Denville Life June 24

The Dillon Garrity Foundation Looks to Help Families Struggling with Addiction

By Evan Wechman

On April 17th, 2023, Dillon Garrity, a 2011 Morris Knolls graduate passed away from the disease of addiction. Garrity, who grew up in Denville and was an ice hockey star for his high school, was loved by many. He enjoyed helping people, playing guitar for his friends, and always managed to put a smile on peoples’ faces.

He also was going to marry the love of his life, Genevieve Sheeran in the summer, and he adored their son. He was only 30 years old when he died and had a great future ahead of him.

His fiancé’s life was immediately turned upside down as she lost her future husband, the father to her child, and her best friend.

According to Sheeran, “Dillon had a really big heart. He was an amazing dad. Unfortunately, he only got to do that for 18 months. He wanted to do the right thing and unfortunately, he couldn’t overcome this. Even though he struggled day to day with the disease, he still made everybody around him happy and feeling good. A lot of people who struggle don’t feel good about themselves and I think it’s such a testament to him that he was able to make other people feel good.”

Since Sheeran wanted to address the disease of addiction in Morris County, she poured all her free time into creating The Dillon Garrity Foundation. This non-profit was formed a few months ago with the goal of making sure other families didn’t have to go through the same pain as she had.

Sheeran says her main goal is to reduce stigma so people who are suffering from addiction will be able to ask for help.

“I think there’s a connotation with addiction in general that nobody really wants to talk about it. They’re embarrassed or ashamed and what I was trying to get across with my website for Dillon was to explain who he was as a person. There’re people who have friends and have a family that are really great people and still doing a lot of the right things, but still struggle. And some of these people we would never even think are addicts, and this can still happen to people.”

Some of the things Sheeran is hoping to achieve in the next year include reaching more students by speaking in the local schools, as well as ensuring all families have Narcan in their home. She is also hoping more affordable services are available to families going through this terrible ordeal.

Sheeran is also adamant about the dangers of fentanyl in America. For her, she is concentrating right now on Morris County, where the problem is prevalent as well. According to her, many people think they are just taking a small dose of drugs, but when it is laced unknowingly with fentanyl, it is poison.

This past May 7th was National Fentanyl Awareness Day and Sheeran was busy instructing people how to use Narcan

and passing out Fentanyl test strips too. Sheeran is also not shy in letting people in the community know that just 2mg of Fentanyl is enough to kill someone. Fentanyl is the number one cause of death in men aged 18-45 in our nation.

Sheeran’s passion about helping others fight the disease has already helped raise funds to combat addiction, and let others know there are support systems in place to lend a helping hand.

“There’s always somebody there for support. I think that’s the biggest thing for anybody who is struggling is to find support. I don’t want people to feel like they’re alone because this happens to a lot of families. I felt alone when it was happening to me but I’m not alone. I’ve learned that just by doing this.”

If people want to support the Dillon Garrity Foundation, they can visit Our Mission - Dillon Garrity Foundation

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Academy for Global Commerce Students Placed First in National Business Plan Competition

Six Students in the Academy for Global Commerce showcased their entrepreneurial skills and innovative ideas leading them to emerge as the National Champions in the National Business Plan Competition for their company, elevATE, in the Virtual Enterprises International course.

Garv Desai, Alexa Jativa, Ashwin Kathiresan, Haley Kosovitz, Priya Savani, Michelle Tripetsky worked together to determine their product, developed and executed a marketing strategy, participated in trade shows, engaged in online selling via their website, prepared and analyzed financial results, to run their company virtually in a network with other high schools worldwide.

Their company, elevATE, is a dietary-friendly inclusive and convenient lunch subscription box company whose delicious crATEs cater to all dietary needs and preferences. The 6 students who prepared and presented the business plan placed 1st for the national competition out of over 430 teams nationwide.

The competition not only provided a platform for students to showcase their business acumen but also fostered their creativity, critical thinking, and entrepreneurial spirit among the next generation of leaders.

Virtual Enterprises International (VE) offers students across the United States a program that provides authentic business experiences in the classroom. Through starting and managing businesses connected by a simulated banking system, students develop business acumen, financial literacy, an entrepreneurial mindset, and life-long skills valued by colleges and employers.

The Academy for Global Commerce, located at the Morris County School of Technology in Denville, focuses on Finance or Supply Chain Management, with all Academy students

Joey Bella Memorial Fund July 2024 Events

Band Beer Beefsteak will take place on Saturday, July 27 under the tent at Gardner Field in Denville. Enjoy an all-you-can eat beefsteak dinner along with 16+ microbrews. Entertainment will be provided by The Benjamins. Tickets are now on sale online at https:// givebutter.com/jbmfbbb.

The Tricky Tray will be held on Friday, July 26 also under the tent at Gardner Field. Doors open at 6:00pm and calling begins promptly at 8:00 pm. Admission is $15 per person in advance, $20 at the event, and includes one sheet of tickets and light refreshments. Tickets are now on sale at https:// givebutter.com/jbmftrickytray. No one under 18 years of age will be admitted and no infants are permitted. For more information regarding these events, please visit our website www.joeybella.org.

All proceeds from the Joey Bella Memorial Fund events will be used to provide financial assistance for medical care and associated expenses for families with children in Denville and contiguous communities affected by catastrophic illness. JBMF is a 501c3 organization.

having exposure to the foundations of both, as well as the foundations of general business. The Finance concentration includes how to plan, manage and analyze the financial and monetary aspects and performance of business enterprises, banking institutions, or other organizations. Supply Chain Management includes developing the knowledge and management skills necessary to build and maintain an effective supply chain. This track includes, but is not limited to, instruction in project management, business decisionmaking, logistics, business ethics, continuous improvement strategies, sustainability, and creating and maintaining business relationships. In today’s world, commerce is inherently global; connected to and dependent upon international supply chains and financial institutions.

