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OUR 115th YEAR - ISSUE NO. 31-2005 l'KPS 6XIKI20 CHWl 232-4407 I’eriodicul - PoMagc Paid at YY estfkld, N J. Thursday, August 4. 2.HI5 •— prvss(P KoleadiT.com SIXTY CENTS Downtown Parking Stations To Emphasize Convenience By MICHAEL POLLACK Finance Policy Committee, is spear­ Spenal I\ Written ft* The Westfield lender dence is under construction." He heading a user fee system that di­ charged that this was a violation of the WESTFIELD - During Tuesday rectly impacts the athletic programs’ town's General Ordinance 1806. After night's Town Council meeting. Third fees and charges. All Westfield-based Councilman Foerst ottered apologies Ward Councilman Mark Ciarrocca youth athletic programs will be sub­ and promised to "fix the loopholes in detailed Westfield's plans to over­ jected to the new fees. It will cost $10 the tree preservation (ordinance).’’ and haul downtown parking. per child, per season, per sport, w ith Town Administrator Jim Gildea prom­ New pay stations are complete in fees collected from each private sports ised to meet with Tow n Engineer Ken most lots. By September, shoppers league that uses a field administered Marsh. Mr. Gitter added that the ordi­ and diners will be able to "have din­ by the recreation department (not in­ nance should protect homeowners, hut ner and park at the north side train cluding Board of Education fields). also adjacent homeowners. "If clear station lot and go to Starbucks after Non-Westfield based and adult ath­ cutting trees is allowed, it’s a rape of dinner and use a pay station behind letic programs also will be affected. the area," he remarked. the Rialto." Mr. Ciarrocca said. A fee of $30 per game, per three-hour After Mark Elsasser. Executive The councilman noted that the new period, will be charged to adult Director of the Westfield Area “Y." layout and plan presented a "signifi­ leagues and or teams. "W ell be able complimented the council for address­ cant improvement and convenience." to offset tax liabilities and future ing traffic safety on Clark Street He maintained that by the end of projects for athletic leagues." Coun­ through lit crosswalks that "make it a September, visitors to Westfield will cilman Echausse said. safer area for all pedestrians," John be offered a new feature on the meters. Fourth Ward Councilman Jim Blake addressed the governing body. On the side of the meters is a button Foerst said the Code Rev iew and Tow n Mr. Blake said that, in his opinion, that will allow 10 minutes for free Property Committee conducted the the council had acted prematurely, parking. Long-term parking for em ­ first phase of overdevelopment regu­ and he derided w hat he considered to ployees will accept nine hours, and lation changes, focusing on amend­ CONTINUED ON PAGE W KFN FOR IT.... Over 1.3(H) participants took part in the annual Downtow n 5K Run last Wednesday Ju iv 27.'Gene Mitchell workers "won't have to go during the ing the corner lot and height ordi­ ol Franklin Lakes took first place with a time of 15:26. course of the day (to pay the meters). nances. both of which were sent to It will be convenient and encourage the planning board for public com­ workers to use the spots." ment. "The planning board has been Bd. Discusses Proposed Changes to Land Use Councilman Ciarrocca noted that good about suggestions," Council­ repaving, milling and lighting will man Foerst said, noting that archi­ cause the temporary shutdown of the tects and developers looked at the South Avenue train station lot. dis­ proposals, and the process is taking Ordinance As Recommended By Town Council placing commuters. Repaving is to "very good steps." Councilman Foerst By KIMBERLY BROADYVELL cut as to restrict by numbers, but that are exactly the sarrie.’’ be complete bv the end of this month, said he is “confident that we can Specially Written fur The Westfield Udder Westfield Architect David Bailey it has to be equal to the housing on Westfield Architect , Barbara told members that he felt, "some of and notices were sent out to space- move forward to partially control the WESTFIELD- Before the monthly both sides of the building. He also Vincentsen encouraged Planning our older homes in Westfield built holders and those who use daily over development by putting these Planning Board meeting held Mon­ noted that it was important to see how Board members to look at the neigh­ I (K) years ago might be considered by passes. Drivers will be redistributed ordinances into place." day evening, members discussed pro­ a house "relates to the ground and the borhood and scale of individual ap­ today's standards as Mc-Mansions." to the Watterson Street and Central During Tuesday’s public meeting. posed amendments to Westfield’s sky." Avenue lots. plications. She also noted that some­ He encouraged members to be care­ Martin Gitter of Knollwood Terrace Land Use Ordinance concerning Planning Board member. Matt First Ward Councilman Peter times the legal front yard and the ful with revision wording. alerted the council to. and protested, maximum height and corner lots. Nilsen. said. "The beauty and charm Echausse spoke about improving as­ practical front yard of a given home Planning Board Chairman, Jay the "virtual clear cutting of more thun Councilman James Foerst, who serves of Westfield is the diversity in hous­ sets in town through user fees "paid are not the same. She added that some­ Boyle, told audience members that adozen mature trees this past week at on the Planning Board, had been ing, I have seen other towns where, times a side-yard becomes a back­ in conjunction with athletic leagues." 717 Hyslip Avenue.” an adjacent prop­ often sometimes it is hard to know if working with the Town Council on there are many houses on a street that yard. CONTINUED ON PAGE 10 Councilman Echausse, along with the erty. “where a new single-family resi- revising the two portions of the Ordi­ nance. According to the proposed revised ordinance, the maximum building Democrats Kickoff Campaign height of principal buildings in single family and two-family residential zone districts shall not exceed be­ tween 32-35 feet, depending on the For Mayor, Town Council Seats depth of the shallowest side yard. For By PAUL J. PEYTON example, according to the proposed S/iecidlly Written for The Westfield Under ordinance, on lots where the depth of WESTFIELD - The Westfield the most shallow side yard measures Democratic Committee officially 20 feel or greater, the maximum build­ kicked off their quest for the mayor's ing heights shall equal 35 feet. - office and four town council seats The proposal also looks to revise during an informal gathering Sunday the definition of lot depth and lot afternoon. width, while updating the require­ The event, which attracted a few ments for comer lots in the one and dozen supporters, was held at the two-family residential zone districts. home of Councilman Larry Goldman, According to the proposal, lot depth who has represented the fourth ward shall be defined as the shortest ... ,,,,, ,,,, ...... w, ... _ Benjamin B. Corbin for The Weatlield Leader for JOyears. Councilman Goldman is FLOW Of IDEA S...Westfield’s Mayor Andy Skibitiskv, Councilman Larry straight-line distance between the not seeking reelection. (•oldman and Councilman Jim Foerst listened intently to the residents’ com­ front line and the rear lot line. Lot The Democratic ticket plaints and suggestions about Tamaques pond. width shall be re-defined as the short­ header) by former two-term mayor est straight-line distance between the and 2005 mayoral candidate Tom side lot lines measured, so that the Jurdim. The ticket also includes portion of the line that is closest to the Audrey Fisch, first ward: Frank Westfield Officials Assess lot line equals the minimum required Fusaro. second ward; Dave Haas, third front yard setback. The numbers vary ward; and Tom Bigosinski, fourth depending on the zone. ward, Tamaques Pond Problems During the discussion, Councilman "When Tom became mayor you Foerst stated that he felt there were will recall, the downtown vacancy aw,, which was installed during the week situations where houses were being rale was around 20 percent. When he built that he thought were too big and , , Betsey Burgdorf for The Westfield Leader u /c c t c ic i .a a °* May bul *l ,s not as aesthetically left mayor, it was around one per­ CAMPAIGN KICKOFF...Mayoral candidate Tom Jardim, center, listens to ci . .. ■ ^ Mayor Andrew pleasing or as productive as the foun- overpowering for the neighborhood, cent." said Westfield Democratic Skibitsky joined several residents and tains. Residents wish to see another Westfield Democratic Committee Chairman Ken Rotter address supporters but could not deny a developer be-' Committee Chairman Ken Rotter. during Sunday’s kickoff of the party’s campaigns for mayor and town council. At various town officials at a meeting in lountain added to the pond Mayor cause it was within the Land Use Mr. Rotter noted that Mayor Jurdim left are Mr. Jardim's wife, Karen, and their daughter. Tamaques Park on Thursday, July 28 Skibitsky and Mr. Marsh both said Ordinance. He stated that sometimes started the Raritan Valley Line Coali­ to discuss the problems with the park’s this problem would be addressed. the Planning Board's "hands are tied tion in an effort to spearhead direct complished in the last four or five of those spikes." said Mr. Jardim. Poa(^’ These fountains would also be bet- by the municipal land use law." He service from Westfield to Penn Sta­ years." Mr. Jardim said. Director of Public Works and Town ter for the fish and turtles that resi- He said his goal if elected would further noted that he could not defini­ tion in New York. O f the 2.0(H) to 3.IXH) homes Mr. Engineer. Ken Marsh, and Fourth dents hope can return to the pond not be to cut taxes, hut to stabilize tively state what manv people refer to Although that goal has not been lardim hgs canvassed thu‘ far. re*-:: \\uiu CouhL.ihi.aii Jim Foerst joined once the renovations are complete. municipal property taxes by focusing as a 'Mc-Mansion.' saying. “I don't reached, as a second tunnel would be dents have (old him,, "they do not Mayor Skibitsky. The Three men an- “We want the two fountains back, "on things that would keep the budget know how to define it. but I know it needed, Mr. Jardim was able to get NJ mind paying taxes they jusl want to swered wany questions raised by con- We want the pond to be the way it was in check and not growing wildly." when I see it." Transit to add direct train service get something for their money” cemed Westfield residents. before the dredging, because the job While praising the police and fire Mr. Foerst also said. "Builders have from Westfield to Newark Penn Sta­ "The truth is that mayors and coun­ Ti ustee of the Tamaques Park As- was done poorly and the area was left departments, Mr. Jardim said a lot to have integrity; most do but there tion during the morning rush hour, as cils in this town have for years kept sociation Ignacio Rivera was also on in shambles,” said Westfield resident more work needs to be done with the are some who abuse the system." He well as from Newark to Westfield in hand to discuss the concerns that his Lori Kraemer, referring to the dredg- taxes pretty stable, about the rate of Department of Public Works before further noted that since 2001. there the evening. inflation, two cents, three cents. And they are a productive department. He group had and Councilman Larry ing that took place ih the winter of have been 150 'knock-downs’ in Goldman, Eric Leuthold, a Fourth 2003. • “So Tom has been an effective the fact is that in the last several years said weeds are growing out of the Westfield, which he stated equals leader for this town in the past and I Ward candidate for Town Council. In addition to the water situation, there have .been some spikes, ten cents bushes in the Soutli Avenue train sta­ 1.5% of houses within the town. He believe he is going to be an effective one year and six cents another year. and Jonathan Jones from the Westfield Mr. Rivera mentioned several other tion lot and work must be done at said. "These applications are con­ leader for this town in the future." And I don't know i* " •• •-*«• »i>» CONTINUED ON PAGE 10 Recreation Commission joined the concerns. There are no garbage cans forming so maybe this shows that the said Mr. Rotter. . J I ^ . . al.^.e.Il:----- —------...... mihcpondaicaandhc.wishc.stuhave . otUmanves itw d t» change It seems -----Mr. Jardim said his campaign would - The group toured the pond, visiting one installerI The neu, tem-inoamwM ... .f k...LJ,.,. Ip-pU.Op. ■■ .sAua UII, gvtllltg LZUX.IV iu Hie Ua.MLS. various problem areas mound the pe- the pond is also not practical, as chil- Planning Board member Mr. Rob­ He said the biggest reason'he is rimeter. Mayor Skibitsky noted the dren might try to climb on it. ert Newell stated that sometimes the running again is because holding pub­ concerns raised by the people in at- Residents hope that replacing the development of a house is not so clear lic office, “is not just about doing a lot tendance at each site, and compiled a fence with shrubs or fencing in the of talking." list ot tentative improvements that he playground area would suffice. Coun­ Taxes Due Aug. 19 "We spent about four or five years said will he primed as a letter to the oilman Foerst explained that some WESTFIELD — The Office of talking about a parking deck and we editor in The Westfield Leader. kind of fencing or shrubbery would the Westfield Tax Collector reminds spent about a million bucks and we The meeting mainly focused on be necessary because of an insurance residents that the last day to pay are left with nothing except a million issues with the flow of water from the requirement, taxes without penalty is Friday, Au­ dollars out of our pockets for the stream to the pond. The two fountains Mr. Rivera and the Tamaques Park gust 19. taxes spent on it." he said. that aided in the movement of water Association wish to beautify the pond Tax payments received after that "I don't think that is a good record had been clogged due to algae, and by adding new benches, re-mulching date will be charged interest revert­ of accomplishment," said Mr. Jardim. even after the dredging took place the area and maintaining the weeds ing back to August I. "There was a lot of talk but little they were not functional. near the playground. He said that Please note that East Broad Street action; very little was done (since he There is currently a bubbler and earlier this year the area was "ram- (from Elmer Street to Springfield was last mayor)," he said. aerator in the middle of the pond, c o n t in u e d o n p a g e 10 Avenue) will be closed through this Mr. Jardim said other than work on P A G E IN D EX Friday. August 5. due to the par ing of Houlihan and other fields and pre­ Regional...... 2-3 Obituary...... 8 Real Estate .... 11- 17 East Broad Street by Union County. liminary studies to build a parking ...... Connor tor The Westfield Leader Editorial...... 4-5 Education...... 9 A & E...... 21-22 For any questions regarding taxes, deck, nothing has been done for the please call (908) 789-4051 ore-mail START YOLR ENGINES... James Ward (left) and i)a»e Martone (right), Community ... 6-7 . Sports...... 11-15 Classifieds...... 16 past few years in town. chairman of the Downtown W estfield Corporation, lead the Dow ntow n Westfield [email protected] "A lot more could have been ac­ 5 K Run and Pizza Extravaganza in Mr. Ward's red Ferrari ‘pace ear.' Page Thursday, August 4, 2005 8It|f j&lcatficlh U rnhcr and The Scotch Plains - Fanwood TIMES A Watchunc Communications, Inc. Pubucatton County Adopts Ordinance To Build Detention Center H) PAlll. J. Pf.VTON authorize County Manager George J jm m ih K m , A - Iht WrttfirU UaJrr m J Ih t h m rt Devanney to enter into agreements ELIZABETH — The freeholders with the arts center and the City of adopted an ordinance Thursday night Rahw ay, which owns the parking jots. to appropriate $30 million for con­ The county is purchasing the arts struction of a new juvenile detention center for $1.3 million and the park­ center to replace the county’s existing ing lots for a dollar each. The pur­ one, located in Elizabeth since 1968. chase is included in the bond ordi­ The 80-bed facility will be located nance adopted last year, officials said. at 1075 Edward Street in Linden. The The board introduced a $21.5 mil­ facility can hold 34 inmates under a lion bond ordinance for purchases of equipment, machinery, new vehicles, state imposed cap. DISCUSSING IMPORTANT ISSUES...Pictured from left to right: Byron Miller, The freeholders previously autho­ furnishings, communication and sig­ speaker, Veronique Cordler, International Club Chairman, and Dwight Leeper, rized an $8.9 million bond ordinance nal systems. A public hearing and President of the Kanwood-Scotch Plains Rotary Club, at a recent meeting that to purchase the land and demolish adoption vote wiil be held on Thurs­ JUVENILE DETENTION CENTER...The new 70,000 sq. ft. Union County discussed the importance of pure water. existing buildings on the site, for the day, August 18 at the Union County Juvenile in tention ( enter to he built in Unden Is depicted in the above rendition. hiring of a construction manager, ar­ Administration building in Elizabeth. chitectural and engineering costs. The board also introduced a $3.5 Miller Tells FSP Rotary of The 70.000-square-foot facility will million ordinance as part of the county Kathleen Clayton Installed as be completed by 21X17. The detention prosecutor’s office purchase of land center, which will house male and for another location. SabastianD' Elia, Deaths From Impure Water female inmutes, will include a full- a county spokesman, said the exact SCOTCH PI .AIN'S - Byron Miller of Over the next two years, Rotarians will Two Hundred Club President service kitchen, medical, family, visi­ location of the office is not being the Westfield Rotary Club spoke to the improve the lives of over 15.1XX) indi­ SCOTCH PLAINS ■*- The Two years, In that time she has served in tation, and other programmatic areas released at this time. Fanwood-Scotch Plains Rotary Club on viduals, most of them children, by pro­ Hundred Club of Union County an­ many capacities. Most notably she has for residents and staff. Another resolution was approved Wednesday, July 27 at the Pantagis Re­ viding the most basic need; potable water. nounced the installation of Kathleen served as the Two Hundred Club Schol­ Union County Freeholder Angel for $74.(KX) for a contract w ith The naissance restaurant in Scotch Plains. This project will provide each family Clayton. CPA as President for a two- arship Chair, ov erseeing one of the larg­ Estrada, who served as chairman at Louis Berger Group Inc. of Florham Mr. Miller discussed the enumerable household a filter that will remove the year term beginning July 1.2005. est scholarship funds in Union County. Thursday's meeting, was quoted in a Park for project management and deaths caused every year from impure deadly bacteria from the water. The The Two Hundred Club of Union Kathleen is a principal at Salerno. press release issued by the county’s technical assistance for the rehabili­ water. In Honduras alone. 50,(XX) chil­ $ 152,(XX) project is funded by local Ro­ County, founded in 1968 and located Gannon & Angelo. PC in Clark, a public information department say­ tation and reactivation of the Staten dren under the age of 12 die each year tary' Clubs. This is another way that the in Scotch Plains, has donated more firm specializing in accounting, audit ing. "Our vote tonight has pushed the Island and Rahway Valley Railroad because of diseases caused by drinking Rotary tries to make the word a better than SI million to police and fire and tax consulting. Ms. Clayton holds completion of the new juvenile de­ lines. The additional funding in­ contaminated water. place. personnel through scholarships, and an MBA from Rider University and a tention center closer to reality." creases the contract total to $ 199,(XK). assistance to the families of those BBA from St. Bonavenlure Univer­ "The construction of the new facil­ Thursday’s meeting was the last killed in the line of duty. sity. She is a member of the New ity has been a top priority of the for Vincent Lehotsky of Rahway. Mr. DOE Commissioner Librera Kathleen has been a member of the Jersey Society of CPA's and was past freeholder board,” he continued, not­ Lehotsky, who has been attending Two Hundred Club for more than 11 chair of their scholarship committee. ing that the project would be com­ meetings for 13 years, is moving to pleted, “in a timely fashion.” South Carolina with his wife. Susan. To Resign in September Freeholder Estrada noted that con­ Freeholder Chester Holmes, in pre- TRENTON -Commissioner of Edu­ Governor James E. McGreevey nomi­ Wetscher Re-Appointed structing the facility, as a one-level senting a proclam ation to Mr. cation William Librera announced last nated him as Education Commissioner. structure, would keep operational costs Lehotsky. said, “You leave a legacy week that he would resign in Septem­ He was confirmed by the state Senate To Council on Disabilities at the facility down. Groundbreaking behind for others to follow." He de­ ber to accept a position in the Graduate on January 24, 2002. for the project will be in October. scribed Mr. Lehotsky as, "a person School of Education at Rutgers Uni­ During his career in education, Dr. By DAVII) RIGG S people to give them greater realiza­ In other business, the board ap­ who speaks his mind." versity. Librera spent twenty years as a super­ $penally Written fur the Westfield trader and The Times tion of their capabilities in the com­ proved the receipt of a $1 million Jerry Goldman of Elizabeth asked The Commissioner’s last day in of­ intendent. five years as a principal, and WESTFIELD — On June 30, Act­ munity and business sector. Green Acres grant from the New Jer­ the board to consider initiating dis­ fice will be Wednesday, September 7. seven years as a middle school and ing Governor Richard Codey submit­ Members of the council are either sey Department of Environmental counts at county operated golf courses the date of the monthly meeting of the high schtxil history teacher. ted nominations for state commis­ people with developmental disabili­ Protection to create a new county for weekday afternoon use as well as State Board of Education. He holds a Bachelor of Science de­ sions and councils to the Senate. ties, their relatives or consumer rep­ recreation area at the 12.8-acre discounts for senior citizens. He said "I always anticipated spending only gree and a Master of Arts degree from Among those nominated for reap­ resentatives. Ms. Wetscher is a con­ Esposito Park property, located on the discounts would make the county four years at DOE. and I expected to the University of Vermont and a Mas­ pointment in the State Council on sumer representative. Madison Hills Road in Clark. “cash wise,” in that it would bring submit my resignation in December or ter of Education degree and a doctorate Developmental Disabilities (CDD) is She graduated from Kean College Tile county purchased the land in more revenue into the county coffers January." Dr. Librera said. "However, in education from Rutgers University. Westfield resident Holly Wetscher. in 1972 with a Bachelor of Arts De­ 2003 through the Union County Open for such things as rental of golf carts my acceptance of this extraordinary Ms. Wetscher has been on the CDD gree in Special Education and re­ Space, Recreation and Historic Preser­ and pro shop purchases. opportunity at Rutgers means that I Sheriff’s Task Force since 2001. ceived a Masters of Science Degree vation Trust Fund for $5.45 million Elizabeth resident Tony Grace, a will have to begin that work in early The CDD offers assistance to those in Education from Hofstra Univer­ from the Esposito family. The county member of the city’s chapter of the September" Officers Arrest who are developmental!) disabled and sity on Long Island. estimates that improvements will cost American Legion, asked the county to "It has been much more than an ‘Most Wanted’ Fugitive $2 million with half of the money being help fund the restoration of some 3(H) honor and a privilege to serve as Com­ their families. As well as offering She began her career in Albertson, COUNTY - Officers from the basic help, the council works one-on- New York w ith the Human Resources funded through the Green Acres grant. veteran foot stones which have sunk missioner of Education here in New Sheriff’s Office, workinti with the The park will include a skateboard into the ground at Mount Olive Cem­ Jersey." he continued. "The support one with developmentaliy disabled Center as a research assistant. She NY/NJ Regional Fugitive Task moved on to United Cerebral Palsy of area, a boundless playground for chil­ etery in Elizabeth. He said the Legion the department's efforts receive from Force and assisting the Union Toastmasters to Hold dren with and without disabilities, raised $46,000 for the project, which the Governor, the Legislature, the State Queens as a rehabilitation counselor. County Gang Task Force, arrested In 1994. Ms. Wetscher returned to softball field, soccer field, bandstand he estimated at $50 a headstone. Board and the entire education com­ Annual Family Night Jamiel Valentine, 34, without inci­ New Jersey to work with the develop- for community events, picnic area, In response. Freeholder Estrada said. munity has made us a national leader in dent on the sidewalk of the 300 WESTFIELD - The Westfield mentaily disabled. Prior to being tip- walkway with fitness trails, wild- “We have found out that it is a broad many areas, and I expect that support block of East Front Street in Toastmasters will hold their annual pointed to the CDD. she worked as flower garden and memorial to vic­ problem that w e have to address.” He will continue.” Plainfield early Tuesday evening. Family Night meeting on Thursday, the project coordinator for the Cere­ tims of the September 11 attacks. indicated the problem involves cem­ The Commissioner explained that Valentine, w ho was one of Union August 4, from 7 to 9 pan., in the bral Palsy League in Cranford and On another matter, the board ap­ eteries throughout the county. the position at Rutgers GSE involves County’s "Most Wanted" fugitives, cafeteria at Sunrise Assisted Living. the Amante for Disabled in Action ip proved the final agreement necessary Brian Keane of Roselle Park ques­ the development of expanded and pro­ was wanted for failure to appear on 240 Springfield Avenue, Westfield. Edison, for the purchase of the Union County tioned the board as to why freeholder ductive partnerships between the uni­ numerous charges including sexual The meeting will provide an op­ Ms. Wetscher is the Committee Arts Center in Rahway and two adja­ meetings are no longer available on versity and the public schools. He said assault on a minor, unlawful posses­ portunity for families to learn about Chair of the Women with Disabilities cent parking lots. The county appro­ local cable access channels. He said a additional details on the project w ill be sion of a handgun, assault, and nar­ public speaking. Snacks and bever­ Health Care and is a member of the priated $6.18 million for the purchase Comcast representative told him that announced by Rutgers in mid-Septem­ cotics distribution. Valentine was ages will he served. For more infor­ Union County Advisory Board on the and renovation of the facility in 2(X)4. the county has not sent tapes of the ber. committed to the Union County Jail mation, call (9081 709-9444. Disabled. The board approved a resolution to meetings since June of 2004. Dr. Librera, 59, was an associate on those charge's, as well as $ 14,000 Freeholder Estrada said the county professor at New Jersey City Univer­ worth of municipal warrants. discontinued the tapings due to the sity. and the president of an educa­ Acting on a tip that Valentine poor quality of the recordings. tional consulting firm when former was hiding out in Plainfield, Sheriff's Sergeants George PERSONAL INJURY LAW Marmarou and Darryl Warner, along with Sheriff’s Officer Patrick Grady and two federal marshals located the fugitive casually walk­ t) t) a ft o n ing down the street. They sur­ rounded him and quickly placed him in handcuffs, Valentine gave the officers an alias and attempted to proclaim his inno­ cence. The officers then uncovered the fugitive’s shoulder - on which his first name was tattooed. "Good job guys." Valentine re­ sponded. "You got me." "With his history of firearms ar­ rests. Valentine had been consid­ S a l e ered a very dangerous fugitive.” Union County Sheriff Ralph Eroehlich said. “I commend my guys and every police officer in­ volved for their outstanding work in bringing him to justice." The charges against Valentine date back to March 18. 2004, for obstruction of justice. Weapons and O u rCjf-ir&t drug charges date back to June 15, 2004 and the sexual assault charge was levied on Oct. 18, 2004. _ “As usual, Sheriff Froehlich’s of­ in 15 Q/frar& ficers have performed their duty with skill and smarts. I congratu­ late them on a job well done,” said Kick Proctor, Chairman of the Union County Board of Chosen thru Cfvulaij,c4tt(jttst 12 Freeholders. 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Pumjcation United Nations estimates that H R. 525, the Small Business Health in 2004, the 17th largest total among A Co., a national importer and mar­ tiller and later evolved into a national “New Jersey's pension and annuity I8().(XX) have died in the eighteen Fairness Act. was passed by a vote of the 50 states. New Jersey 's exports to keter of fine wines and spirits. importer of wine and spirits funds must he held to a higher moral months since tire conflict began and 263 to 165. The legislation aims to those nations grew from 2(XX) to 2004 Mr Ryan credits his uncle. Frank The company is owned 90 percent standard." Sen. Kean stated. “New that an additional 1.8 million people allow small businesses to band to­ by $ 13 million, a gain of 6 percent. In O'Shea, who worked for Southern by Robert Drouhin in France, and It) Jersey should not he investing in for­ have been displaced from their homes. gether to offer their employees the 2004. the Dominican Republic alone Comfort, for his first job interview in percent by Miguel Torres in Spain, eign companies that are profiting from "We need to take ev ery step possible health insurance that large companies received merchandise from New Jer­ the wine and spirits industry, where he with wines from France. Italy. Portu­ genocide and the suffering of inno­ that will increase the pressure on the offer their workers, and extend health sey totaling $65 million; Costa Rica began his career as a sales trainee for gal. Spain, Switzerland, Hungary. cent women and children." Sudanese government to end this hu coverage to mill ions of Americans who received $47 million, Honduras re­ Bacardi Imports in 1478. Chile, New Zealand. Japan and South An equity tie means manufactur­ man tragedy." Sen. Kean concluded currently lack it. ceived $40 million and Guatemala re­ By 1483, Mr. Ryan was Bacardi's Africa. The House with a vote of 217 to 215 ceived $35 million. Divisional Manager of Metro New Nationally, they market wines from Union County GOP News passed the Central American Free Officials at the Port Authority of York, had married and moved from his Washington and Oregon, including its Trade Agreement (CAFTA). New York and New Jersey announced hometown of Brooklyn. NY to own pinot noir. Cloudline, launched in The trade bill will eliminate most in March that cargo at area disks Westfield. 2(X)2. Union County Dems To restrictions on approximately $32 bil­ reached a record $ 114.5 billion in 2(XX4. However, in order to continue rising Mr. Ryan stated. "We sell wines lion in annual trade among the United Included in the highway funding up in the company, he would need to primarily from family-owned busi­ Taxpayers: ‘Let Them Eat Poi’ States and Costa Rica, the Dominican bill is $320,000 to replace a bridge relocate to Miami, FI., which was a nesses that have limited quantity po­ Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala. along Prospect Avenue in Summit and move he did not want to make. tential but that focus primarily on qual­ Phil Morin, UCGOP ('huirimin Honduras and Nicaragua. $392.