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Published by Renna Media Issue 123 • October 2020 NATIONAL SENIOR HEALTH & FITNESS DAY® - OCT. 28

The Gateway Family YMCA and Shaping Eastern Union County will JILL GUZMAN join an estimated 1,000 local groups nationwide to celebrate the 27th Anniversary of National Senior Health & Fitness Day (NSHFD) on REALTY INC. Wednesday, October 28, 2020. The YMCA is offering free virtual Good Old Fashioned Service programs with registration available at tgfymca.org/events. Rahway Resident & In addition to National Senior Health and Fitness Day events, The Former Rahway Teacher Gateway Family YMCA has been providing virtual chronic disease self- List with your neighbor! management programs free to the local community throughout the global pandemic. Interested participants can also register for the Blood Pressure Self-Monitoring Program (BPSM) and the Diabetes Empowerment Education Program (DEEP) at tgfymca.org. Throughout the day, the community is invited to visit The Gateway Family YMCA’s Facebook page for helpful resources, information and kind, is organized by the Mature Market updates and discussions at facebook.com/GatewayFamilyY Resource CenterSM, a national clearinghouse 2020 ng for professionals who work with older adults. lebrati According to Krystal R. Canady, CEO, The Gateway Family YMCA, Ce rs The Gateway Family YMCA is a 501(c)(3) 32 Yea “National Senior Health & Fitness Day is the perfect opportunity for seniors to make, renew, and revitalize their commitment to lead healthier non-profit, health and community service lives through wellness, nutrition and programs designed specifically to organization of caring staff and volunteers 908-353-6611 dedicated to strengthening the foundations of CELL: 908-377-4140 meet their needs. This is even more important today while we are community and stands For Youth Development, JillGuzmanRealty.com practicing social distancing and may not be as active as usual.” During National Senior Health and Fitness Day, participants will join For Healthy Living and For Social with an estimated 100,000 older adults across the country participating in Responsibility. The Gateway Family YMCA local virtual activities to help promote active, healthy lifestyles through impacts the community by providing quality services to people of all ages, races, faith or

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The Gateway Family YMCA was awarded a management. $20,000 grant from the Robert Wood Johnson “We have seen an increased need for essential Foundation to assist the YMCA’s Emergency, housing and social services during this global Transitional and Supportive Housing Programs health crisis,” said Melynda A. Mileski, Rahway during this global pandemic. EVP/COO, The Gateway Family YMCA. “We “The Gateway Family YMCA has served the provide support 24 hours a day, 7 days a week for Our Town is published by Renna Media in local community for over 120 years,” stated the most vulnerable individuals, families and coordination with the Rahway Chamber of Krystal R. Canady, CEO. “Our organization veterans in our community.” Commerce . received a general operating support grant from The Gateway Family YMCA is a leading Over 12,600 papers are printed monthly, and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation as part of 501(c)(3) non-profit, health and community mailed to every businesses and home in its $50 million effort to provide humanitarian aid service organization committed to strengthening Rahway. to support organization helping some of the community by connecting all people to their Although great care has been taken to ensure families and communities feeling the greatest potential, purpose and each other. Working the information contained within is accurate, strain under the COVID-19 health emergency.” locally, the Y focus on empowering young Renna Media assumes no liability for errors or The Gateway Family YMCA provides housing people, improving health and well-being, and omissions. and social services for over 300 individuals, inspiring action in and across communities. By Tina & Joe Renna, Publishers families and veterans each evening through bringing together people from different residential housing programs in Elizabeth and backgrounds, perspectives and generations, the Y 202 Walnut Ave., Cranford, NJ 07016 Plainfield, as well as supportive housing ensure that all have access to the opportunities, (908) 418-5586 programs throughout Union County. The Y relationships and resources necessary to learn, Fax: (908) 709-9209 provides emergency, transitional, supportive and grow and thrive. E-mail: [email protected] permanent affordable housing opportunities For more information about The Gateway ©2020 Contents of this newsletter cannot be reproduced along with wraparound social services focusing Family YMCA or Residential Programs, visit without written consent from Renna Media, LLC. on employment preparation, life skills and case tgfymca.org or contact 908-355-9622.

