The Somerset County 9/11 Memorial
Bergen County
A 9/11 World Trade Center Memorial is located in the Henry Hoebel Area of Overpeck Park next to Fort Lee Road in Leonia.
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Passaic County’s 9/11 Memorial
147 county residents were among the almost 3,000 who died during the 9/11 attacks.
By Steve Sears
Morris County 9/11 Memorial
On Sunday, October 20, 2002, the Essex County September 11th Eagle Rock Memorial was dedicated and unveiled. Added in 2009 was the Flight Crew Memorial, a tribute to the pilots and flight attendants on the four airplanes that crashed that day, and in 2011, a 7,400-pound steel and concrete artifact from the World Trade Center site and a bronze plaque recognizing the heroism of EMS personnel was added. In 2016, the Essex County Search and Rescue Dog Statue was then dedicated at the site to commemorate the role that dogs had in the search and recovery efforts at the World Trade Center and Pentagon after the attacks.
y Life Publications remembers and honors those who died in the attacks of September 11, 2001. We reached out to each county in our publishing area for information about their dedicated 9/11 memorials.
Essex County
“After the attacks, people spontaneously came to Eagle Rock Reservation to view the tragedy unfold at the Twin Towers and leave cards, letters, photos and flowers in an impromptu memorial in honor of their loved ones,” says Essex County Executive, Joseph DiVincenzo, Jr. “I knew immediately that this was the natural location for a memorial because of the public attraction to this site and the unparalleled view of the World Trade Center from the lookout area. Our September 11th Memorial is a special place for people to come for solace and comfort because of its unique location and its powerful message of peace and hope.” The Essex County September 11th Eagle Rock Memorial is located in Essex continued on page 4
Bergen County’s 9/11 Memorial
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County Surrogate Frank Bruno was able to obtain a piece steel from the World Trade Center, which is a permanent part of the memorial. The design, featuring a clock tower which reads, “Time to Remember,” was developed by county staff artist Linda Brady. The concept was converted into architectural drawings produced by The Musial Group of Mountainside. Construction was by Skinner & Cook of Roselle Park, and Michael Mills of Ford, Farewell, Mills & Gatsch in Princeton provided advice on the design’s relationship to the historic nature of the courthouse green, which is on the state and national historic registers.
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Dedicated on September 10, 2013, it is comprised of a steel beam from the North Tower, and behind it is a rock with the dedication plaque with the names from the 30 Passaic
40 people from Somerset County died in the 9/11 attacks on our nation, and on September 11, 2004, the 9/11 Memorial was dedicated in Somerset County. It is located on the courthouse complex lawn in Somerville at the corner of Main and Bridge streets.
County Eagle Rock Reservation off of Eagle Rock Avenue in West Orange.
Somerset County
Following the attacks in which 64 people from Morris County perished, a committee was formed which included the family members of people who died, to help locate a site for the memorial, raise funding for its construction, and select a sculptor to design it. The Morris County 9/11 Memorial was constructed on county-owned property in 2003 and dedicated on September 10 of that same year during a candlelight vigil.
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“Everyone in Morris County came together to site, fund and build our 9/11 memorial after that terrible day in 2001,” says Morris County Commissioner, Douglas Cabana. “Every bit of it symbolizes our grief for those lost, our resolve to continue living as a free nation and stand up to oppression, and our hope that future Americans will find a bright future. To this day, more than 20 years after the attacks, the memorial remains an important part of life here. Every week, Morris County tends to that memorial. We have people cleaning the walkways and the pool, replacing the flowers and wiping down the plaques. It is visited almost daily by residents and visitors from outside our county. We will never forget.”
The memorial is located at 460 West Hanover Avenue, at Morris County 9/11 Memorial Park.
County residents who died on 9/11. Bringing the beam down to the county and its placement was organized by County Commissioner Bruce James and at the time, the Director of the Police Academy, Bob Lyons. The rock with the plaque was donated by Sam Braen, owner of Braen Stone.
Commissioner Director Bruce James says, “The events of September 11 changed our lives as individuals, and as a nation. In the 20 years since the attack, there is so much to reflect on – the lessons we have learned and where we, as a nation, are headed. The tragic events that unfolded on 9/11 have molded us to find strength and hope in the face of crisis.”
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The 9/11 Memorial is located at the Public Safety Academy at 300 Oldham Road in Wayne.
Passaic County
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
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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 en-
lmost 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?” Headaches 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 previously.
In Chinese Medicine not all headaches are created
hances 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.
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The Warren County Emergency Services and 9/11 Memo rial site was dedicated in 2011, and the monument itself was completed for September 11, 2012 in memory of the four Warren County residents who died on September 11, 2001.
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Warren County Emergency Services and 9/11 Memorial
The Memorial is located at 1500 State Highway 57 in Washington, on the driveway between the Warren County Technical School and the Warren County Community Col
The memorial consists of a large steel girder from the Twin Towers, and two granite towers representing the North and South Towers of the World Trade Center. On either side are black granite memorials with the names of those from law enforcement, and the firefighters and EMS personnel who died in the line of duty. There are four smaller round pillars topped with brass disks, one memorializing Flight 93, one for the Pentagon, one for the World Trade Center, and the fourth for all of the locations that were attacked combined.
According to Warren County Fire Marshal Joseph Lake, Jr., a memorial committee member, the memorial is a place of
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Center are arranged within a five-sided area representing the Pentagon, and an Eternal Flame represents those who died in Pennsylvania along with members of the Armed Services and emergency responders. The names of the 60 deceased Union County residents are etched into the memorial.
“It gives the residents of Warren County, particularly the ones who lost friends and loved ones, a place to go to and remember.”
peace and rememberance.
The Union County September 11 Memorial
Warren County
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Lade played professionally for nine seasons for Major League Lacrosse and the Professional Lacrosse League. Af ter that, he coached at Manhattan College and Randolph High School, and now coaches at Kittatinny Regional High School. He has his masters degree in Education, and teach es Special Education at Kittatinny. He lives with his wife and son, Kaitlin and Patrick, in Sparta.
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At Syracuse, we had so many different guys from so many different roles, they didn’t need me to do so many different jobs like I was doing at Randolph and Villanova. I became more specialized. I still had the ability to push the ball in transition if I needed to, but that wasn’t what I was expect ed to do at Syracuse.”
Randolph Alum Inducted into the New Jersey Lacrosse Hall of Fame
His latest honor is his induction into the New Jersey La crosse Hall of Fame on July 18, 2022. The New Jersey La crosse Foundation hosted the award ceremony and dinner.
hen you look at the accolades bestowed on Ran dolph High School alum John Lade, it appears he has accomplished and been awarded everything in his path for the sport of lacrosse.
Lade went on to start for three seasons for Syracuse Uni versity, where he was named First-team Big East twice, was a three-time All-American, was a member of the Orange men’s 2009 NCAA Championship squad, and he received the William C. Schmeisser Award in 2011, awarded to the nation’s top defenseman in Division I men’s collegiate la crosse. It was well deserved. “When I got to Syracuse, I stopped taking face-offs, stop pushing the ball up field, and was really focusing on covering the team’s best attackman.
Lade provides a snapshot of his high school and early collegiate playing days. “My game actually evolved over my career. At Randolph, I was more of a hybrid: a close de fenseman, winning face-offs, pushing the ball in transition. And that was my job also at Villanova, doing some face offs, and really having to cover the top attackman to their team.”
Lade, 33, a 2007 grad of Randolph High School, played both football and lacrosse at the school, but mention of his name conjures up memories of his on-the-field lacrosse accomplishments. A two-time all-state selection and twotime New Jersey All-American, Lade was also named the 2007 NJ Defenseman of the year, and was a sophomore on the 2005 team that won the Group III state title. He is grate ful for having played in Randolph, and having the sport of lacrosse embedded in his family. “I played for Coach Jona than Gold, who coached me in grades four through six. He
Lade was nominated by Joseph Nazzaro, who was the founder of and ran the Randolph Recreation boy’s lacrosse program. “He gave me a call back in I believe early May, and told me that he nominated me and that I got accepted by the nomination committee to get approved into the Hall of Fame,” Lade says. “He reached out to let me know, and it was an awesome feeling.”
