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By Steve Sears or Tom “Ace” Gallagher, it’s about communication.

“That’s all it is,” he exclaims.

And he’s ‘communicating” the following invitation. “We’re forming a front line between our children and our families, and the dangers of drug and alcohol abuse. Please join us on this front line.”

Gallagher is referring to the New Jersey Coalition for Education and Positive Choices (C4EPC), a twoyear-old registered 501c-3 organization of whom he is Founder and Coordinator, and whose vision - To work collaboratively to educate and inform the community-at-large about how to promote a healthy, safe, substance and stigma-free environment which encourages the development of a positive lifestyle for our youth and reduces at-risk teen behavior, and mission - To increase awareness of current trends in the drug epidemic and foster a positive lifestyle for our youth is the primary goal. One of the intents of the Coalition is to become the Morris County hub to provide and disseminate information to parents, family members and the community, are at the forefront of a huge battle.

The C4EPC was estab-

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Call it a hub of prevention, care and concern.

Vaping? A definite problem . Drugs and alcohol?

Ages old epidemics.

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Ever heard of it? You have now, and it’s not a minor issue.

Visit www.njc4epc.com and the New Jersey Coalition for Education & Positive Choices Facebook page for additional information on what this fine group is doing its best to remedy.

“The most important part of anything, in my opinion, is, ‘Is there a need for it?’ What’s interesting is when I was running for

the Board of Education for the first time eleven years ago,” recalls Gallagher, “I was jumping up and down about what the kids should be learning in school. Then when I became a Board of Ed member and took the time to look at the specific curriculum and speak to the curriculum director and some of the teachers, I couldn’t believe the amount of material the children were learning about alcohol, drugs, abusive behavior, and addiction.”

Gallagher, who comes from a family of educators on his side and law enforcement on his wife’s side, received information from both, and was cognizant of the fact that the kids knew a lot as well. There was, however, a problem. “What we discovered was the information was not making it

home to the parents. There are conversations at the dinner table about algebra, history, what trip they’re going to go on, how they did on their test, but there are never conversations about a specific drug or alcohol, telltale signs and what it looks like, and the statistics about what grade levels are starting to experiment with drugs and alcohol.”

“The bottom line,” says Gallagher, “is we have a crisis. It’s taking way too many kids, way too many family members. If there’s an area that we can make it better, we’ve identified it. We as a group are very good people, sharp and in the top of their professions, and we identified an opening, and that opening is, how can we better get this information to parents and guardians?” continued on page 2

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New Jersey Coalition... continued from front page Also, Gallagher and others recognized that, even if a big-name sports star came and talked about the subject before 300 people, there wasn’t a good ratio of people attending and information being communicated. So, he and his team turned to cell phones and social media. The group distributed a sample product via factoid and realized the amount of hits they were getting.

That was the start of the C4EPC, who are currently addressing the dangers of vaping, which has claimed the lives of four United States citizens, and soon will turn its attention to alcoholism and depression, sure to be a relevant topic with the holidays at the doorstep. However, no matter the topic addressed, the group has its nose sniffing out any and all addictions.

Morris County Sheriff James Gannon, the founder of Hope One, a mobile response van and team which offers on-thespot aid for those with addictions, is called a “partner” by Gallagher. His method is unique. “James Gannon has done work that nobody in this field has done yet. But what we’re trying to do is keep our children from going to that level.”

Gallagher, who serves as a Hanover Township Committeeman, believes one key

component in keeping kids away from addiction is their variety of talents. “There’s a lot of activities out there. We have in our group martial arts studios, dance studios, gyms, Mennen Arena – we have people who have never skated before and are playing hockey and now are in their third year of playing hockey at the high school – what we try to do is not busy our kids but introduce them to activities they may not ordinarily have been introduced to. If they find an activity that they can make their own and want to make their own, they’re going to then meet people with similar interests and passions, and from there comes real friendships.” And from those friendships also comes self-worth, which turns into strength, and that strength gives the individual the opportunity to walk away from a bad choice. “Everything we’re doing is gearing towards helping people make that right decision. You know what, if you drank a couple of times, you smoked a couple of times, it’s not the end of the world. But we want you to realize that you probably shouldn’t do it, especially at your age. It doesn’t mean that you’re not as cool; it’s just that your passions and interests are in different areas.”

“We look at, ‘Where is that impetus?’

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and what we could do now to prevent those people from winding up in programs and having brushes with the law. And you know what? Addictions of all kinds are a family disease.”

People call Gallagher motivated. He claims they’re correct: he’s motivated by fear. “Everything can change in one weekend now. Drugs are everywhere, drugs are so addictive, drugs are deadly. Thank God there is enough people that are fed up with just thinking the status quo is okay.”

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one. When it was initially discussed, Gallagher and his team realized there was nothing locally for kids to do during the winter.

When school got out, not all kids took part in or attended winter sporting events. First introduced, the idea got a brief thumbs down because nobody ventured out in the winter – supposedly. The group gave it a go.

The first couple of events, the attendance grew from 6 to 75, and by the fifth week 125 kids showed up. Now in its fifth year, ten consecutive Friday nights starting in continued on page 8

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By Connie Schultz t was a wonderful birthday dinner, the kind we friends have come to expect whenever we arrive to celebrate the person who is about to blow out the candles. We leave feeling lucky to be alive, every last one of us.

This dinner, however, took an interesting turn after the guest of honor broke character and raised her hand to silence us. This is not her practice.

She had a question. What does it mean, to each of us, to be an American?

We were about a dozen women, all of us over 50, sitting around her dining room table in the city of Cleveland. Our abrupt silence was unusual, not counting the times we have bowed our heads together in prayer, ever so briefly. We are used to one another and the laughter we bring to any room in which we are gathered. And yet here we were, suddenly quiet and perhaps a bit sullen as we mulled the issue at hand.

Who are we now, as Americans?

Implicit in the question is the acknowledgment that we are no longer who we used to be. If age has anything to do with it, it›s only in the depth and breadth of our experience, which we can›t ignore.

We›ve never lived in a time such as this.

Watergate feels so manageable now, a scary diagnosis with a positive outcome.

Life with Donald Trump is triage, and no one has the necessary training to predict our odds.

One by one, we shared our thoughts.

Each of us has our own definitions of citizenship and patriotism, but a universal theme unspooled.

We feel differently about America, and our role in it.

We are not an insulated group. Four in attendance are members of the LGBTQ community, with long memories of lives,

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By Ben Shapiro t’s now been nearly a full generation since Sept. 11, 2001. There are people currently serving in the U.S. military who weren›t born when that act of evil took place -- and the military still has thousands of troops in Afghanistan, the home base of the Taliban-supported al Qaida attack on the United States that took nearly 3,000 American lives.

