING KIDS...First grade Girl Scout Troop No. 711 of WilsonElementary School in Westfield recently held a gently used toy drive among thefirst grade classes to benefit the Rosemary Cuccaro Pediatric Medical Day CareCenter in Elizabeth. The center provides a comprehensive program to meet thehealth, education, and social needs of medically involved and/or physicallychallenged children ages three months to three years. Donations will also bedistributed by the Visiting Nurses Affiliate, which provides home care andhospice services throughout Union County. Pictured, left to right, are: back row,Katherine McKinley and Alex Frankel, and, front row, Chloe Birkenthal andSarah Frantz with some of the toys donated during the toy drive.

WHETHER THE WEATHER WAS ACCURATE…Scotch Plains’ BrunnerElementary students from Joseph’s fifth grade class utilized math and numberskills recently when they tracked the weather for three days and compared theactual weather with the online weather forecast Web sites. Using a large graph,the students compared weather statistics in a project called “Webquest.”Pictured, from left to right, are: Geremy Keith, Joe Syllivan, Allison Baler andKarina DeMair.

Free Photo With SantaAvailable at MotoPhoto

WESTFIELD – MotoPhoto andPortrait Studio will sponsor “A FreePhoto With Santa” this Sunday, De-cember 5, between 11:30 a.m. and 2p.m.

This event benefits the Food Bankat Holy Trinity Roman CatholicChurch in Westfield.

To receive a free portrait, pleasebring two non-perishable food itemsto MotoPhoto on Sunday or donate$5 that will be given to the Food

Bank.Co-sponsoring the Santa photo

shoot this year are the DowntownWestfield Corporation andBrummer’s Chocolates.

Brummer’s will make sure everychild receives a candy cane and theWestfield Downtown Corporationwill be supplying cider and donuts.

MotoPhoto is located at 251 NorthAvenue in Westfield, next to the trainstation.

Cranford’s Jumble Store SetsAnnual Holiday Sale on Dec. 4

CRANFORD – The Jumble Store’sannual Holiday Sale will take placeon Saturday, December 4, from 10a.m. to 3 p.m. at the store at 110Walnut Avenue.

This year’s theme is “A Holly JollyHoliday at the Jumble Store.” Gifts,decorations and holiday clothing willbe featured.

In addition to shopping, there willbe face painting, refreshments andraffles for a variety of gifts.

The Jumble Store is a consign-ment store that carries a large selec-tion of gently used items likechildren’s clothing, women’s careerwear, maternity wear, jewelry, shoesand housewares.

The Jumble Store is ownedand operated by the Jun iorLeague of Elizabeth-Plainfield(JLEP) and all proceeds fromthe store benefit community ser-vice projects.

The JLEP is an organization ofwomen committed to improving theircommunities through the effectiveaction and leadership of trained vol-unteers.

For membership information,please call (908) 709-1177.

During the holidays, the store hasa selection of holiday clothes far ev-ery occasion. For further informa-tion or directions, please call (908)276-0222.

Westfield Foundation ManagesVarious Workshop Scholarships

WESTFIELD – The WestfieldFoundation recently announced itsplan to manage the numerous schol-arships offered by the New JerseyWorkshop for the Arts (NJWA).

The mission of the NJWA “is toenrich lives by providing opportuni-ties to develop creative talents andencourage a greater understandingof the arts through both instructionand performance.” Divisions of theNJWA include The Music Studio,Piano Pals, Fiddlin’ Fun, Kids ‘n’Arts, Tots ‘n’ Arts, The FencingClub, The Drawing Workshop, TheWestfield Art Gallery, Summer Bandand Orchestra and Westfield Sum-mer Workshop.

The NJWA currently has five schol-arships available for students whoparticipate in their programs thathave been established by both corpo-rations and families.

The Mark Hardy Memorial Schol-arship is offered to a student of the

Westfield Summer Workshop foroutstanding performance in musicaltheatre. The Ruth Sell MemorialScholarship is available to a MusicStudio student who has made signifi-cant achievements in instrumentalmusic.

The Edie Cechini MemorialScholarship is offered to a studentwith significant ability in the finearts at the Westfield Summer Work-shop. The Sally Judd MemorialScholarship is offered to a studentaged 5-11 years old with proficiencyor potential in vocal or instrumentalmusic, and Ricola USA offers ascholarship to a student highly pro-ficient in the performance of brassinstruments.

Anyone wishing to contribute tothese scholarship funds should con-tact the Westfield Foundation. Dona-tions are tax deductible and can beapplied to any scholarship that thedonor requests.

Mr. Mancuso Again to HeadVocational Schools BOE

SCOTCH PLAINS – Charles S.Mancuso has been re-elected as Presi-dent of the Board of Education of theUnion County Vocational-TechnicalSchools in Union County.

It is the 12th time that Mr. Mancusohas been elected to a one-year term asPresident. Six of these were consecu-tive terms.

Gail Iammatteo of Scotch Plains waselected Vice President of the board.Other members include Jane Lorber ofScotch Plains; Robert H. Schmidt ofLinden and Dr. Frances Lobman, UnionCounty Superintendent of Schools.

Edward Kologi of Linden was re-appointed as Board Attorney and Ed-ward H. Mellage of Elizabeth as Trea-surer.

For more than three decades, Mr.

Mancuso’s efforts on behalf of educa-tion have been recognized on manyoccasions and in a variety of ways.

Mr. Mancuso’s efforts on behalf ofeducation have been recognized onmany occasions. In 1998, the buildinghousing the Union County Magnet HighSchool for Mathematics, Science andTechnology on the UCVTS campuswas named Mancuso Hall in his honor.

Mr. Mancuso is presently Vice Presi-dent of Statewide Savings Bank, basedin Fanwood, and is a Springfield resi-dent.

The Board of Education of the Voca-tional Schools in Union County gov-erns the operations of the Union CountyVocational-Technical Schools and theUnion County Magnet High School at1776 Raritan Road in Scotch Plains.

AUTHOR VISIT…Children’s author and illustrator Judith Caseley spendstime with two young fans during her recent visit to the Westfield MemorialLibrary. She explained to an audience of both children and adults how shecreates her stories.

DOWN ON THE FARM…Westfield Cooperative Nursery School students inCindy Babetski’s 4-year-old class recently took a science excursion to HillviewFarm in Meyersville. They learned about growing fruits and vegetables, makinghoney and apple cider. The school is located in the First Congregational Churchat 125 Elmer Street in Westfield.



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Cheryl Wagner’s Scout PatchCelebrates the Jersey Shore

BACK TO THE BEACH…Volunteer staff members for the “NJ: Shore toPlease” workshop designed by Cheryl Wagner prepare to greet guest BrownieGirl Scouts from the Washington Rock Girl Scout Council. Pictured, left to right,are: Bianca Jones, Carolyn Keeton, Christine Morris, Delsa Slaugh, CherylWagner, Beth Gigantelli, Lisa Wagner, Katherine Walker and Jonathan Wagner.

SCOTCH PLAINS – Recently,more than 50 Brownies representingWestfield, Berkeley Heights, RosellePark and Warren became the firstgirls to earn the brand new patchcalled “NJ: Shore to Please.”

This was a special program devel-oped by Cheryl Wagner of Fanwood-Scotch Plains Senior Troop No. 561to kick off the availability of the newpatch which she designed for GirlScouts. She coordinated the effort aspart of her Gold Award project.

The Brownies toured Jenkinson’sAquarium, enjoyed the beach andboardwalk at Point Pleasant and thenparticipated in workshops designed

and organized by Cheryl.They learned about mollusks,

bivalves and univalves and the chang-ing tides; painted surf clams andmade their own shore-inspired pa-perweights. They also tasted somehome-made crab dip and reviewed atable display of items that can befound at the Jersey Shore.

Each girl additionally received agoodie bag to take home with shells,Ocean County brochures and saltwater taffy. In addition, they wereable to select more souvenirs fromthe display table. Cheryl took severalBrownies down to the water’s edgewhere they learned to skip the extrasurf clams over the water.

While workshops at the beach areconvenient, this patch was designedto be earned by any troop, Browniethrough senior level, who happen tobe visiting any beach at the JerseyShore, according to Troop 561 LeaderPat Wagner.

Leaders planning to take their troopto the shore are invited to stop by theWashington Rock Girl Scout Coun-cil and pick up a copy of “NJ: Shoreto Please,” to learn about the pro-gram.

In addition to implementing thepatch, Cheryl’s Gold Award projectalso involved enhancements toJenkinson’s Aquarium, including animproved seining area (an area wherevisitors can search through sand foritems); a new penguin display caseand new shark display signs to beinstalled.

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Volunteers are NeededTo Assist SeniorsWith Tax Returns

Volunteers are needed to helpUnion County senior citizens pre-pare their federal and New Jersey taxreturns and rebate applications inearly 2000.

Training in income tax prepara-tion and assistance will be providedto volunteers in January under thedirection of the Internal RevenueService, the New Jersey Departmentof Taxation and the American Asso-ciation of Retired Persons.

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High Tech Maps UnveiledBy County Prosecutor’s OfficeTo Yield More Drug Arrests

ELIZABETH – The Union CountyProsecutor’s Office last week un-veiled a new high-tech weapon thatwill send more drug dealers to stateprison.

An arsenal of computer generatedmaps delineating the 500-foot pro-tection zones around playgrounds,parks, libraries and other publicbuildings, such as museums, is nowofficially in circulation for use by the1,800 enforcement officers in UnionCounty. Anyone convicted of distrib-uting drugs within the 500-foot areasface much stiffer penalties if con-victed in court.

These accurate maps will makethe job of proving someone is sellingdrugs within the 500-foot zone easierfor law enforcement officials.

Union County is the first countygovernment in New Jersey to ap-prove the new technology.

“These maps, along with the books,CD’s and area enlargements thatcorrespond to them, are the first oftheir kind in New Jersey and they areself-authenticating evidence that willbe used as part of our cases in court,”said Prosecutor Thomas V. Manahan,who presented the array in public forthe first time at an afternoon pressbriefing in Elizabeth.

He said the collection of maps,which depict the 500-foot area that isthe protected zone under a new stat-ute that went into effect on January 9,1998, were coordinated through datasubmitted by municipal engineers,presented by the county engineer andthen unanimously adopted by theUnion County Board of Chosen Free-

holders last month.According to Deputy First Assis-

tant Prosecutor Richard P. Rodbart,the overseer of the 15-monthproject, the maps were preparedunder a contract with T & M Asso-ciates, a Middletown firm that uti-lized official tax maps and univer-sal engineering measurement tech-niques to identify each official rec-reation area and then delineate thezones.

“It really did take a lot of com-pilation and rechecking more than500 sites in all, to develop the maps,”Mr. Rodbart said.

The penalty for a person who isconvicted of distributing a drug suchas cocaine, heroin or marijuanawithin the 500-foot recreation zoneis severe.

“Before the law was changed, theoffense was a third-degree crimewhere a person without prior in-volvement with the courts could getprobation and a criminal record,”said Executive Assistant ProsecutorRobert P. O’Leary.

“Now the exact same convictioncarries a second-degree penalty witha presumption of seven years in stateprison for the same offender,” Mr.O’Leary noted.

The maps and the freeholder reso-lution making them an official mapfor measurement purposes, are nowin place and will be used in court.Every narcotic bureau and unit inevery police department has theirown copies and the trial teams in theprosecutor’s office all have access tothe collection, Mr. Rodbart said.

Essay Contest is AnnouncedIn Tribute to Life of Dr. King

WESTFIELD – The Dr. MartinLuther King, Jr. Association ofWestfield will once again sponsoran essay contest open to all studentsin the town. The deadline for entriesto the Martin Luther King, Jr. EssayContest is Tuesday, January 4, 2000.

This year’s theme, “The Future ofRace Relations in the New Millen-nium,” was chosen to illustrate thepositive impact of the message ofDr. King, according to Sylvia Bal-let, Chairwoman of the essay com-mittee.

Essay contestants are being askedto address whether progress hasbeen made in the area of race rela-tions, if more needs to be accom-plished and what should be done tocontinue its momentum into the21st century.

First, second and third place prizeswill be awarded to students in eachof the three school levels.

High school essays should be atleast 1,500 words long and must betyped. Intermediate school studentsshould submit essays from 300 to500 words long that are typed orwritten legibly. Elementary schoolentries do not have a minimumlength requirement, can be clearlyhandwritten and will be evaluatedbased on grade level.

The first place winner at the highschool level will receive a computerwith a color printer. Savings bondsvarying in amounts from $50 to$500 will be awarded to all otheressay contest winners.

First place students in all threecategories will be asked to read theiressays during Westfield’s com-memorative service on Monday,

January 17, at The PresbyterianChurch in Westfield.

The Reverend La Verne Ball,Pastor of the Rose of Sharon Com-munity Church in Plainfield, willpreside as guest speaker at theservice.

To honor the life and struggles ofDr. King, a march through Westfieldwill begin at noon in front of theBethel Baptist Church, 539 TrinityPlace. This year, in recognition ofthe new millennium, intermediateand high school students in Westfieldare encouraged to march as a state-ment against racism. As always, thepublic is invited to join in both theprocession and service.

Last year’s first place essay con-test winners included Alexis Jemal(12th grade), Mary Bogatko (8thgrade) and Matthew DeSorbo (5thgrade).

For further information aboutWestfield’s 13th annual MartinLuther King Jr. commemorative ser-vice and essay contest, please callthe Reverend Leon Randall at (908)233-2547.

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Philip Lombardi, Sr., Army Veteran;Was Employed With General MotorsPhilip Lombardi, Sr., 84, of North

Plainfield died on Monday, Novem-ber 22, at the Genesis ElderCareCenter in Westfield.

Born in Staten Island, he had livedin Plainfield before moving to NorthPlainfield 60 years ago.

He had been a line worker forGeneral Motors in Linden, retiringin 1974 after 32 years with the com-pany.

Mr. Lombardi was a United StatesArmy veteran of World War II.

Lucille SanGiulianoLucille SanGiuliano of Cranford

died on Tuesday, November 23, athome.

Born in Westfield, she lived inCranford for most of her life.

Mrs. SanGiuliano was a memberof the Cranford Senior Citizens Fri-day Club.

Surviving are her husband, ArthurSanGiuliano; a son, JosephSanGiuliano; a daughter, ElaineMagee; seven grandchildren and 19great-grandchildren.

Services were held on Friday, No-vember 26, at the Cranford UnitedMethodist Church in Cranford.

Arrangements were handled by theDooley Funeral Home, 218 NorthAvenue in Cranford.

December 2, 1999

Troy Stiffler, 74, Decorated Veteran;Had Been Self-Employed Mason

Troy B. Stiffler, 74, of Scotch Plainsdied on Wednesday, November 24, athome.

Born in Prague, PottawatomieCounty, Okla., he moved to ScotchPlains in 1946.

Mr. Stiffler had owned StifflerMason Contractors Inc. in ScotchPlains for 45 years before retiring in1990. Earlier, he had been a superin-tendent with the Arthur Venneri Com-pany in Westfield.

He was a 1949 graduate of theNewark School of Industrial Draft-ing and Design.

Mr. Stiffler was a United StatesArmy veteran of World War II, serv-

Vivian Levine, 76Vivian Levine, 76, of Mountainside

died on Thursday, November 25, inOverlook Hospital in Summit.

Born in Cheautagay, N.Y., she hadlived in Springfield before moving toMountainside 33 years ago.

Mrs. Levine had been a supervisorat Investment Casting Corporationin Springfield for 38 years prior toretiring in 1986.

Surviving are her husband, JosephLevine; a son, Dr. Arthur Levine;two brothers, Ross Ezro and AmbroseEzro, and two grandchildren.

Arrangements were handled by theMenorah Chapels at Millburn inUnion.

December 2, 1999

Theresa Larino, 66Theresa Larino, 66, of Berkeley

Township died on Thursday, Novem-ber 25, in the Community MedicalCenter in Toms River.

Born in Bayonne, she had lived inWestfield and Scotch Plains beforemoving to the Silver Ridge Park Eastsection of Berkeley Township.

Mrs. Larino had been an assistantbranch manager with the LincolnFederal Savings and Loan inWestfield for 25 years before retiringin 1993.

She was a member and fundraiserwith Silver Ridge Park East.

Surviving are her husband, JohnLarino; two sons, John Larino andEdward Larino; two daughters, JanetTreffinger and Carol Larino; abrother, Leonard Volenski, and fivegrandchildren.

A Mass was offered on Tuesday,November 30, at St. MaximilianKolbe Church in Toms River.

Arrangements were handled by theQuinn-Hopping Funeral Home inToms River.

December 2, 1999

Charles V. Scanielo, 47Charles V. Scanielo, 47, of

Westfield died on Thursday, Novem-ber 25, in the New York PresbyterianHospital.

Born in Jersey City, he had lived inRoselle before moving to Westfieldthree years ago.

Mr. Scanielo was a foreman withthe Interstate Drywall in Clifton for13 years.

He was a member of the Carpenter’sUnion Local No. 6 of Jersey City.

Surviving are his wife, ColleenScanielo; two sons, Michael Scanieloand Christopher Scanielo, and a sis-ter, Denise Barry.

A Mass was offered on Monday,November 29, in St. Joseph the Car-penter Roman Catholic Church inRoselle.

Arrangements were handled by theWalter J. Johnson Funeral Home inClark.

December 2, 1999

Nellie Megaro, 80, Was Co-OwnerOf Confectionary Store for 25 Years

Nellie Megaro, 80, of Scotch Plainsdied on Thursday, November 25, inthe John F. Kennedy Medical Centerin Edison.

Born in Hazelton, she had lived inNewark, Toms River and Union be-fore moving to Scotch Plains 20 yearsago.

Mrs. Megaro had been the co-owner, with her late husband, Car-mine Megaro, of Carmine’sConfectionary Store in East Orange

Robert Dello Russo, 77, Retired Educator,Administrator in Westfield School DistrictRobert Dello Russo, 77, of

Westfield, died on Friday, November26, at Morristown Memorial Hospi-tal in Morristown.

Born in Westfield, he resided therefor most of his life.

Mr. Dello Russo had been an edu-cator and also an administrator inthe Westfield public school systemfor 27 years, retiring in 1983.

He was a United States Army vet-eran of World War II.

Patricia Moum, 70, Was Library SecretaryAt Edison School in Westfield for 14 YearsPatricia Ann Moum, 70, of Seaford,

Del., died on Friday, November 26,at Peninsula Regional Medical Cen-ter in Salisbury, Md.

Born in Eau Claire, Wis., she wasthe daughter of the late Elroy Ed-ward Ledebur and Elsie BensonLedebur Bailey.

Mrs. Moum had been a librarysecretary at Edison IntermediateSchool in Westfield, formerly knownas Edison Junior High School, for 14years prior to retiring in 1992.

She had been employed as a regis-tered nurse at the Fairmont Munici-pal Hospital in Fairmont, Minn. from1950 to 1958, when she began work-ing for the Atomic Energy Commis-sion in Ames, Iowa.

She was a member of the Reforma-tion Lutheran Church and served onseveral committees, and was also amember of the Sussex Bird Club, ofwhich she was Secretary.

Mrs. Moum volunteered at theSeaford Public Library.

Surviving are her husband of 48years, Dr. Stanley Gordon Moum;three sons, Dr. Eric Elroy EllsworthMoum of Boca Raton, Fla., Paul

He was a member of WestfieldUNICO.

Surviving are his wife, Terry DelloRusso; two sons, Robert Dello Russoof Socorro, N.M. and James DelloRusso of Huntington Beach, Calif.;two stepsons, Andrew Rupp of Ber-keley Heights and Christopher Ruppof Nevada; a stepdaughter, SheilaDeck of Bridgewater; three sisters,Frances Donato of Scotch Plains,Fanny Hoenicke of Pennsylvania andMildred Valeri of California, andthree grandchildren.

A gathering of family and friendswill take place today, Thursday, De-cember 2, from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at theDooley Colonial Home, 556 WestfieldAvenue in Westfield. A memorialservice will follow.

In lieu of flowers, memorial con-tributions may be made to theWestfield Volunteer Rescue Squad,335 Watterson Street, Westfield,07090.

December 2, 1999

Allan Moum of Westfield and PeterStanley Moum of Richmond, Va.; adaughter, Barbara Ann Moum of Co-lumbus, Ohio; two brothers, AllanEdward Ledebur of Grand Junction,Colo. and Roger Benson Ledebur ofDallas, Tex., and 10 grandchildren.

A memorial service will be held onSaturday, December 11, at 11 a.m. atthe Reformation Lutheran Church inMilford, Del.

In lieu of flowers, memorial con-tributions may be made to the Refor-mation Lutheran Church, 613Lakeview Avenue, Milford, Del.,19963 or to the Cardiac Rehabilita-tion Program, in care of PeninsulaRegional Medical Center, Salisbury,Md., 21801.

Arrangements are being handledby the Lofland Funeral Home inMilford.

December 2, 1999

ing in the Pacific Theater with the706th Ordnance. He received theAsiatic Pacific Ribbon with oneBronze Star.

He was a member of the New Jer-sey Bricklayers Local No. 14 ofPlainfield and the Veterans of For-eign Wars Post No. 10122 in ScotchPlains.

Surviving are his wife, AmeliaIarussi Stiffler; two sons, Gary Stifflerand Kevin Stiffler; three daughters,Janet Stiffler, Linda Masi andDeborah LaMorticella; two sisters,Edythe McWilliams and Eva Roseand six grandchildren.

A Mass was offered on Saturday,November 27, at St. Bartholomewthe Apostle Roman Catholic Churchin Scotch Plains, following funeralservices at the Rossi Funeral Homein Scotch Plains.

Memorial donations may be madeto the Haven Hospice, 65 James Street,Edison, 08818.

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He was a communicant of St. Jo-seph Roman Catholic Church inNorth Plainfield.

He was predeceased by his wife,Frances Lombardi, in 1984.

Surviving are a son, PhilipLombardi, Jr. of Fanwood; two broth-ers, Guy Lombardi and MichaelLombardi, both of Plainfield; a sis-ter, Ann Hall of Piscataway; threegrandchildren and two great-grand-children.

A Mass was offered on Saturday,November 27, at St. Joseph Church.Burial was at Hillside Cemetery inScotch Plains.

Arrangements were handled by theScarpa Funeral Home in NorthPlainfield.

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for 25 years before retiring 20 yearsago.

Surviving are a son, AnthonyMegaro; two daughters, Louise Aldiand Karen Megaro; a sister, Marga-ret Restaino, and four grandchildren.

