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E H R O L U l i r TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE 4,700 Perm it park pupils, p la n O K ’d m aybe By Patricia Harris ofTheltem By Harry Tnimbore of The ttem Tuesday's first Township Committee meeting of the M season got off to an acrimonious start, with a number of residents expressing On Tuesday, Superintendent of strongly held views on a variety of topics and criticizing Committee Schook Richard Erodow said the m em bers fo r th e ir actions. number of students that were reg­ The main topic was student parking near the high school, which istered to enter schools yesterday occupied nearly an hour of discussion. In the end, the Committee was 102 pupik larger than the stu­ unanimously passed an ordinance providing permit parking on three dent population at the close of streets near the high school, but not before it heard from disgruntled school last June. residents of the neighborhood, some of whom had addressed the gov­ “Right now, we have 4,607 stu­ erning body at previous sessions. dents, not including pre-K,” The change in parking regulations, which will be in effect for a year, Brodow said, citing registration fig­ is to accommodate students at a time when the hi^r school is under­ ures compiled at the end of last going construction and a portion of the parking lot is to be used by week. “Last June, we had 4,505” contractors as a staging area Parking permits vra be made available Brodow explained the number to 51 seniors a t th e sc h o o l of youngsters enrolled in pre­ The ordinance allows parking by permit only from 7 a jn to 3 pm . kindergarten classes this year may on the south side of Church and Rector streets and the south side of run between 87 and 90 students. Spring Street from Willow to Main streets. T\vo parking permits are to “If you add on those numbers, be given to each homeowner on those streets. Police estimate that 83 we’re approaching 4,700 students,” the superintendent said. For the past lew years, the open­ o f Education w ere on h an d fo r ih e discussion. O n behalf of the board, ing of township schook has been Janet Landau, BOE vice president, thanked foe Committee for its an opportunity' for advocates and efforts and said the new ordinance “seems like a good compromise” opponents of school construction and “we appreciate the balance you’ve tried to achieve.” to evaluate the size and the rate of Lise Chapman, a board member, pledged to help craft a parking growth of the student population. plan for the future. Millbum High School Principal Bill Miron thanked Although there is no upcoming the residents for their tolerance and told the Committee he would be bond referendum facing township meeting with each group of students assigned to each street residents this fall, the size of the “We’re as close to zero tolerance as you can get,” h e noted, in speak­ student population for the 2007-08 ing of the enforcement that will accompany the ordinance. school year is significant Committeeman Jim Suell, who worked with police officiak and The student enrollment figures school administrators to draft the ordinance, said township officials have sparked fierce debate among will review the measure to see how it is working and will schedule a some residents in recent years as session with Sgt Peter Eakley, head of departments traffic the Board of Education pushed bureau, after the first semester to assess the situation. construction projects to add space at the middle and high schools, S e p t 18 a l including a $213 million bond ref­ the purchase of four properties that could be used for a new Town erendum approved fay voters la st HalL The ordinance replaces an earlier bond ordinance setting; aside Septem ber. During the debate, the board relied heavily on a demographic PHOTO BY GEORGE WIRT Board an opportunity to review it, according to Mayor Daniel Baer. report by the Western Suffolk Township Business Administrator Timothy Gordon was to make a Wyoming School fifth grade teachers Phil Mistretta and Shannon Nixon met Tuesday to orga­ BOCES office of Planning while a presentation to the board yesterday evening. more conservative report by nize their classrooms and share a stack of new textbooks that will be used by their students demographer Sara Weissman was during the current school year. Township schools opened yesterday. favored by opponents of the pro­ Piszar expressed concern about a provision requiring speakers to posed building plans. Updated remain with their video equipment at the bade of the room when they demographic reports by both SCHOOL VIOLENCE Weissman and BOCES were pre­ The Committee considered amending the ordinance to eliminate sented to the public in February the provision, but in the end, decided to look at the ordinance in its and March of 2006. entirety. Aliy substantive changes in the ordinance would mean the The approximately 4,700 stu­ ordinance would have to be reintroduced. dents registered for the start of Town stats rise slightly Township Attorney Kit Falcon reminded the Committee the intrin­ school this week is about 100 less sic right of citizens to videotape has been established and the ordi­ than projected by BOCES for ihe By Harry Trumbore intendent said, there was just one tencies in the study and main­ nance merely puts restrictions on the manner in which videotaping 2007-08 school year, and approxi­ of The Item weapons incident reported each can be done. mately 60 more than projected by year. ly have reported incidents, even The Committee unanimously approved a resolution supporting W eissm an Superintendent of Schook “No guns were involved in pushing and shoving in the hall­ Essex County’s efforts for deer management in the South Mountain Brodow also said this week that Richard Brodow said thk week either case,” he said, “and nothing ways, according to state require­ Reservation The resolution-which mirrors those passed in Maple­ as of Aug. 30, there were 335 chil­ while he is pleased with the low resulted in a serious incident” ments. wood and West Orange-states the township “commits to working dren registered to enter kinder­ occurrence of violence in th e Mill- In 2005-06, according to the “Our level of serious attention 1 a compre- garten. BOCES projected a bum school district, he noted the state report, there were seven inci­ remains the same because the kindergarten enrollment of 342 number of incidents Millbum will dences of vandalism, which number went up,” Brodow said this fall Weissman projected 291. be reporting to the state k rising Brodow said cost the district $40. Tuesday. “We’d like to have zero SEE PERMIT, PAGE A3 A lthough B rodow said he could slightly. He added