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Benjamin B. Corbin for The Westfield LeaderDAY FOR NOSTALGIA…The Westfield Historical Society will welcome arearesidents for its inaugural Apple Fest this Saturday, October 3, from 3 to 6 p.m.on the lawn of the Reeve House History and Cultural Center at 314 MountainAvenue in Westfield. There will be various activities, demonstrations, refresh-ments, “old-time” fun for children and information on how people can help thehistorical society complete restoration and renovation of the historic ReeveHouse, pictured above.

Paul Lachenauer for The Westfield LeaderA FESTIVE TIME…Zoe Liptak of Roselle Park paints a pumpkin in the Williams Nursery pumpkin patch at the HarvestFestival held Sunday at Trailside Nature and Science Center in the Watchung Reservation.

Paul Lachenauer for The Westfield LeaderMAKING A NEW FRIEND…Brooke of Swift farm and friends pet “Oreo” and“Snickers” at the Harvest Festival held Sunday at Trailside Nature and ScienceCenter in the Watchung Reservation.

Paul J. Peyton for The Westfield LeaderBACK IN HISTORY…This steam tractor, circa 1920, was used by the Keanfamily to cultivate fields and to plant various crops. It is on display at the LibertyHall Museum, the former Kean estate, located across from Kean University inUnion Township.

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County to Loan Improvement Authority$500,000 to Start Solar Energy Program

By PAUL J. PEYTONSpecially Written for The Westfield Leader

ELIZABETH – The Union CountyFreeholders Board approved the firstreading of an ordinance Thursday toprovide a half-million-dollar loan tothe Union County Improvement Au-thority (UCIA) as startup money for anew renewable-energy program thecounty is initiating for towns and schooldistricts.

Jonathan Williams, an attorneywith the Teaneck law firm Decotiis,Fitzpatrick, Cole and Wisler, LLP,special counsel to the UCIA, told TheWestfield Leader that under the pro-posal, interested towns and schooldistricts, as well as the county, wouldhave the rooftops of their buildingssurveyed for suitability for solar pan-els. Towns and school districts wouldthen enter into agreements with theUCIA to participate in the program,at no cost to them for the solar equip-ment or the energy, Mr. Williamssaid. He said towns and school dis-tricts would likely receive “signifi-cant savings” in the cost of energy byparticipating in the program.

Meanwhile, the UCIA would seekbids from private entities interested inproviding solar energy to those gov-ernments signed up for the program inreturn for federal energy tax credits.Mr. Williams could not say at this timehow long the contracts with the UCIAwould be, although he said one or twomeetings would be held to explain theprogram to local governments.

Steve Perlman, also with Decotiis,Fitzpatrick, told the freeholders Thurs-day that the private entity would beresponsible for paying back the debtthe county is floating for the project.He said the seed money would allowthe UCIA to hire an energy consultantfor the program.

“When this was first presented to us,I was so happy about the idea…ofhelping our schools and saving moneyfor our towns. It’s what government issupposed to do,” Freeholder DeborahScanlon said.

Freeholder Chairman Al Mirabellasaid the program represents a “tremen-dous opportunity to lower energy costsfor municipalities, school districts andourselves at the county.”

Bruce Paterson of Garwood said ofthe plan, “Every answer you have is,

‘let’s do more bonding.’”During the public portion of the meet-

ing, Clark resident Kathy Torpey askedfor a rundown of how much it cost thecounty to run MusicFest this year.

County Manager George Devanneysaid total contracts for the event totaled$617,000. Broken down, they included$27,500 for Cross the River, $265,000to This Is It! Productions, and $325,000paid to the Union County PerformingArts Center. He said the arts center waspaid through insurance monies col-lected by the county last year after theclosing act had to be canceled, due to aheavy rainstorm, as well as throughprivate donations. He said the artists allwere contracted by the arts center.

Mr. Paterson said he would like tosee “all costs involved,” including howmuch county employees received forworking the event.

Jim Buettner of Cranford questionedwhy the county closed Oak Ridge golfcourse due to a $400,000 operatingdeficit, yet is willing to pay $4 millionto upgrade Oakwood Park in New Provi-dence, which the county is acquiringfor a dollar from the borough.

Mr. Paterson questioned why thecounty had to bond for this project on

top of the $11 million the county col-lects in taxes to support the Open Space,Recreation and Historic PreservationTrust Fund.

“You’re going deeper and deeper indebt,” Mr. Paterson said.

Mr. Buettner also brought up a re-cent Star-Ledger article on a reportby the Tax Foundation, which listedNew Jersey as having the highestproperty taxes in the country. He saidUnion County ranked fourth highestin New Jersey in taxes.

“I am here to ask the board to findways to give the county taxpayers re-lief,” he said. He said, based on the 5.3percent increase over last year in countytaxes, in seven years, “everyone in thisroom will be paying twice the amount oftaxes they currently are paying today.”

“We are spending above and beyondthe means of the taxpayers,” he said.

Mr. Buettner said work is being doneat Galloping Hill that was not “askedfor by any taxpayer that I am aware of.”He said the county is building a “luxu-rious clubhouse” and that it appearsthat the county is “going to be in thecatering business” and that he expectedcounty employees would be hired for

Town Council Unanimously PassesTen-Ordinance Land-Use Package

By MICHAEL J. POLLACKSpecially Written for The Westfield Leader

WESTFIELD – During Tuesday’stown council meeting, the council unani-mously approved on second reading of10 ordinances to amend various provi-sions of the town’s land-use ordinance.

The omnibus package of provisionsculls recommendations from the mas-ter plan reexamination, the land usetask force and the 2005 land use ele-ment.

The public will have a longer-than-normal period during which to voiceconcerns with the package, which isscheduled to be implemented by De-cember 1.

Earlier in the year, the council’s CodeReview and Town Property Commit-tee, chaired by Councilman Jim Foerst,

said the topic “isn’t sexy,” but it is vitalto the operation of the town.

“We’re rebuilding the motor of thetown code,” he said during the summer.Seven-plus years of work is wrappedinto the amendments.

New land-use regulations will in-clude a reduction in building height toa maximum of 35 feet in larger zonesand, through the implementation of asliding scale, 32.5 feet in smaller zones.The changes will stipulate that homespossess a maximum of 2.5 floors (base-ments are excluded) and mandate thathomes have garages.

“People were converting garages intoliving space,” Town Planner Bill Drewhad said earlier this year.

The document will also simplify FAR(floor-to-area ratio) – the habitable floor

area of all buildings on the site com-pared to the total area of the site – andstipulate that homes, after 25 continu-ous feet of wall space, use architectural“breaks” of two feet in depth to relieveresidents of experiencing a monoto-nous “billboard effect,” as Mr. Foersthas dubbed it.

At Tuesday’s meeting, Mr. Foerstthanked two individuals who startedthe ball rolling in this area; both haveserved the council and represented thefirst ward – former Councilman PeterEchausse and current lame-duck Coun-cilman Sal Caruana, who is not seekingre-election this year.

Mr. Foerst called the land-use pack-age of ordinances a “puzzle” and said“once the pieces are together, it solvesthe problem, identified seven years ago,of overdevelopment and McMansions.”

Mr. Foerst said the new ordinanceswould allow citizens to “grow in theirhomes” and “easily understand” theprevailing land use laws.

Democratic Mayoral candidate BillBrennan, after the meeting, called theland-use package a “great thing” for thetown but said the topic is seven years old.

“That horse has left the barn, comeback and left again,” he said, addingthat the issue of building McMansionshas mostly passed due to the economicdownturn.

“Hardly anybody is tearing downhouses and building McMansions; thatwave is long gone,” he said. “It shouldn’ttake seven years to get things done. Wehave to deal with issues with foresight,not hindsight…that’s going to be ahallmark of my administration – to dothings that are timely; this is not timely,”he said.

Also during the meeting, the townheard from Susan Buchner, the presi-dent of the Junior League of Elizabeth-Plainfield (JLEP), a non-profit, 501(c)3organization of women dedicated toimproving communities in the areathrough the leadership of hundreds ofvolunteers.

Ms. Buchner came to promote thethird annual Touch-A-Truck event,which will take place on Sunday, Octo-ber 18, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. (with arain date of October 25).

Touch-A-Truck provides an oppor-tunity for children to explore vehiclesof all types — public service, emer-gency, utility, construction, landscap-ing, transportation and delivery — allin one place. In 2009, children will havethe opportunity to experience 60 differ-ent vehicles that will be on display.

Ms. Buchner said Westfield had been“instrumental” in providing the SouthAvenue train station lot to the JuniorLeague and has been “amazing” inhelping getting access to certain emer-gency vehicles on which kids can climband honk horns.

Children will be allowed to touch,climb on and ask questions about theirfavorite trucks in a safe, supervisedenvironment. Accompanying person-nel will teach the children about theequipment displayed and how thesemachines help the community.

The cost is $5 per person or $20 fora family of four ($4 for each additionalfamily member).

All proceeds from Touch-A-Truckwill benefit the community-based ini-tiatives of the JLEP, which include “serv-ing women and children in crisis inUnion County.”

Councilman Mark Ciarrocca, chair-man of the Public Safety, Transporta-tion and Parking Committee, said driv-ers can expect the implementation of afour-way stop sign at the intersection ofBoulevard and Park Street within amonth’s time.

Mr. Ciarrocca also said, after detail-ing the status of the South AvenueStreetscape Project, that cars exitingthe South Avenue train station lot at theBoulevard egress will only be allowedto turn right; they will no longer bepermitted to turn left or head straightacross South Avenue to the Boulevard.

“We’ve had a number of accidents atthat intersection; it may be an inconve-nience, but it will increase safety,” saidMr. Ciarrocca, who noted that with thehope of more restaurants cropping upalong the South Avenue corridor, therewill be more pedestrians crossing thestreets around the train station, height-ening the need for increased safety.

Also at the meeting, the councilpassed a resolution authorizing townofficials to enter into agreement withthe Union County Trust Fund for im-provements at Memorial Park.

The Union County Board of ChosenFreeholders is allocating up to $600,000in matching grant dollars under the“Kids Recreation Trust Fund” for rec-reational improvements in the munici-pality.

Jamie Lynn Drohan DepartsTV-36 for Anchor Position

By MICHAEL J. POLLACKSpecially Written for The Westfield Leader

WESTFIELD – After three yearsas the director of TV-36 operations,Jamie Lynn Drohan will depart laterthis month to pursue a career as amorning anchor in Knoxville, Tenn.,on ABC6.

Mayor Andy Skibitsky announcedMs. Drohan’s decision before thegeneral business of Tuesday night’scouncil meeting was discussed.

Ms. Drohan, 27, who categorizedher time in Westfield as an “amazingexperience,” then spoke from the dais.She said she was “very sad about leav-ing” and will miss everyone, especiallyTown Administrator Jim Gildea andexecutive assistant Joan Thermann, whoworks in the administration office.

Mr. Gildea said while Ms. Drohanwas employed for just three years, it“seemed a lot longer than that.” Mr.Gildea touted the work she had doneto “really transform the station intoone of the best in the area” and onethat towns “want to emulate.”

After the meeting, Second WardCouncilwoman Vicki Kimmins, liai-son to the Communications AdvisoryBoard, said the news of Ms. Drohan’simpending departure came as a shock,as she only found out earlier that day.

“It’s a huge loss for us and a hugegain for Tennessee,” said Ms.Kimmins, who mentioned that theadvisory board had not met as fre-quently due to Ms. Drohan’s diligencein handling the bulk of TV-36 duties.

Ms. Drohan told The WestfieldLeader that her new routine will in-clude waking up at 2 a.m. to be at theWATE-TV 6 Knoxville studio at 3:30a.m., where she will write the news

she will deliver on the air at 5 a.m.“This, of course, means I’ll be in

bed by 5 p.m.,” Ms. Drohan said.She remarked that when she vis-

ited the Knoxville studio, she couldnot believe how specialized an opera-tion it is. In Westfield, Ms. Drohanproduces, edits, films, writes and hostsfor the station.

“I’m a jack of all trades. I’m notused to doing just one job,” she re-marked.

Ms. Drohan said she is excited towork in Knoxville, which is consid-ered the 59th largest U.S. market, outof 210.

“It’s a great place to make yourname in,” she said. Ms. Drohan willbe a full-time anchor, a position thatshe has been “working towards” sinceher days as a producer/editor/writer/host at Union TV34, before landing ahosting gig on “Newsmakers” onCNN Headline News.

“You have to pay your dues,” saidMs. Drohan, who also wanted to thankthe mayor, who was her first guest on“Newsmakers.” After interviewinghim, she said the mayor remarked ofan open position at the Westfield tele-vision studio, which Ms. Drohan hascalled home since September 2006.

“I’m really proud of TV-36 and allthe work we’ve done,” Ms. Drohansaid. “People really want to be on itand take part in it.”

Westfield has not made any deci-sions as of yet in terms of replacingMs. Drohan. For now, camera opera-tor/editor Kevin Sipe, graphics/edi-tor Ruben Rodriguez and associateproducer Adam Augenzucker will allcontinue on and handle increased re-sponsibilities.

WF BOE Unveils Plan to AddressProjected Enrollment IncreasesBy ERIC D. WILDSTEIN

Specially Written for The Westfield Leader

WESTFIELD — The WestfieldBoard of Education (BOE) on Tuesdaynight discussed teaming options at theintermediate schools to accommodateanticipated enrollment increases for the2010-2011 school year. Superintendentof Schools Margaret Dolan said thereare a number of ways to do it, citingcontributing factors.

Assistant Superintendent of Curricu-lum and Instruction Anita O’Neal char-acterized the tentative plan as “solid.”Each team would consist of four fac-ulty members for general-educationsubjects plus the world language teach-ers. Edison Intermediate School is pro-jected to have three teams, whileRoosevelt Intermediate School will

need two. Expected enrollment num-bers in 2011 are about 300 and 250students, respectively.

Board member Alice Hunnicutt saidteaming is an “essential” component ofthe middle school environment. It satis-fies a necessary social and emotionalneed, and with teams of about 130students, it allows for a group that“knows your child and helps make surestudents don’t fall through the cracks.”Principals from both middle schoolswill speak as soon as possible as theplan moves forward.

The enrollment increase raised con-cerns about transportation and how itwill fit into the budget. Business Admin-istrator Robert Berman expressed thepotential need for another bus, which hesaid would cost between $30,000 to

$35,000. Another budget concern is thepossibility of more instructional sup-port, both to fulfill requirements of sec-tion sizes for appropriate team structureas well as future sections in fine arts andworld languages. Ms. Dolan said theboard’s focus is to “do what we need forall the kids in each grade, and how wewill craft the budget to fit the economy.”

In other business, Assistant Superin-tendent for Pupil Services Ted Kozlikdiscussed the advantages of the IDEAPartnership. The grant helps special-education programs to translate researchand policy to practice. Mr. Kozlik sum-marized that, “Nothing is more validat-ing than feeling understood. People aremore open to influence and change ifthey feel understood.”

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The Optimist Club of WestfieldPresents a Halloween Haunted HouseWESTFIELD — The Optimist Club of

Westfield Halloween Haunted House 2009will be held on Saturday, October 31, from4 to 9 p.m. at the Westfield Memorial PoolComplex on West Broad Street.

The Haunted House event will feature12 scary rooms with witches, goblins, ghoulsand monsters. Additional activities, includ-ing hayrides, pony rides, photo buttons,entertainment from the band “Reverse Or-der” and Chips the Clown, and several foodvendors, will also be available. Vendorsales, including rides and entertainment,will start at 3:30 p.m. All activities will endat 9 p.m.

Tickets to tour the Haunted House can bepurchased on site at the event and are $4 foreach patron entering the Haunted House.All repeat entries are also $4.

The Haunted House experience is rec-ommended for younger children from 4 to6 p.m. It is more suitable for children 10 andolder after 6 p.m. An adult should alwaysaccompany young children. The Haunted

House and related activities provide a safe,fun and entertaining way to enhance a dayof trick-or-treating.

This 2009 Westfield Halloween HauntedHouse is being organized and presented bythe Optimist Club of Westfield and co-sponsored with the Westfield RecreationDepartment. The Westfield Area “Y” andWestfield Jaycees are also actively involvedin supporting the event. Additional fundingfor this event has been provided by theWestfield Foundation, PSE&G and theRotary Club of Westfield.

Local organizations interested in partici-pating in the Haunted House or those peopleseeking more information about the Hallow-een Haunted House may contact JeffreyFeldman at feldmanjeffrey@excite.com.

The Optimist Club meets on the secondWednesday of each month for dinner, andguests are always welcome to join anymonthly meetings. For more informationabout the Optimist Club , contact MichaelWalsh at walshm@comcast.net.

Courtesy of Faye BanicHALLOWEEN GIANT...The Banics in Scotch Plains started a pumpkin patchhoping to grow a large pumpkin by ordering special seeds. The pumpkin is nowabout 300 pounds, just in time for Halloween.

Fred Rossi for The Westfield LeaderSAVE DARFUR…Students from Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School’s AmnestyInternational Club held a free car wash last Saturday at the Exxon gas station onSouth Avenue in Fanwood to raise money for the Save Darfur Coalition. Elevenlocal businesses supported the effort by pledging $1 for every car that was washed,and near the end of the effort, it was estimated that at least 40 cars had been cleaned.

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goleader.com/video - The Westfield LeaderREACHING THE PUBLIC...Robert Manduca, left, and Michael Szuch, center,Fanwood Republican candidates for council, last Thursday, discuss challengesfacing the community during an interview with editor Paul Peyton at TheWestfield Leader office. The video can be viewed on the Internet at goleader.com.

Fanwood GOP Ticket CallsFor Fiscal Responsibility

By SUZETTE F. STALKERSpecially Written for The Westfield Leader

FANWOOD – Republican candidatesfor Fanwood Borough Council RobertManduca and Michael Szuch last Thurs-day discussed economic and other chal-lenges facing their community during aninterview at The Westfield Leader office.

Mr. Manduca and Mr. Szuch are run-ning for the seats currently held by Demo-crats Donna Dolce, council president, andDavid Valian, both of whom are seekingreelection in the Tuesday, November 3General Election. Democrats currentlyhold the mayor’s seat and five of sixcouncil positions in Fanwood.

The two GOP candidates also ran forseats on the governing body in 2008. Mr.Manduca came within 109 votes of win-ning a council seat last year, with Mr.Szuch 20 votes further back. The candi-dates said that they received strong sup-port from family, fellow residents and theFanwood Republican Committee to runagain this year.

Both men cited responsible manage-ment of borough finances as a key plankin their campaign platform.

“We want to keep Fanwood affordablefor working families,” Mr. Szuch said.“I’m raising my child here; Bob raised hisfamily here. We want to keep it that wayand keep our families here through retire-ment – make it affordable enough.”

Addressing such council decisions asthe deferment of pension costs, Mr.Manduca said, “It’s wrong to take pen-sion costs and current operating costs andpush them into the out years. Yes, itmakes you look like Santa Claus, becauseyou can give people things that look likethey don’t cost them anything, but the daycomes when future taxpayers have to paythat burden.”

Mr. Manduca criticized Mayor Col-leen Mahr and the council for havingawarded borough employees a 3 percentraise the governing body was not contrac-tually obligated to give after promisingresidents at a Forest Road Park budgetsummit that officials would hold the lineon expenses.

“Incomes in Fanwood are not going up3 percent,” Mr. Manduca said. “I’m notsaying we should balance the budget onthe backs of borough employees, but weshould all be in the same boat together. Ifpeople’s incomes are going down, if it’snot a contractually-obligated increase,than why do you give it?” The candidatecalled for “more honesty in the way poli-ticians deal with the town.”

Observing that Fanwood has a volun-teer fire department and rescue squad,Mr. Manduca proposed that other bor-ough services also could be performed byvolunteers rather than paid personnel.“For a number of years, Fanwood hadvolunteer recreation directors. They’veturned that into a paid position,” he stated.He acknowledged, however, that the cur-rent recreation director “does a good job.”

“I’ve come across many talented peoplewho are willing to donate their time (serv-ing the borough on a volunteer basis),”Mr. Manduca said. “I don’t think there’sany shortage of that kind of energy.”

Mr. Szuch, who served as an assistantLittle League coach last year, concurred.

“That’s what it takes, is for people tostand up and assume the job. Participateand get involved.”

Both candidates expressed strong res-ervations about the idea of consolidatingthe Fanwood and Scotch Plains policedepartments, citing both fiscal and safetyconcerns.

Mr. Szuch said the Fanwood PoliceDepartment currently has a “tremendouslyexcellent response time” of within twominutes, and feared merging the two de-partments would mean a reduction inresponse time for borough calls whilealso not being overly advantageous toScotch Plains.

While saying the proposed consolida-tion was the kind of notion that “soundsgood to 99 percent of the people at 2,000feet,” Mr. Manduca felt it did not bearclose scrutiny so far. “Every rock I lookedunder had something to give me pause,”the candidate stated. “Someone wouldhave to convince me that there’s a sav-ings; it’s not that we hope there’s a sav-ings, because you’re gambling with thesafety and the finances of your town.”

The candidates were critical of the waythe current mayor and council havehandled multiple downtown redevelop-ment projects. Mr. Szuch said the deci-sion by the borough to purchase theLivingston-Wilbor property on SouthAvenue in May 2008 “for a great sum($1.8 million), at admittedly one of theweakest economic times ever, has to bequestioned.” The borough now is seekinga buyer for the property.

The candidates also noted the delay inredevelopment of the former Dean Oilsite, which they said the current adminis-tration put a stop to three years ago.

Mr. Manduca argued that “our rev-enues should be two or three times higherthan they are right now, due to some ineptgovernment interference in the develop-ment process, which has brought us to thestate we’re in right now.”

According to Mr. Manduca, the situa-tion has local businesses “headed on adownward spiral,” while other businessesnot far away continue to be successful. Hesaid there is a “fear of government inter-ference in Fanwood. We have to changethat perception.”

“We hope there’s going to be a changein Fanwood, back to something a littleless liberal with spending ideas and a littlemore attentive to where we’re going, interms of keeping Fanwood affordable withthe kinds of services Fanwood alwayshad,” Mr. Szuch said. “It’s time to evenout the borough council team so we havea much more objective view of what’sgoing on and a little more accountabil-ity.”

“I’d like to see Fanwood return to thekind of place where you could raise afamily and still stay in the communityonce your kids were out of school,” statedMr. Manduca, saying tax increases haveprompted some people to move elsewhere.“You shouldn’t have this tax migration.

“I also sincerely think politicians, evenat the council level, should say what istrue and keep their word,” he said. “Ithink the taxpayers of Fanwood, the resi-dents of Fanwood, deserve honest, truth-ful, straight government.”

this purpose.In response, Mr. Devanney said it

had cost the county $700,000 to runOak Ridge. “It is run a lot cheaper dayto day as a park,” Mr. Devanney said. “Ihave a hard time when you come uphere, and you criticize us for taxes [yet]you say, ‘well maybe you should justspend $400,000 to keep Oak Ridgeopen.’ It’s not that easy.”

Mr. Devanney said the county is add-ing a driving range and new clubhouseto the Galloping Hill course inKenilworth but that any employees atthe new clubhouse will be those ofIllinois-based Kemper Sports Manage-ment, a firm hired by the county tomanage the county’s courses.

Mr. Devanney found the Tax Foun-dation report “extremely dishearten-ing.” Based on taxes raised as a percent-age of the overall Union County bud-get, Mr. Devanney said at 59.89 per-cent, the county ranks as having one thelowest (percentages) in the state.

“We have taken a great deal of pridein bringing additional money (grants)into the county,” Mr. Devanney said.

Freeholder Chairman Mirabella an-

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Union County Freeholdersnounced that the county has received a$1.3 million grant from the U.S. De-partment of Justice, of which $1.18million will be distributed to 10 mu-nicipalities: Elizabeth, Hillside, Lin-den, Plainfield, Rahway, Roselle,Roselle Park, Scotch Plains, Union andWestfield. The remaining $131,000 willbe used by the county for training,community outreach and administra-tion, while towns will use the moneythey receive for juvenile and neighbor-hood issues, home security, crime in-tervention and crime prevention andterrorism awareness.

At the start of the meeting, the boardapproved a dozen matching grants to-taling $550,000 as part of its “PreserveUnion County” grants from the openspace fund. Among those propertiesreceiving money are the Reeve Housein Westfield, $100,000 to the WestfieldHistorical Society; Fanwood Station/Museum/Community House, $50,000to the Borough of Fanwood; FrazeeHouse in Scotch Plains, $3,675 to theFanwood-Scotch Plains Rotary Club,and $20,000 to the Cranford HistoricalSociety for the Hansen House.

IDEA is a cycle that will help parentsand the child study team to communi-cate and discuss options for childrenwith special needs. Mr. Kozlik notedWestfield’s increased assistance andclassroom instruction for those withautism in the district.

The BOE approved out-of-districtplacements for two students and ac-cepted grants in the amount of $14,761from the Westfield Education FundGrant Committee and $510 from theWestfield Coalition for the Arts. Thelatter funds will be used to purchaseset-building tools for future dramas andmusical theater productions at Edison.

Concerns from parents over H1N1virus in France left the plan for a student-

exchange field trip off the agenda, butthe board did approve a similar excur-sion to Spain. Students will pay theirown way for a two-week trip where theywill board with a host family, attendclasses and explore Spanish culture.

Board member David Finn led dis-cussions about the community debateconcerning acceptable sponsors forbanners at Kehler Stadium. Consis-tency in color, size and font are otherissues that Mr. Finn said the WestfieldBoosters “are working hard to get itright.”

The board also thanked retired lunch-room aide America Cuseo for her dedi-cation to taking care of our children formore than 30 years.

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Westfield Board of Education

WestfieldMonday, September 21, Bashira Clay,

43, of Roselle was arrested at Cranfordpolice headquarters on two outstandingWestfield warrants – one criminal warrantand one traffic warrant – totaling $1,000,and a Roselle traffic warrant for $225. Claywas committed to the Union County jail ondefault of bail.

Monday, September 21, a resident of the100 block of Scotch Plains Avenue reportedthat a first-floor window of her home sus-tained damage after a small stone was ap-parently thrown through it.

Tuesday, September 22, KendallShephard, 23, of Kenilworth was arrestedon the 600 block of Springfield Avenue ona Westfield traffic warrant. Shephard wastransported to Westfield police headquar-ters, processed and released after posting$500 bail.

Tuesday, September 22, Raymond Gigl,18, of Bridgewater was arrested as the resultof a motor vehicle stop on South Avenuenear South Elmer Street on an outstandingClark traffic warrant for $91. He was re-leased after posting bail.

Wednesday, September 23, a red Jamis21-speed mountain bike was found aban-doned near the Westfield Municipal Courtentrance. There was no owner informationlocated on the bike and it was secured in theWestfield Police Department’s Traffic Bu-reau.

Wednesday, September 23, a CapitalOne Visa credit card was found in thecentral business district. Attempts to con-tact the owner were unsuccessful and theitem was secured for safekeeping.

Wednesday, September 23, a black pursewas found inside a store located on the 100block of Quimby Street. Attempts to con-tact the owner of the purse were unsuccess-ful. The purse was secured for safekeeping.

Thursday, September 24, Ronald Villa,31, of Rahway was arrested on the 400block of Central Avenue and charged withmaking terroristic threats. According topolice, Villa allegedly threatened the livesof two individuals. He was processed andsent to the Union County jail. Bail was set at$20,000.

Thursday, September 24, after stoppinga motor vehicle on the 600 block of WestSouth Avenue for motor vehicle violations,police arrested Keith Johnson, 24, ofPlainfield, a passenger in the vehicle, on anoutstanding Plainfield criminal warrant andan outstanding Union traffic warrant. Thetotal bail amount was $1,861. After pro-cessing, Johnson was turned over toPlainfield authorities.

Thursday, September 24, Laurie M.Glinka, 50, of Kenilworth was arrested aftera motor vehicle stop at South and WindsorAvenues on two outstanding Kenilworthtraffic warrants totaling $181. She was re-leased on her own recognizance.

Friday, September 25, Michael Solomon,32, of Westfield was arrested on the 300block of South Avenue, East, and chargedwith possession of drug paraphernalia. Hewas released with a summons.

Friday, September 25, after being stoppedat East Broad Street and Mountain Avenuefor motor vehicle violations, Khalis Woods,32, of Irvington was arrested on an out-standing Irvington criminal warrant for$500. He was turned over to the IrvingtonPolice Department.

Saturday, September 26, Merih Yavuz,24, of Westfield was arrested on an out-standing Elizabeth traffic warrant for $250after a motor vehicle stop on WestfieldAvenue near South Avenue. Yavuz wasprocessed and released after posting bail.

Saturday, September 26, Anthony Luna,20, of Aberdeen, a passenger in a motorvehicle that was stopped for equipmentviolations on East Broad Street near ElmStreet, was arrested on two outstandingCranford criminal warrants with bail total-ing $500. He was processed and turned overto the Cranford Police Department.

Sunday, September 27, a resident of the200 block of Prospect Street reported thathis motor vehicle was damaged through anapparent act of criminal mischief. Thedriver’s side rear view mirror was smashedwith an unknown object and rendered inop-erable.

Sunday, September 27, a resident of Set-tlers Lane reported the theft of an iPod,valued at $400, from her gym bag while at

Westfield High School.Sunday, September 27, Ashley

Cosentino, 18, of Toms River was arrestedas the result of a suspicious motor vehiclestop and charged with possession of lessthan 50 grams of suspected marijuana andpossession of drug paraphernalia. She wasreleased on her own recognizance withsummonses.

Scotch PlainsTuesday, September 22, Bianca

Rivadeneira, 28, of Plainfield was arrestedfollowing a motor vehicle stop on an out-standing warrant. She was transported topolice headquarters, where she was pro-cessed and released.

Tuesday, September 22, a resident ofLenape Way reported that a former patientof hers had come to her residence and alsocalls her multiple times a day.

Tuesday, September 22, a student atUnion County Vocational-TechnicalSchools reported that someone removed hiscalculator, valued at $120, from his bag.

Tuesday, September 22, ColleenDonohue, 42, of Westfield was arrested andcharged with driving while intoxicated(DWI) after a motor vehicle stop, at whichtime the officer smelled the odor of alcohol.She was transported to police headquarters,where she was processed and released.

Thursday, September 24, Kyon Stevens,27, of Plainfield was arrested on an out-standing warrant following a motor vehiclestop. Stevens was transported to police head-quarters, processed and released.

Friday, September 25, Juan Perez, 27, ofPlainfield was arrested and charged withhindering apprehension after he was stoppedfor a motor vehicle violation and allegedlygave police a false name and driver’s li-cense. He was transported to police head-quarters, where he was processed and re-leased.

Friday, September 25, Kevin Jackson,32, of Plainfield was arrested on an out-standing warrant after a motor vehicle stop.He was transported to police headquarters,where he was processed and released.

Friday, September 25, a resident ofValleyscent Avenue reported that someonehad entered her apartment and removedseveral items valued at $200.

Saturday, September 26, CarlosAlvarado, 42, and Carlos Barbito, 19, bothof Plainfield, were arrested and chargedwith hindering apprehension. According topolice, an officer responded to a report of asuspicious vehicle and found Alvarado andBarbito sitting in the vehicle. When theofficer asked for proper identification, bothmen allegedly provided him with false namesand identification, police said. They weretransported to police headquarters, wherethey were processed and released.

MountainsideWednesday, September 23, a resident of

Ravens Wood reported that she gave arepairman who was doing minor repairs onher home $825 in cash to purchase her a flatscreen television. According to police, henever delivered the television and has re-fused multiple calls from the victim or thepolice. A computer check on the suspect,identified as Sean P. Tully, revealed he hasmultiple outstanding warrants and authori-ties have sent him documentation givinghim 10 days to respond to the allegations orthey would launch a criminal investigation.

Saturday, September 26, Rashied K.Goodwin, 31, of Plainfield was arrested onoutstanding Mountainside warrants total-ing $1,000.

Sunday, September 27, Vincent M.Kovacs, 32, of Westfield was arrested andcharged with disorderly conduct, resistingarrest and simple assault. According to po-lice, witnesses saw him hit a parked motorvehicle while he was attempting to park hisvehicle and then leave the scene on foot.While an officer was investigating the inci-dent,

Kovacs returned to the scene and ap-peared under the influence and was unableto answer simple questions, authorities re-ported. When the officer questioned himabout whether or not he had parked thevehicle, he became belligerent, cursed andspit in the officer’s face, police said. Theofficer required the assistance of anotherofficer to cuff the suspect and take him backto police headquarters, where he was pro-cessed and released to a responsible adult.

No information from Fanwood

Greg Ryan for The Westfield LeaderTHE GIFT OF LIFE…New Jersey Blood Services (NJBS), a division of the N.Y.Blood Center (NYBC), recently held a grand opening of a new donor center at2279 South Avenue in Scotch Plains. Pictured, from left to right, are: Presidentand CEO of NYBC, Dr. Chris Hillyer, Scotch Plains Mayor Nancy Malool,Fanwood Councilwoman Donna Dolce, Inge Sommerich, Bob Sommerich Sr.,Bob Sommerich Jr. of Fanwood, Assemblywoman Linda Stender (LD-22,Fanwood), Chuck Grossenbacher of NJBS and Acting Executive Director NeilPinkman of the Westfield Area Chamber of Commerce. The donor room at thecenter was named in honor of Bob Sommerich, Sr.

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Fred Rossi for The Scotch Plains-Fanwood TimesSAVE DARFUR…Students from Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School’s Amnesty International Club held a free car washlast Saturday at the Exxon gas station on South Avenue in Fanwood to raise money for the Save Darfur Coalition. Elevenlocal businesses supported the effort by pledging $1 for every car that was washed, and near the end of the effort, it wasestimated that at least 40 cars had been cleaned.

Paul Lachenauer for The Scotch Plains-Fanwood TimesMAKING A NEW FRIEND…Two youngsters meet goats “Oreo” and “Snick-ers” at a petting zoo, which was part of Union County’s Harvest Festival, heldSunday at Trailside Nature and Science Center in the Watchung Reservation.

Courtesy of Faye BanicHALLOWEEN GIANT...The Banics of Scotch Plains started a pumpkin patchhoping to grow a large pumpkin by ordering special seeds. The pumpkin is nowabout 300 pounds, just in time for Halloween.

Bauer Elected VP of SPF BOE;Board OK’s Custodian TransferBy JESSICA E. JASKULA

Specially Written for The Scotch Plains-Fanwood Times

SCOTCH PLAINS — The ScotchPlains-Fanwood Board of Education(BOE) Thursday named board mem-ber Nancy Bauer to serve as theboard’s vice president.

The vice-president position was leftvacant by the recent resignation ofSasha Slocum after Mrs. Slocum ac-cepted a vice-principal position atPlainfield High School. Board Presi-dent Trip Whitehouse reminded thepublic that the BOE is currently ac-cepting applications for Mrs.Slocum’s vacant Fanwood seat. OnlyFanwood residents may apply.

The application deadline is Octo-

ber 20, with interviews and boardapproval planned for October 27. Thechosen individual will serve untilApril 2010, at which time there willbe an election for the final year of theseat, which will expire, April 2011.

Also on Thursday, board memberDavid Gorbunoff updated the boardand public on the findings of thesubcommittee of three board mem-bers who met to look into the currentplacement of the district’s custodialstaff. The subcommittee was createdat Mr. Whitehouse’s recommenda-tion following the BOE’s September17 agenda meeting, when a largegroup of parents and students, mostfrom Brunner Elementary School,

spoke out against the potential trans-fer of Brunner custodian UrbanRiggins to the night shift at ScotchPlains-Fanwood High School.

Mr. Gorbunoff said that the currentbudget left the district with a “directreduction of four custodians.” Thesubcommittee learned that staff evalu-ated the responsibilities of existingcustodians, taking into account thestate regulations of square footageper custodial staff, as well as theneeds of certain facilities, to deter-mine what movement was necessaryto best fit the district’s needs.

Mr. Gorbunoff explained that allcurrent employees are placed first,and then it was determined if otherpositions had to be filled, which iswhy, he said, a Brunner custodialposition was advertised. Mr.Gorbunoff said in all, seven custodi-ans were impacted: four transfers andthree shift changes.

He said criteria used in determin-ing transfers included prior requestsfor transfer, the employee’s ability tocomplete the newly revised workschedule, the employee’s ability tofunction as a successful team playerand the overall impact the new as-signments would have on the district.Mr. Gorbunoff also said these werenot the only factors considered. Noindividuals were discussed during thesubcommittee meeting, he said.

Prior to the vote Thursday on per-sonnel, which included Mr. Rigginstransfer, several members of the pub-lic spoke ou,t asking the board to voteagainst the transfer.

“Please look into what the real rea-sons are for this transfer,” said SusanJudge of Scotch Plains. “This is moreof a personal issue between an ad-ministrator and a cherished em-ployee.”

“Before you make your vote to-night, hear us,” Mrs. Judge said.“We’re asking you to act in our bestinterests.”

“I feel as though no one listened tous at all,” Cindy Spadaro said. “You’renot seeing the big picture.”

A Brunner father asked Mr.Whitehouse if “the process was ad-hered to” and if it was done “for anhonorable reason.”

“I can clearly say that, yes, theprocess was followed,” Mr.Whitehouse said.

“Ultimately it’s the superintendentwho is responsible for all decisionsregarding personnel,” SuperintendentMargaret Hayes said, adding that shetakes “these recommendations veryseriously” and looks at “what is bestfor the district as a whole.”

In the end, the BOE voted to ap-prove the personnel report, whichincluded Mr. Riggins transfer.

Also during Thursday’s meeting,Board Business Administrator An-thony Del Sordi gave an update on thedistrict’s summer projects. Severalprojects were completed, he said, in-cluding replacing the carpet in thepre-k room in Coles and EvergreenSchools, the installation of two ADAramps at Evergreen, the resurfacingof Evergreen’s gym floor, and newsidewalks in front of the school.

Completed interior work at ScotchPlains-Fanwood High School(SPFHS) included the refurbishingof 600 lockers, the painting of somehallways, painting and replaced floortiles in the Choral room as well as thepainting and replacement of floor tilesand risers in the multi-purpose room.He said that the Brunner windowreplacement project is “in process.”

“It has been a very busy summer,”Mr. Del Sordi said. “All the work thatwe dealt with contractors on was com-pleted to satisfaction.”

Also on Thursday, SPFHS Assis-tant Principal of Athletics RobertHarmer gave an update and evalua-tion on the ice hockey program. Dur-ing the presentation, he said that fu-ture goals for the program includecontinuing offering the program, par-ticipating in a state tournament with awinning record, continuing to developyouth hockey in the community, toallow students the opportunity to opendoors for college placement throughhockey, and to build school spirit andpride.

Mr. Harmer gave some history ofthe program: At the high school level,27 students participated in the sport’sfirst year (as a junior varsity team; theaddition of the first varsity ice hockeyteam came during the program’s sec-ond year, with 25 participants, and in2008-2009 a new Union CountyLeague was formed.

The ice hockey program also saw

Fanwood GOP Ticket CallsFor Fiscal Responsibility

goleader.com/video - The Scotch Plains-Fanwood TimesREACHING THE PUBLIC...Robert Manduca, left, and Michael Szuch, center,Fanwood Republican candidates for council, discuss challenges facing the com-munity during an interview with editor Paul Peyton at The Scotch Plains-Fanwood Times office. The video can be viewed on the Internet at goleader.com.

