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Historic Dey Mansion in Wayne Hosts Annual George Washington’s Birthday Celebration

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By Dawn M Chiossi ver since the popularity of Broadway’s Hamilton exploded on the scene, people from all over are fascinated

by George Washington, history, and the history of America itself.

People are curious, intrigued, and excited to learn more. They are interested, asking questions, and realize that history is made up of humans, and not the dry, dusty facts of the history books.

This is great news from Wayne’s Dey Mansion as they are hosting their annual George Washington’s Birthday Celebration on February 23rd from the hours of 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Located at 199 Totowa Road in Wayne, a visit to the Dey Mansion is more than a visit to a museum, it is a way to make history come alive and jump off of the pages of history books for all.

During George Washington’s Birthday Celebration, visitors are invited to enter the world of colonial times and celebrate the birthday of this historical figure and learn more about the man himself.

There’s not a more fitting place than the Dey Mansion to do so. Originally known as Bloomsburg Manor and built in the 1700’s, Dey Mansion had the distinction of serving as George Washington’s headquarters during the Revolutionary War in July, October and November of 1780.

This salute to America’s first president is a great way to shake off February’s chill and winter doldrums. Going way beyond the modern attitude that birthdays only involve cake and presents, visitors are invited to celebrate Washington’s birthday in the same spirit as the early 19th century Ameri-

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cans had. They were so inspired by Washington, considering him this young nation’s first hero. In honor of Washington’s birthday, American’s held balls (complete with cake and dancing) offered toasts, and much more.

Even though the event is still in its planning stages, officials at the Dey Mansion are already anticipating this great one-day event. According to Dey Mansion’s Jessica Bush, Assistant Director, the celebration will feature re-enactors, 18th century crafters, dancing music, demonstrations, the NJ Militia, a special birthday salute to our first President and much more.

“The Washington Birthday Celebration is one of the longest standing events held at the Dey Mansion,” Bush enthuses, and she shares that it has been a standard program since the museum opened its door to the public in the 1930’s. Visitors to the Dey Mansion seem to love it.

She mentions that the event has traditionally been extremely popular. In fact, she discloses that in 2016 alone, they had approximately 600 people attend. This year they anticipate that they may exceed that number.

While she doesn’t have a favorite activity regarding the celebration in particular, she says, “The staff of the Dey Mansion truly enjoys these types of events when our site really brings our history to life when we can fill the day with living history interpreters and the sites and sounds of the 18th century.”

Indeed, there’s something intriguing about learning history this way. It is active rather than passive. It gives everyone a

chance not only to observe but engage and think. The Dey Mansion excels at this. According to Bush, who has always had a love of history, “When I first came to the site I was intrigued by its history, but what really got me was the feeling of stepping back in time. Beyond its important role in the American Revolution, the Dey Mansion also gives us the opportunity to explore life in Colonial New Jersey,” she enthuses.

Bush herself has been working at the Dey Mansion since 2017, states that this event is one of the Dey Mansion big events and something that everyone looks forward to. For people of all ages, families, those who are studying Revolutionary War sites, tours, groups, enthusiasts, all are welcome.

According to Bush, there is something unique and special about the Dey Mansion that sends the imagination whirling. “There is definitely a sense of awe when you look at the mansion for the first time and notice how unique the architecture is,” she shares.

“It stands out so vividly among the other homes of this time period which lends to the curiosity about who the Dey family was and why Washington chose this home for his headquarters.”

Along with George Washington’s Birthday Celebration, the Dey Mansion is thrilled to share the myriad of events, activities, and exhibitions with the public. “We are currently developing new exhibitions, and in doing so we open ourselves to include programing and lectures on expanded topics related to the Revolutionary War,” Bush discloses excitedly.

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Wayne’s Schuyler-Colfax House Has Great Historic Value as Museum

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By Anya Bochman he Schuyler-Colfax House Museum, located at 2343 Hamburg Turnpike in Wayne, is one of the area’s most prominent historical landmarks.

The museum, which is on the State and National Registers of Historic Places in the criterion of “Construction and Design,” is a significant example of Dutch stone colonial architecture, unique to the area once known as New Netherland.

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A darker side of the property’s history includes the records of at least a dozen slaves who lived in the house throughout the years. Additional records of slaves living at the Schuyler-Colfax House are speculated to be lost.

the Schuyler and Colfax families. erty in 1795; she had married William Colfax, Captain of General According to the Wayne Historical Commission, which pro- George Washington’s Life Guard from Bunker Hill to Yorktown, vides vital support to the township’s museums by raising funds, in 1783. The Life Guard was a group of about 150 men who acacquiring artifacts and writing its history, the first owner of the companied Washington throughout the war as his personal body house was Arent Schuyler, a member of an influential family of guards. original New NethIt is Colfax who erland settlers. In added the two story 1694, Schuyler travGeorgian plan seceled into northwesttion to the house ern New Jersey to after the Revolutioninvestigate rumors ary War in 1783, and that the French brought his family were trying to inname into the official cite the local Lenhistoric record of the ni-Lenape populahouse. He passed tion to rebel against the ownership to his the English. Schuyler son George Washfound no evidence ington Colfax (whose of a rebellion, but godfather was Presdiscovered a rich ferident Washington tile valley where the himself). Both HesLenni-Lenape grew a ter Schuyler and variety of crops.