no incidents of vandal­ incidents, but Fm comfortable say­ not provide exact numbers for The state Department of Edu­ ism are being reported for 2006- ing Millbum High School is a vety individual classes at the high cation last week released its annu­ 07. safe place. We’re fortunate the vast CLOSING DAY school level, he did said a total of al report on school violence. The Incidents of vandalism in Mill- majority of our kids have good 1390 students were registered to report compiled statistics for the bum have steadily fallen from a values.” enter the iiigh school this week. 2005-06 school year. The state high of 35 during the 2000-01 Last fall, the school administra­ report breaks the total number of school year. wodcs with the police department tion came under fire for releasing incidences of violence into four The annual report, which is to review its emergency plan on a registration figures that were high­ categories: violence (assaults, used by the state to identify regular basis. The most important er than the actual enrollment num­ fights, sex offences or threats), sch o o k th a t are “persistently dan­ element, however, is the school bers reported at the end of Sep­ vandalism, weapons and sub­ gerous,” has come under criticism district’s relationship with its stu­ tember. Although 4,614 students stance abuse. because of the apparent inconsis­ dents. were reported registered to enter Brodow said thk week, the tencies in the way different school “They're y o u r eyes and ears,” he school, the administration con­ total number of incidences report­ districts report and classify inci­ said. “You have to make sure you firmed the actual enrollment figure ed for Millbum in the state study dents of violence. know your students and make in the classrooms by the middle of is 30. Statewide, 18,796 incidents them feel safe coming to a staff th e m onth w as 4,579, w hich m eant However, the superintendent were reported for the 2005-06 member if they see a classmate said figures for Millbum being school year, an increase of 2 per­ having difficulty or about to start by just 17 students over the previ­ reported to state for the 2006-07 cent over the previous year. At the trouble.” ous year. school year-which will appear in same time, the state claimed 72 Brodow made the point that According to figures supplied by next year’s report-rose by five percent of New Jersey schools school violence is often caused by the superintendent’s office at the incidents for a total of 35. reported five or fewer instances of a disaffected student time, 329 students were registered “Four of those incidents were a violence and 37 percent reported “You have to create an envi­ PHOTO BY GEORGE MRT£ to enter kindergarten on the first result of drinking,” Brodow said n o instances a t all. ronment where kids can come for­ day of school last fall. without elaborating. ward when something is wrong.” Millburn Township poof manager Elliot Calm posts final In both the state report and in ing high school principal Keith he said. “Otherwise, i reminders Monday that Labor Day marks the end of the SEE PUPILS, PAGE A3 the figures for 2006-07, the super­ Neigel have noted the inconsis- in th e w orld w on’t help youI” poofs 2007 summer season. 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By Harry Trumbore residence around noon on Friday reportedly traced foe odor to the COME SEE US AND RECEIVE: ofT hettem area near an electrical panel in the t Reports of a flooded basement basement "v 'FREE TO-DAY TRIAL PASS drew township firefighters to a According to reports, fire per­ 'FREE IN GEAR TEEN MEMBERSHIP TRIAL Hobart Avenue residence shortly sonnel found two loose wires con­ TREE T-SHIRT before 9 am . Friday. nected to a breaker. They tightened "FREE GROUP FITNESS CLASS TRIAL When firefighters arrived, the wires and checked the wall > 'TAKE OUR NUTRITION IQ TEST according to reports, a plumber on around the panel with a thermal •f r e e b a l l o o n s f o r k id s the scene informed them the water im aging cam era before returning to "SPECIAL DISCOUNT COUPONS TO LOCAL BUSINESSES meter had split and was leaking Approximately 8 inches of water Reports of a burning odor drew had accumulated in the basement firefighters to a Hemlock Road res­ ► YOGA ► ciiafes --rat ► Circuit Training ► Ice-Kv.'cr 0o ► ► "CYKS" ► Pe'scnai Training ► Teen Memberships ► Fire personnel notified the water idence Sunday around 2 p.m. fire ► fitness evaluations ► childcare ► steam rooms ► company of foe emergency and personnel reportedly traced the ^ to we! & 'cur dry service ► nutfitian con SL.i'atiQr ► ► 3-v/eek weight loss ► massage therapy ► shut off the gas supply to the water source of the odor to the malfimc- heater. tioning motor of a carpet sweeper 137 Millburn Avenue, Millburn Damage to contents in the base­ PHOTO COURTESY OF MILLBURN FIRE DEPARTMENT with a battery that was hot to the ■ behind Whole Foods) m ent was described as extensive. As touch. Firefighters moved the appli­ Firefighters from Millburn and Summit extinguish a car fire fire personnel used a pump to clear ance outside 973.921,0500 Open 7 D ays much of the water form the floor, Aug. 29 on the shoulder of the westbound lanes of Route 24 www.motionfifnessciub.com they reportedly discovered an elec­ near The Mall at Short Hills. The driver told officials he pulled department on a medical aid call tric baseboard heater had been sub­ off the roadway after seeing smoke coming from under the shortly after 2 am . Tuesday on Tay­ merged, causing a short circuit in hood of his SUV. Although the fire caused extensive damage lor Road South. According to the electrical panel. Firefighters dis­ and extended into the passenger compartment, no injuries reports, an occupant inside foe connected the heater and capped were reported. locked residence had M en and Non-Surgical Low Back the wires to the circuit breaker. could not get bade into his bed. In a similar incident later in the day on Friday, firefighters respond­ According to reports, the carpet, source of foe odor to foe motor of &Neck Pain Relief ed to a call by a real estate agent at walls and electrical equipment suf- a whirlpool bathtub that had M ed 5:18 p.m. to report a flooded base­ Effective in Treating ment in a Delwick Lane residence. Fire personnel advised foe real fir e personnel sh u t off pow er to A Hobart Avenue resident called Low Back and Seek Arriving at the scene, fire per­ estate agent to inform foe home- foe motor and advised the home- the fire department after locking sonnel reportedly discovered 6 owner a professional clean up crew owners to have the bathtub serviced herself out of her residence Sunday X , Pain Associated With: inches of water in the basement w as needed before using the whirlpool feature i V i They located the sump pump, Reports of a gas odor drew fire­ again. iy raised a ladder to an • Herniated Discs which did not appear to be operat- fighters to a Shawnee Road resi­ Firefighters investigating an elec- unlocked upper floor window and trical odor in a Farview Road gained entry. • Bulging Discs dence Aug. 30 shortly after 7 p m

