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Mount Olive Teen Places Second at NJ TSA Competition

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MOUNT OLIVE TWP. - Living his passion and now Vrishank Malik can count himself a second-place award-winner in the NJ TSA (Technology Student Association) Competition — Photographic Technology category — for his ‘Hidden Beauty’ project submission. According to the Academy for Mathematics, Science and Engineering (Morris Hills High School) ninth-grader — photography is a longtime hobby/ extracurricular (activity) and this competition allowed him to not only do something he loves, but also compete for it. He planned to submit a group project, but then his group members dropped out. “I decided to do photographic technology, as an individual project,” Malik says he was enthusiastic about his creation and wanted to share the pictures. “I was very happy and excited because this meant I qualiﬁed for Nationals in Texas.”

And he feels prepared because the 14-year-old is keen about the subject. “I love talking about my pictures, making them in a way that I could present to a greater audience,” he says. “I’m looking forward to it.” The ninth-grader was in TSA all three years of middle school, so it was nothing new to him. “I knew how TSA competitions were and never placed in such a major way,” Malik says. He was tasked with creating a picture collage that epitomized the 2021-22 theme: ‘Challenges - personal, school, family, friends, etc.’ For each image he had to edit the frame and use technology to make this message clear. Participants demonstrate understanding of and expertise in using photographic and imaging technology processes to convey a message based on an annual theme. “And the message they

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wanted the pictures to convey — I got the (feeling) they were trying to hint at talking about the pandemic and explaining what’s underneath all this hardship,” the 14-year-old says. Challenges were major in society. But Malik wanted to do something special and made sure to prepare for the TSA. “I looked at themes that came out of COVID and used that as inspiration towards my project,” he says, including his parents and healthcare professionals. “Throughout (the pandemic) they were the ones going to work in these hospitals knowing they could be risked with COVID every single day,” says Malik. When one thinks of a sunrise they may imagine a perfect, beautiful day and not a reminder of unease. He changed the picture so people realize that things are unpredictable and do not always have to be bad.

“There’s still beauty in things that may not be normal and you can ﬁnd love and happiness in (those) things,” Malik says, of the purpose of his edits. “Just like how the sunrise remains behind all the clouds and rain, happiness can be hidden behind challenges.” That meant daily for a solid two/three weeks he spent editing his pictures and making them look their absolute best. “I did an (online) master class that helped me optimize how to use editing software like Snapseed and Adobe Lightroom to convey meaning,” Malik says the programs facilitated him completing this project. And the 14-year-old wants to change the stereotype in people’s minds that photography is always the perfect image. Photographers shouldn’t give up after looking at their pictures and thinking they are not as good as they wanted. “Try different platforms to

make them into unique models,” he says. Many photographers take pictures with regular hightech cameras and that’s not necessary, according to the ninth-grader, who used an iPhone 8,11 and 12 to snap his pics.

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In addition to traditional activities like aerobics, Zumba, yoga, and Tai Chi, many senior centers now offer evidence-based health programs scientiﬁcally proven to make people healthier. A growing number of senior centers are even earning national accreditation. The National Institute of Senior Centers is working to advance the quality of senior centers nationwide. Senior centers generally have between three and eight funding sources; including government, local business contribution, and in-kind donations. Most are heavily aided by volunteers as well. According to Masklee, there are seniors who have lost loved ones and children may live far away. Membership shares fellowship and under-

“You can use an iPhone to calculate beautiful images and editing software to make them into something amazing,” says Malik, of the phone’s cool features that match that of cameras. PLEASE SEE MT. OLIVE TEEN, PAGE 2

Mount Olive Senior Club President Elected to Third-Term

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Chuck Aaron enjoys the ﬁrst cut of steak at the ribbon cutting ceremony for the newly rebuilt Longhorn Steakhouse.

MOUNT OLIVE TWP. - After a massive blaze burnt it to the ground, Longhorn Steakhouse in the ITC has ofﬁcially reopened its doors. On May 17, 2022, a grand reopening was celebrated by township ofﬁcials

and restaurant management. Chuck Aaron, Chamber President and Jersey Girl Brewing owner, marked the occasion by enjoying the ﬁrst steak cooked in the newly built restaurant.

MOUNT OLIVE TWP. - She is taking the reins for a third term and Sandra Masklee couldn’t be happier to be elected president again of the Mount Olive Senior Club. “I absolutely love this position and am grateful my members want me to continue,” Masklee says, adding that she presides at all meetings, and in an emergency can cancel meetings. “I can change the scheduled meeting time as needed, call special meetings of the Ofﬁcers if needed, co-sign with the treasurer all disbursement checks, serve in an advisory capacity to all committees.” The importance of having such a club cannot be underestimated; it offers programs that promote independence and interaction. Activities are designed to meet the interests and needs of seniors of every age, whether you are looking for a place to

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and not as much at the gumline. Fillings and crowns will not change color. Therefore, depending on how much these restorations stand out after whitening, you may choose to change them. A number of whitening systems have just an “in-ofﬁce” component. This means you go to the dentist for one visit, and the process is performed over one hour while you sit in the chair. Unfortunately, we have found a high level of patient dissatisfaction with this, due to increased sensitivity / pain, and a quickly-fading result. Another option you have is to purchase a kit in the store or online. You can purchase

these kits for a lot less money than what we have to charge you in the dental office. If you are satisfied with the results, great! If you’re not satisfied, your investment is very minimal, and you can still talk to your dentist for professional advice. The delivery method of the whitening product varies, too. For in-office methods, we typically “paint” the material onto your teeth and remove it when completed. For at-home techniques, you may apply strips onto your teeth, paint the gel onto the teeth, or wear trays. One potential complication with whitening is sensitivity. If you have sensitive teeth to start, you must consider if

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FROM FRONT PAGE niversaries and information about members who may be ill. “My hope is that our seniors have gained a lasting friendship, fun and skills that they can share,” says Masklee. She believes being around other people, going on day/ overnight trips and enjoying each other’s company is an outstanding reward of this group. Any Mount Olive Township resident and those who lived there previously can join the Mount Olive Senior Club. Minimum age is 55 and there is no maximum age. You must be 60 to run for any ofﬁce. Currently, they have 104 members (29 male and 75 female). Opportunities abound for

leisure and recreational activities… from Bocci Club; they played against the police department and Town Council (neither has won). There is also shufﬂeboard, bingo, mahjong, card games and the Wii. “We are involved and have fun,” Masklee says Mount Olive Senior Club was incorporated in 1972, enhancing the physical and social well-being of the township seniors. The monthly newsletter was put on hold due to their editor having eye problems and hoping to return very soon. “I personally get calls from people that have called our recreation department asking for information,” she says. “In the last month we’ve gotten four new members.” Next up for the seniors: a

day trip to The Restaurant at Stroudsmoor in Pennsylvania, an overnight trip to Wildwood, day trip to Medieval Times, and a trip for a Crab Boil in Maryland. “The Key Club from Mt. Olive High School is giving us a Senior Prom with the theme being Mardi Gras,” says Masklee. “I can’t wait to see our seniors having a great time.” The President of Mount Olive Seniors was ﬁrst inspired to get involved with the club when some of her neighbors belonged. “I was asked to attend a meeting to see if I wanted to join,” Masklee says. “Guess the rest is history.”

FROM FRONT PAGE Since your iPhone is always on you, make the process your own anytime. “After school I see a beautiful sunset, I would go to the top of the hill and take pictures,” he says photography is more on-the-spot than planned. “That’s how I pursue (mine) at least. Whenever I see (anything) worthy of a picture, I stop what I’m doing and go straight to that.” Malik has taken a page out of Apple’s playbook. “I looked behind the scenes (on their Instagram account) of photos digitally created using the iPhone camera,” he says. “That’s how I do my photography.” Going to a STEM school (with access to advanced tech-

nology software and challenging courses) has provided Malik a great foundation to design photo-realistic and dramatic pictures. “I would like to be in the ﬁeld of computer science or even meteorology because I’m keen on climate change and love editing projects like this — both have an artsy background,” he says. “Engineering creates products and for that you need innovation. It can come from my photographic instincts.” Mom Ritu Malik is proud of her son. “He’s focused on all his work, extracurricular and academics,” says Ritu. “An easygoing, positive person… Vrishank is very social, always

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smiling, also plays soccer and tennis and participates everywhere.” The 14-year-old was always a standout: salutatorian at Mount Olive Middle School, won ‘best overall student’ and ‘First in Math’ awards at Mountain View Elementary School. Being present while an eye on the future — Malik keeps shining his light. “Little things that may seem bad but if you go between the lines and look at the deeper message you would see that it’s not such a bad thing,” he says. Follow Vrishank’s photography journey on Instagram @climatepix10.

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State DEP Ships Seedlings of Famed Salem Oak Tree to All 39 Morris County Towns

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AREA - In celebration of its 50th birthday and the 50th anniversary of America›s ﬁrst Earth Day on April 22, the Department of Environmental Protection is sending the gift of a prized seedling from the famed Salem Oak tree to each of New Jersey› 565 municipalities, including all of Morris County›s 39 towns, for planting in the spring. With Mother Nature’s cooperation, the state plans to ship the seedlings during the last full week of April, which also coincides with Arbor Day, on April 24, when all state residents are encouraged to plant trees -- and when weather conditions are generally best for success. With nurturing and a bit of luck, the seedlings will grow into memorable trees from Riverdale to

Washington Township over the coming decades. For more than 500 years, the iconic Salem Oak stood on West Broadway in the historic city of Salem until June 6, 2019, when it suddenly crashed to the ground. The loss of the beloved oak was deeply felt by Salem residents and countless others throughout New Jersey and beyond. Before its demise, the Salem Oak was one of New Jersey’s best-known and most celebrated trees and was ranked among the state’s largest white oaks. Located in the Salem Friends Burial Ground, the majestic oak was more than 100 feet tall with a truck circumference of approximately 22 feet. Its crown spanned 104 feet. Its age also exceeded the lifespan

of most white oaks, which typically live 200 to 300 years. The oak was also known for its illustrious history. It was the sole surviving tree from the original forest that covered the land when Quaker John Fenwick, founder of Salem, ﬁrst arrived in 1675. According to legend, Fenwick met with Lenni Lenape Native Americans and, under the oak’s branches, signed a peace treaty. The event is commemorated by a historical marker at the site. Only months before the tree fell, foresters in the DEP Forest Service’s Big and Heritage Tree Conservation program collected acorns at the base of the Salem Oak but saw no evidence that the tree’s days were numbered. From those acorns, nearly 1,200 seedlings sprout-

ed, were transferred into tubes and now are being nurtured in the greenhouse at the New Jersey Forest Service Nursery in Jackson Township. Generations of New Jerseyans will reap the beneﬁts of this extraordinary planting, said DEP Commissioner Catherine McCabe. For more information on New Jersey’s Big and Heritage Tree program, visit www. nj.gov/dep/parksandforests/ forest/community/bigtree_intro.html. To learn more about the New Jersey Forest Service Nursery, visit www.nj.gov/dep/ parksandforests/forest/nj_forest_nursery.htm. For questions about the Salem seedlings, call 609-6337700.

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Drakestown United Methodist Church’s Friendship Hall Helps People in Need

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marked with a sign and has a chute for depositing clothing. A sign on the shed explains that the only items accepted are “all clothing, shoes, sneakers, belts, purses, blankets, sheets, drapes, pillowcases, and stuffed animals.” To keep donations clean and dry, it is asked that items be donated in a plastic bag. Also, the pantry has been helped by a local school. The Benedict A. Cucinella Elementary School in Long Valley holds a food drive for the pantry. It started with one of the kindergarten classes doing it and now the whole school has gotten involved. “We really

Hazel Shue of Budd Lake sorts through donations for the food pantry from a local school food drive.

