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Essex County Honors First Responders With Painted Lines

By: J.L. Shively e take pride in supporting our law enforcement,” says Robert Parisi, mayor of West Orange, “It is a difficult time to be a police officer.”

This is a sentiment reverberated throughout many towns throughout the country and this support is being wonderfully displayed within Essex County.

Caldwell, Verona and West Orange have all joined in on a community gesture which subtly but strongly recognizes the presence and all of first responders’ sacrifices and all their years of stout service.

This support is being made present through the painting of blue lines on roads within the communities in an effort to draw attention to the men and women who serve

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The blue lines are painted at different increments on town roads and are painted within the double yellow lines.

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Local Man Utilizes Talent To Support Food Pantries

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By Cheryl Conway n 89-year old West Caldwell man is planning benefit concerts to raise money for area food pantries.

Donald Meserlian, 50 year resident of West Caldwell, held the Caldwell Food Pantry Benefit Concert, on Sun. Nov. 13, from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m., at the Caldwell Unit-

ed Methodist Church in Caldwell. Twenty percent of the proceeds went to the Caldwell Food Pantry for Thanksgiving baskets.

For $15, attendees got to listen to seven professional musicians present original songs and music and standard hits from the 30’s, 40’s and 50’s. From each ticket pur-

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Caldwell, where he also directs the Spirituality and Leadership Institute, a think tank and training center that focuses on spiritual formation and citizenship in North American democratic society.

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“This is going to be a model concert for fundraisers for other food pantries,” says Meserlian, a forensics engineer, inventor and musician. Meserlian was hoping to fill up at least 200 seats in the 220-seat sanctuary. “If this concert is a success this will be used for other towns.”

When asked why he is supporting food banks, Meserlian says “At my age I have to give something back to society. People are hungry, they are out of work.” There are “only two classes today, poor or rich; middle class are disappearing.”

Playing violin for 85 years, since he was five, Meserlian decided to put his talents to good use.

“I have the ability to hear something, play it back and improvise,” says Meserlian, a professional violinist who used to perform at weddings and ten years with his quartet, Allegria String Quartet.

“I started out with a teacher at the age of five,” explains Meserlian. “I would look at the music; I could hear what she played and I can play it back to her. I can play it by

ear; it was a gift.”

Every Sunday, Meserlian performs at the Fine Grind Coffee Shop in Little Falls Open Mike held from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.

Music is not the only means Meserlian has used in the past to raise money to support area food banks.

From 2014 to 2016, he sold one of his inventions, a special bookmarker, outside of several supermarkets.

“I invented a bookmarker called Page Saver,” with birds on one side and flowers on the other with markings to identify left or right, so readers know what page they are on. His third wife, Jean, helped him create the bookmarkers.

His bookmark sales raised about $2,000 to support food banks in Cedar Grove, Clifton, Montclair and Nutley.

Some of his other inventions have included a gage placed in zerox machines; solar panel to heat entire house; a method to measure how slippery shoes and floors are. When he is not inventing or performing, Meserlian is busy publishing The Sovereign newspaper.

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Cedar Grove Police Named Champs In Annual Softball Fundraiser Battle

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More than 300 people attended to watch the competitive softball game featuring 11 teams from West Essex PBA, Verona PBA, Essex County Sheriff’s Office, and a non-profit charity group Brothers Before Others.

During the event, $8,842 was raised. Cedar Grove Police defeated Verona Police in the finals.

The Battle of the Badges is held every year to raise money for someone in need and to foster a community relationship. More than $20,000 has been raised from the charity event during the last ten years.

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Progressive Educators Spread Literacy Through Book Bins

By Cheryl Conway he ‘book lady’ recently made her rounds in several towns in Essex County delivering bins of children’s books to nail salons and beauty, barber and braiding shops.

What started out in June as the Progressive Educators Essex County 2016 Literacy Community Initiative has continued, expanding to four towns with currently 17 beauty/barber shops, three braiding shops and one nail salon. West Orange resident Phyllis Ann Johnson, aka ‘the book lady,’ founded the project through her business Progressive Educators LLC, an educational resource company in West Orange.

Through the literacy initiative, children who accompany their parents to a hair or nail appointment are being provided with other options to stimulate their minds other than devices or handheld games.

“I see children, male children, girl children; these barber shops are packed,” says Johnson, a retired special education teacher. “It’s where children spend their weekends. It takes four hours to get their hair braided. Children accompany their parents to these places. They’re just sitting there with a handheld game.”

Johnson selected beauty, barber and braiding shops and nail salons as recipients of her literacy initiative because “there are hundreds,” she said. “When you start counting beauty and barber shops, it’s almost a commodity to have a barber and beauty shop in local community.”

