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AN INSPIRATION TO EVERYONE North Arlington youngster Piperato plays football with only one leg

By Jim Hague ogsmar@aol.com March 24, 2014 was a day just like any other for 7-year-old North Arlington native Josh Piperato.

The youngster was having fun at his aunt’s home in Bradley Beach, doing what active little boys normally do.

Josh was jumping up and down on the family trampoline.

That’s when disaster struck.

“My leg got caught and that was it,” Josh explains.

Emergency room doctors at a local hospital diagnosed Piperato’s injury first as a sprained ankle,

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Young Josh Piperato is giving his all as a member of the North Arlington Junior Vikings football team, despite losing his left leg in a tragic accident four years ago.

but as it turned out, it was far worse.

“The pain he was having was so intense,” said Josh’s mother Ana. “He was screaming in pain.”

Josh also developed a fever that reached an astounding 108 degrees.

“It was bad,” Ana Piperato said. “He fainted in my arms. I kept asking him questions and he wouldn’t respond.”

A second trip to the hospital ensued. This time, the prognosis was more severe. Josh Piperato developed compartment syndrome.

According to the website, WebMD, Compartment syn-

drome is a condition in which increased pressure within one of the body’s compartments results in insufficient blood supply to tissue within that space.

It is most commonly due to physical trauma, but can also occur after blood flow returns following a period of poor blood flow. Treatment is by surgery to open the compartment completed in a timely manner, but if not treated within six hours, permanent muscle or nerve damage can result.

“Joshua was unconscious and in a coma,” Ana Piperato said. “He developed blood clots

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It appears work at Oval may finally get underway

By Ron Leir Special to The Observer

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THE OBSERVER | WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 22, 2018

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hree decades have passed but in my mind’s eye I can see it clear as day.

Thirty years later, I wish my mind’s eye were visually impaired.

I don’t have to close my eyes to see them — the whole lot of them — lined up along the wall beneath

BULLYING CRISIS the green chalkboard. They sat there during an indoor lunch recess on a rainy day, legs outstretched, holding their hair back from their foreheads methodically uttering, “Uh duh” over and over in a dopey tone. Their

actions were torpedoed for a direct hit right at me. My offense? I had the audacity to wear my hair pulled back off my face in a headband. It was the ‘80s after all. Headbands were practically a wardrobe necessity. However, to these girls, it became fodder with which to taunt me.

That was sixth-grade, five years in from when the teasing, the taunting (read: bullying) began. Now, some

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30-plus years later, my adult life is still pock-marked by scars of the past. To this day, the effects of childhood bullying continue to follow me on a regular basis.

They say our experiences as children shape us into the people we become as adults. I’d say that’s a pretty accurate assessment.

It began the first day of first-grade, when we got our seat assignments and I was placed next to a girl with whom I thought I could be friendly. We exchanged names and I excitedly told her that she shared the same middle name as my sister.

“So what?” was her gruff reply.

Feeling embarrassed for having shared my excitement, I shrunk back in my seat, when she hit me with her follow-up question: “What’s wrong with your teeth?” I had a few small white spots on my front teeth, barely noticeable and certainly nothing that had ever bothered me before.

It was the first time I was introduced to the feeling being self-conscious about my looks. I was 6.

Throughout that year, it became clear that this girl was indeed not my friend.

My mom had taught me the golden rules of treating others how you would want them to treat you and if you don’t have anything nice then don’t say anything at all.

Clearly this girl’s mother had not taught her the same. See, I was a “nice” girl. All the teachers loved me and I was nice to everyone. In fact, I was so nice that I didn’t know how to speak up for myself and defend myself against this girl and her little horde of followers. From that first day of first-grade, straight

through eighth-grade, all I ever wanted was acceptance by this group. All I ever got was bullied. Of course it wasn’t called that back then.

It was just “kids being kids.”

There were a couple of girls who were picked on more than I was. The teachers would always send me in to make them feel better when they were upset. I recall one girl, “Samantha,” who was always the chubby girl in school. Aside from being teased about the obvious, I recall how the “cool kids”in first-grade made fun of her because her mom would put ice cubes in her plastic thermos of milk to keep it cold throughout the school day.

Do you hear how insane that sounds? She was made fun of because her mom put ice cubes in her milk?

It sounds like it should be insignificant and merely laughed off, but to a 6-yearold, regardless of how trivial the matter may appear, words from peers can cut like a knife.

Over the years, the subject matter of their bullying ran the gamut. From my hairstyle to clothes or a secret crush of mine to my new best friend, nothing was off limits.

We couldn’t afford designer clothes from the big names that were in style at the time: Guess Jeans and Benetton come to mind. No. My mom shopped at Kmart and it felt like everyone knew it. My clothes weren’t what you’d call “stylish,” but I wasn’t dressed in rags either. I was always dressed nice and clean, but it was just something else on which they could zero in.

By seventh- and eighthgrade, the bullying took on

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BULLYING STILL EXIST TO THIS DAY Continued from previous page new significance. I would walk to school every day and I would dread when I had to turn the last corner. Walking the last stretch of sidewalk toward the schoolyard was like walking the plank, with a group of my tormentors often huddled at the end like a pit of snakes. They’d stare at me, covering their mouths as they leaned in to whisper in each other’s ears. To this day, I still don’t know what they would say to one another.

Maybe it’s better that way.

At the beginning of seventh-grade, when students from the other two schools in town would merge into my school for seventh- and eighth-grade, I was lucky enough to meet someone who’d become my kindred spirit and my best friend.

She would also join me in becoming a victim of this group of girl-devils. Our close friendship became the target of their attacks when my friend and I saw the writing on the wall.

Literally.

We literally saw the writing on the wall. The wall of the third-floor girls’ bathroom to be precise. They had written that my friend and I were lesbians. I barely even knew what that really meant. This was the late ‘80s.

It wasn’t like it is now. There was not much in the way of tolerance and acceptance. All there was was devastation and humiliation. I had finally found the best friend I had in years, and now they were trying to take that away from

me too.

None of them wanted to be my friend and now that I had that best friend they tried to destroy it by making it into something it was not.

But I survived. Somehow, by the grace of God, I made it through, although not unscathed.

At 43, I remain painfully self-conscious of what other people think. My self-esteem has never been in what you’d call a “healthy state.” It’s funny because I’ve often been told that I exude confidence.

That couldn’t be any further from the truth.

Up until the time I moved out in my mid-20s, I kept on my dresser an old pine box, roughly the size of a shoe box. It was a keepsake given to me in grammar school by an elderly wheelchair-bound neighbor who’d had polio as a child.

In that box I kept all my secrets: school pictures of my boy crushes, notes passed between my couple of close friends and me and my old diaries.

There were two. One was a pretty purple one adorned with tiny white hearts and the other was a red and white Hello Kitty one with a lock.

After at least a decade of serving as a stand for a picture frame, I slid the box off my dresser and sat with it on the floor. It was like opening a Pandora’s Box of bad memories. With it opened the floodgates of years of hurt. I was able to pop open Hello Kitty’s pathetic little lock. I flipped open to a random page but the words

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leaped out as if I had just writing them yesterday, not some 20 years ago.

“I made up a new song,” I had scrawled in purple ink.

“Nobody likes me, everybody hates me, I just want to die.”

To this day I can still hear the tune play in my head.

Those words were written by me in sixth-grade. In sixth-grade I WANTED TO DIE because I couldn’t bear the way I was being treated

by my so-called friends and dreaded going to school each and every day. No child should ever have to feel that way.

I now live 3,000 miles away from where I grew up, but the effects of the way I was treated are always right behind me like the proverbial monkey on my back. It’s there when I look in the mirror or see pictures of myself and hate what I see.

It’s there when I have to put myself out there in new social situations. It’s there when I see my own daughter being treated in a similar way by some little snot-nose kid in school.

It was rather coincidental timing that I was recently asked to share my childhood bullying experiences. About two weeks prior, I had an

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THE OBSERVER | WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 22, 2018

Work at LHS should be finished by September

By Ron Leir Special to The Observer The Lyndhurst Board of Education has begun implementing a 2016 referendum authorizing an upgrade of school buildings, but it’s been forced to put a hold on the rest of the work due to cash concerns.

A contractor hired by the BOE is currently working in Lyndhurst High School, reconfiguring four classrooms and installing a new media center, and hopes to have the job done in time for the Sept. 5 start of fall term classes.

At the same time, though, district business administrator Scott Bisig said local school officials “have gone back to the state [Department of Education]” to take a second look at the “scope of services” for the remaining capital improvements planned for Roosevelt, Franklin, Washington and Columbus elementary schools “because

everything is going up in price.”

That assertion was evidenced, Bisig said, when bids received by the district for additions to Columbus and Roosevelt “came in $2 million over” the projected estimate.

Consequently, the DOE, in consultation with local architects, will have to come up with what Bisig described as some “reshuffling, reconfigurations” of instructional space planned for the four elementary schools to bring in the job at a price consistent with the balance remaining of the $19.8 million spending program approved by the voters.

Bisig said there is no possibility the DOE will provide more cash, nor is it likely the district will ask taxpayers for supplemental funding, especially since it is already saddled with paying off a $3.7 million deficit.

