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A HIGH-SPEED POLICE CHASE INVOLVING a wig-wearing woman, that started in Clifton, ended in Kearny when the driver of a fleeing vehicle made her way onto a dead end off Bergen Avenue, the Clifton Police Department announced last week.

According to the Clifton PD: On Wednesday, Jan. 16, at approximately 6:30 p.m., Clifton officers responded to Applebee’s on Rt. 3 — Clifton Commons — on a theft-of-services report.

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Newly-minted North Arlington Councilman Kirk Del Russo, center, takes the oath of office from GOP Mayor Daniel Pronti, left, on Thursday, Jan. 17. Del Russo’s sister holds the Bible. Del Russo replaces Pronti on the council following the mayor’s November victory over Democratic Councilman Mark Yampaglia.

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WHEN DANIEL PRONTI BECAME NORTH Arlington’s mayor in November, having succeeded the late Mayor Joseph Bianchi, he knew he would have to give up his vote and council seat once he took office.

And, that opening was filled last week when the Borough Council vot-

ed 5-0, across party lines, to appoint real estate agent and NJ Turnpike Authority Supervisor Kirk Del Russo to the seat effective immediately.

The local GOP County Committee submitted three names to the council — as is tradition when a seat becomes vacant. And it was ultimately Del Russo who got the nod.

While this becomes Del Russo’s first foray into elected office, it’s not

the first time he sought office.

In 2011, the Republican ran for council along with Gary R. Burns against Councilman Mark Yampaglia and former Councilman and now Freeholder Steven A. Tanelli.

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Three nominees to temporarily fill the Fourth Ward Kearny Town Council seat vacated by the Dec. 31 resignation of Michael Landy were expected to be considered by the council at its Jan. 22 meeting.

The appointee would serve through November 2019, at which point a special election would take place and the winner would fill out the remaining time left in Landy’s unexpired four-year term.

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by Susan McCurrie, the other Fourth Ward Nigro representative.

They were: Paul Pidgeon, Joseph Nigro and Gerald Ficeto.

No other names were offered by the county committee. A bit more than half of the 60 eligible committee members attended.

Only one of the nominees — Pidgeon — has previous experience in elective office.

He was appointed to fill a First Ward seat on the Town Council in 1985 as an interim replacement for Roland Boggio and then ran in the next election and won, serving through 1990.

He has since moved to the Fourth Ward and is therefore eligible for that seat as a resident of the ward.

Pidgeon is now in his 25th year as executive assistant with the Kearny Municipal Utilities Authority, but he told The Observer he plans to retire from that post April 1, 2019.

“I’m honored to have been asked to consider serving on the council again and I feel the other two nominees are equally as qualified to serve and the Fourth Ward will be well-served,” he said.

Nigro has made a career in law enforcement for more than a quarter-century.

He started as a Hudson County Corrections Officer in 1993, continuing through

1997 when he switched to the Hudson County Sheriff’s Office and in 2000 he was hired as a Harrison police officer. He Ficeto currently works as a detective with the HPD. In his law enforcement role, Nigro has been active with the union, having served many years as a member of the New Jersey State Patrolman’s Benevolent Association executive board and chairs the membership committee. He has been state PBA delegate for the Harrison PBA local since 2005.

Nigro has been a member of the Kearny Recreation Commission for six years.

He has coached Kearny Recreation soccer and hockey and Thistle soccer.

He has been a member of the Schuyler School PTA in Kearny.

His only prior political experience has been as a member of the local Democratic County Committee for the past two years.

He said he’s happy for the opportunity to be considered for the council seat.

Ficeto, a longtime music educator, retired recently from his job with the Kearny Board of Education where he was employed as a music teacher for more than 25 years.

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6 KPD recruits heading to the academy

By Ron Leir Special to The Observer

KEARNY BLUECOATS ARE GETTING

a booster shot of sorts.

As per a resolution approved by the municipal governing body Jan. 8, six new police officers are being appointed to the force, effective Jan. 14, at the current annual salary of $43,965.

Three of the newbies are women.

The rookies were due to report to the KPD Jan. 14 for departmental orientation and, four days later, they are scheduled to begin 22 weeks of training at the Bergen County Police Academy in Mahwah and, upon successful completion, should be ready to hit the streets by mid-June.

It took a lot of doing just to get to this point.

The KPD asked the N.J. Civil Service Commission to provide a certified list of 125 police candidates culled from residents of Kearny and Newark as a starting point, according to KPD Deputy Chief Scott Macfie.

Ultimately, as the town went through the screening and vetting process, eliminating those who failed to meet various qualifications or who got other jobs in the process, the pool of available candidates had diminished to just 26 applicants, Macfie said.

Based on the Civil Service test results, the town ended up filling six slots based on Civil Service test rankings.

Here’s a look at the recruits: • Keila Cestero, 32, a Newark resident, has a bachelor’s degree in psychology from the University of Phoenix.

She previously worked as an

assistant service manager at a bank branch.

• Brian McCurrie, 28, a Kearny resident, studied civil engineering at Bergen County College and West Virginia University. His prior work experience includes stints as Hudson County Sheriff’s Officer Recruit and as FedEx package deliverer. His dad, Michael McCurrie, is a Kearny firefighter and his cousin is Councilwoman Susan McCurrie.