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Imagine, A Center for Coping with Loss group at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesdays beginning The nature of the program’s virtual announced the expansion of its virtual group September 30. environment breaks down geographic boundaries support programs with one designed to help When asked about the decision to launch this for those seeking support. Nurses from New nurses dealing with the stressors of healthcare program, Imagine’s Founder and Executive Jersey and throughout the country are welcome work during Covid-19. Imagine, which serves Director Mary Robinson said, “Through the to attend. more than 2,000 individuals annually and is pandemic, we recognized a gap in support for “New Jersey is no longer a hotspot for Covid- nationally recognized for its work helping some of the people we rely on most: our nurses. 19, but many of the nurses here are processing bereaved children and their families, offers its Supporting nurses who are themselves supporting what they went through and bracing for a Peer Support Group for Nurses at no cost. grieving families felt like a perfect fit for our possible resurgence,” Robinson said. Interested nurses can join the weekly support mission.” “Meanwhile, there are nurses in other states in Robinson, who was named a 2019 CNN Hero, similar positions to where we were a few months • House Washing went on to say, “Nurses continue to selflessly ago. Sharing these stories, fears, and challenges • Soft care for others despite their own fears about their at all different stages in a peer support model is Washing potential exposure to Covid-19. We need to proven to be an effective way to learn coping • Decks ensure they have a place to turn to for support.” strategies.” Call, text or email today • Patios For many, the anxiety they feel going to work As with all of Imagine’s offerings, this free for a free estimate and ask about • Driveways in a healthcare environment comes on top of grief Peer Group Support for Nurses program will be our summertime cleaning special! • Fences they were feeling before the pandemic even hit. available year-round for as long as is needed. (732) 596-7525 • Siding Talia Sion, a newly minted nurse, had attended Those who are interested can register at [email protected] • And More Imagine’s Young Adult Group for support imaginenj.org/nurses. following the death of her mother in January, and Imagine, A Center for Coping with Loss is a then joined the organization’s pilot support New Jersey-based grief support center for Serving All program for First Responders when the pandemic children, young adults and families dealing with U nion County hit. the death or life-altering illness of a parent, Of her experience, Sion said, “I was quickly sibling or child. In addition to its peer grief overwhelmed with the weight of so many sick support programs, Imagine provides training SUBURBAN PAVING COMPANY and unstable patients, not knowing if and when through education and outreach programs across Specializing in Asphalt Driveways, things would ever get back to ‘normal.’ Once the state to a variety of organizations including Parking Lots, Belgium Block Curbing again, Imagine created a program for me to turn schools, houses of worship and corporations. Its to with people who understood how I feel; people goal is to create communities where grief and 908-925-0444 who understood what I was facing on a daily loss are transformed into resilience, empathy and 908-928-0031 basis at work.” compassion; and where no child grieves alone. Thinking of Selling Your Home? Don't wait, the Market is Red Hot! Call Your Neighborhood Realtor Now! This is the sign that sells Rahway

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Submitted by Nancy Lama learned and I am both excited and nervous to materials and activities as well as strategies for Literacy New Jersey welcomes ten new meet my students.” lesson planning. Previous teaching experience is volunteer tutors from Union County who have Literacy New Jersey runs tutor training twice not required. For more information on training joined the ranks as English as a Second Language a year, in January and September. The training and other opportunities at Literacy New Jersey, tutors after completing a 15-hour training course. provides a practical, hands on approach to please call 908-486-1777 or email The new trainees include Leah Brown, Joan working with adults, and includes ideas for [email protected]. Craig, Carolyn Daurio, Tom Ganley, Tom Kaercher, Sherry Krakauer, Laura Lesniak, Ken Mirsky, Wilneris Santana and Teresa Tejeda- Melo. The training prepares tutors to work with adults who struggle with reading, writing and speaking English. Literacy New Jersey tutors work in libraries, schools and church