A Mass was offered on Monday,November 29, in St. Michael’s Ro-man Catholic Church in Union, fol-lowing the funeral from the GalanteFuneral Home in Union.

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Beatrice Maguire, 86Beatrice G. Tetreault Maguire, 86,

of Westfield, died Sunday, November28, at home.

Born and educated in Montreal,Canada, she moved to Boston, Mass.,where she married James J. Maguire.

She lived in Quincy, Mass. for 48years before moving to Westfield 14years ago.

Mrs. Maguire worked at MarylandCasualty Insurance Company in Bos-ton for 20 years before retiring in1975. Before that she had worked atthe Gilcrest Department Store inBoston.

She was predeceased by her hus-band in 1953.

Surviving are a daughter, MarianneM. Kerwin of Westfield; two grand-sons, Colin Joseph Kerwin of Hous-ton, Tex. and Kevin John Kerwin ofGlenelg, Md., and five great-grand-children.

Funeral services will be held onSaturday, December 4, at 9 a.m. atthe Dooley Colonial Home, 556Westfield Avenue, Westfield. A Massof Christian Burial will follow at 10a.m. at Holy Trinity Roman CatholicChurch in Westfield. Interment willbe at Fairview Cemetery in Westfield.

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Cannonball House HoldsOpen House December 5

SCOTCH PLAINS – The his-toric Osborn Cannonball House, amuseum located at 1840 FrontStreet in Scotch Plains, will be thescene of the 27th annual ColonialChristmas Open House on Sunday,December 5, from 2 to 4 p.m. The

COLONIAL CHRISTMAS…The Osborn Cannonball house, 1840 Front Streetin Scotch Plains, will hold its Colonial Open House on Sunday, December 5, from2 to 4 p.m. It will be the museum’s final event of the year.

free open house will coincide withthe town center’s “Holiday Celebra-tion.”

Refreshments will be served.This will be the museum’s final

event of the year. It will reopen onSunday, March 5.

LOOKING FOR A HOME…Peoplefor Animals, a nonprofit animal wel-fare organization serving New Jer-sey, will sponsor a pet adoption eventon Saturday, December 4, from 11a.m. until 3 p.m., at the PETsMARTstore, 1022 Route 22 East at WestEnd Avenue in North Plainfield.Many dogs, cats and kittens will beavailable. Among these pets will bePrincess, a four-month-old GermanShepherd mix puppy. Princess isspayed and current with her vaccina-tions. The owners of this puppy couldno longer keep Princess, who nowneeds a new home. Princess is one ofseveral young dogs and cats now avail-able for adoption. To adopt, or for petinformation, please call (908) 688-1073 or visit the Internet sitewww.pfa.petfinder.org.For low costspay/neuter information, please callthe People for Animals Clinic at (908)964-6887. Spay/neuter surgery costsrange from $35 to $55 and includerabies and distemper vaccinations.

Christine Green, 63Christine Green, 63, of South

Plainfield died on Monday, Novem-ber 29, at home.

She had lived in Plainfield beforemoving to South Plainfield 45 yearsago.

Mrs. Green was a homemaker.She was a member of the Warren

Temple in Fanwood.Surviving are two sons, Eugene

Green, Jr. of South Plainfield andRandy Green of North Brunswick;two daughters, Jean Ann Green ofSouth Plainfield and Stephanie Greenof Plainfield; seven sisters, RobertaPearyer of Newark, Corrine Green ofFanwood, Mary Ann Pearyer of Or-ange, Dorothy Jones of Scotch Plains,Sheila Huff and Cynthia Daniels,both of Plainfield, and RosalindPearyer of Temple Hills, Md.; fivebrothers, Walter Pearyer of Allen-town, Pa., Tyrone Pearyer of NewBrunswick, Berkley Pearyer andMichael Pearyer, both of Plainfield,and Leon Pearyer of Waterbury,Conn., and four grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held at 10a.m. tomorrow, Friday, December 3,at 10 a.m. at the Warren Temple.

Visitation will be from 7 to 9 p.m.today, Thursday, December 2, at theJudkins Colonial Home in Plainfield.

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Lawrence Novello, 73, Worked in Finance;Owned Starlight Cleaners for 11 Years

Lawrence Novello, 73, of Barnegatdied on Monday, November 29, frominjuries sustained in an automobileaccident in Barnegat.

Born in Montozzoli, Provence ofChiete, Italy, he had lived in ScotchPlains before moving to Barnegat in1988.

Mr. Novello had owned the Star-

light Cleaners in Garwood for 11years before retiring in 1988. Previ-ously, he had worked in internationalfinance for the Chase ManhattanBank in New York City and the NewJersey Bank in Paterson.

He attended the University ofNaples and Pace University and Co-lumbia University, both in New YorkCity.

Mr. Novello served in the UnitedStates Army during the Korean Con-flict.

Surviving are his wife, GiovannaNovello; two sons, Michael Novelloand Anthony Novello; two daugh-ters, Phyllis Reddington and SandyMarcovecchio; two sisters,Clementina Checchio and ConcettaDelNegro, and nine grandchildren.

A Mass will be offered tomorrow,Friday, December 3, at 10 a.m. in St.Bartholomew the Apostle RomanCatholic Church in Scotch Plains,following the funeral from the RossiFuneral Home in Scotch Plains.

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History and Symbolism of HanukkahExamined, Compared Throughout Ages

By RABBI GEORGE NUDELL

What is Hanukkah? It is not the “Jew-ish Christmas,” though it falls nearby onthe calendar. It is not a holiday about giftgiving, though presents are often ex-changed. It is not a holiday celebratingthe struggle for religious freedom, thoughit is commonly portrayed as such.

Hanukkah is an eight-day festival thathas been celebrated by Jewish people forover 2,000 years. Hanukkah’s signifi-cance is tied to the history of the land ofIsrael, the ancient and modern homelandof the Jewish people.

The story of Hanukkah began about150 years after Alexander the Greatspread Hellenistic culture from his na-tive Greece through Egypt, Israel andSyria.

Like most ancient people, the Jews ofancient Israel enjoyed Hellenistic cul-ture. They readily accepted the styles ofclothing, the Greek language, the archi-tecture and the philosophy of the Helle-nistic world. Many Jews willingly aban-doned their own customs for the “mod-ern” ways of the world.

Other Jews, however, passionatelyheld on to the Torah (Bible) and itsethical heritage and practices. In time,the Jewish community of Israel grewdeeply divided, and a struggle flared up,as both factions sought to influence thepractices of the Holy Temple in Jerusa-lem.

This struggle frightened EmperorAntiochus of Syria. At that time, theSyrians controlled the economy and poli-tics of the land of Israel.

Antiochus kept a watchful eye overIsrael, and worried about losing his in-fluence to the Egyptians or the growingempire of Rome. To keep peace in Israel,Antiochus sided with the more Hellenis-tic faction of the Jews. He invaded theland of Israel, and endorsed pagan sacri-fices and practices in the Holy Temple.This proved to be a fatal mistake.

A traditionalist family of Jews, theHasmoneans, also called the Maccabees,rallied many Jews against Antiochus.The Maccabees waged a guerrilla warand threatened to invite the Romans tofight with them. After capturing theTemple mount in Jerusalem, theMaccabees declared independence fromSyria.

A cease fire was established, and Is-rael once again became an autonomousstate.

Being faithful to the laws of the Torah,the Maccabees purged the Temple of allpagan influence. They rededicated theTemple’s seven branched candelabra, orMenorah, using the only un-desecratedvessel of olive oil they could find. TheMaccabees declared a festival to honortheir victory. This became the festival ofHanukkah, which in English means“dedication.”

Today, Hanukkah is primarily ob-served by the lighting of candles, torecall the rededication of the Menorah inthe Temple of Jerusalem. The Talmud, asacred book of Jewish law and lore, tellsof a miracle that transpired when theMaccabees rededicated the Temple.

That last pure vessel of olive oil shouldhave lasted only one day, but it burned inthe Menorah for eight days. This wastaken as a sign of God’s approval that thetraditions of the Torah had been de-fended.

Over the centuries, the observance ofHanukkah became a time to rememberthe courage and faithfulness of thosewho fought to preserve Jewish heritage.

The modern meaning of the festival ofHanukkah is linked to its ancient story.Living as a minority in the blessed com-fort of democracy, modern Jews face thesame critical question as their ancientancestors did. Can Jewish traditions bepreserved in the face of other strongcultural and religious influences?

This challenge has added to the sig-nificance of Hanukkah. At the very sametime their Christian neighbors are deco-rating and preparing for Christmas, mod-ern Jews have renewed their connectionto Hanukkah.

As they light their Hanukkah candles,today’s Jews reconnect to their own nobleJewish heritage.

This year, Hanukkah begins on Fridayevening, December 3, and it lasts untilsundown on December 11. May it be anopportunity for Jewish people everywhereto rededicate themselves to Jewish tradi-tion.

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Rabbi George Nudell serves at Con-gregation Beth Israel, Scotch Plains.

� Directory to Houses of Worship �ALL SAINTS’ EPISCOPAL CHURCH559 Park Avenue, Scotch Plains

(908) 322-8047Reverend Thomas Laws

BETHEL BAPTIST CHURCH539 Trinity Place, Westfield

(908) 232-4250Reverend Kevin Clark

CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS1781 Raritan Road, Scotch Plains

(908) 889-5556Bishop Linden Slaugh

COMMUNITY PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHDeer Path & Meeting House Lane,

Mountainside(908) 232-9490

Reverend Christopher R. Belden

CONGREGATION ARI YEHUDA1251 Terrill Road, Scotch Plains

(732) 541-4849(Rear entrance of Assembly of God Church)(Rear entrance of Assembly of God Church)(Rear entrance of Assembly of God Church)(Rear entrance of Assembly of God Church)(Rear entrance of Assembly of God Church)

CONGREGATION BETH ISRAEL1920 Cliffwood Street, Scotch Plains

(908) 889-1830Rabbi George Nudell

ECHO LAKE CHURCH OF CHRIST419 Springfield Avenue, Westfield

(908) 233-4946Jeff Harris

EVANGEL CHURCH1251 Terrill Road, Scotch Plains

(908) 322-9300Reverend Kevin M. Brennan

FANWOOD PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHMartine Avenue & La Grande Avenue,

Fanwood(908) 889-8891

Reverend Robert T. Snell

THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH170 Elm Street, Westfield

(908) 233-2278Dr. Robert L. Harvey

FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST, SCIENTIST257 Midway Avenue, Fanwood

(908) 322-8461

FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST, SCIENTIST422 East Broad Street, Westfield

(908) 233-5029

FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCHUnited Church of Christ

125 Elmer Street, Westfield(908) 233-2494

Dr. Christopher Atwood, Senior MinisterReverend Pamela Gilchrist

FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH1171 Terrill Road, Scotch Plains

(908) 322-9222Reverend Sam Chong

FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH1 East Broad Street, Westfield

(908) 233-4211Reverend David F. Harwood

GRACE ORTHODOX PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH1100 Boulevard, Westfield

(908) 233-3938 or (908) 232-4403Reverend Stanford M. Sutton, Jr.

HOLY TRINITY GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH250 Gallows Hill Road, Westfield

(908) 233-8533Reverend Dimitrios Antokas

HOLY TRINITY ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCHWestfield Avenue & First Street, Westfield

(908) 232-8137Reverend Joseph Masielio

IMMACULATE HEART OF MARY RC CHURCH1571 South Martine Avenue, Scotch Plains

(908) 889-2100Reverend John F. Kennedy

METROPOLITAN BAPTIST CHURCH823 Jerusalem Road

(908) 233-2855Reverend Clement Griffin

MOUNTAINSIDE CHAPEL1180 Spruce Drive, Mountainside

(908) 232-3456Reverend Dr. Gregory Hagg

OUR LADY OF LOURDES RC CHURCH300 Central Avenue, Mountainside

(908) 232-1162Reverend Patrick J. Leonard

THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHIN WESTFIELD

140 Mountain Avenue(908) 233-0301

Reverend Dr. William Ross Forbes

REDEEMER LUTHERAN CHURCH229 Cowperthwaite Place, Westfield

(908) 232-1517Reverend Paul E. Kritsch

ST. BARTHOLOMEW THE APOSTLEROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH

2032 Westfield Avenue, Scotch Plains(908) 322-5192

Reverend Michael A. Merlucci

ST. HELEN’S ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH1600 Rahway Avenue, Westfield

(908) 232-1214Reverend Monsignor James A. Burke

ST. JOHN’S BAPTIST CHURCH2387 Morse Avenue, Scotch Plains

(908) 232-6972Reverend Kelmo C. Porter, Jr.

ST. LUKE’S AFRICAN METHODISTEPISCOPAL ZION CHURCH

500 Downer Street, Westfield(908) 233-2547

Reverend Leon E. Randall

ST. PAUL’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH414 East Broad Street, Westfield

(908) 232-8506Reverend Richard W. Reid

SCOTCH PLAINS BAPTIST CHURCH333 Park Avenue, Scotch Plains

(908) 322-5487Reverend Gary Rothwell

TEMPLE BETH O’R/BETH TORAH111 Valley Road, Clark

(732) 381-8403Rabbi Shawn B. Zell

TEMPLE EMANU-EL756 East Broad Street, Westfield

(908) 232-6770Rabbi Charles A. Kroloff

TEMPLE SHOLOM815 W. Seventh Street, Plainfield

(908) 756-6447Rabbi Joel N. Abraham

TERRILL ROAD BAPTIST CHURCH1340 Terrill Road, Scotch Plains

(908) 322-7151Michael C. Seaman

TERRILL ROAD BIBLE CHAPEL535 Terrill Road, Fanwood

(908) 322-4055

WILLOW GROVE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH1961 Raritan Road, Scotch Plains

(908) 232-5678Reverend Kenneth G. Hetzel

WOODSIDE CHAPEL5 Morse Avenue, Fanwood

(908) 889-2375

Talk on Edith Stein PlannedAt Holy Trinity on Dec. 14

WESTFIELD – The Westfieldchapter of the Knights of Columbusis sponsoring a talk by Dianne Traflet,an Assistant Dean at the ImmaculateConception Seminary, who will speakon “Edith Stein and the Mystery ofChristmas,” on Tuesday, December14, at 7:30 p.m. at Holy Trinity Ro-man Catholic Church in Westfield.

On October 11, 1998, Edith Steinwas officially canonized as TeresaBenedicta of the Cross.

Born to a Jewish family, Stein con-verted to the Catholic faith after read-ing the autobiography of St. Teresaof Avila at the age of 31.

Though she enjoyed prominencein the academic circles of Germanyshe longed to practice spiritual con-templation and solitude. In 1935 she

entered a cloistered convent ofCarmelite Nuns.

She would flee for Holland as theNazi persecution of Jews intensified,yet her martyrdom would soon ap-proach. To retaliate against the Catho-lic bishops for their pastoral letteragainst the “Final Solution,” theNazi’s arrested all Catholics of “non-Aryan” extraction.

Transported by cattle car toAuschwitz, Edith Stein would die inthe gas chambers, but not before giv-ing a profound witness of faith toboth her fellow inmates and persecu-tors.

During her canonization, PopeJohn Paul II hailed her deep spiritualwritings and saintly life as treasuresto be forever cherished by all peopleof good will.

Dr. Traflet’s own backgroundhelped her to bring to life the story ofthe saint she has researched. Dr.Traflet received her Doctorate of Sa-cred Theology from the PontificalUniversity of St. Thomas Aquinas inRome, Italy. She holds a Master ofArts in Catholic Theology from St.John’s and prior to her professor-ship, practiced law after graduatingfrom Seton Hall’s School of Law.

Dr. Traflet has become a popularretreat-leader in the New York met-ropolitan area.

Admission to the program is free.

St. Bart’s to HoldAnointing of the Sick

Saturday, December 11SCOTCH PLAINS – Father

Michael A. Merlucci, Pastor of St.Bartholomew the Apostle RomanCatholic Church in Scotch Plains,invites all to a celebration of theAnointing of the Sick on Saturday,December 11, at 1:30 p.m. Refresh-ments will be served following theservice.

Former Detective David TomaTo Speak at St. Helen’s Church

WESTFIELD – Former Newarkpolice detective David Toma, a na-tionally recognized authority ondrug and alcohol abuse, will speakat St. Helen’s Roman CatholicChurch, 1600 Rahway Avenue inWestfield, on Tuesday, December 7,at 7:30 p.m.

Mr. Toma, whose visit will be spon-sored by the St. Helen’s Youth Min-istry, will speak on suicide, Satanicworship and eating disorders. Theprogram is designed for teenagers,parents, teachers and school admin-istrators.

Over the past 40 years, Mr. Tomahas helped troubled youth changetheir behavior by learning about theirstrengths and their potential. In ad-dition to his law enforcement career,he is a former United States MarineDrill Instructor, a one-time profes-sional baseball player and an ex-

boxer.Mr. Toma, known for his straight

talk, frankness and honesty, also wasthe inspiration for two popular tele-vision series, “Toma” and “Baretta.”

St. Helen’s Church is located at1600 Rahway Avenue. For furtherinformation on the program, pleasecall (908) 233-8444.

St. Bart’s Altar SocietyHolds Party, BoutiqueSCOTCH PLAINS – St. Bartholo-

mew’s Rosary Altar Society will holdits annual Christmas Party andChristmas Boutique on Monday,December 6, following the 7:30 p.m.Mass.

All women of the parish are in-vited. Refreshments, raffles, prizesand entertainment will be provided.

Torah Center SponsorsDec. 9 Hanukkah Party

WESTFIELD – The Union CountyTorah Center will host a Family Ha-nukkah Party at the Clinton Manor,2735 Route 22 West in Union, onThursday, December 9, from 6 to 8p.m.

There will be a children’s programfeaturing “Judah the Maccabi andhis Musical Hanukkah Show”, buf-fet dinner, Hanukkah gelt anddreidles.

The suggested donation is $10 per

adult and $5 per child. Reservationsare preferred, but not required.

Hanukkah, the Festival of Lights,begins on Friday, December 3, atsundown and continues through Sat-urday December 11.

Hanukkah focuses largely on themeaning of civil liberties and reli-gious freedom.

For more information and to re-ceive a free Hanukkah guide, pleasecall (908) 789-5252.

Hanukkah Show to BeBroadcast on Channel 57

WESTFIELD – The Union CountyTorah Center and Tzivos Hashemare sponsoring “Professor Pellah’sPlace,” a Hanukkah adventure to beaired on Tuesday, December 7, andWednesday, December 8, at 6:30 p.m.on Comcast Cable Channel 57.

The half-hour TV program willappeal to all Jewish children and tonon-Jews interested in Jewish cul-ture. The drama provides a settingfor children to be introduced to awide range of Jewish customs andideals.

The story is about four teenagecousins, Danny, Rena, Zak and Sarawho are challenged by a mysticalprofessor Pellah and his pet fishBernie to create a campaign to pro-mote awareness for the holiday ofHanukkah. The kids dream up allsorts of elaborate promotion ideas -from Sara creating her own net-work talk show to Zak’s MTV mu-sic video.

During the action, cut away seg-ments will introduce viewers to thearts of candle making and oil press-ing, to public menorah lightings incities such as Moscow, London,

Jerusalem, New York and Paris, andan animated history of Hanukkah asseen by a young boy in ancient times.

For more information, please callthe Torah Center at (908) 789-5252.

SCOUTING EXPEDITION…Westfield Tiger Cubs, Cub Scouts, Webelos andBoy Scouts recently joined in the 12th annual “Scouting for Food” drive. Thescouts subsequently brought hundreds of bags of food to the Westfield FoodPantry at the Holy Trinity Roman Catholic Church in Westfield, just in time forThanksgiving.

Christine Hoyer is NamedElizabethtown College Scholar

CONGRATULATING A SCHOLAR – Elizabethtown College Provost RonaldJ. McAllister congratulates Christine Hoyer of Fanwood during the ceremony inwhich she was named Elizabethtown Scholar for 1999-2000. She was namedduring a convocation at Elizabethtown College in Elizabethtown, Pa.

FANWOOD – Christine Hoyer ofFanwood has been named a CollegeScholar for 1999-00 at ElizabethtownCollege, Elizabethtown, Pa. in recog-nition of high academic achievement.

She was one of 46 College Schol-ars were publicly recognized by Pro-vost Ronald J. McAllister at the open-ing convocation, which marked thebeginning of Elizabethtown’s 100thyear.

Christine is a junior who is com-pleting a double major in psychologyand philosophy. She is the daughterof Mr. and Mrs. Robert D. Hoyer ofFanwood.

She is a 1997 graduate of Scotch-Plains Fanwood High School. Chris-tine is a Dean’s List student and amember of the Psychology Club, andActivities Planning Board atElizabethtown.

Patient Care, Inc. ObservesNational Home Care MonthWESTFIELD – Patient Care, Inc.

of Westfield recently joined homecare providers nationwide in celebra-tion of National Home Care Month,which is observed in November.

The annual event recognizes theefforts of nurses, home health aides,social workers and therapists whoprovide high-quality health care andsupportive services to patients in theirhomes.

Individuals facing the challengesof aging, illness or disability receivecare tailored to their specific needs.Services include assistance with dailyliving activities such as bathing,grooming and meal preparation, aswell as nursing visits. The patientand his or her family also receiveongoing education and access to sup-portive services and resources.

Additional services provided byPatient Care to enhance a patient’squality of life include companions to

provide socialization and geriatriccare management services. These ser-vices assist patients with everythingfrom insurance claims managementto home safety evaluations.

The newly-established Patient CareWeb site, www.patientcare.com, pro-vides answers to common questionsand concerns that families may havewhen considering home care.

Patient Care offers hourly/live-incertified home health aides, compan-ion services and nurse visits, 24 hoursa day, seven days a week. The com-pany has branch office locations inNew Jersey, New York, Connecticut,Georgia, Illinois, Kentucky and Ohio.

Patient Care is accredited by theJoint Commission on Accreditationof Healthcare Organizations(JCAHO). The Westfield branch of-fice is located at 120 Elm Street. Formore information, please call (908)654-5656.

Woodside Chapel HoldsBible Hour, Evening Services

FANWOOD – Woodside Chapel,located at 5 Morse Avenue in Fanwoodat Westfield Road near Midway andNorth Avenues, is inviting the com-munity to attend its Family Bible Hourand Sunday School which held are at11 a.m. along with its evening serviceat 6 p.m. on Sundays.

