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Sisters Share Birth, Lung Disease And Hope For Better Health

By Cheryl Conway hat a wonderful world it would be if there were two-for-one deals when it came to lung transplants. Elsy and Walter Atencio of Netcong got a two-forone deal when their identical twin girls were born on Sept. 6, 2004. They got yet another two for one deal five years ago when they learned that their two girls suffered from Childhood Interstitial Lung Disease, chILD, which is a group of rare lung diseases that can cause chronic cough, rapid breathing and shortness of

breath. Their one daughter, Sofia Maria Atencio, received a double lung transplant last Easter, Sun., March 27, at Children’s Hospital in Philadelphia, after being on the waiting list for 18 months since 2014. Her sister, Stefany Maria Atencio, went on the waiting list a year later in Oct. 2015, and is still waiting for her donor for the same procedure. “My mom and brother woke me up,” recalls Sofia, seventh grader at the Netcong School. “My mom was crying and said ‘Guess what happened?’ I kept say-

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ing ‘We won the lottery? We are going to Disney Land?’ Then she said ‘no, something that you been waiting for.’ Then she said my lung transplant. Then, I remember that it was Easter morning, and I told them that the Easter bunny brought my lungs, and I remember crying.” Sofia says she now feels like a normal person after faced with so many challenges such as “the struggles to breathe, and live, and fit in with the other kids;” and “no movies” still. “She can’t go to the movies or crowded places, she can get sick easily,” her mom explains. “My hopes for this new year is for Stefy to get her lungs, and looking to party on March 27th for my one year anniversary of my transplant,” says Sofia. Stefany shares the same hope. Her condition has left

her “tired and not active as before. I can’t do anything because I get tired easily and fast, but I play my Ps4 all day!” Unlike Sofia, Stefany is home-schooled as “She’s home all the time having to deal with the world of oxygen,” says her mom. They go to Philadelphia every other week so she can exercise, go for blood work monthly, meet with the pulmonologist. “You have to keep the phone with you 24/7,” waiting for that call to come in as there is only a short window to get to the hospital. When she’s home, she enjoys playing with her 20year old brother and “anything that involves dogs, and playing video games and my sister,” says Stefany. Sofia got the transplant first because she was on the waiting list longer as she was “weaker than Stefany,” says Elsy. “She was in a

Sofia, on left, and Stefany.

wheelchair. She was in really bad shape. She was really tired even talking to us; it was really hard for her.” Since the surgery, “Sofia is the joy of life,” says her mom. “She’s happy.

She was doing Christmas gifts this year, stayed up until midnight. It’s another Sofia, full of energy and happiness. She’s at school getting good grades and continued on page 4

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Local Mom Donates Son’s Birthday Presents To Paper’s Toy/Clothing Drive

By Cheryl Conway elebrating his birthday was one of Ryan McConnell’s favorite things, even more exciting than Christmas, says his mom. So to honor her son, Karen McConnell of Budd Lake holds a birthday party for him every year on his birthday. This year’s party was held Fri., Dec. 16, at Mt. Playmore at Turkey Brook Park. This year’s birthday theme was a balloon watch. About 35 birthday guests made up of family, friends, former classmates and teachers attended and wrote messages on about 50 helium balloons and sent them into the sky. “Ryan always loved balloons,” says McConnell. “Ryan loved his birthday so much, he loved it more than Christmas. It was the one day he loved every year. He had a countdown everyday starting in October. It was just a happy day in our household. Even his friends ask ‘What are we doing for Ryan’s birthday?’ I couldn’t even think of Christmas until his birthday passed.”

McConnell would go all out and book his parties at all of the great party places like movie theaters, jumping places and bounce houses. His birthday is a “very happy day, but very sad day,” explains McConnell. Ryan would have been 13 years old last month but he died four years ago from No-rovirus, she says. Ryan got the stomach flu in March 2013 which turned into Norovirus, “it’s like a child having a heart attack,” she describes the “very horrific day in the emergency room.” McConnell had gotten a letter sent home from school warning her that the stomach flu was going around right before spring break. “Ryan was saying ‘my belly hurt.’ He was starting to not eat too well.” He had “the stomach flu forming but we didn’t know it,” she describes. “I went to wake him up for school and he wasn’t waking up,” she says. Ryan was medevaced to Goryed Children’s Center in Morristown. He died March 18 at the age of nine. As tragic as it was, Mc-

Connell has found ways to honor her son’s memory. She bought Christmas presents for four little boys this past holiday though an adopt a child program at her church. “It helps me saying ‘the stuff is from Ryan.’ I always taught him to give.” She also donates to Autism as Ryan had high functioning autism. “He was always very happy and laughing,” says McConnell. He was a “very happy little boy, was loved by everyone in town.” Oct. 9, 2016 was the third time she participated in the Autism Speaks Walk. McConnell, who serves on the State Walk Committee for Autism Speaks helps to plan walks throughout the state. She also forms a team made up of his friends, teachers, classmates and family, and allocates proceeds to Autism Speaks. This year her team-Rainbows Remembering Ryanraised $3,000; she has raised $7,000 since participating. McConnell donated money from Ryan’s funeral to Mt. Playmore. “He loved Turkey Brook

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Park,” she says. Mt. Olive Twp. dedicated part of the slide area to Ryan, the location where McConnell hosts the balloon launch every year. “Forever laughing Ryan McConnell,” is engraved in the area designated in his memory. “We froze,” this year, at the park says McConnell, but that did not spoil Ryan’s gathering of loved ones. Pastor Chris Scrivens of the Community Presbyterian Church of Chester joined in. Ryan’s former classmates from Sandshore Elementary School and Lake Drive School in Mountain Lakes, wrote poems and letters and read them aloud. After the balloons got released, the group continued the party at Frank’s

Pizzeria in Flanders. With the presents received, McConnell usually donates to Toys for Tots. This year, she decided to contribute to the New View Media Group toy/clothing drive. She gave 10 toys, which included arts and crafts and board games; and gave the remainder to the Toys for Tots collection at the local fire station. “I liked helping the town out this year,” says McConnell, who serves on four committees in town. “Toys for Tots is so large; it’s a big organization. I don’t know where my Ryan’s toys were going when it leaves the train. It felt nicer giv-ing it to them [New View Media Group]; keeping it closer to home. “It made me feel nice,”

says McConnell, about giving to kids locally in a town that has been so supportive through her tragic loss. “I can’t thank Mt. Olive enough. Mayor, council, police have been phenomenal with keeping my son’s memory alive. He grew up here, he loved it. It will always be his home in his heart and my heart.

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Hope For Better Health... continued from front page making friends.” With hope, prayer and some faith, Stefany awaits for her turn. For the new year, Stefany looks forward to “My new Lungs and quality time with my parents because they work a lot,” she says. She remains hopeful, “cause we believe in God, and we pray a lot. We know that miracles can happen, like Sofia. Sofia and her mom offer some advice to others faced with similar situations. Sofia wants “To tell all the kids not to complain on what they are fighting for and to believe.”