General William ColSchuyler reportfax were buried in a ed his findings to cemetery yards away the English and con- A print illustrating the Dutch-style “jambless” fireplace. from the house. vinced seven major Other notable representatives, ininhabitants include cluding Major Anthony Brockholst, to invest in the purchase of Schuyler Colfax, Jr., who served as the 17th Vice President of the the land he referred to as the “Pompton Valley.” The seven chose United States during the Ulysses Grant administration and was Schuyler to be negotiator with the Lenape for the rights to the born in the historic house. area; similar negotiations were completed with the East Jersey A darker side of the property’s history includes the records Company, which maintained land rights over the area that is now of at least a dozen slaves who lived in the house throughout the Wayne. Approximately 5,000 acres were purchased on Novem- years. Additional records of slaves living at the Schuyler-Colfax ber 11, 1695, and Schuyler built the house along the Pompton House are speculated to be lost.

River.

Carol D’Alessandro, Wayne Township’s Museums Coordinator During Schuyler’s ownership, the house consisted of an orig- who works part-time at the Schuyler-Colfax House, does not shy inal one-room section, constructed during a period that histo- away from any aspect of the area’s historic museums. D’Alessanrians estimate to be between 1696 and 1702. Schuyler willed dro, who completes a rigorous part time shift each week writthe house to his son Philip, who ran the Pompton Furnace, a ing grants, providing tours, completing educational sessions and company which supplied cannon balls and grape shot at George providing necessary upkeep for the museum properties, also Washington’s request to the Continental Army. Philip lived in the oversees children’s camp activities at landmarks such as the Van house along with his wife Hester and their children, leaving the Riper-Hopper Historic House Museum. house and its surrounding 200 acres in his 1760 will to his young“We cover all types of topics here – including slavery, for one.” est son, Casparus. said D’Alessandro. “We try to be as hands-on and interacHester Schuyler, the daughter of Casparus, inherited the prop- tive as we can.”

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The house remained in ment during three hunthe Schuyler-Colfax family dred years of continued for eight generations. The occupancy by a single last familial owner was family.

Jane Adelia Colfax, one Despite the 20th cenof the area’s first female tury alteration of the physicians and the first festructure to add dormers male obstetrician-gynecolin place of “belly-winogist to practice at Saint dows,” the Schuyler-ColJoseph’s Hospital. Colfax fax House was added to sold the house to Wayne in the State and Nation1992, with the intent that al Registers of Historic the township would open Places in 1965, a deciit as a museum. The Colfax sion based upon survivThe floor of a jambless fireplace at the Schuyler-Colfax family had saved artifacts, ing historic features and House. Photos courtesy/Carol D’Alessandro documents and furniture the important role the from the preceding generSchuyler-Colfax family has ations that would serve this purpose. played in local history.

Although the house museum was closed to the public after Of particular architectural significance in the house is the suffering roof damage in August 1999, it still contains an ex- massive fireplace without sides or jambs. In the United States, tensive collection of site-specific furnishings as well as original this jambless fireplace is one of only three in existence which exterior fabric, interior woodwork and floors. As a fine example still retain most of their original style and architectural integrity. of New Jersey Dutch Colonial architecture, constructed of fieldIn 1748, Peter Kalm, a Swedish traveler passing through the stone and Holland brick with a timber-frame roofing system, the Albany region, whose diary was published as Peter Kalm’s Travels house helps interpret local community history and its develop- in North America, noted that “the fireplaces among the

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The latter - the Preservation Plan of 2000 - made suggestions for restoration of the original house. For example, Dr. Colfax and her husband Mike DeNike left behind a diary of changes they had made to the house, a journal in which they state that they raised the hearth level with course bricks. The Preservation Plan of 2000 suggested bringing the hearth base back to the original hearthstone.

Dutch were always built in, so that nothing projected out, and it looked as though they made a fire against the wall itself.”

A further description of the jambless fireplace was provided

by Kalm. As he explained with regard to the small wooden houses which he observed north of Albany, “The fireplace for about six feet or more from the ground consisted of nothing more than the wall of the house which was six to seven feet wide and made of brick only. There were no projections on the sides of the fireplace, so it was possible to sit on all three sides of the fire and enjoy the warmth equally.”

Preservation funds from the New Jersey Historic Trust are responsible for helping keep the rare fireplace in good condition.

