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Schools Receive Big State Aid Boost by N Icole Trani 6.732 When School Opens in the Fall The Central Post Serving South Brunswick since 1958 V ol. 42, No. 8 Thursday, February 19,1998 6 0 C e n t s •A Packet Publication Schools receive big state aid boost By N icole Trani 6.732 when school opens in the fall. Staff Writer Effect on tax rate remains uncertain The slate aid given to the South INSIDE An incrca.se in ciirollmcnl has Brunswick schools will be added lo earned township schools an increase schut/,, chairwoman of the Budget be introduced by the board Monday school year. the district’s revenue to help offset in state aid. Committee, said a final document has night. Voters will detenuinc the bud­ The reason for the increase is that any increase in taxes. Mr. Scott .said. But how that aid will affect town­ not been finished, but they say the get’s fate April 21. the state used “actual enrollment fig­ "The additional aid will help but ship tax bills has yet to be decided. district plans to put a budget before The state Department of Educa­ ures from October 1997 to calculate won’t cover all of the cost of enroll­ The school board is in the process voters that maintains programs at tion issued aid figures last week that the amount of aid districts would re­ ment." he said. of designing a budget for the their current levels while accounting showed South Brunswick will re­ ceive,” Mr. Scott said. Ms. Abschul/ said the increase in 1997-1998 sch(X>l year. School Busi­ for an anticipated enrollment in­ ceive $6.63 million for the 1998-99 The di.strict is anticipating a 7 Slate aid will be used toward the "as- ness Administrator Jeffrey Scott and crease. school year — $1,5 million, or 31 percent increase in enrollment — schoid board member Marci Ab- Mr. Scott said the budget could percent, more than in 1997-1998 from 6.282 students this year to See A I D , Page 15A Township to require Close Encounters: This week's film reviews plumb heimets the depths of "Sphere" and put "The Borrowers" under a microscope. Also inside: for skaters One man's dedication to seldom-heard songs. See Wants to prevent Time O ff head injuries BUSINESS By Ken W eingartner Staff Writer In the wings John Gambatese was home from college Opera tenor Michael Isaac after his freshman year at Marist in 1985 when his life was changed forever. While riding his waits tables while waiting bicycle lo his summer job in West Paterson. for his big break. Princeton John was struck by a car. Business Journal. John, whose father is first-year Township CommiUceman Trank Gambatese. suffered three fractures of his skull as a result of the ac­ SCHOOLS cident. He was hospiuili/.cd for 13 months, the first 10 of which he was not able lo speak. Jumping In John lost hearing in his‘right ear and is le­ gally blind in his right eye. He has only 40 per­ Students at Dayton-Deans cent vision in his left eye. He has never re­ School get physical for a gained his .sense of balance and will most likely need to use a wheelchair for the rest of his life. good cause — Jump Rope Had John been wearing a helmet, things for Heart. Page 17A. might have been different. That is why Frank and Ellen Gambatc.se have been the driving forces behind a township ordinance that would NEWS require skateboarders and in-line skaters to Welcome to Kendall Park wear protective head gear. It also would pro­ Circles hibit the aforementioned activities on major It has been 41 years since the first Kendall Parkers moved into thoroughfares in South Brunswick. .town, an influx of people that transformed the township. As part of Tw'o tow'nship residents The Township Gommiiiee will review the our history series, “Change at the Crossroads," The Central Post have started holding Study ordinance at its work session Tuesday night. takes a look at the role the development had in tnaking South Circles to help fight preju­ “It’s something that I think we really need in town." said Mr. Gambatese. whose wife. El­ Brunswick what it is today. Above, a sign on New Road wel­ dice. Page 3A. len. has served on the board of directors for the comes drivers to the neighborhood; left, Daniel Murray and Brian New Jersey Head Injury Association. f. • Kelly roller blade along Kendall Road. See Pages 4A-8A Mixed grades “It's become something that’s very person­ The state's school report al to us because we saw a young man with tre­ Staff Photos by John Keating mendous potential, and that potential was cards show that South snuffed out because of an injury." he said. "Just Brunswick spends less than like that, in