(XX) to install new traffic signals "I had moved ity." While many county residents are county taxpayers' necks, the free­ The $286 billion national highway, at the intersections of Centennial Av­ tw ice as a kid. and 1 He remains very trying to figure out how they are going holders should be setting a good ex­ mass transit and road safety bill that enue at Lincoln Avenue and Walnut really didn't want to grateful for his expe­ to afford a daytrip to the Jersey Shore ample by being fiscally responsible. includes $712,000 for projects in Sum­ Avenue at Lincoln Avenue inCranford. uproot my family." riences with and may be a fruity beverage at the Tiki Instead, they were sipping Mai-Tais mit and Cranford won House approval "Built in 1427, the bridge along Mr. Ryan explained. Dreyfus, Ashby, cit­ Bar in Point Pleasant, five Democratic by the pool " 412-8. It includes federal funding for Prospect Avenue in Summit has car­ "Plus. 1 absolutely ing his love of the Union County Freeholders, including “I find this to be unconscionable, highway construction, public trans­ ried vehicles for generations, and now love Westfield. Our human scale of the two freeholders up for election in especially when many gwd residents portation and mad safety programs it's one step closer to being replaced to friends here share the company, working November. Rick Proctor and Angel of the county are struggling to make through 2009. relieve traffic congestion and improve same kinds of goals, with such positive, Estrada, just returned from Honolulu, ends meet." continued Mr. Morin, By a vote of 275 to 156, the House pedestrian safety," Rep. Ferguson said. and that's to really enthusiastic people Hawaii on a trip paid for by county "some are working tw o and three jobs approved a comprehensive national "The new traffic signals in Cranford educate our kids and and the wealth of taxpayers. Union County Republican just to hold on to their homes. Find­ energy policy bill that promotes en­ will ease and coordinate the flow of do it in a nice, safe knowledge that he's Chairman Phil Morin called on the ing the time and money to maybe ergy conservation and efficiency to traffic while also increasing safety for environment." ascertained. freeholders to immediately disclose spend a few days v acationing at Bra­ ultimately stabilize energy prices. both drivers and pedestrians." This decision led He believes the full costs of sending the seven dley Beach, let alone Hawaii, is only The hills now move to the Senate for New Jersey is a so-called "donor Mr. Ryan to make a Americans are hun­ county officials, including the county a dream." consideration. state" in that it sends more gas tax lateral business move gry for wine knowl­ manager and freeholder clerk, to Ha­ "This is just another example of the Mr. Ferguson said the insurance money to Washington than it receives to work for'W. A. Tay­ edge, and offered to waii and to reimburse the county out corrupt behavior, poor fiscal man­ measure would expand access to health in highway funding. Under current lor for a few years, clarify the differ­ of their own pockets. agement and the arrogant 'let them coverage for uninsured families across law. each state receives a minimum followed by a posi­ ences between fine "At a time when residents are strug­ eat poi' attitude-of the all-Democral the country by permitting small busi­ 40.5 percent return; the new legisla­ tion directing sales wines and the mass gling to pay higher property taxes freeholder board." Mr. Morin said, nesses to band together through Asso­ tion will increase that to 92.5 cents. and m arketing in Chris Rvan marketed twist-off due to the ail-Democrat freeholder's "by the w ay, eating poi is a lot like the ciation Health Plans and purchase On the national energy bill. Rep. North America for cap variety. S4(X) million budget, which hangs way the Democrats run the county, it health care for workers and their fami­ Ferguson said. "This important, com­ Cinzano. "Many big brands treat wine like like Greg Brady's Tiki idol around sounds great, but it tastes like paste." lies at a lower cost. prehensive energy policy is designed "I chose to set up my office in Scotch chemistry by adding residual sugars Association Health Plans are group to reduce U.S. dependence on foreign Plains." Mr. Ryan remarked. "So I was and literally throw ing wood chips in health plans whose sponsors are trade, oil. increase investment in conserva­ working I. I miles from my house, my like tea bags." he explained. "Whereas industry, professional, chambers of tion and ultimately ease the burden on company car was a Mercedes and it the French use wood as a v essel for the commerce or similar business asso­ rising gas prices." was just like a dream come true." slow transfer of air to allow the wine to Richard J. Kaplow, Esq. ciations. The bill would make it easier The energy policy includes more However, the dream fizzled out two mellow and perfect itself." “25 Years Experience" for small businesses to buy insurance than $8 billion in tax incentives to help and a half years later, when that com­ Mr. Ryan continued. "They'll actu­ Civil & Criminal I rial Lawver for their workers by pooling their pur­ conserve energy and increase effi­ pany was sold and his job was dis­ ally go through the vineyards in August chasing power, lowering the cost of ciency. The legislation expands and solved. before harvest, cut grapes and let them insurance and making it more afford­ extends existing tax credits for clean, Mr. Ryan then took a pay cut to fall to the ground and die so that the FA M IL Y LAW able for small businesses to offer cov­ renewable energy produced from wind, work as Brand Manager for Mount grapes that remain w ill have more char­ erage to their workers. geothermal, biomass, hydropower, Gay Rum at Remy Amcrique. where acter. more intensity or flavor. So you Divorce * Domestic Violence Byincreasingtheirbargainingpower landfill gas and municipal waste. he later became Director of Market­ have fewer grapes and you're making * Custody * Child Support with health care providers, small busi­ Other tax incentives are targeted to ing. However, he felt he was being less wine, so you hav e to charge more." nesses would benefit like large corpo­ create energy-efficient commercial pulled toward working with the spirits As C.E.O.. Mr. Ryan said he hopes rations and unions do because of their buildings and homes; energy-efficient end of the company, whereas he w as to grow the organization and expand larger economic scale. appliances such as refrigerators, wash­ much more passionate about working its portfolio to include wines from ■ D W I • Criminal Defense The CAFTA trade bill is geared to ing machines and dishwashers; and with wines. areas as Germany and Argentina. He is • Business Disputes • Commercial Litigation providing greater access to growing hybrid, lean-burning diesel and alter­ "There is so much more involved in thrilled that Mr. Enos plans to stay on global markets with hopes of translat­ native-fuel cars. Funding also is in­ the process of making fine wines," Mr. as director and values his counseling. Former Assistant Union Countv Prosecutor ing into more and better-paying jobs cluded for the Department of Trans­ Ryan explained. “If you need an extra Mr. Ryan continues to reside in for New Jersey workers. portation to improve vehicle fuel-effi­ container of Bacardi, they just open up Westfield with his wife, Marvalice, "New Jersey has been a leader for ciency standards. a spicket and fill up the bottles. If you and two daughters. Alice and Kristen. much of the last decade in exports and Under the measure, Daylight Saving need an extra 1 .(XX) cases of a specific "1 just love what I'm doing and 8) 232-8T8r in creating and sustaining export-re­ Time w ill beextended. beginning in 2(X)7. wine, there might not even be I .(XX) consider myself really, really fortu­ lated jobs." Rep. Ferguson said after by four weeks to reduce energy con­ cases available to the world. You can't nate. You've got one ride in this life. the vote. “More access to growing sumption by die equivalent of KX).(XX) just turn the spicket on." Don't over think it. Live it. Enjoy it. 24 Hours * 53 Elm Street, Westfield, NJ 07090 global markets translates into lower barrels of oi I for each day of the extension. In 1996. a friend recommended him Just let it happen." Mr. Ryan added prices, more choices for consumers Studies indicate that the proposal for an interview with Tim Enos, C.E.O. with a smile. "And have a glass of [email protected] richardj kaplow. com and higher incomes for our workers. extending Daylight Savings Time from of Dreyfus, Ashby at the time. He wine.” In New Jersey, thousands of jobs are the second Sunday in March to the hired Mr. Ryan as Executive Vice Presi­ tied to our state's exports. 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He is a devoted father, but of - by insisting she attend swim­ All words and correct definitions Published every Thursday by Walchung Communications, Inc. for y ears, has been preoccupied w ith ming classes - she won’t cry easily come front the board game Diction Deception. Paul Peyton Horace K. Corbin Fred K. Lecomte his work As a result, the children when she has to learn a new experi­ CtWGSVr S1 *0/70* n itusHUt HAKklllto. IHHfCUH only see him at night before they go lo ence. My wife disagrees (My daugh­ Answcrsto lasl week's arcane words. Su/etle F. Stalker David B. Corbin Michael L. Bartiromo hod and/or weekends, when he tries ter is three). I Hales - Ihe rump or anal region couui sin ccy.vrr.sT at sussts a seotn MAKkmNU Htfkwcnm to attend their baseball or soccer Answer: Your daughter should 2. I nob - Cornish lor the sludge that Michael Pollack Karen M. Hinds games. They have expressed resent­ have a nightiight in her bedroom if comes front washing tin ore Robert P. C onnelly .1. Poditti A kingfisher having a ser­ h h i stu is a can O ffK f MANAtif.lt OflMATKWS 4 t£GAtS ment. and I have tried to talk to him she feels comfortable with it; many about his frequent absence from rated yellow beak Ben Corbin young children are afraid of the dark. 4 Dccollctage A dress with a low cut St KM K ill ION PRICE IStKVtCES home, hut to little avail A brief coun­ And if she shows anxiety about swim­ neckline bearing the neck and shoulders seling session proved fruitless. Any O n t-v ar - >28 • I wo-year - $52 * Three-year - $76 • One-year college (September lo May 1 - $20 ming. she may not be ready for this suggestions. now. You would do better listening to MIRADOR Answer: Unfortunately, this is a her as she expresses herself and not 1. A balcony or gallery commanding wav of life for many families. Time demand or command that she does an extensive view SCC’s Mess Leaves State In Chaos, passes quickly, and w e cannot undo something because you feel it will 2. A lane leading from Ihe main road the feelings children build up inside. 3. Any large stage prop in Ihe theater make her strong. Don't project your which depicts the background A good example of this is the song needs onto her! 4. A harking glass, small telescope Taxpayers on the Hook as Usual "Cat's in the Cradle" by Harry Chapin An inquisitive I’arent Writes: Any ORLOP An equally good example of the im­ hang ups about a child reading the 1. Latticework upon which climbing Lasl week, il was reported that New Jersey’s Abbott $6 were using a price of S125 per square foot. Subsequently. portance of family bonding appeared Hurry Potter series? Some experts plants arc grown billion school construction fund has run dry, leaving that was raised to S 138 a square foot, including soft costs. in The Star-Ledger on July 8 in the feel they are too violent. 2. The lowest deck of a warship 3. A heavy barge used for freight many school districts without ihe new facilities they I .and acquisition, relocation and remediation were never Blondie comic strip. Mr. Dithers, a Answ er: I highly recommend the 4. A structure that projects over the w ere promised by the Schools Construction Corp. (SCO. considered, so the S138 was the cost that was used to rigid boss, says to Dagwood. "Where Harry Potter books. Children are do you think you're going?" as side of a ship or boat Another $2.5 billion has been spent on non-Abbott develop preliminary estimates. Right now. I am building finally reading books that they en­ Dagwood is about to leave work. "It's joy. Harry and his friends are earing MICTURITION school projects, bringing the total to $8.6 billion. what I believe to be very cost effective schools at an 1. Moving with a wiggling motion, as quitting time," responds Dagwood. The state’s ranting over education funding problems and empathetic in relationships. a snake average of about S2(X) to $210 per square foot, just for the Mr. Dithers yells. “Are you a com­ is nothing new. But is funding the main issue? Big They want the good to triumph in 2. Distressing: perplexing construction." pany man or a family man?" In the this world. bucks coming out of the taxpayers' pockets have been What w as once a plan to finance court-ordered con­ 3. The act of urinating last frame, Dagwood is seen eating Ms. Raw ling has created an atmo­ 4. The foam formed bv the force of a splashed everywhere. Many involved in spending the struction of improved public schools has. in the last few dinner w ith Blondie and the children, sphere filled with intrigue, magic and waterfall on the rocks below taxpayers' dollars are crying wolf, saying they hav e had months, becorrie a fight for the last few dollars the SCC and as he smiles, he says. "1 lov;e adventure. Readers can escape into MIXF.N to tighten their belts over the past three years. Tighten­ has left. Many related to the program are being fired, those easy questions!" Show this to an exciting fantasy w here camarade­ 1. A compost heap ing their belts in school system vernacular means leaving or are under investigation. y our husband, please. rie and the magic of life overwhelm 2. Turmoil increasing operating spending no more than about 6 Perhaps responding to the crisis. William Librera, A Husband W rites: My wife and the evil . Some paragraphs have a sense 3. A wigmaker or hairdresser 4. A battle ax or mace percent a year. In SCC capital spending vernacular, il Commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Edu­ I disagree as to whether we should of poetry. But most of all. there is means blowing $8.6 billion with less than half the work cation (DOE). is resigning in September. He is joining permit our daughter to have a much humor to which children do done, then bemoaning they want more. Rutgers-in our opinion, hopefully not as an economics nightiight in her bedroom. She claims respond. In other words, enjoy the 1Letters to In July of 2002, former Governor James McGreevey professor. Commissioner Librera is another one of she is afraid of the dark and this helps adventure. It's a hoot! created the SCC. a subsidiary of the New Jersey Eco­ Governor McGreevey's appointees. He has held his the Editortor) nomic Development Authority (EDAl, to manage the position since the beginning of that administration. It t billions allocated from borrowing tor new school con­ has been a most tumultuous time for the DOE and this Letters to the Editor Ratner Articulates on struction. Alfred McNeill w as named CEO of the SCC. is but one of the many legacies of the former governor 3 Neo-Communication Mr. McNeill was known as a "doer" and quickly that New Jersey is trying to shed. l outlined a plan, which would include every school Over $800 million of the $6 billion Abbott money Recent Article Failed to Reflect I enjoyed reading Frank Arena's mono­ district in the state. In a surprise to many, Mr. McNeill syllabic response to my Letter to the Edi­ w ent to architects and construction managers on a "no- tor of July 21 because it represented a didn't last, as the governor canned him in September hid" basis. Some of the money was even spent to buy New Jersey Legislators Proposals perfect textbook Republican reaction to 2003. No reason was ever given for his firing; land that cities already owned. The more one finds out I read with interest the July 28th article The w riter never addressed any of my inconvenient realities: Ignore the facts, McGreevey then named John Spencer, a 33-year about the details, the sadder it becomes - only in New written by Fred Rossi entitled "Smoking extremely radical bills that would have an manipulate the facts and when the facts veteran of the Port Authority, as CEO of the SCC. Jersey. Ban In Cars " Fred Rossi identifies spe­ impact on property taxes. There were no are simply too obvious or blatant to dis­ Presumably. Mr. Spencer attempted to follow a well cific bills of each legislator that he deems discussions of my economic swat team tort, resort to inarticulate and meaning­ The worst isn’t over, unfortunately. Billions have to be either inappropriate or unnecessary. thought out plan. Too had though: spending has been that would make government more effi­ less grunts. been borrowed and are now placed on the taxpayers Mr. Rossi s article does not address the cient. or my bill to study county govern­ Robert Ratner reckless by all accounts and reckless is one-of the account, as ordered by the courts; but this has been many proposals and or changes that any ment. The writer never addresses the fact Westfield kindest words used lo describe the situation. blown, bungled and ‘burglared,' If the courts are going of these legislators made to affect prop­ that I stood up and attempted to introduce According to www.schoolconstrucliWinews.com in to take action again, be it not with the taxpayers - be it erty tax. however. a hostile bill in the legislature to attempt Please Adopt Homeless April 2005 when asked where the S8.6 billion went. Mr. with all those that put the publics' money in their It would only be fair and reasonable to to have Immediate discussion on property address what each legislator has done Animals as Your Pet Spencer said. "When the act was first proposed, they pockets. taxes, which was quickly overruled by with respect to property tax reform. He the democratic majority. August 20th is Homeless Animals' Day. asks a question as to whether or not my The article written by Mr. Rossi is very The International Society for Animal resolution promoting kindness and ci\il- limited and really does not provide a full Rights began this day to publicize com­ Freeholders Should Make Agendas, it> is really the role of an elected official. picture qf w hat each legislator has pro­ panion animal overpopulation, increase The answer to the question is that kind­ posed to end the unfair sy stem of property public awareness of the millions of ani­ ness and civility is the responsibility of all taxes. mals killed in shelters annually due to a individuals, especially anyone who as­ Clearly, in an open society, letters like lack of homes, and to emphasize the im­ Meetings More Publicly Accessible sumes a leadership role in society. this are permitted and encouraged, but portance of spaying and neutering. In addressing Mr. Rossi's concerns, it rarely valued. If perhaps. Mr. Rossi had The total number of animals killed in Last week's Union County freeholders meeting in­ Freeholder meetings used to be broadcast over local is important to note that legislators are contacted the undersigned regarding my shelters has been debated; some estimate able to work on more than one idea at any cluded a number of major actions by the board: ap­ cable access channels; However, the board has not specific proposals on property tax reform there arc about 4 to 5 million animals proval of a $30 million bond ordinance for a stale- time. Legislators have many interests and in a fair and civil way. he would have killed per year in shelters, while others provided tapes to the cable broadcaster of its weekly concerns;and to isolate one specific bill never written the article. demanded juvenile detention center, approval of a final think the number is much higher (10 to 12 meetings since June of2004. Freeholder Angel Estrada that is supposed to prove that the legisla­ million). These estimates are only for agreement for the $6 million purchase of the Union said Thursday night that this is because of the poor tor is not working on tax reform is unfair. Asm. Jon Bramnick Westfield shelter animals; they do not include street County Arts Center in Rahway and acceptance of a SI quality of the recordings of the meetings. For many of animals that die before ever making it lo million Green Acres grant for the development of a park the halt million Union County residents, viewing these a shelter. Whatever the true estimate is, on the former Esposito Farm in Clark, meetings and reading press clips are the only way Permanent Batting Cage, Netting millions of animals die because there are Keeping that in mind, anyone, attending last week's people know what their county government is doing. not enough homes for them. meeting would hav e expected som e comments from the On Homeless Animals' Day. make a County taxes are second only to school taxes, in terms Needed On Town’s Baseball Fields commitment to support rescue efforts. freeholder board. There were none - just the usual roll ot. total funds collected from property taxes. Editor 's Note: This letter was sent to think this town is a wonderful place to Support your local shelter, your local call, votes on ordinances, and resolutions on the agenda. It i,s time for freeholder meetings to be televised Mayor Andrew Skibitsky. the Westfield raise my three children. I feel Westfield rescue group and your local independent Anyone reading the agenda would not have had a clue again, and not just the regular meetings. The agenda Baseball Association. Town Attorney does not concentrate enough on the safety rescuers. You can do this by having your about these projects. Reporters were given several sessions are equally important and need to be'included. Robert Cockren. the Westfield Recre­ of our children. The baseball fields are own animals spayed or neutered, adopt­ ation Commission and copied to The unsafe without a designated area for warm­ press releases, but there were no comments from the Also, not all of Ihe meetings.should be held in Eliza­ ing your next companion animal and by board or county officials made in public session. Westfield Leader. ing up. How can the Town of Westfield educating others about the importance of beth. for many people are afraid to go there at night. ***** take pride in our baseball fields and actu­ Also, there are few details given on projects during spaying or neutering and adoption. The county Has many facilities for freeholder meet­ I am writing you this letter to inform ally invite towns in to play on them? We can help end the tragic cycle of agenda sessions. Whynot? When dp they discuss these ings. such as the new public safety building in Westfield, you ot an accident that occurred on June The day after the incident the Westfield killing. matters? They can't be deciding matters in private 21. 2005 at Gumbert Field No. 2 in Baseball Association implemented a no the soon-to-be-opened engineering building in Scotch Michelle Sullivan. V.P. because that Would be against the law. Plains, the newly-expanded Irailside Nature and Sci­ Westfield. My son. Daniel Palumbo, was hitting/w arming up rule for all team play­ struck full force by a bat while walking to ers. You and I both know that once the Homeless Animal Lifeline The ordinance on the juvenile detention center men­ ence Center in Mountainside, the Vo-tech/Magnet school Plainfield tioned the $30.1 million the county was issuing on the snack shack to purchase a soda. There wounds are healed and once this season is and the police academy in Scotch Plains, all of w hich is only one way to w alk to the snack shack over this rule will he forgotten. I have bonds to build the facility in Linden. The legal state­ could be utilized. Municipal buildings and schools and one path. already observed children swinging bats Excellent Diner Update, ments on ordinances are extremely vague to non-law­ would also be good venues for freeholder meetings. He was severely injured, fracturing at games after this rule was put into effect. yers. On an agenda item accepting SI million in Green The county should post the meeting agendas on the three bones; his cheekbone, eye socket Unless there are permanent batting Hello From Germany Acres funding for the Esposito Park project in Clark, Internet in advance. Surely, discussing the issues at the and nose. In addition, three permanent cages and netting at every field, this will Your diner (formerly the Excellent happen again and could lead to a tragic the name of the park w as not mentioned. Why not? meetings before casting. 9-0. votes is appropriate. teeth were broken and will need bonding , Diner in Westfield | is now named Hoagies A few years ago, the county included explanatory continuously throughout his lifetime. The fatality, My son was fortunate. Let's take Restaurant. The address is Robert-Bosch- The county needs to do a better job of making ten-year old child who struck him was a moment and concentrate on the safety of statements i n plain language oil ordinances. We believe Strasse 4 in D-73431 Aalen [Germany]. meetings more informative and open to citizens if they' from Scotch Plains and was simply warm­ our children because they are our future. Phone +49 - 7361 - 44777, it’s time for the county to go hack to this concept and truly are "connected to you." After all, county official’s ing up before his turn at bat. expand its usage to all main agenda items. Lenny and Kim Palumbo Unfortunately, they don't have a serve at the will of the people - not the other wav I have been a resident for 14 years and Westfield homepage [website]. Kind regards. Patricia Krafzik Former Westfield Teacher Dissatisfied D-45889 Gelsenkirchen, Germany With Leader Photos of Graduates www.american-diner.com Since 1997, when I retired and moved ates? Their names w’ere.not mentioned Uniform Parking Signs from Westfield, mv subscription to The anvwhere in the paper. Westfield Leader has enabled me to main­ I think Ihe Westfield Leader should Sought for WHS tain a connection with the town w here my remedy this disservice to the .Class of Regarding the parking situation around husband was born, we raised our family 2005 by running the feature again, and Westfield High School, (WHS) consider­ and w here, for 20 years. I w as a teacher in enlarging the 2-page spread that could ation should be given to the type of uni­ the Westfield public schools. accommodate each name under the pic­ form sigiis used by Cranford around their One feature of the newspaper that I ture. The graduates would then be pro­ high school. On an alternate side basis eagerly anticipate each June is the photo vided w ith a meaningful keepsake to com­ they state, “No Parking Odd (or even) spread of the graduating seniors. I love memorate this milestone. Numbered Days 8 a.in. to 4 p.m. School seeing youngsters from our old neighbor­ Westfield High School's graduating Days, Resident Permit Excluded." hood. children and grandchildren of seniors deserve better recognition than The ‘resident permit excluded’ allow s friends, and most important to me, iny they have received from the hometown people to park in front of their own house. former students. newspaper. All surrounding streets have the same Years ago. the name appeared under Ellen Linden type ol sign w ith no exceptions. each photograph How ever, more recently, -— W.cstfic.lU it has Tx’eii a disappKHntment to observe around WHS :m,l o. ,.i.. now me quality ot tne reproduction has Former Resident Gives street exemptions with such a variety of deteriorated. In the interest of saving signs such as. "No Parking School Days. space, names have been placed in the left Advice on Cell Towers 2-Hour Parking. Monday to Friday and margin of each row, necessitating the No Parking 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. School Days. As a former Westfieliler, I have been tedious exercise of enumerating across a 1 he so varying signs, which leave empty row of 12 to 15 immature photographs to reading in your paper about the proposed streets next to streets with cars lined up on cell tower that the town is considering. match the name with the graduate. Last both sides, do nothing hut create an unfair Hilton Head Plantation spent months year the reproduction of the photographs burden-sharing situation. was so poor, the individuals were indis­ researching various antenna systems and tinguishable. even erected a mock tower so it could be Please [Westfield Mayor and Council 1 heller visualized and it was voted down. consider installing uniform signs around This year, although the quality of the WHS by September I. photographs improved, the names were We ended up with seven locations. The omitted! Three hundred and seventy-four towers are brown poles, situated among Mike Nemeth seniors were identified collectively as our tall pine trees. I watched two being Westfield ‘Blue Devils.” put up and now I cannot find them. The June 30 news story of the com­ I’m certain Crown Castle International Please Use K-Mail mencement mentioned the keynote can be located on the Internet. speaker's topic was effective journalism. Maybe you know someone on the ARK cditorO'goleadcrconi The front page carried a delightful photo­ who would be interested in researching lor more information, see graph of eight graduates "posed to com­ this company. goleader.com Koleader.com/presskit memorate the end of their high school Mary Lee Roberts career.” What about the other 366 gradu­ Koleader.com/contact Hilton Head Island A Watchuno ComwjwcATiow, Inc. Puwjcation ®l|r Blratfirlh; 4,1003 Corzine-Forrester Race: Let ft Letters to the Editor The Double Talking Begin «j paui. r y t o n for the relief they i ely need." Government has Advantage in Mr, DeCroce charged AREA — The Gubernatorial con­ July 21 - Mr. Corzine accused Mr. Complaints of Records Disputes test between Democrat Jon Corzine Forrester of playing politics at a NJ On July 8. 2002. the State Legislature several thtxisand words "summarizing" and Republican Doug Forrester has Trimsit rail station. Tom Shea, his passed the Open Public Records Act their rules The rules themselves are much been heating up this summer. campaign advisor, said: "Forrester’s (OPRA), They also created the Govern­ longer If 1 enter into the OAL’s system. Charges have been flying back and silence on Amtrak funding is em­ ment Records Council (GRC) to oversee I’d be expected to know about and deal forth as both candidates seek to be­ blematic of his silence on everything complaints against records custodians with motion procedure, discovery rules, come the first “elected" Governor To this date, the GRC has not found a rules of evidence, etc; not exactly enjoy else: he pops his head up for political records custodian guilty of a "knowing since Jim McGrevey. able beach reading I find this to he the opportunism, a picturesque photo op, and willful" violation of OPRA, which equivalent of handing my 13 year old the The following is a synopsis of press or an exploitative press conference.’’ would lead to the custodian being person­ key s to my car, and with no driving knowl­ statements released by the Corzine July 18 - The Corzine campaign ally fined by the agency. In lieu of fining edge. directions or gas money, telling her and Forrester campaigns for Gover­ accused Mr. Forrester of confusing custodians the GRC has been placing to drive to Chicago to pick up grandma nor over the past few months. violators on their ‘Matrix,’ which im­ I have become an active member of the New Jersey voters with his (Mr UCPC CELEBRATES SIXTY YEARS...State Senator Thomas Kean, Jr. hon­ * * * • • poses a state ov ersight of how the custo­ New Jersey foundation for Open Gov Forrester’s) property tax plan. ors Mart s ann SokihkM (renter) and Evelyn Hecker for their dedicated service to This past week The Philadelphia "In less than one week Doug dian handles OPRA requests eminent (NJFOG), I traveled to Trenton IICPC Behavioral Healthcare In Plainfield. UCPC has been one of the state's 1 have filed eight GRC complaints Inquirer reported that the FBI is in­ Forrester has given New Jersey tax­ leading organizations in providing healthcare services to the mentally ill. recently to speak at a GRC meeting. After vestigating campaign contributions against the County of Union since 2003. relaying how I fell about trying to present payers three different dollar figures They were found not to have complied given to former Consumer Affairs my case to an OAL judge, I asked the for the property lax relief they'd get with OPRA four times, w ithoui rising to counsel to candidly admit that there really Director Susan Bass Levin, chief of under his scheme." said Mr. Shea UCPC Celebrates Sixty Years a "knowing and willful" violation of is no process that will lead to a custodian operations for the Corzine campaign. "Doug Forrester is willfully mislead­ OPRA. They have been placed on the being held accountable. It would he much July 27 - In response, Mr. Forrester ing New Jersey taxpayers. And if he GRC ’Matrix’ three times to date, with more honest for the GRC to simply tell said: “If these news reports are true, can't be truthful in his campaign, how Of Community Service more complaints still pending A fifth people that there is no process, than it is to violation was determined recently, and we can add Susan Bass Levin to the can taxpayers rely on Doug Forrester to AREA - Slate Senator Thomas H mental illness and chemical addic­ send them into a complex black hole that list of Jon Corzine's ethically chal­ be truthful as their next Governor?’ rather than the GRC ruling directly on promises a process that is mil in reality Kean recently presented a joint reso­ tion. Medication management and whether a "knowing and w illful viola­ lenged associates - Charles Kushner. July 14 - Corzine campaign senior attainable lution on the occasion of UCPC Be­ nutrition counseling are important tion" had been committed, the GRC re­ Members of the GRC admitted their the felon and ex-developer. Bob advisor Tom Shea noted "Doug havioral Healthcare’s (formerly services that the organization pro­ ferred the case to the Office of Adminis­ frustration as well, and acknowledged Torricelli, the disgraced senator who Forrester's natural ability to speak known as Union County Psychiatric vides in all three programs. trative Law (OAL). that they would accept an invitation from was forced to resign, Jim McGreevey, from both sides of his mouth on the Care) 60th anniversary to Marcyann UCPC Behavioral Healthcare, lo­ By sending this complaint to the OAL. the Legislature to take a look at how the disgraced governor who was campaign trail." Sosnoski. Executive Director, and cated in Plainfield with a satellite the GRC gave an unfair advantage to the OPRA can be improved. How refreshing forced to resign and George Norcross, “Doug's property tax plan had caps Evelyn Hecker. President of the Board office in Union, was established 60 county who will be represented by tax­ to sec a government body actually listen the South Jersey party boss who is - then it didn’t - then it did; Doug was of Trustees, years ago as the Mental Hygiene So­ payer funded attorneys, while 1 can’t af­ to the citizens, and be open and willing to also a embroiled in the current fed­ for cutting $ 1 billion in college schol­ Judy Sturm of Scotch Plains and ciety of Union County. Initially, it ford the expense of hiring an attorney to work towards better government. eral investigation." arships and grants - then he wasn't; represent me. I find it both ironic and As far as pry ing records out of the Sheilah O'Halloran of Westfield, specialized in family and child guid­ alarming that a government body can use “This list of friends, business as­ Doug was for increasing the gas tax - County of Union I can tell you that OPRA members of the Board of Trustees, ance. In 1953 it became the Union taxpayer dollars against a taxpayer try ing and the GRC were helpful for a short sociates and advisors to, Corzine then he wasn't; Doug was for laying- report that the resolution, passed by County Psychiatric Clinic, and later to pry information out of them regarding period of time. This is no longer true. demonstrate clearly why he is part off 6,(XX)state workers - then he w asn' t; the Senate and General Assembly, changed to UCPC Behavioral how taxes are being spent. Just this past month the county gave me of the problem in New Jersey, not Doug's property tax plan cost $2.7 honors the organization and praises it Healthcare. As the number of indi­ After much consideration and research. a record with a disclaimer “there may be the solution." billion, then $3 billion, then $6 billion. for its outstanding service to people viduals being discharged from state I have decided to formally withdraw this errors or omissions on this document" in July 27 - Republican Assembly $5.8 billion, S6.3 billion; Doug was with special needs. psychiatric hospitals increased, the OPRA complaint. Dealing w ith the OAL regards to an employee's paid days off. Minority Leader Alex DeCroce chal­ against the Highlands Conservation Initiated by Senator Kean and As­ need for community-based services is beyond the capability of the average This is either incompetence or corrup lenged Mr. Corzine to "stop his empty Act - then he wasn’t ... sort of." semblymen Eric Munoz and John M. for adults also increased, making citizen. The process requires time that I lion; either way, as it stands in the State of don’t have to give; I w ork. I have a family NJ, there is absolutely nothing a citizen promises of property tax relief and July 13 - Mr. Forrester called on Bramnick and signed by the Presi­ UCPC’s client base more adult fo­ admit that his so-called plan is noth­ which includes two young daughters, can do about it. Attorney General Doug Harvey to dent of the Senate and Speaker of the cused. friends and other interests besides bat­ ing more than a warm-over version of A closed government isn’t in the citi­ resign after a report in the Star Led­ Assembly, the resolution calls atten­ UCPC Behavioral Healthcare is li­ tling Union County for information. zens’ best interest, and should not be the unreliable Florio-McGreevey re­ ger indicated that 93 percent of home­ tion to the respect UCPC has earned censed by the New Jersey State Divi­ I am an activ ist who has learned that the allowed to flourish in a democratic soci­ bate program. Over the past five years, land defense funds had been distrib­ through providing accessible, cost- sion of Mental Health and was re­ cards are stacked against the average per­ ety. The county now spends more than SI the rebate amounts New Jerseyans uted by the current administration to effective, and culturally sensitive ser­ cently licensed by the New Jersey son and I think that it w ill be more produc­ million of our money a day. w hich affects have actually received have oscil­ Democratic legislative districts. vices to residents of Union County State Division of Addictions, Since tive for me to spend my limited time to our health, welfare and safety. With this lated wildly." June 16 - Mr. Forrester submitted and surrounding communities with September of 1997. UCPC has been continue to work for greater access to in mind. I will continue to work for greater records w ithout spending countless hours "The rebates are unreliable - Jon an OPRA (Open Public Records Act) mental health and substance abuse fully accredited by the Joint Com­ access to public records. try ing to present a case to the OAL. Corzine's plan is the same shaky and request to the Sports and Exposition problems. mission for Accreditation of I ina Kenna unsubstantial program we have had In try ing to research the OAL process. Authority and the Governor's office UCPC. one of three major provid­ Healthcare Organizations. 