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IT HAPPENED IN OUR TOWN:

Beacon Hill, Josiah Hall, and the Battle of Springﬁeld

By Peter Zablocki osiah Hall stood motionless, darkness around him. From atop Beacon Mountain he could see for miles. He knew this land. The hills, the plains, and the farms with homes resembling dark specs on an otherwise flawless canvas. It was the night of June 23rd, 1780, and around him was his hometown, Denville. He strained his eyes but did not see what he was looking for. News of a battle waging in nearby Springfield had arrived in the town that morning. Below the hill upon which Mr. Hall and his compatriots labored, many locals anxiously awaited his signal. As Josiah looked towards distant Springfield, he was startled by an excited dispatch rider galloping his horse up the hill towards him. And then he saw it himself. A dull red glare lighting the sky in the distance. He instantly ordered the prepared stack of brush in the shape of a pyramid to be set ablaze. As young men hurried around him throwing wet leaves on the fire to facilitate bigger smoke, Mr. Hall resumed his watch. Only the presence of two fires meant victory, and to his dismay, Josiah was still merely seeing one. “Morris County’s proudest boast is that no redcoat ever stepped on her soil ex-

cept as a prisoner of war,” said one-time Supreme Court Justice, Mahlon Pitney. That does not mean that the British never tried. In fact, the inhabitants of this area had a good reason to worry. In Denville Township alone, there were four known forges before the Revolutionary War, one each at Shongum, Ninkey Pond, Cold-Rain and Franklin, all on the Den Brook. Most of the iron ore also came from nearby Mine Hill and Rockaway’s Hibernia. This supply of iron essential for cannon balls, together with the powder plants at Chatham and Mt. Tabor, were all very tempting for the British. As such, and because of the lack of proper means of communication,

the Colonists devised a plan in which they used the old Native American system of fire and smoke beacons to transmit information. When British forces advanced towards the area, twenty-three mountain peaks would light up one by one all across the state in warning. Their smoke and fire would be seen for miles. On that June night, the citizens of Denville were frightened. It was well known that the British and Hessian forces advancing towards them through Springfield were quick to steal, plunder, and burn wherever they went after the conclusion of each battle. Following an established protocol, Denville’s hogs, sheep, cows – and

even women and children – were transported to a place designed to hide them safely until the threat had passed. The “Hog Rock,” or “Hog Pen” was located near “Rockaway Valley,” with many kids still finding corn cobs, dishes, and pieces of iron in the area nearly two centuries later. Once moved to the secret location, the people and animals would stay there for several days until a dispatcher would arrive with the news that it was safe to return. The Beacon Mountain (today “Hill”) managed throughout the war by Captain Josiah Hall – a Denville resident and an officer in the American Revolution – was selected as one of the 23 beacons for its easy visibility. This was regardless of it not being the tallest peak in the vicinity. Josiah’s men lit the beacon and waited, staring at the sole light coming from a distant mountain. Then a second glimmer grew and flamed on the peak. A big smile lit up Mr. Hall’s face. He did not need to give the order to light the second beacon, his assistants were already at it. Down below, many people exhaled. Their homes would be safe after all. But it was not time to celebrate just yet. The fires at Beacon Hill grew bigger continued on page 11

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Vitamin D and Dental Implants

itamins, minerals, and anti-oxidants are all very important components in a person’s well-being. In our busy world, its easy to become deficient in many of these due to fast foods, processed foods, and the toll stress can take on a person. Vitamin D is one of these extremely important vitamins. It is essential for absorption of calcium, muscle strength, immune system function, and deterrence of osteoporosis. It also has many other functions. However, Vitamin D deficiency is a worldwide public health problem that spans all ages. Epidemiological studies have shown roughly 70% of society is deficient. This is largely due to the number of desk-related jobs that don’t allow us to get enough sun exposure, which is the main source of this important vitamin. Vitamin D is found naturally in very few foods. Within the last 10 years or so, we have realized the importance of vitamin D to the success of dental implants, and not having enough of it can be directly linked to implant failure. There are a number of studies revealing this correlation, but one paper evaluated 2,000 implants in roughly

1,000 patients. While heavy smoking (15 cigarettes per day) was associated with an approximate 50% increase in early implant failures, severe vitamin D deficiency was reported with a nearly 300% increase in overall implant failure! (Manganeo et al, 2019). What happens if a dental implant fails due to insufficient vitamin D levels? Typically, we will see an “early stage failure.” This means your bone does not integrate with the dental implant. For many years we did not know why a routine, simple implant placement procedure might fail: lately, we have been able to link it to poor bone metabolism, which is directly related to patients’ vitamin and mineral levels. So what are good and bad levels, and what should your level be for dental implant surgery? A level below 20 ng/ml is deficiency. Optimal levels are 30 ng/ml. If you are undergoing dental implant surgery, your level should be between 40 and 60 ng/ml. This is because stress (ie: dental surgery) will decrease your Vitamin D level. Be careful: there is such a thing as vitamin D toxicity: too much of a good thing can be bad. This level is defined as 150 ng/ml, or

