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ookla BAftectlon C#eBr< R# year. g ^* treasure the local country music scene Visit Rothenbura on our Romantic Tour Wto See page A-2 vo eld Record Thursday, February 18,1993 A Forbes Newspaper 50 cents Fatal bus crash ends church ski trip Junior torn night waanX" Mr. TWbot said. "It'a very fortunate that it came out scheduled at V the way it did." v —— THB1II00IID Group members' Ihes literally hung In the Mr. Talbot said the only reason he took the bus was he * VWJ y A yearly ski trip to Frost Valley, N.Y, turned Into a lethal thought it would be saTer. aaoond Junior Teen MOM en balance as their chartered bus skidded down "I didn't reauy want to drive," Mr. lUbot sakL^Abus) has S Fab. 27. Trwavantlaopanto nightmare for tha youth group of Westfield Congregational an embankment and ended up fitting to the big wheels, big body, it teems a lot safer to me, but it didnt Mh Vwuoh •krth gndn Church after their chartered bus was involved in an ac- turn out that way." i WsaHald and Cranford. Ao- cident Saturday In Stoataburg, N.Y. Thirteen teenagers were right on a billboard frame Mr. Talbot said he m playing a Nintendo game with one lndbd» baafcafcal, voV on the excursion. of his sons when the accident happened. and • (XI dance party. Tfckata The accident occurred at ft30 ajn. Saturday as the bus "I heard a bang and a horn, then I found myself on the on Ml* for $2.50 al tM Y, or made its way up Route IT in New York. A Short Line bus "the kids did really weU," Mrs. Landale said. "They floor," he sakL "I didn't know what happened." fiat nlgrt. Than *• b» a to«n heading south skidded on the icy roadway, spun into the helped each other." After the Short Line bus hit the chartered Oak Tree bus, on tie hat Saturday of Uw northbound lane and collided into the front of the bus Matthew Jackson, was one of the 13 members of the it then spun 180 degree* and was hit by a car going north tvoup^iout tta> achou) year. terrifying its 10 paaaeiigeis and killing the driver. youth group helping his fellow passengers. on Route 17. Group inembeis' lives literally hung in the balance as According to Matthew, the only thing he remembers The lone fatality in the accidents was the driver of the Ohm McAfee* their chartered bus skidded down an embankment and about the accident was hearing a horn honk and skidding. chartered bus. Robert A. Schiflher. SO, of Franklin Township ended up tilting to the right on a billboard frame, according "We were just driving along up Route 17," he said " Then was killed when he was ejected from his seat in the driving to Sgt Gravina of the Ramapo Police Department i I remember hearing a honking horn. It felt like we went compartment Nlght Music* Is " Our first concern was to get out of the bus before it into a bride wall" Six of the members of the youth group suffered from rolled over," said Wendi landale, one of the two church Matthew was one of the six youths treated for minor minor injuries and were treated at Nyack Hospital. After |^to second week youth leaders on the trip. injuries at Nyack Hospital. they were released from the hospital they joined their group \ Don i miss Ihe Westsetd Conv As the bus teetered, the group climbed out of its windows. The most serious injury among the group, Mrs. Landale and headed home. WpUnKf rm^^fm \HU*MMJBJk% Of Matthew Jackson, 17, said, "We couldnt get out the door, said, required two stitches. "It was extremely traumatic for all of us," Mrs. Landale Qm NK)N Music" nwhito so we had to knock out the emerency windows. Nobody According to Sgt Gravina, it could have been worse. sakL Qnd weekend, Th# Stephen Sond* thought about it (the bus tipping over). The first concern "Absolutely without a doubt they were very lucky," he Rev. Mark Trister. head of the youth organization at the balm, Hugh Whaelar muatoa) runt was getting out of it" said. Weatfield Congregational Church, said the church was plan- natf weekend aan. Tickets am According to Sgt Gravina, one of the major concerns was John Talbot, a member of the Westfield Congregational ning a counseling session at the end of the week for the #12 and am araM* at tw box the bus might tip over as the teens climbed out Church who had joined his two sons on the trip echoed that youths, adults, and members of the church. vaoa, noraan neaay, ana ww With the assistance of some other driven and local peo- TOMNI Bookstore. ShoWfms It al 8 sentiment This kind of thing has a ripple effect in the church," he ai re imn