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January 2015
As Good as Gold: Morristown Area Girl Scouts

Honored for Outstanding Community Service
wo girls from the Morristown area have earned the

prestigious Gold Award, the highest achievement in
Girl Scouts. Over 100 people looked on as
Morristown Mayor Timothy Dougherty and Morris
Township Bruce Sisler congratulated Erin Heller and
Rebecca Lalk at an awards ceremony on December 6th at
Alfred Vail School.
Only about 5% of eligible Girl Scouts successfully earn
the Gold Award, which requires them to invest at least 80
hours planning and carrying out a project that makes a lasting positive change in their community.
Erin Heller is an Ambassador Girl Scout from Troop
80415 and a student at Morristown High School. For her
Gold Award project, called "Find Your Crew," Erin created
a book club for incoming 6th grade girls at Frelinghuysen
Middle School. Over the summer, they met once a week to
discuss books and do crafts. She helped the girls with their
schedules, mapped out routes around the school and prepared them for their Language Arts classes. This knowledge
made the girls more confident as they made the transition to
middle school.
Ambassador Girl Scout and Morristown High School
student Rebecca Lalk of Troop 80415 earned the Gold
Award for her Kids Teach Kids Music project. It was
inspired by her observation that many 4th and 5th grade
music students do not continue to play their instruments
beyond elementary school, perhaps deterred by the cost of
private lessons. So she created a program in which
Morristown High music students traveled to Alexander
Hamilton and Normandy Park schools to provide private
lessons once a week. In total, they provided 200 hours of
lessons between January and May of 2014. The program
will continue this year as well.
In addition, two Silver Awards and one Bronze Award
were given out to outstanding Girl Scouts from the
Morristown Service Unit at the December 6th event:
Senior Girl Scout Aliya McDonald of Troop 80914 is a
freshman at the Academy of St. Elizabeth. Her Silver Award
project, called Sunshine 2 Seniors, took two years to earn.

Her mission was to help bridge the gap between lonely seniors and kids. She created a ready made service project that
helps teens learn to communicate easily with their senior
friends so they can have a comfortable long-term relationship. She plans to pass on this program on to any scout,
church or school group interested in continuing the momentum.
Six Cadette Girl Scouts from Troop 81864 at
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Tuition Assistance Available For Preschool!
f you are committed to education but lack

the funds to provide a strong academic
and social preschool experience for your
child, PRESCHOOL ADVANTAGE is here
to help. Preschool Advantage funds quality
preschool education in Morris County and
surrounding communities for children of
families in need. Preschool Advantage is currently accepting applications for the
September, 2015 to June, 2016 school year
for half-day tuition, 3 to 5 days a week, at one
of 17 local quality partner preschools. To
qualify, children must be 3 or 4 years old by
October 1, 2015 and parents must demonstrate a financial need for assistance.
The application deadline is February 28th.
Applications received after this date will be
wait-listed and considered based on availability of funding. You can download an application from the website www.preschooladvantage.org or contact the office by calling 973532-2501 for assistance.
Since 1995, Preschool Advantage has recognized the long-term impact that quality
early childhood education has on children
and the character of our community. Studies
Free Seminar on
Talking to Children About Divorce
ree Seminar on Talking to Children

about Divorce featuring Psychologist
Sheila Dancz, Ph.D. on Tuesday,
January 27, 2015, 7:00 p.m.
Divorce is never an easy topic for anyone, but it can really be difficult for the children involved. From their perspective, the
two people that they rely on most are now
not living together and perhaps not even on
good speaking terms. Though many parents
understand the concerns, it can sometimes
be difficult to talk to children about divorce
or even know exactly what to say. Join us
as Dr. Sheila Dancz talks about creating an

atmosphere of security & continuity for
children, how to appropriately plan the
talk for your family, how to address a
childs concerns, and the importance of listening without reacting. The workshop is
free and interested persons can register by
calling the office of Sheila Dancz at (973)
993-9018.
Refreshments will be served. This program is supported by the Friends of the
Morristown & Morris Township Library.
have demonstrated that early childhood education profoundly affects a childs life: intellectual development, self-confidence, even
future earning potential. It enables our children to grow up to be responsible and fulfilled adults.
As Good as Gold...
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Frelinghuysen Middle School received the
Silver Award for creating the Acts of
Kindness Club to prevent bullying and create good will. The scouts are Julia Bozza,
Alexandra Carlotto, Faith Kardaras, Liana
Kardaras, Caitlin Rempson and Kylee
Strasser. The club strives to make their
school, community and world better places
through small acts of kindness.
For their Bronze Award, Girl Scouts
from Troop 80971 created a project called

Cause for Paws. The scouts conducted a
pet food and supply drive at Alexander
Hamilton School and Petco, and assembled
pet toys and baked pet treats for Eleventh
Hour Rescue. The girls, then Junior and
now Cadettes, are Madeline Beavis, Sofia
Bedoya, Charlotte DeLeon, Sydney Familo,
Elizabeth OBrien, Taylor Olsen, Hala
Samman, Jenna Samman and Madison
Silver.
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Villa Enterprises Annual Holiday Donation

To St. Josephs Childrens Hospital Brings Smiles To Those In Need
Enterprises,
illa
multi-brand restaurant operator and
franchisor celebrating 50
in
business,
years
announced their annual contribution to St. Josephs
Regional Medical Center
was delivered to St.
Josephs
Childrens
Hospital for the holidays at
703 Main Street, Paterson,
NJ, today.
Villa Enterprises has a
long track record of giving
back to the community, and
began working with St.
Josephs
Childrens
Hospital (SJCH) Pediatric
family center to contribute
to children and families in
need in 2008. SJCH treats
children from birth to
teenagers with cancer that
stay in the hospital as well
as outpatient. Each year,
Villas donations are used
for SJCH big holiday party
as well as celebrations
throughout the year for a

childs
birthday,
treatment(s) ending, etc.
This years contributions
from Villa Enterprises were
movie themed for SJCHs
Frozen Holiday Party
which included Frozen
themed toys for boys and
girls, toys for young children, toddlers, babies, edu-
(Left) Stephanie Ingino, Executive Business Administrator of Villa

Enterprises, coordinates and delivers the annual donations to
SJCH and (right) Shaundra McCarter, Child Life Specialist, at St.
Josephs Childrens Hospital.
cational and artistic gifts

and gift cards donated for
teens.
It was truly amazing
how many creative donations we received this year
from our friends at Villa
Enterprises, said Shaundra
McCarter,
Child
Life
Specialist, St. Josephs
Childrens Hospital. It will
bring smiles to children in

need!
SJCH collaborates with
St. Jude's and Sloan
Kettering hospitals towards
cures and treatments for
pediatric oncology and
hematology patients. Their
primary goal is for these
children to lead normal,
healthy lives.
Free Seminar and Dinner
Winterfest
ree
Seminar
and
Dinner
Understanding Social Security
hosted by Dawn O'Malley of
Edward Jones Financial Advisor and Matt
Ward of Protective Insurance on
oin us in celebrating the Jersey Shore at