Speakers for the month of Decem-ber include Sunday, December 5,Dave Naysmith at 11 a.m. and 6p.m.; Sunday, December 12, Dave

Naysmith at 11 a.m.; Sunday, De-cember 19, Dan Mearns will speakafter the Senior Choir Cantata at 11a.m.; Friday, December 24, Christ-mas Eve service at 7:30 p.m. andSunday, December 26, Dave Brooksat 11 a.m.

A nursery is provided during boththe 11 a.m. and 6 p.m. classes.

For further information, please callGene Graber at (908) 889-5462 orDave Brooks at (908) 789-0796.

Court Trinity Women’sAnnual Holiday Luncheon

To Be Held December 8SCOTCH PLAINS – Court Trin-

ity of the Catholic Daughters ofAmerica will hold its annual Christ-mas luncheon on Wednesday De-cember 8, at 1:30 p.m. at Snuffy’sPantagis Renaissance Restaurantin Scotch Plains.

In lieu of a gift exchange, themembers will give donations toRaphael House, located at theformer convent of St. Patrick’sChurch in Elizabeth, which assistsunmarried mothers.

Court Trinity’s next meeting willbe held on Wednesday, January 12,at the Holy Trinity Rectory inWestfield. Support of the Holy Trin-ity Food Pantry will continuethrough the holiday season.



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JONES PLOWS FOR 3 TD’S, COUSAR GETS 59-YD TD INTERCEPTION

Rough Raider Gridmen Finish in Style;Plow Over 17th-Ranked Farmers, 27-13

By DAVID B. CORBINSpecially Written for The Westfield Leader and The Times

A lesson in farming took place asthe Scotch Plains-Fanwood HighSchool football team reaped victoryby plowing over the 17th-rankedUnion Farmers, 27-13, in the annualThanksgiving Day classic in ScotchPlains. The impressive victory wasthe first over Union since RaiderHead Coach Steve Ciccotelli has takenthe reins and, perhaps, the first ever.

Demonstrating their moxie aftertheir disappointing 14-2 loss toRahway in the NJ Section 2, Group 3semifinals, the Raiders performedtheir magic as senior standout NathanJones plowed for 169 yards and threetouchdowns and junior Gary Cousarreturned an interception 59 yards foranother touchdown.

“It was our last game. All that wasemphasized was that we go out good,”said Jones. “We haven’t beaten Union

in the history of Scotch Plains.”Further explaining the Raiders’

success with Union, Jones said, “Thecoach knew that we lined up wellwith them. We took a tough loss lastweek, but our team did a great jobrebounding from it. The whole linewas blocking and opening up holes.It was like the old Raiders at thebeginning of the season. I’m happywith this and I will remember thisgame forever. The last game of mysenior season!”

The Raiders’ true character wastested in the first quarter when Farmerquarterback Mike Devlin completedto split end Jeff Bubnowski for a 13-yard touchdown with 7:31 left.

Back came the Raiders and Jones.After the kickoff sophomore quarter-back Brian Schiller engineered a 65-yard drive that culminated in a nine-yard Jones touchdown run with :26left in the quarter. Although seem-

ingly stopped at the lineof scrimmage, Jonesm i r a c u l o u s l yemerged from themob and, presto, intothe endzone. DougGillie’s extra pointgave the Raiders a7-6 lead.

Ferocious defen-sive pressure onthe Farmer punterearly in the secondquarter by the Raidersset up the next touchdownsituation. After a short drive,the ball rested on the Farmerone, but not for long as Jonesbashed in for the touchdownwith 8:37 on the clock. Gilliebooted the extra point to levitatethe lead to 14-6.

The next magical trick occurredfour minutes later when Jones dis-

appeared into the Farmer defensiveline at their 40, reemerged, thenstreaked into the endzone, elevating

the score to 20-6.Not permitting the Farmers to

develop their offense, Cousartipped the ball on an out pat-tern, caught it, then galloped59 yards down the sidelineto give the Raiders a 27-6,halftime lead.

With a bit of decep-tion, Schiller who had

been purposely squibblinghis kickoffs during the firsthalf, drilled a shot to an emptyarea on the left sideline whereit was fielded at the two. Twoseconds later, a host of Raid-ers buried the Farmer returnman at the 10.

Jones and the Raiders ap-peared to be playing pos-sessed. Tri-Captain RonJenerette killed a Farmer of-fensive before it could getstarted by crushing running

back Paul DeFrancesco for athree-yard loss on a bread-and-butter

DEVILS’ ‘D’ ST OPS CARDINALS ON 45 OF 48 PLAYS

Cardinal Gridders Pass PastBlue Devils in Turkey Classic

By BRUCE JOHNSONSpecially Written for The Westfield Leader and The Times

Stop Anthony (A. D.) Davis. Thatis what the Westfield High Schooldefenders knew they would have todo if the Blue Devils were going toknock off arch-rival Plainfield onThanksgiving Day at Gary KehlerStadium in Westfield. A victory wouldgo a long way to salvaging an other-wise disappointing season.

And, before a huge, rain-drenchedcrowd of over 4,000 fans, Westfieldbrought its “A” “D” to the game.Look at the numbers: On 45 offen-sive snaps, the explosive Cardinalswere limited to just 69 yards, about ayard and a half per play. Unfortu-nately, Plainfield ran 48 offensive

plays, and the other three were touch-down runs of 66 and 94 yards byDavis, while the backbreaker was a69-yard TD pass (off a fake to Davis)

with just under four minutes left inthe game, giving the Cardinals a 20-14 victory.

The ending was similar to manyother losses this year for the 3-7Devils. Highly rankedHoboken broke theirbacks with four longscores; Scotch Plains-Fanwood played longball and Nathan Jonesbecame a householdname with his five-TDeffort; and both Unionand Linden escapedwith victories overWHS using big-yardage touch-downs.

It’s not unre-alistic to thinkWestfield couldhave gone 6-4or even 7-3, but it will go into thebooks as 3-7. And the Blue Devilsstill lead the ancient rivalry withPlainfield with 47 wins, 41 lossesand 7 ties.

Westfield’s defense was tested early.After forcing a punt, Plainfield took CONTINUED ON PAGE 15


over at its 20. Three Davis runs earnedthree yards, but sure-handed MikeMroz muffed the punt and the Cardi-nals recovered at the Westfield 47.

Aided by a roughing-the-kicker pen-alty, Plainfield drove to the 11, butJosh Ray and Tom Hanscom nailed

Davis for a

two-yard loss on fourth down.Chris Giacone’s 25-yard run and a

14-yard burst by Terrence Jenkinshelped move Westfield acrossmidfield, but the drive stalled andRyan MacDonald’s 42-yard punt was


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SR. VAL GRIFFETH BECOMES PLAYER OF THE GAME

Senior Blue Devils Out-FinesseJuniors in Powder Puff, 14-0


Perhaps it was just the extra year ofeducation or perhaps it was the properuse of talent, but it was clear that theseniors had the superior offensivegame plan in the annual WestfieldHigh School Powder Puff game asthey trounced the juniors, 14-0, onNovember 24 at Gary Kehler Sta-dium. Senior offensive dynamo ValGriffeth made two sweeping touch-down runs to seal the helpless jun-iors’ fate.

Prior to the game, Josh Ponzio, oneof the senior coaches, had good feel-ings about his team’s prospects. “Wehave a lot of really good playersreturning and I think that we willbeat them,” he said confidently. “Wehave veteran Katy Brunetto at quar-terback and we are going to use both

running and passing attacks.”Senior Erika Van Anglen kicked

off and junior Taryn Wyckoff scoopedthe ball at the 20 and returned it to the30. Junior quarterback Alex Leefound it difficult to get her offensegoing as it sputtered and MichelleMeglaughlin was forced to punt. Sheadeptly slanted it to the right sidelinewhere the ball rolled dead at the 45.

Brunetto at quarterback took to theair on first down and hit KristenLeonardis who then steamed to the30 for a 15-yard gain. Marina Powellblasted to the 24, then on the nextplay, Brunetto hooked left on a keeperand was viciously greeted by a host ofrabid juniors. After a brief discus-sion, Brunetto regrouped then handedoff to Powell, but junior Jena Davinoblitzed and flagged her for a four-

yard loss. The junior defense heldand took over at the 20.

Wyckoff swept left nine yards on apitchout and was flagged by seniorKelly Picaro, but the offense sput-tered again and Meglaughlin puntedto the 45.

A perfectly executed pitchoutright to Griffeth resulted in a 45-yard gallop into the endzone withjust .08 left in the first quarter.Brunetto upped the score to 8-0 when she hooked left on akeeper and reached pay dirt.

With spirit, the juniors re-sponded when Wyckoff receivedthe kickoff on the 34 and re-turned it to the 49. Next a pitchoutto Melissa Fry resulted in a 16-yard gain to the seniors’ 35 whereshe was forced out by Van Anglen.Wyckoff whammed her way to the 28

then a five-yard penalty put thejuniors within striking dis-

tance roughly at the 25. But,the omnipresent Julia Gates

snagged an interceptionat the 20.

An off sides penaltyand two fine runs by

Griffeth, one whichwas negated by aclipping penalty,

followed. Next, afumble recovery byMarin Priestly and afive-yard sack by juniorJenna Fowler quelledany further senior of-fensive penetrationprior to the half.

Coach RyanMacDonald col-lected his jun-ior girls and re-hashed strat-

egy. “I think that we are doing agreat job. It’s all just for fun anyway,”commented MacDonald. “We are go-ing to shuttle in different people toget everybody into the game. We aregoing to have fun and I think that wedefinitely have a chance to comeback in the second half.”

Confident that the tide was goingto remain in the seniors’ favor, coachPat Tuohy stated, “We are going totake it to them and keep running theball to the outside. We have the tal-ent, the finesse and the brains.”

Junior Meglauglin kicked off tostart the third quarter and “Tasma-nian Blue Devil” Heather Dennisgrabbed the ball and was knocked outof bounds by Jessica Smith at the 35.Junior Elyssa Cognetti made a leap-ing interception at midfield, but just

David B. Corbin for The Westfield Leader and The TimesHEADING FOR A BIG GAIN…Junior Blue Devil Taryn Wyckoff heads for abig gain as senior hands attempt to rip her flag. The picture above is seniorKristen Leonardis.

David B. Corbin for The Leader and The TimesRaider senior Anthony Cary

Nick Ponzio for The Westfield Leader and The TimesSWARMING ALL OVER A HIGH-FLYING CARDINAL…The Blue Devildefense swarms all over Cardinal star Anthony Davis in the annual Thanksgiv-ing Day Classic held at Gary Kehler Stadium. Picture below: Three Devildefensemen prepare to pounce on a Cardinal.

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Raider Gridmen PlowOver Farmers, 27-13


play. Later, now on offense, Joneswas seen dragging Farmer tacklersseveral yards before being broughtdown. A slick reverse to Raider An-thony Cary, resulted in a 13-yardgain to the Farmer seven. Althoughon the verge of scoring, the Farmerdefense held and took over at the ten.

From there the Farmers engineereda 90-yard touchdown march. A 27-yard reception by DeFrancesco fol-lowed by respective nine and 14-yard receptions by Bubnowskiquickly placed the ball onthe Raider 40. A 22-yardkeeper by Devlin anda 17-yard touch-down pass to TajiAlexander with1:37 left in thethird quarter, put theFarmers back in thegame.

A short period ofshaky play by theRaiders was ex-tinguished whenJones made aleaping intercep-tion at the ten.But the ballslipped from his fin-gers and, fortunately, the omnipres-ent linebacker Dave Herrmanngrabbed it at the three.

“It feels real good to beat Union,”commented Herrmann. “I’m glad tobe a Raider. We proved ourselvestoday. It is the first time that we beatUnion. The seniors were ready. It

was the last time that we would wearthe Raider blue. It is the greatest dayof my life right now!”

Later, with 56 seconds remainingin the game, Harold Burwell sealedthe victory by recovering a Farmerfumble at the Raider seven. When thetime ran out, coach Ciccotelli wasdoused with water from a Gatorade

bucket.“It was cold,”expressed aninv igo ra tedCiccotelli whoattempted toexplain thegreat turn-around. “I wish

that I could fig-ure it out. Wetalked to othercoaches about it.

You neverknow. Today,

our main concern afterthat tough loss waswould they be ready toplay today. And they did.They are a great group ofkids.”Ciccotelli pointed out,

“We’re a good football team.We had a few blips. It’s tough. Wehad one Sunday but the kids showedtheir character.”

The Raiders completed their sea-son at 9-2 while the Farmers finishedat 8-3.Union 6 0 7 0 13Sc Pln-Fanwood 7 20 0 0 27

TOP 10 TEAMS (YEAR): OFFENSE DEFENSEYEAR GOALS YEAR ALLOWED1984 122 1996 51990 120 1994 51983 116 1995 61989 107 1989 61996 106 1993 81994 98 1990 91988 93 1988 91999 90 1987 91981 89 1991 101992 89 1997 101997 89 1998 10

GIRLS SOCCER TRIVIA:TEAM RECORDS:

CATEGORY AMT TEAM YRGoals 17 vs Plainfield 84

17 vs Linden 84Points in game 32 vs Edison 84Assists in game 16 vs Edison 84

INDIVIDUAL RECORDS: AMT. NAME VS YRGoals 5- S. Parizeau vs Linden 84

5- R. Krohn vs Ridge 88Assists 5- S. Parizeau vs Edison 84Points 9- S. Parizeau vs Linden 84Saves 25- Jayne Warne E. Brun 80

TOP SCORERS (YEAR):NAME YR G Asst PtsSally Parizeau 84 37 28 65Sally Parizeau 83 35 19 54Rebecca Krohn 90 39 14 53Alicia Sugrue 81 30 10 40Rebecca Krohn 89 27 10 37Rebecca Krohn 88 28 8 36Wendy Maher 84 24 12 36Karen Voorhees 87 24 11 35Amy Tourtellotte 89 20 15 35Amy Tourtellotte 90 18 15 33Suzy Folger 94 26 7 33

TOP GOALKEEPERS (YEAR):Based on saves per goals allowedNAME YR Saves GA SOAmy Korchak 91 145 9 13Amy Williams 96 77 5 20Marcie Williams 89 91 6 18Amy Williams 94 52 4 19Marcie Williams 88 103 8 9Amy Korchak 92 98 9 15M. Vernugopal 86 193 21 7Amy Williams 93 63 7 14Amy Korchak 92 113 13 16Marcie Williams 87 71 8 11

CAREER GOALKEEPERS:GA (Goals allowed)

SO (Shut outs)NAME YR Save GA SOMarcie Williams 90 265 22 38Amy Korchak 93 359 31 42Amy Williams 97 239 21 69M. Vernugolpal 87 257 29 13Vicky Nusse 98 83 10 12Jayne Warne 82 137 20 3Sheri Filippone 84 258 38 15Diana Florian 82 130 20 4Suzanne Williams 86 58 10 11Linda Mike 85 100 21 13

SCHALLER, SALMOND LEAD DEVILS IN SCORING

Heart, Determination DefineLady Devils’ Soccer Season


Heart and fierce determination de-fined the demeanor of the WestfieldHigh School girls soccer team thisseason. Finishing with a very re-spectable, 14-3-3 record, the BlueDevils were led by Tri-CaptainsDonna Schaller and Kristen Salmondon offense and Leigh Kendrick ondefense.

The Devil girls were competitivein every game and never got blownout. Their first and worst loss camein the Union County quarterfinalswhere they were stunned by the Cru-saders of A. L. Johnson, 3-1. Battlingdown to the wire, the Devil girlssuffered a heartbreaking, 2-1, loss atthe feet of then undefeated Kearny.Then finally, in the North JerseySection 2 finals, a bad-hop bouncegave the Rams of Randolph a 1-0victory over the Devils.

Earlier in the season, on September18, the Blue Devils tied a very strongEast Brunswick team, 3-3. In that game,junior goalkeeper MichelleMeglaughlin had probably her mostoutstanding game of the year as shemade several remarkable saves. Fourdays later, the Blue Devils deadlockedwith top-twenty ranked Cranford, 1-1.

The Blue Devils outscored oppo-nents 90-15 and shared the scoringwealth as no less than 20 girls man-aged to ripple the nets. In 15 games,Meglaughlin had 107 saves, many ofthem superb, recorded six shutoutsand yielded 14 goals for a 7.6 save-per-game average. Freshman backupkeeper Kelly Schmidt had 15 saves,allowed one goal and recorded fourshutouts.

Schaller led the Devils with 16goals while Salmond led in assistswith 12. Schaller’s 10 assists andSalmond’s 14 goals placed them in atie for team points with 26. BothSchaller and Salmond were the heartof the offense and demonstrated afearless ability to not give ground to

opponents.Junior Susan Williams was third

in team points with 16, 12goals and four as-sists. JuniorsGwyn Lederman,with six goalsand nine as-sists, and AlexLee, withseven goalsand eightassists, tiedfor fourth inpoints with15. SophomoreMorgan Langripped in ninegoals and set upthree assists for 12points and seniorValerie Griffethbanged in five goalsand contributed sixassists for 11 points.

Sophomore Jenni-fer Hayes netted twogoals and abetted infive assists while juniorJen Korecky had one goal and fourassists. Junior Taryn Wyckoff bootedthree goals and added one assist andsenior Erika Van Anglen had onegoal and three assists. Juniors KerriAnness and Melissa Fry, with onegoal and two assists each, and StacyDonohue, with three goals, finishedwith three team points apiece.

Although a mainstay on defense,Kendrick did get her day in the offen-sive sun with one goal and one assist.

Freshman Stacy Spass also had agoal and an assist while seniorsKristen Gundrum and StevieLarson, junior Elisa Cognetti

and sophomore ElyseGoldweitz contrib-

uted one goalapiece.

S a l m o n dcompleted herhigh school soc-cer career ranked14th on the All-Time WestfieldHigh School scor-ing list with 35goals and 26 assists

for 61 points.S c h a l l e rr a n k e d16th with29 goalsand 22assists.

Sevenveterans

will be lostto graduation; however, nine pol-ished juniors, three sophomores andthree talented freshmen, not count-ing some special hidden speed andtalent from the Union County Cham-pion junior varsity squad, will offerthe Blue Devils a very promisingseason next year.

Blue Devil Girls SoccerAll-Time HS Records

TOP 10 SCORING ALL-TIME:NAME YR G A PTSSally Parizeau 85 86 56 142Rebecca Krohn 91 103 37 140Karen Voorhees 88 65 42 107Amy Coccaro 98 52 50 102Amy Tourtellotte 91 55 45 100Lexi Tourtellotte 95 46 44 90Alicia Sugrue 83 65 17 82Wendy Mahar 86 54 26 80Krissy Jeremiah 88 40 36 76Stacy Tourtellotte 93 49 25 74

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PUBLIC NOTICESHERIFF’S SALE

SUPERIOR COURT OF NEW JERSEY,CHANCERY DIVISION, UNION COUNTY,DOCKET NO. F-6101-96.

MIDSTATES RESOURCES CORP.,PLAINTIFF vs. JOSEPH HILL, JR.;HOWARD J. MCKENZIE; MCHILL, INC.;ET ALS, DEFENDANT.

CIVIL ACTION, WRIT OF EXECUTION,DATED JUNE 30, 1999 FOR SALE OFMORTGAGED PREMISES.

By virtue of the above-stated writ of execu-tion to me directed I shall expose for sale bypublic vendue, on the 6th Floor of the UnionCounty Court House (Tower) 2 Broad Street,Elizabeth, New Jersey on WEDNESDAYTHE 8TH DAY OF DECEMBER A.D., 1999at two o’clock in the afternoon of said day. Allsuccessful bidders must have 20% of theirbid available in cash or certified check at theconclusion of the sales.

The judgment amount is $144,521.29.The property to be sold is located in the

City of Elizabeth , in the County of Union ,and State of New Jersey.

Commonly known as: 158 First Street,Elizabeth, New Jersey.

Tax Lot Nos.: 02, Block No.: 369.Dimensions of Lot: 25 feet wide by 100

feet long.Nearest Cross Street: Situated on the

Northerly side of First Street. 50 feet fromthe Northwesterly side of South Park Street.

There is due approximately the sum of$148,383.48 together with lawful interestand costs.

There is a full legal description on file inthe Union County Sheriff’s Office.

The Sheriff reserves the right to adjournthis sale.

RALPH FROEHLICHSHERIFF

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AMERIQUEST MORTGAGE COM-PANY, PLAINTIFF vs. ROBERTADURHAM, DEFENDANT.

CIVIL ACTION, WRIT OF EXECUTION,DATED AUGUST 23, 1999 FOR SALE OFMORTGAGED PREMISES.

By virtue of the above-stated writ of execu-tion to me directed I shall expose for sale bypublic vendue, on the 6th Floor of the UnionCounty Court House (Tower) 2 Broad Street,Elizabeth, New Jersey on WEDNESDAYTHE 15TH DAY OF DECEMBER A.D.,1999 at two o’clock in the afternoon of saidday. All successful bidders must have 20%of their bid available in cash or certifiedcheck at the conclusion of the sales.

The judgment amount is $115,530.30.Property to be sold is located in the City of

Elizabeth, County of Union, State of NewJersey.

Premises commonly known as 1053 BondStreet, Elizabeth, New Jersey.

BEING KNOWN as Lot No. 186, BlockNo. 12 on the official Tax Map of the City ofElizabeth.

Dimensions: (approximately) 100 feet x25 feet.

Nearest Cross Street: Catherine Street.There is due approximately the sum of

$118,638.27 together with lawful interestand costs.




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AAMES CAPITAL CORPORATION,PLAINTIFF vs. WILLIAM A. HUNTER, JR.;ET ALS, DEFENDANT.

CIVIL ACTION, WRIT OF EXECUTION,DATED OCTOBER 1, 1998 FOR SALEOF MORTGAGED PREMISES.



municipality of ELIZABETH in the County ofUNION and State of New Jersey.

Commonly known as 572 WALNUTSTREET, ELIZABETH, NEW JERSEY.

Tax LOT NO. 12, BLOCK NO. 1331.Dimensions of Lot: (Approximately) 172.68

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David B. Corbin for The Leader and The TimesMAJOR FACTOR…Dave Moser wasa major contributor to the WhiteTeam’s success. Todd Moser and TonyPerfilio scored the first two goals, re-spectively, for the White Team.

David B. Corbin for The Westfield Leader and The TimesRAIDER SOCCER ALUMNI…The First Annual Scotch Plains-Fanwood HighSchool Alumni Soccer Game was contested by members of the Blue Team, above,and the White Team, below. Both teams consisted of Raiders who played forcoach Tom Breznitsky who celebrated his 25th year as Raider Head Coach. TheWhite Team won, 4-1.