• Jean-Paul Duran, 25, a Kearny resident, has an associate degree in exercise science from Bergen County Community College and he has also studied biology at Seton Hall University. He previously worked as a restaurant manager at Harold’s NY Deli and as front desk clerk at Quality Inn. • Ellesse Ogando, 27, a Kearny resident, has a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice from New Jersey City University and previously she handled corporate billing and was payroll coordinator for a risk management company.

• Janitza Aquino, 26, a Kearny resident, earned a bachelor’s degree in justice studies from Montclair State University. She has served as a security guard and assistant varsity girls basketball coach at Kearny High School where, as a former student, she was a standout athlete in girls’ basketball and soccer.

• Lawrence Zachary Latka, 22, a Kearny resident, is currently taking courses in occupational therapy and emergency medical technician (EMT) studies at Hudson County Community College.

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Four of the rookies – Cestero, Duran, Ogando and Aquino – can speak Spanish.

Macfie said that with each wave of new hires, the KPD roster continues to become more diversified.

“Every tour now has at least three bi-lingual officers,” he

While the rookies push total personnel in the department up to 113, that number figures to drop in February when seven retirements are anticipated.

One sergeant, four lieutenants and two police officers have applied for pensions.

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foundation donated $25,000 to the YMCA of the Meadowlands and its Inc. program, long-time Board of Directors Secretary Evelyn Pezzolla knew a lot of new good things were about to happen for the Y’s special-

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And that all came to fruition a few weeks ago when the Y — and its Programs Inc. (short for Inclusive) — hosted a special-needs gymnastics program for the first time, according to Pezzolla.

It was a smashing success.

“They just loved it,” Pezzolla said. “The feedback has been

exceptional. I am so happy with the beginning results.”

Since the special-needs population varies in age from youngsters to not-so-young participants, Pezzolla says the donation, for which there was a special ceremony last month, will mainly be used to staff the programs.

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Remembering the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. OUR NATION JUST PAUSED TO remember the life and times of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. King was one of — if not the greatest voices — for civil equality in the United States of America, and somehow, he only spent 39 short years on this planet.

He was gunned down in the prime of his life on an awful April day in 1968.

And of all ironies, his wasn’t the last assassination of 1968 as just two months later, Sen. Robert Francis Kennedy would be cut down by bullets following a speech he gave at Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles.

Both men championed for equality in the country —

EDITORIAL both taken away way too soon. Be we look to King today just days after he would have turned 90.

One would have hoped that all King wanted to see disappear in the world — hatred and inequality — would be a thing of the past by now.

Sadly, we’re seeing just how prevalent it all truly is in the modern world, whether it’s through terrorist attacks, injustices because of a person’s skin color, bullying on a school ground, and so on.

All that King envisioned seeing eliminated in 1963 when he gave his “I Have a Dream” speech still, somehow, exists to this very day.

For whatever the reason, over the last few years, it seems this country that had taken a few steps forward again is taking far too many steps back.

One of the reasons why this has happened is that there truly isn’t a voice of reason, like Dr. King’s, today.

There’s no one we can turn to when things don’t make sense. And now, fifty-one years after his death, Dr. King was never really “replaced.” Thought that’s not to say there’s no one out there who could ever command the following King had.

But it is also a reminder of just how important he was not just in the 1950s and 1960s, but even today, more than a half-century since he

lived on this Earth.

And so, just a few days after his birthday — and the celebration of his life — we offer our gratitude that our world once had a man called the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. We long for the days when our country had a spokesman for equality like Dr. King was until the day he died. Man could we ever use someone to fill his shoes ... direly.

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Hudson County Schools of Technology and Hudson County’s One Stop Career Center celebrated the opening of its new joint office in Harrison Wednesday morning, Jan. 16 — and the office will help connect residents of West Hudson with free services they may be eligible for, including job training, career counseling and English as a Second Language courses.

A second satellite office opened in Bayonne on Tuesday, Jan. 15.

“At Hudson County Schools of Technology, our goal is to provide students and job seekers of all ages with the educational resources they need to succeed,” Acting Superintendent Amy Lin-Rodriguez said. “By opening these offices, we will have the opportunity to expand our outreach to residents in every corner of the county and provide them with the guidance they need to achieve their goals.”

The new offices will serve as a contact point with residents in Harrison, West Hudson and Bayonne to help connect them to programs offered countywide.

“We are proud to expand our highly successful career centers to better serve residents in the southern and western parts of Hudson County,” Hudson County Executive Tom DeGise said. “I am confident that with increased access to these

HAPPENING IN HARRISON resource centers, more Hudson residents will be able to better themselves professionally and have a fair opportunity in the competitive job market.”

Hudson County’s One Stop Career Center is based in Union City and includes a multimedia resource center and access to the Internet for job seekers.

The center also offers career oriented aptitude testing, job referrals and soft-skills training.

“The Career Development Center has already assisted thousands of Hudson County residents in becoming gainfully employed and helped them reach their own educational milestones,” said CDC Director Steven Smith. “Expanding these critical services in the western and southern ends of Hudson County will ensure every resident can reap the benefits of the County’s investment in education and technology.”