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The Community Literacy Advocate recipients are selected by accepting a “free” bin of books, says Johnson. In that bin of books are 30 new or gingerly used books and other items. The bin is then placed in a convenient location at the shop where children have access at “arm’s length” or within “direct eye view” to the book bin.

Johnson describes it as “a bin of books and things,” such as trinkets, puzzles, coloring books, crayons. “Whatever we can put in the bin; there’s cards so they can play. It’s very small; it’s very quaint. They fit it on the counter.”

On every other Wednesday, Johnson returns to the businesses to refresh the assortment.

“I take out old ones and replace with new ones,” she says, providing fresh new reads for the children of the clientele to enjoy.

“They call me the book lady,” Johnson laughs. “Now I can’t stop the books; they look for me. Everyone wants the books.”

The reading audience for these books is kindergarten through eighth grade. She recommends “children’s books of interest, good reading material.” Most are in excellent condition. “They are wonderfully illustrated, well written.”

Johnson began Progressive Educator’s in Jan. 2014 as a vendor of New Jersey Department of Education. Her educational services include English language enrichment classes for adults and children, after school homework help and home, tutorial

A Cappella Group Readies For Caroling

ho would like to go caroling?

The Dapper Dans of Harmony, located in West Caldwell, will teach singers all the words to a number of popular Christmas & Hanukkah songs to join in the chorus as it visits many retirement homes, hospitals, nursing homes during the month of December.

The chapter will provide the music. The

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Dapper Dans meet every Tues. at the West Caldwell Civic Center. The Dapper Dans have been in existence for more than 65 years and sing in the a cappella style. It is looking to add any male from early teens to any age who has a love of music and desire to sing.

Questions, call Bill May at 973-2269414 or 973-819-7861.

Take A Hiking Break With Hot Chocolate

he Cora Hartshorn Arboretum in Short Hills has planned a Hot Chocolate Hike Weekend, Dec.17 and 18, with hike times at 11 a.m., 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. Take a break from the holiday rush and join in for a guided hike on the Arboretum’s grounds, and finish up in the historic Stone House with a cup of hot cocoa by the

fireplace.

The Cora Hartshorn Arboretum is a historic woodlands garden and educational institution located in Short Hills. For more information, call 973-376-3587; email info@hartshornarboretum.org; or go to www.hartshornarboretum.org for upcoming classes and events.

and supplementary instruction services offered privately or through contracted NJ school districts in 21 cities in Essex County.

Her idea for the literacy initiative came about when she realized how many books teachers throw out.

“I work in so many school districts,” says Johnson. “Teachers were cleaning out their classrooms and throwing out so many books; cleaning out classes for summer getting rid of lots of books.” That’s when Johnson decided to grab those books instead of watching them go to waste.

“I got so many books I didn’t know what to do with them,” says Johnson. “I wanted to share them.” She also got books through donations from Child’s Play in South Orange, 200 from the West Orange Library and through a donation drive posted on Facebook.

“I got nice books from the West Orange Library book sale,” says Johnson. “They just fill up the bag.”

After working as a high school teacher in reading and language arts for 22 years, Johnson realizes the importance of reading for enjoyment.

When a student is in kindergarten through elementary, he or she is required to read 30 minutes per day. But “when a child is in a different setting, it brings about joy.

Where there are books available outside school buildings, they become more fluent.

The pressure is not there. They engage in reading because they like to read.”

So far, “progressive educators community literacy advocates have fully embraced our literacy initiative and are excited about continued participation through 2017 in

helping to spread and encourage literacy in their communities,” says Johnson.

Barber Gary Johnson of Johnson’s Barber states, “Just to witness the expression on the youths’ faces while actually sitting there reading a book instead of playing an electronic hand held game while receiving or waiting for a parent to be served is absolutely delightful and encouraging!”

He says, the program is working, they are reading the books out of the bin.

Progressive Educators LLC plans to recruit throughout 2016-2017 more local barber, beauty, braiding and nail shop owners in Essex County to participate and help to spread and encourage literacy throughout Essex County communities. She hopes to spread to Bloomfield, Montclair and South Orange.

Her business also supports and creates literacy initiatives for and with community based and non-profit organizations in Georgia, Kenya, St. Thomas Virgin Islands, and Uganda, with tutorial services, school materials and books.

“In essence we collect school supplies and lots of children’s books that are donated to us from people, churches and organizations anywhere and everywhere and share what we have with those who need what we have, with no strings attached.”

