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The Three Lelicas Celebrate the Holidays With Holly Jolly Holiday Album

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By Steve Sears he Three Lelicas of Hackettstown released their first Christmas EP prior to the holiday season in 2020, and its sound is just as joyous in 2021.

The offering, aptly titled Holly Jolly Holiday, features seven delightful favorites of the season, including “Santa Claus Is Coming to Town” and “White Christmas.”

“We barely got the music out on time for Christmas last year, so it was maybe a few days before Christmas,” says Lelica Palecco, head of The Three Lelicas.

“We were pushing, and we were really at the mercy of iTunes at that point. And it finally went up like a couple days before Christmas.”

The trio is made up of Palecco, the lead vocalist who lives in Long Valley; Hackettstown jazz guitarist, B.D. Lenz; and Nazareth, Pennsylvania resident, Kevin Soffera, a drummer and

The Three Lelicas: Lelica Palecco, Kevin Soffera, and B.D. Lenz. Photo courtesy of The Three Lelicas.

percussionist. Lenz and Palecco have been playing together for thirteen years, and The Three Lelicas have been together for eight years. “We normally do a lot of bars and restaurants and private events,” says Palecco. “We do a lot of cover songs, but we also have our own original music. The covers that we do, continued on page 10

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t is not always easy to connect with people socially after one graduates from college but by getting involved with a nearby social group, Asperger’s Adult Social Group of Northwest NJ, people can make new friends and socialize.

In its 9th year, The Asperger’s Adult Social Group of N.J., has grown to over 25 members who were meeting once monthly to participate in a planned social activity.

Due to the pandemic, the group has stalled and is now looking to begin meeting again and grow the membership to have others join in on the fun.

“Our current members have asked that we continue to grow, so I am spreading the word,” says Debra Burke of Budd Lake, founder of The Asperger’s Adult Social Group of Northwest N.J. “It’s a great core group, and we are hoping to get more members.”

Established in October 2013, Burke and her daughter, Jaclyn, who is an Aspie Adult, had discussed how great it would be to have a social support group for adults with Asperger’s “since we hadn’t heard of anything like that in our part of N.J.,” says Burke.

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“I just felt there was a need for adults with Asperger’s to have a social outlet,” says Burke. Other adults were asking for such a group as well, she says.

Intimidated at first, she admits, to begin such a program, Burke attended a workshop held at Saint Claire’s Hospital in Denville to learn how she could start such a group. Her idea was to meet socially for a night of fun and laughter and grow relationships “I knew I could do that, I can throw a great party,” she says. So, she decided

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Chester Sixth-Graders Homemade Cookies Runaway Hit

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By Jillian Risberg onah Weinerman was just a toddler when he started baking with his mom and recently learned how to master it on his own.

“I was like ‘oh wait, these are really good,’” says the 11-year-old, surprising even himself about his creation: all-natural, soft and chewy cookies.

“We all said that,” added mom Shari. “He wants to sort of spread his wings and make new things but has perfected the chocolate chip cookie.”

When it comes to other confectionaries, she won’t let him sell it until they try it and make sure it’s good.

The Gottesman RTW Academy sixth-grader wants to put peanut butter chips in them so it’s like a Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup cookie, but that might create allergy issues.

“Right now his cookies are so good and he’s got lots of customers, I feel like ‘let’s not mess with it,’” says Shari, the cooking specialist at her kid’s day camp for five years. “Jonah used to love to come in when I would bake.”

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ery Friday night for the family.

“That’s a big deal around here — and I love to bake cookies, so it definitely rubbed off,” adds the Rodan and Fields executive consultant.

Once they let everyone on the street know of Jonah’s venture, he received a bunch of orders. And three more from a post in the Chester community page, including: Jeremy, owner of LJ’s Barbershop, Christie ordered for the first aid squad, then another woman texted about her friends going crazy for the cookies she wanted to order an additional platter for Thanksgiving.

“He’s slowly building up,” Shari says, and keeping up with ingredients.

Jonah’s having a blast and gets a kick out of all the love he’s received for his creations.

“It’s been really fun to do it,” says the 11-year-old. “I was sleeping over at my friend’s house and made (chocolate chip) cookies, to the delight of the family.”

“To my friends I’m definitely the baker,” Jonah says.

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Homemade Cookies...

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When it comes to transporting, “For Thanksgiving I bought these pumpkin containers at the dollar store,” says Shari, adding if Jonah’s doing more and for holiday time they’ll step up the packaging.

Otherwise she says they’ve been delivering the cookies in ziplock bags for neighbors on their street who supported him when he was starting out — and assured them it was totally fine.

“Then usually I’ll put a note on top, ‘thank you so much for ordering, I hope you enjoy,’” Jonah says.

He enjoys doing the actual baking and not just giving away a big ‘ole batch of 50 or 60 cookies to his friends and family. Something he looks forward to after school, a great way to relax.

To establish his own small business, and gain an early sense of entrepreneurship couldn’t be better.

“It’s a win-win ‘cause I like making them and also get paid for it,” says Jonah, who puts a lotta love into his cookies and calls the feeling of making other people happy very nice.

His advice to other kids wanting to start their own cookie or other business: the 11-year-old says even if you get no orders for a month, it doesn’t mean that you just stop.

“You have it there and keep trying,” says the sixth-grader, and word of mouth is also helpful. “You have to wait, it’s patience. I was lucky to start baking young.”

When he’s not making a new batch — Jonah started karate this year, plays soccer and baseball soon.

What’s next for the baker: More kinds of cookies, other things besides cookies, maybe brownies…

Want some of your own? Jonah is taking Christmas andNew Years orders. Contact uptownchunkcookies@gmail.com.