MOUNT OLIVE - The sign on the building says Friendship Hall. The building is aptly named as it is home to two outreaches the Drakestown United Methodist Church does for the community. Its hall is the home to the church’s food pantry and is a meeting place for Alcoholic Anonymous groups and an Overeaters Anonymous group. The church and its hall are located a 6 Church Road in Hackettstown. The Drakestown United Methodist Food Pantry is open twice a month: the second Saturday of a month from 11am – 1pm and the last Monday of a month from 2pm – 4pm. There are three church members, Hazel Shue, Frank Kildren, and Sharon Kidder, all of Budd Lake, who primarily do the pantry ministry. The church’s pastor is Rev. John Callanan. Callanan noted that while the majority of the items are non-perishable (canned soup,

vegetables, spaghetti, ravioli, etc.), the pantry has quite a range depending on the season and month. For example, around Easter, there were frozen turkeys. At other times, there may be frozen chicken or sausage. Also, in season, the pantry gets donations of certain types of fresh vegetables and fruit. The church has a relationship with one farmer and also gets farm vegetables through its collaboration with the Interfaith Food Pantry of Long Valley and through the Mount Olive Community Garden. Also, through its collaboration with the Interfaith Food Pantry of Long Valley, the church’s pantry gets bread and rolls. One of the unique things about the pantry is that there are no eligibility requirements that must be met. “We don’t participate in any programs that require us to limit our clients.” Another unique quality of the pantry is that it was created as

a “stop gap”. Callanan noted that people would go to a pantry the ﬁrst week of a month and the food would run out before the end of the month. The Drakestown pantry helps to ﬁll that gap. Callanan noted that people come to the pantry from 7 – 8 municipalities on a regular basis and people can pick what they want from what is available. The church has a used clothing drop off shed through which it raises some money for the pantry. The clothing received goes to Turnkey Enterprises that resells the clothing in Eastern Europe. The church receives a small amount per pound for the clothing the organization collects from it. “It is a win-win. People who donate know the clothing is not shredded but helps others, while the funds received help people in the local area [through the pantry]”, shared Callanan. The collection shed is

appreciate the staff and the kids who help,” said Callanan. For questions on the pantry, donating or receiving food, call 908-852-4460 and leave a message on the answering machine. Another important outreach of the church is its hospitality in providing its Friendship Hall as a meeting place for eight Alcoholics Anonymous Groups and one Overeaters Anonymous Group. The former includes the recent addition of people from two groups which formerly met at a local hospital but had to ﬁnd a new location due to COVID restrictions. All the groups are independent of the church; the

church provides them a stable place to meet. For meeting times for the groups, people can check the website for Alcoholics Anonymous or Over-Eaters Anonymous. “Supporting recovery is an important ministry,” said Callanan. Finally, the pastor was quick to add one other outreach of the church: its weekly Sunday service at 10:30am, which not only can be attended in person, but also online via zoom. To get the sign-on to link to the Sunday service via zoom, email drakestownchurch@gmail.com

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Abiding Peace in Budd Lake Marks 50th Anniversary

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BUDD LAKE - Howard Corneilson, of Flanders, recalls it started with a knock at his door. Corneilson, and his wife, Sue, had graduated from Upsala College. “We were young adults and thought we could do without the church,” explained Sue Corneilson. The person at the door was someoneworking for a mission startup [Lutheran Church] to be in Budd Lake. “I jumped at the chance,” said Howard Corneilson. While his wife shared they wanted to see what the mission was about, Howard Corneilson had an ulterior motive. He thought it would be a way to get away from his parents’ Lutheran church: “My mother wouldn’t be asking me, ‘Where were you on Sunday?” He could say that he was at the new church. Although that was the intent, it didn’t work out that way. Howard Corneilson got involved and he and his wife became two of the charter members of the Abiding Peace Lutheran Church which formally became the 179th congregation in the New Jersey Synod of the Lutheran Church in America on May 22, 1971. While delayed by COVID, this year, the church, located at 305 US Highway 46 in Budd Lake, is celebrating its 50th anniversary. Jim Parks, of Pennsylvania, was Mission Developer and First Pastor of Abiding Peace Lutheran Church. He shared what he had hoped for the church. “I think that the hopes were twofold: First, we wanted to be a viable option for people in regards to church and how it tackled the problems of the day. Remember that ‘Woodstock’ was in August of 1969 and the drug culture was just gaining ground. The congregation was organized in 1971 in what I would call ‘The age of questioning.’ Second, we knew that many of the potential members of the new congregation would be from Vasa

Abiding Peace’s ﬁrst pastor, Rev. Jim Parks, charter members Howard and Sue Corneilson, and current pastor, Rev. Serena Rice pose with the church charter signed by the ﬁrst church members.

Park with Lutheranism being the state religion of Sweden and most of the residents of Vasa Park were Lutheran. But, we wanted Abiding Peace to be a welcoming church for all in the community. My hope, as I knocked on almost every door in the community, was that we could become an inclusive church, and that was long before the word ‘inclusive’ was the thing to attain.” A history church characterized the early worshippers as nomads. Although a parsonage had been provided and a site for the church had been selected, it would be years before the church building would be erected. Thus, the worshippers had to ﬁnd a place to hold worship, Church School, etc. The church’s history explains “Facilities for worship, church school, and meetings were secured, with the cooperation of the Mount Olive Board of Education, at the Upper Elementary School on Sunset Drive (now the Chester A. Stevens School). Members worshipped in such places as the school cafeteria, band room, home economics room, and library.” Finally, the groundbreaking for the Abiding Peace Lutheran Church took place on May 15,

1977, and its Parrish Life and Ministry Center opened May 1978. The church’s name, Abiding Peace, came as a last-minute suggestion when the membership was choosing a name for its church back on Easter 1971. Members had been invited to come up with possible names for the church that were unique and those were put on a ballot to be voted upon. However, before the vote, it was asked if anyone had a name to “write in” on the ballot. A person asked them to consider the name, “Abiding Peace” explaining that “peace” seemed to be something most wanted in the name as many of the proposed names on the ballot had the word in it. Also, the person had thought of the peacefulness of the lake across from the church. The church history explains why the person put the word “abiding” in the name: “the word ‘abiding’ reminded that person of the feeling of the closeness of God and Christ as one looked over the lake. The person stated that this is how we should look at the congregation—as a group of people from different backgrounds, ages, and viewpoints brought together by the abiding

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peace of God and Christ.” The vote was taken, and ‘Abiding Peace” became the church’s name. “I’ve been a member of Abiding Peace since 1983. I joined because I immediately sensed that this was a congregation were my faith could grow, creativity was welcomed, and friends could be made. I was encouraged to start a sacred dance ministry [The Messenger Dancers] which has been embraced by the congregation over many years and which has blessed me immeasurably. I pray that 50 years is only the beginning,” said Mary Kasakove of Budd Lake. As it celebrates its 50th anniversary, the church’s current pastor, Serena Rice, was asked about the church today. The ﬁrst thing she shared has a common thread throughout the church’s history. “Welcoming has always been a big part of the [Abiding Peace] congregation,” said Rice. Rice noted that she is excited about the church becoming a Reconciling In Christ (RIC) congregation in the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America. That means that the church publicly proclaims that it is open and afﬁrming to the LBGTQ+ and other traditionally marginalized communities. She explained that people in congregations tend to gather into groups based on

their similarities: age, race, etc. To get the designation of an RIC congregation, congregations go through training to move toward creating a more welcoming environment for all. Rice noted that all benefit when people push past their comfort zones. The purpose of being a RIC congregation is for all to experience the depth of God’s welcome. Rice also shared some of the ministries of the church today. She has been at Abiding Peace for five and a half years; for almost half of that time, the world has been dealing with COVID. Dealing with COVID has meant that some of the ministries of the church have had to adjust to the circumstances. The church has a sign ministry which reaches out to people via a lighted sign on Route 46. The group works on having messages that are encouraging and affirming (in addition to announcing news of the church). Rice noted that the sign is “a voice of welcome”. It reminds those who see it that people care. Rice’s particular favorite of the messages that have been displayed is, “Faith is a journey, not a guilt trip”. The church has a feeding ministry. The church has a pantry which serves any family in need by giving out several bags of food once a month. The church’s garden grows organic vegetables which are

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given to Mount Olive Manor and the Mount Olive Food Pantry. Due to changes in available volunteers, the garden is changing to be partly a pollination garden hosting bugs which help with process of growing food. A ministry that was an outgrowth of the COVID situation, but is here to stay, is the church’s digital ministry. It lets people from all over worship with those in the pews on Sunday. Besides snowbirds or former parishioners who moved away, people who did not have a previous connection to the church have found it via its video ministry. “Our half-century anniversary is a great time to thank God for the opportunity we have to grow in faith and be of service in our community,” shared member Ray Mueller of Byram Township who has been working on a photo project on the church’s history. The anniversary celebration will be the weekend of June 20th. It will start with a reception at the Holiday Inn with current members, former members, former pastors and Synod guests and a video of the charter members of the church with their memories of it. On June 21st, the Sunday service will include special prayers of intersession, former pastor Jim Parks doing communion and a message on God’s faithfulness to the church as a place of peace. The scripture used will be John 14:27 which talks about peace. Rice noted that her first name means “Peaceful”. The scripture used that Sunday has been special to her since childhood because it conveys the meaning of her name. In talking about “peace” that Sunday, it will be peace in the sense of “abiding peace” as not the absence of conflict but the peace in living despite matters of conflict. In reflecting on what the anniversary means to him as the mission developer and first pastor of the church, Parks shared, “First, it means a lot both professionally and personally in that something that I helped initiate, organize, and blend together is still here. Second, Abiding Peace remains a viable option in the community, tackling the problems of the day in today’s ‘age of questioning’, and has progressed well beyond what we considered to be inclusive. The charter members and I must have done something right.”

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AREA - The distance between downtown Boonton and Saint Clare’s Health in Denville is about ﬁve miles and ten minutes by car. For longtime Boonton residents John Crans with his wife Wendy, that trip was one of the most important ones that they have made during their 51 years of marriage. Together, they faced John’s prostate cancer diagnosis. And together, they found what they needed at Saint Clare’s Health: compassionate and state-ofthe-art care, all close to home, to help them through their journey managing prostate cancer. The Crans’ cancer journey began with a regular medical checkup. “During the course of time, my PSA numbers continued to climb, so my General Practioner said I should schedule an appointment with an urologist. After a number of tests, the results came back with an 83 percent chance of cancer, so my doctor suggested a biopsy as the next step,” said John Crans, a volunteer with the Boonton Fire Department. “Out of twelve biopsy samples, seven were cancerous, so it was time to do something.” The Crans decided to consult with the medical staff at nearby Saint Clare’s Health.

“My thoughts were that if it’s cancer, I want it out and removed. I have had friends who had prostate cancer, and if you catch it early enough, it’s the most treatable. We met with a surgeon, and he said due to my weight and my age, he would not recommend removing it. The next step was to meet with a radiation oncologist, Dr. Chandra at Saint Clare’s Health to discuss options with radiation therapy. We ultimately decided to go that route.” After investigating several radiotherapy systems, the Crans decided on Saint Clare’s TrueBeam, a non-invasive, non-surgical method for treatment of prostate and many types of cancer. TrueBeam is an advanced radiotherapy system designed to deliver more powerful cancer treatments with pinpoint accuracy and precision. It uses advanced imaging and motion management technologies that makes it possible to deliver treatments more quickly. TrueBeam is also very ﬂexible in terms of number of treatments, a factor that Crans considered very important. “My doctor gave me a choice of having my treatment over a 45-day period rather than ﬁve days. However, I had a friend

who did it over 45 days, and he was beaten up by it. So I elected the TrueBeam program,” Crans said. “When I went in for the ﬁrst of only ﬁve treatments, everybody was awesome, from the lady downstairs who signed me in, to the nurses, to the technicians and my doctor, Dr. Anurag Chandra.” “Dr. Chandra would meet with me regularly to see if there were any after-effects,” Crans added. “Knock on wood, I was very lucky and had no problems with the True Beam. And I didn’t have to go to New York to get it. I was able to have all my treatments right here, close to home, at Saint Clare’s Health in New Jersey.” John Crans is also fortunate that his wife, Wendy was an active partner throughout his treatment, a process that can be quite disconcerting at the start. “When we received the diagnosis, John and I were going into the unknown. Dr. Chandra helped us get through it by walking us through the procedure every step of the way. I think my daughters and I were more sacred than John was,” Wendy said. “When the doctor told us that one of the treatment options would make him incontinent for life, my husband was not going to do that. Dr. Chan-

dra assured us that if we used TrueBeam, twenty years from now we would have the same 98 percent effective treatment rate. TrueBeam also offered the treatments in just five visits!” Wendy did her research going into the beginning of her husband’s treatment, reading information on the websites of respected and acknowledged medical institutions, such as the Mayo Clinic and the American Cancer Society. On a more informal level, she found another way to learn more about prostate cancer: a Facebook page set up specifically as a men’s prostate cancer support group After Wendy completed her research, consulted with doctors at Saint Clare’s, and interacted with men through the support group who had gone through prostate cancer treatment, she received another unexpected benefit during this

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time of crisis: peace of mind. With the added beneﬁts of being close to home at Saint Clare’s Health, it was also reassuring to know that from the moment the treatments started, John and Wendy were among friends and neighbors, cared by exceptional physicians, as well as receiving state-of-the-art radiation treatment. “When John walked in on the ﬁrst day, he saw the technician, who we’ve known since his kids and our grandkids were in Little League together,” Wendy said. “The convenience of Saint Clare’s Health has always been our top prior-

ity. When you’re sick, or your loved one is sick, it makes a signiﬁcant difference to be able to travel just down the road. It was also reassuring that John would only require ﬁve radiation treatments.” John is now well on the road to recovery. According to him, he would not have taken any detours on his trip towards getting better. “I could’ve chosen other nearby hospitals or one in New York, but everything I’ve done has been at Saint Clare’ Health, where I always have had exPLEASE SEE THE JOURNEY, PAGE 7

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Not All Headaches are Created Equal

MOUNT OLIVE -Almost everyone has experienced a headache, at some point in their life, to varying degrees. In fact, roughly 45 million Americans suffer from Headaches each year. In today’s world, most people reach into the medicine cabinet for one of the various pain relievers to alleviate their head pain. But what happens when that doesn’t work? Or, the headaches become more frequent and more painful? Some get headaches so often and so painful, they even take prescription drugs with side effects and no avail. But have you ever stopped to think, “What is causing my headache?” Head-

aches and more severe headaches, known as Migraines, can be caused by various triggers including foods, chemicals or preservatives in foods, allergens in the environment, chemicals in cleaning products or herbicides/pesticides, sinus congestion, tension in the neck or jaw, lack of sleep, dehydration, stress, and the list goes on… Sometimes the cause is completely unknown and with no relief the patient can be left hopeless, debilitated and in pain. An assessment by an Acupuncturist can often identify and treat imbalances (that are causing the headaches) that are unknown to the patient pre-

viously. In Chinese Medicine not all headaches are created equally. Rather, during an assessment, we evaluate the individual patient on many levels to determine their exact symptoms (i.e Is the headache frontal? One sided? Behind the eyes? Is there nausea? Frequency and intensity of pain?....) and if there are any triggers. We take a whole body approach and assess the patient’s physical condition as well as their constitution, emotional health, diet and lifestyle. Unlike the blanket treatment western medicine offers which is typically some type of pain reliever, Chinese

Medicine finds a specific treatment for each patient based on their individual symptoms. Five patients suffering “headaches” may receive five completely different treatments. By addressing the root cause, Acupuncture can be a safe way to prevent and treat various types of headaches, without the unwanted side effects of medications. Based on the individual assessment and diagnosis, tiny needles are inserted into various points on the body. Depending on the case, small electrodes can be attached to specific needles that elicit a small electrical current. The feeling of the electric stimulation on the

needles is a comfortable sensation that generally elicits a feeling of tingling, tapping or heaviness. The electric stimulation enhances the release of speciﬁc neurochemicals which aids in the treatment of headaches. The needles are typically retained for 20-30 minutes, during which the patient is left to relax and take a nap. Acupuncture is known to be effective and can offer long standing results, but it is not always a quick ﬁx. Especially if the headaches are chronic, several treatments may be required to achieve the full result. Again, this is because it is addressing the root cause and not just covering up symptoms like

other treatments. If you suffer from headaches or migraines start getting relief today! Use the following tips to achieve long- lasting results for a healthy life: Be aware, track food and environmental triggers to see if there are any patterns, get adequate sleep, eat a healthy diet rich in vegetables and fruits (limiting sugars and processed foods), drink plenty of water, manage stress with things like meditation and try Acupuncture! For more information about Acupuncture and Headaches contact Mount Olive Acupuncture & Wellness 973-527-7978.

