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The Township of Wayne Celebrates 175 Years

By Steve Sears he month of April was the kickoff of Wayne 175th, a celebration of the township’s anniversary. The yearlong commemoration is being hosted by both the township itself and the Wayne Museum. “175 years is very exciting,” says Tessa Payer, Museum Assistant at the Passaic County Department of Cultural & Historic Affairs. “We have lots of community events that we’re trying to do in person, and then we’ve also got lots of virtual content. We’d love to have community members come have a good time both here at the museum, and at events we have over at the Dey Mansion as well.” A Native American population and activity was evident in the area well prior to an actual European settlement, which can be traced back to 1695 when Dutch settlers purchased property in Wayne. Early in 1847, the New Jersey legislature passed an act that created Wayne Township, which at that time was part of Manchester Township. The act became official at the first township meeting, which was held on April 12, 1847 at the Casey House on Hamburg Turnpike. Bruce James has been a member of the Passaic County Board of Commissioners since 2006, and is the current Director. “We’re using the Dey Mansion and other historic places because they’re part of the county, and they’re an important part of the county,” James says. “It (Wayne) is a great town with a great history. There’s so many things that are historic about our whole county, Wayne in particular. (George) Washington stayed several times; it wasn’t just once he stayed at the Dey Mansion. He stayed there first in July of 1780, and then in October and November of 1780.”

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Paula Lasalandra Reﬂects on Her Legendary Coaching Career and a Wonderful Life in Sports

By Steve Sears he numbers are astounding. 644 victories in girl’s basketball in 32 seasons, 391 spring softball wins in 18 seasons, and numerous title wins in both sports at DePaul Catholic High School. But for 1976 William Paterson University (then College) graduate and Pompton Lakes resident, Paula Lasalandra, the number of wins was never important. It’s always been about the players she coached. “They were number one, without a doubt,” Lasalandra states. “I enjoyed the gym, the softball field, the soccer and field hockey field, but they were just an extension of the classroom to me. I just loved teaching the game. That’s why I enjoyed working summer camp so much, because it was all about teaching the games. I enjoyed, of course, coaching the games, but they weren’t as important as teaching the game and seeing those players take those skills and those fundamentals on to the next level. I can’t be prouder of the kids that I taught, and what they’re doing today: vet-

erinarian, psychologist, owning companies and doing well.” In addition to coaching basketball and softball at DePaul, Lasalandra also coached field hockey and boy’s golf, winning championships in those realms as well. Lasalandra loved sports at an early age, and she was encouraged by her dad. “Most girls played with dolls and stuff like that,” she says with a chuckle, “and I had my share of dolls, but I also had softball bats and gloves, and I attribute it all to my dad. He was such a wonderful, wonderful man. He was my hero. And no matter how tired he was when he came home from work, he had me out in the yard to teach me how to throw, and he taught me actually how to throw with both hands, which was amazing.” The Riverside Oval in her hometown of Paterson was for her and her friends a mecca for sports. “You could go down there on the weekend or after school , and you could always find a pick up game of some sort, and usually it continued on page 4

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Lasalandra Reﬂects... continued from page 2 was baseball, because it was mostly boys that you were playing with. But it was a fun time.” Lasalandra attended Paterson Eastside High School until she was a sophomore, and then graduated from Hawthorne High School after her family moved to that community. After some night school in Montclair, she then studied at William Paterson. While there, one phone call changed her future and life. “Dr. Susan Laubach was a wonderful teacher, and I was in one of her method classes at William Paterson, and she was called from the class for a phone call.” The call was from DePaul Catholic High School, asking Laubach if she could recommend someone for their JV basketball coaching position. Laubach told the caller, “I have a young woman in my class right now I think that will fit that bill.” “When she hung up the phone, she came out and called me into her office,” Lasalandra recalls, “and I thought I was in trouble for something. She sat me down and said

