A GREATER m a t a w a n f r e e P U B l i b r a r y Bulk Rate 1 6 5 M AIN ST US Postage Paid MATAWAN, n j 0 7 7 4 7 Eatontown, N.J. Permit #66 BAYSHOREEPENDENT SERVING ABERDEEN, HAZLET, KEYPORT, MATAWAN, UNION BEACH AND KEANSBURG MARCH 25,1992 2 5 CENTS VOL. 22 NUMBER 13 F ive vie in H azle t school e le c tio n Pag e 16 K e n n e d y L o c a l to leave s tu d e n t K e y p o rt p la ys Je o p a rd y Pag e 12 Pag e 1 1 a m .. To Russia w ith love idzus, N ancy M ester of St. John’s Shuey at U nited M ethodist Church, Hazlet, packs food for shipm ent odds over to M oscow as part of a charges nationw ide church effort. See M arilyn Duff’s Pag e 14 story, Page 9 Photograph by Rich Schultz 2 MARCH 25, 1992, THE INDEPENDENT Just_A m yed! • PAN SIES S u m m e r Flow ering Bulbs • Hybrid Lilies • Cannas • Dahlias • Gladioli and m uch m ore!!! S P R I N G . j . OPENINGlft6^ fertilizer s S c m U m & i Twinlight 15,000 Sq. Ft. m PRO TURF FOOD ................ 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Sale prices effective thru 3/31 /92 ROUTE 9 NORTH % ROUTE 34 NORTH FREEHOLD C O L T S N E C K 4 6 2 - 2 7 0 0 4 6 2 - 0 9 0 0 HRS. Open 7 Days 9 AM to 5 PM GARDEN CENTERS THE INDEPENDENT, MARCH 25, 1992 3 in s id e s t o r y High Tech High: unique achievem ent Talking with TV Interactive television, made possi­ Program offers ble through advanced technologies, may soon enable Monmouth County schools to share personnel, courses rigorous courses, and other programs. PAGE 2 0 advanced facilities By Garry Wasko Scoring high MIDDLETOWN — When Monmouth The Service Corps of Retired Exec­ County’s newest, most modern educational utives helps people trying to start a facility is dedicated Friday, it will mark the new business or improve one they al­ beginning of what county officials hope is a ready own. new wave of science education. PAGE 32 The High Technology High School, a unique cooperative effort between the coun­ ty vocational district and Brookdale Com­ To call the Independent munity College, will open officially this week, but has been in the development Advertising..............................747-0222 stages for more than five years. Circulation ....................747-0222 The new building, on the campus of Classified.................................747-6565 Brookdale in the Lincroft section of the News/Sports........................... 747-0222 township, will give the county’s brightest, young scientific minds a chance to study News releases or advertising copy technology that other students will not en­ . may be mailed or brought to the Inde­ counter until college, according to Dr. pendent building at 766 Shrewsbury Thomas J. Bistocchi, the vocational dis­ Avenue, Tinton Falls, N.J. 07724. trict’s assistant superintendent. “This is a unique program that’s not for INDEX every student, bu the ones who qualify can achieve great things here,” said Bistocchi, ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT 3 5 -3 7 who developed the project along with Brian AUTOMOTIVE........................... 6 8 -7 2 McAndrew, vocational superintendent, and Photograph by Rich Schultz BUSINESS................................. 3 2 -3 3 William Pollock, building principal. CHECK IT O U T................................ 2 6 HIGH-TECH TACTICS Although their ne home is just now be­ CLASSIFIED.............................. 5 5 -6 7 The new Monmouth County High Technology High School, on the campus of Brookdale ing completed, the school’s first class is al­ Community College in Lincroft, will be dedicated Friday. CLUB CALENDAR........................... 31 ready finishing its first year of an innovative DINING............................................. 4 0 educational program that Bistocchi hopes chi said that the students will continue to take a survey course in technology, a year­ ENVIRONMENT......................... 2 2 -2 3 will prepare them for college and life in a use some Brookdale facilities throughout long, computer-aided design course, and a GOOD NEWS..................................... 9 high-tech world. their years at High Tech High. few other designated core curriculum HEALTH........................................... 3 4 “We’re hoping that the students will be courses. “It’s a true partnership between the coun­ IN THE SPOTLIGHT......................... 1 8 better able to compete in the modern world ty’s vocational district and the college,” Pol­ “I tell the students and the parents if they understand the technology that’s out LETTERS......................................... 4 -5 lock explained, adding that some classes are straight out, ‘This is what we offer,’ ” Bis­ there,” Bistocchi said. “Hopefully, some of MILESTONES................................... 3 0 taught by Brookdale instructors. “We try tocchi said. “And that is it. I don’t want these students will be developing the tech­ OBITUARIES.................................... 4 4 and work together as much as possible.” students or parents asking later if they can nology of the future as well.” OFF THE RECORD............................. 6 drop a course or change a course, because Bistocchi explained the three-year pro­ they can’t.” OLD HOUSE....................................... 5 The new building will give them that gram has a unique format. Freshmen at high In the second year, students are asked to ON CAMPUS.................................... 3 8 chance. The 14,00-square-foot facility, lo­ cated within a few hundred yards of Brook- schools all over the county who are inter­ specialize in two specific technology areas PARENTING..................................... 21 dale’s Advanced Technology Center, itself ested in science may apply for acceptance to from among those covered in the first-year PEOPLE IN THE NEWS.................... 4 2 has been designed with state-of-the-art tech­ the school during the spring.