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Hackettstown’s Trinity Thrift Shop: Offering Quality Goods at Low Prices for 50 Years

By Elsie Walker aureen Storey, of Long Valley, said, “Are they saving? You betcha! We have quality goods for low prices.” She was talking about the Trinity United Methodist Church’s Trinity Thrift Shop in Hackettstown. Storey, who is the director of the shop, shared that one customer characterized it as “a thrift boutique”. Many clothes have designer and well-known labels. The shop also has accessories, jewelry, housewares, furniture (in its annex), books, art, toys, antiques, vintage items, and more. A wide range of customers purchase items at the shop with the proceeds going to help the ministries of the church. The shop, which marks its 50th anniversary this year, is located at 211 Main Street, Hackettstown and takes cash and credit card. The thrift shop started in 1972. The church had held a rummage sale and there were leftovers. The pastor at the time challenged the ladies of the church to find another way of selling the items. The thrift shop began in the church basement and, as the church accumulated more property, it moved and grew. The shop now consists of the shop on Main Street and an annex called “the Barn” which is located behind Trinity House at 212 E. Moore Street. The shop also sells items online via eBay. Its eBay seller name is trinitythrift1833. The main shop is where the clothing, accessories, household items, etc. are sold. Unlike some shops where you have to come a certain day of the week to see the newest

arrivals to the shop, at Trinity Thrift Shop, “there are new things on the floor every day,” Storey shared. Also, the same items don’t stay there forever; everything is only on the floor for eight weeks. “Our biggest seller every day of the week is women’s clothing” she added. With that, she shared some of the designer name and brand name labels people can find at the shop: J Crew, Kate Spade, Talbot, Bill Blass, Ralph Lauren, Chicos, Old Navy, some of the brands from Target and more. Some items are new and still have the tags on them. Storey shared a statistic from the online thrift shop, thredUP, that the average woman will wear an item up to five or maybe three times and be done with it. This reflects a benefit of thrift shop shopping. “Here is a way to have trendy things and not contribute to the waste that fast fashion creates,” said Storey. The Barn is the annex housing some selling rooms and other functions. There, one will find the Furniture Gallery (which has furniture, rugs, and lighting) and a room of seasonal items. In this structure is also where eBay selling is carried out. In addition, donations of goods to the shop are also received there and sorted. However, before donating, people should look at the thrift shop webpage to see what types of items can be donated plus when and how donations are taken. The webpage is www. catchthespirit.org/trinity-church-thriftshop/. Storey noted “there is a broad spectrum of customers.” They range from new immi-

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grants looking for items to help them get settled to those who love to thrift shop and everyone in-between. Those that come for the love of it take joy in sharing the great treasure found on a particular shopping day. What happens to those items that the shop can’t sell? Storey explained that some items are donated to a thrift shop which helps Purple Heart Veterans while others go to a shop which helps the Federation for the Blind. Also, towels that can’t be sold go to local animal shelters for the dogs and cats. Soft items and clothing are given to a company that pays the shop by the pound for them. The company re-sorts those items by climate and then they send them to places in the world that are in need Proceeds from the shop go to the church for its various ministries. There is also a jar in the shop where people can put contributions which go on to help particular ministries like the Appalachian Service Project where people from the church travel to Appalachia and stay for a week helping to

make homes safer and drier for the residents in one of the poorest places in the United States. The shop has six paid staff, including Storey, and a group of volunteers. Storey noted that some volunteers have shared with her their reasons for giving their time to help at the shop: it gives the person a purpose, it’s giving time for a valuable cause, and doing things for others makes a person happy. One volunteer told her that she gives her time because she is selfish: she just gets so much from helping at the shop. “[There’s] a sense of community and family here,” said Storey. The shop is in need of more volunteers and information on that can be found on the shop’s webpage. The thrift shop is open Tuesday through Saturday from 10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. Its phone number is (908) 850-3669; the Furniture Gallery number is (908) 852-2247. For more information, follow the shop on Instagram at trinitythriftshop211.

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VP of Livingston Board of Education’s Lasting Impact

By Jillian Risberg he’s the first person of Indian American ancestry to hold public office in Livingston, and being voted Vice President of the Livingston Board of Education is as huge an honor as it sounds for Vineeta Khanna. “A humbling feeling of being recognized for my service and commitment to the community, recognition that brings more responsibility going forward, with renewed commitment,” Khanna says it also means acceptance. The motivational speaker was the only naturalized citizen (an immigrant) in that election, and her mother woke up on the other side of the globe eager to know the results, choking back tears as they spoke. ‘It’s a matter of prestige,’ she told her daughter. “At that moment I realized even as an adult it feels great to make your parents proud,” says Khanna. “It’s indeed a matter of great prestige for me, my family and the South Asian American Livingston community. It’s knowing the community has earned its visibility and presence in Livingston Township.” Over 22 years ago she chose to call Livingston home. Though not too diverse at that time, the radio host noticed there were families

rooted there for generations that seemed to have similar values she and her husband grew up with in India; who cared about the next generation’s upbringing, education and relational cohesiveness. One must offer before expecting in return. “With that mindset, and my own need to acquaint myself with my new home and neighbors, I started volunteering my time at my kids’ elementary school,” Khanna says subsequently she joined the Zoning board, Open Space Trust Committee and the Committee for Diversity & Inclusion. “Each experience gave me deeper roots as a Livingstonian.” According to the VP, her presence on the LBOE is primarily as a representative of the community that voted her into this position. Her conduct on the Board makes her a representative of the district to the world beyond Livingston. The American education system is very different from what Khanna grew up with in India — where her friends and family mostly went to private schools. “I was fascinated with the public education system here that offers free education to students of all different abilities,” says the motivational speaker. “The more I have volunteered, the more I have learned and appreciated.”

LBOE works together as a cohesive unit. The district goals continue to focus on awareness, inclusiveness and acceptance of race, cultures and differences in general; emotional and mental wellness of students and staff; enhancing instruction and learning outcomes in elementary and middle school mathematics; creating a strategic plan with the input of all stakeholders; and continue to learn, create, contribute and grow. All statements made in this article are Khanna’s personal viewpoints and do not represent the Livingston Board of Education. “I wish to do my due diligence to serve these goals alongside my fellow board members,” the radio host says. “The world is getting smaller, and our visions are growing bigger, as we focus on raising successful global citizens.” When it comes to implicit bias, she says in her opinion biases do not exist in a district, rather in the minds of individuals who do not see value in diversity, or strength in unity. Biases can be addressed with representation. “As I led the Multicultural Initiative in Harrison Elementary, which coincidentally turned out to be the first of its kind in our district, I saw the eagerness of the community to embrace multiculturalism, to learn, embrace, enjoy and be empowered by the

diversity in our student body and community at large,” says Khanna. “LBOE is a small yet diverse board and I’m proud to serve.” The rising gun violence in the country is of grave concern and she hopes we as a nation can put people before politics or profit. School shootings are immensely unsettling and distressing. “LPS is taking mandated and mindful measures towards the safety of our school community. We all have to be observant of the mental wellness of our families, friends and neighbors,” Khanna says we also need continued on page 7

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Board of Education... continued from page 6 to be vigilant. “See something, say something… not just out of suspicion, but out of concern and compassion.” With schools banning books and critical race theory under attack in some states, the LBOE curriculum committee and the LPS Curriculum & Instruction department work closely together to provide a rich, relevant, research based curriculum along with staff professional development for content and pedagogy. “In my personal opin-

ion — books don’t need to be banned, education need not be restricted, choices should always be respected,” says the LBOE VP. With 16 years of live radio experience, the ability to connect with others, and the nudge by friends who believed in her (possibly) more than she says she did herself, lead to Khanna’s first public speaking coaching initiative. Almost a decade later, through Orator Academy, she has worked with hundreds of students; from Wall

Street, to Information Technology, private business owners, and even beauty pageant participants. “Being able to help each student find their voice and YOUniqueness; understand and learn the wherewithal of effective impactful communication, and watch them thrive academically and professionally has been most gratifying,” says the motivational speaker. When the village comes together, our children thrive. When people of the world come together, nations and generations thrive, according to Khanna. “Each generation carries the responsibility of leaving behind a better world for generations to follow,” she says. “It’s one WORLD.” And that’s just what Khanna is doing — imparting her positive imprint on humanity wherever she goes.

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Livingston Resident Marks 20 Years as a Deacon

by Elsie Walker e recalls that although he didn’t see it, someone had said they saw becoming a Deacon as a natural progression for Fred Smith, of Livingston. Smith was active in his church, St. Philomena Roman Catholic Church (Livingston), especially in teaching CCD, a religious education program of the Catholic Church. Still, Smith couldn’t see himself as a Deacon. He’d compared himself to Deacon Joe at the church and felt he wasn’t worthy. However, he recalled the priest at the time saying, “We already have a Deacon Joe. Now, we want a Deacon Fred.” Encouraged to do it, Smith went through the process and the four to five years of study needed (theology, history of the church, preaching and more). This year, he marks his 20th anniversary as Deacon Fred Smith. A Deacon in the Catholic Church is an ordained minister. Smith shared that a Deacon can visit and give communion, can read the gospel at mass, can preach at mass, can do baptisms, do premartial education and witness

marriages and preach at funerals. When Deacons are ordained, Smith explained that they “vow obedience to the Bishop.” This means that after ordination the Bishop can assign a Deacon to anywhere there is a need, not necessarily at his home church. However, St. Philomena’s, the church Smith had attended all his life, did need a Deacon and so Smith was assigned there. Reflecting on mass, Smith said, “it’s really an honor” to read the gospel and preach. Only the priest or a Deacon can do that. Smith finds that he’s “at awe” when asking for the priest’s blessing before reading the gospel. Also, Smith noted that “the excitement is always there,” when he preaches at mass and looks out at the congregation. Many have commented that they can see his feeling through his broad smile. A Deacon can be married. (If the man is not married upon becoming a Deacon, he takes a vow of celibacy.) Smith is a married Deacon. He and his wife, Susan, have been married 56 years. They have three children

(two girls and a boy) and five grandchildren (three girls and two boys). Smith is an electrician and he’s also a big Yankees fan. Smith feels that having a family and a job outside of the church helps him in his ministry as he can relate to the families in the congregation and they can relate to him. Also, having a family has led to some emotional, special moments for Smith as he’s baptized all of his grandchildren and witnessed the marriages of nieces and nephews who he watched grow-up. While he’s been there for those happy times of marriages and baptisms, he’s also been there for people when times are ebbing. Smith has done 12 marriages and 25-30 baptisms during his time as a Deacon. He’s also been for people, as they say Deacons are, “a bridge over their troubled waters”. He sees members of the congregation outside the church, in the grocery store or elsewhere in their day to day lives and can be there for them at the low times. When asked about his most rewarding experiences during his time as a Deacon, Smith recalled

two visitations. Smith remembered coming into a hospital room to give communion. An exhausted man, the patient’s husband, sat in a chair. The wife was lying in the bed. The husband indicated she was unconscious, not to give communion. Smith noted he could just give a piece of the eucharist wafer. The husband was still saying “no” when Smith saw the woman’s eyes. They beckoned him to give the communion. She stuck out her tongue just a little and he put a piece of the eucharist on her tongue. The husband cried and a tear went down the woman’s face. Smith prayed with them and left. The woman died a short time later. Another person Smith recalled was an older woman named Molly. She was on his hospital list to get communion. When he first saw her, she was sitting up. As she was on his list for a number of weeks, he got to know her. He learned Molly had cancer, but that she also didn’t fear death but talked about her expectation after death. Smith felt hers was one of those situations in which he wasn’t just the giver but received so much from talking with

her. Over the time he saw her, her condition deteriorated. After the last time he gave her communion, he asked a nurse about her. Molly didn’t have long to live. When Smith called to check on her the next day, he found she had died. In talking about being a Deacon, Smith repeatedly shared how much he gets back from it, that people give back more than they realize. While a Deacon is there to help others, through talking with them, he receives so much through the spiritual exchange.

