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Vol. 17, No. 51

Moving on upJohn Schoiz takes over as headwrestling coach at Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School after 4 yearsas an assistant. The team opens theseason 7 pm. tonight againstKearney. For a season preview, seePageC-1.

Holiday musicTuba player Jesse DeLucca of thePassaic County Sheriffs Band per-forms in Cranford Saturday. Seemore holiday photos on Page B-1.

Santa trainUsually Santa travels by sled, butthis St. Nick took the Santa Train"from Bound Brook to WestfieldSaturday. See the full photo on PageB-1.

HolidayDeadlinesBecause of the upcoming holidays,the Record-Press will operate ondifferent deadlines for the next twoweeks. Community news and lettersfor the Dec. 27 issue should besubmitted immediately; that issuewill be delivered Dec. 23.Submissions for the Jan. 3 issueshould be received by Dec. 26; thatissue will be delivered Dec. 30.

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We^lield chase ends tragicallyMan sails 323 feet in his car before landing in ravine near Rt. 22By KEVIN B, HOWEU.THE RECORD-PRESS

WESTFIELD — A car chasethat started in Garwood endedfatally in Westfield when a 19-year-old man's car became air-borne and landed in a ravine at

the end of Prospect Street nearRoute 22 Tuesday.

The victim, identified as SaskoHristov, was reported missingfrom Old Bridge earlier thatmorning.

Lt. John Parizeau of theWestfield Police said Hristov

sped down Prospect Street, whichis a dead end, and his green 1993Mitsubishi MOO GT went air-borne at the end of a driveway.

The car flew about -H) feet inthe air, scarring the top of a largetree. The car (raveled 'A'2[\ feetinto the woods, landing about 7f>

feet from Route 22 at \) a.m.,Parizeau said.

Parizeau didn't estimate howfust the car was traveling, butsaid it must have been excessivefor the car to travel that far itithe air. The car was in severalpieces and Hristov's body was

thrown 10 feel from the largestpiece of the car.

1'arizenu said that there wereno skid marks at the scene, show-ing that the victim made noattempt to stop. There was a

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A whole newway to

live healthy

GEORGE PACCIELLO/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHERPeter Matushin of Jetlife shows how customers can lean back in a massage chair white taking insome oxygen.

Downtown Westfield is a hub for health storesBy KEVINS. HOWEU.THE RECOItD-rRESS

WESTFIELD — The holiday season can bequite stressful us shoppers bus-tie throughout downtown pur-chasing gifts for family, friendsand co-workers, in the midst of area you need to endurethe madness, patrons will find a decent amount Ofseveral stores to help themrelieve stress and get on trackfor a healthy new year.

Downtown is home to severalhealth-related stores thatinclude spas, nutrition stores,and therapy centers. In the lastsix months, four stores haveopened, bringing the total num-ber to eight.

"I like that multiple health businesses are

"In order to live in this

stress. People in the areaneed ways to relax andrelieve tensions."

— We/7 Pinkmanof Dharma Center

for Healing Arts

Healing Arts on I,enox Avenue. "Being a hub forhealth is a nice reputation."

Pinkman and his wife, Lydia, opened theirdowntown business in August. He described it as

a general wellnoss center thatspecializes in massage therapy,reflexology (foot therapy), reiki(touch healing), meditation andpsychotherapy.

The center also holds work-shops on forgiveness, reikiinstruction, meditation andmassage instruction for couples.

Pinkman saiil a unique partof the business is the "crazy wis-dom we.llne.ss cruise," in whichclients take a private cruise andhave message therapy. This pastsummer, Pinkman said six poo-

coming here," said Neil Pinkman, owner of one ofthose businesses, the Dharma Center for

pie participated in the cruise in Toms Hiver.


Walsh steps downfrom council seatWill become assistant U.S. attorneyBy KEVIN B. HOWEU.KK('Olll) -I'KKKS

WESTKIELD — After twoDemocratic council memberswere honored Tuesday at theirlast meeting on the TownCouncil, it was announced Ihut athird, Councilman Kevin Walsh,will resign next month to lake aposition as an assistant UnitedStates Attorney for New tlersey.

Walsh informed the council ofhis decision in a Dec. 17 resigna-tion letter. Walsh's new positionwill begin Jnn. 27 and his resig-

nation will be effective Jan. 24.Walsh's letter to Town Clerk

Bernard ileeney stated:"Accordingly, and consistent withethical guidelines promulgatedby I he Attorney General of theUnited States that preclude fed-eral prosecutors from engagingin political activities, 1 mustresign as a Council Member ofthe Town of Westfield."

Walsh has served on the coun-cil for a year, representing theThird Ward. He has been an


Assault victim filessuit against districtBy KEVIN B. HOWEU.RKCMUM'ItESB

SCOTCH PLAINS — Theteonage girl sexually assaultedby five Scotch I'laiiis-FanwoodHigh School boys last January atPark Middle School filed a law-suit Doc. 12 against, the schooldistrict and several school offi-cials for failing to protect herfrom the attack.

The lawsuit names tlm schooldistrict, the Board of Education,Principal Kocco Coiucci,

Assistant Principal JosephMoran and Assistant. Bandleader.John-i-Hkk for failing in their

• responsibility to protect the girlwhile she was on school premis-es.

The girl, who was only identi-fied by initials in (he lawsuit,was attacked while a basketballgame w.-u played after school.The girl was abducted by the fiveboys and token to a nearby drycreek bed where she was beaten


Westfield votes tovacate New StreetBy KEVIN B. HOWEU-HKCOUIM'KKKH

WESTFIELD — The townstands to gain more than$300,000 for its decision tovacate New Street and make it aprivate road, allowing NewPointe. Realty to construct athree-story building on the site.

The agreement, between thetown and Now Pointe, whichowns properties at Central andSouth avenues, is contingent onthe plan surviving Hoard of

Adjustment or Planning Boardhearings,

Though the council passed anordinance to vacate New Streetat, Tuesday's council meeting, itfaced unexpected opposition froma few residents of South ElmerStreet. The residents' main argu-ment was that vacating NewStreet turns South Elmer Streetinto a dead end, forcing residentsto exit, onto busy South Avenue,

"The $:JOO,000 i.hf town's get-

(Coiitimjcd on page A-2)

Fanwood developeris formally approvedBy KEVIN B. HOWEU.RECORD-PRESS

FANWOOD — It will be happyholiday for those in the boroughwho have been pushing for down-town redevelopment, as themayor and Borough Councilapproved LandmarkCommunities of Princeton as theborough's developer at a specialmeeting Monday night.

The borough will negotiate aredevelopment agreement withLandmark early next year.

Landmark was one of threedevelopers interviewed by a spe-cial redevelopment selectioncommittee. Borough PlannerRichard Preiss, a member of thecommittee, presented its recom-mendation to the council.

"All the proposals were veryhigh quality, each creative in itsown way. In the end, Landmarkmost closely met the borough*scriteria," Preiss said.

Some of the areas the commit-tee looked at included architec-

ture, vehicular access, develop-ment, open space and parking.Landmark proposes a mix ofretail and residential units in the6.5-acre redevelopment area,which includes South, Martineand LaGrande avenues andSecond Street.

Joe! Schwartz of Landmarkshowed how the company hasmixed commercial and residen-tial in many of its projectsthroughout the nation, mostnotably in Mctuchen where itwon state and national awardsfor its Franklin Square project.

Landmark's conceptual planfor the borough calls for commer-cial businesses on the first leveland residential units on the sec-ond along South and Martineavenues. The plan includes town-houses on LaGrande Avenue andSecond Street.

Schwartz said preserving, openspace is a priority, so the designcalls for open areas in the center


Five pipers pipingGEORGE PACCIELLO'STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

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Now there's something you don't see, or hear, every day. The Watson Highlanders Bagpipe Bandwas one of several musical troupes who walked the streets of downtown Westfield to perform hol-iday songs.

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Town has new insurance companyBy KEVIN B, HQWELLKHCOIti) J'KKSS

WESTJ- ' IELI) Tin- townwill h.'ivc a new insu rance loo-ke r for I lie f'ir.st. l.ij>n- in .seveny e a r s , and shou ld save taxpnyera approximate! 1 , ' s Ifi.Ufift.af ter i lmTown ( 'OUIHJI :icri>pn-fla bid from C u m m i n <• .\';il iimalI n s u r a n c e Tuesday.

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The problem iirn;-i' becausetin1 KFJ* stipulated a maximum

(I |j(-jrcnt broker's fee. However,two til tin; four providers who.'i(;|i]i<fl bid less than fi percent,which Vaughn argued was not^pdified as allowable.

However, CouncilmanI. iv.rencc Goldman .said that.-VIA .shciidd have known theHi taihs .since it, has worked withi lie municipality for yeans. Inaddition, lie cited Commerce'sroster of clients, which includesseveral municipalities andcounties.

(ioldiiitin suggested that byhaving so many clients,Commerce has more leveragewhen negotiating with insur-ance providers ami c;in get abetter deal lor the town.(Joldnian also said th.it ScotchI'lains usi's ('OIII nicrce, and

Township Manager Tom Atkinshad endorsed the company.

However, because of concernsraised by Vaughn, councilmanMatthew Albano and RafaelHetancourt said tin- councilshould redo the process in orderto be fair and avoid litigation.Hut. Councilman Carl Salisbury.said there is no .solid ground forlitigation.

Mayor Gregory McDermottagreed with Goldman thataccepting Cotnmerce would.save taxpayers money, but saidit wouldn't hurt to re.send theKFI* for even more competitivebids.

Eventually, the Commercebid was approved with <'i :"»-4vote, with all five councilDemocrats voting to approve.

Police department to get first SUVBy KEVIN B. HOWELL

SCOTCH PLAINSpolice department willfirst four-wheel drivesoon, as the Township

Thefjet ItsvehicleCouncil

Tuesday approved the purchaseof II 2O(H Kurd Kxcui'sion XLT.

Th<J vehicle will be purchasedthrough a new .state contract \nrSUVs and will cost $m,:iiH)AH.

Two new vehicles were in (be

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In a memo to TownshipAdministrator Tom Atkins,Nelson said that the vehicle'sregular use would be for the(raffle safety unit, but it willalso be used for an emergencyresponse unit and command cen-t.i-r.

Nelson said the vehicle willhave standard emergency equip-

ment, but also foresees it havinga cabinet for with drawers tostore scene maps, school siteplans, floor plans and townshipmaps for emergencies.

Nelson also .stated a roof-mounted floodlight could illumi-iiiitc crime or crash scenes in thedark. The vehicle could alsostore various traffic signs thedepartment- uses when trafficsignals are out.

The department was hopingto get a larger vehicle such as aFord Expedition or ChevroletTuho(\ but those mudel.H werenot available.

Developer is formally approved'Continued from page A-l)

of the district as well as trees throughout theblock. Schwartz also said that the redevelop-ment can spur development in other area?,especially at the nearby train station.

The main concern from council members andresident.- was parking. Schwartz tried to assureeveryone there will l>e adequate parking, sayingLandmark plans to use all options such a.-parking lots and individual garages for the res-idential units. In addition, the train station lotwill be available on weekends, Schwartz added

Landmark's planner, .Jim Constantine, .saidthat cars won't be a problem with downtownresidents, lie said that people who tend to livedowntown usually have only one car per house-hold, or even no car.

Furthermore, the target residents far down-town housing don't have school-age children,which will eliminate the major tax burden thatusually accompanies new housing units, .saidConstantine. When the project is completed.Landmark estimated a $500,000 tax surpluswould be generated for the borough.

There were also concerns with the treat-ment of current business owners downtown.Preiss said Landmark took into considerationthe downtown tenants during their proposal.Schwartz said the developer will build in phas-es, probably three or four buildings at a tune,to keep downtown operating during construc-tion.

However, every building will bo demolishedin the redevelopment area and businessescould be inoperative for up to six months.Schwartz agreed to meet with the borough'sbusiness professional association to show busi-ness owners the plan.

Other concerns were quelled, includingCouncilwoman Katherine Mitchell's fear of theuse of eminent domain, which Schwartz saidLandmark hasn't yet used. Borough EngineerMark Marsden asked about the possibility forutility wires to be put underground, whichLandmark representatives supported.

Residents and business owners who stillobject to the plan will have an opportunity tovoice their concerns again when the proposalgoes before the Planning Board.

A whole new way to live healthy

Chase ends tragically(Continued from page A-It

gouge in the curb where the roadended, identifying the placellristov became airborne.I'ari'/eau described the area as arural road that ends with twodriveways.

The chase started in Carwoodin the 400 block of South Avenueat H:5() a.m. Mristov was headingwesl on the .street driving care-lessly, cniMMing the center line atabout 25 inph, according to ('apt,William Legg of the (inrwood

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police. He ran several red lightswhile swerving to pass othercars.

"It wasn't a fast pursuit.. He.jiiHt refused to obey the officer'scoininand to stop," Legg said.

(Jarwood Police pursued thevehicle into West field where itmade several turns, llristovmiide a right onto CentralAvenue and a lefl onto NorthAvenue, where We.stfield policejoined the pursuit. After runningred lights, he made a right ontoKdgewood Avenue, a loll on (MarkStreet then a right onHrightwood Avenue.

The police lost sight of the carat Urightwood Avenue and1'rospect Street, a block fromI'YunUlin Klenii'iit nry School.Legg said the police thought hemade another turn or hid in adriveway. A West Held officerinvestigated one of the driveways(<> see if the driver was hidingthere and discovered the acci-dent. The total chase lasted 10minutes.

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Pinkmaa .said he started thebusiness to give hack the gift thatwas given to him. Years ago hewas working a lucrative job thatimpacted his health negatively,Pinkman said. Standard medicalassistance was ineffective, so heturned to message therapy andother alternatives.

"In order to live in this areayou need to endure a decentamount of stress," Pinkman said."People in the area need ways torelax and relieve tensions. This isa high income area and peoplepay a price for that."

Peter Malushin, co-owner ofJet-life, a spa and lifestyle store,said customers come to his busi-ness for "jot-u-wtiy" sessionswhile shopping downtown. The.store, located at 221 E. Broad St.,features HJIEI rooms with aro-matherapy oxygen bars.

"It's a combination of a quickspa and relaxation retail,"Matushin said, who owns the

business with Donna Pudwill."While shopping, they can comeand "close themselves off for 15minutes and relax."

The spa rooms include com-puterized massage chairs thatcustomers can adjust with aremote control. Matushin saidthe rooms have three benefits: !K)percent pure oxygen, aromather-apy and hydration through Kvianwater-enhanced chambers. Therooms also play relaxation music.

In addition, the store has tan-ning specifically for people withlight-disorders or Vitamin I) defi-ciency. Matushin said thiit thestore uses Ultraviolet A, which isa therapeutic light.

However, Matushin assertsthat Jetlife is not just a spa but asingle destination for healthy liv-ing needs. The store sells music,relaxation gadgets and healthproducts.

"I Westfie.ld) seems to be anarea with a growing mainstreamdowntown area," Matushin said."People nre conscious of pamper-

ing services and are taking careof themselves."

And in May, .Joyce Greenbergrelocated TakeGoodCare's flag-ship store to downtown Westfieldfrom Route 22 in Springfield.Greenberg, founder and CEO ofthe company, said Westfieldoffers a comforting village envi-ronment.

Greenberg said she noticesthree trends that affect health:people are living longer, insur-ance companies offer less cover-age, arid consumers want to takecontrol of their health. She saidTnkefiuodCnre meets thoseneeds, as it's designed to helpindividuals take care of theirhealth at home.

The store features product cat-egories that include aromathera-py, bathroom and bedroom, fit-ness and therapy, maternity andpersona! care In addition to thestore, the company has an onlinecatalogue atwww.takegoodcare.com. Thestore is located on North Avenue.

Westfield votes to vacate New Street(Continued from page A-l)

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Earl Lambert, retiredWestfield police officer and a 40-yenr resident of South ElmerStreet, questioned how the coun-cil concluded that closing NewStreet wns in the public's bestinterest, He said with only oneexit and entrance on the road,traffic trying to turn on SouthAvenue will l>e aggravated.

Robert Cockren, town attor-ney, explained that New Fointehat! been approved to constructan office building, but they alsowanted to build a dru^ store onthe street. The town thought adrug store and an office buildingwould he detrimental to traffic,so further discussions broughtforth the current proposal.Cockren said.

Councilman Lawrence(tohlmnn tried to nppensr theresidents, saying that makingtheir street a dead end will elim-inate motorists cutting throughthe street to avoid traffic lights.

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Hut the re s iden t s weren ' t con-cerned with traffic volume,which baffled council membersaccustomed to residents com-plaining about cars speedingthrough their neighborhoods.

"I've been living there for 40years and I never hud a problemwith traffic volume," saidLambert, who served as a trafficofficer.

Cockren tried to reassure res-idents that they are better offwith the current proposnlinstead of the original one. Butresidents said as long as thestreet stayed open, they would besatisfied.

The council urged the resi-dents to voice their concernswhen the application goes toeither the Board of Adjustmentor Planning Board. The ordi-nance passed the council 9-0.

Walsh'Continued from page A-l)

attorney at a Newark taw firmfor a little more than two years.His new job will also be inNewark.

"It's exciting to be working forthe federal government," Walshsaid, as he received congratula-tory remarks from couneilmenand others. "It's a real honor toserve the people in a differentway. 1 wanted to do this for along time. 1 approached the jobas if wouldn't happen, but now ithas."

He added. "I will miss helpingthe everyday people i in the ThirdWard i. It's been great to help thepeople and see the town's profes-sionals deliver."

To replace Walsh, theDemocratic party will submitthree names for consideration,and the full council will appointone of the three.

Victim(Continued from page A-l)

and forced to perform sexual actson the boys.

The girl, who was 13 at thetime of the attack, later fled tothe school, but was assaultedagain in the stairwell.

The lawsuit alleges Moranand Glick witnessed the girlbeing surrounded by the boysand did nothing to prevent theabduction.

The suit states the girl suf-fered severe and permanentinjuries and will require futuremedical treatment. All five boyshave been prosecuted and sen-tenced to varying jail terms.

December 20, 2002 Record Press A-3

Turkey timeOn Nov. 28 members of the Scotch Plalns-Fanwood High School OECA Chapter, an association ofmarketing students, sponsored their 11th annual Thanksgiving Day dinner at Black UnitedCommunity Center In Plalnfleld. The students — more than 100 participated In fundraislng andcooking — served turkey dinners with all the trimmings to nearly 200 guests. "The dinner was ahuge success," said DECA Chairman Mike Hessemer. "It was great experience for all the chaptermembers and hopefully gave many of our guests a happy Thanksgiving."

Betancourt: Town shouldhire a traffic consultantAlso calls for speeding hotline, enforcement unit•y KEVIN B.HOWELL

District searches for a solution

THE RECORD- PRESS

WESTFIELD — After being bombarded withcomplaints about speeding and requests for traf-fic-calming measures. Transportation, Parkingand Traffic Committee Chairman RafaelBetancourt has requested the town hire a trafficconsultant to assist with its various issues.

Betancourt requested a traffic expert on an :ulhoc basis especially to assist the TFT and PublicSafety committees, as they deal with what hasbecome the town's top concern.

Betancourt's request was one of eight goals liepresented to the council for the first quarter ofnext year.

"I'm very frustrated when 1 meet with resi-dents and people are anxious and perceive thatwe're not doing enough to address the issue ofspeeding," Betancourt said.

Betancourt told the council the town has notraffic experts, MO it takes a long time to addressissues that residents want rectified immediately.For example, he said, it took two years for a traf-fic calming study to start in the ShopKite grid inthe first ward.

Hy hiring a consultant on an ad hoc basis,Betancourt said, analyses ciin be done quicker,and tho expert could address residents' issuesdirectly at meetings. He also suggested theexpert i mild develop a master plan for trafficcatmint;.

Town Kngineer Kenneth Marsh agreed a con-sultant would be helpful and said with technolo-gy improvements, the Public Works departmentwould he alilf to design or put out hiiis for traf-fic-eat mi ug improvements.

Hetancouit also emphasized the need forstrict enforcement of speeding. He wants to cre-ate a speeding enforcement unit in the policedepartment alim;; with a speeding hotline resi-dents can call, in addition, he called for a toughnunucipnl prosecutor who will not plea bargainon speeding tickets so violators will have long-term effects on then driving records and insur-ances.

Betancourt's other goals include addressingtraffic hot spots such is the Clover Street andCentral Avenue light, providing parking fordowntown apartnu-nls and working with theBRAKIOK group to improve walking and bikingpaths for school children.

to parking problems at Terrill R e g i s t e r n o w for Westfield classesK O r WESTFIELD — Registration tion.s. Limited spots available. Kegisterbv-lan.il.

Township Committee turned down request for a police officer

THE RECORD-PRESS

SCOTCH PLAINS — Theschool district is searching for asolution to the traffic hazards atTerrill Middle School, as schoolofficials and parents believe thevolume of cars in the area for themorning drop-off is unsafe forchildren.

According to Kathleen Meyer,community relations coordinatorfor the district, traffic was a con-cern before school began inSeptember because of the addi-tion of the fifth grade at thebuilding. She said the main diffi-culty is exiting the school's drive-way with the high volume of traf-fic on Terrill Road.

Meyer said that cars trying tomake left turns out the drivewayare backed up waiting, whichcauses a jam for buses enteringand exiting the bus circle as well.Superintendent Carol Choyerequested a traffic officer fromthe township, but the TownshipCommittee said because of finan-cial constraints it could not pro-vide the service.

Though Scotch Plains andFanwood share the school dis-trict and concerns have been for-warded to both councils, theschools are located in ScotchPlains and fall under the town-ship police's jurisdiction, Meyersaid. Bonrd member EdwardSaridaki suggested the districtcontact the Union County Police,

since Terrill Road is a countystreet.

Park Middle School has in thepast faced similar traffic con-cerns, as both middle schools arelocated on two of the township'sbusier roads. However, new traf-fic patterns were implemented atPark, with turn restrictions tohelp the situation.

