Guitarist Continues to Inspire and Perform
By Evan Wechman
Denville’s renowned blues guitarist Toby Walker has played worldwide, but he always makes his way back to New Jersey. For decades, he has entertained music aficionados in the Garden State and even taught others in the area how to master the guitar.
Walker, who lived in Denville for about two decades, went to Asheville, North Carolina last year to join the emerging music scene. After playing in some small but intimate venues there, the hurricane hit, and he narrowly escaped unscathed. He fortunately got a flight to England where he toured the area with his unique brand of guitar playing.
Walker returned after a few months to the place he has always called home, Denville, New Jersey. For Walker, the area serves as a reminder of the good times he has had entertaining fans in the state. He can still recall when he was introduced to the guitar.
“I was nine, and I think my parents bought me this cheap little guitar and there was this preacher that lived in town, and he was showing me a couple of things, but they were kind of hard to play. And it was springtime and baseball season was coming, so I put the guitar in the closet, got my baseball mitt and I didn’t get serious about it until I was about 14. And when I was 14, I picked it up, and that was it. That was all I did,” Walker said.
Since that time, Walker has never ventured far from the guitar.
He plans on returning to the Morristown Unitarian Universalist Fellowship church to join friends at New Jerseys’ The Folk Project, an acoustic concert, and hopefully play some more dates throughout the tri-state area.
Walker loves to play great blues, folk, or rock songs and has reached levels others have only dreamed of attaining.
Not every local musician has had the great experience of playing with Jorma Kaukonen, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee from Hot Tuna and Jefferson Airplane. Walker helped teach aspiring guitar players at Kaukonen’s camp, the Fur Peace Ranch.
On Walker’s website (Toby Walker - Home), he shares a quote from the famous guitarist.
“Flat out…you have to hear this great musician…I’m blown away,” Kaukonen said.
Photo by Larry Sribnick, Denville
Praise like that can easily get to one’s head, but for Walker, it’s all about gratitude. He feels fortunate to have spent such quality time honing his skills and is humbled by what Kaukonen said.
“It’s really nice. It was flattering. Yeah, just to teach at Yorma’s guitar camp was a real honor, and to hang out and play with them a bit, to see some people that I grew up listening to, it was nice to be on the same stage with them or be in the same area teaching right along with them, that was pretty much a big thrill. “
Walker, who has also produced hundreds of instructional guitar videos, wants to continue to assist others in the community become better players.
Though he enjoys performing on stage, he also finds teaching extremely rewarding.
“When you’re playing on stage, you’re having an audience react to you, and then you, in turn, react to them. It keeps spiraling back and forth, whereas, when you’re teaching someone, you can see how much they’re passionate about it, and getting into it. But then years later, when you find out that they’re out there playing, or they’re out there teaching, and they attribute it to being inspired by you, it’s kind of nice to know you passed it on, and paid it forward a little bit, and it’s still being paid forward.”
By Steve Sears
MSean Wemmlinger Excels in His First Year of Morris Knolls Cross Country
orris Knolls High School junior, Sean Wemmlinger, thought about it during the fall 2023 Golden Eagles soccer season, and again last spring as a member of the school’s track and field team.
Was varsity cross-country running for him?
Wemmlinger said, “Over the summer, I was not really doing that many miles, because I was kind of between soccer and cross-country. It was kind of a toss-up still.”
And he continued to ponder it this summer when he increased his distance and bettered his times while running long distances. With a month of summer left, Wemmlinger start focusing on upping his mileage, first peaking at 20 miles, and then eventually up to 30.
The decision was made. He was ready for the fall the Morris Knolls cross-country season, and success.
Wemmlinger was the only Morris Knolls runner who ran at the November 16th NJSIAA XC Meet of Champions 2024 at Holmdel Park in Holmdel, where he finished the 5000-meter course run 23rd out of 159 runners with a time of 16:20. Wemmlinger’s time is a Morris Knolls’ record for the course, two seconds better than the 16:22
former Golden Eagles’ standout Luke Schagelin recorded as a senior in 2023. Also, when Wemmlinger qualified for the Meet of Champions on November 9, he finished fifth with a time of 16:23 in the Group 3 title race, which was also held at Holmdel Park. He therefore eventually not only set a new school record but also bettered his own time by three seconds in one week.
Needless to say, Wemmlinger’s future is a bright one.
Golden Eagles’ cross-country coach, Drew Reinhardt said, “The great thing that Sean has done is he really just takes it very seriously, and you can see the return that happens when you really show up and are that consistent. He does everything he is supposed to. One of our team mottos is ‘Consistency is key.’ There really is no single workout, and he has really bought into the fact that it is just showing up and doing the work that makes the difference.”
Wemmlinger’s goals for his senior season next fall are to return to Holmdel Park and finish in the top five at the Meet of Champions 2025, while also finishing the race at under 16:00.
“I definitely envision myself doing that,” Wemmlinger said.
Sean Wemmlinger (courtesy of the Wemmlinger family)
Religious School Style
Jersey Wellness Center Welcomes Dr. Danielle Isenberg
Join us in welcoming our new associate, Dr. Danielle Isenberg to our Denville office. Dr. Danielle was born and raised in Rockaway, New Jersey. She received her Doctorate of Chiropractic and Master’s Degree in Sports and Rehabilitation from Logan University.
She received her Bachelor’s Degree in Biology from Ramapo College, where she played four years of collegiate softball. Danielle enjoys coaching softball, exercising, and spending time with her family and her goldendoodle, Louie.
Inspired by her sports background, Dr. Danielle found her passion in healthcare and chiropractic. It was chiropractic care that got Dr. Danielle back on the softball field after an injury.
That transformative experience inspired her to give back to others and to help improve their quality of life through chiropractic care. We are thrilled to welcome her to our team.
