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An of tt;<Hj!MHj cift pay , off ,ii rr.inKhn l A / To subscribe, call (800) 300 9321 =t= The\ftfestfield Record £• Thursday, May 18, 1995 A Forbes Newspaper 50 centf I Briefs Mayor favors flea mart reforms Art display A show of landscape art versy which has peaked in his ab- Michael Panagos for a discussion • Reducing the number of fall • Requiring sponsors to post a sy tarn sence. on flea market reforms. flea markets from nine to six; $500 security deposit to cover ad- created by members of the THE RECORD Weetfield Art Association is "As far as I'm concerned, the After the discussion, Mayor • Setting aside half of the south- ditional cleanup necessitated by on view at Children's Special- Mayor Garland "Bud" Boothe, past two weeks did not take place," Boothe prodded the council to side train station parking lot — straggling vendors; ized Hospital through June 8. back from a business trip that said Mayor Boothe at the start of agree to vote on a slate of flea mar- some 200 spaces — for vendor and • Limiting charities to one flea Tuesday's conference meeting. He- ket reforms at next Tuesday's customer parking; Paintings are exhibited by caused him to miss the last two market per year; Frances Aldi, Marga Blaser, council meetings, tried to take then turned the meeting over to meeting. Those reforms, which • Barring vendors from setting charge Tuesday night and quell Laws and Rules Committee Chair- would take effect in time for next up before 6:30 a.m. and closing the • Doubling the number of por- Nancy Ori, Monica Sisto, (Please turn to page A-4) Clair Torgersen and Walter the southside flea market contro- man Fourth Ward council member fall's flea market season, are: flea markets at 4 p.m.; Vreeland. The public may view the exhibit by entering the ambulance entrance. A percentage of each sale ben- efits the hospital. Pupil crowding Consignment shop The Westfield Service League Consignment Shop at report debuts 114 Elmer St. holds its end of the year sale 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Tuesday Saturday, May 20- June 3. Everything is re- duced 75 percent. h ;>-****** !^^ ^ Tuesday nite Comedy continues School, which is owned by the dis- •y KEVINCOUJQAN trict and currently leased to the Tickets are still available THE RECORD for the family comedy "Beau county. It could be used as a cen- The Westfield Board of Educa- tral kindergarten or seventh el- test" featuring Frank Lettera, ementary school; Bernie Weinstein, Carol tion's Long Range Planning Com- McGee and Dennis Freeland mittee will present its eagerly anti- • Pair the six elementary of Westfield, 8 p.m. Saturday, cipated report on the district's op- schools into three units; ***** tions to deal with student popula- • Build additions to Jefferson May 20 at Westfield Com- tion growth at next Tuesday's and Wilson Elementary schools. munity Players, 1000 North school board meeting- This would almost certainly re- ; Ave. Tickets are $12 and are Tuesday's report is officially an quire another, but much smaller available at the box office by interim report on the committee's bond, said Melba Nixon, chair- calling 232-1221, or by visit- progress, but committee members woman of the LonR Range Com- ing Rorden Realty and The have strongly suggested it may mittee. Town Bookstore. The Sunday contain a final recommendation or • Add fifth-grade classes to the matinee performance has recommendations to the board. intermediate schools, which cur- been sold out. The committee is obligated to pro- rently consist of grades 6-8. duce a final report by the end of Lincoln School — the option that Audition December. received the lion's share attention in the recent school board cam- The New Jersey Workshop The committee has been picking through the rubble of December's paign — would provide the district for the Arts holds auditions with 18 classrooms. The building, for the Westfield Summer defeated $7.6 million bond, search- ing for a way to deal with an up- however, would need significant Workshop's annual musical coming increase in elementary renovation. According to a report production, "The Best of school students. prepared by M. Disko Associates of Broadway" 1-4 p.m. Saturday The failed bond was intended to Union, renovations would cost and Sunday, May 20 and 21 provide 21 additional classrooms to $857,000-$1,164,000. Estimates for at the Workshop, 152 E. cope with the predicted enrollment the operation of the school will Broad St Performers should likely be contained in the report. be ready with a two-minute —. STEVE LEGATCWTHE RECOflD Committee members were keep- Pairing schools might allow the song or spoken monologue ing the report under wraps, but it district to accommodate an in- and a recent photograph. Winning smiles Westfield High's Lauren Cafaro (8) Is congratulated by catcher Taryn McKenna, right, and is expected to deal