AREA - Small, yet bursting with big flavor, blueberries are a favorite of so many people. While blueberries may be coveted for their appeal in recipes that run the gamut from breakfast foods to desserts, the nutrients within them provide many benefits as well. After all, blueberries are not called “superfoods” for nothing. Here’s a deeper look at some of the health benefits of blueberries. 1. Blueberries are a low-calorie food. Healthline notes that blueberries contain only 84 calories per cup. Plus they are 85 percent water. Blueberries can be a filling snack that doesn’t compromise low-calorie diets. 2. Blueberries may improve exercise recovery rates. Research published in the Iranian Journal of Public Health in 2018 has shown that eating blueberries can increase muscle strength recovery. That means that blueberries may help thwart a condition called exercise-induced muscle damage, which results in soreness, reduced muscle strength and impaired athletic performance.

3. Blueberries help fight urinary tract infections. Cranberries are often touted as the go-to for treating and preventing UTIs. According to a 1998 study published in The New England Journal of Medicine, specific compounds found in blueberries known as proanthocyanidins can prevent bacteria from sticking to the walls of the urinary tract. Furthermore, the high amounts of vitamin C in blueberries also can inhibit the growth of bacteria that cause UTIs. 4. Blueberries may thwart cancer. Phytochemicals in blueberries decrease the risk of several cancers by protecting cells from chronic inflammation, according to the American Institute for Cancer Research. In addition, the fiber in blueberries helps protect the intestinal lining from colorectal cancer. 5. Blueberries help build stronger bones. Blueberries are rich in phosphorus, zinc, magnesium, calcium, iron, and vitamin K. These nutrients, together with strength-training exercise, can contribute to bone health. 6. Blueberries lower bad

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FROM PAGE 6 ceptional care.” John said. “My daughters were born here, and anything I needed, it was here. That’s true more than ever.” He was also more than ready to give advice to anybody else facing prostate cancer. “If you catch it early enough, prostate cancer is one of the most treatable cancers. If you let it go, and the cancer gets out of the prostate, you could be done. It could go anywhere,”

John said. “We have friends who let it go, and they’re not here anymore. So deﬁnitely don’t hesitate to deal with it as soon as possible.” John Crans now has the possibility of having many more days ahead with his family and friends, including his ﬁrehouse buddies. The short trip he took with Wendy by his side to Saint Clare’s has given him a chance for a longer life. “Your family is import-

ant, and God was good to us,” John said, smiling as he wore a hat inscribed with the word ‘Grumpa’, a joking reference to one of his favorite roles in life. “We’re good to go.” For more information about cancer care and radiation therapy at Saint Clare’s Health, please call Saint Clare’s Health Center for Cancer Care at 973983-7300 or visit www.saintclare’s.com.

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Small Business Grant Given to Children’s Theater

AREA - The nonprofit Growing Stage—The Children’s Theatre of New Jersey in Netcong was a recipient of a $15,000 check through the Morris County Small Business Grant Program, as the Morris County Board of County Commissioners continue to assist shops and nonprofits hit hard by the pandemic. “This is an example of different levels of government coming together … all working for nonprofits and, most importantly, to help out our small businesses,” said Deputy Director Krickus, noting the county built the program using American Rescue Plan Act funds. Netcong Mayor Joseph Nametko joined Commissioner Krickus in presenting a $15,000 check to Stephen L. Fredericks, founder and Executive Director of The Growing Stage—The Children’s Theatre of New Jersey, which is celebrating its 40th Anniversary. “It has been a difficult time for all of the arts … We thank you for this,” said Fredericks, as Commissioner Krickus pre-

sented at check. The Growing Stage is a non-profit professional performing arts center for young audiences, and as with all performing arts centers, the pandemic essentially shut down operations for many months, leaving the center struggling to recover. The presentation was held in the lobby of the historic Palace Theater in Netcong, where The Growing Stage established its home in 1994. In attendance for the presentation were Morris Arts Executive Director Tom Werder and Growing Stage Business Manager Stephanie Kingsbury in attendance. Nearly 600 small businesses and nonprofits have applied for grants under the unique Morris County program, which is designed to help shops who overcame the pandemic, but continued to face financial impacts as they struggled to maintain their business. The Commissioners dedicated $10 million to the program, and $3 million currently remains uncommitted. Morris

Remembering Frank Kennedy

MOUNT OLIVE TWP. The men and women of the Mount Olive Police Department extend our sincere condolences to the family of former Mount Olive Police Officer Frank Kennedy. Frank was born and grew up in Jersey City. He served in the United States Army from May of 1960 through April 1963. During that time, he was awarded the Good Conduct Medal, Rifle Sharpshooter Citation, and earned his Parachute Jumpmaster Wings. Following his service, he would later move to the Budd Lake section of the Township. In 1970, former Chief Roger E. Stephens recommended him for hire. That year Frank would attend the 124th Municipal Police Class at the New Jersey State Police Academy in Sea Girt. Frank would go on to become Mount Olive’s first

Traffic Officer. He would receive numerous letters of commendation in this capacity. As the Traffic Officer, Frank also instructed high school students in defensive driving courses. Frank would leave the police department in 1979 and go on to become the Sanitation Supervisor for Mount Olive for 17 years. He owned and operated Kennedy’s Pub in Budd Lake for many years and volunteered his time and talents with the Stanhope American Legion and the Mount Olive Masonic Lodge, where he was a 32nd Degree Master Mason. Frank was also a member of the Warren County Tall Cedars Club and the Netcong Sports Club. Frank had a big personality and a booming voice. There was no mistaking his presence. He will be missed.

County is still accepting applications. Apply Now! Go to: morriscountysmallbusinessgrant. com Most of applications heading for final approval will provide each of the qualified businesses and nonprofits the maximum grant amount of $15,000. While the remaining applications are still being reviewed, the program remains open to new applications. There is no cost to apply. The Small Business Grant Program eligibility requirements include, but are not limited to: • Business has 25 or fewer full-time employees (or equivalent) • In operation since Jan. 1, 2019 • Located within Morris County • Less than $5 million in sales/revenue • Proof of a decline in sales/ increased expenses due to the COVID-19 pandemic Read the Qualifications & Apply: morriscountysmall-

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TOWACO - May 20th was my first official week and it is a great honor to serve Towaco as your new Postmaster. In my years with the United States Postal Service, I have seen firsthand the role the Postal Service plays connecting neighbors and our community to the nation. Our Post Offices serve as a lifeline for our small businesses to reach customers no matter where they are. About a year ago, the United States Postal Service published an ambitious but achievable 10-year strategic

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Our actions are already leading to concrete results. We had an exceptionally positive peak holiday season in 2021, learning from the failures of 2020, and followed that up by successfully delivering more than 350 million COVID-19 Test Kits to the American public this winter. And in the 2021 Fall election, we delivered completed ballots from voters to election ofﬁcials in an average of 1.4 days. We’ll take that success into delivering this year’s midterm elections. All of this

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Growing Stage: In the lobby of The Palace Theater in Netcong, (l-r), Morris Arts Executive Director Tom Werder, Growing Stage Business Manager Stephanie Kingsbury, Commissioner John Krickus, Growing Stage Founder and Executive Director Stephen L. Fredericks and Netcong Mayor Joseph Nametko.

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AREA - The American Pickers are excited to return to New Jersey! They plan to ﬁlm episodes of The History Channel hit television series throughout your area in August 2022. American Pickers is a documentary series that explores the fascinating world of antique “picking” on The History Channel. The hit show follows skilled pickers in the business, as they hunt for America’s most valuable antiques. They are always excited to ﬁnd sizeable, unique collections and learn the interesting stories behind them. As they hit the back roads from coast to coast, the Pickers are on a mission to recycle and

rescue forgotten relics. Along the way, they want to meet characters with remarkable and exceptional items. They hope to give historically significant objects a new lease on life while learning a thing or two about America’s past along the way. The Pickers have seen a lot of rusty gold over the years and are always looking to discover something they’ve never seen before. They are ready to find extraordinary items and hear fascinating tales about them. We at American Pickers continue to take the pandemic very seriously and will be following all guidelines and protocols for safe filming outlined by the state and CDC.

Nevertheless, we are excited to continue reaching the many collectors in the area to discuss their years of picking and are eager to hear their memorable stories! The American Pickers TV Show is looking for leads and would love to explore your hidden treasure. If you or someone you know has a large, private collection or accumulation of antiques that the Pickers can spend the better part of the day looking through, send us your name, phone number, location, and description of the collection with photos to americanpickers@cineﬂix.com or call (646) 493-2184 facebook: @ GotAPick.

Employment Horizons Announces New CEO

AREA - The Board of Trustees of Employment Horizons is very pleased to announce that Lisa Montalbano has been named as the Chief Executive Ofﬁcer of the organization. Lisa began her career with Employment Horizons in July 1998. Over the years Lisa held various roles at Employment Horizons including Job Coaching and Development, overseeing the agency’s Career Development Services Department. In 2012, the organization moved Lisa into the all-important role as our Director of Business Development. For the last several years, Lisa has held the dual responsibilities of business development and managing fundraising and events as our Director of Development. Lisa’s most recent appointment was to the position of Chief Operating Ofﬁcer. Lisa holds a BA in Psychology from Liberty University as well as a MA in Executive Leadership from Liberty University. Jack Cox, the president of the Board of Trustees said

“The Members of the Board of Trustees are thrilled to be able to elevate Lisa into the role of CEO. She has broad institutional knowledge and is very well known and appreciated by all our constituents. With her familiarity with our past, support by all constituents and understanding of the organization’s opportunities, Lisa is poised to lead Employment Horizons into the future.” About Employment Horizons Employment Horizons is located at 10 Ridgedale Ave, Cedar Knolls, NJ and was founded in Morristown in 1957 by a group of forward-thinking parents who wanted to expand work and personal growth opportunities for their children with disabilities. Over the years, Employment Horizons has implemented innovative programs to meet the needs and employment choice of those they serve, both onsite as well as in the community. They provide job training and placement services to people with disabilities and other barriers to employment in the

greater Morris County, NJ area. Employment Horizons also meets the need of many small and large companies in the tristate area and beyond by providing them with dependable and highly motivated employees to ﬁll service-sector, fulﬁllment, grounds-keeping, janitorial, administrative, and many other positions. To learn more about Employment Horizons please visit their website at Employment Horizons - Providing Jobs for People with Disabilities (ehorizons.org)

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MOUNT OLIVE TWP. - The Trep$ program held their market recently at Mountain View School. The program is designed to teach kids about making and designing a business or product. The program is highlighted by an evening

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AREA - County College of Morris (CCM) was honored on Thursday, May 26, to host a fact-ﬁnding session on workforce development and successful job readiness programs for U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg and Congresswoman Mikie Sherrill at its state-of-the-art Advanced Manufacturing and Engineering Center. (AMEC). “In recent years, through public and private partnerships and with the strong support of industry we have been able to substantially expand our workforce programs to help area residents secure good paying jobs that sustain families and promote healthy communities,” said Dr. Anthony J. Iacono, CCM president. “Without the support of our county commissioners and state and federal legislators including Congresswoman Mikie Sherrill, we would not be able to support workforce development as extensively as we do. County College of Morris is proud and appreciative of its county, state and federal partners as well as our partners in business and industry; it was an honor to provide Secretary Pete Buttigieg and Representative Mikie Sherrill with insight into the impact

of that support.” During the visit, Buttigieg and Sherrill toured AMEC with college representatives to learn about the wide range of programs provided by CCM’s Center for Workforce Development (WFD) and the diverse populations it serves. Those populations include high school students from the college’s share-time programs with the Morris County Vocational School District, individuals participating in the college’s apprenticeship programs in advanced manufacturing and health care, and those who take advantage of WFD’s wide range of industry recognized certiﬁcate programs to get a job, get a better job or get better at the job they’re in. The tour was followed by a question-and-answer information session with Buttigieg and Sherrill, moderated by Iacono, with political ofﬁcials, industry leaders and students in attendance. According to a press release issued by Sherrill, the visit was part of Buttigieg’s desire to increase awareness on how community colleges, like CCM, can be supported in their efforts to build upon “their already incredible workforce develop-

ment innovation initiatives.” As quoted in the Daily Record, Buttigieg stated about his visit to AMEC, “It’s really impressive what we’ve seen here. The key to success is the integration of employers and educators, and seeing how you’ve made that work is impressive.” Along with receiving strong federal, state and county support, more than 50 manufacturing companies are partners in CCM’s pre-apprenticeship, apprenticeship and other WFD programs, providing guidance on curriculum, donations of the latest industry-leading equipment and scholarships to support students. Included among WFD’s successes are that 93 percent of those who complete the advanced manufacturing pre-apprenticeship program who want a job are placed into a position. In the last three years, more than 4,500 students also have registered for 8,737 workforce development courses. To view photos from Buttigieg’s and Sherrill’s visit to the college, go to https://ﬂic.kr/s/ aHBqjzRGNb/. To learn more about the programs offered through WFD, visit www.ccm.edu/workforce/.

