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The Incredible Importance Of Writing Down A Town’s History

By Richard Mabey Jr. hroughout the 1990’s, I wrote a series of articles centering upon the history of Lincoln Park. During that time period, I wrote well over a hundred articles about Lincoln Park’s history, folklore, legends, and unique geography. These articles all appeared in the pages of the Independent News, a regional weekly newspaper that was well read by the people of Lincoln Park. I wrote a good 95 percent of these articles in the Lincoln Park Museum, a most quaint and charming little building that still adorns Lincoln Park’s Main Street. In the northwest corner of the museum, was a little historical library. It was composed of about 200 old books that focused on the history of New Jersey. Some of these books were well over a hundred years old. In front of the library corner was a small desk. And, on the right-hand side of

the desk, as you sat at this desk, was an antique mechanical typewriter. A golden gem in the midst of the age of the dawning of the personal computer. I just loved that old typewriter, it would bring me back to another time, another place. For when I was 12 years old, I would type up articles for the old Lincoln Park Herald, each and every week, on Mom’s mechanical typewriter. I always loved the feel of typing on old, mechanical typewriters. I wrote most of my historical articles, for the old Independent News, on Saturday afternoons. At the time I was working in the Public Relations Department of AT&T in Morristown. Spending two or three hours, writing at that small desk in the little historical museum, brought to me a certain peace of mind. A little retreat from the hustle and bustle of the corporate world. First, I would write an article with pen and paper.

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Often times, doing three or four rewrites. I remember that it was such a cozy feeling, having this array of old historical books, right behind me at my desk. They were a wealth of wonderful knowledge. The legends, the essence, the spirit, the guarded truths of northern New Jersey were all hidden away between the book covers of these old books. I remember that some of these old books were actually a bit musty smelling. But, I found that only added to their charm and mys-

tique. I am most grateful to the membership of the Lincoln Park Historical Society, for unanimously voting to display my articles on the southeast wall of the museum. It was a great honor for me. Something that I still hold, dear to heart. I’m pretty sure that it was during the Summer of 1997, that the Independent News published a special pull-out tablet that focused on the history of Lincoln Park. This special booklet featured a continued on page 6

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Wayne Hills Patriots Girl’s Lacrosse Score a Historic Three-Peat

By Steve Sears he applause and great respect are there, both very well deserved. However, the ultimate question may always be, “What might have been?” In May, when the Wayne Hills Patriots girl’s lacrosse team defeated Lakeland, 17 – 10 for their third straight Passaic County Tournament title, they etched their names in the PCT record book as only the second team to win three consecutive titles. Lakeland, from 2016 to 2018, was the other. It was Wayne Hill’s sixth PCT title overall, and the seniors on the current club have won 17 consecutive games against Passaic County competition. But there will always be the asterisk. Had COVID19 not canceled their 2020 season, and the team had also won the PCT that year, they would be head and shoulders above the rest as the only team ever to win four consecutive county titles. Head Coach Daniela Wagenti, whose team ﬁnished this season with a record of 16 wins and 5 losses, has been coach at Wayne Hills for six seasons. “The COVID year, we obviously were only losing one starting senior from the 2019 championship team,” Wagenti explains. “We obviously had big expectations for that year, and then COVID hit. We were doing full training, our winter training. We were doing everything in the oﬀseason

to keep that up. We definitely had high expectations for that season.” The above being said, Wagenti and the Patriots are being saluted for a job well done. The team has been fortunate to have a number of outstanding players, quite a few being named to the All-Passaic County list as top performers. Kaitlyn Davies – one of the top-rated players in the nation – was named First-Team All-Passaic County along with Sydney Levitt, Kate Lopresti (who this season set the single season record for assists), and Sarah Park. Second teamers were Sam Hoff, Fiona Qira, and Corinne Zaccone, while Mia Cuccinello and Kayla Le scored Honorable Mention honors. Davies, who scored 308 total goals in her Wayne Hills career, will take her talent to the University of Florida this fall. “As a coach, having her on the field actually makes everything easier,” Wagenti says. “The girls look up to her, the girls want to be like her. She is a role model for not only the younger kids, but also the kids that are her same age that have been playing with her forever. The one thing about Kaitlyn is she is the humblest player - she just wants the team to do well. She just wants to win. There are times where I’ve spoken to her after a game and I’ve asked her, ‘How many goals did you actually have today?’ And she honestly doesn’t know. That stuff isn’t her focus. She wants

The Wayne Hills Patriots Celebrates their girl’s lacrosse three-peat (Courtesy oﬀ Daniela Wagenti)

the team to get better, she wants the younger kids to get better, and she wants to win. She’s one of the most competitive athletes I’ve ever had.” Davies had six goals against Lakeland, and during her career she has many times scored more than that in games. Sarah Park, who celebrated her 18th birthday the day the Lakeland game was played, scored four goals, and Sydney Levitt tallied ﬁve times. Goalie Samantha Kopleton had 10 saves in net. The Patriots had defeated Lakeland rather handily, 20 – 9, during the regular season, so Lakeland had revenge in mind, and they and Wayne Hills were tied 6 - 6 at halftime of the PCT title game. Wagenti made a few ad-

justments, but also oﬀered brief but pointed words to Davies and the other seniors. “I took the seniors aside and said, ‘It’s now or never, this is it. You’ll never play another Passaic County game, let alone a championship game ever again. It’s kind of up to you at this point.’” Message delivered, and eventually so was the title. Wagenti loses eight starting seniors for 2023, so next season will be a more challenging one. “It’s really a rebuilding year next year,” she says. “We’re going to have to rebuild, and the girls coming up are just going to have to work hard and try and keep the caliber of play that they’ve been used to that past few years with that senior group.”

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Passaic County Fair Returns This August

he Friends of Passaic County Parks, Inc. will be hosting the annual Passaic County Fair from Thursday, August 11th-Sunday, August 14th at Garret Mountain Reservation. The opening ceremony will be held on Friday, August 12th at 7:00PM. This year’s fair will feature four days of unique activities for all to enjoy from games and rides, to art activities and environmental excursions. Additionally, “Family Night” is on Thursday, August 11th. The four-day celebration will also feature fireworks displays. The County Fair stage will feature an array of local musicians. Some of the bands on this year’s slate are The Garret Mountain Boys, Grand Theft Audio, Craig Redmond and C Dreams, and The Kootz. Live music will be complimented with a beer garden and some of the best food from around Passaic County. “We’re so excited to be able to bring the

Passaic County Fair back this year. It is an annual summer highlight for our residents, visitors, and vendors alike. With lots of carnival rides, food trucks and carts, activities, local businesses and pop-up shops, live music, performances and fireworks, there is something for everyone,” stated Passaic County Commissioner Pat Lepore. “We invite everyone to come have some summer fun at our long-awaited fair atop our beautiful county park, Garret Mountain Reservation.” Entrance to the fair is free, parking at the Passaic County Fair is $5.00 per car. All proceeds from the fair benefit the Friends of Passaic County Parks, Inc. for future programming, park improvements and preservation projects throughout the Passaic County Park System. For more information, please visit www. seepassaiccounty.org and follow us on Facebook and Instagram @SeePassaicCounty.