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By SUZETTE F. STALKERSpecially Written for The Scotch Plains-Fanwood Times

FANWOOD – Republican candi-dates for Fanwood Borough CouncilRobert Manduca and Michael Szuchlast Thursday discussed economic andother challenges facing their commu-nity during an interview at The ScotchPlains-Fanwood Times’ Westfieldoffice.

Mr. Manduca and Mr. Szuch arerunning for the seats currently heldby Democrats Donna Dolce, councilpresident, and David Valian, both ofwhom are seeking reelection in theTuesday, November 3 General Elec-tion. Democrats currently hold themayor’s seat and five of six councilpositions in Fanwood.

The two GOP candidates also ranfor seats on the governing body in2008. Mr. Manduca came within 109votes of winning a council seat lastyear, with Mr. Szuch 20 votes furtherback. The candidates said that theyreceived strong support from family,fellow residents and the FanwoodRepublican Committee to run againthis year.

Both men cited responsible man-agement of borough finances as a keyplank in their campaign platform.

“We want to keep Fanwood afford-able for working families,” Mr. Szuchsaid. “I’m raising my child here; Bobraised his family here. We want tokeep it that way and keep our familieshere through retirement – make itaffordable enough.”

Addressing such council decisionsas the deferment of pension costs,Mr. Manduca said, “It’s wrong totake pension costs and current oper-ating costs and push them into the out

years. Yes, it makes you look likeSanta Claus, because you can givepeople things that look like they don’tcost them anything, but the day comeswhen future taxpayers have to paythat burden.”

Mr. Manduca criticized MayorColleen Mahr and the council forhaving awarded borough employeesa 3 percent raise the governing bodywas not contractually obligated togive after promising residents at aForest Road Park budget summit thatofficials would hold the line on ex-penses.

“Incomes in Fanwood are not go-ing up 3 percent,” Mr. Manduca said.“I’m not saying we should balancethe budget on the backs of boroughemployees, but we should all be in thesame boat together. If people’s in-comes are going down, if it’s not acontractually-obligated increase, thanwhy do you give it?” The candidatecalled for “more honesty in the waypoliticians deal with the town.”

Observing that Fanwood has a vol-unteer fire department and rescuesquad, Mr. Manduca proposed thatother borough services also could beperformed by volunteers rather thanpaid personnel. “For a number ofyears, Fanwood had volunteer recre-ation directors. They’ve turned thatinto a paid position,” he stated. Heacknowledged, however, that the cur-rent recreation director “does a goodjob.”

“I’ve come across many talentedpeople who are willing to donate theirtime (serving the borough on a volun-teer basis),” Mr. Manduca said. “Idon’t think there’s any shortage of

County to Loan Improvement Authority$500,000 to Start Solar Energy Program

By PAUL J. PEYTONSpecially Written for The Scotch Plains-Fanwood Times

ELIZABETH – The Union CountyFreeholders Board approved the firstreading of an ordinance Thursday toprovide a half-million-dollar loan tothe Union County Improvement Au-thority (UCIA) as startup money for anew renewable energy program thecounty is initiating for towns andschool districts.

Jonathan Williams, an attorney withthe Teaneck law firm Decotiis,Fitzpatrick, Cole and Wisler, LLP,special counsel to the UCIA, told TheWestfield Leader and The ScotchPlains-Fanwood Times that under theproposal, interested towns and schooldistricts, as well as the county, wouldhave the rooftops of their buildingssurveyed for suitability for solar pan-els. Towns and school districts wouldthen enter into agreements with theUCIA to participate in the program,at no cost to them for the solar equip-ment or the energy, Mr. Williamssaid. He said towns and school dis-tricts would likely receive “signifi-cant savings” in the cost of energy byparticipating in the program.

Meanwhile, the UCIA would seekbids from private entities interestedin providing solar energy to thosegovernments signed up for the pro-gram in return for federal energy taxcredits. Mr. Williams could not say atthis time how long the contracts withthe UCIA would be, although he saidone or two meetings would be held toexplain the program to local govern-ments.

Steve Perlman, also with Decotiis,Fitzpatrick, told the freeholdersThursday that the private entity wouldbe responsible for paying back thedebt the county is floating for theproject. He said the seed money wouldallow the UCIA to hire an energyconsultant for the program.

“When this was first presented tous, I was so happy about the idea…ofhelping our schools and saving moneyfor our towns. It’s what governmentis supposed to do,” FreeholderDeborah Scanlon said.

Freeholder Chairman Al Mirabellasaid the program represents a “tre-mendous opportunity to lower en-ergy costs for municipalities, schooldistricts, and ourselves at the county.”

Bruce Paterson of Garwood said ofthe plan, “Every answer you have is,‘let’s do more bonding.’”

During the public portion of themeeting, Clark resident Kathy Torpeyasked for a rundown of how much itcost the county to run MusicFest thisyear.

County Manager George Devanneysaid total contracts for the event to-

taled $617,000. Broken down, theyincluded $27,500 for Cross the River,$265,000 to This Is It! Productions,and $325,000 paid to the UnionCounty Performing Arts Center. Hesaid the arts center was paid throughinsurance monies collected by thecounty last year after the closing acthad to be canceled, due to a heavyrainstorm, as well as through privatedonations. He said the artists all werecontracted by the arts center.

Mr. Paterson said he would like tosee “all costs involved,” includinghow much county employees receivedfor working the event.

Jim Buettner of Cranford ques-tioned why the county closed OakRidge golf course due to a $400,000operating deficit, yet is willing to pay$4 million to upgrade Oakwood Parkin New Providence, which the countyis acquiring for a dollar from theborough.

Mr. Paterson questioned why thecounty had to bond for this project ontop of the $11 million the countycollects in taxes to support the OpenSpace, Recreation and Historic Pres-ervation Trust Fund.

“You’re going deeper and deeperin debt,” Mr. Paterson said.

Mr. Buettner also brought up a re-cent Star-Ledger article on a reportby the Tax Foundation, which listedNew Jersey as having the highestproperty taxes in the country. He saidUnion County ranked fourth highest

in New Jersey in taxes.“I am here to ask the board to find

ways to give the county taxpayersrelief,” he said. He said, based on the5.3 percent increase over last year incounty taxes, in seven years, “every-one in this room will be paying twicethe amount of taxes they currently arepaying today.”

“We are spending above and be-yond the means of the taxpayers,” hesaid.

Mr. Buettner said work is beingdone at Galloping Hill that was not“asked for by any taxpayer that I amaware of.” He said the county is build-ing a “luxurious clubhouse” and thatit appears that the county is “going tobe in the catering business,” and thathe expected county employees wouldbe hired for this purpose.

In response, Mr. Devanney said ithad cost the county $700,000 to runOak Ridge. “It is run a lot cheaper dayto day as a park,” Mr. Devanney said.“I have a hard time when you come uphere and you criticize us for taxes[yet] you say, ‘well maybe you shouldjust spend $400,000 to keep OakRidge open.’ It’s not that easy.”

Mr. Devanney said the county isadding a driving range and new club-house to the Galloping Hill course inKenilworth but that any employees atthe new clubhouse will be those ofIllinois-based Kemper Sports Man-agement, a firm hired by the county to

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With Branch Pickup Eliminated,SP Residents Can Dispose in WF

By FRED T. ROSSISpecially Written for The Scotch Plains-Fanwood Times

SCOTCH PLAINS — With thetownship’s fall branch and brushpickup program cancelled,homeowners needing to dispose oftheir yard debris can take it to theWestfield Conservation Center, ac-cording to Public Works DirectorKevin Ward.

At the township council’s confer-ence meeting on Tuesday, Mr. Wardsaid arrangements have been madewith the Westfield Conservation Cen-ter on Lamberts Mill Road to allowtownship residents to dispose of theirbranches and brush, free of any fee, atthe site on Thursdays, Fridays, Satur-days and Sundays between 9 a.m. and3 p.m.

Mr. Ward told the governing bodythat his department had “eliminatedtemporarily” the annual curbsidepickup for budgetary reasons. He re-called that early in the year, all mu-nicipal department heads had beenasked to make significant reductionsin their budgets. While “services suchas snow removal, sewers and street

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The Optimist Club of WestfieldPresents a Halloween Haunted HouseWESTFIELD — The Optimist Club

of Westfield Halloween HauntedHouse 2009 will be held on Saturday,October 31, from 4 to 9 p.m. at theWestfield Memorial Pool Complex onWest Broad Street. The Haunted Houseevent will feature 12 scary rooms withwitches, goblins, ghouls and monsters.Additional activities, including hay-rides, pony rides, photo buttons, enter-tainment from the band “Reverse Or-der” and Chips the Clown, plus severalfood vendors,will also be available.Vendor sales, including rides and en-tertainment will start at 3:30 p.m. Allactivities will end at 9 p.m.

Tickets to tour the Haunted Housecan be purchased on site at the eventand are $4 for each patron entering theHaunted House. All repeat entries arealso $4.

The Haunted House experience isrecommended for younger childrenfrom 4 to 6 p.m. It is more suitable forchildren 10 and older after 6 p.m. Anadult should always accompany youngchildren. The Haunted House and re-lated activities provide a safe, fun andentertaining way to enhance a day oftrick-or-treating.

This 2009 Westfield HalloweenHaunted House is being organized andpresented by the Optimist Club ofWestfield and co-sponsored with theWestfield Recreation Department. TheWestfield Area “Y” and Westfield Jay-cees are also actively involved in sup-porting the event. Additional fundingfor this event has been provided by theWestfield Foundation, PSE&G and theRotary Club of Westfield.

Local organizations interested in par-ticipating in the Haunted House orthose seeking more information aboutthe Halloween Haunted House maycontact Jeffrey Feldman atfeldmanjeffrey@excite.com.

The Optimist Club of Westfield is anot-for-profit service club composedof men and women who live and/orwork in the Westfield area. It conductsservice projects that benefit youth andcommunity.

The Optimist Club meets on thesecond Wednesday of each month fordinner, and guests are always wel-come to attend any of the club’smonthly meetings. For more informa-tion, contact Michael Walsh atwalshm@comcast.net.

Benjamin B. Corbin for The Scotch Plains-Fanwood TimesDAY FOR NOSTALGIA…The Westfield Historical Society will welcome thepublic for its inaugural Apple Fest this Saturday, October 3, from 3 to 6 p.m. onthe lawn of the Reeve House History and Cultural Center at 314 Mountain Avenuein Westfield. There will be“old-time” fun for children and information on howpeople can help renovation of the historic Reeve House, pictured above.

Paul J. Peyton for The Scotch Plains-Fanwood TimesBACK IN HISTORY…This steam tractor, circa 1920, was used by the Keanfamily to cultivate fields and to plant various crops. It is on display at the LibertyHall Museum, the former Kean estate, located across from Kean University inUnion Township.

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that kind of energy.”Mr. Szuch, who served as an assis-

tant Little League coach last year,concurred. “That’s what it takes, isfor people to stand up and assume thejob. Participate and get involved.”

Both candidates expressed strongreservations about the idea of con-solidating the Fanwood and ScotchPlains police departments, citing bothfiscal and safety concerns.

Mr. Szuch said the Fanwood PoliceDepartment currently has a “tremen-dously excellent response time” ofwithin two minutes, and feared merg-ing the two departments would meana reduction in response time for bor-ough calls while also not being overlyadvantageous to Scotch Plains.

While saying the proposed con-solidation was the kind of notion that“sounds good to 99 percent of thepeople at 2,000 feet,” Mr. Manducafelt it did not bear close scrutiny sofar. “Every rock I looked under hadsomething to give me pause,” thecandidate stated. “Someone wouldhave to convince me that there’s asavings; it’s not that we hope there’sa savings, because you’re gamblingwith the safety and the finances ofyour town.”

The candidates were critical of theway the current mayor and councilhavw handled multiple downtown re-development projects. Mr. Szuch saidthe decision by the borough to pur-chase the Livingston-Wilbor prop-erty on South Avenue in May 2008“for a great sum ($1.8 million), atadmittedly one of the weakest eco-nomic times ever, has to be ques-tioned.” The borough now is seekinga buyer for the property.

The candidates also noted the de-lay in redevelopment of the formerDean Oil site, which they said thecurrent administration put a stop tothree years ago.

Mr. Manduca argued that “our rev-enues should be two or three timeshigher than they are right now, due to

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team study halls after school and pastadinners with teams and their families.Mr. Harmer said the program has alsohelped to increase school spirit andthat students have participated in col-lege hockey.

The middle school program is en-tering its fourth year, Mr. Harmersaid. In the 2008 season, 33 kids(grades 5 to 8) played. There is acontact team and a non-contact (de-velopmental) team. As for the youngergrades, 2008-2009 was the inauguralyear for the K-3 grade Little RaidersMites program, and the Squirt Pro-gram is new this year for fourth andfifth grades.

Mr. Harmer said that since the firstyear of the ice hockey program, theScotc Plains-Fanwood Ice HockeyAssociation (SPFIHA) has been ableto successfully fundraise and fulfillall its financial obligations to have asuccessful program.

“It’s good to know that there’s a lotof interest out there [in the sport],”board member Betty Anne Woernersaid following the presentation.

The SP-F BOE will meet next onThursday, October 15 for an openagenda meeting.

manage the county’s courses.Mr. Devanney found the Tax Foun-

dation report “extremely dishearten-ing.” Based on taxes raised as a per-centage of the overall Union Countybudget, Mr. Devanney said at 59.89percent, the county ranks as havingone the lowest (percentages) in thestate.

“We have taken a great deal ofpride in bringing additional money(grants) into the county,” Mr.Devanney said.

Freeholder Chairman Mirabellaannounced that the county has re-ceived a $1.3 million grant from theU.S. Department of Justice, of which$1.18 million will be distributed to 10municipalities: Elizabeth, Hillside,Linden, Plainfield, Rahway, Roselle,Roselle Park, Scotch Plains, Unionand Westfield. The remaining

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some inept government interferencein the development process, whichhas brought us to the state we’re inright now.”

According to Mr. Manduca, thesituation has local businesses “headedon a downward spiral,” while otherbusinesses not far away continue tobe successful. He said there is a “fearof government interference inFanwood. We have to change thatperception.”

“We hope there’s going to be achange in Fanwood, back to some-thing a little less liberal with spend-ing ideas and a little more attentive towhere we’re going, in terms of keep-ing Fanwood affordable, with thekinds of services Fanwood alwayshad,” Mr. Szuch said. “It’s time toeven out the borough council team sowe have a much more objective viewof what’s going on and a little moreaccountability.”

“I’d like to see Fanwood return tothe kind of place where you couldraise a family and still stay in thecommunity once your kids were outof school,” stated Mr. Manduca, say-ing tax increases have prompted somepeople to move elsewhere. “Youshouldn’t have this tax migration.

“I also sincerely think politicians,even at the council level, should saywhat is true and keep their word,” hesaid. “I think the taxpayers ofFanwood, the residents of Fanwood,deserve honest, truthful, straight gov-ernment.”

$131,000 will be used by the countyfor training, community outreach andadministration, while towns will usethe money they receive for juvenileand neighborhood issues, home se-curity, crime intervention and crimeprevention and terrorism awareness.

At the start of the meeting, theboard approved a dozen matchinggrants totaling $550,000 as part of its“Preserve Union County” grants fromthe open space fund. Among thoseproperties receiving money are theReeve House in Westfield, $100,000to the Westfield Historical Society;Fanwood Station/Museum/Commu-nity House, $50,000 to the Boroughof Fanwood; Frazee House in ScotchPlains, $3,675 to the Fanwood-ScotchPlains Rotary Club, and $20,000 tothe Cranford Historical Society forthe Hansen House.

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lighting are not negotiable,” Mr. Wardsaid, there were several curbsidepickup services that his departmentlooked at for elimination, includingChristmas tree pickup, the spring pick-ups of leaves, gumballs and branches,the fall leaf pickup, and the branchand brush pickup that was ultimatelycancelled.

Mr. Ward said department person-nel decided to cut the fall pickupbased on “tradition and need.” Hesaid the spring pickup has “beenaround for a long time,” noting aswell that there are a vast number oftrees producing gumballs, most ofwhich fall to the ground during thewinter and need to be collected in thespring. “In the spring,” he added,“people like to clean up their proper-ties after the winter.”

He estimated that eliminating theprogram saved the township $14,000,a figure that did not include fuel forthe trucks or worker overtime pay. Hesaid he was hopeful that the depart-ment would be “in a better position toconsider reintroducing [the program]in 2010.”

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WestfieldMonday, September 21, Bashira

Clay, 43, of Roselle was arrested atCranford police headquarters on twooutstanding Westfield warrants – onecriminal warrant and one traffic war-rant – totaling $1,000, and a Roselletraffic warrant for $225. Clay wascommitted to the Union County jailon default of bail.

Monday, September 21, a residentof the 100 block of Scotch PlainsAvenue reported that a first-floor win-dow of her home sustained damageafter a small stone was apparentlythrown through it.

Tuesday, September 22, KendallShephard, 23, of Kenilworth was ar-rested on the 600 block of SpringfieldAvenue on a Westfield traffic war-rant. Shephard was transported toWestfield police headquarters, pro-cessed and released after posting $500bail.

Tuesday, September 22, RaymondGigl, 18, of Bridgewater was arrestedas the result of a motor vehicle stopon South Avenue near South ElmerStreet on an outstanding Clark trafficwarrant for $91. He was released af-ter posting bail.

Wednesday, September 23, a redJamis 21-speed mountain bike wasfound abandoned near the WestfieldMunicipal Court entrance. There wasno owner information located on thebike and it was secured in theWestfield Police Department’s Traf-fic Bureau.

Wednesday, September 23, a Capi-tal One Visa credit card was found inthe central business district. Attemptsto contact the owner were unsuccess-ful and the item was secured for safe-keeping.

Wednesday, September 23, a blackpurse was found inside a store lo-cated on the 100 block of QuimbyStreet. Attempts to contact the ownerof the purse were unsuccessful. Thepurse was secured for safekeeping.

Thursday, September 24, RonaldVilla, 31, of Rahway was arrested onthe 400 block of Central Avenue andcharged with making terroristicthreats. According to police, Villaallegedly threatened the lives of twoindividuals. He was processed andsent to the Union County jail. Bailwas set at $20,000.

Thursday, September 24, after stop-ping a motor vehicle on the 600 blockof West South Avenue for motor ve-hicle violations, police arrested KeithJohnson, 24, of Plainfield, a passen-ger in the vehicle, on an outstandingPlainfield criminal warrant and anoutstanding Union traffic warrant. Thetotal bail amount was $1,861. Afterprocessing, Johnson was turned overto Plainfield authorities.

Thursday, September 24, LaurieM. Glinka, 50, of Kenilworth wasarrested after a motor vehicle stop atSouth and Windsor Avenues on twooutstanding Kenilworth traffic war-rants totaling $181. She was releasedon her own recognizance.

Friday, September 25, MichaelSolomon, 32, of Westfield was ar-rested on the 300 block of SouthAvenue, East, and charged with pos-session of drug paraphernalia. He wasreleased with a summons.

Friday, September 25, after beingstopped at East Broad Street andMountain Avenue for motor vehicleviolations, Khalis Woods, 32, ofIrvington was arrested on an out-standing Irvington criminal warrantfor $500. He was turned over to theIrvington Police Department.

Saturday, September 26, MerihYavuz, 24, of Westfield was arrestedon an outstanding Elizabeth trafficwarrant for $250 after a motor ve-hicle stop on Westfield Avenue nearSouth Avenue. Yavuz was processedand released after posting bail.

Saturday, September 26, AnthonyLuna, 20, of Aberdeen, a passenger ina motor vehicle that was stopped forequipment violations on East BroadStreet near Elm Street, was arrestedon two outstanding Cranford crimi-nal warrants with bail totaling $500.He was processed and turned over tothe Cranford Police Department.

Sunday, September 27, a residentof the 200 block of Prospect Streetreported that his motor vehicle wasdamaged through an apparent act ofcriminal mischief. The driver’s siderear view mirror was smashed withan unknown object and rendered in-operable.

Sunday, September 27, a residentof Settlers Lane reported the theft ofan iPod, valued at $400, from hergym bag while at Westfield HighSchool.

Sunday, September 27, AshleyCosentino, 18, of Toms River wasarrested as the result of a suspiciousmotor vehicle stop and charged withpossession of less than 50 grams ofsuspected marijuana and possessionof drug paraphernalia. She was re-leased on her own recognizance withsummonses.

Scotch PlainsTuesday, September 22, Bianca

Rivadeneira, 28, of Plainfield wasarrested following a motor vehiclestop on an outstanding warrant. Shewas transported to police headquar-ters, where she was processed andreleased.

Tuesday, September 22, a residentof Lenape Way reported that a formerpatient of hers had come to her resi-dence and also calls her multiple timesa day.

Tuesday, September 22, a studentat Union County Vocational-Techni-cal Schools reported that someoneremoved his calculator, valued at$120, from his bag.

Tuesday, September 22, ColleenDonohue, 42, of Westfield was ar-rested and charged with driving whileintoxicated (DWI) after a motor ve-hicle stop, at which time the officersmelled the odor of alcohol. She wastransported to police headquarters,where she was processed and released.

Thursday, September 24, KyonStevens, 27, of Plainfield was arrestedon an outstanding warrant followinga motor vehicle stop. Stevens wastransported to police headquarters,processed and released.

Friday, September 25, Juan Perez,27, of Plainfield was arrested andcharged with hindering apprehensionafter he was stopped for a motor ve-hicle violation and allegedly gavepolice a false name and driver’s li-cense. He was transported to policeheadquarters, where he was processedand released.

Friday, September 25, Kevin Jack-son, 32, of Plainfield was arrested onan outstanding warrant after a motorvehicle stop. He was transported topolice headquarters, where he wasprocessed and released.

Friday, September 25, a resident ofValleyscent Avenue reported thatsomeone had entered her apartmentand removed several items valued at$200.

Saturday, September 26, CarlosAlvarado, 42, and Carlos Barbito, 19,both of Plainfield, were arrested andcharged with hindering apprehension.According to police, an officer re-sponded to a report of a suspiciousvehicle and found Alvarado andBarbito sitting in the vehicle. Whenthe officer asked for proper identifi-cation, both men allegedly providedhim with false names and identifica-tion, police said. They were trans-ported to police headquarters, wherethey were processed and released.

MountainsideWednesday, September 23, a resi-

dent of Ravens Wood reported thatshe gave a repairman who was doingminor repairs on her home $825 incash to purchase her a flat screentelevision. According to police, henever delivered the television and hasrefused multiple calls from the vic-tim or the police. A computer checkon the suspect, identified as Sean P.Tully, revealed he has multiple out-standing warrants and authorities havesent him documentation giving him10 days to respond to the allegationsor they would launch a criminal in-vestigation.

Saturday, September 26, RashiedK. Goodwin, 31, of Plainfield wasarrested on outstanding Mountainsidewarrants totaling $1,000.

Sunday, September 27, Vincent M.Kovacs, 32, of Westfield was ar-rested and charged with disorderlyconduct, resisting arrest and simpleassault. According to police, wit-nesses saw him hit a parked motorvehicle while he was attempting topark his vehicle and then leave thescene on foot. While an officer wasinvestigating the incident, Kovacsreturned to the scene and appearedunder the influence and was unableto answer simple questions, authori-ties reported. When the officer ques-tioned him about whether or not hehad parked the vehicle, he becamebelligerent, cursed and spit in theofficer’s face, police said. The of-ficer required the assistance of an-other officer to cuff the suspect andtake him back to police headquar-ters, where he was processed andreleased to a responsible adult.

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Paul Lachenauer for The Scotch Plains-Fanwood TimesA FESTIVE TIME…Zoe Liptak of Roselle Park paints a pumpkin in the WilliamsNursery pumpkin patch at the Harvest Festival held Sunday at Trailside Natureand Science Center in the Watchung Reservation.

In response to a question fromMayor Nancy Malool, Mr. Ward saidit would be “completely prohibitive”to undertake a branch and brushpickup now, given that the fall leafpickup program is set to get under-way later this month. He said in addi-tion to limited storage space, his de-partment was currently in the middleof several time-sensitive projectsneeding to be completed before thewinter weather sets in.

He told Councilman Kevin Gloverthat residents who have already putbranches at their curb for a pickupthat is now not going to take place arebeing asked to take the debris off thestreet and back onto their property ortake it to the Westfield site.

Mayor Malool said the council,“had we known about [the pickup’selimination] earlier,” could “havedone something in our budget be-cause it’s important to residents,” who,she said, “are going to be unhappyabout” the reduction in service. Shesaid the council “needs to do what wecan” to reinstate the program nextyear.

Marks, Vastine BlastOpponents on Taxes

SCOTCH PLAINS – Former MayorMartin Marks and businessman William“Bo” Vastine, Republican candidates inthe 22nd Legislative District, saidWednesday that a report by Gannett news-papers and a separate report by The TaxFoundation, a non-profit group based inWashington, D.C., confirm that careerpoliticians, Jerry Green and LindaStender have failed their constituents incontrolling property taxes.

“These reports are an indictment onJerry Green and Linda Stender, whopromised voters that they would lowertheir property tax burden and have donenothing but make it worse over the pastfour years,” Mr. Marks said.

“It confirms everything that both Martyand I have been saying to the voters inour district. That Jerry and Linda arenothing more than tax and spend legisla-tors,” Mr. Vastine said.

The candidates said that the reportspresent conclusive evidence that thestate’s worst-in-the-nation property taxesshow no sign of abating, that are hit lowincome and middle class taxpayers thehardest, and that taxes have chased busi-nesses and jobs out of New Jersey.

Greg Ryan for The Scotch Plains-Fanwood TimesTHE GIFT OF LIFE…New Jersey Blood Services (NJBS), a division of the N.Y.Blood Center (NYBC), held a grand opening Tuesday of a new donor center at 2279South Avenue in Scotch Plains. Pictured, from left to right, are: NYBC PresidentChris Hillyer, Scotch Plains Mayor Nancy Malool, Fanwood Councilwoman DonnaDolce, Inge Sommerich, Bob Sommerich Sr., Bob Sommerich Jr. of Fanwood,Assemblywoman Linda Stender (LD-22, Fanwood), Chuck Grossenbacher ofNJBS and Neil Pinkman of the Westfield Area Chamber of Commerce. The donorroom at the center was named in honor of Bob Sommerich, Sr.

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SIGNED, SEALED, DELIVERED — Standing before boxes of appeal letters,members of the Westfield United Fund campaign cabinet are preparing to launchtheir town-wide mailing. Over 10,000 pledge cards were recently mailed toWestfield households, businesses and professionals as part of the Fund’s annualfundraising campaign. This year, the Fund hopes to raise $650,000 in support of19 local human services agencies. Pictured, left to right, are: Robert Panza,doctors division; Jennifer Jaruzelski, campaign co-chairwoman; Wendy Cozzi,major gifts; Ken Soreiro, lawyers; and Dave Sutter, business. For more informa-tion or to make a donation, visit www.westfieldunitedfund.org.

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Brennan Announces Downtown PlanDEM Release: Brennan for Westfield Mayor

Bill Brennan, Democratic candi-date for Westfield mayor, recentlyannounced his plan to assist andpreserve our downtown businesses.

Our Downtown is part of what Irefer to as the DNA of Westfield:The “D” is for our downtown, the“N” is for our Neighborhoods, andthe “A” represents Athletics and Aca-demics (schools).

We, as elected officials, have topreserve the DNA of Westfield.During these tough economic times,our downtown needs special atten-tion, Instead of helping, the mayorand council have made it more diffi-cult for people to shop in our down-town. Parking certainly remains aproblem. Two years ago, the mayorand his candidates promised addi-tional parking spaces on Lenox Av-enue and behind the firehouse/JolleyTrolley.

Those parking spaces never mate-rialized. We can still make betteruse of our available parking spaces.Moreover, every weekend spots re-served with orange bags for em-ployee parking, are not utilized.There needs to be better communi-cation and signage regarding theseparking spots. We should also, onweekdays, allow free commuterparking in the south side lot earlierthan the present 12 p.m. designa-tion.

Moreover, the configuration of thenorth side train station lot is ex-tremely dangerous with three sepa-rate driveways and no driveway di-rectly lined up with Elm Street.Again, this was a project promisedduring the last campaign that nevermaterialized. We need to better uti-lize existing spaces and evaluate allpossible, available locations for ad-ditional spaces.

Downtown we are seeing a num-ber of store closings and recently thevacancy rate increased again. Al-though stores are closing nationally,we could be doing more on a locallevel to stabilize this trend. Instead ofhelping, we are hurting. The mayorcontinues to endorse an aggressive

overtime ticketing policy that is driv-ing shoppers away from our down-town businesses. Some people avoidshopping in Westfield because it isdifficult to park and they do not wantto risk a $32 ticket. I have been goingdoor to door to meet residents sinceMay and, by far, the aggressive tick-eting practices downtown was thenumber one complaint after hightaxes. It seems as if the ticket enforc-ers are hovering over your vehiclewaiting for the exact moment thetime expires to write you a ticket. Tomake matters worse, the mayor andcouncil raised the fine an exorbitant60 percent from $20 to $32. Al-though in the short term the town isgaining revenue, the long-term ef-fects of this plan will seriously dam-age the viability of our downtown.At a minimum, we should tempo-rarily roll back the fines to a morerealistic level. Times are certainlytough and there is no reason why weshould make it tougher. We also haveto implement a more welcomingenvironment for people who shop inour downtown. Even a kind word ornice welcoming hello from the em-ployees who direct pedestrians cross-ing the street on weekends would goa long way.

I would also hold a series of eco-nomic forums to be coordinated bythe Downtown Westfield Corpora-tion. Many other towns have offeredtheir business community suggestionsand assistance in getting through thesetough economic times. The DWC doesa great job, but the town could domore in helping stem the flow of storeclosings without spending taxpayerdollars. I attended an “economic sum-mit” hosted by the mayor severalmonths ago. I left more depressedthan when I went in. All of the speak-ers told us how bad the economy wasand no one offered any suggestions tohelp.

We have many resources and tal-ented people who can offer work-shops and seminars to help our busi-nesses cope with these tough eco-nomic times. Every business thatcloses in town is unfortunate and theempty stores are a reminder of thetough times. The problem will be-come worse if we start losing ournational brand name stores, whichare a magnet to shoppers who cometo our town.

An immediate temporary rollbackin the cost of overtime parking tick-ets, a cutback on the aggressive tick-eting practices, improved utiliza-tion of existing and potential park-ing spaces and educational assis-tance to our businesses will payimmediate dividends and help ourdowntown survive in this tough eco-nomic climate. We can and shoulddo more.

If elected, I will immediately imple-ment these ideas.

WUF Ice Cream SocialOn Tap This Sunday

WESTFIELD – Residents of allages are invited to the “WestfieldUnited Fund Sundae,” an old-fash-ion ice cream social, this Sunday,October 4, from 1 to 3 p.m. It willtake place on the lawn of the NorthAvenue train station.

Free ice cream and Italian icesdonated by local businesses will beserved while supplies last, with theQED jazz quartet providing musicalentertainment, in celebration of theWestfield United Fund (WUF)’s fallcampaign kickoff.

The WUF Sundae is one of multipleinitiatives planned by the newly inde-pendent Fund to highlight its annualfund-raising appeal. WUF trustees andagency representatives will dish updesserts and distribute campaign ma-terials and pledge cards. This year, theFund seeks to raise $650,000 in sup-

port of 19 local human services agen-cies, among them Mobile Meals, CON-TACT We Care and the Westfield Com-munity Center.

Linda Maggio, executive directorof the WUF, noted that the event isbeing held with the full cooperationof the town and through the donationsof Cold Stone Creamery, Edy’s andRita’s of Westfield. Aimed especiallyat young families, the social is de-signed to bring the Fund’s mission tothe attention of new donors.

“Westfield United Fund Sundaeis our way of thanking the residentswho have supported us in the past,as well as generating excitementand goodwill for this year’s cam-paign,” said Ms. Maggio. “Whatbetter way to sweeten our messageof ‘neighbors helping neighbors’than by serving it up with a dish ofice cream?”

Columbus Day FlagRaising Is Planned

AREA — Union County will holdits first annual Columbus Day FlagRaising Ceremony Saturday, Octo-ber 10, at 9 a.m. on the steps of theUnion County Courthouse.

Speakers will be led by emcee,Freeholder Chairman Al Mirabella,and include County Clerk JoanneRajoppi, former Governor DonDiFrancesco, County SurrogateJames LaCorte and UNICO NationalPresident Andre DiMino.

The event will be held rain or shine.

INSPECTING THE HARBOR… Assemblywoman Linda Stender (LD-22,Fanwood) is pictured with James Britton, center, and Ron Perry, apprentices ofthe Sandy Hook pilots. The Assemblywoman attended the pilots harbor inspectiontour on September 17 aboard the pilot boat New York.

Leonard Lance ParticipatesIn Ceremony for Fallen VetsWASHINGTON – On Saturday,

September 26, Rep. Leonard Lance(R-N.J.) participated in a specialceremony known as the “Days ofRemembrance” on the West frontof the United States Capitol Build-ing.

The event brought together citi-zens from across the country to honorall those who died in service to thecountry with a special tribute toAmerica’s fallen in Afghanistan andIraq and the families they left behind.Specifically, Mr. Lance, who was theonly New Jersey lawmaker to attend,joined scores of New Jersey familieswho participated in the event andhonored their loved ones who died intheir military service to America inAfghanistan and Iraq.

“I was honored to join New Jerseyfamilies and remember all those whohave died in service to our countryand pay a special tribute to America’sfallen heroes from New Jersey,” Mr.Lance said. “I was touched to heartheir personal stories, observe their

selfless sacrifices and witness theirdeep love for America.”

New Jersey families from the fol-lowing localities attended: MountHolly, Cedar Knolls, Howell, Brick,Lindenwold, Mine Hill, Little Ferry,Lumberton, Clayton, South River,Kearny, Pitman, Milltown, SouthRiver, Pennington, Butler, BradleyBeach, Southampton, Gloucester City,Carlstadt, Neptune, Atco and Free-hold.

The ceremony was sponsored bythe White House Commission on Re-membrance and Military FamiliesUnited, a Commission established byCongress in 2000, and an indepen-dent, non-partisan government agencythat encourages Americans to honorthe sacrifices of fallen U.S. militaryand their families.

The organization promotes acts ofremembrance throughout the year andasks citizens to pay a debt of gratitudein memory of those who died in ser-vice to the country by giving some-thing back to the nation.

Used Clothing DriveOct. 3 at Masonic

CRANFORD – A used clothing drivewill be sponsored by Azure Chapter 87Order of the Eastern Star on Saturday,October 3, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at theMasonic Lodge Hall Parking Lot, 478South Avenue, East, Cranford.

Participants are asked to donateusable clothing (adults and children),blankets, bedding, linens, towels,stuffed animals, hard toys, and shoes.Items must be in tied plastic bags.Shoes must be bagged separate.

Oct. 13. Deadline for VoterRegistration for Nov. Election

ELIZABETH – Union CountyClerk Joanne Rajoppi reminds UnionCounty residents that Tuesday, Octo-ber 13, is the deadline for registeringto vote in the upcoming General Elec-tion in New Jersey.

Voter registration forms are avail-able in every municipality at the of-fice of the municipal clerk. Formsalso may be obtained by calling theoffice of the Union County Clerk at(908) 527-4996, or by visitingucnj.org/ctyclerk/election.html.Voter registration forms must bemailed to the Union County Board ofElections, 271 North Broad Street,Elizabeth N.J. 07208 no later thanFriday, October 9, in order to beeligible to vote in the General Elec-tion on Tuesday, November 3.

To qualify to vote, one must alsobe a citizen of the United States andat least 18 years old, not serving asentence, probation, or parole be-cause of a felony conviction, and aresident of New Jersey and Union

County for at least 30 days.Voters are encouraged to Vote by Mail,

a process, which has replaced absenteevoting. To apply to Vote by Mail, voterscan download the form at ucnj.org/ctyclerk/VoteByMailApplication.pdf orby contacting the Union County Clerk.

For more information about voterregistration, call the Union CountyBoard of Elections at (908) 527-4123.

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Staying In Touch With ResidentsAt the beginning of my first term in

2006, two of my primary goals were toincrease communication withWestfield residents and provide a trans-parent municipal government. Notonly did we achieve these goals, butwe exceeded them as well. I believethat we opened thedoors to communi-cation, account-ability and trans-parency toWestfield’s gov-erning body.

I introduced themodel of a budgetpresentation di-rectly to the citi-zens at councilmeetings. Wepresent a detailedpower-point pre-sentation and postit on the town’swebsite. We nowsend a letter with your tax bill thatsummarizes “Where Your Tax DollarsGo.” These letters have not only out-lined the municipal portion of your taxbill, but also summarize noteworthyexpenditures, such as state-mandatedexpenditures and assessments, andother revenue sources, such as grants.

To further enhance communication,I’ve made myself available during“Coffee with the Mayor” sessions onSaturday mornings. Each year over150 residents have taken advantage ofthese Saturday office hours, and I’velearned quite a bit from our citizens. Ienjoy these office hours and want tothank you all for your comments, com-pliments, and recommendations.

The Westfield town website(www.westfieldnj.gov) has also beenupdated too much more user-friendlyand cleaner format. This site is an in-valuable source of information. Fromtown council minutes to recreation de-partment calendars to a sign-up link forthe new Westfield Instant Alert Plus.

The Town of Westfield recentlyimplemented the Honeywell InstantAlert Plus web-based emergencycommunication service. Within min-utes of an emergency, town officialsand first responders can quickly as-semble for a conference call briefing,make decisions, and send an alert tostaff, community residents, or othergroups. Westfield residents sub-scribed to this service will be notified

immediately as the announcement ismade and be kept up to date on anyincidents and potential dangers thatmay be affecting them.

Our own TV36 continues to pro-duce and broadcast new and interest-ing programs with an overall more

polished andprofessionallook. Recent“Hometown”shows have in-cluded guestsfrom all levelsof governmenti n c l u d i n gCongressmanL e o n a r dLance, Sena-tor Tom Kean,Jr., Assembly-man JonBramnick andFreeholder AlM i r a b e l l a .

Last year I interviewed Governor JonCorzine and discussed the state’s bal-looning debt and increasing burden ontaxpayers. Some of these broadcastsare also available on the town’s website.

We are more in touch with UnionCounty freeholders. During my termthe town council has met with them onseveral occasions to discuss issues im-portant to Westfield residents, includ-ing traffic flow on county roads bisect-ing our town

This is a very important time forWestfield, as we continue to face diffi-cult municipal and budgetary decisionsin challenging economic times. Con-tinuing a policy of open and continuouscommunication, and transparency ingovernment is vital. If you have anyquestions, or would like to set up aSaturday morning meeting, please e-mail me at mayor@westfieldnj.gov.

Sheriff Releases GunSafety Video for KidsELIZABETH — Union County

Sheriff Ralph Froehlich, in coopera-tion with Kean University, has re-leased a new gun safety video forchildren.

The “See a Gun, Save a Life” videointends to educate children about thedanger of guns and help them makesafe, informed decisions if they en-counter firearms.

“It is so important that we teach ouryoung people about how deadly gunsare and what they need to know shouldthey come across them,” SheriffFroehlich said. “If one kid does theright thing because of this video wecan save lives.”

The five-minute video was producedby Kean University and sponsored bythe Union County Sheriff’s Office. Itwill be distributed to schools through-out Union County.

Former Scotch Plains Mayor MartinMarks and businessman William “Bo”Vastine want to ask their opponents,career politicians Jerry Green and LindaStender, one simple question: Is there atax that you won’t support?

