Hazlet Teachers Picket Graduation

Find Andy, State vetoes site Aberdeen hires Parents demand win a dinner: 7 for dredge spoils: 2 assessor: 18 more busing: 21 THE ' f t i V v v ☆ ☆ ☆ The Weekly Newspaper vol. 13 NO. 32 Wednesday, June 22, 1983 N egotiations f o r n e w contract resu m ed Hazlet teachers picket graduation By Jud’itii McGee Feeney Negotiators for both sides said that rela The union’s current two-year contract ex HAZLET tions seemed to improve Monday at an in pires June 30. Picketing by the Hazlet Teachers Assn. at formal meeting. “ If we get a decent contract offer, we Raritan High School graduation ceremonies “ It went very well,” O’Brien said. would go for another two-year contract,” last week w ill have no effect on negotiations “ It was a very cordial meeting,” Camwell Camwell said. “ We’re basically after a set for a 'new contract, Board of Education said. “ I don’t see that we settled anything, tlement similar to settlements reached in President Edward O’Brien said last night. but we discussed having another mediation other secondary-school districts in the The HTA picketed the graduation Thurs session. We s till have a number of stum bling area.” day after voting unanimously Tuesday to blocks.” Salaries, insurance, health plan, griev authorize a strike if it does not have a con State mediator Timothy Hundley, who ance procedures, and sick leave are among tract in September. abandoned the negotiations June 9, has the issues still to be resolved in negotiations, Board officials criticized the picketing, asked for another session, O’Brien said. Camwell said. charging that the action was unfair to grad The session will probably be scheduled The board reportedly has offered a 6 per uates. early next month. cent overall increase, but the HTA is seek But HTA President Harryi, Camwell said Picketing at the graduation “ was a silly ing a 10.5 percent raise. that the picketing was chosen as an action thing for them to do,” O’Brien said, “ and When he left the negotiations June 9, that would be “ least harmful to students.” they didn’t win any points by doing it, but Hundley said both sides were too far apart “The teachers had just about had it,” that doesn’t affect me in negotiations.” for progress, Camwell added. Camwell said. “ They were ready to walk “ A good talk is the way to„clear up negoti Camwell noted that bargaining units for out” during the last two school days. ations,” he added. “ Pickets don’t do it.” secretaries and .bus drivers have also The board’s recent elimination of 32 staff HTA members voted unanimously June 14 reached an impasse with the board. positions and hiring of supervisors from to authorize the union’s negotiating team to Usually, those contracts are settled after other districts had dampened teacher mo call a strike in September if a settlement is a settlement is reached with teachers, he E D W A R D J . O ’B R IE N rale, he said. not reached by then, Camwell said. added. Keyport ready for Salt W ater Days Festival By Judith McGee Feeney strawberry shortcake; and the Keyport variety of wares: three-dimensional paper festival may call 264-0146. KEYPORT Bayshore Hospital Auxiliary, homemade tale, block printing, American Indian jewl- Also during the festival, Tom Grabowski A flotilla of decorated boats w ill kick off cakes and cookies. ry, tote bags, stained glass sun catchers, will lead tours of the marshes at approx the Keyport Salt Water Days Festival at 11 Professional vendors will also offer a shell crafts, wooden toys, paintings. imately 2 p.m. each day. a.m. Saturday. variety of food, including Italian ices, Also, sailor crafts, silk flowers, wood Announcements will be made during the The “ Sail-By” will be sponsored by the kielbasa, meatballs, hamburgers, hot dogs, carvings, crochet, ceramics, and lapidary festival when the “ Mystery of the Marshes” Keyport Yacht Club, which is celebrating its fish and chips, breaded and fried vege jewelry. tours are about to begin. 