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Wake up call Senior citizens hit the road Shrinking disagreements' Blue Devils girls soccer is A Westfield therapist applies upset, then rallies with wins See this week's her skills to couples' miscommunication ^e Sports, page B-l WeekendPlus See Community Life, A-7 CL h- K OI The wfestfield Record Vol. 3, Thursday, September 24, 1992 A Forbes Newspaper 25 cents O O OQ Middle schools are different in view of Columbia analysts •y EUZAKTH QROMEK rollment will create a surge in the future at the intermediate schools. The authors of THE RECORD the report were sensitive to the fact that According to professors at Columbia Westfield is looking for a "strong middle University, Westfleld's intermediate school," Mr. Shulack said. schools are on the right track. Even The current intermediate school system, though there will not be any radical including grades six, seven, and eight lias changes to the intermediate schools, the been in place since the 1988-89 school results of the study will enable the school year. Prior to that the junior high school board to plan for the future. had grades seven, eight, and nine. The The outside consultants were hired a change was made to take letter advantage year ago to determine the best use of Edi- of space and curriculum opportunities, like son and Roosevelt schools and of the Elm including language and science lab-;. Street administration building. Their rec- The report advocated developing the ommendation was to keep the status quo, middle school concept. ThL; method is SHARON WILSON/THE RECORD but the statistics included in the study will based on creating a team of tc-a-hurt; who Suzanne Laforge -and thret-year-old son Bobby admire handmade wooden toys displayed at Sunday's FeatlFall help school officials target areas for im- work with a specific group <.,!' SO or 90 downtown. provement, according to School Superin- students. These teams work together in tendent Mark Smith. the subjects of math, science, social stud- "The report will be helpful in helping us ies, English, and foreign languages to cre- to focus on what is ate ai. understanding 40,000 visit sunny FestiFall Sunday the best educa- and higher level of tional program," The number of intermediate communication be- Dr. Smith said. school children has been tween all teachers. to set record for third annual event The twWV^Jo ttUarea COsS i • • j • The students; benefit which interested dropping since reaching over from tliis due to JIG over 300 booths, 48 of which were West- the First Nationwide Bank were successful coordination and •y tUZMETH QHOMEK Dr. smith the most 2,000 in 1965 to the current monitoring from the field businesses and 30 nonprofit organiza- new attractions, according to Cynthia THE RECORD ft^^nroUm'ente number Of abOUt 1,000 tions. Event organizers said that the ven- Kowalezyk, the director of the Westfield teachers. It. provides and the financial a nurturing atmos- Thanks to good weather, a variety of dors reported business was good. Festifall Area Chamber of Commerce. analysis of combin- phere and more com- booths selling everything from dried flow- goers were also tempted by the food con- The festival was extended this year to ing the two rades! tip between er arrangements to temporary tattoos, and cession stands offering Chinese food, hot the end of Broad Street, at North Avenue, pretzels, ice cream, and Italian ices. schools. The num- students. a selection of food that could make any which also was a success. dieter's resolve weaken, Sunday's Festifall As for the entertainment, the stage area ber of intermediate school children has This approach is more expensive than attracted about 40,000 people to downtown had a crowd around it all day. Singer Bob Mrs. Kowalezyk, who was there from 8 been dropping since reaching over 2,000 in the traditional junior high method which Westfield. •• Mele had older people snapping along as a.m. to the end, said the Fostifall goers 1965 to the current number of about 1,000 is departmentalized. The m;ddle school The third annual street festival con- he sang "Blue Suede Shoes" and young were enjoying themselves. students. However, the programs and cur- acts as a bridge between tin.' elementary sisted of craftspeople selling their mer- people twisting. The strains of violins were "People seemed to be having a good riculum in the two schools today vary school, where one teacher covers all sub- chandise and shop owners out in the coming from Westfield's Workshop for the time. I overheard many remarking that greatly, Edison principal Sam Hazel said. jects, and high school where the students street tempting new and regular custom- Arts booth. they had been there for two and three "Things have changed dramatically," move from class to da,.b, w.th a different ers