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BULK US POSTAGE IN THE NEWS PAID Eatontown NJ 07724 Permit #66 P Adding it all up SERVING ABERDEEN,HAZLET, KEYPORT AND MATAWAN P a g e 3 MAY 4, 1994 40 CENTS VOLUME 24, NUMBER 18 Can you canoe in Keyport? The borough activist realized that the Grant awarded creek was “underdeveloped and under­ to clean, restore utilized.” Many years ago, that was hardly the Chingarora Creek case. Willner noted that 100 years ago, peo­ _________ BY LAUREN JAEGER________ ple swam in the creek and it was stocked with fish. Staff Writer And from about 1916 to 1936, the Aeromarine Airplane factory used the creek to float the newly-designed Flying he murky creek that winds around Boats and set them up for takeoff, Becnel Keyport may have a new life. noted. TThanks to a $9,000 grant awarded last Today, the creek is not good for swim­ week by the Environmental Endowment ming, since it is filled with pesticide and for New Jersey, the creek will be cleaned, herbicide runoff, as well as animal waste monitored and set up for recreational use. and grease that flows from the streets. The project, called “Rediscovering Pollution, however, is not a new prob­ Chingarora Creek” will be set into place lem for Chingarora Creek. Even in 1894, by Keyport Partnership Inc. volunteers. there was a problem with pollution, Guidance will be provided by Andy Willner said, since there was animal Willner of the American Littoral Society, manure from horses and livestock that Sandy Hook, and Maryanne Sabanskas of sunk into the wetlands. the Monmouth County Planning Board, However, Willner noted, the crabs that who is the Bayshore Trail access coordi­ dwell in the water remain safe to eat. nator. Noticing the creek’s potential, the KPI Also leading the way for its cleanup submitted an application to the En­ will be Ron Rausch, chairman of the KPI vironmental Endowment for New Jersey, Waterfront Committee, and Lou Pennington. Tomasello, chairman of the Keyport En­ The endowment, incorporated in April vironmental Commission. 1991, was established to re-distribute fines Dr. Sidney Becnel of First Street, who imposed upon by the Federal District sits on the board of trustees for KPI and on Court case brought under the Federal the board of directors for the Keyport Water Pollution Control Act by the Public Historical Society, said he got the idea Interest Research Group of New Jersey. A while driving back and forth to the water pollution case in Perth Amboy, was Kevion Rogers, 8, gives Celest MacCray, 5, a push on the swings last week at Hillside Foodtown, located on Route 36. settled for $2 million in 1993 and another, Park in Middletown. The Hillside Civic League has asked the township to make the “I kept noticing the water underneath in Burlington County, gave the adjacent roadways safer for children and to make some improvements at the park. the bridge,” said Becnel. See page 26.______________________________________________(Photo by Rich Schultz) Continued on page 12 High school prom costs can be hip** BY LAUREN JAEGER pected to cost $60, but the senior class’ part-time job at the Price Club in Hazlet prom gown she donned W after-prom activities will add to the bill, for the big event. not wear it again. Staff Writer Jessica said. This year, like many other prom-goers “It is last year’s ast year, Jessica Bame, & senior at Many of the Keyport High School in the area, the Keyport senior girls are give it to someone Keyport High School, spent $55 on seniors will be leaving the Merri-makers spending more money on clothes, nails, sell it.” L the prom bid and $100 on the restaurant in Matawan at midnight, when hair and, of course, the gown. Luckily, Jes dress. the formal celebration ends, to drive The weekend festivities are expected seamstress w*- “I didn’t get elaborate last year,” said down to Wildwood. to cost at least another $100 a couple. her daught'1' Jessica, who works part time at the Toys There, they will pool their funds for a Debbie Riley, another senior at Key­ one-of-' “R” Us in Hazlet. three-night cottage rental. port High School, plans to spend approx­ Col!; This year, though — this is the big “There are no more proms after this imately $150 for her gown — money Schor one, and few costs will be spared, she one,” remarked Jessica’s friend, Robin saved from her receptionist job jun noted. The Keyport prom bids are ex­ Cadoo, who is saving money from her And while Robin spent $180 for the £ For ideas on sum m ertim e living, read our Home & Carden 2 MAY 4, 1994, THE INDEPENDENT Save $446 Rowe Contemporary Sofa & Loveseat Save $216 Roll arm styling w ith Entertainment attached pillow C e n ter back. 