75th anniversary. tables, and Mexican and Philippine-style Sky-High Kites will visit the festival on Festivities Saturday w ill also include the The yacht club w ill also kick off Sunday’s food. Sunday. Keyport Historical Society’s tour (noon to 4 events with a sailboat race at 11 a.m. Craftsmen w ill display their talents and a Craftsmen who would like to join the p.m.) of six historical buildings. Local Boy Scouts w ill lead the festival’s opening flag-raising ceremony at 11:30 a.m. State officials defend rent as reasonable Saturday. Hazlet teen lands The festival w ill continue each day until 6 p.m., featuring entertainment on two stages and approxim ately 45 food and c ra ft booths. Hearing starts on MV lease in hospital after Local marinas have been invited to parti with approximately $2.50 per sq.ft. for reno MATAWAN cipate in the flotilla, which w ill be judged by vations. State officials Monday defended the lease four club members, according to Ivins Paul M. Marzell, an appraiser, said that fight at party for the Matawan Motor Vehicle Agency at a Morse, a mem ber of the club’s board of gov the building could be replaced for less than hearing before the Assembly Legislative HAZLET ernors. $50,000 and land for the building and parking Oversight Committee. An 18-year-old township man who suffered The judges will be Morse, Commodore lot could be purchased for $30,000. head injuries Thursday as a result of a Carl Holmes, Past Commodore E a rl Huber, The committee w ill continue the hearings He asked why the state should pay $22,000 fracas at a high school graduation party was and Rear Commodore Bob Bascom. on state leasing practices Monday. a year for five years to rent a building it reported in fair condition yesterday at Bay An entry is not required to be a boat, Earl Josephson, who heads the Stae D ivi could build for $80,000. shore Community Hospital. long as it is floats and is decorated, accord sion of Purchase and Property, said that the Steven Levitt, a tax attorney, said that the ing to the Keyport Friends of Clearwater, Matawan lease negotiated by his office is state-required renovations cost the landlord Robert Wilkins, 41 Bucknell Drive, was which is organizing the festival. reasonably priced. only $10,000 because of tax credits and de unconscious when police arrived at the par Many of the boats w ill be decorated with preciation benefits. ty at about 12:35 a.m. signal flags, Morse said. Most w ill be power- But, a real estate appraiser and a tax The state lease provides for reimburse Wilkins, who was placed in an intensive 'driven to keep the flotilla moving. lawyer testified Friday, when the hearing ment of about $20,000 in renovations amor care unit, was reportedly suffering from a The sailboat race is one of the club’s began, that the lease was overpriced by tized over five years. head injury which caused his brain to swell. regularly scheduled annual events, Morse more than $5 per square foot. Republican State Sen. John P. Gallagher, Det. Calvin Stenquist, who is investigating said. Assemblyman William Flynn, committee who lobbied to have a motor vehicle office the incident, said he would need to question Known as the “ Governor’s Series,” the chairman, scheduled the hearing after placed in Matawan, charged that the two ex more witnesses before determining how the race will honor Wilfred Preismann, a club Assembly Speaker Alan Karcher had re perts were “ nothing more than manipulated injury was caused and by whom. member affectionately called “ the Gover fused to sign several motor vehicle leases. agents to justify” a Democratic attack on Also, he said, he must consult with the nor.” Karcher claimed that the leases negotiat the local agency. county prosecutor’s office to determine ed for agencies in Matawan, Woodbridge, Stages fo r entertainment w ill be placed at “ Their testimony dealt with appraisal of which charges should be pressed. American Legion Drive and at the foot of and Flemington were too expensive. property, assessments, and...tax matters in The incident reportedly began when the Broad Street. The landlord of the Woodbridge agency general,” he said, “ but was disguised to 17-year-old boy friend of a girl at the party The Sunshine Singers w ill begin the enter has offered the state a lower rent since zero in only on the Matawan situation in objected to W ilkin’s giving her a ride home. tainment on Stage One at noon Saturday. Karcher made his objections. order to get headlines.” A fight ensued between Wilkins and the On both days, a local barbershop harmony The $19.61-per-sq.ft. effective annual cost boy friend. It was broken up by another group will perform at 1:30 p.m. on Stage for the Matawan agency is the highest of youth, Stenquist said, but another alterca One, followed by the E l Coqui Menudo Fan any motor vehicle agency. Union Beach man tion began which involved an 18-year-old Club at 2:45 p.m. It includes $12 per sq.ft. for rent, $5.11 to friend of the boy friend. Stage Two w ill have the same schedule of wins sweepstakes reimburse the landlord for state-required Before the second fight was broken up, entertainers on each day: Monmouth Coun renovations, and $2.50 for utilities.

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