Jersey Wellness Center, located at 25 Orchard Street, Suite 103, Denville, 973-625-7800 Office Direct, 973-627-6982 Fax, www. drjersey.com
Denville State of the Municipality Address 2025
Thank you. I hope everyone had a Happy Holiday Season and I wish you all a happy, healthy and prosperous New Year.
I’d like to thank Rabbi Dubinsky, for providing our invocation, Mackenzie Hagerty for singing our National Anthem and to our Town Crier Doug Gabel for calling the meeting to order.
Congratulations to Mark Venis for being appointed Council At Large, and to Chris Golinski being appointed Council President. I look forward to working with our new Council President. Thank you to former Council President Glenn Buie, who performed the Council President duties extremely well. I have enjoyed working with the entire Town Council. Each of the members brings a unique perspective and opinion into public policy discussion for the betterment of our community. This Council speaks their mind and votes their conscience, which demonstrates that when our elected officials work as a team, the people of Denville are served best.
The cardinal points of this administration have always included proactive flood mitigation, continued downtown economic revitalization, infrastructure upgrades, outstanding public health and safety measures, creative senior, recreational and social programs, and efficiency improvements, all while running the Township in the most cost-effective manner possible.
Flood Prevention
2024 was a year of challenges, accomplishments and preparation. During the past 11 years, the Township has worked with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the State of New Jersey to bring meaningful flood mitigation to our community.
The Army Corps identified 38 properties located in flood prone areas of our community that will be eligible for a combined $19 million in State and Federal funds to raise or
flood proof their properties. This process has been a test of patience and persistence. We anticipate meetings in early 2025 to finalize the details with the eligible property owners.
To facilitate the elevation of homes, the Town Council passed an ordinance that I signed into law that eliminates the need for property owners to seek approval from the local land use board if they are simply seeking to raise their existing home out of the flood plain. Furthermore, we were successful in having the Army Corps of Engineer agree to consider including other homes should any of the 38 identified choose not to voluntarily participate as long as the properties are located within the Army Corp’s defined geographic clusters.
Road Resurfacing & Sidewalks
We have applied for a $270,000 road paving grant for the southern end of Franklin Rd and should hear from them shortly. I will be asking the Council to allocate approximately $700,000 in funds for our road paving and streetscape programs. We anticipate providing our recommended road paving list to the Township Council prior to our January 28, 2025, budget hearing with the Engineer.
We have submitted a joint application with Rockaway Borough and received an award of $475,000, to install a sidewalk on Franklin Avenue from Route 46 in Rockaway to the existing sidewalk in Denville at the entrance of Morris Knolls High School. This is an important pedestrian safety project as so many of the Morris Knolls students walk from the High School to the food establishments on Route 46 at lunch or after school. This is a somewhat complicated project as it involves multiple jurisdictions and the grant funding rules. Funding will be requested in the 2025 budget for the Engineering design and construction period management of the project, which will be shared equally with Rockaway Borough.
Schoolhouse
The Township was successful in our application through Congresswoman Sherrill for direct Federal appropriation to renovate the historic 2-room schoolhouse at 501 Openaki Road. We were awarded a $1 million grant to restore the outside of the building to provide a visual appearance of roughly what it originally looked like, and to modernize the interior to create additional public meeting space for Library and Township programs, along with community meetings and events. The building was originally a school from 1908 to 1957, before being turned into the Board of Education Offices. In 1913, town meetings were held at the school before a referendum was held to separate Union Hill and Denville from Rockaway Township. We are currently working through the rather burdensome Federal grant requirements before we can go out to bid and construction can begin. I am somewhat reluctant to provide a time estimate as this is our first time working through this specific federal funding mechanism.
Fire Department
For over 82 years our Fire Department has handled all our First Aid calls 24 hours a day 7 days a week. That was until September 2021 when Denville was the last Morris County community that could make that claim. At that point it became obvious that it was just too much of a strain on the available daytime volunteers. The volunteers have continued providing us with first aid services along with a paid service from Morris County and Saint Clare’s Hospital. There were signs that an adjustment was needed this summer. Our Volunteer EMTs and EMRs were able to refine their hours of responsibility and instituted a duty night program that has exceeded our expectations
The Town Council and I are extremely proud that The Denville Volunteer Fire Department was able to maintain 24-7 volunteer first aid as long as they did and still has
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a motivated group of trained volunteers committed to supply some first aid service.
New volunteers have joined, and it is our hope that this will continue, and someday the Denville Fire Department can return First aid to full volunteer service to our community someday in the future. Anyone interested in being the ultimate volunteer for our community can go to the Main Street Firehouse on any Monday night. Police Department
Because of the state mandated affordable housing, we will be asking the Council to add an additional Police Officer in 2025 and
envision the need to increase the authorized compliment of sworn officers several more times in the coming years based upon the projected growth of our community.
In 2010, when the Police Station’s expansion was approved, no one could have imagined the influx of Class 3 Officers we now have working in our 8 Private and Public, Elementary and High Schools Buildings. Due to the many factors increasing the size of the department, we have begun to look at our options to potentially expand the existing floorplan. I don’t anticipate funding for an expansion to be included in the 2025 budget; however, I want you to know that in the coming years, this will eventually need to
be addressed.
Parks, Services and Programs
Our new turf field at Veterans Memorial Field is finished and being used by our youth sport programs. We have installed a set of new flag poles at Veterans Memorial Field to honor our nation’s active military and veteran members, of each branch of our military.
We have secured a New Jersey State grant of $70,000 to replace the playground at Den Brook Park. Demolition has occurred, the site is being prepared and the playground is currently being installed.
The Open Space & Trails Committee continues to expand its local trail network with construction completed on Phase 1 of the Knuth Walking Path, which will eventually create a ¾ mile hiking path around Knuth Fields. Our Phase II application was approved in October 2024, which will enable us to complete the project in 2025.
