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riV\) i_ i .: no E WESTFIELD LEADER Westfield Since 1890 NINETY ~* ':] R.NO. 20 -*««aZ%£*?* WESTFIELD, NEW JERSEY, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1988. Published 32 Pages—30 Cents .O «l Wmr«ld. N.J. Every Thursday Businesses Urge Council To Re-consider Pkg. Deck Local businessmen, respon- Chamber President Mitch Cassidy, who is an associate of ding to the Town Council's deci- Evans and Chamber Parking Carl Heesler, known to some as sion not to proceed with the plan- Committee Chairman Frank the "guru of parking deck," ning phase of a $2.7 million park- Swain asked the council to con- Mr. Cassidy stated that the ing deck on Prospect Street, ex- sider other means of financing parking deck project might be pressed their disappointment and the parking deck project rather financed by establishing an frustration at Tuesday night's than abandoning the idea, They enterprise fund with a portion of public meeting. introduced Westfield resident the town's parking revenues, and Spearheaded by members of and banking investor John (Continued on page 28) the Westfield Area Chamber of Commerce, merchants em- phasized the need for additional Fanwood Man Charged parking for their customers as well as their employees. Joseph Spector.of the Leader In Local Kidnapping Store, gave an overview of what steps had been taken over the A Fanwood man was arrested and remained inside until a 53 past 20 years to alleviate the and charged with two counts of year old woman of that residence parking shortage problem in the burglary, aggravated assault, returned home. A struggle ap- central business district. He re- and kidnapping, after he report- parently ensued and the woman called the 1985 Ramp Con- edly broke into a home on the fled the house and ran into the sultants' report which proposed a north side of Westfield, abducted street, yelling, "This man is deck at the Lenox Avenue a resident of that home and a chasing me and he has a gun," municipal parking lot (across would-be good Samaritan on Fri- Apparently a 56 year old driver Photo by Lucinda Dowel I day, Dec. 2 at approximately 3:15 pulled over to let the woman into BOXING DAY IN WESTFIELD... Hundreds of cardboard boxes were assembled by willing volunteers from the post office). Bids for that project, which has been in the afternoon, according to his car and the suspect following Saturday, as the Westfleld Memorial Library's book collection was moved from 425 East.Broad Street to Lt. Detective Bernard Tracy. pushed the woman and himself Its new home at the corner of East Broad Street and Stanley Avenue, The National Guard assisted in the estimated at $800,000, came in at $16 million. The council had Ricardo A. Franco, 23, of Fan- into the car and ordered the move, which was planned by Patrick Rock, as his Eagle Scout project. Additional photos may be found wood was also charged with driver to drive away, Lt. Det. on pages 6-8. decided at the time to abandon the plan. possession of a weapon, unlawful Tracy said. More recently, the T & M Con- possession of a weapon, and A Westfield crossing guard sulting firm had been engaged to resisting arrest. who apparently witnessed the da another parking deck study. Lt. Det. Tracy said the Fan- events called the police who ar-, Volunteers Flock To Library The firm came up with a new wood man apparently entered the rived within minutes. Sgt. Philip. plan for a deck at a new site — home through a basement win- Lieberma'n, who according to the municipal lot accessed by dow while there was no one there (Continued on last page this section] Prospect Street. Costs for the For Gigantic "Book Move" project were estimated at be- tween $2.7 and $3.4 million, Town Council Supports More than 300 volunteers turn- to box, mark and transport to the that the collection would be ac- depending on the number of ed out for the gigantic "book front door. They were met by Na- curately placed in the new levels and consideration of future move" at the Westfield Memorial tional Guardsmen who loaded the Library. Each box contained expansion, either into the adjoin- Hardwick for Governor Library on Saturday, Dec. 3. boxes onto truck and delivered about twenty books and weighed ing Elm Street permit parking lot And, as its organizers promised, them to the new building, one or an additional level on the deck. about 25 pounds. Members of the Westfield it was fun. block away. There, the process The project was coordinated by At last week's conference The 100,000 volume collection was reversed and the books were meeting, council voted 5-4 in Town Council were among the Patrick Rock, a local Westfield Republican municipal and coun- was moved in eight hours, just as