the blink of an eye. your life is “It was culture-shock. But Kendall the average district — and changed." also shows a drop in test John was a state champion cross country Park served to bring us all together.” runner, accustomed to running an average of 70 scores. Page 2A. ‘ miles a week, and in tremendous physical ^ Jack H endrickson shape prior to the accident. “That probably .saved his life," Mr. Gamba- SPORTS te.se said. Just one month ago. while the township was researching its proposed ordinance, Mr. Gani- balese and Township Administrator Donato Blowing out the birthday candies Nieman came across an eerie sight. En route to a township function, they were confronted by an accident at the intersection of South Brunswick ready for 200th anniversary celebration Route 27 ahd Gateway Boulevard in which a boy on a skateboard was hit by a car. The boy. By Ken W eingartner volved and celebrate that which we have inher­ who was not wearing a helmet, suffered only Staff Writer M ore B icontennial coverage ited." minor scrapes and bruises. Mr. Nieman said, Pages 10A-11A The upcoming Birthday Bash, described by South Brumswick’s Biepniennial celebration but the incident made quite an impression. Bicentennial Committee Chairwoman Kathy "You don’t have to convince me about the got off to a sweet beginning Tuesday night. Thorpe as a "12-hour iiiaralhon of entertain­ ^ As a precursor lo Saturday’s Bicentennial “For those who think that a birthday party need for this ordinance.” Mr. Nieman said. is about cake and artificial handshakes .and ment.'’ will feature more than 60 separate per­ Under the proposed ordinance, a helmet Birthday Bash, the Township Committee host­ well-wi.shes, this is not what our celebration is formances at five different locations. must be worn by anyone under the age of 18 ed a warm-up celebration prior to its meeting in about.” Mayor Edmund Luciano told the rev­ Sites for the evenf. which begins at nwn Tourney opener who is skatehiiarding or in-line skating. the municipal building. elers who filled the meeting rtwm. "This is a and concludes at midnight, are the high school, According lo Donald Sears, the assistant town­ Among the highlights of the evening were linkage to our past that will tell us what our fu­ the Senior Center, the Community Center and South Brunswick faced JFK ship attorney, failure lo comply could result in the presentation of a three-tiered Bicentennial ture will be. the Crossroads and Indian Fields schools. Tick­ in the opening round of the a $25 fine against the child’s parent or guardi­ birthday cake prepared by Holliday Bake Shop­ "The Bicentennial Committee has pul to­ ets are $7 in advance. $10 the day of the cele­ GMC boys basketball tour­ an. Any subsequent offense could increase the pe of Kendall Park and a rousing rendition of gether one heck of a Bash." he said. "Please bration. ney Wednesday. For results, "Happy Birthday” performed by the Cambridge participate. Don’t rob yourself of this Bicenten­ See H E L M E T S . Page 15A School kindergarten class of Jessie Parker. nial celebration. It only comes once. Get in­ See B A S H , Page 13A see sports. Page 20A. Title team The girls hoops squad takes first in the GMC White D i­ vision. Page 20A. ‘Pie’-oneer bakers Grange fills dough to raise dough 3 v l The recipe itself is designed for volume, INDEX Mianaging Editor calling for 3 pounds of Crisco (spread on a The secret lo jtreal pie crust. Fat Eddie sheet of plastic wrap and hardened up in the once told the niinisler, is lo keep it light. freezer); a .“i-eup pitcher of ice water and 5 Work the dough from underneath. Use your pounds of Hour. 'Then the chef, the Rev Classified 1B hands. Mallby recalled, would work the shonening and the Hour "with his really huge hands, Community The Ret. John Mallby — swathed in an working it through until il was grainy.” apron, (ace smudged with Hour — panto­ Then, as either Fat Eddie himself, or Capsules 18A mimes the act of runningj)is hands through a more likely a helper, would add the ice wa­ Editorial 12A bowl of flour and Crisco. ter, Fat Eddie would work ihe mixture up Then, it’s back to the task at hand, rolling into Ihe water. Obituaries 15A out dough for a cherry pie.one of scores that "Keep it light. He impressed that upon the Rev. Maltby and the crew over at Pioneer us,” the Rev. Maltby said. “Then he would Police Blotter ISA Grange No. 1 turned out last weekend for its flour his hands well, and flip it onto a floured Religious annual Valentine's Bake Sale, board and cover it with a moist, clean towel.
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