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PCTI NASA Culinary Challenge an Otherworldly Experience

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By Jillian Risberg tudents at Passaic County Technical Institute (PCTI) got a taste of space from NASA astronauts themselves when they hosted the NASA Hunch Critical Design

Review and Prototyping Challenge, innovative solutions to problems encountered by astronauts at the International Space Station (ISS).

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“It is nice to see the students put their heart and soul into this project because I think they all wanted to be part of a competitive culinary team,” says Culinary Arts Instructor, Matthew Vanaria, adding that NASA was of course a big draw.

They actually won gold that first year they joined and the students got to go down to Huston.

“Their entree was (Red Pepper Puree) Risotto and was very well-received by everyone,” says Sandra Woods, PCTIs director of communications and special projects, adding that the astronauts called from the ISS while they were eating and spoke to the students.

“That was so exciting and each time we’ve made into the top ten to compete nationally with the schools who won top ten,” Woods says.

Unfortunately, the communications director

PCTI Team at NASA Hunch Culinary Challenge.

says they haven’t made first place again since but they’re working on it, hoping for top honors this time around.

According to Woods, one year they focus on a breakfast entree, another year it’s dessert — this year they had to come up with an ethnic entree.

“They submit two or three different entrees to NASA and they look at the ingredients and select which one they really want the students to concentrate on,” she says.

For the Feb. 24 challenge — they selected Shakshuka, a traditional Israeli tomato stew made with

chicken thighs and served with a poached egg on top.

“It made me feel great because it is a traditional food that my family in Israel and I have cooked a lot,” says Aden Lewin, a PCTI senior.

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A VIEW FROM THE RIGHT

A VIEW FROM THE LEFT

Supply and Demand, Hoarding, Price Gouging -- and the Coronavirus

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ttention readers: Mark Shields is off this week. Please enjoy the following column by Veronique De

Rugy.

As the saying goes, “Nothing is certain but death and taxes.” I would add, “and anti-price gouging legislation in times of crisis.” Yet price increases in the face of sudden shortages are an important impetus to restore supply and demand market conditions that are closer to normal.

As many of us have experienced in the past few weeks, buying toilet paper, hand sanitizer and face masks has become more difficult and more expensive.

The reason, of course, is that unusually large numbers of people are rushing to buy these and other products that might prevent the spread of the coronavirus. It’s normal for people to stock up on supplies during crises. The immediate results are empty store shelves, soon followed by higher prices.

When this happens, politicians around the globe demand an end to the price hikes. The goal is to improve consumer access to the products now in higher demand.

In New Jersey, for instance, at least 10 retailers have received warnings from the government to stop their so-called price gouging. Similarly, the French government announced that it won’t tolerate such price increases and will soon decree a price ceiling on face masks and hand sanitizers. In a move guaranteed to worsen and lengthen the shortages, French officials are even going so far as to appropriate stocks of masks. Just this week, the Department of Justice threatened to act against “bad actors” who raise prices during this time of panic. The list goes on and on.

While well-intentioned, such heavy-handed intervention is a mistake on many levels: First, the rise in prices conveys nothing more than the unusually intense surge in demand for these products. Consumers

Mark Shields value these products more now than they did just a few weeks ago, which is reflected by the higher prices.

But here’s another reality: If prices are kept artificially low, there’s little incentive for shoppers not to buy as much as they can. Of course, only those shoppers lucky enough to get to the stores first can do so. Their hoarding then leaves nothing for shoppers in line behind them.

The fact is there’s no better means of slowing the rising demand -- and, especially, reducing excessive hoarding -- than allowing the very price hikes that governments are trying to prevent.

But price hikes have another important advantage: They create the necessary incentives for entrepreneurs to shift resources toward activities that increase the supply of these goods.

The higher prices encourage higher levels of production for goods like masks and hand sanitizers, which then increases supply. Even some companies that couldn’t afford to produce these goods in the past will be prompted by high prices to now do so. The Japanese electronics giant Sharp started to use its TV factories to make surgical masks when the domestic continued on page 6

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think I’m where most sane people are on the coronavirus outbreak: -Concerned but not panicked.

-Calm but not apathetic.

-Taking reasonable precautions but remaining skeptical of what all the purportedly “best experts” here in the United States are telling us about every aspect of their belated crisis management and response (especially on their pimping of vaccine development to prevent the disease).

Here are some plain, nonhysterical facts: The U.S. Centers for Disease Control is a bloated federal government agency with a long history of incompetence, fraud, secrecy, mission creep and shady alliances with both social justice causes on the left and private corporations on the big business right. The “deep state” of entrenched bureaucrats embedded in the Beltway bowels is alive and thriving at the CDC. The unelected elites who’ve occupied top offices at the public health-industrial complex are hostile to public scrutiny while clamoring for ever-ballooning budgets. Their recommendations have often been detrimental to citizens’ well-being and freedom.

And, yes, many of the scientists who work there are rabidly anti-conservative and anti-Trump.