Additional contributions that have helped support the Schuyler-Colfax House over the years include the Garden State Historic Preservation Trust Fund, the Capital Preservation Grant Level II and the Historic Site Management Grant.

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The latter - the Preservation Plan of 2000 - made suggestions for restoration of the original house. For example, Dr. Colfax and her husband Mike DeNike left behind a diary of changes they had made to the house, a journal in which they state that they raised the hearth level with course bricks. The Preservation Plan of 2000 suggested bringing the hearth base back to the original hearthstone.

In September 2017, the Passaic County Board of Chosen Freeholders awarded $14,800 to the Hester Schuyler Colfax Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) for a conditions assessment of the property. The assessment, con-

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ducted by Connolly & Hickey Historical Architects, LLC, covered the entire house, systems and grounds.

“This conditions assessment was a guide to preservation with stages of work outlined including cost estimates for the stages,” D’Alessandro explained. “The next steps would be obtaining written estimates from several qualified companies and added fundraising in the meantime.”

“I am grateful to the Daughters of the The DAR American Revolution and the Wayne chapter, with Historical Commission for their outstanding support from the work in the restoration of the Schuyler-Colfax Passaic County House and for instilling pride in Wayne Board of ChoTownship’s rich history,” said Mayor sen Freeholders Vergano at the time of the assessment. and the Mayor and Council of Wayne, will work together to fully restore the Schuyler-Colfax House so that it can be utilized for public interests.

“I am grateful to the Daughters of the American Revolution and the Wayne Historical Commission for their outstanding work in the restoration of the Schuyler-Colfax House and for instilling pride in Wayne Township’s rich history,” said Mayor Christopher Vergano at

the time of the assessment.

According to D’Alessandro, the main purpose of the museum will be to preserve the architecture and grounds of the house, as well as archives, museum library, images and photos by sharing the stories of the property’s former inhabitants and offering views of individual rooms with context to their respective time periods. Hands-on tours as well as public programs and events would help generate income, with the museum relying on volunteer involvement.

Some of the ways the museum would engage with the public would be through free presentations to local schools and organizations, as well as project opportunities for local clubs. For instance, the Wayne Garden Club will continue to do some gardening on the premises, while the Eagle Scouts, Gold Award Girl Scouts and high school honor society students can do projects in the museum for service hours.

“This house, which is not open to the public due to continual rehabilitation, could become a public museum,” D’Alessandro stated. “As a museum house, it could tell the story of the earliest local residents’ material culture, telling how they survived, thrived and contributed to the community and country.”

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From Bricklayer to Wordsmith Wayne Writer Slays with First Novel, “Deep Within a Blueberry Sky”

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By Jillian Risberg e was a bricklayer by trade and at one time or another a journeyman, contractor, construction superintendent and facilities manager, but few knew that Jeff Antonucci had a hidden talent as a writer.

Now the secrets out as Antonucci launched his debut novel, Deep Within a Blueberry Sky, back in December to a standing room only crowd at Watchung Booksellers in Montclair.

Up until that point, the author’s only writing consisted of personal pieces and poems for family and friends.

“When my father passed away suddenly in 1995, he was the picture of health,” the author says. “I wrote and read his eulogy at his funeral.”

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also pertinent to the hundred of employees at his company.

“I knew that I could get away with it not being a magnificent piece of writing and these people knew that I’m not a writer,” he says.

According to Antonucci, it was a hobby if you had to call it that.

He worked in construction all his life, following in the footsteps of his father, grandfather and uncle who were all master tradesmen, and as he was about to lose his job that’s when the idea for this story came to the author like a virtual slideshow.

“I just went on faith. I never thought I could,” the author says of writing a book. “But I have to tell you, I’m starting to get a little concerned (about the future).”

Antonucci was 59 and all he knew was construction. “You’re looking to get a job — they require you to know how to work these certain programs,” he says.

The author and his four brothers lost their mother in June 2018 at the age of 98. Toward the end, Antonucci says her dementia increased and she didn’t know his name.

“It was a rude awakening for me to realize this is what happened to me, now I know what my brothers would feel. “So I wrote a little piece about that,” he says.

“I sent it to my brother Lou who let his wife Donna read it.

Anytime Donna has read something I’ve written, she always says, ‘Gee Jeff, so beautiful, so honest — you should write a book.”

Antonucci says his sister-in-law has told him this on numerous occasions over the years and every time he has responded with a laugh; this was no different. Other people who read it said the same thing.

He says it was not only seeing the idea but also feeling it. In that split second when it flashed before his eyes, Antonucci had a feel for what the story had to convey.

But the author says he thought it was going to be a children’s picture book and that doesn’t require a lot of words.

“I think I can do that,” he says.

According to Antonucci, he was on Rte. 80 in Mount Olive when a truck came up alongside him and a decal on its back window read: ‘When you’re down to nothing, G-d is up to something.’