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was my first coach. My uncles played for Boonton in the 1980’s, and they were on some good teams. And just be ing able to come up with a lot of good athletes, a lot of good coaching; my senior class (2007) was very good, but the two classes ahead of us were really solid as well with a lot of good athletes. Sometimes you’ve got that storm, and it just all comes together at the right time. It’s a great program now, it was a great program then, and a tribute to all the coaches that put their time and effort in.”
After attending the University of Villanova for one sea son, when he was selected as first-team All-Colonial Ath letic Association, he won a gold medal with the U-19 USA Team in the U-19 World Championships in Vancouver. “I started on that team, and that was a great experience. Go ing out to Seattle, playing with a lot of guys that I still keep in touch with, and with a couple of guys that I went to Syr acuse with, so it was a really cool experience. And it really helped me because I was looking to transfer from Villanova, and a couple of Syracuse guys had touched base with their coach at Syracuse and kind of helped me springboard my transfer from Villanova to Syracuse.”
By Jillian Risberg
That’s at the corner of East Hanover Avenue and Martin Luther King Avenue, adjacent to the Hanover Township border.
They say none of this would be possible without the support and generosity of their families, donors and sponsors.
It took a village to bring this to fruition; a dedicated, mission driven group of individuals.MOMIs co-founders spent countless hours on this project, MOMI’s Board of Trustees and advisors have knowledge and experience that results in innovative and well thought out ideas and plans.
According to founder Sara Sorenson, early on in the pandemic they were inspired by Dr. Kathy Hirsh-Pasek’s work at Temple University — to connect the science of learning with the benefits of play, and her team’s design of Philly’s Urban Thinkscape.
MOMI regularly hears from parents that
they need a safe place where their children can get messy, experiment and explore. And while it will take time to build a world-class children’s museum where one can do all that, they hope to promote Thinkscape as something families need to make time for.
Non-profit Plans to Launch NJ’s Inaugural ‘Thinkscape’ in Morris Township
“Our hope through these playful learning opportunities is to shine a light on the benefits of play and bring back play to our communities,” says Sorenson.
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Sadly, play is declining in communities across the United States.
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utdoor community gathering spaces mean everything to families. What better way to harness the Power of Play than with a new Thinkscape. The first of its kind in New Jersey, Museum of Makers + Innovators (MOMI) are launching their playful learning pocket park soon at Morris Marketplace.
Currently MOMI is a Museum Without Walls and conducts pop-up playful learning experiences at festivals and events.
One of the best feelings of walking into a children’s museum is one of freedom. There are no rules, no expectations, according to Sorenson.Shesays
“It means a great deal to us that we can bring such innovative work to New Jersey,” she says, of the multigenerational learning and connection-building transformative public space.
they want to create that unrestricted awareness for visitors to MOMI once it is built. They are free to use all of their senses to discover new things at their own pace.And it is important that MOMI has both indoor and outdoor spaces to fuel the imagination.Children spend 80% of their waking time OUTSIDE of school, and MOMI’s certified Playful Learning Landscapes (PLL) initiative at Morris Marketplace will serve the greater Morristown area with more hands-on children’s“PLLsopportunities.createskill-building experiences in local community spaces as children are always learning, and research shows that (these types of) innovative initiatives in environments outside of school are as important
From left: Jaryd Moran, Bowman Consulting, Landscape Engineer; Robert Indig, Devimy Equities, Marketplace Mall developer; Jeff Grayzel, MOMI Founding Board Member, Andreia Santos de Araujo, MOMI Founding Board and Executive Committee Member, Sara Sorenson, President and Co-Founder of MOMI; Nicole Pittaluga, VP and Co-Founder of MOMI; Joe Forgione, JMF Properties, Colgate site redeveloper
MOMI wants families to engage with the park’s many playful learning zones, encouraging them to visit the park regularly.
New Jersey has a world class science museum, amazing art and historical museums. These institutions are great assets to our state. But we do not have a state-of-the-art children’s museum built around the visitor — i.e. children and their families.
Sorenson says they also want visitors to
Science museums are traditionally designed to teach specific scientific concepts. Art museums are built around collections and historical museums are designed to teach us about the history of place and time.
They anticipate the park will open late fall or early winter 2023, and are still working with the site developer. However, the successful completion of Morris Marketplace Thinkscape is dependent on the amount of community financial support they receive.
“We are hoping to raise $100,000 to cover the cost of the project,” treasurer Cathy Paugh says. “These gathering spaces are a much needed way to bring communities together. I would compare it to the feel of a downtown where you can meet and greet others and get to connect on a new level.”
To learn more, visit www.thinkmomi.org. in Morris Township...
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If you have driven on East Hanover Avenue in Morris Township, you will see that construction of Morris Marketplace is underway. Santos de Araujo says together with the property’s landscape designer and MOMI’s team of experts in early childhood development and design of children’s museum exhibits, they have created six playful learning zones to be installed in the park.
as ones designed for the classroom,” says board trustee secretary Andreia Santos de Araujo.
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know they can be an advocate in their own community to create more child and family friendly infrastructure.
“In order for our children to be prepared with the skills to succeed in future careers, they need to develop 21st century skills,” says co-founder Nicole Pittaluga. “Children’s museums provide affordable, accessible opportunities for developing collaboration, critical thinking, growth mindset, communication, citizenship and creativity.”
MOMI will be designed to inspire a lifelong love of learning. The experiences at the intersection of art, science and nature will be open-ended for following one’s natural curiosity. Caregivers can get in on the fun and wake up their own curious nature.
By Steve Sears
With much news in the world being broadcast about shootings, the Roxbury school district continues to take strong, excellent measures to see its teachers, students, and others who spend time inside and outside of their buildings are pro tected.James Monaghan, Jr., on Wednesday, July 20, was named the Roxbury School District’s new director of Monaghansecurity.replaces James Sim onetti, who resigned effective July 30,Monaghan2022. has much experi ence in the field of law enforce ment. “I have 30 years experience as a police officer in East Hanover. I was a Captain there and I began an Emergency Service Unit. We trained in the local schools as well as Hanover Park High School. We had extensive training with the F.B.I. and Morris County Sheriff’s C.E.R.T. team. The training and ex perience really made us prepare for the day no one hopes ever happens. I helped develop and im
plement the safety procedures for the East Hanover School system. The police department partnered with the Superintendent and Prin cipals. It is a great relationship,” he states proudly.
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ucation voted approval for Monaghan’s appointment, and he is a former school Board mem ber, so he sees things from the perspectives of both that realm and law enforcement. “With my experience as a Board member in Roxbury, you get an understand ing from all sides: the students, employees, and taxpayers as a whole,” Monaghan says. “People expect that their children can be safe at school, employees expect to be safe at school, and the tax payer expects you will do your job in a cost effective manner. As a po lice officer, protecting the schools is one of your most important jobs.”According to Monaghan, the challenges remain the same: pro tecting everyone from both inside and outside threats. “Security to some people can be an incon venience, but it is necessary,” he says. “There is a problem in our country with mental illness and easy access to weapons that is a danger to our schools and society as a whole. We need to train for those threats and be ready to re
Monaghan says there are key ways that the community itself (parents, students, teachers, etc.) can aid his team’s efforts. “What I would ask is if your child tells you about a threat, call the police. Take those threats seriously. Let the police investigate. The Rox bury Police will engage the school district right away. You don’t want to say, ‘I wish I said something.” For parents, don’t be upset if you are asked to sign in and show I.D. at a school if you are picking up your child. Drop off areas for items your child forgets are in the lobby at all schools. You will not be giv en access to walk the item down to the classroom. The community can aid us by following the secu rity procedures at each school. Please be careful driving in and around our schools, and please cooperate with our security offi cers. They can be easily identified with their security shirts. For our teachers, I would ask that they re view our security plans and take all drills Monaghan,seriously.”alife long Roxbury
resident, and his wife Christine have four children, Jimmy, Paige, Grace, and Nolan. “They all had wonderful experiences in the Rox bury School District,” Monaghan attests. “Our teachers, coaches, and staff are wonderful people. Watching our children grow up in Roxbury has been amazing. I want everyone to have the same expe rience that my family has had in a safe and secure environment.”