1 went to their website where 1 found Cranford for years in Trenton," Assemblyman to obtain all documents relating to the ers of outpatient mental healthcare DeCroce said. Corzine/Kushner Nets deal. services in Union County, offers a "With Corzine’s plan. New Jersey "This week Forrester questioned continuum of care provided by a JUXTAPOSE taxpayers have to cross their fingers Corzine’s statement on Sunday multiple-discipline professional staff. GALLERY THE WESTFIELD AREA Y IS EXPANDING against public funding of sports fa­ Services include the Outpatient Pro­ Hovnanian Pays cilities. In 2003, Corzine sought at gram with individual, group and fam­ ITS CLUB MID AFTER SCHOOL least $I(X) million in state taxpayer ily therapies for children, adolescents $25,000 in Damages dollars to help himself and his former and adults; (he Partial Care Program PROGRAM FOR ROOSEVELT & EDISON SCOTCH PLAINS - Union County business partner, now-convicted felon for adults discharged from, having a has received a cash payment of $25.(XX) Charles Kushner. purchase the New history of. or at risk of psychiatric STUDENTS. and will receive services worth many Jersey Nets.” according to a Forrester hospitalization; and the MICA Pro- times that figure from the developer campaign release. gram for adults dually diagnosed with Club Mid includes: K. Hovnanian, of Red Bank, follow­ “Corzine's record is clear on these • S p o rts ing a dispute over encroachment onto issues, and the public deserves to CLASSIFIEDS - will be bused twice a county land. Last week, the county know the details of the Corzine/ • S n a c k week to tbe new East received preliminary plans to reforest Kushner/Torricelli deals," said Sherry Buy & Sell on the Net Creative Custom • Homework Time Breed Street family the land and is looking forward to the Sylvester, Forrester for Governor • Fitn e s s beginning of the project by the fall Communications Director. goleader.com Framing Branch to use die planting season. • Computers C^esigit Consultation & Pre-Teen/Teen GartHo During work on a housing develop­ • Art Activities ment in Scotch Plains in 2004. the / reative ./batting developer removed at least 25 trees, • Available 2, 3, 4 forest understory and vegetation adja­ ,7'eedlepoint o r 5 d a y s / cent to the Watchung Reservation. .^7()x./ranting w eek until 6:00 The county’s largest park, the Watchung Reservation, encompasses • /h a d o w .^ o x e s for more than 2,000 acres across five ■ Z^morabilia municipalities. 220 Clark Street “Union County is the steward for .M irrors more than 6,000 acres of public park East Broad Street Family Branch land,” said Freeholder Deborah P. ■ /'/"iJif/ rr/wMtJN/p trr Jt- f/earj 422 E. Broad Street Scanlon. "Whether it’s private prop­ erty owners, park users or businesses, JUXTAPOSE GALLERY 908-233-2700 x 273 * www.westfieldynj.org we will take encroachment on our 58 Elm Street* Westfield public land very seriously." 908-232-3278 Serving Cranford. Garwood. Mountainside & Westfield since 1923. In addition to the $25,000 cash pay­ www.juxtaposegallCry.com ment, Hovnanian retained a landscape architecture firm to develop plans to restore the parkland and replace the trees and vegetation that had been re­ moved. Following an April agreement, the cost of planning the native trees and vegetation that will be placed in the REV UP YOUR EARNINGS! park as part of a three-year restoration plan and required maintenance to re­ Town Super Premium M oney store a healthy 'edge of forest’ ecology is believed to be as high as $250,000. M arket Account “We are happy to say that the devel­ oper not only acknowledged its ac­ Town Super Business M oney tions, but is working to make fair resti­ tution," said Freeholder Nancy Ward. M arket Account "After an unfortunate incident, they are making themselves good neighbors." This month, county officials also Earn a expect to finalize a settlement with a Mountainside homeowner and a tree service for removing 27 trees, under­ HIGH PERFORMANCE story and vegetation from a part of the Watchung reservation adjacent to his home in 2002. Union County filed a lawsuit charg­ ing trespass when it was discovered tnat me nomeowner nao cleared ap­ proximately 1/3 of an acre of county parkland adjacent to his home. The on collected balances as low as $2 5 ,0 0 0 ! county has been working with the UCC CAN GET homeowner and a tree service to reach Y O U T H E R E . Additional 0 .2 5 % added premium on a settlement. fixed rate CDs The homeowner and tree service will • Choose from Over 90 Programs of Study or pay a $65,000 settlement, which will English as a Second Language (ESL) FREE First order of checks! help pay for mitigation of the site through a reforestation plan similar to • Fall '05 Semester begins September 1 FREE Service Charge on the one required of K. Hovnanian. (Register until September 7) "Residents and businesses need to Traveler's Cheques!** • Fall '05 Late Start classes begin September 15 know that Union County takes its role P D F F A T M < as steward of public land very seri- i Flexible class schedules ... days, nights ously,” said Freeholder Scanlon. or weekends and N tW b u n d a y classes In December 2003, the county • Transfer as a Junior to prestigious 4-year passed ordinances formally prohibit­ ing encroachment on county prop­ colleges or universities erty and protecting trees on county • Only $78 per credit property. Encroachment or damage (Union County residents) ■ Pinion or destruction of each and any tree would carry a $500 fine per offense • Learn from home with m [punty Yon Will N otice the Difference ... and $500 and up to 90 days in jail for Online Courses or each subsequent offense. Each day Telecourses ^ffilleqe www.townbank.com the encroachment exists a separate Cranford • Elizabeth 520 South Avenue. Westfield, NJ 07090 44 Elm Street, Westfield, NJ 07090 summons could be issued. \CC Scotch Mains • Main!laid The homeowner was not charged 908.301.0800 908.518.9333 under the ordinance because his of­ ' APY * Annual Percentage Yield. l.tmrted check writing privilege* — three check* permitted per cycle. T heir u a penalty tee o f JI0.C ■aces* transactions T iered balances for Town S uper Premium Money M arket Account* arc $1,500, JIO.OQO ( 50% APY). $25,000 and over (2 ~$% APY'i Tiered halanc Business Money Market Account* fense predated its passage. In the case y o ULC an C hange your life $2,500. $104100 (.50% APY'). $25,000 and over (2.75% APY). If yw » balance talk tsekiw the rrurotnum. you will incur a minimum «c of K. Hovnanian, the developer coop­ For information cau 908-709-7518 or ■ When wou maintain a balance of J2VWW or more. FREE ATM fee* up to 510 00, FREE service charge on Traveler's Cheques addition erated with county officials from the limit one 0.25% premium The interest rates a rt vanabie and are iub)ect to change at the dttcreonti of the hank without prior notice The interest rate will be ad|uo outset and worked to come to a resolu­ Minimum 2.75% APY guaranteed until 12/3 10)5. tion acceptable to the County of Union. Visit UCC online at W W W .UCC.edu 02 0 0 5 The Town Bank. Ali rights reserved Member FDKT 5/05 P«I« 6 ThnraUy, Augmt 4, 8005 3II;r jBlretfifU) lirn ftcr And Th« Scotch PUlni - Fanwood TIMES A Watchunc Communications, Inc. Pumjcation Fanny Wood Day Activities To Include Several Contests FANWOOD-Several contests will Fanwood contest. once again be pan of the 10th annual The Fanny Wood Day Committee Fanny Wood Day celebration that is interested in finding the couple will take place on Sunday, October 2. that best exemplifies the spirit of from noon to 5 p.m. along South and Fanwood. Applications and full de­ Marline Avenues in the Borough of tails are available at Fanwood's Fanwood. website, www.visitfanwood.com. Every winner will receive a prize, Entries must be received by Satur­ courtesy of local area merchants, day, September 24, so the winners according toCouncilwoman Donna can be ready for Fanny Wood Day. Dolce. Chairwoman of the Fanny New this year will be a competi­ Wood Day Committee. The rain tive pic-eating contest open to resi­ date for the event is Sunday, Octo­ dents of Fanwood and Scotch Plains. ber 9. Contestants will be divided into Named for a Victorian era folklore groups based on entries at the time Figure. Fanny Wood Day made its of the competition. Participants must debut in 1996. Each year, the au­ completely eat and swallow one pie, tumn festival features a potpourri of and those under 18 require parental attractions for all ages, including consent. food; vendors and merchants offer­ Additionally, there will be a po­ ing trails and other merchandise; etry contest again this year for which entertainment; children’s activities individuals age 21 and over are in­ and contests. vited to submit up to five original, Ms. I l i r a i.lyn Cornu and I.ukt James Bozelarnik In a nod to styles of the Victorian unpublished poems. era, men sporting a beard or mous­ Sponsors for the contests include tache are invited to enter the Best Anton's, LockSnips, Double Dip­ Beard contest. Participants can have per and other Fanwood merchants, Ms. T a ra L . seasoned or new growth. who have offered prizes for each of Whetherthey have lived or worked the events. For specific information in Fanw ood a long time or just moved on the contests, please visit MR. AND MRS. MICHAEL VINCENT ADORNO www.visitfanwood.com. recently to the borough, couples are (She is the form er Miss Kerry Jean Capone) To W edLu/(e J. £ invited to enter the Mr. and Mrs. Rounding out the day’s events will be a classic automobile exhibition Bonnie and LewComoofWesIfield sity in Union. N.J. Starting in Sep­ First Baptist Reveals hosted by the Cougar Car Club in the have announced the engagement of tember, she will be teaching sixth Fanwood train station parking lot their daughter. Ms. Tara Llyn Como, grade at a Sumter, S.C. school. Youth In Action Week along South Avenue. Miss MnyJeanCapone to Luke James Bozelarnik, He is the Her fianc£ was raised in East WESTFIELD - The First Baptist “It’s going to be a great day for son of Deborah and Martin Bozelarnik Dutnmerston, Vt„ where he gradu­ Church of Westfield, located at 170 Fanwood, celebrating our town and of East Dutnmerston, Vt. ated from Brattleboro Union High Elm Street, will sponsor its Youth in our people, with rides, food, ven­ Weds Mic/iaeCV. TLdomo The bride-to-be attended Westfield School. He is stationed at Shaw Air Action program during the week of dors and contests for everyone,” High School and graduated from St. Base in Sumter, S.C., where he Works August 15 to 19. commented Fanwood Mayor Col­ Miss Kerry Jean Capone, the alsoof Massachusetts, the bridegroom's Joseph's University in Pennsylvania as an avionics technician on the FI6 Open to those entering grades 6 leen Mahr. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James J. uncle, did readings. with a double major in elementary aircraft. through 10, Youth in Action is an The Fanny Wood Day Committee Capone, Jr. of Westfield, was mar­ A 1994 graduate of Westfield High and special education. In May of The couple plans to marry in annual program that engages young is seeking volunteers to help at the ried on Friday, April 8, to Michael School, the bride was awarded a 2005, she earned her master's de­ August of 2005 at "The Breakers people in a fun week of social service event. Interested individuals are Vincent AdomoofHopkinton, Mass, Bachelor of Arts degree cum laude gree in counseling at Kean Univer­ on the Ocean" in Spring Lake, N.J. projects. The registration deadline is asked to call Ms. Dolce at (908) 889- He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Vincent in History from Fairfield University this Sunday, August 7. 6072. J. Adorno, also of Hopkinton. in Fairfield, Conn, in 1998, She is Under the direction of the Rever­ The afternoon ceremony took employed at Novell. Inc. in Waltham. end Jeremy Montgomery, Minister Chelsea Announces place at St. Helen's Roman Catholic Mass. Fanwood Library Friends of Local Outreach at the First Bap­ Church in Westfield, with the Rever­ The bridegroom graduated in 1993 tist Church, participants will pro­ Dog Show and Contest end Lawrence J, Fama officiating. A from Holliston High School in vide service at a different location FANWOOD - The Chelsea at reception followed at The Park Sa­ Holliston, Mass, and earned a Bach­ Set Date For Book Sale each day. Fanwood will hold a Dog Show and voy in Florham Park. elor of Arts degree in Marketing The activities, such as packing at Contest on Saturday, August 20, at 11 Given in marriage by her father, from Providence College in Provi­ FANWOOD - The Friends of the Donations may be dropped off the Union County Food Bank and a.m. at the assisted living facility, the bride wore an ivory silk organza dence, R.I, in 1997. He is employed Fanwood Memorial Library will directly at the park building during assisting senior citizens with home located at 295 South Avenue. strapless gown with silk satin or­ with JPMorgan Chase in Boston. hold a book sale on Saturday, Sep­ scheduled times. A schedule will repairs, are chosen to be both mean­ Prizes will be awarded to the “top ganza floral embroidery and deli­ Following a wedding trip to the tember 24, from 10 a m. to 5 p.m. be available around Labor Day. ingful and fun. dogs." To enter a dog in the contest, cate beading. She carried a bouquet islands of Kauai and Maui. Hawaii, in the Forest Road Park Building. A preview night for Friends of A $25 fee for the week covers a T- please visit The Chelsea to fill out an of ivory roses, tulips and mini-calla the couple resides in Ashland, Mass. Area residents are invited to do­ the Fanwood Library will take place shirt, pool party, lunches and snacks. application. This event is free and open lilies. nate used books, as well as toys, on Friday, September 23, from 7 to An optional trip on Wednesday, Au­ to the public. Entertainment and re­ Miss Amy Sklar of New York City games, used videos, DVDs and 9:30 p.m. at the park building. In­ gust 17, to Domey Park is an addi­ freshments will be provided. was the Maid of Honor. The bridal Red Cross Chapter compact disks, in salable condition. dividuals will be asked to present tional $40. Individuals are asked to respond by attendants included Miss Holly The Friends cannot accept old fic­ their membership card. For more To register, please call the church Tuesday, August 16, by calling Eileen Adorno of Allston, Mass,, the sister Offers CPR Courses tion. non-fiction that contains out- information, please call (908) 322- office at (908) 233-2278 or email Weller, Community Relations Direc­ of the bridegroom; Miss Megan COUNTY - The Tri-County of-date information, or magazines. 9179 or (908) 322-7174. [email protected]. tor at The Chelsea at Fanwood, at Briley of Park City, Utah, Miss Peggy Chapter of the American Red Cross A parental consent form is required. (908) 654-5200, extension no, 511. Brown of Arlington, Va., Mrs. Robyn will hold twoCardiopuImonary Re­ Gaito of Westfield. Miss Jeanine suscitation (CPR) courses this Gottko of Union, a cousin of the week. bride, and Mrs. Jackie Koslowsky of Adult CPR. Child CPR. Infant eldercare OWEN BRAND New York City. CPR and First Aid will be offered m m m m m ...... , .. All wore rose charmeuse wrap this Saturday, August 6, from 8:30 m 290’Broad Street, Summit, NJ 07901 • 908-2 73-5550 Your Home-Town gowns designed by Lazaro and car­ a.m. to 6 p.m. at the American Red ried bouquets of ivory tulips, cream Cross Office at 16 Jefferson Av­ MORTGAGE BANKER colored and mauve roses. enue in Elizabeth. Brian Donahue of Millis, Mass., a On Tuesday, August 9, Standard Free Help for Medicare cousin of the bridegroom, was the First Aid with AED (Automated ISB MORTGAGE CO., LLC best man. Serving as groomsmen were External Defibrillation) will take Christopher Capone of Westfield, the place from 8:30 a.m. to4p.m . at the Beneficiaries! brother of the bride; Scott Desatnick American Red Cross office at 332 A re you confused about the new Medicare of West Newton, Mass., Matthew West Front Street in Plainfield. Some or all portions of these Prescription Drug Coverage Program? Kravatz of Congers, N.Y., Matthew Residential - Construction Labadia of Situate, Mass,, Peter courses may be taken. To register or Do you need assistance with McGovern of Boston, Mass, and Rand obtain more information, please call health insurance claims? Refrigeri of Upton, Mass. (908) 756-6414. extension no. 10. Commercial - Bridge Loans Edward Gottko of Westfield, the The Tri-County chapter serves bride’s uncle; Miss Karen Donahue 22 communities, including Call S.H.I.P. N Local: (908) 789-2730 of Massachusetts, a cousin of the Fanwood, Scotch Plains and bridegroom, and James Donahue, Garwood. 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Ruth Smith, Executive Director of tee. have announced the league Has Malina Milonnet of Funwood. also C reated by Playworld Systems ot Westfield Senior Citizens Housing, awarded scholarship grants totaling a Dean's List sophomore at the Uni­ Lewisburg. Pa. and introduced in noted that the planning of LifeTrail S12,0tK) to four local residents for versity of Delaware, is majoring in Januaryol 2004. I.ifeTrail combines for the facility began in early 2004, 2005. Each recipient received $3,000 biology and plans to attend graduate strengthening, flexibility and balance and funding was obtained ihrough towards her college tuition The funds school for forensic science. She vol­ exercises w ith a normal walking rou­ grants from the Westfield Foundation were distributed through the Scotch unteers with the USAF group Silver tine. It is comprised of a series of It) and the Overlook Hospital Founda­ Plains-Fanwood Scholarship Foun­ Wings, as well as with Habitat for different Wellness Stations, each of tion. dation. Humanity. As a freshman. Malina which,features an activity that ad­ "It is a most welcome addition to Karen McCourt of Scotch Plains, was a member of the university’s dresses the major components of a our already extensive program of who has completed her junior year at Rodney Complex Community Coun­ well-rounded fitness program for physical activities for our residents, Boston College, received a scholar­ cil. She also has sung at v arious char adults, according to Robert Tobias. which includes regularly scheduled (iIR l. POWER...Jennifer Bauer, center, who organized a girl empowerment ship from the Service League last ity events as part of the D-Sharps Director of Social Services at exercise classes w ith a trained fitness workshop as her Girl Scout Gold Award project, is flunked bv kevnote speaker year. An Elementary Education and Michelle Swick o f Scotch Plains Westfield Senior Citizens Housing. instructor. Yoga and P.A.C.E. exer­ Elizabeth Mattson, left. Financial Outreach Advisor for Senator Jon Corzine, and If uman IX’velopmenl major, she spent graduated in June from Scotch Plains- To accommodate varying ability Katherine Kleeman of the Center for American W omen and Politics, Eaglelon her junior year in Ireland and volun- 1 cise classes that specifically target Institute, or Rutgers University. Fanwood High School. An “A" stu­ levels, the Wellness Stations offer those seniors with arthritis," she said leered there as a teacher's aide. dent. she participated in many high She also has participated in two school activities and worked as a life­ Relays for Life and three Breast Can­ guard She also has worked with two Jennifer Bauer Spearheads cer Walks, assisted at the Greater Environmental Protection groups and Boston Food Batik and taken part in on various projects completed with other campus volunteer endeavors. the National Honor Society. Michelle Girl Empowerment Event Locally, she has helped at Children's is active vv ith her church youth group Specialized Hospital. SCOTCH PLAINS - Jennifer cations Skills for Young Women"; and with the Girl Scouts, where she Bauer, a member of both the Class of Beatrice Romeo. Manager of Clark Danielle Hirschhorn of Fanwood received the Silver Award. 200b at Scotch Plains-Fanwood High Commerce Bank, speaking on "Real has finished her sophomore year at The Service League is a volunteer the University of Delaware, where School and Senior Girl Seoul Troop Money: Money Management for organization with a strong emphasis No. 751. organized a girl empower­ Young Women.” and Amanda she was on the Dean's List Danielle on community serv ice. It operates the ment workshop as her Gold Award Koscielecki from Scotch Plains- volunteers as a web-mistress for Sil I'ln ill Shop at 1730 East Second Street project. The Gold Award is the high­ Fanwood High School, who shared ver Wings, a United States Air Force in Scotch Plains. For more informa­ est award in Girl Scouting. "Successful Study Strategies." (USAFj related service group. tion. or for directions to the shop, The event, presented for young During the lunch break, partici She participated in a fund-raising please call (908) 322-5420. Summer women in Scotch Plains and Fanwood, pants had an opportunity to make event for a local leen halfway house hours are Tuesday to Friday. 10 a.m. featured topics based on feedback stress balls, try yoga, complete a ser and, prior to college, was a Silver to I p.m. from a survey of local middle and vice project, explore resources for high school girls. teenagers and learn a new hobby. Elizabeth Mattson, Financial Out­ Afterwards. Sergeant Tom Jedic of Single Parents Are Invited reach Advisor for United Stales Sena­ the Fanwood Police Department. tor Jon Corzine. was the keynote Detective Fernando Sanchez, and CARNIVAL IIMI....Hot weather didn’t dampen the fun during the Westfield speaker for the event. She discussed Master Jon Robinson of Gattai Mar­ To ‘Y’ Social Activities Area "s annual camp carnival, where youngsters in the Blue Sky, Sunshine “Connections Between Skillful Self- tial Ails conducted a presentation and Summer l ull Camps enjoyed various activities at the “Y" on Clark Street in Management and Political Activism." called “Sticks and Stones Won t Break W estfield. Savoring cotton candy, pictured left to right, are: Blue Sky campers WESTFIELD The Westfield is $2 per family, and the rain date is Her address was followed by a My Bones: Self Defense for Young Area "Y" will hold two activities Tuesday, August 9. •lad a Reeves. ( ariy Mil lev ill. Kaeheal Johnson and Kelly Travers. workshop led by Patricia Diesel en­ Women.” They highlighted impor­ for.single parent families this month, On Wednesday. August 17, at 7:30 titled "Keeping It Simple: Time Man­ tant things to remember and then starting with a potluck dinner on p in., single parent adults (divorced, agement for Young Women." guided the girls through simple, ef­ Monday , August 8. at 6 p.m. at the w idowed or other) are invited to gather Event at Library to Address Other w orkshops featured Dr. Tina fective self-defense maneuvers. Loop Playground in the Watchung at The Office on South Avenue in Lesher. a Professor at William Pater­ Reservation, located next to the Cranford. Attendees should ask the son University, whose topic was “Am Library to Bring Back Trailside Museum. hostess where the Westfield Area “Y" Emergency Preparedness 1 Making Myself Clear? Communi- Attendees are asked lo bring a group is sitting or ask for Jill Brown. Dance Event August 9 main course or side dish to share. MOUNTAINSIDE The Fanwood, Garwood. Mountainside. The group plans to sit at the tall tables. First Baptist Singles FANWOOD Dance Dance Rev o The "Y" will supply beverages and Westfield Regional Health Depart­ New Providence. R oselle Park. Advance registration is requested Union (DDR) will return to the desserts. The playground features ment and Union County Lineswill Springfield and Westfield. List August Meetings for either event and may be done by Fanwood Memorial Library on Tues­ gym equipment for all ages, or indi­ present a program entitled “All Haz­ The Union County Lines agency is calling Jill Brown all 908) 2.33-2700, WESTFIELD-Widowed, divorced day. August 9, from 4 to 5:30 p.m. viduals can bring: a glove, bat and extension no. 233 or e-mailing ards Approach to Community Pre­ a county-wide Local Information or never married persons are invited The library is located at North Av­ hall for a game of baseball. The fee jill. hrown lw comcast.net. paredness" on Tuesday. August 9. at Communication System lhal supports to meet on Sundays, August 7,14.21 enue and Tillotson Road. 7 p.m. at the Mountainside Public interactive reporting, health data and 28, at 9 a.m. at the F'irst Baptist Open to all students in grades 6 Library. www.sg-cpas.com analysis and the dissemination of Church of Westfield for coffee, cake through 12, DDR is a music video Participants will learn how to pre­ public health information. It is oper­ and lively discussions. arcade game typically played on a pare themselves. their families and ated under the Union County Depart­ Gatherings are held downstairs in dance pad with four arrow' panels. their community in emergency cir­ ment of Public Safety’s Division of Fellowship Hall, located at 170 Elm The panels are pressed using the play­ cumstances. All are welcome to at­ Environmental Health and Emer­ Street. A $2 donation is requested and ers’ feet, in response to arrows that tend. The library is located at Consti­ gency Management, all arc welcome. appear on the screen in front of them. tution Plaza, Group members also participate in The arrow s are synchronized to the Lorraine Kowalski, a health edu­ Hiking Club Offers w inter movie nights, summer picnics general rhythm or beat of a song, and cator with Union County Lines, will $md holiday fet-togethers. among success is dependent on the playeiV be the guest speaker. The presenta­ Outdoor Activities '('liter activffieY.'TioCniofe infNrrta- ability to time his or her steps. Far tion is free, but requires advance COUNTY - The Union County tion. please call (908) 889-5265 or more information, please call Nancy- notice of attendance, For reserva­ Hiking Club offers a regular schedule (908) 889-4751. 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Puiucation C llf IHratfielfi lim b er and The Scotch Plaint - Kan wood TIMES Thursday, August 4, 2005 PageS Giordanos Awarded SP-F High School Announces University Degrees SCOTCH PLAINS - Regina Giordano Read, the daughter of Fourth Marking Period Honors Mr. and Mrs Anthony Giordano of Scotch Plains, was awarded her SCOTCH PLAINS— Scotch Chmunr Alhanev IVnu Maria Kolakowdut Seniors- High master's degree in Instruction and Plains-Fanwood High School an­ Ant horn Balia*k»> Kaielyn Kovcnuk Jerauld Bauer Bottom Lambm* Matthew Capodieasa Kate Iliac heva Curriculum from Kean University nounced its 2004-2005 High honor Sarah Bulla Emily Lange David Dr man Sievtn Kazmwrkiewic during commencement ceremonies roll for marking period four. Sepa­ Justine Brown Dana Usmson Alexa Di Giorgio Rebecca Koransky that were held May 10 at the New rated by year ait: Rohm Burke Jr Andrew Lipstcm Elizabeth Elko Kelly Mcinanus Jersey Performing Arts Center in Matthew Canfield Ricardo Lisojo Mare Fabiano William Rollins Newark Freshmen- High Julian no Carman Bnan Mcgroary Johanna (ihabour Jennifer Roth Joseph Ceppanilo Rebecca Vkgutrr Gerard Halloran Bnttany Speer Mrs Read successfully wrote a Dana Abratnaon Jacqudin Lcnoff Derrick Oien David Mecca Chnstopher Huether Jennifer Spiegel thesis entitled "The Effects of An­ Kaihryn Alhanev?Uema John toomi* Jessica Churgin Halla* Mint/ Erica Stuppler Maureen Asantc-Nlansa Ming Lu Allen Collantcs Tmy Morgan chored Word Instruction on First ChurtnQ Rainer FJt/ahcth McmtlUon Danielle Crawford Jeffrey Mullen Seniors- Honor Roll Grade Students" and maintained a A Michael Rover Victoria Mcnally Neil Dalai Jeffrey Ondevka Jonathan Allman Frederick Kovalyov 3.9 average throughout her gradu­ Amy Braun Elizabeth Mmvki Kaihcnne Paseka Jtilianne Brennan Ouhu/or Onwuanargkilc Ruben Dawson Mathew Blast Jaw>n Krueger , ate studies. Joshua Decker Devang Patel Ryan Bridge M inal Patel Mltthew Bonusia Robert Lasher Caitlin Delaney Ronald Petty A third-grade teacher at Parker Katclyn Cavanagh Brian Pesin Katharine Breunmgcr Jonathan Loren/im Christine Di Trolio Elementary School in Middlesex. Nicole Colinen B nan Piccola Edward Ragan Jenny Burke Luke Makowski Aaron Dolihcr Alexander Resmck Ahza Bums Johnnncha Medina Mrs. Read resides in Basking Michael Comacchim Margaret Reilly Megan Domemck Kelly Rigano Amanda Curcie Mana Pu Rivero Kattlm Camian Kaitlyn Meredith Ridge w ith her husband. Thomas. Kelly Omgher I bonus Ruggien Stephen Cam»ll Monique Morales New Edison IntcrmtHliutc School assistant principal Matthew Block Janinc Det'eo M aya Robinson Caitlin Dnseoll Michael Rusin Additionally. Lauren Michelle Silvano Dimonte Marc Rosenberg Rachel Charme-Baum Mamsh Pandyu Michelle Dsumcy Dana Sacks . Patrick Dolihcr Michael Scannell Artundj Cohen Michael Parahovhi Giordano, also the daughter of Mr. Danielle Egan Kara Sang Alexsandr Fragna Joseph Schiavo lv Jaclyn Costa Jamie Quale and Mrs Anthony Giordano of Gahnelk F&ku Katheruve Schttiber Andrea Gu/man Alexandra Segal D on D aloisio Sarah Ranney Matthew Block Appointed Shemane Frit/ Amim Selim Scotch Plains, graduated from Christina Halma Adam Silverman Ehsc De Vries Michelle Regg Barry Shapiro Catherine Harley Michele Sihcmein Arid Gershman Daniel Deegan Joanna Rosenberg Monmouth University on May 18 Lindsay Haupiman Barbara Slaugh Staci-Goldberg Leah Siegal Jucquelin Dejohn Max Rosenheck during the 7 1 st commencement ex­ Fbom Gonzalez Joanna Snodgrass Thomas. Hcreel Hamson Stupplcr Christine Deluca Edison Assistant Principal Jonathan Grana Gabnelle Streep Justin Row insky ercises. The ceremony was held at Adam Horowitz l.indvay Tramutn Amy Drcwcs Sarah Schwartz Joshua Green Stacey Subbie the PNC Bank Arts Center in Jessica Impdli/zeri Samuel Ungar Corey Fme man Keila Gu/rnan Sam Tepper Rebekah Sedwin WESTFIELD - The Westfield Mr! Block began his career in Caitlin Leist Jordan Yellen Stefano Gaetano Mary Shashaty Holmdel. Lauren Hercel Thomas Ventura Maura Gillool\ Lauren is a resident of Scotch Board of Education unanimously Westfield five \ ears ago as a teacher Freshmen- Honor Roll Julie Hyman Emily Wallden Sean Smith Jennifer Grana Michael Sprung appointed Matthew' Block as the at Roosevelt Intermediate School. Andrea Apu/zio Scott Leyden Elizabeth Jacobs Colin Weber Plains and a 2001 graduate of Nicole Hagcrty Michelle Swick new assistant principal of Edison Alana Bcncivengo Alexa Lindenberg Knxten Kersey Andrew Wong Scotch Plains-Fanwood High Since arris ing in Westfield, he has David Hams Ryan Fhoflipson Gregory Bencivengo Jared Lindenberg Alexa Knox Sean Young Intermediate School (FIS), effec­ taught eighth grade Social Studies Matthew Hassctt Jennifer Villas School. She was aw arded a Bach­ Amie Berlant Andrew Livingston Guenevere Zucker tive July 1. Nora Isack Brendan Weber elor of Science degree in Business and served as a student council ad­ Courtney Bifani Francesca Lumetta visor. Brittany Biondi Brian Many Kara Johnson Danielle Wyatt Management from Monmouth I/abela Blach Casey Marks www.goleader.com Stephanie King 1-aura Yi University. Prior to arriving in Westfield. Mr. Adam Brous Jeremy Mattimore Hiliarv Klimowicz Raheel Zubair Block developed and taught a sev­ Daniel Buckley Sean Mcgowan enth grade Civics course with the Trevor Cannon Nicholas Murray West Orange Public Schools, where Alina Chabus Emily Nering Anna Chapman Robert O'connor SP-F Scholarship Foundation Awards he also served as an advisor to the Daniel Ciabattari Christina Olsson school's Peer Mediation program. Michael Cichon Rachel Parker Mr. Blockeumedu Master inTeaeh- Jarek Cohen Stacia Piesch Presents Scholarships to Local Students ing and a Master in Educational Ad­ Eugene Cyckowski Matthew Ptagge N ik-lie De Gregorio Neil Pratt ministration, both from Montclair John De Main Brandon Reddmgton SCOTCH PLAINS - The Scotch scholarship was given to Steven Kuza. Breznitsky. Caitlin Mahony and Rob­ Slate University. He has completed Debra Delle-Donne Briana Redmount Plains-Fanwood Scholarship Founda­ The $5(X) George Bryon Memorial ert Mattar: and for the third time to: classroom observations, conducted Joseph Dunn Hillary Roberts workshops for the New Jersey Center Zachar) Feldman Molly Rodino tion has announced its 2(X)5 scholar­ Scholarship was given to Vestor Alicia Crisliani, Laura Klastava. lan Feller IJieodore Rosenblatt ship celebrated 39 years of continu­ Howard. Malina Milonnet, Emily O'Connor for Law and Civic Education, and has Nicholas Fung Christine Roser ous scholarship assistance to local Two Mountainside Elks 1 .ixlge No. and John Piniat: for the second time experience in new staff training and David Gordon Erin Rossi students with this year's ceremony, 1585 scholarships of $500 were pre­ student discipline. In addition, he has Samantha Grecco Scott Salmon to: Michael Hessemer, Daniel Krantz, Colleen Hagertv Jacquelin Saunier held on June 10 in Leas Hall of All sented to Denise Horn and Christo­ Laura Manziano, Scott Pober and served as the director of two large Wendy Hams Jasmine Seegers Saints Episcopal Church on Park Av­ pher Mattem. Christine DeLuca re­ Victoria Shelus: and for the first time residential summer camps, and is David Haynes Grace Sigona enue in Scotch Plains. ceived the $500 Dr. George Esposito to: Daniel Deegan, Alexandra Fredas, currently a member of the Board of Brian Hessemer Kunal Sodhi The Foundation was established on Memorial Scholarship. Friday 's Place Jason Kruger. Lauren Perrotta and Managers at Fuirvievv Lake YMCA William Hubbard Alex Soloway Alec Jacobs Katlyn Soriano June 6, 1966. This year the 15 mem­ presented a $750 scholarship to Michelle Regg. Camp in Stillwater. New Jersey. bers of the Board of Trustees pre­ Rebecca Koransky. The 6th League of Julia Joseph Scott Stefanik The memory of David E. Ringle Michael Rosin Mr. Block has served as an educa­ Edward Kahn Thomas Sutter sented 112 scholarships with a total Women Voters $30(1 award was pre­ was remembered with a $5(X) award tional technology resource person, as Alyssa Karis Nicole Tavares value of S 104.850 to both high school sented to Nicole Hagerty. to Valedictorian. Nora isack, and a Chairperson for the Westfield Educa­ Samantha Knierim Kristen Thompson Rosin Receives Mark Allison Kodan Anthony Vecchione and college students: Foundation The $1,000 Karen F. Fran/one $250 award to Salutatorian Rebecca tion Association Scholarship Com­ Samuel Kovalyov Amanda Vitollo President Ellie Kramps announced Memorial Scholarship was presented Koransky. The Service League pre­ Hardy Scholarship mittee, and as a member o f the Rachel Krever Gregory Weinstock that throughout their history of ser­ to Aimee Schwartz. The $1,000 Tho­ sented four S3.000 awards to: Danielle WESTFIELD Westfield resident district's Joint Staff Evaluation Com­ Ryan Krueger Vivian Wong vice to young people, the Foundation mas H. Gonch Memorial Scholarship Hirschorn. Karen McCourt, Malina mittee. His interest in students on a Randy Lenience Danielle Wood Michael Rosin, art eighth grader at has made scholarships available to was presented to Casey Hoynes- co-curncular level included his role Christina Woods Milonnet and Michelle Swick. Roosevelt Intermediate School, was 1,647 students with a total value of O ’Connor. The $400 Doris Koues The Scotch Plains Players have pre­ awarded the Marc Hardy Scholar­ as advisor for the Law Adventure Sophomores- High SI,385.505. Memorial Scholarship was awarded sented a $5(X) scholarship to Matthew Club and mentor for Westfield Peer This year a committee of 14 to Chelsea Mintz. A scholarship hon­ ship by the Westfield Summer Work­ Alison Baier Brittany Larkin Capodieasa. The $1,000 Perry H. shop. Leaders and the Teddy Roosevelt Kristen Barry Ryan Lenience screeners representing eight local oring the memory of Walter F. Tyson Memorial Scholarship was Scholar Program. The presentation was made after Courtney Berger Jessica Lieberman schools as well as the Service League Lestarchick was awarded to Kathari ne given to Caroline L'Heureux. The. Mr. Block also serves as a senior Lisa Bloom Jaclyn Lopez the final performance of the WSW and the Foundation evaluated a total Breurtinger. $1,000 Manya S. Ungar scholarship counselor for the New Jersey Asso­ Colin Campbell Jillian Lusk Theater production of M y hair Luly of 120 applications. The applicants The Losavio family award of Was awarded to Briana Berry. The