Hence her hashtag is “#ReadingBooksMatter” and “#SpreadingLiteracyInTheCommunity.”

To donate children’s books or to become a literacy advocate, call Johnson at 973669-2819.

“If you see the bin know that Progressive Educators have been there,” Johnson concludes.

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Something About Turning 40 Drives One Woman To Giving Back

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By Cheryl Conway t has been just about 40 days since West Caldwell resident Nyree Anderson Miscia went on a mission to engage in a daily project of kindness and giving.

Tomorrow, Nov. 16, Miscia turns 40 and some celebration it will be when she looks back at all of the lives she has touched in less than six weeks. Earlier this year, “around the time that I realized I was going to be 40,” Miscia decided that she wanted to give back rather than go on a vacation or have a party.

“When you turn 40, it’s a big party or grand vacation,” says Miscia. “That didn’t’ appeal to me. I wanted something more memorable, more substantial. I wanted to do something bigger. I wanted to dig a well or build a home for Habitat For Humanity but I also have four kids and two businesses. So I scaled it down to do 40 little things.”

Her first day of giving was on Oct. 7, exactly 40 days before her birthday, and her final day was today, Nov. 15. Coming up with 40 ideas was the challenging part but with the help of Jersey Cares, Miscia filled up her calendar in no time at all. Jersey Cares connects volunteers to organizations and places she was interested in making a difference.

She started writing ideas down back in June, calling people and organizations, attending orientations and getting fingerprinted, a requirement for some of the volunteer work.

“Planning this was not an easy feat,” Miscia says on a video she posted on Facebook so people would hold her accountable for her 40 day project. “My calendar is pretty full.”

She also announced the reason behind her project.

“The truth is I’m most happy when I’m helping others,” she says in her video. “So I can throw an incredible party or go on an incredible vacation, but the truth is parties and vacations don’t impact me and my heart the same way helping someone in need does.”

Every day mattered.

She provided mobile meals through the Food Bank of New Jersey providing food to the communities in Newark and Paterson; worked in soup kitchens such as St. Ann in Newark and Hoboken Shelter Soup Kitchen and food pantries such as in East Brunswick;

cleaned up a beach at Pt. Pleasant; provided child care to babies and young children at the Nurturing Center at the Oasis Haven for Women and Children in Paterson; helped out at a farm; hung out with Alzheimer patients; tutored eighth graders; spent time with veterans; assisted children with medical and physical disabilities at the Matheny School in Gladstone-Peapack; held drives for books, toys, eyeglasses, coats and shoes; sponsored a T-shirt for Tourette Syndrome Walk/Run in Bergen County; gave blood; cleaned up a cemetery; socialized with elderly; attended a fashion show fundraiser; participated in a Run For Warriors in Long Island and a Veteran’s Day ceremony.

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Annual School Fair Provides Information On Vocational Schools

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he Essex County Vocational Technical School District invites seventhand eighth-grade students from Essex County and their parents to attend the Essex County Seventh & Eighth-Grade Annual School Fair on Sat., Nov. 19, from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., at Essex County Newark Tech in Newark.

The fair is open to the public and will be especially helpful to seventh- and eighthgrade students and their families. Applications to the district’s four schools – Essex County Newark Tech and Essex County North 13th Street in Newark, Essex County Bloomfield Tech and Essex County West Caldwell Tech – will be available on site.

Those attending will meet students, graduates, faculty and administrators from the four Essex County high schools and visit booths that feature the academic programs available.

Programs of study include agriculture, food and natural resources; architecture and construction; arts, audio-video tech-

nology and communications; business, management and administration; dducation and training; finance; government and public administration; health science; hospitality and tourism; human services; information technology; law, public safety, corrections and security; manufacturing; marketing; science, technology, engineering and mathematics; and transportation, distribution and logistics.

There is no need to pre-register. For more information about Essex County’s Vocational Technical Schools or the Annual School Fair, visit www.essextech.org or call Dicxiana Carbonell at 973-312-2281 or 973-412-2290.

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Conference Planned At Essex Valley School

n Mon., Dec. 5, a Transition Planning Conference is set to take place at Essex Valley School, 1 Henderson Drive, West Caldwell 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Essex Valley is a comprehensive, therapeutic, alternative setting for students with disabilities. The focus of the workshop for child study Teams, special education Coordinators, teachers and interested members of the community is transition planning, career exploration and community based experiences.