“It was fortunate that I met this woman, Donna Thompson (of Woodpecker Press) who is a publisher,” Antonucci says. “I’m gonna talk to Donna to see if she could help me see what I can do with the manuscript.”

Thompson was happy to make it happen.

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She told me, “Basically, you’ll be self-publishing. I’ll walk you through the steps and this will be a nice thing for you to have for your family.”

Only 28 pages are necessary for a children’s book.

“My thinking was I don’t have to worry about (the length) ‘cause most of what I’m doing is a picture book.

Maybe pages won’t even have any words,” Antonucci says.

“My thinking was I don’t have to worry The author wrapped about (the length) ‘cause most of what I’m up his work as a facilities doing is a picture book. Maybe pages won’t manager and wanted to even have any words,” Antonucci says. start writing this book.

“To show you where I’m coming from, I didn’t even have a computer in my home and I can’t even type,” Antonucci says. “I just wanted to get it over with.”

The author set himself up with a home office so as he put it, ‘he could get back to getting a job.’

“I sit down to write — I’m up to 10,000 words before you know it,” Antonucci says. “And I’m literally living in this world of the story.”

That’s well beyond the 2,800 words for a children’s book so he called his publisher and said, ‘Let me just keep writing and see where it goes.’

Right around that time, Antonucci drove by Preakness

Valley United Reformed Church on Valley Road, where the welcome sign bears bible verses and scripture.

It read: ‘He Who Began a Good Work In You Will Be Faithful To Complete It In You,’” he says.

According to Antonucci, he views the way the message, idea and feeling of the story came to him as a gift from God. He took the truck sign and the church sign as literal signs that he was meant to write this book and it helped him move forward.

“Every time I’m continuing to write, I’m thinking I’m getting close to the end of the story,” Antonucci says. “So I thought I gotta be done by September for sure.”

September would come and go and he was still not done.

November would come and go.

It was the better part of a year before Antonucci finally put his pen down on April 16, 2017.

Easter Sunday night to be exact he wrote the words, THE END — to the manuscript for “Deep Within a Blueberry Sky.” It ended up being more than 100,000 words.

“I’m not even letting people know I’m doing this (mostly other than) my wife and kids,” the author says.

That week Antonucci drove by the same church sign and at the time it read: ‘Love’s Redeeming Work

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“So much so that after I read Deep Within a Blueberry Sky I was going to read it to Mia because there are a lot of lessons in this book for her — of the value of time, the value of where you come from, who you come from and giving back to something greater than yourself,” the retired Totowa Police Captain says.

“She’s been actually reading it to me and my wife.”

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According to the author, at it’s core — this is really a story about love.

The coming of age tale takes us on sevenyear-old Sarah’s journey as her grandparents teach her crucial life lessons that span decades, ending when she is 40.

“Deep Within a Blueberry Sky is the magical realism (fiction genre incorporating magical elements to create an unexpected alteration of reality) novel that I’m so thrilled that it is but I didn’t plan it to be,” Antonucci says.

We first see the family make their way to the country for a typical summer getaway.

“The grandfather has this surprise in store for her,” the author says. “He’s going to teach her how to fly fish for brook trout.

“The grandmother has passed when the story starts. (She) and the grandfather got this plan together to do this for (Sarah) and it’s all about giving her the tools she needs to live a rich, full life,” Antonucci says. “One that will allow her to overcome challenges and obstacles she’s destined to encounter and realize for herself there are truly no limits to what she can do.”

According to the author, it’s an evolution — you get to a certain point and there’s something else that comes as part of this experience.

“I wrote a letter that I put into the book,” Antonucci says.

“Basically I’m thanking the reader for not just purchasing the book but taking their valuable time to read this story.”

The author says it’s going to transport you to a very nice, calm, happy, loving place.

Neil Van Ess can relate.

The book’s main character, Sarah, had a wonderful relationship with her grandfather which reminded Van Ess of his own relationship with his 10-year-old granddaughter, Mia. “So much so that after I read Deep Within a Blueberry Sky I was going to read it to Mia because there are a lot of lessons in this book for her — of the value of time, the value of where you come from, who you come from and giving back to something greater than yourself,” the retired Totowa Police Captain says.

“She’s been actually reading it to me and my wife.”

According to the Vietnam Veteran, his granddaughter is into the book and they’re covering about 10 pages every night.

The Purple Heart recipient says he can’t wait to finish the book because “you don’t necessarily have to succeed to get an end result ‘cause it’s always about the process.”

“I love it. It’s just a wonderful story of love, life, family,” Van Ess says, adding that the book captures unforeseen consequences and how love really conquers all.

Valerie Brannan echoed that sentiment, calling it a story about love and how God is love. “With scriptures that he (Antonucci) talked about, including ‘Nothing is impossible, all things are possible with God,’” Brannan says. “That’s really the core of the story; it was very inspirational.”

It’s a journey, about faith, trust and honesty. According to Brannan, she really enjoyed the child’s calm surrender to the grandfather and lessons learned.