with their fall selections. There were The pony rides and moonwalk located at hours," Mrs. Kowalezyk said. said Mr. Hazel, who has worked at Edison teacher each time. since 1970. For example, Professor Jonathan Hugh- He cited the examples of the greatly de- es, one of the authors of ih'.1 stud)1 ex- veloped special education programs as one plained, because the u-achrr.s wuu;d com- of the changes which has required more municate regularly abou! tlu> suuV'Ms and space. Mr. Hazel was pleased with the re- Council joins mailbox melee the curriculum, it would be easy U; arrange port, railing it "very comprehensive." a unit where all subjects cent;, i J mi one side mailboxes. These homes were built management and residents cf the complex The results did not surprise Dr. Smith topic, like pyramids. In Enyli..ii, dialects By EUZAIETH OMOMEK who hired Roosevelt's new principal last after adoption of the 1978 regulation stat- are against the boxes because of the incon- and hieroglyphics would be studied, in so- THE RECORD spring "anticipating we would keep the ing new homes should have the boxes, venience of having to go outside to pick cial studies, history, math wculd look at up their mail. Council members are also two schools." If the study advised combin- The squabble between the Town Council according to Mr. Zeevalk. ing the schools, it would have taken three the measurements and statistics of the and the Post Office continued at Tuesday Mayor Garland "Bud" Boothe inquired concerned because of the risks involved structures and science could study carbon for the apartment complex's elderly resi- or four years to get the proper permission night's council meeting. about a process of appeal the public could from the state, raise the money for reno- dating procedures. make against the Postal Service. Mr. Ze- dents. The two alternatives the complex "The approach is for a particular age Acting postmaster Frank Zeevalk ad- faces, according to Mr. Zeevalk, are the vating the building, and construction, Dr. dressed the governing body and answered evalk advised the council to "write Wash- installation of an electronic system which Smith said. Considering that, the principal group at a certain point in their learning," questions about the future of curbside de- ington." would allow the letter carrier to gain ac- was not hired as an interim administrator. Professor Hughes said. livery in town. The local post office acts on Also at issue was the delivery of mail to cess to the vestibule area of the building He noted that the new principal, Ken Shu- The focus is more on the ftudent. rather the mandate of the Delivered Mail Manu- apartment complexes in Westfield, espe- or the installation of four boxes outside lack, has already made changes. than on the subject matter. Dr. Smith said. al, Mr. Zeevalk said. Currently there are cially the Duncan Hill Apartments where each building's door to accommodate the Mr. Shulack said the report confirmed In the prc-adolescent years, ihia benefits 232 homes in Westfield which have curb- cluster boxes were recently installed. The residents' mail. that the increasing elementary school en- the students. ON WILSON/THE RECORD Jane "Red Hot Mama" Judge belts out a medley of Broadway tunes during FestiFall on Sunday afternoon. Westfield firefighters found themselves Dinners to Go is growing as rapidly as Business B-4 Inside chasing a false alarm at the high school A-2 appetite for having meals delivered B-4 Community Life A-7 Milestones A-7 Obituaries A-0 The Record Opinion A-4 1 First Ward Council candidates continue their Police log A-2 'Viewpoint , our newest commentary page Sports B-l-3 this week feature, asks about memories of Truman A-4 campaigning as October, election near.... A-2, 3 A-2 News September 24,1992: Bracelet snatched on Broad St. Firefighters answer 'malicious9 WHS alarm A Union resident reported theft of The lire department responded to The fire department assisted a a1 bracelet while walking down East A Boynton Avenue resident re- a malicious false alarm at Westfield locked out resident om the 600 block of Glen Avenue. Broad Street on Monday. Police news ported the registration and insur- High School on Dorian Road on Fri- | Fire log day. Investigation continues. • • • ance card were stolen from a ve- • # * The fire department investi- .,; In other items from the Westfield hicle parked at the residence. In other recent activity at the fire The fire department investi- gated an unintentional alarm ac- pplice records: department: gated an unintentional alarm at tivation on the 100 block of Tuesday, September 15 Officer Vastano arrested Thursday, September 17 Seville's Auto Body re- September 14 theY.MCA**» Breeze Knoll Drive. Michael Morano, age 31, of Bclvidere Avenue on a ported the theft of a motorcycle from their storage lot.