The Roxbury Board of Ed
Roxbury School District Names New Director of Security
When asked if he plans on im plementing anything new with re gard to school security, Monaghan first lauds the excellent system and procedures he received when assuming his new role. “I have to say (retired Police Chief) James Simonetti and Superintendent, Lo retta Radulic have done outstand ing work with our Camera System and Access Control. The partner ships with Police, Fire and E.M.S. are already in place. Our security team is mostly retired police offi cers who have served their com munities for 25 years. They have had the training and experience to respond to emergencies, and are great people as well. I don’t feel there is a need for any sweeping changes, but we can build off what is already here. I would like to see the physical security presence in creased around the district.”
James Monaghan Jr.
He then closes with, “Go Gaels!”
spond.”
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skating nationally. It is supported by U.S. Figure Skating, USA Hockey and U.S. Speedskating, as well as the Special Olympics, the Professional Skaters Association and the U.S. Ice Rink Association.
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The William G. Mennen Sports Arena was built in 1973 on donated land in Morris Township and it was opened to the public on January 12, 1975 with only one ice surface and permanent seating for 2,500 spectators. In 1986, a second ice surface was completed and in 2002, a third ice surface was completed.
Mennen Sports Arena now receives over 1 million visitors annually, and has hosted everyone from National Hockey League players and Olympic champion skaters to world class tennis players and pop-music stars at the many events held in nearly 50 years of operations.
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he Morris County Park Commission’s skating program at the Mennen Sports Arena is being honored by the national Learn to Skate USA organization, which has ranked it No. 1 in New Jersey. Learn to Skate announced the ranking in an Aug. 4, 2022 letter noting the Morris County skating program enrolled 1,242 skaters this year into the affiliated Mennen Learn to Skateprogram. The achievement will land the Mennen Arena program a highlight in the Winter Issue of the Learn to Skate USA Magazine and the October Issue of SKATING Magazine, where the Morris County program will be shared with all members of U.S. Figure Skating.“To be acknowledged by Learn to Skate USA for the Arena’s Learn to Skate Program is a testament to the dedicated professional skate instructors, arena staff and the participants who will benefit from learning a skill that will allow for low impact physical activity for a lifetime,” said David Helmer, Executive Director of the Morris County Park Commission.
Morris Parks Skating Program Rates No. 1 in New Jersey
Sherry Hannay (Sikora) was the team’s young coach, herself a few years removed from a splendid Roxbury athletic career. She coached from 2003 through 2009. “There definitely was a history of successful runners at Roxbury, and I think I was just really fortunate to get in at that time and start coaching the group of girls that I did,” Hannay says.
“We knew that she (Hannay) was a successful runner, and she was young when she came on,” Strojny says. “I feel she elevated the team in a way that it made it feel more serious, that we weren’t just running to run. We had goals; she set the bar high for us. And I think getting the converts like Casey and Sarah Tencza from soccer, and then that year we also got Lauren Penney and Ashley Cromartie, who were freshmen. We were all friends, we all got along really well. I think as the season progressed, we said to ourselves, ‘Hey, I think we could do something big.”
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Ali Caruana and Casey Bell (Campbell) were seniors on the 2004 squad, and Jennifer Strojny (Ennis) and Kristen Lindsey (Stevens) were juniors. “I was only 24 when they won their first state title,” Hannay says. “I do think it was helpful having just gone through high school and then
hey will forever be remembered as two of the greatest sports teams in Roxbury Gaels history.
know if my lens was painted differently as to what it could be like, but obviously it was a crazy first and only experience for me.”
running in college, and bringing that experience into coaching. I think just that mix of having older girls in there, and being around Jenn and Kristen who had come up through the ranks of junior running and had the experience, that kind of really tied it all together.”
Bell had played soccer her entire life. “I was playing soccer up until my junior year of high school, and it was just in my senior year that I decided to make the switch to cross country. That first season in 2004 was actually my first and only season running cross country in high school, so I don’t
The 2004 team prepared well before the season’s first official practice session. “I remember a few of us started doing
Glory Days: Roxbury High School 2004 and 2005 Girl’s Cross Country
By Steve Sears
The 2004 and 2005 Girl’s Cross Country team ran like champions and, as a result, won titles. The Morris County crown, sectional and Group IV championships, and the NJSIAA Meet of Champions in Holmdel. And finally, in 2004, they were invited to participate in the first ever Nike Invitationals, and finished 9th in the nation.
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some weightlifting,” Lindsey says. “Over the summer, it was early in the morning. We just started, all of us, to really get into shape. Everything just kind of clicked going forward, especially for me going into my junior year, and then senior was the turncontinued on page 13
The 2004 Roxbury Gaels after winning the Morris County title: L-R Jenn Ennis, Lauren Penney, Ashley Cromartie, Casey Campbell, Kristen Stevens, Sarah Tencza, Ali Caruana, Sherry Sikora (coach) (courtesy of Sherry Hannay)
As the 2004 season went along, Hannay thought her team could win the county and group titles, and they did. “And then I thought we could win Meet of Champs, and when they actually did it, I think for me it was a sense of relief.”
Bell agrees, then adds, “Going into it, I think our team was starting to get a lot of attention just because we came out of nowhere. We were winning every single thing we did. Yes, there was a sigh of relief, but also validation to all of our hard work we had put in. It just felt great and indescribable,Lindseyhonestly.”returned next season. “We had to work for it, definitely, in 2005, which was different than 2004,” she recalls. “Definitely we worked for it in 2004, but in 2005 all the eyes were on us. We had to work even harder that season, so when we won that year, I feel like that was even more special because, as I said, all the eyes were on us. We rose to that challenge.”
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PriorCounty.”tothe final race, Hannay was on the verge of tears because she was so ner-
“I remember it very well,” Caruana says of the 2004 Meet of Champions. “I remember, first of all, how cold it was. I remember hearing my mom - I can just hear her voice, and she’s got a very distinctive cheer. And I remember there was so much hugging because it was just pure elation. It wasn’t an easy feat. We were going up against teams that had dominated high school cross country for decades. we finally brought it back to North Jersey and Morris
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vous. “Being young and new, I wanted to do everything right and make sure that I put them in the best position they could be in. And when they won, it was just like a huge sense of joy and relief.”
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He would pay it forward. During his two years as a teacher at Hoboken High School, he saw to it that his students took in live concerts in Manhattan. One of those students was Julio Fernandez, a guitarist for the popular jazz group, Spyro Gyra. “He was the President of my choir when I taught in Hoboken, he sang in my madrigal group, and he played tuba in the band,” Rufino says of Fernandez. “I always was amazed when Johnny Carson used to host The Tonight Show. There would be guests on there, and there’s my former student - I’m watching him on television at 11:30 at night! It was a surrealistic experience.” When Spyro Gyra performed at the Mayo Performing Arts Center in Morristown in 2014, Rufino contacted Fernandez via Facebook and said, “I’d love to see you. I haven’t seen you since you graduated.” Fernandez asked his former teacher to come early and arranged to have him come to the dressing room. “We had a nice reunion,” Rufino says.
concerned,” Rufino says. “Because having gone to those concerts, it gave me a love of classical music.”