Morris County Vocational School District offers a wide range of career and technical education programs that inspire and prepare students to succeed in today’s world and pursue tomorrow’s opportunities. Programs range from auto service and construction trades to healthcare sciences, global commerce, performing arts and cybersecurity. The high school offers full-time academies and share-time programs on its Denville campus. In addition, through collaboration with local school districts and the County College of Morris, it offers full-time academies and sharetime programs established at off-site satellite locations. To learn more, email Gina DiDomenico, MCVSD Student Recruitment & Community Relations, at didomenicog@ mcvts.org or visit www.mcvts.org.

Morris Knolls High School Concludes First School Year of eSports Gaming

By Steve Sears

For the 2023 – 24 school year, Morris Knolls High School competed for the first time ever in eSports gaming.

The club kicked off in the fall of 2023, and also has winter and spring seasons where it competes against schools throughout the state. Morris Knolls has three eSports coaches: Rob Moore, who is the fall season coach, and Tom Stief and Dan Mortensen. All three are Business teachers at the school and coach traditional sports as well.

Moore said of the club that numbers as high as 12 per week, “It meets Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday after school. They have practice days, and then they also have competition days, as we compete in the Garden State eSports League. It consists of competing and playing different video games.”

Garden State eSports each season selects the sports (or video games) that the teams will compete in, and the 2023 – 24 school year games were Rocket League, Valorent, and Overwatch.

Keith Bigora, who has been Morris Hills

School District Supervisor of Career and Technical Education (CTE) for seven years, said the school district had seen an increase in interest in eSports throughout New Jersey, including Morris Knolls students.

A conversation about starting a club was initiated last spring.

Bigora said, “Several of our students were asking about it just because they have seen it at other schools. As we began to do some research and were looking at Garden State eSports, you could just see how many schools in the state had already adopted it. We wanted to make sure that we were not behind the curve, but on top of the curve or ahead of the curve.”

One of the reasons Morris Knolls elected to go with Garden State eSports was to give the students an opportunity to connect with each other after school.

Bigora explained. “They are coming to a common place to socialize and learn some of those soft skills for work that they would not be doing if they were just going home and logging on at 6 p.m. to compete. So,

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eSports gaming at Morris Knolls High School. Pictured are Gianluca Nese, Romanie Patterson, Eva Shermon, Brian Caggiano (courtesy of Keith Bigora)

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Garden State eSports really kind of fostered that mentality of giving the students an opportunity to connect in a common location after school.”

And e-Sports is also becoming a very lucrative business. Scholarship money is available, and there are also broadcasting and marketing sides of it. Bigora added, “If they (students) are good, and they want to pursue something, we want to make sure that we’re giving them the opportunity to present themselves well in that next step.”

As time has progressed and the Morris

Knolls eSports gaming club has competed against other teams in the state, their performance has improved, as has the overall experience.

Moore said, “They are getting better with each opportunity, each match. And when I talk with the kids here in the spring, you can tell they are more confident with whom they are playing with and how they are playing. We have had a couple of wins this spring, which has been great. They seem to be enjoying it more and more every day.”

Help Keep Lights On and Doors Open at Shelter

By Cheryl Conway

Women and children victimized by abuse have turned to Strengthen

Our Sisters in Passaic County for the past 55 years, but with mounting challenges both financial and regulatory, the shelter’s mission of providing a safe sanctuary is in jeopardy.

SOS had seven houses, a day care, food pantry and thrift store but with recent hurdles was forced to close one of its main houses. A few months ago, the final closure sale of The Cathy House in Wanaque went through forcing seven of its residents to relocate to the main house in West Milford.

“The Cathy House in Wanaque needed extensive repairs after a recent storm,” says SOS Founder and Executive Director Sandra Ramos. “There was damage that we were unable to repair over the years. We also needed the money for utilities, insurance, and repairs on other houses.”

SOS got $250K for the sale of The Cathy House. The money was used to keep the other six houses afloat for now.

“It was used to pay down the mortgage of the other houses,” says Ramos. She fears the other houses are at risk. “I started this 55 years ago and I’ve have been struggling to take people that no one else would take,” explains Ramos. “All monies go to directly provide the needs of the people. I don’t earn a salary and even when I did it was nominal. I was a professor and much of what I receive these days comes from that. The people that make the rules live in a different reality. They can imagine how difficult it is for those who struggle for a safe place to sleep.”

Lack of money and support, as well as state laws have become a thorn in SOS’s side.

“The state is not giving us our voucher money because we don’t have paid staff, and they asked that we make repairs (which were done),” says Ramos. “With the support of former Senator Gerald Cardinale, we were able to have volunteer staff that were board members. They also

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Denville/Rockaway: Woman’s Club Announces New Leadership

The GFWC Woman’s Club of the Denville-Rockaway Area is pleased to announce that a member of their club, Barbara McCloskey, of Rockaway, NJ. Has been elected as the 59th President of the New Jersey State Federation of Women’s Clubs (NJSFWC), the largest volunteer women’s organization in the state, She has been a member of the NJSFWC since 1987 and is also a member of the GFWC Woman’s Club of Boonton, The Past President’s Club of the Highlands District, and the Phoenix Club.

Barbara was employed for 18 years as the Membership & Outreach Manager for the Land Conservancy of New Jersey, where she coordinated one-day stewardship projects with corporate volunteers and managed their community garden.

Her goal for the next two years is to work closely with local clubs to develop potential leaders, and promote the benefits of the NJSFWC to their clubs.

