Mt Olive July 2022

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Mount Olive Public Schools Rank Safest School District in Morris County for Second Year in a Row MOUNT OLIVE - With safety being paramount to Superintendent, Dr. Robert Zywicki, it is no surprise that Mount Olive Public School District has once again ranked as the safest school district in Morris County out of the 41 school districts surveyed. Dr. Zywicki made it clear that “the time and resources dedicated to health and safety are not seen as one time initiatives,” but rather the heart of all initiatives led

by Dr. Zywicki and the Mount Olive Board of Education.

The Mount Olive School District continues to lead with full compliance with Alyssa’s Law, numerous panic alarm buttons throughout every school as well as a distinct notification system to law enforcement. All facilities are equipped with several visual assistance (strobes) to alert the hearing impaired during an emergency. The district provides armed officers at every school during school hours and after hours, at BOE meetings, during summer school/extended school year and at events

held by outside organizations that take place on BOE property. The district has a fulltime Class 3 (School Resource Officer) assigned to the High School. All of the schools are equipped with scanning devices that check visitors prior to gaining entrance to the schools. All district school security staff personnel are all retired police officers and are trained in School Resource Officer Training, CPR, First Aid/Epi-Pen, AED, Stop the Bleed and CPI (Crisis Prevention Institute).

Mount Olive staff members are trained every year on the security manual for the district and are implementing a district wide radio project that will enable them to contact the local Police Department directly and where schools can communicate directly with other schools by radio. All security employees wear uniforms along with visible identification cards displayed while they are working. All employees of the district are required to wear identification

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Cameras have been an instrumental part in the safety protocols that have made a huge impact on the Mount Olive School District. Not only does every school, bus, and the BOE building all have security cameras, but now as part of a new pilot test, cameras have been installed on the outside of four buses located underneath the stop arm. These cameras are recording continuously and the bus drivers simply press a button if they see any vehicles passing illegally, when the bus is stopped. The cameras get a clear shot of the vehicle and license plate in question. That video is sent to James Carifi, the Director of Security for Mount Olive School District, who will petition for a summons for the registered owner of the vehicle, who will eventually be asked to appear in court.

Since the implementation of the cameras outside the buses, there have been over 250 violations. The violators will get points on their license and a $500 to $300 fine. Dr. Zywicki and the Mount Olive BOE plan to equip the remaining 72 buses with outside cam-

eras by March of 2022.

According to the Director of Security, James Carifi, who is invested in the well-being of the students and keeping the children safer, “These cameras have been a difference maker and a deterrent to motorists, who now think twice before passing stopped school buses and putting children in harm’s way.”

Mount Olive School District continues to provide the most safe and innovative learning environment to all staff and students by prioritizing health and sanitation and meeting and exceeding all of the Covid-19 recommended guidelines.

According to Dr. Zywicki, “MOPD Chief Beecher continues to be an integral part

of the safety of our community by continuously having MOPD officers available to support our schools.”

The Mount Olive School District, under the direction of Superintendent, Dr. Zywicki and the Mount Olive Board of Education will continue to prioritize health and safety moving forward, with the goal being to lead by example.

Phil was adopted by the author in 2018 from a farm near Hackettstown, New Jersey. He is a 130-pound St. Bernard/ Mastiff mix. Steinhardt fell in love right away with the big loveable fellow and was able to see how much there was to learn from him.

Steinhardt said “We (our society) overlook how much we can learn from animals.”

One of her favorite anecdotes regarding Phil is when he went to obedience school and had to take a final exam. Phil, who is always doing something funny, lied down during the test and therefore failed to become certified as a therapy dog.

Now, to many dog owners, disappointment may have followed. But Steinhardt took a different perspective. She saw an animal that was perfect just the way he was and should be loved for his unique traits. She started blogging in 2018 about the adventures her wonderful pet got involved in and her high school students adored these stories.

In 2019 her first book of the “Imperfectphil” series was published with terrific illustrations from Jessica Murr. Steinhardt approached Murr after she had completed several of her English classes as a student at Mount Olive High School.

Murr, who is an immensely gifted artist, and Steinhardt hit it off immediately and are planning additional books in the series.

The local author said that

Phil’s stories which are told through his voice has allowed her to spread the universal message to “accept ourselves and advocate for one another.” She said education is vital to giving students the ability to express themselves, and her books about “Imperfect Phil” complement this goal. The dog’s episodes leave students with the idea that people should be loved for who they are and like her dog, not sweat the small stuff.

Though Phil did not earn the credentials to be a therapy dog, such stories allow students

to see they are perfect just the way they are. Steinhardt said this message helps build confidence in kids. “I like helping people and empowering people to use their voice,” she said.

The Mount Olive author wants to continue her passion of writing about Phil and help children tackle difficult subjects such as death and grief.

She admits she will have to go through this process when her best friend eventually passes on, but she hopes to do so in a healthy way. Since many

Mount Olive Teacher Educates Through Book Series about Man’s Best Friend

BY EVAN WECHMAN STAFF WRITER

Left to Right: Chuck Aaron, President of Mount Olive Area Chamber , William Ritacco Staples Manager, Joe Nicastro, My Life Publications owner, and Mayor Rob Greenbaum pose before the awards ceremony at David’s Country Inn.

MOUNT OLIVE - On Tuesday, June 14, Council President Joe Nicastro 2022 (Businessperson of the Year) and William Ritacco (Humanitarian of the Year) were presented with proclamations from Mayor Greenbaum and Chuck Aaron,

President of the Mount Olive Area Chamber of Commerce for their contributions to local businesses and the community.

The event was held at David’s Country Inn which is located in Hackettstown.

MOUNT OLIVE - Mount Olive English Teacher Sue Steinhardt loves teaching her students wonderful lessons in the classroom, but now she is also writing books for youngsters to learn as well. According to Steinhardt, “the Imperfectphil series focuses on the idea that our unique qualities and flaws are what makes us perfect. It was because of Phil’s failures that someone exclaimed he was perfect just the way he was... and Imperfectphil was born.”

Many avid readers may rightfully believe there are many books that teach life lessons through their main character. However, what is unusual about the lovable Phil is that he is a dog.

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Mount Olive Senior Club Debuts New Officers

L-R: President Sandra Masklee, 1ST Vice President Richard Colette, 2nd Vice President Mary Montero, Council President Joe Nicastro, Secretary Sandy Gannon, Treasurer Edward Swaszek, Membership Libia Frank and Chaplin Elaine Hayes

MOUNT OLIVE - The Senior Club provides a meeting place where all are welcomed. The group announces birthdays, anniversaries and informa-

tion about members who are ill. The membership shares friendships and understanding during times of grief. To join the Senior Club you must be

a Mount Olive resident, minimum age is 55 years old . At the present moment they have 104 members. The Senior Club was incorporated in 1972.

They are planning a day trip to the Stroudsmoor Restaurant in Pennsylvania. An overnight trip to Wildwood, a day trip to Medieval Times and a trip

for a Crab Boil in Maryland.

The Key Club of Mount Olive High School gave the Senior Club a Senior Prom with the theme being Mardi Gras this

Dear Editor: There are plenty of things that make Mount Olive special, especially Mount Olive High School. We have some of the best sports programs in the state, a vast number of extracurricular activities, and overall, an outstanding school environment. But for me personally, and about 80 other students of MOHS, the school’s Air Force JROTC program is the best part.

There are many selling points for JROTC programs.

The camaraderie between a unit’s members can rarely be matched. At the beginning of

the journey through the program, many cadets are complete strangers to each other - but often within the first months, bonds can be created that will last a lifetime.

Sports are another large part of Mount Olive schools and community, and JROTC just couldn’t resist joining in. Our unit has its very own Raider Team which is all about fitness.

On the Raider team, cadets train with each other both to better ourselves and to help each other improve. Another great advantage is participating in competitions as a team. We get to test our strength and skills

and make friends with cadets from all across the state along the way. But this isn’t the only JROTC extracurricular activity available. We also have Color Guard, Rocketry, and Drill Team. While they all focus on different things, they share a few common goals - to test cadet skills, to compete against other units, and to display what all our hard work goes into.

It’s not only about the cadets and the things we do within our unit that bring us together. It’s also about the community service we perform. We hold events where the entire day is all about giving back to

the community. Whether it’s a road or stream cleanup or laying wreaths on the graves of fallen service members, the unit is there to serve. We also hold morale events when the work is done as a way to come together

and strengthen the unit.

A JROTC unit is a great addition to any high school. It promotes discipline, integrity, and builds character in young adults while giving back to the community and bringing peo-

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FROM FRONT PAGE students are afraid to speak of loss or death, she hopes to help educate them on these subjects.

Steinhardt also has a great wish for Phil to take on a larger role. Though she is content touring different book festivals and street fairs with her dog, she maintains Hollywood should take notice. Her hope is that in the next few years ahead, Disney or Pixar will create an animated series based on Phil.

While her dream has not been realized yet, don’t count out Steinhardt from landing a

mega deal with a Hollywood giant. She has a growing readership and attributes much of her success to her parents.

“They are my biggest cheerleaders and believe whatever I want to do, I could do,” she said.

Steinhardt, who said she has “been writing since before she was born,” is also influenced by many projects that have reached a wider audience. For instance, one of her favorite books is the classic, Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White whose amazing work was developed into a blockbuster animated

feature.

She is equally encouraged by the long running Sesame Street television series which uses the art of puppetry to educate children.

The emerging author sees a close relationship between these works and her own “Imperphectphil” series. Though it may not happen tomorrow, the possibility is growing that our friend Phil will soon be on the big screen. According to the New Jersey writer, “it would make a great movie and television series.”

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Flanders Thrift Shop: 100 Different Stores in One

BY ELSIE WALKER STAFF WRITER

Rows of affordable merchandise line a room in the thrift shop.

MOUNT OLIVE - Daniela Moschella, of Flanders, shared that going to the Flanders United Methodist Church thrift shop “[is like] going to 100 different stores at the same time.” A volunteer at the shop at 4 Park Place in Flanders, Moschella shared that there’s a wide variety of quality items at very affordable prices for people with different needs. For example, someone moving into a new home who needs household items or parents looking for items for their fast-growing children can find them there. For the latter, Moschella noted that why buy something at regular store prices which the child will outgrow soon when you can buy the item for so much less at the thrift store. Not only does the shop help those who shop there by providing goods at affordable prices, but the proceeds from the shop go to supporting the ministries of the church. The shop is overseen by the church’s Church Council Committee.

Ray Winch, of Flanders, is one of the committee members.

