Page 4 Thursday, January 29, 2015 The Westfield Leader and The Scotch Plains – Fanwood TIMES A WATCHUNG COMMUNICATIONS, INC. PUBLICATION ABCDICTIONOPQRSTDECEPTIONUVWXYZ The Westfield Leader The Scotch Plains–Fanwood Letters to the Editor — Established 1890 — Times Since 1959 DD Legal Newspaper for the County of Union, New Jersey Community Is Thanked for Success of DDTM and for Westfield, Mountainside, Scotch Plains, Fanwood, Cranford and Garwood Diction Deception Members of: Tiny Tim Carol Night Fundraiser Below are four arcane words, each New Jersey Press Association • National Newspaper Association • Greater Westfield Area Chamber of Commerce with four definitions – only one is cor- Scotch Plains Business & Professional Association • Fanwood Business & Professional Association The members of the Scotch Plains- ing children. Fanwood Tiny Tim Fund would like The Tiny Tim Fund is a non-profit rect. The others are made up. Are you sharp enough to discern this deception of Periodicals – Postage Paid at Rahway, New Jersey Periodicals – Postage Paid at Rahway, New Jersey to thank all those who participated in organization that provides financial diction? P.O. Box 250 • 251 North Avenue, West P. O. Box 368 the annual Carol Night fundraising assistance to children in Fanwood If you can guess one correctly – good Westfield, N.J. 07091 Scotch Plains, N.J. 07076 event on December 3, 2014. Thanks and Scotch Plains with medical needs. guess. If you get two – well-read indi- Tele: (908) 232-4407 • E-mail: [email protected] • Web: www.goleader.com • Fax: (908) 232-0473 to the involvement of many in the The organization was established in vidual. If you get three – word expert. If communities, this was a particularly 1983 and is run by a volunteer Board POSTMASTER: Send address changes to the offices of the newspapers at you get all four – You must have a lot of successful fund raising event. Spe- of Trustees with diverse backgrounds free time! P. O. Box 250, Westfield, New Jersey 07091 cial thanks are extended to Mr. Tom in fields including medicine, religion, All words and correct definitions Published every Thursday by Watchung Communications, Inc. Britt, proprietor of the Stage House education, social work and business. come from the board game Diction Deception. Paul Peyton Horace R. Corbin Jeff Gruman Inn and Tavern on Park Avenue in Donations and/or referrals for assis- Scotch Plains, who graciously in- tance may be made in writing to: The Answers to last week’s arcane words. ASSIGNMENT EDITOR PUBLISHER SALES MANAGER 1. Sasin – The Indian antelope or black Suzette F. Stalker David B. Corbin Michael L. Bartiromo vited us to use his restaurant as the Tiny Tim Fund, Inc., P.O. Box 181, drip-off site for the donation canis- Fanwood, NJ 07023. buck COMMUNITY ASSISTANT PUBLISHER & SPORTS MARKETING PRODUCTION 2. Vatic – Characteristic of a prophet Lauren S. Barr Ben Corbin Robert P. Connelly ters. He and his staff provided deli- Barbara Anilo, President or seer EDUCATION & ARTS SERVICES BUSINESS OPERATIONS cious refreshments, which were es- Scotch Plains 3. Scaturient – Gushing forth pecially enjoyed by all the participat- 4. Versute – Crafty SUBSCRIPTION PRICE www.goleader.com/subscribe CUIRASS One-year – $33 • Two-year – $62 • Three-year – $90 The Strong New Jersey Volunteer 1. A light, rounded helmet with a visor 2. A brestplate of leather EMS Base Serves Again 3. An ancient flask or jug of leather 4. A footprint Ground Hog Day Scandals As we’ve done many times in the us to ensure 911-system coverage for TAWIE past eight decades, New Jersey’s EMS our own hard-hit municipalities and 1. Formed or made up of mud volunteers jumped to the aid of their still provide help in NYC. NJSFAC 2. A looking glass, small telescope northern neighbors Jan. 18 when calls volunteers also crossed state lines in 3. Soft sleet or hail ChuckGate, Punxsutawney Prattle for help during the ice storm over- recent years to help during blizzards, 4. Tame whelmed ’s 911 sys- hurricanes, the “Miracle on the RENIDIFICATION Our investigative committee with the help of not have killed the , but he may have put tem. Hudson” plane landing and both 1. The act of making thin wikipedia conducted an independent, non-partisan an end to a popular tradition. Following the shadowy 2. The act of building another nest Volunteers from several New Jer- World Trade Center attacks. 3. The use of brushwood and thorns for review of Ground Hog Day. There have been many death of Charlotte — who was subbing for her sey State First Aid Council-affiliated New Jersey’s own Homeland Se- making and reparing hedges whistle-pig pretenders to the throne and the celebra- sleeping brother Chuck — a week after the mayor squads spent hours answering calls curity officials have affirmed pub- 4. Rapid climate change due to a cata- tion is not without its “ChuckGate” scandals. dropped her on , Zoo in NYC as EMS responders struggled licly that without its strong volunteer clysmic event to keep up with the demand. The 86- EMS base, this state would be unable TEMIAK Our Canadian friends were the center of the infa- officials are mulling a hands-off-the-critter policy.” year-old nonprofit New Jersey State to provide adequate disaster response. 