With time comes forgetfulness. The same period of time has now elapsed since Sept. 11 that elapsed between the end of World War I (1918) and the German re-occupation of the Rhineland in contravention of the Treaty of Versailles (1936). Believing that World Connie Schultz War I had ended all war, the Allied powers did nothing. That same year, Gerand loves, kept secret. Several of us have many concluded its Axis alliance with divorced and lived, at least for a time, as Italy, as well as its Anti-Comintern Pact single mothers. A few of us are lucky to with Japan. Less than three years later, have married again, this time for the right the world would be at war. reasons -- or maybe «better reasons» is Forgetfulness is easy, because imthe way to put it. We now understand mediate costs are painful and steep. that no marriage can meet our every American foreign policy nearly always need, nor should it. One woman is an im- vacillates between two poles: isolamigrant who became a U.S. citizen and tionism and reactive interventionism. a journalist, and then a novelist. Anoth- The American people (correctly) don›t er was a journalist and is now an artist. like the consequences of isolationism Our birthday girl -- we have permis- -- increased attacks on America and sion to her call that, so don›t start with her allies, maximization of influence by me -- is a long-ago Catholic who became our enemies -- but we also dislike (coran ordained minister and a leader in the rectly) the consequences of maintaining United Church of Christ. (She will ob- a global military presence. It was easy ject to this description as grandiose, but to tear into the Clinton administration›s she›s not the one writing this column. weakness on defense in the aftermath Plus, I am right.) One of the women grew of the Cold War, but there was almost up in an alcoholic home but found early no political cost in it for Clinton at the salvation in Broadway musicals. There›s time. The sepia glow of media coverage not a problem that exists that she can›t regarding Barack Obama hasn›t been pair with the perfect song lyrics. If some- darkened by his single-minded quest one can find a way to sing about it, we to minimize American influence around can get through it. the world.

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Ben Shapiro that the world is filled with enemies.

We were reminded of that unfortunate fact this week when President Trump withdrew an apparently secret invitation to the Taliban to visit Camp David. The Taliban was, is and will remain an Islamic terror group; it has continuously sought the murder of American soldiers and citizens for two decades. Why would the Trump administration think it a good idea to sign an agreement with radicals who seek to overthrow the administration of Afghanistan, support terrorism and despise the United States?

Do members of the administration truly believe that any agreement signed by the Taliban will be binding?

The answer, of course, is no. That›s why the talks fell apart, according to The New York Times -- a response from inside the administration in the aftermath of a terror attack on American soldiers this week, a recognition of the obvious.

The problem, of course, is that continued on page 6

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What Does It Mean...

continued from page 4 These small snapshots don›t begin to describe all the living we had done before we sat down at that table at that moment. Every woman has her stories, and isn›t it a shame not everyone knows that?

Defining ourselves as Americans requires a distancing from those who think their residency-at-birth was an act of divine intervention. We have no control over where we are born, and to credit God for our geography is to cast doubt on his motives for everyone else. We are lucky, perhaps, but not the chosen.

That evening, we couldn›t talk about being Americans without veering into a discussion about what it means to be a patriot. Knowing the words to the Pledge of Allegiance and flying an American flag on Independence Day is showmanship, not stewardship.

If we define activism as a refusal to sit on the sidelines,

then so many women of my generation have become activists in ways they never thought they would be. They refuse to be invisible when so many want us to believe our time has passed. They speak up at family gatherings and refuse to apologize for the awkward silence. They write letters to editors and share their views on social media, and show up for one another when any one of them is under attack.

One of my closest friends, who has spent much of her life keeping the peace, now calls her Republican U.S. senator almost daily to demand that he stand up to Trump›s racism and violent rhetoric. She provides her name and address, and is never insulting or rude. When a live voice answers the phone, she assures the staffer that her outrage is directed at the senator because he is the one selected to serve the American people, and he is letting his country down.

On that night, at that birthday dinner, we talked about

all of this, and so much more, filled with hope no matter what. That›s what happens when women gather. We draw strength from one another, and then we go back out into the world, for the world.

Isn’t it a shame not everyone knows that?

Connie Schultz is a Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist and professional in residence at Kent State University’s school of journalism. She is the author of two non-fiction books, including “...and His Lovely Wife,” which chronicled the successful race of her husband, Sherrod Brown, for the U.S. Senate. Her novel, “Erietown,” will be published by Random House in Spring 2020. To find out more about Connie Schultz (schultz.connie@gmail.com) and read her past columns, please visit the Creators Syndicate webpage at www.creators.com.

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withdrawal is followed by peace and security.

All of which means that American troops are likely to remain in Afghanistan for the foreseeable future. Few politicians will be bold enough to simply state that truth. After all, when John McCain said as much in 2008, he was roundly mocked by Barack Obama -- the same Obama who escalated the war in Afghanistan and retained thousands of troops there, despite promising withdrawal repeatedly. But our politicians should be brave enough to recognize that a weaker America on the world stage means a more vulnerable America at home. If we didn›t learn that lesson on 9/11,

we›re bound to repeat it.

Ben Shapiro, 35, is a graduate of UCLA and Harvard Law School, host of “The Ben Shapiro Show” and editor-in-chief of DailyWire.com. He is the author of the No. 1 New York Times bestseller “The Right Side Of History.” He lives with his wife and two children in Los Angeles. To find out more about Ben Shapiro and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate website at www.creators.com.

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Did We Learn the Lesson... continued from page 4 there are no easy solutions when it comes to foreign policy in the worst parts of the world. Everyone of good heart wants American soldiers out of Afghanistan and home. But how many Americans are willing to risk the increase in terrorism likely to follow such a withdrawal?

So long as we remember 9/11, the answer will be: very few.

Now, perhaps we should withdraw from Afghanistan.

Perhaps the withdrawal is worth the risk. But American history isn›t replete with circumstances in which precipitous

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New Jersey Coalition... continued from page 2 January find the arena filled with kids, with numbers averaging between 225 and 275, all with different events, the biggest being Law Enforcement Night, the last one also attended by over 150 police officers. Soon, Firefighter Night will move to Mennen Arena from other venues it has been held at.

Gallagher recognizes the contributions of Sherriff Gannon, Hanover Township Police Chief Mark Roddy, Superintendent of Hanover Township schools Mike Wasko, East Hanover Mayor Joseph Pannullo, Police Chief Chris Cannizzo, schools Superintendent Natalee Bartlett, Florham Park Mayor Mark Taylor, Police Chief Joseph Orlando, Superintendent Dr. Steve Caponegro, Hanover Park Regional High School Superintendent Maria Carrell, and Lt. Heather Glogolich of the Morris Township Police Department. “What we’re all trying to do,” says Gallagher, “is fill the void we feel is being missed. What we said was we were going to create better communication between our school system, our police department and our families.” He also adds, “Everybody in our group is as passionate about this as I am.

We know that we’ve got to do more, but it’s got to be good work. There are no heroes in our group. We’re all about the cause and purpose.”

The best way for the public to help is to provide suggestions for activities and share information that concerns them. The website also contains an email for the before mentioned purposes, and hotline numbers are listed for emergency situations.

“Our group realizes that as much as we’re focusing on our youth, we also have to learn and exercise concern re-

Sherriff James Gannon and Tom Ace Gallagher.

garding our parents and seniors,” says Gallagher. “A major group in Morris County reached out to us to discuss some of the work they are doing to help our seniors in areas many of us may not be aware of. After a meeting with a representative from this Morris County group and learning more about some concerns regarding our older loved ones, we decided to work alongside these great people to also better serve and understand our senior population.”