Barbara states, “I am honored to lead an organization that I have been a part of for 37 years. The 6,000 women across the state are committed to community service and supporting those less fortunate. I look forward to leading our clubs as we continue to increase membership, supporting great causes, and creating lasting friendships.” McCloskey’s administration runs until May of 2026 and will support the New Jersey Children’s Alliance (NJCA) as their Special State Project. NJCA promotes hope, healing

and justice for victims of child abuse throughout New Jersey by supporting Child Advocacy Centers with training, resources, advocacy, and leadership.

Also joining Barbara on the Board of Directors as NJSFWC Corresponding Secretary is Nancy Levy, also from Rockaway, NJ. Nancy is a member of the Woman’s Club of the Denville/Rockaway Area club and has been a member of the State Federation for 37 years, initially joining the Denville-Rockaway Junior Woman’s Club. She has served on the NJSFWC board of directors in a variety of positions.

The New Jersey State Federations of Women’s Clubs (NJSFWC), a volunteer community service organization, was founded in 1894 and is headquartered on the Douglass Residential College campus in New Brunswick, NJ. The NJSFWC founded the New Jersey College for Women in 1918.

In 2023, the organization, reported almost 63,476 community service projects involving over 632,368 volunteer hours and $3.6 million in cash and in- kind donations. The NJSFWC is a member of the General Federation of Women’s Clubs (GFWC), which is headquartered in Washington, DC, and is the largest and oldest women’s volunteer community service organization in the world.

For more information about the NJSFWC and/or membership in a local club, call 732-249-5474 or visit www.njsfwc.org

By Evan Wechman

TMorris County Welcomes Israeli Survivors

he October 7th attack in Israel by Hamas has had a terrible effect on Jews all over the world. Not only did many Israelis lose loved ones, but it has fueled antisemitism both abroad and in the United States.

This tragedy has brought about significant acts of valor from Israeli natives in temples and community halls throughout the state.

This is due to the newly formed organization, The Faces of October Seventh. It was formed by Dar Halevy Feldman who

was in Israel during the horrific attack. She has been mainly in Morris County the last few weeks, educating the public about her experience.

Feldman, who has been a director of Hillel at several universities in California, has seen firsthand the acts of hatred towards her community both here and in Israel.

She is not surprised by the wave of antisemitism that has been moving across college campuses.

“Antisemitism has been in the universities for a while now. All the misinformation that

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As the leader for The Faces of October Seventh, she is hoping to educate both Jews and others about the hate they have been receiving.

“I was in Israel October 7th, and it was very scary, and October 8th was scary as well because the reaction of the world was terrible,” Feldman says. “I was worried and felt like I had to do something.”

Feldman took the initiative of forming her organization which is comprised of Israeli volunteers who have brought approximately 14 survivors of that horrible night to speak to Americans about their experience.

“While I was running in the field, my mom called me, asked me who I am with, and when I said I was alone, she starts screaming like any Jewish mom, so I hung up,” Dvir says.

However, as much as she can use humor to alleviate the pain, she is fully aware of her near-death experience.

“At some point when I was hiding in the tree for like 30 minutes, there was a moment of silence. For a full minute, the automatic gun shuts stopped. It was super weird because it hadn’t stopped since they attacked us two hours ago. I thought they killed everyone.,” Dvir says.

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One of the more prominent speakers is Daniel Dvir who has spoken at dozens of synagogues such as the Chabad of Morristown. The temple welcomed Dvir with open arms as she spoke about attending the concert with friends and then, fortunately, surviving the atrocities of that evening.

Dvir, who has lost loved ones from that night, continues to display strength, courage, and even humor to help her deal with the trauma.

She can talk about parts of her escape from Hamas which bonds her instantly to fellow Jews in America.

Such honesty has brought change for non-Jews as well. According to Feldman, after one of the receptions recently, a woman admitted her parents had raised her to hate Jewish people. She was even taught the Holocaust never happened.

However, from listening to Dvir, she said she understands the truth now and is happy she has finally been educated.

If anyone is interested in speaking, hosting a talk, or can provide much needed funds for the organization to travel the country to speak to others, please visit https://www.gofundme.com/f/faces-ofoctober-7th

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have a problem with the fact that we keep people for longer than 90 days, but they have nowhere else to go. Apartments are very expensive, those that have section 8 have a hard time finding places that are willing to accept it. There are also extensive waiting lists.”

Ramos has not given up and continues to seek support.

“Our dedication to serving our community knows no bounds, but we find ourselves at a crossroads,” says Ramos.

“Without the necessary funds to cover electricity costs, we face the difficult decision of potentially having to sell our properties. However, this raises the crucial question: Where will the individuals we currently serve, and those who will seek our assistance in the future, turn?

“I have tried to get publicity, we write grants, we received a recent $30k from ‘Metallica’, and other donors we received $10k and $20k,” says Ramos.

She is seeking people who would donate their time to make repairs on the remaining houses, as well as any monetary

assistance to go toward utilities, and of course, any legal assistance.

“I need a lawyer to challenge what the state is doing, which is illegal,” claims Ramos. “They say we are the only ones taking people in wheelchairs and walkers, they don’t respond to our calls.

“I have written the Governor repeatedly,” adds Ramos. “Holly Schepisi has been helpful but I’m still waiting for her to call me back.”

Those willing to contribute to help women and children who are abused with no place to go, can send a check to P.O. Box 1089 Hewitt, NJ 07421; or contribute to GoFundMe at https://www.gofundme. com/manage/stop-the-shutoff-notice Email Ramos at info@ strengthenoursisters.org

SOS is a grassroots, community based, nonprofit, 177- bed shelter program serving battered/homeless women and children. Its mission is dedicated to breaking the cycle of domestic violence, poverty, and abuse by restoring balance and harmony through individual empowerment.

By Richard Mabey Jr.