Of the $19.8 million, DOE will reimburse the district for

40% — or about $4.3 million — in “eligible costs.”

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Will HASCS new campus be ready to open?

By Ron Leir Special to The Observer KEARNY – The Hudson Arts & Science Charter School is expanding to a second Kearny location and another out-of-town facility this fall.

But, with the first day of the fall term less than a week away, will HASCS be ready to open?

On Aug. 9, the school, which began operating in 2016, got special permission from State Education Commissioner Lamont O. Repollet to amend its charter by adding two “satellite campuses.”

One will be at the long dormant St. Cecilia Grammar School at 114 Chestnut St. in Kearny and the other at 27372741 Kennedy Blvd. in Jersey City, the old Jersey Academy building which has, more recently, housed the Institute for Early Childhood Educators and International Institute for Community Building.

The former parish school is to accommodate grades 4 through 7 while the Jersey City site will service kindergarten through grade 2.

HASCS’s existing location at 131 Midland Ave. will provide

space for K to grade 3.

But under conditions set by the DOE commissioner in an Aug. 9 letter to HASCS board president Ozgur Dogru, “prior to occupying the new facilities, a certificate of occupancy with an ‘E’ (educational) use, a fire inspection report and a sanitary inspection certificate must be obtained.

“And representatives from the Hudson County Office of Education must complete a health and safety inspection of the facility.”

HCASC spokesman Turan Balik couldn’t be reached to learn whether either new campus would be ready for the first day of classes Aug. 27. The Observer noticed some type of interior HVAC work appeared to be going on inside the old grammar school last week.

Enrollment projections submitted to DOE called for HCASC to add grade 7 for the 2018-2019 school year and to educate a total of 852 students — about a 76% increase from 2017-2018. Next school year, with the planned addition of grade 8, enrollment will climb to 1,021.

The Kearny Board of Education, which pays 90%

of the cost of educating each Kearny resident student at HCASC, took exception to HCASC’s expansion proposal filed March 23 — nearly three months after the filing deadline.

“Our only objection was they were so late in filing for the expansion when clearly they knew before then they were leasing St. Cecilia’s,” Superintendent of Schools Patricia Blood said. Had the district gotten an accurate accounting of how many additional Kearny students to anticipate, officials could have better prepared its budget accordingly, she said.

After getting that accounting from the DOE, school officials calculated the district will have to cough up a local contribution of more than $5 million to help underwrite tuition costs for the Kearny residents attending HCASC this school year, according to Blood.

That’s up from $4.2 million for the 2017-2018 school year, she said.

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It appears some work has been done at the former St. Cecilia Grammar School, but will it be enough to commence the HASCS’s new campus by school’s opening day?

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The teens seen here will head to camp this week. When they come back, it is hoped they will have a new, positive message to spread among their peers and their community.

Teens head to camp this week, will bring positive message back to peers

By Kevin Canessa kc@theobserver.com This week, a group of Kearny teenagers head out to a camp in Warren County — it’s called the Lindsey Meyer Teen Institute — and whilst there, they will strategize ways to “create positive changes in themselves, their schools and their communities.”

The teens’ participation is sponsored by the Kearny Coalition, under the leadership of Jack Corbett Sr., Jane Mackesy and Cathy Santos.

Upon return, the teens will work with their adult counterparts to develop an “action plan to help divert at-risk youth from falling prey to potentially addictive drug habits.”

In a story my colleague Ron Leir wrote a few weeks ago, Mackesy told him it’ll be a work-in-progress as the teens will survey their peers in the fall to get their thoughts on substance abuse.

No matter what happens, these teens are doing a tremendous service for our town and for their schools. And this is just another instance of the exemplary work the coalition continues to do. These teens could be doing anything, really — it’s the penultimate week of summer vacation, after all — and

they’re giving up their own time to ensure addiction doesn’t spiral out of control among their peers and at their high schools.

In my mind, it doesn’t get much better than that. At all. Great job, campers, and great job, Kearny Coalition.

An excellent concert in NA Last week, I had a chance to go to one of North Arlington’s summer concerts at Riverside Park off of River Road. This one featured The Mahoney Brothers, who put on a show called “Jukebox Heroes Live.”

While I wasn’t sure what to expect from the show, I left having seen a great show.

The group — somehow — had people on the stage who looked and sounded a lot like Neil Diamond, Willie Nelson and several other acts from the ‘70s and ‘80s. And they didn’t disappoint — at all. The Diamond and Nelson look-a-likes were so good that if you closed your eyes and simply listened to “Sweet Caroline” or “On the Road Again,” you would have thought you were listening to the real singers.

This was a great night — suitable for all ages — and I am very glad I was there. (The next and final concert is at 7 p.m., Aug. 28 — same location, featuring a band called Garden State Radio, that features tunes from

the ‘80s. ‘90s and ‘00s.) And it didn’t cost concert-goers a penny.

Perhaps the most intriguing element of the concert was that a local group of Sikh Americans set up a canopy where they were giving out free lemonade, iced tea and other cool refreshments for concert-goers to drink to keep hydrated on a somewhat warm and humid night.

The group, as part of its faith, is known to do things to better their home community. And a concert organizer told me they wanted to make the concert even better for the attendees. It was absolutely great to see — and it certainly did make the concert better. Bravo.

Here comes the fall Don’t want to be a downer to all you summer lovers out there, but one month from today, it will officially be autumn — the greatest season of the year. Did this summer fly by or what?

That’s all for now. Here’s wishing everyone a great week ahead. See you back here in this space soon.

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By Karen Zautyk kzautyk@theobserver.com

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n Aug. 11 at 8:58 p.m., Officers Joshua Lopez and John Fearon responded to Walmart on a report of a shoplifting. There, security had detained Dana McCombs, 32, of Newark, for allegedly placing $312.51 worth of groceries into shopping bags at a self-checkout register and then exiting the store without paying.

Incident to her arrest, police said, McCombs was found to have on her: 59 folds of heroin, nine vials of crack cocaine, and one Ziploc bag of marijuana.

Police said she also was found to be wanted by Millburn Township ($1,000 full bail and $500 full), Irvington ($600 full), Sparta ($300 full and $200 full) and Newark ($750, $50, $50, $200, $50 — all full bail). [Editor’s note: The report did not detail the charges. Sorry.]

McCombs was sent to the Hudson County Jail with new warrants for shoplifting and possession of drugs and drug paraphernalia.

*** Other recent reports from the Kearny police blotter included the following: Aug. 9 At 3:34 p.m., Dets. Cesar Negron and Michael Andrews and Officers David Bush and Jonathan Dowie were on unmarked patrol near Kearny and Midland avenues when they observed a pedestrian — Shawn Mendez, 25, of Kearny — whom they reportedly knew to be wanted on a Hudson County Superior Court no-bail warrant.

Mendez was apprehended on the 500 block of Kearny Avenue on the strength of the county warrant plus three Harrison warrants: marijuana possession ($500 full and $250 full) and local ordinance violation ($250 full), police said. Incident to arrest, he was allegedly found to possess three Ecstasy pills, was charged additionally with that offense, and was lodged in the county jail.

Aug. 10 Officers Bush and Dowie

were patrolling on Patterson Street at 7:25 p.m. when they became stuck in traffic behind a doubleparked Mitsubishi Eclipse that had the whole roadway blocked. “This idle time,” a KPD source commented, “allowed them to observe a large spider-web crack in the offending car’s windshield.”

The officers approached on foot and were met by the odor of marijuana emanating from the car, police said. Inside the passenger compartment, they allegedly saw a handrolled marijuana cigar and a small container and two sandwich bags of marijuana.

The Eclipse’s occupants, Rui Falcao, 18, of Newark, and Hector Guevara, 18, of Kearny, were booked on summonses for possession of pot/ paraphernalia. Falcao also was issued tickets for delaying traffic, obstruction of windshield and possession of CDS in a MV. Aug. 12 At 5:14 a.m., Officer Joshua Lopez and several back-up officers responded to Hoyt

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OLC picnic is Aug. 26 Our Lady of Czestochowa hosts its annual parish picnic Sunday, Aug. 26, from noon to 8 p.m. Come for some good music, delicious Polish food and beer. The picnic takes place at 115 S. Third St. For more information, call Marzena 973-483-2255.

Kearny Kearny Interfaith Network (KIN) hopes for multiple blood drives The Kearny (area) Interfaith Network (KIN) is spearheading an initiative to host several area blood drives a year. Blood drives are lifesavers but they require a lot of effort. The KIN hopes that by joining forces, it can share all aspects of the drives without putting undue pressure on the same people. What is daunting for a small group will be doable (and fun) with a larger group.

So far, three community groups and the congregations of the Kearny (area) Interfaith Network (KIN) have stepped up to participate — but we would love to be joined by other groups.