Winch shared that the Thrift Store has grown steadily in its 48-year existence. It was started by the church’s women’s group in 1974 and was located in the church basement; it later moved to its current location. “In 2015, the 4 Park Place building was completely renovated and fitted with retail fixtures. The parking lot was paved in 2017. We added a Point-of-Sale system in 2021 and we now accept credit cards and other forms of payment including Apple Pay,” shared Winch.

Winch expanded on what Moschella shared in regards to the variety of merchandise at the store. He shared, “clothing, handbags, shoes, stuffed

animals, back packs, blankets, jewelry, as well as non-clothing items such as paintings, collectables, knickknacks, etc.” are examples of the items found at the store.

Also, customers will find their brand names such as Calvin Klein, Aeropostale, Abercrombie & Fitch, Hollister, Nike, Under Armour, Tommy Hilfiger, Chicos, Ann Taylor, Coach, North Face, and more. Winch noted that while the cost of such brand name items might be too much for shoppers to consider at a retail store, the prices at the thrift store are far lower; customers at the church thrift store have even remarked that their prices are lower than many of the high-profile thrift stores. “Most items are $3 or less. Higher quality items and items that have original store tags on them cost a little more.

In addition to our already low prices, we have tag sales every month. Each month we use a different color price tag for our merchandise. After several months, that color tag goes on sale. In addition to providing sale options, the tag color system allows us to track how long an item has been on the floor so we can continuously update and refresh our inventory,” Winch shared.

The shop is staffed by church member volunteers and volunteers from the community. Some of the latter started as customers.

“I was coming every so often [as a customer] and one thing led to another”, explained Raul Garcia, of the Borough of Hopatcong, as to how he became a volunteer. A greeter and cashier at the shop, Garcia shared, “…I enjoy the folks who come here, the regulars who come. I’m a people person.” He noted that cus-

Volunteer Raul Garcia, of the Borough of Hopatcong, shows the donation shed used for clothing.

tomers come from a variety of towns and Garcia enjoys seeing them looking around and finding little treasures. He’s been a volunteer for two – three years.

“Seeing everything flow,” is something Anthony Toledo, of Flanders, enjoys about being a volunteer. A volunteer for 11 years, he noted that the thrift shop has many moving parts to keep it going and he enjoys seeing how everything comes together. Like Garcia, Toledo was a shopper first before being a volunteer. Now, Toledo is a cashier and takes care of organizing the outside, sorting through donations that are left and clearing away broken items.

The proceeds from the shop allow the church to continue its ministry and programs (as it has for 243 years). The church building was built in 1857. “Funds from the thrift ministry along with member pledges help us to make sure the church building is structurally sound, up-to-date in terms of functionality, while also retaining its historical features and aesthetics for the general public,” said Winch. The funds also allow the church to offer its popular coffeehouse, the Sacred Bean, which showcases area musicians and song writers (www.sacredbeancoffeehouse.org). In addition, the church contributes to the Greater Methodist Church for global missions such as “No More Malaria”, a campaign to end malaria in Africa.

Winch also noted that the shop itself is a ministry which provides many benefits. “We provide a place where shoppers can purchase high quality, carefully sorted merchandise at a very affordable price. This is especially important today as people are feeling financial

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pressure due to inflation,” said Winch. The shop also helps supports independent entrepreneurs. “Some of our customers have small niche businesses selling used items. These entrepreneurs play an important role in helping us find the right home for the niche items. We help them find the merchandise for their clientele, and by shopping with us they contribute to, and support, the ministry of our church,” Winch shared. Another benefit of the thrift shop is that it helps the environment. By making it easy to donate a sellable item to the shop, it is hoped that instead of being thrown out and added to a landfill, good quality usable items can continue to be utilized, just by new owners. “We are blessed to have a very generous community. All

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our items are donated by local residents,” said Winch.

That leads to one more benefit. For those who are down-sizing their home or cleaning out their homes, the thrift shop offers a place where items can be donated during daylight hours and the donator knows they are going to a good cause. The shop has a clothing donation shed in its main parking lot for clothing, blankets, handbags, shoes, and other fabric items that are weather sensitive. Also, there is a donation area behind a white fence for non-clothing items.

Items that are weather sensitive can be placed in the tent in that area. However, before donating, people should make sure to check the shop’s donation guidelines to see what can and can’t be accepted. This is

very important.

Winch stressed, “Items should be sellable. Not broken or damaged. Donating broken or damaged items and prohibited items such as large furniture and televisions increases the cost of our ministry and puts a tremendous burden on our volunteers who are already working as hard as possible.”

People can visit the shop website for more information on what can be donated: www. flandersthrift.org Again, furniture and televisions are among the items that can’t be accepted.

The Thrift Shop is open Monday 9am-2pm, Wednesday 9am-12pm & 5pm-7pm, Friday 9am-12pm, and Saturday 9am-12pm. People interested in volunteering can fill out an application at the shop.

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Nicholas Fezenko, Troop 156, Debuts Eagle Scout Project

MOUNT OLIVE - Nicholas Fezenko is Mount Olive’s newest Eagle Scout as he recently completed his Eagle project at Turkey Brook Park. “Recently the 11th hour has opened a new location here in Mount Olive. This new location is one of their biggest locations being right by Turkey Brook Park.

For my Eagle Scout Project, I decided to give back to an organization that gives so much

to our community,” Fezenko shared The project included creating a garden with multiple benches, planting various plants, and cleaning up the area. The end goal was to make this area a place where potential pet owners can meet their future furry friends. The garden was also made into a memorial for 11th-hour founder Linda Schiller who passed away from

cancer.

Fezenko discussed how the project came about. “When I first started I needed to get a lay of the land, with getting the needed measurements of the area where the project was taking place. Using 2 boulders and the base of the pine tree as points, I created a triangular area that was 30 ft on each side.

These measurements allowed me to make sure I was able to

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create a diagram of my vision and obtain the right amount of materials, such as the amount of mulch I would need and how many paver bases were needed.”

Fezenko’s first step was the removal process, cleaning out the interior. The area needed to be open, free from obstructions, and organized. There were also various types of weeds that needed to be removed. He created a 3in trench around the whole area, to clearly mark where the weed blocker was to be put. Before the mulching

could start, he needed to put the pavers stones down, creating a walkway in the garden which staff and visitors can use. After this was concluded, he laid down mulch throughout the area making sure to evenly cover the whole area. With the mulching and the weed blocker being completed, he moved onto the planting. “I made sure to include multiple types of plants to give the area color and make it stand out, but I also had to ensure that all the plants I included were dog and cat friendly,” Fezenko says.

The last step of the process was assembling two commercial grade benches, which will be the centerpiece of the area.

Once this step was completed, the project came to a close and the 11th hour rescue had their new outdoor space.

“I would also like to thank Plant Detective in Chester, Kirk Allen trucking, Lowe’s in Flanders and My Troop 156 of Flanders,” Fezenko says.

Visitors can see the project at Turkey Brook Park. All are encouraged to visit.

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MOUNT OLIVE - On Wednesday, June 8, Mount Olive Township raised the PRIDE FLAG at Turkey Brook Park.

Several members of the com-

munity attended. In addition, it was streamed live on Mayor Greenbaum’s Facebook page.

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BY MARK J. BONAMO GUEST WRITER AREA -A majority of Americans focus on their daily nutrition to lose weight, boost immunity for better health and/or to maintain strength and energy. However, the keys to success for achieving these goals can be found by increasing one’s overall knowledge about the relationship between the nutritional values of foods and their impact on metabolic and immune function.

While this sounds simple, the messages we hear about diet plans and programs are often confusing at best, and impossible to follow at worst.

However, we can make the correct food choices by simply arming ourselves with accurate information.

According to Liz Silverthorne, Director of Food and Nutrition Services at Saint Clare’s Health, “At a time when immunity has become an even more critical factor in the face of the COVID pandemic, the need to have a positive eating plan is a key way to protect and prolong life.”

“We need to realize that what we put into our bodies

impacts the way we look, the way we feel, and our overall immune health,” said Silverthorne. If there is a positive to the recent global pandemic, is that it forced us to reexamine the importance of focusing on our nutrition and health overall. “You could see this heightened awareness when the vitamin and mineral shelves in the grocery stores were completely wiped clean,” she added.

“Poor nutrition and diet have a link to obesity, which leads to a state of chronic inflammation in your body that makes it harder to fight off infection. The importance of eating healthy and making certain your vitamin levels are up as part of fighting obesity has been demonstrated very prominently in the last two years,” Silverthorne added. “It could affect the severity of any illness, including COVID.” While the fight against COVID has been at the forefront of health concerns since the pandemic first emerged in March 2020, there is always a constant struggle against a regular biological phenomenon

that impinges on health: free radicals.

The human body is constantly experiencing oxidative stress. Oxygen in the body splits into single atoms with unpaired electrons. Electrons like to be in pairs, so these atoms, called free radicals, search throughout the body to seek out other electrons so they can become a pair. This causes damage to cells, proteins and DNA. Free radicals are associated with human disease, including certain cancers, atherosclerosis, Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease and many others. They also may have a link to aging, which has been defined as a gradual accumulation of free-radical damage.

Silverthorne emphasized that while free radicals are in some ways something that people can’t avoid, they are also compounds created in our bodies that are the result of certain self-inflicted environmental factors.

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Fortunately, there is a natural weapon against the deleterious effects of free radicals: antioxidants.

Antioxidants are substances that can prevent or slow damage to cells caused by free radicals. In certain ways, they are the police force of the human body because antioxidants hunt free radicals, acting as compounds that inhibit oxidative damage. By doing so, they stun and stop the chemical reactions that can produce free radicals and the chain reactions that damage the cells of organisms and cause illnesses.

Silverthorne noted that the search for the natural antioxidant weapons to combat the negative effects of free radicals can be found on your plate, especially in fruits and vegetables.

“Certain superfoods are rich in antioxidants. They give you

Liz Silverthorne, Director of Food and Nutrition Services at Saint Clare’s Health

the biggest nutritional bang for your buck,” said Silverthorne.

“Diets high in a variety of fruits and vegetables will give you all the antioxidants you need.”

Silverthorne also noted a starting approach to assessing one’s health is knowing your body mass index. “Weight has a significant impact on overall health, and the body mass index helps you to keep an eye on it,” Silverthorne said, noting the index number is based on height in relation to weight.

“The higher that number is, the more likely you are to be susceptible to chronic illnesses, such as diabetes or heart disease.

Silverthorne hoped people take those initial and important steps toward better nutrition and immunity by challenging

people to start eating one meal a day that doesn’t come from a package and working toward a goal of five servings of fruit and vegetables a day.

“The best thing you can do for yourself is to take a deep look at your diet. After you do, make some changes,” said Silverthorne, pointing out that Saint Clare’s offers outpatient nutrition counseling as part of its community approach to health. “Get enough fruit and vegetables. Get enough water. Your body will thank you, and so will your family and friends.”