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Career Options for People with Art Degrees

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Hackettstown Woman Carries Excellent Service Ethic to College

By Steve Sears 9-year-old Sofia Cuello hasn’t missed a beat. She’s all about grasping opportunity. The former Hackettstown High School girl’s volleyball star headed to the University of Tampa in 2021 and on her shoulders was the great service ethic that she exhibited prior. Cuello, a pre-med biology student, was born in Queens, New York and moved to Hackettstown with her family when she was four years old. “Hackettstown wasn’t where I was born, but it’s where I grew up, so I call this place my home. My parents (Sergio and Evelyn) are proud New Yorkers and have always been a big part of my life, obviously. They’re my rock, have supported me through so much. But it was never like they were pulling me in any direction to do one thing. They always said, ‘Are you interested in pursuing this?’ I wanted to hone in on my basketball skills. That was the first thing when I was in middle school, because I played on a travel team for Hackettstown in the eighth grade. They said, ‘Sofia, you got it. We can back you up on this.’ Everything went from there and brought me to actually being able to play varsity my freshman year in basketball. But then, I was also playing volleyball, which was something completely new when I came into high school.” Cuello’s nod went towards the latter, and there were her parents again, okaying her decision and giving her added encouragement. Cuello played volleyball for her final two years in high school, was captain both seasons, and as a senior was named First Team All-NJAC. “Sports has always been a good way for me to relax,” she says. “I love being competitive, and sports has always been a part of my life growing up.” And with volleyball, it was the teamwork that she loved. “I was

so grateful to have such a wonderful team. I love these girls; I’m still in contact with them. From my graduating year on that team, as well as girls who have graduated before me, I’m still close friends with them, and I still am involved with Hackettstown volleyball. Even after leaving, every summer Hackettstown volleyball holds a camp for younger girls. I’ll be volunteering there again.” Cuello also scored well academically while at Hackettstown, ranking within her high school’s Top 10. She also found time during her busy senior campaign to complete 50 hours of service and received from Key Club International the National Honor Society Leadership Award. When it came to choosing a college, the University of Tampa was an apropos spot for Cuello to next land. She has family in the area, her cousin attends the school, and it offered what she desired – including volleyball. However, the sport had to take a permanent side seat as Cuello pondered her future. She explains why. “I did make it onto the club team at Tampa, but the commitment that it was and with the rigor of my course load, it just wasn’t manageable. The practice times were very late, and it was a choice between being up late doing volleyball practice or being up late reviewing for BIO 2. I had to move away, and now that’s my current track I’m heading towards.” During her first year in college, Cuello picked up right where she left off in Hackettstown, remaining busy with an eye and heart towards service. A member of the Community Outreach Executive Board for UTs PEACE Volunteer Organization, she attended volunteer activities every weekend and lead off-campus events, while also spending time as a research volunteer for a new non-profit called

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Livingston Thrift Shop Has Heavenly Finds

by Elsie Walker olunteer Heather Chandler of South Orange will tell you that “every day is new and exciting at Heavenly Finds Thrift Shop”. At the shop, located at 94 E. Mount Pleasant Avenue in Livingston, people can find a variety of items at prices which Chandler compared to those at an old school garage sale. However, it is not only the items which draw people in, but the atmosphere, which manager Erin McChesney of East Hanover compares to that of the tv show Cheers. The staff gets to know the customers by name and the volunteers are like a family. The shop’s proceeds go towards helping outreaches involved with ending food insecurity and helping youth. The thrift shop is a ministry of the Church of the Holy Spirit (Verona) and is open on Tuesdays from 10:00am – 2:00pm. The shop has been in existence for 67 years. It began as the thrift shop of St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, located in a school room of the church. There parishioners brought in items they no longer needed, and they were sold. The shop grew to take up its own area of just under 2500 square feet and was known as St. Peter’s Thrift Shop. However, St. Peter’s Church closed in recent years. Parishioners who were volunteers of the thrift shop looked for a new place to worship and found the Church of the Holy Spirit. The thrift shop became a ministry of that church and took on a new name: Heavenly Finds Thrift Shop. McChesney noted that those who visit the shop find savings on quality items. “Many items are priced at a significant discount to our valued customers,” said McChesney. Heavenly Finds Thrift Shop has a variety of items. In

Alice’s Room, shoppers can find clothing and accessories, plus linens and bedding items. “It is a Linens and Things kind of place,” said McChesney. (The letters in the name “Alice’s” stand for the first names of several past long-time volunteers.) Nancy’s Nook is like a rummage room sectioned off into areas like housewares, pet, garden supplies, toy, beauty, small silver-plated items and more. Unlike a regular store where items are predictably replaced, one will never know what treasures will be found in the nook. (Nancy’s Nook was named in honor of Nancy Rose of West Orange, a

volunteer for over 30 years). Besides the shopping areas, there is JoAnn’s Workroom, named to honor volunteer JoAnn Rella of Livingston. There, the volunteers sort the donations that come in, hang them (if needed) and get them ready to be priced. Items are donated by people from the surrounding area and beyond. Most donated items are used; however, some are barely used and new. “You’re working hard, but it is going to worthy causes,” continued on page 13

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shared Pat McChesney, of East Hanover, the Assistant Manager of the shop and mother of the manager. She has been volunteering at the shop for 10 years; before that, she helped on occasion. She became a regular volunteer when she found herself with some free time and it “felt like you were doing some good with your time.” All the proceeds of the shop go to outreach focused on helping with food insecurity and youth. For example, it has given money to Livingston Neighbors Helping Neighbors, to an LGBTQ safe house, to a youth suicide prevention program and to two scholarships at Livingston High School. Erin McChesney noted that that shop has 20 volunteers who do the work to keep things running smoothly. They range in age from 18 – 80+. McChesney herself has been a volunteer for six years. She noted that many volunteers were customers before they decided to volunteer. She noted that shoppers “see how warm and fuzzy we are”. That prompts some to volunteer. One such person is Jude Spatola, of Livingston. He was a customer who became a volunteer about eight years ago. Spatola, currently the only male volunteer,

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New Jersey’s Oldest Operating General Store Gets $15,000 Grant

he historic Schooley’s Mountain General Store, New Jersey’s oldest, continuously operating country market, received a $15,000 Morris County Small Business Grant Program check. “It’s absolutely going to help. It’s going to help me get back to where I belong, get me back in the right direction and hopefully get the ball rolling again,” said Peter Aldrich, owner of the General Store since 2006. Morris County Commissioner Deputy Director John Krickus presented the grant to Aldrich along with Washington Township Mayor Matt Murello during a visit and tour of the store, which was originally opened around 1803. Located in the heart of one of the township’s most historic areas, the store and the region has been visited by U.S. Presidents over the years, including Ulysses S. Grant, William Henry Harrison and Franklin D. Roosevelt. Apply Now For a Morris County Small Business Grant at morriscountysmallbusinessgrant.com Old photographs of the General Store through the ages adorn the old building, which has had many names, but continued to operate as a market and deli, and continues to house one of the region’s

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Will Tagliareni Graduates Hackettstown High School with Five Swimming Records

By Steve Sears ackettstown High School’s Will Tagliareni in the spring of 2022 set five new school records for swimming. Tagliareni’s school records are in the 500 freestyle, 200 freestyle, 100 freestyle, 100 backstroke, and the 200 IM (Individual Medley). In fact, Tagliareni, who is 18, not only had a great senior year, but he steadily improved since his freshman season. As a sophomore, he set then a school record in the 500 freestyle. “Ever since then, I’ve been constantly bringing it back down to faster time,” he says. Tagliareni started summer swimming when he was eight years old, and also did club swimming since the sixth grade. “The first club that I started on was the Sea Dragons, which was out of Centenary (University). That later closed, so I went to the New Jersey Barracudas (at both Kittatinny High School and Blair Academy) in my freshman year,” he says. Will is not the first Tagliareni to dip his toes into the pool for the Hackettstown Tigers. First there was older brother and 2015 graduate, Thomas, who swam his senior year, and another older brother, Joe, who started as a freshman in high school, graduated in 2018, and is now at Mount Saint Mary’s College in Newburgh, New York. “My freshman year, I wasn’t the strongest swimmer,”

Tagliareni says. “Of course, I did club since sixth grade, but I wasn’t the strongest swimmer. We (Hackettstown) had a small team and we still do to this day. It wasn’t until my sophomore year that I really started to progress in a positive way. I saw a bunch of improvements with my time - that’s when I joined my new club – and I got the record for the 500. That was the year that I really started to see a bunch of improvements with my swimming. Obviously, it probably was one of the more memorable years of my swim career only because it was just such a high. I think it was more of my attitude towards swim. During my freshman year, I guess I wasn’t the most serious, and then I feel like sophomore year is when it really clicked. I could see a bright future in myself for swim. So, I think it was more of an attitude change, and me taking swim a lot more serious than I had in the prior years. I think it has a lot to do with that.” When the pandemic rolled around for Tagliareni’s junior year, the Kittatinny pool slowly shut down as did the one at Blair. So, he and his team headed to the Tranquility Valley Retreat Center to train. Just a five-lane pool where you couldn’t dive in, it was a huge change for the 15-year-old. “Junior year, there was not much improvement I would say in times, but it was still fun with the whole environment, my team and everything, so that continued on page 17