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Gabe Vitalone Celebrates His 100th Birthday used to have to light the gas, and the man came around at night lighting the street lights at twilight. The was no supermarkets, no electricity, and to go from there to where we are now, it’s just unbelievable.” He then pauses, and continues. “When I look back, happy things seem to leap out.” A big part of that happiness is his family. Vitalone has been married to his lovely wife, Evelyn, for 68 years, and the couple are parents to three children, Nancy, Peter, and Christopher, and grandparents

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A Town’s History...

continued from front page few dozen of my historical articles. I was greatly honored. When I moved to Central Pennsylvania, in 2005, the collection of my historical articles were still on display in the museum. Art Smith, the Curator of that time period, had also kept one copy of all my articles in the old file cabinet. It was kind of a warm feeling, knowing that these historical articles were now standing on their own two feet. During the 1990’s, I interviewed quite a few of the World War II era residents of Lincoln Park. I did my best to capture, through their remembrances, the history, folklore, and legends of old Lincoln Park. In many ways, it saddens me, because all so many endearing memories went to the graves of those wonderful folks who lived

in Lincoln Park during the Great Depression and endured the trials and tribulations of World War II. It is all so important to write down the history of a town. To take the time to put pen to paper, to then bring them to typewritten mode, and if possible have them published in local newspapers. For time is like the sand sifting through our fingers. We blink our eyes, and the years have all gone by. In order for the history of a town to live on, for the next generation, it is all so important to write it down. Truly, a town’s history is ever so valuable and precious. Richard Mabey Jr. is a freelance writer. He can be reached at richardmabeyjr@ hotmail.com. Please put on the subject line: Town History.

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100th Birthday... continued from page 5 restaurant was the place. “We had it outdoors,” Vitalone says. “We had a beautiful day. I’m really ecstatic about it, because we had members of the family there, and I come from a big family. My grandmother had 14 children, so I’m loaded with cousins. They hadn’t seen one another for years, because as we get older, you don’t visit as much. And to watch the joy! And then of course, some of my former students were there, and then friends of my

children were there. It was just a joyous, joyous day!” And that wasn’t the only celebration. Wayne’s Our Lady of Consolation Parish, where Vitalone has worshipped for years, also feted him. “Unbelievable!” he says. “It was at the Saturday afternoon Mass, and it was just unbelievable. I really got choked up there. Father Mike (Lombardo) was outstanding. We were parishioners right from the very beginning, before the church was

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Physician Releases Book on Leadership

by Steve Sears r. Stanley E. Harris, MD, MA of Wayne, has released a first book titled The People Value Proposition: See One, Do One, Teach One....Lead. The book, which describes Harris’s personal leadership journey and offers key advice and principles to those who are aspiring to be a leader, currently ascending that ladder, or have reached the top rung, was published in April 2022. Writing the book, Harris says, was on his mind for a few years. “I think it would be fair to say that the beginnings of it, in terms of thinking of communicating something to people that I was experiencing, began when I received my master’s degree in Organizational Communication and Leadership,” he says. “Be-

cause then I began doing presentations on various topics that I thought were related to communicating within an organization and to leadership. The book really began to materialize as I thought about putting together the multiple presentations that I had done.” As his work commenced and continued, Harris also realized that there were other components he had to research and add to his volume. He explains. “I think that as it began to evolve, I wanted it to be a story that many people could relate to, that leaders don’t start at the top of an organization unless you’re inheriting a business and you are automatically made the person in charge. I thought those kinds of things, and my own personal experience along the way, might be helpful to

people to understand that. It’s something that you have to work at, that there are many pieces along the way in your life that contribute to your ability to lead and to simply communicate effectively with people.” Harris devised his book’s title the following way. “You are only a leader if there are people who are willing to follow you, and a true leader is one who is constantly looking to make the people that they lead better, to try and enable them to reach their full potential. And that is how I got to the concept of the ‘people value proposition.’” Harris, a former Senior Medical Director at Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey who is active on the Marist University Board of Trustees, has included a variety of chap-

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Tri-Boro VFW in Butler Receiving Morris County Grant

he Morris County Board of County Commissioners personally delivered a letter notifying oﬃcials at the George P. Siek Tri-Boro Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No. 8096 in Butler they are cleared for a $13,755 grant. The award is being issued through the Morris County Small Business Grant Program, which was set up this year to provide grants to small businesses and nonprofits, such as the VFW Post, for expenses to the

pandemic. Commissioner Deputy Director John Krickus delivered a letter yesterday notifying the VFW its grant application was approved. “We passed a resolution last night authorizing the funds, and a check will be forwarded. We wanted to do this before Memorial Day,” said Deputy Director Krickus, who served in the United States Marine Corps. The letter was presented to the VFW

Posing in front of the VFW Post 8096 with grant letter (l-r) Commissioner Deputy Director John Krickus, Mayor Ryan Martinez, VFW Post 8096 leaders Daniel O ‘Dougherty, Tom McDonald and Doug Fritsch.

leadership, including Doug Fritsch, Tom McDonald and Daniel O ‘Dougherty, in front of the post’s Carey Road headquarters. Butler Mayor Ryan Martinez also was in attendance. He had urged the VFW to apply for the grant when he learned of Morris County’s program. “Thank you very much. We really could use it. With the pandemic and everything, the escalating price of our insurance, trying to stay afloat hasn’t been easy,” said McDonald. “This is appreciated. It was really needed,” added Mayor Martinez. The Tri-Boor Post 8096 was honored by the Morris County Commissioners last

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Obituary Jennifer Andree Thomas Erickson Born 6/15/1960 to parents Elizabeth and Robert Thomas. She grew up in Lincoln Park, NJ and graduated Boonton High School. Jen lived and had her career in NYC, NY until her death on 5/1/2022. Jennifer had an Associate’s Degree in fashion from Berkeley College. A 40 year career in the fashion industry followed, starting as an assistant buyer for the Doneger buying oﬃce. She went on to work as a buyer for Ormond Shops and G&G Shops, transitioning into manufacturing as a sourcing and production manager for an East Indian import company, traveling the globe. Then moving into a VP of sales and merchandising role. On 12/4/2009, on a Jet Blue flight to Las Vegas, Jennifer met her true love, James Erickson. They were married on 9/22/2012, in Thornley Chapel, Ocean Grove, NJ, one of the happiest days of her life!

