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By Steve Sears ric Klenofsky and Josel Mateo, teammates who helped DePaul Catholic High School win its first ever Passaic County soccer title in 2012, are founders of the “Less

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Klenofsky remembers the day. The 6-foot-7 goalkeeper, who also starred at Monmouth University, was ready for his first day of therapy following a second knee surgery.

He awoke to six inches of snow. There was no family around to aid him. He needed help; he couldn’t walk for eleven weeks. Couple that with his eventual release from his team, Major League Soccer’s DC United, and the pill swallowing was difficult. He had moved into a house in Pequannock to be closer to the therapy location in Hackensack, and at that time was battling both physical pain and depression.

And now, the ground was blanketed by white stuff. Klenofsky, on crutches, headed for the front door to prepare to do some shoveling at 6:30 am.

Mateo beat him to it. “I open the door at 6:30 in the morning, and Josel is outside shoveling the driveway,” says Klenofsky. “And I never said a thing to him. And there’s that mantra, ‘Less Talk, More Work.’ He (Mateo) is not saying anything, he was not looking for thanks, but he was like, ‘I have a friend here who needs help, and I need to help him.’”

The two became housemates and started coaching others while Mateo trained his friend during his recovery, all the while living by their mantra. Mateo in December 2019 even

mentioned to his friend about starting a podcast.

COVID19 hit, and the “Less Talk, More Work” podcast was born on March 19, 2020. “Life is in our control,” states Klenofsky, “and we have a message we need to get out and help more people. There’s a lot of growth and positivity that can come from us sharing our message.”

The podcast is 30 episodes old, and there is no ceiling for growth.

Mateo, the current DePaul boys’ soccer coach and the owner of Krank Sports Performance, his Pompton Plains based physical training business which suffered during the pandemic, weighs in. “No matter what you do - whether you’re an athlete, business owner, a doctor, whatever you’re pursuing - number one you’re going to be faced with adversity. It happens to everybody. Number two, something we say all the time, control what you can control.” The one thing that the duo tries best to touch on during the podcast is that doing the work and investing in yourself while planning and learning and trying to move forward will help remove fear.

“The fear is what you need to attack.” says Mateo. “As you get better, you put your hand out and pull the next person with you. It’s not just about one person. That’s what the podcast is about, spreading the message that everyone can be continued on page 6

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Wayne PBA 136 Enters Year #65

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By Steve Sears he 110-member strong Wayne PBA 136 is entering its 65th year in 2021, and with that anniversary -which has been fostered by growth and relationships since 1956 - there has been pride in serving both its officers and community residents.

John Barrows has been PBA President for the past two years and has been on the executive board for approximately 5 years. “The PBA is a benevolent association established to help fellow officers and also to assist the community,” he says. “We proudly represent all members of the Wayne Police Department and as a union we assist officers throughout their careers.”

The PBA negotiates the salaries and benefits for the members of the department and has a long standing, working relationship with the township of Wayne. “The positive relationship we have with the township,” says Barrows, “makes dealing with issues much easier, with communication being a key aspect.”

For its members, the PBA provides donations, hosts fundraisers, and assists members and their families during times in need. Barrows explains. “Many of our members have benefited from these services while going through cancer treatments, medical procedures, financial hardships, just to name a few.” Also, the PBA always has its eyes and ears attuned to the needs of locals, always ready to help.

“For our community, we’ve donated enormous amounts of money over the years to families with children diagnosed with cancer, families that have suffered hardships, families struggling to provide for their children during holidays, etc. Our members have decorated

houses, provided presents, visited children in hospitals, assisted with landscaping, and various other tasks to help the families during troubled times. As a PBA we are able to provide a lot of these services by the donations we receive from the community and through our fundraisers we’ve had throughout the years.” For example, bowling and golf outings, Casino Nights, ice skating, and other events generate funds for those in need. But there’s another key element. “These events allow our members to interact with the members of the community so people can see that police officers are more than just men and women in uniform. During these events, the community gets to meet with members and interact in different settings than their ‘usual’ interactions while at work. The relationships we build with the community members is why our PBA has been so successful over the years. The PBA has always played a major role in the community, and through the years we’ve been able to better serve our members and the community.”

As time progresses and the PBA board changes leadership, each new member brings something new to the PBA. “We are always,” affirms Barrows, “open for change and advice on how to better serve our members and the community.”

No celebration has been planned for the PBA anniversary; the COVID19 pandemic has changed the way the group interacts with the public. “But, like I’ve said we improvise and overcome to become a better PBA throughout the years,” says Barrows.

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By Chris Bauer MD hances are you probably know someone whose life has been impacted by breast cancer. The American Cancer Society reports that 1 in every 8 women in the United States will be diagnosed with breast cancer this year. Males make up at least 10% of all people that are diagnosed. Although the mortality rate from breast cancer has decreased significantly in the last 50 years, even one death from breast cancer is too many. Due to the increased frequency of breast cancer, regular screenings and awareness of the symptoms are essential to maintaining every women’s health.

It is important that women know if they are at greater risk of developing breast cancer in their lives. Patients who have higher risk of developing breast cancer should be in consultation with their doctors to see what cancer prevention strategies are possible. Women with higher risk include those who have a history of breast cancer in their family, have a personal history of BRCA mutation, have nev-

er had a baby, have had late menopause or have previously had breast biopsies with Atypical hyperplasia or Lobular carcinoma insitu. Additionally, women who have increased Body Mass Index (BMI), smoke or have radiation therapy to the chest for other malignancies are at higher risk of developing breast cancer. Other risk factors exist for breast cancer for both males and females and patients should consult their physicians for more information.

The mammogram is a valuable tool in breast cancer screening. A mammogram is the test that is most commonly used in the detection of breast cancer. The test is an x-ray of the breast that will show if there are any abnormal areas in the breast tissue. Generally, mammograms are well tolerated by most people and there is minimal discomfort. There is a small amount of radiation that is absorbed with each test and most physicians would agree that the benefits of regular mammograms outweigh the risks.

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A VIEW FROM THE LEFT

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n the presidential elections of 2000 and 2004, the Democratic nominees, former Vice President Al Gore and Sen. John Kerry, were both seen by the nation’s voters as more knowledgeable and more intelligent than the Republican standard-bearer in both elections, George W. Bush. But those same voters in both campaigns found Bush to be more honest, trustworthy and likable than either Gore or Kerry. In explaining why Bush defeated Kerry, respected Democratic pollster Peter D. Hart put it bluntly: “Voters value ‘I Like’ over IQ.” Our vote for president is actually the most personal vote we Americans get to cast. Aware of the enormous impact every president has over our lives -- both national and individual -- we learned painfully that the national tragedies of both Vietnam and Watergate were directly attributable to defects of character and personality -- along with acute absence of honesty -- of elected American presidents.

In the most recent Wall Street Journal-NBC News national poll, 2020 voters listed the three most important qualities in deciding how to vote for president to be “having the ability to bring the country together” (36%); “being honest and trustworthy” (35%); and “having strong leadership qualities” (33%). Democrat Joe Biden held a statistically insignificant 45%-43% edge over President Donald Trump on the “strong leadership qualities” question. But on “bringing the country together,” Biden was judged to be better than Trump by the lopsided margin of 52% to 28%. And on “being honest and trustworthy,” voters again picked Biden over Trump by a decisive 47% to 30% margin.

How, if the vote for president is so personal, did Trump, with a 38% favorable-60% unfavorable personal rating from 2016 voters, the lowest for any major party candidate in the history of polling, win the White House four years ago?

Because he was running that year against Democrat Hillary Clinton, whose 43% favorable-55% unfavorable personal rating was the second-lowest ever recorded by a major party nominee. If Trump had been running unopposed four years ago, he would have lost. But he was running

Mark Shields against Clinton, who just 36% of voters saw as “honest and trustworthy,” while 61% said she was not -- almost identical to Trump’s bad numbers on “honest and trustworthy,” which were 33% positive and 64% negative.