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Author Cher Gatto’s Passion for Writing Shines Through and Through

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Gripping, thought-provoking, and emotional. “It usually takes me a good while to get through a book, but I literally finished this one in 2 days, reading 200-plus pages in one sitting.” That’s how readers are describing the book, Something I Am Not, by author and Chester resident Cher Gatto.

Another reader said, “Gatto’s distinct voice dances with a powerful narrative and unexpected twists, making you unable to put this book down.”

Besides being an accomplished, award-winning author, Gatto has five adult children, teaches at American Christian School, and works with the writing community helping them develop and sharpen their writing skills. Something I Am Not was her first novel and her second novel, Regent, will be published in 2022. But the writing won’t end there, Gatto has two more novels in progress.

Something I Am Not is a powerful look at the insidious world of human trafficking right in our own back-

yard, and the redemptive story of a young man’s fight to get out. It’s about a father who never loved him, a woman who stole his worth, and a brother he couldn’t protect.

What makes the novel stand apart from other books on the subject, is that Gatto had a real-life experience with victims of abuse. She and her family lived in Mexico for 10 years serving as missionaries where they developed a ranch for at-risk youth.

Gatto’s co-workers ran a women’s shelter, many of the women were teenagers with babies of their own who were a result of abuse, rape, incest, and some had been drawn out of human trafficking. Gatto’s experiences there would be the beginnings of her writing career as she started playing a scene in her head which caused her to grab a laptop and start writing. “This whole story unfolded, and I opened this door, this floodgate, and I started writing, and in a matter of months I had this thing all storied out,” Gatto said. Once she had it written, she wasn’t going to show anyone, but little by little she showed it to friends who wanted more. Gatto said from there she took baby steps which eventually led

to publishing her book.

The book won awards, including a 2020 Christian Indie Award and it was a 2020 finalist for the American Christian Fiction Writers (ACFW) Carol Award, both in the young adult category. “I feel like the novel gives a voice to the vulnerable, I feel like there is stuff happening right in front of our eyes,” Gatto says. “I think the story is unique because it’s about a boy and I think we usually have a picture of like a Cambodian girl on the arm of some wealthy American,” Gatto added.

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By Steve Sears l Cocchi saw the sadness during the COVID-19 pandemic. It loomed everywhere, especially a place he loves, the radio airwaves.

He had a solution: create his second radio station.

“I had this idea a year ago as the pandemic was getting really bad,” Cocchi explains. “I said with all the negativity on the radio, and the sad songs, we do need something more uplifting and positive. So why not create a radio station that people can listen to where there’s no negativity? No sad songs? Do it that way. And that’s what it is.”

Rock Party Radio went live over Labor Day weekend 2021. It took Cocchi, a veteran of over 40 years in radio, about a year to create the station and get all the songs logged in. “It’s something people can turn to in these troubled times,” Cocchi says.

Cocchi explains the Rock Party Radio 960-strong playlist, which features songs from the 1960s through the present. “The whole thing is, it’s a mix of everything. All good songs that people can listen to. And it varies from song to song. One minute, you

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can hear something that can be really hard rocking, and sometimes you can hear Top 40.”

Cocchi studied radio at Seton Hall University, starting out in the mid 1970s with continued on page 11

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The Three Lelicas... continued from front page we actually do a lot of Motown funk. So, it’s a lot of old kind of soul jazz, kind of jazzy like pop renditions.”

Holly Jolly Holiday has long been in thought. “We’ve been saying for years that we wanted to put out some Christmas music,” says Palecco. “We’d (Polecco and Lenz) been playing in New York City, and we’d do a week-long gig where there’s a bunch of different high rise apartment buildings, apartment complexes, and they’d hire us to come in once every night of the week into each of their different apartment complexes in the lobbies, and we’d play for three hours. We’ve been doing that for close to ten years now together - me and B.D. - and with Kevin over the last few years. And we always learn a lot of new Christmas music, and we play some Christmas music on the fly when we’re there. So, we decided we’ve been doing

that for so many years that we wanted to really record some of our favorites and that’s kind of how that started.”

Palecco also has been working on her own EP with both Lenz and Soffera at the latter’s Hybrid Studios in Pennsylvania. It’s her first since 2011. “I haven’t done anything with my original music since then,” she says. “I’ve been writing, and we’ve been playing my originals out, all around New Jersey and at different shows, but I just hadn’t really gotten into the studio. I have three kids under the age of five, so that’s kind of been my main focus and priority. But, we’re happy, we’re excited, to get some more music out there next year.

We’ve decided to add two more songs, and we may release a single shortly.”

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New Radio Station... continued from page 9 WSOU radio, the on-campus radio station.

“The highest power radio station in college radio - 2000 watts! I said, ‘Okay, this is for me,’ and I introduced myself to people, got involved and helped out wherever I could, and got really interested in radio.” Upon graduation, he started at WAVP Cableradio in Bloomfield, and also ran his own record shop in that same town for a few years while Video Spotlight, a cable television show which lasted 14 years and featured the best

in music, especially heavy metal performers. “People want me to bring that back,” he says regarding Video Spotlight, “because I met Madonna, Paul McCartney, and other stars. It was fabulous. One week we actually did a broadcast live from the Meadowlands parking lot here in New Jersey, and then the Scorpions, the Heavy Metal rock band, they loved us. Anytime they were doing a new album or video, they said, ‘Let’s get on Video Spotlight to promote it. Those guys are

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Cocchi also worked for Cousin Brucie’s WRAN radio station in Dover (“That was a blast,” he says), followed by Clear Channel Radio (which became iHeart Media) in 2004, but prior to that he created his first radio station. “My first station that I created was CyberStorm radio back in 2002, and it’s still running, and I just started this new radio station now. So, I’ve got two radio stations, and I’m also on about 10 other radio stations across the country with what we call these days, voice tracking.”