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BY STEVE SEARS STAFF WRITER MOUNT OLIVE - Kearstin Tripi had the background – all the education and experience to make her business a go.

Working in 2016 at an office in Wayne while simultaneously buttressing her skills by seeing clients privately in her home, she then a year later set up shop for her Mount Olive Acupuncture & Wellness in a small office at the back of 1 Old Wolfe Road in Budd Lake.

Eventually, she moved in 2018 to a bigger office in front of the same building, and that’s when the business started to rapidly grow.

“Acupuncture can treat everything from pain to infertility,” Tripi says. “Some of the major things that it does is help reduce inflammation in the body, and it also can be preventative medicine. It’s also great for things like stress, helps to increase circulation, it can help balance hormones in the body, and it does release different neurochemicals in the brain. I always tell people, ‘It’s almost like telling your brain what to do, and telling your body what to do, and your body really does the healing.’ The acupuncture kind of just helps to give it some direction.”

Tripi and her team also offer some dietary and lifestyle counseling in addition to acupuncture.

Mount Olive Acupuncture & Wellness Treats the Entire Being Tripi, a Fairleigh Dickinson of Madison graduate with a BA in Biology, initially apprenticed in Long Valley. She also attended a three-year acupuncture program, and studied an additional two years as a postgrad to learn more about the benefit of Chinese herbs, and then successfully passed three national board exams and a New Jersey licensing exam as well.

Tripi takes the reader through a patient visit. The comfort starts upon entrance.

“Once they set foot inside our front door, we welcome them in, and our receptionist will get them set up with some paperwork if they haven’t done so already, and also maybe with a cup of water or tea,” she says. “We do take insurance as well - some people don’t know that acupuncture is covered by some insurances - so that all gets taken care of. Once all of that is out of the way, then the client comes back to my office and we do an initial consultation.”

Discussed at this point is the patient’s health history, and health intake forms are filled out. “We treat the whole body, so even if you’re coming in for neck pain, we’re asking all sorts of questions about sleep, about digestion, because this all plays a role

in your health. We go through this very detailed health history, talking about things like diet and lifestyle. Then the patient is brought back to a treatment room, and made very comfortable on the treatment table.” The patient’s tongue is checked (“We can see a little bit more about what’s going on inside the body based on the appearance of the tongue,” Tripi explains), pulse qualities are taken on both hands, and these two evaluations, paired with the patient’s symptoms, help create a proper treatment plan. “We will then choose different acupuncture points that we find suitable for that individual, and before we get started, we swab down all the acupuncture points with some alcohol, and then the very fine needles are inserted into those points. It’s pretty painless; there are some spots that can be a little sensitive. And then typically, once they’re in, most people don’t really feel anything. They might feel a sensation of heaviness or pressure around the acupuncture points, and depending on the person and the situation, sometimes we add some electric stimulation to the needles as well.”

Once the client is set up, the lights are dimmed, heat lamps if needed are turned on, and soft music plays while the

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needles are in for 30 – 40 minutes. The patient is checked on halfway through the session, and there is a call button in case an issue arises and staff has to be notified. “If based on the person and the situation we think that they might need some of the cupping or the gua sha, that’s done at the end of the treatment, and that also is very comfortable. Most people really enjoy that; it kind of feels like a deep tissue massage, and sometimes we’ll also recommend herbs. We even use different herbal sprays topically, or things like Tiger Balm, which can be helpful for certain conditions.”

When exiting the room, the client typically feels relaxed.

“One of the reasons for that is that neuro chemical release, so there’s a lot of endorphins,”

Tripi states.

Mount Olive Acupuncture & Wellness clients come from all over Morris County, nearby Hunterdon and Warren counties, and from further locations.

Mount Olive’s access to all the major and local highways – especially Route 46, which is the business’s doorstep – is a huge plus to anyone desiring treatment. There are two other acupuncturists besides Tripi on-site. Brittany Chambers does more of a Japanese style acupuncture and a therapeutic herb called Moxa. Ozlem Duman, originally from Turkey with a background in dental medicine, came to the United States and leaned towards alternative medicine, choosing acupuncture as her practice.

“They’re both very passionate about helping people and are

both interested in treating, as am I, a variety of conditions,” Tripi says.

Prior to COVID-19, Mont Olive Acupuncture & Wellness was out in the community, offering free acupuncture for those needing de-stressing. They’ve now continued this, and recently held an “Acupuncture Happy Hour” for folks of all ages. Tripi explains. “If it’s something that they can’t afford, or maybe it’s just something they want to try out before signing up for a series of treatments, that’s a good time to do that.”

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BY ELSIE WALKER STAFF WRITER

AREA - When it comes to mission work, the Mendham Hills Community Church has a saying, “the life you change might just be your own.” The church, located at 480 Route 24, in Chester has a secular non-profit called “Beyond the Walls” which helps groups living in homelessness or poverty locally, domestically, and internationally. The international mission, which travels to Guatemala to help 11,000 plus people living and working in a garbage dump, has grown to include participants from a number of states. “People have a wonderful experience and share it with the world,” said the church’s pastor, John Isemann, in explaining how people from outside the area get involved. In addition to its mission work, the church provides a place where people of all ages can grow in fellowship and faith.

Mendham Hills illCommunity Church is a Christian and Missionary Alliance church which started as a bible study in the early 1980s, and by the late 1980’s, a church was built.

Isemann has been the lead pastor for 10 years and recalled how he came to the church. He grew up in Mount Olive and after his freshman year at Rutgers University was working at the Sizzler by Rockaway Mall.

He met a “beautiful blonde” named Joan, but she wouldn’t date him because he wasn’t a Christian: he only went to church on Christmas and Easter. This made Isemann reexamine his faith. He went back to the church of his youth, but felt it really didn’t offer what he needed. Sometime later, after marrying Joan, Isemann was playing putt-putt golf. He saw a man in a Christian rock t-shirt. Isemann felt a voice inside him telling him to ask the man about the shirt. He did and the man shared that he went to Mendham Hills Community Church. Isemann and his wife went there in the early 1990’s and Isemann says he was “overwhelmed and overcome with the sense of love, community and joy.” They stayed and Isemann took on, and grew, in leadership roles within the church. A man with a 20+ year career in finance, Isemann went through all the denomination requirements to become a pastor and became the lead pastor of the church 10 years ago. The Isemann’s have four grown children (Courtney, John, Caleb, and Caroline) and recently welcomed their first grandchild, a baby girl named Landry. The canine member

Mendham Hills Community Church is located at 480 Route 24, in Chester. The church holds services at 9am and 10:30am live and online each Sunday featuring the music of its praise and worship band.

of the family is a dog named Moose. Isemann has always loved sports and enjoys rooting on his favorite teams, even with their poor records (ex.

The Mets) and cheering on his daughter, Caroline, who participates in college track.

Weekly services at Mendham Hills Community Church, in-person and online, are Sundays at 9am and 10:30am. The worship style is contemporary.

It has a praise and worship band led by Isaac Davis, who also takes care of the technology and production for live steaming the services. “Mendham Hills Community Church has an average Sunday attendance of between 400-500, Easter around 800, and Christmas Eve around 1,200. I would say around 800 people or so call Mendham Hills Community Church their home church. In terms of online attendance, it averages around 200 per week

(100 or so live/100 views the rest of the week),” shared Isemann. Services can be viewed at www.mendhamhills.org/ watch or on Facebook at www. facebook.com/mendhamhills For those attending worship in person, there is a fellowship time in the atrium area/cafe of the church before and after services.

“We value children like crazy,” said Isemann.

The church has a nursery for those from birth – age 2. For ages above that to fifth grade, there is church school which has a sign-in/sign-out system to keep the kids safe. The school is held in a glass-walled wing with kid-appealing decorations and activities. It includes a two-story twisting slide which children can use to exit when done each Sunday. The idea is to make church a place where kids want to go. There is also Sunday School for Middle

School kids and an offering for high schoolers.

Special events of the church include its yearly outdoor baptisms, held at a lake in Long Valley in which the baptisms take place. It is a big time of celebration for the church.

Another event is the church’s Christmas Eve services, which they start planning in September. The services always have something special. Isemann recalls the year several live animals, including a camel, preceded “Mary”, who was riding a donkey down the aisle.

The church has a heart

for reaching out. Its mission project’s name, “Beyond the Walls, relates to going outside the walls of the church, going outside one’s comfort zone to help others. The program was made a secular non-profit as sometimes people outside of the church are hesitant to get involved in a “church” mission project or donate money to a church project. Being a non-profit breaks down the walls that keep some people from helping.

Locally, the church helps Market Street Mission, Family Promise of Morris County

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Mendham Hills Community Church partners with Family Promise by providing temporary housing through its Grace House Guests ministry several times each year. Grace House, a house which the church had bought, is normally where the staff offices, etc. are located, but when Family Promise groups are staying there, it is transformed back into a home.

The church also works with Market Street Mission in Morristown, an organization which works with individuals to overcome addiction, poverty and homelessness. Church volunteers work with the men in the program and behind the scenes.

Domestically, the church helps the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota. There, mission volunteers work on building projects to fix homes and run camps for kids.

Internationally, the church makes a yearly mission trip to Guatemala City (except during COVID-19, during which they raised and sent $100,000 to help the programs there).

The church now also plans to include another Guatemala town: Chiquimula. The idea to work in Guatemala came about over twelve years ago when an article in a newspaper showed Mendham to be one of the richest cities in the United States. The thought was why not have one of the richest places help one of the poorest places. The Guatemala City area being helped is a garbage dump where people live and also rummage to find things to sell to try to support themselves. There, mission teams have built homes, run medical clinics, run camps for children, built hygiene stations, brought food staples to people and prayed with them and more.

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This month, mission teams will be going on site once again.

Bonds are built during these mission trips. Isemann shared his own experience of this.

During the first trip, he was giving out food and a little girl said to him, “I love you.” He was touched and surprised, as the child said it in English. He decided to sponsor the child.

Over the years, he has gotten to know her and her family and it is clear that she feels that he is part of her family. When the now young woman met a young man and they decided to marry, there was just one thing that man had to do: the man had to ask her American father if he could marry his sponsor child.

For more information and to see videos on the church’s mission work, visit www.mendhamhills.org/missions-1. For more information on the church visit its website at www.mendhamhills.org.

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Mount Olive Baseball and Softball Coaches Mount Olive Lacrosse Represented in NJ Reach Career Win Milestones All Star Game

BY STEVE SEARS STAFF WRITER

MOUNT OLIVE - Both Mount Olive High School head softball coach, Billy Romano, and head baseball skipper, Pete Zoccolillo, insist it’s not about numbers, but about the kids, their players.

