>- | METUCHEN1 * *-« EDISON 500 a copy O c/> A Forbes Newspaper Friday, June 29,1990 CjL ★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★ 1 Exchange program to take promises local students to Europe different country,” the 18-year-old to Spain with the program as well. Youths expect Edison resident said. “I convinced her to go,” Am-; i n q u i r y The trip, she said, will be more anda said. cultural than academic. However, Jennifer has yet to hear front trip to be fun, she added, “I’m not going for the the family she is staying with, but tourist part I want to use my lan­ program coordinator Mary Mazza Kukor says cops educational guage.” is working on it. Amanda Greene, who will be a “In New Jersey, there is a total were politicking By Kathy Hall junior at Metuchen High School of 45 going, and we send 200 stu­ in September, will be spending Foreign language is more than dents nationwide, but we have the month in Barcelona, Spain. 5,000 coming to the United By Thomas R. DeCaro just a class for four local students; She has studied Spanish for three it’s a ticket to Europe for three States,” said Mazza, who has been EDISON - Mayor Thomas H. years and is currently taking coordinating the program for the weeks in July through the Nacel French as well. “Eventually, lan­ Paterniti will ask Police Chief Exchange program. past five years. “We still need Richard Kermes to investigate guages are going to be part of my about 30 homes for the students Stacy Feigenbaum, who gradu­ life,” she said. “My dream is to be charges that police personnel re­ ated from John P. Stevens High coming here, especially for boys.” cently participated in partisan po­ an interpreter for the United Na­ School earlier this month, has tions.” Mazza said that families who litical activities while on duty. studied French for five years and host exchange students can save The charges were made in a she learned of the exchange pro­ “Spanish comes easy to me,” $200 if their children ever decide June 19 letter to the mayor by gram through a friend. Curious to she added. “This trip will make to take part in it themselves. Cur­ James Kukor, Republican munici­ learn about French culture first­ things easier.” She noted she rently, the program costs $1,195. pal chairman. hand, she will be living with a hopes to “breeze through Spanish The fourth student involved in Kukor said copies of a 22-year- family in' Marseilles on the class next year.” the program found out about it old police report and newspaper French Riviera for much of July. Amanda’s best friend, Jennifer through his aunt, who was the article concerning him were made “I think it will be really exciting former program coordinator. by and circulated to members of Matlin, who also will be a Met­ to live with a different family in a uchen High School junior, is going Brendan Lyons, who will be a jun- the department on June 1 — four (Please turn to page A-14) days before the primary election. The report and article, he noted, involved a disorderly persons Officials cite makeshift wiring complaint brought against him by a 17-year-old girl with whom he had an altercation at a bus stop in New Brunswick. as cause for borough house firi “This disposition of the case By Georgia Vosinakis group of almost a dozen adults then arrived with the fire depart­ was simple assault and a fine of METUCHEN - Six children es­ and children watching the fire as ment as flames and smoke poured $100,” he wrote. caped safely from a blaze at a they stood nearby. He asked them out of the second-floor windows. The documents were distrib­ two-story home apparently caused if everyone had been evacuated Kolbus assisted firemen in setting uted to the press earlier that day by tampering with the electrical from the burning building and, at up hose lines to battle the blaze by former GOP Chairman James wiring and the homeowner’s neg­ first, received a positive reply. as Bjornsen spoke to the six chil­ Sheldon, Kukor added. ligence, according to police and However, when he repeated the dren who had occupied the sec­ Slates of Middlesex County Re­ fire officials. question, he was told that no one ond-story apartment when the fire publican Committee candidates The fire which began in the sec­ was really sure. started. supporting the two men opposed ond-story apartment at 2 Maple Kolbus then ran to the front en­ According to Bjornsen, the each other in the primary, and ac­ Few patriotic Americans will find more unusual places to fly Avenue was discovered by Detec­ trance-way of the building and house was