she thought I should go there (to DePaul).” After one year as JV coach, and while she was going to school at WPC, Lasalandra was approached by the varsity coach, who lauded her coaching acumen. That varsity coach assumed the reigns of the JV squad, and asked Lasalandra to be head lady of the varsity. She would remain on the hardwood sidelines for 32 years, her accomplishments legendary. “I was just very young and energetic, and I saw the potential of the kids that were there, and they made it a great experience for me,” Lasalandra says. “They welcomed me with open arms, and it was just a warm, loving community.” Paula Lasalandra was the first girl’s basketball coach in Passaic County history to win 500 games, and was the second Garden State coach with 600 triumphs. But again, it was never about numbers for her. It was about who was along for the ride. She says gratefully, “I was successful, but I was successful because I had great athletes, and they were great kids.”

Wayne Celebrates 175 Years... continued from front page braced Wayne and its long background. “I have just been blown away by the history that I’ve been able to research and discover in Wayne,” she says. “There’s just always something new that I’m learning. Besides, obviously, the Revolutionary War history, you’ve got the long history of Native American settlement in Wayne, and then you get into the 19th century, and you’ve got a really fascinating mix of agriculture but also industry. It’s been fantastic to spend time learning about the Wayne community, and the people that have lived in Wayne throughout history.” A special Wayne 175th page can be visited at www.thewaynemuseum.org/wayne-175th, where viewers can stay updated with the museum blog, weekly Wayne Wednesdays, learn more about Wayne’s history on the Timeline and Map, and share memories of their time in Wayne in the community scrapbook. Also, a full calendar of in-person events can be found at www.thewaynemuseum.org/

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Wayne Author Honors Lost Sister by Co-Authoring Book on Lives Lost to COVID-19

By Alexander Rivero he chaos that befell the world in early 2020 in the form of what was then a poorly understood virus touched every life on earth, some more harshly than others. For Wayne native Jean Sime, who lost her only sister, 60-year-old Vivian Meitzler of Bloomfield, to COVID-19 after only a week of contracting the virus, those early days of the pandemic will forever stand out as a whirlwind time of confusion, anger, separation, and loss. Two years after her sister’s passing, Sime still mourns the loss of whom she refers to as her best friend, the person with whom she did everything with. “She was the rock of the family, and she kept everybody together,” says Sime of her sister. “She loved her family unconditionally, enjoyed helping others. She brightened up any room she happened to walk into. And anyone who ever had the privilege of knowing her, loved her.” As is so often the case in all cases of unspeakable loss, taking a proactive initiative goes to great lengths to help ease the pain, and often helps us to transcend it. Together with eighteen other authors who have also lost loved ones to COVID, Sime has co-authored Voices-19: Their Legacies Live On, a loving tribute to nineteen precious lives lost to the deadly virus. The book, published by Wisconsin-based publishing company BC Books, LLC. is divided into individual chapters, each of which is written by a different author about

someone dear to them that lost their respective war with the virus. While the impetus that led these writers to come together and publish this book is the passing of loved ones, Sime is quick to point out that the book’s focus is not on death, but on life. “This is a book for anyone who has been affected by the pandemic, which is really all of us,” says Sime. “At the start of the pandemic, all we were hearing from news outlets were numerical figures of lives lost. There was very little attention on the names of the victims by comparison, no talk of the families forever changed by the loss of individuals. This book reminds us of the human aspect of all of this. They were human beings that died, and their lives were important.” Sime gives much credit to the courage and openness of the other contributing authors, as well as to the book’s editor, publisher, book coach, BC Books CEO and owner, Brenda E. Cortez, herself an author of children’s books. The book, says Sime, is also a healing tool for anyone who’s experiencing any kind of grief, whether or not that grief relates directly to the losing of a loved one. “It is a book for our time. It is an attempt to place a face, or faces, on an issue that we are increasingly growing accustomed to discussing only in statistical terms, coldly, dispascontinued on page 9

