A...!..1. ....!: - 1 V \ A I'l. i i Page B-10 CRANFORD CHRONICLE Thursday, May 31,1990 IT'S ALL HERE & MORE SERVING CRANFORD, GARWOOD and KENILWORTH A Forbes Newspaper V6L 97 No, 23 Published Evriry Thursday USPS 136 800 Second Class Thursday, June 7,1990 Postage Paid Cranford, N.J. 50 Cents In brief Hartz plan targets Raritan-Walnut Pool party intersection for major upgrading a current building and a new one Pozycki, however, broached the Swimming, dancing and en- By Cheryl Moulton proposed for the site : tertainment will be the order siibject by saving the township Of the night following the The Raritan Road-Walnut Ave- Smith initially did not bring up had an ordinance "about to be in- Crantford High School gradua nue intersection will be upgraded, the expansion, of the intersection troduced" which included a traffic tion June 21. The second an- according to Hartz Mountain In- or the potential traffic impact of (Please turn to page A-14) nual Atnool party is designed to dustries' latest plans for redevel- the proposed redevelopment keep celebrants drug-free and opment of its 31-acre site alcoholVfree. Page A-2 bounded by the two roads. The Where Price is Important expansion could include new Local school districts lighting and widening the road- Armchair travel way. Walter Smith, vice president of stand to lose all state Columnisit Irma Mirante property development for Hartz takes readers on" a "guided and spokesman for the proposed. tour" of exciting books for site plan, said although there had armchair travelers. Page A-10. been some "fits and starts in de- aid under Florio plan veloping and marketing the prop-. Cranford, Garwood and Ken- Paul said Cranford's "transi- And Service is Priceless! erty, we kept in mind the resi- ilworth stand to lose state educa- tion" aid would be $1.4 million, dents of Cranford told us they did tional funds within four years un- which will be phased out over the Artful award not want retail or industrial—they der the new school aid formula next four years. Based on Paul's Cranford High School art wanted office use" Smith said the proposed two.weeks ago by Gov. calculations; the average Cranford teacher Connie Tpth gains latest proposed site plans conform Jim Florid home owner would pay ah addi- state recognition in Trenton to thd* existing zoning with" no - They are among 15X "wealthier" tional $35 in 1991, $69 iii 1992, ^ today where < she is receiving jrariances required. Two parking districts in New Jersey that will '$4044n-i993 and $138 in 1994 just New Jersey's hiifcihest award waivers, however, will be re- receive ho new aj&r under the to make up the loss in aid. Assum- Dodge for a teacher of art Page A-10. quired. ,..' Florio plan. :.• . / ing only a 6 percent budget in- The meeting called by Hartz to About 350 other districts, many crease in each of these years, the ON '90 DAKOTAS & FULL SIZE PICKUPS introduce the firm's newest plan of them serving poorer and mid- average tax bill for schools alone Garwood was attended by the Chronicle, dle class communities, will re- will rise from $1,940 this year to Dodge Trucks • Mayor Ed Force, Harry Pozycki, ceive increases in state aid. How- $2,588 in 1994, which includes the. THE NEW 1990 SUBARU the land use attorney hired last ever, the governor said that all. total wipeout of state aid. This is a Republican. voters, nomi- year by the township, acting town- nated a mayoral candidate to districts will.receive at least as four-year increase of $648 or 33 LEGACY MOVES ship administrator Tom Grady, much aid as they received for the percent face the incumbent in v'he No- acting township engineer Karen Value vember election. .:The Board of 1990-91 school year and districts This does not take into account YOU IN STYLE Kramkowski, tax assessor John which lose aid will have it phased the Florio proposal to shift the Health is ready to enact a cat Duryee, Nicholas Bellizzi of the licensing ordinance. Page A-8. out over five years to lessen the state's funding of pension and So- •Efficient 2.2 liter Hudson Partnership, planners impact * cial Security payments to local . hired by the township last year to that will engine with multi- "Unless the town is willing to districts. Cranford's current share evaluate the "Southwest Gate- pay for it," said Cranford schools is $2.75 million, which if totally point fuel injection Hazardous duty way," Eugene Schwarzenbek, ex- shifted locally by 1994, would add and 130 base ecutive vice president of opera- superintendent Robert D. Paul, CHRYSLER Cranford police, fire and res- BIRD MAN Tom Raffield shows off his newest military macaw *\ve'll have to