It’s a brazen lie that President Donald Trump “slashed” CDC funding, which is being used as an excuse for the agency’s coronavirus unpreparedness. Cognitively impaired and truth-challenged Joe Biden made the claim during last week’s Democratic debate that these purported “Draconian cuts” put Americans at risk. But Trump’s budget proposal to cut some sliver of CDC fat has never been enacted, and Congress increased funding, instead.

At nearly $7 billion, CDC’s annual budget is more than 200% larger than it was two decades ago. On top of that, a shady big business lobbying group called Corporate Friends of CDC has raised hundreds of millions of supplemental dollars -- which raises serious conflict-of-interest

Michelle Malkin issues. In 2007, Sen. Tom Coburn’s fiscal audit of the agency discovered vulgar expenditures including CDC syphilis prevention funds spent to host a “safe-sex” event with a porn star, CDC HIV/AIDS prevention funds spent on a transgender beauty pageant, and $45 million in CDC funding spent on conferences featuring prostitutes, protests and beach parties.

Despite the flood of money, the agency been caught flat-footed on outbreak after outbreak. They squander untold millions on other health threats in favor of pushing gun control and nanny state hobby horses (TV violence, helmet laws, video games, anti-bullying campaigns and explicit sex education, for example). CDC has one primary job -- Disease Control -- but has managed to botch it without ever learning from past failures.

Let me remind you of some of the CDC’s long history of royal screw-ups: -The notorious 1976 swine flu vaccine scandal was catalyzed by mass hysteria whipped up by CDC junk scientists clamoring for more money; Congress obliged and nearly 45 million Americans were unnecessarily jabbed with a vaccine for a disease that had fizzled by the time the shots were ready. The vaccine continued on page 6

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continued from page 4 resulted in an increased risk of developing Guillain-Barre syndrome -- leading to muscle weakness and paralysis.

-In 1999, the CDC misspent $22.7 million appropriated for chronic fatigue syndrome

and was investigated in 2001 for squandering $13 million on hepatitis C research.

-In 2000, the agency essentially lied to Congress about how it spent up to $7.5 million earmarked each year since 1993 for research on the deadly hantavirus. “Instead,

Supply and Demand... continued from page 4 supply went dry. Manufacturer FoxConn did the same in China to protect its employees who assemble iPhones.

Government officials (and pundits) never seem to learn (or remember) that in times of crisis, naturally rising prices are necessary to guarantee that goods, services and inputs are used to maximum social advantage.

When governments prevent price hikes, they unwittingly (SET ITAL)create(END ITAL) shortages of vital supplies. Unfortunately, such government intervention makes it harder for people to recover from disasters or, today, to protect themselves from the coronavirus.

Think about it. Without price fluctuations to provide a signal to manufacturers, how will they know by how much or how quickly they need to increase production? If prices are kept artificially low, factory owners have no way to know for sure that actual demand (and not just hoarding) has risen enough to justify a change in their production schedules. Second, if governments keep prices from adjusting upward, the additional demand for masks might not result in enough

revenue to cover the extra costs of producing and shipping more masks.

The bottom line is that by keeping prices artificially low, governments around the world encourage artificially high demand, from hoarders, for example. Necessary increases to the supply chain will also be discouraged, which results in unnecessary shortages, long lines of desperate customers, empty shelves and black markets in dark alleys.

Aren’t we better off when products are actually on the shelves and available for purchase, even if only at higher prices? When no such products are to be found, except by the politically and socially connected, ordinary citizens lose out.

Veronique de Rugy is a senior research fellow at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University. To find out more about Veronique de Rugy and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate webpage at www.creators.com.

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apparently without asking Congress, the CDC spent much of the money on other programs that the agency thought needed the funds more,” The Washington Post disclosed at the time. The diversions were impossible to trace because of shoddy CDC bookkeeping practices.

-In 2009, the CDC recalled 800,000 doses of swine flu vaccine for children ages 6 months to 3 years after the products manufactured by Sanofi Pasteur failed potency tests.

-In 2012, the CDC’s main building housing infectious anthrax, SARS and monkeypox gases was discovered to have been leaking deadly pathogens due to a flawed engineered airflow system.

-In 2014, the CDC’s lackadaisical response to Ebola virus gave the greenlight to Patient Zero Thomas Eric Duncan and infected medical personnel to board commercial airlines while ill -- exposing untold numbers of travelers to the deadly disease. Expensive isolation chambers that had been subsidized by taxpayers to the tune of $15 million sat buried in a Georgia warehouse.

-For the past few years, the agency has employed a fear campaign to induce Americans to get regular flu shots (formulated based on guesswork) using flawed statistics and despite international scientific conclusions that there is “no evidence” to support the CDC’s assumptions that the vaccine reduces transmission of the virus or the risk of

potentially deadly complications.

-Just this week, the Informed Consent Action Network reported astonishing results from its lawsuit against the CDC to obtain scientific documentation for the agency’s claim that “vaccines do not cause autism” -- specifically for the first seven vaccines given to your child in their first six months of life. CDC had stonewalled, and then finally produced 20 studies -- 18 of which were irrelevant to ICAN’s public records request and two of which suggest that vaccines may indeed cause autism. In other words: The CDC is lying while continuing to smear vaccine critics as “conspiracy theorists” and public health threats.