“A very different writing style,” she says. “There was a lot of dialogue back and forth and you got to know the characters like you could just reach out and touch them.”

The Cedar Grove woman says that the underlying theme of the book is very, very spiritual.

For Pompton Lakes resident, Jack Murphy, the best part of Deep Within a Blueberry Sky was how the book identified many of life’s lessons that could apply across generations.

“Jeff touched on a subject, handicapped people, that most families and/or friends know someone afflicted,” Murphy says. “When finishing one chapter, you are encouraged to start the next.”

And like Van Ess, Murphy says that the book brought back memories of his granddaughter.

“Spending many wonderful days in my workshop building bird houses and other projects,” he says.

As a veteran, for Murphy the book also evoked feelings of one of the main character’s selfless sacrifices she made for her country.

He says it’s a wonderful book for a parent or grandparent to read with a young person.

“We have more than enough turmoil and anxiety, stress going on in life and in our world. Let this be an escape, that’s what I’m hoping,” Antonucci says.

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Willowbrook Mall Senior GM Celebrates 40 Years Recalling the Past and Building the Future

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In the front foyer of the office of Brookfield Properties, the management company of Wayne, New Jersey’s Willowbrook Mall, are posted the following words and statements: Humility, Attitude, Do the Right Thing, Together, Own It. Nancy Barbary, Senior General Manager of Willowbrook Mall, states, “It’s our mantra. In terms of the company, that’s what we stand for, that’s how we try to behave, do our jobs, and interact with others. I really live by them, whether they were the company’s or not, but do the right thing when you’re in a negotiation, making sure both sides win, doing your job with humility. So, each one

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Barbary in September of 2019 will celebrate 40 years of working in the realm of shopping malls, her travels taking her from Wayne to Paramus. She landed in her current post in 2006. “It’s been a great career,” she affirms while smiling. stands for how we interact and do our jobs.” While Barbary states all 5 mantras are equal, she places a lot of weight on “Own It”. “I think in my position, you have to own it. This has to be everything you do and stand for, and if you don’t own it, then things can happen, and you would never know that they were going on.”

Barbary in September of 2019 will celebrate 40 years of working in the realm of shopping malls, her travels taking her from Wayne to Paramus. She landed in her current post in 2006. “It’s been a great career,” she affirms while smiling.

Barbary often wonders where all the time has gone, how the past years have sped by, and she does this during her favorite hours at the mall: prior to opening and after its closing. “It’s just an extremely peaceful, quiet…the lights are off, the stores lights are still on…it just has a whole kind of a very sentimental feeling.”

Barbary, a Cedar Grove resident, has had multiple jobs with mall management companies through the years, the current being Brookfield Properties. Prior to her 1979 employment, she shopped at Willowbrook often, many times with her daughter. She hadn’t planned on retail as a career, but employment at the facility

close to her home was in another area.

“My first job was in 1979 as a night receptionist. I was a single mom at that point, my daughter was four, but I also wanted to work in an office position. The night receptionist was an extension of the accounting department, so I was able to do payroll and a lot of the accounting functions. I was able to come in at 4:30 and work to 9:30, because in those days the mall office was open.”

Thereafter she got involved with security, customer relations, “because as the front desk receptionist you handle the radio, security calls, call for lost children over the PA system that we had at the time, so that was my first introduction to the shopping center industry.” Yes, working at Willowbrook was convenient and familiar, but. “I had shopped here, but it was an industry I knew nothing about, so it was a real learning experience.”

Barbary worked as night receptionist for a year, and then an opening as a Marketing Secretary emerged. Her daughter was now a year older and in kindergarten, and she applied for and got the position, working on Christmas and Easter promotions, and in advertising. In 1981, a marketing position opened up in

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Paramus Park Mall, and at that time the Marketing Manager at Willowbrook had departed, and while secretary, she served many of the functions like managing budgets, writing newsletters (“I just kind of took over jobs that had to get done”), and the manager at Paramus Park – his name was Phil Duffy, who ended up being a real mentor to Barbary – saw a newsletter and asked who wrote it. “When he found out it was me, he offered to have me become the Assistant Marketing Manager at Paramus Park, it was called the Promotion Assistant, I think at the time.” Barbary trained with the then-pregnant marketing manager at Paramus Park, prepping herself to be eventually named Marketing Manager. She stayed in that position for eight years, and then got deeply into advertising, working with The Record, doing onsite photography at the mall, which was an exciting time for her. After that, an Assistant Manager Retail Operations position opened in Willowbrook, and she worked in this position from 1989 to 1990. Soon after, Barbary found herself back in Paramus Park when the manager there left, she applied and was selected. “So, I had known that center from a marketing standpoint, and I managed that center for 15 years.”

In 2005, the Senior General Manager position opened at Willowbrook and, after serving in her role for 15 years which included major mall renovation, she headed back to her first “home.”