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By Richard Mabey Jr. he Christmas of 1962 showed me the kindness and appreciation of a dear and kind friend and classmate. I was nine years old and in Mrs. Jacobchick’s fourth grade class. I sat in the middle of the classroom, Pamela Rawlings sat next to me.

In early December, Mrs. Jacobchick had all of us draw names from a shoebox. As if the odds were a million to one, I chose my old best friend, Stuart Steinhauser.

Unbeknownst to me, Pamela Rawlings picked my name from the box of folded papers.

I remember that I bought eight comic books for Stuart. I am positive that two of them were Batman and Superman titles.

I’m pretty sure that two other comic books were Flash and Superboy. I’m not sure at all, about the other four comic book titles.

I remember in early December, walking home from school, and I had a whole, paper dollar in my pants pocket. I went into Moe’s Sweet Shop, with the intent to buy comics for Stuart. I remember it being such a magical moment in time. I had never bought eight comic books, at one time, any other time in my entire life. It was just a monumental moment.

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I remember when I carried the stack of eight comic books to Moe’s cash register.

It’s so funny, the things you remember. I remember Moe saying to me that it looked like I was going to read a lot of comic books that night. I confessed that I did read all of those eight comic books, before I wrapped them up in brightly colored Christmas wrapping paper for my old friend, Stuart.

For the next few weeks in December, I wondered and wondered who could have picked my name from Mrs. Jacobchick’s shoe box of hand-written names. What I was about to find out, as to who picked my name from the box, would touch my heart, all so very dearly.

In 1962, Christmas fell on a Tuesday, which meant that more than likely Mrs. Jacobchick had us exchange gifts on the Friday before Christmas, since we probably had the entire next week off from school.

Our little fourth grade Christmas party was a happy and joyful little celebration. My mom was the Class Mother for our class.

Mom had baked a lot of Christmas cookies for our little party. And we had plenty of apple juice to drink. My mom did come to the little party, to help Mrs. Jacobchick hand out the cookies and pour the apple juice for the children.

I was lost for words when Pamela Rawlings looked at me, from her desk which was right across from me, and simply said “Merry Christmas, Richie!” And I then said “Merry Christmas” to Pamela. Then Pamela handed me a colorfully wrapped Christmas gift.

It all felt like a dream! Cute Pamela Rawlings was the one who picked my name from the shoebox, vastly full of handwritten names. I remember thinking to myself, “of all the names in that were in that shoebox, sweet Pamela Rawlings chose my name! It was a religious experience for me!

I just sat there looking at Pamela’s gift for me. I remember Pamela saying to me, “Richie, aren’t you going to open it?” And, I think I said something like, “oh, yea, open it up, right….”

I carefully removed the brightly colored wrapping paper from Pamela’s gift. And, lo and behold, there it was, a handmade pencil holder. Obviously it was constructed from a soup can or a vegetable can of some kind.

The tin can was carefully covered with colorful construction paper. All the while I was looking at that beautiful homemade pencil holder, I kept thinking to myself, continued on page 13

Although not the exact same pencil holder that Pamela Rawlings made for me, for the Christmas of 1962, when I was in the fourth grade and nine years old, this one still holds a very close resemblance!

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1962 was very much representative of the height of the era of the baby boomers. I remember that there were well over 35 children in Mrs. Jacobchick’s fourth grade class. Although this is not a photo of my fourth-grade class, it is amazingly close to how that classroom looked.

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continued from page 12 “Pamela Rawlings made a pencil holder for me… me….. me!” I thanked Pamela. She asked me if I liked it and I told her that I just loved it.

I then turned to my left-hand side, looking toward the back of the classroom, Stuart was looking at the covers of his eight comic books. He sent me a big thumbs up, along with a big smile. It was such a memorable little classroom Christmas party.

Here’s the amazing thing. I still keep in

touch with my old friend, Stuart. And, just a few years ago, I was reunited with my old friend, Pamela, through a common friend.

The odds were a million to one that Pamela and I were able to find each other, after having lost touch with each for a little over 45 years! The friends of early childhood are truly, the dear and beloved friends.

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Chester Teen Experiences Space Exploration at Advanced Space Academy

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By Steve Sears ingry School junior and Chester resident, Siyara Kilcoyne, has a message for all. “I would encourage people to pursue their dreams and take advantage of the opportunities that are around us.

Because I know that Space Camp is something I wouldn’t have been able to do if I still lived in England. That was one of the driving factors which encouraged me and my parents to let me do it.”

Kilcoyne, who moved to the United States with her family a few years ago, in August spent an enjoyable and educational five days and six nights at Advanced Space Academy at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama.

Kilcoyne, 15, who with her family (parents Adrian and Miyuru, and 11-year-old brother, Kain) has watched space launches her entire life, had her interest first sparked by watching physicist Bryan Cox’s documentaries. “I always found them really interesting,” Kilcoyne says. “I remember sometimes when I would get home from school, I’d watch them with my mom, and that was when I was younger. But over time, I just started to become more and more interested in it. I started watching rocket launches, and I think that kind of made me realize all

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the different aspects there are in space exploration. I think, to the naked eye, it’s kind of just, ‘Let’s build rockets and go to space.’

But there’s so many different things you have to think about. And I really wanted to learn about that. So, I thought space camp would be a good opportunity, to go and see what it’s like.”

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I Remember Dad: Hold Dear To Heart, This Cherished Heritage every minute he could, on building a home for his bride and himself. He single-handedly built the home. As a tribute to his carpentry skills, the home still stands today.

My dad loved his grandfather, oh so very much. Dad was nine years old when his grandfather passed away. My father often recollected about how devastated he was to lose his grandfather.

According to my beloved father, Great Grandpa Mabey was a most incredibly talented story teller. My father often told me how he would gather about his grandfather, sitting on the floor with his brothers and cousins, while Great Grandpa Mabey told dramatic stories of life along the old Morris Canal.