The KIN’s goal is to have four drives a year. By having them locally available and well publicized, it can encourage regular donation habits

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Hoffman was interviewed and later charged on a summons with criminal mischief. *** At 8:09 p.m., Det. Andrews and Officers Dowie, Bush and Tim Castle, on patrol on Chestnut Street, reportedly observed Pedro Rodrigues, 20, of Kearny, and Eliseo Oller, 21, of Secaucus, sharing a marijuana cigar in Town Hall Park. Upon the cops’ approach, Rodrigues allegedly tossed away a knotted plastic bag of

and dramatically improve the amount of blood available to those in need.

There will be an organizational meeting Tuesday, Aug. 21, at 7 p.m., at First Presbyterian Church, 663 Kearny Ave. Rosana Tabakci, of NJ Blood Services, will be on hand to discuss the first drive, slated for Oct. 6.

For more information, contact Susan Harris at 201349-4047 (call or text). There is no obligation for attending the meeting.

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raw marijuana, which was recovered.

The two were charged with possession of pot/ paraphernalia and use of CDS without a prescription and ended up in the county jail.

Aug. 16 At 3:11 a.m., Sgt. Jay Ward and Officers Fearon, Oliveira and Jose Castillo responded to a report of an assault in a Kearny Ave. parking lot. There, police said, they encountered a 37-year-old homeless woman who reported that David Calabrese, 36 and also homeless, had purposely struck her with his car during

POLICE BEAT a dispute and then fled the scene.

While the police were investigating, Calabrese returned and was charged with aggravated assault, possession of a weapon (the car) for an unlawful purpose and unlawful possession of a weapon.

He was sent to the county jail.

The woman was taken to St. Michael’s Medical Center, Newark, where she was treated for abrasions and released.

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Family butterfly program Monday, Aug. 27, 1 p.m.

Butterfly guy Rick Mikula will be on hand to present a live butterfly program Oliveira 5-K Run is Aug. 25 The fourth Annual 5-K Run/Walk in Memory of SSG Jorge Oliveira takes place Saturday, Aug. 25, at 9 a.m.

This year, participants are invited to bring pets on the walk/run. The event raises funds for a scholarship given to a graduating Kearny High School senior each year. Register at RunSignUp.com or at 8 a.m., the day of the race.

Elks ready to be halfway there …

Kearny Elks 1050 present Halfway to St Patrick’s Day — the wake for Sheamus McElk — Sept. 22 at 730 p.m. at the American Legion Hall, 314 Belgrove Drive, Kearny. For advanced ticket information — including the case — send an email to kearny1050@gmail.com.

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available for free For Lyndhurst residents in need of school supplies or donated uniforms, may visit the Health Department, at 253 Stuyvesant Ave., Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Donations are also accepted.

Nutley Movie Under the Stars, ‘Coco,’ is Sept. 7 The township presents Movie Under the Stars Sept.

7 at the Oval, 300 Franklin Ave., with a presentation of “Coco.” The movie begins at dusk. The rain date is Sept.

14. Food will be available for purchase. For more information, contact the Nutley Recreation Department at 973284-4966, weekdays between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.

Register now for fall fitness classes The township announces the return of core cardio, morning yoga, yoga for life and mindful yoga — with registrations now open at register.mycommunitypass. net/nutley. Classes take place at the Recreation Annex at 65 Bloomfield Ave. Class sizes are limited and are formed on a first-come, first-served basis. For more details, all 973284-4966 weekdays between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.

Norcia & Wolfenden reunion

Bob and Dolores Norcia, of North Arlington, and Bob and Marilyn Wolfenden recently hosted their annual family picnic at the Silver Saddle Swim Club, Branchbrook.

More than 60 family, friends and neighbors attended.

They’ve been having this event for the better part of the last 64 years. The potluck get-together is usually on a Saturday, but this time, it was on a Sunday since the original date of the event was washed out by rain.

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Thomas Marturano, NJSEA director of solid waste and natural resources, had raised questions about the “installation of a vertical barrier along the eastern edge of the Gunnell Oval site to prevent groundwater flow from entering the [freshwater] Kearny Marsh.”

In response, Patel says this concern wasn’t addressed by the NJDEP when it issued a Level 2 Environmental Decision Document on the Oval project on June 11, apparently because it wasn’t mentioned in Kearny’s funding application to the New Jersey Water Bank (formerly the N.J. Environmental Infrastructure Financing Program).

Patel doesn’t say whether Marturano’s concern is valid. He only says the NJDEP’s conferring the Level 2 EDD “allows [Kearny] to retain eligibility” for funding of the project through the NJWB but, at the same time, he adds, “this [designation] is not a commitment of federal or state funds.”

Still, Patel appears to side with Kearny, “that the proposed project will have no impact to ‘environmentally critical areas’ … based on the [NJDEP’s] issuance of several required permits which address the environmental considerations of the [NJDEP].”

As for Marturano’s objection to the placement of an outfall from a new stormwater pump station discharging to the Kearny Marsh because “there is no easement between the Town and the NJSEA,” Patel simply accepts Kearny’s assertion that “the proposed force main, outfall and associated energy dissipater are to be constructed on [property] owned by the Norfolk-Southern Railway Company approximately 75 feet west of the boundary line between the NorfolkSouthern property and the property owned by NJSEA.” Marturano’s concern about a “dewatering” element of the project “is to be resolved through the

requirements of an NJDEP Temporary Dewatering Permit,” says Patel.

Lastly, Marturano’s fear about “removal of trees on the NJSEA property” is groundless, Patel says, because “no trees are proposed to be removed from the NJSEA property as part of the project.”

Patel says that before the Oval project can begin, Kearny must secure a NJDEP Stormwater Construction General Permit that would allow “discharge from … the Oval site.” Patel says the town has already secured project approvals from the HudsonEssex Soil Conservation District and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

But, at this point, Kearny’s consulting engineer Michael Neglia says the town has accumulated sufficient credibility to set up the preliminaries for the start of the project.

Neglia said he’s providing NJDEP this projected schedule for bids and construction: • Anticipated bid advertisement – Sept. 5, 2018.

• Anticipated bid opening – Sept. 7, 2018.

• Anticipated bid closing – Oct. 18, 2018.

• Anticipated contract award – Oct. 23, 2018.

• Anticipated construction commencement – Fall 2018 (November-December).

• Anticipated construction completion – Spring 2020 (April-May).

The overall project cost has been estimated at about $25 million, of which more than $900,000 will go to Neglia’s Lyndhurst firm as a construction-management fee.

Kearny applied for a loan of “up to $21 million” from the NJEIFP (now NJWB), Mayor Alberto Santos said. “The amount to be borrowed,” he added, “will be less the grants received from HDSRF (N.J. Hazardous Discharge Site Remediation Fund) , N.J. Green Acres and Hudson County Open Space Trust Fund.”

In October 2017, the town authorized bonding for up to $21.6 million toward the project.

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sports&recreation Lyndhurst football 2018: In Partyla we trust

By Jim Hague ogsmar@aol.com The Lyndhurst High School football team posted a 5-4 record a year ago, earning a berth in the NJSIAA North Jersey Section 2, Group II state playoffs, falling in the first round to eventual state sectional champ Rutherford.

As he begins his fifth season as head coach of the Golden Bears, Rich Tuero believes that his team gained a lot of experience last year due to a rash of injuries the team endured during the course of the season.

“We had a lot of kids that we were mixing in, so they got a lot of experience on the fly,” said Tuero, who became a father for the second time this month when his wife, Koriann, gave birth to their second daughter Camila Rose.

“Those kids got to learn fast,” Tuero said. “We’re refining them now. The kids have been working their tails off getting ready for this season.

We got a little taste of the state playoffs last year and it made them all want it again. Now, we want to win in the state playoffs.”

Leading the way is senior quarterback Brian Podolski (6-2, 185), who started for the Golden Bears a year ago.

“He’s coming into this season knowing he’s the man,” Tuero said of Podolski. “He’s more of a pocket passer. I think we know what to expect from him and he knows what to expect from us. He’s pretty

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The Lyndhurst High School football team should contend this year thanks to the work of their diligent offensive line. From left are Jeremy Guevara, Shane D’Andrea, Joseph Cutola, head coach Rich Tuero, Thomas Ryan, James Blake and Paul Cimicata.

comfortable back there.”

Podolski will also benefit from having Danny Kesack as an assistant coach. The former Golden Bear standout has graduated from Wesley College in Delaware and has joined Tuero’s coaching staff.

“It’s great that I coached Danny and now I can coach Brian with the help of Danny,” Tuero said. “He’s comfortable with Brian Without a doubt, they can relate with each other really well. It’s incredible.”

The top running back is junior Piotr Partyla (5-11, 180), who earned Observer Athlete of the Week honors last October with a 194-yard, four touchdown performance against North Arlington.

Partyla missed three games due to injury or he would have eclipsed the 1,000-yard plateau.

As it was, the fantastic Partyla motored for more than 800 yards and 11 touchdowns.

“He’s been chomping at the bit, because he wants to get back out there,” Tuero said of Partyla. “No one outworks that kid. He lives, breathes, eats and sleeps football. He’s really something else.”

The Golden Bears also feature a pair of sophomores at running back in Anthony DeMarco (5-8, 165) and Jarett Weber (5-8, 150). DeMarco is the younger brother of Matthew DeMarco, who is currently playing college football at Montclair State.