David B. Corbin for The Westfield Leader and The TimesFULL OF WONDERFUL SUPPORT…The Raider cheerleaders gave it every-thing they had to support their talented football team this season. It paid off onThanksgiving Day! Raiders 27, Union 13.

David B. Corbin for The Westfield Leader and The TimesALWAYS IN ON THE ACTION…Senior Blue Devil Donna Schaller, No. 15,mixes it with an East Brunswick Bear. Schaller led the Blue Devils with 16 goalsthis season.

Raider Coach Breznitsky HonoredWith Alumni Soccer Game

Blue Devil freshman midfielder Susan Williams, No. 10

Raider Nathan Jones, No. 22

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Cardinal Gridders PassPast Blue Devils, 20-14


Senior Devils Out-FinesseJuniors in Powder Puff


Killer Bees End Season With2-1 Victory Over Union

The U14 Westfield Killer Bees soccerteam finished in second place after anvery intense and exciting, 2-1, victoryover the Union Quasars on November 21.

The Quasars pulsated with an attackup the middle, keyed by their strong, fastcenter striker. The Bees stung and para-lyzed the Union attack as stoppers AnnieOnishi and Maggie Reynolds played closetight defense. Westfield counter attackedup the wings taking advantage of excel-lent crosses by wings Lauren Purdy andCarrie Hubbard.

The first goal came after fullback EmilyMacNeil sent a long pass up to Hubbardon wing. Hubbard dribbled the ball to thecorner and made a perfect cross to GioPalatucci, who buzzed a shot into the net.The Killer Bees held the lead until half-time with solid goal tending by MariaHove, combined with excellent overlap-ping defense by fullbacks Lauren Meriton,

Emily Mortenson, Kate Albino andJustine Palme.

In the second half, both teams battledup and down the field. One Quasar shothit the post and deflected in to tie thescore. Westfield stoppers MarykateMahr and Reynolds then silenced theQuasar striker.

Meanwhile, Laura Shelman andReynolds continued the attack up thewings with great crossing shots. Withonly 15 minutes left, Hove at right halfbrought the ball up from midfield andslid a pass to center half Palatucci, whomade a perfect pivot shot for the win-ning goal.

Scotch Plains PAL ShavesWestfield PAL ‘C’, 13-6

The Westfield Police Athletic League’s“C” football team ended its season witha 4-4 record after a 13-6 loss to ScotchPlains at Kehler Stadium in Westfield onNovember 20.

Westfield started on offense and gotoff to a quick start when halfback SeanFerro ran around left end for a 39-yardgain on the game’s second play. Unfortu-nately, the drive stalled and Westfieldturned the ball over on downs at theScotch Plains 29-yard line.

The Raiders then exploded with aneight-play drive culminating in a 20-yardtouchdown pass. Then, the Raiders ex-tended their lead to 7-0 when they com-pleted a pass for the extra point.

On the Raiders’ next possession, theLittle Blue Devils forced a fumble,which was recovered by Thomas Moore.The Blue Devils cashed in on theiropportunity with an impressive eight-play drive of their own. Ferro had thekey play when he gained three yards on

a clutch fourth down play to keep thedrive alive. Quarterback Mark Boydgained important yardage and MikeVenezia capped the drive with a 25-yard touchdown run off-tackle. Theextra point attempt failed.

The Blue Devil defense, led by tacklesfrom Derek Anderson, Ryan Yarusi, SeanSullivan, Kevin Anderson, Chris Sailorsand Robert Cox, played well. NicholasDelpupolo got Westfield’s second turn-over with an interception and Moorebatted down a Raider pass.

With the Westfield offense struggling,Scotch Plains added a touchdown late inthe fourth quarter thanks to excellentfield position.

Ferro led Westfield in rushing with 77yards and Venezia added 52 yards rush-ing and 10 yards receiving. Defensively,Santo Nardo led the Devils with sixtackles, Stanton Sturgis and RyanTorcicollo each had five, Richard Delaneyhad four and Eric Scrudato had three.

two plays later, an alert se-nior Val Wicks smothereda fumble on the 50 toreturn possession to theseniors.

Brunetto fired toPowell at the 45 whereshe was flagged byjunior Jill Veltri.Leonardis hookedleft to the 25 for ahuge gain; how-ever, a crucialpenalty backedthe ball to thesenior 49. Nextjunior MeganRodd ripped a flagat the junior 42. De-spite some key defen-sive plays by linebackerJen Korecky, Griffeth later broke loosefrom the 37 and glided into the

downed by Brian Gallagher at theCardinal one. Forcing a punt, theBlue Devils took over at the Plainfield47 and, after Giacone hit Ray for a30-yard gain, the Devils took thelead on Giacone’s quarterback sneak.MacDonald added the PAT.

As in the Hoboken game, when thevisitors broke a long touchdown onthe first play after a Devil score,Plainfield got its crowd back into thegame when Davis took a pitch to thefar side, got a couple of nice blocksand raced 66 yards to score. A badsnap caused the PAT to be missed andWestfield held a 7-6 halftime lead.

The Devils could not take advan-tage of a blocked punt on Plainfield’sfirst possession of the second half,but another MacDonald punt rolleddead at the Cardinals two-yard line.On third and six, Davis took thehandoff, reversed direction in thebackfield and outran everybody forhis 94-yard touchdown (sound simi-lar to the Linden game?). Sopho-more quarterback Mike Lowery ranthe PAT and it was 14-7 Plainfield.

But there was no quit in the Devils.The defense — ends Gallagher andPaul Johnston, tackles Joey Saundersand Kantu Barr, linebackers Ray,David King, Mike Ciacciarelli andPat Tuohy, and defensive backsGiacone, Mroz and Hanscom — wasall over the Cardinals, who had nega-tive 14 yards on their next 10 plays,resulting in two punts and a lostfumble.

Early in the fourth quarter, West-field was in business at the Plainfield41 after a short punt. A 15-yard passinterference penalty and a 13-yardburst by Giacone put the ball at thenine. Jenkins ran for five, but

fumbled, with Ciacciarelli alertlypouncing on the ball to keep the drivealive. On the next play, Giaconescored untouched, thanks to a blockby Jenkins that took out two defend-ers. MacDonald’s PAT was good andwith about five minutes left the gamewas knotted at 14.

Taking over at its 35, Plainfieldran Davis for a yard (Gallagher andBarr on the stop) before taking a five-yard penalty. But on second-and-14,Lowery faked to Davis and BobbyHolloman broke free behind Giaconein the secondary. Lowery’s pass wasa wobbler, but Holloman grabbed itand barely outraced Giacone for thego-ahead score.

Following the kickoff, Westfield’sthree plays all lost yardage and aftera punt, Plainfield ran out the clock.Plainfield 0 6 8 6 20Westfield 0 7 0 7 14

endzone with 5:41 left in the thirdquarter to boost the score to 14-0.

For the remainder of the game,the senior defensive line wasunpenetrable. The fierce wall of

Paige Corbett, “Taz” Dennis andVan Anglen was just too in-

timidating.Color commentatorsJohn Toriello and Brian

Kemps did an outstand-ing job of analyzing theevents of the game andadded their uniquestyle of humor. Eachshared their opinionsand were often in ac-cord as the memorablephrase, “It looks that wayto me, John,” was often

repeated.Junior Devils 0 0 0 0 0Senior Devils 8 0 6 0 14



CHASE MANHATTAN MORTGAGECORPORATION, A DELAWARE CORP.,PLAINTIFF vs. ALBERT LATORRE ANDMRS. ALBERT LATORRE, HIS WIFE; ETALS, DEFENDANT.




City of Elizabeth, County of Union and Stateof New Jersey.

It is commonly known as 249-51 RipleyPlace, Elizabeth, New Jersey.

It is known and designated as Block No. 1,Lot No. 603.

The dimensions are 52.13 feet wide by70.67 feet long.

Nearest cross street: Situate on the north-easterly line of Ripley Place, 150.0 feet fromthe southeasterly line of Third Street.

Prior lien(s): None.There is due approximately the sum of





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BANKERS TRUST COMPANY OFCALIFORNIA, N.A., ET ALS, PLAINTIFFvs. ELIE MAURICE, DEFENDANT.



The judgment amount is $82,154.43.Bankers Trust Company of California,

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City of Elizabeth, County of Union, Stateof New Jersey.

STREET ADDRESS: 328 Pine Street,Elizabeth, New Jersey 07206.

TAX LOT NO. 479, BLOCK NO. 1.DIMENSIONS: 100.00 feet x 25.00 feet x

100.00 feet x 25.00 feet.NEAREST CROSS STREET: Third

Street.There is due approximately the sum of

$84,421.13 together with lawful interest andcosts.




BUDD, LARNER, GROSS,ROSENBAUM, GREENBERG & SADE,AttorneysWoodland Falls Corporate Park200 Lake Drive EastSuite 100Cherry Hill, New Jersey08002-4805CH-754749 (WL)4 T - 11/11, 11/18,11/25 & 12/2/99 Fee: $185.64



CITICORP MORTGAGE, INC., PLAIN-TIFF vs. LUIS RAMIREZ AND ZORAIDARAMIREZ HIS WIFE; LILIANA RAMIREZ,ET ALS, DEFENDANT.

CIVIL ACTION, WRIT OF EXECUTION,DATED JULY 27, 1999 FOR SALE OFMORTGAGED PREMISES.



CITY of Elizabeth, New Jersey 07208,County of UNION and State of New Jersey.

Commonly known as 254 Westfield Av-enue, Elizabeth, New Jersey 07208.

Tax Lot No. 1650 in Block No. 13.Dimension of Lot: Approximately 23.50

feet wide by 200.00 feet long.Nearest Cross Street: Chilton Street.Situate at a point on the southerly sideline

of Westfield Avenue distance approximately663.50 feet westerly from its intersectionwith the westerly sideline of Chilton Street.





FEIN, SUCH, KAHN & SHEPARD,AttorneysSuite 2017 Century DriveParsippany, New Jersey 07054CH-754723 (WL)4 T - 11/11, 11/18,11/25 & 12/2/99 Fee: $177.48

PUBLIC NOTICENOTICE TO CREDITORS

ESTATE OF ELIZABETH A. WEHRLE,Deceased.

Pursuant to the order of MARY M.TROWBRIDGE, Acting Surrogate of theCounty of Union, made on the 24th day ofNovember, A.D., 1999, upon the applicationof the undersigned, as Executor of the es-tate of said deceased, notice is hereby givento the creditors of said deceased to exhibit tothe subscriber under oath or affirmationtheir claims and demands against the estateof said deceased within six months from thedate of said order, or they will be foreverbarred from prosecuting or recovering thesame against the subscriber.

Thomas O’ WehrleExecutor

Snevily, Ely, Williams,Gurrieri & Blatz, Attorneys308 East Broad StreetP.O. Box 2007Westfield, New Jersey 070911 T – 12/2/99, The Leader Fee: $21.42

The SPF U12 Express boys soccerteam captured second place in the annualWest Deptford Thanksgiving tournament,finishing with a 3-1 record.

The Express defeated the Gaetano FCUnited, 1-0, but wasted several opportu-nities before Joey Dziedzic buried anoutside shot, assisted by Joe Cepparulo.Sean Young, Jeff Bell and Brian Osbahrprovided a smothering defense. MattFleissner and Jeffrey Annese attackedfrom the wings and Clayton Balch playedwell at midfield.

Next, the 1-0 victory against theHaddonfield Dynamos belonged to goalieD. J. Garrett, who was peppered earlybut refused to yield and made a great saveon a breakaway.

The Express battled back and playedHaddonfield even until Fleissner scoredon an assist from Young. Osbahr andBell were strong in defense, JonathanDeFiore was aggressive at midfield andBalch doubled effectively at halfback

and left wing.Against the Cherry Hill United Blast,

the Express took control early and won,2-0. Bell scored first on a low outsideshot that slid past the goalie untouched.Young scored the second goal after acorner kick by DeFiore. Balch, Jack Davisand Mark Ciecura were aggressive inmidfield and Fleissner and MattHirschhorn pressured the defense theentire game.

The Express lost 2-1 in the champion-ship game against the Mt. Laurel UnitedGladiators that dominated the fatiguedExpress, but eked out the victory on agreat shot early in the second half. AfterCiecura was tripped, DeFiore took a freekick and Davis converted for the goal.Young, Osbahr, Bell and Cepparruloplayed terrific defense to keep the Ex-press in the game.

The Express finished with a 14-8-3record, including a first and two secondsin tournaments.

SP-F U-12 Soccer Jazz FinishSecond at Rahway TourneyThe Scotch Plains-Fanwood Jazz girls

inter-city soccer team scored three straightvictories to earn second place in the girlsU-12 division of the Rahway Thanksgiv-ing Tournament. The Jazz endured anearly loss to the eventual tournamentwinner, but won their last three games.

Against the Staten Island Lasers,Lindsey Fitzgerald scored from 18 yardsout. Later, Becca McGuire booted toGaby Falco, who then streaked up the leftside where she passed to Lauren Mains.Mains headed to Shannon Hauser whoadded the insurance goal with a rifle shotinto the far corner.

Next, against the Edison Comets, thegame was scoreless until the closingminutes. Maddie Wasser stole the balland ripped an outlet pass to MeaghanKelly at midfield. Kelly streaked aheadon a breakaway, but as the goalie cameout to cut the angle, Kelly alertly slippedthe ball to Mains who poked the ball into

the open net for a 1-0 victory.Finally, the Jazz battled Berkeley

Heights and dominated early. LaurenHercel and Bitsy Kipping both tookshots that just missed their marks. Atthe 20-minute mark Kristen Henkelsstopped a Berkeley rush and passed toJessica Churgin. Churgin passed toJess McGarry who blasted a shot thatwas knocked away by the goalie, butMains pounced on the rebound andrippled the net.

In the second half, the Jazz contin-ued their attack as Brian Falco scorcheda shot from 20 yards away. The goaliemade the save, but the defense failed toclear and Loni Kaye nailed a shot justinside the left post. The Jazz held on towin 2-1.


ESTATE OF MARY PIROLOZZI, alsoknown as MARY F. PIROLOZZI, Deceased.


John PirolozziExecutor

Fox & Fox, Attorneys70 South Orange AvenueLivingston, New Jersey 070391 T – 12/2/99, The Leader Fee: $19.89

PUBLIC NOTICENOTICE OF AWARD OF CONTRACTFOR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES BYTHE TOWNSHIP OF SCOTCH PLAINSCONTRACTOR: Wallace, Roberts &

Todd, 260 South Broad Street, Philadel-phia, Pennsylvania, 19102.

NATURE OF SERVICE: Developing aproposal concerning the improvement of theScotch Plains Business District.

DURATION: Until completion of abovematter.

AMOUNT: $17,000 additional to retain assub-contractor: Schoor, DePalma, JustinCorporate Center, 200 State Highway Nine,P.O. Box 900, Manalapa, New Jersey,07720.

THE RESOLUTION AND CONTRACTFOR SAME ARE ON FILE IN THE OFFICEOF THE TOWNSHIP CLERK.

BARBARA RIEPETOWNSHIP CLERK

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SPF Soccer Express CaptureSecond at Deptford Classic

David B. Corbin for The Westfield Leader and The TimesMAKING A SOLO TACKLE…Blue Devil Tom Hanscom, No. 21, makes a solotackle on Cardinal Anthony Davis in the first quarter of the Annual Thanksgiv-ing Day game.

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David B. Corbin for The Westfield Leader and The TimesEFFECTIVELY CALLING THE SIGNALS…Quarterback Katy Brunettoeffectively calls the signals for the seniors during the annual Powder PuffFootball Game on the day before Thanksgiving.

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SP-F U9 Sideliners ThumpSoccer Warriors, Metros

The Sideliners of the Scotch Plains-Fanwood Intercity U9 division openedplay in the Rahway Tournament in stun-ning fashion by defeating the OldbridgeWarriors, 6-1, and the Colonia Metros,8-2, on November 26.

In the first game, the Sideliners fellbehind the Warriors, 1-0, but quicklybounced back for the victory. MichaelScannell and Andrew Smith were flaw-less in goal as they combined to stop 11

shots. They were assisted defensivelyby Greg Bencivengo, Danny Gore,Brendan McEvoy and Joseph Ellis whoconstantly put their bodies between theball and the net.

Lester Nare was virtually unstoppableon the offensive end as he picked upthree goals for the “hat trick”. ThomasHolt and Joseph Del Prete added oneeach while Ellis scored on a penaltykick. Ellis, McEvoy and Scannell alsopicked up an assist each in the game.

Against the Metros, the Sidelinersagain fell behind, 1-0, but this game wasnever in question as they limited theMetros to only five shots on goal. Onceagain, the Sideliner defense was awe-some. Bencivengo, Ellis, Nare, Gore,Scannell, Smith and McEvoy completelysmothered their opponents.

As good as the defense was, the of-fense was even sharper. Holt was theoffensive star for the Sideliners as hecollected two goals. Ellis, Del Prete,McEvoy, Clancy, Nare and Cerimelealso tallied a goal each. Ellis, Del Prete,McEvoy and Cerimele each picked upan assist.

FERGUSON SCORES LONE HIGHLANDER TOUCHDOWN

Undefeated Pioneers DefeatScrappy Highlanders, 25-7

By FRED LECOMTESpecially Written for The Westfield Leader and The Times

The Governor Livingston Highland-ers football season concluded on Thanks-giving Day at Leider Field in New Provi-dence with a 25-7 loss to the undefeatedPioneers.

Undaunted by their opponent’s un-blemished 10-0 record and less thanfavorable field conditions, both High-lander players and fans had much tocheer about as Highlander senior Jer-emy Ferguson rumbled for a two-yardtouchdown. The first half ended, favor-ing New Providence with a narrow 13-7 edge.

The Pioneers sealed their victory inthe third quarter with quarterback AndySilvagni scoring on a two-yard run, whilejunior fullback Ron Fiorilli scored on a

eight-yard run thus finalizing the score25-7.

The Highlanders defense lived up toits stingy reputation, holding the Pio-neers in check throughout most of thefirst quarter. With the ball spotted onthe one-yard line on first and goal, se-nior Mike Farrell halted Tremayne Foggin his tracks. Fred Williams took care ofFogg on second down, then MartyMaroney and Rob Findlay stoppedFiorilli to set up a fourth and one.

With 5:09 re-maining inthe

first quarter,Fogg plunged in from the one. MikeHieber kicked the extra point givingNew Providence a 7-0 advantage.

Throughout most of the second quar-ter the Highlanders stiff defense stoodup against the Pioneer offensive ma-chine highlighted by junior Tom Robinawho recorded a 13-yard sack, and thesolid play of Williams, Farrell, MarkFelezzola and Maroney.

With 5:44 remaining in the half, thePioneers were not to be denied, whensophomore tailback, Wesley Girniusshowcased his excellent speed behind ahost of interior linemen on a right slantand motored 54 yards into the end-zoneto extend the Pioneers lead 13-0.

The Highlanders noted as “a teamthat never gives up till the final whistle”,began their drive to the Pioneer endzonefrom their 31. Findlay picked up nine-yards on a keeper and Tom Geraghty

drove for the first down. Fergusonscrambled for seven more, putting theball on the Pioneer 48. Findlay con-nected with Tim Marcantonio, who to-taled 25 yards receiving, for 13yards. Two plays later,Findlay aired to jun-

ior Steve Bergeski for 15-yards, placingthe ball on the 11. Then Robina,Felezzola and Farrell provided the block-ing as Ferguson, who had 53 total yards,blasted in for the score. K. C. Miller’skick was good as the scored tightened to13-7 with 13 ticks left in the half.

The third quarter was dominated byPioneer offensive back Tremayne Fogg,carrying for 10 and 17 yards, respec-tively, placing the ball on the High-lander 17. Avoiding several tackles,Fogg advanced to the nine. Despitestiff resistance by the defense, quarter-back Silvagni broke for his two-yardtouchdown with 6:27 on the clock.Findlay and Ferguson nullified the runfor extra points as the Pioneers forgedahead 19-7.

Four minutes later the Pioneers threat-ened again with the duet of Fogg andFiorelli, advancing the ball to the High-lander eight. With 0:16 in the quarter,Fiorelli slithered his way through theHighlander defense, for the touchdownto secure a 25-7 Pioneer advantage.

The Highlanders, with Miller callingsignals and 2:39 remaining in the game,connected with Ferguson for 17-yards tothe Pioneer 15. Unfortunately for theHighlanders, a fumble recovery by thePioneers stalled the drive as the Pio-neers preserved their undefeated sea-son.Gov Livingston 0 7 0 0 7New Providence 7 6 12 0 25

The Sideliners of the Scotch Plains-Fanwood Intercity U9 division cappedplay in the Rahway Tournament by cap-turing second place on November 27.After winning their first two games, theSideliners defeated the Fairfield/WestEssex Lions, 1-0, to reach the finals.

Against the Lions, the two teams lockedhorns in a real nail biter. The game wasdecided when Josef Ellis successfullynetted a penalty kick.

The Sideliners had several chances toscore as Lester Nare, Thomas Holt, Jo-seph Del Prete, Angelo Cerimele, PatrickClancy and Andrew Smith kept constant

pressure on the Lions goalie. However,defense is what won this game. MichaelScannell went the distance in goal andwas magnificent in registering the shut-out. He was helped out by the aggressivedefense of Greg Bencivengo, Danny Gore,Brendan McEvoy and Ellis.

The afternoon game pitted the Sidelin-ers against the Den of Lions from New-ark with first place on the line. However,the Sideliner express was finally de-railed as they fell by the score of 4-1.

Bencivengo got the lone score. DelPrete, Nare, Holt, Ellis and Cerimele allhad chances but failed to capitalize.Scannell, Gore, McEvoy, Smith andClancy also turned in a solid game. Whenthe final whistle blew, the Sidelinersproudly accepted their hard earned sec-ond place trophies as they posted a 3-1mark in the tournament.



WMC MORTGAGE CORPORATION,PLAINTIFF vs. ZIENAB H. ALI, ET AL,DEFENDANT.



The judgment amount is $104,343.91.MUNICIPALITY: Elizabeth.COUNTY: Union STATE OF NEW JER-

SEY.STREET AND STREET NO.: 429

Livingston Street.TAX BLOCK AND LOT: BLOCK NO. 24,

LOT NO. 36.DIMENSIONS OF LOT: 25 FEET X 100

FEET.NEAREST CROSS STREET: 350 feet

Washington Street.There is due approximately the sum of





WILLIAM M. E. POWERS, JR., Attorney737 Stokes RoadP.O. Box 1088Medford, New Jersey 08055-9962CH-754780 (WL)4 T - 11/18, 11/25,12/2 & 12/9/99 Fee: $165.24



FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGEASSOCIATION, PLAINTIFF vs. S. L.JONES, DEFENDANT.