To ease the problem, TerrillMiddle School Principal JohnFoulks hus encouraged parentsto use the Evangel Church drive-way to drop off students, ns thedistrict has a working agreementwith the church.

In addition, there are backlots that parents can use as offi-cials continue to work to solvethe problem,

Cranford seeks growth grantTHE RECOKD-PRESS

CRANFORD — The TownshipCommittee decided recently toapply for a $15,000 state SmartGrowth grant to continue theirstudy of parking issues in thedowntown.

At the committee's workshopmeeting Dec. 10, Kathleen Prunty,director of the DowntownManagement Corporation, stud afocus on parking would give thetown a chance at getting the grant.

"If we stand a chance of beingconsidered, it will be for support ofthe downtown plan," she said.

Commissioner Dan Aschenbachwas the lone voice of dissent, savinganother parking study was unnec-essary.

Prunty said the applicationprocess is less involved than it waslast year. The application was sub-mitted Dec. 15.

"If we make the first cut, we'll beinvited down to discuss it further,"she said.

Prunty said if the townshippasses the second step, officials willbe given a list of "pre-qualified con-sultants" for the township to use intheir study.

An ad hoc municipal parking

Business Notes

Jay Lavroff of the Westfieldlaw firm Lindabury, McCormick &Estabrook was installed Dec. 6 aspresident of the Union County BarAssociation.

James McGIew II, also ofLindabury, was named president-elect, marking the first time in theorganization's 100-year historyattorneys from the same firm willserve back-to-back presidencies.

Lavroff and McGIew haveknown each other for 20 years,since the second week of law schoolat Seton Hall. They have each alsoserved as chairman of the DistrictXII Ethics Committee of the NewJersey Supreme Court.

Lavroff said he intends to focuson community outreach during histerm as president.

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McCormick & Estabrook recentlyannounced James E. Guinee hasjoined the firm as an associate.

Guinee received his JurisDoctorate from Seton HallUniversity School of Law inNewark earlier ihis year, and hisBA from Fairfield University inRurfield, Conn, in 1997. Early inhis law school career, he clerked inthe office of the U.S. Attorney,Southern District of New York.Guinee currently resides with hiswife in Edison.

committee formed in Novembermet Dec. 10, Prunty said. "I'm con-fident they will come in Februarywith recommendations for theexisting and expanding parking,"she said.

She said the grant could fund oneconomic analysis of improvementsto existing parking and an addi-tional parking setup with "either anew surface or structure."

Commissioner Phil Morin saidthe grant could bt> used to fund asecond phase of parking improve-ments in the downtown.

"Realistically, we'll be lucky tosee tiu» grant money by the end ofApril or May. At least, we'll have aninitial decision with what we wantto do," he said.

Prunty said selling the parkingstudy to the state as part of thetownship's Downtown Vision Planwould also give Cranford a bettorshot at the grant.

"It's saying we've adopted ourvision plan and are taking actionfor the next step," she said.

Aschenbach said he did nottliink the township should conductanother parking study, because thecommittee already knows whatneeds to be done.

"I'm not going to supjwrt anoth-er study. We know what we needthere. It doesn't make any sense tome," he said.

"We have all these recommenda-tions in the vision grant. Here,we'll have another overview studyand we'll be at the same

place...We'll be having anothergroup come in and telling us whatwe should do," he said.

But Commissioner George Jornsaid the Smart Growth grant couldaugment the Vision Plan.

"If we do this nnd get the grantfrom the state, maybe we can directtheir consultant to look towardsspecifies. Right now, we're dealingwith generalities," he said.

WESTFIELD — Registrationis now ongoing for those classesoffered by tht1 Wi\st fieldRecreation Department. Formore information or to register,phone (908) 789-4080,

Crafts for Kids: Join a funclass with a different craft eachweek. 4:30-5:30 p.m. Tuesdays,.Jan. 7-Mnrch 4. Grades l-f». $4fi.

Yoga for Kids: "S t r e t ch i n g for your health." Yogapromotes love of body and mindwhile improving oiu\s healthand mental outlook. Studentscan gain a sense of innerstrength and peace. 4-4:150 p.m.Mondays, Jan. (i-Feh. 24.Grades 1-5. $48.

Judo-Influenced Self-Defense: This beginner classwill teach skills that will last alifetime. 7-8:30 p.m. Mondays,Jan. 6-March 10, excludes Jan.20 and Feb. 17. For adults. $30.

Golf Claaa for Kids: Classesare limited to 8 participants.Classes are held in a gym 6:30-7:30 p.m. or 7:30-8:30 p.m.Tuesdays, Jan. 7-J»n. 28. Ages8-13. $8f>/per class.

"Manners Matter": This 2-hour course will introduce stu-dents to the do's nnd don't.s ofeveryday and dining etiquette.This class is fun and interactivewith lots of role-playing. It alsoprovides children with the toolsneeded to properly handletoday's real-life social situa-

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To pay for parking garage,Cranford may raise ratesCost of meterscould rise by50 cents an hourBy NICK P'AMOREHKCOKIU'KKSH

CRANKOKD The TownshipCommittee in considering ;i majorincraise in parking meter :ind JKTinit, rates to help CIIIHI I hi- (inmidnj:of a parking gnnw ;tt tin- Cr;tnfbrdCrossing sit*'.

At, a Dec. 10 nii'Miiij,', RobertCngnnssola and \V;iniii KorcckyofSupU'c Clooney &• Co. presented aprojected revenue ;m.i!ysis ba.sodon ;in iinn-.isi- of f>0 cent.-- jicr houron the meters iiml $i!0 ,i ({iiiirtx!!' ontin; permits.

There arc fififi meters in townmid .'17r> permits. 'I'll'- ••nnr«;nl ratesfor meter* .'ire '2.U renl \n>r hour for2-liout' meters, V hom inel.er.s and12-lmi'f inelers. I'diit limir meters;ir«' 2.r> cents per Iioin; and 12-hourrental parking spnres arc $1.50 perJ2-liour period.

At a maximum possible usage of

9 hours a day, the township wouldmake $360,405 in calculated annu-al revenue. However, Cagnassolusaid there is only a ".r)5 percent levelof realization" with the motors, sotin- township actually brings inabout $200,000.

The permits an; currently $90 aquarter and bring in $1H5,000 cal-culated annual revenue.('agnaBHola said there the town-.ship, however, gets 112 percent ofrealization from the |>ennit.s, tliere-fore receiving $152,000 a year. The112 percent comes from the over-selling of |K.lrmit.s, Cagnas.sda .said.

The numbers were based on afour-year average and using a .')()(>•day year, eliminating Sundays andholidays, <lagnn.s.sola said.

With a HO -ccnt-pcr-hourincrease, the township would real-ize an increase of $281,458, Therate incniii.se lor permits wouldbring in an additional $50,067. Intotal, the township would then seean increase of $1(32,12fj.

While the Cranford Crossingparking garage is built, ('ngnassolaprojected (he township would loseabout $r»<),.r>K0 a year from the lostparking spaces. However, the pro-jected revenue from the parking

garage spaces would be $148,000 inthe first year and $124,000 in fol-lowing years.

In addition to the proposedparking meter and permit rateincreases, the township plans topay for its share of the parkingdeck via a PIIXDT, or payment inlieu of tiixes, agreement.

Under such an agreement, thetownship would receive all taxespaid by developer KushncrCompanies in the first five yearsafter completion of the project. Thedeveloper, in turn, would pay fewertaxes, with an incremental increaseeach year for the; first five years.

In the first year, Kushner wouldpay afxjut 20 percent of taxes; inthe second year 40 purewnt, and soon until the fifth year. By year six,the township would share the rev-enue with the school district andUnion County, and the develojierwould I*' paying 100 percent of thetiixes owed.

Commissioner Phil Morin saidthe township would receive aljout$100,000 a year in taxes withoutthe 1'IhOT agreement. With theagreement, the township will notapproximately $900,000 in fiveyears, he said.

Singing in the seasonAbove, the Select Choir of Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School rehearses for their holiday con-cert, which was held Wednesday. Under the direction of Laurie Wellman, the Select Choir and anumber of other choral and vocal groups performed a wide variety of hoiiday-themed numbers.

Man charged with drug offenseafter being arrested on warrant

Learning citizenshipThe Holy Trinity Interparochial School In Westfieid recently named the student recipients of theschool's Christian Citizenship Award for the first marking period of the current school year. Thehonorees, pictured above, are In Grades 5-8 at the school.

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Alan Lee, 51, of Plainfieldarrested on drug charges afterbeing picked up on a warrant outof North Pininfield Dec. 15.

A .search following the war-runt arrest revealed that Leehad a pipe used for smoking acontrolled dangerous substance.The pipe also had some residuepolice believed to be a controlleddangerous substance.

Lee was charged with posses-sion of controlled dangerous sub-stance, posHeasion of drug para-phernalia and contempt of court.

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A resident from Spruce MillLnne reported a theft of nChristmas wreath from her frontdoor Dec. 15. The victim saidthat she left her apartment at 1p.m. and returned at 2 p.m. andnoticed the ornament removed.

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reported that on Dec. 12 someoneremoved a Christinas ornamentfrom the front door of her apart-ment. The victim said that shewent to the laundry room andwhen she returned the ornamentwas missing.

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A Union Township residentreported while he was attendinga Union Catholic High Schoolsemi-formal dance Dec. 15, some-one smnahed his rear windshieldnnd flattened all four tires.

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arrived at 7:45 p.m. nnd hereturned to his vehicle at 12 a.m.to discover the damage.

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Jeremy Zini, 21, of Watchungwas charged Dec. 16 with drivingwhile intoxicated after a motorvehicle stop on Martine Avenueat 4:16 a.m.

Zini was subsequentlyreleased to his mother.

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Cynthia Thomas of 618Stirling Place was picked up ontwo warrants issued by themunicipal court Dec. 9. She washeld on $2,131 bail.

A Kimball Avenue residentreported that both front head-lights on her 2003 Nissan werestolen while it was parked infront of her home Dec, 9. Theheadlights were valued atapproximately $500. Damagewns also done to the hood duringthe theft.

A Moss Avenue residentreported a front bedroom win-dow of his home was broken

when someone thred a snowballat it Dec. 11.

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Jason Tucker, 24, of ProspectAvenue in Scotch Plains waspicked up on warrants out ofWestfieid and Scotch Plains Dec.13.

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James V. Leo of 90 Elm St.was picked up on a contempt ofcourt warrant Dec. 13. He wasreleased with a court date.

Jose Ainaya, 18, of NorthPlainfield was charged withunderage possession of an alco-holic beverage Dec. 15.

A Fanwood resident reportedsomeone removed the driver'sside mirror while the car wasparked on Mountain AvenueDec. 15.

Kevin Lewis of Elizabeth waspicket! up on a warrant out ofKearny Dec. 10. He posted bailand was released.

Kathy Chaillet of ScotchPlains was charged with drivingwhile intoxicated Dec. 16. Policesaid Chaillet registered a .13percent blood-alcohol content.

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WESTFIELD — A miaiseries onJewish philosophers is offered atTemple Enuum-El, 75($ E. BroadSt.

Clauses are 7:110 p.m.Wednesday, .Ian. 8-29. Philo ofAlexandria, Moses Msumonedes,Miirdi'tiii Kaplan and Hans Jonesare covered in the ministries led byKabbi Lawrence Truster.

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Colonial Christmasat Miller-Cory House

WESTFIELD — Elizabethtownwas a city of different worlds whenit was the capital of New Jersey in1740.

City dwellers in the eastern enddressed differently from the farm-ers who lived in the West Fields.Not surprisingly city folk and peas-ants socialized in different circles.

The Miller-Cory House Museumre-creates "A CandlelightChristmas in Eliznbothtown" 2-5p.m. Sunday. Visit the 18th-centuryFarmhouse at til-1 Mountain Ave.for a guided tour by candlelight.Refreshments will lx> served andthe girt shoj) upon.

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The museum will bo closedSunday, Dec. 29 and Jan. 5. NntivoAnierican wood carvings arc fea-tured whtui the museum goes on itswinter schedule Jan. 12.

Funds sought forearthquake victims

WESTFIELD — The WestfieidChapter of Unico National is rais-ing funds for victims of recentearthquakes in Italy.

A goal of $30,000 has been setfor the earthquake relief fund. Ifyou wish to donate funds, phone'Handy Pisnne i»t (908> 2;M-:?32O.

Children's arton display at library

FANWOOD — Sandra Cerchioteaches "Drawing and Sketdiing"to children through theCommunity School of ScotchPlains-Fanwood.

Her pupils' work can be seen atthe Fanwood Memorial Library onNorth Avenue into January. Thepupils are Amanda J. Ekstrand,Jesse H. Haack, Jacob R. Kennedy.

Samantlui Posyion and Julia Root,all in Grades 2-4; KatherineDoremus, Alex Kiihn, Alicia Lazur,Christopher G. Shea and LauraThompson, all in Grades 5-12.

Still Hfes and mannequin stud-ies are included in the pupils' art,created in the recently concludedfall term of the CommunitySchool.

Seminar aims to helpwomen in business

UNION — The New JerseyAssociation of Women BusinessOwners' Women's Business Centerwill offer its two-hour "Are You anEntrepreneur?" seminar in UnionCounty.

"Are You an Entrepreneur?" isan overview program for thoseexploring the possibility of start-ing a now business.

The seminar will bo held at theSmall Business DevelopmentCenter located at the EastCampus of Kean College, 215North Ave., Room 242. The classwill be 9-11 a.m. Jan. 17.

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Westfield church offersfriendship for singles

Are you over 45 and widowed,divorced, or never married? Youdon't have to be aJone. Join theSingle's Group at Westfield's FirstBaptist Church each 9 a.m. eachSunday during December for cof-fee, cake and lively discussionabout singles issues, how to copeon our own and learn from eachother. It's not group therapy, it'sfriendship, a sharing of experi-ences, and good company.

Other activities include wintermovie nights, summer picnics, hol-iday get-togethers, and more.Come visit with us at the churchat 170 Elm Street, in the lowerlevel meeting room. A $2 dona-tion is requested, and all are wel-come. For more informationplease call (908) 889-5265 or (908)889-4751.

Aerobics instructionworkshops at YMCA

SCOTCH PLAINS — TheFanwood-Scotch Plains YMCAand the National Dance ExerciseInstructors Training Assocationare co-sponsoring two public train-ing events for aerobic instructorsJan. 18-19.

The first event features pri-mary aerobic certification, whilethe second features continuingeducation credits.

The five-hour workshop willgive participants five AmericanCouncil on Exercise continuingeducation credits.

Space is limited. To register, calli800t AEROBIC.

Many gifts on salefrom the DWC

WESTFIELD - TheDowntown Westfield Corporationhas holiday gift ideas for thosewho want to show their Westfieldpride. Newly designed Westfield,N,J. t-shirts and hats are nowavailable for purchase for that spe-cial someone on your holiday list.

The DWC also carries full-sizeDowntown Westfield umbrellas,canvas totes, and Westfield, N.J.note cards. Hats, t-shirts andumbrellas are available for $10each, and the totes and a set oftennote cards are available for $5each.

The DWC has also partneredwith The Classic Basket, 411South Avenue to feature some ofthe items in a customized"Downtown Westfield" basket at aprice of $60. Shoppers can visitthe on-line store at www.theclas-sicbasketnj.com or contact TheClassic Basket at (908) 233-5778.Shipping is also available.

Festival of Lessons atFanwood church

FANWOOD — "A Festival ofLessons and Carols" is 4 p.m.Sunday at the FanwoodPresbyterian Church, 74 S.Martine Ave.

This annual service featurescarols and hymns sung by the con-gregation and church choirs.lessons are Bible readings withlaypeople. Additional music isfrom the church's handbell choirs.

The program is under thedirection of Robert Gangewere Jr.,the church's music minister.

For more information, phone(908) 889-8891. The public isinvited.

Astronomy lectures foryoung people at UCC

CRANFORD — "YoungPeople's Talks" on astronomy arenow being offered to elementarypupils.

These free programs are 7 p.m.most Fridays in the SperryObservatory at Union CountyCollege, 1033 Springfield Ave.Scout groups are welcome. Theprograms can also fulfill require-ments for a merit badge in astron-omy.

Robert Strausberg will discussmeteorites Dec. 27.

After each program boys andgirls can view the night sky in theobservatory, weather permitting,

Reservations are required forgroups; e-mail [email protected] or phone (908) 233-8741.The "Young People's Talks" aresponsored by AmateurAstronomers Inc., which operatesthe observatory.

Conference will address growth of gangsGAEWOOD — A conference

titled "Gangs in New Jersey: AnUrban and Suburban Issue" willbe held 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m. Jan. 10 atThe Westwood Restaurant.

The interactive, day-long con-ference is presented by TrinitasHospital, the City of Elizabeth, theUnion County Prosecutor's Office,the Union County Traumatic LossInterventions for Youth Project,the Union County Mental HealthBoard and the Union CountyJuvenile Officers' Association.

"Gangs are a growing concernin both urban and suburban com-munities throughout New Jersey,"said James Lape, vice president ofBehavioral Health & Psychiatryat Trinitns Hospital.

"We're pleased to team with lawenforcement and mental healthprofessionals throughout UnionCounty to raise cur collectiveawareness of this issue and recog-nize opportunities to intervene ingang behavior," Lapo said.

The conference's keynote pres-

entation, titled "Gangs and OurYouth: A Growing Concern BothNationally and Locally," will begiven by Ron "Cook" Barrent,Gang Prevention Coordination forthe Division of Youth and FamilyServices in Albany, N.Y.

Workshops will be led byRodger Goddard. Ph. D., director ofTrinitas Hospital's WeHnessManagement Services; and EdwinTorres, sergeant at the JuvenileJustice Commission, They willaddress tho issues of gang migra-

tion to the suburbs and strategiesto inoculate youtiR prople againstgang involvement.

Tin1 panel discussion, "When1

Do We Go from Hmv1" will bemoderated by Patruu Neary-Ludnier. Ph.D., coordinate- of theUnion County Trautn.Hu- LossCoalition. Panelists will includeDet. Robert Sogcar, pivsnh'iit ofthe Union County -ImonileOfficer's Association, HubertO'Lenry, assistant prosecutor forUnion County; and Torres.

County prosecutor TheodoreRuiniinkow, Trinitas HospitalPresident Gary S. Horan andElizabeth Mayor ChristopherBollwagt1 will also speak duringthe conference.

To register, call (\umio Omio at(9081 994-7452. The $20 confer-ence fee should be made payableto "Tnnitas Hospital" and mailedby Jan. ft to Triuilas HospitalFamily Resource Center, 300North Ave. Kast. Cranford, NJ07016.

EAGLE SCOUT RYAN MAINES

Westfield Boy Scoutsoars like an eagle

WESTFIELD — At an Oct. 28 "Eagle Court of Honor" ceremonyheld nt the Presbytoriun Church, town resident Ryan Mainesachieved the rank of Eagle Scout, tho highest attainable by a BoyScout.

Ryan reached the rank after following the "Path of the Kiiglo,"which requires n scout to earn at least 21 merit badges and completea community service project. His badges included those forCitizenship in the Community, Personal Management anil FamilyLife.

His service project involved organizing fur, and completing thepainting of, the dining room of the Agape Soup Kitchen in the FirstPresbyterian Church of Elizabeth. Ryan htm tx*'n working at thesoup kitchen most Wednesday evenings tuna1 2000.

A senior lit Westfield High School, Ryan follows his intellectualpassions by working part-time at an architectural firm. He has alsorecently become a deacon in the congregation at the PrcsbyteriunChurch.

Upon attaining the rank of Eagle Scout, Kyim received letters ofcommendation from President George W. HUHII, Senator Jon Corzineand state Senator Richard Bagger, among others.

While Ryan was honored, more than 50 other scouts from Troop72 saw their accomplishments celebrated at the Fall Court of Honor.Scouts were recognized for participating in such troop events as aMile Swim, Philmount Scout Ranch Trek, Mountain Bike Ride withOvernight Cnmpout, Delaware River Canoe Trip, Cook-OutCompetition mid Sea Kayaking Trip.

Twenty-three members of the "Pack and Puddle Troop" wereadvanced in rank.

Weavers Guild presents newcurtains to Miller-Cory House

WESTFIELD — Nov. 10 was ared-letter day for the Miller-CoryHouse Museum, as the long-awaited curtains for the frontbedchamber were dedicated andhung by the Westfield WeaversGuild.

Guild members GudilyChehayl and Widney Moore madethe original curtains for themuseum in \97'A. Hut after con-stant use and sun damage overthe years, the original curtainshad disintegrated.

Before weaving the now cur-tains the Westfield Weavers con-sulted experts in the field of his-toric Americnn textiles, so thefabric would be appropriate andthe stylo authentic for the timeperiod of the museum, 1740-1820.

S. Rabbit Goody, an authorand textile historian, was con-sulted and accompanied JeanWest and guild members to themuseum to make sure the cur-tains would be historically accu-rate, the curtains are composeduf fine, unmerceriy.ed cotton andwere woven on a loom in a plaidpattern.

The colors pick up those in thecoverlet on the bed — naturalwhite, indigo blue and turkeyred. They were hemmed by hiuuland hung on a wire.

To pay for the curtains, theguild used money it won for oneof its displays at a conference ofthe Mid-Atlantic FiberAssociation.

Loading the dedication cere-

mony was Phyllis Hirsch ofNorth Plninfield, a past presidentof tlu> guild. Also attending wereweavers Patricia Lambert ofLiikelnirst and Lois Bresltiuer ofScotch Plains, who also designedthe pattern, and Hllen Hesa ofCranfunl. who sewed the cur-tains by hiind. Hess is a past vicepresident of the guild and a vol-unteer at the Miller Cory HouseMuse inn.

The museum is located nt 614Mountain Ave. and is open 2-6p.m. Sundays. Also on view everySunday are volunteers in colonialdress Leading tours and prepar-ing meals over an open-hearthfireplace. For more information,cull the museum at (908) 232-1770.