Mr. Marks and Mr. Vastine askedthis question in response to an ar-ticle in last week’s business sec-tion of The Star-Ledger, titled “Jer-sey ranks 50th, again, for tax cli-mate.” In the article, New Jerseywas reported to have the worst busi-ness tax climate in the nation forthe second year in a row, accordingto the non-partisan Tax Founda-tion.

“Every time you turn around,Governor Jon Corzine and his rub-ber stamps, Jerry Green and LindaStender, are they’re imposing anew tax on small businesses andindividuals. Linda Stender andJerry Green have voted to raisetaxes and fees in our state by $6.4billion and $8.6 billion, respec-tively,” Mr. Marks said. “It wouldbe great if Green and Stender votedin the interests of their constitu-ents and not those of GovernorCorzine.”

Since career politicians JerryGreen and Linda Stender have beenin office, they’ve voted in favor ofseveral taxes and fees that makedoing business in New Jerseyunaffordable. The following taxesare a sample of how small busi-nesses and middle class taxpayershave suffered under Green andStender’s tax hikes:

Sales tax rate increase, $1.2 bil-lion; corporation business tax in-crease, $1 billion; payroll tax in-crease, $400 million, and sales taxon flooring and carpet installation,

GOP Release: Marks and Vastine for Assembly

Green and Stender: Is There A TaxYou Don’t Like for New Jersey?

$9 million.“As a businessman, I’ve watched

in amazement at the taxes Greenand Stender have imposed on busi-nesses in our state. Before the cur-rent recession occurred, jobs wereleaving our state for friendlier taxclimates in Pennsylvania, nowthey are leaving in an exodus andGreen and Stender have done noth-ing,” Mr. Vastine said. “With un-employment reaching close to 10percent and over 150,000 jobs lost,when will they stand up to theGovernor and say no to moretaxes?”

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Assemblywoman Linda Stender(LD-22, Fanwood), who chairs theFanwood Democratic Committee, andFanwood Mayor Colleen Mahr, invitethe public to share an evening of cock-tails and conversation with SenatorWeinberg, who is Governor JonCorzine’s running mate in the Novem-ber 3 General Election.

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HELPING OUT REEVE HOUSE... Union County Freeholder Chairman AlMirabella and Freeholder Deborah Scanlon, center, present a Preserve UnionCounty ceremonial check to Sherry Cronin of the Westfield Historical Society fora grant of $100,000 toward repairs on the Reeve House. The presentation was madeat the Freeholders’ mobile meeting at the historic Liberty Hall Museum CarriageHouse in Union on Thursday night.

Bethel Baptist to HostFish Fry at WNC

WESTFIELD – The Bethel BaptistChurch of Westfield will hold a “downhome”-style fish fry event with all thefixings this Saturday, October 3, be-ginning at noon. It will take place atthe Westfield Neighborhood Coun-cil, located at 127 Cacciola Place inWestfield. Dinners will be $8 andsandwiches will be $5. This eventwill be held rain or shine.

Andy Skibitsky

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Sen. Thomas Kean, Jr. (R)425 North Ave. E.Westfield, N.J. 07090(908) 232-3673

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Asm. Nancy Munoz (R)57 Union Place, Suite 310Summit, N.J. 07901(908) 918-0414

---LD-22---Sen. Nicholas Scutari (D)

1514 E. Saint Georges Ave.Linden, N.J. 07036(908) 587-0404

Asw. Linda Stender (D)1801 East Second St.Scotch Plains, N.J. 07076(908) 668-1900

Asm. Jerry Green (D)17 Watchung Ave.Plainfield, N.J. 07060(908) 561-5757

LD-21 includes Westfield, Mountainside,Garwood, Summit and Cranford.

LD-22 includes Scotch Plains, Fanwood,Plainfield, Clark and Linden.

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7th Congressional DistrictRepresentative Leonard Lance, 425 North Avenue E., Westfield, NJ 07090 (908) 518-7733

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Plains-Fanwood Times invite all candi-dates to meet with our editors for a videointerview to be webcast on goleader.com.Many have done so, and the public isencouraged to view the interviews. Can-didates are also encouraged to submitletters to the editor each week on theirviews; to provide updated photos andbios for the website and the newspaper.Please submit by email toeditor@goleader.com.

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Let’s Make It a Parade ToRemember – November 14

In the 1920s, Westfield was chosen as a site for thestate’s National Guard Armory. The evaluation backthen was that Westfielders would take care of ourtroopers. We have a chance on November 14 todemonstrate just how true that judgment was morethan 80 years ago. Join the parade and celebration inWestfield welcoming back our 2,800 National Guardtroops from war overseas.

Our troopers sacrificed a year from their familiesand placed themselves in ex-treme peril — to protect usand our way of life; to providehope for the desperate peoplein Iraq and Afghanistan. Theirfamilies sacrificed, too. ThisNovember’s celebration is onechance for all of us to let themknow we care, and we thankthem.

“When the mounted troop-ers and veterans had ranged upabout the stand, Leader Bartowof the Westfield Band sounded the ‘Assembly,’ whichwas answered in the same way from a bugler con-cealed at a point behind the Methodist Church. Theband then played the Star Spangled Banner and theentire 10,000 joined in the swelling martial air, withheads uncovered...” November 14, 1923, edition ofThe Westfield Leader from goleader.com/archives.

—————————————————From the Family Readiness Group, NJ Army

National Guard, 102nd Cavalry Squadron:In June of 2008, 2,800 citizen soldiers in the NJ

Army National Guard leftbehind their communities,jobs, neighbors, friends andfamilies as part of OperationEnduring Iraqi Freedom inIraq. This was the largest de-ployment of the NJ NationalGuard since WWII. This June,all 2,800 soldiers returnedhome safely — Mission Ac-complished!

We salute our soldiers andtheir families for their ser-vice. We want to thank the people for their supportbefore, during and after this deployment. The citi-zens have been asking for an opportunity to thankour hometown heroes, and the 102nd wants to thankthe people for taking care of things and looking outfor their families while they were gone.

Join us on November 14, 2009 for a parade endingat the Armory for an old-fashioned get-together. Wechose November 14 because of its proximity to

Veterans Day. We encourage you to take part in localevents. Remember those who fought in previouswars or are currently deployed, especially those whogave the ultimate sacrifice.

We also chose November because of Thanksgiv-ing. What better time to appreciate all the goodthings we have to be thankful for. Number 1 on ourlist is our soldiers are safely home!

Line the streets of Westfield, fly your Americanflags, wave your homemadesigns, shout your cheers andwelcome back our troops. Theparade begins at noon inWestfield, starting at Memo-rial Park parking lot, crossesWest Broad Street to MarionAvenue, to first left onto FirstStreet, turning right ontoRahway Avenue and ends atthe Armory, located at 500Rahway Avenue.

After the parade, everyone isinvited to join at the Armory (1 p.m.) for an old-fashioned country carnival and reception.

For those that wish to help, materially or other-wise, contact Nancy LaCorte, Family ReadinessGroup Leader, 102nd Cavalry HHT, 500 RahwayAvenue, Westfield, NJ 07090; (732) 991-1241 or(732) 873-9708; e-mail 102.cav.frg@gmail.com

————————————————-The Westfield Leader, May 25, 1921: “The troopers

can depend upon the people of Westfield to aid themin every way in their efforts to secure the needed

appropriations for Westfieldis the ideal location for thearmory.”

For all the people in theregion, it’s not about aWestfield celebration; it’sabout all of us showing thatwe care for the people ofour military – and particu-larly soldiers of our fami-lies, our neighbors and ourfriends. These men andwomen will be parading

that day. Can we top the attendance of 10,000strong reported in 1923? Are we still made of thesame stuff?

Quite frankly, we don’t think that many othersaround the world care, or that they are of thesame beliefs. But to heck with them – let’s showthat we care.

We urge you to contact Mrs. LaCorte. She needsassistance.

Mayor’s Record Is One of PromisesMade But Promises Not Delivered

Why Does Newspaper Refer to‘Democratic’ Party as ‘Democrat’?

Residents Should GainInfo. on Candidates

And Their ViewsThank you to Brunner’s Opticans for

displaying our country’s Constitution intheir window during the week of Septem-ber 17 to 23. It was a great treat to see andto read. An informed, active citizenry iswhy our country is great.

As a co-sponsor of the Westfield Can-didate Forum, the League of WomenVoters, along with this newspaper, en-courages everyone to take time to gaininformation of the upcoming issues andcandidate views; there are many websitesto help you including this newspaper’sown, goleader.com and www.lwvnj.org(League of Women Voters – New Jersey)or Vote411.org.

We also encourage residents to attendthe forum on Monday, October 19, at 8p.m., held in the council chambers of themunicipal building. The forum will allowthe candidates to discuss their views ontown issues. Both the council and may-oral contests will be covered. If you arenot able to attend, please consider sub-mitting your questions to The Leader atpress@goleader.com.

Most importantly, remember to voteon Tuesday, November 3. Important elec-tions of our state’s governor and the newlieutenant governor position, State As-sembly, our town council and mayor willbe determined.

Merry WislerLeague of Women Voters

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Asm. Green Turning to Panic AttacksIn Face of Challenge From Vastine

In an editorial (August 27, 2009)recommending that both Democratsand Republicans in the campaign forgovernor switch from attack ads toside-by-side comparisons of the is-sues, you refer to the New JerseyDemocratic Party as the “New JerseyDemocrat Party.” In an editor’s note(September 10, 2009) above a letterfrom one of the Democratic Partycandidates for freeholder, you referto your interview with “the Democratcandidates.” As far as I know, neitherthe state party nor local Democraticcandidates have renamed themselves.I wonder, therefore, why the Leader’seditors have taken it upon themselvesto do so. Will we soon see referencesto the Public or Republic Party?

Republican politicians and strate-gists have often promoted this substi-tution of the noun “Democrat” for theadjective “Democratic” to take awayany positive connotations of the ad-jective, to imply that the party is notreally “Democratic.” One of the morenotable efforts came from SenatorJoseph McCarthy in the late 1940’sand early 50’s. In the 1990’s, then-Congressman Newt Gingrich began,on the advice of Republican strategistand “Words That Work” author[Frank] Luntz, to promote the substi-tution of “Democrat” for “Demo-cratic” in all references to the opposi-tion party. Luntz had used focus group

research to test responses to bothwords. Since then, the usage has be-come commonplace on conservativetalk-radio and TV shows. Republi-cans in the House and Senate haveadopted it as well. It has even creptinto network TV newscasts other thanFox, where it of course is the defaultterm.

It’s hard to see this renaming, forall its calculation, as anything morethan spiteful, adolescent name-call-ing. It says far more about the sensi-bilities of people who promote, wel-come and adopt it than the group itwould characterize. It’s no surprisethat, with few exceptions, Democraticofficeholders have not forcefully ob-jected to a practice that, like play-ground name-calling, would normallymerit no rebuttal.

However, it’s time to call out everynews editor, newscaster and especiallyevery politician whenever they refer tothe Democrat Party. Letting it go ig-nores that every such ostensibly ob-jective or passing reference to the partyis in fact a criticism, a contemptuousputdown. You cannot have or promotecivil discussion between two people,let alone two groups, when one sidetakes it upon itself to change the veryname of the other into a dismissiveinsult before the discussion begins.

Tom MatroWestfield

Fanwood Republicans Out of TouchWith Issues and Voter Concerns

“Promises made, promises kept” wasthe campaign slogan of candidate AndySkibitsky when he ran for mayor ofWestfield four years ago. He stated veryclearly that, if elected, he would reviewevery line of our municipal budget toensure that each public dollar was spentwisely under his administration. Greatcampaign slogan and worthwhile en-deavor for a candidate to run on.

What has been the outcome of thatpromise? In fact, very little. As mayor,Andy Skibitsky has not attended one ses-sion in four years of the finance commit-tee that reviews and creates the municipalbudget of the town ($40 million our taxdollars). How can he now state that thepromises he made have been promiseskept?

For years, the mayor and town councilworked on the town’s budget as a com-mittee of the whole. I know this to be true,as I served on the town council inWestfield.

The mayor and the entire town councilreviewed and did their part in puttingtogether the budget.

Andy Skibitskty as a candidate mayhave promised a detailed oversight of thebudget, but Andy Skibitsky as mayor didnot deliver at all while in office. Promisesmade, but not delivered.

In his 2006 letter to the taxpayers,Andy wrote, “I understand that you de-serve transparency and accountabilityfrom your elected officials...” Where isthe transparency today when he has cre-

ated a system in which all finance com-mittee meetings are closed to the public?It was not that way in the past. The publicwas always allowed and invited to attendthose meetings to see and hear first-handhow their tax dollars would be spent.

Promises made, and kept? Not so, Mr.Mayor. Good campaign slogan, not yourrecord.

One last item, perhaps the most impor-tant. As a candidate, Andy stated he wasagainst using the town’s sale of assetsaccount (our savings account) to pay forthe operating budget. This, he said, wassimilar to Enron- type accounting. Prom-ises made, what do you think happened?

As mayor, Andy has done exactly as hewarned against. Yes, under his adminis-tration the town’s savings account is be-ing used to finance the operating budgetto the tune of over $2,000,000 to date.Enron accounting, Andy? Promises made,what happened?

Little wonder Andy Skibitsky will notaccept former Westfied Judge BillBrennan’s challenge to a series of realdebates. Promises made – get ready forthe excuses.

Yes, it is true that the mayor has a warmsmile and a pleasant personality, but weneed more than that in a mayor duringthese difficult financial times. Leader-ship, not salesmanship, is what I want. Ihope you agree.

Tony LaPortaWestfield

In his Tuesday, September 22, Internetblog entitled, “What Bo Still Don’t Know”Assemblyman Jerry Green (D-22) doesnot disappoint as he continues to providethe very best political entertainment ofthe week. His GOP opponent, Bo Vastine,has been anything but a passive, place-holding candidate, as he has been takingGreen on in what he considers to be hispersonal turf, Plainfield. Issue-orientedcampaigning is obviously not an activitythat Green is comfortable with, as hefranticly tosses an assortment of non-sense against “the wall” hoping that some-thing will stick.

Green’s panic attacks are evidenced byhis accusing Vastine of hiding from thepublic that he spoke before the RahwayCity Council – how does one hide some-thing that was televised and is part of thepublic record? That Vastine doesn’t wantthe voters to know he lives in ScotchPlains – last we checked that town wasalso part of the 22nd District, adjacent toPlainfield and deserving of representa-

tion, something Jerry apparently has for-gotten. And finally, that Bo is hidingbeing employed in an industry where hesells a products and services to the finan-cial industry therefore he may “roundaboutly” earn his living from Wall Street– apparently this is something akin tobeing a serial killer.

And speaking of the evils of Wall Street,which Jerry blames for destroying toomany lives to count. What did this formercounty freeholder do with the slick half-million-plus dollars he garnered fromselling his real estate holdings on St.Georges Avenue in Linden to the UnionCounty Improvement Authority?

Are we to believe that he did not investany of this money and is keeping theprofits from selling what were at one timethe sites of his bar and liquor store in hismattress? The voters in the 22nd Districtshould be asking Assemblyman Greenwhat he doesn’t want voters to know.

Patricia QuattrocchiGarwood GOP

The four candidates for Fanwood Bor-ough Council both had fundraisers lastweek, and news coverage of the respec-tive events demonstrated the significantdifferences between the two parties andhow the Fanwood Republican candidatesare significantly out of touch withFanwood issues and voter concerns.

Under the leadership of council mem-bers Donna Dolce and David Valian, thecouncil has done a comparative analysisof the borough budget “line by line.” Inaddition, under the leadership of CouncilPresident Dolce, a bi-partisan task groupof Fanwood citizens examined the budgetfurther and generated a comprehensivereport that assisted the council in finaliz-ing the 2009 budget and has implicationsfor additional reductions in the yearsahead. A copy of this report is availableon the borough’s website atwww.visitfanwood.com.

Furthermore, for the past two years,there has been a general consensus thatthe issues affecting Fanwood are not the

increase in expenses, as stated by theFanwood Republican candidates, butrather the decline in revenue-generatingresources.

The Republican candidates, had theytaken the time to attend the public budgetmeetings, might realize that Fanwood’sexpenses rose less than one-half of 1percent over last year’s budget. Also,since all the “line items” that they willreview and cut if elected are public knowl-edge, why will they not share what theywould cut now? Because, I venture toguess, they do not know and have notreviewed the budget.

The Mayor Mahr team continues to befocused on ensuring that Fanwood resi-dents receive the programs and servicesthey expect at a price they can afford.Fanwood deserves the proven leadershipthat Donna Dolce and David Valian haveprovided our community, and they shouldget your vote!

Jack E. MolenaarChair, Fanwood Dem Campaign

Medicare Costs WillSoar Without ReformWe must stop insurance companies

from denying coverage or making itunaffordable just because of someone’shealth or age. And we must ensure thatpeople in Medicare continue to get all thebenefits they’ve earned, period.

Without health care reform, doctors inMedicare will face a 21 percent cut intheir fees. We need to make sure thatMedicare pays doctors fairly so seniorscan keep the doctor of their choice.

None of us alone has the power totackle these issues, but as one of 40 mil-lion AARP members, I know our voiceswill be heard. Health care reform is worthfighting for.

Lillie Hudson, AARPEwing Township

What Is Taking Union CountySo Long To Replace Cranford Bridge?

Newspaper reports indicate the $2-mil-lion construction project on the Spring-field Avenue bridge in Cranford is ex-pected to take anywhere from 12 to 16months to complete. No surprise there, asthe project is being spearheaded by theUnion County engineering department.That calls to mind some interesting factsabout the Empire State Building in NewYork City: Excavation began in January1930. Construction began in March 1930and was completed one year and 45 days

later and ahead of schedule!Erecting a 102-story city building ver-

sus repairing a “routine” township bridge,what a laugh! It will be interesting to seehow long it takes to complete the SouthFirst Street bridge in Elizabeth. Pardonme while I take time out for a belly-bustin’, rafter-rockin’ guffaw! Modern-day government at work. You’ve come along way, baby!

Joseph DohertyElizabeth

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PREZYDENT...Beata Woj of Westfield, background left, gets a glimpse as thePresident of Poland, Lech Kaczynski, left, talks to Alex Storozynski, president ofKosciuszko Foundation during his visit on September 24 to the Polish and SlavicFederal Credit Union in Brooklyn.

Westfield GOP Campaign, Loughlin for Council

Plan for Downtown Westfield

COTTON CANDY...Keith Loughlin,Council candidate, hands out cottoncandy at Westfield’s FestiFall.

As a candidate for Westfield’s FourthWard Town Councilman [KeithLoughlin], each week I speak with nu-merous residents as I walk door to door inour neighborhoods. I am familiar with theissues that are important to our FourthWard residents. One issue that often arisesis a concern that we maintain a vibrantdowntown. As your councilman, I will becommitted to making our central busi-ness district more attractive for our resi-dents, business owners and shoppers.

As a member of the downtown busi-ness community, I have first-hand knowl-edge of the issues we face in our down-town. Westfield must continue to pursuea healthy balance of locally-owned busi-nesses alongside the national chains inorder to keep our thriving downtown prof-itable and to reduce vacancies. I supportthe efforts of the Downtown WestfieldCorporation and the Chamber of Com-merce to bring more visitors to our town

through special events such as the Down-town Westfield 5K Pizza Run, jazz nights,restaurant week and annual street fairs.

I will ensure that the town council takesaction to encourage more shoppers anddiners to frequent our downtown. Forexample, I will propose an anti-loiteringordinance for our downtown to addressthe situation that exists near Starbucks. Isupport expanding the “free 10 minutesof parking” option to our pay stations, aspresently available on our parking meters,to enable shoppers to run a quick errand.Further, I will pursue increased free park-ing during the holiday seasons.

In the coming weeks, I will continueto walk in our neighborhoods to meet ourresidents and earn your support. As al-ways, if you have any questions, wouldlike more information, or would like toshow your support by wearing our or-ange t-shirt, please visitkeithloughlin.com.

Success of Jumble Store CriticalTo JLEP In Training Workers

Courtesy of Bob GeyerTROLLEY GENEALOGY...The Plaza in Westfield is shown in 1934, prior tobecoming the Jolly Trolley in the 1960s. Last month, the watering hole wasrenamed The Office.

On September 12, the Junior League ofElizabeth-Plainfield (the “JLEP”) re-opened the Jumble Store, a thrift shoplocated at 110 Walnut Avenue in Cranford,after the traditional summer hiatus. Theopening represented the start of the 76thyear of operation for the Jumble Store,making it one of the oldest continuouslyrun businesses in Union County. Net pro-ceeds from the store help fund all of theJunior League’s community outreachprojects and volunteer training programs.

This year, the Junior League is de-lighted to begin its partnership withHomeFirst, formerly known as the Inter-faith Council for the Homeless. The JLEPis working with HomeFirst to develop anutrition education program for the cli-ents of HomeFirst. In addition, the JLEPwill continue to operate its very success-ful wholly-owned project, “The CareerCloset,” where JLEP members work withdifferent social service agencies to pro-vide professional clothing and accesso-ries to lower income women graduatingfrom job training programs.

The JLEP will also be sending sixmembers to Brooklyn in November to

attend the Association of Junior LeagueInternational Inc.’s Organizational De-velopment Institute, a two-day trainingprogram designed to provide instructionon effective methods of working withinand operating a not-for-profit organiza-tion.

The success of the Jumble Store iscritical to the ability of the JLEP to con-tinue working in and training volunteersfor the community. Last year, due in largepart to the wonderful donations the JLEPreceived from the community, the JumbleStore earned the JLEP profits well inexcess of what had been projected. Pleasehelp the JLEP have another successfulyear by dropping off any new or gentlyused clothing items at the store duringnormal business hours, Tuesday throughSaturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. andThursday from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. or call(908) 709-1177 and leave a message toarrange for a pick up.

The JLEP invites the community tovisit our website at www.jlepnj.org.

Susan Buchner, PresidentJr. League of Elizabeth-Plainfield

In light of the recent article that ap-peared in The Westfield Leader concern-ing the name change of The Jolly Trolley,I would like to elaborate upon the infor-mation it presented to the readership ofthis publication.

Since 1966, The Jolly Trolley has un-dergone several corporate ownershipchanges, and in each change, The JollyTrolley has been recognized and appreci-ated for the fact that it was a local land-mark and a Westfield institution. Today,The Jolly Trolley is part of CB HoldingCorp., and while The Trolley’s name mayhave changed, the reverence for this be-loved bar has not. Not only that, but thepeople and the passion that made the JollyTrolley such a hallowed part of theWestfield community are still there andwill continue carrying on the traditionsand practices of this neighborhood uni-fier.

Also a neighborhood business, TheOffice Beer Bar and Grill is uniquely aNew Jersey pub, and we are proud to havethe Jolly Trolley as both its originator andthe newest member of the Office Bar andGrill group. Taking a cue from its prede-cessor, The Office strives to become in-volved in the communities in which itoperates, and Westfield is certainly noexception. It is very important to us tobecome an actively-engaged communityparticipant. For example, The Office sup-ports local sports teams in the seven townsin which it is located and will be sponsor-

ing the annual Fall Motorcycle Classicagain this year, with all proceeds going tothe Tomorrow’s Children’s Fund.

Great things are happening at The Of-fice in Westfield already, from the soon-to-be-completed installation of a new barand interior seating, to new menus, to anupcoming Home Brewers’ Contest; allexciting changes we are looking forwardto sharing with everyone in Westfield.

In short, the spirit of The Jolly Trolleylives on in the establishment’s new incar-nation, and all of us in The Office familyare eager to follow in The Trolley’s foot-steps, providing a new local landmark forthe people of Westfield that unifies thesentiment of the past with the excitementof the future.

Samuel Borgese, PresidentThe Office Bar & Grill

A simple change to I.R.S. tax codeinterpretation will significantly reducethe trade in frivolous lawsuits. Any goodtort reform will be somewhat uncomfort-able for both sides of the aisle, but theproposal outlined below will align diver-gent interests and allow for easier passageof your health care reform package.

Waived legal fees provided by an attor-ney have not been considered as taxableincome for the plaintiff, even though theplaintiff barters his case (as if it were aproduct) with the attorney. Damages wonin a lawsuit are not taxable. I presume thisis to assist in making the plaintiff whole.But in the event the case is lost, thebartered legal fees, which are almost uni-versally waived, should be considered astaxable income. For instance, I sue Dr.Jones for missing a diagnosis, and I wasallegedly harmed. My attorney takes thecase on contingency. If we win my case,he takes a percentage of the winningsalong with other negotiated fees. If welose the case, he waives the fees.

If I win, damages are not taxable. He

invests 200 hours at $450 per hour in ser-vices. We lose the case, and he waives the$90,000 in legal fees, we accrued. I shouldbe taxed on the bartered $90,000 worth ofservices. If I receive/barter $90,000 worthof product or services from any other sector,I owe tax on that income; bartered legal feesshould not be any different. This proposal iswin-win-win. It will drive additional rev-enue to the treasury. It is not a new tax, justan alteration in tax interpretation. It willreduce the filing of frivolous litigation, itwill reduce malpractice and liability insur-ance, it will reduce the practice of defensivemedicine, and no constituents are targetedas future claims have not occurred.

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Miss Laura Beth Mortkowitz and Oliver Joszt

Miss Laura B. MortkowitzTo Marry Oliver Joszt

Mr. and Mrs. Michael Mortkowitzof Scotch Plains have announced theengagement of their daughter, MissLaura Beth Mortkowitz, to OliverJoszt. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs.Bogdan Joszt of Roselle.

Both Miss Mortkowitz and Mr.Joszt are 2005 graduates of UnionCatholic Regional High School inScotch Plains. They also both gradu-ated from Rider University inLawrenceville in May. MissMortkowitz graduated magna cumlaude with a Bachelor of Arts degree

in Journalism and English. Mr. Josztgraduated magna cum laude with aBachelor of Arts degree in Englishand Political Science with a minor inPre-Law.

The future bridegroom presently isattending Seton Hall School of Lawin Newark, while the bride-to-be isenrolled in New York University’sgraduate school for journalism.

The couple became engaged whileon a trip to Paris in May of this year.They are planning a July 2011 wed-ding.

Miss Kristen N. Pollock and Dr. Joshua S. Gordon

Miss Kristen PollockTo Wed Dr. Joshua GordonMr. and Mrs. Gregory Pollock of

Westfield have announced the engage-ment of their daughter, Miss KristenNicole Pollock, to Dr. Joshua SimonGordon. He is the son of Dr. and Mrs.Mark Gordon of Pikesville, Md. MissPollock is the granddaughter of thelate Samuel and Josephine Matino ofWestfield and the late William andMildred Pollock of Fanwood.

A 2002 graduate of Westfield Se-nior High School, the bride-to-beearned a Bachelor of Science degreein Mathematics in 2006 from LoyolaCollege in Maryland. Miss Pollockalso was awarded her Secondary Edu-cation Certification in Mathematics

from Loyola College that year. She isemployed as a program analyst withthe United States Department of La-bor, Bureau of Labor Statistics inWashington, D.C.

The future bridegroom earned hisBachelor of Science degree in 1996and then his Doctorate of Optometryin 1999 from the Pennsylvania Col-lege of Optometry. Dr. Gordon cur-rently practices optometry in the Bal-timore area, where he is a partner inthe Barenburg Eye Associates prac-tice.

Both Dr. Gordon and Miss Pollockreside in Baltimore, Md. They areplanning a Fall 2010 wedding.

Miller-Cory to SpotlightMedicine Pouches Sunday

WESTFIELD – The Miller-CoryHouse Museum, located at 614 Moun-tain Avenue in Westfield, will presenta program this Sunday, October 4,from 2 to 4 p.m. entitled “NativeAmerican Medicine Pouches.”

Janet Murphy will explain the sig-nificance of medicine pouches andspecial items that the pouch wearermight put inside. Children will beable to make pouches out of leather,decorate them with beads and a sym-bol from one of the Lenape Indianclans, and choose shells or “magicstones” for inside. Ms. Murphy alsowill tell the creation story of each ofthe Lenape clans.

Additionally, there will be tours givenSunday of the restored, 1740 farm-house. Members of the cooking com-mittee will demonstrate the skills usedin 18th-century open-hearth cooking,using authentic recipes and seasonalfoods. Taste samples will be offered tovisitors. The gift shop, which carriesColonial toys, crafts, books and educa-tional materials, also will be open.

Admission to the museum is $2.50for adults, $1 for students and free forchildren under age 4. Upcoming pro-grams at the museum include “FourCenturies in a Weekend” on Saturdayand Sunday, October 17 and 18; “Hal-loween Hocus Pocus” on Sunday,October 25; “Visiting Westfield inColonial Times” on Sunday, Novem-ber 1; “Colloquialisms – Expressionsfrom the Past” on Sunday, November8, and “Sweet Things – 18th CenturyCandy” on Sunday, November 15.

For more information or to schedulea school or scout tour, call the museumoffice at (908) 232-1776 or e-mailmillercorymuseum@gmail.com. Themuseum’s website ismillercoryhouse.org.

‘The War Man’ BiographerTo Address SAR TomorrowWESTFIELD – The West Fields

Chapter of the Sons of the AmericanRevolution will meet at 8 p.m. tomor-row, Friday, October 2, in the WestfieldMunicipal Building CommunityRoom, located at 425 East Broad Street.

Guest speaker for the meeting willbe Robert Mayers, author of “TheWar Man,” the true story of a citizen-soldier who fought from Quebec toYorktown. Mr. Mayers’ recently re-leased book is a biography of Corpo-ral John Allison, a soldier in theContinental Army who served forthe entire eight years of the Ameri-can Revolution.

Corporal Allison was in New Jer-sey many times during the war, in-cluding the hard winter of 1779-1780 at Jockey Hollow, Morristown.While researching his family his-tory, Mr. Mayers first learned thatthis soldier was his direct ancestor.

Over the years, the author has trav-

eled to the battlefields of the Revo-lution and other historic sites to fol-low the footsteps of Corporal Allison.These onsite experiences, combinedwith the discovery of original docu-ments and oral accounts passed downin the family through many genera-tions, provides a detailed account ofthe life of a private soldier during theAmerican Revolution.

An active member of 10 historicalsocieties in the areas of the countrywhere this history took place, Mr.Mayers is a frequent speaker and con-tributor to society publications. Aprevious work on his family’s historyspans 600 years and was accepted bylocal and global reference librarycollections in the United States andEngland. In 2003, his narrative “TheVoyage of the Marion,” an account ofimmigration to America in the 1830s,was featured in Cheshire Magazinein the United Kingdom.

Copies of the speaker’s book willbe available for sale. The meeting isopen to the public. Light refresh-ments will be served.

Garwood SeniorsTo Gather Today

GARWOOD – The Garwood Se-nior Citizens Club will meet today,Thursday, October 1, at noon at theGarwood Firehouse located on SouthAvenue. Committee chairpersons willbe called on for their reports.

The Nominating Committee hasadvised of the nominees for office forthe 2009-2010 club years. They are:President, Harry McKasson; VicePresident, Fred Unnold; Treasurer,Dolores and Ed Cielinski; RecordingSecretary, Rita Unnold, and Corre-sponding Secretary, Lorraine Huzar.

Birthdays celebrated during Octo-ber include: Bill Bennett, BarbaraBrodie, Grace Chargois, Pat DePaola,Anne Mossuto, Stefan Motyczka andJohn Soney. The club remindsGarwood senior citizens that thefirehouse is open every Thursday forsuch activities as card playing andgames.

SPJWC Clothing DriveTo Be Held TomorrowSCOTCH PLAINS – The Scotch

Plains Junior Woman’s Club (SPJWC)will hold a clothing drive tomorrow,Friday, October 2, from noon to 5p.m. at the Scotch Hills Country Club,located at Jerusalem Road andPlainfield Avenue in Scotch Plains.

Anyone who donates will receive avoucher for one free game of minia-ture golf at the Scotch Hills Mini GolfCourse on Jerusalem Road in ScotchPlains. Items accepted for donationinclude men’s, women’s andchildren’s wearable and usable cloth-ing, shoes, belts, handbags, linens,stuffed animals and hard toys. Itemsneed to be in tied plastic bags. Due tolack of storage, individuals are askednot to drop off items early.

The non-profit SPJWC conductsefforts and events that benefit charitiesin the Scotch Plains-Fanwood area.The club meets at the Scotch HillsCountry Club every third Wednesdayfrom September to June. Anyone in-terested in joining the group can at-tend a meeting or visit spjwc.com.

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Experts Bank on Community InstitutionsFor Small to Mid-Sized Businesses

AREA – Big commercial bankinginstitutions are a must for big busi-ness. According to most veterans ofthe banking industry, when a corpo-ration has multiple out-of-state funds,asset-based inventory and needs in-ternational lines of credit, an interna-tional commercial institution is justabout the only banking partner theycan team up with. Although not al-ways gentle, these commercial gi-ants are essential to keeping thewheels of big business in motion.However, small and mid-sized busi-nesses do much better at communitybanks, according to the watchdogs ofcommercial banking.

One such community bank thatfits this description is Unity Bank.Unity Bank is a mid-sized commu-nity institution with 16 branches. Itspresident, James Hughes, said Unityis representative of a regional bankin that its services are focused onhelping area businesses grow andthrive. “As do many banks our sizethroughout the country, we providea combination of critical businessservices and small business loans,”said Mr. Hughes. “Of course, westrive to do it better than most.”

Founded in 1991, Unity Bank hasbeen designated a Preferred Lenderby the Small Business Administra-tion, based on its lending track record.It offers a one-stop suite of servicesto area business, and has set up what

the bank calls its Small BusinessCapital Group to address the specificneeds of its commercial customers.“We’re dedicated to helping localbusinesses stay healthy and maintainprofitability,” said Mr. Hughes, “andthat goes beyond everyday bankingservices. We develop personal rela-tionships with our customers, andeverything we do on their behalf takesinto consideration the welfare of thecommunity as a whole. That’s not theway the international banking insti-tutions think. They’re just not built tooperate that way.” Each business cus-tomer at Unity Bank is assigned aRelationship Manager, as well as aloan officer, according to Mr. Hughes.“It’s their job to help our customersanticipate their banking needs by pro-viding an outside perspective on howlocal trends and outside influencesmay affect their businesses,” he said.

Unity Bank began as First Com-munity Bank in 1991 with twobranches and 30 employees. It nowemploys over 160 men and women inHunterdon, Middlesex, Somerset,Union and Warren counties in NewJersey and Northampton County inPennsylvania. For more informationabout Unity Bank, call RosemaryFellner at (800) 618-BANK(2265) orvisit unitybank.com.

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Detective to SpeakAt AARP Meeting

WESTFIELD – Westfield AreaChapter 4137 of the American Asso-ciation of Retired Persons (AARP)will meet on Monday, October 5, at 1p.m. at the Scotch Hills Country Club,located at Jerusalem Road andPlainfield Avenue in Scotch Plains.

Detective Peter Campanelli, a po-lice officer for 30 years from theUnion County Sheriff’s Office, willbe the guest speaker. He will speak onvarious aspects of senior safety aswell as identity theft.

The business meeting will followthe program. A social hour with cof-fee, tea and cake will wrap up theafternoon. Skeets Kuzmuk, first vicepresident of the chapter, will collectnon-perishable food items for theWestfield Area food pantry housed atthe Holy Trinity Interparochial Schoolin Westfield. He also will collect smallgift items to be used as bingo prizes forpatients at Runnells Specialized Hos-pital of Union County.

The chapter is offering a seven-daytrip with Collette Tours, June 17 to 23,2010, to the Black Hills of South Da-kota and the Badlands. Brochures andinformation will be available atMonday’s meeting.

Rosary Altar SocietySets Breakfast SundayGARWOOD – The 65th Annual

Communion Breakfast of St. Anne’sRosary Altar Society of the Church ofSt. Anne in Garwood will be held forall women of the parish after the 8a.m. Mass on Sunday, October 4.Breakfast will take place at theKnights of Columbus Hall inGarwood.

The Reverend Warren Hall, presi-dent of Hudson Catholic RegionalHigh School in Jersey City and aweekend assistant at St. Anne’sChurch, will be the guest speaker.

Reverend Hall was ordained to thepriesthood in 1989. He has served invarious areas and parishes and alsowas priest secretary to former New-ark Archbishop Theodore McCarrick.

Tickets may be acquired fromChairpersons Shirley Swayze at (908)789-2062 or Jennie Browne at (908)789-0778. The cost is $10 per person.

RIBBON CAMPAIGN…With the close of September, Izzi, left, and SophieWayner of Westfield start cutting off teal ribbons following the month’s “Turn theTowns Teal” campaign to raise ovarian cancer awareness. The Turn the TownsTeal and Kaleidoscope of Hope organizations thanked all who participated andencouraged women to get examinations. October is Breast Cancer AwarenessMonth. For more information on ovarian cancer, visit kohnj.org.

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Former Supt. to Tell HistoryOf Westfield Public SchoolsWESTFIELD – Former Superin-

tendent of the Westfield PublicSchools William J. Foley will discuss“The History of the Westfield PublicSchools” at the First Wednesday Lun-cheon of the Westfield HistoricalSociety. The luncheon will take placeat noon on October 7 at the Echo LakeCountry Club, located at 515 Spring-field Avenue in Westfield.

The former superintendent will offera brief history of the Westfield PublicSchools, from the opening of the firstlog cabin school around 1750, at thesite of Mountain Avenue and East BroadStreet, through the opening of the cur-rent Westfield High School in 1952.His presentation will include picturesand documents from this period, aswell as a history of some of the contro-versies the board of education faced inthose early years.

During his 40-year career in edu-cation, the now-retired former super-intendent served as an elementaryschool teacher, educational researcherand school administrator. In 1984 hecame to the Westfield Public Schools

to serve as its chief financial officer.He left Westfield in 1991 to becomesuperintendent in Marlboro, and re-turned to Westfield in 1996. He haslived in Westfield since 1984 and hasthree children who graduated fromWestfield High School.

Active in multiple community or-ganizations, including the WestfieldHistorical Society, he is past presi-dent of the Rotary Club of Westfieldand the Westfield Optimists Cluband a member of the Westfield Area“Y” board and the Westfield Foun-dation.

All those wishing to attend the lun-cheon are asked to make a reservationby calling (908) 233-2930 by noon onMonday, October 5. The cost of theluncheon is $18, including gratuity.

All Saints’ Church to HoldAnnual Family Fun Fest

SCOTCH PLAINS – The AllSaints’ Episcopal Church will holdits second annual Family Fun Feston Saturday, October 17, from 10a.m. to 4 p.m. A variety of familyactivities will be featured.

Participants will have an opportunityto build a scarecrow, with all supplies tobe provided. Clothes, straw, frame andface will be available. Construction willtake place on the grass in front of thechurch. Artistic advisors will be onhand to help scarecrow builders getunderway, and some completed scare-crows also will be available.

Various games for children will befeatured as well, along with face paint-ing and pumpkin painting. Attendeesare invited to bring their cameras.

Participants will have an opportunityto shop for crafts. There also will be anassortment of brand new gift items andgift baskets – nothing over $10. Addi-tionally, there will be a bake sale, a 50/50 raffle and lunch offerings such as hotdogs and condiments to be put on them.

The Family Fun Fest will takeplace rain or shine. All Saints’ Churchis located at 559 Park Avenue in

Scotch Plains, across from ParkMiddle School. Parking is availablebehind the church, accessed viaSchool Place. For more information,call (908) 322-8047.

Whistling Room to DebutTomorrow at Area Church

CRANFORD – The Trinity Episco-pal Church is working with StrikeLine Media to present The WhistlingRoom: Cabaret For A Cause. Thismonthly coffeehouse series will beheld the first Friday of every monthstarting tomorrow, October 2, at 7:30p.m. in the church’s Witherington Hall.