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It’s Hair and Heart at Entourage Salon

BY STEVE SEARS STAFF WRITER MOUNT OLIVE - When you first meet Entourage Salon owner Amy Murphy and her staff, you know from the get go that a visit to her salon won’t be your last. And it’s not only because of the lovely hairstyle you’ll leave with, or your gorgeous manicured nails displayed while gripping the steering wheel as you leave the parking lot. It’s Murphy and her friendliness which embodies her entire 24-member team, 18 of whom are stylists. Not only do you get results and affordability here, but Entourage Salon also delivers friendship, nice, enjoyable conversation, and love. There’s a comment made by a first-time customer that has stuck with Murphy, and it certainly bears repeating. “She said, ‘You guys really love each other here. You don’t just like each other, you honestly love each other like a family.’” It’s that atmosphere that envelopes her Flanders location. “We really are a family, and I think that the clients feel like they’re also part of our family when they’re coming in. They’re not just somebody walking in the door, and we’re not just giving them a haircut. We’re giving them more than that, and we’re welcoming them into our family. We’re welcoming them into our lives.” Murphy is a member of Intercoiffure Mondial, a prestigious salon owner organization of the best “of the best” salons in the United States and Canada. She first worked in a few salons before opening one in her Wharton home prior to purchasing Entourage Salon in 2014. Along the way, she has encountered obstacles, which perhaps she in her good nature would call hiccups. Entourage Salon made it through COVID-19 in 2020 and 2021, endured a car driving into their front window in 2019, and she herself was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis in 2010. Still, she marches on. “I’m that kind of person,” she says. “I don’t just turn lemons into lemonade; I have a party. It doesn’t shake me; I just roll with it.” Murphy, who grew up in Whippany and graduated from Whippany Park High School, studied hairstyling at the Morris County Vocational and Technical School in Denville. That education, as well as the experience gained working at other locations, taught her much about the hairstyling side of things. However, perhaps her early home salon venture taught her something more valuable. “That taught me everything about all the things that nobody thinks about when they run a business,” Murphy says. “You think you just want to do hair, and owning a hair salon has very little to do with doing hair. It’s so much else. I learned about taxes, about buying products, about inventory levels, about marketing - all that kind of stuff that they don’t teach you in school that I didn’t know but I learned it on a smaller scale,

when it was just me, when I didn’t have anybody else’s life in my hands.” Last summer, things started to get crowded at Entourage Salon. “In August, our lease was going to be up, so I had to make a decision. I asked myself, ‘Do I want to stay here, or do I want to move someplace else?’ When we ran out of space in the old place, we had been coming into the salon saying, ‘We need a bigger salon,’ ‘We need a bigger salon,’ and we were saying that for quite some time,” Murphy recalls. When the opportunity presented itself in September of 2021, Murphy expanded the business – but she didn’t have to go far. Only a few doors down. “We went from 2,000 square feet to 5,000 square feet. We were only going to go to 3,000 square feet - that’s all that we asked for. But the landlord came back and said, ‘We’ll give you a good deal if you take the whole 5,000 square feet in Lane Bryant (which was vacant).” Move made, and Murphy couldn’t be happier, considering that routes 46, 206, 80 (and even routes 10, 15 and 181) are nearby. “Really,” she says, “there was no better option. I really enjoy being here. I love the location. I love the visibility that we get. Everybody knows where we are.” Entourage Salon, which also offers onsite boutique gifts, coins itself a “teaching salon,” the growth, education, and development of its staff very important and transparent. Murphy explains. “We feel like you’re never done learning. If you’re done learning, you’re done. There’s always something to learn, there’s always a way to grow, there’s always learning different ways of doing things, new techniques. We have classes on all different aspects of hair: hair cutting, hair coloring, and new products. We just had a perm class, and we’re bringing a new product in for a

Amy Murphy Photos courtesy of Entourage Salon

new treatment we offer. We also have classes on communication. We had an excellent speaker named Jay Williams, who came and did a whole class on communication: classes on social media and marketing, and how the individual stylists can help to grow their business as well. We’re growing people, too.” Entourage Salon is truly a family salon, and it caters to all ages. “Our point of difference is just that we can appeal to a broad range of people,” Murphy says. ‘We don’t just do one thing, and we don’t just specialize in one thing. All of our stylists are very different, and they have different specialties. When you call and you make an appointment, we can really get you matched up with a stylist who’s going to be best for you, who’s going to make sure that you’re in good hands, and that you’re going to get the best service.” In addition to welcoming folks into Entourage Salon, Murphy and her team also get out into the community by supporting it, donating to local Tricky Trays and sports teams, and many more fundraisers. Murphy’s reasoning is simple. “The township of Mount Olive has been so good to us, just with anything we’ve needed. They’ve been so awesome to us, so it’s good to be able to give back and thank them.” Entourage Salon is located at 30 International Drive South in Flanders. Visit www.entouragesalonnj.com.

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AREA - The Morris County Board of County Commissioners issued proclamations for both Older Americans Month 2022 and Mental Health Awareness Month, both of which are observed annually each May across the United States. “It is important every year to recognize the people in our society who went before us. They built this nation … and we also recognize the wisdom they have amassed over time, and that we may still benefit from it every day,” said Commissioner Director Tayfun Selen during a work session meeting of the board. He presented a framed proclamation to Christine Hellyer, Director of the Morris County Office on Aging, Disabilities, & Community Programming, and to Carol Stoltz, who retired from that office April 30 after

21 years as a care manager, working with seniors and people with disabilities. “In our annual observance of Mental Health Awareness, we also give special thanks to our dedicated mental healthcare providers,” said Director Selen. “That includes everyone in our Ofﬁce of Health and our Department of Human Services, especially our Division of Community and Behavioral Health Services. It also includes the dedicated members of our Hope One mobile units and Morris County’s Navigating Hope program, and it includes the Morris County Mental Health Addictions Services Advisory Board, which is represented here tonight, among others,” Selen added. He presented the proclamation for Mental Health Aware-

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seeing a mental health crisis, not only in our county, but in the state and on a national level. So thank you very much for the recognition and thank you for all the support you give to Morris County residents when it comes to behavioral health,” said Mental Health Administra-

tor Amy Archer. “Thank you for this recognition and for supporting the community with funding sources … regarding mental health services. The current multi-level needs for mental health services include supporting resources that are addressing

an opioid overdose epidemic, a suicide prevention initiative and a global pandemic. There’s no time like the present for us to prioritize mental health services,” said Garodnick of the Advisory Board.

Hackettstown’s Kincaid, Budd Lake’s Defeo Joins Kinderhook for Vasa Park Show June 25

AREA - When Don Kincaid takes the stage, the New Jersey native brings the ﬂavor of Texas with him. Kincaid, who grew up in New Jersey, spent time in Texas where he pursued his music endeavors, and has now lived in Hackettstown for several years. Texas, though, remains a big part of his heart and his musical style. Kincaid has been playing guitar, writing and singing his own material for a long time and it all came together with his ﬁrst CD. Part Americana, part country, “Whiskey and Women” has received accolades near and far.

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On Saturday June 25, Don Kincaid & The Wait is part of a show at Vasa Park in Budd Lake that features NJ country-rock icons Kinderhook as the headliner, and local favorite, Budd Lake’s Kevin Defeo as the opener. Doors for this outdoor show under the Vasa Pavilion open at 4:30 with music starting at 5. Tickets for the show are just $15 per person, cash only at the door. Food and beverages are available for purchase. Coolers are not permitted. Kincaid honed his songwriting craft in the Hill Country of Texas and at picking circles in the state’s iconic town of Luckenbach. When it came time to create an album from his latest batch of songs, he traveled back to where his journey began, rural NW New Jersey. Kincaid gathered together a

formidable group of musicians and friends. They wrote more songs together, recorded an album and formed a band (The Wait) to take the songs on the road and into the future. “I wasn’t a natural born singer, guitarist or songwriter,” admits Kincaid, a tattoo artist by trade. “But I’ve worked hard at it.” Indeed, Kincaid’s tunes offer solid lyrics, good melodies and some, he says, “will evoke smiles” as a few are tongue and cheek. “The bottom line is that everything I write and sing comes from some sort of life experience that I’ve had,” added Kincaid, who has worked at First Place Tattoos in Hackettstown for several years. The band’s Americana Alt-Country style draws from their outlaw country heroes Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings,

Kris Kristofferson, and Merle Haggard, but with a modern edge the appeals to fans of current artists such as Jamey Johnson, Ryan Adams and Sturgell Simpson. The songs range from energetic country rock to touching story-telling ballads, with lyrics delivered in a baritone that would make Johnny proud. Kinderhook’s roots go back to the late 70s and into the 80s when they were one of the most sought after country rock bands in the tri-state area. Along the way they’ve opened for numerous name acts including The Byrds, New Riders of the Purple Sage, David Bromberg, and Commander Cody. Their popularity continues to this day as they still enjoy a solid following. The multi-talented country singer Kevin Defeo is the perfect opener for this show.

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MOUNT OLIVE TWP. - Brennan Hammond was introduced to swimming at the age of three, and for the next 10 years his love of the sport enabled him to make a key decision. “I started swim lessons when I was three at the Berkeley Aquatic Club program in New Providence, and ever since then, I just loved being in the water,” Hammond says. “There’s just something about it that I ﬁnd so peaceful and, at the same time, just so relaxing. I did a bunch of other sports growing up, but swimming was always that one special thing. Around seventh grade, I decided I wasn’t going to do all these other sports; I was just going to focus on swimming.” His decision coincided with him setting a national 13 – 14 age group record. “That was a big deal for me, and it kind of inﬂuenced my decision. After that happened, I moved up to the highest-level group in my club.” Hammond, now 21, currently swims for Florida State University. He transferred to FSU after spending his freshman and sophomore years at Indian River State College in Fort

Pierce, Florida. Time and distance constraints made it challenging when he was a Flanders youngster to make the Berkeley Aquatic Club practices, but he had help. “I had to work with the middle school, because the school day would end too late for me to make practice,” Hammond recalls. “After sitting down and meeting with the principal, we came to an agreement, and I was able to leave a class period early every day so I could make it to practice, which was very nice of them. And then once I was in high school, I’d get up at 4:30 a.m. just so I could make it to morning practice, and then from morning practice go straight to school, go through the school day, and right after school, I’d get on a train to go to practice again. I wouldn’t be back until 8:30, sometimes 9:00 at night. It was really busy, but it was really rewarding.” While a Mount Olive Marauder, Hammond was a Garden State record holder, and was a 200 Fly USA Swimming Top 100 Age Group Award recipient. His next stop was Indian

River State College, where he had a great two years. “Indian River has the longest national title win streak in collegiate sports history, which is pretty cool,” he says. “I was part of the 46th and 47th consecutive national championship for Indian River in the NJCAA, which is the National Junior College Athletic Association, and that was really fun.” Hammond was a 200 Fly champion (1:47.82) and relay title winner at that 2020 meet, and in his sophomore year, won two gold medals at the 2021 NJCAA Championships in the 100 Fly (48.79) and 200 Fly (1:47.03), and three more relay titles. While enjoying the before mentioned success, Hammond began reaching out to bigger schools to swim for, and selected Tallahassee’s Florida State University, where he just completed his season as a junior transfer. “My whole family is from Florida, and my extended family all went to Florida State, so I kind of knew a little bit about it growing up in a Florida State household,” Hammond says with a slight laugh. “And it just meant a lot to me to even talk to them, let alone

Brennan Hammond swimming fast across the pool at Florida State (courtesy of Florida State University Athletics)

have the opportunity to swim here and kind of carry on the tradition of being a Seminole.” After bouts with COVID-19 in late 2021 and the ﬂu early this year, Hammond recovered and had a stellar season, setting personal best times in the 100 Fly (48.02) and the 200 Fly (1:46.41). Hammond’s success is attributed to his goal of always improving his efforts. “Every time I get in the pool, whether it be practices in the morning,

a big competition, or anything like that, I’m always trying different things, trying to ﬁnd that next boundary for myself, whether it be seeing how hard I can push myself, how long I can push myself for, and really just focusing on all the little things with just a lot of attentiveness. Just trying to be better than the next guy, really. Whenever I get in the water, everything else in the world goes away. My mind, it’s there in that moment, just focusing

on, ‘How do I get to the next level?’” That next level for Hammond is a hoped-for NCAA championship invitation, and a possible Olympic Games trip. “Fortunately, my swimming career lines up ideally for the Olympic trials in 2024,” he says, “and I’d like to get to a place where I’d be going to the Olympic trials and, potentially, having a shot or getting as close as I possibly can to the Olympic dream.”