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Grow It Green Morristown Farmer Wins Garden Club Award

By Steve Sears haun Ananko, Director of Agriculture and Education for Grow It Green Morristown, is giving a short tour of the township’s Urban Farm. One of the things he and his team are growing are tomatoes – on string. “We’re just adapting a lot of what’s being used in regenerative farming,” he says as he walks into a farming tunnel, surveying the bright red fruit. “I’m always trying new things that I read about so I see how I can adapt to increase our yield.” He then reaches out and gently caresses the plant. “We’re going to do what they call Lower and Leaning. When the tomato gets to the top, we’ll actually be able to pull more of this string down and we’ll shave all of this growth in here, and we’ll be able to coil the tomato. We’ll be able to get an extra eight feet of growth out of the tomato over the course of the season. So, this is something new, and this tunnel actually moves. We can take this apart probably in a day and a half, and what we’ll do is move it on top of another crop that will carry off into the winter, like spinach or arugula or lettuce. Ananko, a County College of Morris graduate with a degree in Agriculture, in May was awarded by the Garden Club of America its Elizabeth Abernathy Hull Award for Early Environmental Education. “I was very surprised,” Ananko, who is in his 12th year with Grow It Green Morristown, says. He was nominated for the recognition by the Garden Club of Morristown, but was unaware of his nomination and award win. “So, I’m going to the Garden Club’s annual meeting, and Lisa (Alexander, Grow It Green Morristown Executive Director) had me giving a presentation about the community garden. She surprised me. And then I was getting a little frustrated. I asked her, ‘What am I talking about here?” And

she wasn’t giving me a clear answer. And then when we get up there, I realized that they were actually giving me this award, and I thought it was really thoughtful. It was very nice.” Ananko and his team have kept a caring eye over the fourseason growing Urban Farm, helped start the Early Street Community Garden (which has grown from just 20 original garden beds to 92), grow crops at Saint Elizabeth’s University greenhouses, and also host the Morris Winter Farmers Market. Sustainability farming and healthy eating have been at the forefront since Grow it Green Morristown’s beginning, and still is now. Urban Farm was initially a pre-school playground. When it was no longer being utilized, the Grow It Green flounders approached the school district about their farm idea. It’s been 11 years of an ongoing project. “This space was started with the idea of teaching kids about where their food comes from,” Ananko says while continuing his walk though Urban Farm. “And then, also having school gardens have longevity. The idea that Grow It Green had was to hire a farmer to manage the space throughout the summer, so that when the students returned in the fall or we come out of winter, there’s a place to do this learning. It was originally a half acre in size, and we worked with the preschool here, and then we worked with a couple of second grade teachers at a few of the other schools.” When word got out, more teachers became interested, and that involved more students, and Grow It Green Morristown looked at different farm-based curriculums and discussed with science teachers how it would tie in with the students’ learning. And it’s come full circle, in a way, for Ananko. As a school aged child himself while growing up in Morristown, he

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By Henry M. Holden n July 4, Americans honor the men and women who fought and died during the American Revolutionary War. But that ﬁrst honor almost did not happen. The Revolutionary War, until the Vietnam War, was the longest war in American history. The ﬁrst battle took place on April 4, 1775, at Lexington/Concord, Massachusetts. The Treaty of Paris signed on September 3, 1783, ended the state of war. For almost eight years, thirteen colonies battled the British for independence. A general reorganization of the Continental Army set for January 1, 1781, would have consolidated 11 infantry regiments of the Pennsylvania Line into six. Men felt that if they went along with the reorganization, they would be bound to serve in what looked like an endless war. Morale had been low and grievances had continued to grow. Many of the men had not been paid for years. There was a shortage of food, warm clothing, and shoes were falling apart and replaced with rags. There was a further source of complaint over the terms of enlistment. At the start of the war (1775) no one had expected it to last long and enlistments were a few months or a year. Many had signed up for three years to get a $20 bonus.

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By 1778, it was clear if the war were to be won, it would take time, and a new army which was signed up for “three years or the duration.” Many of the war-weary soldiers believed their enlistment had expired. Few men could read or write. There were many claims that their officers had gotten them to sign their “X” to enlistment papers that had not been properly explained; or were misrepresented. Moreover, to get new recruits, the colonies were forced to offer enlistment bonuses which some say were several hundred dollars. This drew further resentment on the part of the veterans who had gotten only $20 on enlistment. On January 1, 1781, 1,500 soldiers from the Pennsylvania Line under General Anthony Wayne’s command insisted that their three-year enlistments had expired. Too much rum had been fueling tempers that New Year’s night, and someone killed three officers in a drunken rage. Knowing that someone would be held responsible, many abandoned the Continental Army’s winter camp at Morristown. The British tried to take advantage of the situation. British General Henry Clinton sent representatives to meet the mutineers. They were authorized to offer full pardons and the back pay owed them by the Continental Army, in exchange for joining the British

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with Congress and with their oﬃcers, they ultimately refused to defect to the British. General Wayne tried to convince the soldiers to return to order peacefully, but while the soldiers promised not to defect to the British, they would not be satisﬁed until Pennsylvania addressed their grievances. Wayne dispatched letters to Washington and the Pennsylvania government. The Line set up a temporary headquarters in Princeton and selected a Board of Sergeants to speak continued on page 21

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Mutinies at Morristown... continued from page 20 for them. The mutiny of the Pennsylvania Line paused with a temporary settlement on January 8. Negotiations went quickly, as the soldiers distilled their grievances to one issue: that men enlisted in 1776 and 1777 for $20 bonuses be discharged and then given the opportunity to reenlist for a new bounty if they wished.

Half the men accepted discharges, while the other half took furloughs coupled with bonuses for reenlistment. Those who reenlisted formed the Pennsylvania Battalion, which went on to participate in the southern campaign. Wayne arranged for the discharge process to begin. Approximately 1,250 infantrymen and 67 artillerymen were discharged.

When the proceeding ended on January 29, only 1,150 out of 2,400 men remained in the Pennsylvania Line. However, many discharged men later reenlisted, and the remaining regiments accepted their old officers. The rank and file, though not the sergeants and musicians, were all furloughed until March 15. On that date the regiments reassembled at their respective towns. The commander of Company D, 4th Pennsylvania Regiment, was fatally shot by a mutineer who was trying to kill a senior officer. Otherwise, the uprising was relatively bloodless. The mutiny was the most successful and important insurrection of Continental Army soldiers during the American Revolutionary War. The peaceful terms agreed to by the Pennsylvania Line prompted 200 New Jersey men stationed at Pompton to follow suit with their own mutiny. On January 20, just as the mutiny of soldiers from the Pennsylvania Line was being resolved, another mutiny broke out. This time, men from the New Jersey Line (Pompton) also decided they were underpaid. George Washington was displeased

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Blast from the Past: Sterling Hill Mining Museum, New Jersey’s Gemstone of Geology

By Henry M. Holden efore becoming the Sterling Hill Mining Museum, it was a zinc mine. The Dutch arrived in the 1600s looking for iron and copper. The value of zinc as a minable commodity didn’t take off until The New Jersey Zinc Company incorporated in the late 1800s. “It took time for mining and science to catch up and discover that there are minerals here that are found nowhere else in the world,” said William Kroth, President Sterling Hill Mining Museum, Inc. Have you ever seen rocks glowing in the dark or walls changing colors? Inside the mine is a tunnel where you’ll see a wall of dull, brown rocks that begin to glow in vivid greens, oranges, blues, and purples when the ultraviolet lights turn on. “Come have a fun scientific adventure when you take our underground mine tour,” said Kroth. “Along the way, you will visit our two museums, go inside the mine itself and see mining equipment, a drilling and blasting demonstration, and the world-famous fluorescent “Rainbow Tunnel” among many

other enticing displays. Our tour is sure to engage people of all ages and interests.” Nestled in the small town of Ogdensburg, New Jersey, the mine which once was one of the world’s richest zinc ore deposits and renowned zinc mine is now a world-famous rock museum. “Our mine run dump area is perfect for avid mineral collectors,” said Kroth. It is available and is recommended for avid rock collectors 18 and older. There are two main sections to our mine run dump, the International pile and the Local pile. The International pile contains diverse minerals from all over the world that people can dig through. The Local pile contains hundreds of tons of high-grade zinc ore that was derived from the Sterling Hill Mine itself. Much of the ore in the local pile is full of highly fluorescent minerals. There is a shed on the mine run dump which has a shortwave ultraviolet light in which collectors can check their rocks and see if they do fluoresce. “Because the mine is a constant 56 degrees year-round, we attract visitors who come to cool down in the summer, and

The entrance to the museum displays the ore cars used to get the ore out of the mine and to market. (Courtesy Sterling Hill Mining Museum)

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pre-loaded with gems and minerals or a bag pre-loaded with fossils, or “Motherlode” bag which is a larger mixture of both. The sand mixture is then slowly poured continued on page 23

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Sterling Hill is the treasure chest of minerals. Dubbed the florescent capital of the world, together with the nearby Franklin Mine, 2.5 miles to the north, more than 350 different mineral species have been found here — a world record for such a small area. More than two dozen of these are found nowhere else on Earth. Almost 90 different mineral species have been documented as fluorescent. Geology.com explains what causes fluorescence in minerals. Quoting from the website: “All minerals can reflect light. That is what makes them visible to the human eye. Some minerals have an interesting physical property known as “fluorescence.” These minerals can temporarily absorb a small amount of light and an instant later release a small amount of light of a different wavelength. This change in wavelength causes a temporary color change of the mineral in the eye of a human observer.” The color change of fluorescent minerals is most spectacular when they are illuminated in darkness by ultraviolet light (which is not visible to humans) and they release visible light. The mine has tours at 10:00 am and 1:00 pm weekends only. Please call 973209-7212 in advance to make a reservation for the tour. Reservations cannot be done online. Tours are not self-guided; you need to go out with a guide. Private tours are available for groups of at least 15 paying people. Please call to discuss details, availability, and reservations. Reservations should be made at least 2 weeks in advance for private tours. Please call 973-209-7212 between the hours of 10:00 am and 3:00 pm. For more information on the Sterling Hill Mining Museum, visit www.sterlinghillminingmuseum.org.