The Whistling Room will incorpo-rate featured musical acts of variousgenres and a spoken word open micsegment. The first cause affiliatedwith the event will be Relay For Life®,to which part of the evening’s pro-ceeds will be donated.

Relay For Life® is the AmericanCancer Society’s signature event thatbrings more than 3.5 million peoplefrom 4,900 communities across thecountry together each year to cel-ebrate the lives of those who havebattled cancer, remember loved oneslost and continue the fight againstthis disease. For more information onthe charity, visit relayforlife.org.

Each event will be hosted by andfeature a performance by Cranfordsinger-songwriter Shayfer James. Mr.James incorporates folk, rock andtheatrical pop into a musical genre ofhis own. Each monthly program alsowill feature special musical guestsfrom the Cranford area. For moreinformation on Mr. James, accessshayferjames.com.

The spoken word open mic aspectof each evening will take place be-tween musical acts. Poets, actors,comedians and other interested per-sons may sign up at 7 p.m. the night ofeach event. Slots will be limited, soparticipants should get there early.

Performers also can sign up in ad-vance at strikelinemedia.com. Musi-cal acts interested in performing at afuture event can submit to the site aswell. Admission for all attendees (in-cluding open mic participants) is $5.

Coffee also will be available for pur-chase. The Trinity Episcopal Churchis located at North and Forest Av-enues in Cranford.

TEAM EFFORT...The Guys and Dolls Bike Team, pictured from left to right,include Nancy, Scott and Georgia Gleason, Joe Aronds, Geneva Gleason, Dianeand Gerry Bedrin, Mitch Slater and Leslie Dickstein. Not pictured are MikeO’Donnell and David Hoffman.

Guys and Dolls Bike TeamRide In Bid to Cure MS

AREA – Since 1998, the ever-growing Guys and Dolls Bike Teamhas pedaled around Manhattan sup-porting the fight against multiplesclerosis. RE/MAX Realtor ScottGleason and family have recruitedWestfielders and others to join in,having a blast and fundraising forthe cure. Guys and Dolls welcomesall cyclists interested in the thrill ofriding up the FDR, across theHarlem River Drive and down the

West Side Highway with 5,000other bikes and no cars this Sun-day, October 4. Contributions willhelp surpass last year’s $6,300raised, on the way to the team’s$10,000 goal.

To contribute or join, visitGuysAndDolls.INFO. Any ques-tions may be directed to captainScott Gleason at (908) 698-2630.

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J. Silvio Mascolo EarnsForty Under 40 AwardWESTFIELD – Westfield resident

J. Silvio Mascolo accepted theNJBIZ Top “Forty Under 40” awardon September 10. The Forty Under40 awards program recognizes menand women working in New Jerseywho have been making headlines intheir field and who share a commit-ment to business growth, profes-sional excellence and the commu-nity. The honorees are selected byan independent panel of judges.

Mr. Mascolo co-founded the lawfirm of Rebenack, Aronow & Mascolo,located in New Brunswick, in Januaryof 2007. He concentrates his practicein personal injury law and civil litiga-tion. Mr. Mascolo is certified by theNew Jersey Supreme Court as a civiltrial attorney. He can be reached atjmascolo@ramlawnj.com or (732)247-3600.

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Peter Tol

Area Clock CollectorTo Give Talk on ‘Time’

WESTFIELD – Veteran clock col-lector Peter Tol of Mendham willdiscuss the concept of time onWednesday, October 7, at 7 p.m. atthe Westfield Memorial Library, lo-cated at 550 East Broad Street.

A collector of clocks since the1960s, Mr. Tol will discuss the con-cept of time, how it is measured, howit was measured in the past, and whyand when the accurate measurementof time became important.

Mr. Tol also has been trained inclock repair and restoration. In the1970s, he began importing clocksfrom Europe, restoring them and sell-ing them to the general public. Mostof the clocks came from England.

As part of his talk, the collector willdemonstrate how a mechanical clockworks, and he also will share his pho-tograph collection of antique clocks.

This program is open to WestfieldMemorial Library and MURALcardholders. The library is located at550 East Broad Street. To register,visit wmlnj.org and click on OnlineCalendar, or call (908) 789-4090,extension no. 4140.

For more information on libraryprograms, call (908) 789-4090, visitwmlnj.org and sign up for the monthlye-newsletter “Library Loop” or stopby the library for a copy of its quar-terly newsletter “Take Note.”

Labyrinth Walk Is SetSunday at Area Church

CRANFORD – The First Presby-terian Church will sponsor a series ofopen labyrinth walks, with the nextone scheduled for Sunday, October 4.All walks will be held in the church’sBates Hall, located at 11 SpringfieldAvenue in Cranford.

Participants are invited to walk thelabyrinth any time between 1 and 4p.m., but are asked to begin their walkby 3:30 p.m. Subsequent walks willbe held the first Sunday of everymonth, unless otherwise specified.All are welcome.

The 11-ringed pattern, painted oncanvas, is modeled after the 13th-cen-tury labyrinth at Chartres Cathedral inFrance. For more details on the laby-rinth program or future walks, call thechurch at (908) 276-8440.

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FCC Open House SetFor Sunday MorningWESTFIELD – The First Con-

gregational Church invites visitorsand prospective members to an openhouse event this Sunday, October 4,at 10 a.m. All individuals and fami-lies who are seeking a new faithcommunity are welcome to attend.

Visitors will have an opportunityto experience a traditional Congre-gational worship, led by the Rever-end Mark Boyea, senior minister.Church school and childcare forchildren of all ages are providedduring the service. Infant care isavailable in the crib room.

A coffee hour will be held in thechurch’s Patton Auditorium directlyafter the service. Representativesfrom the church’s various boardswill be available to provide infor-mation about opportunities for ser-vice, education and fellowship.

The First Congregational Churchis a member of the United Church ofChrist. The church’s membership iscomprised of a mix of denomina-tional backgrounds, including RomanCatholic, Presbyterian, Baptist, Epis-copal, Lutheran and Quaker.

Located at 125 Elmer Street inWestfield, the church is accessibleby a wheelchair ramp. Infrared lis-tening devices are available for thehearing impaired. For further infor-mation, call the church office at(908) 233-2494 or visitfccofwestfield.org.

Rev. Porter to Observe43rd Year of MinistrySCOTCH PLAINS – The Rever-

end Kelmo C. Porter, pastor of St.John’s Baptist Church, will cel-ebrate 43 years of ministry this Sun-day, October 4. His brother, theReverend Nathaniel Porter, pastorof the Memorial Church of God inChrist of Haverford, Pa., will be theguest speaker at the 10 a.m. wor-ship service.

Members of the public are invitedto attend. St. John’s Baptist Church islocated at 2387 Morse Avenue inScotch Plains. For more information,call the church at (908) 232-6972.

BREAKFAST PLANS…Rose Russo, Carmen Imgrund, Theresa Albright andthe Reverend Alex Pinto, pictured left to right, review plans for the Holy Trinity/St. Helen’s Rosary Society Communion Breakfast, to be held at 10 a.m. onSunday, October 11, at The Westwood in Garwood. It will follow the 9 a.m. Massat the Holy Trinity Roman Catholic Church in Westfield. Allan Wright, authorof “Jesus in the House” and “Silent Witnesses in the Gospels,” will be the guestspeaker. Tickets are $25. For information, call Beverly Caldora at (908) 947-8070.All are welcome.

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Prayer to

The Blessed Virgin(Never known to fail)

Oh most beautiful Flower ofMount Carmel, Fruitful Vine,Splendor of Heaven, BlessedMother of the Son of God, Im-maculate Virgin, assist me in mynecessity. Oh, Star of the Sea, helpme! Show me herein you are mymother. Oh Holy Mary, Mother ofGod, Queen of Heaven and Earth,I humbly beseech you from thebottom of my heart to succor me inthis necessity. There are none whocan withstand your power. Showme herein you are my mother. OhMary, conceived without sin, prayfor us who have recourse to thee.Holy Mother, I place this cause inyour hands (3x).

Holy Spirit, You who solve allproblems, light all roads so that Imay attain my goal. You who gaveme the divine gift to forgive andforget all evil against me and that inall instances in my life You are withme. I want in this short prayer tothank You as I confirm once againthat I never want to be separatedfrom You in eternal glory. Thankyou for your mercy towards meand mine. Amen.

Say this prayer on three con-secutive days. Publish this prayerafter the favor is granted.

A.P.H.

Prayer to

The Blessed Virgin(Never known to fail)

Oh most beautiful Flower ofMount Carmel, Fruitful Vine,Splendor of Heaven, BlessedMother of the Son of God, Im-maculate Virgin, assist me in mynecessity. Oh, Star of the Sea, helpme! Show me herein you are mymother. Oh Holy Mary, Mother ofGod, Queen of Heaven and Earth,I humbly beseech you from thebottom of my heart to succor me inthis necessity. There are none whocan withstand your power. Showme herein you are my mother. OhMary, conceived without sin, prayfor us who have recourse to thee.Holy Mother, I place this cause inyour hands (3x).

Holy Spirit, You who solve allproblems, light all roads so that Imay attain my goal. You who gaveme the divine gift to forgive andforget all evil against me and that inall instances in my life You are withme. I want in this short prayer tothank You as I confirm once againthat I never want to be separatedfrom You in eternal glory. Thankyou for your mercy towards meand mine. Amen.

Say this prayer on three con-secutive days. Publish this prayerafter the favor is granted.

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SHERIFF’S SALESHERIFF’S FILE NO.: CH-09004596

SUPERIOR COURT OF NEW JERSEYCHANCERY DIVISION

UNION COUNTYDOCKET NO. F-24561-08

Plaintiff: INDYMAC BANK F.S.B.VS.Defendant: JOAN BRIEL F/K/A JOAN

KERKEN, PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIA-TION

Sale Date: 10/07/2009Writ of Execution: 07/17/2009By virtue of the above-stated writ of execution

to me directed I shall expose for sale by publicvendue, at the UNION COUNTY ADMINISTRA-TION BUILDING, 1ST FLOOR, 10 ELIZABETH-TOWN PLAZA, Elizabeth, New Jersey onWEDNESDAY, at two o’clock in the afternoon ofsaid day. All successful bidders must have 20%of their bid available in cash or certified check atthe conclusion of the sales.

The judgment amount is: ***Two HundredSeventy Thousand Eight Hundred Ninety Sixand 93/100*** $270,896.93.

The property to be sold is located in the Town-ship of Scotch Plains, County of UNION and Sateof New Jersey.

Commonly known as: 2322 North Avenue,Scotch Plains, New Jersey 07076.

Tax Lot No. 4 in Block No. 8301.Dimention of Lot Approximately: .204 ACNearest Cross Street: Summit Avenue.Beginning at a point in the southeasterly side

line of North Avenue, said point being in thedivision line between lots number 20 and 21 inBlock “B” as delineated on a certain map entitled“Map of Graceland”, said map being filed in theUnion County Register’s Office on September22, 1891, as Map No. 119-A, said beginningpoint being also distant northeasterly 890.00 feetmeasured along said side line of North Avenue,from the point where the same is intersected bythe northeasterly side line of Summit Avenue,thence (1) North 79 degrees 50 minutes 30seconds East along said side.

Prior Liens /EncumbrancesTaxes: $1,628.35First Mortgage Held by PNC Bank: $10,000.00Total as of August 10,2009: $11,628.35Total Upset: ***Three Hundred Six Thousand

Nine Hundred Eighteen and 65/100***$306,918.65 together with lawful interest andcosts.

Surplus Money: If after the sale and satisfac-tion of the mortgage debt, including costs andexpenses, there remains any surplus money, themoney will be deposited into the Superior CourtTrust Fund and any person claiming the surplus,or any part thereof, may file a motion pursuant toCourt Rules 4:64-3 and 4:57-2 stating the natureand extent of that person’s claim and asking foran order directing payment of the surplus money.The Sheriff or other person conducting the salewill have information regarding the surplus, ifany.

There is a full legal description on file in theUnion County Sheriff’s Office.

The Sheriff reserves the right to adjourn thissale for any length of time without further adver-tisement.

Ralph FroehlichSheriff

Attorney:FEIN, SUCH, KAHN & SHEPARD, PC7 CENTURY DRIVESUITE 201PARSIPPANY, NEW JERSEY 07054(973) 538-47004 T - 9/10, 9/17, 9/24& 10/1/09 Fee: $197.88

SHERIFF’S SALESHERIFF’S FILE NO.: CH-09004675

SUPERIOR COURT OF NEW JERSEYCHANCERY DIVISION

UNION COUNTYDOCKET NO. F-44376-08

Plaintiff: COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANSSERVICING LP

VS.Defendant: RUI OLIVEIRA; DEOLINDA

OLIVEIRASale Date: 10/14/2009Writ of Execution: 07/17/2009By virtue of the above-stated writ of execution

to me directed I shall expose for sale by publicvendue, at the UNION COUNTY ADMINISTRA-TION BUILDING, 1ST FLOOR, 10 ELIZABETH-TOWN PLAZA, Elizabeth, New Jersey onWEDNESDAY, at two o’clock in the afternoon ofsaid day. All successful bidders must have 20%of their bid available in cash or certified check atthe conclusion of the sales.

The judgment amount is: ***Three HundredEighty Two Thousand Thirteen and 78/100***$382,013.78.

Property to be sold is located in the Townshipof Scotch Plains, County of Union and Sate ofNew Jersey.

Premises commonly known as: 2377 LakePark Terrace, Scotch Plains, New Jersey070761442.

BEING KNOWN as LOT 3, BLOCK 3903, onthe official Tax Map of the TownShip of ScotchPlains.

Dimentions: 119.76 feet x 50.02 feet x 121.36feet x 50.00 feet

Nearest Cross Street: Harding Road.Subject to any unpaid taxes, municipal liens or

other charges, and any such taxes, charges,liens, insurance premiums or other advancesmade by plaintiff prior to this sale. All interestedparties are to conduct and rely upon their ownindependent investigation to ascertain whetheror not any outstanding interest remain of recordand/or have priority over the lien being fore-closed and, if so the current amount due thereon.

If the sale is set aside for any reason, thePurchaser at the sale shall be entitled only areturn of the deposit paid. The Purchaser shallhave no further recourse against the Mortgagor,the Mortgagor’s attorney.

Total Upset: ***Four Hundred Thirty EightThousand Five Hundred Twenty and 66/100***$438,520.66 together with lawful interest andcosts.

Surplus Money: If after the sale and satisfac-tion of the mortgage debt, including costs andexpenses, there remains any surplus money, themoney will be deposited into the Superior CourtTrust Fund and any person claiming the surplus,or any part thereof, may file a motion pursuant toCourt Rules 4:64-3 and 4:57-2 stating the natureand extent of that person’s claim and asking foran order directing payment of the surplus money.The Sheriff or other person conducting the salewill have information regarding the surplus, ifany.

There is a full legal description on file in theUnion County Sheriff’s Office.

The Sheriff reserves the right to adjourn thissale for any length of time without further adver-tisement.

Ralph FroehlichSheriff

Attorney:PHELAN HALLINAN & SCHMIEG, PC400 FELLOWSHIP ROADSUITE 100MOUNT LAUREL, NEW JERSEY 08054(856) 813-55004 T - 9/17, 9/24, 10/1& 10/8/09 Fee: $199.92

SHERIFF’S SALESHERIFF’S FILE NO.: CH-09004811

SUPERIOR COURT OF NEW JERSEYCHANCERY DIVISION

UNION COUNTYDOCKET NO. F-514-07

Plaintiff: HSBC BANK USA, NATIONAL AS-SOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE UNDER THE POOL-ING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT DATEDAS OF NOVEMBER !, 2004, FREMONT HOMELOAN TRUST 2004-D

VS.Defendant: HASSAN MOSELEY AND

SAMIRA MOSELEY, HIS WIFE; KAREN A.CARUSO; NAGI BOTROS; STATE OF NEWJERSEY; R&Y AIR CONDITIONING; ABC BAILBONDS, INC.

Sale Date: 10/21/2009Writ of Execution: 07/24/2009By virtue of the above-stated writ of execution

to me directed I shall expose for sale by publicvendue, at the UNION COUNTY ADMINISTRA-TION BUILDING, 1ST FLOOR, 10 ELIZABETH-TOWN PLAZA, Elizabeth, New Jersey onWEDNESDAY, at two o’clock in the afternoon ofsaid day. All successful bidders must have 20%of their bid available in cash or certified check atthe conclusion of the sales.

The judgment amount is: ***Four HundredSeventy One Thousand Six Hundred TwentyThree and 08/100*** $471,623.08.

Property to be sold is located in: Township ofScotch Plains, County of Union, State of NewJersey

Premises Commonly known as: 6 HappelCourt, Scotch Plains, New Jersey 07076

Tax Lot #3, Block #6601Nearest Cross Street: Westfield RoadApproximate Dimentions: 90 feet x 156 feetThe sale is subject to any unpaid taxes and

assessments, tax, water, and sewer liens andother municipal assessments. The amount duecan be obtained from the local taxing authority.Pursuant to NJSA 46:8B-21 the sale may also besubject to the limited lien priority of any Condo-minium / Homeowner Association liens whichmay exist.

Total Upset: ***Five Hundred Twenty TwoThousand Eighty and 50/100*** $522,080.50together with lawful interest and costs.

Surplus Money: If after the sale and satisfac-tion of the mortgage debt, including costs andexpenses, there remains any surplus money, themoney will be deposited into the Superior CourtTrust Fund and any person claiming the surplus,or any part thereof, may file a motion pursuant toCourt Rules 4:64-3 and 4:57-2 stating the natureand extent of that person’s claim and asking foran order directing payment of the surplus money.The Sheriff or other person conducting the salewill have information regarding the surplus, ifany.

There is a full legal description on file in theUnion County Sheriff’s Office.

The Sheriff reserves the right to adjourn thissale for any length of time without further adver-tisement.

Ralph FroehlichSheriff

Attorney:MILSTEAD & ASSOCIATES, LLCWOODLAND FALLS CORPORATE PARK220 LAKE DRIVE EAST, SUITE 301CHERRY HILL, NEW JERSEY 08002(856) 482-14004 T - 9/24, 10/1, 10/8& 10/15/09 Fee: $187.68

SHERIFF’S SALESHERIFF’S FILE NO.: CH-09004908

SUPERIOR COURT OF NEW JERSEYCHANCERY DIVISION

UNION COUNTYDOCKET NO. F-21205-08

Plaintiff: FCDB 8020 REO LLCVS.Defendant: ANTHONY MORMILE; IMPERIO

MORMILE, HIS WIFE; ELIZABETH D.MORMILE; BELL ATLANTIC NJ INC., OVER-LOOK HOSPITAL

Sale Date: 10/21/2009Writ of Execution: 08/20/2009By virtue of the above-stated writ of execution

to me directed I shall expose for sale by publicvendue, at the UNION COUNTY ADMINISTRA-TION BUILDING, 1ST FLOOR, 10 ELIZABETH-TOWN PLAZA, Elizabeth, New Jersey onWEDNESDAY, at two o’clock in the afternoon ofsaid day. All successful bidders must have 20%of their bid available in cash or certified check atthe conclusion of the sales.

The judgment amount is: ***Three HundredSixty One Thousand One Hundred Five and 88/100*** $361,105.88.

Municipality: Borough of GarwoodStreet Address: 434 3rd Avenue, Garwood,

New Jersey 07027Tax Lot: 29Tax Block: 104Approximate dimentions: 50 feet x 150 feetNearest cross street: Walnut StreetTotal Upset: ***Four Hundred Four Thousand

Eight Hundred Thirty Seven and 30/100***$404,837.30 together with lawful interest andcosts.

Surplus Money: If after the sale and satisfac-tion of the mortgage debt, including costs andexpenses, there remains any surplus money, themoney will be deposited into the Superior CourtTrust Fund and any person claiming the surplus,or any part thereof, may file a motion pursuant toCourt Rules 4:64-3 and 4:57-2 stating the natureand extent of that person’s claim and asking foran order directing payment of the surplus money.The Sheriff or other person conducting the salewill have information regarding the surplus, ifany.

There is a full legal description on file in theUnion County Sheriff’s Office.

The Sheriff reserves the right to adjourn thissale for any length of time without further adver-tisement.

Ralph FroehlichSheriff

Attorney:PLUESE, BECKER & SALTZMAN, LLC20000 HORIZON WAYSUITE 900MOUNT LAUREL, NEW JERSEY 08054-4318(856) 813-17004 T - 9/24, 10/1, 10/8& 10/15/09 Fee: $157.08

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Frances Canfield, 81Frances Daleen (Foley) Canfield,

81, passed away on Thursday,September 24, at the home of herdaughter and son-in-law, Hope andPaul Muzeni, in Westfield.

Fran was born and raised inSeymour, Conn. and moved toWestfield in 1956. She was employedby Woolworth’s in Westfield,Korvette’s in Watchung, Allstate inMurray Hill and Quick Chek inFanwood.

Along with her late husband,George, who predeceased her in 1986,she was involved with the Drum andBugle Corp. at the WestfieldCommunity Center.

Fran also was predeceased by hersister, Mary Chiodo.

Surviving are her four children andtheir spouses, Hope and Paul Muzeni,George and Mary Jane, Edward andLoretto and Christopher and Diane,and six grandchildren.

Arrangements were by the GrayFuneral Home, 318 East Broad Streetin Westfield.

In lieu of flowers contributions maybe made to the Westfield VolunteerRescue Squad, P.O. Box 356,Westfield, N.J. 07091.

October 1, 2009

Cummings McCracken, 82, Executive;Was Former Westfield Councilman

Cummings Chesney McCracken,also known as Chesney or Ches, 82,of Savannah, Ga., husband of the lateSally Morss McCracken, died onWednesday, September 16, 2009, atThe Oaks at The Marshes of SkidawayIsland, Savannah, under the care ofHospice Savannah and The Oaks.

Born in Pittsfield, Mass., Chesneywas the son of the late Robert WylieMcCracken and Elizabeth ChesneyMcCracken. He was a member of theSkidaway Island PresbyterianChurch. Chesney was a 1945 gradu-ate of Phillips Academy in Andover,Mass. and enrolled at Yale Univer-sity, New Haven, Conn. Before join-ing his Yale classmates, Chesney en-listed with the United States MarineCorps, where he served as a UnitedStates Marine during World War II.

Chesney then returned to Yale,graduating in 1950. He continued hiseducation with a master’s degree fromHarvard Business School in Boston,Mass., graduating in 1954. While atHarvard, Chesney was recalled bythe Marines and served during theKorean War.

After graduating from HarvardBusiness School, Chesney joinedMorgan Guarantee Trust Company inNew York City as a commercial lend-ing officer specializing in EnergyLending, where he worked until 1982.During this time, he married SallyElisabeth Morss on June 25, 1955and raised four children in Westfield,N.J.

While living in Westfield, Chesneycontributed to the community in manydifferent ways. He coached the AstrosLittle League Baseball team for 14years, served as a town councilmanand held various positions within theFirst Congregational Church ofWestfield. In addition, he served astreasurer of the United Church ofChrist. In 1982, he and Sally movedto Boston, Mass., where Chesneycontinued his banking career as asenior financial officer with The FirstNational Bank of Boston.

Mr. McCracken retired in 1991 andmoved to The Landings on SkidawayIsland, Savannah, Ga., with Sally.While there, Chesney was an activevolunteer with Habitat for Humanity,an avid golfer and tennis player, andalso served as a tennis referee. Dur-ing his golf career at The Landings,Chesney achieved two “hole in ones”in a single year.

Surviving are his four children, onedaughter, Elisabeth McCrackenConnery and her husband, Tom, ofReading, Mass.; three sons, RobertWylie McCracken, II of NorthBrunswick, N.J. and Quebec, Canada,

Stuart Chesney McCracken and hiswife, Lee, of Charlotte, N.C. andDouglas Morss McCracken and hiswife, Elizabeth, of Marietta, Ga.; ninegrandchildren, Ian H. McCracken,Christian H. McCracken, Megan L.McCracken, Matthew T. Connery,Gregory S. Connery, WilliamMcCracken Connery, Christopher J.Connery, Caroline E. McCracken andAlexander Morss McCracken; onesister, Elizabeth McCracken Ross andher husband, Dr. Richard Starr Ross,of Baltimore, Md.; one sister-in-law,Margaret Morss Stokes and her hus-band, John, of Waitsfield, Vt.; 11nieces and nephews and 17 great-nieces and nephews.

A memorial service will be held at2 p.m. on Sunday, October 4, 2009, atthe Skidaway Island PresbyterianChurch, conducted by the AssociatePastor, Zach Sasser. Private intermentwill take place in the Skidaway IslandPresbyterian Church Memorial Gar-den.

Remembrances may be made toHospice Savannah, P.O. Box 13190,Savannah, Ga. 31416 or to theSkidaway Island PresbyterianChurch, 50 Diamond Causeway, Sa-vannah, Ga. 31411.

Arrangements are by Fox & WeeksFuneral Directors of Savannah, Ga.

October 1, 2009

Robert J. Hinke, 73, Wrote Songs;Was Longtime Ice Cream Vendor

Robert J. Hinke, 73, of North Wild-wood went to be with the Lord onThursday, September 24.

Bob was born and raised in Wild-wood. After graduating from Wild-wood High School and studying En-glish at Tampa University, he servedin the United States Air Force andwas a veteran of the Korean Conflict.

He looked forward to selling icecream to children on the North Wild-wood and Wildwood beaches everysummer, and is likely the longest-selling ice cream man, with 50 yearsof yelling, “Get Your Fudgie WudgieHere!” Bob also was a longtime artand antiques dealer.

Always a writer at heart, he liked towrite songs with the hope of one dayto be published. Bob dedicated hislife to Jesus and his children, and wasa wonderful friend to many. He willbe remembered for his humor, charm,generosity, kindness and love of Jesus.

In addition to his parents, Bob waspredeceased by his brothers, Richardand John Hinke; his sisters, KathleenNordaby and Doris Shoffler, and hisdaughters, Sherry Robinson andMissy Hinke.

Surviving are his daughter, Chris-tina (Hinke) Miskewitz, her husband,Robert, and their impending child, ofCranford, who were with him in hislast days; his stepson, Edward Lewis,and Edward’s daughter, Taylor; hisgrandsons, Ryan Hinke and Jeffreyand Teague Robinson; his sisters,Margaret Bell and Janice Harron, andhis brother, William Hinke.

A graveside service was held on

Tuesday, September 29, at the CapeMay County Veterans’ Cemetery inMiddle Township.

October 1, 2009

Mary E. Bash, 22, Beloved Daughter;Was Nursing Student at Shenandoah

Mary E. Bash, 22, of Westfieldpassed away on Thursday, Septem-ber 24.

A lifelong resident of Westfield,Mary attended Tamaques Elementaryand Holy Trinity Interparochialschools and graduated in 2005 fromMount Saint Mary Academy inWatchung. She was a student atShenandoah University inWestchester, Va., working on her clini-cal studies toward her Bachelor ofScience in Nursing degree.

Mary was the cherished youngestchild of Jeffrey and Deborah Bash andthe loving granddaughter of AlfredFischer and the late Dorothy Fischer(April 2009). She was the belovedsister of Katherine Bash, James Bash,

Vincent E. McGowan, 95, Volunteer;Was General Attorney For Railroads

Vincent E. McGowan, 95, ofMiddletown Township passed awayon Saturday, September 26, 2009, atthe Meridian Nursing and Rehabili-tation Center in Shrewsbury.

Born in New York City, Vincentwas a graduate of Fordham Collegeand St. John’s Law School in NewYork. In 1957, he moved to Westfieldand then to Shadow Lake Village inMiddletown Township in 1979.

Vincent had been general attorneyfor the Jersey Central Railroad, ErieLackawanna Railroad and its succes-sor, Conrail, prior to his retirement in1978. He helped organize the Na-tional Association of Railroad TrialCounsel.

In the early 1970s, Vincent was amember of the Westfield Town Coun-cil. After retirement he recorded forthe New Jersey Library for the Blindand volunteered with hospice pro-grams and Holmdel Nursing Home.Vincent also participated in SAGE atBrookdale Community College.

He was a communicant of St.Catharine’s Roman Catholic Churchin Holmdel, where he was a lectorand choir member.

Vincent was predeceased by hiswife, Marie F.; three brothers, Francis,

Alfred and Gerard, and a grandson,Joseph Miller.

Surviving are three daughters andtheir husbands, Mary M. and DanielLatore of Middletown, Rita A. andClyde Miller of Grove City, Ohioand Theresa M. and Michael Lillisof Wilmington, N.C. Also survivingare five grandchildren, Christine,Daniel V., Matthew, Jessica and An-drew; five great-grandchildren, Jor-dan, Andrew, Timothy, Jack andNatalie; his loving nieces and neph-ews, and a dear sister-in-law, Eliza-beth Murphy.

A Mass of Resurrection was cel-ebrated yesterday, Wednesday, Sep-tember 30, at St. Catharine’s Churchin Holmdel. Entombment followed atSt. Catharine’s Mausoleum in SpringLake.

Arrangements were under the di-rection of the John E. Day FuneralHome of Red Bank.

Donations in Vincent’s memorymay be made to the Fair View FirstAid Squad, 17 Kanes Lane,Middletown, N.J. 07748.

Letters of condolence may be sentto the family through the funeral homewebsite: www.sidun.com.

October 1, 2009

Constance Calderone, 77, Was HonoredMember of Medical Society Auxiliary

Constance “Connie” Calderone, 77,of Mountainside died on Sunday,September 27, at the Peggy ColoneyHouse in Scotch Plains.

Born on November 2, 1931 in NewYork City to Costanzo Croce andClaire Capozzi Croce, she grew up inHackensack. She attended CazenoviaCollege and graduated in 1951 asvaledictorian.

Constance married Joseph PhilipCalderone on August 27, 1955. Theylived in Linden for 14 years beforemoving to Mountainside. She residedin Mountainside for 36 years.

She worked in New York City at theClimax Molybdenum Co., later be-coming an office manager and a cer-tified audiologist at her husband’smedical practice in Elizabeth.

Constance was a member and trea-surer of the Union County MedicalSociety Auxiliary for more than 45years until the Union County Medi-cal Society Alliance was disbandedin 2008. In 1991, she was awarded thehonor of Auxilian of the Year.

Constance also was a member ofthe Elizabeth Garden Club for 28years, serving as treasurer for 25 years.She was a communicant of the OurLady of Lourdes Roman CatholicChurch in Mountainside.

She was predeceased by her hus-band, Dr. Joseph, Sr.; her brother,Carl, and her brother-in-law, the Rev-

erend Philip J., S.J.Surviving are a daughter, Lisa-

Marie Calderone of Milwaukee, Wis.;three sons, Dr. Joseph, Jr. and hiswife, Heidi, of Mountainside, Stevenand his wife, Marie, of Whately, Mass.and David and his wife, Rosemary, ofBasking Ridge; five grandchildrenand three great-grandsons.

A Mass of Christian Burial will beoffered at 9:30 a.m. tomorrow, Fri-day, October 2, at the Our Lady ofLourdes Church in Mountainside,after the 8 a.m. funeral from theHiggins and Bonner Echo Lake Fu-neral Home, 582 Springfield Avenuein Westfield. Interment will follow atSt. Nicholas Cemetery in Lodi. Visi-tation will be today, Thursday, Octo-ber 1, from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. at thefuneral home.

In lieu of flowers, donations may bemade in her memory to the Center ForHope Hospice, 1900 Raritan Road,Scotch Plains, N.J. 07076 and/or toTomorrow’s Present/House of Peace,P.O. Box 05656, 1702 W. WalnutStreet, Milwaukee, Wis. 53205.

October 1, 2009

Jennifer Bash and Judith Babula. Maryalso will be deeply missed by hermany aunts and uncles and her numer-ous cousins, relatives and friends.

A Mass of Christian Burial wascelebrated on Monday, September 28,at St. Helen’s Roman Catholic Churchin Westfield. Burial followed atFairview Cemetery in Westfield.

Donations in Mary’s memory maybe made either to Helping Hands andHearts of St. Helen’s Church, 1600Rahway Avenue, Westfield, N.J.07090 or to Rawhide Rescue, 83 RockRoad East, Green Brook, N.J. 08812.

Arrangements were under the di-rection of the Dooley Colonial Home,556 Westfield Avenue in Westfield.

October 1, 2009

Edward De Maria, 38Edward John De Maria, 38, died on

Friday, September 25, in Chicago, Ill.Formerly of Scotch Plains, Eddie

graduated from Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School in 1989 andserved in the United States militaryfrom 2004 to 2007.

An international hairstyling cham-pion, he was a creative artist and alover of music, family and friends.Eddie will be greatly missed. He wasloved by many.

Surviving are his parents, Aliceand Richard De Maria; two brothers,Joseph and Richard; four beautifuldaughters, Alivia, Tessa, Bianca andDeja; his grandfather, JosephZabresky; his aunts, Esther Caporaleand Roberta De Maria; his aunt anduncle, Joan and Herbert Danick, andhis niece and nephews, Lauren, Rich-ard and Michael De Maria.

The family will receive friends to-morrow, Friday, October 2, from 2 to4 and 6 to 9 p.m. at the MemorialFuneral Home, 155 South Avenue inFanwood. A memorial service willtake place at 7 p.m.

In lieu of flowers, donations may bemade to New York City Relief, 295Walnut Street, Elizabeth, N.J. 07201,www.nycr.org. For additional informa-tion or to express condolences, pleasevisit www.fanwoodmemorial.com.

October 1, 2009

Maguire Services SetFor This SaturdayFuneral services will be held for

Margaret Ann Maguire (Hug) thisSaturday, October 3, at 11 a.m. atthe First Lutheran Church, 1663Main Street, West Barnstable,Mass. Formerly of Scotch Plains,Mrs. Maguire died on August 23.A full obituary will appear in nextweek’s edition. For further infor-mation, call (508) 362-3161.

A WATCHUNG COMMUNICATIONS, INC. PUBLICATION The Westfield Leader and The Scotch Plains – Fanwood TIMES Thursday, October 1, 2009 Page 9

AS POTLUCK WOULD HAVE IT…Franklin Elementary School in Westfieldheld its annual Franklin Welcome Potluck Dinner on September 1. The dinnerserves as a way to welcome new families to Franklin School and Westfield beforeschool starts. Those who attend enjoy learning about, and become more familiarwith, the school and its grounds, as well as have the opportunity to meet currentFranklin students. Above, from left to right, are: Michael Alpizar, Lukas Adriaens,Miles Brancatella, Julian Mazzola and Steve Mezzomo.

Charity:Water FounderSpeaks at High SchoolWESTFIELD – Scott Harrison,

founder and CEO of charity:water(charitywater.com), will speak atWestfield High School on October 21at 9:20 a.m.

Mr. Harrison, from HunterdonCounty, and his organization haverecently been featured in The NewYork Times and on CBS and CNN fortheir pioneering and inspirationalwork bringing clean water to thosedenied it in poor areas of Africa andLatin America.

Those who are interested in attend-ing the WHS assembly and/or par-ticipating in a private luncheon withMr. Harrison in Westfield the sameday should contactgdmacdonald@comcast.net.

Cranford Academy to AgainHelp Struggling ReadersBy STEPHEN F. IZZO

CSDA Program Manager, Cranford Public School District

CRANFORD – Learning to readcomes easily to some and not so eas-ily to others. For an even smallergroup of children, learning to read isa downright struggle.

Various factors, including neuro-logically-based learning disabilities,can impair a person’s ability to pro-cess sounds of letters into words. It isfor these students that the CranfordPublic School District started in 2004a standards-based remedial readingprogram to help children in grades 1-12 overcome severe reading issues.

The idea of the Cranford SchoolDistrict Academy (CSDA) is to es-sentially extend the school day (in-structional sessions for up to 28 stu-dents are held from September toMay on Saturdays), provide each childwith one-to-one attention and teachreading skills “from the ground up”via the Orton-Gillingham teachingpedagogy, which is multi-sensory andphonics-based.

Aside from the fact that it’s offeredby a public school, one other aspectof the program has made the CSDA,now starting its sixth year, fairlyunique: its public-private partnership.Program sponsors, solicited by me,fund the CSDA via a combination ofgrants, donations and student spon-sorships.

While there’s no guarantee of a fullscholarship to attend the CSDA, I’mpleased we’ve been able to fund theprogram 100 percent since 2006 and75 percent in its inaugural year throughthe beneficence of our 200+ sponsors— Verizon and the United Way ofGreater Union County, among them.

As much as for its success helpingnon-readers read, the public-private

partnership component of the CSDAled the New Jersey School BoardsAssociation to recognize it in 2007 asan exemplary practice in special edu-cation (njsba.org/specialeducation/E x e m p l a r y - P r o g r a m -descriptions.pdf, p. 15).

It’s a two-way street since employ-ers as much as educators understandthat everyone benefits when employ-ees come to the workplace with theskills they need to succeed.

Lorraine Madden, a special-edu-cation teacher at Orange AvenueSchool, leads a team of seven CSDAInstructors, each of whom supportsfour students on a typical Saturday.Attendees gain entry to the programbased on test scores and other crite-rion indicating a serious need forreading help.

They are likewise tested at the con-clusion of the program to determinegains made and areas requiring addi-tional attention over the summer.While the CSDA initially focuses onimproving a reader’s word attack skills(phonetic decoding), word identifi-cation skills (ability to read isolatedreal words) and fluency (ability tosound out words quickly), increasedattention is paid to reading compre-hension as the reader progresses.

“The idea is to make reading less ofa struggle and even something chil-dren enjoy since it affects every otherarea of learning and life,” said Ms.Madden. “We believe the CSDA, ad-mittedly one small part of the educa-tion equation, is helping us achievethat goal one child at a time.”

For more information on the CSDAProgram, contact me at (908) 709-6207 and izzo@cranfordschools.org,or Ms. Madden at (908) 709-6257, ormaddenlo@cranfordschools.org.

Westfield Schools ParentOrganizations Convene

PTC REPRESENTED…Attending a recent meeting of the Westfield ParentTeachers Council (PTC) are parent representatives, seated, left to right, are:Jennifer Lane, Lincoln; Beth Ripperger, Franklin; Drew Escaldi, McKinley;Peggy Oster, Westfield High School; Aileen Sherman and Madeline Gerris,Jefferson; standing, Patty Bromberg, Tamaques; Stephanie Campanello andBobbi Sgro, Washington; Lisa Harding, McKinley; Amy Root and Susan MacLean,Wilson; Ruth Maloney, PTC recording secretary; Barbara Bagger, Roosevelt;Cathy Kattak, PTC vice-president and Roosevelt co-president; Ellen Devin, PTCtreasurer; Lisa Cummings and Anne Suriano, Edison; and Rose Hughes, PTCpresident. Not pictured are: Kate Fleschler, PTC corresponding secretary;Carolyn Miller, Franklin; Laura Millwater, Tamaques; and Deanne Hampton-Cheng and Rena Baretz, Lincoln.

WESTFIELD – The Parent-TeacherCouncil (PTC) of the Westfield PublicSchools convened in September in thefirst of monthly meetings to be heldduring the school year.

The PTC, led by 2009-2010 Presi-dent Rose Hughes, is an umbrella or-ganization of all ten schools’ parent-teacher-student organizations, meet-ing twice a month to share ideas, inter-ests and news about each school. Onemeeting is attended by the presidentsof each school’s PTO, PTA, or PTSO,and one with their representatives.

Parents also volunteer to join com-mittees on the PTC, such as Educa-tional Studies, Budget Task Force,Special Education, Scholarship andothers.