greater. How can you test your Vitamin D level quickly and effectively? You can go to a lab such as Quest or Labcorp and utilize your medical insurance. As an alternative, a quick and simple in-office pin-prick test can be administered in the dental office. Costs are around $90, and results are determined in approximately 10 minutes. What can be done if your Vitamin D level is determined to be deficient? Dietary supplements of Vitamin D by itself will bring levels up to desirable amounts in 8 to 12 weeks. This is not conducive to moving forward with a dental implant procedure quickly. There is a supplement designed for dentistry and implant / bone grafting procedures that combines Vitamin D with other “co-factors” such as vitamin K, magnesium, calcium, and others: this supplement can decrease the “replenishment rate” down to 4 weeks. It is also recommended you continue the supplements for 2 weeks after the procedure. Vitamin D cannot provide its benefits for bone metabolism on its own. That’s why “co-factors” (mentioned above) are neces-

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Staying Healthy During a Global Pandemic

midst a global pandemic (and as we approach the colder months), it is more important now than ever to keep your immune system strong. By improving your immune system, otherwise known as your body’s own defense system, you can help to prevent unwanted illness. With the emergence of COVID-19, we have all been conditioned to wear masks, keep safe distancing and wash our hands regularly, but what else can you do to improve your immune health? Believe it or not, Acupuncture is one way to give your immune system a boost! Research has shown that Acupuncture can help to improve immune health in various ways including the following: • Increases Red and White blood cells as well as T-Cells (all essential to immune health) • Increases levels of Interferon ( the immune systems messenger hormone) • Increases blood and lymph circulation • Reduces stress hormones • Reduces inflammation

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Denville’s Anne Grasso Celebrates Her 100th Birthday

By Steve Sears enville’s Anne Grasso describes how she felt when she awoke on the morning of November 14, 2020, when she turned 100 years of age. “I woke up thinking how happy I was and said to myself, ‘Great! I Really made it!’” Indeed, she has. A belated, Happy 100th Birthday to you, Anne. The chef at The Oaks of Denville prepared a celebratory cake, and residents were able to come and got a piece of cake to take back to their room. Mass was celebrated at St. Mary’s Parish with her immediate family and some friends from The Oaks. “My daughter (Karen) even played the piano!” Grasso exclaims. In summation, she says, “I was able to share my 100th with people special to me, so now I am living day to day and enjoying life.” Anne Grasso was born in Newark. The daughter and the fifth of six siblings of Italian immigrants, she was baptized in beloved St Lucy’s Church, also in Newark. “My dad died when I was 8 and my mother died when I was 24,” says Grasso, recalling her childhood. “My older brother Nick was the father image in our family. My younger sister Rose is the only one living. I attended Franklin grammar school and graduated from Central High School.” She and her husband, Michael, were married in Sacred Heart Church (pre-Basilica Cathedral) in 1951. Michael died in 1995. “We adopted 3 children from Catholic Charities: Karen, Michael and Marianne.” Grasso then adds proud-

ly, “I have 6 grandchildren and 2 great grandchildren.” Grasso first worked as a legal secretary, but she desired her dream job: to be a teacher. “I completed my college degree from Newark State, going to night school and on Saturdays while raising 3 children,” she says. Grasso is not an active parishioner at St Mary’s, but knows Pastor Father Martin Glynn from when he comes to celebrate Mass at The Oaks. “Before COVID-19, I attended St. Catherine of Siena Parish in Mountain Lakes,” Grasso says. “The Oaks has a shuttle bus that takes me there on Sundays.” Grasso attributes her longevity to her genes and always being active. “I love walking, I read a lot, play bridge, puzzles and games with my grandkids and great grandkids. I used to sew, knit, and crochet, and always enjoyed baking. My family knows me for my Italian knot cookies and coconut custard pies. My favorite TV show is Jeopardy, and I am a devoted Yankee fan. In fact, when the Yankees start losing, I turn the TV off because it makes me nervous. I also love my Italian pasta.” Grasso also does her best to keep up with modern technology. “I have an email account and an iPhone, and know how to work a DVR!” she states proudly. Anne Grasso reflects briefly on what has given her the most satisfaction during her long life. “I am happiest that I had the opportunity to be a mother. I am proud of my hard work and determination in becoming a teacher.”

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Blood Donation: Giving the Gift of Life

By Chris Bauer MD anuary 2021 is National Blood Donor Awareness Month. Each year the American Red Cross designates this month in recognition of the vital role that blood donation plays in saving lives across America. Blood and its associated blood products are often needed for patients who are hospitalized with chronic disease, undergoing cancer treatment, recovering from surgery or who are hospitalized for a myriad of other conditions. According to the National Red Cross, 4.5 million people in the United States would die every year without a blood transfusion. Due to the increased number of hospitalizations this year especially from COVID -19 it is even more essential that people donate blood. Type O -negative blood is the most requested blood type from blood banks so people with this blood type are especially asked to donate. Since the time of the 1600s, blood first began to get transfused in its earliest known people. In 1628, the English physician William Harvey began studying the concept of blood circulation and demonstrated through his experimentation the path of human blood through the heart. Dr. James Blundell, an Obstetrician, has been credited with performing the first blood transfusion in 1825 in London, when he transfused a patient in order to save her from dying from bleeding post delivery. Eventually, in 1940 the United States created a national blood bank, and the American Red Cross becomes one of its most fervent supporters. The process of blood donation has been developed so that it is extremely user friendly. Initially people are asked