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Singer-Songwriter Alex Mabey Preparing to Release New Album

By Steve Sears lex Mabey responds to the question very definitively when asked if her guitar is her best friend. “I would say more than that, God is my best friend,” Mabey says. “Because that’s who I go to. He gives me the music, and that’s the channel. The guitar is, but it’s just more of like a tool, and it’s like a companion, but it’s not my best companion. But we’ve definitely gone through a lot together.” It’s been a nice career for Alex Mabey, and quite a road back to where she is today. Mabey, a singer, songwriter, and musician, will soon be unveiling her newest album offering, The Waiting Room, and she’s had help doing it. More in a moment. Mabey currently lives in Nashville, and she couldn’t have landed in a more appropriate place. “It’s the spot that always made sense for me to be in,” Mabey says happily. “Because I was 18 years old when I moved here, and I just wanted to do music. So that’s the place where I knew to go, because I loved country music, and I felt like it was more fitting to me for me than being

in Los Angeles or New York, per se. So, I came here and I ended up meeting a lot of really close friends and people I stayed in touch with in the business over the years. I was only there for one year to begin with, and then I left. I first went to school at Belmont University, which is the music school here in Nashville, and I was studying music business, because I had already been writing songs and, not to say that I didn’t need to major in songwriting, but I felt that I could learn more from learning about the business because that was something I had no idea about.” Mabey, now 31, left Nashville but continued to make her music, but eventually returned. However, she was to have her obstacles. And after putting a halt to her career to deal with pain, both emotional and physical, she needed to rediscover and be again who she was: a performer. A performer who, through that very pain, which included poor health, a failed young marriage, and many other things that brought her down, wants to inspire and, perhaps most of all, aid others in realizing that there is a hope and a radiant light. “I real-

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Singer-Songwriter... continued from page 24 exhibiting a deep heart, which is reflected in her prior works, but which you know is again forthcoming in her new material. “I had written all the songs already before I made the name,” she says of the aptly-titled The Waiting Room. “It just felt like the name of the album because of what I’ve gone through. It’s the period of time before you have your answer or your dream come true, or your miracle that you’ve been praying for and waiting for.” Mabey is no stranger to hard work in her realm, and has for almost 15 years developed an eager fan base for her music. She previously released Dancin’ in Dirty Feet (2009), Banks of the Sky (2010), Bring Me Back, When I’m Far (2014), and Enough (2017). The before mentioned titles alone give a hint to Mabey’s story and timeline and emotions. The Waiting Room

is next up, with new songs being released in August and the fall, and Mabey knows in what direction she’s headed. “I think the whole theme of the album is finding freedom,” she says. And when she decided that she had to do it independently to move forward with her new album, she asked for help via a 39-day, $45,000 Kickstarter campaign. She kicked the campaign off in the fall of 2021, and by December, those who believed in her and her music came through. Although concentrating now on The Waiting Room release, Mabey is also considering planning a new work as well. “I always am because this has been my life,” she says. For more about Alex Mabey and her music, visit her website at www.alexmabey. com.

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Former Morris County Woman Making Her Move in the Music World

By Steve Sears echno dance singer and songwriter, Tia Tia, recalls that summer day with her boyfriend, Ryan McMahon, by the pool. “It started over quarantine, and we were just in the backyard in the pool, and the UB40 version of “Red Red Wine” came on, and that’s been one of my favorite songs for as long as I can remember.” Wondering if she could approach the classic tune, originally written by Neil Diamond, in a new way, she and McMahon ended up redoing it, titling their newer version “Red Wine.” The duo knew they had something special, and sought permission from Diamond to release it. “He so gracefully said we could release it, which is really cool,” Tia Tai says. “So, we’re technically co-writers with Neil Diamond.” Since that first official re-

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Unsearched U.S. Coin Bags full of Morgan Silver Dollars go to NJ residents State zip codes used to determine who gets valuable Morgan Silver Dollars issued by the U.S. Gov’t over 100 years ago and sealed away in three pound U.S. Coin Bags that have never been searched Who gets the Morgan Silver Dollars: Only NJ residents who find their zip code listed on the Distribution List below are getting the Gov’t issued coins. If you find your zip code listed below call: 1-800-867-0152 UMD514 “The vaults at Federated Mint are going empty,” said Laura A. Lynne, U.S. Coin and Currency Director for Federated Mint. T h a t ’s b e c a u s e a decision by Federated Mint to release rarely seen U.S. Gov’t issued Morgan Silver Dollars, some worth up to 100 times their face value, means unsearched Bank Bags loaded with U. S. Gov’t issued Morgan Silver Dollars dating back to the 1800’s are now being handed over to U.S. residents who find the first three digits of their zip code listed in today’s publication. “But don’t thank the G over n ment . A s U. S. Coin and Currency Director for Federated Mint I get paid to inform and educate the general public rega rding U.S. coins. Ever since the decision by Federated Mint to release rarely seen U.S. Gov’t issued Morgan Silver Dollars to

■ UNSEARCHED: Each Bank Bag contains 50 U.S. Gov’t issued Morgan Silver Dollars. Each coin is verified to meet a minimum collector grade of very good or above and the dates and mint marks are never searched by Federated Mint to determine collector value.

the general public – I’m being asked, how much are the unsearched Bank Bags worth? The answer is, there’s no way to tell. Coin values always f luctuate and there are never any guarantees, but we do know this. Each unsea rched bag weighs nearly 3 pounds and contains 50 Morgan Silver Dollars and just one coin a lone, could be worth $40 - $325 in collector value according to The Official Red Book, A Guide Book of United States Coins. So, there’s no telling what you’ll find until you search through all the coins. But you better believe at just $2900 these unsearched Bank Bags are a steal since ever yone who misses the deadline must pay $4000 for each bag,” said Lynne. “These are not ordinary coins you find in your pocket change. These are rarely seen Morgan Silver Dollars some dating back to the 1800’s so we won’t be surprised if thousands of U.S. residents claim as many as they can get their hands on. That’s because after the bags were loaded with 50 U.S. Gov’t issued Morgan Silver Dollars, each verified to meet a minimum collector grade quality of very good or above, the dates a nd mint marks were never searched to determine collector values and the bags were securely sealed. That means there’s no telling what you’ll find until you search all the coins,” said Lynne. The only thing U.S. residents who find their zip code printed in today’s publication need to do is call the National Coin Claim Hotline before the

48-hour deadline ends. This is very important. The Vault Bag fee has been set for $4000 for residents who miss the deadline, but for those New Jersey residents who beat the 48-hour deadline the Bank Bag fee is just $2900 as long as they call the National Coin Claim Hotline before the deadline ends. “Remember this, we cannot stop collectors from buying up all the unsearched bags of coins they can get in this special advertising announcement. And you better believe with each bag being loaded with 50 U.S. Gov’t issued Morgan S i l ver D ol l a r s we’r e guessing they’re going to go quick,” said Lynne. The phone lines will be ringing off the hook beginning at precisely 8:30 AM this morning. T h at ’s b e c au s e e ach unsearched Bank Bag is loaded with nothing but U.S. Gov’t issued Morgan Silver Dollars some dating clear back to the 1800’s. “With all these collectible U. S. G ov ’t issued Morga n Silver Dollars up for grabs we’re going to do our best to answer all the calls,” said Lynne. T hou s a n d s of U. S . residents stand to miss the deadline to claim the Unsearched Bank Bags. That means U.S. residents who find the first three digits of their zip code listed in today’s publication can claim the unsearched bags of money for themselves and keep all the U.S. Gov’t issued Morgan Silver Dollars found inside. Just be sure to call before the 48 -hour deadline ends. ■

■ SNEAK PEAK INSIDE VAULT: The phone lines will be ringing off the hook beginning at 8:30 AM this morning when the vaults open for New Jersey residents to claim unsearched Bank Bags. It’s hard to tell how much these unsearched bags loaded with Morgan Silver Dollars issued by the Gov’t over 100 years ago could be worth someday. That’s because each Bank Bag contains 50 Morgan Silver Dollars some dating clear back to the 1800’s. And here’s the best part. After the deadline each Bank Bag fee is set for $4000, but New Jersey residents who find their zip code listed in today’s publication and beat the deadline cover just $2900 which is a real steal for these unsearched Bank Bags. NJ RESIDENTS: IF YOU FIND THE FIRST THREE DIGITS OF YOUR ZIP CODE BELOW. CALL: 1-800-867-0152 UMD514

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Long Valley Junior Women’s Club Awards $10,000 in Scholarships to West Morris Central Grads and giving back within their community which goes hand in hand with LVJWC’s primary mission. Approximately $95,000 in scholarships and awards were given out at the 2022 Senior Awards ceremony at West Morris Central on Thursday, June 2nd, and LVJWC was proud to have given out over 10% of the total WMC scholarship awards this year! LVJWC Community Service Scholarships were awarded to Haley Bishop, Stephanie Bruin, Kaitlyn Donovan, Jonathan Jan, Christopher Meehan, Olivia Montuore and Bianca Rosiak. We also awarded LVJWC Juniorettes Scholarships to three active members of the Long Valley Juniorettes, which is the teenage version of the Junior Women’s Club. This year’s Juniorettes Scholarships were awarded to Margaret Layfield, Caroline Miller and Avery Schwartz. Congratulations to all these welldeserving students who worked so hard throughout their high school career but who also made it a priority to give back to their community. We wish them well in their future endeavors and truly hope they enjoy a rewarding and successful college

he Long Valley Junior Women’s Club (LVJWC) is proud to announce that it has awarded $10,000 in scholarships to ten graduates from the West Morris Central High School Class of 2022. LVJWC is a volunteer organization which raises funds through various fundraisers and programs including our CARE Afterschool program and our Racks Valley Boutique located in downtown Long Valley. Last year we raised over $90,000 to allocate back into our community and into programs such as our schools, Emergency Services, our local Food Pantry, our Senior Center, Mental Health and Community Safety Programs, our Scholarship Program and so much more. We received applications from many amazing and well-deserving students which made our work in choosing the recipients incredibly difficult. Careful consideration was given to each application. The awards were given to ten students who stood out based on dedication to their academic career, their essay submission, financial need, leadership and school involvement, but more importantly those who demonstrated a commitment to serving