No incumbent president or his party has won reelection to the White House when that president’s job rating was below 48% positive. In nearly four years, during which he presided over an economy where unemployment fell to just 3.5%, the nation’s lowest rate in 51 years, Trump remains the only U.S. president in the history of the Wall Street Journal-NBC News poll never to be rated positively by at least 50% of Americans; in fact, he never even reached beyond 46% approval.

In this bizarre pandemic year, with voters unable to assess the character and personality of the presidential candidates because they are unable to see them interact with voters, Americans will take their clues more than ever from the three presidential debates, in which the candidates will be wise to remember that character is destiny and the presidential choice is the most personal vote we will cast.

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A VIEW FROM THE RIGHT

The Hit-Job Parade of Anti-Trump Authors It must be fall campaign season, because our incredibly tilted Democratic media are rotating through a series of authors ripping into President Donald Trump. Start with the most overpraised journalist in Washington, Bob Woodward, who is the same age as Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden but is still trotted out with great fanfare as the conquering hero of Watergate.

Everywhere he goes, it seems Woodward is asked to declare that Trump’s term in office has been “worse than Watergate.” Tony Dokoupil on CBS insisted that “no one died in Watergate,” while Trump is somehow responsible for the vast majority of deaths from the coronavirus. On “60 Minutes” this week, Woodward colorfully described the president as a lethal pile of dynamite.

No fact-checkers were requested Also this week, the networks lavished attention on two discredited actors in Trump scandals: former FBI agent Peter Strzok, dismissed from the Robert Mueller probe for flagrantly partisan text messages, and former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen, fresh from serving a prison sentence. Trump’s niece Mary Trump is still squeezing big money out of her lurid psychological profile on Uncle Donald. She calls him “The World’s Most Dangerous Man.” It helps with the royalties.

Notice that there isn’t a single author with a deeply critical book on Joe Biden. Somehow, all the publishers in America weren’t interested in the half of America that might buy that book.

A librarian trying to help a reader interested in Biden might try to suggest Woodward’s Washington Post colleague Steven Levingston and his book released last October, helpfully titled “Barack and Joe: The Making of an Extraordinary Partnership.” The publisher, Hachette Books, touts it as “A vivid and inspiring account of the ‘bromance’ between Barack Obama and Joe Biden.”

Potential buyers of that book were sold with explicitly anti-Trump terms: “As many Americans turn a nostalgic

Tim Graham eye toward the Obama presidency, (SET ITAL) Barack and Joe (END ITAL) offers a new look at this administration, its absence of scandal, dedication to truth, and respect for the media.”

You’d have “respect for the media,” too, if they didn’t lie about the “absence of scandal.”

Pro-Trump authors are being ignored by the “mainstream” media. Former White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders has a bestselling memoir called “Speaking for Myself,” but somehow, she is considered beyond the pale, even though she hasn’t been to prison like Cohen.

Washington Examiner reporter Byron York has a new book out on the Mueller probe and other Trump scandal inquiries titled “Obsession: Inside the Washington Establishment’s Never-Ending War on Trump.” Liberal journalists will probably dismiss the book because it’s published by the staunchly conservative Regnery Publishing.

The networks that were so deeply invested in the fantasy of Russian government collusion with the Trump campaign won’t want to hear York explain that Mueller’s team of Democratic investigators knew early on there was no proof of collusion but dragged the whole charade out past the midterm continued on page 6

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Black conservative Candace Owens has a brand-new book titled “Blackout: How Black America Can Make Its Second Escape from the Democrat Plantation” published

by Simon & Schuster imprint Threshold Editions. Does anyone think CBS will lavish attention on this book as it did for Woodward, a Simon & Schuster author?

The Democrats running the “news” media and the book publishing industry have stacked the deck against Trump, just as they did in 2016. Once again, they expect

their merciless onslaught against Trump to usher the Democrats into the White House.

Once again, they cannot imagine why half of America treats them like relentlessly partisan pseudo-news outlets.

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Klenofsky, who is 26, adds, “People can change your life. The people you associate yourself with can really dictate the trajectory in which you are going.” The duo also leaves nothing to randomness, posting positive affirmations and goals on white boards in their respective rooms, practicing the positivity and growth they preach. “We’re being very conscious and very deliberate on how we’re going to move forward, and how we’re going to create change.”

Mateo, 25, says that he and Klenofsky

don’t expect to change the world, but, “If we can change a couple of people’s lives, that’s a win in our books.”

“Legacy is something Josel and I talk about constantly,” says Klenofsky. “We want to be able to look back and say, ‘We laid a brick, and we made the world a better place by us having did this.’ So, we care deeply about legacy and the people we’re impacting and leaving the world in a better place than we found it.”

The “Less Talk, More Work” podcast can be heard at www.linktr.ee/LTMWpodcast or www.instagram.com/ltmwpodcast/.

continued from page 3 cancer is strongly recommended, there has not been consensus in the medical community on what that should be. Patients should be familiarized with the symptoms of breast cancer by their doctor and should report to their physician immediately if they have these symptoms. The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and The American Cancer Society recommend that women should begin mammogram screening at age 40yo and repeat that testing every 1-2 years depending on the patient risk factors. The US Preventive Task Force recommends screening every 2 years starting at age 50. Regardless of what guidelines patients and their doctors utilize, a shared decision-making process should be employed. Each patient screening regimen should be tailored to their individual medical history and their personal risk factors for breast cancer. Women who

have a higher risk of getting breast cancer may require breast ultrasounds or a breast MRI yearly added to their screening plan.

For women who have “dense breasts” on mammogram, a breast ultrasound may be ordered as an adjunct test to improve the cancer detection rate.

Worldwide, October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. It is a global initiative organized by thousands of charities and companies to educate, empower and to raise awareness about breast cancer. Pink is the color often worn by supporters this month to show their support for this worthy endeavor. Locally the National Breast Cancer Foundation and the American Cancer Society have a full list of local activities and listing of how people can get involved this month to support this cause. For more information or to donate, please go to www.cancer.org/breast and www.Nationalbreastcancer.org .

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ike their human companions, pets can struggle with their weight. According to the Association for Pet Obesity Prevention (APOP), in 2014, an estimated 53% of dogs and 58% of cats in the United States were overweight or obese.

Being overweight or obese can shorten pets’ lives by increasing their risk for insulin resistance, type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, kidney disease, cancer, and osteoarthritis. The APOP estimates that unhealthy weights can shave up to 2.5 years off of pets’ lives.

Sedentary lifestyles and overeating can contribute to weight gain in cats and dogs.

In addition, choosing the wrong foods for an animal’s activity level may contribute to weight gain.

Is my pet too heavy?

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thinking a few extra pounds make for a robust pet. But those extra pounds could be causing substantial harm to cats and dogs.

The APOP lists healthy weight guidelines for cats and dogs. Cats are easily weighed by weighing yourself and then weighing yourself while holding the cat. Subtract your

weight, and then you will know how much the cat weighs. Dogs require larger scales, and this is something best handled at a veterinarian’s office.

Wellness visits provide more opportunities to get accurate assessments of pets’ weights. Vets can conduct visual assess-

ments to determine if pets are maintaining healthy weights while also sharing information about the ideal weight for your particular animal.

Cats’ and dogs’ waists should be visible when viewed from above. If your pet seems thick in the middle, chances are he or she can stand to lose some weight.

Increasing activity Exercise and healthy eating are the keys to getting cats and dogs to shed some pounds (animals suffering from illness may need to pursue other avenues to weight loss). Ask the vet how much your pet needs to lose and the role that diet can play in helping your pet to lose weight. Reduce caloric intake accordingly until pets reach the weight vets recommend. When pets are already overweight, adhering to guidelines on food packaging may make it difficult for pets to lose weight.