Harrison’s Career Development Center is located on the lower level of 326 Harrison Ave., and will be open on Mondays and Wednesday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

“Harrison is a growing and diverse community committed to providing our residents with the services they need to thrive,” Harrison Mayor James A. Fife said. “I am proud of this partnership with Hudson County Schools of Technology to help provide not only Harrison residents, but all of West Hudson, with job training and educational resources.”

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An apparent cash shortfall involving a Lyndhurst school referendum may lead to a grade reconfiguration for the township’s new public school now under construction.

Tom Egan, the state Department of Education monitor assigned to the school district, laid out the scenario at a special meeting of the Lyndhurst Board of Commissioners Jan. 17.

Egan, who came to the district after an auditor reported a $3.8 million deficit in the BOE coffers and who claims the losses could be even higher, started out the evening by praising the township’s elected officials.

“You’ve done a tremendous deed for the children of Lyndhurst,” the monitor said, referring to the commissioners’ bonding $53 million for construction of a new junior high school in return for the right to sell the Lincoln School property for real estate development.

On the other hand, Egan said, the BOE laid an egg with its $19.8 million schoolimprovements referendum that voters passed in November 2016.

“I found a disaster,” he said, with anticipated construction costs exceeding estimates and likely to reach $25 million, “so I stopped the work.”

Egan declined to single out any BOE representatives – past or present – for the snafu.

To try to avoid those overruns, Egan said, the township – in consultation with the BOE – is actively exploring the option of pivoting from a junior high with grades 7, 8 and 9 to a middle school to accommodate grades 6 through 8.

Under that scenario, construction plans for the new school need not change

and no extra money would need be spent on the project, according to Egan and school representatives.

What would change, though – under a variety of options now being explored

by BOE architects – is the scope of the work called for under the $19.8 million BOE referendum passed by the voters in 2016.

After its passage, the BOE decided to bid the job – involving improvements to the high school and several elementary schools – in phases. To date, it is nearing completion of a new media center and multi-purpose rooms at the high school, all within budget.

But, according to Egan, bids for the next phase of the project – upgrades, including additions and extra classrooms to house pre-K to grade 6, to Roosevelt and Columbus elementary schools – came in $2.3 million over budget, with bids for Washington and Franklin schools still not taken.

Based on the higher prices for Roosevelt and Columbus, “we anticipate a deficit” on the other two schools for which similar improvements are planned, he said. On that assumption, “there is not enough money to complete the project as designed.”

Faced with this fiscal dilemma, the BOE has retained Di Cara | Rubino Architects of Wayne – the same firm that designed the new school being built by the township on the old Matera Field site – to re-do the balance of the referendum project, Egan said. The architect’s fee will be paid from the regular BOE budget – not from referendum money.

As of now, the firm’s principal Joseph Di Cara told the commissioners, there is $14.8 million remaining in the referendum pot to complete

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DEL RUSSO from 01 — of garnering one of the two open seats.

So when Pronti’s former seat opened up, it made sense for Del Russo to throw his name into the ring to replace him.

“I’ve lived my entire life in the borough — I am 59-yearsold — and I really wanted to be involved,” Del Russo said. “I also spent time as the municipal (GOP) chair.”

And he was involved in a lot more, too. In 1989, Del Russo was a founding member of the North Arlington Redevelopment Commission.

He also was a co-founder of the Meadowlands Investment Club along with a few others. They were a group of investors who did “very well” over the years.

For 28 years, Del Russo ran a family business — Kirk’s Transmissions.

But the new councilman is now ready to get down to business and to continue the “work that began” under the late Mayor Bianchi and now with Mayor Pronti.

“The mayor has assembled

a fantastic team,” Del Russo said. “I’ve always wanted to be part of the solution, not part of the problem. My roots are here. I want to see the borough prosper. I’ll always put North Arlington first — and I am thrilled to be part of this team.”

So just how has the GOP continued to prosper in this relatively small community that’s surrounded by Democratic strongholds?

There’s a simple answer, Del Russo says.

“The Republican Club here is very strong,” he said.

“There are a lot of young people who are getting involved and that is all thanks to the mayor. The enthusiasm is strong — and so many want to get on board with Mayor Pronti because they see the direction we’re going.”

Del Russo is married and has two daughters and two step-daughters. A realtor since 1989, he works part-time for Century 21 Semiao & Associates out of its Lyndhurst office selling properties in addition to his work with the NJ Turnpike Authority.

CHASE from 01 later, a Toyota Prius, which was occupied by both female suspects, was spotted and stopped while driving the wrong way near the exit to the Clifton Commons.

While officers were interviewing the women, there was an initial discrepancy as to their identity, as they didn’t entirely match the description provided. It was subsequently determined that was because whilst dining, the two ladies were wearing wigs they subsequently removed.

Later, one of the officers was in the process of retrieving the driver’s credentials when he saw the wigs in the car.

Once the driver realized the officer noticed the wigs, she sped away while the officer’s arm was still inside the vehicle. She dragged him approximately 50 feet before he was able to free himself.