Ironia's annual Winterfest on Saturday,
February 7, 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
(snow date: February 8, 12:00-6:00). Enjoy
a day of family fun including carnival
games, inflatables, crafts, face painting,
magic shows, live music, 50/50 raffle, bake
sale and pizza! Our basket raffle includes an
iPod Air, GoPro camera, Kate Spade bag,
Wednesday, January 28, 2015, 6:00pm at

La Strada Ristorante, 1105 Route 10,
Randolph.
Please RSVP Ellen Hawkins at 973398-0028
Xbox One, Beats by Dre Studio headphones

and much more! All baskets will be
revealed a week before the event:
Winterfest 2015 - Ironia PTO on Facebook.
Entrance fee is $12.00/child between ages 4
and 15 ($40.00 maximum/family. Under 4
and over 15 are free). Ironia Elementary
School is located at 303 Dover Chester
Road in Randolph.
Italian for Adults
ounty College of Morris is offering

Italian
for
Adults
(Beginners/Continuing). Beginners
start: Mon., February 9, 2015, Continuing
start: Tuesday, April 21, 2015
Instructor: Domenico Tancredi

Visit their website at County College of
Morris www.ccm.edu
Web Registration at https://webadvisor.ccm.edu for instant enrollment
Next Issue Date Feb. 17th, Deadline Feb. 4th
Call Ann Jabbour

for info. 973-476-2986
Morristowns Got Talent 2015 Has A New Theme Powered by You
by Anastasia Marchese
his years eight annual Morristowns Got Talent
show will be held on February 25th, 2015 at 7pm at
the Mayo Performing Arts Center here in
Morristown, New Jersey. It promises to be an exiting and
entertaining event featuring some of the areas most talented
and diverse performers. As well as showcasing the best in
local amateur talent, this years theme powered by you
harnesses the power of social media to bring the excitement
of the event home. To involve the community, there will be

a series of poles leading up to show night. These poles will
determine details for how the show will proceed.
There is a new prize format this year with a $1000 cash
prize for 1st place contestants ages 19 and over, a $1000
cash prize for 1st place contestants ages 18 and under and a
$500 award for the Audience Choice winner. The audience, via social media, will determine the Audience
Choice winner on the night of the show. At a recent press
event, Chair of the Morristowns Got Talent Committee,

Kim Pistner, highlighted this years theme as a great way to
involve the community during the weeks leading up to the
event. Tara Bernie, who is returning as Master of
Ceremonies for this years show, also pointed out the powered by you theme as a new and exiting way to involve the
community. She commented on the buzz the show generates and the excitement and energy she observed last year
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Morristowns Got Talent 2015...

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as the event drew near. Taking part in the
online aspect of the event is a great way to
channel that energy to make the event even
more of a success. #MGT on Facebook,
Twitter and Instagram to join in.
Morristowns Got Talent is the single
largest annual fundraising event for the
Morris Educational Foundation. Last years
show raised over $70,000 for the Morris
Educational Foundation, which provides
grants, enrichment programs, scholarships,
tutoring, as well as professional education
for teachers to further all aspects of the educational experience for students in the
Morris School District.
Out of the over 70 acts who auditioned,
16 have been selected to perform on the
Mayo Performing Art Center stage on Feb.
25th. The diversity of the performers will
keep the event full of unexpected twists and
turns, especially the dance duo Battlefest
Nation which incorporates contortions,
magic and illusions into their performance.
Anastasia Prohorova, a classically trained
pianist, brings poise and beauty to her
engaging performance of a Chopin piano
piece. A native of St. Petersburg, Russia,
she received her musical training in Russia,
Europe and the US. She currently works in
Morristown where she teaches piano lessons to adults and children as well. Evan
Boncelet, a 4th grader in the Morris School

District, performs beyond his years with a
soulful, clear and seamless vocal solo. Joe
Sodano brings his unique talent to the stage
as well, with his variety of bird whistles.
Some acts are performing original compositions, like Ally Are (Royal), who is reading
a poem she wrote. SteppingSTONE Band
is also performing an original composition,
Get Back Up Again about the real life
reality of moving beyond the unexpected
loss of a job. SteppingSTONE is a fivemember band, including guitar, violin,
voice, bass and drums.
Comparing these diverse performers
presents a unique challenge for the panel of
four judges, all of whom who are all professionals in the performing arts. To clarify
things, the judges will be evaluating each
act according to five categories; poise/self
confidence/composure, stage presence,
interpretation of the piece being performed,
suitability of the piece to the performers,
and general performance overall. It is sure
to be an exiting and lively competition with
surprises all along the way.
Tickets go on sale February 2nd at the
Mayo performing Arts Center, by calling
973-539-8008
or
online
at
www.mayoarts.org. It is typically a sold out
show and they are expecting another full
house this year.
All Youth Production

of The Canterbury Tales
he Growing Stage, The Childrens

Theatre of New Jersey, located in
the Historic Palace Theatre on
Route 183 in Netcong, New Jersey is
proud to present the Studio Series
Presentation of THE CANTERBURY
TALES from January 30th through
February 8th with performances Friday
evenings at 7:30 PM, Saturday and
Sunday matinees at 4:00 PM. Based on
the original story by Geoffrey Chaucer,
THE CANTERBURY TALES is a two act
comedy play adapted by Lindsay Price.
Lori B. Lawrence, The Growing Stages
Director of Educational Programming is
the director for this production.
THE CANTERBURY TALES will be
presented, in part, by the young people
that will stage our first Studio Series presentation of the season. A group of travelers sets out for Canterbury on a pilgrimage. To pass the time, they entertain each
other with a storytelling contest. The best
story wins a prize. Each and every performer gets a chance to shine in this spirited, charming script. Great characters,
lots of humor, and strong ensemble work.
THE CANTERBURY TALES is being
produced by special arrangement with
Theatrefolk (www.theatrefolk.com).
THE CANTERBURY TALES is an all
youth production featuring 16 young performers. This production is a part of our
Studio Presentation Series. This series
initiated in the fall of 2009 has succeeded
in engaging both patrons and artists.
Targeted for specific-aged audiences
rather than the wide-reaching family fare
of the Main Stage, the series provides
community artists with a unique opportunity to participate in the creative process
of trying out new, more experimental
works under the direction of our professional artists. This program allows our
company to both cultivate new talent and
challenge audiences.
Tickets for THE CANTERBURY
TALES are $12 General Admission, with
group rates available. Tickets can be purchased by calling the TGS Box Office at
(973) 347-4946 or visiting www.growingstage.com. The Growing Stage The
Childrens Theatre of New Jersey programs are made possible, in part, by funding from the New Jersey State Council on
the Arts, and contributions from numerous
corporations, foundations, and individuals.
Abilities Receives Grant To Enhance