unboxed and shelved in their pro- High School student and Mr. Wat- favor of proceeding with the plan- per location. ning phase of the deck; six votes, ty representatives to announce predicted by Harrison "Hap" T. son. Patrick proposed recruiting their support of Chuck Hardwick Watson, a library trustee and co- Throughout the day volunteers volunteers to move the collecfion were needed, however, to pass an ordinance to authorize the expen- as a potential candidate for chairman of the event. Teams complimented Library Director as part of an Eagle Scout Ser governor next year. consisting of ten people formed Barbara Thiele and her staff for (Continued on lavt ptf9*thli f diture of $200,000 for the planning phase. Republican leaders met in as the volunteers arrived. Half of the pre-organizntion at both loca- Springfield to formally urge the the teams worked at the old tions. Every shelf was numbered Westfield resident to run for library and half were sent to the and color coded to insure that governor. new library. Each team was just the right number of books would be placed in the boxes and CONTACT-We Care Pat Hardwick was present to assigned a section of the library accept the support of her hus- band's supporters. Nears 300,000th Call Mr. Hardwick has been an assemblyman since 1976 and CONTACT-WE Care, a tele- give eight hours a month on the Assembly speaker since 1986. phone hotline based in Westfield telephone lines, but many give Approximately 60 individuals that provides emergency more than their share, both were on hand at the Springfield Chuck I hi rd wick assistance to callers in addition because of their commitment Holiday Inn for the news con- to serving as a communications and because the need is so great. ference and luncheon in support phone interview, Mr. Hardwick link between the deaf/hearing- The next class for volunteers of the Speaker. Mr. Hardwick said he had not made a firm deci- impaired and the hearing world is being held at the Connecticut was attending a conference in sion as to whether he would seek will soon receive its 300,000th Farms Presbyterian Church in Kansas at the time. In a tele- New Jersey's highest office. call for help. Union, and will begin on Sat- The number of calls that CON- urday, Feb. 25, 1989. TACT-We Care handles in a year For more information on CON- has steadily grown since the TACT-We Care, or to sign up for "The Night Place" To Be volunteer telephone service the training class, individuals went into operation in March of may call (201) 232-3017. Held at Edison Dec. 10 1975. "We added Deaf Contact in July of 1981," remarked Candy Santo, executive director of Recycling The second activity night for available for a small fee. CONTACT-We Care who has intermediate school-aged A limited number of tickets been on staff for five years. Information residents of Westfield will be held have been made available at the "Before that, we received about Saturday, Dec. 10, at Edison schools on a pre-sale basis only. No tickets will be sold at the door, 14,000 calls a year on the Residents' newspapers, alum- Intermediate School from 7:30 to Helpline. Now we are handling 10 p.m. this is a change from the first ac- inum cans and glass bottles and tivity night. over 40,000 calls a year through jars will be collected on the Activities will include volley- both services. Calls, quite following days during the month ball, movies, ping pong, board "The Night Place" is co- literally, come in like box cars of December. games, Nok-hockey, and dancing sponsored by the Westfield on a freight train — one after North of railroad tracks: and listening to music provided Recreation Commission, the another." Thursdays, Dec. 15 and 29. by a disc jockey. Door prizes will Board of Education and the Inter- mediate School Recreation Com- The reason for the calls vary, South of railroad tracks: be awarded to lucky ticket though each caller knows that he Fridays, Dec. 16 and 30. holders, and refreshments will be mittee. will reach a trained volunteer — Recyclables should be placed one of more than 100 retirees, at curbside by 7:30 a.m., on the homemakers and office profes- designated days. To report a sionals from central New Jersey missed pick-up, residents may — who staff the hotline and deaf call the Recycling Hotline, relay phones 24 hours a day, 753-7276. seven days a week. Westfielders also may utilize "Callers who dial the H-'pline the town's two recycling centers. number are looking for someone Newspapers and aluminum cans who will care about them, some- may be taken to the Watterson one who is prepared to listen, to Street municipal parking lot understand and to offer (across from the Westfield assistance," Ms, Santo explain- Rescue Squad headquarters) the ed.