1. An Eskimo coat made of bird skins mous 1999 scandal involving their own 22-year-old First Aid Council (NJSFAC) repre- Without a doubt, our EMS volun- 2. A deep cut or gash . Residents of Bruce County found There’s little dispute though that the premier land- sents more than 20,000 EMS volun- teers proved that to be true before, 3. A boat hoist used for raising and lowering smaller boats that their Marmot had passed away 2 days before the beaver is . Even Bill Murray teers affiliated with 300 squads state- during and after Hurricane Sandy, wide. and again during this recent ice storm. 4. A fish net whole-heartedly agrees, but is it not a scandal that We’ve done this many times, par- www.groundhog.org/ most of the 1993 movie, Groundhog Day, was filmed Howard Meyer LOOKING BACK ticularly in New York and Pennsylva- Summit in Illinois, not Pennsylvania? Perhaps not a hullaba- nia, when disasters inundated re- 1888, One of the Most sponder resources. Our extraordinar- Editor’s note: Meyer is president, loo, Phil has been snarling traffic in the region every New Jersey State First Aid Council. February 2 for decades (officially since 1887) when ily dedicated volunteer base enabled Severe Recorded as many as 40,000 visitors pack the small town. Blizzards In History “On February 2nd, Phil comes out of his burrow Thank You For Publishing My Letter WIKIPEDIA — The Great Bliz- on Gobbler’s Knob, in front of thousands of faithful zard of 1888 or Great Blizzard of ‘88 followers from all over the world, to predict the On Thursday, January 22nd (March 11 – March 14, 1888) was one of the most severe recorded bliz- weather for the rest of the winter. According to My letter was accurately repro- the next Issue of The [Westfield] duced, but your editorial staff de- Leader. zards in the history of the United legend, if Punxsutawney Phil sees his shadow, there cided to amplify its proposed title. I hope you will understand that States of America. Snowfalls of 20– will be six more weeks of winter weather. If he does The new title carelessly reflected the your letter contributors take their sub- 60 inches (51–152 cm) fell in parts of February 2 celebration. Event organizers, coureur not see his shadow, there will be an early spring.” exact opposite of the letter’s intent. ject seriously and will correct this New Jersey, New York, Massachu- de bois, presented Willie in a coffin dressed in a (groundhog.org). The staff converted the proposed error promptly. setts, and Connecticut, and sustained title, “Teaching Tolerance,” a con- winds of more than 45 miles per hour tuxedo with a carrot between his paws. Promoters say Phil has been correct in his predic- Dennis Poller (72 km/h) produced snowdrifts in structive letter aimed at educating Westfield “A scandal ensued when it became known that the tions as much as 80 percent of the time. Naysayers people about prevention of harass- excess of 50 feet (15 m). Railroads real Willie had in fact decomposed, and the body in contend Phil has only been correct 34 percent - the ment, bullying and intimidation, to Albany Cesspool Is were shut down and people were the coffin was that of an older, stuffed groundhog.” statistical expectation. its exact opposite. confined to their houses for up to a Closer by, (Charles G. Hogg) Well, it’s cold and snowy here in Westfield and we The altered title of “Teaching Tol- The Media’s Fault week. The storm began in earnest shortly after midnight on March 12, became prominent in 2009. Chuck didn’t get along yearn for Phil not to see his shadow. Regardless of erance for Harassment, Bullying and Let the News Editors know that Intimidation” implied that the writer they should be embarrassed for al- and continued unabated for a full day with New York Mayor . He bit the odds, our sure sign of spring comes when Canada was proposing support of these unac- lowing Albany to become the cess- and a half. The National Weather the mayor during his visit to the zoo. The annual Geese fly into the area and nest at Mindowaskin ceptable practices. pool of corruption that it has become. Service estimated this Nor’easter visits by the mayor have since withered away. Park. I find that this change was harmful It could not have happened with out dumped as much as 50 inches (130 In 2014 NY Daily News, “Mayor de Blasio might Happy Ground Hog Day everyone. to the positive tone of my letter, and a complicit media. cm) of snow in parts of Connecticut and Massachusetts, while parts of respectfully request that you acknowl- John Krutki edge this incorrect modification in Hollis, NY New Jersey and New York had up to 40 inches (100 cm).