Regular participants at the PTCmeetings are Superintendent Marga-

ret Dolan, Board of Education Presi-dent Ginny Leiz, Vice President JuliaWalker and Board member Ann Cary.Topics such as school policies, dis-trict budget, and PTO initiated stu-dent and fundraising activities arediscussed with Ms. Dolan and theboard representatives.

“Our regular meetings with the PTOrepresentatives and PTC board pro-vide an excellent vehicle for two-waycommunication,” said Ms. Dolan.

“At the PTC meetings, we have theopportunity to hear both the goodnews and the concerns of our parentsin our schools through their represen-tatives. At the same time, the presi-dents learn what decisions are beingmade or considered by the board ofeducation. It’s a very helpful processfor all concerned.”

UCC Offers ProfessionalDevelopment Course

CRANFORD – People can distin-guish themselves from other, simi-larly qualified employees in theirfield by refining their interpersonaland written communication skillsthrough an eight-week course atUnion County College.

The course, “Effective Communi-cations in Business,” will begin inmid-October and extend throughearly December.

The course will address verbal,non-verbal, and written communi-

cation skills, dealing with such im-portant areas as managing conflictin the workplace, active listening,choosing the right words to convey amessage, interpreting body languageand other non-verbal communica-tion.

It will also cover group problemsolving and writing effective letters,memos, e-mails and short reports.Grammatical questions will be con-sistently addressed.

Students will walk away from thecourse with a more insightful under-standing of the inner workings of thecommunication process and howeach aspect plays an integral role inthe total communication effort.

A textbook and worksheets willbe used, along with relevant hand-outs, exercises, and writing assign-ments to correspond with each classtopic.

The course is interactive, focus-ing heavily on individual studentconcerns through practical exercisesas well as full-class discussions andpartnering to emphasize issues thatface individuals in their workplacesettings.

“Effective Communications inBusiness” will be presented from6:30 to 8:30 p.m. on Tuesdays, fromOctober 13 through December 1, atthe college’s Cranford Campus.

For further information or to reg-ister, call the (908) 709-7600.

WHS Announce Students’AP, SAT Achievements

WESTFIELD – A total of 134Westfield High School (WHS) stu-dents earned the designation of APScholar in recognition of their excep-tional achievement on the college levelAdvanced Placement Exams, and 56perfect SAT scores of “800” wereachieved by WHS students, accord-ing to reports from the College Boardand the Educational Testing Service.

Peter Renwick, WHS principal, andColleen White, director of Counsel-ing and Student Personnel Services/WHS Guidance, made the summaryof last year’s achievements available.

Westfield’s Jeannette Sharplessqualified for the prestigious NationalAP Scholar Award. Only the top one-half of 1 percent of AP students in thecountry earn this award.

Forty-six Westfield High Schoolstudents qualified for AP Scholarswith Distinction, 32 students quali-fied for the AP Scholar with HonorAward and 55 for the AP ScholarAward. Students took AP Exams inMay 2009 after completing challeng-ing college-level courses at WestfieldHigh School.

AP is accepted by more than 3,600colleges and universities worldwidefor college credit, advanced placement,or both on the basis of successful APExam grades. This includes more than90 percent of four-year institutions inthe United States. Westfield High

School offers 17 AP courses.Results of the most recent (June)

SAT, the nation’s most widely usedadmissions test among colleges anduniversities, included the following800 scores in Math 2 for WestfieldHigh School students:

Michael Kaufhold, Miles Hsu,Anne Knisely, Melissa Littman,Dalton Mack, Andrew Marino,Abigail Burton, Kevin Clancy, An-drew Cordeiro, Tyler Cusick, Ben-jamin Fine, Shelley Fussman, ZacharyHelfand, Kamil Lupicki, GregoryMitchell, Samuel Mumford, AdamReich, Graeme Stahl, Bowei Zhangand Siyu Xiao.

In addition, Kelly Sullivan achievedan 800 in Molecular Biology, andZachary LaPorta scored 800 in Criti-cal Reading.

“All of these achievements speakvolumes about our students’ abilitiesand commitment to their education,”said Mr. Renwick. “They are to becommended.”

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10/2 1:30 pm TGIF! Great Artists (video)

10/7 10:00 am Computer Class: Genealogy on the Internet (intermediate)

10/7 7:00 pm Just About Time –Program about time and clocks

10/8 10:00 am Computer Class: Travel Resources on the Internet (int’rmd)

10/9 1:30 pm TGIF! Heather Mulvey Live Performer

10/13 7:00 pm Fun filled Improv Workshop

10/16 1:30 pm TGIF! Coney Island (video)

10/19 7:00 pm Computer Class: Introduction to Microsoft Word (beginner)

10/20 10:00 am Computer Class: Homework 911 (For parents of school age kids)

10/21 7:00 pm Computer Class: Business Resources on the Internet (int’rmd)

10/23 1:30 pm TGIF! Joe DiMaggio (video)

10/24 1:00 pm How the 1908 Olympic Marathon Created a 26.2 Mile Race

10/27 7:00 pm Your Personal Financial Blood Test

10/28 7:00 pm Computer Class: Email Basics (intermediate)

10/29 7:00 pm Haunted New Jersey

10/30 1:30 pm TGIF! Classic Movie Week: “The Thin Man”

10/20 2 & 6:30 pm Foreign Film: Jellyfish (Israel)

10/2, 9, 16, 23, 30 3:45 pm Big Kids’ Storytime (elementary school age)

10/2, 9, 16, 23, 30 10:00 am Tots’ Storytime (2½ to 3½ years)

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10/5, 19, 26 10:00 am Toddler Time (babies & toddlers up to 3 years)

10/6, 13, 20, 27 1:30 pm Preschool Storytime (3½ to 5 years)

10/7, 14, 21, 28 10:00 am Preschool Storytime (3½ to 5 years)

10/18 1:30 or 3:00 pm Book Buddies-Teens read with new readers

10/23 6:00 pm Whose Library Is It, Anyway? Teen Improv

WF’s CordeiroGraduates Harvard

WESTFIELD – ChristinaCordeiro, daughter of Peter andCarolyn Cordeiro, and granddaugh-ter of Donald and Elaine Cummingsof Westfield, graduated from Harvardon June 4.

She graduated magna cum laudewith a Bachelor of Arts degree inHuman Evolutionary Biology.

She also lettered in varsity sailingand was named a Harvard Scholar in2008.

Christina, who graduated WestfieldHigh School in 2005 at the top of herclass, is currently attending WeillCornell Medical College.

Christina Cordeiro

Union Catholic to HostOpen House in October

SCOTCH PLAINS – Union Catho-lic High School, located at 1600Martine Avenue in Scotch Plains, hasscheduled an open house for Thurs-day, October 8, at 7 p.m. for familieswith children interested in attendingthe school.

Union Catholic offers six academiclearning levels, an innovative laptop-learning program, coursework in finearts, extensive extra-curricular op-portunities and a successful athleticsprogram.

The evening event will include a tourof the new state-of-the-art track andturf field facility. For additional infor-mation, call (908) 889-1600 ext. 302.

Academy HoldsClothing Drive

SCOTCH PLAINS – The UnionCounty Academy for Performing Artswill hold a clothing drive on Satur-day, October 3, at the Union CountyVocational-Technical School campus,located at us 1776 Raritan Road inScotch Plains, from noon until 2:30p.m.

The academy is seeking donationsof wearable and used clothing, shoes,belts, backbacks, briefcases, all lin-ens, bedding and draperies. Alsowanted are bath and kitchen towelsand soft toys.

For additional information, call Dr.B. Fernandez at (908) 403-8204.

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RAIDERS SZCZUKA, PANNURI PLACE SECOND, RAIDERS FINISH THIRD

Lady Blue Devils Claim 5th Straight UCTTennis Title with 4 Individual Champs

By DAVID B. CORBINSpecially Written for The Westfield Leader and The Times

Freshman Lexi Borr breezed herway into the first singles champion-ship match then claimed the title witha 6-0, 6-2, victory over Raider AlexSzczuka as the Westfield High Schoolgirls tennis team captured its fifthstraight Union County Tournament(UCT) championship at Donald VanBlake Courts in Plainfield on Sep-tember 25.

The Blue Devils, who entered thetournament as the top seed in everyflight, won four of them and placedsecond in the other to total 96 points.Kent Place (KP) took second with 72points, and Scotch Plains-Fanwood(SPF) placed two girls in the finalsand finished third with a total of 46.

“Our players don’t buy into thestatus of the seed. They go out andplay their game whether they areseeded first or ninth. They are goingto play their tennis. Whatever hap-pens at the end, as long as they go outand play hard, they are usually satis-fied with the results,” Blue Devil HeadCoach Matt Varhley said at the startof the tournament. “We are in a goodposition right now. We’ve workedhard. The team is starting to cometogether. We played a pretty goodschedule. We had wins over Millburnand Bridgewater (4-1), so we thinkwe are prepared today.”

Borr did not allow any opponent towin a game, recording 6-0, 6-0, victo-ries in every match until the champi-onship match with Szczuka. Borrexercised power in nearly all of hershots and appeared not to be fatiguedafter every match.

“I don’t really do much with weights,but off the court, I do a lot of runningand stuff to keep my stamina up so Idon’t get tired on the court. Since likethe day I could walk, I was runningaround on the court,” Borr said.

Borr, a lefty, mixed her forceful-ness with some strategically daintystrokes, when necessary, to throw allof her opponents off-balance.

“I could improve my serve a lot.I’m not that tall. I don’t like playinglefties, and I’m a lefty. I serve outwide to the backhand. It’s a big ad-vantage for me. My serve was gooduntil the last few games, but I keptcontrol of the points. It was a goodtournament,” she said.

Szczuka, seeded second, also domi-nated her opponents en route to thefinals, winning a pair of 6-1, 6-0,matches followed by a 6-1, 6-2, win

in the semifinals over Jasmine Muniz-Cadorette of Union.

“I didn’t play that great but sheplayed really well. I am lucky it turnedout the way it turned out. My servecould have been better, but I guess Ihad a better forehand than her, andthat worked out. Her backhand was alot better than her forehand,” Szczukasaid of her Union opponent.

Blue Devil senior Tara Criscuolo atsecond singles yielded only one gamein her first three matches to reach thefinals.

“I’ve been playing more of a con-sistent game, keeping it in and play-ing smart, not trying to go for too

much. I am playing to what I believeis their weaknesses,” Criscuolo said.

Criscuolo then spent a little timesizing up her next opponent, LaurineGramatica of Union, who was justfinishing up her semifinal match.

“I played her earlier in the season.I did beat her, but she is very tough.She gets her whole body into the ball,which puts a whole lot of spin on it.It’s going to be a tough match. I amgoing to do the best I can to staypositive,” Criscuolo said.

Criscuolo, who is also a varsitysoftball player, stuck to her gameplan and defeated Gramatica, 6-1, 6-

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The WBL would like to announce its annual public meeting for the

2010 baseball season. Anyone interested in addressing the board

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The following individuals have been nominated for the WBL Board

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KERR HITS MURRAY FOR 52-YARD TD, ONDI SCORES

BrH2O Gridders CapitalizeOn Devils’ Mistakes, 23-14

By DAVID B. CORBINSpecially Written for The Westfield Leader and The Times

Déjà vu all over again! Very muchlike its loss to Watchung Hills on Sep-tember 17, a poor punt yielding greatfield position that led to a touchdown(TD), a fumble returned for a TD anda kickoff returned for a TD put thehosting Westfield High School foot-ball team on the short end of a 23-14

decision grabbed by 2-1 Bridgewater-Raritan on September 26.

Once again, it was déjà vu for theBlue Devils’ solid defensive line thatlimited the Panthers to 73 rushingyards (38 in the first half, 35 in thesecond half). AJ Murray and AidenScanlon led with seven tackles, andJoe Ondi had six tackles and a fumblerecovery, while Willie Johnson and

Nick Matthews each had five tackles.However, Panther quarterbackClifford Collins was successful in theair in the first half, completing sevenof 14 for 161 yards with two intercep-tions, but he was held to just onecompletion in four attempts for 11yards in the second half.

“Our defense was great today. Ifyou were to grade all the teams outthere, the best team was our defense.We are just not executing in all threephases (offense, defense, specialteams), a turnover for another scoreand special teams breakdowns. Weworked on it, but it’s not translatingout on the field,” Blue Devil HeadCoach Jim DeSarno said.

The Panthers’ defense was alsostingy, allowing just 53 rushing yardsin the first half and 50 in the secondhalf. In the first half, Blue Devil quar-terback Wesley Belle completed twoof four passes for nine yards, andjunior quarterback Danny Kerr com-pleted two of three attempts for 56yards, including a 52-yard TD striketo Murray. Kerr completed four ofeight attempts, including an intercep-tion, in the second half for 27 yards.Running back Ondi carried 17 timesfor 86 yards, including a one-yard TDbash. Kerr was sacked three times,totaling a loss of 25 yards, but fin-ished with 11 net yards. Hugo Nolascohad five receptions for 32 yards, Zach

GREENSPAN, HEINE, McEVOY SCORE; FINE SAVES

Blue Devils Jar No. 3 RaidersIn Intense Soccer Rivalry, 2-1

By DAVID B. CORBINSpecially Written for The Westfield Leader and The Times

Taking control of a game early hasbeen a problem for the Westfield HighSchool boys soccer team for years andalthough the Blue Devils did not havecomplete control over the No. 3 rankedScotch Plains-Fanwood boys, they didexercise enough authority to earn a 2-1 victory at Gary Kehler Stadium inWestfield on September 23.

Joe Greenspan gave the No. 20, 4-1Blue Devils a jumpstart seven minutesinto the game. Forward Henry Smithripped a shot from the left corner of thebox; Raider goalie Anthony Zukofskymade a great diving deflection, but asthe ball was spinning toward the right

post, Greenspan was on the spot to tapit in for the score.

“Ryan (Heine) had a great free kick.It went to Henry (Smith), and he took agood shot from the top of the 18. Ifollowed, got lucky, the goalie spilledit, and I put it in,” Greenspan explained.“It sat up for me, and I got lucky.”

“That was just another episode of agreat rivalry. There will be, at least,one more, maybe two. It’s alwaysfun. It’s always very difficult. ScotchPlains is always well coached. Theyalways come out hard but our kids didtoday as well,” Blue Devil Head CoachGeorge Kapner said. “One of ourgoals, always, and we have not beengood at this, is to come out in the first

10 minutes, take some control of thegame and get a goal. I don’t think wetook control of the game, and theydidn’t take control of the game, butJoe made a great play, and we wereable to get a goal.”

Ten minutes later, Blue Devil AdamFine, who played goalie the first half,made a brilliant leap to tip a wickedshot, from the foot of Raider forwardBrendan McEvoy, over the crossbar.Fine finished with four meaningfulsaves, then Zach Zagorski took overin the second half and finished withtwo saves.

“He’s a wonderful keeper, a cap-tain. He has been playing good all

Courtesy of Paul Heroux for The Westfield Leader and The TimesNAILING THE DECISIVE GOAL…Blue Devil Ryan Heine, No. 6, heads in thewinning goal as Raider keeper Anthony Zukofsky make a valiant attempt to block it.

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David B. Corbin for The Westfield Leader and The TimesUCT FIRST SINGLES CHAMP…Blue Devil freshman Lexi Borr beat the bestin the county to become first singles champion.

David B. Corbin for The Leader and The TimesTAKING SECOND…Raider AlexSzczuka took second at first singles.

David B. Corbin for The Westfield Leader and The TimesBREAKING OUT FOR A BIG GAIN…Blue Devil running back Joe Ondiweaved his way for a 31-yard gain. Ondi totaled 86 yards, including a one-yardtouchdown.

2010 Registration Underway

SPFYBA’s 2010 Registration is underway. Registration fees remain unchanged as SPFYBA recognizes the significant financial concerns the current economic climate are causing our families.

2009 Significant Accomplishments included:• Rebalancing our divisions to coincide with player’s school grade• The introduction of a 50/70 division for our 6th graders to ease the transition to the big diamond• The introduction of our Parents Auxiliary to embrace new ideas• Our first annual family picnic, which hosted over 400 families• A combined league approach with other communities for our 16/18U division• Welcoming our SPFHS Varsity Baseball Manager onto the SPFYBA Board• Teaming with the SPF school program for coaching clinics and managing our 7th and 8th grade

teams

2010 Division AlignmentDivision Grade Games Uniform Fee

Junior Tee Ball Kindergarten Saturday + 1 Weeknight Shirt and Hat $60Tee Ball 1st Grade Saturday + 1 Weeknight Shirt and Hat $60Pee Wee 2nd Grade Saturday + 1 Weeknight Full Uniform $75

Junior Division 3rd and 4th Grade Saturday + 1-2 Weeknight Full Uniform $125Major Division 5th 5th Grade Saturday + 1-2 Weeknight Full Uniform $150Major Division 6th 6th Grade Saturday + 1-2 Weeknight Full Uniform $150

Senior Division 7th - 9th Grade Saturday + 1-2 Weeknight Full Uniform $150Prep Division 18 and under Saturday + 1-2 Weeknight Full Uniform $150

In response to the poor weather in 2009, we are changing our format for Jr Tee, Tee, and Pee Wee to play games both during the week and on weekends.

Registration is easy. The easiest way is to log onto our website at www.spfyba.org and go to “Spring 2010 Season Registration. Online registration is open now. You can also register in person on Saturday, October 10th or 24th at the SPFHS Cafeteria from 10:00 AM until 1:00 PM. These will be the only in-personregistration dates.

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Devil’s Den

By BRUCE JOHNSONSpecially Written for The Westfield Leader and The Times

Twin Bargain: A Great BookAND Hanging Out With ‘Joe’

Joe Avena, who is currently in his16th season as a WHS assistant footballcoach, will be at The Town Book Storeon East Broad Street this Saturday, 11a.m. to 1 p.m., for a book signing.Avena was the starting center on the1959 New Dorp (Staten Island) HighSchool football team that is a centralpart of the book “Thanksgiving 1959,”written by award-winning sports writerJay Price.

The book chronicles life from theDepression through the pre-VerrazanoNarrows Bridge days on Staten Island,when there were still fields and farmsand very few condos and townhouses.And it looks at the Island’s big TurkeyDay rivalry between New Dorp andCurtis, coached by Sal Somma andAndy Barberi, a couple of different-as-night-and-day former high school (atCurtis) and college teammates.

Avena and Price, a longtime sportswriter at the Staten Island Advance andformer assistant coach at Manasquanunder the legendary Vic Kubu, will signbooks and hold a question-and-answerdiscussion.

My massive book collection includesdifferent high school teams in NewJersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Utah, Loui-siana, Massachusetts and Washington.And this book, which I couldn’t putdown and actually read in one day,ranks at the very top of the list, rightalong with “Friday Night Lights.”

If you’re a “baby boomer,” you willrelate to many things mentioned in thebook. Price is an “old school” guy whoquietly gets in some sweet digs aboutsports parents, SportsCenter, hot-doggin’ and other changes in societyand the world of kids’ sports over these50 years.

If you’re just a fan of a good well-written book, this is a keeper. And ifyou’re a recent WHS player, it’s worththe price just to see the photo of ayoung, pre-salt-and-pepper bearded JoeAvena, wearing his No. 45 jersey!

While we’re talking about goodbooks, Dr. Rob Schram (WHS, ’64) hascome out with another lesson for livingthe good life. It’s called “Oh My God… it is all the same” and it’s a series of“how to’s” for living a peaceful, mean-ingful life. Said one reviewer: Ancientphilosophy, quantum physics, agelesswisdom, and a charming sense of hu-mor all combine in “Oh My God” tooffer an entertaining read, an informa-tive overview of philosophies, and apersonal perspective that inspires youto find, know, and become your trueself and live life to the fullest.

JUST WONDERINGIf anybody else has been following

the fortunes of former Ridge coach“Run It Up” Tony Mottola up atDemarest this year. For those whohaven’t been keeping tabs of the guywho put his starting quarterback backinto the playoff game against WHS lastyear and had him throwing passes withfour minutes left in a mercy-clock gamehis team led 49-13, the Norsemen are 1-2, with a 36-14 loss to Mahwah and a42-7 drubbing by Ramapo before lastSaturday’s win over Bergenfield.

LOOKING BACKSaturday’s 23-14 football loss to

Devil of the WeekTara Criscuolo

Tennis

Bridgewater-Raritan was another exer-cise in frustration, but at least the Pan-thers seemed to be a good team, withsome very good players. Still, anotheroutstanding defensive effort and somegood hard running by Joe Ondi goes fornaught.

There are 80, 90 plays in a highschool football game, but the outcomeis usually decided by just four or five ofthem. And so it was Saturday. A longwobbly, poorly thrown pass to a 6-foot-5 receiver became a long gain when thewell-covered receiver won the dual-reception battle with Hugo Nolasco.That led to the first B-R score.

The second was set up by anotherlong, Hail Mary-type of lob where thereceiver pushed off Brian Henry but gotaway with it. WHS held on downs at the1 but then suffered a safety on seconddown.

Trailing 9-7 at the half, two plays thathad cost WHS a win at Watchung Hillsreturned to haunt the hometown fans.First a fumble on a sack was picked upand run in for a touchdown; that’s twicein nine days that happened … and then,déjà vu, after a nice WHS drive made it16-14, B-R returned the ensuing kick-off for a touchdown, again untouched,as happened vs. ’Chung.

There’s still plenty of football left tobe played … plenty of time for things tobalance out, as they tend to do. Afterthis week’s bye, the next three oppo-nents are 0-2 North Hunterdon (whichplays Ridge this week, then Linden theweek after), 1-2 Scotch Plains-Fanwood(with Immaculata and Phillipsburg thenext two weeks) and a Montgomeryteam that’s 2-1 but lost 53-7 toBridgewater.

The girls tennis team won its fifthstraight Union County Tournament title,and 14th in tourney’s 34-year history,sweeping the singles (Lexi Borr, TaraCriscuolo, Debbie Wu) and winning atfirst doubles (Sam Borr, MorganMurphy). Lexi Borr, a freshman, won48 out of 50 games in her four victories.Criscuolo, a senior who won at thirdsingles as a freshman and second singlesas sophomore before finishing third atfirst singles last year, and Wu, a juniorwho won at second doubles in ’07 andsecond singles last year, both becamethree-time county champs.

A sweet double victory by the soccerteams last Wednesday over SP-F, bothby 2-1 scores. That makes six consecu-tive regular-season wins over the Raid-ers for the WHS boys.

LOOKING AHEADThis is the bye week for the football

team … with a trip to North Hunterdon’sSingley Field in Clinton coming up onOct. 9 (the same night as a huge gamein Ohio when the Massillon Tigers visitthe Steubenville Big Red. The T-I-G, E-R-S are 5-0 heading into this Saturday’smammoth game at Cleveland St.Ignatius!) This is the first football gamebetween WHS and North Hunterdon,although the schools have met in base-ball, girls basketball, softball and ten-nis.

The cross-country teams head downto Holmdel on Saturday for the ShoreCoaches Invitational. The gymnasts areat Cranford tomorrow for the annual

Cougar Invitational, which WHS haswon the past three years. WHS seniorJenna Rodrigues has won the all-aroundeach of those years. The boys soccerteam has a couple of interesting non-conference matches, hosting HunterdonCentral on Saturday and visiting WestOrange on Monday. The girls soccerteam visits Somerville on Saturday. Thevolleyball team travels to Northern Val-ley Regional for a tournament on Satur-day, then has big home matches nextweek with Union on Monday andHunterdon Central on Wednesday.

IN PASSINGGeorge Hess (WHS, ’38) passed

away on Sept. 19. Hess was an out-standing baseball player at WHS, play-ing catcher on the ’37 team and mov-ing to right field as a senior when BillEvans took over at catcher. Hess alsoplayed fullback on the ’37 footballteam and was a member of the ’37 and’38 basketball teams. But baseball washis best sport, and he continued to playafter high school, first on the WestfieldTrojans (1939 and ’40) and then switch-ing over to the Westfield Hawks in1943. In 1945 he became the player-manager of the Hawks and the teamwon the Union County League regu-lar-season titles in 1946 and ’47, andposted a 50-14, league record duringthose three years. Among the playerson those teams were: former HeismanTrophy winner Larry Kelley, Chickand George Miller, Al Pfeiffer, RedMacCloskey, Bobby Dougherty, Rayand Sandy Thompson, ArtFrederickson, Tony Mack, Ralph

Caruso, Al Nemeth, Hal White andJohnny Morris ... and many others.

AUSSIES RULEFor those who missed it early Satur-

day morning on ESPN Classic, theGeelong Cats beat the St. Kilda Saints,80-68, to win the 2009 Australian RulesFootball League’s Grand Final. “AussieRules” is my favorite sport to watch,although it’s pretty much unknown tomost Americans. If you ever get a chanceto watch a game, you’ll be hooked.

DID YOU KNOW?Alex Schmidt, first-year coach of the

unbeaten and highly ranked WHS girlssoccer team, was co-captain (with ScottMueller) of the ’95 WHS boys teamthat went 21-3 and won the state Group4 title. That team included LiamWertheimer, whose older brotherBoomer is married to Katie Egan, whocoached the WHS girls the past fiveyears (65-26-11 record) but is missingthis season due to pregnancy leave.

DEVIL OF THE WEEKThis week’s winner of a free sub

from Mike, the new owner at WestfieldSubs, is Tara Criscuolo. The senior ten-nis player won her third Union CountyTournament singles title on Friday, help-ing WHS win its fifth straight teamtitle. The only WHS girl to win threeUCT titles was Kirsten Loft (’81), afour-time singles champion.

The Devil’s Den appears Thursdayin The Westfield Leader during theschool year. Contact me with comments,complaints and suggestions atbj1019@aol.com. Win or lose,WHS4EVR!

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season. I think he’s given up threegoals all season,” Greenspan said.

“It was a great save! We are very,very blessed! We have an exceptionalgoalkeeper in Adam Fine, an excep-tional goalkeeper in Zach and DylanSimon. I’ve got three true phenom-enal goalkeepers. Only one time inmy career have I split halves like this.Adam is also quite a force on thefield. He made a couple of great runsand ate up some time late in the game,”Kapner said.

With 7:33 left in the first half,McEvoy, running down the left side,received a slick tap from teammateTravis Cortes and ripped a left-to-right shot into the netting.

“Cortes gave it to me after (Chris)Freeman got it. I took it down the leftside a little more. (Blue Devil Evan)Heroux stepped toward Freeman. Ijust kept on going. Freeman tappedover (to Cortes) and I tapped it pastFine,” McEvoy explained.

With less than a minute remaining inthe half, Blue Devil Billy Sickles madea long throw-in into a crowd at the farcorner of the box. Heine saw the looseball and headed it into the net pastZukofsky, who finished with six saves.

“Billy threw it and I think Joe

(Greenspan) flicked it, and it sneakedthrough. No one was really moving. Iflicked behind the ‘D’(efense) andheaded it in,” Heine explained.

“The Heine goal was almost ironicbecause we have lost a half-of-dozengames over the years on throw-ingoals. It’s possibly the first time we’vewon a game against Scotch Plains ona throw-in goal,” coach Kapner said.

Star Johan Hernandez, who was in-jured last week, did not play and theRaiders had to make some adjust-ments, especially in the second half.Greaney moved into the back and JoeyD’Annunzio shifted up to the front.

“The readjustment was prettysimple. We just brought one personback into the middle. We have somedepth on our team, which is good.Obviously, having Hernandez out is abig loss for us. We were able to swingback into things, but that is whathappened. We put Joey up top so wecould get some speed to try to get thatsecond goal so we could tie it up,”McEvoy said.

“It was a really big win! We wereheavy underdogs, not favored. We are4-1 now,” Heine said.Sc. Pl.-Fanwood 1 0 1Westfield 2 0 2

Blue Devil Boys Take FirstAt Stewart Memorial X-C

The No. 10 ranked Westfield HighSchool boys cross-country team ranin a tight pack, averaging 16:58.2 perrunner, to capture the Varsity A teamcrown at the Stewart Memorial cross-country meet at Warinanco Park inRoselle on September 26. Westfieldhad a total of 47, while No. 13Millburn finished second with a 111total. Morristown was third at 116.Scotch Plains-Fanwood placed sixthat 159.

Senior Ryan Scrudato crossedfourth with a time of 16:40.3. NorthHunterdon’s Matt McDonald tookfirst with a time of 16:22. Blue DevilsJack Leahy finished eighth at 16:46.0and Zach Lizmi was ninth at 16:57.1.Andrew Kirna (17:09) finished 11th,Tyler Cusick (17:18) was 14th, Mike

Kelley (17:31) finished 20th and JohnKirna (17:34) was 21st. Scrudato’sand Leahy’s times made the WHSall-time list.

The Blue Devil junior varsity tookfirst in their race as well. DavidCarville crossed first followed byEvan Tarlow and Sam Tooley. AdrianBizzaro crossed fifth, GustavDanielsson finished sixth, KevinIngram took eighth and Wade Prestoncrossed ninth. Freshman RobMarcsydlo placed 11th, JasonColasanti took 16th and Alex Hayfinished 23rd.

The Westfield girls placed fourthin the Varsity A race with a total of104 and the Raiders took eighth witha 194 total. Morristown won with a49 total.

FIRST PLACE…The Blue Devil boys placed first at the Stewart Memorial cross-country meet. Pictured, left to right, are: Coach Jack Martin, Andrew Kirna,Mike Kelley, Tyler Cusick, Ryan Scrudato, Zack Lizmi, Jack Leahy, John Kirna,Coach Chris Tafelsky and Coach Wes Brockway.

David B. Corbin for The Westfield Leader and The TimesDIVING FOR THE SAVE…Raider goalie Anthony Zukofsky dives to make thesave in the intense game against the Blue Devils.

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SMITH RECOVERS FUMBLE; NELSON SNAGS 17-TD PASS

Blue Streaks Take to the AirTo Pass Raider Gridders, 12-6

By FRED LECOMTESpecially Written for The Westfield Leader and The Times

Trench warfare and field positiondominated the game, but it was atouchdown pass in the fourth quarterthat gave the Warren Hills RegionalHigh School football team a 12-6victory over a stubborn Scotch Plains-Fanwood squad in Scotch Plains onSeptember 26.

The Blue Streaks’ offense keptmostly to the air in an attempt tobreak the scoring deadlock, whichheld until the fourth quarter whenquarterback Dave Lance connectedwith wide receiver Justin Barends inthe end zone for a 20-yard touchdownpass (TD).

Raider senior quarterback GaryBinkiewicz had 30 rushing yards andhit 15 of 25 pass attempts for 144yards, including a 17-yard TD pass.Senior wide receiver Doran Nelsonrecorded 54 yards on five receptions,including the lone TD. Running backJaven Hawkins scrambled 49 yards

on 15 carries, grabbed three passesfor 15 yards and made five tackles.Sean Coloney collected two passesfor 34 yards and Quintin Blackwellfinished with eight yards on threecarries with three tackles.

“We talked to them about ‘you chaseperfection, you catch excellence.’ Iliked our effort, I liked our hustletoday and I thought we had a verygood week of practice, finally. Wehad some guys doing things the way

we want them to and we just came outon the short end. I think we improvedas a football team even though we lostthe game, and that is what I’m look-ing at,” said Raider Head Coach SteveCiccotelli. “I don’t think we havebeen playing as well as we can earlybut there are some areas of the gamethat we got better at today. As a coach,I am pleased with that effort. I’mpleased with progress. Now we haveto build on that and, hopefully, it willstart changing into some W’s.”

The Raider defensive unit was in-volved in a host of tackles when theStreaks attempted to establish theirrunning game. Connor Thompson andKyle Berwick each had eight tackles,Anthony Letteri had seven and J.C.Davidson dropped six ball carriers tothe turf. Mike Marsan and MikeTufaro each rapped up five Streaks,Alex Graham, David Kreps and MitchMcNamara dropped four ball carrierseach and junior Matt Manns addedthree.

Taylor Rush provided the BlueStreaks with a 6-0 lead in the firstquarter with a 28-yard jaunt. In thefourth quarter, Raider defensive alert-ness paid off when the Blue Streaksattempted to pull off a lateral pass butthe ball was fumbled and defensiveback Chris Smith smothered it. Onthe very next play, Binkiewicz rolledout and completed his 17-yard TDpass to the diving Nelson in the endzone to knot the game at 6-6.

“The touchdown pass was designedto be a hitch. Smith’s play, oh man, afirst-year player, that’s pretty good. Iwas surprised. He really pumped theteam up,” said Nelson.

“We had the momentum after thefumble; we needed to score and wedid. Doran (Nelson) is a great playerand I have every confidence when Ithrow the ball to him because I knowhe’s going to get it,” added Binkiewicz.

The Blue Streaks snapped the dead-lock when Lance hooked up withBarends for the TD. The two-pointconversion failed.

“For the most part, I felt that wewere able to run when we wanted to.In the beginning of the game, thethrows were there; we were complet-ing them (5-for-6) getting some goodyardage off of that. Basically, (we)try to move the ball up the middle asmuch as we could and then use thepass. As to the defensive effort, Ithought this was our best game. Weexecuted most of our assignments

correctly and, for the most part, weshut them down, except for a fewmistakes,” said Binkiewicz.

“I don’t think we have been play-ing good defense until this game. Ithought we played physical, I thoughtwe made better reads and we werelined up better. Obviously, when youdo all that, you are going to playbetter,” coach Ciccotelli said.Warren Hills 6 0 0 6 12Sc. Pl.-Fanwood 0 0 0 6 6

Helfand had one reception for fiveyards and Scanlon had a three-yardreception.

Cornerback Helfand squashed aPanther threat in the first quarter withan interception at the Blue Devil eightjust two plays after Collins completeda long 37-yard strike to wide receiverDerek Berk. Unfortunately, the 1-2Blue Devils’ offense sputtered for noyardage and a shanked punt put thePanthers in striking distance at the21. Four plays later, running backJorge Fis plunged in from the one forthe TD with 40 seconds left in thequarter.

Early in the second quarter, Kerrsaw Murray all alone down the middlefor the 52-yard TD strike. Jon Gribbins’point after tied the score 7-7.

“He was the third option on thatplay. Danny Kerr did a great job onthat play. He (Murray) was supposedto clear it out but the defense all ran tothe other two, so he was open. Dannysaw him ahead of them,” coachDeSarno explained.

As halftime was nearing, the BlueDevils’ defensive line made a suc-cessful goal line stance and took overpossession at the one. Two plays later,Murray was sacked in the end zonefor a safety and the Panthers took a 9-7 lead. Nolasco added an interceptionjust before the half.

On the second play of the third

quarter, Belle fumbled at the Westfield38 and defensive back Fis scooped itup and rumbled into the end zone togive the Panthers a 16-7 lead. TheBlue Devils answered with an eight-play, 52-yard scoring drive that endedwith Ondi smashing in for the scorefrom one-yard out, narrowing thescore to 16-14, with 8:11 left in thequarter.

Tragedy struck immediately whenBeck received the kickoff on the 15-yard line and slipped through themiddle of the Blue Devil special teamsfor an 85-yard TD gallop, taking only13 seconds off the clock. After anonsides kick, Westfield got the ballnear midfield. Ondi weaved his wayfor a 31-yard gain but a fourth down

pass came up a few yards short and thePanthers got possession at their 14.

“He ran hard today, “DeSarno saidof Ondi. “It was a nice bounce backgame offensively. He didn’t have hisbest game against Watchung Hills buthe came back and ran hard today.”

The Blue Devils did get anotherchance when lineman Garrett Pryorrecovered a Panther fumble atmidfield with 48 seconds remainingbut Collins intercepted Kerr’s pass.The Panthers took a knee to run outthe clock.

After a bye week, the Blue Devilswill travel to face North Hunterdonon Friday, October 9, at 7 p.m.

“We are going to defend everybodywe play. We are going to play gooddefense but we have to execute bet-ter,” DeSarno said.BrH2O-Raritan 7 2 14 0 23Westfield 0 7 7 0 14

Raider V’ballers EdgeUnion Farmer Girls

The Scotch Plains-Fanwood HighSchool volleyball team improved to4-1 with a 25-19, 17-25, 28-26, vic-tory over Union on September 23.Becky Brand had eight service points,five kills and four aces. Erin Brownhad four service points, an ace andtwo kills, Natalie Deduck had sixservice points, an ace and two kills,Rebecca Kreyer had 15 assists, 10service points and four aces, and AysiaPeterson had 12 service points, fouraces and four kills.

Lady Blue Devils BeatElizabeth in VolleyballThe Westfield High School girls

volleyball team outlasted Elizabeth,25-22, 18-25, 25-20, on September25. Grace Antonelli had eight digsand Gab Cerami notched four killsand 2 aces. Danielle Cofone had 11assists, Lisa Nehring had three blocksand three kills, while Emma Partridgehad 12 digs and four aces.

David B. Corbin for The Westfield Leader and The TimesWILD PLAY IN THE END ZONE…Blue Devil Hugo Nolasco, top, and Panther wide receiver Matt Pennella go for a passin the end zone that is just out of their reach.

Fred Lecomte for The Westfield Leader and The TimesHEADING FOR THE GOAL LINE…Raider wide receiver Doran Nelson makes a great snag against the Blue Streaks.Doran hauled in five passes from quarterback Gary Binkiewicz, including a 17-yard touchdown reception. The Blue Streakspulled out a 12-6 victory in Scotch Plains on September 26.

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1, to claim her third UCT singles title.She had taken third last year at firstsingles.

“Her forehand was really strong.Her backhand was consistent, so Ijust had to play through it. My back-hand was a little off today, so I wasrunning around hitting a ton of fore-hands. My forehand is my weapon,and I used that to my advantage to-day. I’m really excited to have threeout of four wins. I’m not complainingat all,” Criscuolo said.

Raider Christina Reiman, who lostto Criscuolo in the quarterfinal round,went on to record a 6-1, 6-0, victoryover Monica Soliz (Roselle Park –RP) and a 6-1, 6-3 victory over Jes-sica Porcelli (Oak Knoll – OK) toclaim fifth.

Blue Devil Debbie Wu, who wonthe UCT title at second singles lastyear, won her first two matches easily

but had a battle with Erin Mcdonnell(KP), winning 6-3, 6-3, to advance tothe third singles finals.

“She was a really good player, butI tried to stay consistent and make hermake the errors. I tried to get myserves in, get my shots in, and that iswhat it took today,” Wu said

Her opponent in the finals, RaiderNeha Pannuri, also won two easymatches but did have an elongatedmatch with Kelly McManus (OK) towin, 6-4, 6-2.

“She hit everything back. She waskind of like me. She even had thesame racket. I had to stay calm, whichI usually do. Then I tried to get moreaggressive, because she wasn’t hit-ting aggressive shots,” Pannuri ex-plained.

Considering her strategy withPannuri, Wu said, “It’s pretty muchthe same – try to keep it in. Neha is a

really good player. Hopefully, I willbe able to take it home.”

Wu indeed stuck to her game andemerged with a 6-0, 6-2 victory forher second crown.

“She is amazing! I’m glad I playedher because it’s always good playing

up with better players,” Pannuri said.“I think I psyched myself out a littlebit, but I’m happy.”

Defending UCT first doubleschamps, Blue Devils Samantha Borrand Morgan Murphy also rolledthrough their first three matches toreach the finals.

“We work well together. We didlast year also. We just play our game,and it worked out right. I like tovolley, and I think Morgan likes tovolley too,” Samantha Borr said.

“Sam is very aggressive. Sam goesfor a lot more shots. When I get theball, I go for it when I can, but notoverly aggressive. We were getting alot of first serves in, and we look

forward to do that in our next match,”Murphy said.