I remember, as a child, Dad would often retell these stories. Dad would preface the stories with saying, “of course I can’t tell it quite like my grandpa could. He was quite a story teller.” Now at 68, I so deeply regret that I didn’t take out a pencil and paper and write down those stories.

My great grandfather taught my father the treasured principles of farming, specifically the art of successfully growing corn. Legend has it that Great Grandpa Mabey was a great hunter. My dad often told the stories about the days of going on a hunt with his father and grandfather and his older brother, Edward.

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There was a great legend of the great buck, whose presence was overwhelming.

Dad often told me about the great buck.

That his grandfather held a certain reverence and respect for the great buck, and so never raised his rifle sights upon the tremendously large deer. I remember my father telling me about the time he did sight the great buck.

He told me that once a man saw the great buck, he was destined to never be the same again. The great buck was the king of the wooded land that ran the forest range, all along the old Morris Canal in Lincoln Park.

I have but only one picture of my dear great grandfather. I cherish that photograph, oh so dearly. Whenever I am faced with the dreaded plague of writer’s block, I take out Great Grandpa’s picture from the top drawer of my desk. I look at that photo of my great grandfather, that was taken shortly after he had his stroke. I try my utmost best to be true to Great Grandpa’s love of storytelling.

A part of the spirit of my great grandfather lives on in my heart, solely because my dad took the time to share with me his fond memories of the beloved patriarch, who was born just a few years after the monumental surrender at Appomattox.

Cherish your unique family history. By all means, please do take the time to pass on your knowledge of your family’s history and legends to the younger ones of your family.

The only photograph that I have of my great grandfather, William H. Mabey. This picture was taken in 1935, after Great Grandpa Mabey had his stroke. A corner of the home that Great Grandpa Mabey built can be seen in this picture, on the right hand side.

Truly, it will be time well invested.

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By Richard Mabey Jr. ne of the most powerfully positive influences upon my beloved father was his grandfather, William H. Mabey.

Sadly, my great grandfather passed away in 1936, about a year after having suffered a stroke. Dad was nine years old, when his grandfather was called Home to be with the Lord.

My great grandfather was born on October 15, 1868, at a time when our nation was still healing from the wounds of the great Civil War. Great Grandpa Mabey grew up in a modest home, atop Hook Mountain.

The home had no running water, nor did it have an indoor bathroom.

In 1892, at the age of 23, Great Grandpa Mabey married Dora Dolson. My great grandmother was born and raised in New York City, in a rather wealthy family. How it came to be that she traveled to Beavertown (the former name of Lincoln Park) and met my great grandfather is unclear. Dora Dolson was 20 years old when she married my great grandfather.

Great Grandpa Mabey worked as the Chief Engineer of Incline Plane Ten East. He was a strong, hard-working man. For the first two years of their marriage, William and Dora Mabey lived with William’s parents, William and Catherine Mabey. During those two years, my great grandfather worked

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The Story of Chanukah

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t’s Chanukah and in Israel and in many places around the world Jews are lighting candles in their window as night falls. They’re adding a little light to the world and reminding everyone of the miracles that happened to their ancestors so long ago.

Over two thousand years ago, the Jews of Israel were ruled by the Greek conquerors of Syria. Antiochus, the Greek king, wanted all of his subjects to live like Greeks so he made laws prohibiting Jews to practice their

religion by forbidding the study of the Torah or keeping the mitzvot. The Jews revolted and had a whole army fighting the Greeks.

After many long years, the Jews finally threw the Greek army out of the country. The first thing they did as soon as they conquered Jerusalem was to rededicate their Temple (Chanukah means “dedication”.) When they tried to light the menorah, all they could find was enough oil to last them for one day. To make more oil would have taken at least a

week – eight days more likely. A miracle happened and the little jar of oil burned for eight days.

Ever since then, Jews have celebrated the victory over the Greeks during the holiday of Chanukah. On the first night we light one candle, on the second night we light two candles, and so on.

By the eighth night we have eight candles burning brightly, reminding us of the eight days that the oil burned in the Temple and of the Jewish struggle against oppression.

“Pirsumei nisa” or publicizing the miracle is a very important custom on Chanukah.

We light the candles in a window or by a door facing the street so that everyone passing by will see them and remember the miracles that happened. The special menorah we use on Chanukah is called a “chanukiah” in Hebrew. It has places for eight candles and an extra place for the “shamash” – the candle we use to light all the other candles.

There’s an old custom of giving children gifts of coins on Chanukah. Sometimes the coins are real and sometimes they are made of chocolate (gelt.) Since the miracle of Cha-

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“Dreidels” are a favorite toy on Chanukah. They are four-sided tops with Hebrew letters painted or carved on the sides. The letters – nun, gimel, heh, and shin stand for the Hebrew words: “Nes gadol hayah sham” (A great miracle happened there.) One way to play dreidel is to spin it for money. Everyone puts a coin or gelt in the pot, then they spin the dreidel to see who wins: nun means nothing – you don’t have to put in another coin and you don’t get anything; gimel means you get everything in the pot; heh means you get half of what is in the pot; and shin means you have to put one into the pot. In Israel, a dreidel is called a “sevivon.” The sevivon has a “peh” instead of a shin on one side, so that the letters stand for “Nes gadol hayah poh” (A great miracle happened here.) Happy Chanukah!

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“In today’s competitive market, it’s more important than ever to work with a trusted real estate professional,” said Janen Ardia, Broker/Owner, RE/MAX Heritage Properties. “These four agents are an excellent addition to our growing team, and they are committed to providing superior service to each of their clients.”

The new agents include: Mark Laratta – Flanders Office Mark Laratta is a newly licensed real estate professional, earning his license in September 2021. Laratta previously worked as a staff accountant for a culinary group in Philadelphia. He brings a strong work ethic and community and problem-solving skills to his work with clients at RE/MAX Heritage Properties. He specializes in working with homebuyers and sellers throughout Mount Olive and Long Valley.