One thing Gallagher wants noted is a current pilot program where the superintendents of four school systems – East Hanover, Hanover Township, Morris Plains, and Florham Park – will share a specific curriculum of what schools are teaching in their classrooms, and the C4EPC will link to the school websites to see what youngsters are learning

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about drugs and alcohol. “It’s really exciting,” says Gallagher.

You can write to the New Jersey Coalition for Education & Positive Choices, P.O. Box 12345, Hanover, New Jersey, 07950, or again visit www.njc4epc.com.

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Rep. Mikie Sherrill Recognized by Employment Horizons and SourceAmerica

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ep. Mikie Sherrill, D-NJ, was recently honored as an AbilityOne® Congressional Champion of employment opportunities for people with disabilities. On Thursday, September 5, Rep. Sherrill visited Employment Horizons, a not-for-profit based in Morris County that assists individuals with barriers to employment. Also visiting the agency was SourceAmerica®, an organization that provides employment choices for individuals with disabilities through the AbilityOne nonprofit agency community. After a tour, the Congresswoman was recognized in a joint presentation hosted by these two organizations. Rep. Sherrill is now the newest member of the 160 certified Congressional Champions from 43 states and the District of Columbia, and the only current legislator in New Jersey to achieve such distinction.

After being presented with the award, Rep. Sherrill noted that, “Employment Horizons and the AbilityOne Program serve individuals with disabilities and other barriers through innovative programs and employment opportunities in the greater Morris County area. I am so honored to have re-

ceived the AbilityOne Congressional Champion Award and am committed to making sure our constituents living with disabilities have access to employment opportunities.”

In order to become an AbilityOne Congressional Champion, the individual must demonstrate commitment to employment opportunities for individual with disabilities and publicly show their support. Earlier this year, Rep. Sherrill met with advocates of the AbilityOne Program from Employment Horizons in her D.C. office during SourceAmerica’s Grassroots Conference.

She has also visited Picatinny Arsenal military base, an AbilityOne contract site. In addition, her office utilizes products that are manufactured as part of the program.

“Employment Horizons is honored to be a long-time partner with SourceAmerica and the AbilityOne program in ensuring employment opportunities for individuals with disabilities. Congresswoman Sherrill has been committed to services for individuals with disabilities since before taking office, and we were pleased to have her tour our programs and to present her with an AbilityOne Congressional Champion award

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First Library Will Help Build Libraries of Babies

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By Michele DiPasquale o some, a library may be a thing of the past; but in fact, libraries are currently visited much more frequently than one might think. And public libraries can still proclaim that they are not only crucial to the populace for offering the enjoyment of reading for free, but for the very relevant and contemporary services they provide. In fact, a recent survey showed that, since 2016, 53% of Millennials say they used a library at least twice in any given year, and that number is actually higher when comparing it to 45% of Gen Xers and 43% of Baby Boomers who were simultaneously polled. So even in today’s online world, the public library is still absolutely in demand.

There are public libraries for children, adolescents, teens, and adults, but the very first library for your very young child, is, in fact, First Library® of Morristown. At First Library new mothers and parents can borrow books and other materials, make use of reference collections, enjoy computer services, and encourage early literacy and the joy of reading.

“The idea to start First Library® came to me after my friend, Diane, had her first child. I wanted to give my love of reading to her and her newborn, so I sent her some books to read to her baby son, Lubin. Diane later explained that she was having a hard time finding English-language children’s books to read to him and that my books were the perfect gift for a new firsttime mother (from the United States living in France). So I began sending her a new children’s book every month - many were childhood favorites of my own children. Diane would call or write to say how she, and later her son, happily anticipated the arrival of their monthly book and the joy they received reading it together, and how they both looked forward to reading time,” shared Catherine Tinger Goldberg, founder and

director of First Library®.

She felt that if a book could bring so much happiness, joy, and comfort to just one child, how much could it bring to multiple children? It was then that she decided to create First Library®. By taking a cue from Dolly Parton and her Imagination Library program, Ms. Tinger Goldberg followed Ms. Parton’s idea.

The Imagination Library was created in 1995 for in-need children in Ms. Parton’s native Tennessee. The purpose was and is for each child, regardless of gender, race, or income, to register at the Imagination Library program and receive a free book each month until the age of five, paid for by Ms. Parton’s Dollywood Foundation®. While it began for children in need in Tennessee, Ms. Parton, by the year 2000, allowed and promoted the replication of the program to other states.

In order to promote local library patronage, First Library® became more than a free monthly book program.

Ms. Tinger Goldberg devised a curriculum for first-time mothers in need that was tailored to their and their firstborn child’s special circumstances. The curriculum would give first-time parents in need the First Library® book program (or other books) and gently-used clothing and educational toys during their child’s first three years of life, free of charge, by requiring parents to read to their child daily and submit a reading log each month.

First Library® was developed for first-time mothers and their child’s individual needs and wants. First Library offers the newborn children of first-time mothers, regardless of gender, race, or income, up to 60 free, brand new, age-appropriate books, until the child is the age of five, at no cost or financial obligation to their families. Books are mailed monthly to the child’s home.

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Libraries of Babies... continued from page 14 mer reading programs, and family-oriented events are held frequently.

The First Library® program offers firsttime mothers, the majority in need, additional free books during their child’s first three years of life through various free reading-related activities (beyond the First Library’s program daily reading and monthly library visits) to shop quarterly for free gifts at the online book store, More First Library® Shop.

“All we ask is that parents read to their child daily and maintain regular library patronage,” Ms. Tinger Goldberg explained.

“Essentially we are a free book program but sometimes more than a book a month is necessary to bring the importance of regular reading and books into a home. For children born under the poverty level there are new educational toys and clothing available for the parents,” Ms. Tinger Goldberg said.

“I feel it is so important for children to be read to early and consistently. Children should have a firm foundation for a lifetime love of reading, respect for literature, and an appreciation for all things the library has

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“What parents and other community members are starting to realize is that if we help all children, whether they are less fortunate or not, learn to read early and on a consistent basis, we are helping everyone in their class, school, and community,” she shared.

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Florham Park Lutheran Church Continues Community Outreach with New Pastor

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By Anya Bochman t has been a busy and historical month for the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America. In early August, the denomination, which consists of approximately three and a half million Christians, voted to become America’s first “sanctuary church body.” The concept of ministry to the oppressed and detained is central to this branch of Christianity, practiced in its congregations throughout the country. Good Shepherd Lutheran Church of Florham Park is no exception, using its gospel to aid the community.

Located at 160 Ridgedale Ave., the church itself has been undergoing recent changes.

After the last fulltime pastor left the congregation in 2016, Good Shepherd finally welcomed a new spiritual leader on May 5. Beau Nelson, the new pastor, shares duties between Good Shepherd and St. Mark Lutheran Church in Morristown. In order to allow Nelson to preach at both churches on Sunday morning, Good Shepherd has moved its service back one hour to 11 a.m.