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PHOTO COURTESY OF ASAP PHOTO I OVER 250 Leftover Set$ I Township business owner Gennaro Raimo of ASAP Photo, left, and Township Committeewoman Ellen Steinberg pose in a 1950s ■ Now ’s the time scene created b y Paper Mill Playhouse crews. Partygoers who attend a sockhop and street party in connection with the open­ ing of "Happy Days: The Musical" on Sunday, Sept. 23, will be able to have their photo taken for free. ■ t o b u y JJ

PARTY i m Plan to ‘go to the hop’ Sept. 23

duction of “Happy Days: The Entertainments, Gotham City include hula hoop contests, vintage Town, Paper Mill M usical." Clothing, Nita Ideas and Deborah cars and motorcycles. Partygoers Main Street between Essex Gilbert Smith have agreed to serve will be able to have their photo­ slate party when Stoet and Millbum Avenue will be as judges. graph taken as they pose in a 'U anrvw Hawc* n n o n c dosed off for dancing in the street H ie “Paper Mill Kids” also will 1950s scene. n a p p y l/d y o u p c l lo to the live sounds of Reminisce, a be giving a sperial dance demon­ ASAP Photo will be pho­ doo-wop band that has performed stra tio n tographing couples for free. Paper Mill Playhouse and town- the past few summers in the town­ Hamburgers, hot dogs and ice Director Gany Marshall, who ship officials are planning enter- ship’s summer concert series, cream floats will be offered at wrote the new musical has I FINAL DISPLAY CLEARANCE tainment and lining up business Jitterbuggers will have an oppor- 1950s prices-50 cents for a ham- promised Paper Mill officials he participants for a fun-filled “Back tunity to strut their stuff in a 1950s burger and 25 cents for a hot dog will come to the township for the | Save hundreds of dollars now. to the ’50s” sockhop and street costume contest courtesy of Investors Savings Bank event Marshall created the hit tele- party on Sunday, Sept 23, from 5 Dance contests for all ages and and M artini’s Bistro. vision series “Happy Days” and to 7:30 p.m. a Fonzie Look-Alike Contest will WMTR Radio, home of the has directed movies including The party will celebrate the be offered. Representatives from Classic Oldies, will be bringing its “Pretty Woman” “Beaches” and township’s 150th anniversary and downtown businesses including promotional van. “Hie Princess Diaries.” the opening of Paper Mill’s pro- Roxy Shoes, Leonard Bomstcin Hie event also is slated to -Patricia Harris

HEW EYES FOR THE NEEDY Best pals are 15-year volunteers

By Patricia Harris Jake Dalton, left, and Since New Eyes often provides ■ OVER 40 TUBS ON DISPLAY | of The Item Joe Delano show bins the only pair of eyeglasses a person ™ and 150 ready for Immediate Delivery of donated eyeglasses will ever own, the organization As N ew Eyes for th e N eedy cel­ at New Eyes for the w ants to m ake sure it’s a good p a ir ■ SAVE HP I^ISOCP ■ ebrates its 75th anniversary this Needy. The two men Dalton shows new volunteers how year, administrators seek to put the have been dedicated to test the glasses, teaches them “NOW ON PISflbWFCLEARANCEj spotlight on dedicated volunteers volunteers with the which category to place them in I C O M P L E T E T U B S ^ who are crucial to running the and how to determine whether locally based nonprofit they are the right shape to use. |FROM*2999°° organization for 15 Dalton also works with devel- 81, and Joe Delano, 82, are child­ years. opmentally disabled adults, who hood friends who have been vol­ come in to test the glasses. The pro­ STAFF PHOTO BY unteering for 15 years at New Eyes PATRICIA HARRIS ject helps than build skills and for the Needy, an international confidence, as well as integrate organization which has its head­ into the community, he said. quarters on Millbum Avenue. The come to help. batch of sunglasses, according to Worthy glasses are placed in Sitting in the downstairs level of Dalton, knowing there would be a boxes for shipment Shipments for poor adults and children the New Eyes building, the two need for them in a village so close range in size, from a single box to throughout the United States and men said last week their reward to the equator. He set up a table ones containing 60,(XX) pairs, sup­ has been in hearing stories of how just outside the school for children plied to nonprofit organizations | • Kayaks tribution to developing nations the glasses have helped others. to pick and choose their sunglass­ such as Feed the Children and - • W akeboards overseas. “It makes what we do here very es. When the bell rang at the end of Physicians for Peace. According to 2 F R E E B * M D alton, w ho has becom e opera­ real,” Dalton said, with Delano the day, the children came out administrators, since its founding ■ • L i f e V e s t s 2 FREE Paddle i f l tions manager, devotes four morn­ agreeing. shouting, “Mr. Jim! Mr. Jim!” They in 1932, New Eyes for. the Needy 26% OFF Seats A P.F.0/S a t t a J ings a week to helping the organi­ Dalton told a story of finding a lined up in front of the school, ask­ has improved the eyesight of more I i p to zation, while Delano gives two pair of bifocals with a strong far­ ing him to tak e th eir picture. W hen than 6.5 million people around the 50% OFF mornings a week. sighted prescription and mention­ th e d o cto r cam e hom e, h e show ed w orld. Dalton and Delano’s relation­ ing them to a friend. That friend, a the photograph to Dalton. New Eyes for the Needy is not I ship with the organization began tow nship eye doctor, p u t th e infor­ New Eyes distributes roughly the only local organization in when Delano was walking around mation to good use during one of 350,000 glasses each year. Delano, which Dalton and Delano are the high school track one morning his two annual trips to Honduras as well as others staff members and involved. They are both members and encountered former New Eyes during which he brings boxes of volunteers, gives Dalton credit for erf the American Legion and char­ for the Needy executive director glasses from New Eyes for the accomplishing the job. ter members of the Knights of Susannah Likins. She suggested he Needy. When the doctor tested “He is a gem;” said Joan Columbus. The duo has beat mak­ come over to the organization to one local woman's eyes, he wor­ Daeschler, former