Library
The remodeling and new floors, fixture and furniture in our library have made significant improvements to our patron’s experience. Our Library Director Siobhan Koch and the Library Board adapt as society changes to provide an outstanding facility, many great activities and programs for our seniors, adults and children.
Affordable Housing
In 2021, Denville was one of the final municipalities in the entire State to settle our 3rd round of State-mandated affordable housing for the period of 2015-2025, due
to our efforts to reduce the number to as low as reasonably possible. Originally our 2015 Affordable Housing obligation was determined to be 1,786, with our final number being 196 units with 48 credits for an actual 148 Affordable units. We are entering the 4th round of the State’s Affordable Housing mandates for the period of 2025 - 2035.
A new law was passed which created a whole new process, completely different than any of the previous rounds. COAH, the Council on Affordable Housing, has been eliminated by State Legislature. And, unlike the 3rd round, the Courts are no longer involved in the assignment of affordable housing obligations. Instead, a statutory formula has been developed and a series of dates where municipalities are required to meet certain milestones. Missing any of the milestones, would potentially place Denville at risk of losing our immunity from “Builders Remedy Lawsuits.” In such a scenario, Denville would lose all control of decisions related to housing developments in our community. Under my leadership we have always remained in compliance in order to protect our immunity as we’ve seen the catastrophic impact of those municipalities who have lost their immunity.
On October 20, 2024, the DCA released its calculations for each municipality’s affordable housing obligations. They assigned Denville an obligation of 485 Affordable units for the 4th round. It is
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a formula-based calculation, and our professionals are reviewing the calculations to determine their accuracy. The next deadline will be January 31, 2025, in which municipalities are required to adopt a binding resolution accepting the State’s obligation or identifying miscalculations made by the State and identifying the correct number, based upon the statutory formula. Remarkably, even if a municipality is able to demonstrate it has no developable land, two of the three factors in the statutory formula would still assign a sizeable affordable housing obligation.
After reviewing all the fine print of the new 4th round affordable housing legislation, the formula utilized to calculate the municipal obligations is inherently unfair to municipalities such as Denville. The Town Council and I decided to join a bipartisan group of municipalities who were willing to take legal action. The crux of the argument is that the State identified 62 Qualified Urban Aid Municipalities (QUAMs) that are exempt from being assigned an affordable housing obligation. However, the formula used to determine Denville›s and other municipality›s 4th round obligation
is significantly inflated as the obligation which should be assigned to the QUAMs is not eliminated but instead spread out among the non-QUAM municipalities. Denville is one of the original 9 municipalities in the lawsuit which has increased to 26 communities.
On December 20th, Mercer County Superior Court Judge Robert Lougy heard the Municipalities argument on whether to “pause” the fourth round of statewide affordable housing deadlines to provide time for the court to review the matter. The Judge noted the urgency of a looming January 31, 2025, deadline for towns to adopt an affordable housing obligation number adding he planned to issue his decision on the motion to pause the new affordable housing deadlines by year’s end, describing the request as “not an ask of small consequence.”
Last Thursday we received news that Judge Lougy entered an Order denying our joint application to postpone the deadlines. Besides our adversaries at the Fair Share Housing Center, a coalition from the NJ Urban Mayor’s Association also intervened against our motion. This makes sense, as the group consists of many of the 62 Qualified Urban Aid
Municipalities (QUAMs) that were exempt from a new affordable housing obligation this round, which was the crux of our argument of the unfair nature of the legislation. It is likely the coalition of municipalities we joined will appeal Judge Lougy’s decision. However, the burden of proof is now much higher and the anticipated success of such an appeal is rather low.
Meanwhile, our plan remains the same. Just like we did in the first round, to fulfill our schedule legal requirements and to defend our calculations on every parcel of land as hard as can and for as long as we can. I would like to make it crystal clear that we are not opposed to Affordable Housing in our community. We all know seniors, young people still living with their parents, people with challenges, veterans or single parents that need help. We are not against new people of different races, creeds or cultures moving into our community. What we are against is the unrealistic obligations along with the high-density housing with no consideration being taken for the increased traffic on our roads, our water and sanitary sewer systems, the stress on
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our school system or the need to hire additional police and other municipal staff.
Our leaders in Trenton, The Governor, Senate President and Assembly Speaker are constantly pushing their Green Agenda. We live in the most densely populated state in the nation. The need for Affordable Housing exists but we should be looking to preserve the appropriate parcels of land that remains undeveloped and concentrate on redeveloping areas that every City, Town and Rural Village has that could use an overhaul or face lift. Our local State Elected Official understand our position and they have constantly voted to protect our communities. Nothing will change until the people who set the State agenda change.
Suffice to say, 2025 will be a busy year for Myself, the Township Council and our legal team and other professionals in our efforts to fight against the unrealistic obligations being proposed while still being mindful of our constitutional obligation so as not to ever lose our immunity to builder’s remedy lawsuits.
Our first mandated obligation is to accept the 485 Affordable Housing requirement we were assigned or submit the number of units we commit to by January 31st. At next week’s Council Workshop our Affordable Housing Attorney Ed Buzak and our Planner Jason Kasler will be in attendance to review the State’s calculations and our options. It is a public Meeting all are welcomed to attend.
Finance
The 2024 Municipal Budget approved by the Council authorized no borrowing of money or accumulating debt. From our review, this is the first time in 100 years that the municipal budget had no debt authorization. Although final preparations are still underway, Administration believes it will once again be able to propose a Budget to the Township Council in 2025 that does not create debt and will keep
Denville’s general fund on tract to be “debt free.” In fact, in 2025, we will make our final payment on our next to last permanent bond and will have only one permanent bond outstanding, which matures in 2029.