With Garlic Rose, a new flavorarrives on the restaurant sceneByMCKffAMONETHE KEOOKD I'KESK

CRANFORD — There's H newflavor in the downtown diningscene.

Garlic Hose opened up onNorth Avenue Dec. 4, taking overthe spot formerly held byCortina's. With :i menu centeredaround garlic and its many uses,the restaurant offers a uniquetaste in the downtown.

"We have un eclectic menu,"said owner Marc Corlicllo. "Wehave everything from puntu tofilet inignnn, with garlic us themain ingredient. But it's notoverpowering. We use roastedgarlic which in milder than eat-ing raw garlic,"

The Cranford location is thesecond for the popular re.stnu-rnnt; Corbel lo opened his firstGarlic Rose in Madison six yearsago. He said he had been eyeingCranford as location for his sec-ond restaurant.

"I wanted to open anotherlocation and I liked Cranford. I'mfrom here and I grew up here, it'smy hometown. So, I wan lookingfor the opportunity to open a sec-ond restaurant around here," he

said."1 would always p

Cortina's and sny, 'That wouldmake a nice Garlic Rose,'" hesaid,

Corbello has been in therestaurant business since he was1ft years old and began workingut the Lodge in Cnmford.

"They taught me how to makepizzas and cook," he said.

He then worked at The Officerestaurant for seven years, mak-ing his way from prep cook tomanager before opening up hisfirst Garlic Rose.

"I call the one in Madinon mylittle jewel. It's what started thewhole thing," he said.

He said he in finding hi.srestau rants now hove namerecognition, with patrons of thenew location familiar witli theMadison location.

Corbello said he is happy andhas been welcomed at his newlocation.

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township itself couldn't havebeen more welcoming andaccommodating," he said. "We gotu very warm reception, from thopeople and township. It was avery nice feeling."

Corbello Haiti his goal is toprovide people in town with goodservice and good food.

"I hope to accomplish a goodrelationship with the communityand all the people in this area, byproviding a good, quality restau-rant people can go to and feelcomfortable and yet fair valuefor their money," he said.

"Both of my restaurants arelike my home and I treat peoplelike they are. guests in my ownhome," he .said.

Garlic Ko.se is open i'or lunchMonday through Friday fromI1.;H) a.m. to ,'i p.m. Dinner isserved from Monday to Thursdayfrom 5 p.m. to 10 p.m., Fridaysami Saturdays from fi p.m. to 11p.m. and Sunday, from 4 p.m. to 9p.m.

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If so, you muy be interested inknowing that Volvo Cars of NorthAmerica has launched a nationalsearch for ordinary people doingextraordinary things in the areasof safety, environment and quali-ty of life.

It's called the Volvo for LifeAwards, a national public serviceprogram that celebrates andrewards these local heroes withmore than $250,000 in financial

contributions. One hero will wina Volvo car for life. To nominatesomeone you know, log on towww.volvoforlifeawards.com.

Deadline to submit nomina-tions is Feb. 28,2003. Volvo is con-ducting the program in an effortLo inspire people nationwide tomake outstanding contributionsin their own communities.

In March, Volvo will select 50semi-finalists, who will receive aframed Certificate of Merit inhonor of their accomplishments.From those 50 semi-finalists,

Volvo will select 10 finalists, whoeach will receive $10,000.

Of those finalists, a panel ofjudges including Bill Bradley, Dr.Jane Goodall, Caroline Kennedy,Dr. Sally Ride, Eunice KennedyShriver and Maya Lin will namethree winners, who each will have u$50,000 donation made in theirname to the charities of theirchoice. The top winner will receivea Volvo car for the rest of his or herlife. To loarn more or to nominate ahero, visit www.volvofor-lifeawardH.com.

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CommentaryThere is

a Santa ClausMore than a century ago, on September 21, 1897, The

New York Sun published what was to become the mostwidely read and quoted letter to a newspaper. Its mes-sage is an valid today as it was 104 years ago. Below isthe full text of that letter and the reply written by Suneditorial writer Francis Pharcellus Church.

Dear Editor:I am eight years old.Some of my little friends say there is no Santa

Claus.Papa says, "If you see it in The Sun, it's so."Please tell me the truth, is there a Santa Claus?

Virginia O'Hanlon115 West 95th Street

Virginia, your little friends are wrong. They havebeen affected by the skepticism of a skeptical age. Theydo not bolieve except what they see. They think thatnothing can be which is not comprehensible by their lit-tle mind.s. All minds, Virginia, whether they be men's orchildren's are little. In this great universe of ours manis a men? insect, an ant, in his intellect, as comparedwith the boundless world about him, as measured bythe intelligence capable of grasping the whole truthand knowledge.

Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus. He exists ascertainly as love and generosity and devotion exist, andyou know that they abound and give your life its high-est beauty and joy. Alas! how dreary would be the worldif there were no Santa Claus! It would be as dreary asif there were no Virginias. There would be no childlikefaith then, no poetry, no romance to make tolerable thisexistence. We should have no enjoyment, except insense and sight. The eternal light with which childhoodfills the worlds would be extinguished.

Not believe in Santa Claus! You might as well notbelieve in fairies! You might get your papa to hire mento watch in all the chimneys on Christmas Eve to catchSanta Claus, but even if they did not see Santa Clauscoming down, what would that prove? Nobody seesSanta Claus, but that is no sign that there is no SantaClaus. The most real things in the world are those thatneither children nor men can see. Did you ever seefairies dancing on the lawn? Of course not, but that'sno proof that they are not there. Nobody can conceiveor imagine all the wonders there are unseen and unsee-able in the world.

You tear apart the baby's rattle and see what makesthe noise inside, but (-here is a veil covering the. unseenworld which not the strongest man, nor even the unit-ed strength of all the strongest men that ever lived,could tear apart. Only faith, fancy, poetry, love romancecan push aside that curtain and view and picture thesupernatural beauty and glory beyond.

Is it all real? Ah, Virginia, in all this world there isnothing else more real and abiding.

No Santa Claus! Thank God he lives and he lives for-ever. A thousand years from now, Virginia, nay 10 times10,000 years from now, he will continue to make gladthe heart of childhood.

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Donations needed to sustain programsTo the Record-Press:

Peace on earth requires more than good wishes. Itmeans reaching out to all people. The holidays are aspecial time to reach out and share our joys by bring-ing happiness to others in our community. The UnitedFund of Westfield is devoted to bringing peace and joyto everyone,

The 22 member agencies of the Westfield UnitedFund provide year-round services and programs toWestlielders. Many programs are necessary andenriching to the quality of life during Hie holidays. Ouragency clients say:

'Thank you for helping me feed my hungry family.""Thank you for helping my 15-year-old daughter

stay sober."'Thank you for giving my son a safe and nurturing

place to go after school, while I'm still at work."'Thank you for providing my grandmother with a

hot meal every day."'Thank you for helping me care for my mother with

Alzheimer's."'Thank you for taking me to my dialysis treatment

twice a week."

Agency services are designed for you, and are madepossible by you, The holidays are brightened for chil-dren, families and elderly by special seasonal activitiesconducted by United Fund agencies, and the spirit ofcaring and sharing will continue throughout the newyear.

All Westfielders are invited to become part of thecaring network by contributing to the United FundCampaign. Your gift enables 22 community agencies tomeet the needa of thousands of Westfielders and helpsmake Westfield a better place in which to live and towork.

The United Fund is grateful to the manyWestfielders who already have contributed to the 2002campaign. Those who have not yet sent in a donationare urged to do so today. The support of each and everyWestflelder is importfint!

From all of us at the United Fund and on behalf ofour agencies, we thank you and wish you a joyfiil andpeaceful holiday season.

MATT FORSTENHAUSLERPresident, Board of Trustees

United Fund of Westfietd

One good law that won't cost a thingTo the Record-Press:

In this time of budget crisis state senators andmembers of the Assembly like to use the excuse of atight state budget to say "no," The common refrain is "isupport you, but we can't afford ..."

Well, here's something even cash-strapped NewJersey can afford: Pass a state telemarketing no-calllist law, If so many other states can afford it, then socan New Jersey New Jersey is the only state in the

Are you spending more or lesson holiday gifts this year?

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Northeast that doesn't have a no-call list law,Elected officials fail us all the time. They fail to do

anything about high property taxes, high cor insur-ance rates and liigh crime rates.

Surely they can do something as simple as create astate no-call list for telemarketers to stop telemarket-ing harassment,

TERRY BOLANSouth River

JOEL CASTILLOWestfield

Same amount. It's the samebudget.

MITCHELL BEINHAKERWestfield

Less because of the economy.Times are tight.

PATRICK BROWNEWestfield

I don't buy much more. My wifedoes.

BILL WILLIAMSWestfield

Oh yes, I buy more. I jusl had ason.

MARTIN KENNEDYWestfield

Probably less. The economy isnot as good and jobs are notsecure.

MICHAEL SCOTTWestfield bank manager

It's about the same.

Jersey Boy

Mike Deak

Achievingharmonyof wonder

All merry Christmases werealike then.

In Neshanic Station, where Itried to grow up, comfort and joy•were the absolutes of the season.Pouting — my natural state ofbeing then and now — stopped atthe threat of coal in my Christmasstocking. My eyes ached with long-ing when I studied the SearsChristmas catalog as if it was aKabala of toy mysticism. At night,when my throat was raw fromsinging carols all day in school, Iwatched the snow skid like tat-tered pieces of a dream throughthe warm glow of Christmas lightsoutlining the back porch. It waswarm and cozy in bed and sleepcame like an angel of mercy toerase the anxious time beforeChristmas morning.

Remembering those child'sChristmases is at once both pleas-ant and sad. It is pleasantbecause, well, I was fortunate tohave Cliristmases that resembleda Norman Rockwell ideal, Thefamily was harmonious (except forarguments over whether theturkey was done) and the settingwas seeped with the mystery andthe beauty of the season (was thata holy star or an isolated street-light that hung in the distanceover the church's live nativity?) Itis sad because it is a memory ofwhat we have lost, not just theworld of wonders, but also themeaningfulness, purity, sentimentand benevolence of the season.

The cards with which we nowdeal most in the holiday season donot bear greetings of good cheer,but the dire credit statements of araw January. Like members of acargo cult, we perform our com-mercialistic ritual without think-ing about what we are doing orwhy we are doing it. Sometimes Ithink we would all be better if wereturned to the practices of child-hood and made potholdcrs for eachother and cards with crayons andconstruction paper. It is a futilehope that we all will be promptedby childhood memories to serious-ly review our values, see how theyhave changed since the days of rel-ative innocence and make the nec-essary adjustments.

I do not want to dwell on themaudlin aspects of nostalgia; youget wet if you spit too much intothe wind. I could write foreverabout those days, about the sur-reptitious plans to transportSanta Claus from the firehouse tothe church when their Christmasparties were on the same night.But that would take too long, soinstead I will write about the joy ofChristmas caroling.

It's a frosty Saturday nightwhen we gather in the churchbasement to go caroling fromhouse to house in our small town.Because I am one of the little onesthey tell me to stand in front; Iimagine my face has the fright-ened look of someone who wants todo so well so badly that he knowshe is just going to screw up.

At first our voices are so enthu-siastic that the adults tell us "nottoo loud" and at about the fifthhouse (Mrs. Vermeulen is going tohave hot chocolate for us and ani-mal crackers too!) our voices hangsuspended in the brittle air withthe brilliant clarity of a crystalrose, It is a moment of absolutestill beauty as the carol's individ-ual notes take shape in the cloudsof warm breath.

Suddenly the moment is lostwhen the mechanical flatulence ofa holey muffler (whoseStudebaker is that?) forces us offthe road and never again thatnight do we ever quite regain thatperfect balance, that awesomeharmony.

In that epiphany of harmony,we were the messengers of a dif-ferent world, of a place of peace,love and brotherhood, where goodwill is exchanged freely and chil-dren and adults alike are allowedthe luxury of wonder and thebelief in something that is notreal.

As adults, we may never againreach that moment of perfect bal-ance and harmony, but that doesnot mean we should atop trying.

LifesaversWestfield High School seniors recently participated in an Adult Heartsaver course presented byinstructors from the Atlantic Health Care system. In addition to the day of instruction, carried outin all senior health classes, Westfield High also received an automated external deflbrillatordonated by physicians from Atlantic. The AED, which can save the lives of heart attack victims,will be kept in the high school health office.

Register now for JCC classesSCOTCH PLAINS — Jewish

Community Center member regis-tration for winter/spring classesbegins Jan. 2 at 9:00 am. Non-member registration takes placeJan. 7. The JCC Winter/SpringProgram Guide details eachdepartment's new ottering, so ifyon haven't received your copy besure to stop by and pick one up ;itthe reception desk.

A brief ovwview ofwinter/spring hap])enin^s follows:

The JCC Fitness Departmentoffers an expanded series of aero-bic, body sculpting and l'ilatesclasses in addition to yopi, spin-ning and Taeboxing classes.Personal training and massagetherapy sessions are also available.Special guests and classes are fea-tured throughout the year. Ababysitting center is convenientlylocated near the fitness center.

The Early ChildhoodDepartment has many classes forchildren from newborns (NewMom/New Uahy) through full-dayKindergarten students. Extendedday courses provide enrichmentopportunities for a variety of age

groups. Lunch programs are avail-able as well.

Cultural Arts and Educationserves up Crafts A La Cart, BookClub discussions and Judaismclass, in addition to special eventsthroughout the year See theCultural Arts section for excitingchanges in old favorite.--, such as"Hats Off to Spring" FashionShow.

Join the Adult and SeniorSeivices Department for an. cur-rent events discussions, exerciseand Jewish culture. Meet friendsand make new community connec-tions Monday through Wednesday.Knjoy a nutritious kosher lunchbefore heading home.

Programs for young adults,such as Teen Fitness Day, liedCross babysitting training. Hut tieof the Bunds, and college prepclasses for high school students(encompassing everything fromtrips to college campuses to SATprep classes) round out the depart-ment.

("amp Yachad is moving fullsteam ahead with expandedsports and travel camps for the

upper grades in addition to thepopular on-site camp for youngcampers. Space tills up quickly, soregister early.

lll'KK \ Health. PhysicalEducation and Recreation) oilers avariety of healthy after-schoolalternatives for all children frompre-sehool through 12 years old.Adult basketball, volleyball andMen's Softball programs keep theyoung at heart on their toes.

Visit the Aquatics departmentto take an adult water exerciseclass oi" fine tune your swim tech-nique. Sign the children up forswim lessons, too.

Youth and Family Services con-tinue to nurture family values andquality time by providing opportu-nities to celebrate holiday tradi-tions with JCC family and friends,Kid-Zone provides a secure, struc-tured after school environment forkindergarten aged childrenthrough 81'1 grade. Check out themany vacation day programsscheduled this season to coincidewith days oil' from aivn schools.

For more information, call (908)8M-8SO0.

Seeking 'reasonable changes9 to the affordable housing rulesBy RICHARD H. BAGGER

Bear Brook Road is an unex-pected frontline in the battle to

"preserve open space and rational, development in New Jersey. No

more than a few twisting milesthrough West Windsor Township(Mercer County), Bear Brook Roadis bordered by golden maple treesand oaks — plus an army of brightyellow backhoes, bulldozers anddiggers. They are hard at worktearing up Bear Bi'ook's meadowsand forest after the New JerseySupreme Court tore up WestWindsor's development ordi-nances for the area.

The 293-acre Bear Krook tract' is the latest battleground in a

series of court fights — collnquial-" ly known us Mount Laurel eases'"— over how much control localf" people have over housing decisions

and open space preservation intheir back yards. More than aquarter of a century ago, theSupreme Court decided the firstMount Laurel case, a decision withwhich few reasonable people couldquarrel. Rejecting Robert Frost'sfamous observation that strongfences good neighbors make, thecourt said Mount Laurel Township(Burlington County) could not use

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its zoning laws as a fence to keepout poor people. Very simply, thecourt said, a town could not usezoning laws to make buildinghouses to expensive tlmt only theaffluent could move in.

Fundamental fairness andcommon sense dictated the court'sdecision in Mount Laurel I. If gov-ernment discrimination againstcitizens, what kind of democraticsociety could New Jersey have?The only rational solution was toexpressly prohibit local govern-ments from discriminatingagainst the |x>or through the dis-guise of land use rules.

Once the court made theserules unlawful, that, ns they say,should have been that. But nearlya decade later, the court decided totake another look. Much to the jus-tices' dismay, the surge of cheaphousing they foresaw sprouting inBear Brook-like fields across NewJersey did not huppun. While thecourt had torn down the barriers

to cheap housing all across NewJersey, no one was rushing in tobuild the housing. The courtlooked at this and said New Jerseywas still failing its poorest citi-zens. The court then said, in n caseknown us Mount Laurel II, that itis not enough for the state's gov-ernment to remove barriers ofunfairness and inequality. Thecourt said that the stale had to domore; it had, in effect, to makesure that poor people could buyhouses in any town in any part ofNew Jersey, irrespective of income.Since the justices had no framingjoisfs and enrthmovers of theirown, the court created what itcalled "a judicial remedy for theenforcement of the Mount LaurelDoctrine." The rest of the peoplecalled it the Builder's Remedy.

It is hart! to exaggerate thelevel of terror these two wordscould strikes in the hearts of townleaders. In Mount Laurel II, thecourt decided that if no affordablehousing existed, it would requiremunicipalities to build affordablehousing. And if a municipalitymoved too slowly to build afford-able housing, the court decidedthat it would allow plaintiffs —

frequently for-profit builders — tosue the town. In a bit of judicialunderstatement, the courtdescribed this ns an incentive tosue municipalities. If the builderproved that the municipality had-n't moved fast enough to build so-culled affordable housing, thecourt authorized trial courts toaward the Builders Remedy, theright to build four market-valueunits for every below-market-value unit. This is what happenedto West Windsor and countlessother municipalities. The plaint ill'sargued that WestWindsor had notbuilt enough affordable housingand, after 10 years of litigation,the Supreme Court found thatWest Windsor had indeed not builtenough.

In 1985 the Legislatureattempted to restore some sanityto the process and passed the FairHousing Act, which in turn createda state agency known as theCouncil on Affordable Housing.COAH's job was to create guide-lines and criteria to figure outwhat a town's fair share of afford-able housing was. It was also sup-posed t« provide a forum wherearguments nlxnit that fair sharecould IM> resolved through media-

rather than litigation. Theidea worked better in theory thanin practice, and that incentive thejustices noted proved an irre-sistible lure to race to the court-house. Even a town trying to com-ply with COAH's requirementswas vulnerable to a Builder'sRemedy suit. lit>od faith was goodfor nothing in trying to shield amunicipality. The clear intention ofthe legislature to give municipali-ties a chance to work out afford-able housing was l>eing thwartedI>v oveivi'alous litigation.

While the ultimate merits ofMount Laurel's progeny of casescan be debated endlessly, then1

can be no doubt that encouraginggood faith and discouragingoverzealous litigation are unparal-leled virtues. Certainly none of themayors and councils of our townsand boroughs who have the hardwork of actually trying to complywith Mount Laurel would dis-agree. Clearly those local electedleaders who are trying in goodfaith to obey the court need morebreathing room to accomplish this.(iiven this, it \» critical to build inmore room to deal with the specterof the Builder's Remedy.Accordingly I have sponsored S.

19-15. The bill would do two thingsfor municipalities:

The bill would seek to preventunnecessarily hanty lawsuits byletting towns which wish to volun-tarily comply with their fair shareobligation adopt a resolution ofpart.icipiit.ion to give them the timein draiV a compliance plan withouthaving an overouger plaintiff raceto litigate. This seeks to end thecurrent practice of filing litigation,which then deters towns from pro-ceeding to COAil voluntarily.Once this is enacted, a municipali-ty would be able to worry decided-ly less whether the hnckhoe in itsback yard will be fired up if it hasnot completed its (X)AH paper-work.

The bill would protect munic-ipalities from Builder's Remedylawsuits while COAII determineshow it will compute housing obli-gations for the future. Thus, once atown has passed (and filed withCOA11) a resolution in which itpromises to continue to complywith the Fair Housing Act, thetown could not lx> sued.

The writer is the at ate senatorfor the 21st District, whichinchultitt his hometown ofWi-st/h'ld.

Forum highlightsprogress in county

The latest episode of the televi-sion show "Freeholders Forum" willfocus on progress made on neweducation and recreational facili-ties in Union County in 2002, aswell as other initiatives from theBoard of Chosen Freeholders toimprove the economy and quality oflife in the county.

Entitled "Breaking Ground in2002," the show will lie airedthrough Jan. 4. In local communi-ties, it will air 2 p.m. and 7 p.m.Fridays on Channel 36. It will alsoair throughout Union County,except in Elizabeth and Plainfield,at 6:30 p.m. Mondays on Channel57. The program featuresFreeholder Chairman Lewis MingoJr. and County Manager GeorgeDevanney.

In the past year, the countybroke ground on Pliil Rizzuto Parkat the Union/Elizabeth border, afull-time academic facility for theUnion County Vocational-TechnicalSchool in Scotch Plains and a newcounty police headquarters in

Westfield.The county also started the

Green the Streets program, an ini-tiative to acquire available openspace in the county's densely popu-lated communities; the Partnershipfor Economic Progress to aid smallbusinesses; a Global FreightVillage to promote trade and eco-nomic growth; and College forTeens, which targeted C and C+students to encourage them toremain on a college track.

In each 30-minute program,freeholders and guests discussnews events and issues affectingthe lives of Union County resi-dents.

"Freeholders Forum" is broughtto viewers by the Board of ChosenFreeholders and is made possiblethrough the facilities and teclinicaJdirection of Union County College.

For more information about theshow, call the county Office ofPublic Information at (908) 436-2072 or email [email protected].