on ple. Mrs. Landale said, they were able to exit gradually. "It couldVe been a worse tragedy, but thank God it said. Stoiy registration Spin control next week at library Shop Rite is off : RapjakaMon tor pro-school story am* and vw mayKs canal any hour al Vie sonyy vM beojh nart vwak. Tha 9vaa>y8ar'Old alory to bumpy start •rtw masts ssnar Thursday inonv tiQB or Monday aPjamoont, ragav Mton alarti Fab. 22 Tha feur- yaar-oM story Urns masts in first hearing •HOTibonB, npjakann _ gab, at CMdran mual ba sbrary By EUZAKTH supermarket VWSjWBHa^Bv^Bf v^B^flavslavS^s^vje' BJV KvwvvslHsTBp Despite Mr. Butler's and Mr. •fi nM ramnew new www or TUE RECORD Farley's objections, the Garwood tourtt brtiday by t» fcst aaaabn. Shop Rite began the long pro- board voted to continue to hear the Iha magic carpet alary hour la tor cess to open its doors on the West- application. cMdran In Mndargartan trough fiekl-Garwood border at a concur- Jeffrey Lehrer, attorney for Vil- TWO pjnot and meeai inurtaay rent meeting of the towns' plan- lage Supermarkets, began his tes- ning boards last week. The three- timony by explaining which vari- aare on rto. «s ano omoran hour session, which attracted a ances would be needed from each mual havs a •ray card. Al pro- crowd of more than a hundred, in- town. Variances to shorten the set- prarnt run tor twa wsaks. Caltw cluded objections and the archi- backs, allow for the signs, and Bray tor more infcxmailon al 786> tect's testimony but no public those which provide the number 4ceo. input and size of parking spaces are Lawyers representing owners of being sought Faith In Westfleld adjacent properties objected to a The architect, Enzo Favese, gave Garwood ordinance regarding the boards the specific details on deadline March 5 parking which was passed in Jan- the layout of the store. Ths deadsne for nomlnailona tor uary, William Butler, attorney for If the store is constructed as M FaHh In WasMskJ Awards hat Reilly Oldsrnobue and the North- planned, it would come right to the baan v^andtd to March 9. Th» gate Townhouse complex, said the edge of the lot and North Avenue, ai da whoh Richard Rt ncplalra ttw ba#t proewfun) for attaining a spinning motion to Franklin School ordinance, which does not allow for violating the setback allowances. vMbutonaio Science Fair visitor Julian Harris during tha racant event. parking as the prinkpal use of a lot Westfield Mayor Garland "Bud" of or as an accessory use for a build- Boothe asked about the location of ing in another town, should put {he the shopping carts and Mr. Pavese i tor tour cataoonaa—rnarchant application in front of the board of replied they were "still working ' tie yaar, tar ratalata, business adjustment, not the planning on" it parson of ttta yaar, tor non- Nixon, Jacobson to run again board. After the meeting, Garwood of- latassis, amployae of ihe yaar, and community sendee, tor inol- During a dialogue which lasted ficials expressed concern over the vkkial, group, or organisation conv more than an hour, Mr. Butler stat- location of the door, which is on ed he would continue to object to the comer of the building right off for full terms on school board the construction of the supermar- North Avenue. •t many ctwntm buat- ket, even if the case went to court Because they had set a time i or pcophi may atao norni- ed to Westfield's school board, she strives to be a on appeal. limit on the meetings, the boards In MMr form, kKfcjoinQ VM THE RECORD source of pride for everyone in the community. Mvanf caiaQory, namt of nominov, Empowering the classroom teachers in their role in The planning boards of both adjourned. The next meeting will b^alnaaa addraat and pnona, rts- Two current incumbent school board members, the children's education has been one of Mrs. Nixon's communities are holding concur- be on March 11, again at Washing- ton RX nomnfloon, and Da aignaa Melba Nixon and Susan Jacobaon, have declared their goals as a board member, she said. The more effective rent meetings to hear the applica- ton School on St. Mark's Avenue in uy m nomnBor. M noimnB candidacies in the upcoming school board elections. they are, the better it is for the students. tion to build the 60,000-square-fbot estflekL oan bs tant to Awarda Cororottf The third school board member whose term ex- The classroom teacher is pivotal in the education Chairman, Ruaaal Ewna al Print pires, Bruce McEadden, has not yet decided if he will of our children," Mrs.

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