Rufino, 74, did not come from a musical family, but radio station WNEW-AM was often on in his house when he was younger, Frank Sinatra and Sammy Davis Jr. heard through the speakers. Also, as a teenager, he had seen the great Leonard Bernstein at the podium conducting at Philharmonic Hall. He had gone with his class courtesy of his teacher and high school, and it was something he would never forget “Their efforts worked, as far as my life was
conductor for Messiah at Lincoln Center since its inception, was unable one year to do it, and passed Rufino’s name on to the head of the NCC. “He already knew of my work,” Rufino says. “They were very strongly based in education because they realized the future audiences were coming from the youth.” He then adds another key point. “The orchestra director at West Morris Central and I worked very, very closely together. We took a survey one time and asked how many students had ever been to New York City, and we just
Rufino conducted George Frideric Handel’s Messiah at Avery Fisher Hall in Lincoln Center for 26 years, and he many times took his West Morris Central students to observe. “I had taken the West Morris Central chorus to Raritan Valley College for a choral day that was being sponsored. There were choirs from all over New Jersey that came and sang for each other, and then there was an adjudicator who made comments on how to improve your performance. The organization that sponsored that was the National Choral Council, which is the council that sponsors Messiah at Avery Fisher Hall.” David Randolph, who was the initial
Vincent Rufino playing the clarinet with the Hanover Wind Symphony. Photos courtesy of Vincent Rufino continued on page 16
He recalls the tears when he said farewell on his last day at the Chester school. “I cried when I turned in my keys,” Rufino says. “That was finality. It was a wonderful experience; it was a wonderful place.”
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Vincent Rufino Has Enjoyed a Rewarding Life of Music
t happens every day at lunch or after a day of teaching. Vincent Rufino will be sitting at home in Succasunna, and makes the request to his smart speakers. “I can listen to anything I want to. Sometimes I’ll listen to the Beach Boys, sometimes I’ll listen to Sinatra, I’ll listen to Brahms. listen to Beethoven, and Mozart. Every afternoon at 12 o’clock when I’m eating lunch, I ask the smart speaker to connect me to WQXR, the classical music station in New York City. I listen in to ‘Mozart at Noon.”
One would expect nothing less, perhaps, from a man who has made music – whether listening to it or teaching it – his life. Rufino is concluding this month a wonderful career of educating others as he departs Saint Elizabeth’s University after 12 years, this after the students of West Morris Central High School had been the beneficiary of his lyrical and instrumental wisdom for 39 years.
His presence made it like so for others.
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Rufino, who has a doctorate in Music History from Drew University in Madison, is a member of the Hanover Wind Symphony, and he plays clarinet, saxophone, and flute. His wife is also a musician, she a cellist and church organist, and five of his children are professional musicians.
Many of Rufino’s students now have careers in music, but not all. “I can’t begin to tell you the number of messages I get at Christmastime from former students who are not musicians that are now dispersed all over the United States. They tell me, ‘Every Christmas we look for a performance of Messiah because of us doing that in high school.’ Some are teachers, they’re engineers, they’re scientists. They did not become musicians, but it meant so much to them, and it’s become a tradition for them and their families.”
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Randolph Family Restaurant Receives Morris County Small Business Grant
Nearly 550 grants have been approved to date under the Morris County Small Grant Program, which was the brainchild of the Morris County Commissioners, as they developed a unique use of funds issued to the county through the American Rescue Plan Act. Federal guidelines only allow Morris County to apply the dollars to pandemic related expenses incurred during and after March 2021.
Rosie’s
The restaurant’s struggle to remain in business during and after the pandemic epitomizes what the entire restaurant industry in New Jersey endured, with many not surviving. Closures, a slow return of patrons and rising costs well after 2020 challenged restauranteurs to be creative, flexible and work long hours.
“Our customers, they kept coming and we could not have done it without them. This is a family restaurant, we have always been a family restaurant and we are so thankful,” said Rosie Inchiappa, who owns and operates the business with her husband,“ThisGiuseppe.townwas very supportive, everyone was supportive,” said Giuseppe.
The pandemic hit when Rosie’s, located on Sussex Turnpike in Randolph, was remodeling and expanding. The restaurant quickly adapted with a take-out business and, when lock-down orders were finally rescinded, an expanded outdoor seating area. The cost of doing business continues
Federal guidelines covering the grant program will determine exactly which expenses qualify for coverage and which applications may be approved. The grants are capped at $15,000 per applicant. However,
Commissioner Deputy Director John Krickus and Commissioner Deborah Smith delivered the check and a letter from the board to Rosie, her husband and brother in-law,ApplyRene.Now
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to increase, and the restaurant qualified for the full $15,000 permitted under the Morris County Small Business Grant Program.
The board set aside $10 million in funds for the program, and less than $1.8 million is still available.
Deputy Director John Krickus, far right, and Commissioner Deborah Smith hold the check and letter presented to Rosie, Giuseppe and brother-in-law, Rene on the lawn of Rosie’s Trattoria.
Trattoria, the popular Randolph family restaurant, received a $15,000 Morris County Small Business Grant Program check, as two of the Morris County Board of County Commissioner made a special delivery.
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Randolph Champion Swimmer Rediscovers Self as Climber
It all started when Marciano was 7. Lanky and with a terrible sense of coordination, his parents decided to place him at the local YMCA swim competitions hoping to get the boy going.
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Marciano, at 21, has by this point in his young life sufficient material for a rather interesting memoir, but he is simply too busy to pen one just yet.The Randolph native and former swimmer, after discovering his natural abilities for the pool during his infant years, and honing them to consistent top national rankings during his teenage years, decided to hang up his swim cap and hit the climbing boulders. For Marciano, a life dedicated to
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the duty to continue the conversation while jogging in place.
“My parents were just hoping that something would stick, since I had no coor-
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that gives one the impression of listening to a well-written audio book, narrated by the author himself. Describing just how he got started in swimming, he paints in wide strokes, providing 30,000-foot overviews of his swimming career before taking welltimed vertical dives into the relevant specifics. He is engaging, lively, and charges the conversation with a contagious electricity. When speaking to him, one suddenly feels
By Alexander Rivero Vincent
an uncompromising swim schedule pushed him to take pause after disqualifying from Olympic competition, and for the first time in his entire career, he took a break from swimming and dedicated himself to just being a normal kid, until a casual invitation by a friend to go climbing changed his perspective, and awoke his competitive drive once again.
Focused, precise, and open to talk at length over the phone, Marciano breaks down the substantive parts of his life with a calculating attention to detail and pacing
“Each boulder is multi faceted,” says Marciano, “unique every single time. If I’m going to try something hard, chances are I’m trying it multiple sessions. Figure out the noose, the holds. I need to be thinking and executing at the same time, and at 6’3, 190 pounds, gravity isn’t really my friend out there. My body is naturally built for water, not climbing. But I love the challenge of it all.”
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He ranked low in races early on, but then, out of nowhere, everything just began to click. By age 9, he was getting to the top of his age group, and was close to qualifying for regional meets, but was not quite there. At this time, he switched over to the Morris County Swim Club in an effort to stick with his group of friends. During this time, he felt his body adapt to the water in ways it had not before, and ended up
Randolph Champion Swimmer...
The Olympic trial meet would be held at Purdue University in Indiana, and Marciano, for the first time in his life, was feeling anxious. Diving in at the start of the meet, he realized immediately that he had committed a false start, and forced himself to finish the race knowing that he was already disqualified. He left Purdue with a sense of loss, and although he continued swimming in the months afterward, he noticed an inability to reduce his best times any further, and began to stagnate.
ranking 8th in the state, and landing on the radar of possible scouts and recruiters. His career was kicking into high-gear, and before he knew it, the grinding schedule that would form the foundation of his daily life for the next few years was under way.
dination at anything,” says Marciano. “But once I got there I proved to be just a middle-of-the-pack kind of guy.”