Elsy says, “I can offer other families waiting for transplants to have faith in God.” The two girls were recently featured on the front page of the Gift of Life Family House newsletter. The Atencios had stayed there for about three months during Sofia’s transplant and recovery. During her sister’s surgery, Stefany became ill too and was also hospitalized at the same hospital. Gift of Life Family House offers families of transplant patients of area transplant centers a place to stay. “We were so blessed,”

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The Value In Dental Implants

s consumers, we want to be sure that when we spend our hard-earned dollar on something, we are getting value. The dictionary defines “value” with words such as importance, worth, or usefulness. Dental implants truly provide a valuable service and function. The versatility of dental implants can provide value in many ways: they can replace missing teeth without damaging others like bridges and dentures, they can create gorgeous smile makeovers, they can stabilize dentures or even eliminate them, and we’ve seen time and time again how they can turn people’s lives around. The other week we per-

formed another All-OnFour® dental implant procedure. This patient had been suffering from multiple dental infections, pain, and a poor smile for years. She had been talking about a smile makeover for three years with me, and she finally moved forward with treatment. In one appointment we were able to clear her of infections, place four implants, and connect teeth to them. She left the office a few hours later with a new lease on life in the form of a brand new smile! “Value” was created for her: the smile and teeth were important, worthwhile, and useful. She was able to eat without pain. Friends and family commented on her beautiful smile. The same

stories hold true whether a person requires a single tooth, denture stabilization, or replacement of multiple teeth. One important factor to consider is who should take care of your implant needs. Value is absolutely created in this arena, too. Dental implants are NOT a specialty, and can be placed by any dentist, regardless of their training. The most common scenario is to have an oral surgeon or periodontist place the implants and the general dentist place the teeth on top of the implants. However, a big complaint I hear from patients is that they don’t like this arrangement: they want one dentist to take care of both. I have been placing and restoring

implants myself for over 20 years. Rarely do patients have to jump from one office to another: its all done in one location. Patients find it valuable to their personal time and peace of mind that everything is taken care of in one location. In order to help determine YOUR level of value in dental implants, here are some questions or topics you should consider asking your dentist and / or surgeon: • How long have you been placing / restoring implants? • What kind of training have you undergone? What implant organizations are you involved with? • If more than one office is involved, how in-sync

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Noah Brown Declares 2017 NFL Draft

By Griffin Conway ocal athletic sensation, Noah Brown of Flanders, a wide receiver from the Ohio State University, has declared for the 2017 NFL draft. Brown, former student at Mountain View Elementary School and Mt. Olive Middle School before attending the private Pope John XXIII Regional High School in Sparta, came out with the announcement on Twitter, Sat., Jan. 7. He first let his college coaches know about his decision through personal phone calls, and then came his tweet, which gained radical attention from his friends and fans earning 840 retweets, 2,900 likes and 226 responses. In a farewell to col-

lege football, Brown told his followers: “First and foremost I want to thank my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ for the many blessings he has put in my life. Throughout my 3 years at Ohio State God put some of the most amazing people in my life and taught me many lessons that I will never forget and will use going forward in my journey. I want to thank everyone at the Ohio State University and Buckeye Nation for the best experience I could ever ask for.” In his junior year at college at the age of 21, Brown’s decision to take a break from his education and make a play for the NFL was not an easy one. He had consulted his family prior to making the final

decision. Noah’s mother, Ally Brown of Flanders, says “delaying his education at this time was a tough decision. Noah has always been a hard worker and a gifted athlete. Being a student-athlete at the Ohio State University is up to this point his highest and most proud athletic and academic achievement.” She concludes that understanding his injury in August 2015 prior to this past college football season was a key factor in finalizing his decision. “His dreams seemed out of reach while he underwent two major surgeries in a span of three months,” Ally says. “Going through something like that reminds us that tomorrow

isn’t promised. The fire to succeed and excel still burns within him. He wants to work even harder to earn a chance to realize his dreams.” As far as completing his schooling, “The opportunity for his education has only been delayed; he intends to finish his degree,” says Ally. Brown, who has been playing the game of football since he was five years old, had grown up playing running back. His favorite football players growing up were Jerry Rice and Tiki Barber, he says. He had switched to a wide receiver in high school, and kept that position at Ohio State sporting jersey #80. As no stranger to the

world of athletes, prior to accepting a football scholarship at Ohio State, Brown had a full ride to play col-

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Like us on facebook www.facebook.com/mypaperonline.com • Tell Them You Saw It In The Mt. Olive News News • January 2017 • Page 9 Noah Brown... cont. from previous page “I chose football over basketball because I thought it had the potential to take me further in life,” Brown says. “My proudest accomplishment of [my] college career was winning the national championship in 2014,” says Brown. During his freshman year, the Ohio State Buckeyes- won 4220 against the University of Oregon Ducks, in the NCAA playoff championship game on Jan. 12, at the Cowboys Stadium in Dallas, TX. At Ohio State on Sat., Sept. 17, 2016, Brown emerged to the scene of an NFL prospect after he notched a four touchdown game on the road against a #14 ranked Oklahoma side. On one of his scores, he

had caught the ball around another player and pinned it to his back, proceeding to fall into the corner of the end zone for a touchdown. This highlight gained worldwide attention on ESPN, and according to a tweet from Skip Bayless from Fox Sports 1, “Ohio State’s Noah Brown is going to make an NFL team very happy.” In the aftermath of an eye catching season, Brown wrapped up his announcement on twitter and added, “However after much thought, prayer, and conversation with my loved ones, I have decided it is time for me to move on to the next level and chase my dreams. I have decided to forgo my remaining years of eligibility and will be declaring for the 2017

NFL draft!” Brown adds, “thank you to the Mt. Olive community and everyone who has had a positive impact on my life thus far. I hope to continue to make you proud and represent well!” His friends and family are so excited to see where he lands. “I would like him to be drafted to the team that can best utilize his skill set and where he will be happiest,” says Ally. His mom has enjoyed “everything,” when it comes to watching him play. “I am truly his biggest and most rowdy fan.” Brown is currently at Tom Shaw Camp in Orlando, Fla., where he will be training until the draft. He is training for the NFL combine which is set for

the end of February; Pro Day at OSU in March; and the NFL draft in Philadelphia in May. He concludes with some

advice for kids looking to pursue their dreams. “I would tell them to always work as hard as you possibly can because until

you push yourself to what you thought was your limit you will never see how far you can actually go and what you can achieve.”

Library Hosts Workshop For Better Health

he Mt. Olive Public Library plans to host a workshop titled, “Keep Calm – Eat Healthy!” on Thur., Jan. 26, at 7 p.m. in the Gathering Room. Join Lydia Lelah, retail dietitian from ShopRite of

Flanders, as she teaches participants to make better choices and focus on a healthy balance of food, activities and fun. By implementing a few simple steps, begin and maintain a healthy lifestyle!

There will also be a question/answer session following the presentation so bring all questions! Registration requested. Call 973-691-8686 ext. 106 or go to www.mopl.org to register.

Calendar Party Planned

ome to the Starlight Chapter #107, Order of the Eastern Star, Calendar Party on Sat., Feb. 4, at noon, at Musconetcong Lodge in Budd Lake. All are welcome to attend. Tickets are $10. There will be 12 tables and each will be festively

decorated for a month of the year. Everyone will be served chicken pot pie, salad and beverages. The hostess for each individual table will provide dessert for her table. It will be a fun afternoon of food, fun, games and prizes. The newly published

cookbook, compiled by Starlight Chapter’s members and friends will be available. The cookbook contains 350 recipes and costs $15. For further information or to purchase tickets, call Ellen Mason at 570-6561292.

