The Serving our Community New Age entertainment. Since 1888 Seven mothers form all-girl Item band. Page A3. May 11, 2006 75 cents weekly of Millburn and Short Hills www.theitemonline.com CHARITY CARNIVAL BOE Budget query we’re committed to this fee?” Lan- Eye on charge dau said she wanted more infor- mation on whether or not the fee for athletic was based on an actual number of physicals administered. Zucker, a medical doctor, raised exams a different issue. He wanted to know what sort of screening was By Harry Trumbore being done by the agency and of The Item raised the question that state stan- dards may lag behind what the Branded as pro-spending during medical community now considers the Board of Education campaign essential screening for adolescent last month, the three new members athletes. elected to the board in April served “I would ask (Sports Extra) notice at Monday night’s meeting were you practicing state of the art they are willing to scrutinize the screening?” Zucker said. “Over the most routine budget requests. next two or three years, the board The trio of Janet Landau, should consider guidelines for Samuel Levy and Mark Zucker what constitutes good screening.” raised specific concerns after board Zucker’s concerns prompted members were asked to reappoint Levy to request the agency provide Sports Extra as the agency to pro- the board with a description of its vide physical examinations for stu- liability coverage. dents in the district’s sports pro- Board president Debbie Frank grams for the 2006-07 school year. said additional screening proce- Levy questioned the description dures might raise the cost of pro- of the agency’s compensation of viding the exams to a prohibitive $9,900 as an “honorarium.” level. “The term seems discretionary,” “When do you price kids out of he said. athletics?” she asked. Landau said she understood She was supported by board HARRY TRUMBORE/THE ITEM that many students have physicals member Joel Reidenberg, who with their own physicians. made the point that the service was Township resident Alex Teetse tests his skill at the skeeball game at Sunday’s charity carnival at Millburn High School “How many are using this ser- state-mandated to ensure no stu- benefiting Alex’s Lemonade Stand, which promotes pediatric cancer awareness and research. Manning the game are Millburn vice?” she asked. “It’s important High School Key Club members, from left, Lizzie Petkanics, Elise Zion and Victoria Veneziano. how much it is really used because SEE BUDGET, PAGE D4 EDUCATION DEER SURVEY Officials making field trip to Japan Reservation’s district’s supervisor of social stud- divided up into smaller groups of Nyman also gave her superinten- Superintendent, ies, is scheduled to journey to 20 and sent to a city where they dent a reading assignment. Japan for a three-week visit in observe classes at different grade “You Gotta Have Wa,” by count is down social studies October. levels and live with a Japanese Robert Whiting, is a look at Japan- Nyman’s trip is being funded family for several days. ese culture through the way base- By Patricia Harris through the Japan Fulbright In her application for the pro- ball is played in that country. of The Item top, where 48 deer were identified, supervisor to Memorial Fund by the govern- gram, Nyman said she has imple- “Hey, I’m a sports fan,” Brodow compared with last year’s 103. ment of Japan, rather than the mented an Asian history course at said. Fewer deer were detected this The county will now consider study schools more familiar Fulbright Act of the the high school and emphasized His trip is sponsored and paid year in the South Mountain Reser- what action to take regarding con- United States. Japanese history in the middle for by the Japanese Chamber of vation than last year, according to ducting a controlled deer hunt on After World War II, Nyman school social studies curriculum. Commerce as part of their U.S. the results of an infrared survey its open lands, a move endorsed by By Harry Trumbore explained this week, the American She made the point students learn- Educational Program. According taken of deer in three Essex Coun- many residents concerned about program initiated by Sen. J. ing American history focus on the to Brodow, the program was ty parklands March 8 and released what they see as deer overpopula- ofTheItem William Fulbright allowed 6,800 opening of Japan by Commodore established in 1989 in response to this week. tion. During the recent campaign for Japanese to study in the United Perry in the 1890s and study the the rising number of Japanese peo- The Hot/Shot survey, intended Joyce Goldman, the county’s seats on the Board of Education, States. Ten years ago, the Japanese internment of Japanese-Americans