The fullback is senior Jeff Grasso (5-9, 205), who started at fullback last year.

The receiving corps is very deep and talented. Senior Benny Franchino (5-9, 165) is a four-year starter who is also a talented member of the Lyndhurst famed track and field program in the spring.

“He’s a speedster,” Tuero said. “He runs really well and

has great hands. We call him ‘Benny the Jet.’” The receiving corps also features senior Emanuel LaLuz (5-11, 165) and junior John Rodriguez (6-2, 175), who scored a school-record 51 points in a basketball game against Harrison last February.

The tight end is senior Paul Cimicata (6-2, 220), who looms as one of the best two-way football players in the area.

“He’s a big weapon,” Tuero said.

The offensive line has some decent size, featuring juniors James Blake (6-0, 265) and Thomas Ryan (5-11, 200) at tackle. Ryan is a transfer from DePaul Catholic.

The guards are senior returning starter Shane D’Andrea (6-1, 200) and junior Joseph Cutola (5-11, 185).

Cutola is the younger brother of the recently graduated Nick Cutola, who played football

and baseball for the Golden Bears last year and hopes to play baseball at Richard Stockton in the spring.

The center is senior Michael Perri (6-0, 260).

The Golden Bears feature a 3-5 defensive front, with returning starter Jeremy Rivera (5-10, 200) at nose tackle.

Cimicata is a fixture at defensive end, where he’s more of a force. Blake is the other defensive end.

The linebacker group features returning starter Grasso, along with junior Chris McGlaughlin (5-10, 185), junior Aaron Alvarez (5-7, 165) and sophomore Adam Venezia (511, 185), the baseball standout.

The cornerbacks are juniors Michael Failace (5-8, 165) and Anthony Lembo (5-10, 175), with senior Jay Lauria (5-10, 165) and Franchino at safety.

Franchino is also a solid weapon as a placekicker, having already nailed a 43-yard field goal in a preseason scrimmage. With a 3.8 grade point average, some Ivy League schools are looking at Franchino as a possible kicker.

“He does all the right things,” Tuero said.

The Golden Bears open the 2018 season against Hawthorne at home Thursday, Aug. 30 at 6 p.m.

Tuero likes the makeup of his team.

“If we can stay healthy, these kids can make some noise,” Tuero said. “These kids believe in this program and believe in themselves.”

And that’s the first step.

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I knew in my heart something was seriously wrong. I thought Joshua was gone. I saw a bunch of nurses rush

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I was in shock. I was not expecting that to happen to him.”

Since Josh wasn’t treated immediately, it left doctors with no recourse.

They had to amputate Josh’s left leg from just above his knee in order to

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“You don’t think something like that could happen to your child, but it did,” Ana Piperato said. “It was so traumatic. It affected me and my whole family. I gave birth to a healthy baby boy and now this happens. The doctors said that they had to amputate his leg and if they didn’t, he would die.”

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The days that followed were hard for all in the Piperato family, but especially young Josh.

“He was depressed,” Ana Piperato said. “He wouldn’t eat. He didn’t want to do anything.”

“It was hard for me, because I didn’t have a leg,” Josh Piperato said.

Ana Piperato had to put the pieces of her family, especially her young son, back together again.

“He was asking me a bunch of questions,” Ana Piperato said. “He asked, ‘Could I ever ride a bike again? Will I ever be able to run again? Will people like me?’”

And yes, even at such a young age, Josh Piperato wanted to die.

“He wanted to kill himself,” Ana Piperato said. “He tried to cut himself with a knife. He had a lot going on through his head.”

“I was sad,” Josh Piperato said. “Because I didn’t have a leg.”

After a while, Josh recovered from the injury and the surgery. He underwent intense physical therapy at the Children’s Specialized Hospital in New Brunswick, where he was fitted with his first prosthetic leg.

“Once he started walking on his prosthetic, he was a little better,” Ana Piperato said. “Once he got the hang of it, he was able to do more.”

When Josh turned eight years old, he had one request of his mother.

“He asked me about riding a bike again,” Ana Piperato said. “So I bought him a bike for Christmas. That made me feel so good.”

“It looked like fun,” Josh Piperato said. “I wanted to do it. I thought I could do it.

It was weird at first and it was a little hard, but I did it.”

Ana Piperato said that once her son got on the bike, it was like she was finally getting her little boy back.

“There was a smile on his face,” Ana Piperato said.

“And that made me happy.”

Soon after, Josh was fitted with what is called a “running leg,” a prosthetic that is used by athletes who compete in the Special Olympics.

“Once I got a running leg, I went running with my Mom at night,” Josh Piperato said. “It was amazing. It felt really good.”

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wind,” Ana Piperato said.

“Watching him run, well, it felt like he was alive again.”

Riding a bike and even running is one thing, but then Josh wanted to do even more.

“I started watching football with my Dad (Chris Piperato) and then he showed me how to throw a ball,” Josh Piperato said. “I got pretty good at it and wanted to play.”

Josh was a Denver Broncos fan and followed Peyton Manning, but also roots for the New York Jets these days.

Liking football and wanting to play are two totally different things, especially for a youngster who is missing a left leg. But Josh wanted to play. He asked his mother to sign him up for the North Arlington Junior Vikings program.

“I got a little worried,” Ana Piperato said. “I didn’t want to discourage him, but I was worried. I had to give it some time to see if he was really interested.”

When the 2018 season approached, Josh Piperato, now 11 years old, still wanted to play football. So Ana relented and signed Josh up to play.

Josh was more than ready.

“I’m going to do it,” Josh

Piperato said. “All my friends said I could do it.

Football is fun. I play with my friends all the time, so I thought I could do it for a team.”

“He said, ‘No one is going to take my dream away,’” Ana Piperato said, quoting her son. “I didn’t want to let him do it. I was afraid of injuries. Is he going to get hurt, his head, his arms? But that was all he wanted to do. He wanted to be like the other kids. He was doing things like other kids, but was it possible to play?”

Enter Jay Leiner, who coaches the North Arlington Junior Vikings program and has done so since 1979.

“It’s the first time I ever had to deal with anything like this,” Leiner said. “I was concerned, because I didn’t know if there was any kind of ruling making him ineligible to play. I don’t think there’s ever been another case like this. I had to find out if it was legal. And there was no rules that prohibited him from playing.”

When Josh came down to Rip Collins Field for the first practice, Leiner was skeptical.

“I didn’t know what to expect,” Leiner said. “But I’ve found out that Josh has the

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heart to play the game. And the leg is not holding him back. He’s running, tackling and blocking.”

Leiner said that because of Josh’s leg and instability, there are only a few positions where Josh could play, so Leiner has placed him on the offensive and defensive line.

“The line has turned out to be perfect for him,” Leiner said. “If he gets hit, he bounces right back up. He’s definitely motivating the rest of the team. He pushes the rest. He’s running laps and the others are trying to keep up with him.”

And Josh has become an instant teammate.

“The kids on the team all know him,” Leiner said.

“They like him a lot. Once others play against him, they know he’s for real. You can see in his face that he knows the game. He’s very intel-

ligent.”

“He’s very strong willed,” Ana Piperato said. “You can’t say, ‘No’ to Joshua. He doesn’t accept the no. It’s Joshua’s way or the highway.”

Leiner has been touched immensely by Josh’s dedication.

“In all the years I’ve been coaching, this is the best coaching experience I’ve had,” Leiner said. “We have won championships and this overrides all of it. Seeing a kid with a heart like this trying his hardest? Watching this kid actually stick it out is amazing and really inspiring.”

Josh Piperato will enter sixth grade at the North Arlington Middle School in a few weeks. He’s a normal 11-year-old who likes movies (Halloween and Deadpool are his favorites) and music (the rapper Juice WRLD is his

fave). He also likes playing other sports like basketball and baseball, but for now, he’s a member of the Junior Vikings.

He’s a good student in school and an even better student about life.

“I’m excited about playing football and excited about the future,” Piperato said.

“It’s what I do best. No one is going to stop me.”

Don’t dare mention the ‘H’ word to young Josh.

“I’m not handicapped,” Josh Piperato said. “I want to be just like everybody else.”

Only one problem with that. Josh Piperato is not like everybody else. He’s truly special and one of a kind.

“I always thought I could play,” Josh Piperato said.

“He’s amazing,” Ana Piperato said. “With everything he’s been through?

He’s a survivor.”

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The Nutley High School football team will look to improve on the 5-5 record they posted a year ago. From left is the offensive line, featuring Brandon Martins, Matt Jaworski, Jordan DiFalco, head coach Steve DiGregorio, John Luberto, Tyler Schoonmaker, Miguel Lopez and Billy Searle.

in the NJSIAA North Jersey Section 2, Group III playoffs, falling to Voorhees in the opening round.

But the Maroon Raiders enjoyed a four-game win streak after the three straight setbacks, defeating solid teams like Irvington, Chatham and Paramus along the way.

Now, the Maroon Raiders will begin the second year in DiGregorio’s second go-round with a better appreciation of what to expect from the veteran head coach.

“I think we’ve bridged that gap from the midway part of last year,” DiGregorio said.