“I am very excited to join RE/MAX Heritage Properties because I enjoy helping others meet their needs in the most efficient and less stressful way,” said Laratta.

Laratta holds a bachelor’s degree in accounting with a minor in sociology from Moravian University in Bethlehem, Pa. He may be reached at the Flanders office at 973-5981700, by cell at 973-580-5875, or via email at Mark.J.Laratta@gmail.com.

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Agha may be reached at the Flanders office at skilled 973-598-1700, by cell at 201-456-1480, or via email at nouragha.realtor@gmail.com.

Gina Wnek – Chester Office Gina Wnek is also a newly licensed real estate professional, earning her license in June 2021. Wnek brings her skills from her previous position as an office manager to work with clients at RE/MAX Heritage Properties. She excels in problem solving and negotiations. She is also skilled in home staging and interior design. Wnek specializes in working with homebuyers and sellers in Roxbury Twp. And continued on page 22

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continued from page 14 collaboration. “Experiencing the different leadership roles of the Flight Director and ISS commander taught me how to effectively get work done under pressure.”

“I think a highlight of my trip was definitely the scuba diving,” Kilcoyne says, when looking back over her time at camp.

“I want to say that was a lot of fun, and I really liked the missions. They were both my favorite things of the whole week. And we had a “fun” mission, more of an acting one, to kind of close off the week. We could drive rovers around, had to set up the sat-

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“I am very excited to join RE/MAX Heritage Properties,” said Wnek. “It’s very fulfilling to help families own their own home.”

Wnek is actively involved in her community and her church, teaching Sunday school and singing in the church choir. She also coaches a girls’ volleyball team.

Wnek may be reached at the Chester Office at 908-879-4700, by cell at 646-7727704, or via email at Ginarealtornj@gmail. com.

Colon Zavala – Flanders Office Colon Zavala is also new to the real estate industry. He previously worked as a

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Cheesy Chorizo Nachos 1 package Cacique Pork Chorizo 1 package Cacique Queso Blanco Queso Dip 1 can (15 ounces) refried beans 2 tablespoons water, plus additional, if necessary 1 bag (12 ounces) tortilla chips 1 package Cacique Ranchero Queso Fresco 1/2 cup Cacique Crema Mexicana 1 large jalapeno, sliced thin 2 radishes, sliced thin fresh cilantro leaves, for garnish guacamole, for serving Cacique Mild Homestyle Salsa, for serving In large nonstick skillet or well-seasoned cast-iron pan over medium-low heat, cook pork chorizo, using spoon to break it up. Stir regularly until completely warmed through and deep brown, scraping crispy bits from bottom of pan.

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1/3 cup white sugar 2 teaspoons yellow mustard seeds 6 tablespoons dried cranberries 6 tablespoons dried currants 1/4 teaspoon salt To make roast: Heat oven to 250 F. Using butcher’s twine, tie roast to maintain shape. Coat all sides with 2 tablespoons canola oil and season with rub.

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Shane Sullivan Brings a Special Enthusiasm to the West Morris Mendham Gridiron

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By Steve Sears uniform and being a member of the varsity. “All the coachest Morris Mendham Minutemen football player, es, my teammates - most of the teammates I’ve actually Shane Sullivan, was entered in the “Heart of a been friends with since sixth grade and fourth grade. Just Giant” award contest, which honors tristate high to have so many teammates that I can call my friends who school players for their character, commitment, dedicaare basically my second family. And it’s just a blessing to tion, teamwork, and will. be here.”

Thus far, the junior lineman has won round one, garnerFor Sullivan, who was finally allowed medically to play ing for his school a $1,000 football equipment grant. Sullisports in middle school, perhaps the following tale most van recorded for the next round a five-minute video which defines him. During a scrimmage, he broke one of his was submitted to USA Football, the New York Giants, and shoulders, but told no one. He didn’t want to miss the snap the Hospital for Special Surgery, the organizations that run of the football. “Like two weeks went by, including a scrimthe contest. If Sullivan wins the top prize, the football promage. But when we were doing kickoff drills - oh my god gram would receive an additional $4,000 more in equipment first I was trying to block with my two hands.” He still found grants, and the lineman will get a chance to hoist a trophy at a way to compete without quitting the drill. “But at the end halftime of a New York Giants game. of it, I was putting my right arm to my chest and only blockSullivan, who is legally blind in his right eye and in his left ing with my left,” he says. eye has impaired vision, says, “I bring energy, definitely a Sullivan, who turns 17 this month, will enter his senior physical-ness, and the will to never give up on a play and season in 2022, and Jeros is happy to have him back. “I never give up on a drive.” know one thing that will not change will be his attitude, beEthan Jeros, first year football head coach at West Morris cause that’s something that I have not seen change in the Mendham, echoes Sullivan’s statement “He brings an inspirover two years that I’ve known him. And his attitude is pheing and contagious energy which is, when I took over, that nomenal. And that’s where I’m excited for him and for next was the one thing that I thought was lacking that I really West Morris Mendham head football coach, Ethan Jeros, with year. Now he’ll be a senior and he’ll probably have even wanted to change, was just the energy that he brings. And Shane Sullivan. Photo courtesy of Ethan Jeros. more confidence as a senior and as a leader, to be a guide when I say contagious, it’s because guys will jump on board to all the rest of the line and keep them all motivated.” and follow his lead. It’s a never ending and consistent energy.” Jeros further adds, “He’s West Morris Mendham business teacher Justin Cararro says of Sullivan, “Shane sees the (Sullivan) one of the hardest workers, and that confidence is reared by his work ethic. I world how we all wish we saw the world.” mention him constantly in front of the whole team to say, ‘Hey, we need to work like he As for winning any award, Sullivan again humbly speaks with gratitude. “It’s just crazy does and we will be much better, including myself.” that all these people see these things in me, and put in the time and effort for this award.