The judgment amount is $23,352.22.Municipality: Elizabeth.Street Address: 842 Rebecca Place.Tax Lot No. 17, Tax Block No. F.Approximate dimensions: 25 feet x 125

feet x 13 feet x 31.34 feet x 12.19 feet x158.48 feet.

Nearest cross street: Smith StreetThere is due approximately the sum of

$24,136.48 together with lawful interest andcosts.




KATZ, ETTIN, LEVINE, KURZWEIL,WEBER & SCIALABBA, Attorneys905 North Kings HighwayCherry Hill, New Jersey 08034-1569CH-754765 (WL)4 T - 11/18, 11/25,12/2 & 12/9/99 Fee: $153.00



OCWEN FEDERAL BANK FSB, PLAIN-TIFF vs. KENNETH SCHWARZ ANDMARGARET SCHWARZ, HUSBAND ANDWIFE, DEFENDANT.

CIVIL ACTION, WRIT OF EXECUTION,DATED JANUARY 27, 1998 FOR SALEOF MORTGAGED PREMISES.


The judgment amount is $189.616.39.Mortage made by Kenneth Schwarz and

Margaret Schwarz, husband and wife to GECapital Mortgage Services, Inc. f/k/a Travel-ers Mortgage Services, Inc. dated March17, 1989 and recorded in the Union CountyRegister’s Office on March 20, 1989 inMortgage Book 3959, at page 0607. Saidmortgage assigned from GE Capital Mort-gage Services, Inc. to Ocwen Federal Bank,FSB by Assignment of Mortgage being filedsimultaneously herewith.

Nearest Intersection: BEGINNING at apoint in the northwesterly line of HillsideRoad, distant 42.88 feet northeasterly fromits intersection with the northeasterly line ofMagie Avenue.

Mortgaged premises commonly knownas 304 Hillside Road, North Elizabeth, NewJersey 07208.

BEING Lot No. 1009 in Block No. 10 onthe Official Tax Map of the City of Elizabeth,County of Union, State of New Jersey.

Approximate Dimensions: 45 feet wide x96 feet long.





KARASIC, STONE & CASTELLUCIA,Attorneys255 Monmouth RoadP.O. Box 240Oakhurst, New Jersey 07755CH-753742 (WL)4 T - 11/18, 11/25,12/2 & 12/9/99 Fee: $212.16

PUBLIC NOTICECITATION FOR UNKNOWN SPOUSE

OR DECEDENT

SURROGATE’S COURT OF THESTATE OF NEW YORK

MONROE COUNTY

File No.: 1999 DT 00073

The People of the State of New York, bythe grace of God free and independent, To:H. WARREN DARNELL , also known asWARREN H. DARNELL , (Alleged to Be theSurviving Spouse of DOROTHY M.DOLBOW ), if living, but if dead, his legalrepresentatives, assigns and all personswho by purchase, inheritance otherwise haveor claim to have an interest in the Estate ofDOROTHY M. DOLBOW , deceased, de-rived by Law, if surviving said decedentspouse, whose address(s) are unknown tothe petitioner.

A petition for Probate and for final Distri-bution, and settlement has been duly filed byJUDITH MAINWARING, EXECUTRIXwhose address is:

c/o John J. Pisaturo, Esq.380 South Union StreetSpencerport New York, 14559

You ARE HEREBY CITED to show causebefore the Surrogate’s Court, MonroeCounty, at the Hall of Justice, 99 ExchangeStreet, Fifth Floor, in the City of Rochester,New York, on December 13, 1999, at 9:30o’clock in the aforenoon of that day, why theAssets should not be Distributed, withoutany award to you, and why the Executrix,Judith Wainwaring of the Estate of DorothyM. Dolbow should settle this estate withoutany payment to you, and as otherwise pro-vided by Law

Dated, Attested and Sealed,on November 8, 1999.Hon. Arnold F. Ciaccio,Monroe County SurrogateJohn P. Schaefer,Chief Clerk

John J. Pisaturo, Esq., Attorneyfor Petitioner, PO 114,380 South Union StreetSpencerport, NY 14559(716) 352-8818

(This citation is served upon you as re-quired by law. You are not required to ap-pear. If you fail to appear, it will be assumedyou do not object to the relief requested. Youhave a right to have an attorney-at-law ap-pear for you. If a copy of the informal Distri-bution not attached to this citation, you havea right to receive a copy of the will, assets,and plan for Distribution from the petitioneror the petitioner’s attorney.)4 T – 11/18, 11/25,12/2 & 12/9/99, The Leader Fee: $212.16



THE BANK OF NEW YORK, ASTRUSTEE UNDER THE POOLING ANDSERVICING AGREEMENT SERIES 1995AT 101 BARCLAY STREET, NEW YORK,NEW YORK 10286 CORP TRUST-MBS,PLAINTIFF vs. GUILHERMINA DAS-GRACAS-VOLZ A/K/A GUILHERMINADAS GRACAS-VOLZ ET AL, DEFEN-DANT.




CITY of ELIZABETH in the County ofUNION, and the State of New Jersey.

Tax LOT (ACCOUNT) NO. 130 BLOCK(WARD) NO. 12 F/K/A LOT (ACCOUNT)NO. 2 BLOCK (WARD) NO. 12.

COMMONLY KNOWN AS 1109 ALINASTREET, ELIZABETH, NEW JESERY07201.

Dimensions of the Lot are (Approximately)100.00 feet wide by 30.00 feet long.

Nearest Cross Street: Situated on theNORTHEASTERLY side of ALINA fromthe NORTHWESTERLY side of MADISONAVENUE.





SHAPIRO & KREISMAN, AttorneySuite J406 Lippincott DriveMarlton, New Jersey 08053CH-754281 (WL)4 T - 11/18, 11/25,12/2 & 12/9/99 Fee: $197.88

SP-F U-9 Cosmos DefeatBridgewater Boys, 3-1

The Scotch Plains-Fanwood SoccerAssociation’s Under-9 boys Cosmos teamdefeated Bridgewater, 3-1, and celebratedthe team’s last game of the season.

Bridgewater came on strong immedi-ately and sent a high kick over the headof Cosmos goalie Michael Roth for thefirst goal. The Cosmos quickly recov-ered, as Roth thwarted four moreBridgewater attempts and Colin Grimm’sdefense helped keep Bridgewater awayfrom the net in the first half.

Cosmos forward Jack Dunphy set upright wing Mark Koransky to score in thefirst quarter. Michael Bumiller and EddieByron also made several goal attempts inthe first and second quarters, but theywere deflected. Koransky scored againin the second quarter, with help from leftwing Huan Nguyen.

Cosmos second-half goalie EddieByron held off five Bridgewater goal

attempts. Dunphy’s aggressive ball han-dling and Chris McManus’ solid defensekept Bridgewater from entering Cosmosterritory. Forward Zach Peart made sev-eral runs at the Bridgewater goal to keepup the pressure.

Cosmos forward Eric Murphy scored thefinal goal in the third quarter, with helpfrom Dunphy and Grimm. DefensemanPaul Spicer stopped a crucial Bridgewatergoal attempt late in the game.

Cosmos Coach Howard Koransky thankedhis assistant coaches, Nina Byron and GeneMcManus and praised the boys’ efforts.

“The team’s goals at the beginning ofthe season were to learn how to playbetter soccer, and to have fun,” Koranskysaid. “We definitely accomplished thosegoals, and their parents and I are proud ofthese boys. It was a pleasure to be a partof this team.”

The Cosmos ended its season 5-4-1.

SPF Soccer Sideliners TakeSecond in Rahway Tourney

PUBLIC NOTICEBOROUGH OF FANWOOD

PLANNING BOARDNotice is hereby given that on December

22, 1999 at 8:00 P.M. in the Borough Hall ofthe Borough of Fanwood at 75 North MartineAvenue, Fanwood, New Jersey the FanwoodPlanning Board will hold a public hearing toconsider the appeal of Mr. and Mrs. RichardLieblich for a bulk variance to erect a fenceand from the requirements of Chapter 93 ofthe code of the Borough of Fanwood andfrom provisions of subparagraph 93-14C(2)(a) (6 foot solid fence in street sideyard) on the property at 135 South GlenwoodRoad, Fanwood, New Jersey also known asBlock No. 71 Lot No. 28 on the Fanwood TaxMap.

All interested persons may be present andheard.

The file pertaining to this application isavailable for public inspection during normalbusiness hours from the Secretary of theBoard at the Administration Offices of theBorough of Fanwood at 75 North MartineAvenue, Fanwood, New Jersey.

Mr. and Mrs. Richard Lieblich135 South Glenwood Road

Fanwood, New Jersey 070231 T – 12/2/99, The Times Fee: $25.50

County Freeholder HonorsIrish Marathon ParticipantUnion County Freeholder Mary

Ruotolo praised the dedication of PatAntonelli who recently ran in the DublinIreland Marathon to raise awarenessand funds for Diabetes.

“It is such a pleasure recognizingMrs. Antonelli for her participation in a26.2 mile Dublin Marathon and for do-nating all the money she raised to theAmerican Diabetes Association,” Free-holder Ruotolo said.

Mrs. Antonelli began running 12 yearsago after she quit smoking and decided

to run in the Dublin marathon becauseof her Irish heritage and the exposure ofrunning in an international event.

“I join the entire Board of Freehold-ers in wholeheartedly commending Mrs.Antonelli for competing in the mara-thon and for raising more than $5,000for Diabetes research,” FreeholderRuotolo said as she presented a Resolu-tion to her during a recent meeting of theBoard.

Freeholder Chairman Nicholas P.Scutari said it is important to recognizecitizens for their efforts on behalf oforganization such as the American Dia-betes Association. “Mrs. Antonelli hashelped in a multitude of ways includingraising awareness and money for re-search. We thank her for her efforts,”Scutari said.

Mrs. Antonelli is married to SalAntonelli, who works in The County ofUnion Division of Policy and PlanningDepartment of Economic Development.They have two children and live In West-field.

Sprung Competes inNational Golf FinalsMichael Sprung, a seventh grader at

Terrill Middle School in Scotch Plains,recently competed in The GolfChannel’s Drive, Chip & Putt JuniorGolf Skills Competition National Fi-nals on November 13 at Arnold Palmer’sBay Hill Club and Lodge in Orlando,Florida.

The Golf Channel hosted 29 regionalevents throughout the year, which in-volved 3,000 golfers between the agesof seven and 12. Sprung was the top 11-12 year old golfer in the Metro NewYork Region and was one of ten golfersin the United States in that category tocompete in the tournament. The GolfChannel will broadcast the Drive, Chipand Putt National Finals as a one-halfhour program between November 25and December 27.

See it all on the web!www.goleader.com


ESTATE OF GUDRUN RECKNAGEL,also known as GUDRUN EMILIERECKNAGEL, Deceased.


Fred A. RecknagelExecutor

Buttermore, Mullen,Jeremiah & Phillips, Attorneys445 East Broad StreetP.O. Box 2189Westfield, New Jersey 070911 T – 12/2/99, The Leader Fee: $22.44

PUBLIC NOTICENOTICE TO DAVID COLELLO AND

STEPHEN COLELLOOn September 19, 1999, FRANK J.

COLELLO, SR., also known as FRANKJOHN COLELLO, SR., died. The Last Willand Testament of FRANK J. COLELLO, a/k/a FRANK JOHN COLELLO, SR., datedMarch 3, 1998 was admitted to probate inthe Union County Surrogate’s Office, 2 BroadStreet, Elizabeth, New Jersey on October15, 1999. The Honorable Mary Trowbridge,Acting Surrogate, appointed ELLEN L.USHAY, 123 Severin Court, Cranford, NewJersey, as Executrix. Pursuant to the Will,both DAVID COLELLO and STEPHENCOLELLO have an interest in the Estate. Acopy of the Will will be furnished uponrequest.

ELLEN USHAY,Executrix

JOHN H. SKARBNIK, ESQ.WALDER, SONDAK & BROGAN, P.A.5 Becker Farm RoadRoseland, New Jersey 070681 T – 12/2/99, The Leader Fee: $22.44



WALSH SECURITIES, INC., ADELAWARE CORPORATION, PLAIN-TIFF vs. GODFREY COGGINS AND MRS.GODFREY COGGINS, HIS WIFE; ET ALS,DEFENDANT.



The judgment amount is 152,212.71.The property to be sold is located in the

City of Elizabeth, County of Union and Stateof New Jersey.

It is commonly known as 418 Fulton Street,Elizabeth, New Jersey.

It is known and designated as Block No. 3,Lot No. 540.

The dimensions are 25.00 feet wide by100.00 feet long.

Nearest cross street: Fourth Street.Prior lien(s): None.There is due approximately the sum of





STERN, LAVINTHAL, NORGAARD &KAPNICK, AttorneysSuite 300293 Eisenhower ParkwayLivingston, New Jersey 07039-1711CH-754759 (WL)4 T - 11/18, 11/25,12/2 & 12/9/99 Fee: $175.44

PUBLIC NOTICENOTICE OF AWARD OF CONTRACTFOR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES BYTHE TOWNSHIP OF SCOTCH PLAINSCONTRACTOR: Hill Wallack, 202

Carnegie Center, Princeton, New Jersey.NATURE OF SERVICE: Representing

the Township in the matter of Lapid Laurel v.Township of Scotch Plains, Docket No. 99-2461.


AMOUNT: $35,000.THE RESOLUTION AND CONTRACT

FOR SAME ARE ON FILE IN THE OFFICEOF THE TOWNSHIP CLERK.


1 T – 12/2/99, The Times Fee: $16.83

Fred Lecomte for The Westfield Leader and The TimesCONSIDERING A PASS…Highlander quarterback Rob Findlay, No. 14, considers passing through the rugged Pioneerdefense and hopes that his offensive line allows him time to find an open receiver. Undefeated New Providence won theThanksgiving Day Classic, 25-7. Below, a group of Highlanders smother a Pioneer running back.

Michael Sprung

RECEIVING A PROCLAMATION…Pat Antonelli, left, receives a proclama-tion from Union County Freeholder Mary Ruotolo for her participation in theDublin Marathon.

POSTERSThe Westfield Leader and The Timeshave the capabilities of making largecolor posters (24x18 and smaller) ofsports photos or any photos you maywish to be reproduced. Prices arereasonable. Call David Corbin at(908) 232-4407 or e-mail Dave forinformation at [email protected].



PUBLIC NOTICE PUBLIC NOTICETOWNSHIP OF SCOTCH PLAINS

INVITATION FOR BIDS

Invitations are extended to qualified Bid-ders to bid for the following Project:

KRAMER MANOR PARKIMPROVEMENT PROJECT

Bids will be accepted only by mail or inperson to the Office of the Township ofScotch Plains Municipal Building, 430 ParkAvenue, Scotch Plains, New Jersey 07076(ATTN: Barbara Riepe, Township Clerk)until December 17, 1999 at 10:00 AM. TheTownship of Scotch Plains (hereafter “Town-ship”) shall not be responsible for any bidmailed which is lost in transit or deliveredlate by the Postal Service. At the above time,the bids will be publicly opened and readaloud. All bids must be presented in sealedenvelopes which are clearly marked “Bid forKramer Manor Park Improvement Project,Township Clerk, 430 Park Avenue, ScotchPlains, New Jersey 07076”. No bid will bereceived after the time and date specified.

After receipt of bids, no bid may be with-drawn within sixty (60) days after the date ofthe bid opening except if provided for herein.The bid of any Bidder who consents to anextension may be held for consideration fora longer period of time as may be agreedupon between Bidder and the Township.

All bids must be on the bid forms providedin the Bid package. The bid package may beobtained between December 7, 1999 andDecember 16, 1999, from EKA Associates,P.A., 2050 Route 22 East, Scotch Plains,New Jersey 07076, between the hours of9:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. Monday throughFriday. The bid package may be purchasedfor a non-refundable fee of fifty dollars($50.00) made payable to “EKA Associates,P.A.”. Bids will be made on the ProposalForm in the manner designated herein andrequired by the Specifications.

Bid proposals and all required documentsmust be completed and submitted by thedate as set forth above. All documents in theenclosed Bid Package must accompany thebid proposal.

In addition to the above documents, acertified check, cashier’s check or bid bondissued by a responsible bank, trust com-

pany or insurance company, payable to theTownship of Scotch Plains shall be submit-ted with each bid as a guaranty that if acontract is awarded the Bidder shall executesaid Contract. The Bid Security shall be inthe amount of ten percent (10%) of the totalamount of the bid or Twenty-Thousand($20,000.00), whichever is lower.

All bid Security, except the Bid Security ofthe three (3) apparent lowest responsibleBidders shall, if requested in writing, bereturned after ten (10) days from the open-ing of the bids (Sundays and holiday ex-cepted) and the bids of such Bidders shallbe considered withdrawn.

The Township reserves the right to rejectany or all bids, and to waive immaterialinformalities, or to accept any bid which, inthe opinion of the Township of Scotch Plains,will be in the best interest of the Township allin accordance with the New Jersey LocalPublic Contracts Law N.J.S.A. 40A:11-1 etseq. In the event of an equal or tie bid, theTownship shall award the bid to the Bidderwhich, in the Township’s sole discretion,best serves the interest of the Township.

The Township also reserves the right toreject any and all bids if sufficient funds arenot available and/or appropriated.

The selected Bidder, will, within seven (7)days of award of the bid, enter into anappropriate contract with the Township.

All Bidders must comply with P.L. 1975,Chapter 127, entitled “An Act Relating toAffirmative Action in Relation to Discrimina-tion in Connection with Certain Public Con-tracts and Supplementing the ‘Law AgainstDiscrimination’ approved April 16, 1945 (P.L.1945, Chapter 169)”, N.J.A.C. 17:27, asamended from time to time, and the Ameri-cans With Disability Act.

Where applicable, prevailing wage rateshall be paid to all workers on the job as perN.J.A.C. 34:11-56, 25 et seq.

BY ORDER OF THE TOWNSHIP OFSCOTCH PLAINS OF THE COUNTY OFUNION, STATE OF NEW JERSEY.

Thomas E. AtkinsTownship Manager

Barbara RiepeTownship Clerk

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Nicole’s Yoga Center BeginsEarly Spring Session Jan. 10

GARWOOD – Nicole’s Yoga Centerhas begun registration for its early springsession, which begins Monday, January,10 and runs through Saturday, March 11.

Nicole’s Yoga center, 94 North Av-enue in Garwood, offers a variety ofYoga sessions, from beginning to ad-vanced.

Classes include Yoga 1, Raja HathaYoga, Yoga 2, Breathing Class, Backand Heart Activity Class, RestorativeClass and Meditation.

Open House events will be availableMonday, January 3, from 4 to 7 p.m.;Thursday, January 6, from 2 to 5 p.m. andSaturday, January 8, from 1 to 4 p.m.

Yoga is an ancient tradition orientatedtoward self-development that includesproper posture and breathing. Classesaddress the entire range of participants’abilities.

For additional information, please call(908) 789-6426, or access the Web site atwww.nicolesyoga center.com.

Warinanco SchedulesHoliday Skating Events

ROSELLE – Union County’sWarinanco Skating Center in Rosellehas planned some special holiday activi-ties.

“Skate With Santa” sessions will beheld on Saturday, December 18, from 1to 3 p.m. and Sunday, December 19,from noon to 3 p.m.

Regular admission fees will be chargedfor these events.

For hockey enthusiasts, the annualGeorge Cron Holiday Hockey Tourna-ment will be held throughout the month.

High schools from around the regionwill compete in a series of games onMonday, December 6;Tuesday, Decem-ber 7; Thursday, December 9; Monday,

December 13; Tuesday, December 14and Wednesday, December 15.

Two games will be held each eveningat 6 and 8:30 p.m. Spectator admissionwill be charged.

Currently scheduled to compete arereturning champions Summit HighSchool, Arthur L. Johnson School inClark, Cranford High School, WestfieldHigh School, St. Joseph’s High School inMetuchen and Mendham High School.

Holiday skating hours will be in effecton Friday, December 24, Monday, De-cember 27, Tuesday, December 28,Wednesday, December 29, Thursday,December 30 and Friday, December 31.For specific hours of operation, pleasecontact the Skating Center.

Warinanco offers many general indoorpublic skating sessions, Tuesdays throughSundays, throughout the day and in theevening.

Friday night features a special familysession from 6 until 8 p.m., when no oneunder the age of 17 will be admittedwithout an adult. Skate rentals and asnack bar are available for skaters’ con-venience.

Admission to the general skating ses-sions is $5 for adults, $4 for children (age17 and under) and $4.25 for senior citi-zens. Discount cards for Union Countyresidents who plan to skate on a regularbasis are also available.

For further information on indoor iceskating activities, please visit theWarinanco Skating Center, located offSt. Georges and Thompson Avenues inRoselle, or call (908) 298-7850.

TEC 2000 Program LaunchedAt County’s Vo-Tech Schools

PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM PROCLAIMED — William M. Freeman, Presi-dent and Chief Executive officer of Bell Atlantic, second from right, and StateSenate President Donald T. DiFrancesco, second from left, cut the ribbon toformally dedicate the TEC 2000 Partnership Program between Bell Atlantic andUnion County’s Vo-Tech Schools. Also taking part in the ceremonies wereCharles Mancuso, President of the Vocational-Technical Schools Board ofEducation, and Gail Iammatteo, Vice President of the Board.

SCOTCH PLAINS – New JerseyState Senate President Donald T.DiFrancesco and William M. Free-man, President and Chief ExecutiveOfficer of Bell Atlantic, recently dedi-cated the TEC 2000 partnership pro-gram between Bell Atlantic and theUnion County Vocational-TechnicalSchools.

TEC 2000 is a program that pre-pares students, as well as adults enter-ing the job-market, for network-re-lated jobs in New Jersey’s expandingtelecommunications industry.

Union County Vo-Tech is the siteof the newest TEC 2000 Program inthe state. In September, more than 15

high school and post secondary stu-dents began a 960-hour program thatwill prepare them for entry-level jobsin telecommunications.

Started by Bell Atlantic in 1994with just 12 students at one school,TEC 2000 has now expandedthroughout New Jersey.

Senator DiFrancesco and Mr. Free-man dedicated the TEC 2000 class-room and Telecom Laboratory in theWest Hall Annex.