about their medical history before they give blood in order to determine their eligibility. After this, patients have their vitals taken at the donation center along with a short physical exam. Then, a small amount of blood is taken to determine if the donor has enough blood to donate. The donor is then placed in a comfortable chair and the donation takes place. During the donation process, donors are closely monitored to ensure a safe experience for all. All donor information is kept confidential and only a very small percentage of people experience unwanted side effects after a blood donation. After people donate their blood, the blood is carefully screened and rigorously tested for any infectious diseases and for different viral particles in the blood called antigens. Once this process has been completed and the correct blood type has been verified then the different components of the blood are then harvested. From each unit of blood that is donated the different components of blood can be collected. The four different components of blood are: red blood cells, plasma, platelets and granulocytes. Even if a sample that is donated is low in one of the blood components it may be higher in another component that could potentially be collected. In a year of unprecedented medical need, the donation of blood is truly a lifesaving endeavor. For more information or to arrange for you to donate blood you can call the American Red Cross at 1-800733-2767 or visit www.redcrossblood. org . Each donation can save up to three lives. Be the change you want to see in the world. Please donate today!

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and bigger. As the smoke filled the night sky, Josiah and his men strained their eyes to see if their signal was picked up miles away by the next mountain. Only then would their mission be complete. And then it appeared; faint at first, but unmistakable. The signal of joy and victory was carried on, just as it had after the more famous battles of Trenton, Princeton, and Monmouth. The job was done, on the Springfield battlefield, and here in the small villages of Rockaway and Denville. Following the latest battle, and with the war continuing for another year, Captain Josiah Hall spent the following few months assisting the NJ State Militia in transferring British and Hessian prisoners of war to Morris County. Once there, the men worked in the iron mines that flourished in Mt. Hope and nearby Hibernia. The fruits of their labor would then be turned into cannon balls in Boonton. And then, albeit ironically, used against their own troops in the defense of the Garden State. As for Beacon Hill, it still stands today. And although it is now surround-

ed by streets and homes, it still proudly displays its rich history. Thanks to the efforts of Claude Dickerson in the 1970s (he conducted the initial research of Denville’s beacons), and the Denville Rotary Club, a park and a replica of the beacon was dedicated in July of 1976. Due to the fact that Lord Sterling – commissioned by George Washington to design the uniform system of beacon lights to extend from the Hudson River to Flemington and Princeton – left such precise instructions on how to build the beacons, the Denville Rotary had no trouble recreating the signal fire beacon in honor of the opening of the historic site. So next time you drive past the Beacon Hill sign when you are in town, try to imagine what it might have been like living here two hundred years ago, when the British were coming! Until next time… ------Peter Zablocki is a local historian and vice-president of the Denville Historical Society. He is also a co-host of a weekly podcast, “History Teachers Talking.”

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Ellen Sandman Named New Executive Director of the Downtown Denville BID

By Steve Sears llen Sandman, the recently named new Executive Director of the Downtown Denville Business Improvement District, makes a pretty definitive statement. “It’s my desire to do the best job I can to give back to a place that has wonderful people and businesses, and it’s just a great place to raise a family, to recreate, and to live a good life.” Her term officially began on January 1, 2021, but she started planning in November. “I have the time and the inclination and the drive, and I always like to settle in,” she says, while adding, “I am so honored to have been selected.” Sandman recalls the day when she fell in love with Denville. “I started my job as Township Administrator on March 3, 1986.” She then halts, and adds, “Actually, I started sooner because when they swore me in on February 18, 1986, then Mayor “Jack” O'Keefe turned to me and said – and this was a Tuesday - ‘We'll see you on Saturday for the budget meeting,’ even though I didn't start work really until March 3.” “I knew Denville was the place I was meant to be.” Sandman hails from Jersey City and worked her first 12 years there in government. “Born in Jersey City raised in Jersey City, educated in Jersey City,” she states. “I never regretted it because it definitely was a great place to have grown up, and then to also work for the city for 12 years. Then, 21 years here in Denville, and then 7 in Mendham, and then the 4 1/2 in Parsippany. So, no regrets.” Perhaps the best way to describe Sandman is “service minded.”

“I’ve always prided myself – and that’s my work ethic – that I’ve always wanted to be one-stop shopping.” Sandman has been married to her husband George for 46 years. “Married on June 29, 1974,” she says proudly. Sandman’s son, Kristian, is a Denville Police officer, and is the Student Resource Officer at the Morris County School of Technology. He and his wife, Liz, have two children, Colin (14) and Madelyn (5). Sandman, 70, feels that Denville’s downtown district may be one of the best in the state because it is well known beyond Morris County. “We have some wonderful businesspeople. If you’ve gone into these shops – Sisters, Dash of Thyme – they’re beautiful. And look at Faith and Begorra! And Denville Dairy. Denville Dairy is kind of famous in a sense because there was a movie star that was on one of the talk shows who was born in Denville, and Jay Leno asked her, ‘What did you do (when younger)?’ And she said, ‘Well, I came from a small town, and we used to go to Denville Dairy.’” She also cites the volunteerism in town that is top notch. “Beautification,” she says. “The beautification is a remarkable volunteer organization. This town is on the map, I think, because of that.” The challenge for Sandman and the BID is, after COVID-19, to get people back into town. “Because of COVID, the challenge was that you couldn't have the masses. That's the challenge. The good news is, even though it's a challenge and it will probably be a challenge up until maybe May of this year (2021), we'll be able to go back to having the opportunity to make it safe walking around and shopping in the stores.” She also lauds the business owners