A little holiday musicStudents at Westfield's Jefferson Elementary School performed Thanksgiving songs for teachersand family members at their annual Thanksgiving Assembly Nov. 27. Under the direction of musicteacher Karen Yuta, children sang, played Instruments and danced to a medley of holiday songsdisplaying what they had learned about rhythm, tempo, tone and having fun with music.

| Campus notes

Robert Dnurio of Westfieldwas recently awarded a Dean'sScholarship at SyracuseUniversity.

The scholarship is given toentering students who demon-strate outstanding academicachievement in high schooland are active in extracurricu-lar and community activities.Dnurio in enrolled at the uni-versity's School ofArchitecture.

Sona Patcl of Scotch Plainswas named the Edison RotaryClub's Student of the Monthfor November at The Wnrdlaw-H art ridge School in Edison.

A senior taking a heavycourse load, Pate.1 i.s active instudent government and sportsand an a peer tutor.

She also devotes manyhours to working at her localHindu temple as a religionte.ac.hor to first through thirdgraders.

Kenilworth municipal courtwill now accept credit cards *Move should makeit more difficult foroffenders to avoidmaking paymentsBy NICK D'AMORETHE RECORD-PRESS

['„ KENILWORTH — Soon, it.will be harder for offenders toget away with stiffing themunicipal court.

At the Borough Council meet-ing Dec. 11, the council passed aresolution to provide Visa andMasterCard services at themunicipal court.

Councilman Ed Galasso saidthe borough is waiting for thecredit card companies to send

< the equipment and providetraining for the court staff. He

. said the services most likelywon't be available until next

year.Galasso said he would like to

see such services throughout thedepartments of the borough thatcharge fees, such as the policedepartment for lawyer discoveryfees and copy fees for policereports.

"My long-term goal is to use itwherever we can provided bylaw," he said.

Galasso said having creditcard service will limit theamount of people "who get off ontime payments and never payus."

He said the change couldbring a dramatic increase in bor-ough revenue from fines, whichwould help mitigate the need fortax revenues.

"Right now, we're in arrearsclose to $300,000 for uncollectedfines," he said.

"I don't think we'll get thewhole $300,000, but if we getabout 60 percent, we're still

looking at $200,000 that can beput into our general fund andoffset tax increases," he said.

A Sept. 5 Chronicle storyreported uncollected fines in theborough have climbed to theircurrent levels from about$180,000 just four years ago.Approximately 60 percent of thefines are the property of the bor-ough, with the rest going to thestate.

The problem is not exclusiveto Kenilworth; in September,uncollected fines in Cranfordtotaled about $730,000, withabout $580,000 of that totalfrom traffic violations.

Offenders are frequently puton time payment schedules tomake good on their fines. But ifpayments stop, municipalitiesoften have little recourse.

"It's just an ongoing thing,"said Barbara Bitz, court clerk inCranford, "Some people just donot pay one penny."

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Community LifeIt's beginning to look a lot like Christmas

NICOLE DIMELLA/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

LARRY MURPHY/CORRESPONDENT

Christmas will be here before you know It, but at least one littleboy couldn't wail. Alexander Estok, 8, of Cranford, got an earlyholiday present and even got to meet Santa Claus at his SpringGarden Street home Monday night. St. Nicholas stopped by aspart of the Cranford Police Department's "Santa's Deliveries" pro-gram. Alexander wasn't the only one getting into the holiday spir-it. Above, tuba player Jesse DeLucca of the Passalc CountySheriff's Band donned a Santa cap and played a few songs toentertain weekend shoppers and strollers in Cranford Saturday.

Area residents line up for hours to meet a goodfella•y WICK D'AMORETHE CHRONICLE

CLARK — The Barnes andNoble in Clark was packed withpeople Sunday, the parking lotwas full and several people werestill coming in, searching for anelusive spot.

Inside, there was a linearound the aisles leading up tothe cash register, every personwith a copy of "A Goomba's Guideto Life" by Steven Schirripa.

Most of the people on line,however, were more interested inSchirripa for his television per-sona, Bobby Bacala from the hitHBO show "The Sopranos."

A supporting character andcomic foil through the first thre«seasons of the serial drama,Schirripa character took a moreprominent role in the recently-completed fourth season. Afterhis wife was killed in an automo-bile accident, a recurring plotlinewas Bacala's relationship with

Tony Soprano's sister Janice,. Schirippa took advantage ofthat new prominence to write abook, and judging from the reac-tion Sunday he's found.an. audi-ence.

Crowds gathered from thosurrounding area for two hoursbefore his appearance to meetthe television mobster. Therewas some grumbling from thosecustomers not on line about thecrowds and the wait, but most online were too excited to think

about much else.At 3:30 p.m., Schirripn walked

in to an ovation from the fansgathered nt the bookstores, put ona Frank Sinatra Christmasalbum, sat down at a table infront of (he register ami begansigning books, posing for photosand chatting with fans.

Michele Fnirchild of KosdlePark was among the lir.sl in line— she showed up at the store atat 1 p.m to meet, the actor.

"I didn't have to wiiit," .she

said proudly. And the extra effortwas worth it — while Schirripaplays a wise guy on television, inreal life, Fairchild Huid, "He's avery nice guy."

Veronica Cnllucd of Cninfonihad been on line sine*' 2 p.m. andsaid she came lo get an auto-graphed copy of Schirripa',s bookfor her husband, Donald.They're both big Sopranos fans,she Huid,

"It's a whole family hour. I'mgoing to have the book personal-

ized and tell him that we hope to "see him more next year," shesaid.

Luke Sanginmo of Linden gota couple pictures .taken .withSchirripa and said seeing theSopranos star was "thrilling."

"[ got two bonks signed," he

Schirripa summed up most of(In- fans' thoughts when .someonetold Jiixi] they had been waitingfor him for over two hours,

"But, I'm worth it!"

Many holiday services plannedArea churches have

announced their services forChristmas, which celebrates thebirth of Jesus Christ.

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All Saints' EpiscopalChurch, 559 Park Ave., ScotchPlains, has two Christinas Eveservices and a Christmas Dayservice.

A Christmas pageant beginsan all-ages service 5 p.m.Tuesday. Adults as well as chil-dren participate in the pageant.Carols are from the Junior Choir.

The "Festival Eucharist" serv-ice 10:30 p.m. Tuesday featuresan original holiday song byMichael Spassov, organist andchoirmaster. Carols are from theAll Saints' Choir. Spassov alsoleads an organ prelude 10 p.m.

Holy Eucharist will be conse-crated at the two evening servic-es and at the service 10 a.m.Wednesday.

* * *At the First Baptist Church,

170 Elm St., Westfield, a chil-

dren's Christmns program is partof services 10:30 a.m. Sunday.

A candlelight service withmusic, readings and carols is 7:30p.m. Tuesday.

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The First United MethodistChurch of Westfield, 1 E.Broad St., has "FamilyChristinas Caroling" 7 p.m.Sunday.

A children's service is 5 p.m.Tuesday. Services of "Lessonsand Carols" by candlelight are 7and 11 p.m, Tuesday.

The Presbyterian Church,140 Mountain Ave., Westfield,has a family service andChristinas pageant 5 p.m.Tuesday,

Special Christinas serviceswith Holy Communion are 8 and11 p.m. Tuesday.

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Redeemer LutheranChurch, 229 CowperthwaitePlace, Westfield, has a familyCommunion service 6 p.m.

Tuesday.A "Carol Sing" 10:45 p.m.

Tuesday is followed by a candle-light service of HolyCommunion. A second HolyCommunion service with carolsis 10 a.m. Wednesday.

The "Year in Review" is cov-ered at a service of HolyCommunion 6 p.m. Tuesday, Dec.31

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St. Paul's EpiscopalChurch, 414 E. Brood St.,Westfield, has an AdventEucharist "Service of Lessonsand Carols" 11:15 a.m. Sunday.Music is from the parish choirand a chamber orchestra.

A children's service andChristmas pageant 4 p.m.Tuesday includes music from theChildren's Choir. A "Carol Sing"10:15 p.m. is followed by a choralEucharist service with instru-mental music.

The Holy Eucharist also willbe consecrated at a ChristmasDay service 10 a.m. Wednesday.

NICOLE DIMELLA/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Sometimes the deer just don Jt cut itSanta usually travels by sled, but this St. Nick preferred commuter rail on Sunday. The annual"Santa Train" took holiday celebrants of all ages from Bound Brook to Westfield for some season-al shopping.

New drugs bring new dangers — and they're not just for clubsBy KEVIN B. HOWELLTHE RECORD-PRESS

SCOTCH PLAINS — TootsieRolls, Skittles and candy neck-laces seem like normal favoritetreats kids may carry around.But those candies, accompaniedwith other paraphernalia, areindicators of possible "partydrug" use for teens, according toSandee Moroso of PreventionLinks Inc., a drug preventionagency in Union County.

Moroso last week made apresentation to the ScotchPtains-Fanwood MunicipalAlliance Committee about thedangers of party drugs, whichshe says have extended beyondclubs and raves into homes,schools nnd everywhere teensgather.

The most popular drugsinclude Ecstasy, Ketamine and

GHB, also known as the daterape drug. On the street theyare called Adam, Special K andLiquid X. They come in tablet,powder and liquid forms, andare easily concealed and easy toobtain, Moroso said.

Moroso explained to commit-tee members and parents thatthe drugs first surfaced at clubsor parlies called "raves."

Ecstasy comes in a smalltablet form and has various col-ors and is imprinted with differ-ent logos, such as the Playboybunny and car logos, she said.

The tablets are often hiddenin boxes of Altoids, Pez dis-pensers or at the end of TootsieRolls, which mokes them hardto detect, Moroso said. The drugis used to enhance users' experi-ence at clubs, as they claim itgives them increased sense ofenergy and heightened sensory

perception.Moroso said techno music at

the clubs, which contains from140 to 200 beats per minute,plays a big part, as the musicworks with the drug to keepusers stimulated. The drug alsogives users feelings of euphoria,

ing problems, anxiety and para-noia, Moroso explained. Theseside effects ore felt within 20 to40 minutes of taking the drugand can last up to six hours.

Physical side effects includeincreased heart rate, dehydra-tion, hypothermia, dilated

"If (kids) start taking drugs at a young age, even if theystop, they will have long-term problems. And I don'tmean long-term when they're 60, I mean when they're30."

— Sandee Morosoof Prevention Links, Inc.

increased sexual arousal,increased need for stimulationand a need to be touched.

However, those stimulatingfeelings are also accompaniedby confusion, depression, sleep-

pupils and involuntary teethclenching. The teeth clenching isthe reason users often carrycandy or chew pacifiers, Morososaid.

Other paraphernalia include

glow sticks, which Moroso saysare shined in the eyes to furtherdilate the pupils, and water bot-tles, to handle the effects ofdehydration. However, the con-stant water intake can be harm-ful, as too much can make tin-body unbalanced, Morooo said.

"I tell kids they don't knowwhat type of body they huvr.\Some can take fEcstasy; for twoyears and nothing will happen.Others can take it once and pos-sibly die," Moroso said.

Sonic of the long-term effectsinclude weight loss, cardiovas-cular collapse, depression, mem-ory loss, liver failure, respirato-ry failure and brain damage.

"If f kids I start taking drugsat a young ago, even if theystop, they will have long-termproblems," Moroso said. "And Idon't mean long-term whenthey're 60, I mean when they're

30."Morotto warned GHB is dan-

gerous because it comes in aclear liquid form und can beslipped into drinks unknowing-ly. Both males and females havebeen victims of the date rapedrug, she said.

Sonic of its effects includenausea, drowsiness, confusion,reduction in social inhibitionsand increase in aggressive orsexual behavior. High doses of(1HB may result in a coma ordeath,she said.

Prevention Links, the UnionCounty division of tho Now.Jersey Prevention Network,offers presentations In variousorganizations. MoroMi gave apresentation to health classesat Scotch Pluins-Famvood HighSchool earlier this month.

For more information on clubdrugs, visit NJPN.org.

Record Press December 20, 2002

Jamie Hurley Daley ObituariesFANWOOD - - J.-uriii- T. Hurley

Daley, 53, died Dec. H, 2002 atRobert Wood Johnson UniversityHospital in New Hnm.swick.

She was Ixirn in fiunl.ington,N.Y., and livrtl in Kenwood U-fbremoving to East. Brunswick.

Mrs. Daley was ;III asj-islant pro-fessor of Kli(;li.sh at MiddlesexCounty College in Kdison, win reshe hnd Ijoen on tin1 faculty since1993. She nl.so was .'ill adviser tothe college's chapter of I'lii 'I'lictaKappa honor society. I'Voin \'.IM'.)2«ll(! wrus ;III adjunct iastruclor atK i l t e r s University in NewBrunswick.

A 1JKJ7 alumnii of Scotch Plains-Fonwood High School, Mrs. Paleyattended Douglass College ofRutgers University Ijefbre receiv-ing n Imchc'lor'H degree fromIndiana University in I97(i. Sheearned a iruisU'r's degree and doc-torate in English I'roni theUniversity of Noire J)iirne in 1983.

Mrs. Daley was u religious edu-cntion teacher at St. BartholomewRoman Catholic Church in East.Brunswick, win re she was a

Eucliaristk minister for Masses.She was a volunteer teacher at theShoreless Lake School in Clintonand it charter member of th<; St.Bartholomew Columbiettes in EastBrunswick.

1 ler mother, (lloria Schow Daley,died in 1990.

Surviving an; her husband,linger W.; her father, Barton Hurleyof ('iiarlestown, K.I.; a .son, Kyan ofHast Brunswic:k; two daughters,Kristin of Manhattan find Meghanof South Bend, Ind.; ami two brotli-ers, Scott Hurley of Mystic, Conn.,and Colin Hurley of Baltimore, Md.

Services wen; held Dec. 12 at theBrunswick Memorial Home, EastBrunswick, followed by a funeralMass at St. Bartholomew Church.Entombment was in tin; mau-soleum at Holy Cross Burial l'ark,South Brunswick.

Donations may !*• sent to PhiTh«ta Kappa Honor SocietyScholarship, do Santi BiiHcemi,Middlesex County College,Department of English, 2600Woodbridge Ave., Edison, N.J()HHlK-.')0.r>0.

Robert LindWKSTK1KU) Robert Lind,

78, died Dec 12, 2002 in the HollyHealth Care < Vnt.er at Arbor (lionin Bridgewnter.

Mr. Lind was horn in New YorkCity. Me lived in I'ompatio lieach,Fla., and WesUiold l>efbre movingto Bridgewater,

He wan with I'i't.rie Corp. inSecnucus for 31 years, retiring in1986 as a senior vice president ofoperations. Mr. Lind nerved in the

Army Air Corpn during; World WnrII.

Surviving are two sons, Stephenfind Scott; two daughters, KeginaSoinma and MOIIKHH; hi.s formerwife, Mollie;and a grandchild.

.Services were held Dec. l.'l atthe Bruce. C. Van Arsdale FuneralHome in Somerville. Donationsmay IK1 Kent to American CancerSociety, <!()() KirntAve., Kuritun, N.I088(>9.

Betty CatalonWKSTFIKU) Hetty A.

Coppola Cntnlon, 83, died Dec. 12,2002 at Community MedicalCenter in Toms River.

She WHK horn in Kenilworthnntl lived in West field before mov-ing to Ortley Heach in 1!>!)2.

Mrs. Catalan owned the HilltopBounty Snlun in Wnstiield andCrnnford. She wns ;i nieiuhcr ofthe WosUield Public School ITA.

Her husband, Thomas A. -Jr.,died in 1980.

Surviving are a son, Thomas A.HI; two daughters, Hetty and (inil

(JeeKe; a brother, Sal Cirillo; a sis-ler, Lucille Monahan; and (Iv<*grandchildren.

A funeral Mass wan celebratedSaturday at St. Helen'.s RomanCatholic Church. Burial was inFairvii'W Cemetery.

Arrangements were by the(Iray Funeral Hume.

Donations muy lie sent to St.Helen's Church, OutreachProgram, 1(>0() Kahway Ave.,WeHtlield, N.) 07()9()-:i(iir, orWeHtfield PAL, I'.O. Box 873,West field, N.I 0705)1.

Susan Cleary BaitzWKSTFIKLD Susan Cleary

Bnilz, 53, died Dec M. 2002 at herhome in Mountainside.

A native of Cape May, she livedin West field before moving toMountainside in \\)HH.

Mr.s. Unit/. W:IH an interior deco-rator with her Cleary Interiorsfirm, first in Westfield and morerecently in Mountainside, Sheearned a degree in interior designfrom tJie Prall Institute in 1978.

She earlier was a manager with

Lloyd's Furniture in SoiiU'rville,where Mrs. Bait.z worked from1973-88.

Surviving (ire her huHhiuul,ThmmiH; and a brother, KevinCleary (it Miirt.insville.

Services were held Tuesday atHie liiggiiis & Homier Echo LukeFuneral Home. Burial wns inFairview ('emetcry.

Donations may lx> sent to theOncology Ito'search Department atOverlook Hospital in Sununit.

Mildred WrightWESTFIULl) Mildred II.

Wright, 5)7, died Dec. Hi, 2002 atCommunity Medical Center inToms Kiver.

A native of Knglishtuwn, shelived in West field before moving to'lbniH Wiver in \\)7l\.

Mrn. Wriglil grnduated from theTrenton Normal School (now TheCollege of New Jersey). She was amember of the Women's Club of

West-field as well as the BridgeCard I'lnyers and Cliaiilk HoardSquares clubs in'Poms Hiver.

Sui'viving are a son, (Jerald W.of Long Valley; a daughter, .loan W.Kovacs of Mnntotoking; fourgnuuichildren and tivi> great-grandcluldn>n.

Services were hi'ld Monday ntthe Anderson & CainpU'll FuneralHome in Toms Hiver.

Geneva ChamberlainW10STF1KL1) tlenevn

Chamheiinia, !);«, died Dec. .11.2002 at (he Norwood TerraceHealth Ou te r in I'lainlield.

A native of Clillon Forge, Va.,she lived in West Held before mov-ing to Plainlield in HUI2.

Mi's. Chamberlain retired in107H aUeriuore than <i0 years as ahousekeeper and cook, She served

on the Hospitality Committee atthe Bethel Baptist Church.

Surviving are two daughters,Arlnilii Madison of Plainfield andAlmarv llobson of Newark; 12grandchildren and many great-grandchildren.

Services were held Monday ntthe Judkins Colonial Home inPlaiiifield.

Angelina Rasile

Horace WestbrookSCOTCH PIA1NS — Horace

Westbrook, 80, died Dec. 10, 2002at Muhlenlwrg Regional MedicalCenter in IJluinfif:ld,

He was Ixjrn in SouthamptonCounty, Va., and had lived inScotch I'lains since 1927

Mr. Westbr«)k retired in 198Gfrom .Johnson & Johnson, withwhidi he was u salary analyst atcompany offices in NewBrunswick. He worked with theJ&J personnel dep<irtnif:nt on pro-grams to improve minority repre-sentation, lit; also was the manag-er of the J&.J Baby ProductsDivision in Skillman.

In addition, Mr. Westbrookworked in the jxTKonnel depart-ment of the Thoinna A. Edison JobCorps Academy in Edison. Hegraduated from Scion HallUniversity and was among the.first African Americans in Alpha

J'si fraternity.

He was the first AfricanAmerican in Alpha Lodge 116,Free & Accepted Masons, in EastBrunswick- Mi. Westbrook was atrustee of St. John's BaptistChurch and for more than 60 yearsa member of that congregation.

He served in the Army duringWorld War II.

Surviving are his wife,Jacquelm; a daughter, Dr. Su.sanSawyer of Phillips Jianch, Calif;two sons, Horace of San Antonio,Tr;xas, and Roger of Kilauea,Hawaii; two sisters, Annie LoeBrantley of Scotch Plains andKosnbelle Johnson of NewportNews, Va.; three grandchildren;and many nieces, nephews andcousins.

Services were held Saturday atSt. John's Baptist Church.Arrangements were by theJudkins Colonial Home inI'lainlield.

Thomas CoumbeWESTFIELD — Thomas

Courtlnnd Coumlje, 7.J, died Dec.16,2002 a t hLs home.

He wus Ixirn in Sufl'ern, N.Y.,and lived in Wt'Htfiuld for most ofbis life.

Mr. Coumlx! retired in 2001afler If) yearn as a maintenanceworker with Buyer Jnc, in UaritanTownship. He served in theMerchant Marine during WorldWnr II and was a captain on theWe.Htfield Ke.Hcue Squad in the19(>0H.

He graduated from Randolph-Macon Military Academy in FrontRoyal, Vn, Mr. Coumbe was aparishioner of Holy TrinityRoman Catholic Church.

A Hon, Michael T., died in 190H.

Surviving are his wife of 52years, Phyllis McEnaney Courobe;three daughters, Debra J.Carbone. of Mahopac, N.Y., DeniseDiMaria of EmerHOti and JMimiKing of Toms Kiver; three SOILS,I)nni(!l H. of Wcstficld, Thomas C.of New York City and Timothy C.of Oradell; a sinter, BeverlceScheve; and seven grandchildren.

A funeral Mann will be cele-brated 11 a.m. today at HolyTrinity Church, il l5 First St.Burial will be in FairviewCemetery.

Arrangements are by the GrayFuneral Home;. Donations may besent to Westfidd Rescue Squad,IMfi Wntterson St., Westfield, NJ07091).

Marilyn MastrellaSCOTCH PIAINS Marilyn

MaHti'elln, 72, died of mm-Hwlgkin's lymjihoiiia Dec. 1!>, '2002in the Cancer Institute of NewJersey at Koltert Wood JohnsonUniversity Hospital, NewBrunswick.

Horn March IK, !}»,'«) inManhattan, she was the daughterof the late Harry and MarieI )c La muter Steiniield. Mrs,Ma.strella lived in Dayonne Ix'foremoving to Switch Plains nearly ltdyears ago.

She was it licensed real estatebroker with Coliiwell Banker inWarren until December '2001 and aIIU'MIIHT of the Million Dollar ("lull.Mrs. Mustrella was one of the Hintwomen bank tellers nt the ChaseManhattan hank in the earlyli>r>0s. She earned a cciiilicate incommercial hanking from theAmerican Bunkers Institute afterher graduation at ai;i' Hi fromCieorge Washington Ili^h School inManhattan.