Full details regarding the TEC2000 Program can be obtained bycalling Patrick Mauro, Director ofadmissions and Curriculum at theVo-Tech Schools, at (908) 889-2999

Town Bank to PurchaseRorden Bldg. in Westfield

By PAUL J. PEYTONSpecially Written for The Westfield Leader and The Times

WESTFIELD – The Town Bank ofWestfield has announced that it hassigned a contract to purchase theRorden Building at 44 Elm Street forthe institution’s first branch office.

Although the sales price was notdisclosed, Nick Frungillo, Town BankSenior Vice President, confirmed acontract had been signed last week.The sale must be approved by both thestate Department of Banking and theFederal Deposit Insurance Corpora-tion (FDIC) for its approval.

Mr. Frungillo said regulatory ap-proval is expected within 120 days.The bank hopes to open the branch bynext June.

When the Town Bank first openedits doors in the fall of 1998 in theformer Plaster Palace building at theWestfield Traffic Circle, it became thefirst independent financial institutionin Westfield in over 70 years.

Mr. Frungillo said Town Bank offi-cials were interested in the RordenBuilding due to its location inWestfield’s main business district. Thebuilding is located at Elm and QuimbyStreets.

“It’s a landmark in the center ofWestfield,” said Mr. Frungillo.

Robert W. Dowens, Sr., Town BankPresident and Chief Operating Officer,said the new branch office will bedesigned for walk-in customers, al-though an ATM and night depositorydrop box are expected to be featured.

The building also has office spaceon the second and third floors that thebank anticipates utilizing for officesfor bank personnel and possibly torent. Mr. Dowens said no determina-tion has been made on whether hisoffice will be moved to the Elm Streetlocation.

Mr. Dowens said the Town Bankwants to make the Rorden Building “thehub of our business community effort”

for both deposit and loan activity.He said by opening a north side

location, “We (the Town Bank) arebringing the mountain to the people,”noting that business people on the northside will likely find the new locationmuch more convenient.

In terms of future bank branch of-fices, Mr. Dowens explained that for

now, the bank will focus on openingthe new downtown office “and look tofuture growth down the road.”

Independent banks have been pop-ping up all around the state the past fewyears, according to Frank Carr, Assis-tant Director of the state Departmentof Banking.

He said since 1995, 23 bank charterapplications have been filed with hisdepartment. Of that number 20 havebeen approved.

“So the trend seems to be continuingfor new community bank charters,” hesaid.

The assistant director cited thegrowing amount of consolidations ofbanks and the subsequent decline inpersonal service as the main reasonfor this trend.

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PUBLIC NOTICENOTICE OF AWARD OF CONTRACTFOR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES BYTHE TOWNSHIP OF SCOTCH PLAINSCONTRACTOR: Michael R. Buchalski of

Buchalski, Reynoldds & Brodowski, 400West Main Street, Freehold, New Jersey,07728.

NATURE OF SERVICE: Services of anappraiser to assist in the tax appeal filedagainst the Township by Fairway RealtyAssociates involving Lot No. 2 in Block No.1340.


AMOUNT: Not to exceed $6,500.THE RESOLUTION AND CONTRACT

FOR SAME ARE ON FILE IN THE OFFICEOF THE TOWNSHIP CLERK.


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VOLUNTEERS NEEDEDEasier Than You Might ThinkWestfield Rescue Squad seeks per-sons willing to train as EmergencyMedical Technicians. Valid NJ Driv.Lic. req., min. 4 hrs./wk. We offer 24hr. coverage. Select a duty periodthat’s right for you. Wkday 9 am - 1pm or 1-5 pm slots are perfect forparents of school children.Seeks trainees as Dispatchers. Min.2 hrs./wk. All training provided.

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THE FIRST BANK OF CHICAGO, ASTRUSTEE UNDER THAT CERTAINPOOLING AND SERVICING AGREE-MENT, DATED AS OF SEPTEMBER 1,1995, RTC MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES1995-2, PLAINTIFF vs. DONNY J. WATTS,DEFENDANT.


By virtue of the above-stated writ of ex-ecution to me directed I shall expose for saleby public vendue, on the 6th Floor of theUnion County Court House (Tower) 2 BroadStreet, Elizabeth, New Jersey onWEDNESDAY THE 15TH DAY OFDECEMBER A.D., 1999 at two o’clock inthe afternoon of said day. All successfulbidders must have 20% of their bid availablein cash or certified check at the conclusionof the sales.

The judgment amount is $97,932.67.BEING KNOWN AS Lot(s) ACCT. NO.

836 C3Q, Block WARD: 11, ON THE TAXMAP OF City of Elizabeth, New Jersey.

MORE COMMONLY KNOWN AS 715-721 Newark Avenue, Unit Q, Sunrise NorthCondominium, FORMERLY KNOWN AS715 Newark Avenue.

BEING KNOWN AND DESIGNATEDAS UNIT “Q” IN SUNRISE NORTH, ACONDOMINIUM, TOGETHER WITH ANUNDIVIDED 5.556 PERCENT INTERESTIN THE COMMON ELEMENTS APPUR-TENANT THERETO, IN ACCORDANCEWITH AND SUBJECT TO THE TERMS,LIMITATIONS, CONDITIONS, COV-ENANTS, RESTRICTIONS, AND OTHERPROVISIONS OF THE MASTER DEED,DATED DECEMBER 22, 1988, AND RE-CORDED AUGUST 3, 1989, IN THE OF-FICE OF THE REGISTER OF UNIONCOUNTY IN BOOK 3607 BEGINNING ATPAGE 436, AND ALL AMENDMENTSTHERETO.

BEING THE SAME PREMISES CON-VEYED TO THE WITHIN MORTGAG-ORS BY DEED OF EVEN DATE AND TOBE RECORDED SIMULTANEOUISLYHEREWITH.

THIS IS A FIRST PURCHASE MONEYMORTGAGE GIVEN TO SECURE APART OF THE PURCHASE PRICE OFSAID DEED OF CONVEYANCE.





FRANK J. MARTONE, Attorney4 Brighton RoadClifton, New Jersey 07012CH-754770 (WL)4 T - 11/18, 11/25,12/2 & 12/9/99 Fee: $244.80



COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS, INC.,PLAINTIFF vs. JOSEPH DATILUS, ETALS, DEFENDANT.



The judgment amount is $130,343.21.MUNICIPALITY: Elizabeth.COUNTY: Union STATE OF NEW JER-

SEY.STREET AND STREET NO: 579 Mon-

roe Avenue.TAX BLOCK AND LOT: BLOCK NO. 12,

LOT NO. 1136.DIMENSIONS OF LOT: 25 feet x 150

feet.NEAREST CROSS STREET: 256 feet

from Fairmont Avenue.There is due approximately the sum of





WILLIAM M. E. POWERS, JR., Attorney737 Stokes RoadP.O. Box 1088Medford, New Jersey 08055-9962CH-754741 (WL)4 T - 11/11, 11/18,11/25 & 12/2/99 Fee: $165.24

PUBLIC NOTICETOWNSHIP OF SCOTCH PLAINS

NOTICE is hereby given that at a meetingof the Township Council of the Township ofScotch Plains, held in the Council Cham-bers in the Municipal Building of said Town-ship on Tuesday, November 23, 1999, therewas introduced, read for the first time, andpassed on such first reading, an ordinanceentitled:

ORDINANCE AMENDING SEC-TION 2-2.5 OF THE ADMINIS-TRATIVE CODE OF THETOWNSHIP OF SCOTCHPLAINS REGARDING THEANNUAL REORGANIZATIONMEETING OF THE GOVERN-ING BODY OF THE TOWNSHIPOF SCOTCH PLAINS.

The purpose of the ordinance: THE pur-pose of the ordinance is to amend the sec-tion of the Administrative Code regardingmeetings of the Council to give the Councilthe alternative of reorganizing on a day otherthan January 1st provided it is in accordancewith State Law and the Open Public Meet-ings Act, Section 2-2.5(a) as amended inthis ordinance.

A public hearing will be held on Tuesday,December 14, 1999, at 8:00 p.m. in theCouncil Chambers of the Municipal Build-ing, or any time and place to which a meetingfor the further consideration of such ordi-nance shall from time to time be adjourned,and all persons interested will be given anopportunity to be heard concerning suchordinance.

A copy of same may be obtained from theoffice of the Township Clerk, 430 Park Av-enue, Scotch Plains, New Jersey, betweenthe hours of 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. Mon-day through Friday by any member of thegeneral public who wants a copy of samewithout cost.

BARBARA RIEPETownship Clerk

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TUTORING

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Westfield Review AnnouncesSpring SAT Prep Schedule

WESTFIELD – Les Jacobsen, Di-rector of Westfield Review, Inc. anda mathematics instructor fromWestfield High School, has an-nounced the Spring 2000 ScholasticAssessment Test (SAT) preparationschedule.

The program begins in Februarywith three different starting dates.Classes meet either on Wednesdaysbeginning February 16, Thursdaysbeginning February 17 or Sundaysbeginning February 13.

These sections all consist of 24hours of total instruction in both

verbal and mathematics skills, givenover eight sessions meeting for threehours each. The cost for the programis $359, which includes a text en-titled “10 Real SATs” published bythe College Board and containing 10real SATs administered in the pastfew years.

This program is designed forhigh school juniors to prepare themfor the April, May and June SATtests.

Westfield Review, Inc. offers a com-prehensive SAT and PSAT prepara-tory program emphasizing the strat-egies and techniques needed for SATsuccess. Each class is taught by cer-tified and experienced teachers intheir subject area and who are cur-rently teaching at Westfield HighSchool.

The instructors have created theirown unique program and materialsin order to help their students pre-pare for the SATs, according to Mr.Jacobsen. Students are encouragedto ask questions and techniques andstrategies are discussed in a relaxedenvironment, he said.

Instruction techniques vary fromclass lecture to individual work to ateacher and students working in smallgroups. Students practice their tech-niques on actual SAT exams that arepublished by the College Board,which makes up the SAT tests.

This familiarizes the student withthe actual type of test questions andgives them a true sense of the SATthat they are going to take, Mr.Jacobsen observed.

Classes are small and seats arelimited. All classes meet at The Pres-byterian Church in Westfield. Indi-viduals are urged to reserve a seat assoon as possible. To reserve a spot orfor further information and a regis-tration form for the program, pleasecall (908) 317-2774.

PUBLIC NOTICETOWNSHIP OF SCOTCH PLAINSUNION COUNTY, NEW JERSEY

NOTICE OF MEETING OF THETOWNSHIP COUNCIL OF THE

TOWNSHIP OF SCOTCH PLAINS

(IN COMPLIANCE WITHOPEN PUBLIC MEETINGS ACT,

CHAPTER 231, P.L. 1975)

NOTICE is hereby given by the TownshipCouncil of the Township of Scotch Plains ofthe following SPECIAL Meeting:

Date: December 9, 1999 (previouslyscheduled for December 2, 1999 which hasbeen adjourned).

Time: 8:00 p.m.Location: Council Chambers, Municipal

Building, 430 Park Avenue, Scotch Plains,New Jersey.

Type of Meeting: The Township Councilacting as Alcoholic Beverage Control Boardwill hold a public hearing to consider therenewal of Plenary Retail Consumption li-quor license No. 2016-33-004-002 of RayricCorporation, t/a Malibu, 144 Terrill Road,Scotch Plains, New Jersey.

Any objections to same shall be sentimmediately to: Barbara Riepe, TownshipClerk, Township of Scotch Plains, 430 ParkAvenue, Scotch Plains, New Jersey 07076

Agenda: As prepared by the MunicipalManager and Township Clerk.

Actions to be taken: Action may be taken.Date of Notification: November 24, 1999.

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Trailside Nature andScience Center will host itsHoliday Nature Boutique onDecember 5. For more in-formation, please call (908)527-4900.

Paper Mill Playhousein Millburn will presentRags until Monday, Decem-ber 13. For more informa-tion, please call (973) 379-3717 o r v i s i twww.papermill.org.

Cranford DramaticClub will perform Aladinon December 4 and 5 atvarying times. For more in-fo rma t ion , p l ea se ca l l(908)276-7611.

ArtThe Westfield Art Asso-

ciation will hold its 75thAnnual Members’ Oil, Pas-tel & Sculpture Exhibitionfrom December 11 to 14 inthe Westfield CommunityRoom.

Mixed BagThe Union County Tree

Lighting will be held onDecember 3 a t theWatchung S tab le inMountainside. For more in-formation, please call (908)527-4900.

Downtown Summit willhost a Santa Parade andSanta’s Arrival on Decem-ber 3. For more informa-tion, please call (908) 522-1700 or v i s i twww.suburbanchambers.org.

The 1999 HolidayModel Railroad Soundand Light Show will beheld at The Model RailroadClub, 295 Jefferson Avenue,Union, on December 3, 4,5, and 10. For more infor-mation, please call (908)864-9724 or v i s i twww.tmrci.com.

Welcome Home toWestfield will host a TreeLighting Ceremony today at6:30 p.m. at Open MRI ofWestfield. Temple Emanu-El will hold a Lighting of theMenorah at 7:15 p.m. with aShabbat Service at 7:30 p.m.The Santa Claus Train Ridewill be held from 9:45 a.m.to 1:45 p.m. at the NorthAvenue Train Station. FreeTrolley Rides will be set indowntown Westfield from10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. TheWatson Highlanders PipeBand will perform through-out town from 11 a.m. to 2p.m. The Yuletide Carolerswill perform from 11:30 a.m.to 12:30 p.m. The Women’sBarbershop Quartet will per-form from 1 to 3 p.m.throughout town. For moreinformation, please call(908) 789-9444 or (908) 233-3021.

MusicCrossroads in

Garwood will welcomeSister Frenzy to the stagetonight, December 2; DocLawrence & The Blues Fixon December 3; Billy Hec-tor on December 4 and Jug-gling Suns on December 8.A Jazz Jam will be held onDecember 7. For more in-formation, please call (908)232-5666.

Union County Arts Cen-ter will host a concert withKathy Mattea on December3. For more information,please call (732) 499-8226.

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Celebration Singers to PerformHoliday Concert in Cranford

CRANFORD — The Celebra-tion Singers and the CelebrationChildren’s Choir will present theirannual Holiday Concert on Fri-day, December 10, at 8 p.m. andon Saturday, December 11, at 3p.m. and again at 8 p.m. at theCranford United Methodist Churchat the corner of Lincoln and Wal-nut Streets in Cranford. This year’stheme will be “Holiday Favorites.”

The first half of the concert willbe a staged version of “Amahl andthe Night Visitors,” a one-act op-era written in English by GianCarlo Menotti.

“Amahl” tells the story of a poor,crippled shepherd boy living withhis widowed mother who is vis-ited by the Three Kings en route toBethlehem. It tells of hardship,unselfish love and the triumph ofgoodness.

Deborah Eberts, a Westfield resi-dent and member of the faculty ofthe New Jersey Workshop for theArts in Westfield, will portrayAmahl’s mother. Manny Gonzalezof Scotch Plains will play one ofthe Three Kings.

Featured in the concert’s sec-ond act will be a variety of tradi-tional Christmas and Hanukkahselections, including “Parade ofthe Wooden Soldiers,” “A JingleBell Travelogue,” “’Twas the NightBefore Christmas” and “Let ThereBe Peace on Earth.”

A non-profit community choralorganization with 40 members,the Celebration Singers recentlycelebrated their 60th anniversary.The Children’s Choir is a tuition-free ensemble which offers youngpeople the chance to sing a varietyof repertoires and to perform withan adult choir.

Tickets for the concert are $10for adults and $5 for children andsenior citizens and may be pur-chased in advance from any castor chorus member or at the doorthe night of the concert.

Youngsters age 13 and underwill be admitted for free to the

Happy Hannukah

Sleepy HollowMonster Mishmash

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Three or four beheadings into SleepyHollow, a harum-scarum take on Wash-ington Irving’s venerable tale of love,greed and mysticism into the HudsonValley, one gets the feeling that per-haps director Tim Burton is workingin the wrong film.

Piffle to the dozen or so decapita-tions he eventually oversees here. Amovie about the French Revolutionwould have afforded him the opportu-nity to behead almost a whole socialclass. Well, maybe next time.

Meanwhile, Burton makes do. Whatthe filmmaker gives up in quantity, hemakes up for in devotion to detail.Each artistically rendered topping-offis more gruesome and terrifying thanthe last. In every instance, the rollingheads screech to an in-your-face, cen-ter-screen stare – the victim’s obscenelook of horror confirming the obvious.

Think about it, though: Is perfectionin this surgical specialty a worthypursuit for a director of Mr. Burton’scaliber? And more importantly, is theend product worthy of our movie-going time?

The short answer to both questionsis an unmitigated “no.” But, the pity is,just like Terry Malloy (Marlin Brando)in On the Waterfront (1954), SleepyHollow “coulda been sumpin.” It“coulda been a contenduh.”

Arrogantly dismissing everything butthe bare bone basics of the originaltale, this rewrite by Andrew KevinWalker makes the fatal mistake ofconfusing modernization for interpre-tation.

Pandering to what is perceived asthe gust populi, he takes the easy wayout. It is a shortsighted oversimplifica-tion of the artistic process, obviouslymeant to cash in on the current slice-and-dice craze.

But, our higher instincts have tobelieve that a proper reworking of thisclassic legend that has survived in thenational psyche for over 150 years hadan essence worth tapping into. Thatthere exists a deep-seated animuswhich would not only do the workproud, but, ideally, also find a biggerand better audience than this Philis-tine version attracts.

Unfortunately, while the risk-takingdirector has almost always displayedhis uniquely bizarre sense of the ma-cabre (Beetlejuice, EdwardScissorhands), ruminations here arerun of the mill. Though, Sleepy Hol-low has the trademark hue and trap-pings of a Burtonesque traipse throughthe highly imaginative nether world ofthe mind, the substance beneath theshell doesn’t match.

Likewise, something’s amiss in thecharacterization department. Hereto-fore, as either director or producer, Mr.Burton has rarely failed to infatuate viahis pantheon on ghoulish and ghostlystick figures (The Nightmare BeforeChristmas) or his darkly drawncartoonish beings (Batman, BatmanReturns). Yet, when the screenplaycalls for the sort of real humans thatpopulate Washington Irving’s semi-mythic saga, he seems at a loss.

In this rendition, when the headcount begins soaring in the SleepyHollow of 1799, just two days ridenorth of New York City, Knickerbockerdetective Ichabod Crane is sent to findout why.

Portrayed by Johnny Depp in anassignment that seems to allude him,the scientific sleuth arrives with allmanner of investigatory contraptions.Informing that some of the gumshoeinggizmos are of his own invention, thebright-eyed bloodhound is painted asthe spirit of the next century, a rationalhumanist with a quirky touch ofwhimsy.

A sharp contrast to the superstition-steeped old burghers (all wonderfullycast) who run the village, he is hesitantto believe that Sleepy Hollow’s popu-lation is being decimated by, of allthings, the headless ghost of a Hessiansoldier out for revenge. He surmisesthat the citizenry shares a guilty secret.But what?

Of course, this earliest of Americancity slickers is in for a country-styleeducation. And along the way, he fallshead over heels for Katrina Van Tassel(Christina Ricci), daughter of BaltusVan Tassel (Michael Gambon), thehamlet’s wealthiest citizen.

As the Dutch damsel is for all intentsand purposes betrothed to townheartthrob Brom Van Brunt (CasperVan Dien), this makes for a love tri-angle which is unenthusiastically mixedin with the greater convolutions athand.

None of these relationships is terri-bly convincing, nor very interestingfor that matter. And Miss Ricci, thoughlooking like the American Girl Dollrepresenting the era in question, failsto excite as the story’s romantic prize.

However, the exquisite cinematog-raphy combined with fantastic art di-rection functions like a time machine,magically transporting viewers backto the quaint but foreboding landwhere the Headless Horseman perpe-trates his reign of terror. Sadly, aneither fish nor fowl script fails to jibewith the visual accouterments.

Depp is the outsider, the stranger,the sociologically divergent moral cen-ter come to bring reason to the misbe-having folk in the hinterlands, a laSpencer Tracy’s one-armed shamus inBad Day At Black Rock (1955). Thereis promise. He reminds at first of ayoung Charlie Chan crossed with arookie Sherlock Holmes.

But, when the plot can’t decide if it’sa gothic romance, a detective tale or amonster movie, Mr. Depp’s charactersympathetically disintegrates into anequally uncertain entity. As the star ofEd Wood (1994) and Donnie Brasco(1997) is among this column’s favoriteyoung actors, the thespic flub is herenoted with a heavy heart. The rest ofthe film’s performances, though notwithout their colorful moments, areprimarily window dressing.

All that remains is the gristle andgore. And though a piker compared tothe mayhem Freddy Krueger usuallymanages to accomplish in this feature-length time, you might as well call thisThe Headless Horseman Meets Night-mare on Elm Street. With all of thosedecapitations and no strong focus atits core, Sleepy Hollow is left with verylittle to hang its hat on.

* * * * * * * * *Sleepy Hollow, rated R, is a Para-

mount Pictures release directed by TimBurton and stars Johnny Depp, Chris-tina Ricci and Miranda Richardson.Running time: 110 minutes.

Special ‘Harry Potter’Book Discussion Slated

At Fanwood LibraryFANWOOD – Fanwood Me-

morial Library will conduct a bookdiscussion on “Harry Potter & theSorcerer’s Stone” by J.K. Rowlingon Thursday, December 9, at 7:30p.m.

Please read the book beforeattending in order to participatein the discussion. Copies of thebook are available at the library.

For more information, pleasecall the library at (908) 322-6400.

Westfield Glee Club HonoredAt Arts, Humanities Reception

GIVEN WITH GLEE…Phyllis Brocimer, a member of the Cultural andHeritage Advisory Board, presented the confirmation of a 1999 HEART(History, Education, Art Reaching Thousands) Grant from the UnionCounty Board of Chosen Freeholders to Dale Juntilla, a member of theGlee Club. The club will conduct its Winter Concerts on Saturday,December 11, at 8 p.m. and Sunday, December 12, at 4 p.m.

WESTFIELD – The WestfieldGlee Club was one of the artsorganizations honored recently atthe Arts and Humanities Recep-tion held at the NUI Liberty HallCenter in Union.

The reception, which celebratedOctober as National Arts and Hu-manities Month and sponsored bythe Union County Division of Cul-tural and Heritage Affairs, featured

a gathering of several arts, cul-tural, historical and heritage orga-nizations throughout the county.