As if to underscore my point about this agency’s misdirected priorities and rank political pandering, the CDC director this week found it more urgent to condemn Republicans as racist for accurately describing the origins of the virus from Wuhan, China, than to do his job.

Informed diagnosis: The “best people” -- who have now been rewarded with more than $8.3 billion in new “emergency funding” -- are not in charge.

Michelle Malkin’s email address is MichelleMalkinInvestigates@protonmail.com.

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s you know, the coronavirus has become a major health concern, not just in China, but in other parts of the world, too – and it’s also shaken up the financial markets. As an individual investor, how concerned should you be?

The impact of the coronavirus on the markets isn’t surprising. China is the world’s second-largest economy, and when it experiences factory closures, supply chain disruptions and city lockdowns, the ripple effect on the world’s other economies is considerable. Plus, the financial markets simply don’t like uncertainty – and there’s a lot of that associated with this outbreak and the efforts to contain it.

Nonetheless, instead of worrying over events you can’t control, try to focus on what you can do in this investment climate.

Here are a few suggestions: • Don’t panic. The coronavirus may well cause continued market volatility over the next several weeks, or even months. But it’s important for investors to take a long-term view. Market corrections – typically defined as a drop in investment prices of 10% or more – are a fairly common occurrence, and we may have been overdue for one even before the coronavirus scare. In any case, it’s generally a good idea not to radically re-

vamp your investment strategy unless you experience a major change in your personal life – a significant career move, medical condition, change in family situation, etc.

• Be aware of history. The coronavirus is certainly serious, but it’s not the only viral outbreak we’ve seen in recent decades.

During these earlier pandemics, the financial markets also took a hit, but they bounced back. For example, from late April 2003, in the midst of SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome) until late April 2004, the S&P 500 rose about 21 percent.* And other large gains were recorded following the outbreak and decline of the Ebola and Zika viruses. Of course, the past performance of the markets in pandemic situations can’t necessarily predict future market developments; every situation is different, and over the next year, returns might be modest, as prices have already soared in the 11 years since they bottomed out during the financial crisis of 2008-09.

• Don’t try to time the market. We may well see coronavirus-based volatility in the near future – but volatility implies “ups” as well as “downs.” If you try to time the market by guessing at highs and lows, and then “buying high and selling low,” you might get lucky once in a while, but you could just as

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umans are not the only animals that may get a bit pudgy around the middle and tip the scale in the wrong direction. Man’s best friend can also pack on some extra pounds, necessitating a workout plan to get back into shape.

According to the Association for Pet Obesity Prevention, fifty-three percent of adult dogs in the United States are classified as overweight or obese by their veterinarians.

Yet, pet owners are sometimes unaware that their prized pooches are overweight.

Overweight dogs and cats face some of the same health risks as overweight men and women. Musculoskeletal problems, such as degenerative joint diseases, and back problems have been linked to obesity, as have heart disease and respiratory problems. Diabetes and heat or exercise intolerance are other side effects of being overweight.

But a pet’s weight is not the lone indicator of how healthy the animal is, and the ideal weight can vary from dog to dog. A body condition score is helpful in determining a pet’s ideal body weight. Some indications a dog may not be at a healthy weight include: • a belly that hangs below the rib cage area • a belly that moves when the dog moves, unless the dog

• a less active lifestyle, including avoiding exercise and play • excessive panting Keeping a dog in shape is one of the best things an owner can do for its’ pet. But what if the dog already has packed on a few unnecessary pounds? It’s time to start a canine fitness routine and follow some other guidelines.

Talk to the pet’s veterinarian. Obesity could be the result of eating too much or inactivity, but it also can be a sign of a serious condition. If a routine exam and blood work come up normal, then a plan can be started for helping Fido shed the weight.

Consider a new food. There are many different types of foods on the market, including low-calorie options. Some foods contain extra fiber to help the dog feel fuller without having eaten as much. Also, look for foods with lean protein is pregnant or has just given birth • inability of the owner or vet to feel the dog’s ribs in the sources without grains and other fillers.

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Pompton Lakes Celebrates 125 Years

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By Steve Sears he Borough of Pompton Lakes in 2020 is celebrating its 125th anniversary.

The borough was officially established on February 26, 1895, and much celebratory activity is being planned for a year-long party.

Laura Jennings, Pompton Lakes Historic Commission Chairwoman, explains what is thus far planned.

“This Historic Commission is coordinating a town-wide event at Hershfield Park on July 25 commemorating our

125-year anniversary. Local vendors and other groups in town are invited to participate.” Those wishing to participate are invited to contact historic@pomptonlakes-nj.gov. “In addition,” Jennings continues, “we are partnering with the Passaic County Office of Cultural and Historic Affairs, and the Friends of the Pompton Lakes Public Library, to offer a series of events throughout the year.” Information will be posted on the borough website as dates are announced.