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The Mount Olive Area Chamber of Commerce Awards Three $500 Scholarships

MOUNT OLIVE TWP. - The Mount Olive Area Chamber of Commerce is a dynamic group of local businesses with a mission to foster relationships with other professionals enabling each to grow and succeed. Activities include networking, educational and informational events, held several times per month throughout the year. The Chamber’s scholarship program is just one of many ways it commits to being a part of the community at-large. Scholarship award criteria include past and future business

education endeavors, GPA/ SAT scores, extra-curricular and volunteer activities, and an essay. This year there were 16 applicants from Mount Olive High School. Essay review revealed an extreme interest in helping others in some way and contributing to society at large through careers in the business world. Also, prominent were descriptions of student perseverence in the face of challenges. For 2022 the Chamber is pleased to award three $500 scholarships to three stu-

dents from Mount Olive High School. Jacob Soriano - attending San Diego State University Aveena Khanderia - attending University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Jacqueline McGarry - attending Ramapo College Also included in the Chamber’s scholarship program is one $500 scholarship to a member’s child entering their second year or beyond of college. This year’s recipient is Camryn Lang who attends Lock Haven University.

Christine M. Hruby, Pope John H.S. 2022 Graduate and Valedictorian

MOUNT OLIVE TWP. Christine Marie Hruby was named Valedictorian and graduated with the Pope John XXIII Regional High school class of 2022 on June 3, 2022, the schools 63rd Commencement exercise. Ms. Hruby is the daughter of Victoria and Joseph Hruby of Flanders. She will be attending Notre Dame Uni-

versity, Scholar’s Program, South Bend Indiana. Ms. Hruby was named as a National Merit Scholar winner in April 2022 and was Vice President of the Pope John National Honor Society. During her time at Pope John she was founder and President of the Operation Smiles Club. Ms. Hruby is a published research

scientist. Ms. Hruby earned a Girl Scout National Gold award in 2020 and served as a Board Member of the Girl Scouts of New Jersey chapter. Outside of school activities, Christine enjoyed serving as captain of the girls Varsity Tennis and Golf teams.

Mount Olive Hosts Fairy and Pirate Festival

Mount Olive hosted its annual Fairy and Pirate Festival on May 14. Turkey Brook Park was overrun with fairies and pirates as young and old enjoyed the festivities.

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Blast from the Past: Step Aboard USS New Jersey

BY HENRY M. HOLDEN STAFF WRITER

AREA - You can see her massive armament from across the river in Philadelphia. Those guns tell stories of American history in times of war. A visit to the USS New Jersey can teach you more than just military history, but all about those who called her home. Docked in Camden, USS New Jersey weighs in at 43,000 tons and measures 888 feet from bow to stern. She is a massive awe-inspiring colossal warship. The USS New Jersey is an Iowa-class battleship. Iowa-class battleships were larger, faster and delivered more fire power than other class battleships. Six were ordered by the Navy, but only four were delivered (Iowa, Wisconsin, Missouri, and New Jersey). New Jersey is the most decorated battleship in Navy history, earning distinctions in World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, the Cold War, and conflicts in the Middle East. The New Jersey’s history spanned over half the 20th century, from her design in 1938 until her decommission in 1991. She was launched on the first anniversary of Pearl Harbor, and went on to steam more miles, fight in more battles, and fire more shells than any other battleship in history. The New Jersey also fought in the two largest naval battles of the Pacific War. First, in the Battle of the Philippine Sea. She helped throw up the impenetrable wall of antiaircraft fire which, with naval airpower decimated Japan’s forces in the Marianas Turkey Shoot. Second, she led the Navy’s main fleet in the Battle for Leyte Gulf, the largest sea battle of all time, which destroyed the Japanese fleet as a fighting force. “The ship’s crew size varied over her career,” said Ryan Szimanski, Curator and Executive Director of the Historic Naval Ships Association. “It was designed to hold about 2,000 sailors. The maximum crew ended up to be about 2,700 during World War II because there was an admiral and his staff on board, and some new anti-aircraft guns had been added. By the 1980s it was down to 1,600 because all the old analog guns had been removed (it was now mostly pushbutton warfare, missiles

etc.) By the 1980s we had also shifted to a smaller all-voluntary military.” “The four Iowa-class were the only battleships fast enough to keep up with the fast carriers in World War II,” said Szimanski. The Iowa class battleships were designed for a top speed of 33 knots (37.97 mph) but New Jersey on at least one occasion reached 35.2 knots, (40.50 mph), making New Jersey the fastest battleship ever built. “I’ve been told that the ship vibrated at that speed and that it would sink down with water coming over the fantail,” Szimanski said. To enjoy this ship, take the 90-minute family friendly tour that takes guests through one of the battleship’s massive 16inch gun turrets. Visitors can stand in the armored gun house where the gun captain oversaw the reloading procedures, explore the magazines where one-ton shells and thousands of powder bags were stored. Visitors can even pull the triggers in the plotting room where primitive but effective computers aimed the guns over the horizon. It includes many handson elements that let you see and feel what it was like for a World War II crewmen to fire the ships guns. “There are 12 stories in the superstructure, but we limit the tour to five,” said Szimanski. Visitors can tour eight of the ships 19 decks. As they get higher in the superstructure or below decks, the stairs become vertical and difficult for some people to climb. “Remarkably, only one sailor died of enemy action on board,” said Szimanski. “The ship’s armor protected her from just about everything. The sailor who died on board was on the main deck and was killed by shrapnel when a shell hit the armor and bounced off. There was one sailor who died of enemy action while he was on dry land. He happened to be in the Marine Corps barracks building in Beirut when it was bombed back in 1983.” The Battleship New Jersey has the last working fire control computer working on a battleship caliber gun. Guests can see it when they take the guided tour. It’s called a Mk (Mark) 8 rangekeeper. The Mk 1 Ballistic Computer was the

ﬁrst rangekeeper that was referred to as a computer. New Jersey has the longest tour route of any battleship. It’s a mile and a half long but that is spread out over eight decks. No Iowa-class battleship gave more distinguished service than USS New Jersey. She earned 19 Battle and Campaign stars, making her the most decorated battleship in American history, and the second-most decorated ship in American history. (The carrier USS Enterprise (CV-6), which the New Jersey frequently escorted, earned 20 battle stars in World War II but was scrapped after the war.) USS New Jersey was in active service for over 21.5 years – 2.5 years more than Iowa, 5 years more than Missouri, and 8.5 years more than Wisconsin. The New Jersey ﬁred nearly twelve million pounds of shells in six months off Vietnam, where she saved thousands of American lives. According to one Marine Corps Commandant, she had a “tremendous psychological effect” on enemy troops: “nobody ever stood up to the New Jersey.” For six months, the New Jersey supported the beleaguered Marines in Lebanon with the unrivaled visible symbol of enormous power represented by the battleship. To counter the Soviet military and naval expansion, the New Jersey led her three sisters into the Missile Age, adding cruise missiles, anti-ship missiles, and anti-missile weapons to their massive 16-inch guns and numerous 5-inch guns, making them the most formidable surface warships ever put to sea by the Navy. They were also the only ships for which nuclear projectiles were designed. The modernization required to bring USS New Jersey in line with the technology of the 1980s was more expensive and extensive than her two prior recommissioning’s. The main change was to remove four twin 5-inch/38-caliber gun turrets and replace them with launchers for the Navy’s new, powerful anti-ship and anti-surface missiles. These missile batteries gave the New Jersey longrange strike capability against naval and land targets.

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The Mk 1 Ballistic Computer. The name “rangekeeper” began to become inadequate to describe the increasingly complicated functions of rangekeeper. The Mk 1 Ballistic Computer was the ﬁrst rangekeeper that was referred to as a computer. (Credit U.S. Navy)

Unleashing her ﬁrepower was decimate the enemy. (Credit U.S. Navy)

Today, New Jersey continues her service as a living museum and memorial. “We offer a classroom program for schools and overnight programs for scout troops,” said Szimanski. “Scout troops, school groups, youth organi-

zations and families can again spend a safe night aboard the Battleship. They’ll enjoy dinner and breakfast, experience a guided tour of the ship, take a chance to ﬁre the saluting gun and sleep in the bunks that the crew of the USS New Jer-

sey once did!” Open seven days a week, rain or shine 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM, USS New Jersey is available for anyone to visit. For more information about tours, email info@battleshipnewjersey.org or call 866-877-6262.

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The Cokeville Miracle: A Must Watch

What is the Cokeville Miracle? Amazon Prime recently ran a movie on the miracle in Cokeville. This is a true story and very inspiring. If you have not seen it, I would recommend you do. This article was reproduced with permission from www.wyohistory.org. Credits can be found at https://www.wyohistory.org/encyclopedia/cokeville-elementary-school-bombing. BY JESSICA CLARK PUBLISHED: NOV. 8, 2014 May 16, 1986, will never be forgotten by the residents of Cokeville, Wyo. On that Friday afternoon in their quiet, rural town, a deranged couple entered the community’s elementary school, took those inside hostage and detonated a bomb in a first grade classroom. .At that time, about 500 people lived in Cokeville, and there were slightly more than 100 students attending the elementary school. Located in Lincoln County and nestled between the towns of Star Valley and Kemmerer on the Wyoming-Idaho border, Cokeville, many residents believed, was a safe place to rear children. “[T]rust is big here … youngsters grow up knowing they can turn to many other members of the community with confidence,” write Hartt and Judene Wixom in Trial by Terror: The Child-hostage Crisis in Cokeville, Wyoming. The first chapter is titled “A Town of Trust.” Thus, when David and Doris Young entered the town’s only elementary school with an arsenal of weapons and a gasoline bomb in a grocery cart, no one saw it coming. David Young’s journals and writings reveal that he was a troubled man who spent many years grappling with deep philosophical questions–about man’s existence, the afterlife and spirituality. Educated at Chadron State College in Nebraska, he had earned a degree in criminal justice, and was hired as Cokeville’s town marshal in the 1970s. He was dismissed, however, from this position shortly after his six-month probationary period. Young met

his second wife, Doris Waters, while in Cokeville. She was a divorcée who earned money working as a waitress and singer in a local bar. Shortly after their wedding, David and Doris left Cokeville and headed to Tucson, Ariz. During their time in Tucson, according to Doris’ daughter Bernie Petersen, David became increasingly reclusive, focusing on his philosophical readings and writings. While he was writing his philosophy, Zero Equals Inﬁnity, Doris took part-time jobs including housekeeping and waitressing to support their meager lifestyle. They lived in a mobile home with Princess, David’s youngest daughter from his ﬁrst marriage. He was the father of two, but was estranged from his elder daughter. It was in their Tucson home that David came up with what he considered “the Biggie,” a plan to get rich quick and create a “Brave New World.” This plan involved David’s longtime friends, Gerald Deppe and Doyle Mendenhall, who believed by investing in David’s scheme they would get rich. But David refused to reveal his plans entirely until moments before they unfolded. David’s friends did not know that “the Biggie” was a plan to take over Cokeville Elementary School, hold each of the children hostage for $2 million dollars apiece and then detonate the bomb, transporting the money and children to his “Brave New World,” where he would be God. While David and Doris Young were not involved in an organized religion, both were deeply spiritual. They believed in reincarnation, which probably led, in

Jamie Buckley pledges allegiance to the ﬂag the week after the Cokeville bombing. Bill Wilcox photo, Casper Star-Tribune Collection, Casper College Western History Center.

Ryan Taylor, 7, at the Montpelier, Idaho hospital after the Cokeville bombing. Casper Star-Tribune Collection, Casper College Western History Center.