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Wayne Author... continued from page 6 sionately. The book is an attempt to remind readers that each of the individuals that were lost were loved dearly, and they will never ever be forgotten.” In the immediate aftermath of losing her sister to COVID, Sime recalls feeling utterly adrift. With hospital and funerary restrictions on the numbers of people that were allowed to be present in a given room at the same time, she was unable to give her sister a final farewell, and having to go through the impossible experience of having no closure

and not being able to hold her sister or say goodbye. She gives great credit to online support groups who, with regular conversations and Zoom meetings, helped her to navigate the emotional abyss of her own grief not only by expressing it, but in listening to others’ attempts to navigate theirs. All of these emotional peaks and valleys–the overlapping mourning and catharsis of finding solidarity with others–helped to establish the emotional platform from which she would then launch her loving homage to Vivian which,

in connecting to the other chapters of Voices-19, she hopes will go to great lengths to not only honor her sister’s life but to offer a sense of relief to those who may be going through some similar grieving or stressful experiences of their own. We must take active measures to humanize our world, urges Sime, and to go against the attempts, whether conscious or not, to reduce all of life to numbers and figures, whether those numbers come by way of “likes” on social media, or the number of lives lost in tragedies such as the one that

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By Steve Sears he Harbingers of Things to Come, a 1 ½ hour documentary film which appeared in theaters for one night only on May 12, revealed an ancient mystery that lies behind everything that’s happening to America. “From 9/11 to COVID-19, to the shakings that have come on our nation and the world,” says Jonathan Cahn, the creator of the film, and author of both The Harbinger (2011), which was his first book, and his most recent offering, The Harbinger II: The Return (2020). Both were New York Times Bestsellers, and the idea came to present the mysteries contained in both in a motion picture. “This way, people who haven’t read the books could still get the message,” Cahn says. “It begins with The Harbinger, setting the foundation of the mystery, but then goes beyond it. I open up things that were never spoken of in The Harbinger – the harbingers, signs, and warnings that appeared in America after the book came out – even up to where we are right now. Further, people will now be able not only to read about the harbingers and mysteries, but to actually see them with their own eyes. We found obscure archived films of these things actually unfolding. It’s stunning. I also reveal something that I’ve

hidden for years; it’s an amazing foreshadow of things to come captured on film.” Cahn explains the reasoning behind the film. “I think everyone knows something is wrong,” he says. “It seems as if things are spiraling out of control, our nation is divided, things are falling apart, but no one quite knows what’s happening and why and what to do about it. The mystery that the movie will reveal has to do with a dangerous phenomenon from ancient times that’s now replaying in modern times before our eyes. The message is crucial to everyone who hears it: how to prevail in the face of what’s coming.” When filming actually started, it was not known if The Harbingers of Things to Come would ever make it to screen. When completed, however, doors opened for the movie to be shown in theaters across the country. “In the movie,” Cahn says, “I take the viewer on a mystery journey throughout America, uncovering the clues to the puzzle piece of our times. It involved traveling on boats to islands of mystery from New York to Massachusetts Bay. It’s going to be a prophetic explosion on the screen. Some of the things that it will reveal are shocking, some stunning, and some mind blowing. It will reveal the secret behind the past, the present, what is yet to come, and how to be ready.”

Cahn is head of the Beth Israel Worship Center in Wayne, which is made up of people from all backgrounds. “Each weekend on Friday Nights and Sunday Mornings, people come from all over the area – and even all over the world,” Cahn says. “It’s full of life, love, excitement, the deep riches of God’s word, and the presence of God. It’s kind of like being back in the days of Jesus.” With all the world issues (especially with the addition of the war in the Ukraine), many are wondering even more about the future of mankind and the world. Cahn hopes to unveil that future in the film, and more. “Definitely,” he says. “That’s one thing that will be clear: where we’ve been, where we are, and where we’re heading. And no matter how crazy it looks, it will also reveal that everything is following a set plan.” And Cahn, who is currently working on his next book, adds, “It will be the most explosive book I’ve ever written. It’s so confidential that I can’t even reveal the title, but it will be revealed the night that The Harbingers of Things to Come comes to the theater.” The Harbingers of Things to Come played in theaters across the country for one night only on May 12. The Beth Israel Worship Center, located at 11 Railroad Avenue in Wayne, is open to all every Friday Night at 8 p.m.,