Looking toward the finals, Borrsaid, “I think it’s going to be a goodmatch and I’m looking forward to it.”

“We are going to go out there, dowhat we have been doing and just

play our game,” added Murphy.After defeating Kelsh Kein and Jen

Dranetz (KP), 6-0, 6-1, for the title,Borr said, “Our serve really helped usthrough.”

“Returning serves, poaching at thenet, we kept doing that,” Murphyadded.

Raiders Alex Sullivan and LyndseyDouglas defeated Cranford’s RachelHalek and Kristy Daubert, 7-5, 6-4,before falling to Summit’s ChelseaNyman and Katherine Grayeski, 6-4,2-6, 6-1, for fifth place.

Blue Devil juniors MelissaMorawski and Katherine McKinleybreezed through all of their matchesto reach the second singles finals.

“I think we feel pretty confidentbecause our matches; they weren’treally good players. We know that weare playing well together. We wereable to get ahead and play easily,”said Morawski, a two-time UCTdoubles champ.

Morawski also felt that her fore-hand was the strongest part of hergame

“We kept getting ahead in all ourgames. We were hitting good groundstrokes. Everything clicked. We had alot of fun,” McKinley added.

Looking toward their champion-ship match, “We are confident. Weknow we can do it,” Morawski said.

“I’m anxious, excited,” McKinleyadded.

Nellie Lindecke and Westfield resi-dent Lauren Oberlander (KP) stunnedMorawski and McKinley, 6-3, 6-4,for the title. Raiders Alyssa Leydenand Isabel Lopez defeated Cranford’sLori Joseph and Taylor Rattray, 6-1,6-1, for fifth place.

TEAM TOTALS:1. Westfield (W) 96, 2. Kent Place

(KP) 72, 3. Scotch Plains-Fanwood 46,4. Oak Knoll (OK) 36, 5. GovernorLivingston (GL) 35, 6. Union (U) 24, 7.Summit (S) 13, 8. Cranford (C) 11, 9.Roselle Park (RP) 9, 10. New Provi-dence (NP) 6, 11. Johnson (J) 2

CHAMPIONSHIPS:First singles: L. Borr (W) d. Szczuka(SPF), 6-0, 6-2Second singles: Criscuolo (W) d.Gramatica (U), 6-1, 6-1Third singles: Wu (W) d. Pannuri (SPF),6-0, 6-2First doubles: Borr and Murphy (W) d.Keim and Dranetz (KP), 6-0, 6-1Second doubles:

THIRD PLACE:First singles: Amanda Kushnierz (KP) dMuniz-Cadorette (U), 6-4, 1-6, 6-4Second singles: Geena DeRose (KP) d.Laura Tierny (GL), 7-6 (6), 6-2Third singles: Mcdonnell (KP) dMcManus (OK), 6-4, 6-2First doubles: Tori Roeck and GiolaTopazio (OK) d Jenny Xia and KaitlynHoehn (GL), 6-4, 6-0Second doubles: Chantel Le and PamSamuels (GL) d Tian Mauer and BridgetFarrell (OK), 6-2, 6-0

SECOND DOUBLES CHAMPS…Lauren Oberlander, from Westfield, andNellie Lindecke, representing the Kent Place School, won the Union CountyTournament second doubles crown, defeating Blue Devils Melissa Morawski andKatherine McKinley, 6-3, 6-4.

David B. Corbin for The Westfield Leader and The TimesSECOND SINGLES CHAMP…Blue Devil Tara Criscuolo won her third UCTsingles title, this time at second singles. She also placed third at first singles last year.

David B. Corbin for The Westfield Leader and The TimesTHIRD SINGLES CHAMP…Blue Devil Debbie Wu won her third UCT title, thistime at third singles. Wu also won at second doubles and second singles.

David B. Corbin for The Westfield Leader and The TimesFIRST DOUBLES CHAMPS…Blue Devils Samantha Borr, front, and MorganMurphy won the UCT first doubles title for the second straight year.

David B. Corbin for The Westfield Leader and The TimesSECOND AT SECOND DOUBLES…Blue Devils Melissa Morawski, left, andKatherine McKinley took second at second doubles.

David B. Corbin for The Westfield Leader and The TimesSECOND AT THIRD SINGLES…Raider Neha Pannuri placed second at thirdsingles.

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MacKENZIE, KAPE, VANBUSKIRK RIP IN 1 GOAL EACH

Blue Devil Soccer Girls DuelLady Raiders to 2-1 Victory

By FRED LECOMTESpecially Written for The Westfield Leader and The Times

Blue Devil senior GraceMackenzie, on an assist by juniorMartina Landeka, hit the mark in thefirst half and senior Becca Kape, onan assist by Landeka, headed in thedeciding goal in the second half toguide the Westfield High School girlssoccer team to a 2-1 victory overScotch Plains-Fanwood before anenthusiastic crowd in Scotch Plainson September 24.

Sarah VanBuskirk’s second-halfgoal, on an assist by Avika Shah, cutthe deficit to one goal for the Raiders.The Blue Devils out-shot the Raid-ers, 14-7. Meg Brody finished withthree saves, while Raider keeper PaigeDellaBadia halted six shots.

“Our game plan was to go at themas quick and as hard as we can andapply as much pressure as we can. Allthe girls are battled tested at practiceand they know they need to be ready.We felt we could have had one more;it would of broken their spirit, butthey battled back and got one home.This is the first time of the year thatwe have really been tested and I thinkthe girls responded well. The tough-est thing is to play a rival, a hard team

like this and play in front of theircrowd,” said Westfield Head CoachAlex Schmidt.

With both teams professing a strongoffensive philosophy, something hadto give and the 4-0 Blue Devils suc-ceeded when offensive midfielderLandeka drove a free kick from 18yards out into the box wheremidfielder MacKenzie alertly sprintednear-post and hit a left-footed shot inthe lower left side of the net at 17.51.

“With the rivalry, yes, everyone onour team wants to win, but when itcomes right down to it, it’s about thenext game that’s the most important.In the end, they got tired and we stillcould move the ball and basicallylocked them out the last 10 minutes ofthe game,” said MacKenzie, whoadded, “I saw that the ball comingtowards me, so I opened my body andhit it left foot in. Those kinds of goalsare killers for the keeper because, assoon as they get going one way, youknock it the other way and it’s in.”

“It’s tough to get into the game –Westfield, Scotch Plains! As the gamewent along, the girls settled down alittle bit, we found our stride, foundour fitness and possessed the ball alittle better,” coach Schmidt said at

halftime.Westfield boosted the lead to 2-0,

in the second half when Landekalooped a well-directed corner kick toKape, who from her sweeper positionflicked in a header at 5:50.

“Tina had a real nice corner and Iknew practicing that play where torun. Being a target player and no oneon me, I just aimed it and knew I washitting it right into the corner,” Kapesaid.

“Thankfully, Becca was there to getit. We always prepare for those cornerkicks. As a matter of fact, we fightharder in practice than in games, so weare prepared when we battle teamslike Scotch Plains,” Landeka added.

The 2-1-1 Raiders did make someadjustments and picked up the inten-sity. That effort was rewarded whenmidfielder Morgan Burke crossed theball to forward Shah, who maneu-vered her way inside the box, flickeda header to the near post, wheremidfielder VanBuskirk knocked in aheader with nine minutes remaining.

“Beginning at the end of the firsthalf and throughout the second half,we were totally outrunning them andoutplaying them and that resulted in agoal. We had the offense going, butwe should have scored more,’’VanBuskirk said.

“It was a hard fought game by bothsides. I liked the way our kids playedhard and fought back and they did notget down. We took advantage of someopportunities in the second half butcould not cash in on any of thosechances. Westfield is a very strongteam, they’re very good offensivelyand this game is a learning experi-ence for some of our inexperiencedkids. We came out on the wrong endof this one but they learned that, whenyou keep on fighting, who knowswhat will happen,” said Raider HeadCoach Kevin Ewing.Westfield 1 1 2Sc. Pl.-Fanwood 0 1 1

Fred Lecomte for The Westfield Leader and The TimesBATTLING FOR POSSESSION OF THE BALL...Raider Emily Nagourney, No. 20, and Blue Devil Martina Landeka, No.15, battle for control of the ball.

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2009 LEAF COLLECTION PROGRAM

TOWN OF WESTFIELD

The changing color of leaves and the chill in the air remind us that leaf season is approaching, andthe Department of Public Works is busy making preparations for the Town’s annual leaf collectionprogram. With cooperation from all residents, and Mother Nature, the Town can continue to provideefficient and timely service.

LEAF COLLECTION SCHEDULEAs indicated on the map on the reverse side, the Town is divided into ten leaf collection areas: Areas1-6 on the North side and 7-10 on the South side.

Collection will begin simultaneously on the North and South sides on October 19 andcontinue to December 4. During this timeframe two full passes of the Town will be made, withadditional passes if necessary. Additional passes are based upon the need as determined by theTown.

No leaves will be permitted in the streets until Saturday October 17.

Collection will begin in Area 1 on the North side, and Area 7 on the South side andproceed in numerical order.

HOW RESIDENTS CAN HELPWe emphasize that the success of any leaf collection program is due, in large part, to the cooperationof residents. The Town encourages the use of biodegradable leaf bags for residents who wish to haveleaves picked up. Bagging leaves helps the Town comply with the Stormwater regulations and willaid in keeping our streets clean during leaf season. Following are the ways in which you can help:

Before raking leaves to the street, check the map to find out which area you are in and call the “LeafHotline” (789-4120) to determine when the crews will be in your area. This will minimize theamount of time leaf piles are on the street.

Residents employing landscapers are required to inform them of the collection schedule andmust fill out the coupon on the back of this flyer so their landscapers can enter the ConservationCenter. This permit can be used up until December 18. As mentioned above, No leaves willbe permitted in the streets until Saturday October 17.

Tree branches, grass or other debris are not accepted at the County compost facilities andpiles containing anything other than leaves will not be picked up.

Leaves should be placed in narrow rows along the street, leaving a space along the gutter fordrainage. This will help minimize local flooding during rains. Do not pile leaves on or near drainageinlets, which can lead to local flooding.

Note: Leaves cannot be placed closer then ten (10) feet from any inlet.

Keep vehicles off the streets during collection days to avoid interference with leaf collectioncrews.

CAUTION! Do Not Park Cars Over Leaf Piles. Hot exhaust systems can ignite the leaves andcause a car fire. Also, leaves cannot be picked up if a car is in the way.

OTHER LEAF DISPOSAL OPTIONSIn order to further maximize service, the Town offers residents two other leaf disposal options:

Pickup Service. Residents will be allowed to place their leaves in BIODEGRADABLE BAGS ONLYat the curb for pickup service. Residents may obtain the bags (maximum of ten bags per day)at no charge, starting on Thursday, October 8, at the Town Conservation Center, (seebelow for hours of operation). Bags will be picked up curbside by the Town DPW, via the LeafHotline (789-4120). Please leave your message after the recording.

Conservation Center. From October 8 to December 18 (weather permitting) the ConservationCenter will be open Monday-Friday 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., Saturdays and Sundays 9:00 a.m. to 3:00p.m., for any residents who want to dispose of their leaves directly. Landscapers serving Westfieldresidents may also haul leaves to the Center during this period, provided they have the requiredcoupon signed by the resident. The Town Conservation Center will be closed on thefollowing municipal holidays (Veterans Day-November 11, Thanksgiving-November 26& 27).

Please note: During the month of January of 2010, the Center will be open Every Saturday from9 a.m. until 3:00 p.m., and in February and March of 2010 the Conservation Center will be openon Alternate Saturdays from 9:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m. weather permitting.

January schedule Sat. 2, 9, 16, 23, 30February schedule Sat. 13, 27March schedule Sat. 13, 27

CHRISTMAS TREES: Christmas trees must be deposited at the Conservation Center only.They will not be picked up by the Town at the curb. Christmas trees ARE NOT to be depositedin Tamaques Park. For your convienence, the Conservation Center will be open every Saturdayin January, weather permitting.

LOCAL MEDIA INFORMATIONBe sure to read the local paper (Westfield Leader) which will publish an ad on the leaf collectionprogram. Westfield Cable TV Channel 36 will air the leaf collection schedule. Also, all informationpertaining to leaf collection will be posted on the Westfield Website (www.westfieldnj.gov/dpw). In addition, you can call the Leaf Hotline (789-4120).

Thank you for your cooperation.

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Lady Cougars Leap ByRaiders in Gymnastics

By DAVID B. CORBINSpecially Written for The Westfield Leader and The Times

Sophomore Mary Kate Walch per-formed all of her routines well to leadthe Cranford High School gymnas-tics team to a 103.825-101.25 victoryover a strong Scotch Plains-FanwoodRaiders squad in Cranford on Sep-tember 22.

Walch also took top honors with anall-around total of 35.3 followed byRaider senior Lindsay Robinson, whototaled 34.2, and Cougar VivianAltmann, who totaled 34.1. Walch tookfirst in the vault with an 8.85 followedby Raider Gina Pelosi at 8.65, whileAltmann and Raider Jessica Colineritied for third at 8.5. Although not in thetop three in the vault, Robinson per-formed a Tsukahara as did freshmanAlex Peluso, who performed it for thefirst time.

The uneven bars’ top honors alsowent to Walch, who scored an 8.8.Walch specialized with a giant swingon the low bar before transferring tothe upper bar. Cougar DanielleMcAuliffe placed second with an 8.65and Altmann took third at 8.5.

McAuliffe grabbed first on the bal-ance beam with an 8.9 followed by

Walch at 8.75. Raiders Peluso andRobinson tied for third with an 8.7.Walch came back to claim first on thefloor exercise with an 8.85, Altmanntook second at 8.65 and Cougar fresh-man Emily Grable, along with Raid-ers Colineri and Peluso tied for thirdwith an 8.575.

“Mary Kate had a great meet over-all. Danielle and Vivian were alsoconsistent,” Cougar Head CoachMichele Charney Hulse said.

The Raiders were without the ser-vices of freshman Melissa Gara, whobroke her finger the night before themeet. She is expected to be sitting outthe next few weeks.

“Lindsay Robinson had a great meetand vaulted a ‘tsuk’, along with AlexPeluso. Both Alex and Lindsay scoredhigh for us on floor and beam,” saidRaider Head Coach Lisa Cerchio,who added, “They both went all-around, along with Jessica Colineri.Jess had a strong beam routine andfloor. It just wasn’t enough to pull awin out. Cranford had a great meet!”

The Raiders will compete in thealways tough, Cougar InvitationalTournament tomorrow, October 2,scheduled for 6 p.m.

PLAYING FOR PINK…The Westfield High School volleyball team has beensoliciting prizes for Play for Pink Fundraiser for Breast Cancer Awareness.

SPF PAL ‘A’ Raiders EdgeRichmond Boro Kids, 14-12The visiting Scotch Plains-

Fanwood PAL “A” football teampulled out a come-from behind, 14-12, victory over Richmond Boro ofStaten Island on September 27 toimprove to 3-0.

The Raiders fumbled the slipperypigskin on their first drive and Rich-mond capitalized on the turnover, with

a long wide-out screen pass followedby a short run for a touchdown (TD).The extra-point kick was blocked.James Lettieri had several tough runsand Brian Heath had a beautiful 20-yard TD run off-tackle. Justin Giaconakicked a two-point conversion to forgeSPF ahead, 8-6.

Richmond’s offense began to click,but Stephen Deduck intercepted. Rich-mond recovered a Raider fumble, butLettieri intercepted another pass tostop Richmond and end the first half.

Richmond scored on 20-yard passplay at the start of the fourth quarter butthe kick was no good. Richmondstopped a long Raider drive late in thequarter. Two consecutive, off-side pen-alties allowed Richmond to get tomidfield but after a bad snap over thequarterback’s head, the Raiders recov-ered it on the Richmond 35-yard-line.

Brian Heath hauled in a 25-yardpass from backup QB Thomas Walker.SPF stopped the clock with a spike,but was hit with an illegal motionpenalty. After another Raiders pen-alty, Walker connected with Deduckon a 10-yard hook pass to the 10.Walker handed off to Lettieri, whowent off right-tackle behind SamMcQuoid and Danny VanBrunt forthe TD. The Raiders fumbled the ex-tra point run attempt with five sec-onds left.

Richmond tried an end-around pass,but the Raiders defensive line trappedthe wide-out in the backfield.

David B. Corbin for The Westfield Leader and The TimesGOLF ACE…Scotch Plains resident Billy Morales shot a hole-in-one at the par-3, 120-yard fifth hole at Galloping Hills Golf Course on September 18. Morales used a 9-iron.

Fred Lecomte for The Westfield Leader and The TimesA BIG LEAP…Raider freshman Alex Peluso performs a Russian split leap on thebalance beam.

WF Volleyball to Host Play for Pink FundraiserThe Westfield High School Volleyball team and the Breast Cancer

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CRANFORD COUGAR HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS

WALCH WINS ALL-AROUND, VAULTING, BARS, FLOOR

Lady Cougars Beat Raiders,Dayton/Brearley Gymnasts

HARTNETT NETS 2 GOALS, DeMARS HEADS 1ST GOAL

Cougar Soccer Boys Roll on,Shut Out Rahway Indians, 3-0

By DAVID B. CORBINSpecially Written for The Westfield Leader and The Times

Sophomore Mary Kate Walch per-formed all of her routines well to leadthe Cranford High School gymnas-tics team to a 103.825-101.25 victoryover a strong Scotch Plains-FanwoodRaiders squad in Cranford on Sep-tember 22.

Walch also took top honors with anall-around total of 35.3 followed byRaider senior Lindsay Robinson, whototaled 34.2, and Cougar VivianAltmann, who totaled 34.1. Walch tookfirst in the vault with an 8.85 followedby Raider Gina Pelosi at 8.65, whileAltmann and Raider Jessica Colineritied for third at 8.5. Although not in thetop three in the vault, Robinson per-formed a Tsukahara as did freshmanAlex Peluso, who performed it for thefirst time.

The uneven bars’ top honors alsowent to Walch, who scored an 8.8.Walch specialized with a giant swingon the low bar before transferring tothe upper bar. Cougar DanielleMcAuliffe placed second with an 8.65and Altmann took third at 8.5.

McAuliffe grabbed first on the bal-ance beam with an 8.9 followed byWalch at 8.75. Raiders Peluso andRobinson tied for third with an 8.7.Walch came back to claim first on the

floor exercise with an 8.85, Altmanntook second at 8.65 and Cougar fresh-man Emily Grable, along with Raid-ers Colineri and Peluso tied for thirdwith an 8.575.

“Mary Kate had a great meet over-all. Danielle and Vivian were alsoconsistent,” Cougar Head CoachMichele Charney Hulse said.

The Raiders were without the ser-vices of freshman Melissa Gara, whobroke her finger the night before themeet. She is expected to be sitting outthe next few weeks.

“Lindsay Robinson had a great meetand vaulted a ‘tsuk’, along with AlexPeluso. Both Alex and Lindsay scoredhigh for us on floor and beam,” saidRaider Head Coach Lisa Cerchio,who added, “They both went all-around, along with Jessica Colineri.Jess had a strong beam routine andfloor. It just wasn’t enough to pull awin out. Cranford had a great meet!”

The Cougars also defeated JonathanDayton/Brearley, 102.3-42.9 on Sep-tember 24. Coach Charney Hulsemixed her lineup and freshman SaraLoBue placed first with an all-aroundtotal of 32.7. Walch took first in thevault with a 9.0, LoBue took secondat 8.5 and McAuliffe tied for thirdwith Dayton’s Erika Seale at 8.2.

LoBue won the unevens with a

score of 8.1 followed by Seale at 8.0and Cougar freshman Bryanna Grantat 7.4. McAuliffe won the beam withan 8.9, LoBue took second at 8.5 andGrable took third at 8.1. Grable tooktop honors on the floor exercise withan 8.8, while McAuliffe and Altmannplaced 2-3 with respective scores of8.5 and 8.1.

“The girls had a good day today.This was Sara’s first meet as an all-arounder. Emily Grable also improvedher floor score by a full point in oneweek,” coach Charney Hulse noted.

The Cougars will host the alwayscompetitive, Cougar Invitational atthe High School gym tomorrow, Oc-tober 2, beginning at 6 p.m.

By DAVID B. CORBINSpecially Written for The Westfield Leader and The Times

Five days after a defining win overNo. 20 Westfield, the 15th rankedCranford High School boys soccerteam wasted little time getting on thefast track to another victory with a 3-0 shutout of Rahway at MemorialField in Cranford on September 22.

Four minutes into the game, ConnorDeMars positioned himself in the rightplace to put his head on a long throw-in from Ryan Lopes and drill it intothe net.

“Lopes has been a weapon with histhrow-ins. Demars hit a beautifulheader. He’s great in the air and thatquick goal gave us some breathingroom,” said Cougar Head Coach MikeCursi, whose team has three goals offthrow-ins this season. “We were muchbetter in our midfield transition to-day, something we have addressed atpractice the past few days. There arealways things to improve on, andwe’ll keep doing that in practice ev-ery day.”

Five minutes later, senior Pat Kaskiwserved a ball from the Cougar backfieldto Pat Hartnett, who was slashingacross the field. Hartnett shed a de-fender and ripped the ball across thegoal from 10 yards out. The third goalwas scored with 9:15 left in the gameby Hartnett, who finished a feed fromtri-captain/stopper Eric Walano.

“I thought Rahway did a nice jobtactically trying to slow us down, look-ing for us to make a mistake, by play-ing defensive minded,” coach Curcisaid. “But our boys played smart, pa-tient soccer, and did a nice job spread-ing the field to create some good op-portunities. Our goal was to get off toa fast start and we did. Two goals in thefirst ten minutes allowed us to controlthe tempo the rest of the match.”

The 0-2 Rahway Indians played adefensive-minded game throughout,

perhaps looking for a counter attack.The Indians had no shots in the firsthalf and three in the second half.Cougar goalkeeper Scott Boyerneeded only to make one save.

“Rahway has some quick playerswho are dangerous in transition, butagain our defense did an outstandingjob, not giving up a shot in the firsthalf and only three for the game,”coach Curci said. “Lopes was terrificat right back, always cool under pres-sure. Sweeper Pat Kaskiw has donean outstanding job directing the de-fense. I love the way he takes controland the fact he can create from theback, getting an assist today. Walanoholds his position well and rarely getsbeat. Left back Rob Ghiretti antici-pates as well as anyone and his speedand skill is key to his shutting downopposing wings.”

Hartnett’s two goals upped his sea-son total to eight. The win upped theCougars’ record to 5-0 and 2-0 in theconference. The Cougars have alsooutscored their opponents this sea-son, 19-2.

“Starting 5-0 is something we talkedabout, and while we take it one gameat a time, we’re always looking at thebig picture, the goals we have for theseason. We put pressure on ourselvesto improve with every game and Ithink that keeps us focused and givesus the mindset that we can play withanyone,” coach Curci said. “We’reobviously very pleased with ourrecord, but there’s still a long way togo. It’s important we don’t take any-thing for granted, stay focused andkeep playing good soccer.”Rahway 0 0 0Cranford 2 1 3

By DAVID B. CORBINSpecially Written for The Westfield Leader and The Times

Recovering very well from its onlyloss of the season, a 6-0 setback toNo. 3 ranked Westfield on September17, the Cranford High School girlssoccer team shut out the Union Catho-lic Lady Vikings, 5-0, at MemorialField in Cranford on September 25.

The Cougar girls, who tied thenNo. 4 Montclair earlier in the season,defeated Rahway and Kent Place ear-lier in the week and, with the victoryover the Vikings, extended their recordto 4-1-1.

“The girls began the game with alot of confidence coming off of twowins earlier in the week. They knewUC was currently seeded ahead ofthem in their conference division so it

was a must win,” Cougar Head CoachJen Michewicz said.

Senior forward Sarah Dowzycki,with the help an aggressive push fromher teammates, gave the Cougars animmediate jumpstart with a goal onlyminutes into the game. She added hersecond goal before the 20-minutemark to up her week’s total to fivegoals.

Senior outside midfielder MichelleGargiulo ripped in another goal togive the Cougars a 3-0, cushion athalftime. Senior forward/midfielderVictoria Labrutto and senior centermidfielder Jamie Webb each addedgoals in the second half.

“The girls showed that they had theability to come out and take advan-tage of scoring opportunities to put

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Cougar Soccer Girls Shut OutUnion Catholic Vikings, 5-0

teams away. (Senior) Jen Folger an-chored the midfield and was a keyplayer in the game, creating manyoffensive opportunities, two of whichresulted in assists,” coach Michewiczsaid.

Throughout the game, the Cou-gars’ defense rejected any Lady Vi-king attack.

“Defenders Taylor D’Antico, EmilyMcCue, Kristen Cecchini and Madi-son Savulich were solid for the entiregame, allowing very few offensiveopportunities for UC,” coachMichewicz added.

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David B. Corbin for The Westfield Leader and The TimesBRINGING THE BALL UPFIELD…Cougar stopper Eric Walano brings the ball up field against the Rahway Indians.Walano slipped a feed to Pat Hartnett, who scored his eighth goal of the season.

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Cougar Soccer Boys BlankRoselle Catholic Lions, 4-0

Offensive silence in the first halfdid not rock the Cranford High Schoolboys soccer team as the Cougarsbanged in four second-half goals toquell the Lions of Roselle Catholic,4-0, in Roselle on September 24. TheCougars, who improved to 6-0, uppedtheir state ranking to No. 15 (highestever), Union County ranking to No. 2and Group 3 ranking to No. 3.

The Cougars dominated possessionin the first half but were unable toundulate the Lions’ net. Two minutesinto the second half, senior RyanLopes sent a long throw-in into themiddle of the box and Eric Walanomade his run to hammer it in with theheader to make it 1-0. Fourteen min-utes later, George El-Khoury, a natu-ral lefty, bent a beautiful corner kickfrom the right side about six yards outwhere captain Patrick Hartnett headedthe ball past the keeper to the far postto make it 2-0. Hartnett now leads thecounty in goals with nine.

With 22 minutes remaining, NickPace dribbled up the right side, beat adefender and crossed the ball waist

high to the near post where senior AlexRocha one-timed a volley past thegoalie for his first goal of the seasonand a 3-0 lead. The final goal wasscored at the 73 mark, when seniorCarmine Pellino volleyed in a crossfrom Kris Jacoby to make it 4-0.

“At halftime, the boys were a bitfrustrated but they were confidentthey would get the job done. Therewas excellent communication at half-time, a bit of self-critiquing, which Ialways encourage. There was littlefor me to say. They already knewwhat we needed to do, and they wereoutstanding in the second half,” HeadCoach Mike Curci said

The Cougars out-shot the Lions,24-5, and goalie Scott Boyer madethree saves, while Lions’ goalie StevePetricco made 13. Cranford hasoutscored its opponents 23-2 this sea-son and has not allowed a goal in thelast three games. It was Boyer’s andthe defense’s fourth shutout of theseason.

The Cougars will host Rumson today,October 1, at 4 p.m. at Memorial Field.

PUBLIC NOTICEUNION COUNTY

BOARD OF CHOSEN FREEHOLDERSNOTICE OF PENDING

BOND ORDINANCE AND SUMMARYOrdinance No.: 695-2009First Reading: 9/24/2009

The bond ordinance, the summary termsof which are included herein, was intro-duced and passed upon first reading at ameeting of the Board of Chosen Freehold-ers of the County of Union, State of NewJersey, on September 24, 2009. It will befurther considered for final passage, afterpublic hearing thereon, at a meeting ofsaid Board of Chosen Freeholders to beheld at the County Administration Build-ing, Elizabethtown Plaza, Elizabeth, NewJersey, on October 8, 2009 at 7:00 P.M.During the week prior to and up to andincluding the date of such meeting copiesof the full ordinance will be available at nocost and during regular business hours, atthe Clerk of the Board of Chosen Free-holders’ office for the members of thegeneral public who shall request the same.The summary of the terms of such bondordinance follows:

TITLE: BOND ORDINANCETO AUTHORIZE THE MAK-ING OF A LOAN TO THEUNION COUNTY IMPROVE-MENT AUTHORITY IN CON-NECTION WITH THE RENEW-ABLE ENERGY PROGRAMIN, BY AND FOR THECOUNTY OF UNION, STATEOF NEW JERSEY, TO APPRO-PRIATE THE SUM OF$500,000 TO PAY THE COSTTHEREOF, TO MAKE ADOWN PAYMENT, TO AU-THORIZE THE ISSUANCE OFBONDS TO FINANCE SUCHAPPROPRIATION AND TOPROVIDE FOR THE ISSU-ANCE OF BOND ANTICIPA-TION NOTES IN ANTICIPA-TION OF THE ISSUANCE OFSUCH BONDS.

Purpose(s): Making a loan, pursuant toN.J.S.A. 40:37A-79, to the Union CountyImprovement Authority (the “Authority”)for preliminary costs in connection with theAuthority’s Renewable Energy Programto be made available to public entitieswithin the County.

Appropriation: $500,000Bonds/Notes Authorized: $475,000Grants (if any) Appropriated: -0-Section 20 Costs: $500,000Useful Life: 15 years

This Notice is published pursuant toN.J.S.A. 40A:2-17.

Nicole L. DiRadoClerk of the Board ofChosen Freeholders

County of UnionState of New Jersey

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PUBLIC NOTICEUNION COUNTY

BOARD OF CHOSEN FREEHOLDERSNOTICE OF PENDING BONDORDINANCE AND SUMMARY

Ordinance No.: 693-2009First Reading: 9/24/2009

The bond ordinance, the summary termsof which are included herein, was intro-duced and passed upon first reading at ameeting of the Board of Chosen Freehold-ers of the County of Union, State of NewJersey, on September 24, 2009. It will befurther considered for final passage, afterpublic hearing thereon, at a meeting ofsaid Board of Chosen Freeholders to beheld at the County Administration Build-ing, Elizabethtown Plaza, Elizabeth, NewJersey, on October 8, 2009 at 7:00 P.M.During the week prior to and up to andincluding the date of such meeting copiesof the full ordinance will be available at nocost and during regular business hours, atthe Clerk of the Board of Chosen Free-holders’ office for the members of thegeneral public who shall request the same.The summary of the terms of such bondordinance follows:

TITLE: BOND ORDINANCETO AUTHORIZE IMPROVE-MENTS TO OAKWOOD PARKLOCATED IN THE BOROUGHOF NEW PROVIDENCE IN, BYAND FOR THE COUNTY OFUNION, STATE OF NEW JER-SEY, TO APPROPRIATE THESUM OF $4,000,000 TO PAYTHE COST THEREOF, TOMAKE A DOWN PAYMENT,TO AUTHORIZE THE ISSU-ANCE OF BONDS TO FI-NANCE SUCH APPROPRIA-TION AND TO PROVIDE FORTHE ISSUANCE OF BONDANTICIPATION NOTES INANTICIPATION OF THE ISSU-ANCE OF SUCH BONDS.

Purpose(s): Undertaking of improve-ments to Oakwood Park located in theBorough of New Providence (the “Bor-ough”) (which was recently acquired bythe County from the Borough), including,but not limited to, construction of artificialturf athletic fields, playgrounds, bathrooms,support buildings, structures and ameni-ties, improvements to existing facilitiesand all work, materials and appurtenancesnecessary and suitable therefor.

Appropriation: $4,000,000Bonds/Notes Authorized: $3,800,000Grants (if any) Appropriated: -0-Section 20 Costs: $500,000Useful Life: 15 years

This Notice is published pursuant toN.J.S.A. 40A:2-17.

Nicole L. DiRadoClerk of the Board ofChosen Freeholders

County of UnionState of New Jersey

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PUBLIC NOTICEUNION COUNTY

BOARD OF CHOSEN FREEHOLDERSOrdinance No.: 694-2009First Reading: 9/24/2009

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that thefollowing proposed ordinance was intro-duced and passed on first reading at ameeting of the Board of Chosen Freehold-ers of the County of Union, State of NewJersey, held on the 24th day of Septem-ber, 2009, and that said ordinance will betaken up for further consideration for finalpassage at the meeting of said Board ofChosen Freeholders to be held at its meet-ing room in the County AdministrationBuilding, Elizabethtown Plaza, Elizabeth,New Jersey on the 8th day of October,2009, at 7:00 P.M., or as soon thereafteras said matter can be reached, at whichtime and place all persons who may beinterested there in will be given an oppor-tunity to be heard concerning the same.

A copy of this ordinance has been postedon the Bulletin Board upon which publicnotices are customarily posted in the Ad-ministration Building of the County, and acopy is available up to and including thetime of such meeting to the members ofthe general public of the County who shallrequest such copies, at the office of theClerk of the Board in said County Admin-istration Building.

Nicole L. DiRado, Clerk of theBoard of Chosen Freeholders

ORDINANCE PROVIDINGTHE CONSENT OF THEBOARD OF CHOSEN FREE-HOLDERS OF THE COUNTYOF UNION TO THE “RENEW-ABLE ENERGY PROGRAM”BY THE UNION COUNTY IM-PROVEMENT AUTHORITY(UCIA) AND THE EXECUTIONOF A “COUNTY SERVICEAGREEMENT” BETWEENTHE COUNTY AND THEUNION COUNTY IMPROVE-MENT AUTHORITY

WHEREAS, The Union County Improve-ment Authority (including any successorsand assigns, the “Authority”) has beenduly created by resolution of the Board ofChosen Freeholders (the “Board of Free-holders”) of the County of Union (the“County”) in the State of New Jersey (the“State”) as a public body corporate andpolitic of the State pursuant to and inaccordance with the county improvementauthorities law, constituting Chapter 183of the Pamphlet Laws of 1960 of the State,and the acts amendatory thereof andsupplemental thereto (as codified atN.J.S.A. 40:37A-44 et seq., the “Act”) andother applicable law; and

WHEREAS, the Authority desires toundertake the development and imple-mentation of a program (the “RenewableEnergy Program”) for the financing, de-sign, permitting, acquisition, construction,installation, operation and maintenance ofrenewable energy capital equipment andfacilities such as solar panels, wind tur-bines, and hydro-electric, bio-diesel, geo-thermal, and bio-mass facilities, includingany related electrical modifications or otherwork required or convenient for the instal-lation of such systems (collectively, therenewable energy capital equipment andfacilities, the “Renewable EnergyProjects”) for and on behalf of the Countyand local governmental units within theCounty, including without limitation mu-nicipalities, boards of education for schooldistricts, local authorities and any otherlocal government instrumentalities, publicbodies or other local government entities;collectively, including the County, the “Lo-

cal Units”); andWHEREAS, the Renewable Energy

Projects procured under the RenewableEnergy Program are to be installed on, in,affixed or adjacent to and/or for any otherLocal Unit controlled buildings, other struc-tures, lands or other properties of the LocalUnits (collectively, the “Local Unit Facili-ties”); and

WHEREAS, it may be necessary, desir-able or convenient, in connection with thefinancing, design, permitting, acquisition,construction, installation, operation andmaintenance of the Renewable EnergyProjects, to finance, design, permit, ac-quire, construct, renovate and install cer-tain capital improvements to the Local UnitFacilities, including without limitation, im-provements to or replacement of, roofingsystems (the “Capital ImprovementProjects” and together with the Renew-able Energy Projects and any CompletionProject as defined in the hereinafter de-fined Bond Resolution, the “Projects”);and

WHEREAS, the primary goal of the Re-newable Energy Program is to expand theuse of renewable energy sources avail-able and utilized by the Local Units for theirLocal Unit Facilities in accordance with theState’s Energy Master Plan dated Octo-ber, 2008, with the attendant environmen-tal and financial benefits associatedthereby, and to reduce the energy relatedoperating costs to the Local Units for theirLocal Unit Facilities, all intended to beoffered at no net cost to the Local Units;and

WHEREAS, to assist the Authority withfunding all of the engineering, legal, finan-cial advisory and other preliminary costs ofthe Renewable Energy Program neces-sary, desirable or convenient for the devel-opment and implementation of the Re-newable Energy Program prior to the issu-ance of the Bonds (the “Preliminary Pro-gram Costs”) prior to the issuance of thefirst series of bonds that shall finance theinitial portion of the Renewable EnergyProgram (the “Bonds”), the Authoritydesires to enter into with the County thatcertain “Service Agreement (RenewableEnergy Program)” (as the same may beamended or supplemented from time totime in accordance with its terms, the“County Service Agreement”), all pursu-ant to Section 36 of the Act (N.J.S.A.40:37A-79) and other applicable law:

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINEDBY THE BOARD OF CHOSEN FREE-HOLDERS OF THE COUNTY OF UNION,NEW JERESEY, as follows:

Section 1. In accordance with all appli-cable law, the Board of Freeholders herebyconsents to (i) the “Renewable EnergyProgram” of the Union County Improve-ment Authority, and (ii) the execution anddelivery by the County, through the CountyManager, of the “County Service Agree-ment” and such other documents as nec-essary and reasonable for the Programwhich documents shall be filed with theClerk of the Board prior to the issuance ofany Bonds, (iii) the adoption by the Author-ity of the Bond Resolution, and (iv) theissuance, sale and delivery of the Bonds toeffect such purpose. The consent heretogiven to the Financing Documents con-templates the insertion of the final financ-ing terms.

Section 2. This ordinance shall takeeffect at the time and in the manner pro-vided by law.

Section 3. Upon the adoption hereof,the Clerk of the Board of Freeholders shallforward certified copies of this ordinanceto the County Manager, County Counseland the Executive Director of the Authority1 T - 10/1/09, The Leader Fee: $

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BARTSCH, RUPP HAD STRONG WEEK

Cougar V’ballers RollAfter Tough Beginning

By DAVID B. CORBINSpecially Written for The Westfield Leader and The Times

After a tough start against two top-20 teams and taking both powerhouseswithin two points each time, theCranford High School girls volley-ball team rolled on to win two of itsnext three matches before enteringthe Bloomfield Tournament on Sep-tember 26.

The Cougar girls began their sea-son with a 25-23, 25-23, setback toNo. 6 Pacsack Hills then came up onthe short side of a 26-24, 25-22, con-test with No. 14 Bogata. Led by teamcaptains Meghan Bartsch and KristenRupp, the Cougars regrouped.

According to Cougar Head CoachLuci Diaz, “some soul-searching andteam connecting was needed to shakeup and wake up the team within.”

On September 22, the Lady Cou-gars defeated Kent Place, 25-21, 25-10. After falling to Roselle Catholic,25-10, 23-25, 23-25, on September23, they defeated Rahway, 25-13, 25-18, on September 25.

Meghan Bartsch, playing front rowhitter, finished the week with 52 as-sists, 15 kills, two blocks, three digs,seven assists and 28 service points.As a server, she had the third highestteam hitting percentage.

Kristen Rupp had 24 kills, 10 digs,five assists and 14 service points.Alex Bizub had 18 kills, three digs,two assists and 13 service points.Kaitlyn Irwin notched four kills, 12digs, seven assists and 21 servicepoints. Sarah Barry had 15 assists,four digs, five assists and 22 servicepoints. Katie Knorr finished withseven kills, six blocks, two assistsand nine service points. EmmaHansen had three kills, two blocksand 11 service points. Alexis Inselbergnotched five kills and Julie DeBellahad three kills and two blocks.

The Cougars made a strong showingat the Bloomfield Tournament. In poolplay, they defeated J.P. Stevens, 25-20,26-16, 25-13; Watchung Hills, 26-24,27-17, 25-22; and lost a well-foughtmatch to Ramapo (No. 19 in top 20),20-25, 25-27, 20-25. In the playoffs,the Cougars defeated Indian Hills, 25-14, then fell to Pascack Hills, 15-25.

