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SOUTH BRUNSWICK POST Vol. 36, No. 50 Thursday, December 10, 1992 50f! A Packet Publication Patrolman injured in Route t accident dies By Hank Kalet Police Chief Frank College said that he was He worked as an undercover narcotics of . Patrolman Woodel was hurt when his 1992 Staff Writer noPfied by RWJUH officials Tuesday moniing ficer in the high school for a short time before Chevrolet Lumina' veered left into a trac and that hospital personnel indicated he had taking a permanent patrol assignment. tor-trailer and then across the road into a stand •An off-duty township patrolman who was. died at about 9:10 a.m. Hospital officials could “ He worked narcotics for us and did very of trees while traveling south on Route 1, near severely injured in a Nov. 21 automobile not bfc reached for comment. New Road, at about 12:45 a. m. POST accident died Tuesday morning due to com well,” the chief said. “ He posed as a student “He was a young guy and many of them because of his young appearance and was very Both Patrolman Woodel and Patrolman plications. Leonard Hibbitts. a front-seat passenger, were Edward Woodel, 24, a three-year member of can’t think of him being gone,” the chief said. effective, extremely cfffcctivc.” “ It’s a reality that’s hard to swallow.’’ injured and transported to RWJUH. Patrolman PS the police force, was pronounced dead by Chief College added that Patrolman Woodel Hibbitts was released from the hospital on doctors at Robert Wood Johnson University Patrolman Woodel joined the South Bruns was well-liked. Nov. 30. Hospital in New Brunswick, where he was wick Police Department in 1989, after gradu “ Usually you say that in these situations." Scouts plan party being treated since the accident for trauma. Mr. ating from the Middlesex County Police he said, “ but in this case it’s not lip service. It Woodel had been in an induced coma. Academy in June of that year. was true.” See PATROLMAN, Page 6A for local seniors Jis-Cub'Scout Paete-lSCf-Mort::, mouth Junction will hold a Route 1 retailers Holiday Party for township seniors on Saturday from noon to 1:30 p.m. at the Senior Center on Route 522. hope to stem tide The party, a joint effort by the Scouts, their parents and volunteers; springs from‘ the of mall vacancies theme of “ Helping Others." Seniors will be “ adopted” by a child and treated to a By Hank Kalet “ I see this center as being really light lunch, grab gift bag, Staff Writer viable for the future," he said. " I ’m entertainment and singing. (EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the sec definitely bullish about it. It’s just Bus transportation is avail* ond in a two-part senes on the tough and I hope that time will take able for those seniors on the business climate in South Bruns care of it.” regular transportation list. wick.) At the same time, however, he said ■’ Registration is required. To he was worried that the empty stores Merchants at South Bnmswick would ultimately have a deleterious . register, call the Recreation Square are distressed by the number Department at (908J effect on the center. of vacant storefronts in their mall, but “ I’m happy here ■ myself," he 329-4000, ext. 265, before 10 they remain hopeful that the mall’s added, “ but I am troubled by the a.m. Friday. location will help establish a secure overall health of the center. I’d de base for the future. finitely like to get more merchants in Within the past year, nearly half of here to stem the fiow of people Merrill Ljnch i^_providlng the mail’s 40 storefronts have been leaving,” he said. “ When you’re not free tele'^orie'calls tortdwn*' empty, with 12 remaining empty as surrounded by success it hurts'.your ship seniors who want to of this week. In addition, three stores image." • -- speak with friends and family arc expected to the leave the center in Buddy Hutchinson, manager of around the world this holiday January. SportWorld, said he is worried, too. season. According to Joe Schwartz, owner “ When there arc empty stores no of the center’s AlphaGraphics Print- South Brunstyick seniors one wants to come shop, in the shop, the center is viable. In fact, he can place their calls on Satur center,” -he said. "It doesn’t pre.scnt recently signed a new lease and will a good image.” day from 2 to 3 p.m. at the be moving into the space fonnerly Merrill Lynch offices on occupied by the Little Professor Book S.cudders Mill Road in Center. See RETAILERS, Page 13A Plainsboro. Bus transportation will be staff photo by Holly Marvin provided to township seniors Vince Russell relaxes with a few DC characters in his Kendall Park studio. on the regular transportation list. Registration is required. To