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JACKSON The moment thatgot to Aimee Parani took her bysurprise.

Walking in the Susan B. Ko-menRace for theCureSundayatSix Flags Hurricaine Harbor,Parani, 39, was taking the wholeexperience in. She got her firstset of beads a string given forevery year of survival and par-ticipation and she saw andspoke with other breast cancersurvivors. She walked in herfirst Survivors March beforethe actual 4K walk.

But when they played thatsong, Im Gonna Love YouThrough It by MartinaMcBride, and released thedoves, Parani said, and thewoman (Nancy Goodman Brink-er) spoke about her sister (SusanB. Komen), I just lost it. Thatreally got to me.

Most of the daywas not spentin tears, but watching the 20birdsflyonefor thosewho losttheir battle with breast cancerand19 to represent the survivors

choked up not only Paranibut also her family contin-gent of 11 as well.

Joining Parani was herhusband, Chris; son, Greg-ory, 4; parents Millie andPaulFraley;sisterKimPope,brother-in-law Pat Pope andtheir triplets Marissa, Cath-ryn and Pat, 7. Rounding outthe group was her 1-month-old daughter, Paige, in hercarriage.

They were all part of theteam put together by Para-nis reconstructive surgeon,Dr. Robert Herbstman ofContemporary Plastic Sur-gery, with offices in EastBrunswick and Red Bank.

You dont know the mo-ments that will hit you,Chris Parani said. This onedid.

Aimee Paranis mothertearedupbefore themomentthat got to her daughter. ForMillie Fraley, it was watch-ing what many consider thehighlight of the day:

INSPIRATION ISFOUND HERE

Aimee Parani with her husband, Chris, during an emotional ceremony Sunday. JASON TOWLEN/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Cancer survivor moved by ceremony

Point Pleasant native Aimee Paraniwalks in Sundays Race for the Cure.JASON TOWLEN/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

By Cheryl Makin :: @CherylMakin

See AIMEE, Page A5

AIMEES STORY

SURVIVORS STORYFor a video from Sundays Race forthe Cure, visit http://mycj.co/17dITuR.

Leave it to Rutgers University political scienceprofessor David Redlawsk to explain why collegesare in the polling business.

Asauniversity, ourmission ispublicserviceandeducation, so I think it's all worth everythingwe putinto it for both of those purposes, said Redlawsk,the director of the Eagleton Center for Public Inter-est Polling atRutgers. Fromabranding standpoint,it'sgenerallyapositive thing.Certainly thepublicitydoesn't hurt but for us it'smore about educating ourstudents about engagingpeople in researchandpro-viding a public service for the state.

Its why universities throughout New Jerseyhave followedwhat theRutgers-EagletonPoll theoldest statewide academic survey operation in thecountry started 42 years ago with polling centersof their own.

FromFairleighDickinsonUniversity up north toRichard Stockton College down south and virtuallyevery college in between, New Jersey schools havereceived plenty of headlines for their poll researchas both the New Jersey gubernatorial race between

Why docollegestake polls?Monmouth, Rutgers amongschools with research surveysBy Keith Sargeant@KSargeantGNJ

See POLLS, Page A5

Pandush Mitre of Wall watches Mike Keelen ofKeansburg fill out a questionnaire. FRANK GALIPO/SPECIALTO THE HOME NEWS TRIBUNE

TRENTON During this sum-mers speculation that Gov. ChrisChristie would not risk his status asfrontrunner in the governors raceby debatingDemocrat Barbara Bu-ono, Christie said, The fact of thematter is that Barbara Buonosworst days of the campaign will bethe days that I debate her.

This evening, in the first guber-natorial debate,NewJerseyanswillget to see if Christie set the bar toohigh for himself.

The Asbury Park Press and itssister papers in New Jersey aresponsoring the debate with part-ners William Paterson University,

which is hosting; The Record andHerald-News of Woodland Park,andWCBS television (Channel 2) inNew York and KYW television(Channel 3) in Philadelphia, both ofwhich are broadcasting the 60-min-ute debate live at 7 p.m.

John Schoonejongen, state edi-tor for The Press and its sister pa-pers, is on the panel of questionersalong with Chris May of KYW andAlfred Doblin of The Record. Kris-tine Johnson ofWCBS is themoder-ator.

Those in the Christie and Buonocamps said the candidates havebeen busy preparing.

Former Gov. Jim Florio said itsan intensive process to get readyfor such encounters.

Its very hard work becauseyou andyour staffers are puttingtogether anticipated responsesto theanticipatedquestions. Its alot of material, said Florio, aDemocrat who had three tele-vised gubernatorial debateswithChristine Whitman in 1993, twowith Jim Courter in 1989 andthree formal debates with TomKean in1981. Floriowon the elec-tionoverCourterbut lost toKeanandWhitman.

David Turner, Buonos cam-paign spokesman, said the long-time state legislator is ready toclearly articulate her vision as

Gov to debate live on TV tonight

See DEBATE, Page A7

Buono/Christie sparring contest to be aired on CBS stationsBy Bob Jordan@BobJordanAPP

Doreen Abode dreamed ofspending her senior years sittingontheporchwithherbelovedold-er sister,MaryannKrepps, at herside. But her dream has beenshattered.

After15years of searching forKrepps, whowas last seen by herfamily in North Brunswick, herremains recently were returnedto her family. Although her par-tial skullhadbeenfoundonaNewYork Indian reservation in Mayof 1998, it took years to identifyKrepps as the woman, whose

Cold casediscoveryBy Susan Loyer@SusanLoyerMyCJ

See REMAINS, Page A2

Maryann KreppsPHOTO COURTESY OF

KREPPS FAMILY

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the Survivors March.Breast cancer survivorsadorned in their pinkbeads and garb walkedbehind banners announc-ingyearsof survival fromthe Survivors Tent to thestage area. Local highschool cheerleaders withpink bows, socks andpoms poms lined bothsides of the aisle cheeringthem on.

Parani askedhermoth-er what got to her at theRace for the Cure, andher mother softly said,You.

Ready forThursday

After undergoing fivemonths of chemotherapytreatment for breast can-cerall donewhile preg-nant with her secondchildParani has chosento undergo a bilateralmastectomy and recon-structive surgery. Bothsurgeries are to be doneThursday at Robert WoodJohnson University Hos-pital in New Brunswick.

I really feel good. Iam ready, Parani said. Icant wait. I just want this

to be over. Im ready toput myself in their handsand be home from thehospital.

Chris Parani said thecoming dayswill be spentmaking sureAimee keepsher positive attitude.

She has never beennegative, and we dontwant that to change, saidChris Parani, who is plan-ning a date night for hiswife before the surgery.Weare just going to keepdoing what we have beendoing and keep her posi-tive.

In turn, Aimee Paranicredits her a