“It means everything to me,” says Sullivan of donning a West Morris Mendham football If it wasn’t for them, I wouldn’t even be in it. So, it’s not just me - it’s for everybody.”

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CFR’s Third Annual SHINE Gala Will Honor Four Professionals As ‘Educator Of The Year’

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By Ashley McCann hild & Family Resources (CFR) is hosting their Third Annual S.H.I.N.E. Educator of the Year Awards Gala, where they will honor four deserving professionals as Educator of the Year, while raising money for their organization.

The S.H.I.N.E. (Serves, Helps, Inspires, Nurtures, and Excels) Award will acknowledge educators in Morris County who have made a significant impact, going above and beyond to motivate and inspire their students.

“We find education important, starting straight out of the womb,” said Rebecca Sherrod, Executive Director of Child & Family Resources. “Children develop more in the first five years of their life than they do any other time throughout their life. So it’s really important that we acknowledge educators throughout these children’s lives, which is how we came up with the S.H.I.N.E. Awards.”

The gala honors not just school teachers, but also child care providers, professors, principals, before or after school staff, safety officers, guidance counselors, aides, and anyone who works with children and families in any capacity. They have been nominated online by students and members of the Morris County community, and will then receive final votes from the CFR board.

An educator from several different categories will win, including early education (birth to five years old), school district (pre-k to high school), and higher education (local college).

A fourth category has also been added on for this year’s gala. The new category will hon-

or someone in a corporate setting who works closely with educators or children.

The gala will be held on Thursday, March 3, 2022 from 7 to 10 p.m. at The Mansion at Mountain Lakes. The night will consist of a cocktail hour, a live band, a silent auction, dinner, a slideshow, and the awards.

“Education will always have a special place in all of our hearts, no matter what type of school you went to.” Sherrod said.

“It will be a fun night to learn more about education, to network with people and to get to know people in your community, so I would definitely encourage anyone to come.”

Tickets can be purchased for $89 on eventbrite.com by searching “SHINE Educator of the Year.” Sponsorship packages can be purchased on CFR’s website at cfrmorris.org/s-hi-n-e-award. All proceeds go to Child & Family Resources and their efforts to support the development of children and strengthen their families.

In addition to honoring educators, the gala will also be a celebration of Child & Family Resources’ 50th anniversary. For the past 50 years, CFR has been providing many different services for Morris County, including childcare assistance, childcare provider trainings, CPR training, parenting coaching, and more. They also have a diaper bank for families in need of diapers for their young children, holiday shops for low-income families to receive gifts for their kids, and a back to school event to distribute school supplies. They even offered emergency childcare during the pandemic.

To learn more about CFR and how they help children and families in the community, visit cfrmorris.org.

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Springfield Man Writes Other’s Stories with LifeStory Memoir

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By Steve Sears or 43-year-old Richard Squires, Thanksgiving of 2015 will always be special.

That very Thursday, his Grandpa Ben asked Squires when he was going to write a story about him.

Squires embraced and embarked on the request. The book was printed two days before his grandfather died.

There’s sometimes a touch of melancholy. “Come Thanksgiving,” Squires says, “I start to think about that. My grandfather was in the hospital, he had a stroke, and I was there and I was able to tell them that we finished the book and it was at the printers. He wasn’t able to speak, but he could communicate with his eyes, and it was a beautiful moment that I’ll never forget. I could see that he was very happy about it.”

25 copies of the book were printed, and it was the inception of LifeStory memoir. “I gave it out to my cousins, my aunts and uncles, and my brothers. I have a couple copies here, I keep it with me, and I always talk about it. I love to share it because that was before my branding. My books now all have my logo, so it really was the lightbulb moment with my business.”

Squires, who has done corporate writing and has taught the writing at both Kean University and Union County College, has written thirty memoirs for clients and is currently at work on six others. Both the initial meeting with a clients and handing them the final product – their own memoir – are equally exciting for him. “When I give them the book - I call it the Big Book Reveal – I like to video it so I capture their expression when they first see it. I capture it on video and

then I have it edited into professional quality, and I’m able to provide that to the clients, also. But that’s just a moment.

The interviews are probably my favorite part. What’s so great about it is that they really open up to me, telling me the heart of their lives. And I asked them a ton of questions, and we always have an idea of certain things we’re going to talk about, but then through the questions that I ask, I kind of probe and make certain connections, and they always think of things that they haven’t thought about for years.”

A trust is cemented between Squires and those he writes for. “And it really continues on forever,” he says, “because for pretty much all my clients, we become friends. I’m always available to them. They are in touch with me, they may want to do other books, sometimes they want to make a change, or sometimes they have questions for me or they need my help.”

Squires work is not limited to memoir writing. Consider his LoveStory keepsake books for those getting married, eulogies and programs authored for funerals, slide presentations, podcast and workshop work. “I offer memoir writing workshops and creative writing workshops,” Squires says, “and that includes the genres of poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction. And I’m always available to chat with people. I talk with a lot of people who don’t move forward with projects, but I’m always happy to do it. Some people have already done some of their writing or are in different stages. Some people have interviews with family members who have already passed away. I work with all that.”

And there is a pressure to get the work done when it comes to memoir work. “There’s this pressure,” Squires says,

Photos courtesy of Richard Squires.

“because for one thing, a lot of my clients are elderly, and I need to get the project done. Time is of the essence. So, there’s that, and just that my clients are waiting on me. And I put that pressure on myself because I believe in customer service. I’m big on that. I want all my clients to be happy, and I’ve had 100% satisfaction; my clients have been happy. And I want to keep going.”