“Overall it was a great beginning!The losses were high scoring games.The future looks promising! The teamis gelling,” said coach Diaz.

The Lady Cougars will face A.L.Johnson today, October 1, and Sci-ence Park on October 2. Then theywill compete in the Rahway Tourna-ment on October 3.

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Cougars Nip CanucksIn Grid Battle, 21-20

After two very tough losses thatcould have been victories, a 26-24opening day loss to Scotch Plains-Fanwood and a scooped up lateralthat gave Hillside a 14-7 win, theCranford High School football teamcame out on the best side of a 21-20decision against the North PlainfieldCanucks at Memorial Field inCranford on September 25.

After trailing 20-6, the 1-2 Cougarsscored 15 points in the final quarter tosink the 0-3 Canucks. Sophomore run-ning back J.P. Christiano (42 yardsrushing) sliced into pay dirt on a three-yard run to make the score 20-13. TheCougars added a seven-play, 66-yarddrive that ended with senior quarter-back Chris Keim’s 26-yard passcompletion to senior wide receiverWill Green with 1:58 remaining in thegame. The Cougars went for the two-point conversion, which was run in byjunior quarterback Joe Papandrea (59yards rushing).

The Cougars actually took a 6-0 lead

in the first quarter with a drive thatended with Papandrea keeping for aone-yard touchdown. The point afterattempt was drilled into the left uprightand fell to the ground. The Canucksanswered with a touchdown drive whenquarterback Erich Fredericks tossed a15-yard pass into the end zone early inthe second quarter. Cougar Sean Trot-ter blocked the point after attempt.Fredericks added another 17-yardtouchdown pass to give the Canucks a13-6 lead at the half.

Fredericks seeming put the Canuckscomfortably in the driver’s seat withan 18-yard sprint in the third quarter.Keim, who was intercepted twice, fin-ished with 14 completions in 26 at-tempts for 135 yards. Green had sevenreceptions for 107 yards. Trotter hadthree receptions for 15 yards and KasimLewis had two for 11 yards. Justin VanOstenbridge made 10 tackles and hadan interceptionNorth Plainfield 0 13 7 0 20Cranford 6 0 0 15 21

David B. Corbin for The Westfield Leader and The TimesIN THE HEAT OF ACTION…Cougar Marianna Dzunova, top, placed sixth inthe Union County tennis Tournament at third singles. Below, Cougar Liz Berryreturns the ball in her second singles match.

David B. Corbin for The Westfield Leader and The TimesWORKING ON THEIR CHEERS…The Cougar cheerleaders practice their cheers prior to the football game with NorthPlainfield. The Cougars won, 21-20.

David B. Corbin for The Westfield Leader and The TimesPUSHING TOWARD PAYDIRT…Cougar junior quarterback Joe Papandrea, who had 59 yards rushing, pushes his waytoward the end zone and gets a one-yard touchdown.

David B. Corbin for The Westfield Leader and The TimesATHLETES OF THE WEEK…Cougar boys soccer player Pat Kaskiw is flankedby tennis players Lori Joseph, left, and Taylor Rattray. Joseph and Rattray placedsixth at second doubles in the Union County Tournament and Kaskiw helped leadhis team to a 7-0 start.

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744 St. Marks Avenue, WestfieldCharming and impeccably maintained Colonial in a great Westfieldlocation, close to Washington School. Lovely detail including a woodburning fireplace, built in cabinetry, hardwood floors, shutters, eat-in kitchen, brick patio and generously sized rooms. Three bedroomsand one and one half bathrooms. Central air conditioning. Private,fenced yard. Freshly painted. Move right in!! Well priced at $585,000.Please call me for more information or your own private viewing.

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WF PAL ‘B’ Team BlanksPerth Amboy Gridders, 13-0The Westfield PAL “B” football

team brought a stifling defense againstPerth Amboy on September 27 andwon, 13-0, at Kehler Stadium.Westfield recovered three PerthAmboy fumbles and had three sacks.

Luke Prybylski led the defense witha sack, a fumble recovery, forcedfumble and three tackles, behind theline of scrimmage. Liam Boland hada sack, fumble recovery and a num-ber of tackles. Nick LaRosa had atackle for a loss. Cotter Spurlock madea crushing tackle. Jack Simcox re-covered a fumble. Eli Wirtshaftermade a bone jarring tackle from hissafety position, separating the Perth

Amboy receiver from the ball.Colin Dursee, who played a terrific

game at quarterback (QB), led theoffense. Dursee hit Matt Lanzano witha 12-yard reception. Dursee then hitSimcox for a 30-yard pass play.Simcox had consecutive runs, the firstfor nine yards and then for the touch-down from the two-yard line.

The second score came from NickBountempo from eight-yards out,following the blocks of Nick Costa,Simcox, Zach Koch, Ryan Harringtonand Jimmy Hunter. Theo Brunsonsmashed in the extra point. AndrewMalacrae and Matt Catanzaro hadexcellent runs in the second half.

WF White ‘C’ Shuts DownIrvington Grid Kids, 20-0

POWERING PAST A DEFENDER…Leading rusher Jack Curry powers past adefender in the Westfield PAL C White football team’s 20-0, defeat of Irvington.

Defense carried the day as theWestfield PAL football White “C”team recorded a 20-0 victory overIrvington at Gary Kehler Stadium onSeptember 26 and upped its seasonrecord to 3-0.

Both teams turned over the ball onfumbles in the first quarter but JustinDudzinski, Chris Dobosiewicz and NickMueller all contributed defensively toshut down Irvington’s running game.Early in the second quarter, Westfieldscored after Jack Curry carried the ball15 yards and Chris Varano took it intothe end zone for six points.

Still in the second quarter,

Westfield’s defense pushed Irvingtonbackwards for losses, and then OwenColwell recovered a fumble to giveWestfield possession. Zach Campbellcarried for a 10-yard sweep and Curry,on his third carry, scored. VinDiFilippo ran for the point after (PAT)to make the score 13-0. Parker Hessforced Irvington on its first posses-sion to lose five yards then BenMeltzer recorded a quarterback sack.

In the second half, Eric Swansonand Colwell pressured the quarter-back and the running backs. LiamHeinbokel snagged an Irvingtonfumble at midfield to give Westfieldpossession. Hopper Murray hauledin two long passes, including a criti-cal first down catch near the red zone.Quarterback Chris Boutsikaris tookthe ball in on an 11-yard keeper forthe TD then ran the ball in for the PAT.

Defenders Dylan Scott and JackCash contained the running game,while Swanson and Meltzer combinedto force an Irvington punt. Westfieldfumbled but James Hoodja hitIrvington for a loss and Mueller andDudzinski combined to stop Irvingtonon a fourth down and five. Beforetime ran out, running back DevinSimpson added a 10-yard carry.

WF PAL D Team DefeatsPerth Amboy Grid Kids

PUTTING ON THE CRUNCH…Gang tackling by the Westfield PAL “D”football team earned a shutout against Perth Amboy.

The Westfield PAL, 11-year-oldPAL “D” football team continued itsearly season winning ways with adecisive, 33-0 victory over the PerthAmboy grid kids at Kehler Stadiumin Westfield on September 26.

The little Blue Devils scored touch-downs on all four of their first-halfpossessions, and added another in thesecond half for the team’s thirdstraight victory. In a well-balancedoffensive attack, five different play-ers scored. The running game provedto be the recipe for success on therainy morning.

Jack Neiswenter, Brian Brennan,Brian O’Dwyer, Connor Scanlon andMatt Varano all posted touchdowns

behind some terrific blocking by theoffensive line of Connor Root, VictorCruz, Owen Kessler, Cam McLaughlin,Tony Peer and Kyle Dombrowski.

As well as the offense performed, theDefense was also up to the task. TheBlue Devils only allowed Perth Amboyone first down, forced three fumbles,and held their opponents scoreless forthe third straight game. Gang tacklingand stellar zone coverage provided formany three-and-outs. Noteworthy playsby Max Schwetje, Chad Dembiec, BenKelly and Nick Mahar resulted in manynegative yardage plays.

Next up for the team will be anaway game against a very strong squadfrom Staten Island this Sunday.SCORING THE TOUCHDOWN…Westfield PAL B player Nick Bountempo,

No. 33, scores touchdown following blocks from Nick Costa, No. 65, and JackSimcox, No. 44.

WF PAL A Team DefeatsPerth Amboy Gridders, 27-6

BRINGING DOWN THE CARRIER…Westfield PAL A player Anthony Parker,No. 87, brings down a Perth Amboy ball carrier. Helping out are Chris Wright,No. 67, and Chris Callahan, No. 55.

The Westfield PAL “A” footballteam recorded its third victory with a27-6 win over Perth Amboy at GaryKehler Stadium on September 26.

Perth Amboy moved the ball tomidfield before being driven backwith consecutive tackles by CollinStudwell, Noah Penders, David Kaneand Joe Scaglione. A poor punt gaveWestfield possession on the 19-yardline. On the first play, ConnorCummings, with blocking from JackKessler, Chris Sweeney, Dylan Elliot,Joe Scaglione and Chip Mulrooney,broke through the defense for a touch-down. The extra points kick was wideleft.

Perth Amboy answered on its nextpossession, with a 53-yard touchdown(TD) run. The extra point attempt wasstuffed. Westfield’s defense added sev-eral more big tackles by Chris Wright,

Calvin Robertshaw, Studwell, Elliotand Kane. Anthony Parker blocked apunt to give Westfield the ball on thePerth Amboy 35. Chris Mc Glynn hada pass reception to the 17-yard line,then quarterback Chris Hogge hit EricShor for a 17-yard TD reception. Theextra points kick was blocked. Defen-sive lineman Elliott caused a fumbleand ran the ball in for a 36-yard TD.The successful extra points kick madethe halftime score, 20-6.

In the second half, Thomas Ander-son had carries of 19 and 30-yardgains to give Westfield possession onthe Perth Amboy 20. Holden Ehrhartgrabbed a 17-yard reception andAnderson punched it in for the TD.Elliot ran in the extra point. Big hitsby Parker, Wright, Brian Moum andBradley Norris helped prevent anymore scoring by Perth Amboy.

The Westfield C Blue football teamchalked up its third straight victorywith a 12-0 shutout of Perth Amboyat Gary Kehler Stadium on Septem-ber 27. The game was very much adefensive battle, led by the hard-hit-ting of middle linebacker MattMcIlroy.

Defensive linemen Justin Lin, DevinAnderson, J. Mack Rembisz, ZackKelley, Devin Zrebiec and Tristan Orrcontinued to make tackles for losses inthe backfield. Offensively, Westfield

got some nice runs from quarterback(QB) Nick Mele and running backTavis Brunson, but turnovers kept theBlue team out of the end zone.

Linebackers Jack Gorelick andMichael O’Connor forced fumbles,with O’Connor recovering one. Lateron in the first half, Owen Murraypicked off a pass and Westfield capi-talized with a Chris Rinaldi 20-yardtouchdown run.

The second half began with theWestfield offense moving methodi-

cally down the field, thanks to niceblocking from Cameron Bremer,Jacob Kurstedt, Lin, McIlroy,O’Connor, Zrebiec, Kelley and Ander-son. But a stubborn Perth Amboydefense held up, forcing Westfield topunt. Later in the half, Rinaldi got themomentum going again with a niceinterception. After a couple of hardruns up the middle by Chris Cerrachioand Gorelick, the outside was wideopen for a 50-yard sweep for a TD bywide receiver Owen Murray.

WF ‘C’ Blue Powers Past Perth Amboy Grid Kids

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The Spotlight Shines OnActing Essentials at NJWA

WESTFIELD – High school stu-dents who wish to polish their actingskills will have a great opportunity thisfall in a drama course offered by theNew Jersey Workshop for the Arts(NJWA).

“Acting Essentials” is the ideal act-ing class for highschool studentswho want to build asolid acting foun-dation. Emphasiswill be placed onseveral areas of es-sential acting study,including theMeisner Technique,Improvisation, Au-dition Preparationand Mask Work.

This course isappropriate for theserious acting stu-dent, and consistentattendance is amust. This classgives participantsan opportunity tolearn a variety oftechniques in an en-ergetic, profes-sional setting.

An audition is required for this pro-gram. Students must prepare a briefmonologue of two minutes or less andbe prepared to participate in an actingexercise. Auditions will be held onOctober 4, between 3 and 6 p.m. Inter-ested actors must pre-arrange their au-

dition time with the NJWA.Broadway veteran Liz McConahay

Wanfried is an arts educator whobrings a wealth of theatrical experi-ence to the NJWA. Among her theatercredits are performances in severalBroadway shows, including Caba-

ret, The FullMonty and Titanic,in addition to tele-vision appear-ances in NBC’s“Third Watch”and “UnsolvedMysteries.”

Ms. Wanfried,who studied at theRoyal NationalTheater of GreatBritain and theUniversity of Wis-consin, has alsobeen an arts edu-cator in many re-gional programs.

She is the headof the Musical The-ater Department atthe New Jersey Per-forming Arts Cen-ter and a theatricaldirector and pro-

ducer nationwide.“Acting Essentials” will be held for

eight weeks, beginning October 19 atAll Saints’ Church in Scotch Plains.

Call the NJWA at (908) 789-9696 toobtain more information or log on tonjworkshopforthearts.com.

ESSENTIAL…Liz McConahayWanfried will direct the NJWA “Act-ing Essentials” course this fall for highschool drama students.

PUBLIC NOTICE PUBLIC NOTICETOWN OF WESTFIELDBOARD OF HEALTH

Public notice is hereby given that an Ordinance, of which the following is a copy, wasintroduced, read and passed on First Reading by the Westfield Board of Health at ameeting held on September 14, 2009. The Board of Health will further consider the samefor Final Passage on October 5, 2009 at 5:30 P.M. The meeting will be held in the CouncilConference Room of the Westfield Municipal Building, located at 425 East Broad Street,Westfield, New Jersey at which time and place members of the public will be given anopportunity to be heard concerning said Ordinance.

Marylou Fashano-SoltisBoard Secretary

BOARD OF HEALTH ORDINANCE #99AN ORDINANCE BY THE BOARD OF HEALTH OF THE TOWN OFWESTFIELD, TO AMEND ORDINANCE #98, OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH,ENTITLED “AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO SALARIES OF OFFICERSAND EMPLOYEES OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH OF THE TOWN OFWESTFIELD, COUNTY OF UNION, AND STATE OF NEW JERSEY”.

Be it ordained by the Board of Health of the Town of Westfield, County of Union, Stateof New Jersey, that Board of Health Ordinance #98 entitled as above be amended asfollows:

Section 1The following annual salaries are hereby fixed for officers and employees of the Board

of Health and shall be retroactively payable from January 1, 2009.

Regional Health Officer $ 66,402.00 (base pay - Westfield)M. A. $ 40,698.00 (base pay - Health Contracts)

Principal Registered Environmental $ 19,767.00 (base pay - Westfield)Health Specialist $ 5,468.00 (base pay - PHPF)K. P. $ 44,863.00 (base pay - Health Contracts)

Section 2This Ordinance shall take effect immediately after final passage and publication

according to law.1 T - 10/1/09, The Leader Fee: $58.14

PUBLIC NOTICE PUBLIC NOTICESCOTCH PLAINS-FANWOOD BOARD OF EDUCATION

NOTICE OF MEETINGS(In Compliance with OPEN PUBLIC MEETINGS ACT - Chapter 231)

“ADDENDUM TO REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETINGS*

TYPE OF MEETING: Board In-Service

DATE OF MEETING: Tuesday, October 13, 2009

LOCATION: Administration BuildingEvergreen Avenue & Cedar StreetScotch Plains, New Jersey 07076

TIME: 6:30-8:30 p.m.

PURPOSE OF MEETING: The Board will meet with a representative ofNJSBA who will conduct a Board In-Service.

ACTION TO BE TAKEN: Action will not be taken.1 T - 10/1/09, The Times Fee: $30.60

PUBLIC NOTICE PUBLIC NOTICEFEDERAL STIMULUS PROJECT FUNDED BY ARRA

NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATIONDIVISION OF PROCUREMENT, BUREAU OF CONSTRUCTION SERVICES

1035 PARKWAY AVENUE, PO BOX 605TRENTON, NEW JERSEY 08625

Notice is hereby given that bid proposals will be received via the Internet until 10:00:59A.M. on 10/15/09, downloaded, and publicly opened and read, from Bidders classifiedunder N.J.S.A. 27:7-35.1 et seq.; in the CONFERENCE ROOM-A, 1st Floor F & ABuilding, New Jersey Department of Transportation, 1035 Parkway Avenue, Trenton,New Jersey 08625; for:Maintenance Hot Mix Asphalt Pavement Repair Contract, North-2010; Variouslocations in the Counties of Bergen, Essex, Hudson, Morris, Passaic, Sussex,

Union, and Warren - Including and North of Route 57; North Region;100% State; DP No: 09432

Bidders are required to comply with the requirements of P.L. 1975, c. 127 N.J.A.C17:27. The awarded bidder must provide a completed Contractor Certification andDisclosure of Political Contribution Form(s) according to both P.L 2205, C.51 andExecutive Order No. 117 within fourteen (14) days from the award date. Executive OrderNo: 117 is effective on November 15, 2008. Pursuant to N.J.S.A. 52:32-44, all biddersmust be registered with the New Jersey Department of Treasury, Division of Revenue,Business Registration, as of the date of bids. The awarded bidder must provide proof ofvalid business registration within fourteen (14) days from the award date. Pursuant to the“Public Works Contractor Registration Act”, N.J.S.A. 34:11-56.48 et seq. (P.L. 2003, c.91), all bidders must be registered with the New Jersey Department of Labor, Division ofWage and Hour Compliance, at the time of bid. The awarded bidder must provide proofof PWCR within fourteen (14) days from the award date.

The Department, in accordance with Title VI Civil Rights Act of 1964, 78 Stat. 252U.S.C., 49 C.F.R., Parts 21 and 23 issued pursuant to such Act, and Section 504 of theRehabilitation Act of 1973 will afford minority business enterprises full opportunity tosubmit bids in response to this invitation and will not discriminate against any bidder onthe grounds of race, color, sex, national origin, or handicap in the project award.

Plans, specifications, and bidding information for the proposed work are available atBid Express website www.bidx.com. You must subscribe to use this service. Tosubscribe follow the instructions on the website. Fees apply to downloading documentsand plans and bidding access. The fee schedule is available on the web site. All fees aredirectly payable to Bid Express. Plans, specifications, and bidding information may beinspected (BUT NOT OBTAINED) by contracting organizations at our Design FieldOffices at the following locations:

200 Stierli Court Route 79 and Daniels Way 1 Executive Campus Rt 70WMt. Arlington, NJ Freehold, NJ Cherry Hill, NJ973-770-5141 732-308-4025 856-486-6624

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PUBLIC NOTICETOWN OF WESTFIELD

Public Notice is hereby given that theordinances as follows were passed andadopted by the Town Council of the Townof Westfield at a meeting thereof held onSeptember 29, 2009.

Claire J. GrayTown Clerk

GENERAL ORDINANCE NO. 1941AN ORDINANCE TO AMENDCERTAIN PROVISIONS OFTHE LAND USE ORDINANCEOF THE TOWN OFWESTFIELD (ARTICLE 2)

GENERAL ORDINANCE NO. 1942AN ORDINANCE TO AMENDCERTAIN PROVISIONS OFTHE LAND USE ORDINANCEOF THE TOWN OFWESTFIELD (ARTICLE 3)

GENERAL ORDINANCE NO. 1943AN ORDINANCE TO AMENDCERTAIN PROVISIONS OFTHE LAND USE ORDINANCEOF THE TOWN OFWESTFIELD (ARTICLE 7)

GENERAL ORDINANCE NO. 1944AN ORDINANCE TO AMENDCERTAIN PROVISIONS OFTHE LAND USE ORDINANCEOF THE TOWN OFWESTFIELD (ARTICLE 8)

GENERAL ORDINANCE NO. 1945AN ORDINANCE TO AMENDCERTAIN PROVISIONS OFTHE LAND USE ORDINANCEOF THE TOWN OFWESTFIELD (ARTICLE 9)

GENERAL ORDINANCE NO. 1946AN ORDINANCE TO AMENDCERTAIN PROVISIONS OFTHE LAND USE ORDINANCEOF THE TOWN OFWESTFIELD (ARTICLE 11)

GENERAL ORDINANCE NO. 1947AN ORDINANCE TO AMENDCERTAIN PROVISIONS OFTHE LAND USE ORDINANCEOF THE TOWN OFWESTFIELD (ARTICLE 12)

GENERAL ORDINANCE NO. 1948AN ORDINANCE TO AMENDCERTAIN PROVISIONS OFTHE LAND USE ORDINANCEOF THE TOWN OFWESTFIELD (ARTICLE 13)

GENERAL ORDINANCE NO. 1949AN ORDINANCE TO AMENDCERTAIN PROVISIONS OFTHE LAND USE ORDINANCEOF THE TOWN OFWESTFIELD (ARTICLE 18)

GENERAL ORDINANCE NO. 1950AN ORDINANCE TO AMENDCERTAIN PROVISIONS OFTHE LAND USE ORDINANCEOF THE TOWN OFWESTFIELD (ARTICLE 9)

1 T - 10/1/09, The Leader Fee: $60.69

PUBLIC NOTICETOWN OF WESTFIELD

ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTCounty of Union, State of New Jersey

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that MetroPCSNew York, LLC (“Applicant”) has filed anapplication for a use variance, height vari-ance, variance to allow for no screening ofantennas and for preliminary and final siteplan approval with the Town of WestfieldZoning Board of Adjustment seeking per-mission to place six (6) telecommunica-tions antennas and one GPS antenna onthe roof of an existing building and to alsoplace its related equipment in the base-ment of the building. The property which isthe subject of this application is located at900 South Avenue West, Westfield, NewJersey which is located in the GB-3 ZoningDistrict and is designated on the Tax Mapsas Block 2606, Lot 19 (“Property”). Appli-cant is seeking the following approvals:

* Use variance* Height variance* Variance to allow for no screening of

antennas* Preliminary and Final Site Plan ap-

provalTAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the Ap-

plicant also seeks such other approvals,waivers and variances from the require-ments of the Zoning Ordinance as may bedeemed necessary or required by the Townof Westfield Zoning Board of Adjustmentat the hearing in this matter.

TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the Townof Westfield Zoning Board of Adjustmentwill meet at 7:30 p.m. prevailing time,Wednesday, October 14, 2009 in the Coun-cil Chambers, Town of Westfield Munici-pal Building, 425 East Broad Street,Westfield, New Jersey at which time op-portunity will be given to all those in inter-est to be heard and at which time theBoard may approve, modify or deny theapplication. Any interested party mayappear at the aforesaid hearing, either inperson, or by their attorney, and be giventhe opportunity to be heard with respect tothe aforesaid application.

TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the ap-plication for development and all support-ing maps, site plans and documents areon file in the Westfield Engineering Office,located at 959 North Avenue, West,Westfield, New Jersey and are availablefor public inspection Monday through Fri-day, between the hours of 8:30 am to 4:30pm.

This notice is given pursuant to N.J.S.A.40:55D-1 et seq.

MetroPCS New York, LLCDAY PITNEY LLP

Judith A. Babinski, Esq.P.O. Box 1945

Morristown, New Jersey 07962-1945(973) 966-8253

Attorneys for the Applicant1 T - 10/1/09, The Leader Fee: $56.10

PUBLIC NOTICEBOROUGH OF FANWOOD

PLANNING BOARD

Please take notice that on October 28,2009 at 7:30 PM at the Fanwood BoroughHall, located at 75 North Martine Avenue,Fanwood, New Jersey, the Planning Boardwill hold a hearing on the application of theundersigned. The property in question islocated at: 241 North Avenue, Fanwood,New Jersey, also known as Block 33 Lot 3,as shown on the Fanwood Tax Map, ownedby Rajeev Chadda & Tiscia CarusoChadda.

The applicant requests Garage Addition& Relocation of Driveway which is in viola-tion of:

Section 184-163A of the Fanwood LandUse Code. Variance Requested: Relocatedriveway; Permitted: 1 lane; Present: Cir-cular; Proposed: Circular.

Section 184-188A of the Fanwood LandUse Code. Variance Requested: Enlargenon-conforming use; Permitted: none;Present: none; Proposed: Addition.

The applicant will also seek such otherrelief as may be determined necessary atthe public hearing based upon review ofthe application or amendment(s) to theapplication.

The file pertaining to this application isavailable for public inspection during nor-mal business hours (8 AM - 4 PM, Mondaythrough Friday) from the Secretary of thePlanning Board at the Administration Of-fice of the Borough of Fanwood at 75 NorthMartine Avenue, Fanwood, New Jersey.

Any interested party may appear at saidhearing and participate therein in accor-dance with the rules of the Fanwood Plan-ning Board.

Applicant:Rajeev Chadda & Tiscia Caruso Chadda

241 North AvenueFanwood, New Jersey, 07023

1 T - 10/1/09, The Times Fee: $37.74

PUBLIC NOTICENOTICE OF AWARD OF PROFES-

SIONAL SERVICES FOR THETOWNSHIP OF SCOTCH PLAINS

CONTRACTOR: Richard C. Mariani,Esq.; Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak &Stewart, P.C.; 10 Madison Avenue,Morristown, New Jersey 07960

NATURE OF SERVICE: Additionalfunds for special legal counsel, Richard C.Mariani, Esq. in his representation of Tho-mas E. Atkins, former Township Manager,in an employment matter (Lonergan v.Township of Scotch Plains, et als.)

AMOUNT: Not to exceed $10,000 andbilled at the hourly rate of $225.00 forRichard Mariani, Esq. and $200.00 perhour for any other support, and to beapplied toward fees and costs for thoseservices which shall be subject to theapproval of the Township Attorney andwhich are not covered by insurance.

THE RESOLUTION AND CONTRACTFOR SAME ARE ON FILE IN THE OF-FICE OF THE TOWNSHIP CLERK.

BARBARA RIEPETOWNSHIP CLERK

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PUBLIC NOTICETOWNSHIP OF SCOTCH PLAINS

NOTICE IS hereby given that at a meet-ing of the Township Council of the Town-ship of Scotch Plains, held on Tuesday,September 22, 2009 the following ordi-nance entitled:

AN ORDINANCE TO AMENDCHAPTER VII OF THE GEN-ERAL ORDINANCES OF THETOWNHIP OF SCOTCHPLAINS ENTITLED “TRAF-FIC”

was adopted on second and final read-ing

TOWNSHIP OF SCOTCH PLAINSBarbara Riepe

Township Clerk1 T - 10/1/09, The Times Fee: $17.34

PUBLIC NOTICEBOROUGH OF FANWOOD

PLANNING BOARD

Notice is hereby given that the PLAN-NING BOARD OF THE BOROUGH OFFANWOOD after public hearing on Au-gust 26, 2009 granted approval from therequirements of 184-110 (E)(9) for prop-erty owned by Theresa DiFrancesco at 17Woodland Avenue, Fanwood, New Jer-sey being Block 15, Lot 13.

Documents pertaining to this applica-tion are available for public inspection atBorough Hall during normal businesshours.

Robert Algarin1320 Watchung Avenue

Plainfield, New Jersey 07060For

Theresa DiFrancesco17 Woodland Avenue

Fanwood, New Jersey 070231 T - 10/1/09, The Times Fee: $19.89

CLASSIFIEDS

Music Lovers GatherFor Benefit and Gala

WHEN IN ROME…Pictured above, left to right, are Drude Roessler of Westfieldand daughter Kirsten McCumber of Summit, along with Amanda Taylor and hermother, Sue Taylor of Summit, who performed in the Continuo Arts Foundationsinaugural concert last November in Rome at the prestigious Festival Internazionaledi Music Sacre Series.

WESTFIELD – The Continuo ArtsFoundation will present a benefit andgala at Historic Twin Maples in Sum-mit on Saturday, October 3, from 7 to10 p.m.

In addition to a variety of silent-and live-auction items, the finale fea-tures the “Maestro-Maestra” pack-age, which includes two first-tier con-cert tickets to The Continuo ArtsFoundation’s Christmas Time in theCity concert on November 30, twoartists reception tickets, the musicalscore to be premièred that eveningsigned by composer StephenEdwards, a conducting baton, twoconducting lessons with principalconductor, and Westfield resident,Candace Wicke and the opportunityto conduct the Continuo Arts Orches-tra on stage in Carnegie Hall duringthe dress rehearsal of the overture.

Joining the Symphonic Chorus for

this world premiere is the WestfieldHigh School Concert Choir under thedirection of Bill Mathews and SharonReynolds; the Presbyterian Churchof Westfield’s Chancel Choir, JasonKlein, director; the Oak Knoll En-semble, Ruby Robertson-Knox, di-rector; The St. Dominic AcademyChorus, Joe Napoli, director; and TheWharton Singers and The WhartonCivic Chorale, Ms. Wicke, director.

The Continuo Arts SymphonicChorus includes local singers fromWestfield, Summit, New Providence,Berkeley Heights, New Providence,Maplewood, Short Hills, New YorkCity and Jersey City, in addition toothers from throughout the countryand as far away as Miami.

To purchase concert or gala tickets,call (908) 264-5324. Learn moreabout the Continuo Arts Foundationat continuoarts.com

Home Kitchen TourOn Tap October 3

WESTFIELD – The Hearth andHome Kitchen Tour will take place onSaturday, October 3, from 10 a.m. to 4p.m. Participants will have an opportu-nity to tour seven kitchens in Westfield,and each will include a food tasting.

The day also will feature a booksigning by a celebrity chef and au-thor, “Raffle House” kitchen designerpresentations and a meeting with lo-cal contractors and designers.

Tickets currently are available at thefollowing establishments: ColdwellBanker Realtors, 209 Central Avenue,Westfield; Town Book Store, 270 EastBroad Street, Westfield; Rejuvena-tions, 887 Mountain Avenue,Mountainside, and Periwinkle’s, 17/19 North Union Avenue, Cranford.

Tickets are $30 in advance or $35on the day of the event. Proceeds willbenefit Holy Trinity InterparochialSchool, located at 336 First Street inWestfield. For more information, visithtisnj.com or e-mailhearthandhomekitchentour@comcast.net.

YARD SALE

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I can clean your house,apartment or office

weekly, bi-weekly or monthy.Free estimates. References.

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CAREGIVER FOR ELDERLY

Looking for a part-time caregiverfor elderly parents. Must have validNJ Driver’s License. Someflexibility on days/times. $10/hr.

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PUBLIC NOTICETOWN OF WESTFIELD

BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT

The Board of Adjustment of the Town ofWestfield, New Jersey will meet on Octo-ber 14, 2009 in the Council Chambers atthe Municipal Building, 425 East BroadStreet, Westfield, New Jersey at 7:30 p.m.to hear and consider the following appealfor use (d) and/or bulk (c) variance(s) fromthe requirements of the Westfield LandUse Ordinance.

Demetri & Lisa Tsavekou, 758 ClarkStreet, Applicant seeks permission to con-struct a second floor addition contrary toSection 11.08E6 of the Land Use Ordi-nance. Ordinance requires a side yardsetback of 10 feet. Proposed is 7.64 feet.

Vassil Mihaylov, 105 ConnecticutStreet, Applicant seeks permission to builda pergola in the backyard above the exist-ing patio and to retain a small shed on theproperty contrary to the following sectionsof the Land Use Ordinance.

§12.04F - Ordinance allows a maximumlot coverage by buildings and abovegrounds structures of 20%. Proposed is24.2% with the shed and pergola.

§11.09E7 - Ordinance requires a mini-mum rear yard setback of 35 feet. Pro-posed is + 26 feet.

§13.01G1b - Ordinance requires a mini-mum setback for sheds of 5 feet. Pro-posed is 3 feet and less than 1 foot.

New York SMSA Limited Partnershipd/b/a Verizon Wireless (the “Applicant”)regarding the property known as 109North Avenue West, Block 3103, Lot 12(the”Property”) In addition to the two (2)existing wall signs, the Applicant proposesto add four (4) additional signs, three (3) ofwhich will be internally illuminated. Appli-cant proposes to erect the following signsto its existing store: one (1) illuminatedwall sign on the east elevation (13 feet 7 1/2 inches x 2 feet 1 1/8 inches), one (1)internally illuminated pole mounted doublesided window/temporary sign on the eastelevation (3 feet x 5 feet), two (2) internallyilluminated pole mounted double sidedwindow/temporary signs on the north el-evation (each 3 feet x 5 feet). Applicant isrequesting variance relief from the follow-ing sections of the Land Use Ordinance: 1)§ 16.04E1, et seq., which allows one (1)exterior sign at the main entrance.

Present are two signs. Proposed is athird sign to be located on the east eleva-tion and three (3) light box signs, two (2) inthe north elevation windows and one in theeast elevation window; 2) §16.03E1 pro-hibits internally illuminated signs. Proposedare three (3) internally illuminated signs.

Variances, waivers or exceptions fromcertain site plan details or relief from re-quirements may be sought as appropri-ate.

Plans and application are on file in theoffice of the Town Engineer, 959 NorthAvenue West, Westfield, New Jersey andmay be seen Monday through Friday from8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Kathleen A. NemethSecretary, Board of Adjustment

1 T - 10/1/09, The Leader Fee: $62.22

Recreation OfferingsTo Get Underway

FANWOOD – The Fanwood Rec-reation Department has announced itsschedule of fall programs for childrenand adults. All programs will begin theweek of Monday, October 5.

For children, offerings will includeJunior Scientists Science ExplorationWorkshop, Earth-Friendly Crafts forKids, Fashion Illustration, Arts andCrafts, Chess Enrichment, Dance Fun,Hip-Hop Jazz and Jazz/Tap. For adults,a Green Workshop will take place.

For further information about theseprograms, including times, dates, feesand age groups, and to register, visitfanwoodrecreation.org or call FanwoodRecreation at (908) 370-7092.

Caregivers GroupTo Meet on Monday

WESTFIELD – A support group forthose caring for elderly or chronicallyill loved ones will meet at 8 p.m. onMonday, October 5, in the parish cen-ter of St. Helen’s Roman CatholicChurch on Lamberts Mill Road inWestfield. Meetings are held on thefirst non-holiday Monday of eachmonth. These are information andsharing sessions. For more informa-tion about the support group, callMarilyn Ryan at (908) 233-8757.

Academy Helps SingSong for Peace

AREA – Late last month,Montessori schools from around theworld joined together on the UnitedNations Peace One Day celebrationto sing “Light a Candle For Peace.”

Christopher Academy, theMontessori school located inWestfield and Scotch Plains, took partin the worldwide effort to help ShelleyMurley’s children’s song about peacemove continuously around the globefor an entire day.

The students of Christopher Acad-emy joined almost 30,000 other chil-dren around the world in this unifiedsign of peace. The Montessori cultureis devoted to helping each child growtoward independence by building con-fidence, peace and respect for others.

Head of Christopher AcademyAmelia McTamaney believed thatsupporting children’s natural respectfor each other in the classroom allowsthem to attain a positive educationalexperience to guide their growth to-wards achievement.

“We believe children are naturallypeaceful and that the right classroomenvironment can protect that. Partici-pating in this event reminds our chil-dren of their ties to global communityand of their potential to change theworld,” said Ms. McTamaney.

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Grammy Nominee FeinsteinTo Perform at Recital Hall

UNION – Five-time Grammy nomi-nee Michael Feinstein will perform atthe grand opening of the Gene andShelley Enlow Recital Hall at KeanUniversity’s East Campus on Friday,October 2, at 8 p.m.

Mr. Feinstein is one of the mostbeloved cabaret performers. He is con-sidered one of the greatest interpretersof the Great American Songbook ofmusic from the 1930s and 1940s, andlaunched his career as a pianist at pri-vate parties in Los Angeles, which ledto a seven-month residency at theMondrian Hotel.

His latest album, “The SinatraProject,” pays tribute to the Jersey-borncrooner’s popular and undiscoveredworks.

The 332-seat recital hall is a majorregional performing arts center thatoffers state-of-the-art amenities de-signed to attract the finest concert art-ists and performers in the world.

It features a Steinway grand pianoand a Fazioli F-308, an Italian concertgrand piano built specifically for theperformance space. The facility also

boasts a curved skylight allowing formore natural light. Other features forperforming artists include a section forinstrument storage and a practice area.

The recital hall was made possiblethrough a generous gift from Gene andShelley Enlow. Mr. Enlow, the formerchairman and chief executive officerfor Atlantic Detroit Diesel-Allison, iscurrently chairman of the Kean Uni-versity Board of Trustees.

Other artists on the recital hall’s fallroster include Kean’s Concert Artistsperforming the sonically splendidBrahms Sextet No. 1 and virtuoso pieceson October 8 at 8 p.m.; Elmar Oliveira,the violinist, along with the Arco En-semble, a virtuoso string orchestra onOctober 17 at 8 p.m.; and concert artistcomposer-in-residence LiduinoPitombeira, who will come from Brazilto present several pieces including theworld premiere of his piano quintet onOctober 29 at 8 p.m.

For more information or to ordertickets, visit keanstage.com or call theKean Stage Box Office at (908) 737-SHOW (7469).

SP-F Arts Association Hosts Members Show

“NYC Window” by Connie Pinkowski

SCOTCH PLAINS – The ScotchPlains and Fanwood Arts Associa-tion will have a members art show inthe downstairs gallery of the ScotchPlains Library, located at 1927 BartleAvenue, during the month of Octo-ber.

The work will be hung today, Octo-ber 1, and remain until Thursday,October 28. Many members are par-ticipating, and there will be a varietyof work in a number of different me-diums displayed. The public is in-vited to view the works in the gallery,which is handicapped-accessible.

The art association meets every othermonth during the school year at thePatricia Kuran Cultural Arts Center inFanwood. There is an artist demonstra-tion or workshop at every meeting, andthe meetings are free and open to thepublic.

The next meeting will be held onThursday, November 19, at 7 p.m. Therewill be a demonstration on ChineseBrush painting by North Plainfieldwatercolorist Jocelyn Wong. New mem-bers are always welcome.

For additional information, contactPaula Pearl (908) 322-2590.

Town of Westfield Exhibits ‘Wil Power’By JACQUELINE DAVIDSON KOPITOSpecially Written for The Westfield Leader and The Times

Editor’s Note: Arts and entertain-ment staff writers Christie Storms andChristina Hinke, in separate pieces, havechronicled the Westfield townspeople’sresponse to the plight of Wil Kehler.

Jacqueline Davidson Kopito, who hasbeen covered in the arts section follow-ing the publishing of “Tales of the Twins,”wrote the following piece about how thelocal community has made the life ofWil’s father, Doug, that much easier inthis great time of need.

WESTFIELD – Westfield is a townthat is reminiscent of a Norman Rockwellpainting. It is a beautiful little town filledwith wonderful people with diverse be-liefs, values, attitudes and traits. What isunique about this community is thateveryone helps each other when needed;it is the norm.

This story offers a glimpse of how thepeople of this town – people I am proudto have as friends, neighbors and ac-quaintances – came together to help alittle boy and his family during a difficulttime in their lives.

Last summer, my good friend DougKehler received some terrible news. His5-year-old son Wil had just been diag-nosed with a rare and malignant form ofbone cancer called osteosarcoma, andhe would need to have his leg amputated.

Doug and I grew up together, and hewas now raising his family in Westfield.When I heard the news, my stomachsank. I felt sick and heartbroken. Fordays, I could think of nothing other thanhow much pain and suffering little Wilwould have to endure at such a youngage.