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PCC to Welcome New Pastor

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fter an 18-month search, the Packanack Community Church in Wayne is pleased to announce that on July 26 the congregation voted unanimously to call Rev. Julia Bertalan to serve as their Senior Minister.

Reverend Bertalan has served the last seven years as the pastor of a small, rural church in Millbury, Ohio but is familiar with our region. She attended Temple University in Philadelphia, Union Theological Seminary in New York City, and has family residing in Northern New Jersey. She is married to her husband, Dylan, and they are the proud parents of three children, aged 2, 4, and 6, of which she described as “my beautiful, joyful, handfuls.”

Pastor Julia has all of the qualifications and characteristics that the search committee was seeking—someone who demonstrates a calm, generous, creative, and passionate manner regarding their ministry while possessing exceptional leadership qualities coupled with administrative abilities.

But the search to find such a person

proved to be long and above all, challenging.

During the search for the new pastor, 30 profiles were reviewed, seven candidates were interviewed, two finalists were chosen before a final selection was presented to the congregation. Any search, even in the best of times is long and complicated, however, this one became more so as the interview process was about to commence.

The COVID-19 pandemic prevented in-person interviews, sermons, and later candidate-led Sunday services. But with the help of technology, these obstacles were overcome, and a new pastor was ultimately selected.

Pastor Julia is expected to begin her new calling in mid-October, and has a message for her new congregation and community: “I am looking forward to getting to know each of your stories, passions, and callings as I begin my ministry with you.”

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Two-time Cancer Survivor Doing It Her Way with Raw Resilience

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By Jillian Risberg taring down breast cancer as an adult was not the same as her teen bout with Hodgkin’s lymphoma because now Christine Shields Corrigan has the advantage of tackling the diagnosis on her own terms.

In her new book, “Again: Surviving Cancer Twice with Love and Lists,” the former attorney and legal writer tries to normalize her own family life with her husband and kids, while feeling echoes of her deeply ingrained upbringing.

Shields Corrigan says her parents were very protective and in her mother’s family there was a culture of don’t tell the kids anything — it’ll get them upset.

“Then when it was over, it was over and nobody talked about it,” says the author of her early cancer.

This time around it was an early evening in March 2016 when the former attorney was wrapped up in what her older son wanted for his 15th birthday dinner the next day.

Then her breast surgeon called and said those dreaded words…

“I’m sorry, it’s cancer,” the 49-year-old says. “I was frozen in my spot.”

Her visceral reaction was that she was ‘doomed.’

“All of life’s ordinary was right there with me in the kitchen and I knew in that moment my world shifted and I would never have that again,” says Shields Corrigan.

It all started with a routine mammogram and ultrasound.

“Sitting in the exam room waiting for the techs to walk in with the reminder card for me to fill out for next year,” she says. “Instead the door opened and a woman in a white coat walked in and my stomach fell out.”

The author had a gray cyst they said looked ‘junky.’

“Of course I immediately asked if it could be breast cancer and she said, ‘I don’t know, that’s why you have to have it biopsied, but most of the time these things are benign,’” Shields Corrigan says the doc told her.

The biopsy revealed triple positive breast cancer, which meant she had to go through six cycles of targeted anti-HER2 chemotherapy from March until July.

“It was a stage-one tumor,” the author says. “It wasn’t even palpable when I did my monthly self exam but it was an aggressive cancer.”

Her oncologist is very conservative.

“Very aggressive with treatment and very conservative in making determinations about causation,” says the former attorney, adding that her childhood lymphoma certainly put her at greater risk of developing a secondary cancer.

A month after completing chemo she was very adamant about having a bilateral mastectomy.

“I was like ‘look, I had cancer now twice; I’m not putting my family through this a third time,’” Shields Corrigan says of the surgery, which she followed up with implant reconstruction.

“There’s certainly an aspect of grieving because there is a loss. I felt like I lost a big sense of who I was as a woman,” says the author.

“I had been going to a breast cancer support group run by my surgical nurse navigator and at the end of one of the meetings she asked me if I wouldn’t mind putting together a list of tips and tricks,” Shields Corrigan says. continued on page 11

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continued from page 10 She told the nurse she would be happy to but in hindsight didn’t know what she was getting herself into.

“In a very uncharacteristic move I chose to ignore the request for a couple of months,” says the former attorney. “And then my guilt caught up with me and I was like I really need to sit down and write that list.”

The nurse loved it and wanted to share it with her patients. She also felt Shields Corrigan should publish, ’What I know now’ — a collection of 10 interwoven essays about her breast cancer experience.

“And I was like, ‘that is so cute but this is not something that can be published,’” the former attorney told her.

According to the author, that was the genesis of the book but she didn’t have any training in creative writing or writing outside of law. So she tackled it the way she would a legal case — with research. That meant taking classes in New York City, attending author talks, writing seminars and conferences.

“I read a ton of memoirs; joined a writing group and that gave me the structure and accountability to write the book,” says Shields Corrigan. “This time last year I was working on writing a book proposal to find a publisher, had my marketing plan ready to go, querying agents and then COVID happened.”

The author says she was looking for small, independent publishers who would be willing to take a chance on her. She had three acceptances of the manuscript and went with Koehler Books.

And the former attorney was excited to put it out there because this is the type of cancer book she needed.

“There’s tons of books written about breast cancer, tons of books written about

cancer in general, tons of books written by doctors, all sorts of celebrity cancer memoirs and absolutely gorgeous meditations on life’s meaning, she says. “But those weren’t books I wanted to read when I was newly diagnosed and terrified of dying.”

“I wanted the grit of somebody’s experience to help guide me through my own as an ordinary mom with teenage kids and I searched high and low for that book let me tell you.”

She also wrote the book to help other women, families and caregivers.

“They will find the strength and courage to walk a path they never asked to be put on and that they’re not alone,” says the author.

The book not only tells Shields Corrigan’s story but interspersed throughout is the ‘practical reality’ list of information she learned along the way.

“I am happy that Koehler thinks it’s going to work and it’s going to be released on October 24,” she says. “It’s available now for pre-order on Amazon and on my website, christineshieldscorrigan.com as well.”

It was very cathartic to write the book, according to the author, who says she knew she had to tell both stories.

“Because when I went through this experience as a teenager Hodgkin’s lymphoma was called Hodgkin’s disease, so I don’t think when I was 14/15 years old I even understood that I had cancer,” she says.

She walked this journey with more transparency and graced with wonderful people who supported her through the whole process.

“I’ve learned to live with the uncertainty, try everyday to let go of the things I can’t control — and just be at peace with that,” Shields Corrigan says.

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CCM Professor’s Award-Winning International Latino Award Novel Honors Mother and Grandmother

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by Jillian Risberg he colorful words of Maria Estelle Picouto, the County College of Morris (CCM) professor who recently took home the Latino Book Award for Best Novel Historical Fiction in Spanish permeate “Estelita.”

“Standing at the entrance of his small plantation home, while enjoying a foamy cup of coffee, Ventura Sanjurjo contemplated the sun as it rose through the coastal valley covered by sugar cane fields. He could perceive the sweet smell of the sugar cane ready for harvesting, as well as the sticky humidity characteristic of the season, on his skin.”

The fictional novel was also chosen by the Luis Munoz Marin (Puerto Rican journalist, politician, statesman and first elected governor of Puerto Rico) Foundation as a book of importance to the history of Puerto Rico — a proud moment for Picouto, who wrote it as a loving tribute to her mother and grandmother.

And the book was selected for a community outreach project to promote the reading of culturally and historically significant Puerto Rican books.

The professor even heard from Kirk Whisler, the publisher and activist, National Association of Hispanic Journalists Founder and Latino Book & Family Festival cofounder with Edward James Olmos.