Ekamon Venin, Council President for the Borough of Pompton Lakes, says the Historic Commission is working closely with the town administrators and Mayor Michael Serra and the Borough Council to successfully plan the schedule. “Our first walking tour is scheduled for April 4th, town picnic celebration is July 25th, and other dates will be announced as those plans unfold.” Venin also states that the 25th (of July) is “really the biggest piece of the puzzle.” Input from the community is encouraged.

Get Your Dog in Shape... continued from page 10 enjoyable pastime that enables the owner and pet to get exercise and stay in shape.

Take up swimming. Many dogs are natural lovers of water, and swimming is an effective, low-impact exercise.

Teach the dog tricks. Physical tricks, like fetching a ball or rolling over, can keep dogs active.

Go for long walks. Take the dog with you wherever you go. The more he or she is

up and moving, the less chance there is to sleep and be lazy.

Dr. Matthew Krupnick is the owner of the Pequannock Animal Hospital. He grew up in Kinnelon and is happy to be home – with his wife, three cats, and two dogs – to provide quality and compassionate care for pets in the community. The Pequannock Animal Hospital is located at 591 Newark Pompton Turnpike in Pompton Plains. You can reach the hospital by calling 973-616-0400.

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“If you are looking to volunteer your time, showcase your local business or have a family friendly activity to offer, we want to hear from you,” says Venin enthusiastically. “We are using the hashtag #PomptonLakes125 to share the event on social media.”

Pompton Lakes has quite a background. Jennings elaborates. “Some interesting local history is that Pompton Lakes was home to Reaction Motors, which is arguably where the National Space Program got its start. In addition, (boxer) Joe Lewis trained here and loved the town so much that he hosted a fundraiser to help Pompton Lakes purchase the town’s very first ambulance.” The Pompton Lakes First Aid Squad, comprised of volunteers, is still in operation today. “Which brings us to our most significant contribution to Passaic continued on page 12

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Lessons from the Dojo: Part 2

Traditional Okinawan Karate: A Teacher’s Perspective

By Christopher Miller, Head Instructor of Traditional Okinawan Karate, Butler, 5th Degree Black Belt.

Martial Arts Teacher has a great responsibility to its students.

A traditional teacher is responsible to encourage, motivate and provide tools for students to be successful in and out of the Dojo. As student’s problems arise (and they will), a teacher will call on the vast lessons of the past to try to help the student (or parent) overcome, diffuse and/or adapt to the new difficulty.

In the Dojos (Martial Arts Schools) that I have trained in, the teachers have passed down knowledge through small antidotes. I hope some of these help you as much as they have helped me.

1. “Aerodynamically a Bumble Bee should not be

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able to fly, but nobody told it.” Mary Kay Ash This is possibly the greatest lesson I have learned as a student of the Martial Arts. Belief in your self is more important then even your current skill level. Why? Because your current skill level can improve. Others can have a positive or negative effect on how you view yourself

and your abilities. Be careful who you let influence you.

2. “Dreams are goals with dates on them” Mr. Musco This quote goes along with, “Even the best archer needs a target” Have a life objective or at least a general direction in which you wish to go. I did. I started as a white belt with no particular talent in 1987. By the time I was a

green belt (2 years later), I was hooked on Martial Arts and my teacher inspired me to want to understand not only Martial Arts but also the philosophy behind the art. Fast forward 30 years, with an increadible amount of guidance and support, I have my own Dojo and a few students. This was my dream

and my target. Now I have new ones.

3. “Do not wait to strike till iron is hot , but make the it hot by striking” William Butler Yeats There is a difference between waiting for an opportunity and creating one. I prefer to create opportunities. 90% of life is showing up, As I mentioned

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Pompton Lakes Celebrates 125 Years... continued from page 11 County and New Jersey - camaraderie, family togetherness and a sense of community are all hallmarks of Pompton Lakes,” adds Jennings. “Pompton Lakes is a community modeling the very core of the American dream here in our beloved Passaic County.

Our pride in being citizen-centered reflects the true ideals of democracy and active citizenship in a diverse county of many people seeking to create and build new stories for future generations as a county of committed people.”

Mayor Serra offers his thoughts regarding the 125th anniversary. “We are very proud of our 125th anniversary celebration. Myself and our residents enjoy the rich history that Pompton Lakes offers. Our celebration will offer many visual as well as historical stories related to Pompton Lakes residents in the last century. Having a long history is one of the many highlights that makes Pompton Lakes a great place to live and raise a family.”

General Borough of Pompton Lakes and 125th anniversary information can be found at www.pomptonlakes-nj.gov.

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PCTI NASA Culinary Challenge... continued from front page four other tri-state schools, including Ulster Board of Cooperative Educational Services (New Paltz, NY), Council Rock High School South (Holland, PA), North Montco Technical Career Center (Lansdale, PA) and Windsor High School.

A judging panel from renowned restaurants and the American Culinary Federation evaluated the entrées presented by the student teams.

“The top ten entrees compete in Houston at the Johnson Space Center,” Woods says. “It’s a win-win for both NASA and the students, and quite an experience.”

It takes a lot of preparation to get to this level and prepare this kind of dish. Being a student at PCTI is a good start.

“We have many schools within our school,” says the communications director, adding that the School of Culinary Arts team is selected by the teachers.