George Moore helps his son on the boy’s ﬁrst day back at school, the week after the bombing. Bill Wilcox photo, Casper Star-Tribune Collection, Casper College Western History Center

part, to the creation of David’s “Brave New World” idea. David’s writings reveal that he hoped life would be better for him and Cokeville’s children in this imaginary place. When Deppe and Mendenhall finally got wind of his plans moments before the hostage crisis unfolded, they refused to participate. David, who dared not risk their reporting him to the authorities, responded by holding them at gunpoint. He instructed Doris and Princess, by now a young adult, to handcuff them inside his van. David, Doris and Princess proceeded to the elementary school and entered the building shortly after 1 p.m. that Friday. David had the makeshift bomb attached to his body and housed inside a grocery cart, while Doris and Princess carried an arsenal of rifles, handguns and ammunition, as well as the Zero Equals Infinity handouts. But shortly after entering the school, Princess decided to rebel. She fled the building and drove the Youngs’ van— with Deppe and Mendenhall

still inside—to the town hall, where she reported her father’s plan. Because they refused to participate, Princess, Deppe, and Mendenhall were never charged in relation to this crime. In the meantime, David and Doris Young gathered children, teachers, staff and visitors in the elementary school into one central location. They attempted to crowd 154 people into one of the two first grade classrooms, a room with a total capacity of 30 students and a teacher. David set himself near the center of the room with the grocery cart bomb nearby, as Doris went from room to room rounding up people. According to survivor accounts, Doris enticed many into the first grade room by announcing that their presence was required for a school assembly. Of course, most children were elated by the prospects of an assembly. Upon entering the classroom, children saw an arsenal of weapons, a grocery cart and an unfamiliar man—David Young. Some of them believed the assembly was about weapons; others began realizing something was seriously wrong. Once all the hostages were contained in the first grade classroom, David Young informed them that they were leading a revolution and distributed copies of his philosophy Zero Equals Infinity to everyone present. Just before implementing “the Biggie,” David Young had also sent a copy of the document to President Ronald Reagan, the president of Chadron State College and numerous media outlets. Cokeville Elementary School teachers and staff tried to keep kindergarteners through sixth graders calm and entertained.

In the tiny classroom, they watched movies, played games, prayed. And, then, shortly after 4 p.m., the bomb exploded. Witnesses later testified that just before the explosion David Young had connected the explosive to his wife. Then he went to the restroom, which was attached to the classroom. Doris accidently triggered the bomb by motioning to her hostages with her arms. The explosion engulfed her in flames and burned many nearby children. Chaos ensued. David emerged from the bathroom to find his wife in excruciating pain. He shot and killed her. Students, teachers, staff and visitors frantically exited the building, with teachers helping many of the children escape through the windows. David saw John Miller, the music teacher, trying to escape and shot him in the back. David returned to the restroom and killed himself, ending the hostage crisis. The only two fatalities were David and Doris Young. Everyone else survived, including the injured John Miller. Reporters from all the regional news outlets were on the scene by the time of the explosion or shortly thereafter. In addition, national reporters began arriving within hours of the explosion. Students, teachers, visitors, staff who survived the ordeal and bystanders began recounting their memories of this event as it was still unfolding. Following the explosion, 79 children were taken to area hospitals, most of which were located more than an hour’s drive from Cokeville, for treatment for burns and smoke inhalation. Survivors shared their stories with each other,

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A Most Memorable June Afternoon: To Climb A Mountain

BY RICHARD MABEY JR. GUEST WRITER

AREA - Sometimes we think that the truly great monuments of nature, the magnificent natural architectures of God’s infinite wisdom, are proudly shining in some foreign land. But in reality, truly breath-taking trophies of beauty and splendor often lie in our own backyards, our own small towns, and neighborhoods. Such a valuable lesson came to me, one day in late June of 1967. In June of 1967, two landmark events occurred in my life. First, I graduated from Chapel Hill School in Lincoln Park. And, secondly, I climbed atop the ragged, rugged cliffside of Steinhauser Mountain, most likely the highest point in all of Lincoln Park. Steinhauser Mountain is sandwiched between Pine Brook Road and Boonton Turnpike. It is a very tall, towering precipice, basically running perpendicular between the earth and the sky. I remember that Steinhauser Mountain seemed to be at least three stories high. It was filled with jagged rocks, and amazingly, all kinds of greenery and even saplings grew from pockets of dirt that filled in the rocky crevices. Steinhauser Mountain was named after the family who

BY RICHARD MABEY JR. GUEST WRITER

AREA - In 1983, I began working at AT&T in the Waterview Plaza Building, located near Route 287 in Parsippany. When I would step outside of my cubicle, I could see a most beautiful, panoramic view of the Jersey City Reservoir. I worked in the Billing Department. It was very meticulous work, I would spend long hours sitting in front of a computer screen, entering billing data. It’s funny the things that you remember. There was a fellow Lou, who worked in the cubicle next to mine. He was a few years older than me. I was just 29 years old back in the Spring of 1983. It seemed as though Lou took a bath in cologne in every morning. I have yet to meet an individual that had the overpowering scent of cologne or perfume on them as Lou did. I remember that just before entering Lou’s cubicle, I would take a deep breath, ﬁll my lungs with air that wasn’t ﬁlled with the vapors of cologne and then I would try not to breathe too deeply in the short time that I was in Lou’s cubicle. I remember that there was a Roy Rogers roast beef restaurant, on Route 46, just a stone’s throw from the Waterview Plaza Building. It was where Route 46 met Route 202. I think that it’s a Wendy’s now. Well, Lou and I would go to lunch there, every Friday, rain or shine. Lou was an eternal, dogmatic, staunch realist. Lou was a most practical man. There was no room for idealistic

once owned the land. It was in late June of 1967, while visiting my good friend Stuart Steinhauser, that I faced the seemingly insurmountable Steinhauser Mountain. Stu and I had both just graduated from Chapel Hill School. We had been good pals since the first grade. I had never climbed Steinhauser Mountain. But it often would call me, tease me, and it seemed as though the winds that blew through the thistle and saplings that clung to its side, often spoke to me. Daring me to attempt the climb to its high plateau. Stu had a most incredible tree fort near Steinhauser Mountain. The flooring and sides were built from thick tree limbs. I remember many times, sitting upon that high platform, looking out to Steinhauser Mountain while talking to Stu, and at the same time, I would daydream of finding the courage to climb Steinhauser Mountain all the way to the top, to its monumental lookout point. I remember it all so well, as if it was yesterday. It was 55 years ago, but it all seems like it was yesterday. It was that profound a memory for me. Stu and I stood

at the very foot of the phenomenal Steinhauser Mountain. At 13, it seemed to be as high as the Empire State Building. The rocky, craggy, ruggedly steep mountainside seemed to call me in a most luring and temping way. I inwardly shook with fear, my heart trembled, as Stu said to me, “today’s the day, Richie! Let’s climb ‘er to the top!” “I don’t know Stu, maybe another day,” I replied to my old friend, with a slight tremble in my voice. “Come on, Richie, you can do it!” Stu said to me, hiding his own inward fear. “Okay, I guess we can give it a try,” I said to Stu. And so, we began the arduous climb up the steep, challenging, ragged cliff edge, ﬁlled with perilous rocks jutting out all throughout the mountainside wall. I was doing all so well, in the beginning of our climb. Side by side, Stu and I held onto the base of saplings jutting out from the cliffside. We found nooks and crannies of jutting rocks to use for handles to thrust ourselves two or three feet upward. It was at the halfway point that I made the big mistake of looking downward. At the foot

of Steinhauser Mountain lied several beds of solid rock. A fall would mean serious injury, to land upon those hard boulders at the base of Steinhauser Mountain. It could even mean death. Fear overtook me. At was a deep, trembling fear that left me unable to move my arms and legs. I remember Stu looking over to me and shouting to me, “Richie, don’t be scared, you can do it!” “I don’t know Stu. I think I’m going to climb back down,” I shakingly replied to my old friend. “Look, Richie, we’re at the halfway point! You can do it! I know you can!” Stu called out to me. And right then and there, I prayed for God to take the fear from my heart, to give me the courage to continue the upward climb. I don’t know exactly what happened, but the fear did leave my heart. And, once again, I was able to move my arms and legs and continue the treacherous upward climb. Stu and I did make it to the top of Steinhauser Mountain that June afternoon, way back in 1967. The view was absolutely breath taking. I could see for miles and miles. There all

thinking in Lou’s universe. I remember one time, sitting at the Roy Rogers restaurant with Lou, chopping down a roast beef sandwich, and sharing my dream to work as a writer in the Public Relations Department. Lou would frown, take a sip of his soda, eat one of his French fries, then say to me, “forget it kid! You’ll be entering numbers down on that old computer screen for the rest of your life. Ya’ gotta face facts kid, ya’ gotta accept your fate. I know I have. I tell my wife all the time, I’m never gonna get ahead in life. Just accept your fate, kid!” Lou was only about ﬁve years older than me, but he took on this older brother rapport with me, that he felt gave him license to call him “kid” as if it were my name. I never really liked it all that much, but it was all part of Lou’s big brother rapport with me. For one year of my life, I endured the drudgery of plugging numbers into little boxes on my computer screen. Five minutes would seem like an hour. I remember how much I dreaded Monday mornings. But, as Lou would often tell me, “hey, at least ya’ got a job, kid! That’s how I look at it.” It was the world according to Lou. Lou was the ultimate realist. Then something happened that changed my life. In the Spring of 1984, I came down with a sore throat that led to strep throat, that unfortunate-

ly led to Rheumatic Fever. It was my second bout with the dreadful disease. My doctor got the results of the lab work for my sedimentation rate, and had me go to the hospital right away. I knew the drill all so well, back from when I was but 12 years old. It meant 24 hours of intravenous penicillin. For one year of my life, I was in and out of the hospital. And, for one year of my life, my feet never touched the ground. Something very special happened in that year. I read Claude Bristol’s book, “The Magic of Believing” three or four times. I read the Holy Bible, cover to cover. And, I read Napoleon Hill’s book, “Think and Grow Rich” a couple of times. Lou’s philosophy of “accept your fate, kid” was rapidly fading from the ﬁbers of my heart and evaporating from my consciousness. About three or four times a day, I would close my eyes and for a good half-hour, I would repeat to myself, “I’m going to work in Public Relations. I’m going to work as a writer in Public Relations.” Then, after saying my prayers at night, I would close my eyes and as I fell asleep, I would keep saying the same thing to myself that no matter what, I was going to work as a writer in the Public Relations Department. In that year, I wrote and submitted well over a hundred articles to local newspapers. A lot of them reﬂected and focused on the hidden potential that lies dormant in

each and every living soul. I also wrote articles about social events in my church, from spaghetti dinners to rummage sales. None of which I attended, but based my articles on reﬂections that my minister shared with me, when he would visit me in the hospital or at home. And, the same was true with dozens of articles that I wrote and were published in local newspapers, about the events of Boy Scout Troop 170. These were based upon the stories that my dad, who was the Scoutmaster of Troop 170 at the time, shared with me. Here’s the amazing thing. A modern miracle, if you will. After one full year of battling Rheumatic Fever, my doctor gave me the okay to literally put my feet back on the ground. I typed up my resume and made an appointment to see a Personnel Agent in Parsippany. As if the odds were a million to one, this lady lived in Lincoln Park. Her son had been in Boy Scout Troop 170. And, she had read mostly every one of the articles that I had recently written, in the past year, that were published in local newspapers. I shall never forget the words of that kind lady, as

A photo of my good friend, Stuart Steinhauser, climbing the infamous Steinhauser Mountain, back in June of 1967.

around me were the roads and homes and little shops of my beloved hometown. It was a most wonderful and magniﬁcent moment in time. Fear can immobilize us. It can rob us of the quest to be adventurous, to be bold, to take courageous steps in life. In the Holy Bible, Isaiah 41:10 reads, “Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand

Never Give Up, Never Ever Give Up!

she looked at my resume and told me that her son was in Troop 170 and that she enjoyed reading my articles. “I think you might be a fit for a Public Relations Department. There’s an opening in the P. R. Department at AT&T in Morristown. Do you mind the commute?” I remember telling her that I didn’t mind the commute at all. This kind lady faxed my resume with some of my writing samples to the Personnel Department at the AT&T office in Morristown. I got an appointment for an interview. My Guardian Angel blessed me with a miracle. I did get the job! I was destined to work in the Public Relations Department of AT&T, for well over a decade. Yes, you will meet plenty of people like Lou in your journey in life. Yes, you will have moments where you’ll have doubts about your talents and skills. But, first and foremost, you absolutely must believe that you are capable of accomplishing great things in life. That you have real talent. That you can climb any mountain, not halfway up, but all the way to the tippy-top and wave your

of my righteousness.” If you believe in a Divine One, and you are in fear of anything, pray for God to take the fear from your heart. Pray for God to ﬁll your heart with courage and conﬁdence. As my good friend Stuart Steinhauser told me, 55 years ago, “you can do it!” Richard Mabey Jr. is a freelance writer. He can be reached at richardmabeyjr@hotmail. com. Please put on the subject line: To Climb A Mountain.

Yours truly at my desk at AT&T in Morristown, back in 1989.

own ﬂag of success. You must believe it’s possible. Read every book you can ﬁnd on positive thinking. Read books of spiritual insight, read and reread the books of your faith or the religion that you follow. Constantly tell yourself that doors are opening for you, doors leading to greater success in your life. And never, never, never give up! Never ever give up!!!!!!! Richard Mabey Jr. is a freelance writer. He can be reached at richardmabeyjr@ hotmail.com. Please put on the subject line: “Never Give Up.”