ple living in the tri-state area. More to serve as a gauge of the deer pop- constituent affairs manager, said several candidates made the point government set up a similar pro- during World War II. than 2,500 Japanese students are ulation, showed 109 deer in the this week, “Since the deer count is many countries place a higher pre- gram and named it in Fulbright’s She said she is especially anx- now enrolled in public schools in reservation. That figure is down falling, the results would not seem mium on education than the Unit- honor. ious to see how Japanese educa- the region and the program is from the 212 deer identified in last to support any overt action.” ed States and encouraged town- Through the Japan Fulbright tors implement staff development. designed to give educators insight year’s survey. Goldman pointed out the sur- ship officials to investigate what Memorial Fund Teacher Program, “Staff development is my pas- into the Japanese culture. The survey also included Eagle vey area was expanded out a half- those countries are doing right. groups of 200 teachers from the sion and my forte,” she said. Brodow said he wasn’t sure Rock Reservation, which lies in mile for each site, in an effort to During the coming months, two United States visit Japan for three- To prepare for her trip, the about the value of the trip until he West Orange, and Hilltop, a coun- determine if deer had migrated officials are going to do just that. week sessions. The teachers meet supervisor said she has begun lis- spoke with the superintendent of ty-owned site under development away from the site. She acknowl- Superintendent of Schools for orientation in San Francisco, tening to Japanese language tapes the Greenwich, Conn., school dis- in Verona. The counts were also edged the deer could be even fur- Richard Brodow will travel to Calif., Nyman said, then travel to and is reading “The Inland Sea” by trict. down in Eagle Rock Reservation, ther out, as they move out into Japan for a week this summer Tokyo, where they spend half of Donald Ritchie. where 18 deer were detected, com- while Danielle Nyman, the school their visit. The teachers are then To help prepare him for his trip, SEE OFFICIALS, PAGE D4 pared with last year’s 27, and Hill- SEE RESERVATION, PAGE D4 NEWSMAN IS IT A BIRD, A PLANE? Resident’s documentary tells saga of school siege By Harry Trumbore “When we arrived in Beslan, the with “48 Hours” executive pro- ofTheItem school stood just as it was after the ducer Susan Zirinsky, approached battle. It wasn’t barricaded,” Van Showtime with the idea to expand When the CBS television news- Sant said. “The Russian investiga- the piece into a documentary. They magazine “48 Hours” in January tion was so inept. A videotape used were given the thumbs up. Van 2005 aired its story of the terrorist by the Chechen terrorists was Sant and Halderman completed siege of a Russian school the year found by two young kids walking the script by September, and by before in which nearly 350 through the rubble.” December they had a finished film hostages died, 176 of them chil- The story, “Hostage,” was hard version—“Three Days in Septem- dren, correspondent Peter Van to watch, but the work he and pro- ber.” Sant recalled it was the least ducer Joe Halderman along with The film debuted last week at watched show of the season. others put into it earned the the Tribeca Film Festival and will Although the township resident respect of the journalism commu- premiere on the Showtime cable has been an overseas correspon- nity. It was given the Overseas television channel May 25. dent and covered the battles of the Press Club’s Edward R. Murrow Variety called the film “a first Gulf War, he said nothing pre- Award and even garnered the remarkable feat.” pared him and the news crew for Russian version of the Emmy Critic Ronnie Scheib wrote the what awaited them when they Award—“The Golden Word”—for film was a “documentary with all arrived at the scene of the school best foreign reporting inside Rus- the orchestrated drama, tension siege in the city of Beslan. sia. and human interest of a breaking Three weeks after the final con- When the Russian parliament news story,” and added it “never frontation, Van Sant said, blood called for a more extensive inves- slides into facile sentimentality or ADAM ANIK/THE ITEM still stained the walls of the school tigation of the Beslan tragedy, they exclamatory horror, remaining What’s going on? Why is township businessman Barry Roberts, center, pointing toward the that had been stormed by elite viewed the “48 Hours” piece, Van lucid and straightforward through- sky outside his office on Millburn Avenue? Find out about his surprise visit Monday from Russian troops and gun-toting Sant said.