An avid runner, Jennifer ran numerous half marathons. Sharing this love of running with her mother, both were members of New York Road Runners. Very proud of her Welsh heritage, she was a member of the Women’s Welsh Clubs of America and the St. David’s Society of NY. Also volunteering for the Big Brother, Big Sister Organization. Jennifer loved and supported the arts and was a member of the Metropolitan Opera Guild. She also loved and respected animals, was a vegetarian, and contributed to many animal support groups. She loved her second home, Ocean Grove, NJ and was a member of the Ocean Grove Camp Meeting Choir and Assoc. Jennifer is predeceased by her parents and brother, Robert E. Thomas. She is survived by her husband, James E. Erickson; two step daughters, Victoria and Jayme; and grand daughter, Emma. Also survived by her

sister, Megan Thomas Lydiard; brother-in-law, Robert; sister-in-law, Gabriella Saborio; niece, Jade Thomas & wife, Jess; nephews, Tyler, Nathan, & John. Also her “girl”, her 15 year old poodle, Sabrina. If you would like to honor Jennifer’s memory, you can donate to: IPF Foundation (Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation) ipffoundation.org OR donate to your local animal shelter. -- “Sail on Silver Girl” --

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‘Punchy’ Sculptures Installed at Laurelwood Arboretum

he most-recent Sculpture Trail installations at Laurelwood Arboretum are Punch and Punch Line, two works with the exact same outer dimensions—one a solid form in painted steel and the other an outline in aluminum of the silhouette. According to Fitzhugh Karol, their creator, the solid black form felt “Punchy,” while the line-drawing version was an experiment to discover how a solid and heavy form might take on a lighter feeling by becoming a tracing of itself. The works can be viewed together in the grassy area at location 14 of A Sculpture Trail at Laurelwood Arboretum, 725 Pines Lake Drive West in Wayne. Fitzhugh Karol is a Brooklyn, New York-based sculptor whose work ranges from large scale outdoor installations to intimate tabletop pieces. He sculpts in wood,

Punch and Punch Line by Fitzhugh Karol. Photo by Sean Holzli.

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Reliving Rich Corsetto’s Wonderful Basketball Life

By Steve Sears or Wayne’s Rich Corsetto, it’s been a rewarding sports life, and a gratifying life in general. If you take a peek at both Corsetto’s individual high school and collegiate head basketball coaching records, either would make a wonderful career according to the numbers. His three high school stops garnered him a record of 302 wins and 115 losses, while his college tally is 455 wins and 227 losses, which adds up to a total of overall coaching record 748 wins and 320 losses in 38 years. His winning percentage being what it is, there’s also the people he’s come in contact with most of all. “I was fortunate to have a lot of good people around me, a lot of players and assistant coaches,” Corsetto says. “When I played, I had good coaches who taught me the right things. I picked a lot of things up from my coaches, and when you’re involved with that, that stays with you.” Corsetto started playing the sport he loves when he was seven years old. His skills were cemented in a New Jersey basketball hotbed. “I’m originally from Paterson, New Jersey,” Corsetto says. “I was born and raised there, and got into basketball, and my parents were very supportive of me. I played in all the bascontinued on page 18

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Basketball Life... continued from page 17 ketball leagues in Paterson, and what made me a better player to start off with was that I always played against older kids. I never played against kids my age. When I played, I grew up in the Stoney Road section of Paterson, and right over the hill you had the Grant Street projects. I went over the hill to play with kids that were good in basketball, that were better than me, older than me.” Hoofing it to the courts of the neighboring community paid off. Corsetto went on to star for Saint Bonaventure of Paterson. He was team MVP for the 1962-63 and 196364 seasons, was a member of the New York Daily News First team in 1963-1964, and also made the First-Team All-City, county, and state teams for two consecutive years while scoring 1,555 points over three seasons. He attended both Hartford County Community College and the University of Southern Mississippi (he is a member of that school’s Athletic and Alumni Hall of Fames), where he scored almost 1,300 points in four seasons. He also played high school and college baseball, and was a draftee of the Philadelphia Phillies. After his college playing days, Corsetto was drafted by the American Basketball Association’s Pittsburgh Condors, they of Connie Hawkins and John Brisker fame. “Three times a day,” he says of the practice schedule,

“6:30, 1:00, and 6:00 at night. It was tough. You practiced against Brisker and Hawkins. It was a great experience.” Although he got cut, he had his educational background and started to teach. “I was able to give back,” he says. Corsetto, 75, both loved playing and coaching the sport of basketball. “I can’t put one over the other,” he says. “When I played it, I loved playing it, and when I coached it, I loved coaching it. It was a mixture of both.” His first coaching job was from 1972 to 1983 as head man at Passaic County Technical and Vocational High School in Wayne, and his final stop (for now) was 2017-2022 at Bronx Community College in the Bronx, New York. Overall, he was on the sidelines for 17 seasons as a high school coach and 28 seasons as a college coach. Along the way there were many “Coach of the Year” honors among other recognitions he and his teams won. Corsetto, who is still looking to coach elsewhere, has another goal: to be inducted into the Garden State’s NJSIAA Gallagher/ Bollinger Hall of Fame. He loved being on the sidelines, leading his teams, as well as teaching his players how to lead as well. “Most of my kids always worked really hard, and I instilled that because that’s what I did. I see myself in a lot of my kids that I coached, and I’m still in contact with many of them today. That’s worth more than the 700 wins I have.”