‘One or more of the judges for your book felt it would be a good fit as a TV show or movie,’ reads Whisler’s e-mail.

“I have to send a copy in English because they will check

the book with some of the people who make movies to see if they want to do a movie about my book” says the author, a Spanish as a Second Language, Hispanic Culture and Cultural Affairs professor at CCM since 2006.

According to Picouto, her book is full of intrigue, envy, lies, loneliness, abandonment, physical, emotional and institutional abuse and is based on the complex history of the Sanjurjo-Gely family from 1800 to 1955.

The story begins around 1917 with the migration of Puerto Ricans to New York when Woodrow Wilson signed the Jones–Shafroth Act. “My grandfather came and brought some of his brothers,” says the professor. “Then comes my grandmother (Margarita Gely Caceres) and she established herself in New York and then met my grandfather and they married.

“Soon after my mom (Estelle Sanjurjo Gely) was born my grandmother died. And my grandfather put my mom in an orphanage.”

That meant Picouto had no connection to her family.

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CCM Professor’s Award-Winning... continued from page 12 phanage but she was already a novice and was going to become a nun that summer,” the professor says.

According to the author, they moved to Puerto Rico when she was four and never got to know her extended family on both sides.

“I never met my grandmother’s side of the family and very few on my grandfather’s side,” she says. “So I grow up with that need to know who I was, where I come from,” the professor says.

It was a natural progression to study anthropology when she got to college.

“For my first thesis I decided I was going to write on Puerto Rican immigration to the United States,” she says. “To do that work was to start with my genealogy.”

The year was 1990 — and Picouto says through researching the genealogy for 25 years after that she met her mother’s aunt in Puerto Rico.

“They never knew that my mom was born and never knew what happened with my grandmother,” says the professor. “All those thoughts were always in my mind.”

“Everything you read in the book really happened and also the places where the characters live and go (are real),” the author says. “I also include pictures and documents that prove the story.”

In 2005, when she had most of the information she needed, the author started writing short stories with the intention to preserve them for her children.

“One day four years ago a friend of mine, Dr. Yun Sil Jeon (Foreign Languages professor at Coastal Carolina University) came here on vacation,” Picouto says.

“My husband tells her I’m writing a book; I didn’t even tell anybody.”

The author was halfway through writing when she emailed her friend the draft to find out what she thought.

“I was embarrassed because I was so afraid the book was not good,” says the professor. “The next morning she said, ‘Not able to sleep last night; I was the whole night reading your book (and) I need more. She’s Korean but was raised in Argentina and speaks fluently in Spanish, so she becomes like my mentor.”

Jeon continued to follow up.

“Since she read the draft, for two years was motivating me to complete the book, calling or visiting me every week,” the author says. “When I finished I said, ‘I’m going to publish but probably only something my family will read.’”

It was much more and in April 2020 “Estelita” went into mass publication.

Then her cousin’s friend who had read the book encouraged Picouto to compete in

the International Latino Book Awards.

She wasn’t sure about such a prestigious competition.

But after hearing that famous Spanish writers compete and they have to approve your book just to enter — she decided to send her manuscript.

“A month later I receive an email telling me to send five copies of my book,” Picouto says. “They consider my book like a novel. Two months later, I received another email saying I was in the finals; I was in shock.”

On September 12, there was a virtual celebration and the professor got to take in the whole experience.

“I was worried because I researched the people who were competing in my section; they are really writers, they live writing, make a living writing,” says the professor, who was feeling a little intimidated. “This is my first book.”

Picouto told her husband that while she was happy to be there and made it to that point she didn’t think she was going to win first place.

But she got a thrilling surprise from the emcee announcing the awards in her category as none other than Esmeralda Santiago (Puerto Rican author known for her novels and memoirs).

“Ever since I read Esmeralda’s book, ‘When I was Puerto Rican’ in 1992 I have always dreamed of writing something like her,” the author says. “So not only I did write the book, she was the one who announced the first-place award for ‘Estelita,’ my book. That was like a sign from heaven.”

“I feel like I accomplished a promise I made to my mother and grandmother.”

According to the author, her phone hasn’t stopped ringing for weeks.

“Family, friends (and) people that I don’t know e-mailing me because they want the book but don’t want to buy it from Amazon,” she says. “They want me to sign it.”

The book has been translated to English and Picouto expects to release that version in December.

And at the request of the readers who can’t get enough the author started penning a second book, which she is calling “Estelita; what I did not tell you.”

At the end of the day, the author feels incredibly blessed about the award.

“I was doing this with my heart to heal part of the family story,” says the professor. “This was a process of healing for me, my mom and my grandmother. I complete that circle.”

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I Remember Dad:

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By Richard Mabey Jr. ne of the greatest honors that was ever bestowed upon me, was when I was presented the golden opportunity to write the front page story for the old Lincoln Park Journal about my dad and Jack Floyd receiving the Scoutmasters of they Year Award. This was back in early 1987. Dad received the Scoutmaster of the Year for the Boonton District. And Jack Floyd received the Assistant Scoutmaster of the Year Award for the Boonton District.

At that point in time, Dad was serving his 21st year as Scoutmaster of Boy Scout Troop 170. And, Mr. Floyd was serving his 24th year as Assistant Scoutmaster of Boy Scout Troop 170.

I was the one who took the picture of my dad and Jack Floyd standing in front of the “Scout Awards Wall” of Saint Andrew’s Episcopal Church’s Thorpe Hall. It is a most strange and bewildering thing, because I was the very person who created the Scout Awards Wall, back in the Summer of 1969, when I painted Thorpe Hall for my Eagle Scout Project.

Dad and Jack were as close as brothers. After Jack’s first wife passed away, Jack remarried quite a few years later. Jack asked Dad to be his Best Man when he and Lee married. My dad was deeply honored.

Jack was like an adopted uncle to me. Dad, Jack and I, and the scouts of Boy Scout Troop 170 shared 10,000 memories together. We went on several week-long, rugged hikes of the Appalachian Trail. We went on dozens and dozens of scout campouts. We survived the rapids of the Delaware River on quite a few, week-long canoe trips.

When I received my Eagle Scout, Dad told me that he just wanted to be my dad and not my Scoutmaster for the

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important event. So, I asked Jack to honor me, by presenting my Eagle Scout medal to me. Jack told me that he was honored that I asked him. And, I hold the historic record in Boy Scout Troop 170 of being the only scout to have received the highest rank of scouting from Assistant Scoutmaster Jack Floyd.

Both Dad and Jack lost their battles with cancer. At times, I can feel their spiritual presence so strong. When I am faced with making a hard decision, going through rough times, or just struggling with my writing; I can hear the gentle echo of both Dad and Jack’s voices sharing words of assurance with me.

In so many ways, I have been very blessed to have had so many positive role models in my life. Things were not always honey and roses. There were times when I had to learn the hard lessons of being disciplined.

Like when I got a D on my first chemistry test in high school. Dad’s answer to the problem was very simple.

“Richie, you need to study more,” was all Dad said about the subject. And, my father was right, he was all so very right. I really had not put my best foot forward in chemistry class. I am glad to say that I earned a B as my final year-end grade in that chemistry class.

I think that love is the key that unlocks the door to most every problem that we could ever face in life. Love melts away the ugly wall of prejudice. Love inspires. Love can take us to another dimension, to find hidden talents sleeping deep within our inner selves. For love truly is the key to life.

Richard Mabey Jr. is a freelance writer. He can be reached at richardmabeyjr@hotmail.com. Please put on the subject line: My Life Publications.

My front-page story, from the pages of the old Lincoln Park Journal, that told of my dad and Jack Floyd receiving the coveted Scoutmasters of the Year Awards.

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Follow the account rules. Each of your retirement accounts has its own set of rules. If you follow them, you can avoid early withdrawal penalties. Following the holding period rules within Roth accounts can also make your withdrawals tax-free.