Nelson, of Morristown, originally hails from Minnesota, having come to New Jersey eight years ago. The pastor said that his rural upbringing familiarized him with the concept of splitting his time between two congregations, and that juggling the two posts is sometimes a matter of prioritizing.

“Coming from a very rural background, I have a unique insight into this situation.

[In Minnesota] there would be one pastor preaching at three different local churches, so I am familiar with the concept,” Nelson commented. “Although we are still figuring things out, for example in terms of Christmas services – I can’t be two places at once.”

Nelson, who got married in April, did ministry work in Trenton and Jersey City, also serving at Lutheran Senior Life nursery home there.

“When the position at Good Shepherd opened up, I thought it would be interesting,” the pastor said. He added that he regards his joining Good Shepherd as an act intended by God, and feels “very welcomed” by the congregation.

Good Shepherd is a church of the New Jersey Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA). It is a diverse community of faith whose purpose and mission focuses on living out the Christian faith, serving others and accepting the Bible as the inspired Word of God. “There is a saying [in ELCA], ‘God’s work.

Our Hands.’ We try to do this,” Nelson said.

“The congregation doesn’t just listen to the words of Jesus Christ but puts them into action, and it’s a blessing to watch this community do it.”

Good Shepherd members, who come from a variety of faith traditions and backgrounds, are unified by their adherence to

Martin Luther’s theological teachings. There is, of course, the spiritual doctrine, which calls for faith in the triune God – God, the Father; Jesus, the Son; and the Holy Spirit. The Lutherans believe that God created all things and that Jesus is the Son of God, who was crucified on a cross, died, was buried and rose from the dead. In doing so, he saves all who believe and ask for God’s forgiveness from eternal death, and brings them to eternal life with God in heaven.

The concept of mercy and forgiveness is something that is central to Nelson’s own philosophy; the pastor described his approach to preaching as rooted in compassion.

“I do whatever I can to help the congregants grow in their faith. I don’t threaten anyone with fire and brimstone,” the pastor joked. “I try to show that Jesus Christ is a loving and merciful God. Even where there is loss, grief or death, God brings new life.”

There is also the aspect of ministry and outreach, what Nelson described as putting the words of Jesus into action. The numerous ministries that Good Shepherd engages in range from feeding the homeless to visiting with asylum seekers at Elizabeth Detention Center. The church gives donations of food and money to the Interfaith Food Pantry in Florham Park and serves the Community Soup Kitchen once a month.

Other ministries include donating Christmas gift baskets with presents and necessities to Seafarers International House in New York for seafarers separated from their families; knitting hats, scarves and mittens for children in Appalachia; and contributing to the ELCA World Hunger and Disaster Relief Programs. Additionally, Good Shepherd supports the armed forces with an annual special Armed Forces Day church service.

“This particular congregation, most of them are not members just because they come to church,” Nelson said. “Almost everyone is active in some kind of ministry, whether it is visiting with prisoners or shut ins, or helping with food donations.”

Good Shepherd serves as a mission partner to Waterfront Lutheran Mission in Jersey City and Santa Isabel Lutheran Mission in Elizabeth, with $1200 (roughly 20 percent) of its outreach funds allocated to each inner-city congregation. In 2016, for instance, the church donated $300 in Shop Rite food coupons to the Waterfront Lutheran Mission.

The church’s Committee participates in Family Promise of Morris County, acting as a support congregation for Stanley Congregational Church in Chatham for two sessions in 2016. In addition, $1,000 of the congregation’s outreach funds was given to the ELCA Youth Ministry Network. The Lutheran Home for Children in Jersey City received many toiletries and suitcases for “Love Sunday.”

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Glen Derner, a Good Shepherd member who works in its administrative office, said that although official data for 2019 was not yet available, the congregation’s ministries have been consistent throughout the years.

“The monetary contributions don’t begin to speak to the outreach that is accomplished and the benefits to both the recipients and our volunteers,” Derner stated.

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Florham Park Lutheran Church... continued from page 18 have been granted asylum. Additionally, Good Shepherd donated $850 to Pastor Ramon of the Santa Isabel Lutheran Mission to buy supplies for inmates at his ministry at the detention facility.

The center, a converted warehouse located in the middle of an industrial area near the runways of Newark airport, has been under almost constant fire from local advocates, including the Lutheran NJ Synod Immigration Task Force and several others, for what they term “inhumane and substandard conditions.”

“Visiting the center is a very important part of ministry – congregants visit with folks, listen to them, pray with them,” Nelson said. “The essence is caring for these folks who are detained and separated from their families.”

Christmas at Sea, the church’s December outreach program, works to collect satchels of gifts at “Seafarer’s Sunday,” along with Christmas wishes and encouragement to seafarers on ships in New York harbor.

Each month, members contribute food supplies to and serve food at the Community Soup Kitchen in Morristown with members from Holy Family Catholic Church and Calvary Presbyterian Church. The Committee also collects bags and boxes of food from the Wall of Food for the Interfaith Food Pantry of Morris County. In 2016, more than 1,510 pounds of food was given to the Food Pantry.

Good Shepherd also has the Sew ‘n’ So’s – a group of congregants who meet at the church every Monday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. to knit and crochet items for distribution to the needy.

The Sews create hats, scarves, mittens, slippers and afghans, which are donated to Tender Loving Care Ministries, Seafarers International and the Community Soup Kitchen.

One does not need to be a church member to join the Sew ‘n’ So’s, and lessons on knitting and crocheting are available to new members who are looking to expand their skills.

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The church has continued with its missions in 2019, demonstrated by a number of recent engagements. In May, Women of ELCA (WELCA) sponsored an event at Good Shepherd that saw members of Jersey Battered Women’s Services (JBWS) instruct the congregation on recognizing signs of abuse in any relationship between men, women, teenagers and the elderly.

Last year, ELCA’s Bishop Elizabeth Eaton issued a challenge to “buy a cow” to aid ELCA World Hunger Appeal. Each congregation that raised at least $500 was invited to bring the “cow” to the June 2019 Synod Assembly. Good Shepherd’s own cow, Cassius, was among 91 such creatures to grace the hallways during the Assembly.

On July 4th, Good Shepherd participated in the Florham Park Parade. Led by Nelson and accompanied by a church member driving his 1957 gold Thunderbird, marchers walked while wearing matching t-shirts that proclaimed “God’s Work. Our Hands.”

The sense of community and belonging is something that is echoed by Good Shepherd’s congregants.

“Good Shepherd Lutheran Church is a good grounding place for a journey in faith among people with a broad range of theological understandings, cultural backgrounds, social attitudes and economic circumstances. It mixes well. We have a good pastor!” wrote one congregant on the church’s Facebook page.

For his part, Nelson stressed the idea that Good Shepherd is truly doing God’s work with its many outreach programs.

“I believe that God has planted the congregation in a particular place for a particular reason,” Nelson said. “God wants us to care about our community, and try to always be a loving presence. Our job is to live the gospel outside the church.”

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An Inside Look at Breast Cancer and Survivorship

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By Danielle Incognito or many in October, the pink ribbons come out. That theory rings true for Danielle Incognito, a writer for New View Media Group, who is a breast cancer survivor. Danielle approached the editorial staff about writing a personal story about her battle to commemorate Breast Cancer Awareness Month. She shares her story below.