At that time, a motorvehicle pursuit began with additional Clifton units giving chase. The pursuit continued at high speed eastbound on Rt. 3 and then onto the NJ Turnpike south. At one point, a Clifton unit was involved in a crash with aT:10” vehicle — not involved in the chase — on the

Turnpike.

The pursuit continued on the Turnpike and eventually onto Rt. 280 West at Exit 15W, during which time the driver continued to operate the vehicle recklessly and at high speeds. The pursuit continued onto Bergen Avenue in Kearny, at which time the suspect vehicle struck a thirdparty vehicle head on.

The driver still refused to stop. The pursuit continued onto the dead end of Ivy Street and eventually into the Franklin School yard. At that time, Clifton Sgt. Joshin Smith, the only unit still involved in the pursuit, was was able to place both female suspects under arrest and into custody.

The two women were subsequently transported to Clifton PD headquarters, where they were processed and charged. The man who was detained by employees, and the second male suspect, who had been arrested at the commons by a Clifton officer while the pursuit was taking place, were also taken to HQ. The suspects were: • Chante Royal, 19, of Montclair, the driver, who was charged with aggravated assault with a weapon, eluding, aggravated assault

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Meanwhile, on the Kearny end of things: Officer Jose Castillo handled the accident investigation at the intersection of Bergen and Harrison avenues, according to Capt. Timothy Wagner, the KPD’s public-information officer. Castillo’s report indicates that Royal reportedly made a wide-right turn onto Bergen Avenue from Harrison Avenue while eluding a Clifton radio car when she struck a Toyota Prius that was stopped in the left-turn lane on Bergen Avenue before being apprehended on Ivy Street at Franklin School.

Officer Castillo issued Royal the following traffic summonses based on his investigation of the crash: reckless driving, careless driving, leaving scene of accident, failure to report accident and passenger restriction.

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In less than 10 years, the charity has raised more than $1 million, which has been largely allocated toward the education field.

“These people are so special and they just have needs different from what we have,” McGowan said. “If we can get a program like this in every Y across the country, the world will be a better place and it will be much more inclusive.

My brothers Martin, Tommy and I launched the Loretta McGowan Foundation in 2007, in honor of our Aunt Loretta who lived to the age of 62 with Down’s Syndrome.

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Pat McGowan, right, presents $25,000 to the Meadowlands YMCA at a recent ceremony. The money will be used for programming for the special-needs community.

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And he’s been executive director of the West Hudson Arts & Theater (W.H.A.T.) group since its formation eight years ago.

When he hasn’t been occupied with teaching, conducting and playing the drums, Ficeto has found time for other civic-

priority.

“We launched Programs Inc. with eight designated classes for ages 4 to 104,” Costa said. “For our youngest participants, there is ballet/ tap, for ages 7 to 17, they can choose from gymnastics, painting or cooking and for adults there is a Martial Arts class. We tried to pick a range of offerings and will build upon the selection as we see a need. The benefit is for those with and without disabilities creating lasting friendships and greater opportunities for interaction among everyone.”

Jane A. Egan, the Y’s president and CEO, is also excited about the new offerings made possible by the McGowan Foundation.

“Addressing the special needs population has always been an important component of what we do and our aquatics area has been active in this area for many years,” Egan said. “ Meanwhile, this winter, Programs Inc. offers ballet & tap for ages 4-5; a program called Healthy Little Chefs for ages 5-8; beginner gymnastics for ages 5-8 & 9-12; teen painting for ages 13-17; and beginner adult Martial Arts for those 18 and older.

For more information about Programs Inc., visit www. meadowlandsymca.org/main/ programs-inc. minded pursuits: he’s been a Democratic county committeeman and member of the municipal Recreation Commission for many years.

Assuming the governing body makes the appointment this week, then it’s anticipated that the successful nominee will be sworn in and take the Fourth Ward seat at the next meeting on Feb. 5.

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S P O R T S & R E C R E AT I O N Harrison girls’ basketball SPORTS VIEW The legend of team hits tough patch

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The Harrison girls’ basketball team has no seniors on its roster. From left are juniors Kayla Lucas and Kasey Vasquez, head coach Erika Thompson, freshman Emily Leiras and junior Chelssy Silverio.

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“Points, rebounds, steals, assists. They did everything.”

The two losses were keys to the THE HARRISON HIGH SCHOOL Blue Tide’s fortunes for this girls’ basketball team had been season. There is one shining enjoying a solid season, winlight. ning five of their first 10 games.

“We have no seniors,” But recently, the Blue Tide Thompson said. “We have been has gone on a bit of a skid, drop- trying to find ourselves. We ping four straight games to dip need someone to step up and to 5-9 overall. lead us. We had a great game The losses have come at the against Kearny and lost by hands of some good teams, like one point (38-37 in the William local powers Secaucus, LyndMasopust, Jr. Memorial Lodi hurst and Dwight-Englewood, Classic) and I told my team that but the setbacks have also it’s the type of team I want to come at not the most opportune see every game. We just lack time for fourth-year head coach consistency.”

Erika Thompson and her team.