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Halloween 2020 is On: Guidelines to Celebrate in a Safe and Fun Way

very year, you count down the days until Halloween. You love selecting costumes for your whole family, indulging in all your favorite treats and celebrating with friends. But this year is different - while you long to celebrate the holiday to the fullest, you also want to make choices to keep your family and your community safe. Like many Halloween enthusiasts, rather than forgoing beloved traditions altogether, you are coming up with creative, out-of-the-box ways to celebrate safely and keep everyone healthy this season, but you still need some guidance.

The Halloween and Costume Association, The Hershey Company and other partner organizations have joined forces to provide guidance on how best to celebrate Halloween safely this year. The Halloween Safety guidelines - available on Halloween2020.org - are consistent with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Holiday Celebrations Guidelines and include a color-coded COVID risk level map, provided by the Harvard Global Health Institute.

“Families and policy-makers need clear and consistent information when it comes to COVID-19 risks to inform decision-making, including how to participate safely in

the upcoming Halloween holiday and trickor-treating activities associated with it,” said Dr. Ingrid Katz, Infectious Diseases Expert, and Associate Faculty Director at the Harvard Global Health Institute. “Through our interactive COVID risk level map, we hope to provide parents a reliable source to help them celebrate the Halloween holiday in the most safe, fun way possible according to the risk level in their community.”

With most of the country in the moderate risk category, it’s likely that many communities and families will find new ways to celebrate this year, including neighborhood trick-or-treat drive-ups, reverse trick-ortreating and neighborhood or backyard candy hunts. These creative celebration ideas allow for fun and safety to remain a top priority.

“Halloween is more important than ever this year as we navigate the new normal together and are seeking opportunities to celebrate safely. We’re inspired by the public-private partnerships and groups coming together that all have a shared value of celebrating Halloween safely,” says Chuck Raup, president, U.S., The Hershey Company.

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son, from carving pumpkins to having Halloween-themed movie nights with your favorite Halloween treats like Hershey’s, Reese’s and Kit Kat. Some additional tips and ideas for celebrating safely based on your risk zone color, found on The Hershey Company’s Halloween website HersheyHappiness.com and also Halloween2020.org, include: Yellow zones Focus on trick-or-treat safety. A Halloween neighborhood parade is a good option for yellow zones. Organize a neighborhood costume parade where the route is predetermined and marked to maintain safe distances between participants. Stay safe by incorporating sanitization stations, yellow caution tape, 6-foot sidewalk stickers/tape and age group signs. Or, do the reverse and have kids decked out in their costumes in the front yard as neighbors walk or drive by and deliver candy from a safe distance.

Orange zones For orange-zone communities, let the treats come to you. Trick-or-treat in reverse by having kids wear their costumes in the front yard as neighbors walk or drive by and deliver candy. Another option is a trick-ortreat drive-by where you wear costumes and then drive to visit friends and family

in costume and deliver some treats! Honk, text or shout upon arrival and deliver some treats or tricks in costume to your favorite folks!

Red zones At-home celebrations are safest for red zones. Consider planning a Halloween movie night or a virtual costume party. You can also make this a special time with a scavenger hunt throughout your home. Create different themed rooms throughout the house and send the kids on a scavenger hunt for fun swag. Hide candy, toys and prizes or even make some gift certificates to stay up late, choose the movie or eat an extra piece of candy. Keep the big kids engaged with trickier clues and fun age-appropriate rewards.

Even with the extra precautions and adjustments needed to ensure a safe celebration, Halloween 2020 still promises to be a once-in-a-lifetime experience. In fact, a Halloween such as this won’t happen again for at least another 152 years. Not only does Halloween 2020 fall on a Saturday, it also happens to be a full moon and daylight saving time. Additionally, the day occurs during a blue moon this year, the second full moon of October.

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Both flu and COVID-19 are respiratory illnesses that are thought to spread mainly by droplets when people who are infected cough, sneeze or talk. Both flu and COVID-19 can be spread to others before infected people know they are sick.

There are also some key differences between flu and COVID-19. COVID-19 seems to spread more easily than flu and causes more serious illnesses in some people. It can also take longer before people show symptoms and people can be contagious for longer. Another important difference is there is a vaccine to protect against flu.

There is currently no vaccine to prevent COVID-19. The best way to prevent infection is to avoid being exposed to the virus.

While what will happen this fall and winter is uncertain, CDC is preparing for flu and COVID-19 to spread at the same time.

Besides making people sick, this could result in a dangerous public health situation because both diseases can cause serious illness that might require hospitalization.

Getting a flu vaccine provides the best protection against flu and is particularly important this year. Flu vaccines help reduce

the risk of developing potentially serious flu complications. This is especially important for people with certain long-term health conditions like diabetes, asthma and heart disease. Flu vaccines are also important for people who are 65 years or older who are more likely to get very sick from flu.

Reducing the number of people who are sick with flu also can reduce the burden on our medical systems. More people getting vaccinated can mean that fewer people will need to go to doctors’ offices for flu treatment and testing, and fewer people will need to seek urgent medical care or be hospitalized with flu. These reductions in doctor visits and hospitalizations can help save medical resources needed for the care of COVID-19 patients.

CDC recommends everyone 6 months and older get their flu vaccine in September or October, or as soon as possible after that.

Talk to your healthcare provider, pharmacy, or health department about getting your flu vaccine. Doctors, pharmacists and other health professionals are putting new procedures in place to keep people safe from COVID-19 during vaccination.

It’s also important to continue social distancing, wearing a mask and washing hands often — all these actions help slow the spread of respiratory illnesses, including COVID-19 and flu.

Not sure where to get a flu vaccine? Visit vaccinefinder.org to find a vaccination location near you.

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NJStarz Meghan Cameron

Hometown: Roxbury, NJ Meghan Cameron when she first joined Sporting Kanas City courtesy of Sporting Kansas City.

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By Steve Sears eghan Cameron speaks with an elevated spirit, and when asked if she is indeed a true Jersey girl, she immediately states, “Oh yeah!”

However, currently 2 ½ years into her role as Sporting Kansas City’s Assistant Director of Player Personnel, she sits in the team’s clubhouse, confirming she is enjoying life in a land where BBQ reigns supreme. “It’s been a good change,” she says, “but it took a while to try and get used to. To be in the Midwest, especially being away from my family – my brother has three kids – so it’s difficult not to be around them and being able to see them as often as I would like.” And, there is the heat. “It’s definitely hot here; I’m looking out at training out there and I’ll head there in a few minutes, but it’s 97 degrees.”

Cameron, 37, loves soccer, and has been involved with it since childhood. Her current position with Sporting Kansas City includes aiding in player recruitment, development and retention, scouting, contracts, and she is the first female member of a Major League Soccer coaching staff to manage player contracts. She also worked for the D.C. United sales team from 2005 - 2008, and from 2009 - 2017 for the MLS’ New York City office in a variety of roles, including Senior Manager of Player Relations, aiding teams in managing their respective rosters and their budgets, approving player acquisitions and trades, and overseeing the league’s competition calendar. Earlier, while she played at Rutgers University, she interned for the New York\New Jersey MetroStars.

Cameron, who grew up in Roxbury, reflects. “It’s interesting. Obviously, being out here in Kansas City now and working with Peter (Vermes, SKC Head Coach), who is also from New Jersey, we often talk and joke about being from New Jersey, and how it’s so different and a different attitude. I think a lot of that comes with growing up in Roxbury and north Jersey. I had an older brother (Bradley) who is four years older than me, and so I had to do everything he was doing. He played soccer, I played soccer. And so, kind of back to my dad and also my mom (Bruce and Joan), they just did everything they could to let me do what I wanted to do. Also, at times you don’t realize the sacrifice until you’re older and then you’re like, ‘Wow - that was massive!’ As was being able to play for PDA (Players Development Academy of New Jersey) at such a young age, Cameron a member of the second team ever to play there. “They’re a massive powerhouse now, especially on the fe-

male side. So that’s a pretty cool experience, to be able to grow up in north Jersey, grow up in Roxbury, obviously playing for Roxbury High School and playing for Doug Shanks and the success we had there. I didn’t realize it at the time, but all my family did for me to be successful on and off the field is the reason where I am today.”