Green Skill Training For Disabled
bilities is pleased to announce it has

received a $5,000 grant from
Investors Foundation. Abilities will
use these funds to assist in providing differently abled persons SustainAbilities electronic recycling and hydroponic skill training.
SustainAbilities electronic recycling is
currently offering recycling services to the
community for computers/electronics,
printers, circuit boards, backup systems,
along with many other unwanted electronics. Each device is dismantled and sorted,
teaching the trainees skills ranging from
tool recognition, problem solving and
enhancing fine motor skills.
SustainAbilities hydroponics has
developed a partnership with Edible
Garden/Naturally Beautiful in Belvidere.
Edible Garden operates a five acre state of
the art hydroponic system and has partnered
with Abilities to provide skill training to
produce locally grown, fresh produce while

teaching skills in assembly, food handling,
hydroponic transfer and distribution. Skills
in both electronic recycling and hydroponics will be transferable to employment and
community integration activities.
Abilities is a private, not-for-profit
organization providing over 40 years of
community employment and day program
services to people with disabilities from
Warren, Hunterdon, Sussex and Morris
counties. Investors Foundation enriches the
lives of New Jersey and New York citizens
by supporting initiatives in the arts, education, youth development, affordable housing, and health and human services.
For additional information about
Abilities and all their program options and
opportunities, call (908) 689-1118, email at
info@abilitiesnw.com or visit www.abilitiesnw.com.
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Plaza Barber Shop of Morristown Adds

4th Generation of Barbers and Begins 85th Year of Business
ominic Palumbo came to America

from Italy with dreams of owning
his own business as a barber. That
dream became a reality as Plaza Barber
Shop was opened in December of 1929 on
Elm Street in Morristown, His son Jerry
Palumbo worked along side of him and
they would be joined by son-in-law Joseph
Russo.
For fifty-seven years, Joseph Russo has
been been a recognizable figure in
Morristown and been an important part of
people's lives as they get a haircut or
trimmed up for celebrations like weddings
and graduations in addition to their regular
visits. His grandson Albert Russo joined
the staff at Plaza Barber Shop in August
becoming the 4th generation in the Russo
family business which also includes his
father Gerry Russo and Joseph's daughter
Rosemary Russo-Monod. In eighty-five
years, many businesses have come and
gone in Morristown but the Russo's continue to show that their old fashioned barber
shop is alive and well.
Customers old and new seem to agree
"Good haircut, good price, friendly serv-
ice... Nothing fancy but a good choice for a

simple haircut, seems like a lot of people
are repeat customers, they knew everyone's
name." That close relationship has been
developed through the years of service not
only to individual customers but to the
community. The Russo's have been active
members at the Knights of Columbus,
Columbian Club and St Virgil's Church in
Morris Plains. Gerry Russo coached
Morristown Babe Ruth Baseball for many
years and is a long time financial supporter
of local youth athletics at the schools and
rec programs.
When asked what would they do differently if they could, the answer was a
resounding " We wouldn't change a thing!
We've followed the same principals our
grandfather and father have set forth over
the the years. To always give the customer
what they want, to always be courteous and
pleasant to all who walk through our door
and most importantly, the customer is
always right! Our track record of 85 years
in business in the town of Morristown says
a lot about us as a family. We feel blessed
to have such a wonderful clientele and
serving some like the Doyle and Pendergast

families that have been coming to the barber shop for as long as we've been in business. Having Albert join us to help carry
the torch and provide service to another
generation of Morristown residents is very
exciting.
Plaza Barber Shop is located at 6 Elm
Street in Morristown. Hours of operations
are Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday
from 8am-6pm and Saturday from 8am4pm.
Grand Opening of Morristown Cosmetic Dentistry in New, Modern Office
r. Victor Gittleman has announced

the grand opening of his newly renovated, modern office, Morristown
Cosmetic Dentistry, at 31 Dehart Street in
Morristown. Dr. Gittleman previously practiced for 25 years on Central Park South in
Manhattan, New York.
Dr. Gittleman is an honors graduate of
the Boston University School of Graduate
Dentistry, where he received world class
training in all aspects of general dentistry.
Through a combination of the latest technology, sensible treatment plans and genuine devotion to the unique needs of each
patient Dr. Gittleman preserves healthy
teeth and gums, alleviates oral discomfort
and improves the appearance of smiles for
each of his patients. He has applied his
unique blend of artistic and technical skill to
produce durable and aesthetic results in
thousands of patients. An experienced dentist with expertise in the most innovative,
minimally invasive new procedures, Dr.
Gittleman is dedicated to lifelong learning
through continuing education courses.
He is licensed by the Dental Boards of
New Jersey and New York and is a member
of the American Dental Association,
American Academy of General Dentistry,
American Dental Association and New
York Dental Association. Dr. Gittleman is

also on staff at Morristown Medical Center
where he serves as a clinical instructor for
the dental residency program.
Joining Dr. Gittleman in the practice is
Dr. Tamar Winters, a native of Morris
County. After graduating cum laude from
Brandeis University with a degree in
Biology, she received her DMD from the
University of Medicine and Dentistry of
New Jersey (Rutgers School of Dental
Medicine), where she graduated in the top
of her class. While in dental school, Dr.
Winters was inducted into the Prosthodontic
Honor Society and placed on the Deans
List each year. Dr. Winters completed a
general practice residency at Morristown
Medical Center, one of the top post-graduate dental programs in the Northeast. In her
residency, she was trained in all aspects of
general and cosmetic dentistry, including
crowns, bridges, veneers, implants, dentures, root canals, extractions, and pediatric
dentistry.
Dr. Winters is also committed to providing her patients with the most modern and
highest level of care by attending continuing education courses. She is a member of
the dental staff at Morristown Medical
Center, the American Dental Association,
the New Jersey Dental Association, Tri

County Dental Society, and the Academy of
General Dentistry.
Dr. Gittleman and Dr. Winters are both
members of the Morris County Chamber of
Commerce. Dr. Gittleman is also on staff at
Morristown Medical Center where he
serves as a clinical instructor for the dental
residency program.
Morristown Cosmetic Dentistry offers
general and cosmetic dental services includ-
ing crowns, bridges, porcelain veneers,

bonding, implants, dentures, partials,
extractions, tooth colored fillings, teeth
whitening, root canals and all other types of
dentistry.
The ground level office is handicapped
accessible and has plenty of free parking in
the practices private lot.
You can visit their website at
www.MorristownCosmeticDentistry.com.
A Gritty Tale
hat gritty, sandy feeling that individuals often feel in their eyes
is frequently a symptom of dry
eye syndrome, which affects some five
million Americans aged 50 years and
older. The first step in treating this
problem involves identifying its cause.
This can be anything from contact lens
wear, dry air, the use of some medications (including antihistamines and certain blood pressure drugs), or
underlying medical conditions such as
an overactive thyroid. Treatment varies
depending on the cause. Switching
medications, humidifying the air at
home, and using an over-the-counter
preservative-free artificial tear product
are all common treatments. Cyclosporine ophthalmic emulsion, or
Restasis, may also help some individuals and is the only prescription eye drop
available to treat dry eye. This drug

may take several weeks to work but is
proven to increase basic tear production. Other therapies for dry eye focus
on decreasing the inflammation around
the eyelids with hot compresses, lid
scrubs, Omega-3 fatty acid supplements, or even procedures to manually
express the eyelid glands. It is important to remember that dry eye syndrome
is an ongoing condition. This makes it
crucial to work with an eye care professional on a regular basis to monitor for
progression and find the best treatment
combinations for each specific case.
For more information or to schedule
an appointment for an eye exam, please
call 973-538-5287. Located at 25 South
Street in downtown Morristown, we are
available weekdays 10 to 6, Thursdays,
10 to 7, and Saturdays, 10 to 4.
Lace Day Passing on the