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By Cheryl Conway uiding the congregation with some “real learning” and increasing intergenerational relationship are two main goals of the new vicar at the Abiding Peace Lutheran Church of Budd Lake. Vicar Serena Rice of Belle Meade has been serving as the spiritual leader of the local church since Sept. 2016. She is currently working on a master’s of Sacred Theology at the Lutheran’s Theological Seminary of Philadelphia with intentions on becoming the church’s next pastor once ordained, hopefully in May 2018. With only four months as the church leader, Rice has embraced the sense of community and love she has witnessed at her congrega-

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tion. “The church in Budd Lake is really an amazing community,” says Rice. “They’re a community formed by love. Sense of family is important,” she says, “but reaching out to the community is just as important.” Church members reach out to the community through its food pantry; volunteering by cooking and serving at nearby soup kitchen- Faith Kitchen in Dover; and organizing and active senior ministry providing social opportunities for its seniors. Currently about 45 people come out to the church on Sundays to worship. Before arriving, the congregation had no spiritual leader for the past three years, ex-

plains Rice. Founded in the late 1960’s, Abiding Peace was started as a Ministry of the Vasa established by some people of Swedish decent, says Rice. In the 1990’s the congregation peaked with more than 200 members. It is known for starting the Mt. Olive Manor. The church was able to continue without a pastor thanks to the lay leadership. “The lay leaders of the church are really the life of the church,” says Rice. “They brought in new members without a pastor. Church is about being a community- finds ways to act out their faith without context of congregation. What’s exceptional is the way they really thrived without pastoral leadership.

Every member feels this is their church.” The church has been without a pastor since there is a “shortage of pastors right now.” The congregation was looking for someone part-time, while most pastors want full-time work, explains Rice. Since her arrival, the membership has come to appreciate “the sense of spiritual leadership” Rice brings, she explains. “They do the work, they organize but there isn’t a sense of what’s next,” says Rice. They are “seeking guidance of scripture, and God and spirit to discover what God can bring and what we can bring to the community.” Rice says, “The people in the congregation need the

opportunity to do real learning. Worship is important” but there is limited opportunity to learn and engage in scriptures, adult education and Bible studies. With that in mind, Rice just started an adult education program at the church to enhance education. “We all need to keep learning; if we stop learning we start dying,” says Rice. Rather than lecturing, she plans “to look at scripture together. What does the Bible teach me to expand my life?” Rice would also like to encourage more programs and projects to include children and adults to increase intergenerational relationships. “There’s not often space for relationships to get to

know adults who aren’t in your family; to be a resource other than mom and dad. We are hoping to be that resource in Budd Lake. Rice is thinking of an education program other than on Sunday mornings to encourage this relationship, programs such as a fair in October to recognize the 500th year anniversary of continued on next page

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love of God and act out. These people show the love of God everyday, either at church, at home, at work. Hopefully that’s happening in every moment of their lives.” Rice grew up in California and came east in 2000

to attend graduate school at Princeton Theological Seminary where she got a master’s in Divinity; followed by a master’s in social work at Rutgers University’s School of Social Work. Her intention was to work in a career involving social min-

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istry “My concern for issues of poverty has always drawn to my faith,” says Rice, adding that she has been drawn to the church since she was 13. When she realized “there was always something missing because I couldn’t direct it to my faith,” she decided to pursue a degree in Lutheran Studies with hopes to be ordained next year. Before coming to Abiding Peace, Rice served as a chaplain at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick and as executive director at the Anti-Poverty Network of NJ for two years. As a vicar, Rice serves as a representative of the bishop for the state of NJ. She is under supervision and meets with a pastor every

week, Bishop Tracie Bartholomew. Rice is also a mother of two, a nine year old daughter and seven-year old son. “They are a light,” says Rice. “Parenting is a wonderful preparation for work in the church. You have to be driven in love.” Her family splits their time at her church and Living Waters Lutheran Church in Ringoes near their home. She has enjoyed the opportunity “to be a mother in the church and have the congregation embrace my children,” says Rice. “I love leading worship, preaching, administering sacrament, leading the prayers. “I’m leading but I feel it’s not a performance,” she says. “I’m worshipping with.” She has also enjoyed

getting to know and pray with people, in such a “short amount of time.” On March 1, at 7 p.m., Rice has planned a Joint Ash Wednesday Service at Abiding Peace with the Presbyterian, Methodist and Episcopal churches in the area. Services are open to everyone. “Ash Wednesday is one of my favorite days of the church year,” says Rice. “We will together to put together a liturgy that works for all the congregations. “I’m looking forward to sharing it with other congregations.” Regular services are held every Sunday at 10 a.m.; Sunday School at 11:15 a.m.; Choir every Wednesday at 7:45 p.m. and non-members are welcome.

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Bingo, Legos, Baking At Library

he Mt. Olive Public Library has several programs for children remaining in January. Register at www.mopl.org. Winter BINGO is set for Thur., Jan. 26, at 4:45

p.m. For ages five through 12, come play for fun and prizes. LEGO Club, Sat., Jan. 28, at 2 p.m. For ages four to12, take the building challenge based on theme

selected. No-Bake Fun on Mon., Jan. 30, 7 p.m.. For ages six to nine, bring aprons and sweet tooth to join in for some No-Bake Fun.

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eserve tickets today to cheer on teachers and the entertaining Harlem Wizards on Tues., March 21, at 7 p.m., at the Mt. Olive High School

Gym. A fundraiser of the Mt. Olive High School Basketball Booster Club, advance tickets are $11 for students and $13 for adults. Prices

go up at the door to $13 for students; $16 for adults. Buy tickets online at www. harlemwizards.com or by calling 973-584-5436.

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Donations Received From Annual Drive Reach The Most Children Yet

By Cheryl Conway ots of boxes and tears were received from New View Media Group’s annual clothing and toy drive held last month. From Nov. through Dec. 20, the monthly newspaper company reached out to communities in its coverage areas requesting new unwrapped toys and new clothing for newborn children through age 14. Clothing items collected included t-shirts, socks, pants and winter necessities such as hats, coats, gloves and scarves. Gift cards were also donated. Organizers are so thankful for all of this year’s donations. “We received an overwhelming amount this year,” says drive organizer

Mary Lalama of Flanders, co-publisher of New View Media Group. “Boxes and boxes,” that were too many to count. Like previous drives she held, Lalama set up several drop off locations to make it more convenient to contributors. Items were left at the following locations: New View Media Group in Budd Lake; Weis Supermarkets in Flanders; Philly Pretzel in Hackettstown; HomeTown Hardware in Hackettstown; and Fresco Mexican in Chester. Her fourth drive held, Lalama says she received a lot of donations this year, especially Legos. “We received tons of Legos,” she says. Instead of giving to certain organizations, most of

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the contributions went to individuals in need. “I donated all of the stuff, with the exception of two small boxes,” Lalama says which she has plans to give to a battered women’s shelter organization called Strengthen Our Sisters. “Parents that saw the article called me and I set up times for pick up at our office, and I also delivered to four families,” says Lalama. “We gave to 28 local kids this year, our largest amount to date,” adds Lalama. “We give about six to eight items per child.” Her motive, “to help struggling families and bring a smile to a child’s face,” is becoming a habit for Lalama who recently spearheaded the first community Thanksgiving

Dinner in Mt. Olive Twp. on Nov. 24, 2016, with her husband Joe Nicastro, co-publisher of New View Media Group. Reactions she witnessed this year is only encouraging her to do more. “Tears, and more tears from the single struggling

moms,” Lalama describes as she handed over the collected items. “They were all so happy and grateful to be able to have basic necessities for their kids,” like “hats, scares and gloves, and other clothing. As her next endeavor, Lalama says “I am looking

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Continue To Brighten The Future By Sharing Positive Stories In 2017