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Morris County Delivers Grants for National Small Business Week

MORRIS COUNTY- For National Small Business Week, the Morris County Board of County Commissioners observed the annual event by personally delivering checks to small businesses and nonprofits who qualified for grants of up to $15,000 under the Morris County Small Business Grant Program. Mara’s Café & Bakery at 23 Main St., Denville was visited and issued a check under a program designed to help small businesses and nonprofits cope with some of the setbacks caused by the pandemic. “It’s definitely worth it,” said Allison Kohler at Mara’s, after getting a check for more than $9,000. Commissioners Deborah

Smith and Thomas Mastrangelo presented the grant after touring her bakery and interviewing her about her experience applying for the grant. “It was some of the best customer service I ever had, and you don’t expect that from government. Honestly, it was a process, but (the customer service representative) held my hand every step of the way,” Kohler explained Her bakery suffered business losses and difﬁculty maintaining personnel, but she is hopeful the business will survive as her unique offerings of bakery goods keep customers returning. The Morris County Small Business program, launched on Valentine’s Day under the

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sentations at Mayo Performing Arts Center for over 25 years, and MPAC has been the home of Nutcracker since 2010,” said Allison Larena, President and CEO, MPAC. “We are thrilled to formally elevate our longstanding partnership with the New Jersey Ballet to resident ballet company and look forward to exciting new programs in the future.” “New Jersey Ballet is so pleased to become the resident ballet company at MPAC,” said Maria Kowroski, New Jersey Ballet’s new Artistic Director. “I see this particular moment in time as one full of possibilities for the Arts Community in New Jersey. During my years in the industry I have built strong relationships with many of the world’s leading choreographers and believe this will serve as a vital source of inspiration when bringing new works and projects to the community. We cannot wait to reignite the public’s passion for the performing arts with the new exciting repertory the Company has in store for you!” New Jersey Ballet’s Managing Director, David Tamaki said, “MPAC has always felt like home for New Jer-

sey Ballet. By expanding the Company’s relationship with MPAC, the public will gain access to exciting repertory as well as new innovative works. Maria Kowroski has an exciting vision for the Company and we are thrilled to deepen our relationship with MPAC and become the theater’s resident ballet company.” As the resident ballet company, New Jersey Ballet will present a series of programs featuring innovative repertory curated by the Company’s Artistic Director, Maria Kowroski. In addition to the annual two week run of Nutcracker, New Jersey Ballet will present three Saturday evening programs featuring a combination of new and existing works along with three Sunday matinee story ballet performances for young audience members as part of its annual Family Series. On Saturday, November 19, 2022, New Jersey Ballet will kick-off its season with a mixed bill titled New Direction. The evening will feature three works that point to the new artistic vision Maria Kowroski has for New Jersey Ballet as Artistic Director. The program

will feature Who Cares?, by George Balanchine, set to music by George Gershwin bringing out the exuberance of city life, Hallelujah Junction, by Peter Martins, a living locomotive of propulsive vitality, and a world premiere by Harrison Ball, principal dancer with New York City Ballet, with costumes by world renowned fashion designer Zac Posen. In December, the Mayo Performing Arts Center and New Jersey Ballet will present New Jersey’s longest running original professional production of Nutcracker with the New Jersey Symphony. This Holiday favorite will have an 11 performance run beginning Friday, December 16. Tickets for New Direction and Nutcracker go on sale June 6 at www.MayoArts.Org. New Jersey Ballet will have performances at MPAC on Saturday, March 3, Sunday, March 26, Saturday, May 26 and Sunday, March 27, 2023. Repertory for 2023 will be announced soon. To learn more about Mayo Performing Arts Center and New Jersey Ballet, visit: www.mayoarts. org and www.njballet.org.

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Former Morris County Woman Dedicated to Veterans and Their Stories

BY STEVE SEARS STAFF WRITER

MORRIS COUNTY- One day while sitting in her ofﬁce, Susan Hunter recalled when she was 14-years-old, entertaining thoughts of one day entering the military. She back then approached her dad, and she remembers the ensuing discussion, especially one key sentence her dad uttered. “He said to me, ‘You know, there are other ways to serve your country. Just ﬁnd that other way.’ And I said, ‘This is it!” Hunter travels the United States doing interviews with and produces documentaries about Vietnam veterans. Her series is titled Take Me There: Vietnam, and those resulting documentaries which she produces and directs were initially inspired by her book, 77 Letters, Operation Morale Booster: Vietnam, which was inspired by a loving project her mom, Joan, had done in 1966. “It started very organically,” Hunter says of her documentaries. “I found some letters my mom had written during the Vietnam War, so that prompted me to write the book, and then the book has just had such an impact of healing.” During the

Vietnam War, Hunter’s mom, Joan, began a mission called “Operation Morale Booster,” which ensured that each American G.I. would receive mail weekly, which is where her relationship via mail with Sergeant Robert Johnson comes in. “The tone of it, the fact that it really portrayed a Vietnam veteran more accurately than they tend to be portrayed, and the fact that you’re in Sergeant Johnson’s head from age 24 to 32 - because he had four tours over there - a few people have said this is akin to the Diary of Anne Frank, where that was two years of one person writing to herself during wartime. This is seven years of a dialogue between two people during war time, so it really has made an impact.” “Impact” perhaps is the best way to describe Hunter’s current work as well. “I get an email from a reader every day - mostly veterans, but not all just saying how healing it was,” Hunter says of her interviews. “And then, oftentimes they’ll go in and give me a little bit of their experience. They just open up to me.”

Above: Susan Hunter with Vietnam Veteran, Scott Baty, at Veterans Row outside of Los Angeles. Right: Susan Hunter’s book, 77 Letters, Operation Morale Booster: Vietnam. Photos courtesy of Susan Hunter.

Hunter, originally from Massachusetts, eventually moved to Parsippany for 25 years, and now resides in Nashville, Tennessee. She was contacted by a Massachusetts man who said he’d like to join her in the project and be a co-producer and director. “I had all the contacts in the Vietnam community, and it’s a community that they’re very close to the chest, very guarded and for good reason,” she says. “So, to break into this community with this type of

trust is an honor, and I take it as such. So, he knew I had already established this, and he asked me if I wanted to join in, and I said, ‘Sure.” Hunter and he have since gone separate ways, but she has continued her work. “I saw the healing even just in the interviews. The healing that happens, you visibly see it, and at the end they tell me, and that felt really good.” And those interviews with the veterans have led to further introductions to others she has interviewed.

for that. As we roll into September, we’re going to continue with the kids programming, but then by the time we get into October, we’re going to return to some adult music.” The music will continue into the big month of November, and on Saturday, November 19, the library will hold its all-day event gala at the library itself. O’Neill adds, “We’ll have some guest speakers; the president of our library foundation, and hopefully one of the commissioners will come and speak.” One thing O’Neill would like to see is the public at the library, to make sure that they are aware of the fact that it is the centennial year. “November is the month here, historically speaking, in regard to the voters of Morris County deciding that they wanted to support a county library,” he says. “We actually opened our doors at this facility on November 18, 1968, so it’ll be a nice time in November to bring all that together. That afternoon, as part of the adult performance, I’ve got a string quintet coming in from New York City, and they’re going to perform Franz Schubert’s ‘Cello Quintet.’” The Morris County Library is located at 30 East Hanover Avenue in Whippany. Visit www.mclib.info for informa-

tion about the library as well as a schedule of events for its centennial. To view photos of the library through the years, visit its hosted “The Archive Project” page, www.mcldig6930. omeka.net/.

The Morris County Library Celebrates 100 years

BY STEVE SEARS STAFF WRITER

MORRIS COUNTY- The Morris County Library has come a long way in 100 years. Initially operating out of three rooms at Morristown’s Morris County Courthouse, and with a book truck that delivered reading material to various locations throughout the county, the memories are a lot to celebrate with Library Director, Darren O’Neill, his staff, and the residents who enjoy the library’s vast array of current services. O’Neill first started as a supervising librarian in 2006, was named chief librarian in 2014, became Assistant Director in 2017, and since 2020 has served as Library Director. On average, about 15,000 people annually stream through the doors of the Morris County Library, but that number has been slightly lower as the pandemic slowly moves out of the area. “People are just getting themselves acclimated to coming back out and being comfortable in public spaces,” O’Neill says. “But up until the time of the pandemic, we had on average about 15,000 visitors per year, and that would be a mix of people coming in to pick up their holds, borrow material directly, maybe to use our meeting room facilities or study rooms, or whatever. But a lot of activity.” “In the fall of 1921, the voters of Morris County decided to put their own forth to support a county library,” O’Neill says. “And at that time, Morris County was predominantly rural. There were very few public libraries. Most of them were reading rooms, if you will, that were staffed by volunteers. There was a real need to have a central source to provide library services, and so that vote in 1921 was an important one. By the time everything was settled and a director was hired in July of 1922 is when the county library kind of first came into being. That need, as it was 100 years ago, is still critical, because the scope of the collection that we have here and the scope of the services that we offer, the size of our staff, the facility itself, all of it, in my humble estimation, far outshines anything that you would find elsewhere.” For the first five months of the year, the Morris County Library devoted its space to

adult music programming, and a special Morris Authors Day was held on Saturday, June 4. “We maintain a collection here of material written by authors from Morris County,” O’Neill explains. “We’ve maintained this collection for a number of years, and today we have quite a few prestigious authors who live around here. Many years ago, we had a very large get together and gathering for all of our authors to come in and meet one another. The person who ran that and curated the collection retired, and it took a few days to ﬁnd somebody to take over, but thankfully we have and she put together this event for Saturday, June 4.” At the end of June, the library kicks off its annual summer reading program. “Every summer we have a summer reading program that’s run through our children’s department, and it’s basically two months long and we have a number of events where performers who come in. In addition, the children log reading hours, and at the end of the summer, whoever has the most reading hours gets a prize. All of this is supported through the Morris County Library Foundation. So that’s a great thing for the kids over the summer, and on Friday the 24th is the kickoff celebration

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“What I really try to do is get all the perspectives of this war. My whole mission is to get people to understand who a Vietnam veteran is. Not just what they did and what they are, but who they are.” Among the Vietnam vets that Hunter has interviewed are former Pittsburgh Steeler, four-time Super Bowl champion running back, Rocky Bleier. “He often gives a tip of the hat to his fellow Vietnam vets,” Hunter says. “He said to me, ‘When I came back, I was a story, and so I was going to share my story.’ But for

those who just came back, they didn’t share it. They’ve had to suppress it for 50 years.’ He was a great guy.” Hunter also sat down with Captain William Robinson, who was the longest held prisoner of war, held captive for seven and a half years in Vietnam. To view some of Hunter’s interviews, visit her Facebook page titled, “Every Time the Wind Blew” (www.facebook. com/EveryTimeTheWindBlew), which contains photos and videos of her many interviews with proud Vietnam veterans.

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The Rich History of Iron Mining in Morris County

BY HENRY M. HOLDEN STAFF WRITER MORRIS COUNTY- The Appalachian Mountains stretch from central Alabama to Labrador, Canada. Along this 1,500mile path, the system is split up into seven different physiographic provinces that contain distinct geologic backgrounds. New Jersey is one of them. The Appalachian Mountains are an estimated 480 million years old and were once much taller than they are now. Geologists say the ancient mountains once stood as high as the Alps. Over time, they became eroded due to forces of nature such as the wind and rain. All that remains visible are the still impressive ridges of the worn and misshapen granite that continues as the Highlands of New Jersey. While nature was shaving away the ancient mountains, she thoughtfully tucked into its foundation stone pockets of iron ore, and lens-shaped bodies of iron oxide called magnetite. Most iron ore is red or brown, but magnetite is black. These ore bodies are found in various places along this range of mountains and were one of the chief economic resources of America during the 18th and early 19th centuries. The richest of these deposits was found in Morris County. The mining industry of New Jersey dates to the late 1600’s when copper was ﬁrst mined by Dutch settlers along the Delaware River, in Warren County. One of the ﬁrst iron mines in the United States was in the

Mt. Hope section of Rockaway Township, in Morris County. It was iron ore mining that brought the earliest permanent settlers into the area, around 1710. There are indications that some copper mining had been done perhaps 25 years earlier, most likely by the Dutch. Nearly 92-percent of the state’s mines collected iron. According to the Encyclopedia of New Jersey (2004), the earliest miners in New Jersey were Dutch and English (primarily Welsh), migrating to the new world in the 1700s. Later, the Irish, followed by eastern European peoples came to dominate Morris County’s mining labor force. The mining industry in Morris County helped to establish North Jersey as a major producer of essential minerals beginning in the early 18th century. The New Jersey Geological Survey (NJGS) has scanned the mine maps in its collection. There are 622 published and unpublished mine maps that date from 1867 to 1983. The ﬁgures may be higher since there is a 150-year gap where no records have been found. As the reputation of vast iron resources grew, it helped to establish New Jersey’s importance to the mining industry. The British took note of the increasing popularity of iron products and the British Parliament enacted a law that forced the colonies to ship all pig and bar iron to England for processing, then returned as nails, horseshoes,

axes, and cook ware. The returning products were affixed a Duty which further reduced any profit to the citizens. One area that showed a high density of black ore was Succasunna, from the Lenni-Lenape Native American word for “Black Rock,” most likely due to the rich iron-ore deposits in the area. Tradition has it that the Native Americans knew of these deposits and told the colonists of the black stones. It is also said that the Native Americans worked the iron and that arrowheads and other articles of iron made by the Native Americans had been found around Morristown. This seems extremely unlikely. The Native Americans never learn to smelt iron. If they had any iron implements, these must have been made for them by the colonists. The first iron forge of which there is a definite record was built at Whippany in 1710, by Judge Budd and John Ford. It marks the beginning of the industrial era, and it was to make the Ford family one of the wealthiest and most influential in the country. These early ironworks were simple affairs. They used local wood and waterpower, the latter required to work the huge bellows above the hearth to carry off the fumes and smoke. The forge was a hearth with a hood and earlier forges were made of stone or brick. Iron ore and coal were piled on the hearth. The heat of the fire was increased by

MORRIS COUNTY- Mayo Performing Arts Center (MPAC) returns its free summer Arts in the Community concerts and movies to various locations in Morristown. “Our Arts in the Community concerts are great opportunities to experience diverse artists throughout Morristown,” said Allison Larena, President and CEO, MPAC. “We look forward to presenting amazing free outdoor summer concerts that people of all ages and backgrounds can enjoy together.” The 2022 Arts in the Community concert series is generously supported by ADP. “I am honored as a Morristown resident to represent ADP in our support of MPAC’s community outreach. This program provides a vital outlet and forum for people to come together and celebrate the Arts. At ADP, our culture and values are anchored in giving back to the communities where we work and live, which aligns perfectly with the

spirit of Arts in the Community,” said Tara Albritton, SVP, NAS, HCM Service at ADP, and member of MPAC’s Board of Trustees. Concerts will be held at various locations in Morristown, including Cauldwell Park, the Early Street Senior Center and the Vail Mansion Plaza (adjacent to MPAC). All events are free. More info here: https:// www.mayoarts.org/community-events This year’s concerts will span a variety of musical styles, and featuring the return of MPAC’s popular Salsa under the Stars featuring the Newark Arts High School Latin Band, jazz duo Acute Inﬂections, the 60s rock music of John McDermott Band and more. New this year is that many of the events will feature special guest performances from participants from 2022’s Morristown Onstage, including overall winner Zion Pearson and audience favorite, the Unity Steppers.