primarily with crease in students without a mas- Those interested in produc- the four options which were laid sive capital investment and with- tion or technical aspects Shannon Wagner, left, after hurling a three-hit victory over Johnson Regional High Saturday out in earlier reports and repeated out classes swelling past the 18-25- should bring a resume. night in Unden. The Lady Devils won 2-1, and will face Union High at Memorial Field in throughout this spring's school student average called for in board Linden this Saturday In the Union County Championship game. For more on the big game, board campaign. policy. With the pairing option, turn to Sports on page A-10. Those options are: grades kindergarten-second or Readers' parade (Please turn to page A-4) The Westfield Memorial li- • Renovate and utilize Lincoln brary's children's department invites boys and girls in grades kindergarten and up to march with the librarians in Westfield's Memorial Day >wn Parade on Monday, May 29. Participants must be will- By KEVIN COtUCUW bility for administration of general bill provides for county workers to ing and able to walk the pa- assistance could see a cost savings, meet with welfare recipients once rade route. Registration runs THE RECORD there are other municipalities that every six months, said Ms. Corsi, Low-tech fingerprinting coming Monday, May 15-Saturday, Westfield Director of Human will see what happens when people as opposed to monthly meetings As of July, welfare recipients in will include cities and towns within May 20. Services and Vice President of the walk in," said Ms. Corsi. "People now conducted in local offices. 15 miles of Newark. are not going to go away because Westfield will be required to be fin- Municipal Welfare Association of "We know how rapidly ever- gerprinted in order to receive ben- "Applicants refusing to partici- New Jersey Lillian Corsi praised the department happens to be in changing this population is in a pate will be deemed ineligible for Art show the Town Council's opposition to a another town." week, in a number of days," said efits, said Director of Human Re- General Assistance," said Ms. Four Westfield Art Associa- state senate bill which would cen- Expenses could grow further if Ms. Corsi. "In six months you sources Lillian Corsi. Corsi. tion members Ann Atlas, tralize the state's 400-odd munici- "satellite sites" allowed in the bill don't know what could happen. The fingerprinting program is an Thirteen municipalities will have Linda Kolar, Grace Koleda pal welfare offices into 21 county are launched. Ms. Corsi said the We're talking about a population effort by the state to reduce fraud electronic fingerprinting devices and Barbara Zietchik are ex- offices. Plainfield office, which currently that should be accountable for its by weeding out individuals who il- tied into a computerized database, hibiting their work in the The Council voted unanimously services area residents on Aid to action." legally apply for multiple benefits said Ms. Corsi. Westfield, at least Spanish Tavern in Mountain- last week to pass a resolution op- Families with Dependent Children under aliases or in different mu- for the time being, will mail hard (AFDC) and food stamps, would The director said some welfare side. posing the bill. That resolution (Please turn to page A-4) nicipalities. Initially, the program copies of fingerprints to the state. All paintings are for sale. If branded the bill "ill-advised, and likely become a satellite office. interested, inquire at the site contrary to the best interests of the Municipal welfare offices, like of the exhibition. citizens of the Town of Westfield Westfield's, oversee the general as- and other local governments, as sistance program for single adults. Marrow typing to begin tomorrow more expensive without producing Employable adults, who make up You can make a difference. You have the potential Toastmasters Club any beneficial results." the vast majority of recipients in A message to Westfield from Karyn's Fund: When a person is in need, it's wonderful to live in a to save a life. Please join us on either day by being The Westileld "Y" is form- Since the bill mandates mu- the program, receive grants of $140 tested and by spreading the word among your friends, ing a community Toastmas- nicipalities pay their share of coun- a month. Disabled adults receive caring community like ours. There are posters all over the surrounding area and messages on E-mail and neighbors, fellow employees and relatives. Although ters Club. There will be a ty administration, Ms. Corsi said grants of $210. In addition, general walk-ins are cheerfully accepted on either day, you demonstration meeting 7-8:30 towns would have no control over assistance recipients may be eli- Internet advising that a 13 year-old girl from West- gible for rental assistance and most field needs a bone marrow transplant to survive.