By Cheryl Conway ith winter holidays behind us and the new year already here, many may have noticed some extra kindness with more and more people giving to charities, hosting dinners, providing meals and reaching out to those struggling or needing some help to get by. These are the type of stories that New View Media Group welcomes as good news and kindness tend to spread and creates a chain reaction that may encourage others to pitch in by donating some time, money or items that they do not need or use. New View Media Group, it’s that new view on news that tends to steer away from anything controversial and negative, such as

last year’s political debates and election. The recent election, as contentious as it was, remains uneasy for many who question the next leadership; and if the other candidate would have won, that same uneasiness would have still been present. As readers look back at 2016, and then forward to what lies ahead, we must not forget the importance of sticking to core values, good ethics and morals, and proper etiquette which can range from being kind to others; having respect for all people; being honest and giving to those who may be struggling. Throughout the past year, the local community has been an outreach in so many ways to help others both near and far. Readers of the “Mt. Olive News”

were inundated with so many positive stories. In Mt. Olive, a local family hosted a community feast on Thanksgiving; Abiding Peace Lutheran Church in Budd Lake celebrated member’s 100th birthday; MO Chamber of Commerce and Kiwanis teamed up for fall food drive; Boy Scout began project to build gazebo at library; local salon hosted a pink extension fundraiser for breast cancer awareness; Mt. Olive High School graduate won fourth place as Olympic contender in triple jump; volunteer helped neighboring towns with stray cats; children splashed at new Pirate’s Cove In Budd Lake; MOHS opened new audio studio and learning lab; car show held to benefit area continued on next page

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food banks; Theater Dance provided care packages to veterans; All Veterans Memorial leader honored war dogs and created one-of-akind War Dog Memorial; council placed mailboxes in town for proper flag disposal; local family prepared magazines for hospitalized warriors; Budd Lake man

biked across country to raise money for a friend battling breast cancer; recreation hosted a run to collect pajamas and books; local woman formed breast cancer awareness group. The list of amazing stories that detail all of the wonderful actions prompted by the local community go

Food Drive Hauls In Tons Of Food

on and on. For 2017, let’s continue to share in all of the good that surrounds us, big or small, near or far. Send your press releases and story ideas to me at editor@newviewmg.com. Hope happy holidays were had by all and may 2017 be bright, healthy and filled with all great things.

his year’s Mt. Olive Holiday Food Drive was a huge success thanks to a huge haul! With participation from numerous corporations and businesses in the township,

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$225,000

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Independence Twp. $299,000

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Immaculate ,updated townhome,with full finished basement, walkout, Eat in Kitchen, sliders in formal dining to to deck,,move right in, . New price, owners motivated, want to go south before winter ! Opportunity!!

4BR col. on quiet cul de sac. Open floor plan between kit. & FR w/cozy wood stove. FLR & DR. Laminate flooring thruout. Laundry room. Up: 4BR’s w/hdwd flrs. Oversized brick patio, park-like prop. Loc. mins from shopping, restaurants,buses and train service.

Col. on cul-de-sac. Lots of windows, full fin. w/o bsmt. Updated kit. w/ s/s appls, Granite counters, moveable c/i. FR w/vaulted ceiling, fplc. Hdwd & cer. tile. Newer Roof, furn., water heater. Pool replaced 2014. HMS 1yr Home Warranty Included.

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$287,000

3BR ranch, open country kit., free standing wood stove in kit., wall in pantry, large LR, Msuite w/dressing space, large windows, solar panels, lg laundry rm off kit., property in woodland management.

more than 2,600 pounds of food donations and many cash donations including a $400 donation from the Mt. Olive Area Chamber of Commerce were collected for the Mt. Olive Food Pan-

try in time for the holiday season. The 21st annual event was organized by the Chamber and the Mt. Olive Kiwanis Club.

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3BR’s, West Brookwood sect. of Byram. 1900+ sq. ft, Hdwd flrs thru out, c/a, 1st floor BR w/ priv. deck. Fin. w/o L/L, priv. patio/deck, BR, FR, bath, laundry rm. A commuters delight, close to Rt. 206, Rt. 80, train stations.

Renov. in 2010 log home, 3BR’s, 3 full baths. 1.85 acre lot w/pond. New det. 2 story, 2 car gar. Open floor plan: LR w/wb fplc., tiled floor w/radiant underfloor heat. Wood boiler. MBR overlooks LR, 2 add’l BR’s share J&J bath., spiral staircase.

3BR’s w/full Bbsmt., solid wood doors, floor to ceiling brick mantle in LR, FP, 3 season room, FDR, lg. country Kit. w/sliders to wrap around deck, wash & dryer off of kit, half bath off kit., stream on property, lg MR w/3 closets, priv. bath.

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$394,500

Large granite kit., plenty of storage. GR w/hdwd flr, full wall fplc. LR w/stone fplc, a den, BR, full bath. Msuite w/bath and walk-in closet, 2 add’l BR’s and full bath upstairs. Bank owned prop., info. provided in good faith, not guaranteed.

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Ranch. Hdwd flrs under carpet, walking distance to school and playground. Huge heated basement with outside entrance and endless potential. Heated extra high garage, easy access to major highways, new furnace 2016.

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White Twp.

$144,900

Lg. laundry rm, 9’x6 master w/ ic, 6.5’x5’, a/c, ceiling fans, tiled Baths, pantry in Kit, closet in Mbath, covered porch, sprinkler sys, elevators from gar. to main flrs, gym located in building, club house, outdoor IG pool.

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Annual Basketball Tournament Assists In Cancer Research

By Kerry Breen n Sat., April 29, the third annual ‘Layups4Life’ fundraising event, hosted by Dan Exeter, is set to be held at Roxbury High School. All of the proceeds from the event are donated to Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC). Exeter himself is a cancer survivor. In 2013 he was diagnosed with acute lympho-blastic leukemia (ALL), along with a genetic mutation called a Philadelphia chromosome. This second factor made it a more complicated and rare type of cancer. “ALL is typically found in young children,” said Exeter, in a phone interview. “To find it in a 27-year-old doesn’t happen too frequently. I needed heavy, intensive chemo and full body radiation.” Exeter needed a T-cell transfusion to give him the best chance of beating the cancer. First he was checked to see if he was a match with any siblings - he has one brother, and there was only a 25 percent chance he was a match.

Luckily, he wound up being a match, meaning that Exeter did not need to go on a donor list. “It was certainly a tough road, between chemo and full body radiation,” explained Exeter. “I said to myself - ‘If I beat this thing, if I make my way out of it, I want to do something in the fight against this disease’.” His passion for basketball - Exeter has played the sport since the age of ten, on high school teams, recreational teams, and travel teams, as well as playing in various leagues and tournaments, and described himself as ‘a big basketball junkie’ - was what made him decide to create a tournament and donate the proceeds to MSKCC. “Running a tournament seemed very easy for me to do,” he explained. “It was something I was comfortable with. People come to get a workout, to support someone currently fighting; I knew I wanted to do something sports-related so basketball would be the way to go for me.” He reached out to Roxbury High School both because of his status as alum

and the knowledge that he had contacts within their athletic programs. One of his friends, Stu Mason, was a member of the facility; after meetings with Mason and other staff members from the school, as well as dedicated team members from MSKCC who focus on events like these, the events came together. The first tournament was in 2015 and raised ten thousand dollars in a single event. In 2016 he and his fiancée, Dana, ran the event again, raising between seventeen and eighteen thousand dollars. The two tournaments combined raised nearly thirty thousand dollars, and Exeter expects that this year’s event will raise another rec-ordbreaking amount. Those donations actually amounted to enough funds to help complete the research of doctor Bart Getta, a fellow on a bone marrow transplant team at MSKCC. Getta’s work focuses on leukemia cells that can linger after a patient receives a stem cell transplant. They noticed a problem where a number of patients with acute leucontinued on page 18

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Olympic Star Gets Key To City

OHS 2014 graduate and Olympian contender, Keturah Orji, left, is awarded the “first ever key to the township” by Mayor Rob Greenbaum at a Mt. Olive Twp. Council meeting last

month, as her proud mother, Nicole Orji, joins her. Short of earning a bronze medal in the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Keturah broke the American National record for women in triple jump.