“I didn’t know that I did it until someone told me,” Romano says of his 150th career win, a 5 – 2 triumph over Jefferson High School on May 13. “You’re so focused on trying to win the game and getting the girls in the right state of mind to win the game, you don’t even think about it.” He then adds with a chuckle, “The girls said to me, ‘How come you didn’t say anything?’ And I said, “I didn’t know.”

Zoccolillo, who previously coached at Morris Catholic from 2013 to 2016 and took over the Marauder baseball program last year, was reminded around Easter time by his dad that he was closing in on the milestone. “He said to me, ‘Hey, you’re getting close to 100,’ and I didn’t know,” Zoccolillo recalls. “Honestly, I wasn’t even concerned about it. For me, it’s just more about the team and for the kids, and just getting them to reach the goals that they wanted to reach this season. I didn’t even know what game it was going to be, but at some point this season, Gatorade was dumped on my head, and it clicked.”

Ironically enough, Zoccolillo’s 100th win also came against Jefferson, 5 – 3, on May 21.

Originally born in the Bronx and raised in Westchester County, Zoccolillo has also lived in Roxbury and currently resides in Mount Olive. After four seasons as a Rutgers Scarlet Knight - three of which he was First Team All-Big East he was drafted in 1999 by Major League Baseball’s Chicago Cubs, and then was traded to the Milwaukee Brewers. “I spent a little over seven years in the minor leagues total, and I got a call up in 2003.

It was towards the end of the year, there was an injury on the major league level, and I got called up to replace a left-handed hitter - I think it

was John Vander Wal who had gotten hurt. It was the greatest experience of my life. It was everything that every kid ever dreamed of; just walking in the clubhouse and walking on the field for the first time was very surreal. It made all of those 10-to-16-hour bus trips in the minor leagues worth it, for even the briefest stint that I was there.”

Romano, who recently concluded his 13th season at Mount Olive, and also has coached baseball at Roxbury, New Brunswick, and Hopatcong, fondly recalls his 2018 and 2019 Mount Olive softball teams. The former was the first to win a North I Group IV title, and in 2019, his Marauders finished in second place in the overall Group IV finals, and both seasons made it to the Morris County Tournament title game. “They used to call me ‘Coach Dad,” Romano says. “It’s important because of the relationship you build with them. That’s what I re-

ally enjoy the most about this whole coaching thing.”

2022 was a tough season for Romano and his team, but they did have some big wins. The Marauders defeated Ocean County champ, Toms River South, and beat the Bergen and Morris County semifinalists, Indian Hills and West Morris, respectively, and also Jefferson had a record of 14 -2 when Romano got victory #150. Romano, who is also an assistant wrestling coach at the high school, wants his club to return to its winning ways, but again, there’s something much more important. “It’s a humbling experience,” he says. “Trust me; it’s not about the numbers, it’s not about the wins, it’s about the girls and the relationships, and what we do here. I’m just a name with a title, that’s it.”

Zoccolillo often gets approached by his players about his professional playing days.

“They always ask about stories, whether it’s minor league

professional baseball or Major League Baseball,” he says. “It’s just what every kid ever dreams of, and for them to ask me questions because I was there, I think it’s just kind of cool to tell them the stories and just tell them what it’s like. I also tell them that if I made it, it’s possible for any of them, too.”

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Glory Days: David Sulley Recounts His Track and Field Coaching Career

MOUNT OLIVE - If you gave David Sulley a spreadsheet that lists both the cross-country and track & field teams he coached during his career at both Mount Olive High School and Delbarton School, asked him to close his eyes and place his finger on the page, he’d have a story to tell about the team where his fingertip lands.

“Every season is a story,” Sulley says. “And within that story, there’s lots of other individual stories, successes and challenges, things that happen.

I think the program made headlines a lot and made Mount Olive recognized.”

The heights attained by the many teams he coached are forever etched in the history of each school, especially Mount Olive High School.

From 1978 to 2011, Sulley was

head coach of the boy’s and girl’s cross-country teams at the school, and after leaving Mount Olive, he helmed the program at Delbarton from 2012 until his retirement in 2019. During his career, Sulley’s teams had over 600 wins and won 69 titles, and he coached six All-Americans, two national champion runners, and an All-American relay team.

“A lot of memories, a lot of great teams, and a lot of great individuals,” Sulley says of his tenure as Marauder coach.

Some of the names of those he coached – Steve Slattery, Christine Engel, Jackie Coscia – jump off the page at you. “As with any team, I think it’s a matter of imparting a vision and an excitement about what could be accomplished in a season, and getting that buy in from the kids

that are willing to put their efforts, their dedication, and their hard work into making that happen. It’s always pretty much the team’s focus, and then, as the individuals emerge, and they start gaining a sense of understanding of what they could accomplish individually as well. Then it’s a matter of helping to guide them towards success.”

The list of names can go on and on: Kim Primavera, Marianne Herbst, Scott McDonnell, Mike Roberts, Chris Behre, and Steve Slattery’s brother, Patrick. And “success” is an apropos word. Sulley’s boy’s cross country teams were undefeated six times, but his girl’s clubs celebrated 16 undefeated seasons, six straight in the 1990s, and in one 10 year period from 1987 to 1996, MOHS girl’s cross country won 10 consecu-

she’s had help doing it. More in a moment.

Mabey currently lives in Nashville, and she couldn’t have landed in a more appropriate place. “It’s the spot that always made sense for me to be in,” Mabey says happily.

“Because I was 18 years old when I moved here, and I just wanted to do music. So that’s the place where I knew to go, because I loved country music, and I felt like it was more fitting to me for me than being in Los Angeles or New York, per se. So, I came here and I ended up meeting a lot of really close friends and people I stayed in touch with in the business over the years. I was only there for

one year to begin with, and then I left. I first went to school at Belmont University, which is the music school here in Nashville, and I was studying music business, because I had already been writing songs and, not to say that I didn’t need to major in songwriting, but I felt that I could learn more from learning about the business because that was something I had no idea about.”

Mabey, now 31, left Nashville but continued to make her music, but eventually returned.

However, she was to have her obstacles. And after putting a halt to her career to deal with pain, both emotional and physical, she needed to rediscover

tive conference titles. Perhaps the crème de la crème was his 1989 team which swept the conference, Morris County, and Group III sectional titles, won an overall Group III crown, and the Meet of Champions title.

“That was as good a season as a coach could hope for,” Sulley says. “We had a very small team. I think we had only eight girls on the team, so we really had no room for error. We had some great front running and just good talent overall. We stayed healthy and ran our best races at the right time. At the Meet of Champions, we just had a good race plan and followed it, and when the smoke cleared, we found out we had the lowest point score. It was the greatest team accomplishment we ever had, and that team was just inducted into the Mount Olive

Hall of Fame.”

Sulley has his memories, and they stem from his team’s practices along the roads of Mount Olive, and individual and team performances. “We mostly did our training out on the local roads,” he says. “We were always looking for different places where we could go to do workouts that would simulate the courses we were going to run, so if we were going to run a really hilly course, we knew we wanted to do some work on hills. We very rarely went onto the track to do workouts. We did, but it was rare, because my view was that all your running is done in cross-country off the track. You pretty much have to make sure that you’re always practicing on those kinds of surfaces.”

Now retired and living in

Texas, Sulley sometimes reflects on his decades in Morris County, and the accomplishments that were so special. “We had so many great athletes, and so many great teams over the years. It was a lifetime where I dedicated myself trying to always have as great a team or excellent team as possible.”

Singer-Songwriter Alex Mabey Preparing to Release New Album

BY STEVE SEARS STAFF WRITER

AREA -Alex Mabey responds to the question very definitively when asked if her guitar is her best friend.

“I would say more than that, God is my best friend,” Mabey says. “Because that’s who I go to. He gives me the music, and that’s the channel. The guitar is, but it’s just more of like a tool, and it’s like a companion, but it’s not my best companion. But we’ve definitely gone through a lot together.”

It’s been a nice career for Alex Mabey, and quite a road back to where she is today.

Mabey, a singer, songwriter, and musician, will soon be unveiling her newest album offering, The Waiting Room, and

Alex Mabey doing what she loves (courtesy of Alex Mabey)

and be again who she was: a performer. A performer who, through that very pain, which included poor health, a failed young marriage, and many other things that brought her down, wants to inspire and, perhaps most of all, aid others in realizing that there is a hope and a radiant light. “I really just wanted to sit and think about what the experience truly was,” she says. “What was it? Where was I? It wasn’t just pain. It wasn’t just emotionally and physically with the illness and everything,” Mabey says, exhibiting a deep heart, which is reflected in her prior works, but which you know is again forthcoming in her new material. “I had written all the songs already before I made the name,” she says of the apt-

ly-titled The Waiting Room.

“It just felt like the name of the album because of what I’ve gone through. It’s the period of time before you have your answer or your dream come true, or your miracle that you’ve been praying for and waiting for.”

Mabey is no stranger to hard work in her realm, and has for almost 15 years developed an eager fan base for her music. She previously released Dancin’ in Dirty Feet (2009), Banks of the Sky (2010), Bring Me Back, When I’m Far (2014), and Enough (2017).

The before mentioned titles alone give a hint to Mabey’s story and timeline and emotions. The Waiting Room is next up, with new songs being released in August and the

fall, and Mabey knows in what direction she’s headed. “I think the whole theme of the album is finding freedom,” she says.

And when she decided that she had to do it independently to move forward with her new album, she asked for help via a 39-day, $45,000 Kickstarter campaign. She kicked the campaign off in the fall of 2021, and by December, those who believed in her and her music came through.

Although concentrating now on The Waiting Room release, Mabey is also considering planning a new work as well. “I always am because this has been my life,” she says.

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BY JILLIAN RISBERG STAFF WRITER AREA - With their upcoming 90th anniversary on the horizon, Morristown National Historical Park (MNHP) has enlisted nationally recognized New York artist Xiomaro to create fine art photographs of the park’s key features: Ford Mansion (Washington’s headquarters), Jockey Hollow (troops were encamped), and the Cross Estate (semi-abandoned mansion).

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When it comes to his pictures, Xiomaro says he challenges people to view them more critically (from a design/ color/composition point of view) and not accept as they were taught in a superficial way growing up, without the context of history.

The artist took his Cross Estate Mansion chandelier photograph as he lay on the floor looking up.

“The photo gives a different perception,” he says at first sight, it might resemble a metallic snowflake. “Provoke folks to look at ordinary things we see everyday differently.”

One may care less about the history and just want to enjoy the art.

“It also may provoke or inspire others to delve deeper into the history,” says the artist.

He says much can come from this and photography is in its golden age now.

According to Xiomaro, there’s a tradition in the park service of ‘interpretation.’