“I think the kids know the expectations now. We’re moving faster now and doing things better for the most part. I think the kids all know each other pretty well and they know what they need to do to be successful.”

DiGregorio likes what he’s seen in the preseason practices.

“I think we’re pretty much a team that shows a lot of energy,” DiGregorio said. “We know we have to play with a little more sense of urgency.

In order to get where we want to be when we open the season on Thursday night (Aug. 30 at 6 p.m.) against Bloomfield.”

DiGregorio has been coaching on both the high school and collegiate level for three decades, so this year’s opener will mark a first.

“I’ve never coached a game in August before,” DiGregorio said. “No question, we’re opening early.”

The Maroon Raiders will have a new quarterback this

fall, as junior Justin Lucia (5-11, 170) steps in, replacing Josh O’Neill, who elected not to play football this year.

O’Neill, who passed for almost 2,000 yards and 16 touchdowns last year, earning All-Super Essex Conference honors, has decided to concentrate on baseball, where he has already earned a scholarship to Stony Brook next fall.

Lucia is proving to be more than an adequate replacement for O’Neill.

“He’s come a long way for someone who has never taken a varsity snap before,” DiGregorio said. “We feel good about Justin’s potential.

He’s athletic and can move the pocket well. We’ve extended the learning curve for him. He is very comfortable running the offense.”

The Maroon Raiders will miss Nick Mainiero, who has taken his immense football talents to Rowan University, in the backfield. DiGregoio is hopeful that the Maroon Raiders will utilize a running back-by-committee approach this season.

Senior Dominic Raffaelli (5-9, 185) is the top returnee in the backfield, with senior Matt Chimento (5-9, 175) and junior Dante Contella (5-9, 170) also getting their share of carries from the tailback position.

Junior Dan Jennings (6-0, 185) is the main fullback, giving the backfield a sense of grit and toughness.

If there is one position that the Maroon Raiders do not

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have to worry about, it’s at wide receiver, where the Raiders are deep and talented.

Seniors Eli Acosta (6-4, 175), Vincent Russo (6-2, 175) and Matt Durham (5-11, 165) are all capable of being All-SEC performers. All three are more than capable pass catchers and have been doing so for the last two seasons. Acosta’s acrobatic catches could make anyone’s highlight package and Russo is as tough as they come running inside pass routes. Durham just helps the Maroon Raiders’ cause, lining up either as an outside threat or in the slot.

Senior Louis Conca (6-0, 175) is another quality pass catcher.

“No question, there are a lot of catches and touchdowns coming from those guys,” DiGregorio said. “All of them are potential All-League players. I think they’re going to have a lot of catches this season.”

The tight ends are senior Tyler Genitempo (6-1, 180) and junior Brandon Martins (6-0, 175).

The Maroon Raiders’ offensive line features little experience, so much so DiGregorio took two running backs and turned them into linemen.

Senior John Luberto (6-1, 220) was the team’s solid fullback last year, but DiGregorio has been moved to center this season.

“We graduated a lot of good linemen,” DiGregorio said. “Luberto volunteered to become a lineman. He put

the team before himself. That says a lot.”

Fellow senior Tyler Schoonmaker (5-10, 180) also went from being a fullback to becoming a guard this season.

Junior Matt Jaworski (5-11, 240) returns to his starting slot at tackle, where he’s joined by fellow junior Miguel Lopez (6-2, 225) and sophomore Billy Searle (6-1, 275).

Sophomore Jordan DiFalco (6-1, 235) is also in the mix on the offensive line.

The Raiders utilize a 4-3 defensive alignment.

Luberto takes on a new defensive position, moving from linebacker to defensive end this season.

“We moved him to defensive end, because we like his ability being closer to the line of scrimmage,” DiGregorio said of Luberto.

Jaworski, Lopez and DiFalco are all in the mix at defensive tackle.

The linebacker corps is headed by Russo, who has moved up from the secondary to linebacker this year.

“We have a lot of versatility with our defense,” DiGregorio said. “Vincent has good length. He’s fast and tough. He goes and chases the ball.”

Schoonmaker, Raffaelli and Jennings are also in the linebacker alignment.

Durham, Chimento and junior Danny DiAntonio (5-7, 160) are the cornerbacks with Acosta and Contella at safety.

The Maroon Raiders waste no time with their 2018 schedule, facing rival Bloomfield to

start the season, then facing defending state sectional champion Montclair on the road in the second game. The Maroon Raiders face Wayne Valley in their first home

game Sept. 15.

“It’s a very demanding schedule,” DiGregorio said.

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Continued from Page 3 experience that suddenly brought to the surface all of these old emotions I hadn’t felt in decades. For countless years, I have shoved deep down the pain and hurt I felt and suddenly it came out of the past and hit me with all the force of Kilauea spewing rock and ash into the air.

I was on my way home from dropping my kids at school when I saw them. Two of my friends were just getting out of their cars and putting on their backpacks to go for a hike — right by my house. These are the friends who always say, “We’ll make plans to go for a hike or walk” or mountain bike ride but it never happens. My phone never rings. No call. No text. Just the week before they had all talked in front of me about the mountain bike ride they’d planned for the next day.

I guess my invite got lost.

They all act like my friends, but when it comes down to it, I’m usually left out. So when I saw the pair of them going for a hike right by my house, it hit me. How come they never ask me to go? Suddenly, all these feelings I had smothered for years came bubbling to the surface.

I came home and started writing because that always helps me work through things and, WOW, things came out that should have been faced

decades ago. In a matter of minutes, I went from the mom singing in the car to feeling like that hurting, left-out little girl.

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The girl who would try to participate in a conversation only to have my voice trail off because no one was interested in what I had to say.

Only as I write this, am I realizing that my writing is so cathartic for me because it gives me that voice.

People didn’t always care what I had to say, but my writing over the years touched many lives and people did care what I had to say through my writing.

I sat at the kitchen table furiously scribbling words that were coming faster than I could write them. Then it happened: that burning sensation that takes over your sinuses as you feel the tears start to fill your eyes until they overflow; tears streaming down your cheeks. I chastised myself.

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I wish I never met her. I wish I could let her go, but she is me.

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REDUCED! 1 Family - Well maintained single family home, in the heart of the Manor section of Town, conveniently located. Central A/C, finished basement with full bathroom. Newer roof ( 6 years old ), boiler is about 10 years old. Municipal water and private well. Asking $394,000

Bergen Hudson

Essex Passaic

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NORTH BERGEN

1 Family - Clean move-in condition home. Newer windows, roof and gas heating system. Large yard with patio and shed. Dining room could be a 3rd bedroom if needed. ADT alarm system hooked to fire department and police. Asking $299,000

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KEARNY

REDUCED! 1 Family - Ranch style home in great location with 4 bedrooms and 2 full bath. Close to everything. Asking $330,000

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KEARNY

1 Family - Nice 1 family on a corner lot with 3 bedrooms, 2 full baths, living room, dining room, kitchen, and entrance foyer. Has an attached 1 car garage and driveway! Move in condition! Central air and forced hot air. This home also features solar panels which will save you hundreds on electricity bill. Asking $339,900

15.

KEARNY

UNDER CONTRACT

1 Family - One family home, conveniently located, near public transportation, shopping, schools, services, parks and areas of recreation.

Roof was partially repaired/replaced in 2014, as well as chimney repaired and new liner installed. . Asking $245,000

17.

NEWARK

1 Family - - Colonial w/ 3 Bedrooms, 1.5 Modern Baths, Living Rm, Dining Rm, Modern Kitchen & Family Rm w/Fireplace. Many upgrades including Central Air, Forced Hot Air, Front Steps, Front Retaining Wall, Garage Door and Solar Panels Finished Basement w/ Rec Rm, Laundry Rm & Access to 1 Car Garage. Beautifully Landscaped Backyard and Paver Patio w/ Firepit. Perfect for Entertaining. Asking $359,000

18.

KEARNY

REDUCED! 2 Family - Recently renovated 2 family. Newer kitchens with quartz countertops and newer baths. Newer wood-look tiled floors & thermal windows throughout. 2 bedrooms are connected both on the 1st floor and 2nd floor. Large Basement half-story above ground. Roof 2 years old (with one layer only). Electricity replaced 15 years ago.

Asking $385,000

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KEARNY

1 Family/Retail - One family with store, corner property. Residential space with Living Rm, Dining Rm, Eat-in-Kitchen, 3 Bedrooms and Bathroom plus Bedroom in Attic. 1 car garage. Great potential for occupant who wants to live above business, or needs a well exposed location.

Asking $192,900

20.

KEARNY

1 Family -Beautiful 1 family home built in 1950 with 3 good-sized bedrooms. Featuring large yard with many fruit trees.

Storage shed in yard, all fenced. High basement ceiling with laundry area. 13 years old roof and new hot water heater plus security system. Asking $379,900

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REDUCED! 1 Family - Brick Ranch with 3 bedroom, 1 Full Bath, modern eat-in-kitchen, CTB, hardwood floors and semi finished basement with 1/2 bath and laundry. Located to shopping, schools, and transportation.