That means they do the research for this special project, collaborate with their teacher to make sure everything’s correct — decide on the entree and work together to get it developed.

“I think Passaic County Tech has one of the best high school culinary programs in the state, if not the country,” Vanaria says.

“Our students know how demanding the industry is and what the instructors expect from them on a daily basis. So, the NASA Hunch competition is perfect for them.”

Jairht Zamora liked gaining insight into food from another culture.

“We even had to search for more information as to how our food would survive in space due to the absence of gravity and oxygen,” says the PCTI junior. “It was super cool to be a part of and I got to flex my poaching skills.”

Zamora says he’d be stoked to be one of the ten finalists.

“The NASA Hunch Culinary Challenge really opened my eyes to not just space, but the amount of work and research it takes so an astronaut can thrive there in the first place,” he says.

When people ask Reyna Cortes what it meant to be part of the competition, she tells them that as a culinary arts student it was very important to be able to showcase her skills to the judges.

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Calling All Morris County Bike Riders: Franklin Food Bank Announces the Tour de Franklin Charity Bike Ride 2020

he Tour de Franklin Charity Bike Ride will be held this year on Sunday April 26, 2020 at Franklin High School in Somerset, NJ. Now in its 31st year, the Tour De Franklin has grown into a community tradition for both Franklin Township and hundreds of cyclists. The day consists of 7 bike rides ranging from the 62 Mile ride to the 1-to-5 Mile Walk/Ride, and draws up to 800 participants annually.

The Charity Bike Ride is also the largest annual fundraiser for the Franklin Food Bank. In 2019 cyclists, the sponsors, and the community rallied together to raise almost $80,000 of much needed funding for the Food Bank. While the Tour de Franklin happens in Somerset, groups throughout New Jersey make the event a success on all levels. The Tour happens on the last Sunday of April and is often the first long ride of the season for many avid cyclists. The Morris Area Freewheelers (MAFW) Bicycle Club uses the spring timing to support a good cause, with over 40 club members participating. Club member Jim Barnish who often rides in the Tour explained, “The club members participate in plenty of charity events but Tour De Franklin is a club favorite.” The

MAFW is one of the largest cycling clubs in New Jersey, with over 700 members and 1,400 scheduled rides per year throughout New Jersey. The club has morning rides on Saturday, Sunday, Monday, Wednesday, Friday year round and evening rides on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday between April and October. The paces of the rides range from beginning (Casual) to very fast (A-pace) so there is something for all levels.

While not as visible as the cyclists, the community sponsors are an important part of the Tour de Franklin. The largest sponsor year after year is Thor Labs, located in Newton, New Jersey in another Franklin Township. Finally, the Tour de Franklin is run entirely by volunteers, many of whom come from the Program Management Institute New Jersey Chapter (PMINJ). PMINJ has over 5,600 members throughout New Jersey, and many lend a helping hand to make the Tour run smoothly.

The Tour de Franklin 62, 40, 25, 10, and 5-Mile rides are on-road through scenic Franklin Township, while the 5 and 10-Mile rides also have routes along the historic D&R Canal. “The Tour de Franklin is a community event, so we strive to have rides for

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Vetfest Presents Music and Food Trucks This May

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By Megan Roche s winter comes to an end, people are itching to breakout those lawn chairs and blankets, longing for days of sunny weather and blue skies. On May 3 (raindate: May 17), head out to Roxbury’s Horseshoe Lake for a day of fun that benefits the greater community of homeless veterans.

Rich Goldberg, the mastermind behind Vetfest, was looking for a way to continue his efforts in helping the state’s homeless veteran population. Through his work volunteering for Community Hope, a 501c3 nonprofit organization, Goldberg has come to know many veterans throughout the area who have simply fallen on hard times.

With a passion for music as well, Goldberg combined the two and decided on a concert to benefit them. The first ever Vetfest was held in 2019 and was a major success, raising over $24,000.

On May 3, beginning at 12:00 noon, Horseshoe Lake at Succasunna will be grooving, all for a good cause. Vetfest has the best of food trucks and talent coming together to help New Jersey’s homeless veterans. Goldberg is encouraging families to come and spend the day, with lawn chairs and blankets in tow.

“Hang out for the day, there is going to be so much there to do for kids and adults.

This is all about our veterans. The important thing is to give these vets who have given so much for us, we want to give them a great day, all while raising money to support them. To be able to give them a great afternoon, just like anyone else coming out, that’s what we ultimately want to do.” Goldberg stated proudly.

At the time this article was written, bands were still signing up to come and donate their time with a performance. Currently scheduled are The Frontiers, a Journey tribute band, A Brothers Revival, an Allman Brothers tribute band, Sensational Soul Cruisers, a Motown and R&B band, The Best of the Eagles, an Eagles tribute band, and New York State of Mind, a Billy Joel tribute band.

“I’ve gotten to know so many of these veterans throughout our area. These veterans are humble people and grateful people.

All they want to do is get back on their feet, and if we can give them a little step up, a little assistance, that’s really what it’s all about. They did their job and went out and served and did everything for us, and now what I ask people to do, is just to come out and have a fun day.” Goldberg said.