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the general public – I’m being asked, how much are the unsearched Bank Bags worth? The answer is, there’s no way to tell. Coin values always f luctuate and there are never any guarantees, but we do know this. Each u nsea rched ba g weighs nearly 3 pounds and contains 50 Morgan Silver Dollars and just one coin a lone, could be worth $40 - $325 in collector value according to The Official Red Book, A Guide Book of United States Coins. So, there’s no telling what you’ll find until you search through all the coins. But you better believe at just $2900 these unsearched Bank Bags are a steal since ever yone who misses the deadline must pay $4000 for each bag,” said Lynne. “These are not ordinary coins you find in your pocket change. These are rarely seen Morgan Silver Dollars some dating back to the 1800’s so we won’t be surprised if thousands of U.S. residents claim as many as they can get their hands on. That’s because after the bags were loaded with 50 U.S. Gov’t issued Morgan Silver Dollars, each verified to meet a minimum collector grade quality of very good or above, the dates a nd mint marks were never searched to determine collector values and the bags were securely sealed. That means there’s no telling what you’ll find until you search all the coins,” said Lynne. The only thing U.S. residents who find their zip code printed in today’s publication need to do is call the National Coin Claim Hotline before the

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Towaco Pastor Runs 80 Miles for Relay for Life

By Steve Sears possible tornado warning was in the forecast, as were potential thunderstorms. Then there was the sometimes-unpredictable New Jersey traﬃc to contend with and, finally, a lot of miles to run. Still, Pastor Donald Kirschner of Montville United Methodist Church in Towaco, which serves both Boonton and Montville, rose at midnight on Monday, May 16, 2022 for his mission: to run for 24 hours. A tornado didn’t make an appearance, the sky peeled a few times with thunder but rain never came, and Kirschner, 30, was unhindered by traﬃc or horns blaring, and his run came in a bit under a full day total. However, what did happen was a run of 18 total hours for “The Running Relayer,” a personal-best 80 miles covered, and - most importantly - over $3,000 raised for Relay for Life. Kirschner, who was originally raised in both California and Texas, has been with MUMC for four years, and runs under the initiative of “Cross Country Clergy.” “I was training for this as if I was training for a 100-mile race,” Kirschner says. “For me, my average mileage was I was running between 45 to 55 miles a week, and the longest training run I ever did was 33 miles. In terms of the route, I was hoping to run it at RVA (Rockaway Valley Aerodrome Fields) the entire time, just to have all 24 hours there, but in talking with the township, they usually don’t let people there beyond sunrise or sunset.” Kirschner started his run at 12:30 a.m. and the purpose of it was delivered prior to his lacing on his sneakers. “It was meaningful for me to start at the (Whitehall Methodist Church) cemetery. The day before I started this run, a woman in our congregation came into church crying, and

she had just heard literally as she pulled up into the parking lot that her friend had died of cancer. A couple days before that, I’d heard that one of our congregant’s parents had died, and that was from cancer. I can’t tell you how many stories I heard from people who were touched by people who’ve died from cancer or are struggling with cancer as I prepared for this run. So even as I was running, there were a lot of people on my mind and heart, and especially as I was circling just the cemetery those first three and a half hours in the midst of the darkness even before sunrise. We believe hope is shining and the light is going to come, but we’re mindful of all those who’ve died from cancer, and we’re honoring them and praying that those who come in future generations will have a greater chance to beat this as we continue to advance in our research and response to this disease that has hit so many people.” After running around the (Whitehall Methodist Church) cemetery loop near the Montville church where he lives, Kirschner took backroads and did eventually meet with Route 202. He reached Montville’s Lake Valhalla at 5 a.m. “I was passing the Lake Valhalla area and someone was playing Janis Joplin’s Me and Bobby McGee as loud as can be, which I thought was interesting - and then I curved around Taylortown Road, and I went all the way up from Taylortown to get to RVA, which is a hilly and kind of curvy road. Once I arrived at the Rockaway Valley Aerodrome Fields in Boonton Township, I was off the road completely, so it was a very safe place.” While at RVA, he ran for over 13 ½ hours and 50 miles. Kirschner is proud of his accomplishment, and it’s about running and giving back at the same time. “Anytime I can use something I love and get great joy from it, the more I want to find outlets to do that,” he says. “It’s giving in the ways

Pastor Donald Kirschner with fellow Rotary Club member and supporter, Domenico Di Maio, after his 80-mile run. Photo courtesy of Pastor Donald Kirschner

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Pompton Lakes High School English Teacher Pays Special NPR Tribute to Late Colleague the school were planning the 2020 spring

By Steve Sears obert Texel, a Pompton Lakes High School English teacher, in May was invited to speak on NPR radio’s “All Things Considered” as part of its “Songs of Remembrance” series. The series remembers those who have lost their lives to the COVID-19 pandemic. During his time on the air, Texel paid tribute to and fondly remembered Dennis DeCarlo, a well known and loved woodshop teacher at the school whom Texel had often worked with on school play productions. “Dennis was a woodshop teacher and set designer for the spring musical,” Texel says, “but he was talented in many ways. He was gifted in the arts, he restored furniture for the MET (Metropolitan Opera House), and had a furniture restoration business on the side. He started at Pompton about a year or two before I did. When I took the job, they asked me if I’d be interested in helping out with the musical, and I said yes obviously because I have a long history with theater. I think the first time I really had a conversation with him was during our first production meeting.” DeCarlo passed away on May 3, 2020 from COVID-19. He fell ill as he, Texel, and

musical, Mamma Mia. Texel, 32, who has been teaching at the high school since September of 2013, normally has his radio tuned to NPR (National Public Radio) at 93.9 FM, and if he heads to his parent’s Sussex County home, switches over to 88.5 FM for better reception. “If I’m not listening to a playlist I’ve made, I’m listening to NPR, usually.” Texel explains how he heard about the opportunity to appear on air. “They had put out a call for it,” he says. “I don’t remember if I was flipping through their website or if I had heard it on the radio, but I remember distinctly I just finished a rehearsal. My mind went straight to Dennis and went straight to that song, because that’s what that song became for us in the wake of Dennis’s passing.” Texel was visiting friends in Rhode Island when he received the email containing the goods news that he’d been invited on the show. During his NPR segment where he pays tribute to both DeCarlo’s immense talent and extremely congenial personality, Texel shared how the song “No One is Alone” from the Into the Woods musical reminds him of his late colleague. The play is also the one

Dennis DeCarlo (center) and Robert Texel (r) following the 2015 PLHS spring musical (courtesy of Robert Texel)

that the high school did for its 2021 spring performance, dedicating the performance to DeCarlo. In the musical, characters singing the song have lost close friends due to illness, something Texel could relate to. “For me, it was really the circumstances we were in. We we’re doing a show without Dennis for the first time. The reason we picked the

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NPR Tribute ... continued from page 26 That’s what kind of was the impetus for selecting that show, but as it went on, that show became more about Dennis for me and how we all felt during the pandemic, and that song speaks to everyone.” Texel’s photos of DeCarlo and he together working on musicals are few, but he does and always will have “No One is Alone,” the lyrics and melody serving as a precious memory for him. “That was the most important thing to me,” Texel says. “And that was kind of the beauty of it, that I was able to kind of

share Dennis with the nation, and pay tribute to him. That’s really what that was about for me, just making that tribute, and sharing during that song with others who might have lost somebody. That song got me through some tough times. Just in the wake of Dennis’s passing, we sang that song frequently, and that’s what kind of guided me through the pandemic.” To listed to Texel’s tribute to DeCarlo, visit www.npr.org/2022/05/06/1097261249/ata-high-school-the-song-no-one-is-alone-become-about-a-teacher-lost-to-covid.