Employees’ salaries, health insurance costs, pension obligations and the cost of materials are constantly increasing and outpacing inflation. There are only a few ways to address this issue. We eliminate some services, we can cut our staff, thus reducing services, we can increase property tax, or we can increase ratables or the number of people who pay property tax.
Everything in Municipal Government takes balance. We all wish our property taxes were less, but we want our current high level of municipal services to continue. No one really likes seeing new houses or businesses being built but never think about how people felt when our home was built or the simple fact that a private property owner has a right to build on his land. The financial goal of this administration remains the same, which is to implement smart business practices and technology that can streamline efficiencies, pay less interest by reducing our debt, increase our open space inventory and avoid lawsuits by allowing practical development.
We have another smart business practice opportunity, we hope to be presenting to the Council a Resolution for a shared service agreement with Mountain Lakes, where we would provide their Animal Control. This would be added to our other Shared services agreements: Municipal Court with Mountain Lakes, Deputy Tax Assessor with Chatham, Health Officer and nursing services with Morris County and Town Hall space with the Denville Board of Education.
Conclusion
As I conclude my address, I respectfully request that the Town Council grant advice and consent to the resolution of the Mayoral and Administrative appointments. It includes
the re-appointment of our Chief Financial Officer, Jessica Falce, who has proven to be not only financially prudent and conservative but also a very good manager of her department.
Since becoming Mayor, I have been blessed to have a great team on the dais and on our staff. Over the next three years we have many plans and goals. We have a team that is up to the task of completing these projects, while keeping our tax rate low and remaining financially prudent.
I would like to thank the entire team of elected and appointed officials for working together.
I am very appreciative of our team of Department Managers, led by Administrator Steve Ward, Police Chief Frank Perna and DPW Director John Egbert and each of our employees who are all hard-working and dedicated professionals. I am grateful to our entire staff for the outstanding job they do every single day.
I would also like to express my sincere gratitude to our many volunteers for their hard work and dedication to our community. It is their commitment that enables us to provide services that we otherwise might not be able to afford.
We are very fortunate to have over 200 volunteers, and numerous active civic organizations who work well with our staff and support our Township. Clearly without them we would not be able to provide numerous quality services and the number of programs that we do.
Thank you for working together to make Denville the finest place to live, work, raise a family and retire. Thank you and may God continue to send his blessings to the people of Denville and may God bless the United States of America. Mayor Tom Andes January 7, 2025
See full State of the Municipality Address at https://www.denvillenj.gov/
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BLocal Writer Recalls Special Connection to Jimmy Carter
efore he was a writer for My Life Publications, a young Steve Sears had taken an interest in writing poetry.
“In the early to mid 1990s, I had developed an interest in poetry. In fact, one of my first professional published works were poems and reviews of poetry chapbooks.
An editor of a poetry magazine that I was fond of suggested supporting poets by buying their works, and Jimmy Carter had recently published a hardcover book of poems. I bought the book in read it, and loved his writings. After that, I thought I would write him a letter and did so, applauding his efforts while also sharing some of my poems,” Sears said.
After sending that letter to the former President, Sears didn’t think much of it. One day, a letter from the Carter Center in Atlanta showed up on his doorstep. Assuming it would be just a typed formal reply, Sears was surprised when he found a personal, hand written thank you note from Carter himself.
“The response I received was in an official Carter Center envelope, so when I removed the contents I figured it would be an official letter type written. What President Carter had done instead was taken the first page of my handwritten letter to him and written a return note on top. Needless to say, I loved
the return note, and the first thing I did was call my mom to let her know,” Sears recalls.
The note reads: cc Steven, Thanks for your very nice letter. I’m glad you liked the poems. Jimmy C. PS: I also like yours.
His mother, who was not a very political woman, had always liked Carter. Sears remembers her often telling him that she always thought Carter was down to earth and a kind man.
That letter served as a great source of inspiration for the then young writer.
“First of all, it is a unique correspondent with a United States President. Not many people can say they have something so special. Second, that note encouraged me to continue my young writing career at that time, which had included op-eds to a local newspaper and the previously mentioned publications in the poetry magazines. It is a very special thing to me,” Sears said.
For the Sears family, the love of books helped lead them to establishing a family library. The Dewey Decimal-coded library still houses Carter’s poetry book. Right near the library, in a frame sits Carter’s letter back to Steve.
“For years the letter sat next to my writing desk in a frame, but now it is behind my desk in that same frame. I often look at it when I turn to get something out of my inbox or
reach for a writer’s book for information and inspiration,” Sears says.
When news of Carter’s passing made its way to front pages around the world, Sears was struck with sadness. However, he knows how truly special it was that even just for a brief moment, Jimmy Carter knew who he
was. As Sears reflected on his passing, he’s grateful for that little letter.
“I will always have this wonderful reminder near my writing desk of what a wonderful human being he was, and how we both shared a love of writing.”
Steve Sears still has the book of Jimmy Carter’s poetry and a very special letter from Carter about his own poetry writings
By Richard Mabey Jr.
MWhat Is Mavacamten? And What Makes It So
avacamten is a relatively new pharmaceutical prescription drug that is used to treat Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy. Its brand name is known as Camzyos. What makes this prescription drug so controversial, is basically its price. One month’s supply of 30 oral tablets, is priced at a little over $8,600.00. I can imagine Andy and Opie trying to figure out how much that comes to for a year’s supply. And, Barney shouts from the backroom of the Courthouse, “that comes to $93,200!” And then Andy’s eyes open widely, while Opie says, “wow, Pa! That’s a lot of money, ain’t it?” And then Andy shakes his head, up and down, and says to his little son, “yes, son, it sure is!”
To get a basic understanding of just how Mavacamten works, in helping to relieve the symptoms of Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HCM), we need to take a quick look at what causes HCM. HCM is caused by a genetic mutation, mostly of the MYH7 Gene. Basically, one in 500 people have HCM.