Food trucks include; the Empanada Truck, Cubano X-Press, Kona Ice, Jersey Rollz, Clubhouse Dogs, Cas’s Polish Food, Thai Food Addict, Bearded One BBQ, and Wood Fired Pizza. There will also be free entertainment for the kiddies in the family with bounce houses. Tickets are on sale for early bird pricing until April 15th.

Early bird prices are $10 for adults, $6 for children, and $25 per family. Ticket pricing after April 15th are $15 for adults, $10 for children, and $35 per family.

An important part of the event, for Goldberg, is allowing children and families to meet some of the folks who benefit from those who attend. There will be plenty of veterans and veteran related organizations present on the day of the event to offer insight and information so bring as many questions as you’d like.

“My dad taught me that when you see someone in uniform, you thank them. My son is 16 and he will not see a servicemember without walking up to them and saying thank you. I wish everybody would teach their kids to respect and honor them because without them, we have nothing.”

Goldberg said.

Can’t make it to the event? Donations are always appreciated and 100% of donations go back toward helping members of the military get settled after returning from war. Overall, Goldberg just hopes that he can help as many veterans as possible.

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Kinnelon First Grade Teacher Educates about Leap Year in a Fun, Loving Way

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By Steve Sears nnika Levitt, a first-grade teacher at Kiel School in Kinnelon, educated her class in 2011-12 about Leap Year in a very interesting way, and it’s encouraged learning in many ways even nine years later.

Every four school years that coincide with Leap Year, as her then-first graders increase in age and size, Levitt, who has been teaching in Kinnelon since 2008, holds a special pizza and “Leapfrog” cupcake luncheon get together for happiness and reminiscing.

“So how does one teach this silly concept of Leap Year?” she asks herself when explaining. ‘I used it as a teachable moment to integrate the calendar, math, science (frogs are fun) and even some history (Fun fact: Julius Caesar invented Leap Year to save the calendar with seasons). Along the lines of teaching about Daylight Savings time, these concepts are difficult to grasp, so I proposed an idea to this class.”

Levitt told the young students that, when they were in 5th grade, they’d have a pizza

lunch to celebrate the Leap year, and again in 9th grade. “At the time (I) was pretty much a newlywed, so the fact that my two children just attended the 9th grade reunion is mind blowing, in addition to the fact that my daughter is now in the same grade these students were in my (2011-12) class. In fact, at the end of that year, I surprised them with the announcement that I was pregnant.”

The planning for the initial and subsequent pizza parties was not difficult. She

had help. “The principal at the elementary school helped me organize, and the students were mostly in all one location. I also had the help of my former wonderful class moms who still were willing to pitch in a hand (some even came to the 9th grade party). It was great seeing these 5th graders rule the school and how much they had grown. The fact that these 9th graders humored me by eating frog cupcakes and frog gummies over frog balloons speaks volumes,” says Levitt regarding this year’s

celebration. “We also had slideshows and played old videos thanks to the help of a former parent that helped me pull it together in the 11th hour.”

Levitt feels it’s very important that the promised pizza party every four years occurs, for she’s not one to break her word.

There’s a lesson therein. “Promises are important at any age, but my saying ‘once a teacher always a teacher’ never was so true as to these reunions. It made me continued on page 26

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continued from page 24 smile to bump into some of the students through the years, and they would still ask, ‘Are we going to have the Leap Year party?’

Recently, I was at Target and one of the students reminded me, ‘Don’t forget it’s 9th grade.’ The lesson behind this is that each and every year teachers and students form a bond that is like no other. Although we are the ones that teach, I have learned so much from each and every one of my students.”

She then adds, “It reminds me of one of my favorite quotes: Teachers who put relationships first don’t just have students for one year; they have students who view them as “their” teacher for life.”

Levitt ’s class this year also won an IdeaPaint Makeover Contest. “Ah! This year was a particularly special one as we entered a country wide contest by the company, IdeaPaint, for a classroom makeover.

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“One would say ‘the writing was on the wall’ (that) this would be an amazing year!”

Fast forwarding to 2024 and the next party is mind blowing for Levitt. “In four years, these freshmen (in high school) will be freshmen in college (if I did my math correctly)! We joked about having to FaceTime for the reunion. Or possibly getting together over a break. The promise was 5th and 9th grade and it made me smile we completed that, but between technology and social media, you never know!”

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This year, the 30th anniversary of the RHA Stream Cleanup falls only a few days before the 50th anniversary of Earth Day – a day dedicated to supporting environmental protection and celebrating clean air, water and land.

“The Stream Cleanup is in keeping with the spirit of Earth Day,” said Rebekah Buczynski, RHA’s Stream Cleanup coordinator. “Not only does it beautify local stream corridors, it also protects drinking water supplies and prevents litter from washing downstream to the Raritan Bay and Atlantic Ocean, where it can become a hazard to marine life.”

Online registration is now open. To sign up, go to www.raritanheadwaters.org/ stream-cleanup/ to view an interactive map of the 50-plus designated sites for this year’s cleanup, then click the registration link to reserve a place at your preferred site.