“It was all just so surreal,” recalls Marciano. “Some people in this sport don’t break their stride until college, and I was always competing at a high level after about the age of 12. At about that age swimming really became my life, and not in a negative way. The amounts of success I was seeing was inconceivable to a lot of people, especially to
These feelings of having exhausted himself in the sport culminated with his decision to put swimming on pause in 2018 and try being a regular person. He watched television, hung out with friends. Until a friend invited him to give climbing a try. Now he is all in. He has found himself again on the rocks, where he spends his week combining arduous climbing sessions with intense weight training in the gym. In climbing, he has found another challenge that taps into his competitive drive.
myself, but at that age you can’t grasp it. To a 12-year-old, you’re just having fun, being in your sport, surrounded by teammates and friends. Photographs, interviews with magazines. There was no ceiling, it seemed, and I hadn’t had a single brush with failure yet. It was unreal in many ways.”
Now on the verge of graduating with a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Marist College, with the hope of one day becoming a counselor, Marciano reminds us all that life is too rich to chain ourselves a specific path if our hearts and spirits are no longer fully immersed in it. It is alright, he reminds us, to find a new way.
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It was only a matter of time before people in the know began looking to Marciano as a possible successor to champion swimmer Michael Phelps, the all-time record holder for Olympic gold medals. Marciano bought into the hype, and was certain there was nowhere to go but up. His dream was to continue honing his skills in the pool, and to qualify for Olympic competition. But before qualifying for the Olympics, he first had to qualify for the Olympic trial meets, and place in the top two rankings.
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Quick, Nutritious Dishes to Enjoy Dairy Without the Discomfort
Chicken Cordon Bleu Kebabs
Servings: 3
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However, some bodies are unable to break down the sugar found in milk, known as lactose, which causes an upset stomach and a heavy, bloated feeling. Rather than avoiding dairy and missing out on beneficial nutrients, people with lactose intolerance can enjoy real dairy products that are naturally low in or don’t contain lactose without the stomachache with foods like:
1 cup lactose-free 2% milk
Hard and aged cheeses, such as cheddar, colby, Monterey Jack, Parmesan and SwissYogurt with live and active cultures,
Cook time: 10 minutes
innertime dishes loaded with nutrients help keep loved ones connected while refueling after busy days spent at work and school. Dairy foods – key ingredients in many at-home meals – provide nutrients for people of all ages to grow and maintain stronger bodies and minds.
1 teaspoon pure maple syrup
2 chicken breasts (6 ounces each), cubed
Recipe courtesy of Rachel Gurk of “Rachel Cooks” on behalf of Milk Means More
Lactose-free milk, which is real milk with the same 13 essential nutrients as regular milk
1 teaspoon extra-virgin olive oil
MilkMeansMore.org to find more delicious dishes that fit a lactose intolerant meal plan.
NonstiSkewers:ck cooking spray
1 ham steak (6 ounces), cubed
which help break down lactose, making it easier to digest
6 bamboo skewers (8 inches)
2 tablespoons flour
These easy-to-make meals offer lactose intolerance-friendly options for families seeking to keep milk on the menu. Because they all require an hour or less in the kitchen, they provide quick solutions for those hectic schedules without sacrificing taste or nutrition.Visit
1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
1/4 teaspoon paprika
1 cup shredded Swiss cheese salt, to taste (optional) pepper, to taste (optional)
Prep time: 15 minutes
1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
Servings: 4
Thread cubed chicken pieces and cubed ham pieces onto skewers.
3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
In large bowl, combine spinach, eggs, cottage cheese, chicken, feta cheese, flour, butter, onion, oregano, salt and pepper.
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Serve chicken and ham kebabs with sauce.
1/4 teaspoon salt
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To make skewers: Preheat broiler to 500 F. Line broiler pan with foil and spray with nonstick cooking spray.
2 cups cottage cheese
1 teaspoon dried oregano leaves
Add salt and pepper, to taste, if desired.
Chicken, Spinach and Feta Casserole Recipe courtesy of Marcia Stanley, MS, RDN, on behalf of Milk Means More Prep time: 15 minutes
Spoon into greased 1 1/2-quart casserole dish. Bake, uncovered, 45-50 minutes, or until set near center (160 F). Let stand 5 minutes before serving. (Family Features)
To make sauce: In small saucepan over medium heat, melt butter. Whisk in flour and cook 1 minute, whisking constantly. Gradually add milk, whisking constantly. Add Dijon mustard. Continue cooking 5 minutes, or until thick. Reduce heat to low and stir in cheese, whisking until melted.
Brush mustard mixture on skewers.
1 1/2 cups chopped cooked chicken
3/4 cup crumbled feta cheese
Preheat oven to 350 F.
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The JFR continues its work of providing monthly financial assistance to more than 130 aged and needy Righteous Gentiles, living in 13 countries. Since its founding, the JFR has provided more than $42 million to aged and needy rescuers – helping to repay a debt of gratitude on behalf of the Jewish people to these noble men and women. Its Ho-
Buchanan resides in Sparta, NJ with his wife, Patty, and three children.
“Over the years, Andrew has not only distinguished himself in numerous capacities within the JFR arena but has also furthered Holocaust education for the many hundreds of students he has taught throughout his career.” said JFR Executive Vice President Stanlee Stahl. “We are so glad to have Andrew join us at this critical moment for our organization as we continue to expand our Holocaust teacher educationBuchananprograms.”received his Ph.D. in International Relations from Scotland’s St. Andrews University, and his master’s degree in Modern and Scottish History from the University of Glasgow, also in Scotland.
he Jewish Foundation for the Righteous (JFR) has appointed veteran educator Andrew Buchanan as its senior education program associate. Buchanan joins the foundation after more than 21 years teaching middle and high school students about the Holocaust. He will report to JFR Executive Vice President Stanlee Stahl.
In 2012, Buchanan received The Jewish Foundation for the Righteous’ Robert I. Goldman Award for Excellence in Holocaust Education. He previously participated in the foundation’s Alfred Lerner Summer Institute for Teachers and its JFR European Study Program in Germany and Poland. He’s also been recognized at the county level as the Morris County Teacher of the Year and at the local level as the Randolph Township School District and the Randolph High School Teacher of the Year.
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Buchanan is tasked with using his teaching experience to advance the JFR’s academic programs to new levels, including its internationally renowned professional development programs for Holocaust educators worldwide. He will also manage all aspects of the JFR’s educational portfolio including the JFR-produced classroom materials and serve as its liaison with its stakeholders in the education community.
Jewish Foundation for the Righteous Appoints New Leader for Education Programs & Services
locaust teacher education program has become a standard for teaching the history of the Holocaust and educating teachers and students about the significance of the Righteous as moral and ethical exemplars. For more information, visit https://www.jfr.org/.
Prior to his joining the JFR, Buchanan was a middle and high school educator in the Randolph, New Jersey public school system where he specialized in Holocaust and Genocide studies. Buchanan has also advanced Holocaust education through his educational entrepreneurship, has launched an educational consulting firm and has served as a summer teacher training facilitator at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, DC. He has also lectured at the college level having served as an adjunct professor for the Holocaust Resource Center at Kean University, a JFR Holocaust Center of Excellence, as well as teaching Middle Eastern history at the County College of Morris.
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That changed everything and, in my book, “Family Illness,” this beautiful story is told. My father passed away from Covid in 2020 and I never got the chance to present him with a copy. This book was intended to be my way of letting my Dad know he was my hero, and that I never would have survived without his love.
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In the past, I have worked with a variety of families throughout New Jersey, forming and working with them in support groups. There is no magic pill, and this book is not going to solve all problems associated with the illness. However, I sincerely hope it lends a compassionate and compelling voice to the mental health community.
I was a child, I’ve suffered immensely from obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) which has taken its toll on both me and my family. There were a lot of things I wanted to accomplish in my life that got sidetracked due to this illness which is all too prevalent.