owned by Margie L. cording to Kukor, the intent of the Old Glory when they celebrate Independence Day on Wed­ tive Robert J. Kolbus at 4:43 p.m. found the doors secured to both Newsome, who occupied the action was to hurt his slate’s nesday. This flag sits atop, a crane being used in the expan­ June 21. Kolbus was returning to the upstairs and downstairs apart­ lower apartment with her hus­ chances of victory. Nevertheless, ments. He kicked in the door to sion and renovation project at Menlo Park Mall, Route 1 police headquarters after Com­ band. Isadore. The upstairs apart­ candidates who supported the pleting an earlier investigation the first-floor apartment and after ment was occupied by Tyrone new GOP chairman garnered South, Edison. The Fourth of July holiday - which commem­ when he passed the house and a thorough search found it to be Newsome, Yvette Lucas and six about 70 percent of all votes cast orates the signing of the Declaration of Independence .. is noticed smoke pouring out of two unoccupied. He was then told by hildren, ranging in age from 16 in the committee races. the focus of the poem on the editorial page and a cartoon on second-story windows located on one of the bystanders that the sec­ months to 9 years, according to In addition to the circulation of page A-5 reminding residents to keep the holiday safe. each side of the (northwest corner ond floor, which was now in Bjornsen. of the house. flames, had certainly been va­ (Please turn to page A-14) “I was impressed that the 9- .After reporting the fire, Kolbus cated. year-old girl had the presence of exited his vehicle. He noticed a Patrolman Donald Bjornsen (Please turn to page A-14) R e tir in g p r in c ip a l g iv e s S p r e a d love, encouragement has been a prominent, spice in proud of the results. n a m e d Heinze's sauce for success. teaching styles when they ob­ “Wove always had good test served their boss’ casual na­ When one first walks into scores.” he said. in Heinze’s honor the school, he hears the sound ture. He and his wife, Marlyn, “If the leader does it, how of music which is piped have a son arid daughter of By Georgia Vosinakis through the hallways Also in carl it be wrong?” quipped their own, with the latter set to Heinze, known among his staff METUCHEN - Just as a the hallways, one spots a wall begin her last year at the Uni­ filled with pupils’ art. and students for his Hush- bounty of burger lovers may versity of Rhode Island, Puppies shoes and casual suit­ find the thick, lingering : flow “A kid would see his work The casual atmosphere at go up on the wall and would less attire. “If its OK for the from a bottle of Heinz brand Campbell has also enabled the principal, it means its OK for of ketchup worth the, ;wait feel good about himself.” said school’s teachers to cultivate Heinze. “1 allowed the. chil­ everybody.” many Campbell School pupils different teaching techniques, Beneath the casual facade have found it worth going to dren to have a very casual at­ according to Heinze. mosphere, but 1 also expected and beyond the seemingly school for the kind, cheery “Teachers have to like kids. careless attitude toward disci­ friendliness of Mark Heinze. them to do work.” They have to loosen-up in an foAn endearing father-figure pline lies a high-scoring strat­ In fact, the art which has. accepting way,” he said, add­ egy. Heinze is a firm believer for the past 20 years, adorned to his students. Heinze said lie ing that new teachers to the has always pushed academics that more can be accom­ the office of the retiring prin­ school began to feel more plished with honey than with cipal -- including pickles and ■ and. much like a father, he is comfortable with their own ketchup bottles with his name (Please turn to page A-14) on them — has been created and given to him by the chil­ dren he has enamored over the years. “Heinze is the best,” said one copied creation depicting an adjusted brand-name. A charming wit and mag­ netic personality added to the warm and caring side of Mark Heinze form a winning combi­ nation that no third-, fourth- or fifth-grader has been able to resist. “I smile, try to be friendly, greet them when they get off — Photo by Daniel Sheehan the buses every day arid try know each child by Two-year-old Rick and 4-year-old Tiffany Uzzle of Edison pet said Heinze of some of the 57 baby chicks in the petting zoo which was part of Children’s ingredients he has used in his Fun Day, which was held recently at the Jewish Community magical secret sauce that Center, Oak Tree Road, Edison.