Annual Basketball Tournament... continued from page 16 kemia who are in complete remission at the time of the transplant end up relapsing at some point afterwards. Getta and colleagues created a plan that used two approaches. The first involved next-generation sequencing, which is a technique used to detect very small amounts of mutations that are specific for the type of leukemia the patient has. The second approach was called multi-parameter flow cytometry, which is a technique that looks at markers on the surface of cells and can also detect very small percentages of abnormal cells in an otherwise normal appearing marrow. Bone marrow samples were examined in 122 patients, before and after undergoing an allogeneic stem cell transplant. The results showed that patients

who had evidence of leukemia by either of the above tests before transplant were more likely to relapse after transplant, compared to those who were negative for both tests. When comparing the two tests, the flow cytometry test was the most useful, as the DNA test only detected certain mutations. The next step of the research is to expand the set of mutations the test can detect to increase its utility. These results will have important implications on how patients with acute leukemia who undergo transplants are treated, and will hopefully lead to the new ways to reduce the risk of relapse later. This is just one project that has been assisted by the donations of the Layups4Life events. The above research was giv-

en ten thousand dollars in funding from the event. In total, Exeter donates the funds to three different departments. “There are so many worthy causes, but for my personal battle, I wanted to give to the places that related to what I went through,” explained Exeter. The donations were given to research on pediatric cancer, leukemia, and bone marrow research. “[Getta’s research] was something that gave me goosebumps.” This year’s event is set for Sat., April 29, at the Roxbury High School. It will be a series of three on three basketball tournaments; those of all skills levels, ages, and interests can register to play. Registration is open online at www.layups4life.org; those interested can also donate directly through the site.

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Mt. Olive Sparkles With Hanukka Lights At Community Celebration

By Cheryl Conway t was a rainy, bitter cold night, Mon., Dec. 26, but not too dreary for the crowd who ventured over to the Mt. Olive Senior Center in Budd Lake to partake in the lighting of the menora on the third night of Hanukka. The festival of lights, and that it was when several dozen residents both

local and nearby attended the Mt. Olive Community Menora Lighting Ceremony at 6:45 p.m. A giant wooden menora was built and placed on the front side of the Mt. Olive Twp. Municipal Building, along with other decorations representing other winter holidays, but the weather brought the celebration indoors at the Mt. Olive Se-

nior Center that evening. Rabbi Yaacov Shusterman of the Chabad of Northwest N.J. in Flanders led the candle lighting ceremony. Mt. Olive Twp. Mayor Rob Greenbaum was called up to light the candles, helped the rabbi lead the prayer and welcomed everyone to the candle lighting event. Shusterman shared a

Jazz And Other Music Favorites To Ring At Museum

usic From the Heart is set to be performed by Amani (peace) at the Bickford Theatre at the Morris Museum in Morristown on Mon., Feb. 6, at 8 p.m. Special guest 14 year old award

winning pianist, Leonieke Scheuble, will be featured. The program will include jazz and other favorites. Amani includes Marty Eigen, sax and flute; Fred Fischer, keyboards; Stephen Fuller, vocals; Flip Peters,

guitar and Nick Scheuble, drums. Special guest, Leonieke Scheuble, piano. Tickets are $17 in advance; $20 at the door. Go to www.morrismuseum.org; call 973-971-3706.

story about George Washington, when he was a general of the armies and noticed a soldier standing around with a candle. When he asked this soldier what he was doing, the soldier explained he was lighting candles for Hanukka. Washington had later visited this soldier and presented him with a medal. One lesson, the rabbi explained, that can be learned from this story is the will to embrace one’s religion and make the effort to celebrate the holidays no matter the obstacles. “Sometimes it might be inconvenient,” says Shusterman. “We need to hold on, be strong and keep up tradition.” Students from the Chabad Hebrew School en-

tertained by singing some Hanukka songs led by their teacher Fraida Shusterman. The Shustermans then announced the winners of the poetry contest and handed out the awards to the students. Poems had to be con-

nected to the Hanukka theme- “What Hanukka Means to Me” and winners were selected by a panel of judges. Participants were then invited to enjoy some potato latkes and donuts and take home some dreidels.

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Tuition From Chinese Students Could Net MO $600K Next Year all lodging, food, ground transportation, and most of the airfare for the other two administrators and all four board of education members. The total expense to the district is estimated to be less than $5,000. To accept foreign stu-

dents, schools must be approved by the federal government and be certified as a Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP) institution. The district has already filed the necessary paperwork. An inspector recently visited Mt. Olive

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Dr. Larrie Reynolds, Mt. Olive superintendent, presents a lesson on critical thinking to middle school students in Beijing.

t. Olive School District is in the home stretch of establishing a program that would welcome approximately 30 high-achieving students from China for their senior year of high school. The move could net the district as much as $600,000 in revenue next year from tuition payments. “The board of education and I are very excited about this program,” said Dr. Larrie Reynolds, superintendent of schools. “State aid has essentially been flat for years so the district is continually seeking other revenue sources. Not only will this program provide extra money, it would provide our kids with insight into another culture and allow the best and brightest Chinese students to spend a year studying in America. It’s really a win-win.” A student’s tuition would be set at the district’s per pupil spending rate, which is now approximately $20,000 per year. No added teachers or any

other significant expenses are anticipated, and Mt. Olive High School can easily accommodate the extra students. The district has partnered with Edu-Link, a Paramus-based consulting firm that builds alliances between international schools and those in the U.S., to establish its transfer program. Edu-Link will serve as the liaison between Mt. Olive and the schools in China, as well as place students with carefully-screened host families for the duration of their stays. In February, approximately 90 Chinese students are slated to visit Mt. Olive High School as part of their Edu-Link guided tour of U.S. schools. Before moving forward with the plan, four board of education members and three administrators visited China in October to learn more about the Chinese education system and the needs and customs of its students. While in China, the school officials spent

most of their time touring public and private schools in the cities of Changchun and Beijing, including several that had already established international educational partnerships. “It was important for us to be sure that the students would be a good fit for us and us with them,” said Reynolds, who was part of the contingent. “What we found were hardworking students, many of whom are now in school for 1014 hours per day, that are fascinated with America and the American way of life. They believe we have the best schools and universities in the world and they all would love to come here to learn. I was also impressed that all the students spoke English fairly well, and sincerely appreciate their teachers and the privilege of receiving an education.” Edu-Link paid for the entire cost of one administrator’s trip. A grant from the Confucius Institute of Rutgers University paid for

High School and submitted a recommendation; approval is expected by early spring. The district will select the participants for the program based on applications, academic transcripts and interviews.

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ouncil president, members of the Town Council, municipal employees, friends, relatives and fellow residents of Mt. Olive, I once again thank you for the opportunity to report on the State of the Township of Mt. Olive this year, 2017. It gives me great pleasure to advise all of you that the budget I intend to submit to the Town Council will, for the fourth year in a row, contain no tax increase for municipal services. Further, through continued conservative fiscal management, the projections looking forward for 2018 and 2019 remain sound. Although we, collectively, have successfully held the line on taxes, those efforts and results have not come at the expense, and/ or resulted in a reduction of, the municipal services we provide. To the contrary we continue to improve and expand those services. I take pride in knowing that our efforts do not go un-noticed. One resident, who follows my facebook page, recently wrote that she “loves our community and all that it has to offer.” I, and many residents who have stopped to talk to me around town, share that same sentiment. Mt. Olive has come a long way in the few years that we have governed. I see no reason to believe that 2017 and beyond will be any different. We, as the elected officials, of course, cannot take all of the credit for Mt. Olive’s successes. Obviously, government works through the department heads, supervisors, employees and residents of the township.