I am trying to tell a good story but at the same time,
At this point, I have started under the tutelage of Livingston Author and Entrepreneur Barry Farber to place my books in non-traditional settings. For example, I am in the process of seeking partnerships with cafes and restaurants to place my book by the register rather than having it get lost in a bookstore surrounded by thousands of other books. At these locations, I will be providing signed copies of the book along with brochures and other information about mental health.
can be emailed at evanmwechman@gmail.com. My books can also be found online at ness-Evan-Wechman/dp/1647503485.www.amazon.com/Family-Ill-
The love a family can provide to someone suffering from OCD or any mental illness can help immensely. This book is aimed primarily at those who are in pain, their families, and professionals serving this population as well.
By Evan Wechman
If anyone would like to purchase an autographed copy, I
My father who taught at several universities throughout New Jersey including Ramapo College and Saint Peters University grew up in a time when mental health was not discussed and was forced to live in silence for a great period of time. I believe our society has made significant progress, but we still have great strides to make.
For me, the turning point came when as a young adult, my father confided in me that he had OCD and was still able to make a good life for himself. He also told me he would always love me and believed I could get better.
since I was a child, I wanted to be a writer. I’ve been writing for different publications in New Jersey, including this one for several years. However, my dream has always been to complete a book that adds something of value to the Unfortunately,community.since
To give back more to the community, a portion of these sales will go towards mental health groups fighting stigma.
Newspaper Reporter Writes Moving Book on OCD
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NJ Starz: Jack Wallace
“It was unbelievable,” Wallace remembers.
“My mom loves to tell the story. I had a smile from ear to ear. It was always my favorite
His next big accomplishment and thrill was getting to go to the 2018 Winter Paralympic Games in Korea. He was in Josh Pauls’ skates eight years later. “It was the dream for a long time, and to have it come to fruition, it was almost a full circle moment for me and my family,” Wallace says. “After having gone through so much uncertainty, especially in those early years, it was like I fi nally crested that mountain; I’d finally come around. And you know, I think they (his fam ily) knew before then that I was okay, and I was going to be fine long term, but I think that was a big old stamp now saying that
Hometown: Franklin Lakes
Wallace originally grew up in both Frank lin Lakes and Oakland, New Jersey. His mom and dad, John and Barbara, raised Jack and his two brothers, Matt and Mike, and one daughter, Colleen. “My mom actually went to Ramapo High School,” Wallace says, “and then me and all my siblings, we all went to Indian Hills. It’s a great part of the country to live in. I’ve gotten the opportunity to travel a lot. And you know, northern Jersey is a really, really unique spot, and I think it really set me up for success. Moving forward in my life, the education I got at Indian Hills got me into every college I applied for, and set me up for success at the college I eventually did go to, and that was the College of New Jersey.”
or Jack Wallace, it’s been two Winter Paralympic Games Team USA Sled Hock ey gold medals in a row. His first was in 2018 in Pyeongchang, South Korea, while the second was this past winter in Beijing, China, with a 5 - 0 whitewashing of Canada.
Like most kids, Wallace played a variety of sports growing up, but hockey became his favorite. “My older brother, he played hock ey before I did. His idea of fun was to strap some pads on to me and throw me in a net in the driveway, so I would play goalie and he fired shots at me,” Wallace, a diehard New Jersey Devils fan, says with a laugh at the recollection. “I played organized ice hockey for a number of years, played roller hockey in my town, and I played street hockey with my friends. It’s just kind of a perfect mix be tween all the different sports, but it’s still su per fast. It can be unbelievably brutal, very intense, but there’s still so much finesse and skill involved. I’m biased obviously, but I do think it’s one of the best sports out there to blend all the different assets that an athlete can use at their disposal.”
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Jack Wallace (credit: Joe Kusumoto/USOPC)
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It was in 2008 when Wallace suffered a life-altering injury. He explains. “We were up in Lake George for a family vacation. It was a yearly tradition to go up there and either rent a lake house, or that year what we did was we camped out. You can rent campsites out on islands in the middle of the lake. It’s fantastic, it’s so nice, and it’s such a great spot. I’ve had so many great memories, and there’s just one pretty bad one.” Wallace and his sister were waterskiing off of the same boat. At one point, the boat came between both and he ended up getting hit by it. “The propeller struck my right leg and severely damaged it to the point where once I got to the hospital, it needed to be amputated. That was a really, really tough time in my life. But the one thing is it makes you grow up really fast. When you go through something like that as a 10-year-old kid, you start worry ing about very different things. As a normal 10-year-old kid when you’re in fifth grade or sixth grade, usually you’re not thinking about all your doctor’s appointments or about insurance or all that different stuff that comes into play. When I got thrust into that situation, having to rehab, having to learn how to do so many things again, having to go through those trials and tribulations, it really kind of changes the way you think and matures you much quicker.”
Now an amputee, he and his parents in 2009 learned of sled hockey, and discov ered a place in Woodbridge, New Jersey that provided it. Wallace began playing for a club called New Jersey Freeze, and he was a member of the team Woodbridge Warriors.
NJStarz
Wallace’s first international competition
game was against the Republic of Korea. “It was fantastic,” he remembers with excite ment. “I had never played internationally before. I was a rookie on the team, so they weren’t really sure what to expect of me and I wasn’t really sure what to expect of myself. But it was an honor and a privilege to get out there for the first time. I had goosebumps putting on that jersey and getting on the ice with all those guys that I looked up to.”
Wallace split his time between playing goalie and defense, and as a Devils rooter, he especially admired goalie, Martin Brodeur, and captain and defenseman, Scott Stevens. “I looked up to those guys a lot when I was a kid,” Wallace says. “It was more like players that I wanted to meet, and since then, I have had the pleasure and privilege to meet both of them. So that’s pretty fantastic. I think it’s
just the mentality that they have. As far as Brodeur, he kind of has that crazy style where he’ll make the save by any means necessary, no matter how he has to move his body. And then Scottie Stevens is just absolutely tough as nails. One of the best shutdown defense men ever, and what a lot of people don’t talk about is how many points he had, and how often he actually scored. He was known for his really big hits and being super tough on guys and not letting anyone get through the middle, but he actually put up some pretty decent numbers for a defenseman in his day, as well as being an unbelievable leader for that team and leading them to champion ships.”
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sport, and I went up to her at the end of the first practice and I just said, ‘I’m back on the ice!’ Now that’s one of her favorite things to say.”In 2010, one Woodbridge Warrior mem ber would go on to snag a gold medal at the 2010 Winter Paralympics in Vancouver, Canada. Josh Pauls brought that medal back home and showed it to all the kids at the Woodbridge program. Wallace remembers the moment. “He showed it to me and my dad, and when we were holding it, my dad turned to me and said, ‘What do you think about that? You could win one of these one day.” John Wallace’s words would be pro phetic – twice. “From that point on, that kind of became the goal in the back of my mind. Once I was in high school, it became a serious endeavor to make the development team, and then make the national team.” In 2013, Wallace was selected for the first US national development team, spent three years playing for them, and in 2016 was ros tered on the US National Team.
And recently, he finished 10th in the world representing the US National Para canoe spring kayak team at the world cham pionships in Halifax, Nova Scotia. “I’m very happy about that,” he says.
First Responder Day Promises Sports and Fun Activities, Music, and Food for Both First Responder Families and the General Public!
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that (his accident and leg amputation) no longer affects me, I’m doing what I want to do. It was great to go there and not only to win, but to be able to share it with my family. I know how rare of an opportunity that is. They were in the building when I won and I got to celebrate with them after. Unfortu nately, that didn’t happen in Beijing, so I know how rare of an opportunity that is to be able to do, especially with how large of a group that came to Korea. I know a lot of other ath letes aren’t as fortunate to have such a large group of people travel across the world, so I was super honored, and it was unbelievable.”Wallacealso proudly represented the United States in the 2019 Word Championships in Hungary – where he again won a gold medal - and this past winter when he and Team USA
By Janet R. Rapisardi
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again topped the world at the Winter Paralympics. “Going into Beijing, we were training six hours a day for almost a year straight,” Wallace says. “It was a monumental step. It went exactly according to plan. We won the entire tourna ment by a margin of 30 goals, and I think one team scored one goal against us. We did our job before the tournament preparing. And that was the plan: to be the most productive team there. And we certainly were.”