[3] Most of north- New Jersey Was Lucky and ern Vermont received from 20 inches Never Shall President of U.S. Refuse to (51 cm) to 30 inches (76 cm) in this storm. The storm, referred to as the Dodged Most of the Blizzard Meet With Prime Minister of Israel Great White Hurricane, paralyzed the President Obama refuses to meet annex Czechoslovakia’s Sudetenland. East Coast from the Chesapeake Bay Weather forecasters, government officials, power unless absolutely necessary. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin They sought to appease Hitler in the to Maine,[3] as well as the Atlantic companies and emergency personnel were well pre- Perhaps 4-6 inches of snow fell Monday night Netanyahu when the Prime Minister, hope that he would not seek further provinces of Canada.[1] Telegraph at the invitation of Speaker John conquest! Czechoslovakia was not infrastructure was disabled, isolating pared for the great blizzard Monday. Citizens heeded with only flurries by Tuesday morning. The blizzard Montreal and most of the large north- the warnings. Everyone remembered Super Storm bounced 55 miles off to the ocean and the area got Boehner, addresses a joint session of even invited to the conference! Congress! The White House objects Chamberlain upon returning to eastern U.S. cities from Washington, Sandy, and the lessons learned then were put into lucky. Long Island and Boston were hammered. because the Speaker had invited the London famously declared outside D.C. to Boston for days. Following action. Air flights were cancelled Monday and were just Prime Minister without being con- 10 Downing Street, “I believe it is the storm, New York began placing Fortunately by 8:30 a.m. Tuesday, the roads were starting to recover on Tuesday. NY-NJ Transit and sulted, because the Prime Minister peace for our time.” its telegraph and telephone infrastruc- had not notified The White House, Winston Churchill addressed the ture underground to prevent their open in most of New Jersey though people wisely subways were getting back on line throughout Tues- destruction. From Chesapeake Bay stayed home as road crews cleared up the snow. day. By Wednesday and Thursday, the situation and because the Prime Minister is in House of Commons on October 5, the midst of his campaign for re- 1938. “…we have suffered a total through the New England area, more Road crews and emergency personnel did a great job became mostly normal for winter in the Northeast. election as prime minister. and unmitigated defeat…we have than 200 ships were either grounded working throughout Monday night. The govern- Because we got lucky, let’s not become compla- But protocol is not the issue! The sustained a defeat without a war, the or wrecked, resulting in the deaths of ment advised everyone to stay off the roads Tuesday cent and ignore future warnings. issue is Prime Minister Netanyahu consequences of which will travel far at least 100 seamen. In New York, strongly opposing the Obama with us along our road…. All is over. neither rail nor road transport was administration’s tortuous negotiations Silent, mournful, abandoned, broken, possible anywhere for days,[6] and with Iran he sees not stopping Iran Czechoslovakia recedes into the drifts across the New York–New Ha- from building nuclear weapons. Nor darkness…We are in the presence of ven rail line at Westport, Connecticut stopping Iran, the United States De- a disaster of the first magnitude, which took eight days to clear; transporta- partment of State lists Iran as a “State has befallen Great Britain and France. tion gridlock as a result of the storm Sponsor of Terrorism”, from its de- And do not suppose that this is the was partially responsible for the cre- cades old financial, military, and lo- end. This is only the beginning of the ation of the first underground sub- gistical support of Hamas and reckoning. This is only the first taste way system in the United States, Hezbollah the terrorist enemies of of a bitter cup which will be proffered which opened nine years later in Israel! to us year by year unless by a su- Boston.[7] The New York Stock Ex- There is another issue! Prime Min- preme recovery of moral health and change was closed for two days. ister Netanyahu is the political leader martial vigor, we arise again and take of the only democracy in the Middle our stand for freedom as in the olden WILL SUPERBAWL East. Israel is one of America’s time.” staunchest allies. Israel is the Jewish The future of Israel is on the line GET DEFLATED? homeland! because once again appeasement is Yet President Obama has no trouble in fashion! But appeasement never normalizing relations with the des- works. It failed big time with Hitler. potic Castro brothers! Nor meeting And it was tried at times with Mao with the rulers of Communist China Zedong, Saddam Hussein, Assad, and Communist Russia among other Gaddafi, and Putin! world despots! Americans must declare loudly and Israel fears itself becoming another clearly that never again shall a Presi- Sudetenland in the name of appease- dent of the United States refuse to ment! 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