Mayor Presents Township 2017 Address To all of our employees, I thank you for your efforts on the residents’ behalf and take pride in your successes, some of which I am now going to touch base upon. Administration The administration continues to coordinate all aspects of local government as between the municipal departments, local businesses and residents. Through the use of Facebook, radio, newspapers, flyers and other media, we have posted more than 7,000 announcements, events, job openings, programs, employment opportunities, weather and health concerns, as well as special notifications. Our efforts of communicating with the residents far exceed any of the surrounding municipalities. We are continuously working on developing and re-developing properties, in an effort to build and sustain or commercial ratable base throughout the township. Responding to employees’ concerns and recent events, we’ve implemented additional security measures in town hall, including panic buttons in all departments and additional emergency exits in council chambers, finance and planning. Along with our building security measures, all staff went through mandatory active shooter training, conducted by Chief Steve Beecher. The first active shooter drill included a practice run of building evacuation. This year the township also purchased three automated external defibrillators (AEDs) that have been placed in various locations in Town Hall. Eight staff

members were trained on how to use the AEDs. In 2016, the township was faced with the health and safety issue related to the storage of propane and butane railroad tankers within the township. At present, I am pleased that no such tankers currently remain in Mt. Olive. We have requested that, when Morris County renews its lease with the Railroad in spring 2017, that such storage be prohibited. Now that the Morris Hunt/Morris Chase developments are near completion, the township has taken over all public services including street lighting and snow removal, as well as the public water system. A number of measures were taken by the township to provide relief for residents of Sunset Drive, due to the proximity of their homes to Turkey Brook Park. These measures include new fencing, additional signage, new trees, and redirecting some of the field lighting. Last year, Givaudan generously donated $32,550 to the township to fund improvements to Drakesbrook Park for the lacrosse program. This donation will fund a new park entrance sign, a new solar powered scoreboard, a storage shed and a practice wall. Substantial work was done on the Seward House to stabilize the structure; 80 percent of the work was funded by the Morris County Historic Preservation Trust and included roof repair, masonry restoration, repair and replacing portions of the cupola, and repairing and/or replacing windows and doors.

The restoration of the Baptist Church is nearly complete. All that’s outstanding are lime washing the exterior and the installation of ADA accessible restrooms. This year, with 80 percent funding from the Morris County History Preservation Trust, completed work included moisture protection, doors, finishes, installation of plumbing and electrical, and restoration of metals and carpentry. Due to the large number of vehicles and the large expense of vehicles the township purchases each year, we formed a Fleet Committee consisting of Councilman Alex Roman and representatives from finance, administration and DPW. This year the committee reviewed proposed purchases, their cost and their justification prior to the requests coming before council. Thanks in part to Council President Joe Nicastro’ request, the township purchased two flag donation boxes so that residents and business owners may dispose of their flags according to federal protocol. These boxes are located in Town Hall and at Turkey Brook Park. After the blizzard in January and the numerous issues that occurred within the apartment complexes, administration and DPW met several times with the property managers of Village Green, Eagle Rock, Oakwood Village to assist them in developing a plan for both staging of residents’ vehicles as well as timely snow removal, so that residents are not trapped on the premises and so that township emergency vehi-

cles can access the property during weather events. After NJDEP notified us that their standards for certain types of chemical contamination became much stricter in 2015, the number of affected properties increased from one to 35. Administration continues to work closely with DEP to install waterlines to all of these properties. While we had optimistically hoped the project would be completed this year, mapping all of the wells on each property took longer than expected. The project will commence in early 2017 and we hope it will be completed by summer. The NJDOT re-paved Route 46 from Sand Shore Road to Old Wolfe Road this year. The project, with the coordination of the township, went smoothly with a minimum impact on traffic. This year, Atlantic Ambulance took over Hackettstown Regional Medical Services EMS service in Mt. Olive. However, the service has remained the same. As with HRMS, Atlantic pays the township rent to house their ambulances in the Blue Atlas building. This rent goes into a dedicated fund that pays for ambulance services provided to Mt. Olive residents who do not have the resources to pay for the services. The township received an in-kind grant from NJDOT that will examine all of our current trails planning documents and our existing trails, and develop a comprehensive plan of our current trails, potential connections, potential new trails, potential funding

sources and an implementation plan. Finance Department Accomplishments The Finance Department, as always was outstanding in 2016. Some of those accomplishments included a finalized tax list for 2016 which resulted in a net valuation taxable that was $35 million higher than it was in 2015. They handled a total of 38 county appeals and eight state appeals which were filed in 2016. Out of the approximately 8,500 tax line items, the appeals represented less than one percent of our ratable base. The anticipated current fund balance at year end was more than one million dollars higher than it was in 2015. That end of the year fund balance is the largest in the last 16 years and is directly attributable to the collection rate, added assessments and conservative budgeting. The year end collection rate exceeded the rate in 2015. The 2015 rate was 99.03 percent. The reverse tax appeals pursued against five apartment complexes in town netted more than $240 million in added assessment which resulted in more than $900,000 in additional revenue to the township. The 2015 audit was finalized with no audit recommendations for the eighth year in a row. The LOSAP audit, arbitrage audit and worker’s compensation audits were also finalized with no recommendations. The October bond sale resulted in a credit rating increase for the township of continued on next page

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cont. from previous page one step below AAA. The sale also resulted in almost $200,000 of premium earnings for the township and a very low interest rate. The annual tax sale resulted in $685,000 of premiums. In the event a lien is not redeemed within five years, those premiums will escheat to the township. The added assessment list for 2016 resulted in a net increase of $28 million in prorated assessment and $831,000 to the township in additional revenue. IT The IT department upgraded the township phone system with Lightpath’s IP based phone system, with an annual cost savings of approximately $3,000. The installation provided 125 IP based phones to end users with an overall better quality of service as well as full redundancy in the event of a power outage. Township internet speed has increased from 50mb to 100mb. The increase allows for faster downloads and less bottlenecking of data which includes cloud storage, offsite backs-ups, video surveillance, file transfers and internet browsing. Lightpath has also agreed to credit us the remaining months on our Avaya maintenance contract which covers our current PBX phone system at a savings of approximately $17,000. With the implementation of Livestream, we will be able to connect with our community during town council meetings. Viewers can watch on any device, including desktops, tablets and mobile devices. Department of Public Works

The Department of Public Works had numerous, substantial accomplishments in 2016. The 2016 road resurfacing program included curbing and resurfacing at the South Sutton Park area of Flanders on Hermanne, Deerpath. The second section, Downstream, Pheasant Court is to be completed in 2017. In 2016, DPW paved the Kevin Drive/Bennington Road sections of Bennnington Woods; Flanders Bartley section, Lozier, Station Road and Old Wolf Road also completed. Drainage was also improved on Drakestown Road, River Road, Firetower, sections of Sandshore, Crease Road, Grant Court, and Ridge Road. Tree removal resulted in more than 75 dead or hazardous trees cleared from the township right of way and detention basins. Full depth pothole repairs were accomplished on Flanders Drakestown, Tinc Road and River Road. Sanitation continues garbage collection within Chester Borough, including household dumpster service and large item pickup. The large item sticker program has had a revenue return of over $25,000. DPW also revamped the residential recycling center to be more resident friendly for drop of recycling materials. In 2016, acquisition of the Morris Chase water system from American water was accomplished which has resulted in lower residential water rates to the residents and improved water supply within the Goldmine estates water area. DPW also installed a