My name is Danielle Incognito. I am a mother, a wife, an Auntie, a daughter, a teacher, and a breast cancer survivor amongst many other things. I never allowed breast cancer to define me as a person, and much of that lesson I learned from my younger sister, Desiree, who was only 34 years old when she was diagnosed.

May 2012, just around my 37th birthday, was when I entered that “pink club” that younger women are now being called to join at a growing rate. US News reported that 11% of new breast cancers happen in women age 44 and younger. Under 40, the odds are lower at 7%. My sister and I couldn’t have hit the lottery with those odds? What is more surprising is that we didn’t carry the gene mutations most commonly associated with young breast cancer, mainly BRCAI, BRCA2, or TP53. The reason

I know this is because I recently had a meeting with a geneticist at Sloan Kettering in Montville. I, my sister, and my father (who had prostate cancer last year) did not ever share any mutated gene. We are still one of those “scientific mysteries” that will continue to be studied.

Desiree saved my life. She was a 34 year old woman who was just beginning her new life as a widow with two small children (Mark had died of a massive heart attack at age 38). After a long year of mourning, she picked herself up and decided to make a great life for her new family without Mark. She enrolled in a masters program for School Psychology, and she filled her days with school work while she immersed herself into her children’s activities with the help of our mother, father, brother, and me.

We all took a turn and a role in her “new normal.”

The dreadful day came, when on Thanksgiving weekend at my parent’s cabin, Desiree felt a lump in her breast. She asked our mom to look at it. She and our mother were both in denial, so Desiree marched on to New Jersey and back to school the next day. She was so “bummed” that she had to lug her books into the local breast center continued on page 22

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Epic Experience provides free weeklong adventure ex-

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those currently in treatment and survivors,” says Sabine Schwab, who organized the event.

Schwab, 36, of Roxbury, was diagnosed with brain cancer in 2014 at age 32, shortly after giving birth to her daughter. Her tumor was about the size of a golf

ball. “I had open brain surgery, six weeks of daily radiation, and a year of chemotherapy,” says Schwab. She is a brain cancer survivor of almost five years now and devotes much of her time volunteering.

“I have dedicated my life to the cancer community. I serve on various boards, and I’m a speaker and advocate in the brain tumor community,” says Schwab.

Schwab a ttended an Epic Experience camp in May 2015.

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An Inside Look at Breast Cancer... continued from page 21 “just to be safe.” She would have the lump looked at, and then she would get on with her day.

That day changed our lives forever. She had breast cancer. Later, we would find out that she had stage IV metastatic breast cancer that has spread all through her lymph nodes and to a spot on her liver. Metastatic breast cancer is breast cancer that has spread to other parts of the body.

Currently, it cannot be cured, but it can be managed for many years depending on many factors. At her initial appointment with her oncologist, she was given a 25% chance of living 5 years. She defied those odds as we knew she would. With determination and faith, Desiree picked herself up once more and faced her second major battle in life. She immediately transferred to Sloan Kettering in New York City where she would battle with a team of doctors for the next seven years during which time she finished her degree and even worked in NJ schools. She began her medicinal journey on a least aggressive course of treatment where she could keep her hair and still remain active. One of those treatments, Herceptin, targeted the HER2 component of her disease (a protein that divides breast tissue at a normal rate in a healthy woman). According to Sloan Kettering, one in five women have extra copies of Her2/neu gene, and they produce an oversupply of the protein. She was treated for hormone, HER2 positive breast cancer over seven years. Most of the drugs gave her several months of stable disease.

She eventually started Taxol and lost all of her hair. A close friend from high school came and shaved it off for her as her daughter, Reese, watched. She was honest with her children from the beginning in terms they could understand.

Close to her fourth year mark of her cancer diagnosis, she started having pressure headaches which turned out to be spots on her brain that had metastasized. The brain doctor explained to us that her cancer had spread in a way that would copy a spray effect of water. Spot radiation helped for a short time, and full brain radiation did the same. It was the only treatment offered because as women battling will tell you, chemotherapy cannot pass the brain barrier.

By year six, Desiree had a massive seizure in front of her two children. She recovered like the “rock star” she was.

She couldn’t drive anymore, and little tasks became difficult, but she never wavered from telling me, “We got this.”

I believed that we had. She truly believed it too. It was not until December of this past year that our family believed differently. Her oncologist told us that the cancer had spread to her spine and spinal fluid, and it would only be a matter of weeks. She would go to sleep. She fell asleep on January 8th, 2019 with all of her family and close friends in hospice care. Desiree survived seven years of an aggressive type of breast cancer.

What is a survivor? I am considered a survivor. It has been seven years since my diagnosis. After my sister’s diagnosis at age 34, I was advised to have an MRI. After suspicious films and 12 needle biopsies followed by a core biopsy, I was diagnosed with breast cancer at 37.

I was the lucky one. Mine had not spread to my lymph nodes, but I opted for a double mastectomy and several months of chemotherapy because they had found invasive cells in the lymphatic system of my breast tissue after the 6 hour operation. I can honestly say that I handled the whole experience “like a champ,” and I believe it is because I actually felt “lucky” after my sister’s diagnosis.

Mind you, I also had a great family, amazing kids, a

mother that doted on me while I slept, and a mother in law that was willing to help with anything and everything. Most importantly, I had a very loving husband with a great sense of humor. I remember Luke walking in my hospital room after my mastectomy with a big grin and a very trendy New York shopping bag shouting, “I bought you boobs!” They were actually foam pieces that I would use until my skin expanded and I had enough room for implants. He also emptied my surgical drains after each operation, and still, he would make some kind of joke. He would walk into our bathroom with his medical kit and call me “his own Barbie.”

My therapist actually asked me if he could steal that line to help other breast cancer patients. Like Barbie, I have now two, flesh mounds with “missing parts”. I never chose to get them made or tattooed. I guess I am ok with being like Barbie! I can tell you first hand that having that support and having someone still make you feel beautiful is key to being a young breast cancer survivor.

I am not going to lie and say it was easy having chemotherapy from nurses with hazmat suits, or giving myself shots for infection prevention the day after chemo, or watching half my hair fall out, or digesting Tamoxifen that aged me for three years as an estrogen blocker, or not being able to get out of bed to spend time with my three babies after chemo (they weren’t really babies, but I still call them that at ages 21, 19, and 15 currently), but I knew I was the lucky one “relatively speaking.” I took a page from my sister’s book, and I carry it with me always. I know she struggled with the fact that she did not look sick for a long time, and so people assumed that her cancer was gone. She was so strong, beautiful, and smart, and we her family, especially, refused to see her as “sick.” But, that is not how metastatic cancer works. If you turn on any tv commercial you can see women described as, “living a new normal.” She wanted to be as normal as she possibly could. If she had a “pity party,” it would be for ten minutes, and then she would decide that “faith came before fear.”