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The Gilded Age of Morristown

By Henry M. Holden he Gilded Age of Morristown (18801929) kicked into high gear in 1887 with the death of Cornelius (Commodore) Vanderbilt in New York City. To his heirs he bequeathed $105 million, a sum said to be equal to that in the United States Treasury the day he died. In today’s money we are talking about over two trillion dollars. More than 215 men and women of wealth lived in and around Morristown during the years of the Gilded Age. The aggregate of their wealth is staggering, more than two billion dollars. In 1892 the New York Herald put the number of millionaires living east of the Mississippi at 257, twelve of whom lived in Morristown. Four years later, the initial issue of the Morristown Social Directory contained the names of 76 millionaires with a total wealth in excess of $289 million. By 1914, this figure had grown to half a billion dollars with 92 millionaires, and the end was not in sight. Who were these men and women of unheard-of wealth? Heading the list was Charles W. Harkness, the third largest holder of Standard Oil Stock in the world. He died on May 1, 1916, before the federal estate tax went into effect. His wife, who died seven months later, left an estate appraised in excess of ten million dollars. Many chose to settle in Morristown, a community of 8,300 persons, in 1890 because it was located on the tracks of the then fledgling Morris and Essex division of the Delaware Lackawanna & Western Railroad. Marcellus Hartley Dodge added to his wealth when he purchased the Giralda Farms (west of Madison) in 1906, to protect his privacy. He died on Christmas Day, in 1963, leaving behind a fortune appraised at $60 million. His wife, the oldest living mem-

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ber of the Rockefeller family was worth $50 million. At her death on April 13, 1973, she left behind her net worth of $101,000,000. Back in the 1870s, Morristown was described as “a village of good plain people.” But that changed. A few New York families discovered the area and made it their summer vacation destination. By early 1900s, more millionaires lived within a 3-mile radius around Morristown than anywhere else in the US. Vanderbilt’s estate funded the beginnings of the age of the palaces. A few of these sumptuous Gilded-Age mansions have survived to this day. A new era of splendor had set in. Witnessing the evolving social scene, the quiet farming community they had known evolved into a town of crowds and carnival. There was a reckless extravagance of some constantly bent on pleasure. It was an age of licensed piracy, a great evasion of taxation, exploitation of the poor, and profiteering. One resident described the area as an age of guilt. “It was an era of artificiality. Of the people who came here, too many leaned heavily on money and superimposed snobbery. They aped everything British, carriages, harnesses, even the horses were imported from Ireland.” Hamilton McKeon Twombly erected $5 million replicas of English palaces along with a 500-acre model farm, 400-cow herd, a 100-horse stable and $75,000 greenhouse. The stock market crash in 1929 was the beginning of the end for the Gilded Age. For a time, it lingered in the gloom of the Depression, and then it was Gone with the Wind. It struggled through the 1930s and 1940s as its heartbeat muﬄed from the sound of bulldozers razing many of the mansions. Former president Ulysses S Grant, famous authors like Mark Twain, Brett Harte, Frank Stockton, and Thomas Nast, and box-

This is the former mansion, Spring Brook House, the home of Robert Dumont Foote. Built in 1906, it was repurposed in 1927 to become the current 44-room of the Loyola Jesuit Retreat Center. (Credit Henry M. Holden)

ing champ John L. Sullivan lived in or frequently visited Morristown. Overnight this new breed lined the main thoroughfare of Madison Avenue and South Street (dubbed the Great White Way) with fabulous mansions and suburban estates. They built polo fields, racetracks, golf courses, and elaborate clubs. These men and women belong to “the richest at least known colony of wealthy people in the world,” said the New York Herald. But some of these multi-millionaires left behind legacies of social improvements.

They aided the public welfare groups, built libraries, hospitals, and donated vast tracts of property for public use. Mrs. George Jenkins endowed a chair of medicine at New York University for $100,000. Marcellus Hartley Dodge gave $500,000 to Columbia University, his alma mater, for the erection of a dormitory. The Gilded Age of Morristown was a way of life, a life which could never again be duplicated, even by a person with hundreds of millions of dollars.