When you take a park tour, they share the history behind what you see to give context

Xiomaro’s Artistry Captures the Magic of New Jersey National Park

Ford Mansion Bedroom

because history is composed of many layers and ways to convey.

“In the past many of the exhibits I’ve done with/or for the park service have had this interpretive element — where each picture would be accompanied by text I wrote to tell the story,” but the artist says for this exhibit, they decided to go the more traditional museum/gallery approach with photo captions as identifiers.

This leaves it up to the viewer to interpret what those photographs mean to them, much the way one might if they listened to lyrics of a song or read a poem.

If one wants further information about the image, in terms of historical representation — feel free to speak with the visitor’s center or a ranger.

“I want them to appreciate the images for what they are,” Xiomaro says to have unfettered access where the public cannot go (like the Cross Estate Mansion) allows him to spend days there soaking it in

and taking pictures.

“For me it’s not just photography, but the experience of coming as a visitor behind the scenes — helps inform the work I do.”

The skillful examination of something in his own house, neighborhood or that no-one else sees may change the artist’s perspective, which drives a lot of his photography.

“Care less what the object is and more about the colors, texture or how it’s juxtaposed,” says Xiomaro, who processes all pictures in his (dry darkroom) studio, from inception to frames.

Nikon D810 digital is his current camera of choice and he uses an additional camera for street photo shoots in Times Square (NYC) but says there are other ways.

“With this exhibit I’m taking a dozen people (on photo walk) along Wick Farm/trail and showing them even with a smartphone they can get intriguing, artistic photographs,” the artist says he knows his

own photos resonate when someone points out a detail he didn’t notice.

“Or something in the composition or subliminal,” says Xiomaro. “I learn about my own photography and aesthetic through other people’s comments because I’m too close to it — and it’s very satisfying that the pictures connect with people in a deep, emotional way.”

He first fell in love with photography as a teenager, at the time a musician with a basement band.

Back in the 70s it was more complicated and cameras were expensive. It wasn’t accessible for a teenager with not much money.

With digital photography on the scene, it was more attainable for someone to pursue as an art form.

After he beat cancer in the early 2000s, Xiomaro reassessed his life and felt the need to move in a new artistic direction.

To overcome the ensuing

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depression, the artist visited national parks, where he wandered and took casual photos with a simple digital camera.

“I eventually got rid of the band, then as a solo singer/ songwriter I performed at coffeehouses and universities in the Northeast,” he displayed the photos at those concerts and said in some cases those photos attracted more attention than the CDs he sold. “It got me thinking maybe photography is something I should pursue more seriously.”

In 2009 he was accepted to Weir Farm’s artist-in-residence program, where he lived for a month and created a photographic collection; the park itself later wanted to use some of those photographs.

It triggered the publication of the book (Weir Farm National Historic Site) and the attention of Sen. Joe Lieberman, who sponsored the bill to create that park and wrote the book’s forward.

“Then other parks in the

Northeast started connecting with me and asked me to photograph theirs in a similar fashion (more artistic), Morristown was one of them,” says Xiomaro. “I’ve been working with them for five years now.”

The renowned artist has at least two more New Jersey (next year) exhibits in the works but can’t announce what they are yet.

A curious person by nature, he continues taking pictures because he likes to push himself.

“It’s a little risky ‘cause sometimes when I push (that’s) weird for people to get but sometimes they do, you have to try,” Xiomaro says on occasion he buys a different lens or tries another technique to switch things up. “What is nice about working with various parks — with each project a new challenge hopefully injects freshness to the photos I’m taking.”

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BY STEVE SEARS STAFF WRITER

MOUNT OLIVE - 18-yearold Mount Olive resident, Samantha Cordileone, officially became a first responder and member of the Mount Olive Fire Department in October 2021, and she had some great inspiration.

Her dad, Lieutenant Michael Cordileone of the Mount Olive Police Department.

“My dad is absolutely a driving force behind me not only wanting to be a first responder,

but me wanting to be a police officer like he is,” Cordileone says. “Although he’s not the only one; there are many other officers and first responders who are role models to me. I grew up going to the police department on holidays, visiting my dad and the other officers.

I also went on ride-alongs with some of the officers, so I was very exposed to everything that they do, all the people they help, and all the good they do.

Because of my dad and the other officers, I’ve always had a drive to help people, and I’ve done my best to show that even when I was younger.”

Cordileone, currently a Centenary University sophomore, volunteers for Flanders Fire Co. No. 1. “Originally I was going to do just EMS, so I looked at joining the Budd Lake Rescue Squad because they do EMS responses only,” she says. “Ultimately, I decided

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Cordileone initially served a probationary period of six months. “There is a ‘trial period’ in which you’re looked at very closely by the fire department,” she says. “This trial period comes after being accepted onto the fire department, but before becoming a full, active member. During this time, if you do anything that the fire department deems unfit and/ or unbecoming of one of their members, they are allowed to remove you from the department.” The probationary period is also more than just being evaluated. There’s also much learning involved, and that includes purpose and operation of every single tool that is on every single one of the departments apparatus - fire trucks and ambulances - depending on if you’re an EMS or fire volunteer. “You’re also supposed to learn how the fire and EMS departments operate on scene and in public,” Cordileone adds. “Some of the conditions of your probationary period are that you have to make a certain percentage of calls, and be at as

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“However, I saw the fire side because as a junior volunteer I was on both fire and EMS, so I was able to go on both fire and EMS calls. I ended up going to fire school in August 2021 while I was 17, and graduated in December 2021.” While at school, she was appointed as the class leader, and was the bridge between the class, the instructors, and lead instructor, Chief Gene Iandolo. “Chief Iandolo would contact me in the event that something happened and vice versa, or in the event that information needed to be put out to the other recruits. At the moment, I am also gearing up to go to EMT school, which is scheduled to start in August.”

In addition to her being inspired by her dad and his fellow first responders, Cordileone explains her other reason for volunteering. “Being a

first responder in any sense is a very noble thing to do,” she says. “Every day you’re putting yourself in danger to help save others, to help protect others, and while that can be very scary sometimes, it’s very satisfying to know that I’m there to help people on what could be the worst day of their life.

Hopefully, I’m helping them through that pain and helping them through that really difficult time. I love being a volunteer. I think becoming a volunteer is demanding, and a lot of people don’t seem to have the time any more. I will always love being a volunteer, even if I am not able to continue serving as one down the road. I think it builds character and it’s something that brings you closer to the community you serve.”

Cordileone’s short-term goals are to finish college, get her EMT certification, and get a job at a dispatch center, as she recently completed her communications officer certification. “My long-term goal is to become an officer,” Cordileone says. “At the moment, I’m looking to go down to Florida and join the Collier County Sheriff’s Department upon my college graduation.”

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CCM President Anthony J. Iacono Named an ROI-NJ Influencer in Manufacturing

AREA - County College of Morris (CCM) President Anthony J. Iacono has been recognized by ROI-NJ on its 2022 ROI Influencers List for Manufacturing. From energy and electronics, to fabricated metal, to chemicals and food products, ROI-NJ recognizes the wide and deep impact of New Jersey’s manufacturing industry helping to drive the state’s economy. It is estimated that over the next decade, advanced manufacturing will need to fill 3.4 million jobs.

To meet the ever-growing demand, Iacono successfully partnered with industry and local officials to open the college’s state-of-the-art Advanced Manufacturing and Engineering Center(AMEC) on the Randolph campus during the COVID-19 pandemic. The $11 million, 31,500-squarefoot facility now provides a pipeline of a new generation of workers, while also enabling current employees to update their skills and create innovative solutions.

“I am honored to be named

by ROI-NJ to the Influencers List for Manufacturing and to be among such an inspiring and accomplished group of recipients,” remarked Iacono.

“Along with our exceptional team of faculty, staff and administration, the college is supported by the community and business and industry partners, who help us achieve our mission of ensuring that students are equipped with the best education possible, including utilizing the right technology and tools.

AMEC “should be a model for every county college in the state,” according to ROINJ.Manufacturing in New Jersey isn’t just prevalent, it is a sprawling industry represented in all 21 counties with more than 9,000 manufacturing businesses, and nearly 2,000 more when including STEM and engineering firms.

Manufacturing employs nearly 340,000 residents in New Jersey. In addition, statistics show the sector contributed more than $54 billion to the state’s GDP in 2021 — nearly 10 per-

cent of the total.

“In this facility, students learn cutting-edge technology and can earn an associate degree with the option to enter the workforce directly or transfer to any of our university partners to earn a bachelor’s degree. The apprenticeship pathway provides paid onthe-job training in two of the hottest fields today – engineering and manufacturing,” says Iacono.

The apprenticeship program currently holds a 93 percent job placement rate. Along with excellent job prospects, the manufacturing field pays well with an average starting salary of $65,000 to $85,000 plus benefits after completing an apprenticeship. AMEC was awarded a $4 million CareerAdvance USA grant from the U.S. Department of Labor to provide this program to candidates at no cost.

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AREA - Moody’s Investors Service again issued its top, AAA rating of Morris County’s financial stability in a review of $5.2 million in county guaranteed bonds offered for facility improvements at the County College of Morris.

“The county has built a deep bench of civil servants and outside professionals to implement its policy objectives.

This, plus a combination of a strong statewide institutional framework and highly conservative budgeting, has allowed the county not only to strengthen its finances, but to do so while providing various forms of assistance to its local government,” Moody’s wrote in its latest analysis.

The AAA rating benefits everyone in Morris County “The importance of this AAA rating is that taxpayers – from working people maintaining a single-family home to business owners facing a volatile economy – are spared hundreds of thousands of dollars annually in taxes when Morris County or a local town needs to borrow money under the county umbrella to finance important projects, like building a school or improving key public facilities. It allows us to take advantage of the lowest possible financing rates possible,

much like a homeowner with an excellent personal credit rating,” said Tayfun Selen, Director of the Morris County Board of County Commissioners.

County College of Morris The capital improvements at CCM, outlined earlier this year in the Morris County 2022 Capital Budget, range from building modifications and updating heating, ventilation and air-conditioning systems, to improvements to accessibility and dealing with storm water.

Morris County Took Advantage of Historically Low Interest Rates “To save taxpayer dollars, and as head of the budget committee, I recommended and the board agreed to expedite a $26 million upgrade and funding for the 9-1-1 Communications Center in 2020 to take advantage of historically low interest rates that year,” said Deputy Director John Krickus.“Morris County also refinanced multiple county and local projects in the fall of 2020 to save taxpayers an added $2.6 million over the life of those bonds.

By moving early on those important projects, Morris County avoided the current, higher rates.”