I was sick for a short time, but I knew there would, God willing, be an end for me. She knew that she would eventually die of breast cancer, even though she wasn’t willing to succumb to it. She talked about her grandchildren. She talked about tomorrows. She called herself blessed and inspired so many people to fight and survive their own personal battles, sometimes so much, that friends and family often found themselves complaining to her! I remember being on the beach with her after her diagnosis. She turned to me and said, “Getting breast cancer was one of the best things that ever happened to me. I was feeling sorry for myself after losing Mark, but now I want to live.” After that, she celebrated every moment and cherished every milestone. She may have not survived the second half of her life, but her legacy and impact will.

I had the pleasure of teaching a young boy whose mom was diagnosed with cancer last year. I asked her about her journey, and she reflected on her milestones as a young woman diagnosed with breast cancer. Dana McGill, a wife and mother of two from Hasbrouck Heights, was gracious enough to share her journey with me: “As we get older, we tend to dread another birthday.

This year was no different for me, but I was dreading my birthday because it was the day I had to go for a biopsy of a lump I found myself in my right breast. My life was forever changed on my 43rd birthday. I was told I had breast cancer. I was thrown into an unknown world on Nov. 1, 2018.

I began meeting with doctors and was told I had a lump about 5 cm in size and was considered ER/PR positive and HER 2 negative. The plan to treat and beat this cancer was Chemotherapy, a double mastectomy, and possibly radiation in the end. I began chemo in November 2018, I had 4 rounds of AC and 4 rounds of Taxol. I finished my treatments in March 2019. I was able to tolerate all the dreaded side effects fairly well. Of course, losing my hair was the hardest to cope with. But with the support and help of my family I shaved it off and eventually got used to my new “look”. After I finished chemo, I prepared myself for surgery.

I had a double mastectomy in April 2019. An 8-hour surgery that was quite painful to recover from, but I got there. After healing from surgery, I was told that radiation was recommended. In June 2019, I began 28 radiation treatments. I was not a fan of going each day but continued to put one foot in front of the other and kept showing up. At one of my appointments with my oncologist after surgery I was told that my tumor was actually HER 2 positive. My heart sunk.

I knew this meant more treatment, more infusions, another YEAR of treatment every 3 weeks. But once again I just said, “it is what it is” and I continue to show up every 3 weeks.

This past year has been by far the hardest year of my life.

With a breast cancer diagnosis comes, yes, a lot of tough treatment, surgeries, and recoveries. But it also comes with a huge mental game and lots of fear. I continue to push myself to keep going, to be positive, and to embrace every day.

I believe you are forever changed after being diagnosed and you will have some good days, and some bad days and that’s OK. We go through and continue to go through so much. And although the scars may fade, and our hair grows back, there is still so much happening in our bodies because we had breast cancer. But despite all of that, I am looking forward to my birthday this year because I am here to celebrate it!”

I, like Dana, am changed forever. My hair grew back, and my scars (after three surgeries) are beginning to fade. I look in the mirror, and I do see “battle scars”, but I try to see “Barbie” instead of cancer. I will always remember that cancer grew inside my body, and a small piece of me will always worry about the future and the future of the young girls in my life. Maybe, one day, I will be one of those women who get painted as a piece of art to celebrate my win! I admire those women.

I, personally, can look forward to more birthdays, now with only one check up a year at Sloan. It will be there that I reflect on the past seven years. It will be there that I miss my sister beside me. It will be there that I see women of all ages waiting for their chemo treatments, some as beautiful as my sister when she was diagnosed, and some so sick they need a wheelchair and oxygen. But most of all, I will thank God that I am a survivor, that I know many survivors, and that my sister survived seven birthdays. I will most definitely bow my head and pray that my daughters (Victoria age 21, and Julia age 19) along with my niece (Reese age 12) will never have to call themselves survivors (as my husband holds my hand tight and tries to make me laugh.) I will sit there knowing that I am a mom, a wife, and now a full time Auntie to my sister’s two, beautiful children, Collin and Reese. (My husband, my children, my parents, my brother, and I will now work together to raise her children.) I will also plan to write that memoir that I always promised her I’d write. And, for different reasons now, I will hear my sister whisper into my heart, “Danielle, you got this.”

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For Hanover Symphony, Longevity is a Combination of Talent and Community Involvement

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By Anya Bochman he Hanover Wind Symphony (HWS) is a community-based organization that has a straightforward yet powerful mission: bringing music to people and people to music. Having accomplished this goal for nearly 35 years, HWS relies on community support and involvement while showcasing its engaging live performances.

While advancing excellence in the wind band tradition, HWS strives to provide growth opportunities for adult musicians who are continuing their musical avocation.

The organization’s main goal is cultural enrichment and education of New Jersey music lovers.

The symphony’s inception can very much be traced to the spirit of community; it began as a group of college students and adults performing together at Fairleigh Dickinson University’s Florham/Madison campus. However, the music department was disbanded in 1985; the group’s director and founder, Peter Boor, subsequently took the ensemble off campus so that it could continue honing its skills.

More musicians were recruited into the symphony via newspaper announcements and word-of-mouth. In total, 39 musicians played in the symphony’s debut concert on December 8, 1985 using woodwinds and brass - but no percussion.

“That made Gustav Holst’s First Suite in Eb for Military Band a little more interesting!” the symphony’s official website states of the performance.

The road to the group’s present-day success was cemented by its talent and community engagement over the years. For it didn’t take very long for HWS to distinguish itself not only as one of very few community-based adult wind bands in New Jersey, but also as an ensemble playing music of the highest caliber. While the average HWS member is a highly gifted musician, most do not come from professional musical backgrounds. Ranging from

stay-at-home mothers to computer programmers, the volunteer musicians share an ability to demonstrate professionalism in their desire to both refine their musical skills and showcase their creativity. Today, HWS boasts some 65 to 70 members.

The musicians’ average tenure is 15 years, with one third having tenures of 20 years or more. This sort of longevity is relatively rare in a community-based musical ensemble, and demonstrates the dedication and devotion of the players, as well as the distinctive character of the band.

Dr. William H. Trusheim, Chairman of the Board of the HWS, says that the enduring participation of the band members is one of the more important facets to its continued existence and popularity.

“We have very stable membership, which is something we’re very proud of,” Trusheim said. “Many times an ensemble’s membership will be scrambled, but we have performers who have been with us for 15 or more years.”

HWS is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization, which over the years has become the community’s source for live music for celebrations, fundraisers and traditional outdoor concerts. Funding for its performances has been made possible in part by Morris Arts through the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of State, a Partner Agency of the National Endowment for the Arts and the Cultural Arts Committee of Hanover Township.

Crucially, the group also works to inspire younger musicians to continue playing long after their formal schooling has ended. As part of the group’s community outreach efforts, HWS regularly engages in free and affordable local concerts, joint programs with public schools, collaboration with local nonprofits and programs for children and families.

A more recent endeavor that is in keeping with the tradition of outreach is HWS’ music scholarship, first offered

in 2017 to enable a gifted student to attend a residential summer music camp. In 2019, HWS expanded the music scholarship program to include both a senior and junior division. The senior division winner, Evelyn Tomaro of Chatham, will be attending the Kinhaven Music Program, while junior division winner Isabelle Mailman of Wayne attended a jazz music camp this summer.