The presenters will be Laurie Harrington and Joanne Hamza from the John J. Heldrich Center for Workforce Development at Rutgers University. There will be a presentation from the clinical team of Essex Valley School.Training designed to facilitate the use of the New Jersey Career Assistance Navigator (NJCAN) as a tool

for post secondary planning and design will also be presented. Essex Valley has an array of vocational and technical options for all students. Programs in culinary arts, cosmetology, carpentry, auto mechanics, landscaping, drama , art therapy, music, clothing design, are offered at the school.

All students become part of the Essex Valley School family, a nurturing environment in which they are taught key educational and life skills. Students work on improving academic proficiency, learn conflict resolution and decision making skills. They learn to express emotions in a socially acceptable manner while increasing self advocacy and independence.

Informative workshop, school tours and a question and answer session will also take place. For further information, contact Perry Cecchini at 973-244-7890.

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Kiwanis Continues Christmas Walk To Welcome Holiday Season

he Christmas Walk, annual house tour, has become an event that the community looks forward to year after year. The Caldwell Woman’s Club

started the Christmas walk more than 40 years ago.

When asked, the Kiwanis Club of Caldwell/West Essex took on continuing this

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through the country and was brought to each town leader through excited community members and town officials alike.

Parisi notes that a friend, Danny Brink, was the person who brought the idea to his attention and from there the project was “initiated by the administration.” The lines in West Orange were painted on Main St. in front of headquarters and Town Hall.

Ann Dassing, Mayor of Caldwell, states, “The idea was brought to my attention by a Caldwell resident who saw a news story that this had been done in Wayne.”

Seeing the neighboring Essex towns take the lead, Verona was soon to follow by painting lines down the center of Bloomfield Ave. at two block increments in front of the municipal building, rescue squad and the two firehouses.

Dassing states, “This is a visible symbol of Mayor and Council’s support for our police.” Dassing explains that the lines in town were painted on Provost Sq. and then also on Bloomfield Ave. from the Elm Rd. intersection to Central Ave. “My Public Safety Committee was in favor of doing this in Caldwell,” explains Dassing and the DPW was given charge over the project.

Each of these towns added their own local touch to their projects. In Verona, town officials choose to honor all their first responders.

The town supports all emergency services, says Township Manager, Matthew Cavallo, and “lines were painted to show our respect for them.” With this in mind the town opted to paint lines in support for all emergency responders.

Blue lines were painted for the police force, red for the fire department and white for the rescue squad. These colors have left a streak of red, white and blue down the center of Verona’s streets.

West Orange choose a very special way to honor their police force by tying in the line painting with the memorial of the seventieth anniversary of the death of one of West Orange’s police officers who was killed while on duty.

Officer Daniel Laird was called away from his son’s sixth birthday party to work a graveyard shift on Oct. 27 of 1946. According to an article written by Township Historian Joe Fagan, Laird was driving the squad car on that foggy evening when he and his partner were on patrol for a car which had possibly been involved in a robbery. In the fog Laird saw a car speeding at them and swerved to miss it, the squad car spun out of control and hit a utility pole killing Laird instantly.

With this anniversary in mind, Officer Pat Matullo of the West Orange police force arranged for a ceremony to honor Laird and all past and present police officers on the anniversary of Laird’s death in the line of duty. The work and materials for the line painting in West Orange was donated.

“I take great pride in our town’s history and have great respect for Laird’s sacrifice,” states Parisi.

The roads in Verona were painted on Oct. 25 and the paint for the lines was something the Public Works already had in stock and so came at no cost. Caldwell’s cost of materials and labor was minimal at $300.

All residents will be able to enjoy the memorial to these hard working first-responders as the line paint will last well after the winter. Although no plans have yet been made to repaint the lines after they fade most town officials agree that their support for their officers and emergency workers will not fade and see no reason why the lines will not be painted again.

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wonderful tradition in 2011. This year’s Walk is set for Sun., Dec.11, from noon to 4:30 p.m.

Generally five or six homes plus two historic sites are included in the tour. This year there are three houses in Essex Fells, two in Caldwell and one in West Caldwell.

Delight in the eclectic charms of five exceptional local homes, and two historic 19th century homes: Caldwell’s Grover Cleveland’s 1832 Birthplace; West Caldwell’s Zenas C. Crane 1854 House - all open with hosts available to answer questions.

Pine boughs, ribbons, aromas of the season, distinctive collections, and unique décor of homes filled with pride and respect for the structures, welcome in the

joyful holiday season .

Kiwanis offers a meeting place at Caldwell Flowerland where complimentary refreshments are served. Rockin’ Joe’s provides the coffee service, Shoprite donates 400 cookies and Foodtown donates paper products.

If participants present their tickets at the partnering restaurants and shops they’ll receive a discount. Participating businesses include Cloverleaf Restaurant, Forte, Somewhere in Time and Smith and Company.