ciation of Student Council's Lead­ Cathleen Cart Kelly Mahoney on July 28. Michael played the role Ana Castillo Amanda Makowski were awarded scholarships based on $1,000, in memory of both John and $2,500 Johanna Wilk Foundation ership Training Conference each of Henry Higgins. Diana Chaves Simone March ,academic achievement, extracurricu­ Marie Losavio, was presented to scholarships were presented to Katie summer Inbar Cohen Stacy Marr The Marc Hardy Scholarship, cre­ lar and community activities, future Stephen Carroll. The $5(K) Ada S. Zalcski and Sophia Payngold. In addition to his Masters de­ Alex Cvetov ich Julie-Meurer ated in 1991. honors the memory of promise, as well as their individual Merrill Memorial Scholarship was The Foundation administers the Grant Darwin Kimberly Molnar an exceptional individual. The schol­ grees, Mr. Block received a Bach­ Karina De Mair Nikki Moses need for financial assistance in pro­ presented to Zachary McGuire. . scholarships presented by the PTAs elor of Arts degree in History and arship w as named for Marc Hardy, a Christina Defeo Colin Moynihan curing a college education as stipu­ The $2,500 Courtney E. Metzger of the Scotch Plains-Fanwood School very talented young mail from Communication from American Laurel Dev lin Heather Pasko lated in. the requirements for the award­ Memorial Scholarship Was presented District. This year they included two University in Washington. D.C, Af­ Marianna Dworak Christopher Pflaum Westfield who attended the Westfield ing of particular scholarships. to Jeannette Fran/one. The '$1,000 $800 Manya Ungar PTA Council ter graduating, he spent a year train­ Morgan Finkel Portia Price Summer Workshop He later became Daisy Fung Liana Rivera The Foundation gave Students David J. Mills Memorial Scholarship Scholarships given to Kaiflin Carmen ing teachers nationally in law-re­ a member of the Screen Actors'Guild, Brittany Fusillo Heather Rodriguez awards totaling S25.500 w ith money was awarded to Matthew Capodieasa. and Marc Fabiano. The high school lated education and methods of in­ Jennifer Craglioti Alexandra Sebolao and appeared in the Cosby Show and earned through investments and The $750 Jeffrey Spring Memorial PTA presented the Robert Adams $750 corporating conflict resolution into Jennifer Gardella Tovi Spero several television, commercials. through the generosity of the commu­ Scholarship honoring a former high aw ard to Karina Gotliboym. The $750 middle-lev el curricula. Jason Giamhoi Lauren Spirko Recipients o f this scholarship arc Damian Gibbs Stacey Tariguy nities through an annual mailing as school teacher. The award was given Or. Terry K. Riegel award was pre­ I n accepting his position, Mr. Block selected on the basis of talent, hard Genev ieve Gilroy Eric Washerman well as solicitations from the annual in the amount of $75( Ho M arc Fabiano. sented to Christopher Mattern. commented, "Having taught in Mitchell Gorbunoff Kenneth Washerman work, positive attitude and their abil­ Dollars for Students Days. The high The James O'Hara Powers Memo­ The Park Middle School McTB Westfield for several years, I know Helen Han Lauren VYeissbrod ity to work well in a theater group. Allison HoyneS-O'.Connor Lauren Wright school recipients are: Steven rial Scholarships for $ 1 ,(MX) each were awards for S5(X) each went to David that it is a supportive, involved and All of these w ere qualities that Marc Magda Isack Allison Zazzali Kaznrierkiewicz. Megan Makely, John given to Brittany Adisan.o and Michael Hauptmann and to Nicole Tanguy, caring community. I am anxious to Catherine Kaiserman Jason Zelesnik Hardy himself displayed throughout Mangan. Joanna Rosenberg, Justin Sheffield: the $ 1.000Christian Wemlel and the Terrill Middle. School John C. work with students, parents and staff Shirley Kim Caleb Zimmerman his performances and rehearsals. The Christopher Lacko Jennifer Zimmermann Rowinsky, Morgan Scully. Mary Nielsen Memorial Scholarship was Foulks Scholarship for $700was given to continue the tradition of excel­ recipient of this honor is given a Shashaty,Carly Wells. Dori D‘Aloisio. .'awarded to Sean McNelis and the to Michael Sheffield. School One PTA lence that exists at HIS." monetary award to use in the pursuit Sophomores- Honor Roll Christine DeLuca. Amy Drewes, $500 George W. Vogel Memorial gave the James V. Cerasa Scholarship HIS Principal Cheryl O'Brien re­ of further theater arts education. Lauryn Adams Stephen Lamore Nicole Hagerty. Steven Kuza. and Scholarships for $500 were given to for $800 to Morgan Scully. The marked, "I’m delighted to have Matt Arley Aguilar Katherine Laurieella The Westfield Summer Workshop Christina Roth. The college students Vanessa Okoro and Sean Smith. The Brunner PTA award of $6(X) was pre­ on board. His experience as a middle Yeershati Ahati Rachel Levy is a division of the New Jersey'Work­ Kimberlee Appezzato Brooke Lubin are: Regina Cappio, Jason Hipp. $500. Kaliopi Vlachos Memorial sented to Ryan Thompson and the school educator and his terrific rap­ shop for the Arts, a non-profit organi­ Gregory Bay ard Christopher Lyby Jacqueline L'Heureux. Caitlin Scholarship was presented to Dori $600 went to Joanna Rosenberg in port with young adolescents will make zation. For more information on the Joseph Bianco In Kathryn Magalhaes McNelis, Christine Perrotta. Nicho­ D' Aloisio. memory of Dr. Albert DeSousa. him a great fit lor Edison and keep Alyssa Biron Emily Mankoff Workshop orits programs, please call las Sette. Sara Woods and Zachary The $500 James Soehan Memorial The Coles PTA Carl M. Kumpf Edison a great place lot kids to grow Peter Bistjs Lauren Messina (908) 789-9696. Amanda Bobyack Sophie NeuhaUs McGuire. Sean Mahoney received the Scholarship was presented to James award for $1,000 w as given to Nora and learn." Gregory Brand Martin Njorpge Alumni funded award. Matthew Scalfaro. The, $500 Ralph Sorrentino Isack. Evergreen PTA has established Warner Volunteers at Allison Brown Anthony Osierman Deegan received an aw ard named for Memorial Wrestling Scholarship was three scholarships with a $600 Dr. Katherine Burn Jonathan Parisi presented to Anthony Ferrante. Samantha Carow Adam Perez John Lawson: Anthony Saraceno an Beveriee Kaminetzky Scholarship Perkins School for Blind Colin Chan Lindsay Port award named for Henry Schweiring; The $1.(XX) Franklin Maine Spooner awarded to Daniel Deegan, a $600 WESTFIELD - Scott Warner. 16. Michelle Chan Christopher Rau Nicole Tanguy an award honoring and Helen McConnell Spooner Schol­ Kehs-Aakjer Memorial Scholarship of Westfield is spending two weeks as Ariel Digrorgio Christopher Rodriguez Camielle Flathmann and Karina arship, established by the late Helen Jessica Estriplet Alana Rosato given to Anthony Saraceno, and a a Landmark Volunteer at Perkins; Kelly Frazee Andrea Rosko Gotliboym an award named for Muriel Spooner, a former member of the $600 Mary Giraud Memorial Schol­ School for the Blind. Kirstan Fuller Kyle Rowbotham Ramsden. Amy Ryan and Chelsea Foundation, was given to Brittany arship awarded to VesterHoward, Two ‘Scott, son o f Edward and Raya Alexandra Garber Maetal Rozenberg Mint/, are the recipients of the Oren Speer. Two $1,000 SMAC Robert McGinn PTA awarded of $500 awards Michael Goland Melissa Rupnarain Werner, is a member of a,team that Evan Goldsmith Michelle Sanghera and E. Lila Hilligass Scholarships. Mattar Scholarships were given to went to Elizabeth Elko and Gregory' will be involved in refurbishing the Alexandra Hambleton Laurynn Scholar The Robert Adams. Jr. Memorial Jeannette Franzone and Michael Leischner. grounds and painting some interiors. Matthew Huether Sean Scott Scholarship of $500 was presented to Baumwoll. The team will also help with the res­ Steven Jacobus Danielle Sepe Brittany Speer. Christina Roth re­ A $2,500 scholarship sponsored by Austin Jefferson Ryan Sharkey Bussman Graduates toration of an abandoned pond in the Cristin Joy Amanda Shukla ceived the $500 Elizabeth Becker past SPFHS principal Dr. Terry K. centerofcampus. They w ill he housed Michael Katz Andre Smith Memorial Scholarship. Amy Drewes Riegel was given to Elizabeth Stamler. From Hope College on the grounds. Eric Kaufman James Spaeth The Performing Arts Studio presented received the $500 Joyce and Leonard SCOTCH PLAINS Hope Col Scott is a student at Westfield i ligli Melissa Kliesch Kathrine Stamler Bergman Memorial Scholarship. The two $3(XJs,holai dnps tuBi luna Bei i y swick lege, in Holland. Michigan, recently School, where he is a member of the David Kopylov Megan and Matthew1 Capodieasa. Maggie Kosciofek Stephen Wallden $500 Besson Family Memorial Schol­ cross-country team. Model United Among the many local organiza­ held its commencement, ceremonies Colleen La Forge Tiffany Wong arships were presented to Denise Horn on May 2. . — - Nations and the school marching Leigh Zebleckas and Christopher Mattem. tions funding scholarships is the Included in the ceremony was band. As vice-president of the Suzanne Gnttdenker The $ 1.000 Jean Bowers Memorial Scotch Plains Rotary' Garbe Founda­ Honor Roll Scotch Plains resident Jennifer L. Westfield YMCA Leader's Club, an Juniors- High Scholarship was awarded to Amanda tion. which has funded 22 awards Bassntan, who has been awarded all-student volunteer program. Scott Gottdehker Earns James Alfano Andrew Goldberg Walker. Elizabeth Elko received the including 20. $1,000 renewable Saif Alzoobaee Jonathan Greenspan graduation honors for outstanding has been involved in various commu­ SI,000 Jeannette Britton Memorial awards that were presented for the Colleen Baines Kristen Henkels academic accomplishments during nity service projects, Bachelor of Arts Degree Gary Her/berg Scholarship. A $500 Commerce Bank fourth time to: Adam Bendik. Erin Faye Bi her four years of study. VV'HSI HIT.I) Suzanne Michael Bonacum Catherine Jahn Giitldenker, the daughter ol Ellen and Elizaveta Bourchtein Kelli Kaskiw She graduated Cum Laude. and to Seton Hall Announces Kara Brass Meaghan Kelly be honored with this distinction, a Hill Gottdenker of Westfield, was Courtney Burke Caroline Lazur student must achieve a minimum 3.3 Trimester Honor Roll awarded a Bachelor ol Arts decree at Yvonne Chen Jessica Levine x t t W V C sertm-rnii Piei'v.mnm 1 'SEM'iTm* Union College in $eheneetadv. N.Y. w x \ t x . VVt.iGiangc has announced ns mini on June 11. Deirdre Clark Julie Madan Erin Crawford lan Mcnally Jennifer Testa Earns trimester Honor Roll. First Honors Suzanne, an economics major w ho Caroly n Di Prospero David Mecca comprises students w hose grade point minuted in French, graduated magna Raunaq Palejwala tV ¥ Jonathan Difiore Master of Divinity average is above 4.0, Second Honors cunt laude and received departmental Briana Falco Danielle Porter SCOTCH PLAINS - JenniferTesta recognizes students with grade point honors recognition. Joseph Fallon Chelsea Rowe Andrew Gibson Katherine V an Haasteren of Scotch Plains received her Master averages between 3,5 and 4.0, and While at Union College. Suzanne David Ginsberg Katerina Wong of Divinity degree front Princeton Commended students have earned traveled to Antwerp, Belgium for a Brian Glassett Joshua Zinman Theological Seminary at the school's between 3.0 and 3.49. semester, w here she studied econom­ Juniors- Honor Roll 193rd Commencement Exercises on First Honors students include ies at the University of Antwerp- Allison Abbott Danielle Koch May 14. Nicholas Colucci. Andrew Pusar, Asa Union Scholar, she completed Jennifer Bernstein The Master of Divinity is a three- Kevin Smith and Zachary Sproull. all a thesis based on the economics of art year graduate degree that is the basic of Westfield, and Matthew Anderson during her sophomore year and was Graduates Indiana U. professional degree for ministry. The and Brendan Kirby, of Scotch Plains, inv ited to present her work at the WESTFIELD - Jennifer seminary awarded a total of 234 de­ Scotch Plains students Juan-Anton prestigious Steinmetz Symposium. Bernstein of Westfield is among the grees at the Commencement Exercises. Velarde and Mark Zabel earned Sec­ In addition, she completed a,senior 2005 spring graduates of the Uni­ Princeton Theological Seminary; ond Honors, as did Westfield resi­ thesis for w hich she received honors, versity of Indiana at Bloomington. founded in i 812 as the first theologi­ dents George Kunath. Brian Maher, entitled “Determinates of Foreign She was awarded a Bachelor of cal school of the General Assembly Patrick Muldoon. Scott Muldoon and Direct Investment: Does Terrorism of the Presbyterian Church, is the John Pctruecelli Tluv A Role?" Arts degree and wav designated an BUDDING PHOTOGRAPHER...On a trip to Jackson earlier this month, nine- honor student. Honor students are year-old Katherine DeMarco snapped this photo of a zebra at Six Flags Great largest Presbyterian seminary in the Benjamin Walker. Michael Suzanne is employed as an analyst those who have achieved a 3.5 or Adventure. Katherine will enter fourth grade at the J.A. Coles Elementary School country. More than 10,000 of its Fitzpatrick and Ryan Torieollo of at a venture capital firm, Montague- better grade point average on a 4.0 in September. She earned free admission to the Theme Park by participating in alumni serve the Christian church Westfield were all Commended stu­ New hall Associates. inOwings Mills, scale. ______the Six Flags Six Hour Reading Club through her school's library this winter. throughout the world. dents. Md. Page 10 Thursday, August 4, 2005 (Tlir UHratfirlft trailer and The Scotch Plains - Fanwood TIMES A Watchung Communications, Inc. Publication DNA Evidence Links Serial Killer with Laurite Murder Ht DKHOKAII MADISON are grateful to know that this sus­ W 1« / / ' WntUs ftu Tkr WntfirU Imukr amt the 1mw\ pected predator can no longer take SCOTCH PLAINS - A Montana another life. Although this is the drifter. Ronald James Ward, already day we have long awaited, it opens serv ing a life sentence for the mur­ the deep wounds w ith renewed in­ der of a homeless man, has been tensity." linked, through DNA evidence, to Along with thanking Ihe many the rape and murder of Scotch Plains detectives and police w ho helped to resident Kristin Laurite in August find her daughter's killer. Mrs. of 2000. Dibenedelto also said. "I want to Ms. Laurite's nude body was give my genuine thanks to the me­ found 300 feet behind a rest stop dia who have kept my daughter’s along Interstate 40 in Conway story alive.” County Arkansas near Little Rock. Due to the new DNA evidence Ms. Laurite. 25. was traveling cross­ linking Ward with Ms, Laurite's country by car to a teaching job in Patrick Connor for The Westfield Leader murder, the Conway County Sheriff's RUNNING BRIDE...A Westfield bride-to-be runs in the 5K Pizza Race last week California, when she pulled off the Department has re-opened the case with her friends jogging along for support. FaiiMood Borough Library Director Dan Weiss highway to walk her dogs. It was and is gathering more evidence and then w hen she was raped and stabbed re-interviewing possible witnesses repeatedly. to present to the prosecutor's office. Ward may soon merit the notori­ Chief Smith said. They expect to Dems Kickoff Campaign Ex-Wife Stabs FW ous label of serial killer if prosecu­ submit that evidence to the tors collect enough evidence to pro­ prosecutor's office sometime in the ceed with several other pending, next three weeks, he added. If there For Mayor, Council Seats Library Director Weiss murder charges against him. Deputy is enough evidence for a conviction, Chief Sheriff Michael Smith of the prosecutors will submit the evi­ CONTINUED FROM PACE t By H A H . J . PEYTON side the library at around 5 p in. Conway County told The Times. Sim nitty H nrim for Ihr V ttit h Plaim fattWvotl / bn* t dence to a Grand Jury for a capital Taylor Park. Mr. Fusaro, President of the "Our patrol officers responding Ward was tried and convicted for murder charge. He said, "the proper leadership and Wesfield Baseball League and an FANWOOD Borough Library found ihe victim sitting in his office the murder of Craig Petrich. 43, who Mrs. Dibenedetlo tried unsuccess­ the proper resources" are needed to engineer, said he has felt the council Director Dan Weiss, 53. of Jersey with a large neck wound." said Police was robbed, beaten and shot to death fully to sue Arkansas Highway Pa­ make the DPW a better functioning has had "a little standoffish attitude" City was recovering this week from a Chief Donald Domanoski. in Montana on Oct. 16, 20(H). Ward trol for not providing adequate po­ department. the past few years w hen questioned stab wound to the neck inflicted by Chief Domanoski said detectives is also being, looked at for several lice security at the rest stop where On the issue of over development, by the public on their decisions. He his ex-wife, Rosemary Dunlap, 54. learned Dunlap was sitting in Weiss’ other murders, including that of her daughter was killed. In 1997. Mr. Jardim said the town needs to promised to use his experience as an of Westfield, on Monday evening as ear in the back seat w earing gloves on Jackie Travis, 49, w ho was beaten to another person was murdered at the tighten up Westfield's z.oning ordi­ engineer to help the DPW accom­ he left work, police said. her hands, apparently w aiting for her death in her Merced. California apart­ rest stop and the Arkansas Highway nance. He said new homes need be plish its tasks. He said he would focus Police said Mr, Weiss, who has ex-husband. ment on Dec, 7. 2000. and Shelia Transportation Department has now build "in character" with existing on improvement the town's infrastruc­ headed the library for six years, w as Mayor Colleen Mahr told The Polly. 3:2, who was found dead on closed the area. Chief Smith stated. homes in the neighborhood, ture such as athletic fields and roads to have been married to his fiancee /wilderthe slabbing was "just a com­ Dec, 30, 2000 in nearby Modesto, This month will mark the five- Ms Pi sell, an English and edu­ if elected. this Saturday. August 6. plete and utter shock to everyone." Although the 13NA evidence en­ year anniversary of Ms. Laurite’s cation professor at New Jersey Mr. Haas, who filled a vacancy on Dunlap was arrested not far front "Everyone is so saddened and tered into a computer database death. Ms. Laurite graduated from City University in Jersey City, said the council in 2003. said given his her home in Westfield following a shell shocked that something like linked the murder of Ms. Travis Scotch Plains- Fanwood High she intends to focus on numerous slim 59-vote defeat in 2003 he de­ county wide radio broadcast alert, that Could occur” in such a small with DNA from Ms. Laurite's case School in 1993. Her story has been "little tiny things" that residents cided he would "give it another shot.” police said. “tight knit community" like in 2001, neither ease could be featured on Inside Edition. want accomplished by town gov­ He said the "small little details the She is a sales associate with a realtor Fanwood, she said. matched with a suspect. The data­ America's Most Wanted and the ernment. town needs to focus on” have a direct firm in Westfield. Mayor Mahr credited the borough base evidence linking Ward was not Mantel Williams Show, "Over the last bunch Of years some impact on residents. The Fanwood Memorial Library is rescue squad’s quick response and its discovered until this year, when An Associated Press Report ar­ people have felt their ideas haven't Fourth ward candidate Mr. located at North Avenue andTijlbtson decision to transport Mr. Weiss to evidence from Ms. Polly's case was ticle on Ihe case staled that in court been heard. Il l am on the town coun­ B igosinski. an attorney in Road. UMDNJ with saving his life: entered into the CODIS database documents. Ward admitted to fre­ cil. believe me. everyone’s ideas will Morristown, said he is "very excited Westfield police detained Dunlap "This was a horribly shocking and system, Chief Smith explained. quent use of heroin, methamphet- be heard," said Ms. Fisch. and eager to serve this town." until Fanwood police officers arrived senseless act of violence against a Kristin Laurite’s mother, Lynn amines. marijuana and alcohol. and made the arrest, Westfield Police wonderful, dedicated borough em­ Dibenedctto of Scotch Plains, could Ward also told the court that his Sergeant Scott Rodger told The ployee," she said. "All of us arc send­ not be reached for comment. How­ mother, who w as a prostitute, aban­ WeslfieUI leader. ing our best wishes to him, his fiancee ever, she published the following doned him at an early age to live in Dunlap was arrested and charged and his family along w ith our prayers statement on the web site. foster care. with attempted murder and posses­ for a full and speedy recovery." w ww.kristinlaurite.org. dedicated to CODIS stands for Combined sion of a knife with intent to use it Tom Plante, ii friend of Mr, Weiss, .finding her daughter’s killer. DNA Index System. More informa­ unlawfully, police said told The Leader be Understood the "My family and fare relieved and tion on the database can he found at Fanwood Police Operations Com­ library director "is doing better” and comforted that a suspect has been www.fbi.gov/hq/lab/codis/ mander Lieutenant R ichard Trigo said that the hospital has ullovyed him to apprehended and incarcerated. We index I .hint. Sergeant Howard Jarvis and Detec­ see visitors. tive Eugene Chin are conducting the Mr. Plante said his wife. Patricia, follow -up investigation. “is so upset she doesn't want to talk W ESTFIELD Lieutenant Trigo said police at the anybody." scene recovered the knife they be­ Mr Plante was attending a meeting POLICE BLOTTER lieved w as used in the attack. Monday night with Assemblywoman Mr. Weiss was in guarded, condi­ Linda Slender and Mayor Mahr when WEDNESDAY, driving while intoxicated. He was tion at the University of Medicine they were informed of the stabbing. JULY 2(1 released to a responsible individual. and Dentistry of.New Jersey in New ­ “Everybody pulledouttlieircellphones Andrew DiStefano. 19. andLissette Two residences were reported bur­ ark at press time, said Union County and stinted making calls," he said’ Mayes. 19. both of Carteret, were glarized on Max Place. In each inci­ Prosecutor Theodore Romankow. "He (Mr. Weiss) is a man of many arrested at .South Avenue and Ross dent. one or more individuals cut the On Tuesday, State Superior Court talents. He is just a great guy. What a- Place and charged with possession of telephone wires and forced open the , . - Betsey Burgdorf for The Westfield Leader L AMPAKpN SPEECHES... May oral candidate Tom Jardim stands with his Judge Scott J. Moynihan in Union shock to the community it is," said less than 50 grams of suspected mari­ front door. No one w as at home at County ordered that Dunlap, a resi­ Mr. Plante. He and his wife have running mates as he addresses supporters from the Westfield Democratic Com­ juana: possession of suspected mari- either location when the break-ins mittee at the home of Larry and Cynthia (>oldman during Sunday's kickoff of the dent of Harding Street in Westfield, attended performances by Mr, Weiss, juana with intent to distribute and took place. campaigns for mayor and town council. be held in the Union County jail in who has his own hand. Silk City. The possession of drug paraphernalia. Police said Ihe master bedrooms of Elizabeth in lieu of $150,000 bail, band plays a mix of blue grass, folk Both were released with summonses. both homes had been ransacked. Ap­ police said. and classical music, as well as Broad­ SATURDAY, proximately $3(K) incusli was reported Dunlap vv asexpected toappearlater way show tunes. Mr. Weiss performs JULY 23 taken from one home, while $ 1.300 in Council Emphasizes New Ibis w eek before State SuperiorCourt vocals and plays the guitar, Ii was reported that someone set cash and $30,000 in jewelry was re­ Judge Joan Robinson Gross, accord­ Mr, Weiss performs at the annual fire to an American flag mounted on moved from the other. At press time, ing to Prosecutor’s Office Investiga­ Fannywood Day street fair as well as a pole at a business in the 500 block of authorities had no suspects. Parking Conveniences tion Supervisor: David Hancock. other borough events, said Mr. Plante. East Broad Street. THURSDAY, CONTINUED FROM PAGE I Police said they found Mr. Weiss in Mr. Plante seives on the. Fanwood Sangog Ohra, 66. of Scotch Plains JULY 28 his office following the slabbing out Cultural Ails Committee w ith Mr. Weiss. was arrested and charged with shop­ Diego Diaz, 21. of Roselle Park be an example of "arrogant govern­ the project, saving lax dollars. lifting a silver heart bracelet and sil­ was arrested and charged with hin­ ment who just, plays ball.” "Yes. the particular stripes that cur­ ver hoop earrings, valued at a total of dering apprehension for allegedly “What public works did is illegal.” rently are on the ground are unfortu­ Westfield Confers with $ 160. from a North Avenue store. She giving police a false name after being Mr. Blake said. "To say an ordinance nately unenforceable, but the bottom was released on her own recogni­ stopped for a motor vehicle violation will be passed soon is either arrogant line is that we erred on the side of zance. at South and Hetfield Avenues in or stupid. Any organization appropri­ public safety.” said Mr. Gildea. "This Residents on Tamaques Pond Gregory Eley. 52, of Roselle was Scotch Plains. Diaz was released w ith ating to themselves parking spaces of w-ork displays an excellent coopera­ arrested at South Avenue and Cross- a summons. the town’s and telling people they’re tive effort and it’s a safer area and CONTINUED FROM PACE I Way Place and charged with driving FRIDAY, not allowed to park there is arrogant." more beneficial to the town." pant with weeds, there were big Mayor Skihitsky wrote down all of while intoxicated. He was released JULY 29 He argued that this was an example of The town did pass, later in the patches of dirt and no mulch " Mr. the concerns. He said that a new play­ on his own recognizance to a respon­ Dvvain Johnson, 32 and Martin "they say don’t make any noise,’ meeting, enforcement regulations for Rivera also asked about a new play­ ground set wquid be included in the sible individual, Hester. 19. both of Plainfield, and We'll agree in the back. It’s an atti­ the area in question. ground component, as the old one 2(H)6 budget. He also wants to re-, MONDAY, Joseph DiDario, 23. of Springfield tude lhat you see becoming more and During the opening presentations, was removed due to safety concents place the "no feeding ducks" arid "no JULY 25 were arrested in the 200 block of Elm more popular in Westfield, and it the town council presented local hero earlier this year. ice-skating" signs with improved Laura Avdey. 22. of Westfield was Street and charged with possession of should be. stopped. Who approves a Sean Baran with a proclamation hon­ A concerned resident from Dickson ones. arrested in the 700 block of Norman less than 50 grams of suspected mari­ work ordinance before the town is oring his selfless actions in London Drive pointed out that the lights de­ "We had a great dialogue with the Place and charged with driving while juana arid possession o f drug para­ subjected to the ordinance? What during the terror attacks on July 7. signed to light the pond at night for ice- neighbors and I am very impressed intoxicated and refusal to submit to a phernalia. All were released with a happened to the Open Public Meet­ "Thank you for your service. It re­ skating have been broken for 20 years. with both their patience and their breathalyzer test. She was released to summons. ings Act and debating things." minds us that there is more good in . The main problem,facing the pond willingness to participate in the solu­ a responsible individual. Johnson was additionally wanted Mr. Gildea said; “I think it is irre­ the world lhan evil," Mayor Andrew is the lack of constant maintenance. tion." said Councilman Foerst. "Also, WEDNESDAY, on an active traffic warrant out of sponsible to say that we had back Skibitsky said. Sean is a University Residents w ant a maintenance sched­ I want to thank Mayor Skibitsky for JULY 27 Plainfield for $250. for which he door meetings or private meetings. : of Richmond student and Westfield u le so the algae does not build up in his hands on approach to the problem Paw el Zukowski, 25. of Orlando, posted bail, and was released on his That, was not the ease. This was a Rescue Squad member who for three the pond, the weeds don't become and for his sincere interest in address­ Flat was arrested al Central Avenue own recognizance on an outstanding public process for a year and a half hours performed triage, dressed overgrown and the water system ing the concerns of the residents of and Clover Street and charged with criminal warrant from Dunellen, that started with the paving project.” wounds and comforted the injured. doesn't clog again, the Fourth Ward" He stated the town had to deal with a Mayor Skibitsky said the town hon­ crosswalk that was "unapproved by ors his "admirable efforts in an attack the state and not handled correctly against innocent people." front previous council" Sean was humble during his short See it all on the Web! Mr. Gildea compared the issue of ConuiicMs. saying, li it nad peen adding increased lighting and safety anyone else in my squad, they’d hav e to when the Lord & Taylor depart­ done the same tiling. 1 learned every­ goleader.com ment'store received new lighting to thing I know from the squad and I increase safety oil North Av enue. Mr. want to thank Miki (Captain Urso) Gildea said the "Y" paid for parts of for vv liat they taught me." Board Reviews Changes DEEGAN To Land Use Ordinance

CONTINUED FROM PARC , an ordinance is working until it has that share parking. According to Law­ ROOFING been "in place for a while." He also yer, George Canellis. who represents noted that discussion of the proposals the applicants, the buildings are a would be ongoing between members combination of office and residential COMPANY of the Town Council and members of use. Planning Board members stated the Planning Board, and is subject to that the approval is contingent upon more public hearings. approval of the county and the town In other business, an application at council as the applicant looks to re­ 415 and 419 South Avenue West was move one or two street metered park­ 908-322-6405 approved to construct decks and add ing spaces. Ron Bansky a driveway between the properties Engineer James J. Mantz testified to members that the loss of the one or 715 Central Avenue Suite 10 Reading is Good For You! W estfield two spaces w ould make way for "bet­ ter site distance for an entrance and [email protected] Tear-Offs • Re-Roofs exit to the properties." This, he stated, would he safer for patrons using the Call for a free quote Repairs • Gutters office building and for residents oc­ cupying housing there. Discount ana insurance subject to availably and qualifications Discount amount may bo lower and applies The next Planning Board meeting to moat major coverages Allstate New Jersey Insurance. Company. Home Office Bi«jg«water Hi C2O04 Free Estimates • Fully Insured Allstate Insurance Company goleader.com is scheduled for September 8. begin­ ning at 8 p.m. A Watchuno Communications, Inc. Pumjcation ®l|p 3fflr*tfirtt) licnh rr and The Scotch Plains - Fanwood TIMES Thursday, August 4, 2003 See it ail in color at! Sports Section www.goieader.com T h e W e e k in S ------Panes 11-15 MEADE GOES 4-FQR-4. GUSSIS WHACKS TOWERING HR Midway Wins Battle in Ninth, Tops Montrose, 10-9, in Semis

B, FRED I.R OMTK Colicchio. "Shutting down these guys Wrmen fm TV H r«»rU t„ * k , uwJ the 7,mr< Ditrilio contributed a single and a the way he did was absolutely great. double. Colicchio and Ciulio each Midway had enough ammo left to He's been getting better every week had an RBI. score a run in the bottom of the ninth and he definitely was the pluyer of the Midway turned in a critical bases- at LaGrande Park in Fanwood to game." loaded putout in the fourth that pre­ outlast highly improved Montrose, The Middies served up 15 hits, vented more Montrose boys from 10-9, in Game 2 of the bcst-of-three led by Paul Meade who went 4-for- pouncing on the plate. In the fifth. semifinal series in the Fanwood Old 4. including a double. Brian Gussis Blasi, who covered short, scooped, Men's Softball Association on July smacked a double and a towering wheeled and delivered on back-to- 29. Montrose won the first semifinal home run. Jerry Bianco poked two back plays. Meade also turned in a game, 9-5, on July 28. singles and "Raider" Mat Blasi crucial double play in the eighth. The crafty pitching skills of Toni jolted in two runs and a single. Drew "The ball was hanging up there so Ciulio made the difference, accord­ Koski went 3-for-3 and scored a we were able to gel underneath a lot ing to Midway catcher Tony run. Dave Ussy doubled and Steve ol them," said Ciulio. "When we Sn lot Tft* We,ttteld Leader ,na TS. Ttmee played them yesterday, we were not NOT ABOUT TO TAKE ANY PRISONERS...Flnest/Bravest getting the breaks. We hit the ball organizer Matt "Luke" Kugett connects with the hall and blasts a solo homer in the second innin S churily event raised V1K.IHH) for CONTINUED ON PAGE 13 the McAules School. FUGETT, TOSS', MAHONEY. CARMAN. FAJARDO HAMMER HOME RUNS Scotch Plains Finest vs Bravest Game Was ‘Home Run’ for McAuley School Charity

By DAVID B. CORBIN were able to raise $I8.(XX) for the Specially Written fur The Westfield Lewier and The Times and not let them stay around, kind of est, who also won the previous year's McAuley School. We are happy to heat them up quickly." It’s been getting bigger and bigger event, which raised nearly $7,000. have the Rahway High School ROTC Of lesser importance, but still for every year. Yes! The third annual Fin­ Before the game, Scotch Plains Drill Team and the food is provided bragging rights, the Finest (Scotch est vs. the Bravest Charity softball Police Chief Mark /via. who was by Outback Steak House. We have Plains Policemen's Benevolent As­ game, dedicated to the memory of expecting a closer contest, com­ basically the same players, except we sociation (PBA) Local No. 87) did Ken Garbowski. held in the presence mented. “I'm nursing an ankle injury, got one new guy. Jason Fiore. He's defeat the Bravest (Scotch Plains of a multitude of fans at Brookside so I may just play one inning at third supposed to be a big hitter. He came Volunteer Firefighters Association), Park in Scotch Plains on July 30 was base. If the game gets dose. I may from Jersey City Police Department this time by a score of 30-15. Last a huge success and earned $18,000 come back in." hut now he is Scotch Plains. We should year, the nine-inning classic, which for The McAuley School for Excep­ The Rahway High School ROTC be able to win handily again. We’re raised $13,600 for Camp Fatima, tional Children. Color Guard and Drill Team opened c . A . . ___End K. Lecomte lo. tv.sWeid Leader,nd The Ttmea going to try to jump on them quickly ended in a 29-14 victory for the Fin­ SLAPPING DOWN A SINGLE...Billy Swisher led the Montrose boys with three Prior to the Finest/Bravest show­ CONTINUED ON PAGE U singles and 4 RBI in the second semifinal game of the FOMSA playoffs. Midway down, Matt “Luke" Fugett. the orga­ won the battle, 10-9, however Montrose won game one, 9-5, in the best of three. nizer of the event, said. "This year w e ROSE AN PER, DEFOVW SECURE INFIELD DEFENSE ST MONGIOVE. ST. ROMAINE BATTER SOLO HOMERS Revolution Fitness Men Hand St. Mark Men Avoid Blemish, Hand 2 Hand a 16-9, Setback