Things haven’t been easy The Blue Tide lost two key for Thompson, who had to players from last year’s team, discontinue her junior varsity namely Kierrah Lucas and Jai- program due to a lack of parlyn Montilla, to graduation. ticipation.

“They just about led us in “It’s been tough,” Thompson everything,” Thompson said. said. “We’re a guard-heavy

team and we’re trying to use that to our advantage. Our defense is what keeps us in most games.”

Leading the way is 5-foot-11 junior guard Kayla Lucas, the youngest daughter of former Harrison athletic legend Ray Lucas, the current SNY and Rutgers University football analyst. Kayla Lucas is averaging almost 10 points, six rebounds and four assists per game. She had 21 points and 18 wrebounds in a recent win over New Milford.

“She does it all for us,” Thompson said of Lucas. “We don’t have anyone who can see the floor like Kayla does. She expands defenses well. We’re using her as a point guard.

It hurts us a little down low,

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placed a text message to a local sportswriter to tell the writer about the latest accomplishment of Eric McKenna.

Farinola, the North Arlington High School three-sport coach, texted a simple sentence that really said a lot about McKenna, the three-sport Viking standout.

“Tired talking about this kid,” texted Farinola, the bowling coach, referring to the prized member of his bowling team.

Farinola closed the text with a simple “Lol,” but this was no laughing matter, because McKenna added yet another line to his almost unfathomable resume and legacy.

“Just letting you know for your records that Eric McKenna won the Bergen County individual championship today,” Farinola texted.

It’s true. The brilliant senior with the two-handed bowling approach won the Bergen County championship Saturday at Bowler City in Hackensack, rolling a three-game high series of 719 with a high game of 268.

McKenna’s 719 series was nine pins better than runner-up Nick Greco of Fair Lawn.

McKenna said that he

felt good about his chances in the days prior to the tourney, but without a head-to-head format like most bowling tournament, McKenna had to just bowl earlier than most and hope that his numbers would be enough to emerge victorious.

“The whole season, I’ve been bowling pretty well,” said McKenna, who is also an excellent soccer player in the fall and baseball player in the spring. “I feel like I can compete with anyone. I felt if I lost, it was my fault, because I could only beat myself. I know there are a lot of good teams and good bowlers in the county, so I just had to be focused.”

McKenna credited Farinola for giving the entire Vikings team a solid game plan and inspiration.

“Coach Farinola calmed us down and told us that instead of looking at anyone else’s score, we just had to concentrate on ourselves,” McKenna said. “That puts less pressure on us.”

Farinola, who also coaches girls’ soccer in the fall and boys’ golf in the spring, said that he had a good feeling about McKenna’s chances before the tourney began Saturday.

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but she goes and gets the ball off the backboard. She gets the ball and brings it up. She runs everything.”

Kasey Vasquez is the team’s 5-foot-3 shooting guard. Vasquez is averaging a little more than seven points per game.

“Her speed is incredible,” Thompson said. “She ignites our defense by getting steals. She gets a lot of steals.”

Haley O’Donnell is the team’s 5-foot-3 off-guard. She is the younger sister of 2016-17 Observer Male Athlete of the Year Mike O’Donnell, currently playing baseball at New Jersey City University.

“She has great athleticism,” Thompson said of O’Donnell.

“She is solid on defense. We’re still working on her offensive side of the ball. But she has helped us big time with her defense.”

Chelssy Silverio is the team’s 5-foot-5 junior swing player.

“She gets a lot of rebounds for us,” Thompson said. “She’s one of our leading rebounders.”

Thompson said she is working with Silverio on her offensive skills as well.

“We need to get her more comfortable shooting the ball,” Thompson said. “We need her to score, so she needs to be ready to shoot.”

Emily Leiras is a 5-foot-7 freshman forward.

“She has a whole bunch of potential,” Thompson said of Leiras, whose older brother Johnathan was a top scorer for the Blue Tide in 2016-17. “She still has a lot to learn, but she has so much natural ability. If she gets a better understanding of the game, she will be a fine player for us. She’s our most consistent shooter. She’s also strong and solid. I’d like to see her play more in the post, so we’ll see.”

Leiras is averaging six points per game.

“She wants to get better,” Thompson said of Leiras.

Junior Jeralyne Montalvo is a 5-foot-5 shooting guard.

“She’s a good shooter, but she’s had to become more of a post player for us,” Thompson said. “She handles the ball pretty

well and gets a lot of rebounds.

She missed the first month of the season with a shoulder injury, so she’s working to get back. But she works really hard.”

Sophomore Kathleen DeSousa is a 5-foot-6 guard.

“She’s our most energetic and feistiest player,” Thompson said. “If I need her just to play defense, she does it. She’s super feisty. I love her energy.

I’ve been using her a lot more lately.”

The Blue Tide has to recover if they hope to qualify for the upcoming NJSIAA North Jersey Section 2, Group II playoffs.

“It can happen,” Thompson said. “We just have to get ourselves together a little. I tell them every single day that if they work hard and hustle, good things will come. They also need a willingness to get better, which they have. Considering that we have a team with no seniors, I’m super pumped and excited for next year.”

But there’s still time for a state playoff run this year, as long as the Blue Tide comes of age down the stretch.