It was the dawn of June of 1972. My college final exams were coming upon me. I was just finishing up my freshman year at County College of Morris. My beloved girlfriend, Penny Lancaster, had most recently told me that she was planning on attending Rutgers University in September. Originally, Penny had planned on attending CCM, so that we could see each other more often. Penny was a kind, sweet, thoughtful, intelligent young woman. We had begun dating in the beginning of my senior year at Boonton High School. It all weighed heavily upon my mind.

In addition to attending classes at CCM, I also worked at the A&P in Whippany. It was a Saturday afternoon in early June and I was scheduled to work the night crew from 11 o’clock at night till seven in the morning. Dad and I were working at his workbench in the basement of the old Mabey Homestead. I think that we were building a birdhouse. I am 90 percent sure that is the project we were working on. I had planned on taking a nap at about four that afternoon, before driving off to the old A&P.

As we were cutting pieces of plywood, I remember that we heard the meowing of a cat. I remember this like it was yesterday, and not over 50 years ago. As soon as Dad heard the call of this cat, who was now sitting at the open doorway of the cellar, he looked at his watch.

“Three o’clock. My little friend’s just on time,” Dad said with a certain joyful glee in his voice.

Then I remember Dad walked over to the old bookcase that stood against the cellar wall, opposite of Dad’s workbench. Dad walked over to the old bookcase that was filled with canned goods. He took a little can of sardines and opened it up, and walked over to the cute little gray cat, still

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meowing to my dear father.

On a little table, beside the cellar door, Dad scooped out the sardines onto a little bowl that he had on a shelf by the cellar door. He put the sardine-filled bowl down in front of the adorable little cat.

“Here you go, my little friend,” I remember Dad saying to this cute little gray cat.

A smile filled my father’s face as he watched the little cat eat the sardines. It was a side of my dear old Dad that I had never quite seen before. After the little cat ate all of the sardines, Dad petted him on the head. The dear little cat moved one of his little paws upon Dad’s hand, as if to say thank you to my father for giving him such a special supper. The little cat then came into the cellar and walked around as if he owned the place.

It’s funny. In that little moment of time, my worries about my upcoming final exams, my anxieties about dealing with my less than kind coworker at the A&P, and my concerns for Penny going to Rutgers, all seemed to melt away.

Dad returned to his workbench. We worked some more on our birdhouse project. About four o’clock, Dad told me that I should go upstairs and get some sleep before I went to work that night. And, I did just that.

I remember that my sister and I bought my father a brand new jigsaw for Father’s Day that year. We had both been saving up for quite a while.

Now at 70 and fighting a serious heart condition, I look back at that Saturday afternoon, with both joy and sadness. A big part of me wants to go back in time, to return to that early June Saturday of 1972 and have just a half-hour to spend with my dear father, at his old rugged basement workbench. But my time machine is broken.

My father served as Scoutmaster of Boy Scout Troop 170 for 30 years. He was a certified Lay Leader of the Methodist Church. For over a decade, he taught God and Country classes at the First Reformed Church of Lincoln Park. In his job, as a long-distance truck driver, he brought New York City their big, tall Christmas Tree, for over 25 years. Most of the time, Dad hauled the big evergreen from the State of Maine.

Despite all of these worthwhile accomplishments, tonight, as I write this little true-life story, I reflect upon the man who fed sardines to a little gray cat, at his cellar door. I miss my Dad. If your father is still on this side of Heaven’s Gate, tell him you love him.

Richard Mabey Jr. is a freelance writer. He hosts a YouTube Channel titled, “Richard Mabey Presents.” Richard most recently published a book of poetry and short stories. He can be reached at richardmabeyjr@hotmail.com.

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benediction by Garrison Chaplain LTC Simon Chang. VFW members attending

event included Vice Commander Bill Menzel, LTC ( Ret.) Steve Niblett and

Trustee Richard Collari. It was a great way to pray for our troops and our nation.

Morven Museum & Garden Reveals Historic Side of Princeton Home’s rich history illuminated by efforts to preserve its integrity

By Jeff Garrett

Not far from Princeton University in the town itself, there’s a house with tremendous history and mystique with luxurious gardens just waiting to be explored if you haven’t visited yet.

Located at 55 Stockton Street, Morven is an operational showcase of New Jersey through means such as special events, educational offerings and well-themed and welltimed exhibitions to enlighten a visitor’s arrival.

Built by well-known historical figure Richard Stockton, who signed the Declaration of Independence and has a college named after him in New Jersey among other worldly achievements, Morven was constructed in the 1750’s when Richard was in his 20’s. It gets its name thanks to Richard’s wife Annis who Richard married in the late 1750’s. Annis Boudinnot decided to name the house “Morven” calling out a mythical castle of King Fingal in Scottish writer and poet, James MacPherson’s, “Ossiamic Saga,” which in Gaelic means “big hill.”

Aptly named, the original residence burned a great deal of the massive structure to the ground by a servant who had an accident with candlelight and caused a fire. Rebuilt in 1958 with bricks, some of the actual original brick sits on display in the West Wing of the house.

Years passed before the Revolutionary War started. The interim years between rebuilding the home saw Richard, Sr and Annie raise their son, Richard, Jr, before the three needed to flee their residence with the British occupation. Decades later in 1840, Robert Stockton inherited Morven where his mother lived until 1837. He had plans to refurbish the home but was called to Naval duty. After the Civil War, ownership of the house went Robert’s eldest son which then went to his cousin, Samuel Witham Stockton, a Civil War veteran.

Over the years, the title owner would hands again before Helen Stockton, widow of Bayard Stockton, decided she could not keep up with the house’s expenses, opting to refurbish the mansion to lease. It’s in 1928 where Robert Wood Johnso, Jr. leases the home until 1945 when Walter Edge occupies Morven. It was in 1954 when the Edges decided to transfer Morven to the State of New Jersey on the condition that the structure be used as the Governor’s mansion or utilized as a museum.