Tradition of Handmade Lace
By Elsie Walker
ottie Wolfe of Stanhope learned
how to make lace from a neighbor
who didnt want the skill to die,
and so wanted to pass it on. On Saturday,
February 7th, from 10:00 am 4:00 pm,
Wolfe will now be the one to pass on the
skill as part of Lace Day at Harmony
Lodge #8 on 519 Route 206 in Newton.
The event is sponsored by the Lost Art
Lacers of North Jersey, a group dedicated
to keeping alive the art of handmade lace.
This is the organizations 30th annual Lace
Day, which will include demonstrations,
exhibits, and workshops on lace making.
There will be workshops for both children
and adults, with adults workshops on
Sunday. For more information, see the
organizations
site
at
www.lostartlacers.org
On Lace Day, members of the Lost Art
Lacers will share their skills in making
various types of lace. Wolfe shared that
members will be bringing their latest projects and doing demonstrations on those.
There are many varieties of handmade
lace. For example, Wolfes specialty is tatting, a type of lace made using knotting
and loops. Shell be teaching beginning
Tatted lace earrings and Irish angel by Dottie

Wolfe.
tatting.
While many may picture lace as only an
embellishment for garments or handkerchiefs, it can be used in making a variety of
things.
I make Christmas ornaments, of
course, and lots of lace collars. This past
year, I discovered ruffle yarn for making
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Sheriff's Office Says Its Case, Requesting Additional Funding From The County, Will Continue
By Ejvind Boccolini
or the second year in a
row,
the
Morris
County
Sheriffs
Office spent over $1,150,000
training new officers who
were hired to fill the spots of
those who have left the
agency for higher paying
jobs at other law enforcement agencies throughout the
county. This is a huge drain
on the county fiscally as well
as with regards to the productivity on behalf of the agency
which serves as THE shared
supportive service agency for
the 39 towns in this county.
This mass departure is
almost completely due to the
MCSO being the lowest paid
agency in the county. In the
last three years, our training
hours/costs have quadrupled
and that is a cost that can not
be ignored and must be
remedied. From a business
perspective or even a tax
payers perspective, it makes
far more sense to pay the
officers a compensation that
is competitive with others in

their industry to keep the talent...than it is to continually
train new officers and drain
our funds. From a law
enforcement perspective,
assuring the safety of those
who work and visit the courthouse, serving warrants,
finding missing persons,
fighting the war on drugs,
preventing and solving
crimes, professionally and
respectfully securing the jail,
it is paramount to retain talent. Without talent, crimes
and lawsuits will run rampant in the county. The
MCSO has earned the ranking of being in the top 1% of
the 3,083 Sheriffs Offices in
the country. This is what
Morris County residents
expect and deserve.
For the past four years the
county has been saying they
have to keep the budgets low.
In fact, in two of the past four
years our officers and
employees took a zero percent increase, and in the
other two years took less than

a 2% raise to accommodate
the Freeholders concern
about the health of the
county with a gentlemens
agreement that the county
would find some way to
repay them when the county
was fiscally healthier.
As far as the other entities
within the county we are
not aware of a similar retention problem elsewhere and
the gravity of an inexperienced employee in many
other entities within the
county are not as severe as
are those in law enforcement.
An inexperienced officer or
not enough officers can have
devastating results.
As
Sheriff, it is his responsibility
and Constitutional duty to
ensure the health of this
agency.
Recently we learned that
the County has built up a war
chest of over $55 million dollars in surplus. Historically,
Morris County has averaged
between $15 and $25 million
in surplus and that was

regarded as healthy. In an
effort to retain employees I
wanted to provide some
additional form of compensation to keep them here. The
employee incentive total of
$612,000 is significantly
lower than the $1,150,000 I
had to pay to replace the officers.
Todays Judges OTSC
(Order To Show Cause) deci-
sion didnt dismiss this case,

it merely dissolved the
restraints, which we believe
is contrary to the statute and
is contrary to the Bergen
County Sheriffs Appellate
Court decision explaining the
law. However, simply put,
the decision was ultimately
to make the decision after
more information is provided, therefore the case will
continue.
Sheriff Rochford
Lace Day...
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scarves thats a lot of fun, and they look
nice, too, Wolfe shared. She also makes
tatted jewelry.
Her work has won ribbons at past State
Fairs and 2014 was no exception. Wolfe
won a blue ribbon for a yellow and lavender tatted necklace and, because they
thought so highly of it, she was recognized
by the judges with a special ribbon for a
crocheted necklace.
How does Wolfe come up with the ideas
for her pieces?
There are many patterns available for
making various pieces of lace jewelry, but
generally I see something on tv that I like
and design a piece using those colors.
Sometimes, I will see something in a store,
and, not having enough money to purchase
that item, Ill come home and dig out some
thread and beads and make something like
it. I go by a house and like the color combination and decide to make something in
those colors. Also, there are many patterns
and tutorials available on the internet,
which has become a great asset, Wolfe
said.
She usually adds an embellishment to
the jewelry. She generally picks what
appeals to her but finds that glass beads
give a better finish than acrylic ones.
Pretty buttons work, too.