For tickets call 973-226-5796 or email Kiwanis006@aol.com. Tickets will also be on sale at Caldwell Flowerland throughout the month of Nov. up to the day of the event.

Visceglia Gallery At Caldwell University Presents Exhibition

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he Visceglia Gallery at Caldwell University is proud to present the exhibition Melancholia through Nov. 17.

Artists Michael Amter, Andrew Baron, Greg Leshé and Richard Staub use diverse media including painting, video, and sculpture and drawing to examine melancholy on personal as well as cultural levels. This compelling exhibition is an argument for an art of interior reflection that explores and embraces such feelings as mourning, disappointment, anxiety, separation, isolation and unease.

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ty. Leshé is a sculptor, photographer, and installation artist who, for this exhibition, deals with issues of existential futility, depression and absurdity in his exploration of elegiac tree forms. Staub is a multi-threat artist who draws, sews, tapes, paints and otherwise constructs sculptures, drawings, collages and paintings of unease and sadness.

This exhibition raises provocative questions about the intersection of beauty and suffering. While the works in this show share a common thrust of difficulty and disquiet, they are executed with care and affection, wedding a depth of feeling and formal accomplishment that is both beautiful and inspiring.

This event is free and open to the public. Gallery hours are daily from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. For directions visit: http://www. caldwell.edu/gallery/visceglia-gallery-directions-map.

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reparing meals at home remains the least expensive way to eat. The budgeting resource Cheapism.com compared the costs of a classic chicken dinner — accounting for variables such as tip, food waste and family size — made at home and at a restaurant. The comparison determined that a home-cooked meal costs

as much as 60 percent less than a dinner out. A simple chicken dinner for one costs between $6 and $8 at home, takeout costs more than $13 and dining out costs more than $15. The rates of savings are similar when accounting for paying for a family of four.

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Motivation Sweetens The Recipe For Weight Loss

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By Cheryl Conway t a recent exercise class, a new member walked in at least half way into the start of class. No biggie, I was few minutes late myself. But when I noticed that she was exercising without any shoes on, I thought well now that’s motivation!

The instructor stopped class and ran out to her car thinking she had an extra pair in her trunk, as they happen to wear the same size, but realized they were no longer

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there. When asked where her shoes were, the member responded ‘I just couldn’t find them.’

Exercise and dieting go hand and hand, most trainers and fitness consultants would agree, when it comes to weight loss. But it is that third element that makes all the difference.

Like drinking coffee without cream and sugar, trying to lose weight without that key ingredient, motivation, it just does not mix well.

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esearching family history and genealogy can be an interesting project the entire family can enjoy. Thanks to the Internet and the various family history sites that have cropped up in recent years, it is now easier than ever for families to investigate their origins. Family genealogy projects may start as school assignments and grow into much more once the seed of curiosity has been planted.

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Web sites such as Ancestry.com and FamilySearch.com can assist individuals with following up on family journals or wordof-mouth stories passed on through generations. Tracing one particular branch of the family may be more manageable at the outset. Once that desire for information is sated, you can move on to different family members or even a spouse’s family history.

No matter what the goal, success is hard to achieve without that motivation. Some may give up their lunch hour to walk four miles every day. Others may give up something they love like eating dessert or drinking alcohol.

Some figure if they exercise everyday they will lose weight, but that is not always the case. Most individuals, once they reach that magical age of 45, need to push themselves even harder or add on even more exercise to their regular routine.

Instead of running four miles, run twice that day and try for six miles. One dad I know spent his free time running his kids around to activities. But he found his motivation when he jumped on that treadmill 11 p.m. at night to still squeeze in that run while others would probably be watching the news or hitting the hay.

Back to that woman at my class, as we were doing our squats, she looked at me with an expression of pain. The class was challenging. I looked at her and told her

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Toward the end of class, two other women came in to the building, not to exercise, but to set up for a funeral repass for a friend who just died. As they were arranging the tables and lining up the trays filled with delicious pastries as the sweet aroma of coffee filled the room, we were toning with our weights, doing sit ups on the mat and stretches at the end.

I was grateful and appreciative for that moment that I was able to be part of a group of women sharing in an exercise class bonded by the same goal of taking care of our most precious gift from God. We have one body and must be disciplined to take care of it no matter what it takes. Wearing athletic shoes does help of course, but if ‘by any means necessary’ is your motto, and that works for you, by all means, that is the way to go to lead you to a path toward better health and fitness.

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The CHS Chinese Club hosted the visitors at lunch and practiced their Chinese language skills.

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