Barbary has enjoyed every experience and feels very fortunate to have worked in an industry for 40 years and still say that she loves to come to work every day. “It’s a unique industry, I think.

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How has the different modes of shopping, online as opposed to visiting a mall, and the shopper had changed, has it affected her career? “As ironic as it may sound, I don’t think it has changed much,” she says. “People still come and shop, they like to touch and feel their merchandise. From a mall management standpoint, we’ve had to create gathering spaces. We know now that people like to gather, have coffee, charge their computers, and we work with the Willowbrook Mall works very closely with CASA retailers who (Court Appointed Special Advocate), but also works are providing a lot with Chilton Medical Center, and also has a mall that frontline walking club – and Barbary created one of the customer serfirst back at Paramus Park in the early 1980s. vice. So, it’s changed, but not so much.”

Barbary’s biggest challenge in life is balance. “I think the job always gave me a lot of flexibility because I worked a lot of hours, but come first day of school, I could be there for her (her daughter, when younger), come Halloween I could go to the parade. So, although it was a demanding job in those marketing years, I worked a lot of different hours so I had nice flexibility to do things with her that I could. She had always been my priority. Later in life I’ve remarried, I married my husband Joe in 2002, so that kind of changed things up, having a husband who

was waiting at home for you. But he’s an extremely patient and understanding man, so it’s worked out wonderful. We were older, so you had the ability to have these two lives come together. In the role, it’s just staying fresh.

There’s always something new, always something to be concerned with, there’s always that 24-hour need to be on call. So that’s probably one of the biggest challenges in a job of this position.”

Is anything missing in her life, her career? She answers while smiling, “There really isn’t. The only thing I’ve really never had a chance to do is volunteer. There’s just not enough time to volunteer and to work and to raise a family. Also, my husband and I like to travel. We’re somewhat limited to how long we can go away; a week here, which is wonderful, but sometimes you’d like to take a couple of weeks and go someplace. I think in terms of ‘missing’ I would look at future volunteerism and probably a lot more travel.”

Willowbrook Mall works very closely with CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocate), but also works a lot with Chilton Medical Center, and also has a mall walking club – and Barbary created one of the first back at Paramus Park in the early 1980s. “Every morning I would walk the mall, check on things, and there would be this man there, and I’d say, ‘Hmmm, why is he always here when I’m here?’

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see why he was following me, and it turned out he had had a heart operation and his doctor told him to walk. He Picked Paramus Park and he walked. In Paramus, we hooked up with Valley Hospital and we created the first mall walking club up there, so that by the time I came to Willowbrook, the mall walking club had been in place, but it’s with Chilton. You sign up and you get a badge, because we’re inviting customers into the mall while we’re still cleaning, so we want to know who you are in case anything happens, and you have to sign off on it. Now, we’re going to be sponsoring a Walk with a Doc program (also through Chilton).”

Another very special endeavor that Barbary personally works on is through her parish, Saint Ann’s in Woodland Park. Quarterback Tim Tebow’s Night to Shine organization holds a prom for Special Needs persons in over 600 churches across the country. “It is the most amazing night ever! (This year’s event is scheduled for February 9th). Every Special Needs person has a buddy, so there are over 200 volunteers that work on it, so that’s a special thing to my heart that I do outside of work,” she proudly states.

What is her definition of success in business and life, and has she entirely lived it? “I don’t think that you ever entirely live it, so I’d have to say I still think there’s more to come. I love to learn, and I always kind of lived my life trying to be the best I can, whenever I can, at everything I can, to the best of my ability. For me, I have to try the hardest that I can. If I don’t know how to do it, I figure it out. I’m very self-taught in that respect. I’ve always felt that I’ve always done the next person’s job as well. I’m very conscientious

and I do feel that ‘Own It’ is something that I truly do.”

Barbary, as she did in Paramus Park, treats Willowbrook Mall as her home. “I wouldn’t expect anything different here, and I do have high expectations. I expect a lot of my team, I expect a lot of myself, and I expect a lot out of making sure that we’re meeting your expectations. I have to make sure mine are high so that I’m always making sure I’m meeting yours.”

Nancy Barbary does now and always has lived by the Golden Rule. “I want to treat others the same way I want to be treated.

So, if you respect others maybe you can earn their respect back.

Someone once told me that I was really tough; that I did my job and I was tough, but that I’m very fair. I really pride myself on that.

I don’t mind being tough, because I’m going to be tough, but I’m going to be fair, and that’s something that I am proud of.”

Exciting things are in store at Willowbrook as Barbary enters her 41st mall year presiding over important changes and additions. “Shopping centers have to evolve as well, and again we are kind of mini cities, and if you don’t move on with the times, even though people may be shopping differently, they are still eating.

They want to be entertained, they want to have an experience.

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Myth: Recovery from spaying and neutering takes a long time.