Before going into real estateMrs. Mastrella helped her hus-band, Vincent .1.. operate a men'swear company for more than DOvein's. The Mustivllas traveled to

France, Italy, England, Israel andTurkey in their 43 years as a mar-ried couple. She celebrated her70th birthday in Paris in MM),

Mrs. Mastrelln was a descen-dant from the DeLainater family,which has lieen represented inevery major American war sincethe American Revolution. Herancestors built engines for the CivilWar "ironclad" ship Monitor at theDeLamator Iron Works in lowerManhattan.

A granddaughter, KalelyunMastrella UAIbo, died in 1M>2."

Also surviving are three daugh-te r , Maureen Mnxlrelln Stewart,Marilynn Ma.strella l're.sti andMeredithe; a brother. Allen Norton;five grandchildren; and manynieces and nephews.

Services were held yesterday atthe Memorial Funeral Home,Fanwood, followed by a funeralMass at Immaculate Heart of MaryKoinan Catholic Church, Burialwas in Evergreen Cemetery,Clinton.

Donations may be sent toU'ukeinia and Lymphoma Society,•15 Springfield Ave., Springfield, N.I070H1.

William K. LauritsenWilliam K\: 5,2002 in

WESTFIELD -Liiuritsen. 71, diedBel Air, Md.

Born in Railway, he was a son ofthe late William I'eter and HelenAludra Dorkstnder Lnuritsen. Mr.Lauritsen lived in Woodbridge.1'lainfield mid We.stfield beforemoving to Bel /Vir in 10S5,

1 le sjH'iit 'A7 years with ChevnmCorp. l>e!iuv reiiring as a market-ing service numager. Mr. l^mrit^iMigraduated from Rider College.

He served in Uie Army Clorps ofEngineers during the Korean War

and was awardeil a commendationriblxin.

Sun'iving are liis wife of 52years, Shirley Ann Mosherliiuritsen; four daughters, KarenVan Zandt of Boston, Muss.,Barbara Magrath ol'Atlanta, CJa..Linda and Uuirie Agnes, LHIUI ofBel Air; a bnither. Alan of Edison; asister. Mary Alice Highlvrger ofCloarwater. Fla.; and six gramlchil-dren.

Services wen1 held Dec. 10 in BelAir. Donations may bo sent to theAmerican Cancer Society,

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SCOTCH PLAINS — AngelinaCaruso Rasile, 88, died Dec. 15,2002 at her home.

She was born in Plainfield andlived in Scotch Plnins for most ofher life.

Mrs. Kasik- was a homemakerand c-njoyed working in her gar-den. She- was a parishioner of St.Bartholomfw the Apostle RomanCatholic Church.

Two sisters, Elizabeth andHelen, ant) three brothers, Henry,Ralph and Pat, are deceased.

Surviving are her husband of

65 years, August C; a daughter,Marie B. Callahan; a brother,Albert Caruso; a sister, Viola M.Morano; three grandchildren andnine great-grandchildren.

A funeral Mass was celebratedWednesday at St. Bartholomewthe Apostle Church, followingservices at the Rossi FuneralHome. Entombment was in theWoodbridge Memorial Gardensmausoleum.

Donations may be sent toScotch Plains Rescue Squad, P.O.Box 325, Scotch Plains, NJ 07076.

Cranford EMS asksfor $300,000 in 2003THE RECORD PRESS

CRANFORD —Representatives of the CranfordEmergency Medical Services pre-sented their 2003 budget propos-al to the Township CommitteeTuesday, asking for more than$148,000 in operating costs andmore than $151,000 in salariesand wages.

The budget includes appropri-ations for training for theEmergency Medical Technicians,building maintenance, vehiclemaintenance, medical suppliesrind equipment purchases.

The biggest expenditure wasmedical supplies, totnling$44,550. Cranford Police Sgt.James Wuzniak said the staterequires that the emergencyvehicles contain certain appara-tus and supplies nt all times.

"We're subject to inspection atany time. It would cover any sup-plies we need to order for bothambulances," he said.

Capti Eric Mnson suid many ofthe supplies used by the EMTsare disposable, such as gloves.

"They're going through a lot oftheir items oon«tiintly," he said.

Also included are masks, tape,oxygen cylinders, splints andbandages.

Chief Harry Wilde said "underoptimum conditions," the EMSwould receive $'22,000 from theFirst Aid Squad and $22,000from the police department formedical supplies.

Also in the budget requestwere two emergency utility vehi-cles, totaling !jUi«,()f>0. Wikle saidthe vehicles were necessaryl>ec;iust' KMK workers arc cur-rently using the span1 ambulancefor everyday operations.

However, he said the commit-tee might lie able to "back out"that expense if there were a vehi-cle that thr KMS could have easyaccess to for routine, nonemer-gency operations.

He said that if the committeedid want to supply a new vehiclefor the ICMS, he woidd recom-mend a four-by-I our.

"It would he n significant assetto tin- whole community, if von

want to provide another vehicle,"Wilde said.

Maintenance of the township'stwo ambulances would cost$17,687 in the next year, accord-ing to the budget report.

One 1998 ambulance has47,120 miles, the other is a 2000model with 18,467 miles on it.

"The figure is reasonably accu-rate. It may come in lower," saidWilde of the maintenance esti-mate.

"It's more cost-effective tohave our own people do some ofthe maintenance. Some things,we have to farm out," he said, cit-ing engine replacement.

Also budgeted are the trainingcosts for EMTs, as required bythe state. According to the budg-et report, each EMT must obtainat least 48 continuing educationcredits in three years.

Building maintenance is ulsoin the budget for the first aidbuilding, which Wilde said was"in significant disrepair, on theborder of dangerous." The main-tenance accounts for $3,960 ofthe budget.

Wilde said he was told that thebuilding could last a year ormore, notwithstanding a majorHooding condition.

"All bets are off with a majorHooding condition," he said.

Wilde said a new pre-fabricat-ed building will be in the policedepartment's capital budgetrequest at an expense of$($50,000.

Earlier this yenr, theTownship Committee made anemergency appropriation of$95,000 to pay for the creation of("ran ford Emergency MedicalServices, when the volunteerFirst Aid Squad was unable toguarantee services.

Finance Officer Tom Gradysaid that appropriation should beenough for the squat) to functionfor the rest of tin' year. He saidthe squad's operating expensesran higher than expected, butpayroll costs were not as high asexpected.

The emergency appropriationmust be paid in the 2003 munici-pal budget, which will likely beadopted next .spring.

This week

FRIDAYDEC. 20

HOLIDAY PARTY — forNewcomers Club of West field. TheWest wood. -i'M North Ave.,(.itirwood, 7:110 p.m. i90Si 654-5H7;l or (90S) 7S9-4H42.

IMPERIAL BRASS - - holiday music. First United MethodistChurch. 1 K. Broad St.. West field,7:30 p.m. 1908 > 2M-42U.

SATURDAYDEC. 21

BABYSITTER — training forboys and girls 11-15. AmericanRed Cross. 321 Elm St.. WVstfield.9 a.m.-5 p.m. Dec. 21; 9:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Dec. 30; 9 a.m -4:30 p.m.Jan. 11 Registration required:(908) '232-7090.

BOOK SIGNING — "BellI-«»bs: Life in the Crown Jewel" byNurain tiehani.Town Book Store.255 E. Broad St.. Westfield. 2-4p.m. (90S'233-3535.

'MESSIAH' — holiday stan-dard in sing-along format.Presbyterian Church, 140Mountain Ave., Westfield. S p.m.$25. Tickeis: 1800> ALLEGRO.

SUNDAYDEC. 22

SNACKTIME — cookieexchange for Newcomers Club ofWe.stfield, 2 p.m. Registration:1908) 654-5373 or <H08> 789-4842.

LONG, LONG AGO — "ACandlelight Christmas inElizabethtown" Miller-CoryHouse Museum, (>14 MountainAvo., Westfield. 2-4 p.m. Adults $2;students 50 cents; under 6 free.(908) 232-1776.

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annual service of FanwoodPresbyterian Church, 74 S.Marline Ave., Fanwood, 4 p.m.(908) 889-8891.

SATURDAYDEC. 28

RECERTIFICATION —"CI'R for the ProfessionalRescuer" class. American RedCross. 321 Elm St., Westfield, 9am -1 p.m. Registration required:(908 "232-7090.

COMING UP20th CENTURY MUSIC —

"Puttin' on the Ritz" with theWestfield Symphony Orchestraand WYACT. PresbyterianChurch, 140 Mountain Ave.,Westfield, 7:30 p.m. Dec. 31.Adults S25; under 14 $12. Tickets:i908> 232-9400.

WINTER MUSICAL — "Andthe World Goes 'Round" WestfieldCommunity Players, 1000 NorthAve. West, Westfield, 8 p.m. Jan. 4,10, 11. 17, 18, 24, 25. $15. Tickets:i908' 232-1221.

REHEARSAL — for all-Braluns concert of First OratorioSingers. First United MethodistChurch, 1 E. Broad St., Westfield,7:30 p.m. Jan. 6. <908i 233-4211.

SPA NIGHT — for WestfieldWelcome Club, 7 p.m. Jan. 7.Directions: i908> 317-5812 or(908> 301-1923

MLNISERIES — on Jewishpliilosophers. Temple Emanu-El,756 E. Broad St., Westfield, 7:30p.m. Jan. 8, 15, 22, 29. $5. (908)232-6770.

'ST. JOHN PASSION* —music by Johann Sebastian Bach,sung by Choral Art Society of NewJersey. Presbyterian Church, 140Mountain Ave., Westfield, 8 p.m.Jan. 18. Adults $15; students, sen-iors $10. Tickets: (908) 232-1120.

December 20, 2002 Record Press B-3

Two-thirds of Roosevelt School students named to honor rollWESTFIELD — Roo-evelt

Intermediate School Principal Dr.Ken Shulack announced 326 stu-dents, or 67 porcent of ihti sev-enth- and eighth ^rade studontbody, were named 10 the firstmarking period honor roll for the2002-2003 school .war

Grade 7 DistinguishedHonor Roll — Mailer Austin.Erin M. Bnnt'e. Cium-rim MBanta, Matthew S. Blut field.Caitiin C. Burke. .JesMca ACampo. Stephen ("han.Christopher Chin. Alex Cohim.Kyle E. Cortley. Emily K. (\v.zi.Joshua David. Ian Devanev.Benjamin ,1. Domfeld. Jarvd M.Dornfeld, Rose M. Driscoll. MayaFine Pincu.s Vincent Fit/pairick.,Matthew dralla. Aldan BGranstnmd. Britta L (IreeiusPeter Gricvmer, Citiihn Ht'WHt.Melanie L. -lackson. DeanKowalski. Benjamin E. Mainuui.Joseph R. Maran, Hurry Marino.Daniel E. Markowski, CatherineMan-in, Danielle R. M.tsWrUin,Matthew S. McCurdy, Relxx-ca L.McNulty, Pratik M Mehta.Kimborly D. Montvvski, ManssaH. Mumfonl, Alexandra I'etora,Josephine B. Keuihanh, Crist a M.Ricci, Kimberlv Kipperêr,Stephanie A. Kowe, Erin C.Scialabba, .James L Seip. KevinShaHcross, Allison K. Sharkey.Deborah F Sieêl, Melissa Souto.Danielle E. Tepper, Klena 'I'infnw.Lindsay M. Tislil*>i% Ann-MarieValentine, Lindsay Walsh, CindyWang, Michael Wvinhi'i't,', DanielaWeiner, Hiinnah Whurani, TrevorB. Yee. Michelle ZaITuto. Eric C.Zagorski, Lisa S. Zavct/.. Xinvi

Grade 7 Honor KailAlexandra 11 Annis, StephenAswad, Andrew M hakst, ClaireF. Bennett, William \i Bertom.William J. Beshears, S'ntonn N.Binko, Laryssa M. Burkowsky,Robert .1. Cast flo. AndrewCaatrorao, A.I. Ceraini, TylerClark, .lordana Confino. Caitiin M.Corkery, Lauren X. Couture, 1 'i hCouture, Stefanie K. Crosta,Andrew Cunningham. BarbaraD'Agosto, Michael Dibble. KathrynDonovan, Kniily Doskmv, Evan LEisentxTg, William S. EisenU-rj;,Elizabeth A. Enêl, MicbeleEniclerico, Josefme Eriksson,Craig Esposito, Meghan Evans.Matthew A. Fencer, BryanFitzpatrick, Cornelius Fit/.pat rick,

Stender ishonored forsupport offire services

SCOTCH I'LA INSAssemblywoman Linda Stender ofthe 22nd Legislative District waspresented with the honor ofLegislator of the Year by the NewJersey Deputy Fire ChiefsAssociation in appreciation for hersponsorship of the "Fire ServiceResource and Deployment Act"The awards ceremony was heldDec. 13 at the Glen Nidge CountryClub.

"Firefighters are mir everydayheroes. The work of the fire servicepersonnel is vital to the safety anilwell-being of the residents of ourcommunities. I am proud to spon-sor legislation that will support thefire services and support them intheir mission," said Stender. "I amhonored to receive this award fromthe Deputy Fire Chiefs, and 1 lookforward to continuing to work withfirefighters in the State of NewJersey."

Assembly bill A-1775 establish-es a program designed to coordi-nate fixe service personnel andequipment throughout the suite tofacilitate quick and efficientresponses to emergency incidentsor situations where municipal Firedepartments and forces requireoutside assistance in order to pro-tect life and property from the dan-ger or destruction of fire, explosionor other disasters.

Other awards presented by theNew Jersey Deputy Fire ChiefsAssociation included Fire Officer ofthe Year 2002, received byBattalion Fire Chief ThomasMcGovern. Various photographersand staff-writers for local newspa-pers were also honored for theircontributions to fire .sen-ice per-sonnel recognition.

Scanlon willbe selected

The Union County Board ofChosen Freeholders will selectDeborah P. Scanlon and AngelEstrada as chair and Wee-chair,respectively, of the board in 2003.

Scanlon has previously workedon initiatives to help children, fam-ilies and women in need; to bringjob seekers and businesses togeth-er, and to improve playgroundequipment and playing fields incounty parks.

Michael Fitzpatrick. ChristopherFranks. Emily E, Fusco. Ariel XGale, Bnttney R. (lallayher.Melissa A. Gallagher. Rachel KGanz. Kathenne M. (Jehnn.% PaijieGeraghty. .lo-eph 1'. Green.Matthew KX Given, -lared M.Greone. Alexander M Giveu;-pan.Elizabeth C Hawkins, Milalleneck, Brandon Heroux.Benjamin Hiilcr. Lauivn I'. Hull.Rachel lann.i.-.'oiie, t'hn.-îin- •!Kandigian, Michael Kane. LaurenKriclulsky. Anusuya Knshnan.Tim Kuehn. George Kunath. RyanM. KuppvrsiiHlh. Alexander LaudAllison Land. Florian Iêutwyler..John N. Loviily. Nicholas Li YolsiAllison F. MacHonald. Man. KMahoney, Kaihenne B. Meylor.RnLxMt M. Miller. Zachary MmkenGregory T. MOITISM-V, Haley AMustard, Michael A. NannaKevin M. Neylan, Midiael V NikaGabnelle A O'Leary. l.'orrimParkinson. Ioaima 1'rotogiannisStephanie Quinton. June RichliivZack, Michael E Rodman. Zudiarv

Rubin. Kirk K. Sabnam. Ellen K.Scanati. Tessa Schaaf. Kelly A.See per, Luke Shane. Megan KSherman. Richard Yenckus.Benjamin Walker. Emily Wai us.Zacharii' Weingarten. Hannah 1'Wt'isman. Georgette Williamson.lKiiuenick Wissel

Grade 8 DistinguishedHonor Koll .hist in A Adams.Stephanie V. Baeder. Luke MBaran. Ciieôry 11. Boyle, Emily C.Cataldo, Stephanie Chnstiano.Christine L. Cobu/./.i. AnthonyCiH-u/za. Catherine Cordeiru. Seth1 Davidson, Emily De Rasa, AaronE. Eisenlvrg. Christopher Engel,Alena Fleming. Reini G Fnrinal,Claire S. Fox. Angelina I Ganu-va,Emily Gee. Leanne P. Hew it,Christopher Kalis. Anva M.Kaplan. Klizabeth .1. Kline, HryanKnapp, Anna E. Koehler. KaleKovalenko, Bryan Kriclulsky.Sarah 11. Lapulus. JenniferLaspata. Thomas Malaspma,Kevin Maus, Melissa K.McDerniott, Patrick F. McCain1,

James Meylor, rJulienne E.Niemiora, Caitlyn Oster. CourtneyA. Phillips, Colleon E. Psomas.Ellen Ramage. Nicole A Reich,Matthew T. Renart. tuul.-ey AnnSaiienvein. Ian Schwartz, WilliamSchwartz., .lidie Anne Shelnian,Marlena Sheridan, Thuinas -1.Sheridan. Melissa Slavin,Saniaiitha \'it;de. HoatherWelham. Molly G. Williams.Benjamin Zakarin. Aron 1,Zavaio.

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Tips on stretching those shopping dollarsBy ELLIE KAY

It ne«.'inH as though holidayshopping gets more challengingevery year. Not only is time, as shortas the buffet lines art' long, but thewallet also tends to get a little thin.With holidays quickly approaching,it'w never too late to think aboutcreative! ways to save money. Hypinching some pennies now, ratherthan after the holidays, you canstart 20f).'l off on the right ibot.

AH a busy mother of live, Iunderstand just, how far a dollargoes. The following live tips arestrategies that I've [blind are help-ful when trying to save money dur-ing the holidays. 1 think you'll findthat when armed with these tips, alittle? time, ;in(i some shoppingknow-how, it will Ix1 easy to savemoney this holiday seiison.

Price Comparisons - One ofthe main skills every penny pinch-er knows is how to use the Sundaycirculars. Most stores will match a

competitor^ prices, suul to find outif your favorite stores do so, .simplycall the customer service depart-ment and ask. If you find the storeyou're heading to heats comj>eti-tor's prices and you've found alower price in a circular, take thecircular to the store to get the lowerprice. This .saves more than justdollars; you also save time andgasoline by not visiting severalstores to shop the sales.

Savings Links - When time isas short as it is around my house,you lx>gin to realize just how help-ful the Internet can Ix'. With just alittle online research, it's easy tofind several money saving linksthat take only minutes to access.For example, atwww.niastercard.com you cm signup lor local coupons through anoiler from Entertainment publica-tions, the world's leading couponIjook. This is a very handy tool,especially for holiday travelers,

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discounts on hotel rooms, enter-tainment and recreational outlets,and dining. Go to www.ma.ster-card.com and enter a zip code totake advantage of regional couponsavings. If you frequent these localbusinesses already, then it couldadd up to major savings. Theseinclude haircuts, restaurant dis-counts, movie theater passes,museum and amusement parkentrance fees, and more.

Online Prices - When trying tosave money while giving gifts, it'simportant to do research online forthe higher priced items. Sometimesyour favorite store or catalog willhave a cheaper online price thanwhat is offered in the store. Andsimilar to price comps, if you takethe online pricing with you to thestore, many stores will honor Uiatprice. If not, order the item online.Admittedly, this takes a little moreplanning, which can be difficultduring the holiday season, but ifyou do your research it can really

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pay off. I recently bought a set ofbooks online for a niece. While theIxwks were not on sale in the store,the online store offered 10 percentoff with any order and free ship-ping. I saved over $10,

Ask for substitutions andrainchecks - Because there are somany more shoppers in the storesand malls during this time of year,it is common to have items out ofstock. Don't let that convince youto buy a higher priced item youdon't need. Instead, be sure tocheck with the store, because manywill substitute items of equal orgreater valuo on out-of-stock saleitems. However, if the store won'tsubstitute for an out of stock saleitem, be sure to ask for a raincheck.This is great for the person on thego, because a raincheck extends thelife of the sale and gives you moretime to figure out how to save thosedollars.

Check the Checker - In theflurry of holiday buying, don't letthe excitement distract you.Anytime you are checking out any-where, be sure you know what youare being charged. Over the courseof a lifetime, the average personcould be overcharged as much as20*7'. With some stores now havingan "it's right or it's free policy" justbeing attentive cun save you somebig bucks!

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Stuck for agift idea?Go with ahotel getaway

(ARA) - Put down that sweater.Step away from the perfumecounter. This year, give the gifteveryone will enjoy and use — ahotel mini-getaway.

As the nntion'9 hotel industryworks overtime to attract business,travelers who used to scrimp onaccommodations now find they cansample the most luxurious 4-starhotels and resorts at economyprices. Depending on dates andcities, an evening at an upscale 4-star hotel can be reserved for as lit-tle as $50 to $150 — a bargain byanyone's standards.

The holidays make a great timefor gift-givers to get into the actand pamper that special someonewith a night or weekend at one ofthe nation's most exclusive,upscale hotels. Hotel getaways canbe booked in advance and makegreat gifts for special occasions,like New Year's, Valentine's Day, ananniversary or a birthday. Gift-givers pay for the rooms inadvance, including relevant taxes,and reserve them in the recipient'sname, ready for instant, no hasslecheck-in.

The Internet offers the mostconvenient way to book a hotel giftgetaway. Dozens of popular hotelbooking sites let customers searchby city and see both hotel availabil-ity and rates. Shoppers can stretchtheir savings even further bychecking rates, then visiting onlinehotelier www.priceline.com, wherethey can pick the exact type ofhotel they want and name a muchlower price than what they found.With hundreds of 4-star hotels andresorts available, priceline.com candeliver savings of up to 50 percentor more.

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Gifts for the teenager who has everything<ARA> - Each holiday season,

parents find themselves asking avery familiar question: "Whatshould I get the teen who liaseverything?"