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I Remember Dad: Reflections of Dad’s Camp Meeting Sermons

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By Richard Mabey Jr. ost people know that my Dad was a Scoutmaster of Boy Scout Troop 170 for over 25 years. And, most people know that my Dad served as Vice President of the Beavertown Historical Society for over 10 years. But, very few people know that my Dad served as a Lay Leader of the Boonton United Methodist Church for nearly 20 years.

Dad was also served with a Christian outreach group that presented evangelistic meetings for Methodist churches throughout the USA. Dad, with Mom’s supporting help, would present sermons for weekend camp meetings, mostly along the eastern seaboard. In time, my Dad developed a very sincere and earnest quality in his sermons.

To clarify, Dad would not be the only speaker on the agenda for the weekend evangelic camp meetings. A good dozen or so individuals would present sermons for the weekend meetings. Dad took this job very seriously. I was so very proud of him for his wholesome, down-to-earth, heart-felt stories that he would share during his Christian presentations.

Dad would draw upon his recollections of his years as a Scoutmaster, the people he met along his travels as a long-distance truck driver, his memories of serving in the Seventh Army Air Corps during World War II, and of course his role as a husband and father.

I was always impressed with the time that Dad spent studying and preparing for one of his sermons. This was

an era before home computers. So, my Dad had to study his Bible the old-fashioned way, without the benefit of Internet cross referencing. Dad loved the Gospel of John. He also often referred to the Book of Psalms and the Book of Proverbs, a lot of times in his Christian talks.

I remember that there was a distinct meter to my Dad’s sermons. Dad was not an emotional speaker. He did not raise his voice. He simply spoke in a most steadfast, compelling manner that rang with a truth of sincerity and a poetic earnest quality. I was always, all so proud of my Dad for all of his hard work to bring truth to the people who came to the camp meetings.

Now, that I’m 66 years old, I find myself reflecting more and more of all of my Dad’s wonderful accomplishments in his life. I so deeply regret that I never videotaped any of Dad’s sermons. They were often simple stories of life lessons and would have a Biblical reference. My father touched the lives of hundreds of hundreds of people with his camp meeting sermons, his many years of volunteer service as a Scoutmaster, his dedicated service to the Beavertown Historical Society, and his friendly spirit that flowed from his heart in his many journeys cross country in his job as a long-distance truck driver.

I’d give an eyetooth to talk with my Dad again, for just five minutes. If your Dad is still on this side of Heaven’s Gate, please do consider giving him a phone call tonight, or visit him in the next few days. If your Dad is living a considerable distance from where you are, please consider getting pen

Dad, in his younger years, giving a Christian talk at one of the big evangelical weekend camp meetings.

and paper and write him an old-fashioned letter to send off in the mail. None of us have a guarantee on how much time we have left upon this old earth. Please don’t put off for tomorrow, what you can do today, when it comes to letting family members know that you love and appreciation them.

Till next month, I’ll say fare-thee-well. Keep a good thought and a smile upon your face.

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Don’t Just Check Batteries, Check the Alarm It’s a good idea to review your safety equipment and ensure everything is in good working order at least a couple times each year. For example, every type of smoke alarm must be completely replaced every 10 years whether it’s hardwired into your home or operates on a battery. New smoke alarms commonly come with builtin 10-year batteries, meaning no battery changes, but it’s a good idea to test the units regularly. In fact, most manufacturers recommend weekly. You can also use this time to double-check the gauge on your fire extinguishers, replace batteries in flashlights, test security systems and replenish first-aid kits.

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Century 21 Crest Real Estate Announces Thirteen NJ Realtors® 2019 Circle of Excellence Award® Winners

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entury 21® Crest Real Estate is pleased to announce that 13 of its agents have achieved the NJ Realtors® 2019 Circle of Excellence Award®. These awards recognize the top producing agents in New Jersey. To earn the award, recipients must achieve designated sales levels and be in good standing.

NJ Realtors Circle of Excellence Award (COE) Gold Level achievers ($12 million and 25 units minimum or 90 units sold) are:

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Colleen A. McMahon, who has won over 20 Circle of Excellence Awards during her 25 year career at CENTURY 21 Crest Real Estate. Colleen is also the recipient of the 2019 CENTURION® Award and 2019 President’s Producer Award for Commitment to Quality Service and Productivity.

The CENTURION Award is one of the most prestigious awards presented to CENTURY 21 Real Estate Professionals. McMahon has also been named CENTURY 21 Crest Real Estate’s Agent of the Year.

Danielle Fiorina has achieved the Circle of Excellence Gold Level Award, CENTURY 21’s President’s Producer Award and Quality Service Pinnacle Producer Award for eight consecutive years, 2012-2019. She has received the NJ REALTORS Circle of Excellence Award, 2006-2019. She is a member

of the CENTURION Honor Society and the NJ REALTORS Distinguished Sales Club.

Silver Level award recipient ($6.5 million and 20 units minimum, or 70 units sold) is: Regina Petry is a 12-time COE award winner. An agent with CENTURY 21 Crest Real Estate for 11 years, Petry has also earned Maters Ruby, Masters Emerald and Quality Service Pinnacle awards.