president and ing then own pasta sauce for five volunteer. One of the first things ried at first there would be no longtime board member. “We years as an outgrowth of their vol­ Delano did is call up Dalton to glasses that would fit her difficult w ouldn’t b e able to do this w ithout unteer work at a soup kitchen encourage him to come as well prescription, but Dalton’s find him.” through their church, St. Rose of In the beginning, three other clicked in his mind, and the doctor Dalton comes in each morning Lima. friends from the township joined rummaged through to find them. to see what new donations have The sauce is sold outside the Dalton and Delano several morn­ The woman put them on, started arrived since he left th e day before, church each week, and all pro- ings each week, and the group was laughing and said, “Montanas” as and then he distributes boxes to known as tire “war story testers,” volunteers. nizations such as the Rosary because they shared their tales according to Dalton. For every box that comes in, the Shrine, the seminary at Seton Hall, from World War II as they sorted As Dalton related the story, the return address is cut out so that a friary in N ew ark and th e K nights through bins of glasses and tested woman had never been able to see acknowledgments can be written of Columbus scholarship fund. the prescriptions. Through attri­ the mountains before. A few days to the donor. Boxes, glasses from H ie tw o m en have also helped a tion, the group has dwindled to just later, she again visited the doctor to collection boxes and mailbags are local college student buy books Dalton and Delano, who still have share h e r gratitude fo r truly seeing placed in a large hamper, which and a neighbor who lost his leg to m any stories to share w ith foe stu­ her grandchildren for the first time. volunteers draw from throughout cancer. Last year, they raised dent and corporate volunteers who The doctor had also brought a th e day. $5,000 from sauce sales.

PERMIT habitat for saplings, other plant number of deer in the reservation, said they had not changed their FROM PAGE A1 species and animal life. Baer point­ ed out the resolution calls for another resolution rescinding an The Committee did pass a res­ deer management and forest aggressive programs to replant the earlier one expressing concerns olution awarding a contract for a restoration.” reservation with native species and about Gov. Jon Corzine’s possible parking meter replacement pro­ Suell said county action to curb soil erosion. plans to sell or lease toll roads to gram . reduce the deer population is nec­ The county has not to date put private operators as a means of A contract not to exceed essary because the deer are forth a plan for deer management, raising revenue. Committee mem­ $80,506.35 with Mackay Meters destroying the forest understory Suell informed a resident who bers Ellen Steinberg, Sandra of New Glasgow, Nova Scotia, and therefore destroying a vital sought specific data about tire Haimoff and Tom McDermott Canada, will be executed.

PUPILS children enrolled in kindergarten they’re leaving until school begins.” In the meantime, Brodow said w as 325. The superintendent said the dis­ he plans to announce the most FROM PAGE A1 “The numbers will fluctuate,” tric t m u st rep o rt a n official enroll­ current enrollment figures he has Brodow said Tuesday. “Some kids ment figure with the state Depart­ at the Board of Education meet­ By the middle of September, may register this week. Some kids ment of Education in mid- ing scheduled fra- Monday at 7:45 however, the actual number of and their parents don’t tell us O ctober. p.m. at file Education Center.

V :: :: ‘We can all view these scholarships as a way Page A 4 to remember Patrick in a w ry positive, The Item of Millburn and Short Hills meaningful way. Thanks to so many of you September 6, 2007 for making tins possible.’ www.TheltemOnline.com Opinion Back to school for 4,700 kids? Superintendent of Schools Richard Brodow estimated Tues­ day that Millbum’s student population will approach the 4,700 mark for the 2007-08 school year, factoring in the nearly 90 'SO U C A N 'T / % c students enrolled in pre-kindergarten classes this week. The estimated number is sure to promote debate this fall as proponents and opponents of recent bond referendums dredge up old numbers and review old reports related to pop­ ulation projections. After rejecting a massive $40 million bond referendum in 2005, voters accepted a revised proposal last September put forth by school officials to deal with what they forecasted as certain overcrowding in the middle school and high school. The $21.3 million bond referendum that passed last year will enable the district to fund construction projects to add space at the two schools. If the projection o f4,700 students remains accurate, the cur­ rent school population neither confirms nor disputes the find­ ings of either of the two demographic reports used by school officials to determine future patterns in enrollment The report by the Western Suffolk BOCES office of Plan­ ning, which the Board of Education relied heavily upon in making its construction decisions, projected approximately 4,800 students for the 2007-08 school year. Demographer Sara Weissman, whose findings were more conservative than the BOCES group, called for approximate­ ly 60 less students entering the school system this year. According to the school superintendent, the numbers may still fluctuate. More students may register during the first week of school and fewer students may actually show up. The final numbers will not become official until mid-Octo­ ber, when the superintendent is required to file a report with the state Department of Education. The superintendent plans to discuss the most current enroll­ Letters to the Editor ment figures at the next Board of Education meeting, which is scheduled for Monday at 7:45 pan. at the Education Center. Sept 11 scholarship family members, friends and espe­ If the current figures hold true, neither the BOCES report cially Patrick's Alpha Delt broth­ N.J. has much at stake nor the Weissman report were that far off. Planning based on fond reports awards ers who began the University’s fraternity chapter with Patrick either report was always a matter of dollars and how much Editor, T h e Item : We can all view these scholar­ voters were willing to spend on educating their children. As the upcoming 9/11 anniver- ships as a way to remember in Farm Bill debate The district’s reputation has remained solid through all the Patrick in a very positive, mean­ disputes over enrollment projections and test scores have time in our lives, it’s hard to ingful way. Thanks