Fact: Many veterinarians and animal clinics allow pet owners to bring their pets home on the same day the animal is spayed or neutered. Pets are usually fully recovered within a week of having the surgery.

Myth: Removing reproductive organs will make my pet get fat and lazy.

Fact: Weight gain is not a byproduct of spaying and neutering. Pet weight gain is typically linked to an unhealthy diet and inadequate exercise.

Myth: My pet’s personality will change for the worse.

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Myth: It’s advisable to spay a female pet after she has at least one litter.

Fact: Many veterinarians stand by medical evidence that suggests females spayed.

Fact: Many veterinarians stand by medical evidence that suggests females spayed before their first heat are typically healthier than those who aren’t.

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Saint Valentine’s Day; the Legend

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By Henry M. Holden

ost of us are familiar with St. Valentine’s Day. Every February 14, people exchange Saint Valentine’s Day messages of affection, love and devotion around the world. According to the History Channel, approximately 150 million Valentine’s Day cards are exchanged on Valentine’s Day. That makes it the second most card sending day in the world.

Why is it the most important human emotion is so poorly celebrated and lost in a ritualistic exchange of chocolates, silly cards, and stuffed animals?

At least one movie, a romantic comedy, was produced in 2010 about the day. The movie follows nearly two dozen people as they find and lose love in all its many forms over the course of the title day. Critics called it, “glib, shallow, lame, and stale” so it is no wonder the movie yielded only an 18-percent score on Rotten Tomatoes.

But that one bad apple should not spoil the barrel, and why the day is celebrated. The American Film Industry listed their 100 best love stories with Casablanca (1942) coming in at number one. Number 100 is Jerry McGuire (1996) and number 50 is Shakespeare in Love (1998). Strangely, in the 20 years since Shakespeare in Love there has not been a love story added to the list.

The day became infamous for a short time when seven members of Chicago’s North Side Gang were gunned down in a garage in what became known as the “St. Valentine’s Day Massacre.” It remains one of Chicago’s darkest moments but has never darkened the spirits of lovers on that day.

St. Valentine’s Day is also clouded by fanciful and mysterious legends. The traditional observance of Saint Valentine’s Day comes from an early pagan ritual of Lupercalia and Christian legends surrounding the martyrdom of a priest. Historically, Valentine’s Day has nothing to do with love. Little is known of the saint’s life, but most church historians believe he is at least the namesake of the holiday. If we look back on the origins of romantic love, we find the custom emerged long after the saint died.

There are several legends surrounding Saint Valentine’s Day. The story of St. Valentine’s Day begins in the third century with the Roman Emperor Claudius ll. According to one legend, Claudius had prohibited marriage of young men, claiming bachelors made better soldiers. Valentine, possibly a priest, continued to secretly perform marriage ceremonies until he was eventually apprehended by the Romans and put to death.

The most documented legend is the story of a priest/physician name Valentinus who fell in love with the daughter of Claudius’ jailer. Contrary to popular belief, he was not initially a Christian

priest but a pagan healer.

It was during the Roman persecution of the Christians that Emperor Claudius had ordered all Romans to worship twelve gods. He had also made it a crime punishable by death to aid or associate with Christians. As a healer, it was Valentinus’ job to help people. Not even the threat of death could keep him from practicing his healing arts. Eventually they arrested him for helping Christians.

Ancient Rome did not have a speedy trial in their judicial system, and Valentinus languished for months in his stone cell.

While in prison, he met many Christians and saw the dignity and conviction they had in their faith. Their strength gave Valentinus the strength he needed, and he converted to Christianity.

Over the months he became friends with a jailer. The jailer, seeing Valentinus was a man of learning, asked if he could bring his blind daughter to Valentinus for lessons in Roman history. His daughter’s name was Asterius (some say Julia) and she was quick to learn. Valentinus read the history of Rome to her, described the world of nature, and taught her the Word of Jesus Christ.

Asterius saw the world of Jesus through Valentinus’ eyes. She trusted him and found comfort in his quiet strength.

Asterius wanted to see the world of Jesus through Valentinus eyes.

“Valentinus does the Lord really hear our prayers?” she asked him one day.

“Yes, my child, He hears each one.”

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ried. “I pray that I might see. I want to see everything you’ve told me about.”

“The Lord does what is best for us if we will believe in him.,” Valentinus said.

Valentinus’ faith in the Lord was unswerving. “Let us kneel together and pray to the Lord Jesus Christ for strength.” As they knelt in prayer, a brilliant light invaded the prison cell.

Asterius cried out, “Valentinus I can see! I can see!”

“Praise be to the Lord,” exclaimed Valentinus. After calming Asterius the two knelt in a prayer of thanksgiving.

In those days, declaring a miracle in the name of Jesus Christ sealed his fate. On the eve of his death, Valentinus wrote a note to Asterius urging her to stay close to the Lord and pray for strength.