Wolfe shared that making tatted jewelry
takes one or two tatting shuttles and a
small crochet hook for joining the picots
(loops of thread). Crocheted jewelry takes
a crochet hook in the correct size. Wolfe
approximates that it takes probably 6-8
hours to make a necklace. She says its
hard to tell for sure because she works on
one here and there when she has time.
A member of the Lost Art Lacers for 20
years, Wolfe shared what she enjoys about
lacemaking:
I would like to say that its relaxing,
but it isnt always, especially when things
go wrong. Lacemakers are a very small
community, so we all know each other and
we make friends easily and have lots of
good times. I love working with different
colors and textures, so thats part of it too.
On Lace Day, Wolfe and the rest of the
Lost Art Lacers will be playing it forward,
doing what others did for them in showing
people how to make lace.
Its great when someone asks me to
show them how to make something,
because of course, we are all committed to
passing on our skills. Thats part of the
purpose of Lace Day. We have fun ourselves, but its also a time to learn new
skills and pass them on,
2015 Tax Preparation Appointments For 2014 Taxes Now Being Scheduled
olunteers affiliated with AAPR and

trained / certified by IRS are now
scheduling appointments to assist
Morris County Tax payers with the 2014
taxes due by April 15, 2015. Taxpayers of
all ages and economic status are welcome.
All of the volunteer tax preparers have successfully passed a series of IRS administered tests plus specialized training. Most
returns are filed electronically and most tax
payers receive refunds through this process.
IRS closely monitors the Tax Aide program
and consistently reports a very high level of

accuracy in the submitted returns. In Morris
County, in 2014 for the 2013 tax year, more
than 80 volunteers operated 13 sites. They
prepared more than 2800 federal / state tax
returns plus more than 690 PTRs (Senior
Property Tax Freeze applications).
For the Tax Aide Program, there are no
age or income restrictions; you do not need
to be a senior citizen or member of AARP.
The Program helps all low and moderateincome taxpayers file their state and federal
personal income tax returns. Taxpayers with

complex tax returns are advised to seek paid
tax assistance.
FOR TAX ASSISTANCE. In western
Morris County, contact one of the following
libraries for assistance in preparing your
2014 taxes, if you must file a PTR application, or if you have questions concern tax
law or applicability. All assistance is FREE
and completely CONFIDENTIAL. Tax
preparation season will start on Monday
February 2 and conclude the morning of
April 15.
LOCATION WEEK DAY TIME Where
FOR APPOINTMENT CALL
Chester Tuesday 9:30 to 2:30 Public
Library 908-879-7612
Jefferson Wednesday 9:30 to 2:30 Public
Library 973-208-6244
Roxbury Monday / Thursday 10:15 to
2:30 Public Library 973-584-2400
Wharton Monday / Tuesday 10:30 to
2:30 Public Library 973-361-1333
WHAT TO BRING WITH YOU: Photo
ID and Social Security cards or other official documentation for yourself and all
dependents (NOW REQUIRED BY IRS)
plus A copy of your previous years returns
(Federal and NJ). New Requirement: information on your health insurance especially
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What is AARP Tax-Aide?
AARP Tax-Aide is the nations largest
free, volunteer-run tax assistance and preparation service available to taxpayers with
low- and moderate-income, with special
attention to those age 60 and older. Over
35,000 AARP Tax-Aide volunteers, trained
in cooperation with the Internal Revenue
Service (IRS), now help over 2.6 million
taxpayers file their federal, state, and local
tax returns each year at nearly 7,000 AARP
Tax-Aide sites nationwide.
In New Jersey, our 980+ volunteers
helped over 55,000 taxpayers with their federal and New Jersey returns, plus their PTR
(Senior Freeze), Homestead Rebate, and
other related forms. We operate at approximately 175 sites (mostly Libraries, Senior
Centers and Municipal Buildings).
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Read All About It- Newspapers Toy/Clothing Drive Goes Viral
By Cheryl Conway
he organizer of a local toy/clothing
drive realized the true meaning of if
theres a will theres a way this past
holiday season when wish lists were
answered just in time for giving.
Mary Lalama, co-publisher of MJ Media
newspapers spent weeks collecting toys and
clothing in conjunction with area businesses to help those in need in the local area but
when she went to donate her collected items
she found the shelves of her expected recipients already filled by other organizations
who also had drives. But as last minute
unexpected calls came in, Lalama was able
to donate a good portion of the items to specific families, putting smiles on little faces
and even cookies in some hungry bellies.
One woman, pregnant with her fourth
child and financially struggling after her
husband lost his job, called Lalama inquiring as to whether any gift cards to stores
were donated. At that point Lalama had
received hundreds of toys and bags of
clothes but no gift cards. Well, someone
must have been tuned in to that phone connection because sure enough the following
day Lalama received from a local business
owner, who requests to remain anonymous,
four $100 gift cards to Shoprite and Kohls
Department store.
Lalama passed on two of those gift cards

to the pregnant woman and the other two
gift cards to a single mother of two girls and
a boy, who had also called looking to
receive donations. When that pregnant mom
texted Lalama from the grocery store letting
her know that she was using the gift card to
buy ingredients to bake cookies for her kids
over the holidays, Lalamas heart melted.
In addition to the gift card, Lalama
passed on a ton of boy baby clothes that
were donated during the drive to that same
woman after learning that she was having a
boy.
It was so sad on one hand and so
rewarding on another, says Lalama, who
invited families in need into her home to
sort through toys and clothes to pick out
what they want. I helped specific people,
says Lalama. Her original plan was to
donate the collected items to area churches
and other places that host collections during
the holidays and then disperse to people in
need.
We were going to bring the items to
places but they got filled up by other organizations who had toy drives, says Lalama.
Instead, Lalama reached out to the townships to find specific people in need. One
grandmother who has custody of her grandkids was invited into Lalamas house to sort
Alyssa Ouimet, of Budd Lake, shown with some of the toys collected. Alyssa and her mother, Liz,
helped tremendously by volunteering their services.
through the toys that were scattered about in

several rooms. She gave them a bag full of
toys.
One little girl came in and said I love
Barbies, and asked if she could have two.
It was just so rewarding to see the faces of
these kids, she says.
Within the last five days of the collec-
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tion, Lalama received so many donations

including a shopping cart filled with toys
and clothing from Weiss Supermarkets; big
bags of toys from Dreamscape Foundation
- a non-profit organization established to
overcome obstacles and prove equality for
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which had its own toy drive collection with so much leftover; and a Boy Scout troop that dropped off a collection
of toys to Philly Pretzel Factory in Hackettstown, who
gave customers free pretzels when they donated.
Liz Ouimet, Alyssa Ouimet and Michael Lalama helped
me tremendously by picking up the donated items from the
various drop off sites, Lalama stated.
With so much left over, Lalama ended up donating the
remainder of the donations to Mountaintop Church in
Hackettstown who has a connection to an organization in
New York that provides for widows families of city police
officers.
The goal was to reach families here first, says
Lalama, adding that she probably helped atleast six families personally throughout the coverage area of her eight
newspapers from as far west as Hackettstown to as far east
as Morristown.
Next year, Lalama plans to identify families in need first
and then try to fill their specific requests through contributions and donations. While pleased by the number of
organizations that sponsor toy and clothing drives, Lalama
questions why the effort centers on the holiday season. If
collections were instead held all year round, so many more
peoples needs can be fulfilled on a continuous basis, she
says.
In its first annual toy/clothing drive, the publishers of
MJ Media contacted advertisers of its eight local monthly
newspapers requesting that they offer a drop off box for
customers to donate toys and clothing for the drive, which
was held the week of Thanksgiving until Dec. 20. Items
being collected included new unwrapped toys and new