centers throughout Union County helping adults improve their skills in order to find better jobs, help their children in school, and become more involved in the community. Several of the new trainees got right to work and are already teaching at locations such as the Elizabeth Public Library and Summit High School, where Literacy New Jersey has thriving ESL programs. These programs serve the growing immigrant population in Union County. Part of the recent Literacy New Jersey training included class observations at these locations where the new tutors had the opportunity to meet students and observe experienced tutors in action. According to one trainee, “The tutor training program is very well put together. The trainers (above) Ten new volunteer tutors from Union County have completed their training and joined are amazing! I am confident about all I have Literacy New Jersey as English as a Second Language tutors. OUR TOWN Rahway • FIRE PREVENTION WEEK Page 11 • October 2020 FOCUS ON KITCHEN SAFETY RAHWAY PUBLIC

From Sunday, October 4 to Sunday, October around the stovetop, oven and microwave areas LIBRARY WELCOMES 10, 2020, Fire Departments across the nation are where hot food or drinks are prepared to avoid NEW DIRECTOR celebrating Fire Prevention Week. With contact and potential burns to children. unattended cooking as the leading cause of If you have any doubt about fighting a small The Board of Trustees is pleased to announce kitchen fires in the United States, the National fire, just get out. When you leave, close the door the appointment of Ian Sloat as the new director Fire Prevention Association (NFPA) is focusing behind you to help contain the fire. Call 9-1-1 of the Rahway Public Library. Ian comes to this on cooking safety and preventing kitchen fires at from outside the home. position with over eight years’ experience with home with its topic this year - “serving up fire For more information on fire safety programs, libraries and several years as an administrator. He safety in the kitchen.” This message is visit NFPA.org. holds a Master of Library Sciences from particularly relevant as people are spending more Simmons College in Boston, Massachusetts and time at home and cooking more often during the a Masters of Liberal Arts from Duke University COVID-19 pandemic. in Durham, NC. Ian has extensive experience in The NFPA has provided the following safety community outreach, creating partnerships and tips to educate residents on kitchen safety: grant development, in addition, he is an active While cooking, check the progress of food in participant in NJ library associations. His first the oven and on the stove top regularly. Use a commitment is addressing the stages of timer to remind you that you are cooking. reopening and the delivery of services during the Stay indoors until you are finished cooking and pandemic, while working with the staff and board if you leave the kitchen, turn off the stove. on the future direction of the library for our Always have a lid nearby when cooking. In the patrons and the Rahway community. event of a small grease fire, cover the pan with a lid and turn off the burner. Leave the pan covered Looking to Buy or Sell? until it is cool. For an oven fire, turn off the heat Call Your Rahway and keep the door closed. Neighborhood Expert! Keep anything that can catch fire such as food packaging, paper towels, dish cloths and pot Sandra Fife Realtor ® holders away from the stove top. Office 732-549-1998 Cell 908-494-6511 [email protected] Avoid wearing baggy or very loose clothing that can make contact with burners and catch fire (above) The National Fire Prevention while cooking. Association is focused on the theme “serving up ELITE, REALTORS 481 Memorial Parkway, Metuchen, NJ 08840 Have a “kid-free zone” of at least three feet fire safety in the kitchen” this year. Each office is independently owned and operated OUR TOWN Rahway • Visit The Merchants and Drovers Tavern Museum, 1623 St. Georges Avenue, Rahway, NJ online at: merchantsanddrovers.org Page 12 • October 2020 AMERICAN COLLIE BREED DEVELOPED IN RAHWAY KENNEL Submitted by Al Shipley, City Historian and Rahway Library Research Consultant