Phyllis Brocimer, a member of

the Cultural and Heritage Advi-sory Board, presented the confir-mation of a 1999 HEART (History,Education, Art Reaching Thou-sands) Grant from the UnionCounty Board of Chosen Free-holders to Dale Juntilla, a memberof the Glee Club.

The Glee Club Project coversthe commission of new music bycomposer Matthew Sklar, the win-

ner of the 1991 Westfield GleeClub Scholarship Award. Mr. Sklaris now a conductor of Broadwayshows and an active composer.

Winter concerts will be per-formed on Saturday, December11, at 8 p.m. at Roosevelt Interme-diate School in Westfield and onSunday, December 12, at 4 p.m. atthe First Congregational Church inWestfield.

Tickets are available at the Mu-sic Staff in Westfield and at thedoor for a donation of $12 foradults and $10 for students andsenior citizens.

For more information, pleasecall Mr. Juntilla at (908) 232-0673.

Fanwood�s S. Allyn SchaefferTo Exhibit at Swain Galleries

S. Allyn Schaeffer

FANWOOD – S .Allyn Schaeffer, aFanwood resident,will exhibit his oilpaintings at the an-nual multi-media ex-h ib i t en t i t l ed ,“Chris tmas Minia-tures” from Sunday,December 5, to Fri-day, December 31, atSwain Galleries inPlainfield.

Seventeen artistsfrom New Jersey willexhibit watercolors, pen and

Angel Songs Holiday ConcertOn Tap at Calvary Lutheran

CRANFORD – The Calvary Con-cert Series will present three areachildren’s choirs on Sunday, De-cember 5, at 4 p.m. in a gift ofseasonal holiday music for thepublic, entitled “Angel Songs.”

The concert will be presented atCalvary Lutheran Church in Cranford.

The children’s choirs from St.Andrew’s Lutheran Church inParsippany, Trinity EpiscopalChurch in Woodbridge and Cal-vary Church will perform indi-vidually and join together topresent “Calling All Angels” byHelen Kemp. Over 35 youngsterswill perform.

Tickets for the concert are $10for adults and $7.50 for seniorcitizens, students with identifica-tion and children. Tickets may bepurchased by calling CalvaryLutheran Church at (908) 276-2418.Tickets will also be sold at thedoor on a space-available basis.

The next Calvary Concert Series

program will be “Duets and LoveSongs,” presented by Fred Millerand Susan Whitenack on Sunday,February 6.

For more information about theconcert series or to request a bro-chure, please call Calvary LutheranChurch.

LIFT YOUR VOICES...The Celebration Singers and the CelebrationChildren’s Choir will present their annual Holiday Concert on Friday,December 10, at 8 p.m. and on Saturday, December 11, at 3 p.m. andagain at 8 p.m. at the Cranford United Methodist Church at the cornerof Lincoln and Walnut Streets in Cranford. This year’s theme will be“Holiday Favorites.” Pictured above, the Celebration Singers perform ina spring concert held last June.

Tiny Tim Caroling FundScheduled for December 13SCOTCH PLAINS – The An-

nual Tiny Tim Caroling FundDrive has been scheduled forMonday, December 13, from 4to 9 p.m.

Carolers will travel from houseto house, singing Christmas Car-ols and will conclude their pro-gram at All Saints’ EpiscopalChurch in Scotch Plains.

To join in the caroling, pleasecall Mari McDevitt at (908) 233-6513 or Anne O’Brien at (908)

756-3079.Tiny Tim provides

financial assistanceto Scotch Plains andFanwood childrenwho need medicalcare and cannot af-ford it.

Contributions maybe made directly toThe Tiny Tim Fund,P.O. Box 181,Fanwood, 07023.

FANWOOD VIOLINIST…David S. Hilton of Fanwood will present asenior violin recital on Sunday, December 5, at 8 p.m. at Montclair StateUniversity, McEachern Music Building, Recital Hall, Room No. 15.David is a graduate of the private violin class of Stephen Wolosonovich,where he studied for five years. At Montclair State, David is a studentof Oscar Ravina of the New York Philharmonic. His program willinclude works by Mozart, Bach and Copland. The public is invited freeof charge. Upon graduation, David will be a violin teacher. For moreinformation, please call (973) 655-4743.

ink, pastels, callig-raphy and acrylicworks in the event.

The exhibit willopen with a recep-tion on December 5from 2 to 4 p.m. Thegallery is open fromTuesday to Friday,9:30 a.m. to 5:30p.m., Saturdays from9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.and Sundays fromnoon to 4 p.m.

For more informa-tion, please call (908) 756-1707.

Looking for Local Stars?

Saturday matinee if accompaniedby a paying adult. For further in-formation, please call (908) 241-8200.

Senior Group PlansTrip to See ‘Ballyhoo’

At Forum TheatreSCOTCH PLAINS — The Scotch

Plains Senior Citizen AdvisoryCommittee will sponsor a trip tothe Forum Theatre in Metuchenon Saturday, December 4, for an8 p.m. performance of The LastNight of Ballyhoo.

Alfred Uhry’s Tony-award win-ning play centers on the Freitagfamily’s efforts to find the rightdates for Ballyhoo – the socialevent of the season – while therest of the country is swept upin the excitement of the galapremiere of Gone With the Windin Atlanta.

The cost is $25 for residentsand $27 for non-residents. Thebus will leave from Green ForestPark at 7 p.m. and return imme-diately after the performance.

Interested individuals areasked to register for the trip assoon as possible at the ScotchPlains Recreation Office in theMunicipal Building, 430 ParkAvenue.

For further information, pleasecall (908) 322-6700.

String Quartet SlatesDecember 5 Concert

At St. Paul’s Episcopal

WESTFIELD – Friends of Musicat St. Paul’s Episcopal will presentThe Elements String Quartet inconcert on Sunday, December 5,at 4 p.m. at St. Paul’s EpiscopalChurch on East Broad Street.

Trained by members of the To-kyo, Julliard, Cleve- land andLaSalle Quartets, the p r o -gram will includeworks by Bach,Mozart, Glazounovand holiday selec-tions.

Members of theQuartet include violinists KyokoKashiwagi and Evan Mirapaul,violist Brett Deubner and cellistPeter Seidenberg.

The public is invited to attend.There is no charge for admission.For more information, please con-tact Charles Banks at (908) 232-8506, Extension No. 17.



Arts & EntertainmentThe Dining Table

RATING:

Highest Possible Rating: 4 chef hats

THE METROPOLITAN CLUB1 EAST 60TH STREET, NEW YORK, N.Y., (212) 838-7400

By DR. JOSEPH P. DeALESSANDROSpecially Written for The Westfield Leader and The Times

The Metropolitan Club of NewYork City hosts its annual gala“Hunters Dinner” at the club inNovember.

This famousstag party is anannual eventthat draws 500men from allover the coun-try and aroundthe world. Thefare is also de-rived from allcorners of the earth by speciallicense to be served at this grandmale event.

The fantastic evening begins inthe rotunda of the club featuring100 foot ceilings, huge fireplacesand a dual carved stairway.

Beverages of all types are served,from champagne to wines andliquors. During the cocktail ses-sion, you are invited to a grandarray of appetizing foods: Metro-politan Clams on the Half Shell,marvelous Oysters on the HalfShell and Colossal Shrimp.

The center table glistens with anarray of Caviar, Pate, Salmon, DuckGalantine, Wild Boar Sausage, HotBrie and French Bread, GooseLiver Pate, Columbia River Salmon,Venison Terrine, Baby OctopusMarinated in Soy, Seaweed Saladand an enormous cheese arrange-ment board, served with a varietyof biscuits and breads.

Following an advisory that din-ner will be served, the guests as-cend to the third floor to theGrand Ballroom for a spectaculararray of wild foods.

The first course is a CurriedGame Soup, delicately spiced anddelicious in every way. Many ofthe guests savored seconds.

The Chef then listed the follow-ing selections: Loin of Roast Afri-can Camel with Dry Apricot Sauce,Roast Wild Boar Leg with Sun-dried Cranberry Sauce, Roast Loinof Zebra with Sweet and Sour

Papaya Sauce, Marinated Tender-loin of Buffalo with Green Pep-percorn Sauce and Porcini Mush-rooms, Loin of VenisonCourvoisier, Sauteed Blue WildHare with Lingonberry Sauce and

Rabbit Fricas-see with Co-conut Sauce.

Other en-trees in-cluded RoastS c o t t i s hP h e a s a n twith ForestMushrooms

and White Truffle Sauce, RoastStuffed Boneless Quails Port, RoastWild Turkey, Brunoise Root Veg-etables and Sherry Sauce, RoastSuckling Pig, Orange CranberryRelish, Red Deer Stew in Moulin-A-Vent, Moose Osso Buco in GreenCurry Sauce, Antelope Steak inOyster Sauce with Oyster Mush-rooms, Alligator Scallopini withCapers and Orange Butter Sauce,Blanquette of Kangaroo, Bear Stewwith Ginger, Rattlesnake in a Ragu ofBell Peppers Julienne and Tomatoes.

All of these dishes were pre-pared equally by the Chef in eithera standing roast or a fricassee typedish or a stew.

The vegetables featured Minne-sota Wild Rice, Melange of RootVegetables, Puree of Chestnuts,Lingonberries and Fall Salad. Din-ner rolls were served to completethe dinner.

I was able to query several of theguests about the variety of wildgame and what they’re preferenceswere. One of the top five disheswas the Rattlesnake Stew, served inthree quarter inch pieces, with on-ions and tomatoes in a savory sauce.

The second dish named the mostpopular was Cape Buffalo – re-portedly tender and extremely tastywith a good consistency. Manyenjoyed the Ostrich that was verysimilar in taste to chicken or tur-key. Zebra was outstanding withlittle or no fat.

The Chef prepared quail in a mostexciting seasoning. This offering washigh on the list of the best entrees.The dishes which required a littlemore attention included the RoastRump of Lion. The Giraffe was pre-pared with consistency.

The dinner was orchestrated sothat the diners could progress fromone entree to another. Each sta-tion had little flags on a toothpickto identify the meat.

Coffee was served after dinnerand the diners retired to a roomentirely filled with scrumptiousdesserts – Mocha Cake, ChocolateMousse Cake, larger cakes andtarts and fresh fruits.

Fine port wine was served and aMonte Christo Cigar completedthe 1999 Stag Dinner at the Metro-politan Club.

Most people make reservationsfor the next year’s dinner the fol-lowing day. A great, unusual din-ing experience.

ON WITH THE SHOW...Ed Wittel, left, of Westfield is featured as theMagician in the upcoming production of Aladdin at the CranfordDramatic Club Theatre in Cranford. Other cast members include, left toright, Molly Frieri, Devon Talbott as the Genie, Kevin Kessler as Aladdinand Jonathan Galvez. Pictured above, the ensemble rehearses the musi-cal number, “Up, Up High in the Sky.” Performances will be held thisSaturday, December 4, at 10:30 a.m. and 1 and 4 p.m. and on Sunday,December 5, at 1 and 4 p.m. Tickets are $7 for adults and $5 for childrenunder 13 and senior citizens. For tickets, please call (908) 276-7611.

Madcap Mutts to Perform,Millennium Scrapbook SetAt First Night Westfield

Tom and Bonnie Brackney and The Madcap Mutts

WESTFIELD – The MadcapMutts will perform at First NightWestfield 2000 on Friday, Decem-ber 31. This group brings canineeducation and entertainment toindividuals of all ages.

Tom and Bonnie Brackney fromKounty Kennels Canine Produc-tions and their local canine starswill perform this unique dog act.

In addition, participants of FirstNight Westfield 2000 will have theopportunity to be a part of “YourPlace in Time,” a permanent photoscrapbook commemorating theturn of the millennium. This com-munity collaboration will be keptwith the town’s archives and dis-played for all to enjoy.

Individuals and families maybring their own photos with them,or have photographs taken thatnight, using a backdrop especiallydesigned for First Night Westfield.The individual/families will deco-rate and sign “Their Place in Time,”

and their photo will be developedand mounted.

They will then be able to add, intheir own writing, their thoughts,wishes and comments for this sig-nificant year. The finished productwill be put on display at a centrallocation in town.

First Night Westfield is a family-oriented, alcohol-free, drug-freeNew Year’s Eve celebration of thearts for people of all ages. Theevent is made possible by theWestfield Y, the Westfield Founda-tion, the Town of Westfield andlocal private and business donors.

Buttons are currently on sale at$10 per button through Thursday,December 30, and $12 per buttonon Friday, December 31. The but-ton serves as admission to all ofthe evening’s activities.

For more information and a list-ing of locations to purchase thebuttons, please call (908) 518-2983after Tuesday, November 30.

Poet, Karl ShapiroTo Be Discussed

At Temple SholomPLAINFIELD – The work of

Pulitzer Prize winning poet KarlShapiro will be discussed in “Jew-ish-American Identity Through aPoet’s Eyes,” by Professor DanielHarris on Sunday, December 5, at10:30 a.m. at Temple Sholom,Plainfield.

The lecture will be preceded bya light breakfast at 9:30 a.m.

Professor Harris, a member of thefaculty of the Jewish Studies Pro-gram at the Bildner Center for theStudy of Jewish Life at Rutgers Uni-versity, will explore the challengethat Mr. Shapiro’s work presents tomainstream American poetry.

For more information, please callthe Temple office at (908) 756-6447.

Westfield Youth in OrchestraTune Up for Holiday Concert

WESTFIELD – Westfield resi-dents Carl Baron and JasonTammam will perform in a winterconcert by the New Jersey YouthSymphony (NJYS) Orchestra onSunday, December 5, at 3 p.m. atMorristown High School.

The evening’s program will in-clude Suite No. 1 of Tchaikovsky’s“Nutcracker” and a compositionfrom Sir Edward Elgar, “The Wandof Youth,” Hummel’s “Concerto forTrumpet and Orchestra and “Fan-fare and Arrayment.”

New Jersey Youth Symphony,Inc. is a non-profit organizationthat provides music training andperformance opportunities foryoung people from 85 communi-ties. It has been recognized as aDistinguished Arts Organizationfor 1997-2000 by the New JerseyState Council on the Arts/Depart-ment of State, a partner agency ofthe National Endowment of theArts.

For more information, please callthe NJYS office at (908) 771-5544.

Annual Holiday Concert on TapBy Edison School, Community Band

WESTFIELD — The WestfieldCommunity Band and the EdisonIntermediate School Broadway Sing-ers join together in concert to presentthe Tenth Annual Holiday Concert,sponsored by the Westfield Recre-ation Commission on Wednesday,December 8, at 8 p.m. in the Edison

School auditorium.The Westfield Community Band,

under the direction of Elias J. Zareva,will perform a number of classicholiday favorites.

The program will include “TheMost Wonderful Time of the Year”and “Rhapsody for Hanukkah,” asymphonic musical setting of songsassociated with the celebration andtraditions of Hanukkah. This num-ber includes the popular “DreidelSong,” “Raisins and Almonds,” and aconclusion with the “Eight Days ofHanukkah” (known as “Those Werethe Days, My Friends”).

Other selections for the eveningwill include the classic-modern se-lection “Midnight Sleigh Ride,” ar-ranged by Sauter Finnegan, a dra-

matic setting to “Angels From theRealms of Glory” and traditional fa-vorites such as “O Holy Night” and“The Nutcracker Suite.”

Joining the band in concert will bethe Edison Intermediate SchoolBroadway Singers, directed byKristine Smith-Morasso. The Broad-

way Singers will perform a collec-tion of holiday songs to celebrate thefestive mood of the season.

The Broadway singers are an ex-tra-curricular choral group that per-forms for a variety of area organiza-tions, including Children’s Special-ized Hospital and local nursinghomes.

Concluding the evening’s concert,the Westfield Community Band willjoin the Edison Broadway Singers inperforming Irving Berlin’s “WhiteChristmas.”

This event is free to the public.The Westfield Community Band issponsored by the Westfield Recre-ation Commission.

For more information, please con-tact (908) 789-4080.

Westfield Community Band

Continued from

Broadway

Messiah Community SingSlated by Choral Art Society

WESTFIELD – The Choral ArtSociety of New Jersey, Inc.has announced its annualMessiah Community Singwhich will be heldon Friday, December10, at 8 p.m. at theFirst Baptist Churchin Westfield.

James S. Little, Mu-sical Director of theSociety, will conduct theHandel oratorio. Audiencemembers are invited to bringscores and join in the singingof both chorus and solo sections.

Admission to the CommunitySing is $10 at the door. Scores will

be available to borrow.The Messiah Sing will also fea-

ture Sandor Szabo at theorgan. Mr. Szabo is cur-rently the organist andchoir conductor at thePresbyterian Churchin New Providence.

The Choral Art So-ciety of New Jersey

is a non-profit, com-munity chorus of ap-

proximately 80 singersdedicated to the study and

performance of great choralworks.

For tickets or further informa-tion, please call (908) 232-2455.

New Jersey Symphony SetsChristmas Pops Program

NEWARK – The New JerseySymphony Orchestra will per-form its annual Christmas Popsprogram of holiday favorites un-der the baton of DavidCommanday on Thursday, De-cember 2, at 8 p.m. at the StateTheatre in New Brunswick, andon Saturday, December 4, at 8p.m. and Sunday, December 5, at3 p.m. at the New Jersey Per-forming Arts Center.

Program highlights will include“Carol of the Bells,” “Jingle Bells,”

“Do You Hear What I Hear,”“Sleigh Ride,” classical holidayselections from Britten andMenotti and an audience sing-along of carols.

The program will also includeselections from the movie, HomeAlone.

Tickets to these performancesare $50, $41, $31, $17 and $12and may be obtained by callingthe NJSO Ticket Office at (800)255-3476 from Monday to Satur-day, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Calderone Music SchoolSets Winter ConcertsMILLBURN – The Calderone

School of Music of East Hanoverand Millburn welcomes the com-munity to several free WinterHoliday Concerts.

On Saturday, December 4, theElementary Chorus, Intermedi-ate String Ensemble, Adult Cho-rus and Intermediate GuitarEnsemble will perform.

Ensembles and soloists on allinstruments and voice will per-form at the school’s East Hanoverlocation at 34 Ridgedale Avenue,north of the cross street on Route10.

Mid-Day Musicales ScheduledAt First Congregational ChurchWESTFIELD – The First Con-

gregational Church of Westfieldon Elm Street, will continue its15th season of Mid-Day Musi-cales series of free, half-hour con-

Westfield Art Association PreparesExhibition at Town Book Store

WESTFIELD — For the thirdconsecutive year, small worksof art by members of theWestfield Art Association will beon display throughout the holi-day season during businesshours at The Town Book Storein Westfield.

These framed original piecesrange in size and vary in mediaincluding watercolors, oils, acryl-ics and collages. All works willbe available for purchase. Sub-

jects include abstracts, still-life,landscapes and several othersubjects.

For more information regard-ing this display, please call TheTown Book Store at (908) 233-3535.

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certs on Wednesday, December8, at noon.

The program will feature a re-cital by the Levin-Stern Duo withflutist Sharon Levin and harpistKaren Stern.

Founded in 1984, the duo wasthe winning ensemble of the Art-ists International Young ArtistsChamber Music Award in 1987,and was presented in a NewYork debut recital at Weill RecitalHall at Carnegie Hall the follow-ing year.

The duo has also performed inEurope, South America and Cen-tral America, among other ven-ues.

Ms. Levin has been a featuredsoloist with the Brazilian Sym-phony, the Chamber Orchestraof Sao Pedro Theater, Brazil, theNational Symphony of Ecuador,the New Jersey Pops Orchestra,the Hudson Chamber Symphony,the Lyra Italienne Orchestra, Parisand others.

Ms. Stern performsregularly with the NewJersey Symphony Or-chestra and can beheard on several ofthe orchestra’s re-cently released CDs. She per-formed the Mozart Concert forFlute and Harp as part of theorchestra’s Mozart Festival in 1997and toured Ireland with them ontwo occasions.

Following the concert, a soupand sandwich luncheon will beavailable in the church socialhall for $4.50.

Funding for these concerts hasbeen made possible in part bythe New Jersey State Council onthe Arts, Department of State,through a grant administered bythe Union County Office of Cul-tural and Heritage Affairs.

For more information, pleasecontact Dr. Barbara Thomson,Director of Music at First Congre-gational Church at (908) 233-2494.

keeps them motivated and “incheck,” wanting them to reachtheir utmost potential.

Scotch Plains resident and eight-year-old Jimmy Walsh has beenchosen to perform the role ofYoung Scrooge. Jimmy avidly stud-ied the role before his rehearsal byenjoying the book from which themovie is derived, Charles Dickens’“A Christmas Carol.”

Choir members for A ChristmasCarol have been plucked fromPark School and Terrill MiddleSchool since 1995. The currentchoir was the first to audition forthis year’s production.

Ms. Farrell revealed that she wasnot able to inform the studentsthat they were Broadway-bounduntil they boarded the bus back toScotch Plains, but added that thechildren were thrilled, along withPrincipal Rocco Collucci.

“The parents are so supportive.It appears that everyone is excitedabout it,” added Ms. Farrell. Sheconcluded that the students arevery “well behaved, dedicated andself-disciplined.”

Mr. Collucci related, “I was quiteenthused that our kids had theopportunity to do this.” The prin-cipal, who helped to chaperonelast Saturday’s performance, toldThe Leader and The Times that the“teachers are very enthused andflexible with regard to the kidsmaking up school work.”

He confided that on the day ofthe audition, there was a fire drillat Park School. He was called tothe bus full of students which justarrived and expected bad news.

“The kids were not coming offof the bus,” he recalled. “Then,when I got on the bus, they had allof their heads down and thenlooked up and announced thatthey made it. They kind of playeda little joke on me there.”

Mr. Collucci noted that when heand Ms. Farrell gathered with theparents of the singers to discussthe opportunity, “the risk is thatthe kids would not be chosen.”But, he hopes the students lookback in 10 to 15 years and recallthat they had the golden opportu-nity to perform in A ChristmasCarol.



Two Authors to Sign BooksAt Westfield�s Town Book Store

WESTFIELD — The Town BookStore of Westfield will host twoauthor appearances on Saturday,December 4.

First, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., TovaNovarra will be in to sign copies ofher new book, “Seton Hall: TheCollege History.” From the pub-lishers of the popular Images of

America series comes a picture his-tory of Seton Hall University.

In this book, Ms. Novarra bringsthe history of this campus to life.With the aid of archive collections,she walks the reader through time,celebrating the academics, athlet-ics, students, and religious foun-dation on which Seton Hall Uni-versity is built.