clothing from infant through age 14.
Out of its advertisers, 16 agreed to be a drop off location. Participants included MJ Media, Flanders; Weis
Supermarkets, Flanders; Route 46 Chevy, Budd Lake;
Budd Lake Bagels, Budd Lake; Mt. Olive Bagels, Budd
Lake; Fanuccis Caf & Gelato Bar, Netcong; Red Dot
Firearms, Stanhope; Philly Pretzel, Hackettstown;
Hackettstown Honda, Hackettstown; Motion Kia,
Hackettstown; HomeTown Hardware, Hackettstown;
Elements Therapeutic Massage, Chester; Fresco Mexican,
Chester; JC Reiss Optician, Morristown; Global Home,
Morristown; and Long Valley Animal Hospital, Long
Valley.
Hundreds of toys were donated as well as baby clothes,
coats, sweatshirts, gloves, hats, scarves and girlie outfits.
Lalama, who co-owns MJ Media along with her husband, Joe Nicastro- council president of Mt. Olive Twp.,
decided to host the fundraiser to give back to the community.
I always wanted to give back, says Lalama. I always
knew how hard it was to be a single mom during Christmas
time. Despite those struggles, Lalama says she raised her
children with a giving spirit. Every year we donated to
another family. I always told my kids You have to pay
Santa something for your toys, but instead of giving
money, they would give one of their toys to another kid.
Lalama personally thanks all the businesses who used
their stores as a drop off and thanks everyone who donated
something. It went to good use.
Become a Literacy
Volunteer!
iteracy Volunteers of Morris County is proud to have

nearly 400 volunteers in Morris County helping to
change lives and impact future generations through
literacy.
Did you know that 20% of adults have problems with
reading and writing that impact their ability to work and
function in our complex society? In Morris County one in
five residents speaks a language other than English, and
many are unable to work or are working at jobs beneath their
capabilities. If you would like to help an adult improve
his/her reading, writing or conversational English skills,
please join Literacy Volunteers of Morris County on
Saturday, January 24, 2015. We will be holding a tutor orientation at Morris County Library from 10:00am to 3:30pm.
Prospective volunteers must register by calling 973-9841998. Volunteers must be at least 18 years old, have their high
school diplomas, and be fluent in English. No teaching experience is required. LVMC tutors work with their students just
one hour a week and pick the time and public place that is
most convenient for the tutors. For information can be found
at www.lvamorris.org.
Attention Schools, Churches, Organizations Send

Your Press Releases to mary.lalama@gmail.com
CCM Student, 91-Year-Old Ira Kaplan, Thrives in Intro to Film Course
ra Kaplan, 91 years old from Clifton,

came to County College of Morris
(CCM) during the Fall 2014 Semester to
take Dr. Matthew Jones Introduction to Film
class. Kaplan was already well introduced to
cinematography, given that his father had
owned a chain of New Jersey movie theaters
during the early 20th century, but he wanted
to study early film in an academic setting.
They called my father the Movie
King, said Kaplan. He was a movie
exhibitor and owned five movie houses that I
knew of.
Jones was thrilled to have Kaplans
depth and breadth of knowledge on the
subject of film enhancing the classroom
experience for students. He supplemented
whatever subject was being discussed in
class with his own personal experiences and
things he had learned about movies through
the years, noted Jones.
Kaplans presence added an extra layer of
richness to class discussions, especially
when the class watched movies from the
World War II era such as Citizen Kane.
When we watched Citizen Kane, a quintessential film class film that I am very
familiar with, Ira knew very specific details
about the careers of people who were in the
film that I did not know, said Jones.
One day Dr. Jones asked if anybody
knew who the cinematographer of Citizen
Kane was, recalled Kaplan, who audited the
class as a non-credit student. I never put up
my hand because I knew these kids were

there for credit. No one knew the answer, so
I raised my hand and said, Gregg Toland. I
think that impressed him, said Kaplan.
Born in 1923, Kaplan learned about the
film industry endeavors of his father, Ike
Kaplan, largely through his sister, Ann, who
was born in 1908. Ann, who lived to be 100
years old, was a cashier for the family theater
business.
After Ann died, I was going through her
stuff and I found my fathers application for
United States citizenship from the year 1914.
He was from Lithuania. Under occupation,
he wrote movie operator, said Kaplan.
Among Anns other belongings, Kaplan
came across a newspaper article from his
fathers heyday. The document revealed that
Ikes acquisition of the Star Theater in
Cliffside elevated him to new heights. It
mentioned the installation of a $20,000 pipe
organ and other splendid features, including
a handsomely redecorated movie house.
The article refers to him as the Marcus
Loew of New Jersey, who was a motion picture theater magnate from New York and
went on to create Metro-Goldwin-Mayer.
Ikes goal was to make sure his theaters featured, everything that Broadway affords
with the exception of their high prices.
You have to remember that back in those
days, there was no television or even radio,
said Kaplan. The only real entertainment for
the mass public, besides theater on
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Kaplan now plans to take the History of
the Theatre course at CCM.
The most essential function of a college
is that it is an aggregator, or a place where
people who wouldnt normally interact are
put into situations where they can react, said

Jones. Out of this union comes creativity
and new ideas.
The youngsters were very nice, said
Kaplan. I think they accepted me.
Morris Arts Ehlers and Coladarci Arts Scholarships Deadline Extended
pplications deadline extended to January 23, 2015

for Morris Arts Ehlers and Coladarci Arts
Scholarships.
Morris Arts is pleased to offer two scholarship opportunities for graduating high school seniors who have exhibited artistic excellence in dance, drama, music, or visual arts
and plan to pursue post-secondary studies at an accredited
institution or acknowledged arts school or fine arts program. The Elaine Ehlers Arts Scholarship, in the amount of
$5,000, and The Eugenie Coladarci Arts Scholarship, in the
amount of $1,500, were created to recognize artistic excellence, encourage the artists of the future, and to celebrate
the value of the arts to the human experience.
Morris County high school seniors graduating in June
2015 who are currently attending public, private, or
parochial school in New Jersey are eligible. Applicants
must (a) be Morris County residents, (b) plan to pursue
post-secondary studies at an accredited institution or
acknowledged arts school or fine arts program, and (c) have
demonstrated artistic excellence in any one of four (4) arts
disciplines: dance, drama, music, or visual arts.
The Elaine Ehlers Arts Scholarship was established in
2002 in memory of Elaine Ehlers (1953-2001), a healthcare administrator by profession, who had a voracious
appetite for all things artistic and musical. She derived
intellectual and emotional sustenance from the arts and supported programs at many museums and musical institutions.
By establishing this scholarship, an enduring legacy has
been created to reward those who possess artistic talent and
who plan to further their arts education. Former Ehlers win-
ners include pianist Daniel Shleyenkov; pianist and flutist