to so many of By Michele S. Byers Amendment failed, and the remained high. » -. Executive Director House version of the Farm Bill New Jersey Conservation passed on Jttly 27 included only A negative of 100 and a positive of 60 looks inconsequen­ I cannot decide if it seems like to my friends and their children Foundation modest increases for conserva­ tial on paper. Put 100 less or 60 more students in an over­ a century or an instant since so in town who also lost so much on tion, fanners markets, nutrition crowded school and the effect is felt immediately. The same m any of o u r loved ones and that horrible day in 2001. Once every five years, Ameri­ and health. On the positive side, holds true for the reverse. friends perished. It certainly was cans have the chance to reform specialty crop growers received an indescribable, painful Vera Murphy Irayner the nation’s agricultural policies The truth is projections are just that-projections. Now that time. Sometimes we are brought Tampa, Fla. and help the environment by funding and nutrition programs we’re closer to working with actual numbers, rather than back to those painful feeling; by rewriting the federal Farm BilL got a funding boost entries on a spreadsheet, we should take a fresh look at the something as simple as a song on (Editor’s note: The author is a Real reform, however, was enrollment estimates in the two reports and judge the impact th e radio. time has never been better to defeated. As usual, the bumper Every day we remember her husband, Patrick Murphy, in replace our outdated system with crop of funding in the House M i- from here on in. Patrick in our new home here in the terrorist attacks on New York more equitable policies. more than $30 billion—will again Tampa, Fla. Perhaps some of you on Sept. 11, 2001. Vera Murphy The Farm Bui impacts every­ remember Patrick when you organized a fund-raising basket­ one, because the cost of the food primarily in the home districts of stand on the train platform at ball tournament to fund the above is affected by subsidies, nutrition the members of the House and Community Events Millburn station or as you pass scholarships m his memory. She programs and food stamps. No Senate Agriculture Committees. the basketball courts at Thylor has since moved to Tampa, Fla.) matter where you live or what you “The Farm Bill is long overdue TODAY. SEPT. 6 TOWNSHIP PUBLIC SCHOOLS do for a living the Farm Bill will for real reform,” said Rep. Jim Sax­ 7:30 p.m. Historic CLOSED. ROSH HASHANA. We have awarded scholarships have an im pact o n you. ton (R-3rd District). “Congress Preservation Commission each of die past six years out of Finds‘flasher’sign Hie nation’s traditional com­ needs to invest in land and meeting. Town Hall. TUESDAY SEPT. 18 two scholarship funds created in modity subsidies-for wheat, cot­ wildlife conservation programs, 8 p.m. Township Committee Patrick’s memory. 1 thought to let inappropriate ton, soy, rice and com-mostly go local fanners markets and the MONDAY SEPT. 10 meeting. Town Hall. you know about our most recent from fee Farm Bill to large agri­ growing trend of organic farming 7 p.m. Zoning Board of 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Farmers awards. So many of you have lifitor, The Item: businesses in the Midwest New We also need to bring home­ Adjustment meeting. Town Hall. Market Municipal parking lot at been very generous with our fam­ Undoubtedly the township has Jersey farms tend to be smaller grown produce into our schools. 7:30 p.m. Millburn Free Public comer of Essex and Main streets. ily and with contributions to its fair share of exhibitionists; for­ and more focused on a variety of We have mostly small farmers Library Board of Trustees these funds that I wanted to tunately, in m y 30-plus years of crops and products, as we are the in the Garden State, but small meeting. Williamsburg Room, WEDNESDAY SEPT. 19 express my heartfelt resideicy, I have not encountered “Garden State,” after all, not the farm ers need to b e supported, n o t Millburn Free Public Library. 7:30 p.m. Planning Board appreciation. any, and this is one experience I “Com State.” just large-scale corporate farms. 7:45 p.m. Board of Education meeting. Town Hall. We are proud to tell you of the w ill gladly forgo. New Jersey fanners draw more Congress must continue to ham­ meeting. Education Center. three scholarships we recently You can imagine my surprise at benefit from the other portions of mer out better farm legislation. 7:45 p.m. Environmental MONDAY, SEPT. 24 awarded to students for the 2007- the official sign I saw at the the Farm Bill, including resource I hope the Senate ads soon so Commission meeting. Town Hall. 7 p.m. Zoning Board of OS academic year. northwest coiner of Wyoming conservation and land preserva­ w e can get som ething signed in to Adjustment meeting. Town Hall. Two $1,000 scholarships were Avenue and Cypress Street: “Push tion programs, organic farming law” As the Farm Bill moves into TUESDAYSEPT.il 7:30 p.m. Lackawanna awarded out of The Scholarship Button to Activate Hasher? and research, and money for fruit the Senate, even the modest gains 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Farmers Coalition meeting. Town Halt. Fund for Inner-City Children, die o f th e H ouse b ill are in danger o f Market Municipal parking lot at 7:30 p.m. Cranford/Miltburn scholarship is named “The 9/11 Recognizing this, New Jersey corner of Essex and Main streets. Camera Club meeting. Bauer High School Scholarship in congressmen Holt, Garrett But New Jersey Senators Laut- Community Center. Memory of Patrick S. Murphy.” more appropriate language for Andrews, Saxton, Frelinghuysen, enberg and Menendez are still THURSDAY SEPT. 13 7:45 p.m. Board of Education This is a New Jersey-based orga­ th e ir noble purpose. LoBiondo, PaBone, Pascrell, Township public schools meeting. Education Center. nization that awards scholarships Payne, Ferguson and Smith all closed. Rosh Hashana. to children who are attending recently voted in favor of reform- sey and more conservation- TUESDAY, SEPT. 25 Catholic high schools. 