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Proud Be, Thy Service to America

By Richard Mabey Jr. hen my beloved father first arrived at Hickam Air Field in Hawaii, he was just 17 years old. How he did it, I’ll never know. But my dad was able to convince his mom and dad to allow him to quit school and join the United States Army Air Corps. My dad had intense motivation to join the service. The Mabey clan is a fiercely patriotic family. Since the Revolutionary War, from all of my research on my family’s history, there has been a Mabey fighting in every American war. And, since the name Mabey has a Southern deviation of Mabry, Mabey men fought on both sides of the American Civil War. My dad was no exception. Dad was such a patriotic man. Even now, looking back, Dad did his best to instill a love for the United States in the scouts whom he led as Scoutmaster of Boy Scout Troop 170. With all that in mind, there was still one more intensively motivating factor that inspired my dad to join the U. S. Army Air Corps at such a relatively young age. Just one month before Dad signed on the dotted line with Uncle Sam, Dad’s parents got the sad news that their son Edward’s ship had been sunk off the coast of England. It looked for sure that Edward had met his demise in the chilling cold waters of the deep Atlantic. My grandmother, Bertha Mabey, once told me that she prayed for her son Edward with all of her heart, mind and soul. That she quietly, inwardly prayed for her lost son while she cooked, washed dishes, washed clothes and hung the clothes out on the clothesline. My grandmother told me that

she never gave up hope that Edward was still alive. As if the odds were a million to one, Edward was found by a British war ship. He was bobbing up and down on the waves of the cruel Atlantic Ocean, saved by his life preserver. The story goes that Uncle Ed was close to death when the British sailors heisted upon their ship. He had gone days without food and water. His survival was purely a miracle. I think that the hours and days upon which my dear father saw his mother and father worry and pray about their son, Edward, greatly influenced Dad’s decision to drop out of school and join the Army Air Corps. The two brothers, Dad and Uncle Ed, would not be reunited until World War II came to an end. Uncle Ed was sent home first. Uncle Ed served in the U. S. Navy in the European Theater. Dad served in the Seventh Army Air Corps at Hickam Air Field, right next to Pearl Harbor. They would finally see each other, both having survived the horrors at war, at the home their father built at the forested end of Mabey Lane. My grandfather, Watson Mabey, was not an outwardly religious man. He didn’t go around saying “praise the Lord” or “amen” or “alleluia.” But he had such a deep religious conviction that it was only by a miracle of God that his two sons came home from World War II. But the pain and agony and worry of having sons in harm’s way did not end for Watson and Bertha Mabey when World War II ended. Their two sons, Carl and David, would later be placed in harm’s way in the Korean War. Uncle Carl served in the U. S. Navy and Uncle Dave served in the U. S. Army. Then, in peace time, Watson and Bertha’s sons, Gerry and William served in the U. S. Army.

My grandfather’s brother, Earl Mabey, was killed in action in the First World War. My grandmother’s grandfather, William Storms, was killed in the American Civil War at the Battle of the Wilderness in Virginia. I don’t know how they endured having so many of their sons be placed in harm’s way. Grandpa used to simply say, “I just trusted the Lord to bring all my sons home.” There was no long-winded philosophical and theological discussion about it. Grandpa didn’t quote a dozen passages from the Holy Bible. He would just simply say, in the midst of the dozens of stories of family legends that he shared with his grandchildren, “sometimes, ya’ just got to trust in the Lord.” Richard Mabey Jr. is a freelance writer. He can be reached at richardmabeyjr@hotmail.com. Please put on the subject line: My Life Publications.

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Theater Review: Temping

By Robert Massimi emping at Dutch Kills Theater is a play brilliantly put forth in these peculiar times. An immersive play, it involves just one person, seated at a desk and working as a temp for an actuary firm. Like going to the office, you are given a desk, a computer, a phone and of course a Brother printer. Not an easy field to work in, being thrown into a desk as a temp with no knowledge of how an actuary does his job but that is all part of the fun. The audience member is given instructions on how to answer messages, given further instructions on the computer and receives some of the wackiest of information via the Brother. Written by Michael Yates Crowley, Temping was first put in workshop in 2014. It has since played at theaters from University of Maryland, NYTW Adelphi, NYFF53 Lincoln Center, American Repertory Theater, University of Ottawa, and now at The Wild Project in The East Village. Crowley has written a decent body of work (there were times when the writing lagged), as it is unusual to be in an office that at first seems friendly and professional but is anything but. The temp overhears fighting between co-workers, flirtatious printouts from who knows who and

employees trying to cover their tracks from mishaps in the office. Filling in for Sarah Jane Tully who is over winded and ditsy in her computer recordings, she is able to figure out the life expectancy of an airline pilot, she tells me how risky her trip to Hawaii is. She tells me that she has been with the company for seventeen and a half years and how carpal tunnel syndrome has forced her to take this vacation. She goes on to explain all the employees at the company and what each person’s function is and what their strengths and weaknesses are. In the movie Along Came Polly, we get a funny understanding of how this profession works; people are able through mathematics to determine a person’s life expectancy with accurate confidence. In good fun, every time you make a mistake (which is often at the beginning), you get a friendly email that reminds you that even though you’re a temp, you must get your act together and do the assignments right. Having a blunder usually means a follow up by the printer telling you to get with it. A phone message usually follows shortly after by one of the employees telling you not to worry about your mistake. In a typical cubical work place, director Michael Rau has