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Montville Mustang Softball Captures First MCT Title

By Jerry Del Priore his past New Jersey softball season found Montville High School buzzing through stiff competition and all the way to a Morris County Tournament (MCT) crown, the school’s first-ever title. The Mustangs posted a 22-2 overall record and went 10-0 in their conference. Plus, they defeated a tough Roxbury squad in the MCT final, 5-0. With new additions to the club, including standout pitcher Caitlin Olensky, who transferred from Lodi Conception Immaculate, Head Coach John Immediato said he was confident that Montville would have an amazing season due to its cohesive team bond. “I wasn’t surprised (by our success),” said Immediato, who teaches Physical Education and is an Assistant Football Coach at Wayne Valley High School. “I knew we had new, talented players coming in, and they meshed well with the other players on the team. We had positive team chemistry. It was one of the reasons why we were so successful.” Olensky, a University of Arkansas softball commit, enjoyed a breakout campaign in the circle, striking out 252 batters to go along with a minuscule 0.52 ERA in 19 games. Immediato said Olensky proved invaluable to the Mustangs this season, putting the team in place to be ultra competitive and win big. “She was phenomenal this year in the circle,” he said. As for beating Roxbury, who eventually advanced to the semifinal round in the Tournament of Champions, Immediato said it took a total team performance to upend a great club that day in the MCT final. “It’s probably the biggest win in school history. We played extremely well that night,” Immediato said. “It was a really big team win. We had a lot of players contribute to the win. It was a huge team effort.”

“I was very excited for the girls,” the 23-year Montville coach said. “It was one of my best seasons as a (softball) coach.” Another player who shined this season was two-sport (basketball) athlete junior Grace Kowalski, who slugged .474 with four home runs and 22 RBI in 78 at-bats, to go along with the 14 bases she swiped. “Grace had a strong year as my leadoff hitter,” Immediato explained. “She got on base, stole some bases and was a great table setter.” Immediato said the Mustang’s future looks promising, as freshman pitcher Daniella Biggio will complement Olensky even further next season, as she permitted just seven earned runs in 41 innings of work. “She has a bright future in the circle,” he said. “She is going to be very good in the future.” To handle the gifted pitching staff, there was junior catcher Gabby Doncoes behind the dish, who hit .280 with 16 RBI. “She did a great job with our pitchers,” Immediato said. Seeded No. 1 in the MCT, Immediato said Montville proved up to the challenge in the ultra-competitive county tournament, though it came up short to Morris Knolls, 1-0, in the NJSIAA North Jersey Semifinal Round of the Section 1, Group 3 Tournament. “There was a lot of pressure being the number one seed and having to win all four games,” he said. “But it was great for them to win. The girls were elated and the community was so supportive.” Returning a full starting squad next year, Immediato said the Mustangs should be prepared to battle with any squad in the Garden State, that is if they do the right things. “We don’t lose any starters,” the Wayne resident said. “The ball is in their court. If they work hard, they can be even better next year.”

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A Visit to Kinnelon’s Our Lady of Magnificat Parish Chapel

By Steve Sears enry Wise Miller’s gravesite sits elevated on a hill, and from there you can see across Miller Road the tiny chapel he had built in memory of his late wife, the writer Alice Duer. In 1952, eighty acres of land were bequeathed to the Diocese of Paterson by Miller and his second wife, Audrey Frazier, for the building of a future parish building. As for the chapel, Frazier recommended that Miller build the chapel for Duer. “She (Frazier) said, ‘Build the chapel in memory of your first wife.’ That’s what it was,” Our Lady of Magnificat Parish historian, Roger Huss, says. “She was an accomplished writer,” he says of Duer. “She came from high society, and was well educated. Not that he wasn’t accomplished. They both wrote, but she came from a family of notable elites. He did, too, but not to the extent that she did.” Duer’s most famous work was The White Cliffs (of Dover). “They were married for a long time,” Huss says. “They were married at Grace Church in New York City, and they had one son, and you don’t hear much about the son. Henry knew people in Kinnelon, and he spent a lot of time in Kinnelon, and so it goes he played bridge with some people from the local area. And somehow this lady was up

here that knows these people that are living in the Butler area, and she got to meet Henry and they married.” Two prior cottages had already been built on the site, and the chapel came next. Miller served with the Red Cross in England in World War I, and while there he often went to an Anglican chapel at Cotswold in the Harescombe Gloucester Parish. He loved the design so much and remembered it well, and therefore designed the OLM chapel to resemble it. Miller bought the property in 1925, and donated it in 1952. “Henry gave it to the Paterson diocese,” Huss says. “That came about because the attorneys for the Paterson Diocese and the attorney for Henry Miller, they knew each other. Henry Miller wanted to leave this to somebody, and so the attorney for the Paterson Diocese said they might want it. So, they met with a bishop and the bishop wanted it. It was turned over to the bishop, but the chapel had not yet been built. In 1954, he (Miller) builds the chapel, and then he dies.” When completed, it was called Our Lady of Magnificat chapel, and it was dedicated by Bishop James A. McNulty on July 2, 1954. Miller thereafter passed away, and his was the first funeral Mass held at the chapel on September 15 of that same year. As previously stated, he is buried in the parish ceme-

tery, and Duer is buried in Evergreen Cemetery in Morristown. “Henry Miller’s remains, originally when he died, were buried down by the chapel, down in that area,” Huss says. “When the cemetery was completed, his remains were reinterred up here, and if you go to the top head of the cemetery, he’s right next to Monsignor Ryan.” When you enter the chapel, which is open for 24 hours a day, you feel insulated from the outside world. On bright days early in the morning, the sun reaches through the blue rose window and illuminates the alter beautifully. In fact, the area the parish is located in, which includes the new church building which was built in 1983, is a rather serene tree-lined area, a nice area for walking and pondering, and if the chapel is your ultimate destination, all the better. Daily 8:15 morning Mass is held in the chapel. There was, at one time, a tiny choir loft and confessional near the back entrance door. Both have been removed. “There were a couple of stairs going up to sort of a loft, and when you’d come into the entrance right there, you would have gone under the loft, and the confessional was there,” Huss explains. “There wasn’t enough room up there; maybe for three or four people. All of this work, that woodworking, was done by the students in Paterson. There was a Cath-

Henry’s Miller gravesite (credit: Steve Sears)

olic boy’s school run by some priests and brothers.” Henry Miller also wrote a book about his relationship with his first wife, titled All Our Lives: Alice Duer Miller, which was published in 1945. For more information on Our Lady of Magnificat, visit www.olmchurch.org.