422 Wyoming Av& FRIDAY SEPT. 14 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Farmers We donated the balance of fairness in Farm and Food Poli­ There are many issues tied up Township public schools Market. Municipal parking lot at fends (approximately $40,000) cy Amendment” In particular, in the Farm Bill-environmental, ctosed. Rosh Hashana. corner of Essex and Main streets. raised through our Mifibum bas­ Holt and Garrett spoke eloquent­ international development, social ketball tournaments. We asked Letter policy ly on the House floor in favor of justice an d m ore. SATURDAY, SEPT. 15 MONDAY, OCT. 1 that two $1,000 scholarships be Letters may be edited and may be reform . Should we continue the cur- 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. American 7:45 p.m. Environmental awarded for 20 years. The Fairness Amendment published, reproduced or distributed Red Cross Blod Drive. Millburn Commission meeting. Cora This year’s recipients a re would have expanded grassland, of the biggest fanners in a few in print, electronic, or other forms Free Public Library. Hartshorn Arboretum. Samaad Barnett, a ninth grader wildlife and forest conservation districts, at the attending Immaculate Concep­ The views and opinions expressed n efforts, and provided millions of tion High School in Montclair, Letters to the Editor are not necessarily dollars to support organic crop and Adrianna Allen, a ninth grad­ those of The/few or its affiliates. research, fanners markets, and and people in developing nations er attending S t Anthony High additional help for fanners con­ around th e w orld? Submissions should be typed and School in jersey City. verting to organic methods. It It’s time the Farm Bill was double-spaced, and include a daytime The third scholarship was would have helped low-income more than a tab the rest of us are telephone ntmber for verification. awarded out of the University of seniors shop at farmers markets, required to pay on behalf of a few. I t e m Virginia’s “Patrick Sean Murphy Letters that cannot be verified or are of Millburn and Short Hills ’87 Endowed Memorial Scholar­ anonymous w it not tie published. to schoolchildren, and supported ship” to John W. Elliott III, a Not all letters will necessarily be projects that help low-income For more information on the KATHLEEN M. HtVfSH, Vice President Pubfisha- A community newspaper of fo u rth y ear stu d en t from published. neighborhoods get access to fresh Farm Bill, visit umnaenviron- EYEUNESPEEDIE.Editor Worth J e r s e y R oanoke, V a , m ajoring in com ­ foods. mentaldefense.org. For more NANCY CONNELLY, Advertising Manager Send letters to the editor by e-mail to STEPHEN BORG, President puter engineering and minoring The net gain for the state would information about conserving in business engineering [email protected] by fax to have been almost $127.9 million, KERRY RU8IN, Director, Classified TeteCenter New Jersey’s precious land Published at 343 Millburn Avenue John received a $3,000 scholar­ 973-921-6458 or by ma8 to Editor, The benefiting fanners in every Con- and natural resources, visit GLENN GARYS, Vice President Production Millburn, NJ 0704! ship. The funds four this scholar­ Item, 343 Milftum Avenue, Millburn, NJ District in Newjersey. NJCF’s Web site at CYNTHIA WERNER, Distribution Director Editorial Office: (973) 921-6451 ship have b een raised by m any 07041. the Fairness umnv.njconservation.org.

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Services & Events Dr. Carroll M.Leevy Mary Keraey Services for township resident Medical School Christchurch er will finish bis summer series on St. Stephen's Church Carroll M. Leevy were to be held tor a year In ident Mary Van V leck ^ ^ y was 7:15,8,9:30 am .: Hie Rev. Leslie the Psalms. 8 and 10 am : A spoken service yesterday in the Chapel at Short 1957 he tame offered Ang. 29 in S t Rose of lim a Smith will preach and celebrate at Nursery care is available and all of Holy Eucharist with homily, fol­ Hills in S t Stephen’s Cemetery. Dr. back to Jersey Church. Mrs. Kenney, 78, died the 8 am . service. The sidesman will are welcome. lowed by a Holy Eucharist service Leevy, 86, died Aug. 25 at hqrna City Medical Aug. 25 in S t Vincent’s Nursing be Theodore Houiis. Smith will cel­ 330: Congregants will bring a with homily, organ and choir. His accomplishments as a Center, which Home, Cedar Grove. ebrate and preach and the Rev. Eliz­ worship service to Care OneinUv- Church school and nursery7 care are physician and researcher made an had started a The longtime director oftnusie abeth Wigg Maxwell will assist at the available during the 10 am service. impact on liver research and med­ new medical at S t Rose of Lima Church, she 930 am. Holy Eucharist service. Sunday, Sept 16,9:15 am : Sun­ ical treatment of liver disease. He Leevy school called retired in 2005. She also was toe Hie sidesmen will be Mary Macy day school will resume. Classes for Wyoming Presbyterian Church w as d ie director o f th e N ew Jersey Seton Hall Col organist at S t Stephen’s Church. and Joan McKeown. H ie lesson will elementary, older elementary, mid­ 10 am.: On Homecoming Sun­ Medical School Liver C ento and lege of Medicine and Dentistry, Mrs. Kenney was chotoi by be read by Richard Estes and die dle school, teens and adults will be day, the Rev. Ronald Johnson will scientific director of the Sammy and which was located in the Jer­ Francis Cardinal Spellman to be Prayers of the People will be read by lead worship and preach the ser­ Davis, Jr. National Liver Institute sey City Medical Center. He joined the organist for toe Eucharistic Linda Carchia. Coffee Hour and mon. Robert Jaehee Hahn, son of of the University of Medicine and the faculty as an associate profes­ Sunday school teacher orientation First Baptist Church Robert and Lena Hahn, will be bap Dentistry of New Jersey in sor of medicine. The hospital and Spain, in 1952. A member ef toe starts at 10:45 a m 1030 am .: The Rev. Jerry Hines tized. The Children’s Choir, under N ew ark medical school went through a will deliver the sermon, “We Are the direction of Kathy Innis, and the Dr. Leevy received his bache­ series of changes, and in 1970 was a degree of Catholic Choirmaster, Community Congregational Not Alone,” based on Romans 8:18- Chancel Choir, under the direction lor’s degree at Fisk University, renamed toe College of Medicine she taught music at Newton Col­ Church 26, via dighial video disk. Hines is of Steven Sheiiman, will sing. All graduating summa cum laude in and Dentistry of New Jersey, and lege and Manhattanville College. 