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Wayne Hills’ Kaitlyn Davies Last Lacrosse Season in Full Motion

By Steve Sears hings are exciting right now for Wayne Hills High School lacrosse star, Kaitlyn Davies. Bound for the University of Florida Gators next fall, she is putting the final touches on her splendid, high school career. Davies is ranked by Inside Lacrosse as the 16th best player in the country, and as of this writing she already has 43 goals and 56 points in her senior season, including a ninegoal game against Randolph. Davies is a student of the game, studying her opponent the moment she hits the field. “I watch the other team, and I try to track down who the good players are,” she says. “I know how I’m going to get around them, and I know what I’m going to do in the draw circle. I try to watch what they do, try to see how they shoot on their goalie, and try to figure out strategies of what I’m going to do in the game. I think lacrosse IQ is so important.” And so is confidence. “You can’t be afraid,” she states emphatically. “You have to put yourself out there. Confidence is why I think I score so many goals and have so many points, because if you’re scared of the girl that you’re going against, you’re never going to get past her. And if you’re scared against your competition, you’re never going to win.” Davies started every game for the Patriots and scored 67 goals as a freshman and, after COVID canceled her sophomore season, as a junior last year she had a number of eight goal games while scoring 104 goals and tallying 124

points. Davies was Rookie of the Year in 2019, and in both 2019 and 2021 she was First-team, All-Conference, All-Passaic County, and All-North Jersey. She was also named Player of the Year in North Jersey for 2021. Davies credits her head coach, Daniella Wagenti, with much of her and the team’s success. “She always wants to make us better,” Davies says. “She’s just a great coach and motivates us to do better, and she tries to find things to make us be better – to be a better team, not just individually.” Davies as well lauds her dad, Chris, with his encouragement. “I think the reason why I am the player that I am is because of my dad. I think he definitely has had the biggest impact on me, more than any of my coaches, because he has been my coach since I was young, and he’s the one that got me to start playing lacrosse. I wouldn’t be where I am today without him. During COVID, we worked out every single day together. That summer was the summer of recruiting season, and I was in the best shape of my life, so I probably wouldn’t have been recruited by all these schools if it weren’t for my dad.” As her final high school season winds to a close, Davies has one definitive goal for she and her Wayne Hills teammates. “I want to win another county championship,” she says. “We’ve won two (2019 and 2021), and I wish we could have won our sophomore year if we had a season. It would’ve been great, but I think winning three out of three is a big deal.”

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Wayne Interfaith Network Food Pantry Celebrates Success at Luncheon

pring has sprung! Though the seasons change, food insecurity in our town remains, and the Wayne Interfaith Network food pantry continues to provide assistance all year round for neighbors in need. WIN is a coalition of volunteers working together to provide a vital community service, and to promote respect and understanding within the greater Wayne, NJ area. Last month, dozens of WIN pantry volunteers took a break from stocking shelves and filling bags to sit down and enjoy each others’ company, and to acknowledge their shared commitment to providing non-perishable food and other basic necessities for eligible residents who need it. Mayor Chris Vergano and Rosemary Acampora, Wayne Township’s Director of Senior and Social Services, joined them. The Mayor spoke about how important WIN and its volunteers are to our community, and added that the good people of Wayne will always be there to support this organization in their important mission. Laura Tiedge, Executive director of the Wayne Y, which donates space to the pantry, and provided the room for this get-together, also stopped by to thank the volunteers for the work they do. WIN President Barbara Cohen added, “We couldn’t be more proud of all the volunteers who have stepped up and helped us provide for the needs of Wayne families that are food insecure.”