By DAMP It. CORBIN Performing magnificent feats in Hold Back St. Anthony, 15-14 Specially Written far The Westfield I easier aiul The limes cautiously. “The last couple of games seven of the nine innings, Roseander we had no 'D'." Quick and accurate reactions from made diving snags, smothered siz­ The hitting came in droves, how­ By DAVID B. CO RBIN Park in Scotch Plains on July 28, yielding only two. Teen Nguyen and (lie nervous systems of shortstop Specially W ritten far The Westfield leader aiul The Times zling line drives, showed tremendous when the men from St. Anthony took Tony Perconte each went 4-for-5 with ever, as the Fitness men punched out Kevin Roseanderand second base man range and made tough running grabs Having experienced only one set­ it to the limit, but fell just shy to the 22 hits, including three doubles. two RBI and three runs scored for the Jon DeFouw provided fourth-seeded in the shallows of the outfield. back all season, the men of St. Mark, Mark men, 15-14. St. Mark took ad­ Tonys. Harry Semple had two singles Kuchar rapped two singles and a Revolution Fitness all the defense it DeFouw performed simitar magic with a 13-1 record, have been well vantage of three walks coupled with and four RBl while Jack Kennedv double, scored once and added three needed toward off fifth-seeded Hand from his second baseman's position. aware that every team in the St. Bart's three errors to tally seven runs in the had two singles, three RBI anil a run RBI. Dave Herrmann hit two singles 2 Hand. 16-9. in the A Division Revolution first baseman Mike Oldtimers Men's Softball League will fifth inning, then erupted for six runs and a double, scored twice and hud an scored. John Chupko cracked two quarterfinals of the Scotch Plains Kuchar also got into the act. snagging be looking to topple them from their in the seventh to squeak out the win. singles and scored twice and Sieve RBI. Mike Manochio went 3-fof-5 Men's Softball League playoffs al two difficult foul pop-ups. with ;i double, three ripis scored and lofty perch atop the Angels Division. St. Anthony out hit St. Mark 19-15, Pirella had two singles, an RBI and a Brookside Park in Scotch Plains on “We do it with good ‘D \ We are two RBI. Greg Watson (3 runs scored) That nearly happened at Brookside but the Marks gained six walks while run scored. Tom Mongiove mashed a July 26. sporadic hitters." commented Kuchar CONTINUED ON PAGE 12 solo home run. Marty Bernstein led the Mark men with two singles, a double, three RBI and a run scored. Glen Walz had three ‘Your Jersey Shore Connection” singles and a run scored, Malcolm Boone bashed a two-run double, singled and scored twice, and Mark Spring Lake-Sea Girt Rontaine blasted a solo home run, singled and scored twice. Kevin Manasquan-Belmar Woodring went 2-for-4 with two RBI and a run scored. The hitting may have been abun­ dant, but so were the fine defensive Susan Linky plays. Tony second baseman Paul Diane Turton, Realtors Doris Baril Bifani made a fine catch in shallow 732-614-7079 732-995-3088 center, first baseman Nate Mangiris 732-449-4441 smothered a chopper and Chupko seized a liner on the mound while 1216 Third Ave., Spring Lake, NJ 07762 CONTINUED ON PAGE 13

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By FRED UECOMTE and Kluckas initiated a major league nings. Wein plopped a single and »/•><» let Its SrnfuLt U e i,, sej I t , Timer catch for a critical out in the sixth. danced home on Cuccaro’s RBI Top-seeded Hunter Avenue spon­ The scrappy Glory Boys, double. In the fourth, Kamins belted sored by Green Grass Landscape suc­ complimented by a host of young a solo shot inlo play land. cessfully tracked down Watson Av­ players, totaled 13 hits and were held Hunter blasted two more runs in enue to pull out a 10-8 victory in Game together by mound ace Mike Jascow. the fifth. Kluckas ripped a single to center and scampered home on ' l of the best-of-three semifinal series who also cracked an RBI double and of the Fanwood Old Men’s Softball a single. Jim McKeon hammered three Cuccaro’s double. Penczak triggered Association (K)MSA) at LaGrnnde singlesand an RBI. and Doug Kolody an RBI single to tie the score, 5-5. Park in Fanwood on July 28. The Hunters fired off 17 rounds and were led by Brian Keller who crunched a three-run homer in the bottom o f the seventh. Steve Kamins , „ ...... , _ „ Devid B. Cort*i for 7h# W#s«WLeedvrend The llTmee thumped two solo home runs and (»Kl I IM# \ FA( t rTLLOF 1)1 ST...Revolution Hlnesssluajer Mike Manochiodives face first inlothird base in the sixth cracked an RBI single and Frank inning. Miinorhin went .'•for-?, worvd (hit* runs and had two RBI. Cuccaro went 3-for-3 with two RBI. Joe Penczak (RBI). Phil Wein. Chris Kluckus and Paul Ewing (RBI) bat­ tered two singles apiece and Scott Revolution Fitness Softball Men Hand Stogner bounced an RBI. As usual, mound veteran A1 Manzi was on his game “This shows why Hand 2 Hand a 16-9, Setback in Quarterfinals we’re champions because we're never COHTINUCD FROM Ft OF II done until the third out and we proved that once again." said Manzi. “Clutch •ind Steve Barba ( I run scored) each whacked three singles; Fred Behr handled a ground rule double to left defense and clutch hitting is what this had three hits and an RBI. Roseander singled twice, scored once and had an and Burd popped up to first. Bergmunn team is all about. We keep on fighting (1 run scored) and DeFouw (2 runs RBI. Veteran Rusty Meyer singled followed with an RBI single to left, and if we lose, we lose by giving it our scored) each had two singles and an and scored twice. tying the score. best shot.” RBI Revolution scored a run in the bot­ “Good job! Way to pick me up." F.very game has its share of good Hand 2 Hand did have a few tine tom of the first on Kuchar's RBI shouted Burd. defense that determines the outcome defensive plays, hut suffered with double, a run in the second on Chris In the Revolution half of the fourth. of the game. Kluckas snagged a ris­ several misguided relays. They Daggett’s RBI grounder to second Manochio singled and moved to third ing liner at short and fired to Kamins slapped the ball well w ith 17 hits and and a run in the third on Roseander’s on Watson’s single. “Come on ‘Fiitz!’ at first for the double play. Penczak F r*d K. Lecomte for The Westfield Leader and The Times were led by Jason Mullntan. who RBI single to left. Hand 2 Hand tal­ Out Of the infield now." bellowed made a fine play "at third in the fifth NOT TO BE DENIED...Hunter Brian Keller dives in a cloud of dust after went 3-for-3 w ith a double, three runs lied two runs in the second when Barba. Bill Fitzpatrick heeded Barba's thumping a single. Keller clocked a 3-run homer in the seventh as Hunter bagged scored and an RBI. Rich Bergmunn Mullman and Burd both singled, then advice and lofted an RBI sacrifice fly Watson Avenue. 10-8 in EOMSA semifinal game I on July 28. had three RBI on two base hits, and scored when Bergmann's tly to right to center. Later in the inning, Watson SPF 1 Is Make Finals reached base twice on dropped fly was dropped. scored on an error at second making In Brunswick Tourney smacked two doubles and two RBI. In the seventh. Watson immedi­ balls in right field. Tim Walsh In the fourth inning, Mullman man­ the score 5-3. 1 The Scotch Plains-Fanwood Greg Freisen pounded a single and an ately put Hunter on the defense with “Let’s go! We’ve got to hit around." (SPFl Youth Baseball Association RBI. Chris Schwartzenbeck thumped three runs. Lee Musler worked Manzi begged Burd as Hand 2 Hand came in 11-year-old tournament team w on three hits and Phil Orsini poked two. fora 12-pitch walk. Schwartzenbeck to bat in the sixth. its fifth straight game in the East including a double, and three RBI. placed a bunt to perfection and Jascur Behr and Mullman drew walks. Brunswick Tournament, bringing Watson's defense sparkled with a helped his cause with an RBI double. Burd singled to load the bases and its tournament record to 5-0. SPF multitude of fine plays. Defensive McKeon followed with a RBI single Bergmunn yanked his two-run single defeated North Brunswick. 8-1, in wizard, centerfielder Brian and Freisen pounded a RBI sacrifice to right to tie the score, but Fitness the semifinals to advance to the Ciemniecki. made six excellent fly ball for an 8-5 lead, but the Hunt­ was ready and scored five runs on six championship game. catches and Vinnie Brodo made an ers ambushed them with five runs in hits, capped by Nick Musana's RBI Steven Alleman, Mike Daly. Ian excellent grab in the second. the bottom of the seventh. Wein and single, to take a 10-5 lead. Johnston. Brett Kovacs, Anthony Schwart/enbuch made a bases loaded Kluckas each yanked singles and Hand 2 Hand retaliated with two Krajesik. Alex Markovits, Luke magical shoelace catch at third and Cuccaro reached safely on a ntiscue the seventh on RBI singles Mineo and Steve Vadas provided robbed Hunter of a score in the sixth. to load the pods. Stogner whacked an from Behr and Brian Berger. Rev olu­ excellent pitching. Each member Watson scored two runs in the top RBI sacrifice to left and Kamins tion rebelled w ith three runs on four of the team has hit safely in nearly of the first. McKeon and Freisen looped an RBI single over second. hits, which included Herrmann’s all the games. Standouts include rapped back-to-back singles. Orsini Jerry Sidman banged an RBI single double to the fence in right. Mineo. w ho hit a two-run home tapped an RBI single and Kolody to tie the score, 8-8. Darkness over­ "We have plenty of game left.” said run. and Krajesik. who hit a grand spanked a RBI double. shadowed the Watson bench when Meyer in the eighth. slam home run. In the second. Jascow worked his Brian Keller unloaded the winning With the assistance of another Infielders Rvan Henkels. pitches cleverly around Kamins but three-run blast to deep left. dropped ball in right. Bergmann Krajesik. Markov it/, and Dan Pesin slipped up and watched the ball soar After the game. Kamins said. "We bolted to third and scored w hen the provided excellent defense. Mark well over the 300' fence. But Watson showed all that we are. Keller, who relay soared out of play. Three more Prowe has made a habit out of retaliated with three runs in the third. hit the game winning home run, is our Fitness men roughed up the plate in throwing out a runner at first base McKeon slapped a single, Freisen number nine batter and not many the bottom of the inning, but Hand 2 from right field. 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Bobby Guy and Mike Walch and Marty Bernstein homered and were 3-for-4. Everyone also hit for had three RBI each. Scott Smith’s 3- St. Aloysius. for-3 and 4 RBI outing was not enough St. Mark 15, St. Stephen 4 Glen Walz led St. Mark going 4- roe ine weemeta Leeasr ana m e rimes x..# ■,. * ■ for St, Luke. T(K) CLOSE TO CALL?...St. Mark first baseman Mark Roniaine sumps the St. Blaise 26, St. Anne 11 for-4 with four RBI. Detective Frank hall just as St. Anthony runner Teen Nguyen steps on the bag. Frad K Lacornta fo r The Weettbkf Leader end The Times The Annies gave up 14 runs in the Marerro was 4-for-4 for St. Stephen. CRAFTY PITCHING WITH A SMILE... Mid way pitcher Toni Ciulto had sixth inning. Blaiser Frank Samuelian St. Jude 12, SL Luke 6 another impressive outing behind some solid defensive plays. Midway outlasted shined with a home run and six RBI. St. Luke scored five runs in the Montrose. 10-9 in Game 2 in the I'OMSA playoffs. St. Anne rookie Joe LoBrace had five seventh but it wasn’t enough. Jude St. Mark Men Avoid Blemish, RBI man Pal Enright was 3-for-4. includ­ St. Anthony 27, St. Jude 17 ing a homer. Luke's Scott Smith and Hold Back St. Anthony, 15-14 Midway Wins Battle in Ninth, Harry Semple wax 4-for-5 with four Frank Pepe each went 3-3. RBI while Jack (the Pres) also went In other undocumented action. St. X5S55555555S CONTINUED FRON FADE It 4-for-5 with five RBI. St. Jude had Blaise beat St. Aloysius and St. only one extra base hit. Stephen. Semple and Dennis Vuono made su­ solo homer. Tops Montrose, 10-9, in Semis St. Mark 15, St. Luke 14 For more information on our league, per running snags in the outfield "You get some, you miss some. —— CONTINUED FROM PAGE 11 St. Mark had an exciting come from please \ isit www.stbartssoflball.com. Mark pitcher Tony Radice turned a That field is filled w ith lumps in that behind win as Marty Bernstein went Howard Bialos - webmaster. smooth 1-6-3 double play (Radice. area," said Vuono with a smile. right on the nose right at them, how­ Montrose plated two runs in the Bernstein and Roniaine). Third Mongiove launched his solo shot ever today it was just the opposite and sixth when Bobby Kurt singled and baseman Al Antoine made a major over the centerfielder's head in the our defense was good." Johnny 'Z ‘ tripled and scored on Bill league grab and tossed to second for bottom of the third and Mark man Montrose accounted for 13 hits. Swisher's bunt. Montrose added three the putout. and Keith Middleton made Mark DiFrancesco scored on an in­ Bill Swisher led with three singles, in the seventh. Pops' singled. Jack a key running catch in center in the field grounder in the fourth to make one run scored and three RBI. Johnny Sullivan walked. Bob Sw isher slapped bottom of the seventh inning. the score 7-2. The climate shifted ’Z' thumped an RBI triple and scored. an RBI single and Bill Sw isher nailed Highlighted by Vuono’s double, drastically in the fifth, however, when Bob Swisher and Jim Swisher each a two-run single behind second. Kennedy’s two-run single and seven Mark men combined for three- went 2-for-2 with an RBI. Awakened. Midway scored two in Pirclla's RBI single. St. Anthony look hits to score their seven runs. Montrose tallied a run in the top of the bottom of the seventh. Ussy a 4-0 lead in the bottom of the first. Aware of Chupko’s prowess as a the first When Bill Swisher walked. doubled. Meade singled and Blasi "We’re down four," reminded horseshoe specialist and hoping to Scott Gaito singled and 'Pops' looped lofted an RBI sacrifice lly. Bianco Bernstein. inspire his mound performance, in­ an RBI sacrifice fly. In the second. singled to tie the game. 9-9. "That's alright! It's early." re­ jured St. Anthony pitcher Pete Montrose capitalized on four walks In the bottom of the ninth, Meade sponded Mark man Ed Marchelitis. Vanderheyden hollered from the side­ and added two runs. Midway, how­ drilled a double into right. Blasi After failing to score in the second, lines. "Throw a ringer John! Throw a ever. punched in three runs in the singled and Ciulio sizzled an RBI the Mark men fell behind 6-() when ringer!" bottom of the inning. Anthony Blasi sacrifice to win the game. Semple slapped an RBI single and Inspired for an inning, Chupko held walked and Gussis plopped the ball to "I think we played a heck of a Vuono lofted an RBI sacrifice lly. the Mark men scoreless in the sixth deep left for a double. Colicchio and game. We never quit and that's been In the third, after Vuono made his and his team rewarded him with four Meade followed with RBI singles so all year long We always come sparkling catch in leftfield, Roniaine runs in the Anthony half to take an 11 - and Mat Blasi lined an RBI sac fly lo backand we're always fighting. That's burned a grounder down the line, 9 lead. But the Marks wanted no more right. why 1 call these guys the cardiac just out of Vuono's reach to get his blemishes on their record and scored In the third, 'Pops' singled and kids," said Midway team captain six runs on six hits in the seventh to go scored when Jim Swisher jabbed a Ditrilio. "Manny Perez started the ahead, 15-11. single. Midway's speed proved fruit­ game and had a little trouble: how­ St. Bart’s Softball In the bottom of the seventh, Bifani ful in the bottom of the inning. Koski ever, in his defense, he pitched great David B. Corbin for The Westfield Leader and The Times Available on Website drew a leadoff walk, and then singled to center. Bianco yanked a in the first game. Ciulio came in and UNLEASHING THE POWER...St. Anthony's John Chupko unleashes his awe- Middleton robbed Pirella of an extra- Pictures of some of the St. Bart's single. With runners on the comers, a mopped up well. We stuck by him and some power and cracks a single lo right against St. Mark. base hit with his great grab in center. Oldtimers Men’s Softball League- great play by Jim Swisher nailed played good defense behind him. We Chupko singled to right, Mangiris games for the month of July are Bianco at second: however, Koski look to come out strong and keep the reached on an error and Nguyen now available to be viewed on blazed across the dish for a score. momentum going in game three." grounded out lo short, bringing home Cal Ripken Pictures Available on Website The Westfield Leader website In the fourth, Gussis launched a "We have been pushing ourselves a Bifani. Perconte and Semple slashed Pictures of the Cal Ripken 12-year-old baseball tournament are now www.goleader.com. solo homer to center then Midway long way to reach this point," added RBI singles to bring St. Anthony to available to be viewed on The Westfield Leader website www.goleader.com. Once on the website, click "Pho­ posted two runs in the fifth. Meade Ciulio. "When you get hungry, you within one run. Middleton then chased Once on the website, click "Photos" and scroll to the appropriate list. The tos" and scroll to the appropriate singled, swiped a bag and scored on fight for things and it went our way down another fly ball in center to end Koski's single. Bianco hit a sacrifice today." Westfield Blue, Westfield Gray and Scotch Plains-Fanwood 12-year-old list. St. Bart’s League pictures can teams appear on list - 05JuIy2(XTalRipkenl2. Photos of the Westfield and the game. fly, allowing Koski to score from Montrose 121 002 300 9 be selected from the list - SPF 8’s and 9’s can also be located on the photo list. 05Jul26StBarts. St. Mark 001 170 6 15 third. Midway 031 120 201 10 St, Anthony 421 004 3 14

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Call 3* FLR 12 BR, Bth for au-pair. RR (27x17), Hobby Rm (30x12) WSF0624 SI 750 0ftO ’ inspect this lovely home. today. $829,000 W estfield O ffice 20 9 C entral A venue 456 South ((came, Westfield, V ] 908-233-5555, ext. 169 D irect O ne: 908-301-2015 7 elpfume 90S-654-6666 Residential Brokerage O 2005 CoMwr/i Banker Real Estate^ Corporation.Corpora,wa. (vlth*ellC BankerBaal*,®« „ a regramd tradomari, laenvj u CMaall Baakr, Rral r An h,ml Oppanaaay Compaq, Equal Homing Uppmunin. OuaeJ unj Operated by SRT h a o r p a ^ E Corpora, ^f^^ow w ^Tiotg, Inc. Publication $i;g jWfBtfiflft U ta b rr n d The Scotch PUim - Fmwood TIMES ThurwUy, Augxut 4, 2005 P»gt 15 SP-F 9’s Beat Sayreville, 14-4, In N. Edison Tourney Semis The Scotch Plains-Fanwood Youth nament) allowed just five hits over Baseball Association 9-yr-old Tour­ five innings. nament Team defeated Sayreville. 14- Sayreville took a 2-0 lead in the first 4. in the seminnals at the North Edison inning but the Raiders answered to Invitational Tournament on July 30th. take a 5-2 lead. After Ridge and Pitcher Matt Ridge (3-0 in the tour- Michael Lettieri reached base, Joseph vI L , M w h1 J # Bonaccorso bashed a two-run triple to WF U10 Girls Finish right. Ryan DePaul ripped an RBI tL. -f V'. single. Matt Kerr and Andrew Wheeler Second in Softball added RBI. KeriandChrsitineMonroy Westfield's U10 softball girls added RBI in the second to up the lead concluded their season in second to 7-2. SECOND IN PARKWAY LEAGUE...The Westfield UI0 girls softball team place in the Parkway International The Raiders broke loose with five recently placed second in the Parkway International league National Division. League's National Division with runs in the third. Wheeler and Gene Pictured, left to right, are: front row; Katie DeMasi. Ally Faktor, Gabby Panarese an 8-2 record. Sisoske walked and Lettieri, and Megan Lupplno; middle row, Molly Jennings, Mads Yeager, Tara Reardon. Westfieldqualified for the league Bonaccorso and Kerr added RBI. Nara Albright and Colleen Gallagher, back row. Coach Scott Faktor, Manager Sayreville answered with two runs in Rosemarie Panarese and Coach Anna McGrath. championship game by knocking off New Providence, 18-0. in its the fourth. In the Raider half of the season finale as Tara Reardon fourth. Mike Sangem was on third. Eric Hogan hit a fly ball that the NEW PROVIDENCE TOURNAMENT CHAMPS.. .The Westfield White 9 year- SPF 8s Win N. Edison Tourney tossed a six strikeout one-hitter. old baseball team recently won the New Providence Green League Tournament. Reardon, Gabby Panarese. Ally Sayreville leftfielder made a great play Pictured, left to right, are; front row. Matt Storcks. Mac Heffron, Malt Luppino. Factor, Megan Lupino. Sara to prevent Sangem from scoring. Andrew Stem and Ryan Paul; middle row, Chris Aslanian. Dane Huber, Chris In fifth, with base loaded, Monroy Albright and Molly Jennings all Kattak, Patrick Rogers and James Schiano; back row , Coach Bob Storcks, Matt To Finish Season Undefeated hit a smash to shortstop, Bonaccorso had base hits and Katie DeMasi Beauchamp, David Kane, Connor O’Donnell, Chris Callahan, Pat Decker and The Scotch Plains-Fanwood (SPF) the inning. slid under the tag at home as the catcher Coach Tom Decker. banged a two-run double to lead 8-year old Raiders topped previously misplayed the ball and DePaul scored The defensive gem seemed to inspire the barrage. Colleen Gallagherand unbeaten Franklin. 14-4. to win the behind him for the final run. the Raiders as they went on to score six Mads Yeager walked and scored in North Edison baseball tournament. runs in the bottom of the third to essen­ Sangem, Hogan, Wheeler and a nine-run first inning. Westfield White 9’s Win The victory closed out a remarkable tially put the game away. The entire Sisoske were strong in the outfield. Westfield then lost the league season, which saw the team win all line-up contributed with key hits, in­ Kerr. Bonaccorso and Lettieri provid­ championship game to Roselle four tournaments it participated in, cluding Matt Marino. Christian Isolda. ing the glove work in the infield. Park. Panarese. DeMasi and N. Providence Tournament finishing with an impressive record of VJ Makris. JT Beime, Tyler Kovacs. DePaul and Ridge anchored the pitch­ 22-0-1. Luppino were selected by their Danny Babis, Connor Danik and Garrett ing. Monroy has been outstanding The Westfield White 9-year-old teammates to represent W'estfield Decker pitched the first three in­ The Raiders scored four times in the Zito. Lipshitz. and Rodgers each pitched behind the plate, keeping the opposi­ baseball team, coached by Tom nings, striking out three. He started the first inning as leadoff hitter Jeffrey in the league all-star game. three innings for the victory. tions running game in check. Decker, Bob Storcks and John fourth, and Livingston finally tapped Rodgers singled. Danny Harcourt fol­ Commenting on the season, man­ The Raiders were to play for the O'Donnell, won the New Providence its first single. Two batters reached on lowed with a single. The Raiders re­ WTA Women Singles championship against the winner of ager Scott Rodgers said. "It was truly a Green League Tournament with a an error and a hit batsman. After Decker ceived RBI from Zachary Lipshitz(2), North Edison and Staten Island. The memorable season, the boys were such Tennis Ladder Told: decisive 16-4 win over Livingston. walked in the first Livingston run, Kevin Maxwell and Ryan McSherry. a joy to coach. It was nice to see their Raiders went into the payoffs sweep­ Westfield scored five runs in the Lipshitz and Ryan Jensen each blasted The standings of the Westfield Ten­ Connor O'Donnell entered the game hard work pay off while having fun ing bracket play with a 4-0 record. top of the first inning. Matt Storcks triples in the inning. nis Association Women's Singles Lad­ in relief. Connor yielded three runs on playing competitive baseball. We singled, stole second and third and SPF's defense came up big in the der as of July 31st are listed below. only one hit and then retired the side. outscored our opponents 295-38. We then scored on Chris Kattak's single. lop of the third. SPF was holding onto Changes in the standings resulted from WTA Men’s Singles Afterwards. O'Donnell slammed the made less than 10 errors the entire David Kane and Chris Aslanian door, sinking out five in the fifth and a tenuous 4-2 lead when Franklin had season. Our pitchers threw strikes. The inactivity and five matches being Tennis Ladder Told: walked and Dane Huber followed with sixth innings, including one to end the the bases loaded and its leadoff hitter boys got tremendous support from their played. Players can access weekly updated standings as well as matches a two-run single. Chris Callahan game. up. The batter hit a line drive to right parents and families. The coaches were The sixth reporting period has come played on WTA's website: reached on an error, scoring two more- Westfield added seven runs in the field that was snared by SPF's Johnny fabulous and the parents were incom­ to a close w ith Gary Wassertnan main­ runs. sixth. Patrick Rogers walked and stole DelSordi with a diving catch to end parable. What more could you ask for?" www.westfieldnj.com/wta. taining the top spot with a close 10-9 Further information about rules or In the fourth, Kattak singled, stole second. O ’Donnell reached on an er­ w in over second-seeded Robert Errazo. second and scored on Pat Decker's ror. Andrew Stem and Matt Storcks joining the ladder is available by call­ Melvin Diep took over the third spot ing Jean Power at (908) 654-7418 (or RBI triple. Kane walked and Aslanian both walked scoring another run. from Tuyen Diep with an 8-3 win. The followed with a sac fly, scoring e-mail at [email protected].) The next reporting period ends on August Decker then blasted a three-run triple next reporting period will conclude at Decker. Huber banged an RBI single 14. As a reminder, there is a five- to left. Kane walked and Aslanian 8 p.tn. on Sunday. August 14th. Match to give Westfield a 9-0 lead. mateh requirement to qualify for the crashed a triple. scores should be reported within 24 end of season playoffs. Please report Ryan Paul, Mac Heffron, James hours and weekend scores by Sunday all matches to Richard Pardo at WTA Men’s Masters Schiano, Matt Beauchamp and Matt evening to J. Power. [email protected]. Luppino all made big defensive con­ 1. Sheri Pardo 1. G Wasserman(7)‘ 15. V. Camuto(1) Singles Ladder Told: tributions. 2. Lisa Black-Polak 2. Robert Errazo(12)* 16,JonEisenberg The team started the season slowly, 3. Linda Coleman 3. Melvin Diep(16)* 17. A.Winnlcker<1) The standings of the WTA Men s playing .500 ball. After a strung show­ 4. Lisa Sottung 4. Tuyen Diep(14)‘ 18.Vofcrecrihausen Masters Singles as of July 3 1 are ing in their final game of the Basking 5. Dianne Mroz 5. Weldon Chln(12)‘ 19. David Ferlo(2) listed below. The next reporting pe­ 6. Janet Cornell 6. Mike Gonella(8)‘ 20. RossErrazo(1) Ridge 4th of July Tournament, how­ 7. Ellen Smith 7. Richard Pardo( 12)’ 21. Brian Anderson riod ends on August 14. ever, beating the Florham Park A team, 8. Danielle Coleman 8. Dan Siegel(5)‘ 22.TomBigosinski 1. Mike McGlynn (4) everything improved with each and 9. Hong Jiang 9. Chris Conley(5)‘ 23. Joe Donnolo 2. Chris Wendel (9)* every game. 10. JoAnn Purdy 10. Steve Parker(2)‘ 24. Adam Krell 3. Don Dohm (3) 11. Jean Power 11. Paul Moum(4)‘ 25. Ethan Krell < 4. Hank Koehler (5) 12. Monica Morin 12. Steve Satkin(3)’ 26. Jeremy Krell 5. Henry Williams (1) 13. Paula Brotman 13. Chris Wendel(7)* 27. Todd Krell 6. Joe Donnolo (2) 14. Diane Barabas 14. Andrew Cohen(4)’ 28. DeweyRainville 7. Bob Koteslk (2) See it all on the Web! 15. Nancy Freundlich 29. Michael Valente 8. Dewey Ralnville 16. Alison Fleder ( ) Cumulative matches played 9. George Sincox www.goIeader.com The Scotch Plains-Fanwood 8-Year-Old baseball team 17. Judy Robertson * Denotes match played in current re­ Matches played In reporting period 18. Lucila Vollbrecthausen porting period (*) Number of matches reported -1111

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ACCENTS WOODWORKING In compliance with the New Jersey Municipal Land Use Law, the land use ordinances THE MONIES NECESSARY Emergency Services Director of the Town of Westfield, and the rules and regulations of the Town’s Planning Board, Custom Cabinetry and finish Flexible hours approximately 15 NOTICE Is hereby given that the Westfield Planning Board will continue a PUBLIC 1 T - 8/4/05, The Leader Fee: $15.81 WEIGHTS DESIRED carpentry. Mantles, built-ins, hours weekly. Job requires HEARING started on July 7, 2005. as follows. PUBLIC NOTICE Looking for fixed, solid 20-lb, bookcases & vanities. Custom Current CPR/First Aid /AED. 1. Applicants: Carl C. and Olga F. Teschke kitchens & cabinet re-facing. TOWN OF WESTFIELD 30-lb, 65-lb, 70-lb, dumbells. record reporting, attending 2. Property: 1532 and 1538 Rahway Avenue Please call Dave Corbin at: Portfolio & references. meetings, train and recruit Westfield, NJ 07090 Public Notice is hereby given that an Block 5402. Lot Nos. 27 and 28 ordinance of which the following is a copy (908) 232-4407 Bruce Theil (908) 358-2325 volunteers, interact with 3. Zones: RS-24 and RS-10 was introduced, read and passed on first community. Call for further details reading by the Council of the Town of PUBLIC NOTICE PUBLIC NOTICE (908) 232-7090 4 Date of Hearing: Thursday. September 29, 2005 Westfield at a meeting held August 2. 5 Time of Hearing: 8:00 P.M. 2005 and that the said Council will further TOWN OF WESTFIELD extending along the curb line a distance of 6. Place of Hearing: Westfield Municipal Building SWIM FANATICS WANTED consider the same for final passage on the Public Notice is hereby given that an seventy feet. Council Chambers 13th day of September. 2005, at 8:00 ordinance of which the following is a copy Sec. 13-26 Two hour zones-Unmetered 425 East Broad Street The Fanwood-Scotch Plains p.m., or as soon thereafter as said matter was introduced, read and passed on first Section 13-26 of Title 13 subsection (3) Westfield, New Jersey 07090 YMCA seeks PT Asst. Swim Team can be reached, in the Council Chambers, reading by the Council of the Town of and (6) under Clark Street shall be re­ 7, Application: Preliminary major subdivision approval for Municipal Building, 425 East Broad Street, Westfield at a meeting held August 2, pealed and the following entered in its Coaches and Instructors for 05-06. a three- lot subdivision Westfield, New Jersey, at which time and 2005 and that the said Council will further place: Coaches must be passionate and An Application dated November 30, 2004, and revised on May 23, 2005, was filed by place any person who may be interested Clark Street. the Applicants. consider the same for final passage on the possess collegiate experience therein will be given an opportunity to be 13th day of September, 2005, at 8:00 (3) Northeasterly side beginning at a Waivers or exceptions may be sought for certain site plan details which are set forth on and/or coaching experience. heard concerning said ordinance. p.m., or as soon thereafter as said matter point forty feet northwesterly from the in­ the Application and such other site plan details or relief as may be appropriate. Claire J. Gray can be reached, in the Council Chambers, tersection of the northeasterly curb line of Instructors must possess WSI or A copy of the application and documents are on file in the Administration Office of the Acting Town Clerk Municipal Building, 425 East Broad Street, Clark Street as extended with the north­ a competitive background. Town Engineer, 959 North Avenue, W., Westfield, New Jersey 07090, and may be westerly curb line of Ferris Place as ex­ inspected during normal business hours (8:30 A.M. to 4:30 P.M.) by all interested parties GENERAL ORDINANCE NO. 1853 Westfield, New Jersey, at which time and Contact Trish: (908) 889-8880 place any person who may be interested tended and from such beginning point at least 10 days prior tp the hearing In accordance with the Americans With Disabilities AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND therein will be given an opportunity to be northwesterly one hundred seventy-five Act, any person that might require special needs should be in contact with the Planning TEACHERS PT THE CODE OF THE TOWN OF heard concerning said ordinance. feet between the hours of 7:00 A.M. and Board 0(|iC§,c^ftPBjiormal business hofeirg so.tliat their needs may be addressed (visually WESTFIELD, CHAPTER 13. 7:00 P.M, from Monday through Friday. or h e a rin g Claire J. Gray HS Cert Math or'English' for SAT '6d,Vi7fieelcHa ’W. tstc.) (6) Southwesterly sideline beginning at LEIB, KRAUS, GRISPIN & ROTH BE IT ORDAINED by the Town Council Acting Town Clerk Prep in Fall. Union, Middlesex, of the Town of Westfield in the County of a point one hundred fifty feet northwesterly Attorneys tor Applicants GENERAL ORDINANCE NO. 1852 from the intersection of the southwesterly Essex counties. (800) 762-8378 1 T - 8/04/05, The Leader ______Fee; $68.40 Union as follows: AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND curb line of Clark Street as extended and SECTION I. That Section 13-2, "One­ THE CODE OF THE TOWN OF the northwesterly curb line of North Av­ way streets”, shall be amended to include , WESTFIELD, CHAPTER 13 - enue as extended and from such begin­ the following: MOTOR VEHICLES AND ning point extending for a distance of forty- “Baker Avenue. Between Winyah Av­ TRAFFIC five feet in a northwesterly direction be­ enue and Kimball Avenue, in a northerly tween the hours of 8.00 A.M. and 2:00 New Jersey direction, from 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 a m. and BE IT ORDAINED by the Town Council P.M. from Monday through Friday. 2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. on school days of the Town of Westfield in the County of Section 13-26 of Title 13 under Clark (S& Prudential Properties only.” Union as follows: S tre e t shall be amended to add the follow­ “Linden Avenue. Between Kimball Av­ SECTION I. That the following ing paragraph: enue and Winyah Avenue, in a southerly portions of Chapter 13 shall be amended (7) Northwesterly sideline beginning at direction, from 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. and to include the following: the intersection of the northerly curb line of 2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. on school days Sec. 13-20 Same - At all times Charles Street as extended and the north­ only." The subsections under Sec. 13-29 of westerly curb line of Clark Street as ex­ “Winyah Avenue. Between Linden Av­ Title 13 regulating parking on Clark Street tended and from such beginning point ex­ enue and Baker Avenue, in a westerly shall be repealed and replaced with the tending northwesterly to Tuttle Parkway direction, from 8.00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. and following: between the hours of 8:00 A.M. and 2:00 2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. on school days Clark Street, northeast side beginning P.M. from Monday through Friday. only." at the intersection of the northeasterly SECTION II. All ordinances or SECTION II. All ordinances or parts of curb line of Clark Street as extended with parts of ordinances in conflict or inconsis­ ordinances in conflict or inconsistent with the northwesterly curb line of Ferris Place tent with any part of the terms of this any part of the terms of this ordinance are as extended and extending northwesterly ordinance are hereby repealed to the ex­ tS c o tc A hereby repealed to the extent that they are therefrom for a distance of forty feet. tent that they are in such conflict or incon­ in such conflict or inconsistent. Clark Street, southwest side from a point sistent. one hundred ninety five feet northwesterly SECTION III. In the event any section, from the northwesterly curb line of North SECTION III. In the event any sec­ part or provision of this ordinance shall be Avenue as extended and extending in an tion. part or provision of this ordinance held unconstitutional or invalid by any court, northwesterly direction to the southerly shall be held unconstitutional or invalid by such holding shall not affect the validity of curb line of Charles Street as extended. any court, such holding shall not affect the this ordinance as a whole, or any part Sec. 13-23 Fifteen minute zones - validity of this ordinance as a whole, or any thereof other than the part so held uncon­ Unmetered and metered part thereof other than the part so held stitutional or invalid. Section 13-23 (a) Unmetered shall be unconstitutional or invalid. SECTION IV. This ordinance Shall take amended to add the following paragraph: SECTION IV. 