I have HCM and I can tell you that it’s no Sunday picnic. I was first diagnosed about a year and a half ago. Sadly, in this past year, I have felt myself going downhill quite a bit. Even to walk around the block, which is about a quarter of a mile in length, I now get winded and sometimes experience severe chest pains. I have done extensive research on this pharmaceutical prescription drug. I have talked to quite a few Cardiologists and Pharmacists about Mavacamten. Their
common bond of seeing the drawback of Mavacamten, is that it is very expensive.
In this little article, it’s not my purpose to debate whether or not the high cost of Mavacamten is justified. I know that a lot of research money went into developing this prescription drug. My purpose, in writing this article, is to get the word out about Mavacamten. Presently, my Cardiologist is working on a way for me to be able to take this prescription tablet, at a more reasonable price.
The scientific explanation of what happens to the Left Ventricle of the heart in HCM, sounds like a conversation between Dr. Spock and Captain Kirk. Or better yet, like the four lads of “The Big Bang Theory” talking in their living room. So, here’s a basic outlook. HCM is a condition in which the heart muscle fibers become thickened. This results in the heart not being able to pump blood effectively. Essentially, the heart muscles harden and are not able to pump out blood effectively. HCM can also have a damaging effect upon the heart’s electrical system. Sudden death, from exertion, is not uncommon for people with HCM. Now, back to Mavacamten. This prescription drug targets the heart muscles, anatomically known at Sarcomeres. Mavacamten inhibits the excessive production of Myosin. This is a protein that contracts muscles. So, in inhibiting Myosin production in the heart, the heart slows down, during its contraction stage.
I know this is a most basic outlook of how Mavacamten works. But, from everything that I
have read and in talking to Cardiologists and Pharmacists, Mavacamten is generally preferred over Beta-Blockers. Again, it’s not my purpose to get into a debate over which prescription drug is more effective for HCM, but rather just to get the word out about Mavacamten.
I share this, with great respect. I was very surprised that my General Practitioner knew very little about Mavacamten, when I first started asking her about it. In defense of my Primary Doctor, she does see a lot of patients in a day’s time. And, I know that she really doesn’t have the time to read the dozen or so medical journals that she gets every month, from cover to cover.
Odds are that someone you know has HCM. They may be an acquaintance from work, a fellow member of your religious group, a neighbor, a relative, or an old friend. The bottom line about HCM is that there really is no complete cure. Yes, various pharmaceutical prescriptions can treat the symptoms. And yes, Pacemakers and Defibrillators can treat HCM symptoms. But the harsh, cold truth, is that HCM is a progressive disease of the heart, that eventually hardens that heart’s muscles to the point where the patient gets a stroke or suddenly dies. Mavacamten may be the missing piece of puzzle, to provide outstanding help to someone with HCM.
Based upon all the heart tests and procedures that I have had endured, in the past year and a half, I’ve had four Cardiologists tell me that I will probably pass away in my sleep,
relatively soon. One of my Cardiologists, told me that, based upon all the data from my heart procedures, that I have about two years to live. My present Cardiologist told me that my symptoms will worsen, relatively soon. He told me that if I avoid strenuous activity, avoid caffeine, get eight hours of sleep each night, and eat very healthy, it could be another four or five years before my symptoms become overwhelmingly debilitating.
I know I am saved by Christ and that I am going to Heaven, so I don’t worry about it. But, I do want to get the word out about lesser known treatments for HCM. And, since Mavacamten is relatively new (it was approved by the FDA in April of 2022) I do want to get the word out
The complex chemical formula for Mavacamten.
about it.
Life is not always fair.
But no matter what is happening in your life, be it losing your job, or the loss of a dear loved one, or getting a bad medical report, please know this. God loves you, more than you will ever know. And, a miracle may soon be knocking on your door. Richard Mabey Jr. is a freelance writer. He has had two books published. He hosts a YouTube Channel titled, “Richard Mabey Presents.” He can be reached at richardmabeyjr@gmail. com.
By Henry M. Holden
hat is
creamy, and sweet: Even the adjectives used to describe the substance are enough to make the
drool. You crave it. It melts in your mouth. It comes in different forms, cocoa powder, milk chocolate, bittersweet chocolate, and white chocolate.
Chocolate gifts have strong symbolic meanings such as love, passion, care, and a happy life. It is a simple gift that surprises us. Forest Gump even said, “Momma always said life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you’re gonna get.”
Every February 14, St. Valentine’s Day, chocolate lovers are drawn to the object of their desire. A box of chocolates is a customary gift on Valentine’s Day, and only the most puritanical among us could spurn this devilish offering. The confectionery
industry is indeed a significant player in the U.S. economy, providing jobs and supporting various related industries. It’s fascinating how something as delightful as candy can have such a substantial impact on employment and economic activity.
Here is the delicious sweet truth! According to the National Confectioners Association, Manufacturers of chocolate, candy, gum and mints directly employ nearly 58,000 people across the United States with almost 700,000 jobs supported in related industries, including agriculture, retail, transportation and more.
Altogether, the confectionery industry contributes more than $37 billion in retail sales to the U.S. economy each year and has at least one manufacturing facility in each of the fifty United States.
Almost $1.8 billion in sales, mostly chocolate
The Lure of Chocolate
kisses and hearts are made each February 14. It is third in sales with only Easter and Christmas beating it out. If you were to merge all the candy companies into one devoted to the sale of Valentine’s Day candy alone, it would carry a Fortune 500 ranking.
More than 70 million Hershey kisses chocolates are produced each day at the companies three factories.
For the Valentine’s Day demand, the Hershey company produces more than 8,000,000 pounds of kisses which at about 95 kisses per pound comes out to more than 750, million individual candies.