WIN Vice President/Volunteer Coordinator Cathy Czar, Wayne Director of Senior and Social Services Rosemary Acampora, WIN President Barbara Cohen, Mayor Chris Vergano, and Wayne Y Executive Director Laura Tiedge celebrate together at the WIN Volunteer Luncheon. (photo by Susan Yacavone)

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A Brunch Spread Fit for Spring

rom tasty small bites to a filling feast and even dessert for breakfast, brunch options are nearly endless. Take your spring brunch to the next level with recipes that appease appetites of all kinds. First, start with portioned pastry cups perfect for appetizers. Bring out the protein-packed breakfast burritos for the main course then, for a final touch of sweet deliciousness, offer up lemony doughnuts to cap off the feast. Find more brunch recipes at Culinary. net. Bite-Sized Breakfast Appetizer-sized portions and small bites of all sorts are ideal for breakfast spreads, and these Pastry Brunch Cups are perfect for starting a morning meal with loved ones. Or, if a busy schedule looms, try baking a batch and separating into appropriate serving sizes for a simple way to meal prep heading into a new week. Find more breakfast recipes at Culinary. net. Pastry Brunch Cups Servings: 18 2 tablespoons butter

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ocal citizen groups fighting to protect water, other environmental resources, and cultural and historic treasures in northern New Jersey’s Highlands Region are invited to apply for grants up to $5000 through the New Jersey Highlands Coalition’s 2022 Small Grants Program. Applications must be received by June 21, 2022. Grants will be presented on October 12 at the N.J. Highlands Coalition’s 2022 Annual Meeting. “Our Small Grants Program is one of the unique strengths of the Highlands Coalition,” said Julia Somers, Executive Director. “We work at the state and regional levels, but most members of our coalition are from local grassroots groups who are in touch with breaking issues in their communities. They’re our early warning system for threats such as giant warehouses proposed on prime farmland. In addition to giving these groups financial assistance that primes the pump for their own fund-raising, we also offer counseling based on our hard-won experience.” Historic projects include “brick-and-mortar” projects for specific historic sites or districts. This is the sixteenth year of the Coalition’s Small Grants Program for environmental projects and the eighth year for projects that protect cultural, historic, and archaeological resources in the Highlands, an important part of the Highlands Regional Master Plan. Grassroots organizations are defined as non-govern-

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of immigration, fame, death, and divorce. New Jersey State Council on the Arts Fellowships are granted solely on independent peer panel assessment of work samples’ artistic quality. Having her work recognized with an award, Budhos says, is very meaningful. “It is affirming of the project I am working on and affirming of my choices as a writer,” she continues, noting that this same novel-in-progress had also previously earned recognition with an National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship in Fiction. “It gives me the sense that I am on the right track, somehow.” Budhos, whose books have earned such awards as the Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature, the EMMA Award (Exceptional Merit Media Award), and the Rona Jaffe Award for Women Writers, was also a recipient of William Paterson University’s 2019 Faculty Excellence Award.

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got a phone call saying their child is dead. And she has company in her grief, having met MaryBeth Moore Zocco, who started Ryan’s Ride in 2019 after the loss of her 25-year-old son Ryan Moore from fentanyl poisoning on 12/17/2018. Shortly after the first ride, the Orlando mom began The FRoM Project (Forever Ryan’s Mom) to keep his memory alive by sending handmade personalized cards to grieving parents all over the world. They honor and remember loved ones taken too continued on page 25

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Honoring Late Daughter... continued from page 24 soon by substance use disorder overdose or fentanyl poisoning. “Alyssa was my whole world, my best friend, we loved to cook together, shop together, did everything together, she’d come home from work, we’d talk for hours… and she’d tell me about her day.” How do you pick up the pieces and move forward — according to Schmidt; honor them ‘and talk about our children as much as we can to whoever will listen.’ She held ‘Celebration of Life for Alyssa’ and joined the Wayne Alliance. This year will be her fifth annual candle-lighting on International Overdose Awareness Day. Angels Across America supports all the grieving families and their loved ones, who are deeply loved and missed. They educate the public and youth on the dangers of illicit drugs, every street drug is extremely addictive and using can have dire consequences. Leslie (Billy) Smith owns Angel’s trailer. Smith lost his son, Jeremy, 30, a construction worker who fell off a building. He was put on Oxycodone for the pain. When the prescriptions ceased — he turned to street drugs and it’s what killed him. Schmidt says tell your kids you love them every day and about the inherent risks out