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Pack a Perfect Al Fresco Pairing

eading outdoors for a fresh, homemade meal is an alluring activity when warm weather and sunshine provide a perfect opportunity for dining on the patio. Or, if some time away from the house is calling your name, packing a lunch and taking off for the park can be an ideal getaway without getting too far from home. Next time the sun’s rays call your name, invite friends and family for a delicious picnic loaded with warm-weather flavors. Just lay out your favorite blanket on the grass or don an outdoor table with a classic checkered tablecloth then share recipes that make al fresco meals truly memorable. No picnic is complete without sandwiches loaded with all your favorite toppings, and these Picnic-wiches with Greek Artichoke Beet Salad provide the freshness that outdoor meals are made of. This recipe starts with a homemade relish loaded with Aunt Nellie’s Pickled Beets, artichoke hearts, olives and green onions that complements the winning combination of turkey, feta and ciabatta. Pair your party tray of sandwiches with a perfect partner like Bean, Tortellini and Pesto Salad made with READ Bean Salad for

a complete spread that’ll leave you waiting for the next opportunity to take mealtime outdoors. With just a handful of ingredients and customizable with your desired stir-ins like tomatoes, peppers and green onions, it’s ready in next to no time. To find more picnic-worthy appetizers, meals, sides and more, visit readsalads.com and auntnellies.com. Picnic-wiches with Greek Artichoke Beet Salad Servings: 6 1 jar (16 ounces) Aunt Nellie’s Sliced Pickled Beets 1 jar (about 6 ounces) marinated artichoke hearts 1/2 cup pitted kalamata or ripe olives, sliced 3 tablespoons sliced green onions freshly ground black pepper, to taste (optional) 6 romaine lettuce leaves 1 pound thinly sliced deli turkey 6 ciabatta or sandwich rolls, sliced horizontally 1/3 cup crumbled feta cheese 1/4 cup pine nuts, toasted Drain beets and artichoke hearts, reserving 1/4 cup liquid from each. Coarsely chop

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1/2 teaspoon salt (optional) 1 package (9 ounces) refrigerated tortellini grape tomatoes (optional) halved cherry tomatoes (optional) chopped bell pepper (optional) thinly sliced green onions (optional) Drain bean salad, reserving 1/2 cup liquid. In bowl, combine reserved liquid, pesto and salt, if desired; set aside. Cook tortellini according to package directions; drain, rinse in cold water and drain again. Add pesto dressing; toss to coat. Add grape tomatoes, cherry tomatoes, bell pepper and green onion, as desired. Toss with bean salad. Serve at room temperature or chilled. (Family Features)

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A Sizzling Summer Meal

ummertime, for many, represents an opportunity to enjoy freshly cooked meals while enjoying time outdoors. Taking your dishes from ordinary to extraordinary starts with chef-inspired recipes that call to mind the flavors of the season. If you’re a summer burger connoisseur looking for a fresh twist on tradition, this recipe calls for high-quality beef from Omaha Steaks. Created by Omaha Steaks Executive Chef David Rose, these Fried Lobster Po Boy Burgers with pimento remoulade sauce are a tempting way to combine two summertime favorites – seafood and burgers. Visit OmahaSteaks.com for more summer meal inspiration. Fried Lobster Po Boy Burgers Recipe courtesy of Omaha Steaks Executive Chef David Rose Prep time: about 20 minutes Cook time: about 20 minutes Servings: 2 Pimento Remoulade: 1/2 cup mayonnaise 1 1/2 tablespoons minced pimentos

1 tablespoon Dijon mustard 1 tablespoon minced bread and butter pickles 1 pepperoncino (seeded and minced) 1/4 teaspoon smoked paprika 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper 1 tablespoon freshly squeezed lemon juice 3 dashes hot sauce kosher salt, to taste Fried Lobster Tails: Vegetable oil, for frying 1/2 cup all-purpose flour 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt, divided 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper, divided 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder 1/4 teaspoon smoked paprika 1 large egg 1 tablespoon water 2 dashes hot pepper sauce 1/4 cup potato chips, finely blended in food processor 1/3 cup panko breadcrumbs 1 tablespoon minced flat leaf Italian parsley 2 Omaha Steaks lobster tails (5 ounces each)

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chips, panko breadcrumbs and parsley until well incorporated. Set aside. Cut lobster tails in half lengthwise, remove meat from shell and season with remaining kosher salt and black pepper. Toss halved lobster tails in flour mixture first, egg mixture second then potato chip mixture third, coating thoroughly. Fry lobster tails 3-4 minutes on each side until golden brown and cooked through. Close grill lid between flipping. To make cheeseburgers: Preheat grill to 450 F using direct heat. Form ground beef into two 1/2 pound patties, each about 1/2inch thick. Using thumb, make dimple in center of each patty to help cook evenly. Season both sides of burger with salt and pepper, to taste. Spread butter on each cut side of buns. Grill burgers 4-5 minutes per side for medium doneness. Add one slice cheddar cheese on each burger, close lid and grill about 30 seconds to melt cheese. Remove patties from grill to continued on page 32

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Cook with Heart Health in Mind

ealthy eating doesn’t have to be difficult or require you to take favorite meals off your family’s menu. In fact, making smart choices when cooking at home can give you more control over the types of tasty, hearthealthy dishes you put on the table. High cholesterol is one of the major controllable risk factors for heart disease and stroke, with about 38% of American adults diagnosed with high cholesterol, according to the American Heart Association. These cooking tips can help you prepare heart-healthy meals that could help improve cholesterol levels by reducing excess saturated fat and trans fat. Cook Fresh Vegetables the Heart-Healthy Way Roasting, steaming, grilling or baking can help bring out the natural flavors of vegetables. Adding herbs and spices can also help make veggies tastier, including combinations like basil with tomatoes, oregano with zucchini, dill with green beans or rosemary with peas and cauliflower. Reduce Saturated Fat in Meat and Poultry The amount of saturated fat in meats can vary widely, depending on the cut and how it’s prepared. Opt for poultry and fish over red meat and look for lean cuts of meat with minimal visible fat, which should be trimmed away before cooking. Also limit processed meats such as sausage, bologna, salami and hot dogs, which are often high in calo-

ries, saturated fat and sodium. Use Liquid Vegetable Oils in Place of Solid Fats Some fats are better for you than others. Liquid vegetable oils such as canola, saﬄower, sunflower, soybean and olive oil can often be used instead of solid fats, such as butter, lard or shortening. If you must use margarine, try the soft or liquid kind. Find more heart-healthy recipes and tips for lowering cholesterol at heart.org/cholesterol. Grilled Tequila-Lime Chicken with Grilled Asparagus Recipe courtesy of the American Heart Association Servings: 4 1/4 cup tequila or white vinegar 2 teaspoons lime zest 1/2 cup fresh lime juice 2 medium garlic cloves, minced 1 tablespoon chipotle pepper canned in adobo sauce, minced, plus 2 tablespoons adobo sauce 1 1/2 pounds boneless, skinless chicken breasts, fat discarded nonstick cooking spray 3 bunches asparagus spears, trimmed 1/4 teaspoon salt 1/2 teaspoon black pepper, divided

2 tablespoons canola oil or corn oil In small bowl, stir tequila, lime zest, lime juice, garlic, chipotle pepper and adobo sauce. Pour into large resealable plastic bag. Add chicken and seal bag tightly; turn bag to coat. Refrigerate 2-12 hours. Preheat grill to medium-high heat. Lightly spray grates with nonstick cooking spray. In large dish, sprinkle asparagus with salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper. Drizzle with oil. Turn asparagus over to coat. Remove chicken from marinade. Discard marinade and wipe most of it off chicken. Sprinkle chicken with remaining pepper. Grill 8-12 minutes, or until chicken is no longer pink in continued on page 33

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continued from page 26 New York City, she thought being an actress was her calling. She and her mom would head to auditions for different commercials, but by her junior year, her mom knew her daughter had other aspirations. “She would say, ‘Tia, I really don’t think you want to do this. You write songs all the time in your room. I think that’s more your passion.’ And she was right. I went to a songwriting camp that summer before college and just fell in love, and went to Belmont University for one year where I was a major in songwriting, and just was able to be immersed in that industry, in that world, a little bit more. I was always writing songs, but I moved to Nashville to really get better at writing songs, and then was doing so much interning and writing with people that I dropped out of college and then signed my first publishing deal with Sony ATV in Los Angeles.” Eight months after signing that contract, she moved to the moved West Coast permanently and has remained there. Tia Tia feels songwriting was always in her being. “I think it was always in me. I just started writing songs as a kid before I even really knew what I was doing. I think I actually realized that I just love trying to describe something. When you’re writing songs, you’re basically describing something that’s already been said a million times, but trying to say it a little bit of a different way. And that’s al-

ways really inspiring to me. And also, I just love a good melody, I just love writing something that gets stuck in my head for days. I think that’s also really inspiring, whenever you can put together a melody that you haven’t heard before. That’s always really fun.” It has been a nice three years for Tia Tia. She is the co-writer of the song, “Off My Face,” which appeared on Bieber’s Grammy-nominated, platinum selling album, Justice. She and her close collaborator, Jake Torrey, wrote it in 20 minutes. “Jake did a one pass on the mic, and then that song sat around for six months. No one wanted to cut it. And then, by literally the grace of God, Scooter, Justin’s manager, loved it and played it for Justin, and he loved it, and then he recorded it. I didn’t even get to hear the song until it came out, which is really crazy. I’m still in disbelief. Every time I hear it or see him sing it, I just immediately cry.” Tia Tia’s goal is to continue to release a new single every four weeks, and maybe one or more of those will soar higher than the rest. “In five years, I want to have a number one song as an artist on the radio, and I want to be able to tour in whatever capacity that means, just because that’s what I really love to do, and a big reason why I decided to release my own music.” For more information about Tia Tia music, visit hoo.be/tiatia.