Joshua Min;harpist, Ashley Jackson; singer/composer/lyricist/pianist, arranger/community musical organizer
Deborah Neigher; jazz guitarist Alex Wintz; singer/composer Tom Barth; visual artistMarissa Rich; pianist Yuqing
Meng; ballroom/Latin dancer Daniel Knapp; ballet-modern
dancer/ choreographer Madelyn Eltringham;trumpeter
Joseph Soriano; actor Rachel Moss; and, most recently, percussionist Neil McNulty.
The Eugenie Coladarci Arts Scholarship was first awarded in 1999 in memory of Eugenie R. Coladarci, who was
Vice President of Marketing and Public Relations at Chase
Manhattan Bank and an active member of Morris Arts for
eleven years. She was completing her first term as Board
Chair when she passed away in 1997. As a statewide champion of the arts, Gene encouraged the development of
young artists and believed in the value of the arts to the
quality of life. The idea of a scholarship to assist talented
young people wishing to continue their study in the arts was
very important to her. Past winners include violinist
Rebecca Racusin; visual artistRobert Douglas Fritz III;
dancer Lauren Muraski; actor Ethan Saks;operatic soprano
Chelsea Friedlander; visual artist Emily Trenk; visual artist
Kaitlyn DeBiasse; dancer Edward Teddy Tedholm;soprano Alessandra Altieri; visual artist Catalina Ouyang; industrial designer Miriam Buchwald; industrial designer Daniel
Hounsell, and, most recently, soprano Katherine Merwin.
Application information has been sent to all Morris
County high school guidance offices for distribution.
Applications are available through high school guidance
offices and online at the Morris Arts website, www.morrisarts.org (under Programs). For more information, please
call Morris Arts at (973) 285-5115, ext. 10. Applications
must be postmarked or delivered to the Morris Arts office
by the newly extended deadline, no later than 5PM on
Friday, January 23, 2015. Applicants will be judged by a
committee consisting of panelists representing each artistic
discipline. All panelists are professionals with a high level
of expertise in university arts education and/or professional
experience in the arts. Selection will be based on artistic
excellence as demonstrated by the quality of the work samples and on the basis of application materials submitted to
the panel. Winners will be notified on or after February 24,
2015.
Morris Arts, located in Morristown, NJ, is a not-for-profit organization founded in 1973 dedicated to engaging and
building community through the arts. Using the arts to
inspire, connect and engage, Morris Arts serves as a
resource for Morris County with a special focus on arts programming in the schools and in the community, arts advocacy, and support of the Morris Area community of artists
and arts organizations.
Celebrating 42 years of engaging and building community through the arts.
The New Jersey State Council on the Arts has awarded
Morris Arts a Citation of Excellence and designated it as
a Major Service Organization in recognition of its solid
history of service excellence, substantial activity and broad
public service.
Barbershop Quartets to Sing

on Valentines Day
orget candy. Forget flowers. This

Valentines Day, give the love of your
life something really special: a
Singing Valentine.
On Friday, February 13 and Saturday,
February 14,The Morris Music Men, Morris
Countys premiere barbershop harmony
chorus, will send quartets to sing love songs
at virtually any location in and around
Morris county.
For $60, a quartet of men decked out in
tuxedos will serenade your sweetheart,
office staffer or client at work, at home, at a
restaurant, or wherever in beautiful 4-part
harmony. The package includes a beautiful
long-stemmed red rose and a special
Valentines Day card.
Singing Valentines are a unique way to
say I care! Singing Valentine reservations
and further information are available by calling 973-625-2842 or emailing svdavid.sipple @gmail.com. The deadline for ordering
is Wednesday, February 12, at 9 p.m.
The Morris Music Men chorus and its
affiliated quartets are part of the 25,000member Barbershop Harmony Society. The
chorus meets to sing and socialize Tuesday
evenings at 7:30pm at Gloria Dei Lutheran
Church, 300 Shunpike Rd. in Chatham and
always welcomes new singers. No experience necessary; free singing lessons are provided. Learn more at www.morrismusicmen.org.
Funding has been made possible in part
by funds from Morris Arts through the New
Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department
of State, a Partner Agency of the National
Endowment for the Arts.
Morris County Sixth-Graders To Participate

In NCJW, West Morris Diversity Contest
ixth-graders from Morris County public, private and parochial schools are
participating in the 2015 NCJW
Diversity Contest, sponsored by the National
Council of Jewish Women (NCJW), West
Morris Section.
The contest, which is conducted in conjunction with the observance of Martin
Luther King Jr.'s birthday, is designed to complement class lessons on reducing prejudice
and gaining an appreciation of social diversity.
Students' original entries are submitted
either in written formincluding poetry,
essays, short plays, short stories, or library
researchor as works of art, such as drawings, paintings or photographs. Entries are
judged on originality, clarity, development of
theme, and emotional content.
Topics addressed in the contest entries are
prejudices based on age, disability, ethnicity,
family lifestyle, gender, health problems, the
Holocaust, physical appearance, race and religion.
The contest is ideal for the sixth grade
because, at that age, children are becoming

more aware of and developing greater insight
into all types of prejudice. The contest, which
is held in memory of Amy Rotberg Mintz and
Helen Weiss, also dovetails nicely with the
sixth-grade curriculum. The contest chair is
Karen Secular of Morris Township.
A special awards reception, honoring the
Grand Prize winners, the Outstanding Award
winners, and those receiving Honorable
Mention, will be held in May.
The National Council of Jewish Women is
a volunteer organization, inspired by Jewish
values, that works through a program of
research, education, advocacy and community service to improve the quality of life for
women, children and families, and strives to
ensure individual rights and freedoms for all.
For further information about the NCJW,
West Morris diversity contest, email ncjwdiversitycontest@gmail.com. Individual sixthgraders whose schools are not participating
may contact ncjwdiversitycontest@gmail.
com for information on how to enter the contest on their own.
Show Off Your Sweet Side This Valentines Day
reat family, friends and co-workers

to something they will all love this
Valentines Day by making easy and
impressive cookies. Start with your favorite
roll-out cookie recipe or simply dress up
store-bought ones by adding some simple
details with icing.
From the cupids at Wilton, here are three
ways to leave them smitten with sweets this
Valentines Day:
Desserts with dimension. Triple your
treats by stacking three decorated cookies in
different sizes together and attach them with
icing.
Complement with color. A simple piping technique looks stunning when piped in
different colors on your cookies.
Get to gifting. Wrap your finished
treats in a Valentines Day treat bag or box.
For more fun and delicious Valentines
Day recipes, baking tips and inspiration,
visit www.wilton.com.
Stackable Ombre Heart Cookies
Each stacked cookie serves 1.