Squires is fully committed to his wonderful career. “I am blessed. I figured out a way to do something that I love to do that’s in my skill set, and it’s just amazing. Better than anything I’ve done before.”

For more information about LifeStory books, visit www. lifestorymemoir.com. Squires can be contacted at (973) 9031487 or Richard@LifeStoryMemoir.com

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NJStarz NJ Starz: Andrew Reich Hometown: Morristown

Andrew Reich and his family. Photo courtesy of Andrew Reich.

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By Steve Sears ndrew Reich just wouldn’t commit.

When asked which of the six stars of the popular sitcom, Friends, was most enjoyable to work with, he says with a slight laugh, “You are not going to get me to answer that question.”

He does, however, offer the following.

“You did have that cast who could elevate anything you wrote. If they didn’t make it work, it was a bad line. And, chances are, they would make it even funnier than you thought it would be.”

The 52-year-old Reich would write 164 episodes over sevens seasons for the show, eventually becoming an Executive Producer and garnering himself an Emmy Award. “We had this incredible group of writers,” Reich explains of the Friends experience, “and a lot of us were around the same age as the characters. So, we were writing our lives on that show. We were coming in and talking about what we had done over the weekend or that night or whatever, and finding a way to turn that into stories. We were, for the most part, very close. We worked these 80-hour weeks, I mean – the hours were insane!

There were many, many times where I would leave that writer’s room at five or six in the morning, get a couple hours of sleep, and come back in a few hours again.”

Reich was born on Homestead Air Force Base in Florida. His father, Martin, was a doctor in the Air Force. “We moved to Morristown when I was about one and a half, so really all my childhood memories are of Morristown. He (his dad) was a doctor; he worked at Morristown Memorial (Hospital) and had a practice in Basking Ridge. Both my parents are from Hackensack. My mother (Susan) was a school teacher at Pingry, teaching sixth grade science, and I have an older sister, Vicki.”

It all started in the Garden State for the 52-year-old Reich, who calls his younger days an “idyllic suburban childhood.” “Just riding bikes around the neighborhood,” he recalls, “lots of friends in the neighborhood, that kind of ‘70s childhood where it was just like, ‘Be home for dinner.

We don’t really know where you are, what you’re doing, but be home before dark.’

And going to great public schools.” continued on page 30

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NJ Starz... continued from page 29 There was also New York City. Reich’s parents were oft theatergoers, heading to Gotham for plays and dining. Their son embraced the big town as well, but in a slightly different way. “Starting in early high school, I was getting on the train to the PATH in Hoboken, and taking the PATH train into the city. I was a punk rock kid.

I got really into punk rock, and so there was a lot of just taking the train in to go to record stores on St Mark’s Place, to go to CBGB, to go to Danceteria, the Peppermint Lounge – to go to all those clubs with some friends, and just having that kind of freedom even as a high school kid. New York was quite a bit more dangerous in those days, but we always managed to make it back home.”

While at Morristown High, drama teacher James Hogue inspired Reich, and his very good friend, Ira Ungerleider. “You could just as easily be writing this article about him,” Reich says of the latter, whose writing credits include Friends and How I Met Your Mother. The duo is also currently collaborating on a their first new project together since high school. “I think it was maybe sophomore year, we took this acting class - this drama class - with Mr. Hogue, who I had known actually before this: I was

good friends with his stepson when I was in elementary school. He (Hogue) introduced us to improvisation, to the sort of classics or Viola Spolin improv games, and we really took to that more than to the sort of scripted acting stuff we were learning.

It was the improv that we loved, and he recognized that when Ira and I would do these improv scenes together, we were really good. We had been best friends since sixth or seventh grade, and had this sort of telepathy that enabled us to really do these improv scenes well together.” It got to the point that, when Hogue would visit other schools and teach them the rudiments of improvisation, he would take Reich and Ungerleider with him, having them be part of the demonstration. “He would talk about these concepts and we would do these improv scenes for these kids.” Reich had acted in plays as a youngster, but he was now in a different realm. “It was this improv, and feeling like we’re good at it, that sort of lit this fire.”

Reich carried the torch to Yale University, auditioning for the school’s improv group and, becoming a member and utilizing his prior experience, took over directing the group halfway through his freshman year and directed and performed in it all through college.

The foundation was effectively cemented. “I will say that that was really the training for being a television comedy writer.” Reich says.

Reich graduated from Yale in May of 1990, and by September was living with some Morristown buddies in California. He lives now in the Windsor Square-Hancock Park area of Los Angeles. “We were all in the same apartment. There was this group of us, these Morristown kids, and

three of us ended up writing on Friends.

I think sort of moving out with this sort of built-in group was key. It’s a tough town, sometimes, to meet people and find your place, but we had that connection, and for a while there was a sort of separate group of slightly older guys who were also out here, so there was a good Morristown crew.”

As for Friends, Aniston, Cox, Kudrow, continued on page 31

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NJ Starz... continued from page 30 LeBlanc, Perry, and Schwimmer could, as Reich says, “take any good line, and they could make it work.” He then adds, “And that’s not always the case. You rarely get that with every member of a cast on a show. A lot of the times, you have this feeling of like, ‘God, that was a great joke, but it died because it wasn’t delivered right!’ And that’s always heartbreaking.

You didn’t have that experience there (with Friends). What they would do sometimes is reveal, ‘Oh no, we’ve got to try harder, we’ve got to do better,’ because if they’re not making it work, it’s no good.

So, that was just incredible to have. They were brilliant.”

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Reich is married to the magazine writer and novelist, Christine Lemon, and they are parents to 14-year-old twins, Millie and Lewis. “That’s the most important thing,” he says. “I think I’ve really organized my life since them, too. I would never work those hours I worked on Friends now,

because the most important thing is for me to spend time with them.”