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Colonel Jeanne Murphy (U.S. Army, retired) Delivers Keynote for Memorial Day Remembrance in Northwestern New Jersey deployed. Honoring the memories of those lost while defending the nation, she said, “We all benefit from fallen Americans’ sacrifices every time we exercise our constitutional rights. We are able to speak freely, peaceably assemble, and vote. These rights have been paid for in blood by those who willingly risked their lives to protect ours, from the founding of our nation to today.” Retired from the military after a 30-year career in the U.S. Army, Colonel Murphy is married to Lieutenant Colonel Bruce Murphy (U.S. Army, retired), the president of Centenary University. Together, the couple are strong champions of veterans and their families, emphasizing the need to increase access to higher education and mental health services that help veterans acclimate to civilian life after a career in the military. Centenary University has a proud history of providing programs that support veterans and enlisted service members. Recent additions include the establishment of the CMSgt Richard Etchberger Scholars Program, a partnership with the Community College of the Air Force that provides a pathway for active duty air and

olonel Jeanne Murphy (U.S. Army, retired) called on attendees to do more to support Gold Star families and veterans during her keynote address for the Memorial Day remembrance ceremony held Monday at the All Veterans Memorial Ceremonial Grounds in Budd Lake. Colonel Murphy, who is now the first lady of Centenary University in Hackettstown, told those gathered to honor fallen heroes that the nation and its citizens have a moral obligation to support active duty military, veterans, and their families. “While we are seeing fewer combat losses overseas, we continue to see steep increases in military and veteran deaths at home,” she explained. “Post-9/11 veterans are dying at higher rates than Americans overall, mainly through accidents, suicide, and homicide. It is our responsibility as citizens to remember our nation’s brave fallen men and women—whether they died deployed in the heat of battle or after a lifetime in the uniform of our military.” Colonel Murphy lauded the current 2.8 million service members and their families, adding that the entire family—spouses, children, parents, and other relatives— makes sacrifices while their loved one is

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Dr. Octavia Brown Receives Centenary University’s Golden Dome Award

By Steve Sears r. Octavia Brown, Centenary University Professor Emeritus, received the institution’s highest honor, the Golden Dome Award, on Thursday evening, June 2, at the CU at the Stables annual scholarship fundraising event held at the David and Carol Lackland Center in Hackettstown. Brown had heard about being named to receive the award two years ago, but the event was canceled for those two years because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Centenary, however, kept the special honor high on its list of things to eventually do. “It’s lovely,” Brown says. “It’s so nice to be recognized inside the organization where you spent so much time and eﬀort, and I was just thrilled.” Brown, who taught at the university for almost 25 years, is the 2003 founder and former director of Therapeutic Riding at Centenary (TRAC). The Harvard graduate, who ﬁrst arrived in the United States in 1964, was part of the group that founded The North American Riding for the

Handicapped Association (NARHA, now known as PATH International, Professional Association of Therapeutic Horsemanship) in 1969, and also founded Mane Stream in Bedminster in 1972. “I had been in the ﬁeld for all those years,” Brown says. “Then Centenary asked me to teach a course for instructors. I began doing that, and I was teaching riding and other things, and then someone said, ‘How could we make this better?’ And I said, ‘To have an in-house therapeutic riding program with volunteers and riders and special horses.” The university tasked Brown to make it happen, and she fundraised and created the TRAC program. Brown, a leader in the ﬁeld of therapeutic riding, is no stranger to recognition. In addition to her Golden Dome Award and this year being honored with an Equus Foundation Humanitarian Award, she has also been honored by the NJ Horse Council, the U.S. Equestrian Federation, and has been a recipient of the PATH Directors’ Award and the President’s Award, and was bestowed PATH’s highest

honor, the James Brady Award for Lifetime Achievement in Therapeutic Riding. Brown explains how her involvement in the field commenced. “It truly was one of those doors that open and you just kind of go gently walking through it,” she says. “I was based in Cambridge, Massachusetts when I arrived, and I was a secretary for a professor at Harvard Law School, but I had been a lifelong rider. I found a place to ride, and one of the friends that I had made told me that McLean Hospital which is in Belmont, Massachusetts - was considering creating a riding program for their patients. One of their staff members, who was from Germany, had heard about therapeutic riding and she thought, ‘Why don’t we do it for our patients?’ Brown, because she could ride horses, was hired, and she and that staff member created a program with four horses for the hospital patients. However, her work had just started. While doing the McLean program, she heard about NAHRA and headed to a meeting and helped form that. Then, after getting married and moving to New Jersey, Brown, now trained in therapeutic riding, set up Mane Stream (initially founded as the Somerset Hills Handicapped Riders Club) in Somerset County. “New Jersey is perfect,” Brown says. “It’s such a horseoriented state as a whole.” Organizations were fortunate to have Brown nearby to either start or buttress their efforts, and she is proud of the work that has been accomplished, especially with veterans and the handicapped. “We have involved the veterans, and we’ve involved people with disabilities to become instructors, which is one of my Celebrating 50 Years

Octavia J. Brown, Ed.M., D.H.L., ’08 HA with her Centenary University Gold Dome Award (courtesy of Centenary University)

main concerns,” she says. “People who may have some limitations physically, there’s no reason at all why they could not be instructors with the right support system. That I think has been one of the things that I’m most proud of - the people with disabilities who have gone on to become instructors.” And then there is her concern for the well being of one of the most beautiful animals on earth, the horse. “There’s a much bigger emphasis right now, as it should be, so that more people become aware of how valuable these animals are,” Brown says. “They are still vulnerable to various and sundry things that could happen. I think the current generation going on will hopefully be very aware of how we keep these guys going and give them long lives in this ﬁeld.” For more information about Centenary University’s TRAC program, visit www. centenaryuniversity.edu.

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Mendham Church Pushes Beyond the Walls

by Elsie Walker hen it comes to mission work, the Mendham Hills Community Church has a saying, “the life you change might just be your own.” The church, located at 480 Route 24, in Chester has a secular non-profit called “Beyond the Walls” which helps groups living in homelessness or poverty locally, domestically, and internationally. The international mission, which travels to Guatemala to help 11,000 plus people living and working in a garbage dump, has grown to include participants from a number of states. “People have a wonderful experience and share it with the world,” said the church’s pastor, John Isemann, in explaining how people from outside the area get involved. In addition to its mission work, the church provides a place where people of all ages can grow in fellowship and faith. Mendham Hills illCommunity Church is a Christian and Missionary Alliance church which started as a bible study in the early 1980s, and by the late 1980’s, a church was built. Isemann has been the lead pastor for 10 years and recalled how he came to the church. He grew up in Mount Olive and after his freshman year at Rutgers University was working at the Sizzler by Rockaway Mall. He met a “beautiful blonde” named Joan, but she wouldn’t date him because he wasn’t a Christian: he only went to church on Christmas and Easter. This made Isemann reexamine his faith. He went back to the church of his youth, but felt it really didn’t offer what he needed. Sometime later, after marrying Joan, Isemann was playing putt-putt golf. He saw a man in a Christian rock t-shirt. Isemann felt a voice

Mendham Hills Community Church is located at 480 Route 24, in Chester. The church holds services at 9am and 10:30am live and online each Sunday featuring the music of its praise and worship band.

inside him telling him to ask the man about the shirt. He did and the man shared that he went to Mendham Hills Community Church. Isemann and his wife went there in the early 1990’s and Isemann says he was “overwhelmed and overcome with the sense of love, community and joy.” They stayed and Isemann took on, and grew, in leadership roles within the church. A man with a 20+ year career in finance, Isemann went through all the denomination requirements to become a pastor and became the lead pastor of the church 10 years ago. The Isemann’s have four grown children (Courtney, John, Caleb, and Caroline) and recently welcomed their first grandchild, a baby girl named Landry. The canine member of the family is a dog named Moose. Isemann has always loved sports and enjoys

rooting on his favorite teams, even with their poor records (ex. The Mets) and cheering on his daughter, Caroline, who participates in college track. Weekly services at Mendham Hills Community Church, in-person and online, are Sundays at 9am and 10:30am. The worship style is contemporary. It has a praise and worship band led by Isaac Davis, who also takes care of the technology and production for live steaming the services. “Mendham Hills Community Church has an average Sunday attendance of between 400-500, Easter around 800, and Christmas Eve around 1,200. I would say around 800 people or so call Mendham Hills Community Church their home church. In terms of online attendance, it averages continued on page 39

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continued from page 38 around 200 per week (100 or so live/100 views the rest of the week),” shared Isemann. Services can be viewed at www.mendhamhills.org/watch or on Facebook at www.facebook.com/mendhamhills For those attending worship in person, there is a fellowship time in the atrium area/cafe of the church before and after services. “We value children like crazy,” said Isemann. The church has a nursery for those from birth – age 2. For ages above that to fifth grade, there is church school which has a sign-in/sign-out system to keep the kids safe. The school is held in a glass-walled wing with kid-appealing decorations and activities. It includes a two-story twisting slide which children can use to exit when done each Sunday. The idea is to make church a place where kids want to go. There is also Sunday School for Middle School kids and an offering for high schoolers. Special events of the church include its yearly outdoor baptisms, held at a lake in Long Valley in which the baptisms take place. It is a big time of celebration for the church. Another event is the church’s Christmas Eve services, which they start planning in September. The services always have something special. Isemann recalls the year several live animals, including a camel, preceded “Mary”, who was riding a donkey down the aisle. The church has a heart for reaching out. Its mission project’s name, “Beyond the Walls, relates to going outside the walls of the church, going outside one’s comfort zone to help others. The program was made a secular non-profit as sometimes people outside of the church are hesitant to get

involved in a “church” mission project or donate money to a church project. Being a non-profit breaks down the walls that keep some people from helping. Locally, the church helps Market Street Mission, Family Promise of Morris County and First Choice Women’s Resource Center. According to its site, First Choice encourages and equips women and men to make informed pregnancy decisions. Mendham Hills Community Church not only raises and gives money to First Choice, several of its congregants volunteer (including an OBGYN) at their clinics. Another ministry partner, Family Promise, helps people go from homelessness to self-sufficiency. While doing this, churches provide a place for homeless families to sleep, moving from one church location to another. Mendham Hills Community Church partners with Family Promise by providing temporary housing through its Grace House Guests ministry several times each year. Grace House, a house which the church had bought, is normally where the staff offices, etc. are located, but when Family Promise groups are staying there, it is transformed back into a home. The church also works with Market Street Mission in Morristown, an organization which works with individuals to overcome addiction, poverty and homelessness. Church volunteers work with the men in the program and behind the scenes. Domestically, the church helps the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota. There, mission volunteers work on building projects to fix homes and run camps for kids. Internationally, the church makes a yearly mission trip

to Guatemala City (except during COVID-19, during which they raised and sent $100,000 to help the programs there). The church now also plans to include another Guatemala town: Chiquimula. The idea to work in Guatemala came about over twelve years ago when an article in a newspaper showed Mendham to be one of the richest cities in the United States. The thought was why not have one of the richest places help one of the poorest places. The Guatemala City area being helped is a garbage dump where people live and also rummage to find things to sell to try to support themselves. There, mission teams have built homes, run medical clinics, run camps for children, built hygiene stations, brought food staples to people and prayed with them and more. This month, mission teams will be going on site once again. Bonds are built during these mission trips. Isemann shared his own experience of this. During the first trip, he was giving out food and a little girl said to him, “I love you.” He was touched and surprised, as the child said it in English. He decided to sponsor the child. Over the years, he has gotten to know her and her family and it is clear that she feels that he is part of her family. When the now young woman met a young man and they decided to marry, there was just one thing that man had to do: the man had to ask her American father if he could marry his sponsor child. For more information and to see videos on the church’s mission work, visit www.mendhamhills.org/missions-1. For more information on the church visit its website at www. mendhamhills.org.