there. “The heartache is unbearable some days but we keep pushing forward to honor and love all the angels we lost,” she says. “When I do their pictures, graphics — make a video talking to their moms, I feel like I know each one of them.” Kids are fragile today, COVID has made things worse… and there is much selfmedicating going on. Either you die or live this road of recovery every day, they struggle — nothing good comes out of doing any kind of drug. “Alyssa’s dreams were shattered because she made a mistake,” Schmidt says she blamed herself. “How did I not know, what if I did this, what if I said that; I beat myself up to this day and friends say stop, she made the choice.” Recalling all their amazing milestones and accomplishments you boasted and bragged about, while also thinking: ’G-d knows what they’re getting into.’ It’s a lonely place to be after losing a child. “I’ll do these events, then it hits you. Becomes so overwhelming where I’m quiet and within myself for days,” she says she can’t function. “Then go, go, go and break down again; it’s horrible. Or go upstairs and lay in my daughter’s bed and just cry.” Her goal is to prevent kids from

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A Moment in Time from May of 1959: Blessed Be, Earl’s Bountiful Rose Bush

By Richard Mabey Jr. n May of 1959, I was just four years old. At the time we lived on Madeline Avenue in Clifton. Every Saturday, my mom, my dad, my sister Patti, and myself would take the long ride to a town called Lincoln Park, to have dinner at the old Mabey Homestead. There, my aunts and uncles, cousins, and grandparents would gather to visit my great grandmother, Dora Dolson Mabey. As we would enter the old Mabey Homestead, my three great aunts, Myrtle, Alberta, and Marie would be cooking a big turkey, complete with all the dressings and side dishes. The aroma of apple and blueberry pies would fill the air of the kitchen. At the age of four, I had thought of the old Mabey Homestead as a most magical place. There comes a time when God’s blessing descends upon a person, and a once-in-a-lifetime moment is etched into the marrow of bone, the fiber of heart, and the sacred core of soul. Such a moment in time, came to me in May of 1958. As my great aunts cooked the big feast for Saturday dinner, Great Grandma Mabey asked me to help her water her flowers. Flowers abounded upon the three-acre estate of the old Mabey Homestead. Flowers of all kinds flourished along Mabey Lane. Great Grandma Mabey would fill her watering can at the outside faucet, then begin her sojourn to water the scores of flowers that adorned her beautiful yard. What is that makes a moment so all unforgettable?

What is it about one sacred moment in time, that tears at the deepest chambers of our heart? O’ dear and cherished grand matriarch of another time, another place, so dearly does thou memory overfloweth in my heart. I remember it like it was yesterday, when Great Grandma Mabey came upon the big rose bush in the front yard of the old Mabey Homestead. The big rose bush grew and flourished between the big farmhouse and the little house, that once stood right at the corner of Mabey Lane and Route 202. “Dicky Jim, I planted this rose bush a long, long time ago. I planted it to honor your Great Uncle Earl. He was killed in World War I,” Great Grandma Mabey gently told me as she reverently watered the beautiful rose bush. I looked up to the eyes of Great Grandma, as her left hand held mine and her right hand held her watering can. Her eyes began to water as she sprinkled water upon Earl’s Rose Bush. “Dicky Jim, you would have liked your Great Uncle Earl. He would have liked you,” Great Grandma Mabey quietly said to me as she continued to sprinkle water on the beautiful rose bush. “I still miss my boy, Earl,” Great Grandma said as she still held my hand. We turned toward the old Mabey Homestead. We began walking to the front door. In cherished memory, I hold dear to my heart that sacred moment in time that I so dearly shared with my Great Grandma Mabey. Richard Mabey Jr. is a freelance writer. He can be reached at richardmabeyjr@hotmail.com. Please write on the subject line: May Flowers.