When Cameron was a freshman in 1997, the Roxbury girls’ soccer team not only won the NJSIAA Group IV championship, but also “scored” a guest appearance on an episode of The Sopranos. When a graduating senior, she had the goal scoring record for girls’ soccer at the school and was an All-Morris County and All-State striker and midfielder. She then attended Rutgers University and, when she was a freshman there, the team reached the Sweet 16 of the 2002 NCAA Tournament. Cameron in her 2004 junior season was awarded Big East Academic All-American honors, and she graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communications in 2005. She loved the New Brunswick atmosphere of the state university. “That’s a big reason why I chose Rutgers.” She explains. “When I was going through the recruiting process, the advice that had been given to me by my high school coach, Doug Shanks, was you have to choose a school you want to be at if you’re not playing soccer anymore. That was why Rutgers wound up being my choice because I knew that that was the school I would be happy at, I would excel at, if soccer was not involved.”

“I didn’t go just for soccer; I went for the holistic experience.”

Shanks’ wisdom played out. Cameron’s playing days were soon to end due to a concussion. “That’s a big piece of the puzzle, obviously,” she says. “I had sustained quite a few concussions over the years. The spring of my junior season, we were in spring practices, and I sustained another concussion, struggled with post-concussion syndrome probably for about 3 ½ months.” However, at the time she had been interning with the MetroStars, spent the summer there, continued on page

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continued from page and coincidentally as the fall season approached, four specialists confirmed that Cameron has laced her cleats on as a player for the last time. After finding out, she was devastated. “It actually crushed me,” she recalls. “Living with my teammates, having them go out to train every day and having them go on these away trips, I was just left at home.” Things did work out, however. “I was thankfully able to double up my internship and extend that for another six months, went from the marketing to the PR department for the MetroStars. That was kind of always the most important thing for me. It was something that had brought me so much joy growing up, and I always just played because I loved it. Obviously I had success on the field, but it more came down to I just really enjoyed it and it made me very very happy. So, to be able to extend that off the field was a way for me to stay connected to the game.”

With the D.C. United, she worked inside sales as a way to get her foot further in the door (“To learn the grassroots of how a club runs,” she says). She learned a lot, especially about herself, and that she was bad at sales.

After a few years, she transferred to manage the club’s charitable arm, running golf tournaments, awards ceremonies, and player appearances.

Ultimately, one day she called her dad, telling him it

wasn’t for her, and her D.C. United boss also said something that had sticking power: “If you don’t like what you’re doing, don’t spend another day doing it.” She exited less than a month later, moved from the nation’s capitol back up to the Garden State, and took the MLS job, where she worked with another Rutgers connection, at that time Senior Vice-President Lino DiCuollo.

She was more than prepared for the job. “It was the best job for me at the time, and it set me up for where I am today.” Per Cameron, if she had not been as involved as she was during her MLS days, she’s not sure if Vermes would’ve contacted her for the Sporting Kansas City vacancy. “Obviously, I made a reputation for myself, being really efficient, really organized, excellent communication, and I started to become the person that a lot of other clubs were calling for answers. If I didn’t have it, I’d say, ‘I’ll get the answer for you really quick and I’ll call you back.’ That’s just kind of been what I’ve built my foundation off of.” Todd Durbin, MLS Executive Vice-President of Competition & Player Relations, also early on advised, “You have to do the little things right. If you’re too above doing the little things, you’re never going to get to the next level.” Cameron ran with it. “So, it’s really about building the foundation and doing those tiny little things that nobody else wants to do, and doing them well, and

you’ll get noticed.”

Again, although she is indeed the first female member of a Major League Soccer coaching staff to manage player contracts, Cameron feels Vermes called her for her work ethic alone. “For me that’s most important,” she says proudly. “Peter did not hire me because I’m a female, and Peter did not hire me to hire the first female on a technical staff in the league. Peter hired me because he thought I was the best person to fit with this club in this role. And the culture here at this club is second to none. It takes a certain personality to succeed here, which is why this club has been so successful for as long as it has.”

Meghan Cameron is most thankful in life for her upbringing: growing up where she did and the people who she grew up with. “You’re shaped by the people around you,” she says. “The good and the bad experiences make you who you are. I think I’m most thankful for the experiences I’ve had in my life. Maybe,” she adds, “if I really had to think about it, maybe it’s my concussions. As terrible as they were, I’m very thankful I don’t have any long-term effects at this time (except maybe a little light sensitivity, forcing her to wear sunglasses outside). But I think that experience of having to overcome that devastation of not being able to play the game I love anymore, has kind of given me the opportunity to get where I am today.”

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A Flavorful Family Meal for Fall

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arm, delectable dishes go handin-hand with cool fall evenings when the crisp air sends you to the kitchen for a filling meal. Look no further than easy recipes like meatballs that pack fulfilling flavor to feed your family when the autumn temperatures dip.

These Grass-fed Beef Meatballs with Garlic and Herbs can be the perfect solution anytime you’re craving a warm, comforting meal. They’re made with New Zealand grass-fed ground beef, which provides an unrivaled taste. Grass-fed year-round, the animals roam and graze freely over lush green hills and pastures, resulting in lean, flavorful meat that tastes just as nature intended.

Paired with a tomato-based sauce, the meatballs are baked before being topped with Parmesan cheese and parsley then served hot for a dish that warms you from the inside-out. While preparing the meatballs, be sure to wet your hands prior to shaping them as it helps prevent the meat from sticking to your hands.

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Grass-fed Beef Meatballs with Garlic and Herbs Prep time: 15 minutes Cook time: 25 minutes Servings: 4 Beef Meatballs: Oil 1 pound New Zealand grass-fed ground beef 1 cup fresh white breadcrumbs 3 cloves garlic, crushed 1 egg, lightly beaten 3 tablespoons milk 1 1/2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce 1 teaspoon dried mixed herbs, such as parsley, thyme and oregano salt and pepper, to taste Tomato Sauce: Oil 1 onion, finely chopped 2 cloves garlic, sliced 1 can (14 ounces) chopped tomatoes, in juice 1 1/2-2 cups vegetable stock 1 tablespoon tomato paste

1 teaspoon sugar 1 bay leaf salt and pepper, to taste To Serve: 1/3 cup freshly grated Parmesan cheese 1/2 cup roughly chopped parsley leaves To make beef meatballs: Preheat oven to 425 F. Lightly oil deep baking dish or skillet.

Mix beef, breadcrumbs, garlic, egg, milk, Worcestershire sauce, mixed herbs and salt and pepper, to taste, then shape into eight meatballs and place in prepared baking dish.

To make tomato sauce: In heavy saucepan over low heat, heat dash of oil and add onion and garlic. Cook until onion is soft, about 10 minutes. Add tomatoes, stock, tomato paste, sugar, bay leaf and salt and pepper, to taste.

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Fruity Fall Flavors for Dessert

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omfort food typically calls to mind soups, stews and hearty meals meant to warm you up on a chilly day. However, you can also turn to tasty treats as a way to end a cold day on a hot note.

For example, warm fruits baked into a crisp dessert provide an easy, heartwarming option for putting a smile on loved ones faces when the weather turns south. This Walnut Apple Pear Crisp combines two fall favorite fruits in a sweet and simple yet flavorful nibble.