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ear Friends, I am overjoyed to report that the Christian Drama School of New Jersey raised a grand total of $2,093 to help families who lost their homes due to recent fires in the Bonny Doon area near Santa Cruz, California. Last Wednesday, I mailed our Christmas Care Package to Bonny Doon. It included a CDS check in the amount of $1,958 from the families of the Christian Drama School plus 6 Visa Gift Cards. I also sent a Flash Drive with the video that our youth made and letters they wrote to encourage the Bonny Doon congregation which is led by Rev. Breeden. I do not know Rev. Breeden personally, but my colleague,

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The Summer of 1969: Wednesday; July 16, 1969

By Richard Mabey Jr. ur true-life story so far: It is now the middle of July of 1969. I have begun taking swimming lessons at the Paterson YMCA. My swimming instructor, Lisa Ann, is a very pretty girl who had just completed her freshman year at Paterson State College. Lisa Ann is very kind to me. I have become quite smitten with her. I have just met Robbie, Lisa Ann’s boyfriend. He is crude, rude and obnoxious to Lisa Ann. The two of them have just left the indoor swimming pool area and I sit alone on the old, wooden bench beside the pool. I go outside the Paterson YMCA, to find my mom waiting for me in her old Ford Country Squire station wagon. As Mom drives me home, Mom tells me that Lisa Ann lives in Lincoln Park on Elm Street! There is a time and day when an event of paramount importance in our personal life correspondence with the very same time and day of an event of international significance. Such was the case of the Wednesday morning of the sixteenth of July in 1969. At approximately 9:30 that morning, New Jersey time, the Apollo 11 spacecraft was sent soaring into the heavens. And, it was at that very moment in time, when I was taking my swimming lesson from Lisa Ann at the Paterson YMCA. I was devastated by how mean and rude Lisa Ann’s boyfriend was to her. It broke my heart to see how he treated Lisa Ann, when he came into the indoor swimming pool room at the Paterson YMCA. Mom had driven me home that morning, after my swimming class was over. I was so

hurt by how Lisa Ann was treated by her boyfriend, that I had totally forgotten about the important Apollo 11 sendoff. Mom and I pulled into the driveway of the old Mabey Homestead. As we walked into the house, there was my sister Patti and Aunt Helen watching the television. It was now about 11:30 in the morning. I remember as soon as my sister saw me walk into the living room, Patti jumped up off the couch and enthusiastically shouted, “Richie, you missed it! The big rocket got shot off to go to the moon!” Aunt Helen gave out a big smile on her face. “It was something to see. It was really something to see!” Aunt Helen said with a certain abundant joy. Mom and I then both sat down to watch the continuing news coverage for a few minutes. Then Mom and Aunt Helen went into the kitchen to cook up some chicken noodle soup and grilled cheese sandwiches for all of us. Meanwhile, my sister told me all about the wonder and magic and majesty of the Apollo 11 launch. I had missed watching an historic event of international magnitude. It was good to be home, away from the smell of the chlorinated water of the indoor pool at the big city YMCA. It was so very good to be home, in dear old Lincoln Park. To be continued. Richard Mabey Jr. is a freelance writer. He can be reached at richardmabeyjr@hotmail.com.

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YMCA’s Are Not “Just Gyms” and Here’s Why

he Lakeland Hills Family YMCA may have its physical location on Fanny Road in Mountain Lakes, but its reach extends far beyond the property. The Y partners with numerous organizations throughout the year to fulfill the requests of food, clothing, school supplies, Christmas presents, and much more. The Y works with multiple nonprofits to secure donations, which have increased because of the COVID-19 Pandemic. The Y’s response, now more than ever, is to provide vital services for individuals and families and continue to be more than “just a gym”. Ys are not bars or restaurants; they are more than just a gym. • YMCAs are not the same as bars and restaurants and are so much more than just a gym. • We provide vital child development, health and well-being and social responsibility programs to help strengthen the many communities we serve. • We are able to operate with strict safety guidelines in place, including mask wearing, social distancing and staggered operating hours to control crowds. Ys are providing critical services in communities. • Unlike other public businesses, the Y supports the critical physical and mental well-being needs of our communities. • When COVID-19 shut down our Y, we immediately pivoted to offering childcare to first responders, essential workers, and individuals needing to work from home, food to families in need, and outreach to seniors facing social iso-

lation. • YMCAs, along with other nonprofits, operate on very slim margins. If our exercise facilities are forced to close again, we will lose the revenue that allows us to provide vital community services, and we will be unable to support our communities when they need it most. We have taken extraordinary health and safety precautions. • We were on the forefront of implementing CDC peer-reviewed health and safety guidelines in our facilities, which allowed us to provide childcare safely. • Included in these measures was the purchase of thousands of dollars’ worth of new cleaning and disinfecting equipment and the availability of hand sanitizer at all touch points around our facilities. • As the pandemic stretched on and clearance was given to open, we were well-prepared to do so, using many of the same CDC peer-reviewed guidelines, as well as others. • Our additional health and safety measures include the following: • Health screenings for staff, volunteers, members and program participants upon entry • Requiring masks to be worn at all times • Offering hand sanitizer and other sanitization equipment throughout the facility • Improved air filtration systems • Established traffic patterns throughout the facility • Reorganization of exercise equipment and, in some cases, removal of it from our wellness floors