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Blast from the Past: Sterling Hill Mining Museum, New Jersey’s Gemstone of Geology

By Henry M. Holden efore becoming the Sterling Hill Mining Museum, it was a zinc mine. The Dutch arrived in the 1600s looking for iron and copper. The value of zinc as a minable commodity didn’t take off until The New Jersey Zinc Company incorporated in the late 1800s. “It took time for mining and science to catch up and discover that there are minerals here that are found nowhere else in the world,” said William Kroth, President Sterling Hill Mining Museum, Inc. Have you ever seen rocks glowing in the dark or walls changing colors? Inside the mine is a tunnel where you’ll see a wall of dull, brown rocks that begin to glow in vivid greens, oranges, blues, and purples when the ultraviolet lights turn on. “Come have a fun scientific adventure when you take our underground mine tour,” said Kroth. “Along the way, you will visit our two museums, go inside the mine itself and see mining equipment, a drilling and blasting demonstration, and the world-famous fluorescent “Rainbow Tunnel” among many other enticing displays. Our tour is sure to engage people of all ages and interests.” Nestled in the small town of Ogdensburg,

New Jersey, the mine which once was one of the world’s richest zinc ore deposits and renowned zinc mine is now a world-famous rock museum. “Our mine run dump area is perfect for avid mineral collectors,” said Kroth. It is available and is recommended for avid rock collectors 18 and older. There are two main sections to our mine run dump, the International pile and the Local pile. The International pile contains diverse minerals from all over the world that people can dig through. The Local pile contains hundreds of tons of high-grade zinc ore that was derived from the Sterling Hill Mine itself. Much of the ore in the local pile is full of highly fluorescent minerals. There is a shed on the mine run dump which has a shortwave ultraviolet light in which collectors can check their rocks and see if they do fluoresce. “Because the mine is a constant 56 degrees year-round, we attract visitors who come to cool down in the summer, and warm up in the winter months,” said Kroth. Another fun activity is sluice mining. This is a perfect activity for children. Just like panning for gold, children (or mom or dad) can purchase bags of sand that are

The entrance to the museum displays the ore cars used to get the ore out of the mine and to market. (Courtesy Sterling Hill Mining Museum)

pre-loaded with gems and minerals or a bag pre-loaded with fossils, or “Motherlode” bag which is a larger mixture of both. The sand mixture is then slowly poured into a tray which is dipped into a water feature to unveil the treasures inside. Although there are about 35 miles of tunnels, you will be guided through about 1,300 feet of generally level tunnel inside the mine. There are no train rides involved. It is a walking tour, so wear comfortable shoes. It is also wheelchair and stroller accessible.

Along the way, guides will stop at various stations and explain the equipment, history, working conditions, and geology of the mine. Visitors do not need flashlights or headlamps and will see the lamp room, the shaft station, mine galleries dating to the 1830’s, and much more. Although there are 25 levels to the mine, the tour is only for the first level of the mine, visitors do not go down to any lower levels. “One of the most anticipated exhibits in continued on page 31

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Sterling Hill Mining Museum continued from page 30 the mine is the Rainbow Tunnel,” said Kroth. “This is an area of the mine wall where the intensely fluorescent zinc ore is exposed.” When subjected to shortwave ultraviolet light, the walls fluoresce bright green and red. The red is calcite, and the green is willemite, which was one of the main zinc ore minerals mined here. “The Rock Discovery Center provides children with a great introduction into geology,” said Kroth. “Guides discuss and educate the children on the three different rock types. Then, the guides focus on six different rocks and how they were formed and why they are important to us today. Each participant receives their own collecting box and after the presentation get to collect the rocks discussed, in a large outdoor area, to take home with them.” Rock Discovery is great add-on to the tour for private groups, especially school groups, scouts, and birthday parties. Sterling Hill is the treasure chest of minerals. Dubbed the florescent capital of the world, together with the nearby Franklin Mine, 2.5 miles to the north, more than 350 different mineral species have been found here — a world record for such a small area. More than two dozen of these are found nowhere else on Earth. Almost 90 different mineral species have been documented as fluorescent. Geology.

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Recalling the Early Days of the Pompton Plains Train Station

By Steve Sears he corner of Evans Place and Jackson Avenue in Pompton Plains is busy. Cars turn the corner often, a shopping center the main destination. Much like this area now, except with the absence of motor vehicles, activity bustled as well back in 1872. In its heyday the railroad station was the center of town as well. “The railroad really fostered growth,” explains W. Jay Wanczyk, Executive Board Member and Co-Founder Pequannock Township Historical Society, and Chair of the Pequannock Township Historic District Commission. A stroll behind the Pequannock Township Museum on Evans Road, which is housed inside the 145-year-old Pompton Plains Railroad Station building, yields the sight of ancient wooden railroad tracks, which are soon to be tarred over and walking and biking path installed. “It’s a great town. It’s been a wonderful town to grow up in,” Wanczyk states of Pequannock Township. “And it’s a joy to see; it’s a touchstone to the past. In my sophomore year in high school (1966), the railroads ended their passenger service here, the commuter service.” The first commuter train was on January 1, 1872, and the current building at the site was not the original for the Greenwood Lake Division Line. The

current building was built in 1877. “When passenger services ended and the building was proposed for demolition, a group called the Pequannock Township Museum & Cultural Association, which morphed into the Society for the Arts, paid $1,000 for the station. That was just for the station building. They still had to pay rent for the land.” Over time, due to the fact the group wanted to have events at the location, two partition walls were ripped out, but one was recreated. “This was the agent’s oﬃce, this was the waiting room, and that was the baggage room,” Wanczyk says, looking around the small building. Two original benches from the building were placed outside but were destroyed by vandals, and the original ticket window has disappeared. “These things disappear because people are caring for them and then they die off, and who knows what happens,” he says. “But that’s the problem, a lot of artifacts have been lost over the years.” The wooden floor may be original to the building. “As far as some of this wood here which you can tell has been replaced, all of the millwork is original,” Wanczyk adds. The color of the room is loyal to the stations original shade, buff colored with brown trim. A replica “Wells Fargo Co & Express” sign adorns the building outside, but the original is inside the station, high on a shelf. Wells