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Page 18 REGULAR FEATURES • Calendar Page 30 NUMBERS ARE FUN — Second-grade pupil Jaclyn Hummel learned with fractions with her mother, Eileen, dur­ ing the second annual Math Awareness Night held April 27 at the Lloyd Road Elementary School in Aberdeen. • Classifieds Page 62 (Photo by Rich Schultz) • Commuting Page 19 ■ • Editorials Page 28 • Letters Page 28 • Milestones Page 50 • Obituaries Page 55 Parents’ help adds up • Sports Page 59 • Police Beat Page 56 • Property Lines Page 57 in childrens education Phone numbers: School on Atlantic Avenue. W orkshops, On May 17, Mary J. Mitchell, math­ # TO SPEAK OUT Editorial V . Call 1-800-390-NEWS 254-7000 Ext. 226 ematics supervisor for the Trenton School FAX 254-0486 lectures shed District, will present a lecture “Unifying _ _ (6397) Circulation Mathematics: Parents, Students and SEE RELATED STORY, PACE 14 254-1755 Teachers Working Together”. The talk Display Advertising will take place at 7 p.m. at the Strathmore 972-6740 Ext. 220 light on math Elementary School on Church Street. school will be awarded with certificates “She is a dynamic woman,” Vas said of recognition for various achievements. FAX 254-0256 ________ BY LAUREN JAEGER________ Classified 1-800-660-4ADS of Mitchell. “She has accomplished Certificates of recognition were Classified FAX 432-0016 Staff Writer tremendous things in the urban schools.” awarded to math students for the first time Robert J. Eckert, assistant superin­ in the high school last year. ABERDEEN — It is crucial for par­ tendent of Linden schools, will present This year, the certificates are being “The World of Graphics” at 7 p.m. May awarded for the first time in the elemen­ ■ -- BAYSHORE | ents to get involved with their children's education, according to Joan Vas. director 19 at the Ravine Drive Elementary tary and middle schools, and she plans on independent of mathematics for the Matawan-Ab- School. continuing the effort indefinitely. erdeen Regional School District. “He will demonstrate the latest graph­ Math education, Vas said, has come a ing calculators and how students in the Managing Editor Practicing what she preaches, Vas has long way since she began teaching 29 helped establish evening mathematics fourth, fifth and sixth grades can use them years ago. Educational methods are more Judith McGee Feeney workshops for parents and their children. in the classroom,” Vas said. “hands-on” today, she noted, and far more Sports Editor And last week she helped produce And Muriel Thatcher, a mathematics effective. Lindsey Siegle Math Awareness Night at the Lloyd Road educator and consultant, will present “It used to be ‘chalk and talk’,” she Executive Editor Elementary School for kindergarten to “Math Encounters with Problem Solving said. “It was the teacher using the chalk­ and Manipulatives” at 7 p.m. May 25 at board and talking and talking.” Gregory Bean eighth grade. “ The success of a student depends the Cliffwood Elementary School on “Even the techniQues of teachers’ Publisher strongly on parental encouragement and Cliffwood Avenue. questions have changed,” she added. Kevin Wittrnan support,” Vas said. The talk, “Yesterday, Today and “Now, the question will be ‘Can anyone Not only are the workshops and lec­ Tomorrow — Looking Toward the 21st share with us how you solved this prob­ A Greater Media Newspaper tures free of charge, she said, but they are Century in Mathematics” will be pre­ lem?’ The process is far more important open to any parent and child from any sented at 7 p.m.

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