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Memorial Library, located at 550East August 4 and II. from 10 to 10:30 Broad Street, has posted its calendar a.m. Children will listen to a story of events for the week of August 7. and do an activity. For adults. “Puzzled by the Internet “Color and Shape Bingo," for 1“ will be held Tuesday. August 9, young children who recognize some from lOto 11:30a.m. This beginners' colors and shapes, will be held Fri- class covers basics skills such as ac­ day.August 12.from lOto IO:45a.m. cessing websites, selecting a search The last day of the Summer Read­ engine, browser basic and printing. ing Program will be Saturday. August Additionally on August 9. the In­ 13. This will be the last day to turn in ternational Film Festival offering, summer reading logs for the Little Magdalene Sisters, will be screened Listeners. Dragons, Dreams and Dar­ at 1 and 6:30 p.m. It portrays the ing Deeds, and Joust Read Programs. experiences of three women who For more information or to register FANWOOD'S RENOIR...Jeanne lived, worked and suffered abuse in a Smith of Fanwood won the Furman for free adult programs, please call and Mildred Finck Award for her pas­ Magdalene Laundry in Ireland. (908) 789-4090. visit the library's tel work "Leaving Childhood.” Ms. On Thursday, August 11. at 7 p.m., website at www.wmlnj.org. or stop Smith's work was on display at the the Shakespeare Theatre of New Jer­ by die library for a copy of its quar­ duCret School of Art Student Show In sey will present Shakespeare's Lon­ terly newsletter. Plainfield. don Assurance, a 19th century draw­ ing room comedy by Dion Boucicault. “TGIF Silent Film Fest" will take place on Friday. August 12. at 1:30 Flamenco Si Returns To p.m. Participants will have an oppor­ David B. Cochin tor The Westfield Leader and The Times A PASSIONATE SIN(;IN(; OF OUR NATIONAL ANTHEM...Grace Cheney stands near the pitcher s mound at tunity to enjoy early film classics, Brookside Park in Scotch Plains and sings an inspiring rendition of our national anthem just before the start of the Third with popcorn provided by the library. Crossroads With Passion Annual Finest tersus Bravest Charity Softball game pitting members of the Scotch Plains Police Department against For the children, "Preschool Story members of the Scotch Plains Volunteer Fire Department on July 30. Time: V/i to 5 Years Old" will be GARWOOD - The passion of from the group Alabina, the Alborada presented on Monday, August 8, from Spanish dance comes to Union County Spanish Dance Theatre Company and PUBLIC NOTICE PUBLIC NOTICE Music Together Plans 10 to 10:30 a.m. Children will listen on Sunday. August 14,2005 at 5 p.m. many more. BOROUGH OF FANWOOD nied by either a certified check, cashier's to stories and do an activity. (doors open at 4 p.m.) when Flamenco He has appeared on radio and check or bid bond drawn to the order of SI stops at the Crossroads, located at NOTICE TO BIDOERS Kick-Off Saturday "Tales from the Middle Ages," for television performing Flamenco as Fanwood for not less than ten (10%) per­ 78 North Avenue in Garwood. well as Flamenco Rock with a fusion cent of the amount of the bid. but not in SCOTCH PLAINS - On Satur­ those age four and up, will be held NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that sealed The inaugural bids wilt be received by the Borough of excess of Twenty Thousand ($20,000) day. August 6, Music Together of Tuesday, August 9, at 7 p.m. Young­ group he has date in July of this Fanwood (“Fanwood") for the purchase of Dollars except as otherwise provided by Union County will hold a registra­ sters will listen to stories and do a called Manu6, a N.J.S.A. 40A: 11-21. authentic and pas­ tion party to kick off its 13th season related activity. w hich was 2005 JOHN DEERE 544J WITH All spaces on the forms to be com­ sionate monthly pleted by the bidder must be completed. at the Play Away Studio in Scotch "Baby Rhyme Time," for babies recently featured ACS COUPLER AND 2.5 CU. Spanish dance YD. ACS GENERAL PUR­ If e space or the answer to a question is Plains. From noon to 3 p.m. there not yet walking and a caregiver, is in TEATRO Sfs not applicable, the bidder must indi­ performance se­ POSE BUCKET OR AP­ will be demonstration classes, sing- also scheduled for August 9, from 10 Amor Flamenco cate such with the notation "Not Appli­ ries, as presented PROVED EQUAL alongs, balloons and children's in­ to 10:20 a.m. This program features production. and all work incidental thereto, and such cable". Fanwood reserves the right to by TEATRO Si, reject any bid for failure to provide any struments for sale. Parents inter­ rhymes, lap bounces, songs and claps. David is bids shall be received, opened and read in the premier His­ public at the Borough Hall. 75 North Marline information requested or to indicate ested in learning more about this “Mother Goose Group." for walk­ currently working panic theater arts Avenue. Fanwood. New Jersey, on Au­ “ Not Applicable". program w ill have the opportunity ing toddlers up to age two-and-a-half on his second gust 25, 2005 at 10:00 AM. local prevail­ No bid may be withdrawn after sixty (60) company of New to speak to Center Director Fiona and a caregiver, will be held Wednes­ album and works ing time. After the proposals have been days of the date specified for the opening Jersey, was a pas­ of bids except as provided for in N.J.S.A. Murray. day. August 10. from 10 to 10:20 a.m. regularly in the tri­ opened, they will be reviewed and exam­ sionate hit and ined by Fanwood or its representatives, 40A:11-24 Bidders are required to com­ Music Together was developed Participants enjoy rhymes, songs, state area. promises to con­ the results will be made public, but until the ply with the requirements of N.J.S.A. 10:5- specifically for infants through movement activities and stories. With Flamenco actual award and execution of a contract, 31 etseq. (L. 1975, c. 127). tinue to bring au­ preschoolers by the Center for Mu­ "Tots Story Time," for those two- Si you can join Fanwood reserves its right to reiect all The specifications may contain a com­ diences the best of plete set of bidding and contract forms. If sic and YounjtChildren in Princeton. and-a-half to three-and-a-half with a FLAMENCO DANCER. ..Laura Mon­ David and his proposals the spirit of Spain Complete sets of the bid documents for so, they are for the convenience of bidders Certified instructors with knowl­ tes performs with Flamenco Si at Cross­ special guest artists and are not to be detached from the speci­ every second the proposed work are on file in the Office edge and experience in early child­ roads in Garwood. as they bring you of the Borough Clerk at Fanwood's Munici­ fications or filled out or executed. Sepa­ Sunday of the hood music will lead classes. A Anthony Boscia Gets an exhilerating pal Building. 75 North Martine Avenue, rate copies of the “bid" proposal and other month. Your host, renowned singer submittals will be furnished for that pur­ small group of families w ill sit in a flamenco "tablao" performance that Fanwood, New Jersey, and rriay be exam­ Promoted to Manager and guitarist David Castellano, brings ined Monday through Friday between the pose in duplicate, one to be submitted with circle on the floor, creating an ac­ will awaken emotions and longings for each bid and one to be retained by the WESTFIELD - Anthony Boscia together the best dancers and musi­ hours of 9:00 a m and 3:00 p m., except tive music making experience with the essence of Spain. Saturdays. Sundays and holidays. Copies bidder for his (its) records. has been promoted to manager of the cians to celebrate this purely Iberian their children. You can enjoy this fabulous floor may be obtained by prospective bidders The right is reserved by Fanwood to Manhattan, Kan. store of the Peerless dance and music form at this wonder­ reject any or all bids if deemed to be in the Each class features rituals in­ show at the intimate Crossroads bar upon application to the Borough Clerk on Tyre Company, a Midwest chain. He fully intimate setting. August 5, 2005 and payment of a non- interest of Fanwood to do so, to waive any cluding the "Hello" and "Goodbye” and restaurant. Arrive early for these informalities in the bids received and to is responsible for both maintenance David was bom to an Andalusian refundable fee of $20.00. songs, percussion instrument play, special monthly performances and Bids must be submitted by the date and accept the lowest responsible bid. service and tire sales for the store. family from Granada in Spain, and he free movement dances and many enjoy a select variety of Spanish tapas time provided above; on the standard pro­ Any prospective bidder who wishes to Mr. Boscia grew up in Westfield, has gained a reputation as a talented challenge a bid specification or any aspect new and traditional songs. Fami­ (appetizers) that are available for your posal forms provided, in the manner des­ attending Holy Trinity and St. and accomplished singer and ignated in the bid documents and required of the bidding prooess shall file such chal­ lies also will receive a songbook enjoyment. Also available is a fine lenges in writing with the Borough Clerk of Joseph’s in Metuchen before gradu­ guitarist. He studied guitar with Juan by the specifications; must be enclosed in and CD to extend the program be­ selection of sangria, wines and beers a sealed envelope bearing the name and the Borough of Fanwood no less than ating from the University of Scranton. de la Mata and is self-taught as a to compliment your meal. A full three business days prior to date specified yond the studio. address of the bidder, addressed to the After college, he served in the U.S. singer. David has toured the world service bar is also available. Borough Clerk of Fanwood, with the words in this notice for the opening of the bids. The Play Away Studio is lo­ Army as an M-l tanker at Ft. Riley, singing and playing with many artists PROPOSAL FOR THE PURCHASE OF Challenges filed after that time shall be cated at 2395 Mountain Avenue Tickets are priced at $20 and can be considered void and having no impact on Kan., next to Manhattan, during which including Roberto Castellon, Omayra A 2005 JOHN DEERE 544J WITH ACS in Scotch Plains. For weekly class reserved by calling the Crossroads at COUPLER AND 2.5 CU. YD. ACS GEN­ Fanwood or the award of a contract. time he spent eight months with his Amaya, Flamenco legendary Queen schedules and registration infor­ 908-232-5666 or TEATRO Si at 908- ERAL PURPOSE BUCKET" placed on ELEANOR McGOVERN unit in Bosnia on peace keeping du­ of Spanish and Flamenco Dance Pilar the outside of the envelope in the lower BOROUGH CLERK mation. please call (908) 490- 301 -9496. For more information visit ties. His parents, Joe and Sue, are Rioja, Carlota Santana’s Flamenco left-hand corner; and must be accompa­ BOROUGH OF FANWOOD 1330. them online at www.teatrosi.com and 1T- 8/04/05, The Times Fee: $83.64 longtime Westfield residents. Vivo, European Pop singer Ishtar www.xxroads.com. PUBLIC NOTICE PUBLIC NOTICE PUBLIC NOTICE PUBLIC NOTICE PUBLIC NOTICE PUBLIC NOTICE UNION COUNTY BOARD OF CHOSEN FREEHOLDERS WHEREAS, the Authority shall lease the portion of the Initial Project financed with the by the Authority related to the enforcement of the Lease Agreement and (iii) all direct and ORDINANCE NO. 615-2005 proceeds of the Series 2005 Bonds to the County pursuant to the Original Lease indirect costs of the Authority related to the enforcement of the Lease Agreement ((i), (ii), INTRO 7/7/2005 Agreement as amended pursuant to the terms of that certain “Amendment No. 1 to Lease and (iii) above are hereinafter collectively referred to as the “Lease Payment Obligation”). FINAL ADOPTION: 7/2B/2005 Purchase Agreement (Juvenile Detention Center Facility Project)", between the Author­ The Lease Payment Obligation under the Lease Agreement shall be a direct, unlimited ity, as lessor, and the County, as lessee (the “Amendment No. 1 to Lease Agreement" and general obligation of the County, not subject to annual appropriation by the County, was introduced and passed on first reading by the Board of Chosen Freeholders at a and together with the Original Lease Agreement, the “Lease Agreement"); pursuant to the Act, and unless paid from other sources, the County shall be obligated SPECIAL MEETING on, July 7, 2005, and said Ordinance has been published with WHEREAS, during the term of the Lease Agreement, title to the Initial Project will reside to levy ad valorem taxes upon all the taxable property within the County for the payment Notice of Introduction thereof and of the time and place fixed for its further consideration with the^Authority; of the Lease Payment Obligation thereunder without limitation as to rate or amount. and the Board has duly held a hearing thereof and has given all persons interested an WHEREAS, immediately prior to the expiration of the term of the Lease Agreement, All representatives, officials and employees of the County are hereby authorized and opportunity to be heard. NOW. THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the Board of the County will purchase all of the Authority's right, title and interest in and to the Initial directed to enforce and to implement provisions of the Lease Agreement. Chosen Freeholders that said Ordinance be and the same hereby is finally passed and Project for a nominal fee: Section 5. The following additional matters are hereby determined, declared, recited adopted, and be It FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Ordinance published herewith has WHEREAS, the principal of, redemption premium, if any, and the interest on the Series and stated: been finally adopted on July 28, 2005, and the 20 day period of limitations within which 2005 Bonds are secured by general obligation lease payments of the County under the (a) The maximum principal amount for which the County shall be obligated hereunder a suit, action or proceeding questioning the validity of such Ordinance can be com­ Lease Agreement in scheduled lease payment amounts sufficient to pay in a timely for the payment of principal of and interest on the Series 2005 Bonds of the menced has begun to run from the date of first publication of this statement. manner the principal and redemption premium, if any, of and the, interest on the Series Authority shall not exceed the sum necessary to lease the portion of the Initial Nicole L. Tedeschi, Clerk of the Board of Chosen Freeholders 2005 Bonds, pursuant to the terms of which Lease Agreement the County shall be Project financed with the proceeds of the Series 2005 Bonds for the Lease ORDINANCE NO: 615-2005 obligated, if necessary, to make such lease payments from the levy of ad valorem taxes Agreement term and to pay the costs of issuance, Authority Administrative DATE OF INTRO: 7/7/05 upon all of the taxable property within the County, without limitation as to rate or amount; Expenses, and all other amounts required to be paid by the County under the DATE OF ADOPTDION: 7/28/05 WHEREAS, pursuant to the terms of the Original Lease Agreement, the County has Lease Agreement in connection therewith. entered into that certain “Continuing Disclosure Agreement” with the Authority and the (b) The Series 2005 Bonds shall mature no later than May 1, 2034. ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING (I) THE EXECUTION OR ACKNOWLEDG­ Bond Trustee, dated as of December 15, 2004 (the “Original Continuing Disclosure (c) The Lease Payment Obligation authorized herein shall remain effective until all the MENT AND DELIVERY BY THE COUNTY OF UNION OF CERTAIN AGREE­ Agreement”), in order to satisfy the secondary market disclosure requirements of Rule Authority’s Bonds (as defined in the Lease Agreement) shall have been paid in full MENTS IN RELATION TO THE UNION COUNTY IMPROVEMENT AU­ \5C2-12 ("Rule 15c2 -1 2 ”) promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission in accordance with their terms and/or when all obligations of the County under the THORITY “ COUNTY OF UNION GENERAL OBLIGATION LEASE REV­ ("SEC") pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended and supple­ Lease Agreement have been satisfied, notwithstanding the occurrence of any ENUE BONDS, SERIES 2005 (JUVENILE DETENTION CENTER FACILITY mented with respect to the Series 2004 Bonds; other event, including but not limited to the termination of the Lease Agreement PROJECT)", (II) THE ISSUANCE BY THE UNION COUNTY IMPROVE­ WHEREAS, pursuant to the terms of Amendment No. 1 to Lease Agreement, the ■ with respect to all or a portion of the Initial Project leased thereunder. MENT AUTHORITY OF SUCH BONDS IN AN AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL County shall enter into that certain "Amendment No 1. to Continuing Disclosure (d) The Initial Project is hereby approved to be leased from the Authority in accor­ AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $30,100,000 AND (III) CERTAIN OTHER Agreement with the Authority and the Bond Trustee (“Amendment No. 1 to Continuing dance with the terms of the Lease Agreement, with such changes, amendments MATTERS RELATED THERETO PURSUANT TO N.J.S.A. 40:37A-56(1). Disclosure Agreement" and together with the Original Continuing Disclosure Agreement, or modifications as may be approved by counsel or bond counsel to the Authority. the Continuing Disclosure Agreement”) in order to further satisfy the secondary market Section 6. The Board of Freeholders of the County hereby authorizes the performance WHEREAS, the UNION COUNTY IMPROVEMENT AUTHORITY (together with any disclosure requirements of Rule 15c2-12 with respect to the Series 2005 Bonds; of any act, the execution or acknowledgment and delivery of any other document, „ successor thereto, the “Authority”), has been duly created by an ordinance of the Board WHEREAS, in order to market and sell the Series 2005 Bonds, (i) the Authority, shall instrument or closing certificates, which the Authorized Officer, after consultation with the of Chosen Freeholders (together with any successor legislative body, the “Board of issue a Preliminary Official Statement (the “POS") and a final Official Statement (the Consultants, deems necessary, desirable or convenient in connection with this contem­ Freeholders") of the County of Union. State of New Jersey (together with any successor “OS"), (ii) the Authority shall enter into a negotiated sale ot the Series 2005 Bonds with plated transaction, and the Board of Freeholders hereby directs the Authorized Officer thereto, the "County") duly adopted as a public body corporate and politic of the State of one or more underwriters (collectively, the “Underwriter”) pursuant to the terms of a bond to execute or acknowledge, and cause the Clerk of the Board of Freeholders of the New Jersey (the “State”) pursuant to and in, accordance with the County Improvement purchase agreement (the “BPA"), (iii) the Authority, the County and the Bond Trustee, County to attest and affix the seal to any such documents, instruments or closing Authorities Law, constituting Chapter 183 of the Pamphlet Laws of 1960 of the State, and shall enter into Amendment No. 1 to Continuing Disclosure Agreement, (iv) the County certificates, the authorization of which actions shall be conclusively evidenced by the the acts amendatory thereof and supplemental thereto (the “Act”); shall make certain representations, warranties and covenants regarding, among other execution or acknowledgment, attestation, affixation and delivery, as the case may be, WHEREAS, the Authority is authorized by iaw, specifically Section 11 of the Act things, the Initial Project and the Series 2005 Bonds in a Tax Letter of Representations thereof by such person. Such closing certificates shall include, without limitation, (a) a (N.J.S.A 40:37A-54(a)), to provide public facilities for the use of the County, including, (the 'Letter of Representation”), and (v) the County and the Authority shall take such determination that any information provided by the County in connection with the without limitation, the provision for the acquisition of land (the “Property") for and the actions and shall authorize, execute, or acknowledge, as the case may be, and deliver preparation and distribution of (i) the POS or any supplement thereto in connection with construction of a juvenile detention center facility (as more particularly described in such other documents, instruments or certificates as Bond Counsel to the Authority and the Series 2005 Bonds is "deemed final” for the purposes and within the meaning of Rule Exhibit A to the hereinafter defined Lease Agreement, the “Juvenile Detention Center to the County deem necessary, convenient, useful or desirable in order to issue the 15c2-12 and (ii) the OS or any supplement thereto in connection with the Series 2005 Facility") located in the City of Linden, New Jersey; Series 2005 Bonds (collectively, the “Certificate”, and together with the Bond Resolution, Bonds constitutes a final official statement for the purposes and within the meaning of WHEREAS, pursuant to the Act, specifically Section 35 thereof (N.J.S.A. 40:37A-78), the Series 2005 Bonds, the bond insurance policy (if any), the Lease Agreement, the Rule 15c2-12, (b) a determination that the Continuing Disclosure Agreement complies the Authority is authorized to enter into and perform any lease or other agreement with > POS, the OS. the BPA, the Continuing Disclosure Agreement and the Letter of with Rules 15C2-12, (c) a determination that any information provided by or on behalf of the County for the lease to or use by the County of all or any part of any public facility or Representation, are hereinafter referred to as the “Financing Documents”); the County or relating to the County, the Initial Project or the Financing Documents or the facilities as determined in Section 11 of the Act (N.J.S.A. 40 37A-54); WHEREAS, in accordance with Section 13 ("Section 13") of the Act (N.J.S.A. 40:37A- transactions contemplated thereby in connection with the preparation and distribution of WHEREAS, the Authority intends to finance the acquisition of the Property and the 56), the Authority, after investigation and study, has made a detailed report with respect the POS or the OS complies with Section 10 and Rule 10b-5 of the Securities Exchange construction ot the Juvenile Detention Center Facility (collectively, the “Initial Project') to the Initial Project and the financing thereof to the Board of Freeholders at meetings of Act, and (d) any representations, warranties, covenants, certificates or instruments through the issuance of its County of Union General Obligation Lease Revenue Bonds the Board of Freeholders; and required by any issuer of a municipal bond insurance policy or any other form of credit (Juvenile Detention Center Facility Project); WHEREAS, the Board of Freeholders believe: (i) it is in the public interest to enhancement securing all or a portion of the Series 2005 Bonds or the issuer of a rating WHEREAS, the Authority has acquired the Property from the owners thereof; accomplish s^uch purpose; (ii) said purpose is for the health, welfare, convenience or on all or a portion thereof. WHEREAS, the County and the Authority have entered into that certain interinrai betterment of the " J.aLtla.iia v i tfie bounty; (in) the amounts to be expended for said Section /. upon tne payment of all amounts referred in Section 5(c) hereof, the full services Agreement dated December 22, 2003, which sets forth certain duties of the purpose are not unreasonable or exorbitant; and (iv) the proposal is an efficient and faith and credit pledge of the County as to its Lease Payment Obligations authorized County and the Authority with respect to, among other things, the development, financing feasible means uf providing services for the needs of the inhabitants of the County and herein shall cease to exist. and implementation of the Initial Project; will not create an undue financial burden to be placed upon the Authority or the County. Section 8. In accordance with Section 13, the Board of Freeholders acknowledges the WHEREAS, on December 29. 2004, the Authority issued $8,900,000 aggregate NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF FREEHOLDERS OF presentation by the Authority of a detailed report with respect to the Initial Project and the principal amount of its County of Union General Obligation Lease Revenue Bonds, THE COUNTY OF UNION, NEW JERSEY, AS FOLLOWS: financing thereof at meetings of the Board of Freeholders. Series 2004 (Juvenile Detention Center Facility Project) (the “Series 2004 Bonds”) Section 1. Pursuant to Section 78 of the County Improvement Authorities Law, Section 9. In accordance with Section 13 and all other applicable law, the Board of pursuant to the terms of the Act, other applicable law and the Authority's “Resolution N.J.S.A. Section 40:37A-44 e t seq., the County is hereby authorized and directed to Freeholders hereby consents to (a) the acquisition, construction and installation of the Authorizing the Issuance of County of Union General Obligation Lease Revenue Bonds enter into Amendment No. 1 to Lease Agreement and perform the Lease Agreement, Initial Project and the financing of same through the Financing Documents and any other (Juvenile Detention Center Facility Project) and Additional Bonds of The Union County which Lease Agreement provides for the leasing of the Initial Project acquired and agreements to which the Authority shall be a party and as may be necessary for the Improvement Authority" adopted by the Authority on August 4, 2004 (the “Initial Bond Resolution"); constructed with the proceeds of the Series 2004 Bonds, the Series 2005 Bonds and any issuance by the Authority of the Series 2005 Bonds and/or the financing of the Initial additional bonds to be issued by the Authority under the Bond Resolution. Amendment Project, (b) the execution and delivery by the Authority of the Financing Documents and WHEREAS, the proceeds of the Series 2004 Bonds financed a portion of the Initial No. 1 to Lease Agreement, m substantially the form submitted herewith as Exhibit A (a any other agreements to which the Authority shall be a party and as may be necessary Project consisting of the (a) costs of the acquisition of the Property, including reimbursing copy of which is on file in the office of the Office of the Clerk of the Board of Freeholders for the issuance by the Authority of the Series 2005 Bonds and/or the financing of the the County for any amount previously loaned to the Authority in connection therewith, (b) of the County), is hereby approved with such changes, amendments or modifications as Initial Project, (c) the adoption by the Authority of the Series 2005 Supplemental Bond costs of the demolition of existing structures on the Property, (c) certain costs ot the may be approved by counsel or bond counsel to the Authority and counsai nr bnnrl Resplution jn substantiaLlyJhe f©un attached hereto as Exhibit-& and the issuance, construction of the,Juvenile. Detention Cenlar Facility i/wtoding. h..t - counsel to the COUrtTy. sale and delivery of the Series 2005 Bonds in an aaareaata prinripai architectural and engineering fees and other soft costs, (d) costs of issuina th« Sarbut 2. The iviunayci anu me uirecror ot Finance or tne county (collectively exueeu sou. i uu.uuu ro enact suen purpose. The County's consent hereto to the ■ew* ouriub, [v/ capnanzea interest on tne senes 2004 Bonds and (f) any other costs set Authorized Officer”) are hereby each severally authorized and directed, upon the Financing Documents contemplates the insertion of the final financing terms therein that forth in the Initial Bond Resolution; satisfaction o1 all the legal conditions precedent to the execution or acknowledgment and will result trom the sale of the Series 2005 Bonds, which financing terms shall be limited WHEREAS, the Authority intends to finance the remaining portion of the Initial Project delivery by the County of the Financing Documents to be so executed or acknowledged only by those financing term parameters set forth in the application of the Authority filed through the issuance of its County of Union General Obligation Lease Revenue Bonds, by the County, to execute or acknowledge and deliver such Financing Documents, with with the State Local Finance Board relating to the Series 2005 Bonds and the parameters Series 2005 (Juvenile Detention Center Facility Project) (the “Series 2005 Bonds"); such changes thereto as the Authorized Officer, after consultation with Counsel to the set forth herein WHEREAS the Series 2005 Bonds shall be issued pursuant to the terms of the Act, County, bond counsel to the County and other professional advisors to the Authority and Section 10. T,he provisions ot this ordinance are severable. To the extent any clause, other applicable Jaw. the Initial Bond Resolution and a supplemental resolution of the County (the “Consultants") deemed in its sole discretion to be necessary, desirable, and phrase, sentence, paragraph or provision of this ordinance shall be declared invalid! Authority entitled “Supplemental Bond Resolution of the Union County Improvement convenient for the execution thereof and to consummate the transactions contemplated illegal or unconstitutional, the remaining provisions shall continue to be in full force and Authority Authorizing the Issuance of its not to exceed $30,100,000 County of Union thereby which execution shall conclusively evidence the Authorized Officer’s approval of effect. General Obligation Lease Revenue Bonds. Series 2005 (Juvenile Detention Center any changes to the forms thereof. Section 11. A public hearing shall be held on this ordinance on July 28, 2005 at the Facility Project)" to be adopted by the Authority prior to the issuance ot the Series 2005 Section 3. The Clerk of the Board of Freeholders of the County is hereby authorized meeting of the Board of Freeholders, County Administration Building, Elizabeth New Bonds (the “Series 2005 Supplemental Bond Resolution"; the Initial Bond Resolution, and directed upon execution or acknowledgment of the documents set forth in Section Jersey. together with the Series 2005 Supplemental Bond Resolution and any further amend­ 2 hereof, in accordance with the terms of Section 2 hereof, to attest the Authorized Section 12. The Clerk of the Board of Freeholders of the County is hereby directed ments or supplements thereto in accordance with the terms thereof may be collectively Officer's execution or acknowledgment of such documents and is hereby further to publish and post notice ot this ordinance as required by law. referred to as the “Bond Resolution"); authorized and directed thereupon to affix the seal of the County on such documents. Section 13. Upon the adoption hereof the Clerk ot the Board ot Freeholders of the WHEREAS, in accordance with N.J.S.A. 40:37A-78, the Authority has leased the Section 4. The full faith and credit of the County are hereby pledged to the punctual County shall forward certified copies of this ordinance to the County Manager the portion of the Initial Project financed with the proceeds of the Series 2004 Bonds to the payment of the obligations set forth in the Lease Agreement authorized by this ordinance, Director of Finance, the County Counsel, the Authority, Rogut McCarthy Troy LLC Bond County pursuant to the terms of that certain “Lease Purchase Agreement (Juvenile including without limitations (i) all Basic Lease Payment and Additional Lease Payment Counsel to the County, and McCarter S English, LLP. Bond Counsel to the Authority Detention Center Facility Project)’ dated as of December 15, 2004, between the obligations of the County under the Lease Agreement including, Authority Administrative Section 1*. This ordinance shall take effect twenty (20) days after final adoption and Authority, as lessor, and the County, as lessee (the “Original Lease Agreement"). Expenses, (ii) all amounts due and owing to the Authority as a result of payments made publication in accordance with applicable law. 1 T - 8/4/05. The Leader Fee: $439.62 A Watchuno Communications, Inc. Puiucation______&l|r jMrgtfirlb Urnbrr nd The Scotch PUln* - Fan wood TIMES Thursday, August *, 2005 Pag* 19 Full Count Band to Perform r tijs ' i n