Mrs. Clara Lunt, a Rahway resident for thirty- Kennels would come to play a prominent role in Luminous was chosen Best in Show. All proceeds eight years (1915 until her death in 1953), was an the pedigrees of some of the most important from the show were donated to the American Red influential owner and breeder of pedigreed collies collies in the early history of the breed. Cross toward the purchase of a field ambulance and a woman considered to be one of the early From 1902 until 1915 Mrs. Lunt’s dogs were as the country was preparing to enter World War breeders to shape the destiny of the American housed on a 200 acre farm in Belle Mead, New I. The donation was made as per the wishes of the Collie. As a breeder for over fifty years, her Jersey where she was in a partnership with host who was a member of the local motor corps. Alstead Kennels produced close to forty another kennel. In 1915 she moved to Rahway, It was said by her peers that Mrs. Lunt had champions, several national winners, and many purchased a large Victorian Styled home on knowledge of collies and the collie type that was ribbon winners at the largest and most prestigious Jefferson Avenue facing Stanley Place and unrivaled and she continued to populate Alstead shows including Westminster (twice, 1914 and constructed Alstead Kennels on the acreage with the best dogs England had to offer. In 1922 1917) and the National Specialty Show. Her 1914 behind her home. Note: Hemlock Street was not she acquired the very beautiful Ch. Seedley win at Westminster marked the first time an put through to connect Madison Avenue and Queen who would go on to produce a bevy of American bred collie was chosen over the Jefferson Avenue until after her estate was razed champions. Undoubtedly Mrs. Lunt’s most perennial English winners at the famous venue. in 1954. important contribution to the breed was the fact Active in the Collie Club of America, she served Mrs. Lunt made a major acquisition in 1916 that she was not selfish with the wealth of her four years as president and worked as a judge at when she imported the highly acclaimed English Alstead breeding stock. After obtaining English state and national shows for over forty years. In winner, Ch. Laund Luminous who would go on dogs to build her own program, she passed them a circle of breeders that was almost completely to sire several champions for Alstead. The on to other owners, thus enhancing the entire dominated by men, her accomplishments reveal outstanding dog, that became available because breed. Most of the important kennels of the 1920s a woman who was more than able to stand tall of the perilous wartime conditions in England, and 1930s had Alstead in their pedigrees. To a among them. brought Mrs. Lunt immediate rewards. In the first large degree, it was because of the breeding The long-haired collie, a breed that goes back Annual American Kennel Club Show held by the program at Alstead that the American Collie was to before the 18th century, was bred for herding Collie Club of New York on November 26, 1916, able to surpass the quality of the English dogs by sheep in the Scottish Highlands. After the the dog won Best in Show in a field of 55 entries. 1925. Industrial Revolution, dog ownership became The New York Times reported that the big No one at the time enjoyed a more prominent fashionable and when Queen Victoria was seen surprise at the show, however, was another or highly respected position in the collie world with a collie at her side, the breed became a status Alstead entry, Alstead Arbutus, the winner of the then Clara Lunt. Having been on the scene in the symbol. By the second half of the 1800s, the Puppy Class. early years and having endured through the most collie, originally bred for a life of hard field work, With the notoriety of her kennels on the rise, critical periods, she created a family of quality had become a popular entry in the English show the Collie Club of America held a specialty show type collies that blended well with almost every rings. The high quality of the English champions in Rahway. The show, held on June 9, 1917, American line. According to Gayle Kaye, a long- soon became the envy of the dog world and featured 78 entries brought in from “all points on time collie breeder, owner of Chelsea Kennels American kennel owners wanted a piece of the the compass.” A reporter from The Rahway- (Cal.), respected show judge, and writer, the dogs action. In 1879, the first collies were imported News Record covered the show and commented, bred at Alstead “were a major factor in into the States and when the imports began taking “The ideal open-air surroundings on a charming developing and establishing breed type in this top prizes, other American breeders followed suit spot of the Lunt premises, made an ideal setting country. Kaye praised the breeding program of and purchased English dogs to improve their that was highly credible to the club and to the Mrs. Lunt calling her, “the mother of the stock. Mrs. Lunt was one such breeder. In a span city.” When the afternoon of entertainment, social American Collie” and Alstead “the place where of time that lasted over five decades, her Alstead mingling, and judging was over, Ch. Laund the American Collie truly began.”

(above) One of Alstead’s champions – (above) Advertisement in a 1916-1917 (above) Mrs. Lunt with several of her collies. Ch. Alstead Spotland Sterling Rahway City directory.