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Dr. Robert D’Emidio of The 200 Club of Morris County announces the Clubs’ First Responder Day to be held at Whippany Park High School, 165 Whippany Road, Whippany. The event will be on Saturday, September 24th from 11:00am till 5:00pm and is open to the general public. Rain Date: Sunday, September 25th. Admission is free as you enter the grounds to enjoy Live Music by Scoot on Down, John & Rocky, and a contingent of the Whippany Park High School band! Lots of compet itive fun for First Responders, Families and Friends await you! First Responder competitors are encouraged to regis
Kids can ‘Touch a Rig’ to see what working on one is re ally like, watch first responder demonstrations, and smile during Face Painting while Paw Patrol is keeping watch. There’s lots to eat from an assortment of food, ice cream, popcorn, and other goodies while you listen to the music. Of course, we’ve got Swag, and it’s all for a good cause.
“It takes a special person to run toward danger in a mo ment’s notice. It requires having compassion for others
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Wallace, who enjoys playing guitar, is very happy about living currently in Nashville, Tennessee. But there are a few things this Jersey guy misses that Music City just doesn’t pro vide.“The bagels and the pizza,” he says. “Those are the first two things I eat every time I come home.”
woman had two cigarettes, her kid in the car, nowhere to live and didn’t know where to go. Another woman, who had left her job to be a stayat-home mom and was suddenly aban doned by her husband, needed to get back into the workforce and was looking for help. Struggling students at Sussex County Community College needed tutoring and other support, and low-income families were missing out on tax refunds because they needed guidance in completing their tax returns. These are just a few of the ex amples of people helped by Norwescap, a non-profit organization. Started as part of the war on poverty during the Johnson ad ministration, Norwescap is a $22,000,000 comprehensive non-profit social service organization dedicated to serving people and moving them from a place of being in poverty, or on the verge of poverty, to the point where they and their families are thriving. It also helps people advocate for their communities and much more. Serv ing Hunterdon, Warren, Morris, Somerset and Sussex counties, Norwescap ’s corpo rate office is at 350 Marshall Street in Phil lipsburg. Recently, Mark Valli, Norwescap’s CEO, talked about the organization and gave just a few examples of the services
by Elsie Walker
While the organization helps those in poverty, Valli noted that a large percent age of those it helps are ALICEs: Asset Lim ited Income Constrained Employed. That means that they are people who are work ing but are just one payment, one illness, one paycheck away from struggling. Valli noted that though people may come to the organization with one need, their situation is such that they usually have more needs. Norwescap is not just one program but a portfolio of services. About 90% of its funding comes from the government (fed eral, state, county, and municipal) and 10% from donors and grants. The latter helps in funding programs where participation might have been restricted by government rules.
Valli. Norwescap has Head Start centers scattered around four different counties. “[Also,] we are the childcare resource re ferral agency for three counties so any body who needs childcare can call us and ask for advice. People who are having a hard time paying for childcare can call us and apply for a subsidy,” In addition, “ev ery licensed child care provider in our foot
A few of the Norwescap Food Bank staff load and oversee a large delivery. Norwescap provides about two million pounds of food per year to pantries and soup kitchens.
Norwescap: A Portfolio of Services to Help Those in Need
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Norwescap offers services in the area of education with early childhood educa tion, child care, and the Sussex County Community College “Degree Up” program being some examples. “[We are] the lead ing early childhood education non-profit in the northwest corner of the state. We are a major Head Start provider,” noted
provided through the six strategic areas which Norwescap helps: education, em ployment, health and nutrition, financial capacity building, housing and energy ser vice, and volunteer and civic engagement.
print gets training, technical assistance, and support,” shared Valli. However, it is not just the educational needs of young children that Norwescap helps. Another example of its services in the Degree Up program. Valli shared that “a good per centage of community college students are struggling financially.” Norwescap
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provides a computer lounge, volunteers who tutor and provide a willing ear to lis ten (when needed), an on-site food pantry and information on Norwescap services. Valli shared that analysis done has shown that those who participate in the Degree Up program are much more likely than their counterparts to complete their stud ies and matriculate. “It shows you that sometimes you really just need a little sup port to help you get through….. most com munity college kids are probably holding a job somewhere. They have other things going on, so having a little bit of support to get them through the rough patches really helps improve their outcome,” said Valli. Another area Norwescap addresses is employment. Valli talked about the Career and Life Transitions Center and the Path ways 2 Prosperity program. A Career and Life Transitions Center helps those who haven’t been in the workforce for a while or are entering it for the first time or need to upscale. Valli noted that one example of a person who graduated the program is a woman now on the Norwescap board. “She had three kids, all of whom had spe cial needs. Her husband, at some point, decided that that was too much for him and he left, and then she had a struggle…
Helping families is a big part of what Norwescap is all about.
gle-family home which had been an aban doned lodgings bar, renovate it and will be turning it over in a couple of months to a low income family. “So that’s taking what was a vacant home for over a dozen years in downtown Phillipsburg …on the main track, by the way, making it into a viable home, helping to improve not just the family’s asset but also to help improve the neighborhood,” said Valli. In addition, he shared, “We did more than that. We’ve been able to purchase banners and flags to help market businesses and put planters in downtown Phillipsburg.” Norwescap has also organized community get- togethers and organized community events. Right now, the focus has been on Phillipsburg but that will be expanded. One of Valli’s favorite stories is how Norwescap was able to help small businesses when they were shut down due to COVID-19. “We were able to access funding from the state to provide direct grants, over $500,000 in direct grants, to small businesses to keep them afloat…. to pay their utility bills, to be able to help pay their rent, able to help pay for PPE and other things, so we liter ally invested half a million dollars in small businesses …to keep them alive during COVID-19.” In addition, some of that mon ey went to helping businesses establish an online presence and e-commerce so they could pivot the way they were do ing business. Also, Norwescap has a vari ety of volunteer opportunities including ones through Americorps and AmeriCorps seniors. People can find out more about those by looking at the Norwescap web site.
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Norwescap also helps with financial capacity building, improving the financial well-being of low income individuals and families. Valli shared two of the programs that fall under that. One program, VITA (Volunteer Income Tax Assistance), offers free tax help to low-moderate income in dividuals and families, including young adults, adults, senior citizens, persons with disabilities and those with limited English. Another program helps participants to open a savings account, with Norwescap matching the funds put into it, to save for a purchase of a major asset like a home.
Valli noted that for those in need, it is easy to get help. All they have to do is click on the green “Get Assistance” button the homepage of the website. Norwescap’s website is www.norwescap.org.
[to] figure out on her own [what to do]. She had left a career in New York to raise her family and now she’s on her own, and so she didn’t know where to turn. She called her Career and Life Transitions Cen ter, didn’t do anything for a few months, and then called again.” Valli notes that the woman, though shy at first, completed the program and built her network (through peer-to-peer sharing and support) and is now pursuing a career in corporate Ameri ca. Another program, Pathways 2 Prosper ity, in Sussex County, is peer-networking where a group meets once a week for din ner to work on personal and professional goals and to help each other.
know Norwescap for. It has a food bank, which means that it is a distribution cen ter. It supplies food to food pantries and soup kitchens in Sussex, Warren, and Hunterdon counties. Norwescap pro vides about two million pounds of food per year. Another example of what it does in the area of health and nutrition is WIC. “We are the WIC (Women, Infants, Chil dren) provider in four counties,” shared Valli. Norwecap provides supplemental nutritional assistance to women who are either pregnant or who have kids all the way through age five. Additional services include health screenings, nutrition educa tion, breastfeeding support, including lac tation consultant services, and referrals to health and social services. Another of the ways Norwescap helps is by providing ed ucation on chronic diseases and access to free cancer screenings and other health care resources through its Health Connec tions program.