Moody’s Findings on Morris County Financial Stability Credit Strengths

• “Substantial tax base and diverse economy” • “Strong wealth and resident income” • “Additional financial flexibility provided by reserves outside the Current Fund” • “Conservative financial management practices” Rating Outlook Moody’s: “The stable outlook reflects our expectation that the county’s financial position will remain strong over the near term and that the county will continue to benefit from its substantial and diverse tax base and above-average resident wealth and income.”

HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE LATEST MOODY’S REPORT “The pandemic has not had a major impact on the local economy. After spiking sharply in the early stages of the pandemic, the unemployment rate has recovered. As of March 2022, the county’s unemployment rate was 3.2%, lower than the 4.1% state and 3.8% national levels. The tax base includes roughly 80% residential and 18% commercial/industrial values. There is, of course, a very substantial amount of public park land and numerous non-profit entities which are not included on the tax rolls.”

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“The county also has a significant retail and corporate presence, including many Fortune 500 companies. The largest taxpayers include major pharmaceutical, retail, and financial firms and there is no material concentration in the tax base.”

Pandemic Planning Key to Morris County Maintaining AAA Rating In a report issued January 2021, Moody’s cited Morris County’s financial planning for potential COVID-19 pandemic impacts, as well as its

pandemic responses, as reasons the agency maintained the county’s AAA rating last year, despite the negative impact the virus had throughout New Jersey.

“Although the pandemic has had a negative impact throughout the state, Morris County’s credit quality has not been impacted. The county created a COVID-19 Strategic Planning (Advisory) Committee which meets regularly and has implemented a variety of measures to reduce the impact,” Moody’s noted.

In a February 2021 publication on the economic benefits of addressing the pandemic through public, private and nonprofit partnerships, Moody’s also cited Morris County’s work with Atlantic Health System and the State of New Jersey in operating the Morris County Regional COVID-19 Vaccination Center in Rockaway Township. Fewer pandemic cases boosts the local and state economy, with the added benefit of improving finances for health care facilities, Moody’s concluded.

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Community Connections Celebrates One-Year Anniversary

AREA - Morris County Sheriff James M. Gannon, the Honorable Stuart A. Minkowitz and Morris County Prosecutor Robert J. Carroll are proud to announce the one-year anniversary of Community Connections.

A ceremony was held in the Meeting Room of the Morris County Board of County Commissioners in Morristown to celebrate the milestone. Guest speakers included Sheriff Gannon, Morris-Sussex Vicinage Assignment Judge Minkowitz, Chief Assistant Prosecutor Meg Rodriguez, Vicinage Chief Probation Officer Michael Lasko and Community Connections Coordinator Officer Justin Sudol.

Working with the New Jer-

sey Administrative Office of Courts, the innovative Community Connections program is first of its kind to connect court-involved individuals to an array of services.

Community Connections links individuals to recovery support, mental health services, and social services. Serving as a pilot program for the State of New Jersey, the program has already proven to be successful with connecting over 80 individuals to life-changing services.

The Morris County Sheriff’s Office, the Successful Transition and Re-Entry Program (STAR), the New Jersey Administrative Office of Courts and the Morris County Prosecutor’s Office are

successfully working together to provide support to court-involved individuals struggling with substance use and mental health disorders.

The Mental Health Association (MHA) and Prevention is Key’s Center for Addiction, Recovery, Education & Success (CARES) also are essential partners in providing these life-saving resources.

Court involved individuals who want to contact the program can fill out the online referral form on the Morris County Sheriff’s Office Community Connections web page or by simply scan the QR code on the Community Connections brochure.

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Unsearched U.S. Coin Bags full of Morgan Silver Dollars go to NJ residents State zip codes used to determine who gets valuable Morgan Silver Dollars issued by the U.S. Gov’t over 100 years ago and sealed away in three pound U.S. Coin Bags that have never been searched Who gets the Morgan Silver Dollars: Only NJ residents who find their zip code listed on the Distribution List below are getting the Gov’t issued coins. If you find your zip code listed below call: 1-800-867-0152 UMD468 “The vaults at Federated Mint are going empty,” said Laura A. Lynne, U.S. Coin and Currency Director for Federated Mint.

That’s because a decision by Federated Mint to release rarely seen U.S. Gov’t issued Morgan Silver Dollars, some worth up to 100 times their face value, means unsearched Bank Bags loaded with U. S. Gov’t issued Morgan Silver Dollars dating back to the 1800’s are now being handed over to U.S. residents who finds the first three digits of their zip code listed in today’s publication.

“But don’t thank the Government. As U.S. Coin and Currency Director for Federated Mint I get paid to inform and educate the general public regarding U.S. coins. Ever since the decision by Federated Mint to release rarely seen U.S. Gov’t issued Morgan Silver Dollars to the general public – I’m being asked, how much are the unsearched Bank Bags worth? The answer is, there’s no way to tell. Coin values always fluctuate and there are never any guarantees, but we do know this.

Each unsearched bag weighs nearly 3 pounds and contains 50 Morgan Silver Dollars and just one coin alone, could be worth $40 - $100 in collector value according to The Official Red Book, A Guide Book of United States Coins. So, there’s no telling what you’ll find until you search through all the coins. But you better believe at just $2900 these unsearched Bank Bags are a steal since everyone who misses the deadline must pay $4000 for each bag,” said Lynne.

“These are not ordinary coins you find in your pocket change. These are rarely seen Morgan Silver Dollars some dating back to the 1800’s so we won’t be surprised if thousands of U.S. residents claim as many as they can get their hands on. That’s because after the bags were loaded with 50 U.S. Gov’t issued Morgan Silver Dollars, each verified to meet a minimum collector grade quality of very good or above, the dates and mint marks were never searched to determine collector values and the bags were securely sealed. That means there’s no telling what you’ll find until you search all the coins,” said Lynne.

The only thing U.S. residents who find their zip code printed in today’s publication need to do is call the National Coin Claim Hotline before the 48hour deadline ends.

This is very important. The Vault Bag fee has been set for $4000 for residents who miss the deadline, but for those New Jersey residents who beat the 48-hour deadline the Bank Bag fee is just $2900 as long as they call the National Coin Claim Hotline before the deadline ends.

“Remember this, we cannot stop collectors from buying up all the unsearched bags of coins they can get in this special advertising announcement. And you better believe with each bag being loaded with 50 U.S. Gov’t issued Morgan Silver Dollars we’re guessing they’re going to go quick,” said Lynne.

The phone lines will be ringing off the hook beginning at precisely 8:30 AM this morning.

That’s because each unsearched Bank Bag is loaded with nothing but U.S. Gov’t issued Morgan Silver Dollars some dating clear back to the 1800’s.

“With all these collectible U.S. Gov’t issued Morgan Silver Dollars up for grabs we’re going to do our best to answer all the calls,” said Lynne.

Thousands of U.S. residents stand to miss the deadline to claim the Unsearched Bank Bags.

That means U.S. residents who finds the first three digits of their zip code listed in today’s publication can claim the unsearched bags of money for themselves and keep all the U.S. Gov’t issued Morgan Silver Dollars found inside.

Just be sure to call before the 48-hour deadline ends. ■

■ SNEAK PEAK INSIDE VAULT: The phone lines will be ringing off the hook beginning at 8:30 AM this morning when the vaults open for New Jersey residents to claim unsearched Bank Bags. It’s hard to tell how much these unsearched bags loaded with Morgan Silver Dollars issued by the Gov’t over 100 years ago could be worth someday. That’s because each Bank Bag contains 50 Morgan Silver Dollars some dating clear back to the 1800’s. And here’s the best part. After the deadline each Bank Bag fee is set for $4000, but New Jersey residents who find their zip code listed in today’s publication and beat the deadline cover just $2900 which is a real steal for these unsearched Bank Bags.

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The National Toll-Free Hotlines open at precisely 8:30 AM this morning for US residents only. If lines are busy keep trying, all calls will be answered. If you miss the deadline you will be turned away from this offer and forced to wait for future announcements in this publication or others, if any.

The only thing residents need to do is find their zip code on the Distribution List above and beat the 48-hour deadline. The Bank Bag fee has been set at $4000 for residents who miss the deadline, but for those New Jersey residents who beat the deadline the Bank Bag fee is just $2900 as long as they call the National Coin Claim Hotline before the deadline ends.

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NJ Starz: Darren Prince Hometown: Livingston

BY STEVE SEARS STAFF WRITER One might look at celebrity agent and sports marketer Darren Prince and envision a highlight reel life, and you would be right. He has, after all, through his Prince Marketing Group, represented Earvin “Magic” Johnson, Carmen Electra, Chevy Chase, and the late boxing champions Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier.

But lurking behind that success were the demons in his life, primarily addiction to prescription drugs, and how he has battled those demons and is on the playing field as a teammate

for others who are suffering as he did.

He is also the author of the best selling book, Aiming High: How a Prominent Sports and Celebrity Agent Hit Bottom at the Top, which was published 10 years after he one day dramatically turned his life around.

Prince has also started his own 501c3, the Aiming High Foundation, where 100% of the proceeds provide treatment for those suffering with substance abuse and mental health issues.

“I won’t do press, I won’t do speeches, I won’t do anything

unless it comes up,” Prince says of his past. “I can walk into a Fortune 500 corporate meeting, and I’m going to find my opening to talk about it while I’m alive. I can’t tell you I’ve never left a corporate meeting where someone wasn’t impacted. And all of a sudden, you now leave as a friend much more than the business side of it, because of the vulnerability and the accountability. Just putting myself out there like that, it’s not something most people are comfortable doing.”

Prince then adds, “And I still

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make mistakes every day. I like to think I make a better-quality mistake every day.”

Prince, 52, moved with his family - his dad Martin, mom Andrea, and sister Stacey - from Hillside to Livingston in 1977.

He attended both Mount Pleasant Elementary and Junior High schools, and Livingston High School. “It was a big class, 500 kids, and I just never really felt comfortable in my own skin. I just always kind of felt like an outcast. I was in special education and small classrooms, and even in big classrooms I was isolated into special groups.” As a member of those latter groups, he and his friends were looked down upon by other classmates, which created inadequacies and insecurities. “I kind of grew up a bit of a mama’s boy, and my dad was my closest friend in the world. May he rest in peace.

And we had a very close family bond, and I would just not feel comfortable, was riddled with anxiety, when I wasn’t around them. Even sleepovers, the times when I would go to a friend’s house, I remember feeling homesick and wanting to run back to my family, but I would just suck it up and do it.

And all of that I just explained, I look back and would say that’s why I was a prime candidate for drug addiction.”