• Limiting group exercise class sizes • Limiting the number of people allowed in the wellness center • Scheduling programs to minimize the number of people at our facilities • Closing facilities throughout the day for thorough cleanings • Offering programming outside To date, while we have had a few reports through contract tracing of a member or participant having COVID-19 while using our facilities, these few numbers are outweighed by the number of visits we have had in the same period. This shows that YMCAs have been, and continue to be, safe. As always, no other organization can impact as many, as powerfully, as the Y does every day. For more information on the Y, please email its Director of Marketing, Rosemary Linder Day, at RosemaryL@Lhymca.com. About the Y Driven by its founding mission, the Y has served as a leading nonprofit committed to strengthening community for more than 175 years. The Y empowers everyone, no matter who they are or where they’re from, by ensuring access to resources, relationships and opportunities for all to learn, grow and thrive. By bringing together people from different backgrounds, perspectives and generations, the Y’s goal is to improve overall health and well-being, ignite youth empowerment and demonstrate the importance of connections in and across 10,000 communities nationwide.

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A New Year’s Day Story: A Most Precious Gift of Trust

By Richard Mabey Jr. he gift of trust is one of the greatest blessings that one person can bestow upon another. Such a gift was given to me by Mayor David Baker, former Mayor of Lincoln Park. Mayor Baker appointed me to the high position of serving on the Executive Board of the Lincoln Park Public Library. I was sworn in to office on New Year’s Day on the dawn of Year 2000. I took this volunteer position very, very seriously. It was a lot of hard work and required a certain, steadfast dedication. It was truly a labor of love. I learned a lot during my four-year term. It was truly a golden opportunity. I learned the mechanics of the smalltown library system, way beyond the Dewey Decimal System. There were times when I would have a thousand and one things pressing on my mind. At the time, I was working in the Editorial Department at an advertising agency. The demands of impossible deadlines were talking a toll on me. A dear aunt was very ill and in the hospital. My Mom had just been diagnosed with a brain aneurysm and needed to have brain surgery. And, I was in a most rocky relationship with a woman whom I simply adored. So, with all that going on, the roof of the

library had sprung a leak. I remember this so well. I was at the deli of the local grocery store on a Saturday morning. I was holding my little number ticket, waiting my turn to order some potato salad and a half-pound of turkey. I could feel the burden of all these things weighing heavily upon my mind. And along came dear, sweet Mrs. MacGruder, whom I knew from church. “You know, my grandson had to do a report on Daniel Boone and there wasn’t one single book in the whole library about Daniel Boone. I had to drive my grandson to Pequannock to take out a book on Daniel Boone. Ya’ really outa get more books on Daniel Boone in the library,” Mrs. MacGruder firmly told me as I stood there with the Saturday morning crowd at the grocery store deli. I took a deep breath, inwardly prayed for patience, then kindly told Mrs. MacGruder that I would bring it up at the next Library Board meeting. “Well, ya’ really should. How many books on Daniel Boone do you have in the library? Only one or two, I’d say. Ya’ know, Daniel Boone was a great American. You really should have more than just one or two books on Daniel Boone in the library,” Mrs. MacGruder reiterated to me.

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By Steve Sears on’t tell 44-year-old Jamie Siminoff, Founder and Chief Inventor at Ring, that he can’t do something. He vividly recalls attending Morristown Beard High School and Rich Timek’s architecture class. “When I was young, I had a passion for creativity, and all I wanted to do was build things with my hands,” he says. “Rich’s class gave me a crash course in what would become a critical lesson, which is the importance of having a vision, and working relentlessly to achieve that.” The class was instructed to build a house from start to finish; design the architecture and then construct a model. “I remember I wanted my model to have cedar shingles, and Rich told me he didn’t think I could do it because it would take too long.” It was Siminoff’s first experience where his team had a vision he was confident in, and he got a taste of someone telling him it couldn’t be done. He then used his resources and fierce commitment to bring his vision to life. “Cedar shingles were my vision and I needed to make it work. So, believe it or

not, I cut individual balsa wood shingles and glued them onto the model house. I don’t know how many hours it took me, but I managed to complete it in time.” And then there was the Shark Tank experience. “I was at lunch with a friend in 2013 who recommended I reach out to a Shark Tank producer he knew,” Siminoff says. “I sent the producer an email and before I knew it, I was walking into the Shark Tank with Doorbot and expecting a deal. However, one by one, the Sharks dropped out, and I walked out of the Tank with nothing.” Huge disappointment? Maybe. But the word “quit” is absent from Siminoff’s dictionary. He rebranded Doorbot as Ring. “I knew Doorbot was a work in progress, but that didn’t stop me. Driven by Ring’s mission, I went back to the drawing board to create an even better version of the device and re-introduced the Ring Video Doorbell to the world. Funny enough, it was the exposure and resulting publicity from our Shark Tank appearance that enabled us to keep going.” continued on page 25