Trusheim says that the involvement of a younger generation through scholarships and masterclasses is imperative to both the mission of accessible live music and the longevity of the HWS. “Masterclasses are a good way for us to bring music to the next generation – and maybe the students we impacted will become future members [of HWS].”

This sentiment is something the symphony’s music director, Matthew Paterno, echoes. Paterno, of Parsippany, stresses that the HWS is trying to change the unfortunate fact that the majority of high school musicians stop playing instruments upon graduation.

“Hopefully someone walks out of one of our performances with something new they have learned,” Paterno said. “We’re trying to foster a love for music with the younger generation – to show them that music isn’t just a school activity, it is an endeavor for life.”

The Hanover Wind Symphony’s members are from the New York/New Jersey metropolitan area and represent many professional backgrounds. Approximately half are professional music educators and the rest have a diverse set of occupations including business executives, teachers and engineers. All of the musicians are selected by audition – something that Paterno says is crucial not just to the quality of musicianship, but also in ensuring members aren’t overwhelmed by a higher standard of skill. All of HWS’ members are strongly committed to volunteering their time and talents to the group. continued on page 24

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Hanover Symphony... continued from page 23 “The symphony is 100 percent about making great music; there is no ego involved,” Paterno said. “It’s a very unique group that likes being pushed, which challenges you as a conductor as well.”

Paterno, whose conducting style is described on the official HWS website as “energetic, passionate and uplifting,” has served as the Associate Conductor and Principal Euphonium of the Hanover Wind Symphony from 1998 to 2008. Subsequently, he brought his personal style and musical interpretations to the HWS as the new music director.

By his own account, Paterno came to music late by professional musician standards, starting in junior high.

“People always tell me, ‘You look like you’re having so much fun!’,” Paterno mused. “That’s really what it’s all about, as an educator.”

Paterno has been an Instrumental Music Teacher, Lead Teacher and Music Coordinator at Wayne Hills High School in Wayne for nearly three decades. He has also been an adjunct faculty member at William Paterson University where he teaches classes in Low Brass Methods and Applied Euphonium as well as coaching the Tuba/Euphonium Ensemble.

Throughout his professional career, Paterno has gathered a number of accolades. Listed in Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers, Paterno is a recipient of both the Governor’s Teacher of the Year award for Wayne Township and the Eastern Marching Band Association’s Director of the Year award. In 2014, School Band and Orchestra Magazine honored him as the New Jersey representative of their “50 Directors Who Make a Difference” list.

Paterno works together with associate musical director Kurt Zimmerman, who serves as co-principal of the trumpet section and has been with the symphony for over a quarter of a century.

The symphony’s founder and Director Emeritus is Peter Boor.

One of the challenges before the conductors of HWS is balancing skill with accessibility.

“Over the years, we have tried to present programs that are accessible to the community, but also challenging for the symphony members,” Trusheim said.

“It’s a fine tightrope to walk.”

The new season of the HWS opens on Wednesday, October 23 with a concert at their home venue, Memorial Junior School in Whippany. Joining the band will be oboist and past scholarship winner Evelyn Tomaro.

On November 16, the ensemble will travel to North Hunterdon High School in Clinton for a star-spangled salute to American veterans. The performance will be a benefit concert, with proceeds going towards New Jersey veterans in need.

Later in the year, HWS will mark their staple annual holiday concert, “A Christmas Presence,” at Our Lady of Mercy Church on December 8. The concert has become a tradition for both the symphony and its loyal followers.

While Trusheim says that all of the symphony’s performances are important, certain annual events stand out among the rest. A Christmas Presence, for instance, is “always packed,” according to the chairman.

“We get a very good response from the community,” Trusheim stated. “Our audience follows us wherever we go.”

In February 2020, the band will head back to its home base of Memorial Junior School to celebrate the 35th Anniversary of the Hanover Wind Symphony. HWS members will be giving a premiere performance of a new work for winds by composer Peter Sciano, commissioned by the symphony.

Other concerts to look forward to in the next year include a performance at the Bickford Theatre in the Morris Museum, an outreach concert at Parsippany High School, and HWS’ annual Summer Gazebo Series, sponsored by the Morristown Parks and Recreation Department.

“Live music is very hard to come by these days; many people have to go to New York City to access it, which can be problematic both in terms of cost and distance,” Trusheim said. “We provide the music directly to the community, and have gathered a very loyal following.”

Paterno summarized the spirit of the symphony in more poetic terms, which nonetheless emphasized the message of communal experience.

“The joy of the wind symphony, the thrill of performing, is sharing music with people,” the music director said. “It’s sharing our love and passion with the audience.”

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Leaving shoes at an entryway is one of the easiest ways to combat home pollution and promote a healthy home.

Replace air filters regularly. The air filter in your home dictates the air you breathe and ensures that it is healthy enough for ingestion. More often than not, air filters are not top of mind when thinking about home wellness, but they are crucial to every home. That’s why it’s important to replace air filters on schedule – every three months as recommended by the National Institutes of Health.

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Change out your light bulbs. Choose the right color temperature for a calmer home and use energy-efficient bulbs. The selection for light bulbs is massive, and with smart home technologies that allow you to change the color of your bulb with the swipe of a finger, you can also easily control your mood. Warm lighting typically has an overall positive effect on everyone in the home. One of the keys to home wellness is ensuring you are truly happy in your home, and lighting can play a pivotal role in cultivating this emotion.

Open windows on good weather days.

Most Americans (61%) believe the air inside their homes is cleaner than it is outside, according to the survey. However, the Environmental Protection Agency estimates indoor air is 2-5 times more polluted than the air outside. This is in part because Americans tend to enclose themselves indoors, where the same air is recycled over an extended time. The smell of the meal you cooked for dinner, the trash in the garbage can and the candle you light on your nightstand all have an impact on the air quality in your home.

Opening windows allows for polluted air to release itself from the home and, in turn, allows for cleaner air to circulate the space.

Filter your water. Water is essential to any healthy lifestyle, and drinking clean water is a luxury that is often overlooked.

However, what is also overlooked is how many chemicals and toxins that can affect your health are in the tap water you drink on a daily basis. Filtering your water is one simple step that can benefit not only your own health, but the health of everyone in the home.

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Hauntings Around the Area for Halloween

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by Elsie Walker alloween will soon be here. Many times on Halloween, or around camp fires, stories of ghosts; strange, creepy or haunted places; and recollections of strange occurrences are shared. Some people pass stories on from generation to generation until they become legend. However, others, like members of the New Jersey Ghost Hunters Society (NJGHS), investigate strange occurrences to see if there is a paranormal presence involved. Recently, people from around the coverage area shared stories and sightings of local ghosts, rumors of haunted locations, and experiences with the paranormal.