Asking $164,900

2 Family - New construction, 2 Family, Arlington section of Town, near public transportation and schools. Approximately 1600 sq ft of living space per floor. Ground level has family room, full bath, laundry and summer kitchen. Two car attached garage. Construction will begin soon. Asking $779,000

Commercial - Office Building in the heart of the James Street Historic District. This renovated office building offers 7 private offices, 1.5 Baths & private conference room to lawyers, accountants and other professionals. Asking $749,999

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Several teens build birdhouses for archdiocesan cemeteries.

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Nearly 50 teens visited Maryrest Cemetery and Mausoleum in Mahwah recently to build, paint and mount birdhouses as part of a weeklong community-service program sponsored by Catholic Cemeteries of the Archdiocese of Newark and the Office of Youth and Young Adult Ministry.

Students from Bergen, Union and Montgomery (Pa.) counties participated in the annual program in hopes of attracting more wildlife to the park-like cemetery and, more importantly, to gain an understanding of Catholic cemeteries and their significance in remembering loved ones.

“This is a wonderful program we look forward to each year when we strive to educate students about the importance of a cemetery in our faith and demonstrate what an uplifting place it can be where one can reflect, pray and remember a deceased loved one,” said Andrew P. Schafer, executive director of Catholic Cemeteries.

The teens’ visit is part of a weeklong camp through the Archdiocese of Newark during which students perform community services such as painting a church or school or serving food at a soup kitchen.

Each day, a new group of approximately 10 teens visited and toured Maryrest Cemetery to

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learn more about the importance of burial as a Corporal Work of Mercy, remembrance in the Catholic faith, and the meaningful religious symbols and scriptural expressions located throughout the mausoleum and cemetery.

“The activity of building birdhouses is symbolic since birds bring life and nature to the cemetery and help visitors during the healing process when they’re mourning a loss. It’s a beautiful representation of the cycle of nature and life,” Schafer said.

While constructing the birdhouses, students were offered an opportunity to personalize them in memory of a deceased loved one with a miniature memorialization plaque to help make the project more meaningful.

“This has proven to be a great interactive program to spark conversation and help a younger generation understand loss and remembrance in our faith,” Schafer said.

Catholic Cemeteries has hosted the birdhouse program since 2013, and was recognized with a First Place Award in 2015 for Best in Personalization of an event (“Keeping It Personal”) by the International Cemetery, Cremation and Funeral Association.

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To submit an obituary: fax: 201-991-8941 obituaries@theobserver.com Zenon Jankiewicz Zenon Jankiewicz, of Kearny, died peacefully on Sunday, Aug. 12, 2018 He was 90.

Visiting was at the Armitage & Wiggins Funeral Home, Kearny. Mass was celebrated at Our Lady of Czestochowa Church, Harrison. Cremation was private.

Zenon was born in Choromce, Poland, Sept. 15, 1927.

During World War II, he was forced to work at a labor camp in Germany. After the end of the war, he assisted the U.S. Army as a guard and translator during the Nuremberg Trials. Zenon immigrated to the United States in 1952, where he lived in Harrison and enlisted in the U.S. Army, serving until 1957.

While stationed in Germany as a U.S. soldier, he met his wife Brigitte. Together, they returned to the United States where Zenon was employed for many years as a machinist/foreman for Kleer Kast Plastic Company in Kearny.

Zenon was a fun-loving jokester who enjoyed gardening, watching the New York Yankees, crabbing, tinkering in his workshop and doing his homework (word search puzzles). He also loved spending time with his family and going on cruises with his beloved wife.

Zenon was married for 62 years to his devoted wife Brigitte (nee Poser).

He is survived by his loving sons, Glenn, Michael and

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Mark and his wife Cynthia; his loving daughters Dorothy Cole and her husband James and Linda Sherry and her husband Robert. He was also the loving father of the-late Rita Bowman; brother of Irene Oeckel and the-late Henryk Jankiewicz, Rozalia Zambrzycki, Genevieve Sessa and Anthony Jankiewicz.

Also surviving are Zenon’s grandchildren, Glenn, Brandon, Melissa, Kristyn, Jennifer, Robert, Amanda and Alexander and five greatgrandchildren.

He was a caring godfather to Wanda Nittolo (nee Zambrzycki), Paul Oeckel and Bernadette Sessa and is also survived by many loving nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by his grandson Kristopher.

In lieu of flowers, kindly consider a donation to the N.J. Veterans Memorial Home at Menlo Park, Attn: Recreation Department, 132 Evergreen Road, Edison, N.J. 08837.

Roberto R. Rodriguez Roberto R. Rodriguez died Aug. 11, 2018.

He was 68.

Born in Santiago De Cuba, Cuba, he lived in Kearny since 1965.

Visiting was at the Armitage & Wiggins Funeral Home, Kearny. Mass was celebrated at St. Cecilia Church. Cremation was private.

Roberto was the former husband of Linda Rodriguez and son of Miriam (Velez) and

the-late Guillarmo Rodriguez.

He is also survived by his daughter Linda and his brothers William and Javier.

Alberta (Babe) Hill Alberta (Babe) Hill, 87, (nee Newton), died on Friday, Aug. 10, 2018, from Alzheimer’s disease.

Babe was born Jan. 15, 1931, in Newark and grew up in North Arlington where her parents, the late Max and Alberta Newton, owned and operated the Forest Dairy. She lived in Belleville for many years where she raised her family and was active in the Boy and Girl scouts and with Fewsmith Church.

She was employed by Bell Labs at AT&T/Lucent Technologies until her retirement in 1996. She lived for many years in Kearny before moving to Connecticut last year as her health declined.

Babe loved to travel, especially to her family’s farm in Vermont. She enjoyed family, and having thoughtful conversations over a good cup of coffee.

Babe was pre-deceased by her former husband, Charles S. Hill; two brothers, Herbert and Daniel Newton, and her sister, Eleanor (Sis) Newton.

She is survived by two daughters, Margy Hill and

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Bette Day Stern (Paul); two sons, Charles S. Hill II (Patricia) and David W. Hill (Jan); 11 grandchildren, Jessica Cobb, Ben Stern, Mandy Stern-Pirlot, Becky Stern, Leanna, Colleen, Melanie and Christopher Hill and D.J., Jordon and Tyler Hill; and five great-grandchildren, Billy Stern, Lilly and Clara SternPirlot, Harold Hill and Harley Cobb.

The funeral service will take place in the funeral

home on Tuesday, Aug. 21, at 10 a.m. Interment will follow in Arlington Cemetery, Kearny.

In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Alzheimer’s Association at Alz.org.

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Joan M. McCann Mrs. Joan M. McCann (nee Miller) of Kearny died Thursday, Aug. 16, at home.

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Loved with a love beyond telling Missed with a grief beyond tears Remembered for all that you were Bob Living without you 4 years.

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Robert VanVolkenburgh 4 Year Memorial Tribute

February 11, 1943 - August 26, 2014

The years may wipe out many things But this they’ll wipe out never The memory of the happy days That we enjoyed together Treasure him Lord in your Garden of Rest For when on earth he was one of the best.

With our love forever, Marianne, Bob Jr , Dan & your loving family

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N.ARLINGTON

BELLEVILLE Mini studio 2 BR’S , 1 Bath , No kitchen $700/month , AVL Now Please call after 5 pm 201-719-0723 or 201-726-9623 15W01

KEARNY Newly renovated, Hardwood floors. Laundry onsite. HT/HW included.

2 BR’s start at $1,300; 1 BR start at $1,100 Jr. 1 BR start at $995 201-289-7096 04W13

KEARNY Small Studio Basement, Fully equipped, private bath & entrance.

Kitchenette.

HT/Light and Internet included. $725/month. 1-month security. References will be requested 201-8896879. 15W01

NORTh aRLINgTON 5 room apt. $1,600/ month + utilities. no pets. Call 201-628-4071.

BLOOMFIELD

KEARNY Modern 5 rooms apt, 2 BR’s, 1st FL, close to NY transp , 1 1/2 month security $1,700 plus utilities Aval Sept. 1 (201) 600-0233.

BLOOMFIELD NJ 2nd FL. 2BR+ small Den,LR,DR, EIK. Separate utilities. Recently renovated. Near Watssesing train station. 14W03 $1500 a month+ 1 1/2 security. No Pets. Call KEARNY Newly Renovat862-220-0240 se habla ed Apartments; 2nd Floor : 4 BR’s and 2 Bathroom espanol 15W03 and 3rd floor: 3 BR’S and 1 Bathroom, Parking available, Utilities not included.

1 1/2 months security.

On Main St. Near transportation & Schools. Avl. September 1st. 201-9913366 / 201- 955-2662.

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KEARNY Newly Renovated 2 BR Apt, 123 Windsor St. HT/HW included. HW floors, Refrigerator. $ 1,375 + 1 month security. No Pets. Nice Neighborhood. Call Carol 973-216-9470 or text Edwin Super 973-517-0526.