300,000 gallon holding tank at the Flanders sewer plant for additional holding capacity, in part, to allow the construction of the Regency at Flanders. Fleet Maintenance The Fleet Department that was put in place by the current administration in Jan. 2013 has become an integral part of Mt. Olive’s DPW, and the decision to bring Fleet Maintenance in house has proven to be a great success. For the fourth year running, Fleet Maintenance has surpassed its expectations and been under budget. By continued use and refinement of the Fleet Master Plan, vehicle down time and costs have continued to drop. Fleet has been able to keep more than 99 percent of all repairs in-house. Recreation Department The Recreation Department held 19 special events in 2016 with more than a total of 32,000 attendees, 198 business sponsors and over 65 volunteers. Five new events debuted, including the Mermaid, Pirate and Princess Lunch at the Fairy & Pirate Festival, the Pajama Run 5K, the Township-wide Garage Sale, Glow Run 3K, Hot Cocoa 5K and Winterland; and returning favorites like Cabin Fever Reliever, Raiders of the Lost Park Mud Run, Mt Olive Week Carnival, Movie Nights at the Park, Touch-a-Truck, Food Trucks & Fireworks attracted many. Approximately 1,200 adults participated in 44 programs; about 2,300 children participated in 225 programs; more than 900 children participated in 16 summer camp programs.

Pirates Cove at Mt. Playmore opened on July 16 and continued to be popular the rest of the summer. Mandatory fingerprint background checks for volunteer coaches began in January, with more than 400 volunteers participating. Planning Department The Planning Department was actively engaged in a number of projects. Site plan applications approved by the Planning Board included: use variance/site plan approval to utilize property on Flanders Netcong Road for storage and maintenance of equipment; use variance/site plan approval to Motion Kia to utilize vacant parcel on Harris Lane for storage of vehicles; preliminary and final site plan approval to Scannell Properties for construction of 48,300 square foot building in the Foreign Trade Zone on International Drive; preliminary and final site plan for construction of two story building consisting of 9,600 square feet on Gold Mine Road to be used as office/warehouse facility; preliminary and final site plan approval to Mavis Tire to construct a new retail store consisting of 6,762 square foot on 259 Route 206; Mountain Ridge Estates (Simoff) obtained amended preliminary and final site plan approval and minor subdivision approval to create a separate lot for the 54 low and moderate income units. The new owners of the Sutton Plaza Shopping Center obtained minor subdivision approval to subdivide the one lot into three lots. The Planning Department also worked on draft ordinances to expand the

range of permitted uses to include residential use in the FTZ-4 zone district. The township also continued in its efforts to acquire the former Cobblestone Nursing home site to remove the abandoned buildings and to redevelop the site with affordable housing. Building Department The Building Department had collected approximately $640,000 in 2016, with $585,000 staying within the township as revenue. During the period of Jan. 1to Nov. 28, 2016-the Building Department issued a total of 2,200 new and updated permits. The department had a total of almost 5,000 inspections: 1,900 for building, 1,400 for electric, 1,100 for plumbing, and 465 for fire. The department also issued 61 permits for new homes within the township. Court The biggest change in the court system last year involved state mandated bail reform. That reform has led to a fundamental shift in how both courts and police departments process arrests. Mt. Olive continues to provide through a recently negotiated contract court services to Netcong Borough. Mt. Olive will see at least a two percent increase in fees from this service agreement each year for the next five years. Health Department Monitored events and progress and participated in public meeting regarding Combe Fill North well water contamination. Six private wells ran dry; all affected properties were issued permits for alterations; a few received sup-

plemental assistance from the Township Water & Sewer Department. After a joint investigation with the Zoning, Health and Police Departments, the Young Health Spa (193 Rt. 206) was forced to close due to failure to fulfill licensing requirements. Animal Control There were 28 dogs impounded, 25 dogs reclaimed, one dog adopted, one dog euthanized; 13 cats impounded, two cats reclaimed and one cat euthanized. In terms of our shared service contracts, there were 68 responses to Byram Township animal control calls and 49 responses to Washington Township. Animal Control issued a total of 697 cat licenses, and 2447 dog licenses. The Health Department conducted 469 inspections which included: 136 retail food inspections and 899 inspections of multi-dwelling units. In total the Health Department issued 53 summonses for numerous violations. With respect to health education/community outreach, the Health Department took certain measures such as a registered dietician at Senior Center; a booth display at the carnival; trained more than 60 volunteers; created a new Health Department website that showcases services;created Zika Virus education posters and placed in several venues in town; conducted two Retail Food Handler’s training courses for local food businesses. As to public health nursing, the Health Department continued on page 36

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Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage Cares Donates $100,000 To Local Charities

oldwell Banker Residential Brokerage Cares, the philanthropic arm of Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage in New Jersey and Rockland County, N.Y., recently presented checks totaling $100,000 to 10 charities who assist residents in need throughout local com-

munities. Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage Cares donated $10,000 to each of the following nonprofit organizations: Cabaret for Life, the Center for Hope and Safety, Dance for the Cure, Friends of the Child Advocacy Center in Union County, Friends for Vets (through

MTI Integrated Business Development, Inc.), Habitat for Humanity, Mahwah Marine Moms and North Jersey Military Moms, Move for Hunger, the 200 Club of Union County and United Hospice of Rockland. The funds were raised at the first ever Cares Cup event at the Meadowlands

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Thomas Edison’s Revolutionary Audio Toy Started Home Phonograph And Recorded Music Industry

By Michele Guttenberger he home music entertainment industry got its start from a handheld revolutionary toy targeted for girls - the talking doll. Thomas Edison in 1877 patented his first phonograph recorder. He envisioned his invention as time saving business equipment for letter dictation. However, a novel idea emerged of using this same technology in a miniature version to be housed inside a doll. Unknowingly, the talking doll would become the first home phonograph player when it was released to the public in 1890. Each doll housed an internal phonograph seven inches tall, with a wax cylinder measur-

ing three inches in diameter containing a six second prerecorded nursery rhyme. Edison was enthusiastic in finding a new use for his invention and thought his talking doll would bring him huge success. In the April 26, 1890 issue of “Scientific America,” he boasted that he would be manufacturing 500 dolls per day and had a doll factory staffed with 100 employees in his New Jersey factory. The men assembled the talking devices and the factory women were assigned to dressing the dolls. The doll had a dainty imported Simon and Halbig bisque face, but the rest of doll’s body looked like a sci-fi transformer figure because of its metal torso and

wooden segmented limbs. It was no wonder that Edison would later refer to this doll as a “little monster.” After several plays, the doll’s recording was scratchy and even sounded spooky. The doll’s voice crank located in the back of the doll did not have a spring mechanism. A child was expected to steadily turn the crank at an even speed for the doll to audibly recite its rhyme. The price tag may have been more horrific than its horrid voice. The basic price for a simply clothed doll was $10. However, to buy the doll complete with its 1890’s high fashion outfit the price jumped to $25. This was the equivalent of two weeks’ salary for the average person.