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For the kid from Chester, New Jersey, the road to Ring’s success was not a straight one. “In fact,” he says, “many times, I questioned our path forward. This was my first hardware business, and it wasn’t easy,” he says. You can see Siminoff perhaps one day authoring a self-help book on his above-described drive, emblematic of him since childhood. “Growing up in Chester, I learned the basics of engineering, entrepreneurship and invention,” says Siminoff, who now lives in Los Angeles, California. “I was into radio-controlled cars and Chester Hobby was an amazing place in town to not only buy these cars, but to learn from the staff on how to fix them. If my car was broken and I wanted to play with my friend down the street with theirs, I had to fix mine. So, when my parents could not drive me into town, necessity became the mother of invention. I figured out how to fabricate parts and tools and fix them on my own. This is was what really taught me mechanical and electrical engineering, those radio control cars might be one of the biggest influences in shaping who I am today.” As was his family. “My parents taught me the importance and value of hard work.” Siminoff was an average student in high

school starting out, B’s and C’s populating his report cards. Then came the challenge to become better. “I remember my dad and I were out in town and we saw the Land Rover Defender 90, and I said to my dad, ‘I would do anything to have that car.’ He told me to get straight A’s, and that’s exactly what I did. I went on to receive straight A’s my junior year, which ended up being a critical time for college admissions. While it was essentially a bribe, the hard work paid off in more ways than one by helping me get into a better college...and the car!” There’s a good chance Siminoff “used those wheels” to head to his next stop, Babson College in Massachusetts, where he won a business planning contest, and then founded Phone tag and Unsubscribe. com. Entrepreneurship loomed big at that time. “Absolutely,” he says in agreement. “I’ve been an entrepreneur from a young age, whether I knew it or not. I would find creative ways to earn money during high school, talk to my friends’ parents who were savvy businesspeople and really do anything I could to learn more about business and entrepreneurship. When I got to Babson, I focused on honing my skills and launching my first few businesses.” None bigger than in 2013. While work-

ing out of his garage on several inventions, Siminoff realized he was continuously missing package deliveries because he could not hear his doorbell. “When I discovered that an internet-connected doorbell didn’t exist,” he says, “I built the first version of the Ring Video Doorbell, originally called Doorbot, so I could answer my door while I worked.” Yes, he no longer missed getting his packages, but there was an additional

perhaps more important element. “When my wife used the device, she expressed how safe it made her feel when she was home alone because she could answer the door from her phone. From there, our mission of making neighborhoods safer was born. I’ve always said the real invention was the mission, not the product itself, but since then, the first Video Doorbell has evolved into continued on page 26

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an entire line of home security devices and services helping to bring peace of mind and make neighborhoods safer for everyone.” Siminoff then appeared on Shark Tank, and the rest is history. In 2014, Ring Video Doorbell was brought to market and it’s been a leader in the home security space ever since. “I believe Ring is now one of the biggest companies to ever appear on Shark Tank, and following our appearance on the show, we’ve had a long list of impressive investors, including Sir Richard Branson.” Another interested investor was looming as well. “As we continued to build Ring and introduce our suite of new Ring security cams and doorbells to the world, the company attracted another mission-focused, customer-obsessed brand: Amazon.” It has changed his life, and he’s proud of their mission-driven approach. “From the initial invention in my garage to being acquired by Amazon, Ring has exceeded all my expectations. I have always worked to invent products that provide real solutions, for real problems. Building the Video Doorbell, I knew this product would not only provide a solution to a problem many people like myself faced, but also had the potential to make an even bigger impact on neighborhoods everywhere. My team continues to

bring more choice, affordability, and convenience to our customers each day and we are endlessly motivated to making an impact.” Impact is a key word. Siminoff is consistently humbled by the stories from neighbors (“What we call our customers,” he says) regarding the number of ways his team’s products and services have helped them. “Be it reuniting a lost pet and their owner thanks to communities working together through the Neighbors app, or how our security cameras have helped families safely, and more easily, navigate this challenging time and stay in touch with loved ones - our neighbors’ stories never cease to inspire and amaze me,” he says. “I’m particularly proud of the recent program we announced with Habitat for Humanity to provide $1 million worth of Ring Video Doorbells to be installed on new Habitat homes built in 2021, providing families with added peace of mind in their new neighborhoods. We are always evaluating ways we can make a meaningful impact on local communities -- and this is a great example.” A big thrill for Siminoff was returning to Shark Tank as a Guest Shark. “I was the first entrepreneur to have gone from pitching the Sharks to sitting in a Guest Shark’s

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says, and he’s lived the valid reason why. “All of our journeys are vastly different. I think learning from seeing and hearing about others’ experiences is important, but everyone needs to create their own path to what they consider to be success.” When he looks back now at how he and his team were able to build Ring and overcome obstacles, three things do stand out as being key components. First is having a mission. “Ours was to make neighborhoods safer. A mission defines what a company stands for and why it exists. For the team, it is a reason to work hard, to sacrifice for, and something to keep you focused. For me, our mission helped to keep me going and pushing forward, no matter what. For our customers, it creates a true bond that is more meaningful than just a transaction.” Next, hard work. “Something New Jersey taught me was hard work and it certainly was needed to build Ring from both myself and the team.” And finally, Siminoff says, there’s luck. “I’ve always said luck is like the lottery -- the harder you work, the more ‘tickets’ you secure, but there’s always an element of luck to it. We worked hard, had a lot of tickets and thankfully, a little bit of luck on our side, too.”

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