She is member of CENTURY® 21’s Distinguished Sales Club.

Bronze Level recognition ($2.5 million and 15 units minimum or 30 units sold) was awarded to: Kimberly Crabtree is a three-time Bronze Level winner and a CENTURY 21 Quality Service Award recipient for 2019.

Marie Episale, broker/ office manager, has been awarded NJ Realtors Circle of Excellence Awards since

1989 and has been named a NJR Distinguished Sales Club Award winner. She has received CENTURY 21 Quality Service Pinnacle Producer, Presidents Award and Centurion Award many times over the course of her career at CENTURY 21 Crest Real Estate.

Tere Episale is celebrating 32 years at CENTURY 21 Crest Real Estate. She has been awarded the Circle of Excellence Award (formerly known as Million Dollar Club) 31 times, since 1987 and has been named a NJR Distinguished Sales Club “Lifetime” Award winner.

She has received the CENTURY 21 Quality Service Pinnacle Producer for the past 7 years.

Theresa Gogolen, celebrating 10 years at CENTURY 21 Crest Real Estate, Gogolen has been awarded COE continued on page 32

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Circle of Excellence Award® Winners... continued from page 31 awards in 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2019. Yearly, she continues to receive CENTURY 21’s Quality Service Award.

Catherine Lawton is a nine-time COE winner and a consist recipient of CENTURY 21’s Pinnacle Quality Service Award. She has been with CENTURY 21 Crest Real Estate for 15 years.

Thomas Maggio, with over 37 years as a licensed agent, is a second time COE recipient and offers clients extensive knowledge in residential buildings and construction.

Suzanne Parisi is an 11-time COE Award recipient. During her 17 years at CENTURY 21 Crest Real Estate, she has also received the Distinguished Sales Award in 2018 and has also been named a Pinnacle Award recipient.

Nicole Ruggiero has received Circle of Excellence in the 7 years she has been with CENTURY 21 Crest Real Estate. In her 15 years as a Real Estate agent, she has received COE 8 years straight between 20122020, and is also a multi-year Quality Service Pinnacle award winner and a Masters Ruby award winner.

John Tierney, a CENTURY 21 Crest Real Estate agent for 5 years, has been named a Bronze Level COE recipient for the past four years. He has also received a customer ser-

vice award and is certified ABR, SRS, PSA and CNE. Kelly Titus has been with CENTURY 21 Crest Real Estate for the entirety of her 18 year real estate career. She has twice been the recipient of the COE Bronze Level award.

She also received a Quality Service Award in 2018.

“At CENTURY 21® Crest Real Estate, we are pleased to commend our agents who were named NJ Realtors® 2019 Circle of Excellence Award® winners. I am so very proud of my agents not only for their production, but most of all, for their dedication to superior customer service,” says said Patricia R. Wojtyszyn, CENTURY 21 Crest Real Estate Broker/Owner, adding, “I applaud their efforts in 2019, and look forward to helping them achieve their sales goals in 2020.”

Servicing the Northern New Jersey area since 1981, CENTURY 21 Crest Real Estate, Inc. enjoys a fine reputation specializing in residential, commercial and rental properties. CENTURY 21 Crest Real Estate, Inc. is an award-winning, full service real estate agency located at 142 Professional Center on Route 23 North in Pompton Plains. Members of CENTURY 21 Crest Real Estate’s award-winning sales team can be reached at 973-686-1500.

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Danielle Fiorina Awarded the Gold Level of the 2019

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entury 21 Crest Real Estate, Inc. is pleased to announce that Danielle Fiorina has been awarded the NJ REALTORS® Circle of Excellence Sales Award Gold Level for 2019.

This is Danielle’s 8th consecutive year at obtaining this award level by having an annual minimum of $12 million in sales.

Danielle is a member of the NJ REALTORS® Distinguished Sales Club for achieving the Circle of Excellence Sales Award for a minimum of 10 years and is also a member of the CENTURION® Honor Society.

Danielle is also the recipient of the Century 21 President’s Producer Award, CENTURION® Award, and Quality Service Pinnacle Producer Award for 2019.

“We are thrilled to acknowledge Danielle’s accomplishments. Her hard work and dedication to her real estate business is evidenced by the many awards Danielle has received throughout the years,” said

Patricia Wojtyszyn, Broker/Owner Century 21 Crest Real Estate, Inc. “My clients always come first. Understanding their personal goals and needs is at the heart of my real estate business, and I believe it is the foundation for an effective client/realtor relationship. I am very grateful to my clients for putting their trust in me and thrilled to be acknowledged by NJ REALTORS® for this distinguished award.” says Fiorina.

Danielle Fiorina has built her reputation on professionalism and honesty. “My client’s interests come first.” As a former business owner and controller, she is very innovative and promotes her client’s needs to successfully reach their goal. She is a full-time realtor and has been a top producer in the industry for 14 years. To put Danielle’s experience to work for you and for all of your real estate needs, Danielle can be reached at 973-460-4352.

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