Valentinus, resigned to his own death, did not admonish his cap-

Saint Valentine, officially Saint Valentine of Rome, was a widely recognized 3rd-century Roman saint commemorated on February 14 and since the High Middle Ages is associated with a tradition of courtly love. (credit en.wikipedia.org)

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On February 14, 270 A.D., Valentinus was clubbed to death and beheaded near a gate in Rome now called Porto Valentinus in his memory. Asterius secretly planted a pink-blossomed almond tree near his grave in what today is the Church of Praxedes. Today, the almond tree remains a symbol of love and friendship.

Several centuries went by and slowly Christians were able to emerge and publicly display and practice their faith.

The pagan Romans, now in a minority, still celebrated the feast of Lupercalia which had been popular from around 4-B.C. The church decided it was time to replace the pagan custom with a Christian observance.

The pagan celebration honoring Lupercus, was the

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Asterius cried out, “Valentinus I can see! I can see!”

“Praise be to the Lord,” exclaimed Valentinus. After calming Asterius the two knelt in a prayer of thanksgiving. belief, he was not initially a Christian priest but a pagan healer.

It was during the Roman persecution of the Christians that Emperor Claudius had ordered all Romans to worship twelve gods. He had also made it a crime punishable by death to aid or associate with Christians. As a healer, it was Valentinus’ job to help people. Not even the threat of death could keep him from practicing his healing arts. Eventually they arrested him for helping Christians.

Ancient Rome did not have a speedy trial in their judicial system, and Valentinus languished for months in his stone cell.

While in prison, he met many Christians and saw the dignity and conviction they had in their faith. Their strength gave Valentinus the strength he needed, and he converted to Christianity.

Over the months he became friends with a jailer. The jailer, seeing Valentinus was a man of learning, asked if he could bring his blind daughter to Valentinus for lessons in Roman history. His daughter’s name was Asterius (some say Julia) and she was quick to learn. Valentinus read the history of Rome to her, described the world of nature, and taught her the Word of Jesus Christ.

Asterius saw the world of Jesus through Valentinus’ eyes. She

trusted him and found comfort in his quiet strength.

Asterius wanted to see the world of Jesus through Valentinus eyes.

“Valentinus does the Lord really hear our prayers?” she asked him one day.

“Yes, my child, He hears each one.”

“Do you know what I pray for every day?” She queried. “I pray that I might see. I want to see everything you’ve told me about.”

“The Lord does what is best for us if we will believe in him.,” Valentinus said.

Valentinus’ faith in the Lord was unswerving. “Let us kneel together and pray to the Lord Jesus Christ for strength.” As they knelt in prayer, a brilliant light invaded the prison cell.

Asterius cried out, “Valentinus I can see! I can see!”

“Praise be to the Lord,” exclaimed Valentinus. After calming Asterius the two knelt in a prayer of thanksgiving.

In those days, declaring a miracle in the name of Jesus Christ sealed his fate. On the eve of his death, Valentinus wrote a note to Asterius urging her to stay close to the Lord and pray for strength. Valentinus, resigned to his own death, did not admonish his captors. He wrote to Asterius that it was God’s will.

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He signed a note “from your Valentinus.”

On February 14, 270 A.D., Valentinus was clubbed to death and beheaded near a gate in Rome now called Porto Valentinus in his memory. Asterius secretly planted a pink-blossomed almond tree near his grave in what today is the Church of Praxedes. Today, the almond tree remains a symbol of love and friendship.

Several centuries went by and slowly Christians were able to emerge and publicly display and practice their faith.

The pagan Romans, now in a minority, still celebrated the feast of Lupercalia which had been popular from around 4-B.C. The church decided it was time to replace the pagan custom with a Christian observance.

The pagan celebration honoring Lupercus, was the Roman equivalent of the Greek god Pan, a deity of fertility. It involved a bloody animal sacrifice, one of the many pagan customs ab-

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horrent to the Christians. The names of teenage women were placed in a box and drawn at random by adolescent men. The feast had all the trappings of a young man’s rite of passage.

Determined to end this eighthundred-year-old practice, the church sought a saint to replace the deity Lupercus. Since Valentine’s death fell on the eve of the feast, he was a convenient candidate to usurp the popularity of Lupercalia. In 496 A.D., Pope Gelasius outlawed the mid-February Lupercalia feast. The pope was clever enough to retain the random selection, aware of the Roman’s love for games of chance. In the box that was once held the names of available and single women, he replaced the names with the names of saints.

Both Christian men and women drew slips of paper and were asked to emulate the life of the saint’s name they drew for the coming year.

The spiritual overseer of this “game” was St. Valentine.

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This love for art began early on in her life. Growing up she spent time painting and teaching her family how to use art as a form of therapy.

Cedeno has always mentioned how calming and relaxing art has been since she incorporated it into a career. There is nothing more rewarding then seeing a young child being able to see a masterpiece they created with their own hands!

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