When he was age 14, Prince was at a sleepaway camp in the summertime, where he would enter a dangerous realm which

would scar him for almost 25 years. “I had terrible stomach pains one night, and now when I look back, I realize it was anxiety. The counselor took me to the nurse, and she gave me this green liquid (Demerol) in a cough syrup that tasted disgusting, and while walking across the softball field within a few minutes, my life changed forever. I felt at that moment that I was introduced to the world, and the minute I got back to my bunk, I felt like Superman. Every bit of fear, every bit of anxiety and self doubt that I was not worthy enough, I think it just went away in that moment. I felt so super confident, and I just knew something special was happening, and I needed more of it.”

For three straight weeks, Prince acted as if he were ill, just to get some more Demerol and a feel good feeling. It continued until his parents came for a visit and they put a stop to it.

The seed, however, was planted, and he would be hooked.

A few months later, Prince got started collecting baseball cards, and he turned that hobby into a business. With money he made from odd jobs, he would buy all his friends’ card collections, and if he wasn’t buying their collections, he was buying all the current top cards like Wade Boggs, Darryl Strawberry, Tony Gwynn, and Roger Clemens, and would trade those cards for older ones that

his friends got from their dads and their grandfathers and their uncles. “Players that we never heard of, like Joe DiMaggio, Roger Maris, Babe Ruth, Willie Mays, Hank Aaron – those were the ones that were worth the money,” Prince says. “I wanted the ones that were worth the money.” Little by little he accumulated the best cards, and he realized he had accumulated almost $9,000 worth of old baseball cards. He went to his dad and asked to insure them, and his dad asked him how he had accumulated that much money in baseball cards. “I just lit up like a Christmas Tree,” Prince says. “When he looked at me with his eyes wide open, that moment changed my life, because I know a lot of people that have relationships with their mom and dad, or don’t have relationships with their mom and dad, but what it gave me was a sense of confidence. My dad expressed interest in something with his son who was classified with such a severe learning disability. That was so exciting.” A few weeks later, Prince headed to a baseball card show at a New Jersey Holiday Inn. “My dad had ignited something inside of me, and I was going to show the world that Darren Prince was somebody. I made $1,000 on that Sunday afternoon at age 14.

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Blast from the Past: Sterling Hill Mining Museum, New Jersey’s Gemstone of Geology

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BY HENRY M. HOLDEN STAFF WRITER AREA - Before becoming the Sterling Hill Mining Museum, it was a zinc mine. The Dutch arrived in the 1600s looking for iron and copper. The value of zinc as a minable commodity didn’t take off until The New Jersey Zinc Company incorporated in the late 1800s. “It took time for mining and science to catch up and discover that there are minerals here that are found nowhere else in the world,” said William Kroth, President Sterling Hill Mining Museum, Inc. Have you ever seen rocks glowing in the dark or walls changing colors? Inside the mine is a tunnel where you’ll see a wall of dull, brown rocks that begin to glow in vivid greens, oranges, blues, and purples when the ultraviolet lights turn on.

“Come have a fun scientific adventure when you take our underground mine tour,” said Kroth.

“Along the way, you will visit our two museums, go inside the mine itself and see mining equipment, a drilling and blasting demonstration, and the world-famous fluorescent “Rainbow Tunnel” among many other enticing displays.

Our tour is sure to engage people of all ages and interests.”

Nestled in the small town of Ogdensburg, New Jersey, the mine which once was one of the world’s richest zinc ore deposits and renowned zinc mine is now a world-famous rock

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After a while, the card business lost its luster for Prince, but he was starting to meet athletes at conventions. He got introduced to Muhammad Ali’s agent, Harlan Werner, and an ensuing event the duo held with the legend earned Ali’s compliments. From there in 1993, Prince worked with Frazier, and eventually also worked with Pamela Anderson, Dennis Rodman, and many more.

Reeling from near bankruptcy from another venture but at the same time enjoying the representations he had with some of the bigger names in entertainment and sports, at age 24 while on a fishing trip he mentioned his desire to his dad of becoming a full-time sports agent. “I said to him, ‘Dad, I really want to be an agent, but I just don’t have eight years to go to law school.” The elder Prince dropped his fishing pole and said to his son, “Lawyer?

Why do you need to go to law school? Do you realize the relationships you have right now?

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museum.

“Our mine run dump area is perfect for avid mineral collectors,” said Kroth. It is available and is recommended for avid rock collectors 18 and older.

There are two main sections to our mine run dump, the International pile and the Local pile. The International pile contains diverse minerals from all over the world that people can dig through. The Local pile contains hundreds of tons of high-grade zinc ore that was derived from the Sterling Hill Mine itself. Much of the ore in the local pile is full of highly fluorescent minerals. There is a shed on the mine run dump which has a shortwave ultraviolet light in which collectors can check their rocks and see if they do fluoresce.

“Because the mine is a constant 56 degrees year-round, we attract visitors who come to cool down in the summer, and warm up in the winter months,” said Kroth.

Another fun activity is sluice mining. This is a perfect activity for children. Just like panning for gold, children (or mom or dad) can purchase bags of sand that are pre-loaded with gems and minerals or a bag pre-loaded with fossils, or “Motherlode” bag which is a larger mixture of both. The sand mixture is then slowly poured into a tray which is dipped into a water feature to unveil the treasures inside.

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lawyer on this planet that would not give their right arm to have the relationships you have.”

After his dad then suggested Prince speak with Magic Johnson, the duo met in a Michigan hotel room, and Prince told Johnson he wanted to start a marketing agency, and wanted him as his first client. Johnson said, “Get yourself a good entertainment lawyer, and I’m signing with you two years. If you don’t use me to knock on every door, to bring in all the celebrities you can, I’m going to fire you before the two-year contract is up. Because life isn’t about how successful I become.

It’s how successful I make you and everybody else around me.

It’s a domino effect.” “That just taught me the power of leveraging,” Prince says.

Prince at that time stopped doing harder drugs, but also started to experience painful sciatica, which was caused by the stress of being a sports agent.

For five years, he legally went to physicians to get pills and felt on top of the world - again. He was representing the icons, the best in their respective fields.

However, he now doesn’t recall much from 2004 to 2008, when he had a few overdoses and his life was becoming hell.

Finally, on July 2, 2008 it all

about 35 miles of tunnels, you will be guided through about 1,300 feet of generally level tunnel inside the mine. There are no train rides involved. It is a walking tour, so wear comfortable shoes. It is also wheelchair and stroller accessible.

Along the way, guides will stop at various stations and explain the equipment, history, working conditions, and geology of the mine. Visitors do not need flashlights or headlamps and will see the lamp room, the shaft station, mine galleries dating to the 1830’s, and much more. Although there are 25 levels to the mine, the tour is only for the first level of the mine, visitors do not go down to any lower levels.

“One of the most anticipated exhibits in the mine is the Rainbow Tunnel,” said Kroth. “This is an area of the mine wall where the intensely fluorescent zinc ore is exposed.”

When subjected to shortwave ultraviolet light, the walls fluoresce bright green and red.

The red is calcite, and the green is willemite, which was one of the main zinc ore minerals mined here.

“The Rock Discovery Center provides children with a great introduction into geology,” said Kroth. “Guides discuss and educate the children on the three different rock types. Then, the guides focus on six different rocks and how they were formed and why they are important to us today.

came to a head. “That’s when I found the willingness and took an action,” he recalls. “This was literally the one time in life I had to take desperate action. I had diarrhea, vomiting, felt like I was crawling out of my skin, sweating and chills.”

Worse yet, Prince was suicidal. He headed to the bathroom, locked the door, and was ready to take pills, but instead he fell to his knees, pills in his hand, and screamed at the top of his lungs to God, “I can’t do this! I cant do this without you!” while he felt a hot sensation over his right shoulder. With his pills in one hand, he dumped and flushed them, and then said, ‘Help me stay sober, one day at a time. Get me out of hell, and I’ll help take others out with me.” He then headed to a local church and an addict’s recovery group. Nobody cared what he did for a living, who he worked for, his income status, or his accomplishments. Instead, they embraced him as a person.

He was on his way to being clean, sober. “I’ve kept my word for almost 14 years,” Prince says. He started to build a different type of self-esteem that he had never gotten from anywhere else. Those few hours were the most important hours of his life. “The worst day of

The entrance to the museum displays the ore cars used to get the ore out of the mine and to market. (Courtesy Sterling Hill Mining Museum)

Each participant receives their own collecting box and after the presentation get to collect the rocks discussed, in a large outdoor area, to take home with them.” Rock Discovery is great add-on to the tour for private groups, especially school groups, scouts, and birthday parties.

Sterling Hill is the treasure chest of minerals. Dubbed the florescent capital of the world, together with the nearby Franklin Mine, 2.5 miles to the north, more than 350 different mineral species have been found here — a world record for such a small area. More than two dozen of these are found nowhere else on Earth.

Almost 90 different mineral species have been document-

my life,” he says. “Is now one of my very best. I started to find my soul. That day I found my purpose.”

Another happy thing was the fact that his dad, in the last eight years of his life, got to enjoy a sober son. Prince, who knew his job would never be done, recalls the final moments they spent together. “The day he died, I held his hand in Saint Barnabas Hospital and said, ‘Your son…I’m going to touch and change the world with my story. You never saw me have kids, but God’s got a plan for me to save other mommy and daddy’s kids out there.”

And Prince, who currently lives in California with his loveable dog, Rodney, defines a happy life with just five words.

“Being of service to others.”

And he’s living that happy life.

For more information about Darren Prince, visit www.officialdarrenprince.com.

ed as fluorescent. Geology. com explains what causes fluorescence in minerals. Quoting from the website: “All minerals can reflect light. That is what makes them visible to the human eye. Some minerals have an interesting physical property known as “fluorescence.” These minerals can temporarily absorb a small amount of light and an instant later release a small amount of light of a different wavelength. This change in wavelength causes a temporary color change of the mineral in the eye of a human observer.”

The color change of fluorescent minerals is most spectacular when they are illuminated in darkness by ultraviolet light (which is not visible to hu-

mans) and they release visible light.

The mine has tours at 10:00 am and 1:00 pm weekends only. Please call 973-209-7212 in advance to make a reservation for the tour. Reservations cannot be done online. Tours are not self-guided; you need to go out with a guide.

Private tours are available for groups of at least 15 paying people. Please call to discuss details, availability, and reservations. Reservations should be made at least 2 weeks in advance for private tours. Please call 973-209-7212 between the hours of 10:00 am and 3:00 pm. For more information on the Sterling Hill Mining Museum, visit www.sterlinghillminingmuseum.org.

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Former Morris County Woman Making Her Move in the Music World

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BY STEVE SEARS STAFF WRITER

AREA - Techno dance singer and songwriter, Tia Tia, recalls that summer day with her boyfriend, Ryan McMahon, by the pool.