Several Governors including Brendan Byrne called Morven home after renovations were made in the 1950’s before Byrne himself played dealmaker in 1982 saying that if the New Jersey historical society could put together $4 million to repair Morven, and Drumthwacket, that Morven would essentially become the Byrnes’ and Drumthwacket

would serve as the home of the governor.

After the New Jersey Historical Society moved out in 1986, Historical Morven, Inc. was incorporated in 1987 and several renovations took shape over the following 20 years. So what’s inside this marvelous building?

Amazing restoration efforts to preserve the historic components of Morven allows visitors to wander the halls of the mansion to view its original colors and parquet floors. Modern accoutrements abound since there is a nine-zone environmental system in place to ensure that each area of the building has the right temperature and humidity levels in every gallery.

There’s handicapped-accessibility in Morven and throughout the six-year-old Stockton Education Center, a large facility containing an Atrium, Classroom and Gathering Space where programs and events are held.

Programs such as lectures, hands-on workshops and family days allow the public to learn more about the rich history of the historic residence turned museum.

The Morven Museum and Gardens is open from Wednesdays thru Sundays from 10am- 4pm while tours of the facility are given on the hour at 11am, Noon, 1pm and 2pm.

For more information about Morven, call 609-924-8331, email info@morven.org or logon to www.morven.org.

by Elsie Walker

SA Taste of Greece in Randolph on June 7 -9th

t. Andrews Greek Orthodox Church is offering “a taste of Greece” on June 7-9th as it welcomes people to its Big Greek Festival. The festival, held at the church at 1447 Sussex Turnpike in Randolph, shares the Greek culture through food, entertainment, and more. Admission is free. Festival hours are as follows: Friday, June 7th lunch is from 11am - 2pm (takeout or eat in). Preorders are taken at https://standrewgonj. square.site or by phone 973584-0388. Dinner is 5pm – 11pm. Saturday festival hours are 11am – 11pm and Sunday festival hours are 12pm – 7pm. Free parking is available at the County College of Morris with free round trip shuttle service. Other details with a menu for the days of the festival are located at biggreekfestival.com

Steve Mitrakos of Morris Plains, who is part of the festival committee, said that the festival’s mission is to share the Greek culture, heritage, and religion with others. The festival is also about philanthropy, as the funds raised through it are used to help the church assist those in need, as they are taught to do in their faith. Speaking of faith, Mitrakos noted that Father John Theodosion,

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the church’s spiritual leader, will be giving church tours as part of the festival. Theodosion will talk about its worship, beliefs, and show its sanctuary.

Entertainment at the festival includes a bit of Greek heritage as well as games for children. There will be Greek music and a DJ. Mitrakos noted that traditional Greek dances will be performed by two GOYA (Greek Orthodox Youth Association) groups of the church. The younger group has youth from grades three to six; the older group has youth from grades seven to twelve. Also, there will be a game truck outside with a variety of games for kids, and there will be a bouncy. Tickets are sold to take part in the games and boucy. For those who enjoy shopping, there will be an Agora (Greek for “marketplace”) with a variety of vendors offering products and services. In

addition, 50-50s will be held during the festival.

The festival’s “taste” of Greece includes food sold inside the church and in an outdoor taverna (Greek for “tavern”) grill and bar on Saturday and Sunday. The food on sale during the festival, which includes pastries, is prepared by the people of the church. There are certain lunch and dinner offerings on Friday with a larger menu available on Saturday and Sunday. These allow people to enjoy various Greek dishes Popular are Gyros which are sliced chicken or traditional gyro meat on a pita, with lettuce, tomato, onion and tzatziki (yogurt, garlic and cucumber sauce). When asked about pastries, Mistrakos described two of his favorites: Galatoboureko, which is phyllo filled with creamy custard, topped with sweet syrup and Loukoumathes

which are hot fried dough puffs drizzled with honey and topped with chopped walnuts.

Also, during the festival, people will have the opportunity to buy a raffle tickets for a blue metallic 2024 Mercedes Benz, Model GLC300 W4 ( MSRP $54,220 ) with all-wheel drive, remote start, parking assistant, navigation and more. Tickets are $25 a piece and all ticket sales

benefit Saint Andrew Greek Orthodox Church. The raffle drawing will be at 12:30pm on September 29th at the church, and the winner need not be present at the drawing.

Mitrakos said that St. Andrews Greek Orthodox Church is a “welcoming place”. About 100 volunteers, members of the church, help to put on the Greek festival, welcoming the variety of people who

attend. It is estimated that about 5,000 people will visit the festival over its three days. While most come from New Jersey, there are visitors from Pennsylvania and New York, too. For more information about the festival, visit biggreekfestival.com and for information about St. Andrews Greek Orthodox Church visit https:// standrewgonj.org

God Loves You More Than You Will Ever Know!

By Richard Mabey Jr.

It is when we feel defeated, down-trodden, saddened, or depressed, is just the time that we need to dig deep within ourselves, to bounce back with a greater inner strength. No matter how dismal things may look, the one thing that none of us can afford to do, is to give in to feelings of defeat and surrender. No matter how grim a situation may look, we still need to look for hope, faith and inward encouragement.

God loves you more than you will ever know. God’s love is infinite. It knows no boundaries. God’s love for you, is the love that brings the peace that passes all understanding. Hold dearly to this truth. Hold fast to the principle that the Divine One, who created the universe, deeply cares about your well being.

Since September of last year, I have been to three different cardiologists, in search of treatment for my Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy. I want to be very sensitive here. The three doctors that I went to, at different times, were all very sincere. I believe they were doing their very best to help me with my HCM. But the hard, cold truth is that they did not really have the specialization of working with treatments for HCM. It was not their fault. HCM affects one in 500 people. So, the average cardiologist does not come across a lot of patients with HCM.