10 a m : O n Opening Sunday, the youth pastor of the Woodside Bible children of the church will worship 1941. In 1944 he received his med­ then the University of Medicine Mrs. Kenney graduated summa Rev. Johann Bosnian and the Rev. Church of Troy, Mich. There will be wiih their families, and following the ical degree from the University of and Dentistry of New Jersey cum laude from Manhattanville Jenifer Hrynyk lead the congrega­ n o evening service. dedication of Sunday school toch­ Michigan Medical School. He (UMDNJ). College with a bachelor's degree m tion in family worship. Inspira­ ers, will adjourn to the Choir Room served h is internship a t Jersey City Dr. Leevy lectured around toe piano and organ. She earned a tional music is provided by the S t Rose of Lima Church to meet their new teachers who will Medical Center from 1944 to world in medical schools and master’s degree in musicology from Chancel Choir under the direction 730 am , 9 am , 11 am , 1230 escort them to their classrooms. Fol­ 1948, becoming thief resident appeared on television. He served New York University and con­ of Warren H. Brown, minister of p m : Mass is offered The sacram ent lowing worship, a special Home- physician in 1948. on a number of scientific boards ducted a year of graduate study at music. The Youth Choir and chil­ of reconciliation is offered Saturday D uring Wforfd W ar II, Dr. Leevy Villa Schifanoia in Florence, Italy. dren who attended Vacation Bible from 430 to 5:15 pm , and Mass is church lawn. Homemade apple joined the U 5. Army Specialized organizations. He was past presi­ Bom in Dansviile, N.Yn she School will sing a medley of spiritu­ offered at 5 3 0 p m desserts will be served Training Program, and later, during dent of the American Association lived in the township for 47 years al songs. All are w elcom e and child­ the Korean War, he served as a for Study of liv er Diseases and the before moving to C edar Grove. A care is provided. South Mountain Community Members of the religious com­ commander in the U.S. Navy, International Association tor toe Mrs. Kenney is survived by three 11 am : Annual Opening Sunday Church m u n ity are invited, to subm it where he was director of the pul­ Study o f to e Liver. H e w as a mem­ daughters, Mary Beth Sweet, Picnic and Barbecue with children’s 11 am.: Weekly adult worship information for publication monary and liver services at St ber of Academic Minority Physi­ Catherine Morrison and Anne activities and entertainment Visi­ service takes place in the Milibum News should be submitted via Albans Naval Hospital He cians. Utley; two sons, Richard P. Jr. and to rs and guests are welcome. Middle School, with the theme of e-mail to lkettem@northjersey attained the rank of lieutenant Bom in Columbia, S.C., Dr. Terence J.; a sister, Joan McDon­ “Independence: Freedom in the .com or by catting 973-921-6453 commander and served as assis­ Leery lived in Bayonne before nell; and 12 grandchildren. Covenant Presbyterian Church C hristian Life.” This w eek’s topic is or by writing The Item, 343 tant chief of medicine. moving to the township in 1973. 1030 am .: The Rev. David Min- “Learning To Be Content” Milibum Ave., MiUbum, 07041. When his service at the naval Dr. Leevy is survived by a son, tributions can b e sen t to Friends o f Dr. Carroll B., and a sister, Music at St Stephens, 119 Main Ruby Johnson. S t, Milibum, 07041. DON’T TRADE IT - DO NATE IT • Donate your used/wom out car. Donation may be a tax deduction. We Have • Help a child with asthma > Fast, free pick-op! A New Synagogue.. 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Resident earns federal Ready or not, schools open backing for China trip Backed by a Fuibright Scholar­ Romankiewicz said last week. ship, township resident John “It's a question of ho w m any liters Romankiewicz headed to China of fuel you get per acre.” this past Friday to begin studying Romankiewicz said he hopes efforts to create renewable energy. he m akes enough co n tacts in Bei­ Romankiewicz is one of more jing to assist him w hen he is o u t in than 1,300 U.S. citizens who will th e field. travel abroad for ihe 2007-08 “A lot of my research is based school year through the Fuibright on being able to get data from the Student Program. company actually planting the A graduate of Delbarton crop,” he said. ‘The Chinese com­ School who received a degree in panies can be bo th suspicious and engineering in 2006 from North­ welcoming. It can go either way.” western University, Romankie­ China is a unique country in wicz has already spent a year in which to study the development Beijing studying Mandarin and of alternate sources of energy, conducting research. Now, he Romankiewicz said. plans to return to Tsinghua Uni­ “For my career choic versity in Beijing where for five seemed like the best choice, months he wall take classes on na will be the largest energy' user energy-related topics and work in the world,” he said. He made with a research mentor. the point that the American infra­ Romankiewicz then will travel structure is 40 years old, making it to southwest china where he wfll harder to accommodate a new study cultivation of the jatropha source of energy. “China can go to plant. it immediately,” he said. According to Romankiewicz, Romankiewicz added that the inedible plant has oil-based when his work in China is fin­ Students were able to enter schools Tuesday to check on lock­ seeds that can be turned into ished, he hopes to apply for mas­ ers or visit classroom s before the official opening of schools biodiesel fuel and is the subject of ter’s programs. He hopes to study attention from major oil compa­ in Europe, where the study of yesterday. Above, middle school math teacher Mary Beth nies. alternate energy sources has a Cimino welcomes incoming sixth grader Eli Schechner to her T il be studying how efficient it longer history than here in the classroom. In photo at right, another sixth grade student, is to turn fire seeds into biodiesel,” United States, he said Corey Weiss, tries out the combination lock on her locker with help from her dad, David. PHOTOS BY GEORGE WIRT

Township resident John Romankiewicz visits with Brother Paul Diveny, head­ Math tourney now taking applications for Oct. 21 event master of Delbarton School, The Fifth Annual Bergen Coun­ Individual competitions will be questions to be completed in 90 F o r m ore inform ation ab o u t th e begin a year's study ty Academies Math Competition held for each grade, with trophies, minutes, of renewable energy sources. will be held on Sunday, O ct 21 at certificates, on-line courses, books, Registration is now open, visit sites .bergen.org/mathcompc- the Bergen County Academies in calculators, and other prizes to be Students must arrive for check- tition. Hackensack. awarded for first through fifth in by 9:30 am. in order to partici-

PHOTO COURTESY OF Students in grades four to eight place. pate and the competition will run DELBARTON SCHOOL in the tri-state area who are good The test consists of 50 until approximately 2 pm. at math are invited to come and match skills against hundreds of other talented students. "We look forward to you joining us for our Second Annual Essex County Senior Wellness Day. We will be offering information on nutrition and exercise, food, MAY BE A PICASSO! entertainment and much more." - Joseph N. DiVincenzo, ]r. MAY BE NOT...