Members of the online, “You Know You’re From Roxbury Township….” group recalled ghost tales and scary sights. One popular ghost story was the Hooker Man. It is about a ghost seen by the Succasunna railroad tracks. “The Hooker Man lost his hand in some freak train accident, and now searches for it with a lantern,” shared Mike Stark, Roxbury. However, it appears the Hooker Man has not only been seen in Roxbury, but Netcong, Flanders, Chester, and Long Valley also lay claim to the legend. Cheryl McClung, a former area resident, who now lives in Georgia, shared, “At night, people see his [the Hooker Man’s] lantern bouncing along the tracks in Flanders on the west side of [Route} 206.

Dawn Traetta Hair, of Florida, another former Roxbury resident, remembers the stories of the former location of the Church of the Mystic Light in Flanders. The building is closed, but there had been claims that witches had hung chickens and have had seances there. People still stop by it, out of curiosity, if not scared away.

Kim Howell Candore shared that there have been ghost sightings at her childhood home, “I was raised at 11 Meeker Street [in] Succasunna, next to the cemetery. There has been many spottings of two men in Civil War uniforms smoking, sitting on a tree stump in front of our old house,” said Candore, who now lives in Tennessee. Candore remembers that the two churches on Main Street, adjacent to the cemetery, used to be a military hospital.

Also shared, was that Roxbury has its very own “haunted house” in the form of the Halloween House, a tremendous display put on by the Heard family in Roxbury.

Hackettstown is the meeting site of the NJ Ghost Hunters Society. The society’s mission statement is “To search out definitive proof of life beyond the grave. To provide paranormal investigations to those who request them, free of charge. To train those individuals, who so desire and become members of the NJGHS, in the protocols of professional, ethical and scientific paranormal investigating..” L’aura Hladik Hoffman is the society’s founder and director. She is the author of Ghosthunting New Jersey, Ghosthunting New York City, and Ghosts of the Poconos and has a variety of presentations on the paranormal which will be given at area libraries this month (listed on the bottom of www. njghs.net/presentations.html).

Recently, Hoffman recalled stories she was told of two ghosts who are said to haunt Bea McNally’s (formerly Charlie Brown Restaurant). In 1878, the place was the Clarendon House (hotel) and from 19261947 it was the Hackettstown Inn. “The ghost girl appeared to a young girl who was living at the hotel when her family owned it. She snuck down to the kitchen in the middle of the night for some ice cream.

When she was headed out of the kitchen and into the dining room to sneak back upstairs, she was met with this bright, sparkling light and out of the light stepped a young girl – about the same age of the girl sneaking the ice cream – and the ghost girl was dressed from a different time period and clutching her teddy bear.

The ice cream girl screamed, dropped the ice cream and ran up to her room. The next day when her parents confronted her about the mess in the dining room, they did not believe her about the ghost girl she saw. However, a couple weeks later, the father saw the ghost girl, too.”

As for the other ghost, Hoffman said there are various origin stories as to who he is.

Most have to do with drowning. Two versions have him as a child who was staying upstairs and died while unattended in the bathtub. Hoffman shared that in another version continued on page 27

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Hauntings Around the Area... continued from page 26 of the story, “A Lady of the Evening was distraught over unrequited love of one of her clients and she took a bath and drank a bottle of gin and passed out and drowned.” However, most seem to think the ghost is a child as they have got the sensation of someone wanting to ride on their shoulders or putting a small hand into theirs.

Over the years there have been other stories of ghostly presence at the location, such as unexplained footsteps and, when there was a pool hall at the location, how when it was unlocked for business one day, instead of the cleaned pool hall, cues, etc. were strung all over.

In Pompton Lakes, Laura Jennings, a member of the historic commission there, shared about some caring spirits at the Schuyler Colfax house ( Hamburg turnpike, Wayne) “Dr. Jane Colfax Young grew up in the house with her father (Dr. Richard S. Colfax) and Aunt (also Dr. Jane Colfax).

Katherine Young, daughter to Jane Colfax Young, shared that she spent a lot of time in the home until he was ten years old. Both her and her father felt and saw things in the house that they are sure were the spirits of their ancestors watching over them. The Colfax family is one of the founding families in the area.”

Jennings also shared that she had heard reports of ghost sightings at the Lenox School in Pompton Plains.

Morristown has had its own dealing with the paranormal. Pat Goodfriend, Membership & Volunteer Coordinator for the Morris County His-

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torical Society shared a short 2016 article by Y. McGreevy on Ford Mansion. The mansion at the Morristown National Historical Park is over 200 years old. Once the home of George Washington (briefly during 1780), the mansion drew the interest of Gordon Thomas Ward, a paranormal investigator, who in 2016, did a presentation on the Mansion and his two-year study of it, including the noises said to be coming from inside its walls. An article by B. LaMuraglia the same year shows that during the time of his investigation, Ward heard the voices of three male and two female spirits. None were Washington; Ward felt at least one could have been a kitchen servant.

Bells Mansion, near the Netcong-Stanhope border has also been the subject of a paranormal study. That was shared by Tom Lupo of Hopatcong, a producer who followed the NJ Ghost Hunters Society when it investigated the restaurant six years ago. The segment includes a worker recalling seeing the spirit of a woman. He was cleaning up after the restaurant had closed. There are windows between the rooms.

He looked up and saw a woman, seated in the next room, looking out at the road. He watched her for about 10 seconds and then went to approach her. When he walked into that room, she was gone.

This Halloween, will the Hooker Man or the little girl ghost at Bea McNally’s be seen? Will voices whisper through Ford Mansion or the Lenox School? Perhaps, this year, a new spirit will be seen and its legend begun.

Prepare Your Family for Hurricane Season

evere weather events, like hurricanes, are powerful and can come on quickly, often leaving a trail of destruction in their wake. Because power outages are also common with strong storms and natural disasters, preparing your family ahead of time can help ensure safety.

Making a portable generator part of your plan ensures access to safe food storage and preparation, hot water, lights and important radio or television updates in the aftermath of a storm when it can be difficult to predict when full power will be restored.

While portable generators can be valuable tools in helping protect your family during and after a hurricane, they must be used properly to avoid potentially deadly carbon monoxide buildup, which is emitted as toxic engine exhaust and cannot be seen, smelled or tasted.

Although it is impossible to completely eliminate the hazards associated with improper generator use, models that comply with the American National Standards Institute (ANSI)/Portable Generator Manufac-

turers’ Association (PGMA) G300 Standard provide enhanced safety through carbon monoxide sensors and shutdown features that can help protect your family. Also consider these tips for safe operation from PGMA: Keep the operator’s manual in a safe place so you can refer to it easily for further information about safe generator operation and potential hazards.

To avoid dangerous carbon monoxide accumulation, always “Take It Outside,” which means never running a portable generator indoors, such as in garages, basements, crawl spaces, breezeways, sheds or other partially enclosed spaces.

Always place a portable generator downwind and point the engine exhaust away from occupied spaces. Also avoid placing your generator near windows, doors or vents, as carbon monoxide gas can accumulate and potentially be drawn indoors.

If you feel sick, dizzy or weak while using your portable generator, get to fresh air immediately and call 911 for emergency med-

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ical attention as you may be suffering from carbon monoxide poisoning.

Be prepared for the unexpected this hurricane season and find more information

about safely operating a portable generator during severe weather at pgmaonline.com and takeyourgeneratoroutside.com. (Family Features)

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