I prayed and prayed and prayed to find a doctor who was very well versed in treating HCM. I never gave up. I focused my energies into deep prayer. I held steadfast focus. The kind of focus that a soldier might hold in heart and mind, just before facing a battle.

As if the odds were a

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million to one, the door opened for me to be seen by a cardiologist at the University of Florida Medical Center (Shands) who specialized in treating patients with HCM. My specific classification of HCM is known as Apical HCM. It requires very, very specific treatments and prescription meds. And, yes, the meds are rather expensive.

Am I out of the woods now? Not by a long stretch. But with my new prescription meds, I have been getting less and less chest pains. I’m not as easily winded. Yes, I still do get chest pains. But they are not as frequent as they once were. And now, I can walk around the block, without getting overwhelmingly winded. I’m making some degree of progress to getting back on track.

I am convinced, without a shadow of a doubt, that the door that opened to my getting treatment at UF Med Center, was the

result of deep prayers, holding steadfast faith, and persevering with a laserfocused energy on finding a path to healing.

Know this: God loves you more than you will ever know. Miracles really do happen. Prayer is the key to unlocking the doors that are holding you back. A deep belief in a miracle, coming to you in your life, is essential for supernatural events to unfold. Hold deeply to this golden truth: God loves you more than you will ever know. Pray, pray, pray and then pray even more for a miracle to come into your life. Truly, expect a miracle to come into your life!

Richard Mabey Jr. is a freelance writer. He hosts a YouTube Channel titled, “Richard Mabey Presents.” Richard most recently published a book of poetry and short stories. He can be reached at richardmabeyjr@hotmail. com.

By Henry M. Holden

OJune 16, - Father’s Day – A Salute to Dear Old Dad

n June 16th let us be thankful for the fathers we’ve had in our lives, who made positive outcomes for us and celebrate their contributions to the fathers of tomorrow.

On July 5, 1908, a West Virginia church sponsored the nation’s first event explicitly in honor of fathers. It was a Sunday sermon in memory of the 362 men who had died in an explosion at the Fairmont Coal Company mines, in Monongah. But it was a one-time commemoration and not an annual holiday.

The following year, a Spokane, Washington, woman named Sonora Smart Dodd, one of six children raised by a widower, tried to establish an official equivalent to Mother’s Day for male parents. She went to local churches, and shopkeepers to solicit support for her idea.,

The campaign to celebrate the nation’s fathers did not meet with the same gusto as Mother’s ’s Day–perhaps because, as one florist explained, “Fathers haven’t the same sentimental appeal that mothers have.”

Eventually Sonora was successful: Washington State celebrated the nation’s first statewide Father’s Day on June 19, 1910. However, it was not until 1972—58 years after President Woodrow Wilson made Mother’s Day official—that the day honoring fathers became a nationwide holiday in the United States. Father’s Day 2024 will occur on Sunday, June 16.

William Jackson Smart was a twicemarried, twice-widowed Civil War veteran and father of 14 children. One of his children would dedicate her life to the creation of Father’s Day in honor of her devoted and selfless father.

The idea slowly caught on and the holiday spread. In 1916, President Wilson honored the day by using telegraph signals to unfurl a flag in Spokane, when he pressed a button in Washington, D.C. In 1924, President Calvin Coolidge urged state governments to observe Father’s Day.

Today, the day honoring fathers is celebrated in the United States on the third Sunday of June. In other countries, especially in Europe and Latin America, fathers are honored on St. Joseph’s Day, a traditional Catholic holiday that falls on March 19.

Many men, however, continued an indifference to the day. As one historian writes’ They scoffed at the holiday’s soppy attempts to domesticate manliness with flowers and gift-giving, or they derided the proliferation of such holidays as a commercial gimmick to sell more products–often paid for by the fatherf.”

During the 1920s and 1930s, a movement arose to scrap Mother’s Day and Father’s Day altogether in favor of a single holiday, Parents’ Day. Every year on Mother’s Day, pro-Parents’ Day groups rallied in New York City’s Central Park a public reminder, said

Parents’ Day activist and radio performer Robert Spere, “that both parents should be loved and respected together.” That one day of togetherness didn’t appeal to some of the divorced or separated men, and women.

Paradoxically, however, the Great Depression derailed this effort to combine and de-commercialize the holiday. Struggling retailers and advertisers redoubled their efforts to make Father’s Day a “second Christmas” for men, promoting goods such as guns, neckties, hats, socks, pipes and tobacco, and greeting cards.

When World War II began, advertisers began to argue that celebrating Father’s Day was a way to honor American troops and support the war effort. By the end of the war, Father’s Day may not have been a federal holiday, but it had become a national institution.

In 1972, in the middle of a nasty presidential re-election campaign, Richard Nixon signed a proclamation making Father’s Day a federal holiday. Today, economists estimate that Americans spend more than $1 billion each year on Father’s Day gifts.

The first official Mother’s Day services in 1909 were held at Sonora’s church in Spokane, Washington, when she had an epiphany—if mothers deserved a day in honor of their loving service, why not fathers?

When Sonora was 16, her mother Ellen died, leaving William as a single father to Sonora and her five younger brothers. And by Sonora’s account, he performed brilliantly. “I remember everything about him,” Sonora said many years later to the Spokane Daily Chronicle. “He was both father and mother to me and my brothers and sisters.”

Sonora’s mother Ellen, herself a widow, had three children from a previous marriage. On top of that, William had also been married and widowed before he met Sonora’s mother. William had five children with his first wife, Elizabeth, who were already grown when William became a widower for the second time.

In 1910, Sonora brought a petition before the Spokane Ministerial Alliance to recognize the courage and devotion of all fathers like William on June 5, her dad’s birthday. The local clergy liked the idea of a special Father’s Day service, but couldn’t pull something together so quickly. So they settled for June 19, the third Sunday in June.