Start by mixing the walnut crisp topping separate from the soul of the recipe: the apple pear filling. Then layer in a cast-iron pan and bake for an easy treat that cooks while you enjoy dinner with the family. In the end, the crunch of the crispy walnut crust provides a savory contrast to the sweetness of the fruity filling.

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Walnut Apple Pear Crisp Total time: 1 hour, 5 minutes Servings: 4 Walnut Crisp Topping: 1 1/2 cups California walnuts, divided 1/4 cup all-purpose flour 1/4 cup brown sugar 1/2 cup quick-cooking oats 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon 1/2 cup butter, chilled and sliced into pieces Apple Pear Filling: 4 apples, peeled and sliced into 1/4-inch slices 3 pears, peeled and sliced into 1/4-inch slices 1/2 cup granulated sugar 2 tablespoons cornstarch 1 teaspoon cinnamon 1/8 teaspoon salt tablespoon lemon juice ice cream (optional) caramel sauce (optional) Heat oven to 350 F.

To make walnut crisp topping: In food processor, pulse 1 cup walnuts until finely ground. Set aside in separate bowl. In food processor, pulse remaining 1/2 cup walnuts until chopped. Set aside.

In medium bowl, combine ground walnuts, flour, brown sugar, oats and cinnamon. Cut butter into mixture until coarse crumb forms.

To make apple pear filling: In large bowl, toss apples, pears, sugar, cornstarch, cinnamon, salt and lemon juice.

Pour fruit mixture in bottom of 12-inch cast-iron pan.

Layer walnut crisp topping mixture over fruit.

Bake 45 minutes, or until fruit mixture is hot and bubbly and topping is golden brown.

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Take the Fear Out of Trying Unfamiliar Produce

ntroducing kids to unfamiliar flavors doesn’t have to be a frightful experience.

Getting creative and taking cues from some beloved characters may be all it takes for families to explore produce in a new way and discover how delicious, satisfying and enjoyable fresh fruits and vegetables can be.

A passion for produce may begin with America’s favorites, like bananas, apples, citrus, celery, carrots and broccoli, but that’s just the beginning.

Whether it’s their angry names and tough exteriors, or simply a fear of the unknown about taste and preparation, dozens more diverse and exotic fruits and vegetables like dragon fruit, horned melon and Brussels sprouts are often the sources of produce paranoia.

An initiative from Dole, in collaboration with Disney and Pixar’s Monsters, Inc., is helping to take the scare out of specialty fruits and vegetables and widen America’s produce horizons. That’s because, like a good book or the characters in a beloved film, you can’t judge a fruit or vegetable by

its appearance; nature’s true beauty often lies within.

The campaign offers character-inspired recipes, serving suggestions, digital and social activations, family-friendly activities, fun trivia and influencer partnerships that celebrate the not-so-scary world of the planet’s more unusual fresh bounty.

One easy way to introduce new flavors is by trying a variation of a familiar fruit or veggie. For example, there are more than 500 edible banana varieties in the world. You might sample a red banana or a Manzano, or even an ice cream banana, with a taste resembling vanilla custard.

These fun and kid-friendly Green Slime Nacho Cups feature plantains, for example, a member of the banana family with a different taste and texture than everyday yellow bananas – more firm and starchy like a potato. Increase your family’s produce intake even further with a Slippery Slimy Smoothie, which calls for green grapes, spinach, banana and pineapple.

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Safety Steps for Spooky Fun

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You can still ensure a special night for your little ones and all the ghouls, goblins and ghosts in your neighborhood by following safety measures aimed at keeping everyone healthy on All Hallows’ Eve. Consider these tips for safe trick-or-treating from the experts at the National Safety Council and leading candy maker, Mars Wrigley.

Before * Buy individually wrapped candy to hand out to trick-or-treaters. Fun-size packs are one of the easiest forms of candy for trickor-treaters to grab and go. * Create fun, individual candy goody bags for a no-touch option for trick-or-treaters. * Make sure your yard is well-lit; replace any burnt-out light bulbs. * Create signs encouraging trick-or-treaters to stay 6 feet apart and display them in your yard. * Don’t hand out treats if you are not feeling well. * Consider socially distanced options such as “trunk-or-treating,” during which prepackaged goodies are handed out, or a virtual costume parade. Alternately, you can use a tool like Mars Wrigley’s “TREAT TOWNTM,”

an app-based digital experience for families to virtually trick-or-treat for real candy. It offers Halloween fans of all ages the ability to create personalized spooky avatars, customized decorations for your in-app “door” and the ability to “knock” on the doors of friends and family across the country. Visit TreatTown.com to find more information.

During * Make trick-or-treating care packs with hand sanitizer, disinfectant wipes and extra face masks. * Help little ones clean their hands throughout the night. * Maintain a distance of 6 feet from other groups of trick-or-treaters, allowing one group to collect candy at a time. * Wear face masks and reflective tape or clothing and carry flashlights or glow sticks if you’re walking in the dark. * Do “mask checks.” Stop in a safe place and make sure young children’s masks are covering their mouths and noses. * Use sidewalks and crosswalks. Don’t cross the street between cars and be as visible as possible as drivers may be distracted. * Consider setting up a grab-and-go “candy corner” for visitors, inclusive of hand sanitizer and treats.

After * Wash your hands when you get home. * Sanitize candy wrappers before eating or

let it sit for 24 hours. * Follow the “when in doubt, throw it out” rule. Throw away any candy that is open, ripped or has torn packaging, an unusual appearance or pinholes. Discard any homemade items made by people you don’t know. * Watch for choking hazards. If you have a young child, make sure candy he or she collected isn’t a choking hazard. If it is, discard it. * Keep candy away from pets, especially chocolate and sugar-free gum, which can be poisonous for your furry friends.

Handing Out Treats from Home If you’re staying home to hand out treats to the superheroes, ghosts, princesses and other little guests that arrive on your doorstep, consider these ideas to encourage safety and fun: * Minimize the number of hands reaching into a bowl. Find fun, hands-free ways to give candy to trick-or-treaters. You can place candy on your lawn or driveway, so trick-ortreaters don’t have to crowd around your front door, touch handrails or knock. * Move out of the way any items that children could trip over and keep pets inside. * Stand outside when handling treats, wear a mask and use hand sanitizer often.

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5 Ways Youth Can Connect Food Choices to a Healthier Planet

lthough many young people care deeply about global issues like food and the environment, they don’t necessarily see these matters as connected. By learning more about the source of their food and the benefits of making nutritious choices, eating appropriate portions and minimizing food waste, youth can better understand the positive impact on their own and the planet’s health.

“America’s teens don’t think about or understand the relationship between food, their health and the health of our planet, yet they have a strong desire to connect the food they eat with the world they live in,” said Alexis Glick, CEO of GENYOUth, a national nonprofit organization dedicated to creating healthier school communities.

“It’s crucial that they have the knowledge to serve as smart stewards in support of a healthy planet and its people.”

Help the kids in your life begin to understand how food and the planet are closely connected through these ideas.

Be informed about how food choices impact Earth. Learning about the way food choices affect the environment can lead to changes in behavior. All foods require some degree of natural resources to be grown or produced, and nutrient-rich foods are required to survive and thrive. By using sustainable agricultural practices and minimiz-

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Eat sustainably. Youth are twice as likely to think about the healthfulness of their food as its environmental impact, according to Youth & the Future of Food, a national survey of teens published by GENYOUth. While 65% of youth say they regularly think about how healthy or nutritious their food is, only 33% think about whether the food they eat has an impact on the environment. One way to eat sustainably is reducing, recovering and recycling food waste at home.

Plant or get involved in a community garden. A community garden offers multiple benefits, including turning eyesore locations into places of beauty and providing a source of fresh local produce. Community gardens have become especially important in urban areas where access to fresh food may be limited. Research gardens in your community to learn how you can help. Or gather a group and find a spot to start your own garden, such as your local school, using grants and local donations.