At Downtown WF Festival PUBLIC NOTICE PUBLIC NOTICE PUBLIC NOTICE public Nonce UNION COUNTY BOARD O f CHOSEN FREEHOLDERS WESTFIELD - The Full Count At this show. Full Count will feature Big Band will be a featured performer ORDINANCE NO. 614-2006 H i Department ot Engineering and Pubttc Work*: the traditional Big Band favorites, a INTRO 6/23/2006 121 Department of Parks. Recreation, and Facilities. during the final evening of the Sweet number of new songs from the Count FINAL ADOPTION: 7/28/2005 13] Division of Emergency Management (Department of Public 5 Sounds Downtown Jazz Festival on (41 Division of Motor Vehicles (Department of AdrTwv«mt*w Basie swing era right up to some new was introduced and passed on first reading by the Board of Chosen Freeholders on, Tuesday, August 30 from 7 p.m. to 9 rock and funk numbers from Tower June 23. 2005. and said Ordinance has been published with Notice of Introduction p.m. (b) All sue* eligible noncontractual employees who have accumulated a total ot of Power. The Buddy Rich Band and thereof and of the time and place fixed for its further consideration and the Board has duly 50 hours of compensatory time In a calendar year and who ara required to The "Sweet Sounds Downtown" held a hearing thereof and has given all persons interested an opportunity to be heard perform overtime work beyond the first 50 hours in connection wtth emergent The Maynard Ferguson Band which NOW. THEREFORE. BE IT RESOLVED, by the Board of Chosen Freeholders that said Jazz Festival, sponsored by the Down­ were recently premiered during a conditions, as defined by the department or division heed, ahal be paid at the Ordinance be and the same hereby is finally passed and adopted, and be H FURTHER rat© of 1 Vi times the hourly rate ot such employee tor every hour actually town Westfield Corporation (DWC), successful engagement as the only RESOLVED, that the Ordinance published herewith has been finally adopted on July 28. closes their 9th annual season in worked in excess of 40 hours in a week. All such noncontractual employees local musical act participating in the 2008, and the 20 day period of limitations within which a suit, action or proceeding who perform non-emergent overtime work shall continue to be sniffled to downtown Westfield, with a return Brick City Swing series at NJPAC. questioning the validity of such Ordinance can be commenced has begun to run from the receive compensatory time in accordance with the existing compensatory time engagement from Full Count. date of first publication of this statement policy For more information about The Nicole L. Tedeachi, Clerk of the Board of Chosen Freeholders "Sweet Sounds Downtown" is ex­ Full Count Big Band, including a CHAPTER 49, FEES ORDINANCE 614-2005 tremely popular for all ages. "From complete performance calendar, [HISTORY Adopted by the Board of Chosen Freeholders of the County of Union as INTRO: JUNE 23. 2005 indicated in article histories Amendments noted where applicable.] contemporary or traditional jazz to please visit the band's website at: ADOPTED: JULY £8. 2005 blues to big band, there are live per­ GENERAL REFERENCES www.westfieldnj.com/fullcount. PREAMBLE formances to please everyone," said Records end document fees — See Ch. 104, Art. II. The Full Count Big Band, the pro­ AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED "AN ORDI­ Recreation fees — See Ch. 107, Art. IV. Sherry Cronin, DWC Executive Di­ fessional arm of the New Jersey Work­ Service charges for returned checks — See Ch. 116, Art. I. rector. NANCE ADOPTING A CODIFICATION OF THE LAW. ORDINANCES. shop for the Arts, is an IK piece big- POLICIES ANO RESOLUTIONS OF UNION COUNTY. STATE OF NEW Sharing the bill on August 30 will ARTICLE I, Inmate Processing band consisting of sax, trombone, JERSEY; PROVIDING FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF SAIO CODE; AND [Adopted 4-10-2003 by Ord No 572; amended 7-28-2005 by Ord No. 614-2005] be blues from noted vocalist/harpist SAVING FROM REPEAL CERTAIN LEGISLATION NOT INCLUDED trumpet and rhythm section. Under $ 49-1. Inmate Processing Fee. the Sandy Mack Bund, classic songs THEREIN *. ADOPTED BY THE BOARD OF CHOSEN FREEHOLDERS OF the musical direction of Ken Fink, THE COUNTY OF UNION ON AUGUST 19. 1993 A foe of $50.00 per inmate is hereby established as the official Inmate Processing Fee from the Jeanne Lo/ier Band and this dynamic band covers many styles by the Department of Public Safety. Division of Corrections for the pened Apni PO, 0000 AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE "LAWS OF UNION COUNTY" accomplished jazz vocalist Marlene of Jazz. VerPlank. BE IT ORDAINED by the Board of Chosen Freeholders of the County of Union that §49-2. (Reserved) Full Count plays the full range of there is hereby amends the “Laws of Union County” as outlined in the attached Appendix big hand styles, including the nostal­ A ARTICLE II. Paratransit Service WF YMCA to Have [Adopted 2-11-1993 as Res No 156-93] gic hig band style popular in the I940s (See attached) and the modem jazz styles popular­ § 49-3. Purpose. Blood Platelet Drive Note: All text that is underlined is inserted/new language The Union County Paratransit Service is, on occasion, requested to provide transpor­ ized by the likesof Maynard Ferguson All text that is struck through is deleted language WESTFIELD - New Jersey Bhxxl and Buddy Rich. Full Count alsoplays tation for elderly and/or disabled residents of Ihe County of Union outside the normal Services will be at the Westfield Area working hours or on weekends This requires that the driver of the vehicle be paid at an the classic big band styles of Ellington APPENDIX A overtime rate or a special driver be employed and compensated. The County desires to YMCA on Friday, August 26, be­ and Basie. CHAPTER 26. BENEFITS equitably offset such additional cost tween the hours of 2 and 6 p.m. For more information please call {HISTORY Adopted by the Board of Chosen Freeholders of the County of Union: Art § 49-4. Fee for service after normal working hours. New Jersey Blood Services will be our Musical Director Ken Fink at I. 5-14-1987 as Res No 396-1987; Art. II. 4-12-1973 as Res No 299-1973: Art III. 6- Be it resolved by the Board of Chosen Freeholders of the County of Union as policy that bringing their bus mobile, which will (908) 4(H)-1952 or visit us on the weh 28-1979 as Res. No 516-1979; Art IV. 8-26-1982 as Res No 419-1982, Art. V. 11-25- the Union County Paratransit Service shall request and obtain from the sponsoring 1986 as Res No 845-1986; Art. VI. 4-11 -2001 as Res No. 391-2001; Art VII. 2-13-2003 agency or group the sum of $11 per vehicle, per hour, to offset such additional cost when be parked outside the YMCA on Ferris at www.westfieldnj.com/fullcount. as Res No. 153-2003 Amendments noted where applicable ) Place. Donations will be made inside the vehicles are utilized after normal working hours or on weekends the van. PUBLIC NOTICE GENERAL REFERENCES Article III. Fire Academy Administrative Code — See Ch. 1. (Adopted 4-10-2003 by Ord No 570; amended 7-28-2005 by Ord. No 614-2005] No appointment is necessary. There NORTH CAROLINA Authorities — See Ch. 20. is currently a blood platelet shortage LENOIR COUNTY Indemnification and defense — See Ch. 68. § 49-5. Fees for the Union County Fire Academy. and every pint helps. IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE The schedule of fees for the Union County Fire Acedem\ ARTICLE I, Noncontractual Employees and Division A Department Heads through May 3 lr^004; was established pursuant to Ordinance 570, adopted April 10. For more information, call the DISTRICT COURT DIVISION (Adopted 5-14-1987 as Res No 396-87] FILE NO. 99-CVD-1137 2003 A copy of fee schedule is on file in the Office of the Clerk of the Westfield Area YMCA at (908) 233- § 26-1. Adoption of benefit policy. Board A copy of the current tee schedule may be obtained from the Division of 2700, extension no. 251. NOTICE OF SERVICE OF The Board of Chosen Freeholders of the County of Union does hereby adopt the Environmental Health and Emergency Management PROCESS BY PUBLICATION following attached policy regarding benefits for all noncontractural employees and Article IV. Pistol Range PUBLIC NOTICE COUNTY OF LENOIR PLAIN­ division and department heads. (Adopted 4-10-2003 by Ord. No 571, amended 7-28-2005 by Ord. No. 614-20051 TIFF, VS. THE HEIRS, AS­ A. Additional benefits for noncontractual employees BOROUGH OF FANWOOD SIGNS, ANO DEVISEES OF (1) Temporary Disability Plan. All noncontractual employees, excluding elected § 49-6. Fees for the Union County Pistol Range. PLANNING BOARD HAZEL C. CANADY. ET AL, officials, shall be entitled to benefits under a contributory temporary disability plan The fees for the use of the Union County Pistol Range tor the period Apr# 20, 2000 through April 19, 2004 are as follows: Please take notice that on August 24. DEFENDANTS. with such benefits and at such contributions as from time to time shall be 2005 at 7:30 PM at the Fanwood Borough determined as appropriate by the County Manager through the Division of In-County Officers - $5.00 per officer, per qualification. TO THE HEIRS, ASSIGNS. AND DE­ Personnel Management and Labor Relations. Employee contributions shall be Out-of-County Officers - $10.00 per officer, per qualification. Hall, located at 75 North Martine Avenue, VISEES OF HAZEL C. CANADY AND Fanwood. New Jersey, the Planning Board deducted from payroll. The County reserves the right to modify or terminate this CHAPTER 104, RECORDS AND DOCUMENTS SPOUSE, IF ANY. OR ANY OTHER PER­ benefit at any future date. [Amended 4-10-2003 by Ord. No. 569], will hold a hearing on the application of the SON OR ENTITY CLAIMING THEREUN­ [HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Chosen Freeholders of the County of Union as undersigned. The property in question is (2) Compensatory Time Policy. All noncontractual employees, excluding elected indicated in article histories Amendments noted where applicable ] DER officials, beiow the position of department and division head shall be entitled to located at: 97 Tillotson Road, Fanwood, A pleading seeking relief against you ARTICLE II, Fees New Jersey, also known as Block 37 Lot 1, the benefits of a compensatory time program For purposes of this policy, has been filed in the above-entitled action department head ' shall include the County Manager, the Deputy County [Adopted 7-10-1980 by Res No 485-80: amended 3-26-1992 by Res No. 293-92; as shown oh the Fanwood Tax Map, owned and notice of service of process by publi­ amended 4-10-2003 by Ord. No. 569] by Anthony Smith & Rachel Romero. Manager and the Clerk of the Board of Chosen Freeholders All noncontractual cation began on July 28, 2005. sueh employees who are presently compensated for authorized overtime work The applicant requests a 6 foot fence, The nature of the relief being sought is § 104-3. Copies of minutes and other government records. which is in violation of Section 184-125 of performed shall continue to receive such compensation in accordance with [Amended 7-28-2005 by Ord. No. 614-2005] as follows Foreclosure on tax parcel existing policies and practices. All noncontractual sueh employees who are not the Fanwood Land Use Code. Variance 4525-20-9003-67, more completely de­ A The Board of Chosen Freeholders of the County of Union hereby establishes the Requested: 6 foot fence; Permitted: 4 feet presently compensated for authorized overtime and who are required to work cost for copies of minutes of this Board's meetings and for all other government scribed in the Complaint, to collect delin­ beyond their normal working hours for a minimum of at least one hour shall be Present: nothing; Proposed: 6 feet. quent ad valorem taxes (assessments). records maintained by the County in accordance with the New Jersey “Open Public The applicant will also seek such other entitled to receive compensatory time at the rate of one and one half (1 Vi) hours Records Act" (OPRA) (N .J.S A 47:1A-1 et seq.) shall be as follows: Plaintiff seeks to extinguish any and all for every hour of eligible time in excess of 40 hours in a week Said compensatbry relief as may be determined necessary at claim or interest that you mdy have in said (1) First page to tenth page: $0.75 per page. the public hearing based upon review of time must be taken within one year of the occurrence of the overtime period. At (2) Eleventh page to twentieth page; $0.50 per page. property. the discretion of the County Manager, the employee may be allowed to carry over the application or amendment(s) to the You are required to make i defense to (3) All pages over 20 $0.25 per page. application. compensatory time into the next year. Any time carried over must be in an amount B. In accordance with the Open Public Records Act, whenever the nature, format, such pleading not later than forty (40) days equal to or less than the employee’s annual vacation time The department head The file pertaining to this application after the date of the first publication of manner of collation, or volume of a government record embodied in the form of is available for public inspection during shall have discretion in scheduling such time, with due consideration to the needs printed matter to be inspected, examined, or copied pursuant to this section is such notice stated above, exclusive of such of the department and the wishes of the employee. [Added by Res No. 503-87. normal business hours (9 AM - 2 PM) from date, being forty (40) days after July 28. that the record cannot be reproduced by ordinary document copying equipment in the Secretary of the Planning Board at the Amended 5-8-2003 by Res. No. 507-2003; amended 7-28-2005 by Ord. No. 614- ordinary business size or involves an extraordinary expenditure of time and effort 2005, or by September 6. 2005, and upon 2005], Administration Office of the Borough of your failure to do so. the party seeking to accommodate the request, the County may charge, in addition to the actual cost Fanwood at 75 North Martine Avenue, (3) Overtime-PQHcv, All noncontractual employees, excluding elected officials. of duplicating the record, a special service charge that shall be reasonable and shall service of process by publication will apply below theJ3QsMon_QfjlePitrtmem a nd division head in the following departments Fanwood. New Jersey. to the Court for relief sought. be based upon the actual direct cost of providing the copy or copies. and/QLjdiyisiQns. shalLbe entities! J q theJaenefits Qi an overtime program as Any interested party may appear at This the 13th day of July, 20Q5. 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The Leader______Fee: $313.14 PUBLIC NOTICE PUBLIC NOTICE PUBLIC NOTICE PUBLIC NOTICE PUBLIC NOTICE PUBLIC NOTICE UNION COUNTY BOARD OF CHOSEN FREEHOLDERS WHEREAS, the principal of, redemption premium, it any. and the interest on the Series and stated ORDINANCE NO. : 617-2005 2005 Bonds will be secured by general obligation lease payments of the County under (a) The maximum principal amount for which the County shall be obligated hereun­ INTRO DATE: 7/28/05 the Lease Agreement in scheduled lease payment amounts sufficient to pay in a timely der for the payment of principal of and interest on the Series 2005 Bonds of the NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the following proposed Ordinance was introduced manner the principal and redemption premium, if any, of and the interest on the Series Authority shall not exceed the sum necessary to lease the Initial Project for the and passed on the first reading at a Regular Meeting of the Board of Chosen Freeholders 2005 Bonds, pursuant to the terms of which Lease Agreement the County shall be Lease Agreement term and to pay the costs of issuance, Authority Administrative of the County of Union, New Jersey held on the 28m day of July, 2005, and that said obligated, if necessary, to make such lease payments from the levy of a d valorem taxes Expenses, and all other amounts required to be paid by the County under the Ordinance will be taken up for further consideration for final passage at a meeting of said upon all of the taxable property within the County, without limitation as to rate or amount; Lease Agreement, Board to be held at its meeting room in the Administration Building, Elizabeth, New WHEREAS, pursuant to the terms of the Lease Agreement, the County will enter into (b) The Series 2005 Bonds shall mature within fifteen (15) years of the date of issue. Jersey, on the 18"' of August, 2005, at 7:00 p.m., or as soon thereafter as said matter that certain “Continuing Disclosure Agreement” with the Authority and the bond trustee (c) The Lease Payment Obligations authorized herein shall remain effective until all can be reached, at which time and place all persons who may be interested therein will to be appointed by the Authority (the “Bond Trustee") dated as of the first day of the month the Authority's Bonds (as defined in the Lease Agreement) shall have been paid be given an opportunity to be heard concerning same. of issuance of the Series 2005 Bonds (the “Continuing Disclosure Agreement”) in order in full in accordance with their terms and/or when all obligations of the County A copy of this Ordinance has been posted on the Bulletin Board upon which public to satisfy the secondary market disclosure requirements of Rule 15c2-12 (“Rule 15c2- under the Lease Agreement have been satisfied, notwithstanding the occurrence notices are customarily posted in the Union County Administration Building of the County 12”) promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) pursuant to the of any other event, including but not limited to the termination of the Lease of Union and a copy is available up to and including the time ot such meeting to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended and supplemented; Agreement with respect to all or a portion of the Initial Project leased thereunder. members of the general public of the County who shall request such copies, at the Office WHEREAS, in order to market and sell the Series 2005 Bonds, (i) the Authority, shall (d) The Initial Project is hereby approved to be leased from the Authority In of the Clerk of the Board of Chosen Freeholders in said Administration Building. issue a Preliminary Official Statement (the “POS”) and a final Official Statement (the accordance with the terms of the Lease Agreement, with such changes, amend­ Elizabeth. New Jersey. “OS”), (ii) the Authority shall enter, into a negotiated sale of the Series 2005 Bonds with ments or modifications as may be approved by counsel or bond counsel to the Nicole L. Tedeschi, Clerk of the Board of Chosen Freeholders one or more underwriters (collectively, the "Underwriter”) pursuant to the terms of a bond Authority. purchase agreement (the "BPA”), (iii) the Authority, the County and the Bond Trustee, Section 6. The Board of Freeholders of the County hereby authorizes the performance ORDINANCE NO: 617-2005 shall enter into the Continuing Disclosure Agreement, (iv) the County shall make certain of any act. the execution or acknowledgment and delivery of any other document, DATE OF INTRO: 7/28/05 representations, warranties and covenants regarding, among other things, the Initial instrument or closing certificates, which the Authorized Officer, after consultation with the ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING (I) THE EXECUTION OR ACKNOWLEDG­ Project and the Series 2005 Bonds in a Tax Letter of Representations (the “Letter of Consultants, deems necessary, desirable or convenient in connection with this contem­ MENT AND DELIVERY BY THE COUNTY OF UNION OF CERTAIN AGREE­ Representation”), and (v) the County and the Authority shall take such actions and shall plated transaction, and the Board of Freeholders hereby directs the Authorized Officer MENTS IN RELATION TO THE UNION COUNTY IMPROVEMENT AU­ authorize, execute, or acknowledge, as the case may be, and deliver such other to execute or acknowledge, and cause the Clerk of the Board of Freeholders of the THORITY “ COUNTY OF UNION GENERAL OBLIGATION LEASE REV­ documents, instruments or certificates as Bond Counsel to the Authority and to the County to attest and affix the seal to any such documents, instruments or closing ENUE BONDS, SERIES 2005 (COUNTY PROSECUTOR’S OFFICE County deem necessary, convenient, useful or desirable in order to issue the Series 2005 certificates, the authorization of which actions shall be conclusively evidenced by the Bonds (collectively, the “Certificate", and together with the Bond Resolution, the Series PROJECT)” , (II) THE ISSUANCE BY THE UNION COUNTY IMPROVE­ execution or acknowledgment, attestation, affixation and delivery, as the case may be, MENT AUTHORITY OF SUCH BONDS IN AN AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL 2005 Bonds, the bond insurance policy (if any), the Lease Agreement, the POS. the OS, thereof by such person. Such closing certificates shall include, without limitation, (a) a the BPA, the Continuing Disclosure Agreement and the Letter of Representation, are AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $3,500,000 AND (III) CERTAIN OTHER MAT­ determination that any information provided by the County in connection with the hereinafter referred to as the “Financing Documents"); TERS RELATED THERETO PURSUANT TO N.J.S.A. 40:37A-56(1). preparation and distribution of (i) the POS or any supplement thereto in connection with WHEREAS, in accordance with Section 13 (“Section 13") of the Act (N.J.S.A. 4G.37A- the Series 2005 Bonds is "deemed final” for the purposes and within the meaning of Rule WHEREAS, the UNION COUNTY IMPROVEMENT AUTHORITY (together with any 56), the Authority, after investigation and study, has made a detailed report with respect 15c2-12 and (ii) the OS or any supplement thereto in connection with the Series 2005 successor thereto, the “Authority”), has been duly created by an ordinance of the Board to the Initial Project and the financing thereof to the Board of Freeholders at meetings of Bonds constitutes a final official statement for the purposes and within the meaning of of Chosen Freeholders (together with any successor legislative body, the “Board of the Board of Freeholders; and Rule 15c2-12,(b) a determination that the Continuing Disclosure Agreement complies Freeholders") of the County of Union, State of New Jersey (together with any successor WHEREAS, the Board of Freeholders believe: (i), it is in the public interest to with Ruies 15C2-12, (c) a determination that any information provided by or on behalf of thereto, the “County") duly adopted as a public body corporate and politic of the State ot accomplish such purpose; (if) said purpose is for the health, welfare, convenience or the County or relating to the County, the Initial Project or the Financing Documents or the New Jersey (the “State”) pursuant to and in, accordance with the County Improvement betterment of the inhabitants of the County; (iii) the amounts to be expended for said transactions contemplated thereby in connection with the preparation and distribution of Authorities Law, constituting Chapter 183 of the Pamphlet Laws of 1960 of the State, and purpose are not unreasonable or exorbitant; and (iv) the proposal is an efficient and the POS or the OS complies with Section 10 and Rule 10b-5 of the Securities Exchange the acts amendatory thereof and supplemental thereto (the "Act"); and feasible means of providing services for the needs of the Inhabitants of the County and Act, and (d) any representations, warranties, covenants, certificates or instruments WHEREAS, the Authority is authorized by law, specifically Section t t of the Act will not create an undue financial burden to be placed upon the Authority or the County. required by any issuer of a municipal bond insurance policy or any other form of credit (N.J.S.A. 40:37A-54(a)), to provide public facilities for the use of the County, including, NOW, THEREFORE. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF FREEHOLDERS OF enhancement securing all or a portion of the Series 2005 Bonds or the issuer of a rating without limitation, the provision for the acquisition of approximately one (1) acre of land THE COUNTY OF UNION, NEW JERSEY. AS FOLLOWS: or: a!! cr a portion thereof. arid an appruxiulately i i,uuu square foot structure locateu thereon juoliectiveiy, trie section 1. Pursuant to Section 78 of the County Improvement Authorities Law, Section 7. Upon the payment of all amounts referred in Section 5(c) hereof, the full “Property”) and the renovation of such structure for use as a County Prosecutor’s Office N.J.S.A. Section 40:37A-44 e t seq the County is hereby authorized and directed to faith and credit pledge of the County as to its Lease Payment Obligations authorized (as more particularly described in txhibit A to the hereinafter defined Lease Agreement, enter into and perform the Lease Agreement, which Lease Agreement provides for the herein shall cease to exist. the "Facility") located in the Township of Union. New Jersey; leasing of the Initial Project acquired and renovated with the proceeds of the Senes 2005 Section 8. In accordance with Section 13. the Board of Freeholders acknowledges the WHEREAS, pursuant to the Act. specifically Section 35 thereof (N.J.S.A. 40:37A-78), Bonds to be issued by the Authonty under the Bond Resolution. The Lease Agreement, presentation by the Authority of a detailed report with respect to the Initial Project and the the Authority is authorized to enter into and perform any lease or other agreement with in substantially the form submitted herewith as Exhibit A (a copy of which is on file in the financing thereof at meetings of the Board of Freeholders. the County tor the lease to or use by the County ot all or any part of any public facility or office of the Office of the Clerk of the Board of Freeholders of the County), is hereby Section 9. In accordance with Section 13 and all other applicable law. the Board of facilities as determined in Section 11 of the Act (N.J.S.A. 40:37A-54); approved with such changes, amendments or modifications as may be approved by Freeholders hereby consents to (a) the acquisition and renovation of the Initial Project WHEREAS, the Authority intends to finance the acquisition of the Property and the counsel or bond counsel to the Authority and counsel Of bond counsel to the County and the financing of same through the Financing Documents and any other agreements renovation thereof (collectively, the “Initial Project') through the issuance of its County of Section 2. The County Manager arid the Director of Finance of the County (collectively to which the Authority shall be a party and as may be necessary for the issuance by the Union General Obligation Lease Revenue Bonds, Series 2005 (County Prosecutor’s “Authorized Officer”) are hereby each severally authorized and directed, upon the Authority of the Series 2005 Bonds and/or the financing of the Initial Project, (b) the Office Project) (the “Series 2005 Bonds"); satisfaction of all the legal conditions precedent to the execution or acknowledgment and execution and delivery by the Authonty of the Financing Documents and any other WHEREAS, the Authority has entered into that certain “Purchase and Safe Agree­ delivery by the County of the Financing Documents to be so executed or acknowledged agreements to,which the Authority shall be a party and as may be necessary for the ment” dated the 18* day of May. 2005 in order to acquire the Property from the owner by the County, to execute or acknowledge and deliver such Financing Documents, with issuance by the Authority of the Senes 2005 Bonds and/or the financing of the Initial thereof; ■ " ,'. 1 ____ _ . . such changes thereto as the Authorized Officer, after consultation with Counsel to the Project, (c) the adoption by the Authority of the Bond Resolution in substantially the form WHEREAS, in accordance with N.J.S.A. 40 37A-78 the Authority will lease the Initial Ounty, bond counsel to the County and other nrnfessinnal admenm iniha.Aitrtwrfy .attri. attached heieto as Exhibit B an tf'TtfTt hS Issuance, 5913' afl<3 delivery oTfhe Senes 2005 ProjecFTo the County pursuant to the terms ot (hat certain "Lease Purchase Agreement §ounty (the “Consultants") deemed in its sole discretion to be necessary, desirable and in -—-pr' rtrttr rxcctJ ZZ.ZOZ.OQZIk, euUi pu (CtnOil/ 7 )tzMiwiui 6 GfTrue FiW|t)vl/ uaitni aa yf Bit first uajr of tiro irnjltiii vr issuance convenient tor tne execution tnereot and to consummate the transactions contemplated The County’s consent hereto to the Financing Documents contemplates the insertion of of the Series 2005 Bonds between the Authority, as lessor, and the County, as lessee (the thereby which executions shall conclusively evidence the Authorized Officer’s approval the final financing terms therein that witl result Irom the sale of the Series 2005 Bonds, "Lease Agreement”); of any changes to the forms thereof. which financing terms shall be limited only by those financing term parameters set forth WHEREAS, the County and the Authority have entered into that certain Interlocal Section 3. The Clerk of the Board of Freeholders of the County is hereby authorized in the application of the Authority filed with the State Local Finance Board relating to the. Services Agreement dated February 24,2005, as amended from time to time, which sets and directed upon execution or acknowledgment of the documents set forth in Section Series 2005 Bonds and the parameters set forth herein forth certain duties of the County and the Authority with respect to. among other things, 2 hereof, in accordance with the terms of Section 2 horeof, to attest the Authorized Section 10. The provisions of this ordinance are severable To the extent any clause, the development, financing and implementation of the Initial Project; Officer’s execution or acknowledgment of such documents and is hereby further phrase, sentence, paragraph or provision of this ordinance shall be declared invalid, WHEREAS, during the term of the Lease Agreement, title to the Initial Project will reside authorized and directed thereupon to affix the seal of the County on such documents illegal or unconstitutional, the remaining provisions shall continue to be in full force and with the Authority; Section 4. The full faith and credit of the County are hereby pledged to the punctual effect. WHEREAS, immediately prior to the expiration of the term of the Lease Agreement, payment of the obligations set forth in the Lease Agreement authorized by this ordinance, Section 11. A public hearing shall be held on this ordinance on August 18,2005 at the the County will purchase all of the Authority’s right, title and interest in and to the Initial including without limitations (i) all Basic Lease Payment and Additional Lease Payment meeting of the Board ot Freeholders, County Administration Building, Elizabeth, New Project for a nominal fee; obligations of the County under the Lease Agreement including. Authority Administrative Jersey. WHEREAS, the Series 2005 Bonds will be issued pursuant to the terms of the Act, Expenses, (ii) all amounts due and owing to the Authority as a result of payments made Section 12. The Clerk of the Board of Freeholders of the County is hereby directed other applicable law and the Authority’s “Resolution Authorizing the Issuance of County by the Authority related to the enforcement of the Lease Agreement and (iii) all direct and to publish and post notice of this ordinance as required by law of Union General Obligation Lease Revenue Bonds (County Prosecutor’s Office Project) indirect costs of the Authority related to the enforcement of the Lease Agreement ((i), (ii). Section 13. Upon the adoption hereof the Clerk of the Board of Freeholders of the and Additional Bonds of the Union County Improvement Authority* to be adopted by the and (iii) above are hereinafter collectively referred to as the “Lease Payment Obliga­ County shall forward certified copies of this ordinance to the County Manager, the Authority prior to the issuance of the Series 2005 Bonds (the “Initial Bond Resolution"; tions"). Director of Finance, the County Counsel, the Authority. Rogut McCarthy Troy LLC, Bond the Initial Bond Resolution, and any amendments or supplements thereto in accordance The Lease Payment Obligations under the Lease Agreement shall be direct, unlimited Counsel to the County, and McCarter & English. LLP. Bond Counsel to tire Authority with the terms thereof may be collectively referred to as the “Bond Resolution"); and general obligations of the County, not subject to annual appropriation by the County, Section 14. This ordinance shall take effect twenty (20) days after float adoption and WHEREAS, the proceeds o< the Series 2005 Bond* wiU be applied to. voter alia, the pursuant to the Act. and unless paid from other sources, the County shall be obligated publication in accordance with applicable law. payment of the (a) costs of the acquisition of the Property, including reimbursing the to levy a d valorem taxes upon all the taxable property within the County for the payment Exhibit A County and the Authority for any amounts previously incurred in connection therewith, of the Lease Payment Obligations thereunder without limitation as to rate or amount Lease Agreement (b) costs of renovating the structure located on the Property, (c) costs of issuing the Series All representatives, officials and employees of the County are hereby authorized and Exhibit B 2005 Bonds, (d) capitalized interest on the Series 2005 Bonds and (e) any other costs directed to enforce and to implement the provisions of the Lease Agreement. Bond Resolution set forth in the Bond Resolution; ______Section 5. The following additional matters are hereby determined, declared, recited 1 T - 8/4/05, The Leader Fee: $403.92 Pag* >0 Thurtday, Augut 4, 2005 81l|f ML-atfirlh T rnhrr I The Scotch PUliu - Fan wood TIMES I n c . P u b l ic a t io n See it ail on the Web! - www, ler.com P U H C n o n c e TOWN OF \ PUBLIC NOTICE p u b l ic n o t ic F PUBLIC NOTICE INVITATION TO BtO TOWN OF WESTFIELD whsn issued ere not returned m the time TOWN O f W CSTfKLD potato wto be received by the Public Node* is hereby given the! an pertod set forth herein or returned dam­ aged, tha recreation commission shall re­ Town of WesttieW *\ the Council Chem ordinance of which the foNowtng Hi a copy INVITATION TO MO tain a portion of the deposit equivalent to bm% at (ha Municipal Buikftng. 428 East was introduced, read and passed on first SEALED PROPOSALS WILL BE RE­ the value of any individual Item or items reading by tha Council of the Town of CEIVED BY THE TOWN CLERK OF THE damaged or not returned according to the 1r roofs at various bu.iuifiyi,, (iii) energy efficiency improvements at Appropriation and Estimated Cost Rahway Park and Oak Ridge Service Yards, (iv) replacement of heating system at $ 772,500 E. Department of Human Services Acquisition of new additional or replacement Bonds and Notes Authorized $ 772.500 Watchung Stables and (v) upgrading pumping system and replacement of bridges at Ash equipment and machinery and new additional furnishings consisting of (i; furniture for use Period of Usefulness 10 years at various locations and (ii) van ovens and other equipment for the Meals on Wheels Brook Golf Course Program. — —— BB. Union County Vocational-Technical Schools - Undertaking the following Appropriation and Estimated Cost $ 1,380,200 improvements (i) various electrical system upgrades, (ii) construction of outdoor physical Appropriation and Estimated Cost $ 165,174 Down Payment Appropriated $ 69,011 education facilities and (iii) renovation ot the Administration Building. It is hereby Down Payment Appropriated $ 8,259 Bonds and Notes Authorized $ 1,311,189 determined and stated that (A) all resolutions to be filed by the Board of Education of the Bonds and Notes Authorized $ 156,915 Period of Usefulness 15 years Union County Vocational-Technical Schools and the Board of School Estimate of Union Period of Usefulness 5 years Q. Department of Parks and Recreation - Acquisition of new additional or County Vocational-Technical Schools in order to request the Board of Chosen Freehold­ F. Department of Engineering and Public Works. Division of Engineering - Repair replacement equipment and machinery, as set forth on a list on file with the Clerk of the ers to raise funds for the aforesaid purposes have been filed and (B) no down payment or replacement of various bridges, as set forth on a list on file with the Clerk pf the Board Board of Chosen Freeholders and hereby approved and incorporated herein by this is required for such purposes pursuant to the provisions of N.J.S.A. 18A:54-31. reference thereto - •' ■ ' : ■ „ • —— ■. of Chosen Freeholders and hereby approved and incorporated herein by this reference Appropriation and Estimated Cost $ 746,750 thereto. Appropriation and Estimated Cost $ 283.250 Bonds and Notes Authorized $ 746 750 Appropriation and Estimated Cost $ 1,236.000 Down Payment Appropriated $ 14,163 • Period of Usefulness 15 ygars ...... Federal Grant Appropriated 6QQ.QQQ.. Bonds and Notes Authnn^ri------0 269,007 fnirTTir . Uowri Kaymenf Appropriated Period of Usefulness 1K uoare County Vocational-Technical Schools - Acquisition of new additional nr 31.800 « iu new aoamonai furnishings consisting of CCWJi a. tu A u it w t a o u 604.200 R. Department of Parks and Recreation - Acquisition of new automotive vehicles, audio-visual equipment and furniture for the Board office. It is hereby determined and Period of Usefulness 15 years including original apparatus and equipment, as set forth on a list on file with the Clerk of stated that (A) all resolutions to be filed by the Board of Education of the Union Countv G. Department of Engineering and Public Works, Division of Engineering the Board of Chosen Freeholders and hereby approved and incorporated herein by this Vocational-Technical Schools and the Board of School Estimate of Union County Undertaking of various culvert repairs or replacements. reference thereto. Vocational-Technical Schools in order to request the Board of Chosen Freeholders to raise funds for the aforesaid purposes have been filed and (B) no down payment is Appropriation and Estimated Cost $ 1.545.000 Appropriation and Estimated Cost 283,250 required for such purposes pursuant to the provisions of N.J.S.A. 1BA:54-31. Down Payment Appropnated S 77,250 Down Payment Appropriated 14,163 Bonds and Notes Authorized $ 1.467.750 Bonds and Notes Authorized 269,087 Appropriation and Estimated Cost $ 25,750 Period of Usefulness 15 years Penod of Usefulness 5 years Bonds and Notes Authorized $ 25,750 Period of Usefulness 5 years H. Department of Engineering and Public Works, Division of Engineering - S. Department of Public Safety, Division o f Police - Acquisition of new Inspection and rehabilitation ot various dams. additional or replacement equipment and machinery consisting of (i) refrigeration units, (ii) forensic lab equipment and (iii) critical incident response equipment. Appropriation and Estimated Cost $ 103.000 Aggregate Appropriation and Estimated Cost $21,576,863 Down Payment Appropriated $ 5.150 Appropriation and Estimated Cost $ 164,800 Aggregate State and Federal Grants Appropriated $ 3,600,000 Bonds and Notes Authorized $ 97,850 Down Payment Appropriated $ 8,240 Aggregate Down Payment Appropriated $ 782,985 Period of Usefulness 15 years Bonds and Notes Authonzed $ 156,560 Aggregate Amount of Bonds and Notes Authorized $17,193,878 Period of Usefulness 15 years I. Department of Engineering and Public Work*. Division of Engineering Section 20 Costs: $1,767,822 Undertaking of the County Traffic Signal Rehabilitation Program at various locations, as T. Sheriff’s Office - Acquisition of new additional or replacement equipment and Useful Life: 11.83 years set forth on a list on file with the Clerk of the Board of Chosen Freeholders and hereby machinery and new communication and signal systems equipment consisting ol (l) x-ray This Notice Is published pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A:2-17. approved and incorporated herein by this reference thereto machines and (ii) a communications console. Nicole L. Tedeschi Appropnation and Estimated Cost $ 1.476.800 Appropriation and Estimated Cost $ 120,510 Clerk of the Board of Chosen Freeholders Down Payment Appropriated_____ Down Payment Appropriated $ 6,026 County of Union, State of New Jersey $ 73.840 1 T - 8/4/05. The Leader ______Fee: $530.40 ------POPCORN" ------I Mr and You and Everyone We K n o w : All About He, She and It