How did the love affair with chocolate begin? Chocolate is a food made from roasted and ground cocoa beans that can be a liquid, solid, or paste, or on its own as a flavoring in other foods. The cacao tree has been used as a source of food for at least 5,300 years, starting with the Mayo-Chinchipe culture (present-day Ecuador.) Later, Mesoamerican civilizations consumed cacao beverages and introduced it to Europe in the 16th century.
In the 1540s, an Aztec document containing a list of price equivalents designated the value of a tomato as one cacao bean, and an avocado was worth three. A “good turkey hen” was worth 100 “full” or 120 “shrunken” cacao beans. Since there are only about 60 cocoa beans
in one cocoa pod, this was a great sum of money.
In 1569, the new chocolate drink got its seal of approval from Pope Pius V, who proposed that people can drink chocolate on Fridays (and during Lent) and it would not break the fast, which was a normal thing to do at the time. This possibly happened because the Pope didn’t like chocolate and didn’t care if people consumed it or not.
Back in the 16th century- gold, silver, and precious stones were not the only loot that traveled back across the Atlantic as the Americas opened to European exploitation. One unforgettable treasure was a little brown bean that some natives of the warmer regions of the New World swore by: From the bean they made a bitter but palatable drink known in the Nahuatl tongue of the Aztec of Mexico as cacahuatl.
On Good Friday, in 1528, things were about to change in Mexico. A fleet of Spanish ships appeared off the coast of Mexico. Hernando Cortés disembarked his entire army of 500 helmeted, armor-clad men, with weapons that belched fire and thunder and hurled invisible and deadly missiles.
Emperor Montezuma II, was both amazed and almost paralyzed with fear. He believed the Aztec legend that the white conquistador had embodied the god of air, Quetzahcoatl
and was returning to earth to claim his throne.
Montezuma’s hesitation to neutralize this handful of Spanish adventurers was to lead to his downfall and the incredible conquest of his powerful empire.
As Montezuma dawdled indecisively, Cortéz began his march toward the capital, today’s Mexico City. Instead of leading his vast army into a precise campaign to overwhelm the few hundred invaders, Montezuma dispatched messengers to Cortés with gold, silver, and other treasures.
Satisfying the gods with such gifts and sometimes even human sacrifices was common in the Aztec culture. Montezuma hoped that the celestial invaders could be bought off and would go away. Cortés, however, fooled the Aztecs and simply accepted the emperor’s bribes, demanded more, and then continued his march.
The emperor’s ransom also included cacao beans.
Montezuma considered cacahuatl an nectar from the
gods; and too good for the common people. Indeed, the Aztecs, Mayans, and Toltecs before him valued chocolate so highly that they used the cacao beans as currency: caches of the beans were among the artifacts recovered from the grave sites of these civilizations.
Serving cacahuatl to the Spanish conquerors in great golden goblets, Montezuma also revealed to Cortés that it had a secret ingredient; he confided that he drank chocolate by the potful because it enhanced his sexual powers. For all its regal importance, however, Montezuma’s cacahuatl was not sweet, and the Spaniards did not find it to their taste. To make the concoction more agreeable, Cortés and his countrymen later sweetened it with sugar .
Cortés sent his newfound treasure back to King Carlos V of Spain, explaining its benefits more delicately than Montezuma had: “It is the divine drink that builds up resistance and fights continued on page 17
By Evan Wechman
ANJ Starz: Tracy Wolfson Hometown: Bergen County
s early as eight years old, Tracy Wolfson, the CBS reporter who received the Sports Emmy for Outstanding Sideline Reporter in 2024 knew she wanted to cover sports for a living. Despite the jokes from her elementary school friends at the time Wolfson has defied the odds.
In a male-dominated industry, this Bergen County mother of three has achieved what many thought was impossible. She can be seen almost every football Sunday, working with Jim Nantz and Tony Romo as the lead team on the CBS featured game of the week.
According to Wolfson, the road however has not been easy. Before she even set foot at the University of Michigan to study communications, she noticed how few female sports journalists were on the big networks. Undeterred, she quickly learned everything she could. She remembers watching female sports reporters on her television set in her parent’s house and feeling inspired.
“The first person I watched when I decided that that’s what I wanted to do, was on” NBA Inside Stuff.” I watched Willow Bay, and I loved her presence, and I loved the fact she was talking about sports, and that’s what I wanted to do. I want to talk sports for the rest of my life, “Wolfson said. “I watched a lot of her, and I watched a lot of Michelle Tafoya who was there when I was in college and even when I was a researcher at CBS, my first year, I was doing research for her. She was someone I looked up to. Bonnie Bernstein came before me a little bit but I was able to watch her my last semester (at the University of Michigan) and she has always been a mentor of mine. I was fortunate enough to work for the same company as her and she’s always been a role model for me. So, I just watched everyone to gain as much knowledge as possible.”
Wolfson loved sports but was unsure where she could practice being a reporter. It seemed like there were more oportunities for men, and she knew she would have to work every bit as hard as them, to obtain a big-time job in the field.
“It was kind of a long path for me to be honest. There weren’t many women in the field at that time. I didn’t know nyone in the business. I didn’t really have anyone to look up to and I didn’t have mentors. I just was able to watch those reporters back before me on TV. And so, I really got a lot of practice in my bedroom, watching a lot of sports, and trying to broadcast into a tape recorder at the time and just trying to get the feel of doing reports or play-by-play, whatever it might be following sports,” she said.
Her love of sports and dedication to the craft led to her big break at the University of Michigan. Wolfson loved the environment of Ann Arbor with its great combination of bigtime athletics and intense academics. However, working in the media was a highly sought-after career, and she wanted to get a leg up.
Though she didn’t have many contacts at college, she quickly formed solid relationships with the network professionals looking for interns. When she landed an
internship, Wolfson showed her versatility by being willing to work on any event that needed coverage, even if she wasn’t familiar with the sport. According to Wolfson, this separated her from the competition.