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Simple Tips to Attract Hummingbirds to Your Yard

hroughout the warmer months, many backyards play host to a variety of birds, including hummingbirds. When you see flowers and trees begin to bud and bloom and other migrating birds, like warblers, that’s nature’s way of letting you know it’s time to ready your yard for hummingbirds. It’s enchanting watching hummingbirds – named for the humming sound of their fast-flapping wings – as their tiny size and speed make them natural wonders. Hummingbirds can fly 25-30 miles per hour, flapping their wings an estimated 70 times per second. They fly in every direction, even backwards, which only hummers can do, and float majestically in midair. The birds get their brilliant color from the iridescence in the arrangement of their feathers, not color pigment. Plus, they have the fastest metabolism of any animal on Earth, burning 1-2 times their body weight in food daily. Hummingbirds draw nectar from its source into their mouths, lapping it up almost 12 times per second. To increase your chances of observing these petite powerhouses at home, con-

sider these tips from the experts at Cole’s Wild Bird Products: Be conscious of beneficial insects. Hummingbirds rely on insects, which provide essential protein, to complement the nectar they crave. To attract insects, try placing rotting fruit near feeders and leave it until insects arrive for hummers’ easy eats. Leave spiderwebs alone: Hummingbirds use spiderwebs as construction material to hold their nests together and pluck insects caught in the webbing. Offer a water mister: Hummingbirds adore bathing; a mister gives them the fine spray they prefer. Once soaked, they’re off to find a preening perch. Provide tiny perches. Leave small, sturdy, bare branches for hummingbirds, to perch on for rest, preening and hunting. Perches provide vantage points to see danger and launching pads to swiftly pounce on insects. Once hummingbirds find a favorite perch, they’ll use it repeatedly. Hang hummingbird feeders first. Feeders are one of the most effective ways to consistently entice and encourage humcontinued on page 29

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6 Popular Hotel Amenities for 2022 How Travelers’ Preferences Changed Over the Years

f you haven’t planned a trip in a while, you aren’t alone. Many Americans haven’t taken a proper vacation in almost three years. In that time, many travelers’ preferences have changed. “The pandemic impacted nearly every aspect of our lives, including how we search for our next hotel stay,” said Mel Dohmen, senior brand manager at Hotels.com. “The amenities we love and are looking for in 2022 reflect everything we’ve felt and experienced over the past few years.” To identify some of the most in-demand (and out of touch) amenities so far this year, Hotels.com analyzed searches on its site and mobile app from the past three years as part of its 2022 Amenity Report. When booking your next stay, be on the lookout for hotels with these amenities: Stress-Free Soaking Hotels with bathtubs were the mostsearched amenity during the peak of the pandemic. As travelers are looking for selfcare options while on the go, searches for hotels with bathtubs and spas have grown more than 25%, compared with 2019. Prioritizing Time Oﬀ the Clock While travelers prioritized properties

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Celebrating Memorial Day around Northern New Jersey

By Elsie Walker At 3pm on May 30th, Americans are asked to a observe a moment of silence. As noted on the site of the Memorial Day organization, “The National Moment of Remembrance was created [in 2000] by President William Clinton …to encourage Americans everywhere, to pause for one minute at 3:00 p.m. (local time) on Memorial Day, to remember and reflect on the sacrifices made by so many to provide freedom for all.” Memorial Day dates back to just after the Civil War. It has come to mean a variety of things, but at the heart of the day is remembering those men and women, now gone, who served this country. “Memorial Day means to me a lasting friendship. My dad was in the Army and fought in the Battle of the Bulge [World War II]. He served with a man from North Carolina named Robert L. McGaha (known as R.L.). They became fast friends. When the war was over, dad and R.L. came home, but R.L. made the Army a career. My parents and siblings, and myself in my younger years, made trips to North Carolina to visit with the McGaha’s. Although my Dad and R.L. are now in heaven, our family has stayed close with the McGaha family for over 65 years,” shared Amanda Rush of Netcong.