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By MICHAEL S GOLDBERGER They act on their emotions. They take i ppvni chances. “Me and You and Everyone We Placing herself in the eye of the emo­ Know,” a movie about love, childhood tional storm she brews. Miss July is Chris­ and practically everything else by new tine, a struggling performance artist. voice Miranda July, makes you wonder. Nancy (Tracy Wright), the curator at the What would the him auteur have done prestigious local art museum, has hereto­ to express herself if she had been born fore refused to see her work. Christine before motion pictures were invented? pay's the rent by shuttling senior citizens Clearly she has something to say. hither and fro, never foiling to take foil Handily sweeping the awards off the artistic advantage of the life lessons that shelves at Cannes, San Francisco and make themselves prominent at every in­ HARSH CLIMATE., ------Stills from March of the Penguins show the reality or living in one of the most inhospitable geographic areas in Sundance, she's the cognoscenti’s golden tersection. the world. girl for 2005. But if you rethink it, en­ Availing himself of Christine’s chanting and provocative as her tale is, it “Eldercare chauffeuring is Michael (Hec­ reallv isn’t very cinematic. tor Elias), a wise old Indian who, after PLAY'S IN THE PARK...Although Remit* Mat ten as Minnie Fay and Although about a separated shoe sales­ more than sev enty years of searching, has .>0X311 iNHignerty as Irene Malloy, right, are in the scene from the 1999 i ne rengums Marcn man (John Hawke*) courted by a needy found his soul mate, Ellen (Ellen Geer), a production of “Hello. Dolly !," the real star of Plays-in-the-Park's block­ performance artist (MinJuly), it is actually fellow resident at the assisted living center. buster was \ ern S m ith's revolving hat shop that got thunderous applause the directors take on the human condition Christine folly imbibes his romanticism nightly. that attracts us most. Her characterizations and just hopes it won’t be quite so long for Into Cranford Theatre aren’t afraid to limn the odd duck, the her. It won’t if she has anything to say B y MICHELLE KLPPKRSMITH zero temperatures in the total dark­ especially vulnerable, the vain, the soft­ about it. Her impulsiveness is compelling, SpekaUy Written ftv The Weutkld Leader and The Timex ness, waiting for their chicks to hatch hearted and the terrified of being ak>ne. vicariously alluring, seductive and, well, Scotch Plains Artist CRANFORD — The March of the and their mates to return. In other words, me and you and every­ potentially dangerous. Penguins, a National Geographic Fea­ When the mothers return, theybring one we know. And film, either forever or Ferrying Michael to a shoe store, she ture Film and a Warner Independent bounties from the ocean for the young for just the time being, is how the thirty- spots him. . . the chosen love of her life. Vern Smith Downsizes picture, originally opened in New York chicks, and relieve the fathers of fivc-year-old filmmaker from Barre, Ver­ But why doesn’t he see it right from the and Los Angeles on June 24, but its parenting duties. Despite the multi­ mont has chosen to convey these feel­ get-go? C’mon, time's a wastin’. This gal B> SI S VS M. DOI UHKRTY this master artist, however. The very marked success has led it to be opened tude of males, the females find their ings. But while celluloid satisfactorily won t even wait until Sadie Hawkins day. Sprttalh Written fed The Westfield I emit ■ ,W I hr Times next day. Tester Moore, who had seen in theatres everywhere. mates and chicks without foil. The evokes the memories, thoughts and atti­ Her pick is the mucho damaged, avec When a lifetime ol work and memo­ his work, called and offered him a job On July 6, Penguins out grossed fathers then head back to the ocean, tudes that both confound and give her bcaucoup baggage, Richard Swerscy, the ries needs to he cleaned out of one's at Ringers teaching in the theater de­ War o f the Worlds and Batman Begins starved and cold, to seek their own joy, the divulgences are never really white halt of an ebony and ivory' mar­ home of thirty years, what 's one to do? partment. Mr. Smith taught there for per screen. Locally, the film is available source of food. Beyond facing the per­ heightened by the medium. riage that has reached its terminus. Dis­ II you are set designer/ariist/teacher 21 years, with a three-year stint at It's just that.. .a means to purvey what solved, we reckon, by the vagaries that for viewing at the Cranford Theatre, ils of environment, the chicks must; Vern Smith ol Elm Court in Scotch Glassboro State. ives inside. Long, long ago, she might move in when love goes south. To mark Millburn Clear view and Roberts The­ contend with such natural predators as Plains, until his move in June, you "When 1 worked at Rutgers-New­ fave been a novelist, or a poet, or an the day of his exit, he lights his arm on atres Chatham. donate your renderings, slides, models ark campus, we were considered a poor the leopard seal and the giant petrel. itinerant balladeer. Purposely or not, un­ fire.. .hut don’t worry too much about it. Morgan Freeman narrates the evo­ and memorabilia to NJIT, New Jersey theater, so we had to be creative,” says 1 his is the story of evolution. There like a nascent Spike Lee, her work doesn’t During our acquaintanceship with the lutionary trek, filmed by French direc­ Institute ofTechnofogy in Newark ana is a reason why the penguins go to such celebrate the medium itself Her breakout lonelv but dedicated shoe salesman, he Smith. I hat creativity spilled over into sit back, proudly, seeing it on display in tor Luc Jacquet. Every year in March lengths to find their breeding grounds. film offers no fancy lensmanship to her­ has custody of the two boys: Peter (Miles summer work for Plays-im the-Park at the Emperor Penguins of Antarctica The ice floes of Antarctica soften as ald the fresh articulation she brings to Thompson), about fifteen, and Robbv their intermediate gallery. the newly renamed Stephen Capastro migrate inland to their traditional spring approaches, and those penguins the fore. (Brandon RatdilT), about six. Miss July “It’s exciting to know that my work Theater in Edison. breeding grounds. Thousands of these tnat migrated further onto the ice shelf All of which isn't to say Miss July gets plenty of mileage out of them, pre­ will continue to be seen by others.” said In 1976 he met Ernie Albrecht who penguins walk in a single file line that were able to create viable offspring. doesn’t already know a whole lot about dominantly in the taboo realm of sexual Smith. It opened last Ma\ and is sched­ was the artistic director ol Plays-in- is miles long, until they reach their I hose who did not lost their eggs, and the movie game. If nothing else, the look inquisitiveness. uled to run intermittently through the the-Park (PIP) at that time. "I was not destination, where each finds a mo­ as time went on the penguins that were and feel of “\le and You and Everyone She is unafraid to explore and hit summer months. only their designer of sets, hut became nogamous mate. The females only stay- willing to march a hit farther survived We Know" is quintessential Indie film. home insofar as kids doing the darnedest Mr. Smith, an educator, artist and what is known as the charge painter ,” long enough to lay one egg, before and became the Emperor Penguins of Oh yes, Mr. Redlord, there is a formula, things, particularly when parental super­ creative spirit has a background that he explained. handing off its care to their male part­ today. and a business strategy', too. And for at vision is now here in sight. Which is much took him from a college degree in Basical]), alter making a model of ner and going back to the sea to find Using the French scientific center least this instance, she has found it. Just too much of the time by this film’s view. creative painting, to a master’s degree the sei. sketches and renderings, he nourishment for the chicks that will Dumont d’Urville as their base, direc­ like the aforementioned Mr. Lee once Miss July swerves her little treatise on in theater from Columbia University. was the person given the responsibility soon be hatched. tor Jacquet s team stuck it out for 13 did and just like Kevin Smith (“Clerks") life’s journey in other directions as well, In his humble career beginnings, he for the crew ol painters to correctly once did. As the caretakers o f the eggs, the months alongside the penguins during scatter shooting a host of topics to keep taught art to fifth through eighth grad­ paint his backdrops and sets. He was You do Cannes, you do Sundance, our interest. A goldfish swimming in a males stay behind at the breeding their grueling journey'. Their exposure ers in Phillipsburg, NJ, where he had to teacher and overseer ol the projects. maybe Toronto, perhaps Venice. Then plastic bag precariously perched on the grounds, without nourishment or wa­ was buffered, however, by access to travel to six different schools per week. With 42 shows under his proverbial limit the release to college town screens, roof of a traveling car serves as a meta­ “I called it, ‘Art a la Carte ,’’ he said of belt at the Park, which is located be­ ter, standing in massive huddles to transportation, warmth, food and the the tony neighborhood art houses and phor for life’s fragile and fleeting nature. the portable classroom he had to main­ hind tile Menlo Park Shopping Center keep themselves from freezing. The outside world. wherever else the literati queue to view. Other such mechanisms pepper the tain. oil Route I, Vern Smith is a legend. eggs, which are stowed in a fold of skin While Freeman narrates, he states But you can’t stay there. The buckling movie’s philosophical filigree. When asked about how he made the above the father's feet, cannot touch that March of the Penguins is “a love director is allowed just one grainy honey Yet all these heavy pronouncements Gary Cohen, the current artistic pro­ the ice, yvill freeze. The emper­ story,’' and it is almost certain that the moon, < wpWre - wnfr all sorts ut-beginnefow1! are watnuigs* not doomsday -sentences transition of being an art teacher, in ducer/director of PIP, refers to him as ors face gale force winds and for below viewer will find love on the screen. dispensation. Have anything ouf-bf-the-r They are admonitions about L - — getting on midiifejsebofd ro a ccrftag&pmfcacsP of “rer riew«mvr jjRir.Kmiin.iiTdflTlf it mouths-ofbabes to sat ? Now’s the time, CB. with the business of living. For at the various art/theatcr related classes at werenYforhts health, Mr. Smith Would The question is, w ill we still love you heart of the director’s work there is a Rutgers-Newark. he chuckled. still he working his magic there this when you’ve turned glossy...when the grand idealism, feted by the steady flow “While I was teaching middle school summer. studio owns up to the cash it’s been of w'ackv and serendipitous events. art, I did the sets lor Macbeth’ at “Vern and I collaborated on a num­ e Student View fronting and brings you up from the True, the optimistic pretension of the Lafayette College in Pennsylvania, ber ol set designs here at Plays-in-the- The weekly column written by local high school students minors for the Show? That is, a turn at novice is sure to alert the curmudgeon of across the river from Phillipsburg, 1 Park.” said Cohen. “In creating ‘Guys the Cineplex and the real big money. experience in all of us. But her winning thought they {the sets] were pretty and Dolls’ and ‘Evi.ta . 1 learned so But of course were getting a bit ahead tack helps you put that aside for the good. much about the art of scenic design, of ourselves. Due cynicism noted, right moment. It is a fine quirkiness that Miss After the opening, no one said a while brainstorming with Vern on the First Congregational now we’ve got a pretty good movie to see July employs in emphasizing that hoi word about w hether they liked them or mechanics of firring these two shows and a new artist to discover. springs eternal. And■ if vou’11 11 ppardon tlE il they thought they were good. I was into our theater space. It paved the wav However, don’t expect a story per se. grammar. "Me and You and Everyone feeling pretty low and lamenting the lor whatever success I personally have It’s more a series of poetic character snip­ We Know" could certainly benefit from fact that I had to drive hack ro had as a scenic designer,” he said. Church Brings Sunshine pets that Miss July presents and then a little of that. Phillipsburg and teach six classes of art Creativity has always been Vern gradually weaves together as circum­ * * * * * * * the next day. Smith's hallmark. “A little creativity stances, fate or self-actualization work By CAROLYN DiPROSPERO of a camp volunteer is a chaotic one. "Me and You and Everyone We Know," Fate would have a grander plan lor has helped me face design challenges Specially Written for The Westfield leader i The lim ey their wavs. At this early point in her Parents dropped their children off with rated R, is an IFC Films release directed throughout my career," he said in a filmography the overnight sensation is by Miranda July and stars John Hawkes, FANWOOD — At first glance, Camp counselors in the mornings before head­ phone interview. Sunshine, located in rural Maine, ap­ ing to discussions led by Nancy Cincorta, decidedly autobiograph ical. Observe how Brandon Ratcliff and Miranda July Run­ she imbues humans w ith lots of free will. ning time: 90 minutes These days, although health has pears to be an everyday sleep avvav camp. the camp’s psychosocial director. During caused him to downsize to a smaller There are cabins for campers and coun­ this time, the children participated in Get Outta' home inf in ton Falls, his Creative juices selors, a lake and the voices' of children activities such as volleyball and arts and are still flowing. He now paints porce­ ring through the air. It is not until you crafts. The House lain as his.outlet look closer, at the thin hair and swollen In the afternoon, we often went to the By CAROL f. DAVIS faces of some of the children that you marina to kayak orpaddlchoat, and other Specially Written fa r The tt e stfield Leader and The Times “People are amazed that 1 could go from giant canvases to the porcelain realize that Camp Sunshine is a camp of days we played bingo or swam in the Jersey Girls, an exhibit honoring plates and cups,” he shared, “but 1 a different son, one designed specifically pool. Nighttime brought events such as a New Jersey \ w orld-class athletes and really enjoy it.’ for children with life-threatening ill­ talent show and “ The Celebration Show," role models, is al the Yogi Berra nesses. This is a camp, however, that also in which everyone participated. Museum and Learning Center on the focuses on every member of the family. After my rime at camp, 1 returned campus of Montclair State Univer­ The camp deals with all aspects of a home with a lifetime of lessons about i sted. but on the weekend of August 5 disease, from treatment to coping. The strength and resiliency that cannot be sity through September 30. From the - 7, the international Wizard of Oz program runs almost year round with taught in the classroom; lessons in cour­ legendary Annie Oakley, to Union C lub will hold (he Munchkin each week dedicated to hosting children age taught by a blind hov from Virginia, County's own Carol Blazejowski of Chapter’s Mardi GrOZ. and it’s open of a certain disease. Staffed almost en­ Jeremiah , who got up on stage during the the WNBA’s New York Liberty, there to the general public. There will be tirely by volunteers whose jobs range talent show, recited John 3:16 from are a lot of female athletes whose Oz-related guests, activities, book from camp counselors to food servers, memory and then sang “Row, Row, Row stories will captivate you. Tickets auctions; collectibles, memorabilia, the program is provided free of charge to Your Boat” while the audience chimed are $4 - $6. For information or direc and even a special appearance by the families. I was a volunteer at Camp in; lessons in love shown by the children tions. call (973) 655-2378, or visit Meinhardt Raabe, the Munchkin Sunshine for Brain Tumor Week, spon­ in my group-towards Kyle, another blind the website at: Coroner from the 1939 MGM movie sored by the Childrens Brain Tumor boy, as they showed him where to stand Www.yogiberratnuseuni.org. ******* The Wi:ard o f Oz. The fun w ill take Foundation. during volleyball and endlessly cheered place in Princeton, at the Hyatt Re- When a friend approached me to join him on when he got the ball over the net; S l’MMER RECREATION...For over twenty years, children have enjnved The Jersey Fresh Wine & Food £<■«<•«. ..n Rnyjf 1 Kids of a!! agtx a group of volunteer: from The First lesson: :n JcB5e= £rrir.g , a u g h t !>> the Mountainside s summer Playground, lop, from left to right, are: Chrissy Festival will be held on Saturday and should enjoy this one. Visit: http:// many volunteers and staff who helped Congregational Church of Westfield, I McCurdy. Jennifer Stewart, Scott I audati, Joe Nicastro. Chris Whyte. Bottom, Sunday, August! 3 and 14, from naan m y webpage s . comcast. net/ out at t .amp Sunshine. agreed right away; however, the magni­ left to right, are: Jenny Pires. Missy Quinn and Catherine Patterson. to 5:00 p.m. at Mercer County Com­ numchcon/ or call (609; 883-3906. tude of tne trip soon hit me. I had never The children also taught me to see the munity College. 1200 Old Trenton ******* met a person with a brain tumor, let alone disabled in a new light. Beforehand, I Road. West Windsor. Visitors will At 9 p.m., on Tuesday. August 9. a child with one and l had no clue what only focused on what they couldn’t do, Mtsde Children Enjoy sample award-winning wines from pack up the family for a free screen­ to expect. How sick would these children rather than what they could. Meghan the state’s most celebrated vineyards from Illinois showed me that a young girl ing o f Indiana Jones and the Temple be? What activities would they be able to while feasting oh summertime dishes who needed leg braces and crutches to o f Doom at Echo Lake Park in do? prepared by some of the most excit­ Once all the other volunteers arrived, walk could still swim. Mountainside. It’s rated PG. and ing chefs in New Jersey. There will I found that it was the first week for many Af ter mv camp experience, mv friends Summer Playground rum for approximately 2 hours. also be a Farmer’s Market. For direc­ of them. By the tirhe all of the families asked, “A cancer camp, wasn’t that sad?” By LINDA CONDRILLO since 1990. Joe Nicastro and Chrissy Specially Written for The Westfield Leader and Vie Times tions and information.calU609)586- pulled up to their lodging, I was SO buy In retrospect, yes, there was some sad- McCurdy, both former campers, dhflQ....nr— Jog— on i a . , getting » knmv t o u l m J fctpgtek*. , a Uuiw paia, but marc than— ... MOUNTAIN This sum- - along w ith Jennff t r SieWiin. JBTTT — a. O- JUMIME npw iprtavuinoe enm/- romot about mv doubts. Despite a Ions the sadness and pain, at Gamn Sunshine. mer. like every ether ______VZll. and draining journey, many families, jfresh.html. I saw joy, love and above all hope. Hope w o decades, toys and girts are hang- Chrissy McCurdy, no stranger to ******* some already camp veterans, were willing for the children’s recovery, hope for their ingout with friends. The Mountainside sports, (she made headlines for Gov­ families and hope that for at least one The IJttle Mermaid is on stage at to travel from as for as Utah to get to Summer Playground program, held ernor Livingston's track program and week, these children could just be chil­ the Forum Theatre Company in camp. I knew it would be a special week. on the grounds at Borough Hall, free will be entering Johns Hopkins Uni­ I quickly learned that a day in the life dren again. Metuchen from August 9 through the to residents, is part of Mountainside's versity in the fall) says the best pan is 28. Based on the tale by Hans Chris many fine recreation services. that she gets to come to work to play tian Andersen, the story of Ariel has It’s here the kids in grades K-8 games with the kids. Former GL enchanted youngsters for decades MUSIC AND MOVEMENT PROGRAM enjoy organized sports and games Alumnus and football player Joe Infonts • Toddlers * Presttoote • PmwS&Coiegiwis Cast members meet and greet the like kickball, spud, slip and slide, Nicastro agrees children after each performance, Come to our knock hockey and capture the flag. He said whiffle bill has always signing autographs and having their Registration Celebration! Even a trip to Bowcraft Amusement been the most popular game, but foot­ pictures taken with new friends from Park in Scotch Plains is on the calen­ ball is gaining in popularity because Sotindoy, August 6ih, 12-3pm ot the audience Tickets are S12.50 gen dar, which runs from the end of June now girls want to “try to beat the eral admission. w ilh group rates avail­ T v i Play Away Studio to the second week of August. boys.” able. and can be ordered by calling 2395 Mountain Ave., Scotch Ploins The program starts at 10 a.m. and Laudati said he doesn'tdo it for the the box office at (732) 548.0582. or Demo dosses, sing otongs X tots ol silty fun! runs to 3:30 p.m., with intermittent money. He noted that, "being a coun­ MUSIC on the web at: absences to take a dip in the selor is all about the kids, the smiles, Westfield, Scotch Plains, Springfield Www.fonimtheatrecompany.com. Mountainside Community Pool. TOGETHER- 9 0 8 -4 9 0 -1 3 3 0 Fiona Murray their reactions and the expressions ******* Scott Laudati. playground super­ on their faces when they are having THE JOY OF FAMILY MUSIC™ www.ployowaymusic.com You probably didn’t know it ex- visor, has been a pan of the scene fun-it’s a paycheck to the heart." P»ge 22______Thursday, August 4, 2005 (El;f Miratfirlb lien h rr and The Scotch Plains - Fanwood TIMES A Watchung Communications, Inc. Publication Arts z, EntertMnpnent The Newark Museum Out of Africa: Westfield’s Christa Clarke Curates African Exhibit By MICHAEL POLLACK ways so shocked that I know about the Sptt tally Written for IV WettfieU leader m d The Timet many aesthetic decisions that go into culture. I've spent almost two decades the creation of a pot. including the NEWARK — Recently, the New­ studying. I've studied African art and size, design and material. Pots are ark Museum's Head of Media Rela­ that’s my field." created to honor marriages and bro­ tions, Lorraine McConnell, invited Native Africans are generally ken w hen somebody dies, in addition The Westfield Lender and The rimes pleased when people know about their to providing a mode of communica­ staff to the museum to experience it culture. ’They see that I’m not Afri­ tion the spiritual world. “People don’t from a different perspective, offering can, but once they see that you have tend tothink of pots as spiritual. Some access that is not typically granted to studied it, committed to it. then they of these pots were made from shrines everyday visitors. and living descendants make connec­ Jazz is featured every Thursday tions to ancestors," Dr. Clarke said. during lunch hours in the Alice Ran­ Dr. Clarke talks of the amazing feat som Drey fuss Memorial Gardens. For of artistry involved in making the pot­ a suggested donation of $2. non-mem­ tery. all of which is done by hand bers can bring a bagged lunch and without the use of a wheel. All pottery enjoy live jazz sponsored by 88.3 FM is fired in the open, which "makes the (members and children may attend task of creating these very difficult." free of charge). At lunch. The Leader/ Despite Dr. Clarke’s passion in her Tunes staff was seated with Fatoumala field, she says she regularly fights Coulibaly, a Malian actress and ac­ ethnocentric views of what African tivist. who was featured in Moolade, urt is, as many attempt to label the a motion picture which was shown as field as primitive. “There are those part of the museum's black film fes­ who think that these are unsophisti­ tival. cated people,” Dr. Clarke said. "Yes, Dr. Christa Clarke, curator of Art people have preconceptions. They AFRICAN POTTERY: Actress and activist Fatoumala Coulibaly admires vessels from her native Africa. From Africa, The Americas and The Dr. Christa Clarke (Westfield) think African art is primitive and made Pacific, rriet Ms. C oulibaly last by people who don’t know what Museum is the largest educator in the Wednesday night and commented on are happy that you are making it ac­ they're doing. I try to present things United States, in terms of the percent­ her outfit, which was made as a form cessible to a broader public." as art. and explain the technique. The age of the budget they spend on edu­ of protest against genital mutilation in The museum features many exhib­ textiles are made over centuries; it’s a cational programs, "this year. I Mali. When Dr. Clarke explained the its that invite children to explore and very complex technique. Once people hassled people at (Westfield's) Wil­ nature of her exhibit. Ms. Coulibaly touch the artifacts to help them relate leant the beliefs and meanings be­ son School, and my son’s grade came offered her dress to Dr. Clarke. to what the museum is displaying. hind them, they can appreciate them." to the museum. We offer a lot to Last Thursday, before The Leader/ Ms. McConnell stresses the new in- "The influences that inform them teachers and students. We try to make Times staff toured the gallery. Dr. teractive parts of the museum as part are different than artists today from it very accessible." Clarke gave Ms. Coulibaly a tour of ‘ of its user-friendliness. “We have in­ the west who are painting for the Dr. Clarke has lived in Westfield the African exhibits. Upon examining formation for families with children white w alls of the gallery," she added. since 1998. She has two sons who one of the textiles. Ms. Coulibaly noted to get more out of expo instead of just She said that the artwork in her col­ will both attend Wilson School next that she knew the artist, whose work looking at objects. There are majis. lections comes from all over the con­ year. She was bom in New Jersey, but the museum featured, saying in French worksheets, children can touch and tinent. There are maps hanging to didn’t grow up in the area. "My par­ V e s t authentique” (it’s authentic). smell certain things." highlight the diversity of cultures in ents moved and so when I came to Dr. Clarke admits her informality In terms of Dr. Clarke's Earthen the African continent. "We have to this area, it was all new to me. My and refers to herself by first name. She Elegance: African Cermaic Vessels get people beyond the idea that Af­ parents went to high school and met resides in Westfield, and is part of a from the Newark Museum Collec­ rica is a country," Dr. Clarke joked. in Westfield. I grew up in Westchester museum staff that is trying to alter its tion, she said, “some of the ideas are Dr. Clarke says she is constantly County. It’s (Westfield) a great area image and appeal to a w ider array of from my visits, but the pottery exhibit placed in the debate of what’s art and for families. I love being close to the people in New Jersey. She says that it’s was based on my interest in pottery1. I what’s craft. "I think it’s creation. I downtown because we did move from A lunchtime crowd enjoys jazz in the gardens between 12:15 and 1:45 p.m. "fortunate timing of visit. I would like was looking at something useful from think the distinctions are artificial. Washington D.C., so 1 like to pretend to say that that type of thing (a visit by the standpoint of art." African pots are not ’art.’ because that we’re still in a city." an actress from the region being ex­ She explained that pots have many they’re considered to be useful and Mr. Albin praised the work Dr. amined) happens every day. but it different purposes. One can cook in not have any symbolism. But they do Clarke is doing and noted that the doesn’t unfortunately," Dr. Clarke said. them or store drinking water in them, have symbolism used in ritual con­ Newark Museum is lucky to have "It’s interesting to me that they’re al­ but they're also decorative. There are cepts. Pots relate to fertility and the someone of her talent. "We are truly emale body. The process of creating blessed to have someone with her pot is considered similar to the background and passion overseeing reation of the human body.” the curatorial department for the Af­ Dr. Clarke was an Art History and rican collection. She is a very for­ inglish major in college. She was ward thinker and has a tremendous nterested in art and liked the way that background that she brings to the ome of the literature she was reading display of significant objects and the lelped connect to the broader ideas presentation of those objects for all to if the period “You could read a work leam about. We're excited about how iy Ernest Hemingway and could con- we want to expand our existing col­ ect to other artworks.” lection for years to come." When il comes judging work to Mr. Albin and Dr. Clarke maintain ppear in the exhibit, she said, “I that they did not know each other before on'l look at art in an independent working together and Mr. Albin joked acuum and think ‘this is beautiful.' that they met at the Memorial Pool. Marriage dress ensemble from southern Morocco ill the curators study art and we are In addition, the Newark Museum Iways looking at it through the lens now boasts more local residents and the f culture. When I’m looking at these Westfield connection doesn't end there. I’m looking at their form, but Ms. McConnell explained that the what it means in the broader museum had "an incredible sweep- ulture in which they come from.” stakes here and the winner won a trip She said she is "technically" in to Hawaii complimenting the 'Here harge of Africa, the Americas and Comes The Bride’ wedding show and te Pacific, but is focused on the the winner happened to be from ifrican art, noting that she has ex­ Westfield." erts help her with the other areas. There were 5,000 ballots and people I’m in charge of doing research, voted for their favorite wedding cake rganizing the exhibitions. When we promotion. Emily Allen, a young 0 an exhibition, I work with a de- Monmouth College student, who lives gner and one of the things we do is in Westfield, was the winner. "In the 'e move things around to make varia- course of the discussion about her ons on a theme." winning, it came out that she was a As she explains the cultural and graphic designer in search of an in­ liritual significance of many items ternship and we ended up inviting her 1 the collections, she admits that on board to fulfill her summer intern­ orking on the floor and giving per- ship and she’s been a tremendous xonal tours is rare. Tm usually doing help,” Mr. Albin said. search in my office. Our educa- Dr. Clarke believed that the Afri­ anal staff leads many tours. I train can collection is one of the most im­ le nt and then they take people on portant in the nation and it really ors. I’ll do tours when we have hasn't had the attention it deserves. lecial guests. I’m usually behind the “We have things on the cutting edge enes doing research, planning ex- of African art today, we’re crossing bitions. Right now. I'm working on boundaries, incorporating voices of e floor plans for the power-dressing cultural representatives, showing tra­ ;hibit (PowerDressing: Men, Faslt- ditional art (pottery) and contempo­ n and Prestige in Africa to appear in rary art and these are not things you’re ctober). which I’m tweaking and going to find at the MET (Metropoli­ oving things around. I want things tan Museum of Art), which has a very make sense theme-wise from a different approach to African art, and irator’s perspective." I can say that because I’ve been there In addition to constantly battling for a year.” isvdltccpfiuus about what die na- Dr. Clarke came about studying re of African art is. the museum African art because of its influence ces an identity crisis o f its own, as on modernism. She studied in Nige­ attempts to prove to the public that ria and lived there for three months is accessible; easy to get to and doing fieldwork. “The ideas behind Ters what other museums do not. African art are very complex. To me. ’estfield resident Mark Albin, the there’s such a high learning curve JAZZED UP... Every Thursday afternoon, people can enjoy jazz in the gardens useum's Deputy Director of Mar- that I’m never bored. There are so sponsored by 88.3 FM. Nonmembers can bring lunch for a suggested donation of Ting and Public Relations said, many different cultures. Each exhi­ $2. It is free to members. Last Thursday, July 28, the Manuel Valera group ’artly because Christa and I are from bition is an opportunity to expand my performed sponsored by William Paterson University for Summer Jazz Week. estfield. but also because we know knowledge.” interprets (or misinterprets) African Photos courtesy of Cassie Lo estfield and there are so many fami- Dr. Clarke spent her time in the art.” She says she is conscious of the :.s tllal----- we,believe -V ware ,v VU1UI1Lculture t-Ucon- 'l- sQUtheaslemjMrt..Ql.N lfieiia..amo:ili):...A message she's tending when sliepre- - merx. we re making a concerted rural environment. She shtdied stone cpnU compt hi no to thp ruxhlic u u j |c tort to reach out to the community carvings in abandoned villages, while cognizant of the stereotypes that ex­ d invite them to the museum." interviewing cultural representatives ist. 49 Washington Street “We participated in the street fair this and having them talk on the meaning. “I've always known 1 want to work st spring, and have been talking tothe She said that spending time in Africa with objects. I’m a visual person. 1 Website: www.newarkmuseum.org wntown association about having a helped her illuminate the experience. worked at the Smithsonian for three ecial community day with special “I’ll never have the lived experience years and taught at different universi­ tivities and programs. Those are in of someone from Africa, but being ties.” she said. Her teaching experi­ (971) 596-6S50 : discussion stages, but we’re using there for a significant portion of time ence includes a semester at Rutgers : town’s support in getting the word let’s you see things from a different and experience at George Washing­ E-mail: need to showcase the museum perspective. I feel like I have a basis ton University and the Corcoran kncconne9rine wertonuaeumorg people who are not familiar with it. of understanding of a very different School of Art. "I love teaching, but I ) they know the name? How close it world from the Western World.” she feel that when you're in academia Dr. tieteta Clarke's Earthen illy is? Parking at our doorstep? said. you have students you can reach, but Elegance Pottery Exhfcit: ghty galleries with the diversity of Having hands-on experience com­ you are publishing for a very small igramming that we offer. It's a jewel pletely shattered some of the myths http://www.newarkmuseum.org/ VARIETY SHOW. group of scholars. Here I have the the state of New Jersey. We’re trying and assertions made in textbooks. science treasures from a native NJ Mastadon to fossils. The museum contains a opportunity to reach a wider public. I to our best as a marketing perspective," Knowing the difference from having feel I can do that better in a museum mini zoo of small endangered animals and a planetarium with high-tech star Westfield leader Photos: Mr. Albin added. experienced the culture informed her context. Plus, I'm personally always projector. The museum boasts a world-renowned Tibetan display, featuring a http://www.goleader.com/ Tibetan Buddhist altar consecrated by the XIV Dalai Lama. Dr. Clarke said that the Newark dissertation topic on “how the west learning something new.” photos/05jul28newarfcmuseuni/