A fifth area Norwescap helps with is housing and community development. Valli said this area touches on everything to do with housing from homeless pre vention programs to rental assistance and much more. He noted that in the borough of Sussex, Norwescap runs an 11 -unit se nior housing complex. It also does hous ing counseling, helping people save for a home, providing them with information on how to get to that point where they’re able to purchase their own home. Also, Norwescap provides supplemental sup port to help those having problems paying utility bills, getting a tank of oil, air condi tioning,“Whenetc.a community is engaged, you get better health outcomes,” shared Valli as he started to talk about the last strate gic area in which Norwescap offers help: Volunteerism and Civic Engagement. “We help people to advocate for themselves, advocate for their communities.” He noted that through a tax credit program, Norwescap was able to purchase a sin
Norwescap works with adults to help them build skills, find better employment opportunities, re-enter the workforce and maintain their em
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n June of 1973, at the age of 19, I graduated with an Associate of Arts degree from County College of Morris. It was a tough two years for me. But, it was also a very fulfilling time. I had been stretched like a rubber band. And, I came through it all a wiser and stronger individual.All
Yours truly, from a photo taken in 1973, during my last semester at County College of Morris.
so I would go to the library, find an isolated corner, and put my face on my forearms on the desk and fall asleep. I kept a little travel
alarm clock in my attaché case, that I also carried my books in.
By Richard Mabey Jr.
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through my time at County College of Morris, I worked 29 hours a week at the A&P grocery store in Whippany. There were times when I worked the night shift, from 11:00 at night till 7:00 in the morning. I would punch out from work, climb up the stairs to the rest room, wash my face, wash up a bit and change my shirt. Then, I would buy a cinnamon bun at the A&P and drive off to CCM for an 8:00 class. I remember my class would end at 9:30. I didn’t have another class till 11:00,
A September Story
If you’re facing a tough challenge, please do not give up. There were times, when I was in college, when I thought I wasn’t going to make it. Both at County College of Morris and at Sherman College of Chiropractic. But I did my absolute best to stay tough and be positive. Please, if you are going through a tough time to accomplish a goal that is important to you, do not give up! Never, ever give up!
I did practice chiropractic for a few years, in a small town in West Virginia. But I was not very successful at it. I will write more about that, in a future article for this newspaper. Fate and destiny called me home to become a writer. It is strange how the angels will set a path for your life.
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seriously and managed to make the Dean’s List, for all four semesters at CCM. I also wrote weekly columns and articles for Youngtown Edition, the official college newspaper of CCM. It was a tough time. But I enjoyed every minute of it.
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That summer, I worked full time at the A&P. I saved every penny that I could. And, as the dawn of September became closer, I prepared myself to depart from the old Mabey Homestead. To live away from loved ones and good friends. It was an emotional time, filled with a bit of sadness and yet also a time of hope for new adventures waiting to unfold.
I confess that I did not find chiropractic school easy. Specifically, I had a tough time with chemistry. In chiropractic college, a student is required to take one semester of inorganic chemistry, two semesters of organic chemistry, and two semesters of
biochemistry. I did get some grades of B’s on my tests, but I mostly got C’s on many of my tests. However, a few times, I actually did ace some of my chemistry exams. I worked at a grocery store, during my years at Sherman College. Like my days at CCM, I found it all so tough, but also very rewarding.
September Story...
During my time at CCM, I went to a local chiropractor to get my spine adjusted on a regular basis. My chiropractor encouraged me to go to chiropractic school, so I applied to Sherman College of Chiropractic in Spartanburg, South Carolina. I was accepted and made plans to begin chiropractic college in September.
Richard Mabey Jr. is a freelance writer. He can be reached at richardmabeyjr@ hotmail.com. Please put on the subject line: September Story.
Maggie Lagle has been the USGA (United States Golf Association) Museum and Library Historian for four and a half years, and her thoughts and emotions are the same each time she drives to work.
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USGA Golf Museum and Library Holds More Than Just Golf History
ciation), items maybe from the 13 founders, including Patty Berg or Shirley Spork. We love telling the stories of Jack Nicklaus and Ben Hogan and Arnold Palmer, but we’d really love to continue build ing the collection just to cel ebrate those more diverse stories that most people ar
Golf champion, Hale Irwin, and USGA Golf Museum & Library Historian, Maggie Lagle
The USGA Golf Museum and Library
The USGA Museum and Library also offers its Pynes Putting Course for visitors, a nine-hole course where each hole is a par two. Mod eled after the Himalayas putting course in Saint An drews, Scotland, museum goers have the opportunity to use replica clubs and balls and putt, enjoying some link time.The USGA Golf Museum and Library is always looking to expand its collection. La gle explains. “Right now, our priority is to really celebrate
By Steve Sears
en’t familiar with.”
original USGA trophies, and where we celebrate each of our champions on bronze panels circling the room. But then we also have a really nice permanent gallery that tells the story of golf here in the United States, beginning in the late 19th century to the present day.” There are also individual rooms dedi cated to golfing greats Bob by Jones, Mickey Wright, Ar nold Palmer, and the newest addition, the Jack Nicklaus wing, which was added in 2015.USGA Executive Com mittee member, Chicago’s George Blossom, Jr., sug gested the idea of creating a golf museum. “At the time in 1935, there was very lit tle space to store or display the artifacts,” Lagle explains. “What they did in the 1930s and 1940s is actually dis played a lot of the artifacts throughout the office space. There wasn’t an official area for the museum.” In July of 1950, the USGA purchased property in New York City, where they were able to dedicate a room specifical ly for displaying golf balls, etchings, and photographs, and similar articles pertain ing to the popular sport. The USGA purchased 62 Som erset County, New Jersey acres in 1972 and relocated from New York City, and the three-story home that John Russell Pope built in 1919 is now dedicated specifically to the museum. “The main
Amelia Earhart’s golf clubs
level of the museum is what the public has access to, and between 2005 and 2008, the USGA Golf Museum and Li brary added 22,000 square feet of archival storage as well as exhibit space,” Lagle says.Only about 5% of the mu seum’s inventory is actually displayed. The museum also has artifacts and items that are in a climate-controlled facility below the main floor, with well over 750,000 pho tographs and 100,000 library items – and much of it, but not all, are USGA related.
The USGA Golf Muse um and Library is located at 77 Liberty Corner Road in Liberty Corner, New Jersey. For more information, www.usga.org/history/visvisit it-the-museum.html.
“We have comic books and sheet music, we have chil dren’s books, cookbooks, a lot of really, really cool things in the library, including over 35,000 scorecards,” Lagle says. In addition, among the items below the main floor are Amelia Earhart’s golf bag. “It’s one of our really special artifacts we have in storage.”
those diverse stories, includ ing the artifacts, maybe from the United Golfers Associa tion, and black organizations and black golfers, including Charlie Sifford and Lee Elder. Also, there’s always the need and the want especially to really build up the LPGA (La dies Professional Golf Asso
“I get excited walking in the beautiful historic house that John Russell Pope built,” Lagle says. “His architecture is just absolutely incredible. Even just walking up the driveway, you feel very ex cited. But then, just walking in and celebrating the his tory of the game - the very rich history - not only of the game itself, but the amaz ing people that have played the game over the last 125 years.”The USGA Golf Museum and Library preserves and celebrates the history of golf, and fosters an apprecia tion of the game worldwide through collection steward ship, education and out reach. For the golf history buff, the facility is a treasure. Between 4,000 to 8,000 peo ple annually enter through the doors and walk the halls of the oldest sports museum in the United States. “We predate Cooperstown, the Baseball Hall of Fame, by a couple of years,” says Lagle. “When you walk into the museum, you do have the Hall of Champions, which is that beautiful rotunda where we have all of the
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