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“To date,” Di Cara said, “we have a reduction of 30% of the original scope of work,” having struck plans for big ticket items like additions and elevators, and by doing that, the projected construction cost overage is “down to about $800,000.”

At the same time, the BOE has retained a demographer to project district enrollment scenarios, Di Cara said, and with those numbers in mind, “we’ve looked at several options to see what direction we should go.”

One of those options, he said, is to “pull sixth-grade out” of the existing elementary schools and centralize all sixth-graders in the new school now being

built on Matera Field so that building can be a “true middle school” of grades 6, 7 and 8.

That, in turn, would free up space in the four elementary schools, eliminate the need for additions and extra classrooms while providing more instructional flexibility in those schools, he said.

Schools Superintendent Anthony Grieco – who attended last week’s meeting, along with BOE president Erin Keefe and BOE business administrator Scott Bisig – said the middle school concept “makes total sense, curriculum-wise. I back it 100%.” And, he said, the move will allow the district to “provide

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the state. He manages his time well, but right now, he’s laser-focused on bowl“Going in, I knew that he ing. It is impressive to see had a good chance to come what he’s able to do and away with it,” Farinola shows what kind of athlete said. “He loves these ophe is.” portunities. The bigger the McKenna became the game, the more he wants to fourth North Arlington step up.”

But because of the format, bowler to ever claim the Bergen County overall McKenna had to just bowl and just let the scores speak championship, joining twotime champion Matt Priore for themselves. and winners Johnny San“We were one of the first teams done,” Farinola said. tiago and Tim Ferry.

McKenna has been rock “I knew his scores were high, but I had no idea what steady all season, carrying a 228 average all season long. the second place kid had.”

“He started off red hot Farinola said that McKand just continued,” said enna’s athletic determination, the one that made him Farinola of McKenna, who an All-County soccer player rolled a perfect game of 300 and also earned him a schol- in the season’s opener.

The Vikings finished arship to play baseball at third in the small schools Caldwell University, is the reason for his immense suc- division behind Mahwah and Fort Lee. The Vikings cess at the lanes. were seventh overall and “It’s all his competitive Lyndhurst finished 10th drive,” Farinola said. “It’s overall. what he’s proved to do in Liam Henkel was solid for three sports. When he’s the Vikings, rolling games playing his sport in that season, he dedicates himself of 210 and 183 to finish to that sport. He wants to be among the top 25 overall.

But the day belonged to one of the best athletes in the three-sport standout,

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Photo courtesy of Dan Farinola.

North Arlington senior Eric McKenna stands with the trophy that he won last Saturday after capturing the overall Bergen County Bowling Championship at Bowler City in Hackensack.

McKenna won by nine pins with a series of 719.

who remarkably does a little bit of everything.

McKenna will lead the Vikings into action at the NJSIAA North Jersey Section 2 state sectionals, also at Bowler City, on Feb. 9.

Both McKenna and Farinola were asked if it was tougher to bowl at a location like Bowler City, which is not known to be a bowler-friendly location, and especially since McKenna is an unconventional bowler, throwing the ball with two hands instead of the customary one.

“It works for him,” Farinola said. “If he hits a perfect spot, there’s no chance he’s messing up. Sure, it could be tougher bowling there, but he likes going there and he’s done well there. Every time he goes there, it seems to be a big tournament. He’s had some good moments there.”

“I really like that place,” McKenna said. “The pin carry is pretty good there.

For the most part, I get a good roll there. I always know that it is a tough place, but I feel like I’m more competitive there. I can’t think too much about the conditions.”

McKenna was asked what it felt like to be a county champion.

“It really means a lot to me,” McKenna said. “It feels good to think that I finally did it. Everyone knows how good the other champions from North Arlington were.

Now I’m in the same category with them.”

And what does the county title do for McKenna moving forward?

“It just gives me a lot of confidence,” McKenna said.

“It instills in my head that I can do it.”

Like winning a state sectional title in a few weeks.

It’s within the realm of possibility. But then again, as the legend of Eric McKenna continues to grow, is there anything the kid can’t do?

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By Jim Hague ogsmar@aol.com SINCE THE TIME HE WAS ABOUT five years old, David Guerra was involved in karate.

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Guerra decided to visit a table where some of the Belleville wrestlers and coaches were situated.

“I knew it was a contact sport,” Guerra said. “I liked that part. I liked the flexibility part.”

Guerra listened intently to what the Belleville wrestlers and coaches had to say, in particular the words of assistant coach Jay Isip.

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what he had to do,” Belleville head wrestling coach Joe Pizzi said. “And Jay told David about doing a drop step.”

The drop step is a particular move for wrestlers, one of the first basic moves in the sport.

Isip taught Guerra the drop step and told him to practice the move in a room off to the side. In the course of events, Isip totally forgot about Guerra.

“He tells me about the drill and shows me the stance,” Guerra said. “He didn’t say to stop, so I didn’t stop.”

“It was about 45 minutes to an hour later and Jay found David still working on that drop step,” Pizzi said. “It said a lot about David.”

When Guerra entered Belleville High, he really didn’t know much about the sport – except that drop step.