register, call the Recreation Drawing on his past Department at (908) 329-4000, ext. 265, before 10 a.m. Friday. * Russell illustrates a childhood staple — comic books Girl Scouts holding By Hank Kalet Christmas tree sale Staff Writer PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST (EDITOR’S NOTE: This is one in an occasional series Girl Scout Troop 1691 will on South Brunswick's community of artists.) hold a Christmas Tree Sale at One in a series. Brushill Nursery on Ridge The clutter that overruns Warren Vince Russell’s Road in Monmouth Junction^ tiny studio is like a work in progress'. Mr. Russell has completed work on two comic The sale will be held Satur Pencil sketches are stacked on a table top while books — Team Titans numbers 4 and 5. Number 4 is day and Sunday, and Dec. anatomy books and magazines — his reference books currently on newstands and Number 5 will reach the newstands later this month. 19-20, from 9, a.m. to 5 p.m. — accumulate in piles on the floor. "I ndver realize ho>v the studio gets when I’m But his work pn that book, as on Deathstroke, was working,” Mr. Russell said Tuesday. “ Not until I fill-in work, essentially substituting for another artist Knights of Columbus bring someone up here.” or providing pencil sketches between artists. In The 23-year-old artist was working on deadline in January, he will begin work on The Outsiders, a ' sponsor blood drive the upstairs studio in his piuents’ house on Route 27. comic book that he is reviving for DC in conjunction He had to get the pencil sketches of a comic book he with writer Mike Barr. The St. Augustine of was working on — Deathstroke the Terminator—r to Canterbury Council 6345 his editors at DC Comics by Wednesday. See RUSSELL, Page 6A staff photo by Holly Marvin Knights of Columbus will SportWorld’s Buddy Hutchinson fits Chris Leila for sneakers. sponsor a blood drive on Wednesday,Deci 23, from 4 to 9:30 p.m. at the council hall on New Road across Mixed-age classes from Woodlot Park. A problem solver’s quick glide to success The drive is being con ducted to offset a; shortage of draw parents’ ire By Hank Kalet blood anticipated during the Staff Writer three-day holiday weekend. Combined kindergarten and Ste^svart, there are eight mixed In the basement of Jason Barbe- For more information, or to first-grade classes at Indian Fields kindergarten / first-grade classes at ly’s Davidson Mill Road home sits schedule an appointment to School are coming under fire from Indian Fields School comprised of a belt Sander that he made himself. donate blood, call .Gary parents who want the practice stop about 160 students. Three other “ It’s just a sewing machine Schuller evenings at (908) ped. , schools have similarly grouped motor,” the 12-year-old said, 821-7278. A group of parents whose classes. flicking the switch that starts the kindergardeners and first-graders at “ A K-1 is fine for a low-level engine and turns the belt of sand tend the school have asked the school first-grader and an advanced paper. ^ administration and the Board of kindergartener,’’ said Laurie Raden. “ I’ve always been interested (in INDEX Education to abandon multi-age “ But 1> feel we should have had the inventing),” Jason said. “From grouping for kindergardeners because option of steaight first (grade). We’re seeing, other people doing these they feel it adversely affects their the only school in the district without inventions and other things.” Around Town, 12A children’s progress. a straight one.” ^ Oh the workbench in front of B rie fs , 3 A The parents asked for the changes "I don’t understand why there is him sit some of the items he has i at Monday night’s board meeting. no opportunity with eight classes,” invented: a boot dryer, sandpaper C^ssffied, 1B Gary McDonald, whose Mr. McDonald’ said. “ There could sand,als for walking on icy roads, a Obituary, 6A first-grader attended Indian Fields have been K-ls arid first grades. They waffle cutter and wallpaper cutter. could have been divided.” , The (Juick-Glido Wallpaper Meetings, 4A School but has since transferred to Photo by S. Robert Sharpies another school in the district, said While only nine Indian Fields Cutter, his most recent invention, parents attended Monday’s" meeting, recently won him the state’s top Jason Barbely demonstrates the use of his wallpaper cutter Pubiic Notices, 6A that his son had been “ coming home at the K-Mart store in East Brunswick. ' upset” and asking “ why he’s still in the group said that as many as 40 Sixth .Grade State Award in the Senior Scene, 12A have attended previous meetings with national nonprofit Invent America kindergarten.” the awiud, will provide the Dayton teacher^ and school administration.