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To Find Thy Truest Inner Gift

By Richard Mabey Jr. his is a true story of one Boy Scout’s journey to find his place in the sun. If truth be told, it could be the story of any one of us, as we walk life’s path and sometimes struggle to find our hidden gifts and talents. Johnny Wilkerson (I changed his name) was a Second Class Scout of Boy Scout Troop 170 back in January of 1985. Johnny was 12 years old and was having a hard time in scouting. He was not good at pioneering skills. Whenever Johnny tied the lashings for a tripod, or a camporee gateway, or a bridge for a stream, his frappings would come undone. Johnny also did not excel at knot tying, map and compass, first-aid skills, or semaphore flag signaling. At the time, my dad was Scoutmaster of Boy Scout Troop 170, and I was Assistant Scoutmaster. It was in the middle of December of 1984 that Johnny told my dad that he was going to drop out of scouting. My father asked Johnny to stay on board for just a little while longer, that he would find something in scouting that would click for him. The idea came to my father, one evening after supper while he was reading the newspaper. Dad immediately told me of his idea and asked me what I thought of it. Dad told me that he was going to put Johnny in charge of coordinating the entire Boy Scout window display for Boy Scout Week. I remember telling Dad that I thought it was a great idea. So, the next Friday night, at the scout meeting, Dad talked to Johnny alone. Dad asked Johnny if he wanted to take on the big job of being in charge of the entire Boy Scout

window display. I remember Dad telling me later that at first Johnny was very hesitant to take on the big responsibility. But my dad encouraged Johnny by telling him that he believed in him. Well, Johnny took the bull by the horns. It was a funny kind of thing. It was actually quite heartwarming. At the next Friday night scout meeting, Johnny came to the meeting with a shoebox. Johnny showed my father what was inside the shoebox. When Johnny opened his shoebox, my dad later told me that he was all so surprised. Johnny had made up about a half-dozen pipe cleaner figures. Johnny told my dad that each pipe cleaner was going to represent one of his fellow scouts. But that wasn’t all that was inside Johnny’s shoebox. Johnny then showed my father a miniature signaling tower that he had made up of tree branches. Johnny had used lashings to build this little tower. I remember Dad told me that he was quite impressed with Johnny’s imaginative handicraft skills. Boy Scout Week is traditionally in the first full week of February. It begins with the first Sunday of the month and ends on the following Saturday. Back in 1985, Boy Scout Week began on Sunday, February third and ended on Saturday, February ninth. Well, it was on the first Saturday morning of February, that the scouts of Boy Scout Troop 170 met at Belle Fleur Flower Shoppe. Dad had asked me to be the scout leader to watch over the scouts as they built their scout window display. Dad continued on page 41

The Scouting Journal was the oﬃcial newspaper of Boy Scout Troop 170. Here is the front-page story of the ﬁrst-place prize earned by Troop 170, for their scout window display. I distinctly remembered that Johnny did not want to be recognized in the article.

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continued from page 40 also told me that he wanted Johnny to be totally in charge of leading the other scouts, while they were creating the scout window display. I was the only scout leader to watch over this small miracle. Johnny simply took charge of the day. There was no doubt this was Johnny’s moment to shine in the sunlight. And, something very special happened that morning. The other scouts quickly developed a new respect for Johnny. For this was no longer Johnny, the scout who could not tie lashings. No, this was Johnny, the scout who had a vision of how he wanted the scout window display to look. There was no doubt about it, Johnny was completely in charge. Well, long story short, Johnny’s scout window display won First Prize, of all the scout troops in the entire Boonton District! This was quite an honor. For at that time, there were at least a dozen neighboring towns that made up the Boonton District of the Morris-Sussex Area Boy Scout Council.

And, the truth of the matter was that Boy Scout Troop 170 owed it all to Johnny Wilkerson. Johnny was never to be the same in his scouting journey. A new inner confidence was awoken in Johnny. Johnny began growing in his scouting skills. He actually became one of Troop 170’s best semaphore signalers. He had taken the time and effort to learn the fine art of sending messages through using two flags, to send semaphore communications to another scout, a considerable distance away. I have no idea where Johnny is now. In 1994, we had a big Boy Scout Troop 170 Reunion Dinner. Sadly, Johnny did not attend it. Even though I’ve changed Johnny’s name in this story, it’s my hope that he just may recognize that I have honored him, 37 years later. Richard Mabey Jr. is a freelance writer. He can be reached at richardmabeyjr@hotmail.com. Please put on the subject line: Scout Window Story.

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Morris County & Arts Community Unveil Plaque to Viki Craig

rt in the Atrium (ATA) Co-founder Viki Craig was honored with a plaque unveiled in Morristown by the Morris County Board of County Commissioners, The Craig Family and Morris Arts during a ceremony at the Morris County Administration and Records Building in Morristown, where ATA began 30 years ago. Charles Craig and Lauren LeBeaux Craig, Viki Craig’s husband and daughter, hosted the ceremony with Morris Arts Director of Galleries Lynn Seibert and Morris County Commissioner Deputy Director John Krickus next to the plaque on the 5th Floor of the Atrium Gallery. “It’s been three years since we lost Viki Craig and two years since we first planned a dedication here to this wonderful, brilliant and visionary woman, and I want to say thank you to Charles and Lauren for continuing her legacy. … It is so fitting that we are going to have Viki Craig’s plaque here, overlooking the atrium where she founded Art in the Atrium,” said Commissioner Krickus. He noted that Morris County has only two other plaques of honor on the 5th Floor of the atrium: One for Frederick W. Knox, Jr., who served as a Freeholder from 1978 to 1988, and the other to Ilene St. John, who served as Clerk of the Board from 1991 to 2008. “I am just so proud to represent my parents who had the vision and tenacity to keep this going for all these years. And I am excited that my mom has her plaque, and I’m trying not to get emotional too early. It’s a culmination of just so much,” said Lauren LeBeaux Craig. The plaque is located just outside the Morris County Commissioners public meeting room. ATA took its name from the county’s five-story building atrium, where

the Craig Family launched their nonprofit volunteer art organization with the mission to educate and exhibit African American fine art in Morristown. The plaque unveiling was timed to coincide with Juneteenth celebrations this weekend, which honors the date June 19, 1865, two months after the Civil War ended, when Union General Gordon Granger delivered the news to enslaved communities in Texas that they had been freed by the Emancipation Proclamation two and a half years earlier. ATA’s annual exhibition, the largest of its kind in the state of New Jersey, has been a successful showcase of art by both emerging and established artists. Viki Craig died in December 2018, but her family continued her work. During 2020 and 2021, when the COVID-19 pandemic made it impossible to keep the Atrium Gallery open to the public, a planned plaque dedication to Viki Craig was postponed. But ATA still showcased its artists virtually with the support of Morris County and the Board of Commissioners. This year, ATA’s atrium exhibit is part of Morris Arts’ new exhibit, REEMERGENCE AND RENEWAL, which was set up last month and will run through Sept. 2. It exhibits a total of 138 artworks by 46 talented artists who offer a sense of renewal through their vibrant imagery, vivid colors, compelling designs and their underlying sense of humanity. The fourth and fifth floors of the atrium exclusively showcase ATA’s presentation -- 70 works by 24 African American artists entitled “Black Revival!” The works include a wide range of styles and media – utilizing acrylic, multimedia assemblages, textiles, and photos in abstract

Lauren LeBeaux Craig, Commissioner Krickus and Charles Craig pulled a veil oﬀ the plaque honoring the late ATA Co-Founder Viki Craig.

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ir conditioning is a welcome luxury come the dog days of summer. Few people can imagine getting through a hot summer afternoon without turning their AC on, and that can make July and August some of the more costly months on the calendar in regard to energy consumption. Though the months of July and August may not seem well-suited to cutting energy consumption, there are ways to conserve that don’t require turning off the AC. • Reconsider the location of your thermostat. The Performance Building Institute, Inc. notes that thermostats are sensitive to heat. Thermostats located near heat-generating appliances like lamps, televisions and computers may be fooled into thinking a home’s interior is warmer than it actually is. That will keep a temperature-controlled AC running longer and more frequently than is necessary. If necessary, move the thermostat to a part of the home where there are no electronics and appliances. • Emphasize maintenance of the AC unit. Even the most energy-efficient AC unit will be forced to work harder, and consume extra energy, if it’s not well-maintained. The Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy notes that ENERGY STAR-certified HVAC equipment can yield annual energy savings of 10 to 30 percent. But such products

must be maintained. Annual maintenance appointments with an HVAC technician can ensure the unit is clean and refrigerant levels are correct, helping it run as efficiently as possible. • Embrace natural ways to keep a home’s interior cool. Cranking the AC is not the only way to maintain a comfortable temperature inside a home during the months of July and August. Closing curtains on especially warm days keeps the sun out and makes it easier to maintain comfortable temperatures inside without lowering the temperature on the thermostat. Avoiding the stove on hot nights and preparing cold meals or firing up the grill outside is another way to keep the house cool. • Address insulation issues. Cracks around windows and doors affect the temperature inside the home, making it colder in winter and warmer in summertime. Seal cracks around doors and windows to keep the cool air in during the summer. Keeping that air in should allow you to raise the temperature on your thermostat without compromising comfort. Come the dog days of summer, conserving energy needn’t come at the cost of comfort. Various strategies can help people reduce their energy consumptions and keep their air conditioners on.

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NJStarz NJ Starz: Darren Prince Hometown: Livingston

By Steve Sears ne might look at celebrity agent and sports marketer Darren Prince and envision a highlight reel life, and you would be right. He has, after all, through his Prince Marketing Group, represented Earvin “Magic” Johnson, Carmen Electra, Chevy Chase, and the late boxing champions Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier. But lurking behind that success were the demons in his life, primarily addiction to prescription drugs, and how he has battled those demons and is on the playing field as a teammate for others who are suffering as he did. He is also the author of the best selling book, Aiming High: How a Prominent Sports and Celebrity Agent Hit Bottom at the Top, which was published 10 years after he one day dramatically turned his life around.