Arts in the Community Lineup (Additional events and locations may be added): Early Street Senior Center Wednesday, June 15 at 6 pm Darius Frowner & LaDonna Burns When not serving as Mayo Performing Arts Center’s Performing Arts School musical director, Darius Frowner can be found on the cabaret circuit in New York City. Enjoy pop, Broadway and American standards featuring vocalist LaDonna Burns. Special Guest: MPAC Performing Arts School Students Cauldwell Playground (Clyde Potts Dr. & Flagler Street): Wednesday, July 6 at 6 pm Nahscha Singer/songwriter Nahscha classiﬁes herself as a mix between pop, soul and R&B. Nahscha believes that music is a universal language, and the best way to communicate to people. Special Guest: Unity Step-

A trainload of miners on their way to a 12–14-hour day. (Credit Hibernia Mine, Mt. Hope)

the air coming from the bellows above. More ore and more charcoal were added. The operators stirred the hot mass using a stick of green wood which gave off more carbon monoxide as it charred. More and more of the growing iron particles came together and formed a spongy mass of iron, interlaced with veins of slag. This mass is called a bloom and the forgers often spoke of the bloomery. When the bloom was removed from the hearth, and while still hot, it was hammered. In the early days with sledgehammers, later with a trip hammer driven by waterpower. Still later, power-driven rollers and squeezes were devised which would do the job faster and more evenly.

What slag was left were thread-like strands which were usually too small to cause ﬂaws in the metal. This was wrought iron, a relatively soft, but easily worked and suitable for most of the usage of the day. Remnants and markers of Morris County’s mining history can still be found in many northern towns, obviously including Mine Hill. Boonton grew around the Ironworks built there in 1830. Ironia, Denville, Randolph and Rockway were also heavily into iron mining. Mining was extremely dangerous. There were crushing disabling injuries, cave-ins, deadly gasses, and disease. The 600+ abandoned mines of northern New Jersey represent a legacy of achievement in the face of often fatal accidents.

Iron mining in New Jersey was mostly shut down around 1883 when the iron could be imported for less cost. However, the Beach Glen mine was one of the exceptions. The mine was worked on and off from 1851 on when two openings were made 400 feet apart. In 1900, at a depth of 475 feet, a rich magnetite vein was discovered 14 feet wide yielding 56 to 60-percent iron. Up to this point, only lean ore had been found. 7,000 tons of ore were removed but the plummeting price of ore closed the mine again in 1903. The mine reopened in 1923, working sporadically until 1930. It is estimated that there is at least 600,000 tons of ore still buried in the mountains of New Jersey.

pers (2022 Morristown Onstage Audience Pick Winner) Vail Mansion Plaza (adjacent to MPAC): Wednesday, June 29 at 6 pm Salsa under the Stars Featuring Newark Arts High Latin Band Come out for the annual summer dance party! Featuring music from the Newark Arts High Latin Band, Salsa under the Stars is a chance to enjoy a beautiful summer evening dancing the night away. Free dance lessons provided! Dance lesson by: Arthur Murray Dance Wednesday, July 13 at 6 pm Acute Inﬂections The duo of Elasea Douglas (vocalist) and Sadiki Pierre (bassist) deliver an intoxicating jazzy, funky and sultry sound that’s a mix of pop, jazz, R&B, rock and reggae. Special Guest: Zion Pearson (Morristown Onstage Overall Winner) Wednesday, July 27 at 6 pm The Bryan Hansen Band The Bryan Hansen Band’s “blue eyed funk” sound mixes funk, rock, soul and R&B. Their music inﬂuences include Stevie Wonder, Dave Matthews Band, John Mayer, Al Green and Victor Wooten. Special Guest: Kevin Madden (2022 Morristown Onstage

ﬁnalist) Wednesday, August 10 at 6 pm Sabrina Genesis Sabrina Genesis is a pop and alternative R&B artist that prides herself in her vocal diversity and heavy improvisation, both instrumentally and vocally. Sabrina took top adult honors at 2022 Morristown Onstage. Special Guest: Tess Carvelli (2022 Morristown Onstage Rossoff Rising Star Award Recipient) Wednesday, August 24 at 6 pm John McDermott Band’s Sixties Soul Revue The John McDermott Band’s Sixties Rock & Roll Revue recreates and performs the music of the most iconic rock and roll bands of the sixties. Special Guest: Maya Bhide (2021 Morristown Onstage winner) At MPAC: U.S. Army Field Band and Chorus Thursday, June 30 at 7 pm Since 1756, Army bands have stood side-by-side with Americans helping inspire them during times of peril. The United States Army Field Band focuses on serving communities across the country the best way it can, by maintaining a connection between the American people and the Army. This elite 65-member

instrumental ensemble, founded in 1946, has performed in all 50 states and 25 foreign countries for audiences totaling more than 100 million, and will perform classical and patriotic favorites. Ticket distribution in June Free Movie Tuesdays at MPAC - Tickets available in July Clifford the Big Red Dog Tuesday, August 2 at 10:30 am - Rated PG Summer of Soul Tuesday, August 2 at 7 pm - 2022 Oscar-winner for Best Documentary. Rated PG-13 Encanto Tuesday, August 16 at 10:30 am - 2022 Oscar-winner for Best Animated Feature. Rated PG West Side Story (2021) Tuesday, August 16 at 7 pm - Steven Spielberg directed this 2021 adaptation of the classic 1957 Rated PG-13 Rain site for Vail events: St. Peter’s Church Rain site for Cauldwell is Neighborhood House Rain Site for Early Street Senior Center: Grow It Green Pavilion Tickets and reservations are not necessary (with the exception of events at MPAC). Attendees may want to bring a blanket or lawn chair.

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for his favorite basketball team, the LA Lakers, with courtside seats in 2020 next to his son Ray, who is also an actor. Ray Nicholson, 30, is on his way to an impressive career himself, with recent roles in the TV series “Panic” and the critically acclaimed films “Licorice Pizza” and “Promising Young Woman.” *** Q: Is “The Lincoln Lawyer” on Netflix the same character Matthew McConaughey played in the movie several years ago? Is the Netflix version a series or a movie? -- K.J. A: Yes, the 2022 version of “The Lincoln Lawyer” is in the form of a series on Netflix. Both the current project and the 2011 movie that starred McConaughey are based on the bestselling novels by Michael Connelly. Produced by Ted Humphrey (“The Good Wife”) and David E. Kelley (“Big Sky”), the

the upcoming fifth season of “Yellowstone” is now in progress. According to TV Guide, there will be “more episodes than ever,” with a break halfway through the season. It all begins on Sunday, Nov. 13. Also, brace yourself for this announcement. Another “Yellowstone” prequel series is on the horizon called “1932,” starring none other than Harrison Ford and Helen Mirren. It follows in the footsteps of the first prequel spin-off series, “1883,” which also was about the Dutton family and starred Sam Elliott, Tim McGraw and Faith Hill. “1932” will pick up several decades later with the next generation of Duttons. Send me your questions at NewCelebrityExtra@gmail. com, or write me at KFWS, 628 Virginia Drive, Orlando, FL 32803. (c) 2022 King Features Synd., Inc.

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new series stars Mexican actor Manuel Garcia-Rulfo as Mickey Haller, an idealistic attorney who takes over a law practice and the defense of a high-profile case involving a tech billionaire. Neve Campbell (“Scream”) and Becki Newton (“Ugly Betty”) co-star. Garcia-Rulfo, 41, is one of those familiar faces who is about to become a household name. He previously starred in “From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series” and “Goliath,” but “Lincoln” has gained him much wider exposure with a high number of viewers tuning in to the show. *** Q: When will the new season of “Yellowstone” premiere? I want to binge all the previous seasons before the new one starts up. I want to see what all the fuss is about. -- E.S. A: Paramount recently announced that production for

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Ice Cream Made with Love for Dad

Few relationships are as special as a bond between a mother and her child. There is often so much laughter, so much love and so many good times spent around food and family over the years. From trying new foods together and cooking lessons at a young age to time-honored family recipes, there are few things better than mom’s cooking. This delicious Very Berry and Creamy Coconut Ice Cream was created with mothers in mind. It’s melt-in-yourmouth delicious, especially when it’s made with fresh ingredients right at home for a perfect addition to Mother’s Day festivities. This ice cream features the

rich tartness of frozen fruit and a sweet creaminess from the coconut milk. The two ﬂavors of ice cream create a unique combination that’s out-of-thisworld delicious. To make the Berry Ice Cream, blend 2 pounds of frozen berries, sweetened condensed milk, honey and salt until smooth then freeze for four hours. To make the Coconut Ice Cream, beat 2 cups of whipping cream in a mixer until stiff peaks form. In a bowl, combine sweetened condensed milk, coconut milk, salt and 1 cup of the whipped cream. Whisk then add remaining whipped cream and whisk until combined. Place in a dish and freeze for four hours.

Once properly chilled, both ice creams are ready to scoop and serve. Garnish with mint leaves for an extra pop of color, if desired. Enjoy a delightful treat with your mom as you make memories year after year. This time it may be mom’s turn to ask for the recipe. Find more sweet treats for Mother’s Day at Culinary.net. Very Berry and Creamy Coconut Ice Cream Yield: 11 cups Berry Ice Cream: 2 pounds frozen berries (such as raspberries, blueberries, strawberries and blackberries) 1/2 cup sweetened condensed milk 1 tablespoon honey 1/2 teaspoon salt

Cooking and entertaining outdoors can bring friends and family back together, but it doesn’t have to be complicated. Simple, ﬂavorful recipes can be easy on the home chef yet still tasty and enjoyable for those at the table. One of the best parts of the season is grilled fare like burgers, hot dogs and fresh vegetables. This year, consider adding a plant-based option to your menu. Made with simple, recognizable ingredients, Lightlife offers vegan, nonGMO options that are made for the grill, like Plant-Based Burgers, Smart Dogs and Italian Smart Sausage. These products can help satisfy the craving for protein and are made with ingredients you can feel good about serving your friends and family. “Food brings people to-

gether, and now more than ever, grilling season and dining al fresco is one of the best ways to do that,” said Tommy McDonald, executive chef at Greenleaf Foods. “Think of the grill as an additional seasoning element – a zero-fuss way to add miles of ﬂavor. One of my favorite products is Lightlife’s Smart Dogs, which have been reformulated to taste better than ever. Try topping them with a freshly made onion jam or quick-pickled relish.” Consider these tips from McDonald to properly grill plant-based variations of your favorite meals: Be mindful of cook times. Plant-based protein products typically taste best when cooked properly, usually over a low, open ﬂame. When you’re almost ready to dish them out in recipes like Grilled Pineap-

ple Burgers with Honey Garlic Barbecue Sauce or Avocado Toast Dogs, give them a quick sear. If you’re unsure, reference the recommended cook times on the packaging. Keep it separate. During these seasonal celebrations, there’s often some people who want traditional meat and others who crave plant-based options. To satisfy your group, drop a cast-iron skillet on the grill and allow it to heat up. Put your favorite plant-based proteins in the skillet, along with veggies, to keep the grill organized. Top it off. Don’t skimp on the toppings. The next time you’re looking to jazz up burgers, sausages or hot dogs, make an easy DIY onion jam to spread on top. While the burgers and dogs are on the grates, continued on page 25

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Coconut Ice Cream: 2 cups heavy whipping cream 1/2 cup sweetened condensed milk 1/2 cup coconut milk 1/2 teaspoon salt mint leaves, for garnish (optional) To make berry ice cream: In blender, pulse frozen berries, sweetened condensed milk, honey and salt until smooth, scraping down sides. Pour mixture into 5-by-9inch loaf pan. Freeze uncovered 4 hours, or until set. To make coconut ice cream: In large mixing bowl, beat whipping cream until stiff peaks form. In medium bowl, whisk sweetened condensed milk, coconut milk, salt and 1 cup

whipped cream until combined. Add remaining whipped cream and whisk until combined. Pour into 5-by-9-inch loaf pan. Freeze uncovered 4 hours, or until set.

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