13W03

KEARNY 2nd Floor 4 ½ rooms: 1 BR, K, DR, LR. H/HW supplied. $1250 / Month + 1 ½ months HARRISON 2nd FL, New security. AVL Now. (201) house, 2 BR’s, 2 baths , 1 998-4508 13W03 Parking space, Available August 31st Call 646- KEARNY Modern 4 room 708-6969 / 646-675- apt, 2nd Fl. $ 1,300/mth 5113 13W03 separate Utilities. 1 month security, No smoking, No HARRISON 3.5 BR, 1 pets 201-997-0659. 13W03 bath, Top floor recently KEARNY Roosevelt secrenovated. Close to tion, 2 BR apt, HT/HW PATH. No pets. Avail Sept supplied. $1,600/month.

1st Call/txt : 917-8921 1/2 months security.

0709 14W03 Avl. September 1st. (201) 998-8138. 14W03 HARRISON Warren St., New Construction. 2nd KEARNY 1 BR , LR, KitchFL, 2 BR’S, 2 full baths, en , Access to the yard Central A/C Washer , No pets, No smoking, and dryer /refrigerator, Ideal for student or cou$2,050 plus utilities, 1 ple , 1.5 months security.

1/2 month security, No Avl Sep 1, Call after 5 pm pets, Aval Now call or text 201-772-9969. 14W03 : 973-932-5592 13W03 KEARNY 2 Newly renoHARRISON 1st Fl, 1 BR, vated apartments for rent, 1 LR, 1 Bath , EIK, Close 2 BR, & 3BR has to floors to the path , backyard and 2 full Baths. Asking $1,250 plus 1 1/2 months $2300 to $2600 available security. No pets. Avl. Sept 1st. call (201)998September 1st 973-454- 8311 15W03 6855 or 973-393-8998.

HARRISON

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HARRISON 2 BR’S apt, LR, EIK, Recently renovated, Separate utilities, 1 1/2 month security $ 1,650p/month, No pets, Call 973-380-9007. 15W03

KEARNY 2nd fl. 3 BR’s, excellent condition, laundry on site, excellent location. $1,500/month. 1 1/2 months security. No pets. Available 9/15/18 (201) 637-4429 15W03

KEARNY 2 Br’s, 5 rooms, DR, LR, EIK, $ 1,300/ mth, 1 mth security, Utilities separate, Walking distance to the stores, school and buses, No smoking, Serious inquires only Avail Sept 1st 732236-5186 Se habla espanol. 15W03 KEARNY 2nd floor, 2 bedrooms, LR, kitchen, W/D hook-up, $1125.00/ mth plus utilities. 1 1/2 mth security. No pets.

Available 10/01/18 Call (201)998-0069 or (973)432-3938 15W03

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N.ARLINGTON NORTh aRLINgTON Large Renovated Apartment with New kitchen.

Hardwood Floors, EIK, 2 Large Bedrooms, Bath and Large Living Room. $1600/mth rent and security/1.5 months rent.

Utilities are separate, Landlord pays Cold Water.

No Pets. No Smoking. Address: Beech Street, North Arlington. Contact: Diogo 201-693-3480 13W03 NORTh aRLINgTON 3 Large Modern Rooms, 2nd FL Hardwood floors, Tiled Kitchen, H/ HW Supplied, About 800 sq. ft. Close to NY transportation, $1,200/month, Laundry Facilities, Avail Sept 1st. Call 908-2409302 15W03

14W03

NORTh aRLINgTON Newly remodeled. 2nd fl.

2 BR, EIK and Bathroom.

HT/HW included. 1 1/2 months security. No pets , No smoking Aval. Now 201-279-9733 or 201997-2073 14W03

ROOM FOR RENT

KEARNY 100 Bergen Ave. Kearny. ThursdaySunday - 9am-5pm *Tools * Shoes* Towels and Dishes * Winter Clothes and Coats * New TV * Breathing machine* 13W03 Oxygen * Suitcases and Bags * Materials for BELLEVILLE Nice area construction and More $450/month. 1-month 15W01 security.

Call after 4:00pm. Avl. Now. (973) 336-5335 (862) 2159440 (954) 639-1682.

KEARNY Room for rent located in Kearny, furnished, female preferred , share kitchen and bathroom. No smoking For info call 201-283-2371.

N. NeWaRk 1 bedroom apt, DR and bathroom in a private house , nice closets, responsible person or couple $ 875 p/month, Utilities included, contact for more info: rpaganjr@aol.com 13W03

N. NeWaRk Section 8 preferred, 1 BR, 1st fl.

2 BR and 3 BR. Near all Transportation and Buses.

Completely renovated.

Call 973-202-8580. 15W03

HOUSE FOR RENT BELLEVILLE Great Location 3 BR’S, 2 Baths, DR, LR, EIK, 3 parking spaces available No pets.

No smoking Available Now Call 973-994-9009 14W03

HARRISON

14W03

LyNDhURST Large 1 BR Modern, off St. parking BELLEVILLE , 2 blocks from NY train Single family house, 2 $1,495/month 973-760floors, 2 BR, 2 BA, 4877 13W03 large LR’s, EIK.

ROOM FOR RENT BELLEVILLE $550/ mth + $550 security.

Fully furnished. Male preferred. Cable and Internet included, Call after 5pm 973-707-6921. Se habla espanol. 14W03.

N. Arlington Office.

2 room suite.

Nice building w/parking. $725/ mth plus utilities.

Available now. 201509-6965. 14W03

HANDYMAN Do all types of home repair at reasonable cost.

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Reasonable rates, quality work, reliable, experienced.

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LANDSCAPING & DESIGN

Call Mary Ann

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ITEMS FOR SALE KINGS CAGES Birdcage for Sale. Model 2620 New, white and excellent Condition. Paid $309.00. Asking $175.00 or best offer Good for small or medium parrot. Call (201) 9910386 Leave a message.

(201) 991-9865 or (203) 864-8243

HEATING & COOLING

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Liquor License For Sale Liquor License for sale. For use in bar or restaurant in Kearny. Please call (201) 951-1278 15W03

OFFICE SPACE FOR RENT

Courageous Plumbing HVAC LLC LIC .#11103 • Air Conditioning • Hot Air Furnaces • Central Air, Humidifier, UV Light, Duct Cleaning,Visa & Master Card, Finances offer with up to 24 payments, no interest (201) 206-4845

office for rent. Best location in town, 2nd floor. Call for details. $1,000/month.

Call between 9am - 6pm (201) 997-2341 15W01 KEARNY office space on Kearny Ave. 1 1/2 months security 900 sq.ft Proximity to PATH call 201-889-3118 15W03

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CONSTRUCTION SERVICES

KEARNY

2 Offices for rent $ 750 and $ 500 plus utilities.

Taxes included. Available Now. 378 Schuyler Ave and Arlington Ave. 201-997-1500.

4 BR, 3 Baths, LR/Office, EIK, Walk out furnished basement, Parking AvailLYNDHURST able, $3,000 + 1.5 month security.

14W03.

LyNDhURST 5 rooms, No Pets/No Smoking.

2nd Fl. Avl September Available Now (973) KEARNY 1st Call or 973-900-1852 610-5858 Kearny modern new 13W03

HANDYMAN SERVICES

HOUSE FOR SALE

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N. NEWARK

OFFICE SPACE FOR RENT

13W03.

NORTh aRLINgTON Newly Renovated 2 BR, LR, Kitchen, Bath. H/W HARRISON 2 FAMILY floors. Granite counterMAKE AN OFFER! tops, Stanley steel appliances, Close to schools 2 fam located steps from F.E.R Blvd, & Transp. 1 Parking space close to schools, avail. No pets, No smokshops and PATH. ing $1,550/month + Se1st FL 2BR apt curity. Avail Sept. 1st 201boasts a spacious 600-1211 15W01 finished basement.

2nd FL 2BR has access to attic storage.

E. NEWARK Backyard is great for entertaining and has large storage shed. e.NeWaRk Totally renovated 2 BR, LR, Kitchen, Low taxes!

HT included. $1,300/ Great potential! month. Avail. Sept 1st.

Asking $399,000 Call Carlos 201-988-7536. 210CrossStreet@gmail.com.

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DANNY CONSTRUCTION All types of Masonry Work • Steps • Sidewalks •Ret. Walls •Chimney Build & Repair •Paver Patios •Brick Design •Plastering And all Types of Repairs 973-902-6052 Free Estimates Belleville, NJ

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RUBBISH REMOVAL A-1 AFFORDABLE RUBBISH REMOVAL Attics, Basements, Yard Cleaning. We Haul or You Can Rent 10-15 Cubic Yard Containers.

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PAINTING & DECORATING

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PLUMBING & HEATING JOSEPH V. FERRIERO Plumbing & Heating Kitchen and bath remodeling. Carpentry.

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Courageous Plumbing HVAC LLC LIC. # 11103 • Plumbing • (town inspections), violations corrected, steam boilers and hot water boilers, oil to gas conversions, Sewer Drain Cleaning, excavations. Visa & MC, Finances up to 24 payments, no interest (201) 206-4845

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HOME IMPROVEMENT FENIELLO CONTRACTING LLC. BASEMENT RENOVATIONS NO MORE WASTED SPACE. Baths, Kitchens, Deck, Painting. All types of Home Improvement.