Prince has also started his own 501c3, the Aiming High Foundation, where 100% of the proceeds provide treatment for those suffering with substance abuse and mental health issues. “I won’t do press, I won’t do speeches, I won’t do anything unless it comes up,” Prince says of his past. “I can walk into a Fortune 500 corporate meeting, and I’m going to find my opening to talk about it while I’m alive. I can’t tell you I’ve never left a corporate meeting where someone wasn’t impacted. And all of a sudden, you now leave as a friend much more than the business side of it, because of the vulnerability and the accountability. Just putting myself out there like that, it’s not something most people are comfortable doing.” Prince then adds, “And I still make mistakes every continued on page 45

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day. I like to think I make a better-quality mistake every day.” Prince, 52, moved with his family - his dad Martin, mom Andrea, and sister Stacey - from Hillside to Livingston in 1977. He attended both Mount Pleasant Elementary and Junior High schools, and Livingston High School. “It was a big class, 500 kids, and I just never really felt comfortable in my own skin. I just always kind of felt like an outcast. I was in special education and small classrooms, and even in big classrooms I was isolated into special groups.” As a member of those latter groups, he and his friends were looked down upon by other classmates, which created inadequacies and insecurities. “I kind of grew up a bit of a mama’s boy, and my dad was my closest friend in the world. May he rest in peace. And we had a very close family bond, and I would just not feel comfortable, was riddled with anxiety, when I wasn’t around them. Even sleepovers, the times when I would go to a friend’s house, I remember feeling homesick and wanting to run back to my family, but I would just suck it up and do it. And all of that I just explained, I look back and would say that’s why I was a prime candidate for drug addiction.” When he was age 14, Prince was at a sleepaway camp in the summertime, where he would enter a dangerous realm which would scar him for almost 25 years. “I had terrible stomach pains one night, and now when I look back, I realize it was anxiety. The counselor took me to the nurse, and she gave me this green liquid (Demerol) in a cough syrup that tasted disgusting, and while walking across the softball field within a few minutes, my life changed forever. I felt at that moment that I was introduced to the world, and the minute I got back to my bunk, I felt like Superman. Every bit of fear, every bit of anxiety and self doubt that I was not worthy enough, I think it just went away in that moment. I felt so super confident, and I just knew something special was happening, and I needed more of it.” For three straight weeks, Prince acted as if he were ill, just to get some more Demerol and a feel good feeling. It continued until his parents came for a visit and they

put a stop to it. The seed, however, was planted, and he would be hooked. A few months later, Prince got started collecting baseball cards, and he turned that hobby into a business. With money he made from odd jobs, he would buy all his friends’ card collections, and if he wasn’t buying their collections, he was buying all the current top cards like Wade Boggs, Darryl Strawberry, Tony Gwynn, and Roger Clemens, and would trade those cards for older ones that his friends got from their dads and their grandfathers and their uncles. “Players that we never heard of, like Joe DiMaggio, Roger Maris, Babe Ruth, Willie Mays, Hank Aaron – those were the ones that were worth the money,” Prince says. “I wanted the ones that were worth the money.” Little by little he accumulated the best cards, and he realized he had accumulated almost $9,000 worth of old baseball cards. He went to his dad and asked to insure them, and his dad asked him how he had accumulated that much money in baseball cards. “I just lit up like a Christmas Tree,” Prince says. “When he looked at me with his eyes wide open, that moment changed my life, because I know a lot of people that have relationships with their mom and dad, or don’t have relationships with their mom and dad, but what it gave me was a sense of confidence. My dad expressed interest in something with his son who was classified with such a severe learning disability. That was so exciting.” A few weeks later, Prince headed to a baseball card show at a New Jersey Holiday Inn. “My dad had ignited something inside of me, and I was going to show the world that Darren Prince was somebody. I made $1,000 on that Sunday afternoon at age 14. The light bulb just went on, and not only in his head, but also my Uncle Joe - may he rest in peace - and they went out, raised a bunch of money from an investment group, and I paid the investors back literally within weeks, at a substantial profit.” After a while, the card business lost its luster for Prince, but he was starting to meet athletes at conventions. He got introduced to Muhammad Ali’s agent, Harlan Werner, and an ensuing event the duo continued on page 46

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continued from page 45 held with the legend earned Ali’s compliments. From there in 1993, Prince worked with Frazier, and eventually also worked with Pamela Anderson, Dennis Rodman, and many more. Reeling from near bankruptcy from another venture but at the same time enjoying the representations he had with some of the bigger names in entertainment and sports, at age 24 while on a fishing trip he mentioned his desire to his dad of becoming a full-time sports agent. “I said to him, ‘Dad, I really want to be an agent, but I just don’t have eight years to go to law school.” The elder Prince dropped his fishing pole and said to his son, “Lawyer? Why do you need to go to law school? Do you realize the relationships you have right now? There’s not an entertainment lawyer on this planet that would not give their right arm to have the relationships you have.” After his dad then suggested Prince speak with Magic Johnson, the duo met in a Michigan hotel room, and Prince told

Johnson he wanted to start a marketing agency, and wanted him as his first client. Johnson said, “Get yourself a good entertainment lawyer, and I’m signing with you two years. If you don’t use me to knock on every door, to bring in all the celebrities you can, I’m going to fire you before the two-year contract is up. Because life isn’t about how successful I become. It’s how successful I make you and everybody else around me. It’s a domino effect.” “That just taught me the power of leveraging,” Prince says. Prince at that time stopped doing harder drugs, but also started to experience painful sciatica, which was caused by the stress of being a sports agent. For five years, he legally went to physicians to get pills and felt on top of the world - again. He was representing the icons, the best in their respective fields. However, he now doesn’t recall much from 2004 to 2008, when he had a few overdoses and his life was becoming hell.

Finally, on July 2, 2008 it all came to a head. “That’s when I found the willingness and took an action,” he recalls. “This was literally the one time in life I had to take desperate action. I had diarrhea, vomiting, felt like I was crawling out of my skin, sweating and chills.” Worse yet, Prince was suicidal. He headed to the bathroom, locked the door, and was ready to take pills, but instead he fell to his knees, pills in his hand, and screamed at the top of his lungs to God, “I can’t do this! I cant do this without you!” while he felt a hot sensation over his right shoulder. With his pills in one hand, he dumped and flushed them, and then said, ‘Help me stay sober, one day at a time. Get me out of hell, and I’ll help take others out with me.” He then headed to a local church and an addict’s recovery group. Nobody cared what he did for a living, who he worked for, his income status, or his

accomplishments. Instead, they embraced him as a person. He was on his way to being clean, sober. “I’ve kept my word for almost 14 years,” Prince says. He started to build a different type of self-esteem that he had never gotten from anywhere else. Those few hours were the most important hours of his life. “The worst day of my life,” he says. “Is now one of my very best. I started to find my soul. That day I found my purpose.” Another happy thing was the fact that his dad, in the last eight years of his life, got to enjoy a sober son. Prince, who knew his job would never be done, recalls the final moments they spent together. “The day he died, I held his hand in Saint Barnabas Hospital and said, ‘Your son…I’m going to touch and change the world with my story. You never saw me have kids, but God’s got a plan for me to save other mommy and daddy’s kids out there.”

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Xiomaro’s Artistry Captures the Magic of New Jersey National Park By Jillian Risberg With their upcoming 90th anniversary on the horizon, Morristown National Historical Park (MNHP) has enlisted nationally recognized New York artist Xiomaro to create fine art photographs of the park’s key features: Ford Mansion (Washington’s headquarters), Jockey Hollow (troops were encamped), and the Cross Estate (semi-abandoned mansion). Join the park’s artist-in-residence for a kickoff meet and greet at Jockey Hollow Visitor Center. When it comes to his pictures, Xiomaro says he challenges people to view them more critically (from a design/ color/composition point of view) and not accept as they were taught in a superficial way growing up, without the context of history. The artist took his Cross Estate Mansion chandelier photograph as he lay on the floor looking up. “The photo gives a different perception,” he says at first sight, it might resemble a metallic snowflake. “Provoke folks to look at ordinary things we see everyday differently.” One may care less about the history and just want to enjoy the art. “It also may provoke or inspire others to delve deeper into the history,” says the artist. He says much can come from this and photography is in its golden age now.

According to Xiomaro, there’s a tradition in the park service of ‘interpretation.’ When you take a park tour, they share the history behind what you see to give context because history is composed of many layers and ways to convey. “In the past many of the exhibits I’ve done with/or for the park service have had this interpretive element — where each picture would be accompanied by text I wrote to tell the story,” but the artist says for this exhibit, they decided to go the more traditional museum/gallery approach with photo captions as identifiers. This leaves it up to the viewer to interpret what those photographs mean to them, much the way one might if they listened to lyrics of a song or read a poem. If one wants further information about the image, in terms of historical representation — feel free to speak with the visitor’s center or a ranger. “I want them to appreciate the images for what they are,” Xiomaro says to have unfettered access where the public cannot go (like the Cross Estate Mansion) allows him to spend days there soaking it in and taking pictures. “For me it’s not just photography, but the experience of coming as a visitor behind the scenes — helps inform the work I do.” The skillful examination of something in his own house, neighborhood or that no-one else sees may change the artist’s perspective, which drives a lot of his photography.

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Xiomaro’s Artistry... continued from page 48 Times Square (NYC) but says there are other ways. “With this exhibit I’m taking a dozen people (on photo walk) along Wick Farm/ trail and showing them even with a smartphone they can get intriguing, artistic photographs,” the artist says he knows his own photos resonate when someone points out a detail he didn’t notice. “Or something in the composition or subliminal,” says Xiomaro. “I learn about my own photography and aesthetic through other people’s comments because I’m too close to it — and it’s very satisfying that the pictures connect with people in a deep, emotional way.” He first fell in love with photography as a teenager, at the time a musician with a basement band. Back in the 70s it was more complicated and cameras were expensive. It wasn’t accessible for a teenager with not much money. With digital photography on the scene, it was more attainable for someone to pursue as an art form. After he beat cancer in the early 2000s,

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Xiomaro reassessed his life and felt the need to move in a new artistic direction. To overcome the ensuing depression, the artist visited national parks, where he wandered and took casual photos with a simple digital camera. “I eventually got rid of the band, then as a solo singer/songwriter I performed at coffeehouses and universities in the Northeast,” he displayed the photos at those concerts and said in some cases those photos attracted more attention than the CDs he sold. “It got me thinking maybe photography is something I should pursue more seriously.” In 2009 he was accepted to Weir Farm’s artist-in-residence program, where he Ford Mansion Bedroom lived for a month and created a photographic collection; the park itself later (more artistic), Morristown was one of wanted to use some of those photographs. them,” says Xiomaro. “I’ve been working It triggered the publication of the book with them for five years now.” The renowned artist has at least two (Weir Farm National Historic Site) and the attention of Sen. Joe Lieberman, who more New Jersey (next year) exhibits in sponsored the bill to create that park and the works but can’t announce what they are yet. wrote the book’s forward. A curious person by nature, he con“Then other parks in the Northeast started connecting with me and asked me tinues taking pictures because he likes to to photograph theirs in a similar fashion push himself.

“It’s a little risky ‘cause sometimes when I push (that’s) weird for people to get but sometimes they do, you have to try,” Xiomaro says on occasion he buys a different lens or tries another technique to switch things up. “What is nice about working with various parks — with each project a new challenge hopefully injects freshness to the photos I’m taking.” To learn more, visit www.xiomaro.com.

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