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CATS (FELIS CATUS) regarded as the protector of the home and of the On May 11, 2020 The City Of Rahway passed kingdom itself! Resolution AR-120-20: 'Resolution Supporting As Egyptians truly domesticated their cats, Responsible Ownership Programs In The making them valued family members rather than Community'. owners and cat lovers should just semi-feral animals that stalked and protected read this important information at the bottom of their owner’s homes, ’s image became a lot this article. softer and she became a goddess of family, THE HISTORY OF CATS & HUMANS fertility, and love. Egyptians began regarding In ancient times long before recorded their cats as loving, important members of their civilization, roaming tribes of humans were families, and treated them with as much respect followed by rodents, mice and rats which were and dignity as their own children. Followers of very destructive to stored crops. In Asia Minor the cult of Bastet would mummify their cats and cats began to follow these nomads, feasting on mourn them in the same way they mourned the rodent populations. This new relationship was human family members and in much the same welcomed by humans who saw cats as their way we cat-lovers mourn our own furry friends (above) Past President of The Rahway Garden protectors. This was the first major step in the today. Club, James Keane, has been researching and of cats. We tend to joke about how cats feel entitled answering garden questions since 1995. The second step came as early as 4,000 years to worship. Anyone who’s ever known a spoiled Visit 'Keane Gardener' blog at: ago when ancient Egyptians domesticated cats. tomcat knows that cats have never forgotten the keanegardener.blogspot.com Imagine living in a time and place where every days when they were worshiped. The worship of Rahway has instituted cat licensing ordinances home was teeming with tiny, dangerous beasts. cats in was well-founded. Cats and hopes to increase the percentage of licensed Some new threat lurked at every corner, snakes once saved lives by defending families from dogs and cats though enforcement measures. Cat hiding in clay jars, rats spoiling massive amounts vermin. Without them, civilization as we know it license are available though Rahway Department of stored grain, venomous scorpions creeping might have never survived! of Health at city hall and must be renewed every under cradles. In this time and place in ancient Cats were later used on trade ships to protect year, the same as dogs. For more information call Egypt, one creature existed that could make the precious grains and cargo from rodents. This of contact Rahway Department of Health. world safer from these little monsters, the cat. began the cat's journey, traveling throughout the Dennis Green, Health Officer 732-827-2085. Like their wild relatives, domestic cats are known world and being adopted by other cultures The city's Animal Control will pick up and natural hunters able to stalk prey and pounce with for their hunting skills and as companions. Cats impound all stray cats along with dogs. Cats must sharp claws and teeth. They are particularly finally reached Europe around 900 BC with the be collared with their license tags on for easy ID. effective at night, when their light-reflecting eyes Roman legions. Instead of waiting for your cat to come home, allow them to see better than much of their prey. Cats communicate by marking trees, fence responsible cat owners should now do what dog Cats also enjoy acute hearing. All cats are nimble posts, or furniture with their claws or their waste. people do, panic. Find your cat as soon as and agile, and their long tails aid their These 'scent posts' are meant to inform others of possible and bring it home for safety. outstanding balance. a cat's home range. House cats employ a vocal The major benefit of this policy is to ensure Soon after their introduction to Egypt, the repertoire that extends from a to a screech. that all cats and dogs are vaccinated for Egyptian religion began to worships cats as gods Domestic cats remain largely carnivorous, and and other feline diseases. It will also insure they and created laws making injuring or killing cats have evolved a simple gut appropriate for raw are spayed or neutered to prevent overpopulation a punishable crime. One of the earliest deities of meat. They also retain the rough tongue that can of unwanted . ancient Egypt was the goddess , who was help them clean every last morsel from an animal As written in the resolution, approximately highly revered by people seeking protection bone and groom themselves. Their diets vary 37% of animals who enter New Jersey’s against venomous animals like snakes and with the whims of humans, however, and can be impoundment facilities are euthanized, at a rate scorpions. She was shown with a variety of supplemented by the cat's own hunting successes. RAHWAY'S NEW CAT POLICY of 3000 animals every month. New Jersey fierce, feline forms, most often as a woman with impounds 100,000 animals every year in shelters. the head of a , cheetah, or house-cat. Because Cat owners are now required to follow many This is sad news for animal organizations and cats could protect against the tiny monsters that of the same regulations that dog owners have that have devoted precious time and money made Egyptian homes unsafe, Mafdet was been obeying for decades. spaying, vaccinating, feeding and protecting unwanted colonies in Rahway over the decades. These volunteers also trapped feral RAHWAY GARDEN CLUB to be socialized with humans and adopted. Due to teh Corona-virus Spayed feral cats have their ears snipped for easy identification. These cats will now be trapped CLUB MEETING ARE LIMITED along with the rest for certain doom, the ear snip TO MEMBERS ONLY marking them as feral and unadoptable. Without cats as predators our rodent UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. population, mice and rats will most likely For more increase. information e-mail us at: Report rodent sighting immediately to [email protected] Rahway's Health Department: 732-827-2085 (above) Egyptian families loved their cats and Keep Keeping Safe & Happy Autumn, mourned together when they died, very much KEEP KEEPING SAFE like pet owners do today. 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