On that first Father’s Day in 1910, church sermons across Spokane were dedicated to dear old dad, red and white roses were passed out in honor of living and deceased fathers. The mayor of Spokane and governor of Washington issued proclamations, and Sonora found her calling. She would spend much of the next 60 years pushing for the official recognition of Father’s Day as a national holiday.

William Jackson Smart, the original

inspiration for Father’s Day, was born in Arkansas in 1842. He enlisted as a Union soldier there in 1863. That was odd because Arkansas was a Confederate state. Spokane resident, Jerry Numbers, who owned what had been Sonora’s home, researched the Smart family history for Spokane’s Father’s Day Centennial Celebration in 2010. Numbers says that William, in fact, fought for both sides in the Civil War.

Driving a supply wagon for Confederate troops, William was captured in the Battle of Pea Ridge, a decisive Union victory in Arkansas in 1862. Rather than languish in a prisoner of war camp, he opted to join the northern cause. As indication that William was a “Reb” before he was a “Yank,” Sonora was a member of both the United Daughters of the Confederacy and the Daughters of Union Veterans.

When Sonora was born in 1882, William and his second wife Ellen were living on a “coal ranch” in Jenny Lind, Arkansas. Instead of mining for coal, William and the family “farmed” it, collecting chunks of coal from the surface and carting it to town for sale. William and Ellen sold the property in 1887 for $5,000—a handsome sum at the time— and the family traveled by train to a new

Creston, Washington, where William’s second wife died, and he became a widower again at the age of 56. His youngest son was seven and Sonora, his oldest child still living at home, was 16. In Sonora’s memories of this difficult time, she recalls her father as a “great home person,” a man who exemplified fatherly love and protection.

Sonora won the support of her congressmen, who began to lobby for the creation of a national holiday. In 1916, President Woodrow Wilson celebrated Father’s Day in Spokane during a visit to Washington. We don’t know if William Jackson Smart was there to shake the president’s hand, but it would have been one of his last Father’s Days. William died three years later, in 1919.

Much more than a Father’s Day booster, Sonora Smart Dodd was an accomplished artist, poet, children’s book author, funeral home director, and founding member of just about every civic organization in Spokane. But she never let go of her determination to give fathers like hers the recognition they deserved.

It wasn’t until 1972, six years before Sonora’s death at the age of 96, that President Richard Nixon finally signed a

The Wave Set donates to New Jersey Sharing Network’s Joseph S. Roth Simulation Training Center

By Steve Sears

The Wave Set, formerly a 501 c3 nonprofit and now a partner of the NJ Sharing Network, in April donated $10,000 to the new Joseph S. Roth Simulation Center’s located at NJ Sharing Network headquarters in New Providence.

Jared Wohl of Livingston is the counder and advisor of The Wave (We Are Vital to Each Other) Set, which was begun in late 2013, right before his 65% partial liver donation to his brother Cameron in February 2014.

Wohl said, “Leading up to that point, as we were going through the process, we recognized that we really had limited experience with organ transplantation, and we felt like that was likely the case for many families being struck with that sort of situation.”

Also, when doing more research on organ donation in general, Wohl and his family learned at that time that 18 people a day were dying while waiting for a deceased person’s organ for a transplant, and that many people were being added to the waiting list every day.

“That list was growing exponentially,”

Wohl said, “but we learned that there were options for living donations, like in our case. The fact that I donated a portion of my liver to my brother, we just realized that there was this immense lack of awareness on the topic.”

In December 2013, The Wave Set launched a crowd-funding campaign to raise money for the production of a documentary describing the family’s journey through the transplant experience. The documentary, titled 65 Percent, was featured during a film festival circuit, which side-by-side with speaking engagements, further created an awareness and educated people on the importance of organ donation.

Many years later, the non-profit joined forces with New Jersey Sharing Network which is New Jersey’s largest organ procurement organization. The $10,000 donated by The Wave Set was in celebration of the 10-year anniversary of Cameron’s transplant, and it also coincided with National Donate Life Month in April - as well as Jared and Cameron’s birthday (they were born on the same April day three years apart). A National Donate Life Month Flag Raising and Simulation Center

Ribbon Cutting was held on April 16 for the staff and funding partners.

Wohl, a musician with a few albums to his credit and whose background is in educational technology and sales embraced the idea of being able to educate patients and families on what that process courtesy of the Simulation Center could look like. He

said of the donation, “It was a great feeling all around. When we learned about the opportunity, my brother and I immediately said that is what we wanted to support with the funds.”

For more information, visit www. sharingnetworkfoundation.org/thewaveset.

The Wohl families present The Wave Set’s donation to the New Jersey Sharing Network’s new Joseph S. Roth Simulation Center (courtesy of the Wohl Family)

By Henry M. Holden

The Zepplin Hindenburg,

Hindenburg: What Really Happened

804 feet long, and three times the length of a Boeing 747 was powered by four 1,100-horsepower diesel engines, giving it a maximum speed of 84 miles per hour. It was the largest and fastest air vehicle at the time.

On May 3, 1937, the airship Hindenburg departed Frankford, Germany, on its second season of service to the United States. This trip was the first of the 1937 season for passenger service between Europe and the Lakehurst Naval Station (NAS). In 1936, Hindenburg had completed ten successful trips (1,002 passengers) and was so popular that they had to turn away customers.

War clouds in Europe did not seem to bother the Hindenburg’s passengers. They were paying a hefty sum in 1937 dollars, $750 round trip (the equivalent to $16,267 in today’s money). Many said it was the future of luxury air travel. The trip was made to order for executives and businessman since the trip would take at least a week on a ocean liner.