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Fargo, in addition to their banking business, did package and delivery services from the station in the late 1800s, but that venture was abandoned after World War I. “You could bring a package here in 1880 and mail it to your cousin in San Francisco,” Wanczyk says. “You filled out the labels, shipped it on railroad car, and two weeks later, it would show up in San Francisco.” During restoration work, since there was no basement underneath the station, digging was done to create a tiny crawl space for air movement, and the original Wells Fargo sign was found beneath the building among a bunch of old bottles. Wanczyk grabs a 1914 photo of the

building with that sign hanging on it. “It’s in remarkably good shape,” he says, “although the rust is eating away at the edges.” The building has served as an insurance oﬃce and a consignment shop, but sitting inside the location, with photos of the past and other memorabilia filling the room, it appears the tiny station was dropped from the sky, and all it contains is meant to show visitors that the past is within striking distance, and is still very important today. The station was added to the National Register of Historic Places on March 5, 2008. “The key thing is, this building has had a charmed life.”

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Singer-Songwriter Alex Mabey Preparing to Release New Album

By Steve Sears lex Mabey responds to the question very definitively when asked if her guitar is her best friend. “I would say more than that, God is my best friend,” Mabey says. “Because that’s who I go to. He gives me the music, and that’s the channel. The guitar is, but it’s just more of like a tool, and it’s like a companion, but it’s not my best companion. But we’ve definitely gone through a lot together.” It’s been a nice career for Alex Mabey, and quite a road back to where she is today. Mabey, a singer, songwriter, and musician, will soon be unveiling her newest album offering, The Waiting Room, and she’s had help doing it. More in a moment. Mabey currently lives in Nashville, and she couldn’t have landed in a more appropriate place. “It’s the spot that always made sense for me to be in,” Mabey says happily. “Because I was 18 years old when I moved here, and I just wanted to do music. So that’s the place where I knew to go, because I loved country music, and I felt like it was more fitting to me for me than being in Los Angeles or New York, per se. So, I came here and I ended up meeting a lot of really close friends and people I stayed in touch with in the business over the years. I was only there for one year to begin with, and

then I left. I first went to school at Belmont University, which is the music school here in Nashville, and I was studying music business, because I had already been writing songs and, not to say that I didn’t need to major in songwriting, but I felt that I could learn more from learning about the business because that was something I had no idea about.” Mabey, now 31, left Nashville but continued to make her music, but eventually returned. However, she was to have her obstacles. And after putting a halt to her career to deal with pain, both emotional and physical, she needed to rediscover and be again who she was: a performer. A performer who, through that very pain, which included poor health, a failed young marriage, and many other things that brought her down, wants to inspire and, perhaps most of all, aid others in realizing that there is a hope and a radiant light. “I really just wanted to sit and think about what the experience truly was,” she says. “What was it? Where was I? It wasn’t just pain. It wasn’t just emotionally and physically with the illness and everything,” Mabey says, exhibiting a deep heart, which is reflected in her prior works, but which you know is again forthcoming in her new material. “I had written all the songs already before I made the name,” she says of the aptly-titled The Waiting Room. “It just

Alex Mabey doing what she loves (courtesy of Alex Mabey)

felt like the name of the album because of what I’ve gone through. It’s the period of time before you have your answer or your dream come true, or your miracle that you’ve been praying for and waiting for.” Mabey is no stranger to hard work in her realm, and has for almost 15 years developed an eager fan base for her music.

She previously released Dancin’ in Dirty Feet (2009), Banks of the Sky (2010), Bring Me Back, When I’m Far (2014), and Enough (2017). The before mentioned titles alone give a hint to Mabey’s story and timeline and emotions. The Waiting Room is next up, continued on page 35

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To Find Thy Truest Inner Gift

By Richard Mabey Jr. his is a true story of one Boy Scout’s journey to find his place in the sun. If truth be told, it could be the story of any one of us, as we walk life’s path and sometimes struggle to find our hidden gifts and talents. Johnny Wilkerson (I changed his name) was a Second Class Scout of Boy Scout Troop 170 back in January of 1985. Johnny was 12 years old and

was having a hard time in scouting. He was not good at pioneering skills. Whenever Johnny tied the lashings for a tripod, or a camporee gateway, or a bridge for a stream, his frappings would come undone. Johnny also did not excel at knot tying, map and compass, first-aid skills, or semaphore flag signaling. At the time, my dad was Scoutmaster of Boy Scout Troop 170, and I

was Assistant Scoutmaster. It was in the middle of December of 1984 that Johnny told my dad that he was going to drop out of scouting. My father asked Johnny to stay on board for just a little while longer, that he would find something in scouting that would click for him. The idea came to my father, one evening after supper while he was reading the newspaper. Dad immediately told me

Singer-Songwriter... continued from page 34 with new songs being released in August and the fall, and Mabey knows in what direction she’s headed. “I think the whole theme of the album is finding freedom,” she says. And when she decided that she had to do it independently to move forward with her new album, she asked for help via a 39-day, $45,000 Kickstarter campaign. She kicked the campaign off in the fall of 2021, and by

December, those who believed in her and her music came through. Although concentrating now on The Waiting Room release, Mabey is also considering planning a new work as well. “I always am because this has been my life,” she says. For more about Alex Mabey and her music, visit her website at www.alexmabey. com.

of his idea and asked me what I thought of it. Dad told me that he was going to put Johnny in charge of coordinating the entire Boy Scout window display for Boy Scout Week. I remember telling Dad that I thought it was a great idea. So, the next Friday night, at the scout meeting, Dad talked to Johnny alone. Dad asked Johnny if he wanted to take on the big job of being in charge of the entire Boy Scout window display. I remember Dad telling me later that at first Johnny was very hesitant to take on the big responsibility. But my dad encouraged Johnny by telling him that he believed in him. Well, Johnny took the bull by the horns. It was a funny kind of thing. It was actually quite continued on page 38

The Scouting Journal was the oﬃcial newspaper of Boy Scout Troop 170. Here is the front-page story of the ﬁrst-place prize earned by Troop 170, for their scout window display. I distinctly remembered that Johnny did not want to be recognized in the article.