Reich also produces a podcast called Dead Pilots Society. “I’ve done 60 or so episodes at this point,” he says. “It’s comedy pilots from great, great writers whose pilots were sold to networks or streaming services but never shot, and then I cast them with great actors and we do table reads. And then I interview the writers. It’s a really rewarding thing, just to get to have these writers get to hear their work that was rejected, and here it allows us to do it in front of a live audience. I think that’s really fun.”

Reich, who also wrote for other shows such as Worst Week and Rules of Engagement, sums it up. “All you have is the feeling like you’re doing work that you’re proud of, and then the rest of it is out of your control. I spent many years sort of struggling with that. I truly have come to accept that you do the best you can, the rest is out of your hands. You’ll get some lucky breaks, you’ll get a lot of unlucky breaks, and you just keep doing it.

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The Railroad That Wasn’t in Morris County

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By Henry M. Holden he Underground Railroad is an epic American story featuring the forces of righteousness against evil, locked in a moral combat. The fight would eventually eliminate one of the greatest expressions of inhumanity: the ownership of one human by another.

In the years up to the start of the American Civil War (1861), New Jersey was a major route for slaves escaping their masters in the South. The legendary Underground Railroad (UGRR), which was neither underground nor a railroad, is preserved today at sites throughout the region including Morris County.

Most Underground Railroad fugitive slaves came from Kentucky, Missouri, Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia. Most were males between the ages of 15 and 30, who traveled alone, by foot, horseback, wagon, stagecoach, train, and boat—and at night, often guided by the North Star.

While most people have heard of the Underground Railroad, few people know that it came as far north as Sussex County.

Most UGRR books list Jersey City as the railroad terminus.

There were people like Harriet Tubman who was a major figure in the Abolitionist movement. Maryland put a $40,000 bounty for her capture because she encouraged and strongly advocated freedom for the African slaves. She is credited with helping over 300 slaves reach freedom. She was never apprehended.

There was always a bounty on the head of the runaway slave, from $50 to $500, depending on the value of the slave as a chattel, as was the horse.

Until the outbreak of the Civil War, New Jersey continued to bear witness to the presence of runaway slaves. However, with the passage in 1804 of the New Jersey Act for the Gradual Abolition of Slavery, these fugitives saw New Jersey as part of the “Promised Land,” where they escaped their master’s lash, or worse.

There are several sites in Morris County which are documented by the New Jersey Historical Commission and listed as “Communities with extant Underground Railroad Sites.” Boonton and Boonton Township are two sites that are preserved.

One of the more conspicuous stops on the Underground Railroad was the Boonton home of abolitionist Dr. John Grimes.

There, at the corner of Main and Liberty streets, the doctor harbored fugitive slaves, according to Grimes’ 1875 obituary in The Jerseyman. The railroad’s “Boonton Station,” is now home to a commercial business, and never was underground.

Boonton was an epicenter of anti-slav-

ery work. It was considered an important Underground Railroad link in the New Jersey chain that moved some 40,000 slaves north to freedom in Canada.

Grimes lived there while publishing his monthly newspaper, The New Jersey Freeman, an abolitionist newspaper, and he sheltered runaway slaves in his home.

The Grimes Homestead, in Mountain Lakes, is one of the few documented physical remnants of the UGRR, and the Abolition movement of the 19th century in New Jersey.

Near Grimes’ home, in neighboring Boonton Township, is another station, the Powerville Hotel. It was owned by Nathan Hopkins, whose son Charles became involved in the railroad as a teenager.

He chronicled his Underground Railroad experiences in the 1910 publication Boonton: Gem of the Mountain, which identified individuals and communities involved in the Boonton area’s Underground Railroad.

Hopkins indicated there were Underground Stations at Rockaway, Dover, Pequannock, Newfoundland, Stockholm, Canistear and Charlotteburg, areas at the convergence of Morris, Passaic and Sussex counties.

In the Northeastern part of the state, in Morris County, are Dover, Rockaway, Pompton Plaines, which were UGRR communities. However, there was no town called Randolph, until it was split off from Mendham in 1805, and it is there where a UGRR site and a probable extant building remains.

For decades a rumor floated that the (Quaker) Friends Meeting House (circa 1757) in Randolph was an Underground Railroad station. James Brotherton, a member of one of the founding families, speaking of his father Richard in A History of Randolph said, “Richard was a kindly man, often helping those in need. He felt that slavery was a great wrong and his house, along with the Quaker Meeting House became one of the stops on the Underground Railroad…”

The popular story states that fugitive slaves on the way to freedom in Canada, would stop and rest at the Brotherton house. Richard would feed them, clothe them, and give them a little ready cash, according to his son.

To protect these unfortunate persons from search and seizure by authorities, a secret passage from the Brotherton house to the Quaker Friends Meeting House supposedly existed. With the physical altering of the landscape by developers, it may never be known where exactly that secret passage was.

Should the authorities enter the meeting house itself, with or without respect

for the sanctuary, fugitive slaves could be concealed in the gallery with the “shutters” closed, or in a space under the seat where the elders sat.

No fugitive slave was ever reportedly recovered, and the number of slaves sheltered at the Friends Meeting house remains unknown.

The story is derived from Richard Brotherton, who is later repeated as a Newark News feature story.

Today, the Brotherton house is gone, replaced by apartment houses. It is reasonable, based on the proximity of the apartment houses to the Friends Meeting House, that was within walking distance of the Brotherton house.

Those slaves who were not rescued by the Underground Railroad would have to wait until the end of the Civil War and the ratification of the 13th Amendment, on December 6, 1865, for their freedom.

The Underground Railroad was for the slaves who had escaped the terror of recapture, an opportunity to befriend people who were sympathetic to their plight, and to live free.

The fear that traveled with the runaways was being captured and returned to the slave auction block. (Library of Congress)

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