On this trip, the airship was only half full, carrying 36 passengers despite it being equipped to carry 72, but, Hindenburg was booked solid for the return trip. The passengers were among the wealthiest

who had received invitations to attend the coronation of King George VI and Queen Elizebeth. The airship was due to turn around in record time for its trip back across the Atlantic.

Several theories have been put forth, each seeking to explain the ignition source that led to the airship’s rapid destruction.

These theories range from a spark igniting leaking hydrogen, to the presence of a flammable fabric covering, a puncture caused by a broken wire, the possibility of engine failure, and even the specter of internal sabotage that would add an additional layer of intrigue to this already intricate historical event.

Meanwhile, the passengers were being treated like royalty and could relax with fine wines, and food. It was almost a fantasy trip for them. They could play, sing, or listen to piano music or just sit and write postcards and letters to family.

Rumors abounded that soon the United States would be dragged into the European conflict with Hitler. Japan had invaded China, and Spain was engaged in a civil war with a proxy air force from Germany. And the isolationists were preaching to their followers in the United States.

The weather had been calm for most

of the trip but that began to change as the behemoth reached Boston. Zeppelins normally took two and a half days to reach the US from Germany, moving twice as fast as an ocean liner. Although Hindenburg had taken three days because of badweather it had plenty of diesel fuel left. It could have flown further.

Out of an abundance of caution, when the rain and sporadic lightning became a threat, Captain Max Pruss changed course

and headed towards lower Manhattan.

The weather seemed to follow him, so he changed course and headed for the New Jersy shore.

On its flights in 1936, it had been struck by lightening several times without any damage to the airship or its passengers.

When the weather improved, Captain Pruss decided it was safe enough to head for his destination, Lakehurst.

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The Hindenburg destroyed itself in 32 seconds because of the hydrogen it was using for lift.

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Hindenburg was over Lakehurst at an altitude of 295 ft. when the captain ordered the mooring lines dropped from the bow (back); the starboard line was dropped first, followed by the port line.

In one of the many postmortems that took place was the claim that the port line was overtightened according to an eye witness. The line was connected to the post of the ground winch. The light rain began to fall as the ground crew grabbed the mooring lines, which were now getting wet.

As Pruss made the final turn of the ship and aligned the mooring post with the airship, he ordered 1,100 lb. of water ballast in successive drops because the airship was sternheavy. As these measures failed to bring the ship in trim, six men were then sent to the stern, adding their weight to correct the trim of the airship.

Several other eyewitness testimonies suggested that the first flame appeared on the port side just ahead of the port fin, and was followed by flames that burned on top. Commander Rosendahl (USN), an expert on lighter than air ships testified that the flames in front of the upper fin were “mushroom-shaped.” Rosendahl was the commanding officer of the Lakehurst Naval Air Station at the time and considered an expert on rigid airships.

Others reported seeing a dim blue flame – possibly moments before the fire on top and in the back of the ship near the point where the flames first appeared. Several other eyewitness testimonies suggested that the first flame appeared on the port side just ahead of the port fin.

One witness on the starboard side reported a fire behind the rudder on that side. On board, people heard a muffled

detonation and those in the front of the ship felt a shock as the port trail rope overtightened; the officers in the control gondola initially thought the shock was caused by a broken mooring line.

At 7:30 p.m., a few witnesses saw what appeared to be fabric ahead of the upper fin flutter as if gas was leaking. Others reported seeing a dim blue flame – possibly static electricity, or St. Elmo’s Fire. (St. Elmo’s fire is a weather phenomenon in which luminous plasma is created by a corona discharge from a rod-like object such as a mast, spire, chimney or in this case a mooring line in an atmospheric electric field.)

There was a buildup of static charge from the storm on the craft, surface and frame. When the mooring rope, wet from the storm, was dropped to the ground, the frame discharged, creating an electrical difference between the frame, and covering that started the fire.

Immediately, the radio and newspapers blamed the Germans for sabotage. Others said the opposite, that the United States had sabotaged the craft. Questions arose, was it mechanical failure? Was it shot down? Was it a bomb, or sabotage?

Eighty years of research and scientific tests support the same conclusion reached by the original German and American accident investigations in 1937: It seems clear that the Hindenburg disaster was caused by an electrostatic discharge that ignited the hydrogen leak.

The Hindenburg’s cells were designed to carry helium for lift. But the United States had restrictions on its export. The Germans modified the cells for hydrogen. There is no record of inspecting the modifications.

The cause of the hydrogen leak is more of a mystery, but we know the ship experienced a leakage of hydrogen before the disaster.

The FBI found no evidence of sabotage, and no convincing theory of sabotage has ever been advanced.

It became clear during the investigation that the disaster had nothing to do with the zeppelin’s fabric covering being “highly flammable.” In fact, Hindenburg was just one of several hydrogen airships destroyed by fire because of their flammable lifting gas. The fact is that Hindenburg was destroyed in 32 seconds because a spark that triggered the hydrogen to ignite.

The spark was most likely caused by a difference in electric potential between the airship and the surrounding air: The airship was approximately 200 feet above the airfield in an electrically charged atmosphere, but the ship’s metal framework was grounded by its landing line; the difference in electric potential likely caused a spark to jump from the ship’s mooring line to the fabric covering.

The intensity of the effect, a blue or violet glow around the object, often accompanied by a hissing or buzzing sound, is proportional to the strength of the electric field and therefore noticeable to the gondola crew primarily during thunderstorms or volcanic eruptions.

Zeppelin flights didn’t end immediately with the Hindenburg disaster. But by the late 1930s passenger airplanes had greatly improved in speed, reliability, and operating cost as airplanes became increasingly popular and safe. The airships’ slow speeds, their vulnerability in stormy weather, and the difficulty of procuring steady supplies of helium soon rendered these unusual aircraft obsolete.

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