From 2 to 4 p.m., author andillustrator Peter McCarty will beavailable to sign copies of hisnewest book “Little Bunny on theMove.” Simple and accessible,“Little Bunny on the Move” takesthe reader on a classic picturebook journey with a most satisfy-ing conclusion.

Reserved copies are available. Formore information, please call TheTown Book Store at (908) 233-3535.

Barbara Zietchick SlatesMonotype Demonstration

At Visual Arts CenterSUMMIT – Westfield resident

Barbara Zietchick will conduct amonotype printmaking demonstra-tion this Saturday, December 4,from noon to 3 p.m. at the NewJersey Center for Visual Arts, 68Elm Street, Summit.

Musical Club of WestfieldPrepares Classical Concert

WESTFIELD – The Musical Clubof Westfield will celebrate the holi-days with a classical music concertat the First Baptist Church inWestfield on Wednesday, Decem-

ber 8, at 1 p.m.The program will begin with

Trent Johnson performing twoworks on the organ. He composedthe first piece of his program, en-

titled, “Three Characteristic Piecesfor Organ,” which highlights thequalities of the instrument. Thispiece is divided into three sec-tions, “Grotesque March,”“Vruechten” and “Whirlwind.” Thefinal selection will be “Tu es Petra”by Henri Mulet, a religious piecesubtitled, “Thou Art the Rock.”

Baritone Roger Hayden ofWestfield will sing “Don Quichotteà Dulcinée,” three poems of “DonQuixote” by Paul Morand, set tomusic by Maurice Ravel. He will

Jenny Cline

Roger Hayden

‘C AROLS IN THE ROUND’SET AT BAPTIST CHURCH

DURING THE WEEKEND

WESTFIELD – The First Bap-tist Church of Westfield willpresent its 17th annual perfor-mance of “Carols in the Round”on Saturday and Sunday, De-cember 4 and 5, at 4 p.m.

Led by the 62-memberWestfield Chorale, the programwill include “Carol of the Bells,”“Do You Hear What I Hear?,”Gustav Holst’s “Christmas Day,”Fred Waring’s “Twas the NightBefore Christmas” and tradi-tional carols for the audience.

The Chorale, which is directedby William R. Matthews, Minis-ter of Music at First BaptistChurch, has been a part of “Car-ols in the Round” since 1987.Each year, the net proceedsfrom the performances benefita local charity with this year’srecipients being Mobile Meals.

Although Sunday’s perfor-mance has been sold out, alimited number of tickets areavailable for Saturday’s pro-gram. Reservations are stronglysuggested and may be made bycalling the church at (908) 233-2278.

Composer and Soprano PreparePerformance at Glee Club EventWESTFIELD – “Winter Frolic”

by Mario Lombardo and a pro-gram by soprano Carol Bayard willbe featured in the Westfield GleeClub Winter Concerts on Saturday,December 11, at 8 p.m. at RooseveltIntermediate School in Westfieldand on Sunday, December 12, at 4p.m. at the First CongregationalChurch in Westfield.

A composer of over 200 songs,four musicals and several worksfor concert band, chorus, pianoand orchestra, Mr. Lombardo is aCranford resident. He has per-formed for orchestras in Chicago,Boston, Detroit, Cincinnati andNew Jersey, as well as throughoutthe United States and Europe.

Mr. Lombardo was named “Mu-sician of the Year” for 1994 by theNew Jersey State Conference ofMusicians.

Ms. Bayard is a Maplewood resi-dent.

Matthew Sklar will also performspecial selections during the con-cert.

Tickets for the Glee Club con-

cert are available at The MusicStaff in Westfield and at the door.Tickets are $12 for adults and $10for students and senior citizens.For more information, please callDale Juntilla at (908) 232-0673.

Mario Lombardo

Arts & Entertainment

Thursday, December 2 – 6:30 p.m. MRNJ-Open MRI of Westfield, Corner of South & Central Avenues Tree Lighting Ceremony

with Holy Trinity Church Adult and Children's Choir. Come meet Giants football hero Billy Ardand see Santa! Light refreshments will be served.

Fr iday, December 3 – 7:15 p.m. Temple Emanu-El, 756 E. Broad Street Lighting of the Menorah. Shabbat Service to follow at

7:30 p.m.

Satur day, December 4 –9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m., Westfield Service League Thrift Shop, 114 Elmer Street Holiday Sale - call for

additional details - 233-25309:45 a.m. and 1:45 p.m., North Avenue Train Station Santa Claus Train Ride sponsored by Jersey Central

Railway Historical Society, $10 adults, $8 children under 12, Information 908-755-7456. Twohour ride to High Bridge with Santa giving out candy canes, coloring books, crayons and one HOTrain Set prize per train car. Tickets available at Brunners Opticians, 100 East Broad St.

10:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. South Avenue Train Station and Trolley Stops downtown Free Trolley Rides indowntown Westfield. Park for free in the South Avenue Train Station Parking Lot and catch thetrolley for a ride to downtown Westfield for shopping, dining and entertainment.

11 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. Watson Highlanders Pipe Band. Bagpipers and drummers will perform traditional festivemusic throughout downtown Westfield.

11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Yuletide Carolers dressed in “Dickens” attire will stroll through downtown Westfieldentertaining shoppers.

1:00 p.m. - 3 p.m. “Escape” - Women's Barbershop Quartet. Harmony group will perform throughout down-town Westfield.

Sunday, December 5 –11:30 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. MotoPhoto Portrait Studio, 251 North Avenue Photos with Santa. Free 5x7 with

donation of 2 cans of non-perishable food for the Westfield Food Pantry. 6 p.m. - Presbyterian Church in Westfield, 140 Mountain Avenue - Front lawn Tree Lighting and Carol

Singing, accompanied by a Brass Quartet.

Wednesday, December 8 –12 Noon First Congregational Church, 125 Elmer St. Mid-day Musicale Concert.

Thursday, December 9 –6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. Musical Performances in downtown stores.Satur day, December 11 – 9:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Town Bank of Westfield, 520 South Ave. Visit with Santa Free photos, candy canes

and coloring books, while supply lasts.10:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. South Avenue Train Station and Trolley Stops downtown Free Trolley Rides in

downtown Westfield. Park for free in the South Avenue Train Station Parking Lot and catch thetrolley for a ride to downtown Westfield shopping, dining and entertainment.

11 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. Watson Highlanders Pipe Band Bagpipers and drummers will perform traditional festivemusic throughout downtown Westfield.

11 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. "Escape" - Women's Barbershop Quartet Barbershop harmony group will perform through-out downtown Westfield.

11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Yuletide Carolers dressed in “Dickens” attire will stroll through downtown Westfieldentertaining shoppers.

7:00 p.m. The Presbyterian Church, 140 Mountain Ave. 12th Annual Holiday Concert by SchwabischerSangergund, Inc. German-American theme with full orchestra, mixed chorus and soloists. Tick-ets and information 908-232-4743; $12 donation, $14 at the door.

Sunday, December 12 –10:00 a.m. First Congregational Church, 125 Elmer Street “An English Christmas” performed by the

Festival Choir.2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Musical Performances in downtown stores6:00 p.m. Grace Orthodox Presbyterian Church, 1100 Boulevard Children's Christmas Program.7:30 p.m. Presbyterian Church in Westfield, 140 Mountain Avenue, Sanctuary Candlelight Carol Service

with the Chancel Choir, The Chancel Handbell Choir, Soloists, Harp, Viola, & Organ; James ASimms, Conductor.

8:00 p.m. Church of St. Helen, 1600 Rahway Avenue The Promise of Advent: “A Time of Prayer andSong.”

Wednesday, December 15 –12 Noon First Congregational Church, 125 Elmer St. Mid-day Musicale Concert.

Thursday, December 16 –6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. Musical Performances in downtown stores.

Satur day, December 18 –10:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. South Avenue Train Station and Trolley Stops downtown Free Trolley Rides in

downtown Westfield. Park for free in the South Avenue Train Station Parking Lot and catch thetrolley for a ride to downtown Westfield for shopping, dining and entertainment.

11:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. Watson Highlanders Pipe Band Bagpipers and drummers will perform traditionalfestive music throughout downtown Westfield.

11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Yuletide Carolers Carolers dressed in “Dickens” attire will stroll through downtownWestfield entertaining shoppers.

1:00 p.m. - 3 p.m. “Escape” - Women's Barbershop Quartet Barbershop harmony will entertain shoppersthroughout downtown Westfield.

Sunday, December 19 –11:00 a.m. Grace Orthodox Presbyterian Church, 1100 Boulevard Special Music Presentation at Sunday

morning worship service.2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Musical Performances in downtown stores.4:00 p.m. Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church, 250 Gallows Hill Road Holiday Concert featuring The

Metropolitan Greek Choral Tickets: $40. Information: 233-8533.

Fr iday, December 24 –4:00 p.m. First Congregational Church, 125 Elmer St. Spontaneous Children's Pageant5:00 p.m. The Presbyterian Church, 140 Mountain Avenue, Sanctuary Family Service and Pageant.6:00 p.m. First Congregational Church, 125 Elmer Street Christmas Pageant.7:30 p.m.; 9:30 p.m.; and 12 Midnight Church of St. Helen, 1600 Rahway Avenue Christmas Liturgies - Carol Singing 30 minutes before each service.8:00 p.m. and 11:00 p.m. The Presbyterian Church, 140 Mountain Avenue, Sanctuary Candlelight Com-

munion Service with Choir and Organ.11:00 p.m. First Congregational Church, 125 Elmer Street Candlelight Service of Lessons and Carols.

Fr iday, December 31 –7:00 p.m. -1 a.m. First Night Westfield An alcohol-free celebration of the arts throughout Westfield. Infor-

mation: 908-518-2983.Sunday, January 2, 20001:00 p.m. - 3 p.m.4:00 p.m. The Catholic Church of the Holy Trinity, Westfield Ave &

First Street Festival of Lessons and Carols for Epiphany- public welcomed.

“Welcome Home to Westfield”Holiday Events Calendar 1999

Downtown CorporationHappy Holidays!

conclude with Sondheim classics,“Someone is Waiting” from Com-pany, “Pretty Women” of SweeneyTodd and “In Praise of Women”from A Little Night Music. He willbe accompanied by Mary BethMcFall.

Flautist Jenny Cline, accompa-nied by guest artist Pamela Johnsonon piano, will perform three lightselections: “Sicilienne” from Pelléaset Mélisande, “Offertoire” and“Adagio” and “Variation” from Airsde Ballet D’Ascanio.

The final performer for the af-ternoon will be Marilyn Spesak,mezzo soprano, accompanied atthe piano by Louise Andrews.They will play the “LaudamusTe” from the Mass in C Minor byMozart, “Letter Scene” fromWerther by Massenet and “Alle-luia” from Exultate Jubilate, alsoa piece by Mozart.

The program chairwoman isRosemarie Gilman and hospitalityfor the concert will be provided byEvelyn Todd, chairwoman, assistedby Lorraine Blanding, Caroline Holtand Peg McGroarty.

The public is welcome to attend.



Arts & Entertainment

Selecting the IdealChristmas TreeFor Your Home

HAPPYHANUKKAH!

Stevie Nicks(1948- )

ARTIST OF THE WEEK

Stevie Nicks

Stevie Nicks — her voice isunmistakable, her stage pres-ence is ominous, her lyrics arelegendary and her legacy hasshaped the world of rock mu-sic and styles of current musi-cians forever.

Stephanie Lynn Nicks wasborn on May 26, 1948 in Phoe-nix, Ariz. Because she hadtrouble pronouncing hername, she called herself Stevie.

Heavily influenced by hergrandfather, Aaron Jess Nicks,Stevie began crooning coun-try songs with him at the age offour. In 1965, she joined thefolk band, The ChangingTimes.

She met LindseyBuckingham, a fellow class-mate, when the Nicks familymoved to Atherton, Calif. Thisrelationship would affect hermembership in Fleetwood Macand her personal life.

Although she originallyplanned to become an Englishteacher, Stevie pursued herlove for music by performingwith a string of bands like Fritz,which also featuredBuckingham.

However, on New Year’s Evein 1974, Stevie received a tele-phone call from MickFleetwood of Fleetwood Mac,which made her an indeliblepart of music worldwide.

“Silver Springs,” “Rhiannon,”“Dreams,” and “Landslide,” arejust some of the songs thathave influenced rockers likeSheryl Crow and CourtneyLove, shaping their love andadmiration for the Arizona na-tive. She began a highly-suc-cessful solo career in 1981.

Stevie currently resides inPhoenix where she journals,works on an autobiography,and music. She has cited JanisJoplin, Natalia Makarova, GretaGarbo and Isadora Duncan, ashaving the greatest influenceon her stage performances.

Park Middle School SingersTo Take Broadway by Storm

In A Christmas Carol

The New Jersey Departmentof Agriculture has provided ahelpful guide on selecting, cut-ting and maintaining the idealChristmas tree. For a free copyof the guide, please send aself-addressed, stamped enve-lope to John E. Perry, Execu-tive Secretary, New JerseyChristmas Tree Growers’ Asso-ciation, 805 Brookside Drive,Toms River, 08753.

Selecting the Ideal TreeSelect a tree with the height,

shape and density that bestsuits your needs. Considerwhere it will be located in yourhome and the kind of orna-ments you will use. For bestneedle retention, select a pine,Douglas, concolor or Fraserfir. Colorado blue spruce holdsneedles very well.

Setting Up the TreeBefore bringing the tree in-

doors, cut off an inch from thebottom to help the tree take inthe water more readily. Use atree stand that holds one totwo gallons of water and fill itas soon as you set up the tree.

Maintaining Your TreeKeep the stand filled with

water to prevent needle dropand prolong the tree’s fresh-ness and color. Check the wa-ter level a few times a day.

Christmas Tree TriviaThe first Christmas tree dates

back to 16th century Germany.The first commercial tree lot

opened for business in 1851 inNew York City.

Top-selling trees include theBalsam fir, Douglas fir, noblefir and Scotch pine.

One acre of Christmas treesproduces the daily oxygen re-quirement for 18 people.

For each harvested Christ-mas tree, two to three seed-lings are planted in its place.

Franklin Pierce, the 14thPresident of the United States,was the first to display a tree inthe White House.

The Most Local Places toPurchase Trees

Will iams Nursery,Westfield

Parker Greenhouses,Scotch Plains

Allen’s Christmas TreeFarm, Cranbury

Barclay’s Tree Far m,Cranbury

Bryant Nursery,Jamesburg

Giamarest Farms, EastBrunswick

W.V. Griffin Nurseries,South Brunswick

Dixiedale Farm, ChatamSimonson Farms,

CranburyDower Tree Farm, PeapackWolgast Tree Far m,

Somerset

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ALL THE WORLD LOVES A CLOWN...Although there was fog and drizzlein the air, it did not rain on the parade of Scotch Plains resident, BarbaraOstroff. Ms. Ostroff fulfilled a lifelong wish of participating in the AnnualMacy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City on November 25.

NBC�s �Law & Order� to FeatureWestfield Actor, Teddy Alvaro

A TALENTED ACTOR AMONG US…Westfield resident and WestfieldHigh School student, Teddy Alvaro, will portray Leo Clayton in anupcoming episode of NBC’s “Law & Order” scheduled to air in mid-December. The episode is entitled, “In Loco Parentis,” and deals withviolence in the schools and the issue of parental culpability. Picturedabove, Teddy poses with “Law & Order” actor Jerry Orbach.

WESTFIELD – An upcoming epi-sode of NBC’s “Law & Order” willfeature Westfield actor Teddy Alvaroin a featured role. Scheduled to air inmid-December, the episode is en-titled, “In Loco Parentis,” and dealswith violence in the schools and theissue of parental culpability.

Teddy, who will play the characterof Leo Clayton, is a teenager who isvictimized and tortured by a fellowstudent who goes on to murder an-other one of their peers.

Teddy performed with Law & Or-der actors Jerry Orbach, Angie Harmonand Sam Waterston.

Presently a sophomore at WestfieldHigh School, Teddy is studying dramaunder Joseph Nierle. He has been

acting since the third grade and hasappeared in numerous local and schoolproductions.

Professionally, Teddy has severalcommercial and voice over credits,has appeared in New York City pro-ductions, including The Rose Tattoo, AChristmas Carol and The ElephantMan.

Teddy is currently starring in thePBS series, “Connect with English” asAlex Mendoza.

He is represented by J. MitchellManagement and is a member of theScreen Actors Guild, Actors Equityand AFTRA.

Pen and InkBy MICHELLE H. LePOIDEVIN

Though Issue is a Dung Deal, Giuliani Thanks

A&E Editor for Support in Museum DisputeIn the business of journalism, especially editorial writing, many people

think they can tell you how you should word things differently, be morepolite, more sensitive. In other words, lose your backbone by sacrificingyour views and principles. Sorry, I don’t work that way. My credo wasupheld after I received a response to a letter I wrote to New York City MayorRudolph Giuliani when the Brooklyn Museum of Art and the city went headto head regarding an exhibit portraying the Virgin Mary adorned with dung.

After discovering an e-mail address for the Mayor, I wrote, “I don’tknow if this e-mail will actually reach you, but I wanted to express my 100percent support of your stance regarding the painting at the BrooklynMuseum of Art…Mr. Ofili (Chris Ofili, the artist whose picture created thecontroversy) does not seem to know the true definition of art.”

One day before The Leader and The Times broke for Thanksgiving, Iturned on my computer that morning only to find a response from theMayor himself under the title, “Re: 100 Percent Support.”

“Dear Friend, I write in response to your correspondence regarding theSensation exhibit on display at the Brooklyn Museum of Art. I appreciateyour support of my stance on the issues surrounding this exhibit and I thankyou for taking the time to write and share your thoughts with me. Sincerely,Rudolph W. Giuliani, Mayor.”

One phrase echoed in my conscience when I reread that letter: “shareyour thoughts.” No matter what your views, it is always rewarding to voicethem and give them wings.Melissa Miller Plays

Role in ProductionAt Vassar College

WESTFIELD – Melissa Miller, asophomore at Vassar College inPoughkeepsie, N.Y., played therole of Niobe in the recent produc-tion of Timberlake Wertenbaker’sThe Love of the Nightingale.

The play was presented by TheExperimental Theatre of VassarCollege on November 17 and 19 atthe Powerhouse Theatre at Vassar.

The daughter of Mr. and Mrs.Frederic Miller of Westfield, Mel-issa is a graduate of Westfield HighSchool.

Downtown Winter DecoratingPrepared by Fanwood CommitteeFANWOOD – The Fanwood

Cultural Arts Committee and itsWinter Decorating Committee willhost a family winter celebration todecorate the downtown on Sun-day, December 5, from 2 to 5 p.m.

Festivities will begin with down-town decorating at 2 p.m. Addi-tional activities will be held from 3to 5 p.m. on the north side of theFanwood Train Station, includinggames, “reindeer” rides for chil-dren, photos with Santa Claus,refreshments and entertainment byNew York City guitarist and soloist

Billy Populus.Mr. Populus grew up in Fanwood

and will return to his hometownfor this special celebration. He hasperformed in several musical are-nas and venues.

His performance of his ownpersonal compositions and well-known favorites will begin at theTrain Station at 3:15 p.m.

The afternoon will conclude witha candlelight community proces-sion from Fanwood’s MillenniumClock to the traditional tree light-ing ceremony with MayorMaryanne S. Connelly.

Admission is free. The public isinvited to attend. For more infor-mation, please call Winter Commit-tee Chairman, Mark Annese, at (908)889-7529 or Cultural Arts Director,Adele Kenny, at (908) 889-7223.

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11am to 1pmTova Novarra signsher pictorial history

Seton Hall UniversityMakes A Great Gift!

Can’t Make It? Call Us & We’ll Have The Author Autograph a Copy For You.

2pm to 4pmPeter McCarty signshis children’s book

Little Bunny On The MoveChosen as one of 1999’s Best Illustrators

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By MICHELLE H. LePOIDEVINSpecially Written for The Westfield Leader

SCOTCH PLAINS – There areangels among us and they areraising their voices with gloryand gusto in the auditorium ofPark Middle School in prepara-tion for their performance in AChristmas Carol at MadisonSquare Garden in New York City.

Under the careful direction ofMary Lu Farrell, 30 cherub-likestudents at Park School comprisethe choir that performs a haunt-ing and ethereal version of “GodBless Us Everyone” with widesmiles of innocence and awe.

Six choir members recently satdown with The Westfield Leaderand The Times to discuss theirupcoming performance, musi-cians they admire and the factthat they are all very confidentthat they will pull off a flawlessperformance.

Seventh grader, Jennifer Roth,beamed, “It’s an experience youcan only experience once and itis an honor to be in it.”

Karel Chaves, a sixth gradepupil is following in his brother’sfootsteps as a member of thecast. Karel revealed that when hewould visit his brother in a pre-vious performance of A Christ-mas Carol, he became inspiredto perform in a production of hisown. Karel admires singer andactor Will Smith from Indepen-dence Day and “The Fresh Princeof Bell Air.”

Fellow sixth grader, Justin

Hensal, told The Leader and TheTimes that he is also following ina sibling’s footsteps – his sister’s– who performed in a past pro-duction.

“You never forget it for the restof your life,” confided Justin,who enjoys singing at home andhas relished a performance asThe Wizard in The Wizard of Oz.

Jackie Tumoll, an eighth graderwho admires the singer, Brandy,participated in a performance ofA Christmas Carol as a sixthgrader because she was shortenough for the part.

“It’s my first time in a Broad-way show,” revealed seventhgrader, Heather Vitollo who looksup to pop star Britney Spears.Heather would like to perform inthe Broadway musical, The LionKing, and added, “I really haveto want to do it.”

“It’s a once in a lifetime chance,”Alyssa Robak said of the Christ-mas Carol opportunity. The sev-enth grader also admires the popstar Spears.

All of the students, who be-lieve themselves to be Broad-way-bound beyond this season’sperformance, cited “great acting”and “good organization” as com-ponents of being ready for theGreat White Way.

“She’s really good,” the choirmembers said of their instructorand professional musician, Ms.Farrell, adding that she always

WINTER WONDERLAND...Postcards of Mindowaskin Park in Westfieldare sold by the Friends of Mindowaskin Park as a fundraiser tocontinue the group’s work toward preservation and restoration ofthe park. These postcards, and others depicting seasonal landscapes,are available at William’s Nursery, Periwinkle’s Fine Gifts, Miller-Cory House Museum and The Town Book Store.

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