This season in particular, par-ents are scrutinizing their purchas-ing decisions. Facing a tough econo-my, they are looking for versatilityand the most value for their dollar

As such, there are a few keyquestions that parents need to askthemselves when considering atechnology purchase for their child:

1. Can my child use the item formore than one purpose? For exam-ple, school work as well as organiz-ing their schedule?

2. Can my child take it to school?Use it during downtime on the bus?

3. What is the shelf lift- of theitem? Will it l>e outdated in amonth? A year? Two years?

4. How durable is the product?Can it survive my teen's lifestyle?

5. Does it come with reliable anduser-friendly customer support?

6. Can it be customized to meetmy child's needs?

7. Will my child think it's cool?8. How much should I plan to

invest?With this checklist in mind, par-

ents have the opportunity to givetheir teens a gil\ that is education-al in nature, welcomed in the class-room and is a useful tool for busysocial lives and downtime. TexasInstruments offers a wide varietyof educational classroom technolo-gy- products that are available thisholiday season — and you mightIK1 surprised at what they can do.

The T1-8:S Plus Silver Kilitiim(SinOt is a faster and more jiower-ful version of the most popular edu-cational handheld in high schoolclassrooms in the IIS., the TI-83Plus. It comes pro-loaded withHandheld Software Applications»Apps> such as a spreadsheet, elec-tronic flasheards. ]x'riodic table ofelements, puzzles, an organizer andan address book. It plugs into a IVusingaTI-URAPH LINK cable andTI Connect software allowing stu-dents to download extra Apps tocustomize their handholds to meet

their specific needs. Additionally,several states recommend, and insome cases require, the use ofgraphing handholds on standard-ized tests and college entranceexams such as the SAT.

The Tl Keyboard I$40) turnsTl's most popular handholds intoportable word processing tools. Thismeans that students can takeadvantage of the teduiology theyalready own, and with this add-on,use it in classes beyond math andscience. The Tl Keyboard is ono-third smaller than a traditional It-keyboard, yet it features full-sizekeys on a QWERTY layout. It'spackaged with software for notetaking and a special cradle to holdthe handheld at an easy-to-seeangle.

ThoTI-89 ($1501, which is tar-geted to high school AJ' and college-level mathematics and sciencecourses, features tiw most powerfulhandheld functionality that TIoffers. Complete with a user-friend-ly interface, the Tl-89 comes withadvanced features, such as HI) rota-

tion, symbolic manipulation, andthe ability to solve with unit*; ofmeasure. Just like the SilverEdition, you can use a TI-GKAI'HLINK cable and TI Connect soft-ware to download Apps to your Tl-S9 from the Internet for easy cus-tomization.

A recent survey conducted byNl'D Group. Inc., a consumerresearch firm, found that (>9 inn-cent of ivs]x»ui>MitM plan to spendthe same amount as they did dur-ing the holiday season last year.Additionally, many respondentscited the need to "shop for value"this year as n result of the sluggisheconomy.

What parents can easily under-stand in nmking this technologypurchase for their teens is the factthat those educational products dosupply value —- lx>th for the pocket-book and in their teen's learning formany years to come. These educa-tional handheld* aiv cost eflectivo,kids use them everyday at schooland they fill that tochno-gndgetcraving that kids naturally have.

Take precautions when shopping online(ARA> —The holiday shopping

season is just around the corner,and shoppers are increasinglygoing online to purchase1 gift* forfriends and loved ones. Onlineshopping is more popular thanever.

Richard A. Sherman, advisor tothe GE Center for FinancialLearning, nationally syndicatedcolumnist and publisher of "Mr.Modem's Weekly Newsletter."< www.MrModem.coni i, has createda list of tips to get even the mostcomputer-wary individual comfort-able shopping online.

1. Shop with Retailers YouKnow

If you are apprehensive aboutshopping online, start by purchas-ing an inexpensive item from aretailer you know and trust in theoffline world, just to get a feel forthe pnxess.

2. Mudget for Holiday PurchasesCreating a holiday .shopping

budget will prevent you from get-ling in aver your head and buyingitems that you really can't afford.Pick a spending target and try tos^ick with it. An easy way to do thisis by making a list of gifloes andwriting down a target dollaramount by each name. There is a

wealth of financial planning andbudgeting information online —www.rmiincinlloaruing.Cftm is agotxi place to start.

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•1. Pay by Credit Can)Nothing is more misunderstood

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New-look Blue Devilsstill working out kinksBy DANIEL MUHPHYTHE RECORD-PRESS

The Westfield High boys bas-ketball team had a breakout sea-eon last winter, but the BlueDevils are all but starting fromscratch this season.

Gone are the top nine playersLn the rotation that led Westfieldto a 16-9 season and victories inthe state and county tourna-ments;. Perhaps the only tilingthat remains from last year is theconfidence that the Devils bestrecord in 25 years restored intothe program.

Westfield opens the seasontonight, hosting Shabazz at 7p.m. before beginning play in theRahway Holiday TournamentDec. 26. The Blue Devils will relyheavily on players with limitedvarsity experience and a groupthat went 16-5 on the junior var-

sity level last year.Westfield expected to turn to

three-year starter Eric Turnerfor most of its scoring, ball han-dling and leadership, but Turnerwas ruled academically ineligibleand is no longer in the school,according to Head Coach KevinEverly. If the loss of Turner was-n't enough to shake up the lineupWestfield has had to battle aseries of injuries in the preseasonthat has kept the full roster frompracticing together for all but oneday.

"We still have to learn whateveryone can do and what every-one is comfortable doing," saidEverly. "Last year we had a lot ofseniors who had played togetherfor a while and ail knew eachother. This year the guys are stililearning each other. It's beenharder with all the injuries andillnesses."

Now the load will be shoul-dered largely by underclassmen.Everly will turn to seven juniors,four sophomores and just onesenior to ignite Westfield to it.ssecond straight winning season.The young squad will experiencegrowing pains early, but Everlyhopes it can learn and adjust intime to make a run at a statetournament berth.

"You don't want to take a stopback," said Everly. "Each year youwant to build on the previousone. Last year we had a winningseason and you want to keep thatgoing. It may end up being arebuilding year, but hopefully wecan get on a roll, get some confi-dence and go from there."

Jan Cocozziello has shod hisshoulder pads after quarterback-ing Wostfield's football team to

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GEORGE PACC!ELLOn"HE RECORD-PRESS

Tip-off timePam Church and the Westfield High girls basketball team will have its hands full this afternoon,opening the season against Shabazz, one of the top teams In the state. The Devils will travel toHarrison 2 p.m. tomorrow.

Raiders relying on versatility to take the next stepBy DANIEL MURPHYTHE RKCOKD-i'KESS

The season may have startedslow in the win column for theScotch Plnins-Fnnwood High boysand girl swim teams, but theRaiders still have their sights sethigh.

Scotch Plains dropped both theboys and girls meets toHillsborough and Westfield, twoextremely talented teams to openthe season 0-2 before facingCranford yesterday and Elizabethtoday. While the meet results maynot have l>een what the Raidershad hoj>ed for it hasn't quelled anyhopes for a championship season.

"Every year we train for a statetitle," said Head Coach JessicaHulnik. "If that's not what you aretraining for than what's the pointof getting in the pool,

"We lost to two teams that are

very, very good, but our times havebeen pretty good. I've been pleasedwith the performances of the kids,As much us you hate to lose, theirtimes have been very good."

Scotch Plains' boys squad wonthe North Public B title last year91-79 over Northern Highlandsbefore falling to Princeton in thePublic B semifinals. The girlssquad qualified for the state tour-nament before falling to NorthernHighlands in the first round. Bothsquads arc aiming to go furtherthis year, though Hulnik was Cau-tious to mention any specificgoals.

"I don't want to set any limitson the kids," she said. "1 want topush them to go as far as they pos-sibly can."

The boys team welcomes backseveral of the key contributors oflast year's sectional championshipclub, led by senior captains Ryun

Hauptmnn and Pete Bassman.Huuptman's versatility will allowhim to lead the Raiders in thebackstroke, butterfly, freestyleand individual medley events,while Bassman has picked upwhere he left oil" last year in thebreaststroke, matching his besttime from last year in the loss toWestfield.

Senior Marc Calello will swimmainly breaststrokr with seniorBen Flnth already equaling hisbest sprint freestyle time fromlast year. Senior Arthur King isanother of many versatile .swim-mers Hulnik can place in anyevent needed, specializing in but-terfly and distance freestyle.

Junior Jonathan Sheffield isone of the Raiders top freestyleand butterfly swimmers and jun-ior Derek Middleton can also

many different events.Sophomore David Hauptmuii

is back as one of the top .sprintersin the county, with MichaelSheffield one of the best in butter-fly.

Freshman Michael Frugnnadds depth to the backstroke andclassmate Jnson Thompson couldwork his way into the lineup,though Hulnik hasn't decidedwhich events yet.

"We've been pretty fortunatethat we've always had good versa-tility here at Scotch Plains," saidHulnik. "These kid.s, on any givenday can do any ovont. I can .switchit up and sometimes our oppo-nents don't know where every-body is going to IK1."

The same cun IM> said for thegirls squad. Senior captain PamCameron leads the way in the dis-tance events, with senior captainSara Ginsberg one of the Raiderstop sprinters. Senior CarolineWebb will swim butterfly, back-

stroke and the individual medleyfor Scotch Plains, with Anne Klor-Stagnato coming on strong in thebackstroke and butterfly.

Senior Emily O'Connor is ver-satile enough to allow Hulnik louse her in several different areas,but may see most of her ad ion inthe sprints along witli seniorAnnmarti' Klhnowicz.

.Junior Morgan Larkin is oiu> ofthe top backstroke and butterflyswimmers in the county. Hulnikexpects to move junior McralAkyuz around quite a bit. betweenthe .sprint, and distance freestyleevents. Junior Judy Brown willswim mostly breuststrokc- and din-lance.

Sophomore Amanda Cameronwill help the Raiders in u numberof areas, mainly the 1M, 500 and200 free.

"She can do it all," said Hulnik."If f need to 1 can put her any

where. She's one of the best in thocounty."

Sophomore .Jamie Qualc willHwim distance free and RachelDolgin will swim backstroke. Twofivshnion arc ready to step in andcontribute, with Kriston Honkelsswimming backstroke and freeand Kali* Kosenick .swimmingbackstroke.

"We have a number of kids wecan put anywhere," said Hulnik,"It's tough to tell (where, we'll bestrongest) right, now. It's no earlyin the season."

Hulnik hopes a .solid week oftraining over the holiday break,when the Raiders will get morepool lime than in » typical week,will not. only help the times con-tinue to come down but also helpsolidify the lineup. The Raidersreturn from the holiday break toface Linden .Jan. 2 before the boysPirate Invitational Jan. 4.

Francavilla, Mineo lead balanced SP-F lineupBy DAMEL MURPHYTHE RECORD-PRESS

The potential is there foranother strong season for theScotch Plains-Fanwood High

wrestling squad, both as a teamand as individuals, but there isstill a lot of work left for theRaiders to do.

The Raiders could feature alineup very dangerous in the

lower and upper weights, but,several wrestlers are still work-ing to make weight to form the.ideal lineup. Scotch Pluins opensthe season 7 p.m. tonight againstKearny, then meets Plainfield

GEORGE PACCIELLO/THE RECORD-PRESSJohn Scholz takes over the reigns of the Scotch Plains-Fanwood High wrestling team this season, hop-Ing to lead the Raiders to a second consecutive District 11 team title.

and East Side in a double-dualmeet Saturday before competingin the John Cloles TournamentDec. 28.

Head Coach John Scholz, who 'takes over for Have Hello afterserving aw an assistant for thepast four years, sees the poten-tial for another run at a district,team title and sectional tourna-ment berth for the Haiders, butweight issues and wrestle-offshave prevented him from finaliz-ing the lineup just yet.

Once the Raiders' lineup isset, it will turn to two returningDistrict 11 champions and fourother regional qualifiers. JuniorDerek Francavilla loads the way,moving up from 103 pounds —where he placed seventh in thestate last year, winning theUnion County, District 11 andRegion 3 titles while going 30-0before the state tournament —to 125. Francavilla has .aided themuscle to compete at 3 25 whilekeeping the quickness that madehim almost unbeatable; at 103.

"This will be a real good placefor him," said Scholz. "He has alot of moves in his arsenal. He'llbe a stronger wrestler this year,but just as quick and explosive.He'll be very tough to score off of.He has everything it takes."

Looking to join Francavilla inAtlantic City this year is sopho-more Stephen Mineo. Mineo, whowon a district title at 112 lastyear and took fourth in Region 3,has moved up to 119. The only

thing lacking from Minoo's arse-nal last year was experience,which isn't the case this year.

Junior Eric Connelly took «<>(•-ond in the district and third inthe region at 119 last year, miss-ing out on a trip to Atlantic Cityby losing on criteria in his superregional match. H^'^ looking tohe at 1H0 this year, but a shoul-der injury early in the year hasslowed him down and he washovering around 135 early in theweek.

Freshman Matt, Fleishner wasa successful wrestler on the. mid-dle school level and will look tohave a solid rookie campaign at103 this your. Junior RonnieFerrera is n talented wrestlerwho is trying to find a spot. WithFrancavilla and Mineo holdingdown the 125 and 119 weightshis best chance to crack the line-up will be at the 112 pound slot..If Connelly gets down to 130,sophomore Anthony Forranle.should beat 135.

"1 think we: have the bestlightweights in the area," saidSholz. "They go at each otherevery day in the practice room,They've got .sonic of the bestpractice partners in the area."

Sholz is still trying to sort outthe 140, 145 and lf.2 poundclasses, with Pedro Coit. lookingto nnil down one; of the weightswhen he returns from injury findChris Spraguo looking to figureinto the mix, probably fit 140.

Charlie Hachi is hoping to

make 1(H), where, he was a thirdplace finisher in the district last.season, but may have to wrestle-off with Andrew Sillier, also athird place finishers in the dis-trict, for the. 171 pound class, Theworst case scenario could place aregional qualifier on the benchlor the Raiders. If both can wres-tle the same, weights as fast yearthey each figure to contend for udistrict title and advance out oftho region.

Sophomore Mark I-'abiano islooking to have a breakout yearat 1H9. "He didn't get out of thedistrict last, year," said Sholz,"hut he'll he a force to be reck-oned with. He's aggressive,strong, and tough and wrestleshard."

Senior Matt Loomiw is hopingto make 215, but still has a lot ofwork ahead of him to return tothe weight where he finishedsecond in the district last seasonand would be one of tho favoritesto capture the title, this your.Mark (iianacci could figure intothe mix there as well.

If Matt Loomis doesn't moke215 he could he wrestling offwith his brother Andrew, a jun-ior, for the heavyweight slot.

"On paper we have a verystrong lineup," said Sholz. "We'dlove to try to re;pent as districtchampions. The kids arc workinghard. Wrr'n; hoping in the nexttwo weeks everyone will be atthe weight class they want towrestle."

Veteran Devil squad ready to claim elusive crownBy PANTO. MUBPHYTHE RECORD-PRESS

The Westfield High bowlingteam has been knocking on thedoor of a state championship thelast two years. With all of their topbowlers back again this year theBlue Devils are hoping to finallybreakthrough and capture the elu-sive crown.

Westfield has won theWatchung Conference and NorthJersey Section 2 titles the past twoyears and also captured last year'sUnion County Tournament title,while finishing fourth in the statelast year and fifth the year before.

The same group is back for athird run at the state title, but istrying to take it one step at a time.

"Our first goal is always to winthe conference," raid WestfieldHead Coach Mike Tirone. "Thenext thing is the county and thenwell go from there. Our main goalis the conference and the county,when that's over well look at thesection and then the states."

And despite the talent return-ing and already being dubbed asthe favorite for the state title,Tirone knows there ia a long roadto travel. Westfield got off to a slowstart, falling to Union in a dualmeet 3-4, but has bounced back

with strong performances inBishop Ahr Classic and theWestfield Tournament Sunday,where it took third.

"We're trying to get the guys tohave more confidence," saidTirone. "We have to come togetheras a team and work on the thingswe need to to get better. The com-petition is outstanding this year.

"1 think we're one of the topteams in the state, but that doesn'tmean anything if you can't proveit. As the season progresses I thinkwe'll prove we are."

Leading Westfield is seniorWilly Maskett. He's gotten off to nhot start, averaging 214 through

three matches and two tourna-ments with a b'67 series in the lastmatch.

Seniors Matt Rothstein andScott Villa are each back for theirfourth year in the lineup, andTirone feels comfortable puttingany of the three seniors at theanchor position without any dropoff.

"At any time any one of thosethroe can be as good as anyone inthe state," said Tirone.

Junior Andrew Koyslon is backfor his third season in the startinglineup after finishing 11th in thestate last season. He had a 646series in the Westfield

Tournament Saturday.Junior Brian Sanders is slated

to round out the Westfield lineupafter sitting out the first twomonths. He's been a two-yearstarter and when lie returns inFebruary will round out ;i verybalanced and dangerous West fieldlineup.

Filling in until he returns isjunior David Palmer, who had a201 preseason average. Palmer otoff to a slow start, but has bowledbetter recently after changing to adifferent ball.

"We're pretty solid up and downthe lineup," said Tirone.

Westfield finished third at the

second Wnstfield Tournament heldat Jersey Lanes in LindenSaturday with 2,918 pins. Koystonled the team with a 64G series, fol-lowed by Villa's 613 and Masket's608. West Orange, who Wostfieldwill eventually meet in the HCC-liomil tournament, won with a2,»97 total, followed by CentralRegional with 2,931. County rivalsKnselle Catholic WHH fiflh, Lindenseventh mid Union 20th,

Wrstfield's next tournamentwill he the Hrick Tournament Jan.11 in Point Pleasant, followed bythe highly competitive Mid-Winter Classic at Carolier LanesJun. 18.

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Rarin' to goCo-captain Jen Russell and the Scotch Plains-Fanwood girls basketball team is ready to get the season started, opening up atCranford 4 p.m. today.

YOUTH SPORTSSOCCER

The Scotch Plains-Fanwood U-12 Spanisoccer team ended their regular season with aclose 1-0 victory over the C'anbury LiveFalcons,

The Sparx will play the urtte Falcons agamin trie championship game, however. toeSpam will be playing for tun as they havealready locked up first place in Flight 3 Dy vvm-nirtg all nine regular season games, s * Dyshutout.

The game was a tough baffle which waswon by sheer determination. The Sparxoffense of Becca VonLarigen, Enka W i l e .Olivia Francavilla. Jennie Aitman. B'lrtaiyHams and Gabby Clarke did not gel mai'Vopportunities agamy a tough and physicalCranbury defense. Near the end ol the f"sthalf. Sparx leading scorer Ganby Clarke took along pass from Sarn Bremer n the bacMieldarid drove to the net to put the Span< on trieboard.

The Second halt found Cranbury with thewind at their backs and the Sparx in for a bru-tal defensive battle. Despite being overwhelm-ingly out shot in the second half the Spar*defense held. Midlielders Allison Goldberg.Brrtiney Veeck, Kim Shelus. Snen/I Markovit/and Corrme Walker were constantly on themove against a persistent and aggressiveCranbury offense. The Little Falcons were onan all-out offensive cfrrve, breaking into thebackfteld several times, but were turned backby the superb play of Sam Bremer. Cm.iEgidio and Gabnelle Pmho. The Little Falconsdtd nol back down, constantly attacking andpressuring. Spare goalie Jaclyn Law wa;> (i'i\\-retely the MVP of the game, repeatedly slop-ptng what looked to be unstoppable shots ongoal. Law has beon invaluable this season.gwng up only lour goals while polling 51*shutouts. The Sparx will move up to MNJYSAFligh! 2 in the spring.

ST. HELEN'S BASKETBALL5th/6th grade girls win opener

The St. Helen's 5th/6th grade girts basket-ball topped Immaculate Conception 8-4 to winits season opener.

St. Helen's was down 2-0 al tho hall then

they came into the second half ready to scoreKathleen O'Neii started off the half with a stealand ran the court to complete ner lay-up.Following Kathleens start Cassie Simcoxtooka good shot, out unfortunately she rrnssed. butsne didn't give up she got her o w l reboundand haa and easy layup. Cassie scored aganto finish the game with four points JactynLaSpata r-.ad a great outside shot to give StHelens e>ght points

Offense is not everything trough, and theSt. Helen's defense was outstanding. KateSnendan. Meghan Brody. Sara ConneryCarolyn Dyer, and Jordan Harries kepiIrr-macuiate Conception to two points until tnevery last second of the game

7th/8th grade girts win twoThe St. Helen's 7!rv8th grade girls basket-

bail team won both games this weekend toimprove its record to 7-1. In the Metuchenleague, St, Helens routed St. Francis ofMetuchea Ten girts got into the scoring actKathryn Bunnc led the way with 14 pointsBreanne Defaico followed with eight pointsEnn Milier (5 steals] was next with sevenpoints. Alii Macdonald (nine rebounds). G.ibO'Leary (5 assists) and Rose Dnscoll (•'.assistsi had six points each. Claire Bennethad a monster game on the boards wiin 1 /"rebounds to go with four points AllisonOberiander haa five points plus the game'sonly 3-pointer. Stephanie Stodyzka had fourpoints, seven rebounds, and six stealsKnssy Wendel had six rebounds and rwusteals.

In game two, OLP of New Providencewas overmatched as St. Helen's won bigTwelve Of the 13 girts scored for St. HeSonr.led by Erin Miller's 11 points, four steals analive assists Gabnelle O'Leary. ElizabethHarbaugh and Kathryn Ruhno each score?)eight points. Claire Bennet had Six points anri10 rebounds. Casey el Kourey. StephanieSlodycika, Knssy Wendel and RoseDnscolt (4 assistsi all scored four points. AllMacdonald, Danielle Infantino and BreanneDefaico chipped in with two apiece. AllisonObertander had three assists and two steaijas St. Helen's upped its Union County leaguerecord to 2 0 . The girts ptay two more gamesthis weekend, take a Christmas break, thenplay four games in three days

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Nate «IotH's wa.s named Co-Spoc.iul Teams Player of the Year,ami first tnatn All-Hi}? East as akick returner, liy the Hifi KastConference.

rJoin'.s, a 200 fjraduaU' ofScotch I'lains-Kanwood IlijjhSchool, was joined on the ail-lentfiie team by teammate ShawnSeabrooks, a seamd-leam All-BigKant pick as a defensive back.Tin1 All-Hitf Kast teams arc votednn by the league's head coaches,who arc not permitted to vote fortheir own players.