After college, she landed many jobs at various stations in the greater New York area. Network executives knew they could count on her to put in the time and research to learn the essentials of any event. In the late 1990s, she could even be seen on television broadcasting at lesser-known sporting events like auto racing and the rodeo.
“I didn’t know anything about the rodeo. I didn’t know much about car racing You’re thrown into the fire and have to be versatile and be willing to do anything. The same principles that go for preparing for the rodeo, an auto race, track and field, or tennis, you name it, it doesn’t matter. It’s just about preparation, research, asking questions, and preparing for that event. And so that’s kind of how I started and its allowed me to have longevity in the business. Especially with CBS where I presently work, they know they can throw me into any role and I can do it because I’m going to give as much effort into any event as I would a basketball or football game.”
This drive and willingness to pitch in helped Wolfson become a CBS Sports Reporter for SEC College football on Saturdays during the first half of her career. She was a key member of the CBS broadcasting crew with Verne Lundquist and Todd Blackledge. She received critical praise and was seen as an asset in the industry. However, as much as she loved the excitement of college football, Wolfson wanted to climb to even greater heights.
At the time, CBS wasn’t using as many sideline reporters during their football coverage and wasn’t carrying Thursday Night Football. Wolfson heard they might be interested in getting the rights to that game, and wanted to be on the sideline.
“I got the courage to ask my boss at the time and say, if we get Thursday night football, and you guys decide you want to use reporters again, I want the opportunity to do it. And that took a lot. I was feeling comfortable and doing well but I wanted to try this new opportunity and put myself out there. But I felt I was ready. I already had my third kid. I was starting to feel like I was growing out from the college environment, and I wanted another challenge, and I knew if I didn’t get the opportunity, they might go to someone else and I would never get that chance. And so that was for me, a defining moment in my career.”
Wolfson’s boss said yes, and her career has since taken off. She is not only working prime-time football and basketball games but also serves as a panelist on CBS Sports “WE Need to Talk,”, the first nationally televised all-female sports show. Through it all, Wolfson has been active in many philanthropies and has also mentored young journalists.
She has volunteered her time and money to help the March of Dimes, her local Jewish Community Center, and advocate for greater diabetes research. According to Wolfson, she wants to show her children that there is an
opportunity to help those who are less fortunate. This has become an active theme in her household as her son Dylan, a University of Michigan undergraduate has helped students in underserved areas get lacrosse equipment. He has also donated his time by giving free lessons to them as well.
Wolfson also finds time during the summer to speak with aspiring broadcasters from her alma mater to give them advice and direction.
For Wolfson, giving back seems as natural as reporting on the sidelines. However, during her career, she has seen a shift in the perception of female journalists.
She recalls an ex-boss who told her she couldn’t know as much about sports as her male co-workers. This occurred early in her career, and Wolfson thinks such an outdated mentality is rare today. Still, she claims the incident motivated her to prove the naysayers wrong.
Wolfson has lasted in this business due to her knowledge, persistence, and willingness to tackle new roles. She hopes she serves as an example to the next generation of female journalists and has helped erase any misconceptions about females in sports. She believes it comes down to doing the job.
“If you know your stuff, go out there with confidence, and present yourself well then you won’t draw attention to the fact that hey, I’m a woman. Just do your job, and you’ll be fine. And I think I’ve seen over the years, more and more women in this business do such a good job because they do hold themselves that way. They hold themselves accountable. They know their stuff. They’re very strong,” Wolfson said.
Wolfson can laugh now when she looks back at all her friends from elementary school who teased her about her hopes of working in a male-dominated industry. She said that when she runs into her old friends today, they tell her how proud they are that she stuck to her dreams.
She also is not scared of losing her job to the next group of female journalists. Rather, she wants to help pass the torch.
“There’s competition out there but I’m not worried about that. I want to pave the way for the next generation of incredible reporters out there.”
Phot credit: Wajmah Strange, CBS
By Richard Mabey Jr.
TOn Eagle’s Wings, Chapter 2: The Goddess
his is the second condensed chapter of the book that I am presently writing, about my journey to earn scouting’s highest rank, Eagle Scout. This is a true story. Each and every one of us hold a destiny, a purpose, a certain knowingness of our purpose in life. It may be buried deep within the fiber and sinew of the chambers of the heart, but from time to time, God reveals glimpses of the purpose of which He gave the precious gift of life to us. And, in line with that perspective, there are people who come into our lives, beyond coincidence, who become a wonderful friend and guide to help us in our pursuit of our Divine purpose in life.
In early September of 1969, I had just turned 16 and was beginning my junior year at Boonton High School. That Saturday morning, when I walked into the foyer of the Paterson YMCA, all alone, I had no idea I was about to meet a person who would dramatically change my life for the better. Mom had driven me to the big city YMCA, for the purpose of my beginning to take swimming lessons at their indoor pool. A fire burnt in my heart, to earn the Swimming Merit Badge, to become an Eagle Scout.
I remember I was all so nervous. I walked the long hallways to the room where the indoor pool was located. I remember it like it was yesterday. I opened the door to the pool room, and there sat this very beautiful young woman, on a chair beside the pool. When I entered the room, this beautiful goddess came over to greet me and introduce herself.
Lisa smiled as she shook my hand and introduced herself. Lisa was to be my swimming teacher. Amazingly, the other two boys, who were scheduled for her swimming class never showed up. Lisa had just begun her junior year at Paterson
State College (now known as William Paterson University). She had long brown hair. Simply put, I fell in love with her, the moment I first saw her.
I remember that Lisa was incredibly patient with me. She taught me the proper arm and leg movements needed to become a good swimmer. She had a most gentle voice, but at the same time, held a certain degree of authority when she spoke. Every Saturday morning, for three months, we would meet at the indoor swimming pool at the Paterson YMCA.