Edison success in the doll making business would be short lived. The customer returns on these dolls were massive. One toy retailer returned 188 dolls out of their 200-doll order. The dolls could not hold up to a child’s hard use. To recover some of these losses, they removed the voice device and drastically marked down the price to that of an ordinary doll. The 1890’s factory doll business would be noted in history as one of Edison’s marketing failures. However, it proved to Edison that the average household was willing to spend extra money for recorded home entertainment. And that brought the launch of a new nationwide industry of recording

artists, record sales and phonograph players all initially headquartered at Edison’s West Orange location. Today one can still visit the doll, an early American factory, and the evolution of phonograph players at the place of the original music

recording studio. Visit Thomas Edison National Historical Park in West Orange. It is open Wed.-Sun., 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. For more details, go to www.nps.gov/edis or call 973-736-0550 x11.

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Donation Opens New Thrift Store To Regenerate Women’s Shelter

By Cheryl Conway he new year is looking bright for a battered women’s shelter organization thanks to a significant donation from a Livingston business person who responded to an SOS call. This donor, and his wife, who wish to remain anonymous recently allocated $35,000 to Strengthen Our Sisters (SOS), a grassroots, community based non-profit, program serving homeless/battered women and children for more than four decades. The funds went toward the shelter’s utility fees and to open a thrift store in Passaic. With restricted monies coming in, the organiza-

tion has been in jeopardy of closing its doors to hundreds of women and children. While constant funding is needed to keep the non-profit running, the most recent donation has allowed SOS to sustain its operations for now and to cover the first three months’ rent of a new thrift store, Treasures Two, expected to open March 1 on Chestnut Street and Main Street, near Popeyes, in Passaic. “We’re struggling,” says Sandra Ramos of Ringwood, founder and executive director of SOS. “We are not in to money; we don’t get paid. I haven’t been paid in four years. We don’t give the money to ourselves. We give mon-

ey to serve the people. We do it out of love. We want to make the world a better place.” Established in 1977 as Shelter Our Sisters – Ramos began the first shelter for battered women in North America out of her three bedroom home in Hackensack. The organization changed its name to Strengthen Our Sisters and grew as big as eight houses, two day care centers, a food pantry and a thrift store. “Our shelter is the largest,” says Ramos, currently providing 155 beds to persons needing shelter. “We have 177 beds available. We take people that we don’t get reimbursed from welfare.”

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ance and harmony through individual empowerment. To support her organization, Ramos receives

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New Thrift Store... cont. from previous page donations, counties and social services. Ramos currently has 17 non-paid volunteers who drive shelter residents to look for jobs and attend court, doctor appointments, social services, schools; they fix things, watch children. “We have people working who have no pay, no insurance,” says Ramos, who had to reduce her non-paid staff and is currently down to seven shelter houses located in Newfoundland, Wanaque and West Milford. A teacher of social issues and dynamics of domestic violence at Ramapo College, Ramos has been reaching out to the community for monetary support to keep her organization afloat.

One man from Livingston read about her cry in the local “Livingston News,” and decided to take a closer look. “I’ve been thinking about a worthwhile organization to support,” he says. Rather than giving his money away to “get thrown in a big pot and you don’t know where it goes,” he chose SOS. “They are out of sight, out of mind.” Despite its financial woes, “they continue to supply services with their extreme limited amount of money.” He “thought it was a floundering, worthwhile organization. I called to get name of attorney to find out if they are a legitimate organization; then traveled to visit her” to see the shelters, day care cen-

ters, thrift store and food pantry. He met “a bunch of people,” young and old, and talked to them “hearing how they struggled and got strengthened getting back into society and back into their lives. “What a youthful, helpful organization it is; thought it was worthwhile to support,” he says. “It just kind of reinforced there’s a need for this; reinforced there are many people in need of support in places to live, for food. They’ve gone through tremendous financial strains.” The donor also supports the organization’s purpose: to help women “to reestablish a life after gone through a poor circumstance, such as battered women, mentally, physi-

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cally.” While he says “I’m not a zillionaire,” he says he did have some success in his profession which has now allowed him and his wife to give back. “I’ve spoken to Sandra a half a dozen times,” he says, to learn “what their needs are. They say they get a lot of donations. They need the store but they need an ongoing business to regenerate the business to self-sustain, to pay the people working there. They have to generate a good chunk of revenue plus some revenue to pay some people to run the store.” Of the funds he allocated, $10,000 went to pay shut off utility fees for gas and electric at the shelter’s

seven houses; and $20,000 as a reverse matching fund to cover the first three months’ rent at the new thrift store, explains Ramos. “We are supposed to match it,” says Ramos. “We have constant needs. We need refrigerators,” gasoline, insurance. Treasures Two is set to open March 1. The brand new store features a showroom with a store downstairs, an elevator and wood floor, describes Ramos. Customers will be able to shop for new and used furniture, high end designer clothing for mostly women, children and some selections for men. “We get a lot of stuff,” says Ramos, as far as donations. “We get some re-

ally good stuff; got a feathered couch,” antiques. The store will be open six days a week from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. The organization’s other thrift store, Treasures, opened 30 years ago and is located in West Milford. As she looks forward, Ramos hopes to add in a Jazz Café at the new store and eventually a Treasures Three featuring “gardening stuff.” Ramos is currently in need of furniture, cars, quality clothing and monetary contributions. For more details, go to http://www.strengthenoursisters.org/. To make a donation or to help, email scb@optonline.net or call Ramos at 973-831-6156.

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Township 2017 Address cont. from page 36 held several screenings and clinics. As to seniors, transportation ridership in all categories increased; new programs created such as the Walking Club and “Let’s Move” exercise program; visits from groups such as Heartbeat Dance Center’s National Champion Tap Quartet and the CMS fourth grade chorus; and special trips for shopping and restaurants. Fire Marhsall The Fire Marshall’s office conducted a total of approximately 2,500 premises and 468 smoke detector inspections among the three towns Mt. Olive provides such services for through shared service agreements. Mount Olive Police Department The Mt. Olive Police Department had many successes including NJSACOP LEAP Accreditation Re-Certification; Captain Beecher graduated from Rutgers CPM in May, becoming chief replacing Chief Mark Spitzer after 30 years of service; the police department helped prepare building change recommen-

dations and training related to safety. It conducted the first township employee active shooter drill in Nov. instituted Law Enforcement Against Drugs (LEAD) program in all elementary schools. Lt. Austenberg started the MOPD Pink Patch Project in October to promote Breast Cancer Awareness; Officer Elbaum Initiated the Coffee with a Cop Program to stimulate community officer communication and conversation; With regard to calls, the Police Department responded to approximately 1,100 alarms, 1,300 ambulance requests, 25 assaults, 43 burglaries, 12,300 directed patrols, 108 theft/ shoplifting incidents, 781 traffic crashes, 42 criminal mischief incidents, 139 incidents of harassment, 180 noise complaints, several drug overdose calls saving seven victims by administering Nasal Narcan. Three officers assigned to patrol received the Morris County 200 Club Award for Valor in 2016 for their actions at two residential

fires where they entered the structures and saved two lives. The police department closed down three massage parlors as a result of prostitution/massage ordinance. What I have included in this address is only a small sampling of what our Township Departments and employees accomplished over the course of the last year, and what they accomplish on a daily basis. Let us not forget that they are on the front line everyday working to make Mt. Olive a better safer place to live. To that end, I congratulate all of the employees in all of the successes of 2016 and look forward to greater achievements in 2017. I would like to thank the Town Council, our Business Administrator, Laura Harris, and all of our municipal employees for a job well done in 2016. May you all and have a happy, healthy and prosperous New Year. Sincerely and with great appreciation, Rob Greenbaum Mayor, Mt. Olive Township For the full address, go to www.mtolivenews.com.

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