Favorite roll-out cookie recipe
Royal icing (recipe on wilton.com)
Rose Icing Color
Heart Micro Mini Icing Decorations
Prepare and roll out cookie dough following recipe directions. Use 3 smallest
cutters from 4-piece heart nesting cookie
cutter set to cut out shapes. Bake and cool
cookies.
Divide royal icing into three equal portions,
and tint 3 shades of rose. Thin a portion of
each shade following recipe directions. Use
tip 3 and full-strength tinted icing to outline
cookies. Use thinned tinted icing in cut decorating bag to fill in cookies; gently tap to
smooth icing. Let dry overnight.
Use icing to attach cookies, stacking largest
to smallest; place icing decoration on top.
Scalloped Heart Cookies
Each cookie serves 1.
Favorite roll-out cookie recipe
Ready-To-Use White Creamy Decorator
Icing
Icing Colors: Burgundy, Red-Red and
Christmas Red
Prepare and roll out dough following
recipe directions. Use largest cutter from
the 4-piece heart nesting cookie cutter set to
cut out shape. Bake and cool cookies.
Divide icing into four equal portions.
Tint one of each portion light burgundy,
dark burgundy and combination of red-
red/Christmas red. Reserve last portion

white.
Starting from top edge of heart, use tip
102 and icing in dark burgundy, light burgundy, red and white to pipe V-shaped
groups of two petals, one piped from left
and one from right, to create row of petals in
alternating colors. Repeat with second row
between petals in first row. Continue to
repeat pattern until cookies are covered.
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Thomas Edison and Albert Einstein NJ Residents That Were The 20th Centurys Model Image of Genius
by Michele Guttenberger
oth Thomas Edison and Albert Einstein spent the
twilight years of their lives until their death calling
New Jersey their home. Thomas Edison lived in
West Orange, NJ and Albert Edison lived in Princeton NJ.
These were two faces that the world found fascination to
photograph and made the trek to these legendary New
Jersey home locations. However, Edison and Einstein were
worlds apart on how they viewed their fame and how they
wanted to be immortalized.
Albert Einsteins final years left him uneasy about his
uninvited public fame. He became weary of the press interviews and being photographed. A famous photo captured
these sentiments. In 1951, on Einsteins 71st birthday after
a marathon of press photographers, he bade to ruin a UPI
photographers image of himself by sticking out his tongue.
This facial spoof backfired on him. The photo became one
of the 20th centurys most popular iconic images. Einstein
was never entirely comfortable with his pedestal of fame.

He did not desire any monuments to be built in his honor.
Einstein realized that his grave site would undoubtedly
become a place of pilgrimage. Therefore, he requested that
his body was to be cremated and to have his ashes scattered.
Albert Einstein was a stark contrast to Thomas Edisons
ego that indorsed his own fame. He used his iconic image
and signature to promote his enterprises to the masses. In
the final decades of his life, Edison had more free time to
entertain and welcome his close avid followers. After his
death, the Thomas Edison image was memorialized in the
US and other nations with dedicated monuments to him.
One most notable Edison monument was erected 1952. It
is a 12.5 foot bronze portrait bust of Thomas Alva Edison
located in Washington D.C. at the Naval Research
Laboratory. The honor to sculpt this prominent bust was
given to renowned artist Evelyn Beatrice Longman
(November 21, 1874 March 10, 1954). She was the first
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assistance with vocational training, life skill develop-
ment, and social skills enhancement. Our new location

at 230 Route 206, Flanders, focuses on developing community awareness and fading supports in order to assist
people with disabilities with further increasing their
access to the community and overall independence.
Come celebrate with us and obtain further information
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woman sculptor to be elected a full member of the National

Academy of Design in 1919.
Today the public is also welcomed to visit the gravesite
of Thomas Alva Edison. Thomas and Mina Edisons final
resting place is their Glenmont home estate in West Orange,
NJ which is part of the National Park Service. It is approximately one mile for the Edisons factory laboratory which
is now a museum. The museum also holds a wonderful collection of Thomas Edison sculpted images - the iconic
genius of the 20th Century.
Visit the Thomas Alva Edison Museum - NPS - Open
Wednesday through Sunday. Hours are 10:00am - 4:00pm.
Admission Fee is $7.00 - 211 Main Street West Orange, NJ
07052.
Visit website for more details http://www.nps.
gov/edis/index.ht
Beautiful New Home

Under Construction
Normandy
Heights
Road - Back in
October, I wrote an
article about a new home to
be built on Normandy
Heights Rd in Morris
Township. At that time, the
property was being prepared for the home to be
built. Well now the foundation has been laid and the
framing of the home is in
progress. The builders of
this home are Home
Solutions Plus. They also
built the other lovely home
on that parcel of land and
now this new one will only
add to the beauty of the
property. Located in the
Normandy Park area of
Morris Township, and
across from the Morris

Museum, this area is rich in
history yet convenient to
town, recreation, and the
NYC trains. Come and see
this 5 bedroom, 3 bath home
with all the amenities while
there is still time for
changes to make this home
your own. I am proud to

present
this
property.
Denise Flanagan, Broker
Sales Associate, Coldwell
Banker, 211 South Street,
Morristown, NJ 07960,
973-420-4590. I will be
happy to discuss this property and plans with you.

Winter Warm-Up
Chili Cook-Off Event
leventh Hour Rescues got your

warm up event of the season with a
Chili Cook-Off Event. Come and
enjoy various Chili dishes from local participants whose offerings will be judged and a
winner announced. Attendees can sit back
and enjoy what others have prepared or if
you think your Chili really rocks, then you
are invited to bring a pot of your own making. Additional food to pair well with Chili
will be available as well as beverages for
additional purchase. Enjoy the music of a
local DJ and check out the 50-50 raffle and
silent action items as well.
The best part is that proceeds will go to
the rescue, care and adoption of homeless

dogs and cats.
Please join us at: Rock Ridge
Community Club House, 53 Entrance Way,
Denville, NJ 07834 on Sunday, February 8,
2015 from 4:00pm to 8:00pm.
Bring the gang!
Tickets can be conveniently pre-purchased online at a discounted price for $20
per adult and $5 for children under 12 at:
www.ehrdogs.org Tickets at the door are
$25 per adult, $5 per child under 12
Visit www.ehrdogs.org for more information, or email to: mainoffice@ehrdogs.org
or call: 973-664-0865
Meat-free Meals
ome late winter, diners may notice

more meat-free selections available
on restaurant menus. That's thanks
to the Lenten season that precedes Easter
Sunday. During Lent, Christians traditionally abstain from eating meat on Fridays. Lent
is an ideal time for men and women looking
to get healthier to include more vegetables,
whole grains and seafood in their diets. Try
substituting ground beef with tofu, and
incorporate vegetables where meat may be

used. For example, layer lasagna with slices
of zucchini instead of filling it with sausage.
Plus, eat more fish. Research shows that
fish high in omega-3 fatty acids decreases
the risk of abnormal heartbeats, which can
lead to sudden cardiac death. Omega-3 fatty
acids also decrease triglyceride levels, slow
the growth rate of atherosclerotic plaque
and lower blood pressure.
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