“My freshman year, I wanted to quit like five times,” Guerra said. “That’s how hard it was. I was the youngest kid in the room and the smallest

kid. I knew freshmen were the ones who got beat up the most.”

Guerra lost his first three matches.

“It was definitely a learning experience,” Guerra said.

But there was something Guerra learned that remained with him.

“I learned that I loved it,” Guerra said. “The coaches pushed me to keep on fighting, to keep working and keep coming. I trusted them and listened to them.”

Guerra eventually finished his freshman season with a 14-12 record.

“I made friends on the team,” said Guerra, crediting former Buccaneer wrestlers Brad Morillo and Santino Imperato as influential people who kept Guerra on the mat.

“Brad took me under his wing and taught me a lot about the sport. Santino really encouraged me a lot. I didn’t have

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S P O R T S & R E C R E AT I O N a goal in mind yet. I just wanted to learn as much as possible because I started late. Others start wrestling when they’re like five (years old). I tried my hardest to catch up.”

As a sophomore, Guerra showed immense improvement, posting a 25-6 record and finishing second in the District 11 tournament at 145 pounds.

“After the season, I was more determined to get better,” Guerra said. “It fired me up.”

He went to train at different wrestling clubs all over the state four days a week.

On the fifth day, Guerra would head to the weight room to get stronger.

“I was going all over the place to train,” Guerra said.

“I wanted to get better, but at first, I didn’t notice.”

When the high school wrestling season began in earnest in December, Guerra felt like he was an improved wrestler – but he didn’t know by how much.

“At first, I didn’t notice,” Guerra said. “But I won the Kearny tournament to start the season and the kid I beat in the finals (Jake Stein of Ridge) beat me last year, so that gave me a little boost.”

Guerra evolved into a dominant force this season, winning 17 times and losing just twice prior to last weekend’s Essex County Championships at the Codey Arena in West Orange. He was the No. 2 seed in the 145-pound weight class to Devin Rocha of Columbia, who gave Guerra only his second loss of the season in the finals of the Belleville Buccaneer Tournament last weekend, falling 5-4 in the finals of the first-ever tourney.

In the Essex County tourney, Guerra won via technical fall over Demetrius Roberts of Orange in the opening round, defeated William Messinger of Cedar Grove in the quarterfinals by virtue of a first period pin and then knocked off Jon Bartley of West Essex in the semifinals to advance to the championship round – where Guerra was pitted against old nemesis Rocha one more time.

“The coaches gave me a game plan to follow,” Guerra said. “Coach Pizzi

calls me ‘Johnny Trouble’ because I always get myself into a hole and have to work my way back.”

“We went over a plan and he followed it to a tee,” Pizzi said. “It worked in his favor.”

Guerra and Rocha went into overtime with the match tied at 2-2 and in the second overtime, Guerra put Rocha to his back and earned a pin to capture the county championship.

“That was crazy,” Guerra said. “I forgot where I was for a second. I just wanted to avenge that loss. I forgot for a second it was for the county championship in front of all those people.”

Guerra became the first Belleville wrestler since Justin Colon in 2012 to win an Essex County title and only the fifth Belleville wrestler in the last 15 years to capture a county title.

For his efforts, Guerra has been selected as The Observer Athlete of the Week for the last week.

Guerra knows that the county title gives him a different status than just a kid with an impressive 20-2 record.

“This is not my end goal,” Guerra said. “I want to win the districts and maybe go on to the states (in Atlantic City). This definitely makes me more confident and more motivated. It’s just a start for me. I just want to thank my teammates and coaches for making this all possible.”

Pizzi was overjoyed for Guerra.

“I’m just so happy for David,” Pizzi said. “I’m extremely proud of the kid.

He’s been working so hard for this. It’s been a long time for Belleville wrestling. I’m just glad we’ve worked so hard to get a kid back to the podium.”

Pizzi said that Guerra is a solid wrestler.

“He’s just more determined than anyone,” Pizzi said. “I love the way this kid wrestles. He’s extremely strong. He has a great upper body. He just wears kids down and breaks their will.

He gets stronger during the match and it’s fun to watch.

Nothing really fazes this kid. He breaks their will and then is able to push a

little bit harder.”

Pizzi said it’s a championship well earned.

“I know the road he took to get there,” Pizzi said.

“My heart was racing for the kid, maybe even more than when I was wrestling.

It was just utter excitement and joy for the kid. He brings back everything that

we preach as a coaching staff.”

Guerra is well aware of the historical perspective of his victory.

“I want to be part of the Belleville wrestling pride,” Guerra said. “Every day, I walk past the glass case near the gym and I see the names of all the great

Belleville wrestlers, like (Anthony) Conte and (former Belleville head coach Junior) Nardone. I knock on the glass every day for good luck. I know what they did.”

And Guerra is well on his way to joining the list of all-time Belleville greats, as long as he just stops doing that drop step move.

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OBITUARIES ANNA TERESA PRINGLE

Anna Teresa (Blazas) Pringle, 89, died peacefully at her home in Kearny on Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2019, with her loving family by her side.

Born in Kearny, she was a lifelong resident.

Anna worked for RCA of Harrison for 10 years, then went on to be a crossing guard for the Town of Kearny for 40 years, retiring in March 1, 2009.