“It started over quarantine, and we were just in the backyard in the pool, and the UB40 version of “Red Red Wine” came on, and that’s been one of my favorite songs for as long as I can remember.” Wondering if she could approach the classic tune, originally written by Neil Diamond, in a new way, she and McMahon ended up redoing it, titling their newer version “Red Wine.”

The duo knew they had something special, and sought permission from Diamond to release it. “He so gracefully said we could release it, which is really cool,” Tia Tai says.

“So, we’re technically co-writers with Neil Diamond.”

Since that first official release, Tia Tia’s feet have not yet hit ground. She has also co-

penned a tune for Justin Bieber (more to come), and herself releases one new single per week.

Tia Tia describes what “moves” her, what has encouraged her writing of other popular songs like “Call Me” and “Night and Day.” “I definitely am super inspired by dance tracks of the old 2000s because of the energy. I feel like we’ve been missing that in music for the last couple of years, personally. I also grew up dancing, so I wanted to make songs that I could dance to when I’m performing, and that people can dance to, or like pregame or party to. I knew whatever I was going to do was going to have those elements to it.”

Tia Tia was born and raised in Randolph, and growing up within an hour of New York City, she thought being an actress was her calling. She and her mom would head to auditions for different commercials, but by her junior year, her mom

knew her daughter had other aspirations. “She would say, ‘Tia, I really don’t think you want to do this. You write songs all the time in your room. I think that’s more your passion.’ And she was right. I went to a songwriting camp that summer before college and just fell in love, and went to Belmont University for one year where I was a major in songwriting, and just was able to be immersed in that industry, in that world, a little bit more. I was always writing songs, but I moved to Nashville to really get better at writing songs, and then was doing so much interning and writing with people that I dropped out of college and then signed my first publishing deal with Sony ATV in Los Angeles.” Eight months after signing that contract, she moved to the moved West Coast permanently and has remained there.

Tia Tia feels songwriting was always in her being. “I

think it was always in me. I just started writing songs as a kid before I even really knew what I was doing. I think I actually realized that I just love trying to describe something. When you’re writing songs, you’re basically describing something that’s already been said a million times, but trying to say it a little bit of a different way. And that’s always really inspiring to me. And also, I just love a good melody, I just love writing something that gets stuck in my head for days. I think that’s also really inspiring, whenever you can put together a melody that you haven’t heard before.

That’s always really fun.”

It has been a nice three years for Tia Tia. She is the co-writer of the song, “Off My Face,” which appeared on Bieber’s Grammy-nominated, platinum selling album, Justice. She and her close collaborator, Jake Torrey, wrote it in 20 minutes.

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and was having a hard time in scouting. He was not good at pioneering skills. Whenever Johnny tied the lashings for a tripod, or a camporee gateway, or a bridge for a stream, his frappings would come undone.

Johnny also did not excel at knot tying, map and compass, first-aid skills, or semaphore flag signaling. At the time, my dad was Scoutmaster of Boy

Scout Troop 170, and I was Assistant Scoutmaster. It was in the middle of December of 1984 that Johnny told my dad that he was going to drop out of scouting. My father asked Johnny to stay on board for just a little while longer, that he would find something in scouting that would click for him.

The idea came to my father, one evening after supper while he was reading the newspaper.

Dad immediately told me of his idea and asked me what I thought of it. Dad told me that he was going to put Johnny in charge of coordinating the entire Boy Scout window display for Boy Scout Week. I remember telling Dad that I thought it was a great idea.

So, the next Friday night, at the scout meeting, Dad talked to Johnny alone. Dad asked Johnny if he wanted to take on the big job of being in charge of the entire Boy Scout window display. I remember Dad telling me later that at first Johnny was very hesitant to take on the big responsibility. But my dad encouraged Johnny by telling him that he believed in him.

Well, Johnny took the bull by the horns. It was a funny kind of thing. It was actually quite heartwarming. At the next Friday night scout meeting, Johnny came to the meeting with a shoebox. Johnny showed my father what was inside the shoebox.

When Johnny opened his

shoebox, my dad later told me that he was all so surprised.

Johnny had made up about a half-dozen pipe cleaner figures.

Johnny told my dad that each pipe cleaner was going to represent one of his fellow scouts.

But that wasn’t all that was inside Johnny’s shoebox. Johnny then showed my father a miniature signaling tower that he had made up of tree branches. Johnny had used lashings to build this little tower. I remember Dad told me that he was quite impressed with Johnny’s imaginative handicraft skills.

Boy Scout Week is traditionally in the first full week of February. It begins with the first Sunday of the month and ends on the following Saturday.

Back in 1985, Boy Scout Week began on Sunday, February third and ended on Saturday, February ninth. Well, it was on the first Saturday morning of February, that the scouts of Boy Scout Troop 170 met at Belle Fleur Flower Shoppe.

Dad had asked me to be the scout leader to watch over the scouts as they built their scout window display. Dad also told me that he wanted Johnny to be totally in charge of leading the other scouts, while they were creating the scout window display.

I was the only scout leader to watch over this small miracle. Johnny simply took charge of the day. There was no doubt this was Johnny’s moment to shine in the sunlight. And, something very special happened that morning. The other scouts quickly developed a new respect for Johnny. For this was no longer Johnny, the scout who could not tie lashings. No, this was Johnny, the scout who had a vision of how he wanted the scout window display to look. There was no

and then that song sat around for six months. No one wanted to cut it. And then, by literally the grace of God, Scooter, Justin’s manager, loved it and played it for Justin, and he loved it, and then he recorded it. I didn’t even get to hear the song until it came out, which is really crazy. I’m still in disbelief. Every time I hear it or see him sing it, I just immediately cry.”

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BY RICHARD MABEY JR. GUEST WRITER AREA - This is a true story of one Boy Scout’s journey to find his place in the sun. If truth be told, it could be the story of any one of us, as we walk life’s path and sometimes struggle to find our hidden gifts and talents.

Johnny Wilkerson (I changed his name) was a Second Class Scout of Boy Scout Troop 170 back in January of 1985. Johnny was 12 years old

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The Scouting Journal was the official newspaper of Boy Scout Troop 170.

Here is the front-page story of the first-place prize earned by Troop 170, for their scout window display. I distinctly remembered that Johnny did not want to be recognized in the article.

doubt about it, Johnny was completely in charge.

Well, long story short, Johnny’s scout window display won First Prize, of all the scout troops in the entire Boonton District! This was quite an honor. For at that time, there were at least a dozen neighboring towns that made up the Boonton District of the Morris-Sussex Area Boy Scout Council.

And, the truth of the matter was that Boy Scout Troop 170 owed it all to Johnny Wilkerson.

Johnny was never to be the same in his scouting journey.

A new inner confidence was awoken in Johnny. Johnny began growing in his scouting skills. He actually became one of Troop 170’s best semaphore

signalers. He had taken the time and effort to learn the fine art of sending messages through using two flags, to send semaphore communications to another scout, a considerable distance away.

I have no idea where Johnny is now. In 1994, we had a big Boy Scout Troop 170 Reunion Dinner. Sadly, Johnny did not attend it. Even though I’ve changed Johnny’s name in this story, it’s my hope that he just may recognize that I have honored him, 37 years later.

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The film is an acting showcase for de Armas, who is probably best known for dating Ben Affleck during the pandemic, but she’s also

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Fox took a break to spend time with his wife and kids until a project came along that sparked his interest, which turns out to be the upcoming series on Peacock called “Last Light.” According to TVLine. com, it’s about “a world plunged into crisis when oil suppliers are jeopardized” and co-stars Joanne Froggatt (“Downton Abbey”). A premiere date has not been an-

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James Florio Camden, Metuchen (1937- ) As a Congressman and Governor, Florio was noted for his environmental record, including authorship of the Superfund law to clean up the nation’s most polluted sites. He was also the winner of a John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award.

Alice Waters Chatham (1944-) Influential chef who attracted national attention for promoting food education in schools and for being a leading advocate of a stimulus package that works to give every child in the public school system a healthy breakfast and lunch.

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Heading outdoors for a fresh, homemade meal is an alluring activity when warm weather and sunshine provide a perfect opportunity for dining on the patio. Or, if some time away from the house is calling your name, packing a lunch and taking off for the park can be an ideal getaway without getting too far from home.

Next time the sun’s rays call your name, invite friends and family for a delicious picnic loaded with warm-weather flavors. Just lay out your favorite blanket on the grass or don an outdoor table with a classic checkered tablecloth then share recipes that make al fresco meals truly memorable.

No picnic is complete without sandwiches loaded with all your favorite toppings, and these Picnic-wiches with Greek Artichoke Beet Salad provide the freshness that outdoor meals are made of. This recipe starts with a homemade relish loaded

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In small bowl, whisk reserved beet and artichoke liquids. Pour over beet mixture; toss gently to coat. Season with black pepper, to taste, if desired.

Layer lettuce and turkey on bottom halves of rolls. Top with relish, as desired; feta cheese;

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Stay on alert. Not all apps are completely safe (even the ones you can access from trusted stores) and not all filters are foolproof. Keep close tabs on what your kids are downloading by reading comments and reviews, and regularly monitoring what kind of content they see.

Middle School and High School Kids Continue talking about privacy. You can never have too many conversations about privacy. What seems like harmless sharing on social media can be quite revealing. For example, frequent posts about visits to a favorite store or restaurant can allow a predator to begin tracking behavior patterns that make your child a target. It’s also important for kids to understand how their privacy settings work. For example, settings that allow exposure to friends of friends make their visibility to strangers much broader than

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Help manage their online reputation. Behaviors that once resulted in a day or two of hallway chatter can now live forever. Documenting mischief online is only fun until it spills over into real life and everyone sees those mistakes in full color – including prospective future employers.

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As people continue to eat more meals at home, shoppers everywhere are feeling the pinch of increasing prices on nearly every item at the grocery store. With almost one-third of Americans spending at least $100 per week on groceries, many are now looking for ways to cut costs without sacrificing quality.

In fact, 7 in 10 people (71%) are more likely to shop on a budget now than prior to the pandemic, according to a survey released by Malt-O-Meal, with parents being 21% more likely than non-parents.

As you look for ways to save at the grocery store, consider these tactics: Create a Budget While you may have a number in mind you hope to spend weekly (or monthly) on groceries, it may not be sustainable.

Start by determining how much you spend over the course of a few weeks and use that number to identify patterns in your spending and set a more accurate grocery budget. From there, it may be easier to find places to adjust, like buying certain items in bulk or switching to value brands.

Make a List Creating a weekly meal plan and grocery list before you leave the house can reduce the chances of buying things you don’t need. Knowing exactly what you need for weekly meals and to replenish essentials – and sticking to that list – can help ensure you don’t spend money on products you won’t use.

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