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COLLECTING BACKPACKS Students earn degrees and honors Middle school holding ice cream social Ijwrence Frydman, son of spring semester at the Universi­ Monday for incoming sixth graders Cypress Street residents Gideon ty of Delaware. Conor is a dou­ andjacquie Frydman, graduated ble major in mathematics mid Sixth graders at Millburn Mid­ home after school as usual and with high honors tins spring computer science. dle School and their families are return with a parent or caregiver. from Rutgers University. D erek is m ajoring in chem ical Sponsored by the Miflbum Mid­ Lawrence is pursuing a master’s engineering. Claire is majoring in and school administrators to make dle School PTO, the ice cream degree in global affairs at Rut- nursing. their own sundaes at the fourth social is a fun way for students to gers-Newark. Township resident Erika annual Sixth Grade Back-to- reconnect with Mends and meet Three township residents, Sehnitzer has been named to the School Ice Cream Social on Mon­ new classmates and school offi­ Conor Patrick Gilsenan, Derek dean’s list for the 2006-07 school day from 3:30 to 4:30 pan. in die cials. David Falcone and Claire year at Union College, school cafeteria. Students who For more information, contact Nicole Miraglia, have been Erika, a member of the Class plan to attend are asked to go Amy Schott at 973-379-5594. named to the dean’s list for the of 2008, is majoring in English. HEALTH, WELLNESS PHOTO COURTESY OF MARIA HARRISON Township residents Meg and E.J. Harrison are collecting gen­ '/ Come & Experience & BEAUTY tly used and new backpacks for the children of Ecole Toussaint Louverture School in East Orange. Donations may be dropped A The Finest In NEED A L in ? off at Glenwood School until Sept. 28. For more information, Promote your call Meg or EJ . at 973-564-9074. New York Style Deli service in this Call 1.800.7 se c tio n ! C it ia m « the Evolution In Stalrflfts 7 OUR FAMOUS NEW YORK E63 CREAMS Mtat SaiMes & Dinners • Ftoalkto Desigw BOE sets meetings To place your advertisement • WUsfflr Quiet U ttar - Battery Operated Ail The World's Largest Pickle Bar Barfoeie Ribs & Chiekei Steals C a l l S 0 0 - 4 T 2 - 0 1 S 1 for September FOR YOUR * Folds WUen Net ht Um frit Bfill Diner Aitbeitie Jailed Fish Jtefiei F a x 9 7 3 / 5 6 9 - 7 4 4 0 * Now & Recwwnth)iwnorthJer sey.com for M oat Stairway SAepos, Sfaee o r A o t f e t hold two meetings in September. PET 707 Rt. 46 E. fHiiidey In) * Parsippaif Arifh Turkey & Prime Pit; $250 OFF P U R C H A SE OF The first is scheduled for Mon­ ANY IN-STOCK STAIRLSFT day night and is the first board 973-335-3339 512.95 Os Weekends I Whitaker PET SERVICES jof New Jersey 23M.forw»Ri«ThnBB,IUj m eeting of th e 2007-08 school year. Mu-TEart 7am-l(fn, 7 6ft All MAJOR CREP1T CARPS ACCEPTER Classified T tkC intfr |A*ifciDWB .msiver qncsin pjn. and will be held in the Educa­ of §30 Or More of $63 Or More BROOKDALE s c o q p e r s that \ ’H/ nun haw . IU- tw uld bcd l> tion Center or at a district school. (fiatold'i e/c';.T7f \ fnir familv tf> our "iamilv" >>’ nativn Rt. 46 East • Panippaay ■973-335-3339 Rt. 46 East • Parsippany *973-335-3339 Widi this coupon, to* Valid with other ofreff. With ihis coupon. Nor Valid whIi oha ofien An t h o n y C . D r V in c e n t s , d m d . ^Narrabdfor t^c-oor0?cmfofefays.Otter ExpiresV?7_J [_&< va^ ^ h r «mhnhdays-Ofer tfe e s 9/1 Jp? V in cen t P. D e V incbmtis, o a c d . Completely renovated state-of-i BO YOU NOTICE Digital X-ray • State-of-the-art DENTAL Cable TV in every treatment room * Dust On Your Furniture & Television After Cleaning? ST. LUKES 2 '3 TIME AROUND GROUP 10,000 S/F OF... • Do You Suffer From Allergies? - Insurance Accepted • Handicapped Access' • Mate SHrts a m * HtmnHla * Are Your Electric & Gas Bills High? 973-338-3700 Veu • JWIflKS/ftBafiMCS • fHBtfDC 1218 Broad Street Patients Al'AJiy Weitonn' k* Hh u B ear * 2M Boons! W e S t a n d B ehind O ur O ffers i 0 0 % H Bloomfield. NI 07003 \enin