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Former Morris County Woman Making Her Move in the Music World

By Steve Sears echno dance singer and songwriter, Tia Tia, recalls that summer day with her boyfriend, Ryan McMahon, by the pool. “It started over quarantine, and we were just in the backyard in the pool, and the UB40 version of “Red Red Wine” came on, and that’s been one of my favorite songs for as long as I can remember.” Wondering if she could approach the classic tune, originally written by Neil Diamond, in a new way, she and McMahon ended up redoing it, titling their newer version “Red Wine.” The duo knew they had something special, and sought permission from Diamond to release it. “He so gracefully said we could release it, which is really cool,” Tia Tai says. “So, we’re technically co-writers with Neil Diamond.” Since that first oﬃcial release, Tia Tia’s feet have not yet hit ground. She has also co-penned a tune for Justin Bieber (more to come), and herself releases one new single per week. Tia Tia describes what “moves” her, what has encouraged her writing of other popular songs like “Call Me” and “Night and Day.” “I definitely am super inspired by dance tracks of the old 2000s because of the energy. I feel like we’ve been missing that in music for the last couple of years, personally. I also grew up dancing, so I wanted to make songs that I could dance to when I’m performing, and that people can dance to, or like pregame or party to. I knew whatever I was going to do was going to have those elements to it.” Tia Tia was born and raised in Randolph, and growing up within an hour of New York City, she thought being an actress was her calling. She and her mom would head to auditions for

different commercials, but by her junior year, her mom knew her daughter had other aspirations. “She would say, ‘Tia, I really don’t think you want to do this. You write songs all the time in your room. I think that’s more your passion.’ And she was right. I went to a songwriting camp that summer before college and just fell in love, and went to Belmont University for one year where I was a major in songwriting, and just was able to be immersed in that industry, in that world, a little bit more. I was always writing songs, but I moved to Nashville to really get better at writing songs, and then was doing so much interning and writing with people that I dropped out of college and then signed my first publishing deal with Sony ATV in Los Angeles.” Eight months after signing that contract, she moved to the moved West Coast permanently and has remained there. Tia Tia feels songwriting was always in her being. “I think it was always in me. I just started writing songs as a kid before I even really knew what I was doing. I think I actually realized that I just love trying to describe something. When you’re writing songs, you’re basically describing something that’s already been said a million times, but trying to say it a little bit of a different way. And that’s always really inspiring to me. And also, I just love a good melody, I just love writing something that gets stuck in my head for days. I think that’s also really inspiring, whenever you can put together a melody that you haven’t heard before. That’s always really fun.” It has been a nice three years for Tia Tia. She is the cowriter of the song, “Off My Face,” which appeared on Bieber’s Grammy-nominated, platinum selling album, Justice. She and her close collaborator, Jake Torrey, wrote it in 20 minutes. “Jake did a one pass on the mic, and then that

Tia Tia (credit: Prince & Jacob)

song sat around for six months. No one wanted to cut it. And then, by literally the grace of God, Scooter, Justin’s manager, loved it and played it for Justin, and he loved it, and then he recorded it. I didn’t even get to hear the song until it came out, which is really crazy. I’m still in disbelief. Every time I hear it or see him sing it, I just immediately cry.” Tia Tia’s goal is to continue to release a new single every four weeks, and maybe one or more of those will soar higher than the rest. “In five years, I want to have a number one song as an artist on the radio, and I want to be able to tour in whatever capacity that means, just because that’s what I really love to do, and a big reason why I decided to release my own music.” For more information about Tia Tia music, visit hoo.be/ tiatia.

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continued from page 35 heartwarming. At the next Friday night scout meeting, Johnny came to the meeting with a shoebox. Johnny showed my father what was inside the shoebox. When Johnny opened his shoebox, my dad later told me that he was all so surprised. Johnny had made up about a half-dozen pipe cleaner figures. Johnny told my dad that each pipe cleaner was going to represent one of his fellow scouts. But that wasn’t all that was inside Johnny’s shoebox. Johnny then showed my father a miniature signaling tower that he had made up of tree branches. Johnny had used lashings to build this little tower. I remember Dad told me that he was quite impressed with Johnny’s imaginative handicraft skills. Boy Scout Week is traditionally in the first full week of February. It begins with the first Sunday of the month and ends on the following Saturday. Back in 1985, Boy Scout Week began on Sunday, February third and ended on Saturday, February ninth. Well, it was on the first Saturday morning of February, that the scouts of Boy Scout Troop 170 met at Belle Fleur Flower Shoppe. Dad had asked me to be the scout leader to watch over the scouts as they built their scout window display. Dad also told me that he wanted Johnny to be totally in charge of leading the other scouts, while they were creating the scout window display. I was the only scout leader to watch over this small miracle. Johnny simply took charge of the day. There was no doubt this was Johnny’s moment to shine in the sunlight.

And, something very special happened that morning. The other scouts quickly developed a new respect for Johnny. For this was no longer Johnny, the scout who could not tie lashings. No, this was Johnny, the scout who had a vision of how he wanted the scout window display to look. There was no doubt about it, Johnny was completely in charge. Well, long story short, Johnny’s scout window display won First Prize, of all the scout troops in the entire Boonton District! This was quite an honor. For at that time, there were at least a dozen neighboring towns that made up the Boonton District of the Morris-Sussex Area Boy Scout Council. And, the truth of the matter was that Boy Scout Troop 170 owed it all to Johnny Wilkerson. Johnny was never to be the same in his scouting journey. A new inner confidence was awoken in Johnny. Johnny began growing in his scouting skills. He actually became one of Troop 170’s best semaphore signalers. He had taken the time and effort to learn the fine art of sending messages through using two flags, to send semaphore communications to another scout, a considerable distance away. I have no idea where Johnny is now. In 1994, we had a big Boy Scout Troop 170 Reunion Dinner. Sadly, Johnny did not attend it. Even though I’ve changed Johnny’s name in this story, it’s my hope that he just may recognize that I have honored him, 37 years later. Richard Mabey Jr. is a freelance writer. He can be reached at richardmabeyjr@hotmail.com. Please put on the subject line: Scout Window Story.

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