Jones had an outstanding sea-

son for the Scarlet Knights, botha.s a kick returner and a startingcornerbnek. The fj-10, 1 75-|KJLJIIC1resident of Scotch I'lains, N.J.,was tin- No. 1 kick returner in llieBig East, and No. fi nationally,averaging ' H.'i yards per return.

.Jones liad two 100 yard kick-off returns for touchdown*, atTennessee and at Syracuse,becoming only the second playerin Big Kast history 1 Nate Terry ofWest Virginia, in 19971 to accom-plish that feat. Jones also blockedtwo kicks during the year, includ-ing a fi.'ld goal attempt againstSyracuse that was scooped up by

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teammate Brandon Haw andreturned 90 yards for a touch-down.

•Join's, a two-time SpecialTeams I'layer of the Week selec-tion by the Big Kast in 2002, alsostarted all 12 Raines nt corner-back for the Scarlet Knights, fin-ishing the season a.s the ScarletKnights' third leading tackierwith H-l stops. He also recordedtwo interceptions, recovered twofumbles, and intercepted twopasses. Jones has also beennamed to the Veri/.on/CoSIDAAcademic All-America squad(second team).

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The starting backcourt will bemnnned by two sophomores, jxtintgunrd Billy Hearon and shootingguard Eric Hayes. Hearon will needto distribute the ball and limitturnovers while Hayes will becalled on for perimeter scoring.

Senior captain Bobby Wilt, a (ifoot 5 center, is the most experi-enced player 011 the squad and willhave to shoulder the inside-scoringload and rebounding duties. JuniorJoe Korfmacher. 6-3, will startalongside him at power forward.

Tyshon Blnckman was expected

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Junior Terrence Bryant will pro-vide depth at the guard position,with sophomore Brian Power andjunior Andrew Simnenberg addingfrontcourt depth.

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WATCHUNG — Since theWatchung Arts Center has coffee-house and jazz programs for itsmusic, it doesn't usually sell tick-ets in advance or online.

The Arts Center is making anexception for its post-Christmasshow 8 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 28:Christine Lavin. She recentlyrecorded her first studio album infive years with 12 new songs thathave never been on CD.

Opening is one of her formercohorts, Julie Gold, the writer ofthe 1990 Bette Midler standard"From n Distance."

Tickets are $20 each. Dessertand coffee are served at intermis-sion. For tickets, visitwww.watchungarts.org/folk orphone (908) 753-0190.

The Arts Center is on theWatchung Circle, about 1 milenorth of Route 22.Auditions setfor Levin play

WESTFIELD — Director JohnCorrell of Westfield CommunityPlayers is holding open auditionsfor Ira Levin's "Dr. Cook's Garden"7:30 p.m. Jan. 6 and 8 in the WCPtheater at 1000 North Ave. West,Westfield. (908-232-9568)

An idyllic New England town isthe backdrop for this chilling sus-pense story nbout the good Dr.Cook, who makes house calls atany hour — especially for particu-larly vexing patients. When hisyoung protege returns home for avisit, an ethical dilemma is uncov-ered. Is it going too far to do awaywith disagreeable people who area blot on the fair community? Theyounger man's attempt to makehis mentor see reason on thispoint brings on the gripping cli-max of the play, pitting two doc-tors against each other in a sceneof unforgettable, breath-stoppingsuspense.

The cast requirements are asfollows: Dr. Cook, 60s; Youngerman, 20s-30s; Middle-aged man,50s; Middle-aged woman, 40-60;Elderly woman, 50s-70s

The show opens March 8 andcontinues Friday smd Saturdayevenings through March 22. Alltickets are $12.Live modelsin art classes

WATCHUNG — Have youimagined yourself painting a por-trait using a live model?

The Watchung Arts Center hasset up a "Life Drawing StudioGroup" to help you out. Classes inthe Arts Center's studio beginafter New Year's and run to thebeginning of spring.

Wednesday classes are 7-10p.m. Jan. 8, 22, Feb. 5,19, March 5and 19. Saturday classes are 10a.m.-l p.m. Jan. 11, 25, i Ay. 8, 22,March 8 and 22. All classes utilizeposes of short to medium duration.

Fee is $15. Subscriptions areavailable. For full information,visit www.watchungarts.org orphone (908) 753-0190.

The Arts Center is on theWatchung Circle, about 1 milenorth of Route 22,Youth artclasses to begin

WATCHUNG— School-ageart classes at the Watchung ArtsCenter start anew afterChristmas.

Each class is aimed at a specificage group and/or interest. Theschedule:

"Young Adult Atelier" for teens,4:30-6 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 7-March11. Pencil, charcoal, India ink, pas-tel and watercolor are used thefirst five weeks. Acrylic on canvasis covered the following five weeks.Tuition of $130 includes all sup-plies.

Acrylic painting for children,4:30-6 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 8-March 12. Boys and girls ages 6-12can use acrylics to make their ownclassics. Tuition of $108 includesall materials.

Drawing for children, 4:30-6p.m. Thursday, Jan. 9-March 13.Boys and girls ages 6-12 can usepencils, charcoal, pastels andwatercolors to create their owndrawings. Tuition of $105 includesall materials.

All classes are in the studio onthe first floor of the Arts Center.The studio is adjacent to a gallerywhere boys and girls can seeworks from professional artists.Arts Center members receive a$10 discount per class.

For membership, registrationand other information, visitwww.watchunBarta.org or phone(908) 753-0190. The Arts Center ison the Watchung Circle, about 1mile north of Route 22.

' Joseph9 isreturning toState Theatre

EDISON — Plays-in-tlu--Parkis the annual scries of summerstock musicals and plays alRoosevelt Park in Edison.

For the eighth year Plnys-in-the-Park is presenting a wintermusical, "Joseph and the AmazingTeclmicolor Dreanicout."Showtimes at the State Theatre inNew Brunswick uiv 8 p.m. Friday,Doc. 27; 2 and 8 p.m. Sal unlay,Dec. 28; and 2 p.m. Sunday, Dec.29.

"Dmuncoal" was written byAndrew Lloyd Webln'r and TimRice before they hit big with"Jesus Christ Sii[M'rstnr."

Returning this year to the castart1 Billy Pisu>|H> as Joseph, MillNirolosi as Jacob ntul David DeSioas the Pharaoh. KathleenCampbell is the narrator. Actorsfrom previous productions and

actors new to this product innround out the cast.

"DrtNimcoat" is directed hyMichelle Mussit, who also handleschoreography. Music is under (lu>direction of Murk Baron.

Admission is $.r> ;unt all scutsaiv reserved. For tickets, phonot877> STATE II or visit thi«Slati>Theatre IHJX office in downtownNew Brunswick.

For full informalum, visitvvww.plnysintlu'piirk.com or phoiu<(7;l2i 5.18-288-1.

funding for Plnys-in-the-Pnrkis in part by t lit' Nrw JiTsey StateCouncil nn (.he Aits/Department ofState through u grant mlminis-toivd by tlu> Middlesex CountyCultural and HeritageCommission. Additional funding isby thi' Friends of Plnys-in-the-Park.

Barbara Cook toring in New Year

The St. Petersburg Ice Ballet will bring "Sleeping Beauty on Ice" to Central Jersey next month.

'Sleeping Beauty on Ice9 iscoming to area next month

NEW BRUNSWICK — The world-renownedSt. Petersburg State Ice Ballet brings all the mys-tical romance and excitement of a glittering win-ter Russian palace to the State Theatre with aperformance of "Sleeping Beauty on Ice" onThursday, Jan. 30 at 7 p.m.

Set to the music of Tchaikovsky, this captivat-ing production portrays the classic fuiry tale of thecursed Princess Aurora who falls into a deep sleep,only to be awakened 100 yeur.s later by the kiss ofa prince.

Under the skilled guidance of choreographerKonstantin Rnssadin of the Kirov Ballet, thistroupe of 35 talented Russian skaters havedelighted audiences and gathered enthusiasticreviews all over America and Europe.

"Sleeping Beauty on Ice" provides enchanting

entertainment for the whole family with magnifi-cent costumes, elaborately designed stage nets,and the sheer visual brilliance of the gracefuldancers gliding across the stage.

Tickets for this performance are on sale now for$38 (Premium Orcheatra/Loge), $34(Orchestra/Front Balcony), $26 (RearOrchestra/Balcony), or $18 (Gallery), The StateTheatre box office is located at 15 Livingston Ave.

For telephone ticket orders or information call(732) 246-7469 or toll free (877) STATE-11Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday through Saturday10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Wednesday 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.Patrons may order tickets online utwww.StateTheatreNJ.org or listen to audio clips.For group Bales information, call (732) 247-7200,Ext. 536.

NKW BRUNSWICK— Well-accomplished in bringing the finestin |Hbrfonning arts to New Jersey,the Stnte Theatre will have its NewYear's Kve performer, BarbaraCook ring in tin1 New Year.

Conk, a sujH'rlativt1 Broadwaysinger, is IK-HI. known for her role asMarian in (lie original Broadwayproduction of "The Music Mnn"and her jwrfor'ImiiiKTs in NewYork City cabarets.

During this concert, herunmatched phrasing brings nowlife to .songs you've heard a thou-sand times in her show "MostlySondheim," which was nominatedFor Best S|x:cial Theatrical Eventat the 2002 Tony Awards. C(x>k'semotionally honest approach UJ nsong |K>rfectly com])limt<nt.s theintricate, sophisticated, witty lyricsand music by Stephen Kondlieim,as well us other Hroudwuy greats.Accompanied by niusiwil directorand pianist Wally Harper, Cook'sjoyful, HtH'iningly eflbrtless vocaliz-ing is ideal towi tk'oine in the NrwYoar.

After th«' concert, audiencemembers can party into 200.'1 onthe State Theatn- stage. Withcocktails, bullet dinner, (Inuring,live music from Nicky Addeo, andgood fun, this promises to l>e anexperience to reiucmlier all year.Muck tit; is optional. Tickets forthe concert and the Post-concertReception and Dinner an; $225per person, mid $ 175 i*;r Ifor those; that previously pur-cbaswl a concert ticket.

To Ijocoint! Solstice Supporters,the cost is $500 jK;r couple, whichincludes two concert tickets, aninvitation to the Post-concertReception and Dinner, and a spe-cial acknowledgement during theevening recognizing you as a luad-

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New Year's Eve concert will be tribute to BerlinWESTFIELD —Rehearsals

are under way for the much-awaited concert, "Puttin' On TheRitz: The Music Of Irving Berlin,America's Songwriter," to be heldon New Years' Eve at thePresbyterian Church inWestfield.

The Westfield YoungArtists' Cooperative Theater, Inc.(WYACT) and the WestfieldSymphony Orchestra (WSO) willagain join forces to present thisholiday event celebrating themusic of America's most prolificsongwriter in an effort to bringperforming arts to the communi-ty and the state," said CynthiaMeryl, WYACT Artistic Director,"We at WYACT are delighted toagain be working with the WSOand Maestro David Wroe."

"Puttin' On The Ritz" will takeplace 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 31,at the Presbyterian Church inWestfield, 140 Mountain Ave.Tickets ($25 for adults, $12 forstudents) are available at theseWestfield locations: WestfieldSymphony Orchestra Office, 224E. Broad St.; The Towne BookStore, 255 E. Broad St. andLancaster's, 76 Elm St. Proceedswill benefit WYACTs free sum-mer program and WSO's educa-tional programs. For more infor-mation, call WYACT at (908) 233-3200 or the WSO at (908) 232-9400.

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"Steppin1 Out With My Baby,""Let Yourself Go," "Cheek ToCheek," and "Puttin' On TheRitz," tunes the whole nationsang, introduced in Blue Skies,Follow The Fleet, and Tbp Hat,three of Berlin's 18 movie scoresand made famous by the incom-parable Fred Astaire and GingerRodgers.

Baritone Todd Kubrak andJon Christian Hoche will lead themen in "Oh, How I Hate To GetUp In The Morning" and the titlesong from "This Is The Army," a1942 Berlin musical review thatcomprised 300 soldiers. Berlindonated the $10,000,000 proceedsto the Army Relief EmergencyFund.

He won the Academy Awardthat year for writing the songthat would become the anthemfor homesick servicemen over-seas, "White Christmas," sung inthe New Year's concert by mezzo-soprano Lindsay-Rose Sinclair.

Berlin wrote "God BlessAmerica" as a "peace" song, not a"war" song. Kate Smith intro-duced it on her radio show onArmistice Day, Nov. 11, 1938.Meryl, mezzo-soprano andBroadway veteran, the WSO, andthe cast will close the evening'sentertainment with this stirringpiece.

The performers in the Concertare WYACT veterans, who haveall played leading roles for

The cast rehearses a number from "Puttin' on the Ritz."

WYACT: Abigail Sparling playedFiona and tenor James Kilduffplayed Charlie in "Brigadoon" atthe New Jersey Performing ArtsCenter (NJPAC), and Mr. Kilduffalso played Tonetti in "The GayDivorce" in the Kean Arts

Incubator Festival; Lindsay-Hose-Sinclair played Erzulie und bari-tone Jon Christian Hoche playedDaniel in "Once On This Island"at NJPAC and both were out-standing in last year's concert;Todd Kubrack played Lucky in

last summer's "Dames Al Sea" utAAT, and both Kubruk andHoche were feutured a.sMacCaffrey find Stewpnl respec-tively in "South Pacific." Meryland tenor Brian Maslow willround out the cast.

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WESTFIELD — For cen-turies, the celebration ofChristmas and special holidayshas been heralded by thesound.s of brass This traditionwill be kept alive aâin 7.30p.m Friday with an encoreappearance of the i v memberImperial Brass, under thedirection of Patrick Burns atthe First l/iuted MethodistChurch. 1 E Broad St

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The concert will open with "AChristmas Festival," one of thenil-time favorites composed byLeroy Anderson "When Youand I were Young Maggie." atune familiar to many, will begiven special treatment when itus performed as theme andvariations on the KuphomumThe program comes completewith an audience and brasssing-along of favorite carolsincluding "Hark, The HeraldAngels Sing." "Feliz Navidad,""Joy to the World" and "SilentNight " Classics such asMozart's overture to "TheMagic Flute" and Bizet's"Karandole* will also add to theenjoyment of this MMSOIIHI con-cert

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Competition. Featured guestartists have included PhilipSmith, the principal trumpeterof the NY Philharmonic, aswell as Andrew Barryman,Robert and Nicholas Child:-.Derek Garside. Chris Jaudes.David NesbiU. Derek Smith,Warren Vac he ami KogerWebster.

The all-brass instrumenta-tion affords a unique opportu-nity for musicians m the New.Jersey area to play challengingliterature. The band's reper-toire includes a wide range ofstyle* brass band classics, con-temporary, classical arrange-ments, music from Broadway,and popular

Burns currently serves asAdjunct Professor of MusicTheory and Composition atMontclair State I'uiversity andalso teaches instrumentalmusic in ihe Caldwell-WestCaldwell Public Schools in New.Jersey As a clarinetist, he hasperformed with theMetropolitan Opera SummerOrchestra. the Broadwayrevival production oi "Camelot"starring Hubert (imilet, and theNew .Jersey Chamber MusicSociety for broadcasts onNational Public Kadio and NewJersey Network Television Heis the founding director of theBloomfield Youth Band il9«t>-present1 and also currentlydirects Imperial Brass Hismusic for svtnplinnic band hasbeen performed by nuiny out-standing ensembles, includingthe I'mted State* Army Bandand is published by DaehnPublications, Wmgert -Jonesand TKN He has been featuredas guest conductor and clini-cian m New Jersey, New York,Pennsylvania. Maryland andWashington, I) C

For concert information callthe church office at i9()K> 2Xi-•1211 daily !> :»O am.-t::tO p.m.No tickets are requiredAlthough this is a free concert,generous donations will beaccepted to offset necessary on-going expenses required toinsure to continuation of theFriday Evening Classics ThereIH plenty of free parking in thechurch lot, adjacent to FernsPlace, accessible from ProspectStreet.

Circle Players markgolden anniversary

HISCATAWAY The CircleI'layers, marking their goldenanniversary this year, for theirholiday show present "AnEnchanted Evening; Music fromthe Golden Age of Broadway "

This program of -U)'s and fiO'.sshow tunes is in a cabaret set-ting inside the Circle Playhouse,Piscntnway. Showtime* are Hp.m. Saturday, Dec 21 and 2H; .1p.m. Sunday, Dec 22, and 8 p.m.Friday, Dec' 27

Singing these standards areRoger Hayden of Weslfield,Michelle Russell of Rari tan,Esther Cohen, Jon Heron andPat Powers-Wry Accompanimentis by Joyce Kay, piano.

Hayden played Emile in"South Pacific" for the CranfordDrnmatic Club, a communitytheater troupe of which he us thevice president. The trained bari-tone sang in more than 20 operasbefore going into musical the-ater. His roles also have includedEl Gallo in "The Fantastick.s"and Sweenev Todd in "SweeneyTodd."

Russell returns to the CirclePlayhouse, where she wasSvetlana in the 80's musical"Chess" last summer She hasbeen Mrs. Claus in "Songs for aNew World"; Lucy in "You're aGood Man. Charlie Brown";Sister Robert Anne in"Nunsense"; Cordelia in"Falsettos"'; and Sara J a n eMoore in "Assassins."

Cohen recently played Lucy

Harris in "Jekyll and Hyde" atthe Count Basic Theatre in RedBank. The summer slock andcommunity theater actress hasIx-en Audrey in "Little Shop ofHorrors", Sally Bowles in"Cabaret", Sister Amnesia andSister Robert Anne in"Nunsense."

Heron, director of "AnEnchanted Evening," has had asolo cabaret show in Manhattanclubs. At the Circle Playhouse hehas played Slywell J Fox in "SlyFox," Rough in "Angel Street"and Geoffrey Duncan in "TheSlaters Rosensweig " Heron alsowas Dr. Sloper in "The Heiress"for the Went field CommunityPlayers

Powers-Wry is a regular forthe Circle Players: FrauleinSchneider in "Cabaret," Berthein "Pippin," Bunny in "fjernirn."Like Heron she has had a solocabaret show in Manhattan Sin-also has played Mrs Medlock in"The Secret Garden," Joanne in"Company," Golde in "Fiddler onthe Roof" and Ro.se in "Gypsy." Inthe 1990s Powers-Wry was thedirector for "Talking Withand "Rodgers & Hart" at theVillagers Theatre in Somerset

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"An Knehauted gMusic from the liolden Aê ofBroadway" S p.m Hoc. 111. '21.2S. :i p.m Dec. 22. Admis.-ion>12

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"A Winnie the PoohChristmas Carol," or Pukenscr,i»es A A Milne. To Dec. 21>AiliiH.-Mi'n > 1"), group ratesavailable Call for shuwttmes

GKOIU;K STREETPLAYHOrSK!* I .mansion AveNew Hrunsw ickr,;\-±> 2-ti;-77i7.www niMir e-sl play house.orp

"Let Me Smi;; A MusicalKvolntion" of show tunes andstandards To ,l.ui I Admission:J.rvV$:M), di>finitils av.ulahlivCall for show times.

VILLAGERS THKATKK• iT:~» DeMott Lane, Somersetu:U> >7H 2710,www villagers! heat re.com

"A Chr i s tmas Carol."Charles Picken> standard in akiii-friendly production 7 p.m.Dec 20, 21, ,1 p.m. Dec. 22.Admission $10.

STATE THEATREI.7) Livingston Avt>.New Brunswicki«77» STATK 11;www >t ale theatre iij.nrn

".Joseph and Ihe AmazingTechnicolor Dreaincoat." earlyAndrew Lloyii Webber musical

Tchaikovsky's holidaystandard. Admission $12, $10.

THE NUTCRACKERf New Jersey Ballet >Dec. 20-2-K 2t>-H0Paper Mill PlayhouseBrookside Dr., MillburniD7;i> ;i7t>-4;M;i.www.papermill.orf;

Tchaikovsky's holidaystandard. Admission Sf>;l-$2f>:discounts available Call forfull show schedule.

ConcertsHARHAKA COOKS p.m. Tuesday. IVc. ;> 1State Theatre. 1,1 Livingston

Ave , New Brunswick<877* STATK 11;www.statethe.il ii-muri;

Broadway/cabaret stumerwith a "Mostly Sondheun" proKraut. Admission $150^25. NewYear's F.ve dinner i la iue follows; admission $22.~»

IMPERIAL BRASS7::i0 p.m. Friday, l>ec 20First CnHed Methodist

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Holiday concert of theManha t t an based bandDonation.

CHRISTINE I.AVIN8 p.m. Saturday. Pec 28WatcliunK Arts Center

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DanceTHE NUTCRACKER1 AmericanRi-perlory Ballet i1 and •» :»0 p m Dec 21, 22Stale Theatre. Lrt Livingston

Ave , New Brunswick'H77i STATK 11;www.staletlu'iitrerij.orK

Tchaikovsky's holidiiystandard Admission $:M-$Hi.

THE NUTCRACKERI M.s. Doreen's 'FalmloilsFeet' Dance Knsemhlo i1 and 5 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 22Mehichen High School•100 Grove Av«v, Metuchen

ter in nrare non-Mnnhal lan conct>rt.Admission $20

•LE<;ENI>AKY I.KADSIN(iEKS OVTHE TEMI'TAIIONS•ri p in. Sutunlay, Dei. 21Brook Arts Center. 10Hamilton St , [tnuiul Hrooki?:i2i -t(>9 771)0

Leading up to the "MotownAll Star Reunion" isee beU>w).Admission $100. $7.ri; inchidesreception.