She was a lifelong parishioner at Our Lady of Sorrows Church, Kearny, where she was a member of the choir, an extraordinary minister of Holy Communion and a member of the St. Anne Rosary Society. She was a proud member of the Knights of Lithuania Chapter 29 and of the LCC Club of Kearny, where she was a member of the board and the facilities manager. She also worked for the Board of Elections of Hudson County for many years.

Anna and her family enjoyed summers at their home at Ortley Beach.

Wife of the late Kenneth Pringle, she was the devoted and loving mother of Kim Toscano and her husband Raymond, Kenneth Pringle and his wife Kathy, Gail Wade and her husband Mark and Jayne Policastro and her husband Joseph. The dear sister of Barbara and Christine, she is also

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survived by 11 grandchildren and a great-grandson Kellan.

Cremation private.

The Shaw-Buyus Funeral Home, Kearny, was in charge.

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THOMAS A. LIST

Mr. Thomas A. List of Kearny died Jan. 16, 2019 in Kearny.

He was 72.

Relatives and friends were received at the Condon Funeral Home, 684 Kearny Ave., Kearny, on Monday, Jan. 21.

A funeral service will take place in the funeral home on Tuesday, Jan. 22, at 10 a.m. Interment will be in Holy Cross Cemetery, North Arlington.

Mr. List was an Army veteran of the Vietnam War. He retired from the Military Ocean Terminal Bayonne in 1999 after 23 years as facilities engineer in charge of operations.

Tom is survived by his wife of 52 years, Dolores (nee Klepp) and his sons, Tom List (Bobbi-Jo) and Chris List (Allison) as well as his siblings Michael Moritz and Eileen Moritz-Spitler (James). Also surviving are his grandchildren Emily, Aaron, Charity and Victoria.

In lieu of flowers, kindly consider a donation to the Gary Sinise Foundation, P.O. Box 368, Woodland Hills, Calif. 91365.

JOHN P. DOEFFINGER

John P. Doeffinger died at home Jan. 13, 2019.

He was 60.

SCHOOL from 12 at least two sections of each grade” in reconfigured K-to-5 schools.

All five commissioners – including Mayor Robert Giangeruso – also endorsed the middle school proposal.

Another option, Di Cara said, is to create a pre-K space at Roosevelt School.

These and additional options – including a

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Born in Newark, he was a lifelong resident of Belleville.

Visiting was at the Armitage & Wiggins Funeral Home, Kearny. Cremation was private.

John is survived by his brothers and sisters George Doeffinger, Lisa O’Malley, Thomas Doeffinger and Karen Frisch DeRosa along with many loving nieces and nephews. To view his complete obituary please visit www. armitagewiggins.com.

EUGENE PUGLIESE

Eugene Pugliese died at home Jan. 12, 2019.

He was 66.

Born in Newark, he lived many years in Clifton.

Private arrangements are by the Armitage & Wiggins Funeral Home in Kearny.

Gene was a retired federal immigration judge. Well known for his consensusbuilding skills, he was the chief architect of the 1986 Immigration Law, passed by both houses of Congress and signed into law by President Ronald Reagan.

Judge Pugliese was chief counsel to the House Sub Committee on Immigration in Washington, D.C., for 16 years. He retired from the U.S. Department of Justice in Newark. He was a familiar face at his wife Lily Wang’s acupuncture center in Nutley.

Gene’s gentle humor was always apparent. He quipped, “It’s good to know the law, but better to know the judge.”

Gene is survived by his wife Lily, his children Cara Jones

proposal to seek residents’ approval to shift a portion of existing referendum monies to provide six new classrooms at the high school – will continue to be reviewed, in consultation with the original referendum architects, Guzzo + Guzzo of Lyndhurst, and the BOE. The BOE could act on the proposed changes as early as its Jan. 28 meeting, according to Egan.

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and Kimberly Kelly and his step-daughter Jessica Gordon.

Brother of Leonard Pugliese, he is also survived by his grandchildren Madeline and Everett and his four-legged pals Rocco and Gino.

In lieu of flowers, kindly consider a donation to the ASPCA.

MARY MILLAR

Mary Millar (nee Scott), 94, of Clifton, formerly of Kearny, died Jan. 18, 2019 at St. Vincent’s Nursing Home in Cedar Grove.

Born in Paisley, Scotland, Mary moved with her family to Kearny in 1929, and was a long-time resident until moving to Clifton 11 years ago.

She belonged to the Order of

the Eastern Star, and was a very dedicated member of the Knox Presbyterian Church in Kearny.

Mary was the beloved wife of 55 years to the late George Millar; she was also the loving mother of John Millar and his wife Barbara, Donna Sleece and her husband John, Scott Millar, Nancy Bjorstad and her husband Billy and Laura Wenz and her husband Charlie; dear grandmother of Meghan, Heather, Scott, Matthew, Michael, Laura, Kara, Cameron and Will, and great-grandmother of Reagan, Avery, Jack, Madison, John and Nicholas.

Funeral services will take place at a later date, under the care of the Armitage & Wiggins Funeral Home in Kearny.

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