Lisa was so unlike the girls I knew at school. She had a certain inner confidence, compassion flowed through her veins and an abounding kindness abided in her heart. I think that Lisa saw something in me. She was fully aware of the flame that burnt in my heart, to become a good swimmer. I remember Lisa once told me that I was the best swimming student that she had ever taught. Not that I was a great swimmer, that was far from the case, but rather that I was so very sincere and earnest in my quest to become a good swimmer.
About a month into our swimming lessons, my heart broke when Lisa’s boyfriend came into the pool room, to pick up Lisa. Lisa scolded him for interrupting her class with me. He sulked as he departed the pool room. I confess, I actually felt sorry for her puppy dog boyfriend. For as kind as Lisa could be, she could also be all so very stern.
In early December of 1969, I convinced Lisa to sign up to become an official Swimming Merit Badge Counselor. Lisa proudly signed the paperwork for my Swimming Merit Badge. It was a moment that was all so near and dear to my heart.
From time to time, I think of Lisa. I pray she is alive and well. One of my deepest regrets is that I did not invite Lisa to
my Eagle Scout Dinner. It was just one of those things. I don’t think I would have earned scouting’s highest rank, without Lisa’s helping hand. I am convinced, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that God brought Lisa in my life to help me along my rocky road to become an Eagle Scout.
But now, after earning the Swimming Merit Badge, a new challenge awaited me. And that big challenge was to earn the difficult Lifesaving Merit Badge.
Lisa, if you’re reading this story, thank you for all your help.
To be continued.
Richard Mabey Jr. is a freelance writer. He has had two books published. He hosts a YouTube Channel titled, “Richard Mabey Presents.” He can be reached at richardmabeyjr@ gmail.com.
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fatigue.”
This delightful plunder entranced the nobility: They became so possessive of it that they kept its existence a secret from outsiders for nearly 100 years. Spanish monks eventually spilled the beans-so-tospeak and the secret was out. It was not long before chocolate gained acclaim throughout Europe as a delicious, health-giving food. Even when the rest of Europe discovered chocolate, it remained for many years the prerogative of the wealthy and influential.
Around 1657, chocolate spread across the English Channel to Britain. And by 1765, chocolate completed the circle from New World to Old and back again, Today we credit Thomas Jefferson with opening the first chocolate factory, in Massachusetts Bay.
In 1828, a Dutchman named Van Houton discovered how to press the fat cocoa butterout of chocolate. This was a breakthrough in chocolate’s development, and it yielded some important byproducts as well: Cocoa butter is now used in soaps, cosmetics, and suntan oils. Van Houton also discovered hot cocoa when he mixed the powder that remained after he had pressed out the fat with water. In 1850, he added sugar and cocoa butter paste to ground beans, creating a sweet form of the substance. Twenty-five years later, the Swiss developed the first version of milk chocolate, and Henry Nestle improved on it by using condensed milk.
But the man who really made America fall in love with chocolate was Milton Hershey, who developed the old Valentine standby, Hershey’s Kisses.
Today, a city has been virtually built on one Kiss at a time. Hershey, Pennsylvania is home: to the world’s largest chocolate factory. It covers more than 18 acres. Hershey started out in 1900 with a caramel factory in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. He sold it in 1903 for $1 million and built a chocolate factory in the middle of a cornfield.
In his laboratory, Hershey developed his own process for making chocolate using fresh whole milk. As his product caught on
and he proceeded to build a city of homes and schools around his factory.
Milton Hershey did what Henry Ford did for the automobile: Hershey developed the machinery that made mass-produced chocolate, and suddenly the sweet confection was affordable to everyone.
One manufacturer of dark chocolate, Ghirardelli, has added sixty percent cacao to its chocolate to two-inch squares. Other variations of the small square snacks include white chocolate sugar cookies, and milk chocolate caramel.
Dark chocolate contains several compounds that possess antioxidant properties such as flavonoids and polyphenols. Antioxidants neutralize free radicals and prevent oxidation stress. This stress contributes to the natural aging process. Some scientists, over time, believe the effects of oxidation stress may also contribute to the development of variety of diseases such as, diabetes, Parkinson’s disease, Alzheimer’s disease, and cancer. Regularly eating dark chocolate may help reduce a person’s likelihood of developing heart disease. Some of the compounds in dark chocolate, specifically flavonoids affect two major risk factors heart disease, and high blood pressure.
Flavonoids in dark chocolate stimulate nitric oxide production in the body. Nitric oxide causes blood vessels to dilate for wider use, which improves blood flow and may lower blood pressure.
While the taste alone is reason enough to give chocolate on Valentine’s Day, there is another attribute you might want to consider: The candy may make the recipient more romantic. Montezuma wasn’t too far off the mark. An analysis of chocolate shows it contains small amounts of phenylethylamine, a chemical produced naturally in the brain, that some scientists believe increases when people fall in love. Chocolate as an aphrodisiac? Try some and you be the judge.
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Did You Know?
Black History Month has a lengthy history that dates back more than a century. According to History.com, historian Carter G. Woodson and minister Jesse E. Moorland founded the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History (ASNLH) in September 1915. Promoting the achievements of Black Americans was among the various missions of the ASNLH. One of the ways the ASNLH sought to achieve that mission was through the establishment of Negro History Week in 1926. Organizers chose the second week of
February for the event because that week happened to be when Abraham Lincoln (1809) and Frederick Douglass (1818) were born. Lincoln and Douglass played pivotal roles in the abolition of slavery in the United States. After the establishment of Negro History Week in 1926, more and more cities began to celebrate it. History. com notes that by the 1960s Negro History Week had evolved into Black History Month on college campuses, eventually leading to formal recognition of the event by American president Gerald Ford in 1976.
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