As a mother of two boys who are justa little older than Wil, I could not evenimagine the suffering, the pain, the sleep-less nights…the hardship this familywas going through.

Doug’s wife had to leave her job tocare for Wil, and Doug had to juggle hiswork schedule to care for their other twochildren. Knowing the family was underunimaginable stress, I was thrilled when,several weeks later, a friend told me thata fundraiser had been organized for Wil.

More than 500 tickets had alreadybeen sold, and they had also set up awebsite where Doug’s family, friendsand neighbors could go to find out moreinformation about how they could con-tribute. Doug’s wife stayed in the hospi-tal every night to stay be with Wil whileDoug took care of their two other chil-dren, and he would also commute backand forth to the city to see Wil.

When I visited the website to sign upto make dinner for the family one night,I discovered that all the nights weretaken. The community’s outpouring ofsupport and generosity for Doug and hisfamily was unbelievable!

Many of Doug’s friends and neigh-bors had offered to bring over a variety ofprepared foods, including soups, salads,pasta dishes and all sorts of breads andpies. Others had offered to carpool. Allthe public schools and churches in townheld their own fundraisers. It seemedlike everyone was contributing in someway to help Wil and his family.

Two young girls, a 12-year-old andher younger sister who was 10, didsomething very special on their own. On

election night, the sisters made brownieswith the help of their mother and then setup a brownie stand in front of the polls toraise money. Anyone who hadn’t beenaware of Wil’s case by then certainlyknew about it by the end of the evening.

Better yet, the girls raised a generousamount of money. It was so touching tosee these girls reach out and do some-thing to help Wil on their own accord. Itmakes you realize how important it is foranyone at any age to reach out and helpothers in their community.

A few weeks later, my sister, ourhusbands and I went to the town’sfundraiser at Temple Emanu-El for Wil.I was filled with so much emotion onmany different levels. I knew that a lotwas being done for Wil, but it wasn’tuntil I walked through the doors and sawthe hundreds of people who had shownup for this event, that I realize just howmuch was being done.

The love and support from families,friends, and neighbors was more than Icould have ever imagined. In the middleof the room, there was a huge picture ofWil with a great big smile on his face.Practically all my old friends and ac-quaintances from Westfield High Schoolwere there. They came from near and far– from California, to Rhode Island andall points in between – to show theycared.

I was eager to see Doug. We werefriends during our school days, and I hadlost touch over the years. I finally spottedDoug, and he looked great and was busygreeting everyone. To my surprise, hedidn’t look as tired or drained as I thoughthe would. He was the same Doug that Iremembered… funny, charming and fullof life.

As we spoke, I became more andmore sad, and there was a point in theconversation where Doug wound upconsoling me and telling me that every-thing was going to be alright. Doug’sstrength came from the fact that hisentire community was supporting himand his family, and praying for his son.

About eight months later, we invitedDoug and his family over for a barbecuealong with my sister’s family and hertwo children. All the kids were outsideplaying, and Wil was right there besidethem laughing and joking without a carein the world. He had lost all of his hair,due to chemotherapy, but it was nowgrowing in, and he was running aroundwith a prosthetic leg and crutches, andplaying cops and robbers with all theboys.

Later on that evening, my husbanddid a firework display for everyone. Itwas delightful to see Wil jumping upand down and smiling from ear to ear.He had never seen colorful, sparklingfireworks before and he was mesmer-ized. It was a wonderful night for every-one.

The community in which I live cametogether in a true time of need, to showtheir undivided support, kindness andgenerosity for Wil’s family.

As a result, the Wil Kehler’s Founda-tion was founded, wilkehlerfund.com,which is now helping other childrenwith cancer who are in need of help andsupport. I am so fortunate to be a part ofsuch a rich, caring community – and amso inspired by Wil’s story. I trust you areas well.

UCPAC Showcases BestOf Garden State Film Festival

RAHWAY – Union County Per-forming Arts Center presents “Bestof the Garden State Film Festival,”featuring the award-winning feature-length documentary Johnny Cash AtFolsom Prison and award-winningshort film The Drummer, on Satur-day, October 3, at 8 p.m. Tickets are$15 general admission.

Johnny Cash At Folsom Prison isan intriguing documentary that fol-lows the bond that Cash developedwith several prison inmates. It wasthese experiences and his commit-ment to advocacy for prison reformthat led to the recording of “JohnnyCash at Folsom Prison,” which re-mains one of the greatest live albumsever made. Cash committed a hugepart of his life to advocacy for prisonreform.

Forty years later the album stillresonates today with a rawness and

authenticity that few recordings haveever achieved. This fascinating film,which features a compelling anima-tion to Cash’s “25 Minutes To Go,” asong about going to the gallows, willshow a deeply personal insight intothe gentle side of this American trou-badour.

The evening will also include abrilliant and unforgettable short film,The Drummer. In this 19-minutefunny and quirky “love letter to mu-sic,” a down-and-out musician getsone last opportunity to realize hisdream but must embark on a journeythat takes him far beyond his com-fort zone.

Garden State Film Festival pro-motes the art of filmmaking on alllevels by showcasing a variety offilm, video and animated works.

To learn more, call (732) 499-8226 or visit UCPAC.org.

One Thousand People CramSummit School to see WSO

By MAGGIE DIGGORYSpecially Written for The Westfield Leader and The Times

SUMMIT – Saturday night’s perfor-mance of Puccini’s Madama Butterflywas one of the highest attended perfor-mances in the 27-year history ofWestfield Symphony Orchestra (WSO).

More than 1,000 audience membersof all ages attended the two-and-a-half-hour concert at Summit High School,marking the WSO’s 182nd perfor-mance. During his opening remarks,Mark Felder, WSO board chairman,welcomed the audience and informedthem of the large number who pur-chased tickets for the evening. “Wevalue the partnership with Summit HighSchool,” said Mr. Felder.

Music Director David Wroe restartedthe performance about 10 minutes in,after the subtitles provided by the NewYork Opera Society did not appear onthe overhead screen. After intermis-sion, Mr. Wroe thanked the audiencefor its patience. “The computer timedout. Don’t you just love Bill Gates?”Mr. Wroe jokingly asked the crowd.

He also thanked the New York OperaSociety and its founder/ executive di-rector Jennifer Cho, who sang the partof Kate Pinkerton.

The entire stage at Summit HighSchool was utilized for the performance.The 50-member Summit High Schoolchorus sat behind the WSO and pro-vided a robust and glorious “HummingChorus.”

The group spoke to The WestfieldLeader and The Times during intermis-sion. Members had been practicing withtheir director, Wayne Mallette, for amonth and dress rehearsed with theWSO on Thursday for two hours afterschool.

There was nary a glitch, as the en-semble of musicians and singers glidedthrough the performance with a tender-ness and passion for Puccini’s score.

Continuing with the WSO’s “Operain Concert” series, the singers were notin period dress; rather, they appeared inan elegant and fitting gown, suit ortuxedo, respectively.

Yunah Lee as Cio-Cio-San (Butter-fly) wore a romantic purple gown withelaborate embroidery, echoing hercharacter’s geisha background. Ms. Leeoften carried a white decorative fan andhad a matching purple wrap that stoodfor her obi or sash. Brett Cobo, as Goro,also frequently carried a fan on stage aswell.

As there was no set, the director’sstand doubled as a place for GustavoAhualli, as Sharpless, to knock onButterfly’s front door. Two chairs werealso used intermittently.

The deeply moving emotion evokedby Puccini’s orchestral arrangement andlibretto enraptured the audience Satur-day evening.

In the second act, the 1,000-strongaudience signified its delight in theperformance by a round of applause forMs. Lee’s rendition of “Un Bel Di”(“One Beautiful Day”).

The maestro’s son, Sebastian Wroe,participated as the son of Butterfly andPinkerton, Dolore. He was dressed inwhat seemed to be a blue uwagi (ki-mono-like jacket) with shorts and sneak-ers, which added an endearing touch tohis silent role in act three.

Later, the tears shed by Hai-TingChinn (as Butterfly’s maid, Suzuki)and Ms. Lee alike prepared the audi-ence for the misty rain awaiting themoutside after the evening opera ended.

PUBLIC NOTICEUNION COUNTY BOARD

OF CHOSEN FREEHOLDERSNOTICE OF CONTRACT AWARD

Date Adopted: 09/24/09Public Notice is hereby given that the

Union County Board of Chosen Freehold-ers has awarded a contract without com-petitive bidding as a Professional Servicepursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A:11-5(1)(a)(i). Thiscontract and the resolution authorizing it isavailable for public inspection in the Officeof the Clerk of the Board.

RESOLUTION NO: 2009-882AWARED TO: T & M Associates,

Middletown, New JerseySERVICE: for the construction adminis-

tration and inspection services for the con-struction of a new weapons fire range atthe existing facility in Springfield, NewJersey

COSTS: in the amount of $59,805 for anew total contract amount of $133,805

Nicole L. DiRado, Clerkof the Board of Chosen Freeholders

1 T - 10/1/09, The Leader Fee: $21.93

PUBLIC NOTICEUNION COUNTY BOARD

OF CHOSEN FREEHOLDERSNOTICE OF CONTRACT AWARD

Date Adopted: 09/24/09Public Notice is hereby given that the

Union County Board of Chosen Freehold-ers has awarded a contract without com-petitive bidding as a Professional Servicepursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A:11-5(1)(a)(i). Thiscontract and the resolution authorizing it isavailable for public inspection in the Officeof the Clerk of the Board.

RESOLUTION NO: 2009-871AWARED TO: Rabbi Moshe A.

Abramowitz, Elizabeth, New JerseySERVICE: to provide religious services

the Jewish residents/patients at RunnellsSpecialized Hospital

PERIOD: November 1, 2009-October31, 2010

COSTS: in the amount of $6,000.Nicole L. DiRado, Clerk

of the Board of Chosen Freeholders1 T - 10/1/09, The Leader Fee: $21.42

PUBLIC NOTICEUNION COUNTY BOARD

OF CHOSEN FREEHOLDERSNOTICE OF CONTRACT AWARD

Date Adopted: 09/24/09Public Notice is hereby given that the

Union County Board of Chosen Freehold-ers has awarded a contract without com-petitive bidding as a Professional Servicepursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A:11-5(1)(a)(i). Thiscontract and the resolution authorizing it isavailable for public inspection in the Officeof the Clerk of the Board.

RESOLUTION NO: 2009-872AWARED TO: Leevon N. Coles,

Plainfield, New JerseySERVICE: to provide religious services

for the Protestant residents/patients atRunnells Specialized Hospital

PERIOD: November1, 2009- October31, 2010

COSTS: in the amount of $8,000.Nicole L. DiRado, Clerk

of the Board of Chosen Freeholders1 T - 10/1/09, The Leader Fee: $21.42

PUBLIC NOTICEUNION COUNTY BOARD

OF CHOSEN FREEHOLDERSNOTICE OF CONTRACT AWARD

Date Adopted: 09/24/09Public Notice is hereby given that the

Union County Board of Chosen Freehold-ers has awarded a contract without com-petitive bidding as a Professional Servicepursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A:11-5(1)(a)(i). Thiscontract and the resolution authorizing it isavailable for public inspection in the Officeof the Clerk of the Board.

RESOLUTION NO: 2009-892amending (Resolution No. 2009-781)AWARED TO: LaCorte, Bundy,

Varady & Kinsella, Union, New JerseySERVICE: special counsel in the matter

entitled Paul Takacs v. UC, et alsCOSTS: for an additional sum of $10,000

for a new total contract amount not toexceed $50,000

Nicole L. DiRado, Clerkof the Board of Chosen Freeholders

1 T - 10/1/09, The Leader Fee: $21.42

PUBLIC NOTICEUNION COUNTY BOARD

OF CHOSEN FREEHOLDERSNOTICE OF CONTRACT AWARD

Date Adopted: 09/24/09Public Notice is hereby given that the

Union County Board of Chosen Freehold-ers has awarded a contract without com-petitive bidding as a Professional Servicepursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A:11-5(1)(a)(i). Thiscontract and the resolution authorizing it isavailable for public inspection in the Officeof the Clerk of the Board.

RESOLUTION NO: 2009-873AWARED TO: Kanen Psychological

Services, Ridgewood, New JerseySERVICE: to provide psychological

evaluations for the Juvenile DetentionCenter staff candidates

PERIOD: July 1, 2009-December 31,2009

COSTS: at a cost of $250 per evalua-tion, for a total amount not to exceed$10,000.

Nicole L. DiRado, Clerkof the Board of Chosen Freeholders

1 T - 10/1/09, The Leader Fee: $21.42

PUBLIC NOTICEUNION COUNTY BOARD

OF CHOSEN FREEHOLDERSNOTICE OF CONTRACT AWARD

Date Adopted: 09/24/09Public Notice is hereby given that the

Union County Board of Chosen Freehold-ers has awarded a contract without com-petitive bidding as a Professional Servicepursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A:11-5(1)(a)(i). Thiscontract and the resolution authorizing it isavailable for public inspection in the Officeof the Clerk of the Board.

RESOLUTION NO: 2009-886AWARED TO: CCMS, Colts Neck, New

JerseySERVICE: for security system upgrades

at Runnells Specialized HospitalCOSTS: in an amount not to exceed

$96,600Nicole L. DiRado, Clerk

of the Board of Chosen Freeholders1 T - 10/1/09, The Leader Fee: $19.89

PUBLIC NOTICEUNION COUNTY BOARD

OF CHOSEN FREEHOLDERSNOTICE OF CONTRACT AWARD

Date Adopted: 09/24/09Public Notice is hereby given that the

Union County Board of Chosen Freehold-ers has awarded a contract without com-petitive bidding as a Professional Servicepursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A:11-5(1)(a)(i). Thiscontract and the resolution authorizing it isavailable for public inspection in the Officeof the Clerk of the Board.

RESOLUTION NO: 2009-893amending (Resolution No. 2008-838)AWARED TO: Bauch Zucker Hatfield,

LLC, Springfield, New JerseySERVICE: special counsel in the matter

entitled Richard Rodbart v. UC, et alsCOSTS: for an additional sum of $10,000

for a new total contract amount not toexceed $35,000

Nicole L. DiRado, Clerkof the Board of Chosen Freeholders

1 T - 10/1/09, The Leader Fee: $21.42

PUBLIC NOTICEUNION COUNTY BOARD

OF CHOSEN FREEHOLDERSNOTICE OF CONTRACT AWARD

Date Adopted: 09/24/09Public Notice is hereby given that the

Union County Board of Chosen Freehold-ers has awarded a contract without com-petitive bidding as a Professional Servicepursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A:11-5(1)(a)(i). Thiscontract and the resolution authorizing it isavailable for public inspection in the Officeof the Clerk of the Board.

RESOLUTION NO: 2009-891amending (Resolution No. 2009-584)AWARED TO: Bauch Zucker Hatfield,

LLC, Springfield, New JerseySERVICE: special counsel in the matter

entitled Robert Travisano v. UC, et alsCOSTS: for an additional sum of $10,000

for a new total contract amount not toexceed $110,000

Nicole L. DiRado, Clerkof the Board of Chosen Freeholders

1 T - 10/1/09, The Leader Fee: $21.42

Editor’s Note: Union County Legal NoticesThree additional Union County Board of Chosen Freeholders Legal Notices of

Ordinances from the 9/24/09 meeting have been published as an adder to thedownload of our newspaper online at www.goleader.com.

The Westfield Leader and The Scotch Plains-Fanwood Times

David Samsky for The Westfield Leader and The TimesLIKE FATHER, LIKE SON...Sebastian Wroe, center, the son of Maestro DavidWroe, right, got into the act during the Westfield Symphony Orchestra’s perfor-mance of Madama Butterfly. At left, playing Sebastian’s mother is Yunah Lee as Cio-Cio-San (Butterfly), and at center is Hai-Ting Chinn (as Butterfly’s maid, Suzuki).

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Director Steven Soderbergh’s TheInformant!, touted as a very near totrue account of how whistleblowerMark Whitacre (Matt Damon) helpedthe FBI uncover corruption at foodgiant Archer Daniels Midland, pointsout one overwhelming fact: There isno lack of muck to be raked inAmerica. What’s worse, more thansimple greed is to blame.

Rather, it’s a complicatedconfluence of factors that pundits andphilosophers have agonized over sincetime immemorial, played out here viaa cast of businessmen villains andinscrutable heroes. And just to fur-row our brows a bit more, few of theplayers are who they think they are.Nary a character doesn’t see himselfas the guy in the white hat.

Especially Mr. Whitacre. Forget-ting for a moment that he wascomplicit in international price fix-ing prior to coming forward, theCornell-educated biochemist main-tains the corporate culture was foistedon him. But indeed, unlike most ofthe film’s dramatis personae, there’smore afoot here than the human tal-ent for rationalizing bad behavior.

Kudos goes to Matt Damon. With-out venturing a personality diagnosisthat might give too much away, suf-fice it to note his portrayal of Whitacrevirtually embodies the moral conun-drum under dissection. He has uscoming and going, the curiousness ofhis nature synergizing with the tattle-tale into a helical plot that spins onereally daffy saga.

It is Shakespearean in that there areno simple answers…only educatedinquiries. In a front row seat at the yinand yang of commerce, we are be-mused and abashed in one fellswoop…made to feel small by thesheer might of those evil forces thatbe, and yet offered hope of empower-ment by Soderbergh’s astute flexingof the First Amendment.

Based on the book by investigativejournalist Kurt Eichenwald andadapted for the screen by Scott Z.Burns (“The Bourne Ultimatum”), itis completely dizzying. Damon asWhitacre ups the ante with a first-person narration that boggles themind. And then again, aside from itscutting-edge wackiness, the flow-of-conscious ramblings add great real-ism.

Still, trying to grasp what made thesnitch go to the FBI in the first placeis the stuff that makes for lively post-movie discussion around the coffeetable. Things are even more convo-luted than they appear at first blush.

There’s a secret about our boy that

The Informant!: The CaseOf the Telltale Businessman

you can’t know just now. However,we can attribute a portion of his deci-sion to good old antipathy.

While he claims altruism and iscertain that the board of directors atArcher Daniels Midland will ulti-mately thank him for cleaning house,he dislikes his bosses and their ilk.

He iterates that he is different…ascientist. And so his disdain for theblue flannel suits might be a way toabsolve himself from having profit-ably played at their reindeer games.

Though occasionally jagged andresultantly off-putting in parts, themulling self-analysis and streamingautobiography Whitacre confideswhilst embarking on what he sees asthe 007 part of his life supplies acaptivating tone to the dark comedy.While never quite sure whether tosympathize with the protagonist, atmoments we can’t help but be touched.

But regardless of whether he is inearnest, deluding himself or trying toconvince us of his rightful place inthe family of man, his divulgencescause us pause. Fact is, a farmer can’tplant a seed without the middlemenfood corporations knowing about it.Which brings us to the essential aminoacid lysine and those who would con-spire to fix its price.

The FBI, while zealous to make acase out of Mark’s cooperation, re-ally doesn’t know how to figure him.Hauling down 350K a year in the mid1990s, driving a different one of hisexotic luxury cars each day, he is amass of contradictions. The kicker is,there is endless inconsistency in hiscontradiction. But if he’s crazy, wesuspect it’s like a fox.

One day, he no longer wishes toplay ball, but then he does. The tell-tale journey plays like a sleepwalkpunctuated with night terrors. He al-ternates from paranoid to romantic.E.g.—Though his dealings with Spe-cial Agent Brian Shepard (ScottBakula) are mostly troubled, in oneinstance he fantasizes how maybesome day the two will go fishing.

Adding to the film’s hauntinglynutty disposition is the realizationthat countless firms regularly con-spire to sully the spirit of free enter-prise by rigging the game and liter-ally stealing the bread from ourmouths. There is capitalism and thereis outright cheating. Managing anodd sense of humor about it, TheInformant! spills the beans on thelatter.

* * *The Informant!, rated R, is a Warner

Bros. Pictures release directed bySteven Soderbergh and stars MattDamon, Scott Bakula and MelanieLynskey. Running time: 108 minutes.

‘Thanksgiving 1959’ TellsStory of a ‘Simpler Time’

WESTFIELD – With the highschool football season in full swing,Blue Devil Assistant Coach Joe Avenawill join sportswriter Jay Price for ameet and greet at The Town BookStore on October 3 from 11 a.m. to 1p.m.

Mr. Avena, a longtime Westfieldresident, has been a Blue Devil assis-tant coach since retiring from theNew York City public school system,but his central role in “Thanksgiving1959” stems from his days as a playerat New Dorp High School on StatenIsland under legendary coach SalSomma, a one-time dropout whokicked the extra point that upset VinceLombardi and Fordham’s famed“Seven Blocks of Granite.”

“Thanksgiving 1959” chroniclesthe lives of Coach Somma and hishigh school and college teammate,Andy Barberi, who become coachingrivals on Staten Island.

It includes a foreword by BobbyThomson, who hit the most famoushome run in baseball history, the “ShotHeard Round the World.”

The public can meet Coach Avenaand Mr. Price at The Town BookStore, located at 270 East Broad Streetin Westfield on the corner of EastBroad and Elmer Streets. Those un-able to attend this event can call TheTown Book Store at (908) 233-3535to reserve an autographed copy.

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Full Metal Blues BandPerforms October 23RAHWAY – Full Metal Blues Band

will perform at the Arts Guild NewJersey, located at 1670 Irving Streetin Rahway, on Friday, October 23 at8 p.m.

Tickets are $15 in advance or $20at the door. To purchase tickets, visitrahwayartsguild.org or call the guildat (732) 381-7511, or e-mailartsguild1670@verizon.net. Thisconcert is handicapped accessible.

Newly organized group Full MetalBlues features Vince Di Mura and hisson, 15-year-old guitarist Dre’ DiMura, who has been making a splashin venues, including B.B. King’s inNew York and The World Café inPhiladelphia.

Dre’ is the lead guitarist for LedZeppelin and David Bowie tributeshows featuring Earl Slick (DavidBowie and John Lennon).

Vince is a veteran jazz musicianand musical director, having appearedon concert stages and theatresthroughout North America, Canada,and Latin America.

He is best known for his arrange-ments of “My Way: A Sinatra Cabaret,”which boasts 300 productions nation-ally and two spoken-word/jazz operas.

Folk Legend Richie Havens ReturnsTo Crossroads, Lets ‘Freedom’ Ring

By ERIC NIERSTEDTSpecially Written for The Westfield Leader and The Times

GARWOOD — As a full house offans cheered and applauded, folk leg-end Richie Havens made his return tothe Garwood Crossroads on a Sundaynight in September. Accompanied byonly a single guitarist, Havens effort-lessly created the soulful, warm andlove-filled concert experience forwhich he is known.

Far from being a nostalgic “folkie”icon, Havens has turned much of hisfocus to the prevailing time, just as hedid in the 1960s when they werepresent. Observing what he calls“superpolitics,” Havens said, “There’sdefinitely a need for change in thiscountry. It seems like everybody whoasks questions asks the wrong ones.They ask questions to create contro-versy and get themselves money, notto get answers that matter. That’swhat they worry about –what sells.”

Havens said it reminds him of the50s and 60s, when people were happywith a job and a house but were “emptyspiritually.”

Havens also shared his thoughts oneducation, saying that people “spendso much time telling kids what theyshould be doing, and the truth is: kidsalready know what they want to do

and should be allowed to do it.”Havens said he worked with some

kids in Connecticut and helped “getthem a house to work on howeverthey wanted. Some people thought itwas crazy, but I said, ‘Do grown-upsreally have such a better grasp on howthings should be done? And all thosekids asked their parents for were toolsto work with, not instructions.”

Havens did take a moment for re-flection, specifically on his participa-tion in folk icon Pete Seeger’s 90thbirthday celebration at MadisonSquare Garden.

“I was amazed to see so manypeople come out and say how muchPete had affected their lives,” he said.Havens and Seeger have been friendsfor years, with Havens calling Seeger“the eternal 8 year old.”

“If we were somewhere, and peoplewere talking about something hedidn’t care for or wasn’t interested in,he’d leave,” Havens reflected. “Petehad so many things he wanted to talkabout; he didn’t want to waste a mo-ment with other matters.”

After taking the stage at Cross-roads, Havens paid tribute to anotherfolk legend by performing BobDylan’s “All Along the Watchtower.”After following it with the sad, al-most mournful, “One More Day,”Havens lightened the mood with aquick joke song on “hangups,” dur-ing which he blew his nose behind hisguitar.

After the fast-paced “Somewherein Darkness,” Havens went into aslightly rambling, but still spellbind-ing, monologue using his childhoodto illustrate that everyone in the roomwas related since everyone could re-cite Superman’s “faster then a speed-ing bullet” legend.

Havens lost his place once or twice(thanking the audience for its pa-tience) but added a twist by question-ing how the legend ends with “hefights for truth, justice, and the Ameri-can Way?”

Afterwards, Havens showed hisskills as an interpretative singer, withDylan’s “Maggie’s Farm” and theWho’s “Won’t Get Fooled Again.”He then played a trio of soulful origi-

nals – “The Key,” “My Love is Alive”and “If I,” before moving into hisbiggest hit, “Freedom.” The audienceclapped along, and Havens walkedabout stage, playing in a frenzy be-fore finally leaping into the air to endthe song.

A bit out of breath, Havens thenapologized for his earlier lapse, say-ing, “We’ve been on tour a while; itstarted in 1967.” Still, he came backfor a three-song encore, with “On theCorner in the Rain,” the Beatles’ “HereComes the Sun,” mixed with “TheEnd,” and Joe Cocker’s “You Are SoBeautiful.” After leaving the stage tothunderous applause, Havens returnedto sign autographs and speak with thefans who have loved him since thetour began in 1967.

Eric Nierstedt for The Westfield Leader and The TimesLET “FREEDOM” RING...Richie Havens, right, brought his rhythmic guitarstyle and classic American folk sound again to The Crossroads in Garwood.

Juxtapose Gallery Sets Fall Due Sorelle ShowWESTFIELD – Juxtapose Gallery,

located at 58 Elm Street in Westfield,will host its Fall Due Sorelle jewelrytrunk show on Satur-day, October 3. Thesecond half of thesister team, TaniaSpil, who resides inLos Angeles, will flyout to attend theevent. Ms. Spil willbring some of herwest coast-influ-enced styles that re-flect a more casualand earthy style.These pieces are agreat compliment toadd and layer withthe existing DueSorelle styles.

This season is all about bright, richcolors. This fall’s collection is full ofthe traditional autumn colors, but alsowith shots of color that include

fuschias, purples, deep indigo andcobalt blues. Some necklaces are tra-ditionally strung on colored silk while

others are woven withembroidery floss andsilk using three or fourcolors of silk to createa necklace that is trulyunique. Waxed linenis used to create neck-laces that are casualand lightweight usingpearls and silver com-ponents. There issomething for everyage and style in thiscollection. Area resi-dents are invited tocome to this fall showand let one of the de-signers assist them in

selecting a piece that complementstheir fall wardrobe.

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Little House’s Prairie StrugglesStill Parallel Those of Today

By SUSAN MYRILL DOUGHERTYSpecially Written for The Westfield Leader and The Times

MILLBURN – People who re-member the “Little House on thePrairie” TV series from the 1970s,starring Michael Landon as Pa, KarenGrassle as Ma and Melissa Gilbertas young Laura Ingalls, will be de-lighted to hear that the show hasgained new life as a musical.

After a sold-out trial run at TheGuthrie Theater in Minneapolis,Little House on the Prairie, TheMusical has kicked off its 30-citynational tour with performances atMillburn’s Paper Mill Playhouse thatwill run until October 10.

The iconic nine books about lifegrowing up in the 19th century, fromLaura Ingalls Wilder’s perspective,have sold millions of copies. It wasonly a matter of time before some-one placed the Ingalls family into amusical version of the nostalgic sto-ries.

Director Francesca Zambello re-cruited composer Rachel Portman,

lyricist Donna Di Novelli and writerRachel Sheinkin to collaborate onthe project. Reportedly, the musical

is closer to the books than to the TVseries.

Laura, the buck-toothed, pig-tailedlittle gal whom her TV pa called“half-pint,” grew up in Walnut Grove,Minn. This time around, Melissa Gil-bert is the matriarch of the family.Wisely, Ms. Gilbert doesn’t try toduplicate Ms. Grassle’s portrayal ofthe mother who grounds the familywith values and direction.

The 45-year-old Gilbert finds herown thoughtful interpretation asnurturer, protector and guide in thispiece that is a tale of self-reliance,community and faith.

The small town of DeSmet, S.D.,comprised of a handful of families,is the spot where the Ingalls finallysettle thanks to America’s Home-stead Act. Through that provision,people over 21 who would inhabitthe land for five years were given adeed to 160 acres.

Life in South Dakota was none tooeasy then, with calamities befallingthe crops, winters that could bust athermometer and challenges of day-to-day surviving on a farm. YoungLaura Ingalls — the daredevil, tom-boy and free spirit of the TV pro-gram — has been captured in thisversion with Laura (Kara Lindsay)begging her pa to let her drive theteam of horses.

In Act II, when Laura grows into ateen, she still has the spirit that hermother (Melissa Gilbert) lauds inthe tender song, “Wild Child.”

The rest of the cast boasts stellarvoices, especially with sisters Laura(Kara Lindsay) and Mary Ingalls(Alessa Neeck) in their poignantduet, “I’ll be Your Eyes” and theironic song, “Good.” Nellie Oleson(Kate Loprest), complete with blondebouncing ringlets and snooty, rich-girl persona echoed from the TVseries, is a scream when she con-fesses she misses someone to pickon in the song, “Without an Enemy.”

Pa, played masterfully by SteveBlanchard, shines in “The PrairieMoves” and “Tin Cup.” Kevin

Massey’s character, Alamanzo,Laura’s teen love interest, displayshis superior tenor voice in “OldEnough” and “Leaving.”

Lizzie Klemperer, as the half-crazed Mrs. Brewster, whose loneli-ness and depression spawns fromthe ubiquitous dust, hauntingly por-trays the darker side of prairie life in,“Teacher Girl.”

Scenic design by Adrianne Lobelmakes clever use of rings set on theapron of the stage that serve as an-chors for real reins of imaginaryhorses. With just a few straps ofleather, the actors and the audiencealike take a wild buggy ride and areimmersed momentarily in the raceto the finish line.

Versatile slated wall set pieces mixand match to form a variety of struc-tures — from house walls to thechurch outline itself. Masterful light-ing design by Mark McCulloughbrings panoramic, majestic skies tolife. Michele Lynch’s choreographysmartly makes use of split rail pieces,farm tools with continuous move-ment on the gargantuan stage.

The curtain calls – where Ms. Gil-bert and her family, like marathonrunners, sprint with an extra kick tothe finish line – provide intricatefootwork.

For a naysayer who thinks thatthis Oklahoma-esque musical is toofar removed from the lives of mod-ern America, let them think again.Plenty of parallels of the struggles ofeveryday life on the prairie 100 yearsago mirror today’s survival in globaleconomic tough times.

It’s an uphill journey for a show tomake it to Broadway. But accordingto the producers, Broadway mightnot be the final destination of LittleHouse on the Prairie, The Musical.This is a show that is not ready forBroadway today but provides anabundance of entertainment and thespirit of inspiration for tomorrow.

Photo courtesy of Jerry DaliaPRAIRIE LIFE...The cast of Little House on the Prairie: The Musical performs atthe Paper Mill Playhouse in Millburn.

Woody Allen ComedyOpens Oct. 3 in Westfield

WESTFIELD – Westfield Com-munity Players will open its 75thanniversary season with the WoodyAllen comedy Don’t Drink the Wa-ter on Saturday, October 3, at 8 p.m.

The show continues at 8 p.m. onFriday and Saturday evenings on Oc-tober 10, 17, 23 and 24 with a matineeat 3 p.m. on Sunday, October 11.

Directed by Naomi Yablonsky, sheis assisted by Gerry Yablonsky, pro-ducer Letty Hudak and Stage Man-ager Barbara Ruban.

In this satirical and farcical com-edy set in the 1960’s Cold War era,the Hollander family from Newarkrushes into an American embassy,two steps ahead of Krojack fromthe Secret Police; the family is ac-cused of spying when they mistak-enly take snapshots of a restrictedarea.

As the embassy is temporarilybeing run by the ambassador’s dip-lomatically incompetent son, theHollanders have to think fast tomake their way back to America.With students picketing outside, asanctuary seeking priest inside andthe secret police closing fast, theHollanders join up with a visitingsultan and his harem to try to maketheir way home.

The cast features Patrick Carty asWalter Hollander, Debbie Badal aswife Marion and Angel Duncan asdaughter Susan. Jim Dingevan ofGarwood plays Krojack, the headof the Secret Police who pursuesthem to the embassy run by StanKaplan of Westfield and Peter Coreyas his befuddled son.

Embassy staff and visitors areplayed by Sam Rosalsky as asylumseeking Father Drobney, SteveLemenille as embassy assistantKilroy, Lee Grabelsky as the em-bassy chef , with Alan Gershensonand Kristen Paparella of ScotchPlains as visiting dignitaries Kasnarand Countess Bordoni.

Mark Douches of Scotch Plainsand Rebecca Dias play the visitingSultan and his wife the Hollanderfamily turns to for help.

Continuing the opening-night tra-dition, “first nighters” are invited tostay for light refreshments with thecast and crew after the curtain ringsdown.

The 24-hour ticket tape at (908)232-1221 is now on, and all re-served seating is $20. The theater islocated at 1000 North Avenue, Westin Westfield. To learn more, viewwestfieldcommunityplayers.org.

Music of the Andes AnswersThe Call; Teatro Si Returns

By MARYLOU MORANOSpecially Written for The Westfield Leader and The Times

WESTFIELD – The husband-and-wife team of Yas Cortes Duo brought itsnative “Music of the Andes” to down-town Westfield last month.

The concert, which was held atWestfield’s Galeria West Art Gallery,is part of the First Friday Music Seriespresented by Teatro Si, a New Jerseytheatre arts company dedicated to cel-ebrating Latin American and Spanishartistic diversity.

Teatro Si’s mission is to present qual-ity professional theatrical dance andmusic productions that promote andpreserve Latin American and Spanishculture and heritage in New Jersey.

The Yas Cortes Duo, which consists

of Maria Cortes and Oscar Yas, per-formed a wide repertoire of music,from the Tango to the Flamenco.

Many of the songs performed at theconcert were original musical arrange-ments.

The duo was pleased to be able tobring a taste of Latin music to theWestfield area while, at the same time,promoting the Latin arts.

“We believe that Teatro Si is ex-tremely important to the Hispanic-American community because itspreads music through various artists,and the music that is representative ofeach country or region is an indispens-able element in the development of itsculture,” said Ms. Cortes.

“We think that the varied Latin-American repertoire of the Duo Yas-Cortes is a perfect example of this, andevents like Teatro Si allow artists toconnect with and disseminate aspectsof their native culture to people whomay not otherwise be exposed to thesecustoms or traditions,” said Mr. Yas.

In attendance that evening was PatrickCruz, president and CEO of Teatro Si.

“We strive to leave the attendee witha fulfilling experience that both enter-tains and educates,” he said. “It was apleasure to have Yas Cortes agree tojoin us for this wonderful concert at thisintimate location of Galeria West.”

The next First Friday event will fea-ture the acclaimed violinist Yuri Turchynand his quintet Grupo Yuri, who willperform original compositions that area unique blend of smooth and Latinjazz. The concert will start at 7 p.m. onFriday, October 2, at the gallery, lo-cated at 111 Quimby Street. For moreinformation, call (908) 301-9496 orlog onto TeatroSi.com.

WAC Series Kicks OffWith Singer Anne Heaton

WATCHUNG – The Watchung ArtsCenter kicks off the fourth season of itsaward-winning concert series, “Power-ful Women of Song,” by presentingNew York City-based singer/songwriterAnne Heaton on Saturday, October 3,at the Watchung Arts Center, located at18 Stirling Road in Watchung.

Doors will open at 7:30 p.m., and theconcert begins at 8 p.m. Admission is$20 online and $23 at the door. Ticketscan be purchased on line by going toanneheaton2.eventbrite.com.

Ms. Heaton is an American jazz andpop-influenced folk singer/songwriterand pianist from New York City. She isknown for the joy she exhibits singingand playing piano live.

She has performed with major label

recording artist Jewel and independentartists such as Melissa Ferrick, HEM,Jill Sobule and Jonatha Brooke. Hermusical influences are varied: PeterGabriel, Indigo Girls, Sinead O’Connor,10,000 Maniacs and the Rolling Stones,to name only a few.

The Powerful Women of Song Se-ries is presented by Ahrre Maros, ownerof Ahrre’s Coffee Roastery in Westfieldand host of the award winning CoffeeWith Conscience Concert Series inWestfield.

The Powerful Women of Song Se-ries is a nine-concert series taking placeon the first Saturday night of each monthfrom October through June.

To learn more, visit watchungarts.orgor call the (908) 412-9105.

Auditions Held for WCP’sThe Second Time Around

WESTFIELD – Director FredCuozzo of Westfield CommunityPlayers (WCP) is holding open au-ditions for Henry Denker’s comedyThe Second Time Around on Mon-day, October 5, and Tuesday, Octo-ber 6, at 7:30 p.m. in the WCP the-ater at 1000 North Avenue West.

Play rehearsals will start in No-vember for performances on Janu-ary 9, 16, 17, 22, 23 at 8 p.m. and aSunday matinee at 3 p.m. on January14.

Two senior citizens, a widowerand a widow, strike up a love affairand decide to get married for thesecond time around. Thinking itthrough, they realize that marriagewill cost them money, as they willlose Social Security benefits. So theydo the next best thing and informtheir children of their plans to livetogether without marrying so theycan keep their hard-earned SocialSecurity benefits.

Their children hit the ceiling eventhough they were never close to theirdeceased parents and their own mar-riages leave a lot to be desired. Sam’sdaughter is married to her ex-ana-lyst, a stuffy neurotic, while Laura’sson has a wife who is paranoid about

food additives and their effects onsexual performance. All ends wellfor the elderly twosome but not be-fore giving their children nervousfits.

Characters are as follows:Samuel Jonas – Widower, mid-

late 60s;Laura Curtis – Widow, early- mid

60s;Cynthia Morse – Daughter of

Samuel, Late 30s-Early 40s;Mike Curtis – Son of Laura, Late

30s-Early 40s;Dr. Arthur Morse – Husband of

Cynthia, Early 40s. (Must be com-fortable with “overreaction” acting);

Eleanor Curtis – Wife of Mike,Late 30s-Early 40s;

Bruce Morris – Son of Cynthiaand Arthur, Late teens, Early 20s;

Angela – Friend of Bruce, Lateteens;

To learn more, call (908) 232-9568.

Community BandRehearsals for WinterWESTFIELD – The Westfield

Community Band, a Westfield insti-tution since 1912, has resumed re-hearsals after a successful 97th sea-son of summer concerts inMindowaskin Park.

The band is led by Thomas Connors,who also serves as director of Instru-mental Music Studies and is an assis-tant professor of Music Education atKean University.

The band is currently seeking ex-perienced trombone, percussion andkeyboard percussionists, although, allexperienced musicians in the area areencouraged to contact the band. Theband can be reached throughinfo@wesfieldcommunityband.comor by contacting Dr. Connors at (908)737-4327.

The band rehearses on Wednesdayevenings from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. in theCommunity Room of the WestfieldMunicipal Building at 425 East BroadStreet and will perform in theWestfield Recreation Department’supcoming annual holiday concert.Interested musicians must be avail-able on Wednesday evenings throughmid December.

To learn more, go to the band’swebsite atwestfieldcommunityband.com.