Remembering friendships formed during service and honoring those who died was probably part of what was on the mind of those who laid the seeds for Memorial Day. According to a publication put out by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs titled, “The Origins of Memorial Day”, many local communities held ceremonies of remembrance for the fallen shortly after the end of the Civil War. Then, “Three years after the Civil War ended, on May 5, 1868, the head of an organization of Union veterans — the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) — established Decoration Day as a time for the nation to decorate the graves of the war dead with flowers. Maj. Gen. John A. Logan declared it should be May 30. It is believed the date was chosen because flowers would be in bloom all over the country.” However, history.com gives another reason why that date was chosen, “The date of Decoration Day as he called it, was chosen because it wasn’t the anniversary of any particular battle.” For many years, the day continued to be known as Decoration Day. It was not an official national holiday, but was marked around the country. In its early days, the focus was on those who died in the Civil War. However, as time passed and the country got into

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Congress passed the Uniform Monday Holiday Act, which established Memorial Day as the last Monday in May in order to create a three-day weekend for federal employees. The change went into effect in 1971. The continued on page 33

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Celebrating Memorial Day... continued from page 32 same law also declared Memorial Day a federal holiday.” Over the years, for many families who lost loved ones who served in the military, special traditions became associated with Memorial Day. Sue Labelle, of Madison, recalled the traditions of her family. Those traditions would start before Memorial Day by putting flowers on family graves in Succasunna and then attending a special church service. “On Memorial Day itself, we would attend the Roxbury parade and the ceremony held at Horseshoe Lake Park. My parents always felt that the ceremonies in Roxbury were not to be missed. The ceremony would take place next to the beautiful Roxbury Veteran’s Memorial, which was dedicated twenty years ago on November 11, 2001. The names engraved on the bronze plaques of the memorial include my father, Ken, his brother, Hugh, and all the other veterans of WWII from Roxbury.” The Roxbury Veterans Memorial is located on Eyland Avenue at the Horseshoe Lake Baseball Field. Many towns have memorials. For example, Netcong has a memorial located on Route 183 which is dedicated to those local residents who lost their lives serving in World War I and World War II, while at the intersection of Willow Grove Road and Main

Street in Hackettstown is a Civil War memorial monument. Searching the historical marker database (www.hmdb.org), people can look for memorials in their area. Another way the fallen have been remembered is through street blades, such as the one put up this past fall in Roxbury for Hugh Mooney who died during World War II. “On Memorial Day you can honor the fallen by attending memorial services within your community or laying flowers and planting flags on graves at your local Veterans cemetery. Veterans Day is an opportunity to do the same, but it is also an appropriate time to show your appreciation to Veteran friends and family. You can also recognize Veterans Day by flying the American flag outside your home, visiting or volunteering at a Veteran facility, attending a local event, and, of course, thanking Veterans and their families for their service,” shared Kenneth Steffan, of Long Valley, Major, U.S. Air Force/ New Jersey Air National Guard, retired. Chris Fallon, of Long Valley, whose three sons served in the military, added there is a memorial at Lyons VA Hospital which reminds people of the sacrifices of those wounded in war. Articles on the history of Memorial Day note how the holiday has evolved with many people thinking of the day as the unofficial

first day of summer, a day off from work, and a time of picnics and parades. However, at the heart of Memorial Day is the remembrance of those, now gone, who served in this country’s military. The Rev. Hazel Thomas Shue, of Budd Lake, grew up in a military family. She served as a Chaplain in the US Navy from 19821996 and will tell you she was honored to do so. As she thought about Memorial Day, she reflected how she’s marked it and on something said at a funeral last month for a retired colonel: “Memorial Day was always significant. My parents referred to it as Decoration Day, its original name. We flew the flag, wore patriotic colors and remembered the ‘men’ who served and died. Beginning

in 1982, when I became a Navy Chaplain, I participated in many Memorial Day ceremonies. Recently, I attended a Committal Service for a Retired Army Colonel at Arlington National Cemetery. The person in charge said, ‘while burial here is no monetary cost, none of these graves are free. Each of them has been earned with patriotism and sacrifice.’ That is the true meaning of Memorial Day.”

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