MESSIAH (Now JerNeySymphony ()rcht«»tr»l2 p.m. Saturday, l>ei\ 21St. Pntil's Churcli. PrincetonS p.m. Saturday, Dec 21Presbyter ian Church,

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Handel oratorio in Hi11^-alon^ format. AdmisHimi $2fi.

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Tuesday-Saturday, 1--1 p.m.Sunday U'lose-d Dec. 25, .)an. U.Admission $ri.

Festival of Trees, to tlaii-•Jtv

Hecent additions "Fromthe Did World to (lie NewWorld," tn April 20.

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Middlesex dimity Museum122f> River K.L. 1'iscataway(7;»2t 7 t.r> 4 177Open to the public l - l p.m.

Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday.Kritlav and Sunday iclosed Dec.24, 2K.:!l. .)nn. 1 V

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Sunday or hy appointment.Seasonal and veterans ar t ,

to Jan. .r>..1. 1'AtH'lOLA tJALLEKYHoute 202. MeiuardsvilleliHKSt 201 DSKHIOpen I0:;l0 a.ui -ti p.m.

Tuesday-Sat iivday or hyappoinluient (closed Dec. 2i>'.

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Monday, Siitiirduv; 1-4 and 6-9p.m. Tuesday Thiirmitiy.

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Real EstateREAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS

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CKANFOKU110 liumsUif Ave. fnmi Jt«-ir**-:ition

Resoura; Irilfrnntiojial LoPtetracai for $.'(25,000.

12 Cwilnil Ave, from Tanm I)Dnnii'lh; i). J'inzza to Murs;."irH 'I' l-mie$495,000.

109 Cninford Avc. front (ifur^<-Giaquinlii Jr. H.-il to Mic-h;ir'l & Vcroiu<;iJenninjj* for $4^0,000.

34 Henley Avc. from Korjcrt -I. (îjntt.roCt.al. U) Tnicy \, Ivspirit.u H ;il. for

$3or>,ooo.130 \U-rninu, Avc.

Vbgi'lziin^ lo J;nncs$332,f»00.

165 Hillcrcsf. Avc

i'nmi Crirl J. Si. IdaK;i)iitccn |{uk;i for

(nun Kidi.ird A. &Lnurcn A. Stivalu to 1'aul U. & Ali-xaiidrn

5 M(;n<lcll Avc from ClinwUiplict M. &.C. Kirhy lo TIIOJIIHK Si KJIICM Kuliy for$351,000.

321-102 North Avc Kast from MirluiH& Veronica .Jennin^'u lo Alcksnndr &LarinHii SliU-ynlxTM for $:j()5,0(M).

.'IK Parkway Village from Nicholas &Mnriu (iiiinak(»uros lo -Josephine I )c| .a/.tirofor $1(55,000.

FAN WOOD7S Hunter Avc. Iroin KOIXTI HooijIxTj;

et.nl. to Dennis .), &. Kllcn M. Sherry for$392,000.

345 La (Jraiide Ave. from William .1. St.Carol M. Madden U> lirian (irceu ct.al. for$272,900.

18 Mary Lime freini Iri.s Donovaii toTervv.nvv & Dawn CMHMJII-JI for $220,000.

241 North Ave. from Stephen SiJacqueline Byrne to -lumen & HnrharnVierHchilliiiK (or $27,500.

(;AKWOOI)317 Willow Avo. from TJIOIIIIIM S. SI

Karon Kuhy to Korine Diinknw.ski lor$220,000.

KKNJIAVOKTH290 Uotilcvaid from Knii'st & I'mil

Vitnlo to Clary M. & Snndni K. Skwarek for$230,000.

351 Coolidtfe Drive from Cene H. &Joanne Scutari to .John P. Sinler ct.ul. for

$275,000.filO JefTerBon Avc. from Zidqjnif Trust

to Doreen O'Hricn for $200,000.410 Lafayette Ave. from lOrne.st II.

Tomaio III & Donna Toai;no U> El.shiekhKiit4-r(jri.se.s h.L.r. for $2fJ5,000.

r,\i S. llJtli Si. from Warner & Fati/naNoûr-ira to Juan & Maria ('. Hriun lor$242,000.

SCOTCH PI.AINS4 Ulackhinh Koad from Linda Kutnerto

John &. Maria <:. Iteilly for $005,000.KKJ7 ('ellar Ave. from Suzanne K Pinto

Ut Daniel J. Hauck for $157,000.\U\H r imrdi Ave. from Andrew W. &

Kvelyn (!. Zacliar UJ itence & Hoinavoiml'ayami for $359,000.

1930 f 'hurch Ave. from Lui.s Hi Dolon'sAvila lo Richard Dobyns for $272,500.

2-S41 (Concord Koad froni Jerome I'tjinoJr. to KusHcll II. Si Star D. Jones for$345,fJOO.

312 Cook Avc. from 1,.C. (irimaldi 2001Trust to Ludwika NicJian for $3(>0,000.

317 Cook Ave. from Kdwurd J. & .luditliL llvi/dak lo Harry M. liyrne ct.d Ibr$350,(KH>.

1710 r«H)jH'r Itfiad from f-hrisloplicr KtMaria I'ecoraro U> Tliomax J. & Marv <>Coltlich for $470,000.

205fi Kh/.alM-th Ave. from 1'et.er M.KoHenhluth to ('hrislopher .J. & f.DickMlieid for $275,000.

2(i-'Hi Kurview Drive from Alfredo S. &Ana M. 1'rada to All>ert & .Julie Y. Won(4 for$725,000.

10 Kieldcrest Drive from Stewart IVKcan to Jay M. & Diane (Iriflith for$425,000.

17H4 Kront St. from Donald '!'DiFranceHco to .lom-ph DeKose St. Son Inc.for $125,000,

221 Harding Koad from ThomaK J. &Koxnnne ('empmla to Sharon Hiirton el.id.lbr$314,iH)0.

8 Johnson St. from Kolwrl K, SI. PriHcillaHulhxk U> Veân Investment [>.l .{'. for$108,414.

11 Malanâ ('ourl from (lorey II. S:('liarncllc Anderson to Duvid Hoyd for

from Michaeliiuit for

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Ifc Decker&*s*'

m Deckerb I J A M i ' u i k f i l lOtu t l ty

ticipam i ol the List *»honors llui lt»p s;ilrs .issoii.ttfscouiUry for liltA. In slu>rtDecker - Sells!"

(hut usinj; "Mr Decker" is a hit format AfltrM) yiMis (»1 U ; u h i n ^ in the < rauloul School Systemil seems to he the most appropriate lot I'ornu r slu(kills, their p .uenls .ind ihe m;my others I've m i lHowever, Iliis periodic ;Ul will locus on Ktvil Istiitc!

This yc;ir I will he honored ;t( lhe"(x)ii;irier CenturyCluh." I'liiti's 25 ye;ir.s of selling He;il Instate In ,ihusiness not known tor it s lonêviiy. I consider Ihisquite .in honor. I have hcen a nicmher ot the MillionDollar Sales Cluh many times incliulin^ I ' Wthrough 2 0 0 1 .Also I've heen anUK A H e y o n dI'Xcellenee paryears This awanl

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Let me put my knowledge, experienceand caring dedication lo work for yon.Call Mr. Decker .it WH-2-.T2S"'-! \2K ifyou're thinking of Inlying or selling! Cranford $349,900

$192,500.2094 Meatlowview Drive

Maiiflel lo f'hrisUjplii-r B. 24:1,000.

I Kavjne ffiurt froitiSvvcrtsea !o Norman K. &Syvert.-<-ii for Sî5,000.

2*>77 Skvto|j Drive from Charles W.Asbury Jr. <ft-. Nancy Asbury to IJhili[J D.Hos-ct al. for .r-i!)5,000.

,'J5fj Stoul Avc from William & KarbaniCeh'jitanu to Koaald it. Mink; for$.'!H0,000.

19 Swfin.s Mill Lime from Thomas L, &Deanna f!«rrlafher lo Salvatore W. Vcntuntf't.al for $H01,000.

.'i7Ti.sbiiry Court from Hi-rbert. & JanetLeibowitz lo Marv M Hamfj.son for$310,000.

2.'tf)l Wesi field Avf. from JenniferConnelly to <!uy ' 'hc< rhio for $42,500.

2.'HH We.-ij'ield Avc. from Mit l iaclJuzffyk L.L.C to Ri-hhar & lOunia M.Tav.Viihklian for >1 ifj.OOO.

WKSTFIEIJ)731 Austin St. from Daniel P. & I/-<'A

VerdcieHc io Jeflre.v D. Sjirciii;c| for$419,900.

17 Hrec/iknoll I)rivt- from Mark &Tracy ( iordon to Marc I, Keitman I't.al. lor$829,500.

115 C.'icciola J'lace from James A.Holland lo Akfiar Moj.;liad(ia.H ct.al. for$3: J 5.000.

715 Ciirtctoi) Koad fniin Darrm I. &Margaret ('oy to f iantain <t Cliaru I'arekbfor $<13IJ,000.'

722 (!cntral Avc. from Wanda K Solosyto Iv.-m Mokrytskyy el al. for $23M,000.

(>11 S Clienlaut St. from John IV &Anne K. IIiimiMioii to Ale\an<ter <fe LariK.iKoval for $2n7,00O

filH Ci>ry I'lan- fhmi KicharH &Jacr|iielme HiNlmer to Matthew J, & DeniscM. Salvato for $'105,000.

145 W. Dudley Avc. from Stephen <fcSusan M, Miller to Matthew S. & VirginiaL Quinn (or $.r>:i0,O00.

70H (lariicld Ave. from (iary Ditclks tuRR-(i l(ro|M<rties for $37(!.O0().

210 Harrison Ave from llarbnrn I Duristo Koln-rt W. Ihins fur $192,100.

7Hf> llyslip Ave. from Luis Tisclder loDaniel V. 'it l-cc A. Vcntercse for $520,000.

15!) W Madison Ave. from Morris A. &Kli/.a!>clh IVrkins to Needlepoint (IonicsL.L.C. fur $200,000.

7 Max Plan* from Max Hill Kstntcs Inc.to Ydiiniis A. liiikla fur $Hll,SMH).

25Taiiiiiinn>.s Way from Xiiioiuiitf' WJHIH& Vanpiiif, Soiif: to Lian/.lin Lianj; et al for

BERKELEY HEIGHTS7 Cardinal Court from Paul J. Pertusi &

H. Widyawati U) Hfsueh-Cheng Huang for$356,000.

4'J < 'ornell Ave. from John A. & MelissaPavr-.-e Ut Chn.sUjpher & Bethany Nikolichfor S-13 LOOT

.if) Dell I^mc from Walter & Bartjara J.Kgan to Valcntm J. & Maria T. Olmo for$450,000.

<.H)]jcn»fM' Ixini' from fioljert & Lillian J.Hland to Adam K. Hecht for $516,000.

251 I/jrrainc !>riv(- from Ii»ch:ird L. &Dclxirah L. Jensen t« William P. & Clare MKcnncll for $531,500.

271 Iôrrainr- Drive from Gar>- &Laur^'ii M«.*rlz to Thoma.s J. & KoxannvCcmprola for $561,000.

f>82 I'lmnfield Ave. from Jame.s H. &Claudia Kuess to lio.sej aU' DevelopmentL.L.C. for $S2,5(M).

IB Sawmill Drive- from Lorraine &Michael Kealey to Tyrone V & Michelle C.Sergio for $391,000.

7 Sherbniok Drive from Ik-mard J.Tromhley (-t.al. to Antonio & DelxirahHun-ifur$.r,J0.OO0.

12 Sprin^holin Drive fnim Richard K. &Diana M. Spenrer to PrudentialResidential Services for $330,000.

12 SjiriiiKholih Drive from PrudentialResidential Services to Raji Sen for$330,000.

420 TimlxT Drive from David N. Li«htto Kobert K- Kathleen K. (Juidice for$428,000.

It \Vhi.sjM-nnn Way West fnim Todd H.& Jennifer R Murpliv to Slien^ T«uo et.ai.Ibr $3KH.00O.

NEW PROVIDENCEKH ('aiidlewixHl Drive from (!eor};e Te.^tii

to Richard & ivarcn Kiiller for $5IJ0,OO0.133 Central Ave. from IVU-r & Joan C'.

I'etersen In John T & Caryn L. Wolak for$<i03,0O<).

!K) Crest Knnct fnun .John D. & SluirunM. Siinmie to John ('. & Elizabeth A.Krtmiinfiir $(vi5,000.

I KKW" Court from John Di'Simum* Inc.to Daniel M &NiiiK-y S. Valerio for

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Maria L. Golanco t« Patrick & StephanieProcaccini for $428,000.

11 Overhill Road from Douglas & JanetMclntosh to Janice A. Davis for $550,250.

7 Possum Way from Marcia A Pott*r toMark & Stacy Wang for $509,000.

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153 Bellevue Avc. from Gary B, &Miriam Schernierhorn to Craig T. & MaryA. Moore for $32,2ir>.

168 Bmad St. from Mohammad Sadiqel.al. to Mohamni.nl A. Choudhry for$H3,025,

171 Broad St. from Denbil CorustructionCr> Inc. to Luis A. Simg pt.al. for $405,000.

H CaJdwell Ave. from Cengiz & NazanUayazit to Mark D. & Kunljerly B. Majide!formal 7.000.

175 Canoe Brook Parkway from Mary P.lister <t.;d. to Michael A. & Maureen C.Kiehn for $720,000.

14 Druid Hill Road from Theodore J.Stazeski Sr. to Steven J. & Renee E.Katnero for $785,000.

55 Hohart Avc. from Komilti & MoniqueMallow to Patrick K. & Tyniara Gates for$l,07f),(KK).

234 Kent Place Blvd. from Ferdinand &Hochclle /Mvaro to Jeffrey & DeborahHronikowski for $725,000.

Ill) Morri.s (ilen from Morris Glen toBrian Uruff for $5,000.

7 Oxlxiw Ume from MBD I'ropertiesL.L.P. to Douglas & Lincia Colandrea for$1.55 million.

7 Park Ave. from Victor Vuial Jr. & YvettVidal to C'lin-stophcr M. McDonough for$242,500.

49 Park Ave. from Tina Smith et.al. toSijjnia Four /\ss«K-iate.s for $300,000.

A8 Summit West fnim Beatii Bialeckaet.al. lo William J. & JutUi Seeler for$295,000.

92 Tulip St. from Jeffrey & DeborahBranikawski to David & Carrie Fnllon for$571,000.

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Judith A. Sagan,Vice President/Manager ofBurgdorff ERA'sWestfield, added"It's obvious thathard work and ded-ication to herclients' need haveresulted in highproduction in yetanother fabulousmonth for October.We are very proudof Anne and con-gratulate her in hermany outstandingaccomplishments.

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Tho topic'H not open to <Jis-ciiHHion i'nr ninny people, how-ever. Trmy won't, consider ;irninivan, itnii they don't. w;intto be; K<!cn driving uric rn.iyltceven riding in one.

Not sill miniv.'iris ,11c ctisilcdin this dowdy MKIJI nf familychort'H, howrvfc. And eventhough it'H mi iniiige resistedby many, once you've hurl aminivnn, il'n hard to i d nth lothu Kpacc coriHlniint.s of uHt'dan or Hporl-ulility vehicle.

For (i IIKJ(I(! of li'jinsporljil ionthnt tiu\.H rm ruHjji'ct., the minivan iH iii) id**!!! veliirle. If"Kmore fuel eflirienl limn ;I I ISUV, und the.rc'fs more rnrryinj;capacity for jun( itboul. everything from kids, their jx-tsv

thoir friends und Im-yrles i,, i hein-hiWH and oixlies from ;ishopping s|)icc.

Kvun tint ride height isHiifihll.y elevated for hellrr onroad views, ;mcl the stop inheiff'it IK conilorLihle.

Picking your poison conies ina variety of Klmpen iiiul si/.es

The Muzclii MI'V i.s a srm.l!minivan that IHIH cnwKiivcrtraits of a sedan lor nimble <jrivability and i\ VSIM'K 7-|)HHsen-gor Hcntiiif,', It is also a <l<'nir-able olTc'riiiK hecatiMe nf its-;quality coimtr tii'tion.

Pricing startH at $2.'l,l^0 fortho LX and $2(>,r>li() for (he KS.Both cu!iiu with flic 200 tjorsi'powur V-w Hlnndiird items madeoptional, dropping the MSKI1

by nbnut $1,200.Thu 1'JH contra with nurli

extniH aH leallier upholstery,17-inch alloy wheels (withlocks), a piiwer-iidjUMlcil dri-ver's HOJit and remote locluti).;.

tent van's slicker prire of

Mazda makes an up-to-date statoment with mfnivan

$^t,.'M.r. ineluded ii niinther ofopt IOIIH, lint Kiev sci'iii (nodes!Iv priced.

Tin four seasons packagei$M'Jtt adds a rear healer, larj;-er windshield washer lank,heavy-duty lialleiy, heavy-dutyrear defoj;i;er, I ralisinission oilcooler, a larger radiator andextra coolinj; fan, heated mir-rors, heavy-duty wiper motorand ;i,()0()-.pound lowing capaci-• y.

A power iiioiiiiriHif is $700and mi in-ilanh (i-ilisr ( ' I )clian^er i.s $•!/»<), which are liet-ter deals than you can jjet atan a l termaike l f i rm, plus theyH I T covered hy the Ma/.da war-rant V.

the other Mazda

iiji^f>H are the ;l-year,f>0,0(K)-n»ile warranty (Mazdaliolieven its hllyitrH like todrive) nnd a free tank of gnu.

A family of four mi^hl neveroutgrow the MI'V. The fronthurled N seats are full and snp-portive with a Hip-up tray tableand cut) holder between, whichallows an adult tu slip into thehack.

Thi> serond row lias two back-el senls (hat cleverly .slidetu^i'tlicr IIH a bench for moretraditional kid-carrying duty.Push them apart when the M!>-lin^H are old enough to demandtheir tiwii territory or whenthe urown-upn JJO out withYi

, all niwnFor the

have tiieater seating slightlyraised for better views. Andthere me plentiful storageareas, baud (jrabs, cup holdersand (jrocery-bnii hooks

Also Mpecial for a van ate sidedoor window* lliat fan heopened, and I hese are power-opciatcd, which is very handyfor parents and dnjj owners Theptiwer side doors are handy, butan SHOO option.

The third row, lhree-he.ltbench will fold flal into thedoor or flip backward to make atail|,'atiliK seat, ('unvertintf the"Tumble-Under" third-rowup or down is about .'K)-sec-otid process that even a kid cando without a parent's help.

The fold-flat seat design is a

good feature for people w ithlarge petH.

There's abundant space for <ikennel, and the Http-up orjump-in height is lower thangetting into an SUV. That mat-ters for owners nf older or heav-ier pets that demand to be lift-ed into the back.

A rear air conditioning unit i>standard on the tophne model.

And, for bringing home arefrigerator, screen doors or alarge-screen TV, the second rowof seats can be removed andlifted without causing bodilyharm.

Last year, Ma/.da heefed upthe driveline with a 200-horsc-power 'J.O liter V-fi upgradedi'rom the 170 horsepower, 2.">liter - and a fj-spced automaticwilh "slope control" to preventthe transmission from repeatedshifts or seeking for the opti-mum gear on long interstategrades.

The MI'V handles the powersmoothly, and there's enoughengine torque for rapid stop-light getaways and imhesilanlpassing power. Few owners willcomplain about the fuel mileageof IH mpg around town and 21on I he highway.

Hecau.se Ma/da has a youngeraudience, its vehicles have asportier driving attitude. Andbecause of its smaller mass, theMI'V can get out of its own way.The chassis feels solid, and tin-suspension is firm for reducedbody roll but still a comfortableride.

Uoiid harshness and texturesare not transmitted (o the cabinand there is a refined touch tothe steering, accelerator andbrakes. The power-assistedbrakes have <1-chunnel AHS andelectronic brake force distribu-tion, another unexpected fea-ture.

Other safety features includedual front air bags and frontside air bags.

Minivans lead tough lives;their owners don't have to. TheMI'V is a convincing reason to

let your ego take a walk whileyou drive ... a seven-passengervehicle.

SPECSBOX2003 Mazda MPV ESBody style: 7-passonger mini-

v,mDrive ~\>tem: Front engine,

front-wheel driveEngine: ;S0 liter DOHC 21-

v.ilve V-fiHorsepower: 2O0 at 6,200

rpmTorque: 200 foot-pounds at

.'1.00(1 rpmTransmission: ;Vspeod auto-

maticAcceleration: O-fi0 mph. n/aFuel economy: IH mpg city,

21 highwayFuel tank: lit.H ga l lons

DIMENSIONSWheelhasc: l l l .H inchesHeight: o(J. 1 inchesWidth: 72.1 inchesLength: lH7.fi inchesCurb weight: 3,HI2 poundsCargo area: 17.2 cubic feet

behind third row; .0:1.7, thirdrow folded; 127, second rowremoved

Tow rating: 2,000 poundsFront head'leg'shoulder

room. :j!)' -1(1 H/.r)9.K inches i M1inches without sunroof)

Middle row head'leg shoulderroom: ,f7.1 H7-(J0.8 inches

Rear bead leg/shoulder room:.'JH'-:i5.<>-''5K.l inches

PRK'INCiHase price: $2(>,">20, includ-

ing $520 destination charge;price as tested, $2u,:U.r>

Options on test vehicle: foglights. $2f)0; roof rack. $20(1; in-dash (i-disi CD changer, S-lfiO:power moonroof, $700; I sea-sons package, $-l2f>; and powersliding (loots with power win-dows, $H()0

Warranty: :i yeOOar 50,000-niile bumper to bumper; 24-hour roadside assistance; loanercar program

Where assembled: JapanPLUSES: Compact and

duSHV.MINUSES: Big dashboard

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