Quality work Fair prices Fully insured. Lic# 13vh03006100 (201) 906-2422 13W06

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Plastering, Sheetrock, Flooring ,Tile Work and more. Our customers come first. Prices will fit your budget, Very neat and clean. Senior Discount, call for the best price 201-565-6393. 15W06

MASONRY

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THE OBSERVER | WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 22, 2018

Middle school crew program forthcoming

By Ron Leir Special to The Observer KEARNY — Avast there, Kearny youths, here’s your chance to take to the sea ... or at least the Passaic River.

This fall, the Kearny Recreation Department is launching a beginners’ crew program for local middle schoolers, said Ralph Cattafi, department director.

“I’ve been approached by representatives from the [Kearny] high school crew program and residents and I think it’s a great opportunity for the kids,” Cattafi said.

Depending on the level of interest, Cattafi said he plans to open the instructional program to either seventhand eighth-graders or to grades 6 to 8.

At the same time, Cattafi said his department plans to sponsor a high school-age crew fall program, piggy-backing off the longstanding Kearny High School crew program, currently marking its 50th anniversary.

Cattafi said he’ll be relying on able-bodied seamen — like KHS boys’ spring varsity crew coach John McKenna and other experienced adults — to help guide the instruction for the younger kids.

“We’re looking at two to three days a week, two hours tops per day,” he said.

That program will run out of the town’s Hartung Recreation Center, 925 Passaic Ave., next to the boathouse at the foot of the Belleville Pike, where, McKenna said, kids will be trained on rowing machines and learn about on-water technique and water safety before they actually venture onto the river.

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Other instructors who figure to come on board, according to McKenna, include Dan Gurkas and Joe Gurkas, both Kearny firefighters; and Jack Grimm, a local police officer.

“We’re looking at a $35 participation fee for both programs,” McKenna said, which could be supplemented by donations from the Kearny Rowing Association.

“This middle school program has been a long time coming — we’ve been trying to start a feeder program for high school crew — and, for many Kearny kids, it will serve as an introduction to the sport of rowing which enhances fitness, promotes social interaction, inspires self-confidence and persistence and offers lifelong health and wellness,” he said.

A flier will be distributed to the various schools after kids return from their summer break to explain how the program will work and inviting kids to register, McKenna said.

As for the older youths, McKenna said he anticipates working with the existing KHS crew as well as using some of their equipment for the fall high school crew program which

he figures will operate three days a week and which, he hopes, will offer some opportunity for competitive racing.

Cattafi, meanwhile, is also working hard on the landlubber aspects of the town rec enterprises, particularly with the long-term closure of the Gunnell Oval athletic complex with its planned makeover due to begin by year’s end and run through spring 2020.

Using Harvey Field, Veterans Field and the Futsol field, Cattafi said “all Kearny Rec teams will be accommodated first and travel clubs after that, as fields are available. [The Oval’s closure] should not be a hindrance for the most part. I will do my best to accommodate all requests I receive.”

Cattafi did, however, caution that all games may not start as scheduled.

“There are probably going to be some modifications as to times of games. And there will be minimal impact on practices in terms of starting times and/or locations. But, as for actual games, I don’t see them being impacted, 90 to 95% of the time,” he said.

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Benedicto Patricio Benedicto Patricio, of Kearny, died Aug. 17, 2018.

He was 76.

Continued from Page 19 Visiting was at the Armitage & Wiggins Funeral Home, She was 86.

Kearny. Mass will be celThe funeral Mass was ebrated Tuesday, Aug. 21, at celebrate Monday, Aug. 20, 10 a.m. at Stephen’s Church. at St. Stephen’s Church, Cremation will be private.

Kearny. Interment was in Ben was the husband of Holy Cross Cemetery, North Vilma and father of Bennie Arlington. and Billie Patricio. He was Joan is survived by her the brother of the-late Corahusband of 57 years, Robert zon Larracas, Aida Tamayo, W. McCann and her loving Lydia Dulay, Elvira Ferrer children, Beth McCann (Nigel and Federico Patricio. He is Hankin), Michael R. McCann also survived by many nieces and Ellen J. Stoute. Also and nephews. surviving are her cherished grandchildren, Alice, Julian, Donald Mortimer Chatellier Emily, Gabriel and Isabelle Donald Mortimer Chatellias well as her brother, Eder, of Chestertown, Maryland, ward Miller. died Wednesday, Aug. 15, She was predeceased by her 2018, at the Resorts at Chester brother, Joseph Miller.

River Manor in Chestertown, In lieu of flowers, kindly Maryland. consider donations to the He was 89.

Little Sisters of the Poor, 140 Donald was born May 3, Shepherd Lane, Totowa, N.J. 1929, in Avon-by-the-Sea, 07512. the son of the-late Ida Mae

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Marcelino Dios Marcelino Dios, of Harrison, died at home, surrounded by his loving family, on Wednesday, Aug. 15th, 2018.

He was 89.

Funeral services were under the direction of Mulligan Funeral Home, Harrison. A funeral Mass was celebrated at Holy Cross Church, Harrison. Interment was in Holy Cross Cemetery, North Arlington.

Born in Riveira, Spain, Marcelino came to the United States in 1970, and eventually settled in Harrison. He worked as a tool and die maker for Wiss in Newark for 30+ years, retiring in 1999.

Prior to coming to the United States, he was a fisherman in Spain.

Anywhere there was music, you might have seen Marcelino dancing the night away, especially at the Polish Home in Harrison.

He will be greatly missed by his loving family, especially his beloved wife Edna; his loving children Jose and his wife Paula, Maria and Millie and her husband Tom; his cherished grandchildren Tommy, Kristin, Vanesa and Jose Luis; one great-grandchild Lucas; and his dear sister, Carmen. He is also survived by many nieces and nephews.

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(Cornwall) and John L. Chatellier. Mr. Chatellier was a 1947 graduate of Kearny High School. He then earned a bachelor’s degree from Springfield College in 1952 and a master’s degree in education from the same school a year later. He served two years in the United States Army before coming to work at Washington College.

“Chatty” — as he was affectionately known — spent a total of 35 years as a head coach at Washington College, third-most behind Tom Kibler and Ed Athey ’47, and continued to support the department in a variety of ways, long past his retirement as a head coach.

Most famously, Chatty began serving as head men’s track and field and cross country coach when he first arrived in Chestertown in 1955. He coached the track team until its discontinuation in 1982 and the cross country team until 1987.

Immediately following the discontinuation of the track and field program, he took over the reins of the men’s rowing program and coached that team until 1990. Chatty coached a number of MasonDixon Conference and Middle Atlantic Conference champions in track and field.

His knowledge of the sport was so well-respected that the coaches of the Middle Atlantic Conference continued to call upon him to organize and conduct conference champi-

onship meets long after the college dropped the sport.

Chatty served as both assistant and associate director of athletics for many years, developing a robust intramural program for both male and female students. He also began his tenure at the college as head coach of the junior varsity men’s basketball program and served as a physical education instructor.

Following his retirement, he remained committed to the college — he was an active and integral part of the college’s Hall of Fame Board, assisted in running home rowing regattas and volunteered in several other areas.

Don was inducted into the Washington College Hall of Fame in 1989. In 2014, he was honored with the Edward L. Athey ’47 Award, which is presented to an individual who has made a significant and positive impact on athletics at Washington College while demonstrating the ideals of integrity, dedication, humility and enthusiasm.

The track encircling Kibler Field is named the “Chatty

Track” in his honor.

Each May, Garnet Elementary School sponsors the “Sneaker Creeper” — a series of youth foot races that serve as a PTA fundraiser on the track. Chatty was a generous and enthusiastic annual supporter of that event.

In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his beloved wife of over 60 years, Elizabeth Greenock Chatellier; daughter-in-law Michelle; brothers Truman and Larry; sisters Elaine Romaniak and Marjorie Beach; brothers-in-law James Beach, Hank Payne, Charlie Romaniak, Jack Syme and Austin Sutherland; sisters-in law Doris Chatellier and Catherine Sutherland.

He is survived by his son, Dana S. Chatellier of Bear, Delaware;. his daughter, Ellen M. Stevens and husband Bill of Chestertown, Maryland; a step-granddaughter, Jacqueline Baldwin of Bear, Delaware; two step-greatgrandchildren; two sisters, Barbara Syme of Lyndhurst and Jeannette Payne of Jacksonville, Florida; numerous beloved nieces and nephews,

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The family of Donald M Chatellier would like to express their sincere gratitude to Bonnie Tucker and the entire staff at Rock of Ages Assisted Living in Rock Hall, Maryland. Their kindness and generosity is the benchmark by which all assisted living homes should be measured.

A visitation will take place Friday, Aug. 24, from 6 to 8 p.m., at Fellows, Helfenbein and Newnam Funeral Home, 130 Speer Road, Chestertown, Maryland. A memorial service will take place Saturday, Aug. 25, at 11 a.m., also at the funeral home.

In honor of “Chatty,” if you are attending either the visitation or memorial service, please dress casually and wear your favorite running or tennis shoes.

In lieu of flowers, contributions may be sent to the Washington College Crew Program, c/o Sean Flanigan, 300 Washington Ave., Chestertown, Md. 21620. Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.fhnfuneralhome.com.

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