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Get Your Home Ready for Work and School this Winter

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Consider these tips from the experts at the National Association of the Remodeling Industry to help ensure your home is ready before winter weather strikes.

Improve Indoor Air Quality Beyond proper physical and structural considerations of winter preparations, the increased daily usage of your home naturally increases the importance of indoor air quality. Since windows and doors will likely be closed more often, moisture levels within your home can be significantly affected. Use a humidifier, if necessary, to maintain a relative humidity between 45-50%, which is healthier and can feel more comfortable. It can also keep wooden doors and windows functioning properly and wood furniture and floors looking good.

Get Your Furnace Checked To keep your furnace from failing when you need it most, get it inspected by a professional before you need to rely on it to heat your home in the dead of winter. If you’re not leaving the house and turning down the thermostat each day, this will be especially important this year. Regular tune-ups can prolong your furnace’s life, help prevent carbon monoxide leaks and ensure your unit is working at maximum efficiency. If a whole-house humidifier is includ-

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Seal Leaks Around Windows and Doors Air infiltration is one of the largest culprits of reductions in a home’s efficiency. Small air leaks can add up to significant heat loss and a corresponding increase in energy consumption. If replacing window screens with storm windows and installing a storm door on your house isn’t realistic, increase energy efficiency by sealing gaps around window and door moldings with caulk to help keep heat from escaping. If any pipes or ducts travel through an exterior wall of your home, you can also use caulking and weather-stripping to help block potential entry points for cold air.

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ccording to the CDC, traveling safely during a global pandemic comes down to two basic things: avoiding close contact with strangers and following a few common-sense precautions.

With much of the United States slowly easing travel restrictions, research from the U.S. Travel Association reveals that 71% of Americans miss travel and are eager to travel again. Still, most surveyed said they would approach future travel with vigilance, and they rate cleanliness and hygiene as more important than ever.

So, what should travel-anxious Americans consider as they begin to enjoy the great wide open once more?

The first thing is how you’ll get to your destination. The experts at New York Presbyterian Hospital say traveling by car is safest, but if air, train or bus travel are necessary, health experts recommend taking a direct route to your destination.

And then there’s the question of where you’ll stay.

“It’s imperative, especially now, to understand and trust the cleaning protocols a facility follows before, during and after your arrival,” says Sherri Silver, chief marketing officer at Hilton Grand Vacations. “For example, we participate in Hilton CleanStay, which follows enhanced cleaning schedules for our rooms and suites and all public,

Is It Safe to Travel During a Pandemic? high-touch spaces like front desks and lobbies. Because we only use hospital-grade cleaners and seal our rooms after we clean them to ensure no one enters before guests arrive, our visitors tell us they have real peace of mind during their stays.”

Other lodging considerations Silver recommends include: * Will you have a private kitchen and dining area, or will you need to eat out at restaurants each day? * Can you do laundry easily and safely, if needed? * Do your accommodations provide complimentary face coverings, sanitizing wipes and hand sanitizer?

Lastly, carefully consider your activities.

The safest options are ones you can do outdoors like bike rides, hikes and visits to open-air attractions like botanical gardens.

If you opt for indoor activities, check to make sure the establishment limits crowds, enforces mask-wearing and cleans often.

Also consider: * Travel during weekdays and avoid holiday travel. Off-peak times mean less crowded rest stops and airports. * Pack snacks and drinks. Having snacks on hand will help you avoid standing in line with strangers or any possible cross-contamination. * Go contactless whenever possible.

Whether it’s checking in digitally, paying by credit card over the phone or opting for an e-signature, take advantage of any opportunity to avoid direct contact with others. * Wear a mask when in public. Face coverings are now mandatory in most states and in all indoor public Hilton spaces. * Stock up on hand sanitizer and use it whenever you can’t wash your hands with soap and water. * You’ve no doubt heard it a million times but stay at least six feet away from

others. It’s one of the most surefire ways to slow the spread of coronavirus.

“As you would expect, we’re big proponents of travel,” says Silver. “And, research shows that when people take time to rest and recharge, their physical and mental health can improve. People need to unwind in order to be their best selves.”

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County College of Morris President Dr. Anthony J. Iacono Named to NJBIZ Education Power 50 List

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By Steve Sears or Dr. Anthony J. Iacono, being recognized as a top leader of an institution is familiar territory. He has been lauded again, being named to the NJBIZ Education Power 50 list for the second consecutive year. And he’s proud of the honor.

But there’s more recognizable terrain when it comes to the fifth President of the County College of Morris. It’s never just about him. “It’s a big honor, but it’s more of a reflection of what we do together at the college and the incredible support we get from the community,” he says. “Particularly the manufacturing community and our Freeholder Board, and our state legislators, because the county and state provided a majority of the funding, and then we’ve had good support from manufacturers also.”

NJBIZ this year focused on recognizing educators’ leadership during COVID-19 and their economic recovery roles. Iacono and CCM acted with gusto in both categories.

With the pandemic, the Randolph campus from March 30 to June 26 offered COVID-19 drive-thru testing by Morris County and Atlantic Health System for Morris and Sussex County residents in its park-

ing lot. “That was just a remarkable countywide partnership between the Office of Emergency Management in Morris County, the Sheriff’s office, Atlantic Health, Randolph Township Police, parks police, and the college,” says Iacono. “You know that saying, ‘It takes a village”? Well, in over two months they administered 8,000 tests. That was great work with the county coming together.” Also, the college gave a hand to hard hit Morristown Medical Center, lending five ventilators, and donating 325 N95 masks and 3,000 gloves for use. CCM also hosted March and August Table of Hope food distribution events, and during the pandemic many college faculty and staff, current students and alumni, volunteered or worked on the front lines during trying times.

In addition to bringing new paramedic (in partnership with Atlantic Health) and paralegal studies and expansion to technology programs to CCM in the future, Iacono is excited about both the Dover College Promise, and the September unveiling of Advanced Manufacturing and Engineering Center. “We are Morris County’s community college,” he says when speaking about

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The Dover initiative is college employees, faculty, staff, and administrators partnering with community leaders, business owners, education officials – the Superintendent’s office in particular – and others up in Dover to make sure the kids are getting great opportunities.”

In September, the Advanced Manufacturing and Engineering Center (AMEC), finally opened after two years of construction. The center provides a wealth of new employees to businesses and is there to update the skills of those currently employed.

Dr. Iacono, received his Ph.D. in American History from Mississippi State University, and his M.A. and B.A. in American History from the University of Central Florida. An Associate in Arts in General Studies recipient from Indian River Community College, prior to his CCM arrival, he was Vice President of Academic Affairs at Indian River State College (IRSC) in Fort Pierce, FL. “I have a great team,” Iacono says. “I like

my Cabinet a lot, the Senior Administrators, the Junior Administrators, the great faculty and staff here. A big part of it is we do get tremendous support from our community, which is key for any community college to achieve its mission.”

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Shop Smart This October to Benefit Breast Cancer Patients

t is not always easy to tell how your charitable dollars are going to be used, especially during National Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

Honored every October, this is a time of year when many companies use pink logos on product packaging to symbolize support for breast cancer-related charities. Unfortunately, these symbols are not always backed by a promise that proceeds will directly support research or those living with breast cancer.

In the case of Susan G. Komen and its Live Pink program, the organization works closely with all its partners to ensure program details are transparent to consumers. And this year, 18 companies are donating a percentage of the proceeds from the sale of select products to Komen. As many consumers are doing much of their shopping online these days, Komen has created a site that makes it easy and safe to shop for a cause. Visit livepink.org to shop and learn more.

“It just takes a moment to get involved and make a difference in the fight against breast cancer,” says Sarah Rosales, vice president of Corporate Partnerships, Susan G. Komen.

“We’re honored to have so many partners giving consumers an opportunity to support breast cancer patients and fund lifesaving research.”

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