start trimming pro- another $300 to the average tax move you horsepower tions and retail banking for Sum- bilL cue squad members partici- babies while their older brother, Ricky, keeps watch. mit "Trust Co., and David Hughes, grams and giving an education far DAKOTA CONVERTIBLE •Power assisted pated in their first Haz-Mat below what Cranford children de- Additional factors, said Paul, attorney representing Hartz. Sum- would result in "very, very damag- "Plymouth NOW'S THE SEASON, 4-wheel disc brakes drill in township history last mit Trust is negotiating; to occupy serve" •Front wheel drive week in the Orange Avenue Breeder 'father' again ing" impacts to Cranford school Pool parking lot Page B-a finances. These include 20 to 25 HERE'S A GOOD REASON... or full time 4 wheel percent annual increases in fixed drive system costs such as insurance, govern- available after 13 -year hiatus ment directives on environmfental lEXTENDED! UP Ship aht>y (P\ease turn to page A-1") •Sleek aerodynamic By Joanno McPadden ...'. .,, other animals, the birds-must then UP TO. TO $2000 REBATE styling for a Cranford resident Dean Salt- '\ "I like animals better than peo- be trained. ."'•'" .:.-'--r---^,,,^..T.- smooth, quiet ride zman, a senior at the Univer- ple," said Lincoln Ayenue resi- Macaws reach maturity in less Juvenile OR AS LOW AS sity of Rhode Island, spent a dent Torn Raffield. 'They dont than 100 days, each developing a •0-60mph in under Semester at Sea with hun- caire how long your hair is or what rather long tails, brilliant plum- 9.9 seconds* dreds of students front across you do. They just love you back." age, and a strong beak that can the country. Page A-13. delinquency "Motor D-end, July 1989 Ai\ter growing up in the hills of crack hard nuts effortlessly. With 2.9«FINANCING North Carolina, Mr. Raffield, who their harsh voice, and incredibly CASH BACK was used to just about any and large wjng span, they can easily on decline NOW IN STOCK IN 2WD & 4WD, SEDANS & WAGONS New pastors everyy kind of animal, concen- be scary to those not accustomed By Joanne McFadden trated' his efforts on raising mili- to animals, even though they are Juvenile delinquency in Cran- Two priests have been as- tary macaws, a classified endan- known for gentleness. ford is on the decline, according FACTORY TO DEALER INCENTIVES! signed as assistant pastors at gered \species. Recently he. be- The birds, native to Central and to statistics released recently, by St Michael Church and the came a\ "father" again, when in South America, learn very quickly the Granford Police Department Church of St Anne Page B-7. April, he was successful in breed- to talk and 'can develop a vocabu- In its annual report, the police ing his pets Bozo and Bilko, who lary of about 100 words. "They're department reveals that juvenile bore two, offspring. It was their great at imitating my wife, and in offenses have decreased 26 per- second brood; 13 years ago they fact can do it so well that I'm not FINANCING 1990 CHRYSLER School goals cent, from 566 in 1988 to 413 last produced dine baby, Ricky. always sure who's speaking," said year, and of those cases, the LEBARON The Cranford school board Before moving to Cranford in Mr. Raffield laughingly. number of juveniles taken into set some direction for itsejlf in J981*fMr. Raffield worked in the The neighborhood children also custody has decreased 37 percent, the areas of academics and wholesale bird importing business converse with the macaws, whose from 231 to 145. CONVERTIBLES money management at a goal- in California \ and developed his home is kept near the front win- According to Lt Milton Mason of NOW AVAILABLE! setting meeting last week. interest in tWp macaws then. "I dow. "They sit up there and holler the juvenile bureau, the credit NEW FROM SUBARU Page A-3. had access to all different kinds of at the neighborhood kids," he belongs to "good police work." THE 1990 birds from all over the world," he chuckled. "In fact, the kids really "The relationship and lines of •explained, "Thsre were others enjoy talking with them." communication between our kids Looking back that were prettier but I really took Mr. Raffield, whose own chil- and the police department are JUSTY5D00R a liking to the military macaw. I dren are grown, intends on giving greater than have been in the IN STOCK NOW AT A former resident reminisces guess I liked their guileless per- a macaw to his grandchildren as a past," explained Mason. "There's about growing up in Cranford sonality." \ pet "They really love them and a positive attitude among the po- UNBEATABLE SAVINGS! in the "30s and '40s. Page A-15.