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By Bethany Zorn ellie Ann Keyes, certified Municipal Recycling and Clean Communities coordinator for Roxbury Township, was awarded the 2018 Environmental Excellence Award by Morris County and dubbed the “Roxstar Recycler.” The Morris County Municipal Utilities Authority (MCMUA) honored Keyes among a select group of the county’s most influential recyclers. “I was surprised and excited to receive this award because all of the hard-work is being noticed,” said Keyes. “This is just the start and we still have a lot more work left to do.” Keyes, who began directing Roxbury’s recycling program roughly 18 months ago, works to educate and redirect the community on proper recycling practices. Her work extends to members of the community, schools, multi-family complexes and businesses. “When it comes to rejuvenating the program, it’s all about communication, re-education, follow up, and refocus,” said Keyes. “We are just trying to educate everyone and direct them to do the right thing.” The inspiration to rejuvenate Roxbury’s municipal recycling program came to Keyes when she first learned how easy it is to take the proper steps to recycle. She explained that opening up a conversation is the first step, followed by directing people where they need to get the job done. “As a parent in the school I wanted to kind of rejuvenate the program,” said Keyes. “I told myself that I need to figure out why we’re not opening up a conversation and then come up with a program that’s going to work.” Liz Sweedy, District Recycling coordinator for the MCMUA, recognized Keyes’s efforts stating, “Kellie Ann sets the bar high and works diligently to achieve her goals.”
“Kellie’s enthusiastic approach to rejuvenating the municipal recycling program has kept her busy as a bee,” said Sweedy. “Kellie Ann has worked hard to improve the residential recycling program and she’s met with the property managers and tenants from multifamily complexes to promote proper recycling practices. Kellie Ann has been diligently working with the Roxbury School District and has participated in waste audits, waste assessments and educational meetings with administrators.” One of Keyes’s most notable projects is her incentive to collect hardcover textbooks from the community schools, which are typically not acceptable in traditional recycling programs, and have them separated from landfill. After seeing a presentation on hardcover books, Keyes realized that there is a market for textbooks in the world of
recycling. She provides a common area to drop off the books at each of the Roxbury schools and arranges for pickup. Keyes’s program helps redistribute the hardcover textbooks to other students throughout the U.S. for reuse. Keyes plans to continue educating the community on recycling protocols and inspire more community involvement. “We’re always welcoming phone calls to our office and looking for people to help us out with littering throughout the community,” said Keyes. Keyes will be hosting a volunteer cleanup event this fall where members of the community can come out and help clean up litter around the town. For information on Roxbury’s recycling program and how to get involved, visit http://www.roxburynj.us/sanitation-recycling.
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Team Chemistry Guides Fourth Championship Title that didn’t stop them. Along with the team’s skill, Sclar says the team’s chemistry played a big role throughout the season. “Whether it was hanging out after practice, celebratory Big Macs from McDonalds, or bus rides, I think our team chemistry was really strong.” The soon to be senior has
Players Zack Zieba (senior), Will Fulton (sophomore), and Ryan Sclar (junior) earned First Team All-Conference; Cole Brembs (sophomore) earned Second Team All-Conference; and Brendan Berman (junior) received honorable mention.
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By Rachel Sclar t was another successful season for the Roxbury High School Golf Team. On Monday, June 18, the team was recognized at the Roxbury Township Board of Education meeting for its fourth consecutive title of Northwest
Jersey Athletic Conference National Division Champions. It was a rough beginning for the team. With snow covering practice courses until a few days before their first match, “the team began the season putting in the library,” explains junior, Ryan Sclar. Obviously,
been golfing his whole life and acknowledges what the game has taught him. “I feel like golf has taught me etiquette,” says Sclar. ”It has taught me to respect the rules of the game, my teammates, and my opponents.” Sclar is looking forward to continued on page 6
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Team Chemistry... continued from page 2 his fourth and final season as a senior on the golf team. This was Coach Dave Monaco’s first year as head coach and says the highlight of the season was “finishing 10-5, 8-0 in the conference to become NJAC National division champs.” With six of his seven
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School Leader Plans To Spend Time Wisely As He Retires As RHS Principal
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By Ricki Demarest here is a stack of books to read. There are national parks to visit; grandchildren to play with; vegetables to harvest. Then, there’s the “bucket list” wish to see a game in every Major League Baseball stadium in the country. Outgoing Roxbury High School Principal Jeffrey Swanson is poised to spend his time wisely. After 15 years of service at Roxbury High School, he will no longer shepherd 1,300 students and 130 staff members through the home of the Gaels each day. Recently, as he looked back on his career, Swanson said he was most proud of “having the school recognized for its academic and its co-curricular accomplishments.” Swanson highlighted two initiatives that he was particularly proud of. Starting in September of 2019,
Roxbury High School will begin to host the ATPT Academy, part of the Morris County Academy system. “We will be an academy for athletic training and physical therapy and related to the Morris County School of Technology,” he said. “It’s an experience for athletic training and physical therapy that was two years in the making.” On the technology front, Swanson said he was happy to see the “Roxbury Reimagined” effort move ahead. He hoped that this multi-year district plan would open doors for students who wish to focus on cyber skills. Meanwhile, the district website’s 2016-2017 State Report Card narrative states … “beginning in 2014, we opened the doors to our nationally recognized programs in the fine and performing arts to students from other districts.” The
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narrative also states that 90 percent of Roxbury’s graduates continue a formalized education after graduation. Around three quarters of the students participate in clubs, sports or organizations. Niche.com has listed Roxbury within the Top 100 Public High Schools in New Jersey. The glowing reports are a testament to Swanson and his staff. When he first walked into the principal’s office in 2003, a school scandal and a revolving door on the principal’s office left him facing a community riddled with distrust. “Respect was at the heart of the issues,” he noted. “I’m not sure the kids had a great deal of respect at the time for the teachers.” Fortunately, Swanson possessed the right credentials to turn things around. His professional journey began with a bachelor’s degree in history and education from
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Muhlenberg College (now University) in 1977. While teaching social studies at Mt. Olive High School, he went on to get a master’s degree in history from East Stroudsburg State University in 1983. In 1988 he transferred his teaching skills to Morris Knolls High School. By the next year, Swanson had been promoted to assistant continued on page 9
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Retires As RHS Principal... continued from page 8 principal at Morris Knolls. Eight years later, his duties expanded to include director of Instructional Services in the Morris Hills Regional School District, a post he remained in until 2003. At that point he was tapped to lead Roxbury High School. In addition to his impressive classroom and administrative experience, Swanson was a veteran football player and wrestler who coached both sports at the high school level. He used the ideals embodied in coaching to change the overall attitude in Roxbury.
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“Being part of a team means a collaborative effort of people pulling together for a single goal and dealing with adversity,” he said. “You learn how to win and lose with dignity, rely on other people, and work together.” Demonstrating to students and staff that they were important helped win over the community. “They could be trusted, (and they could) … count on being able to communicate with administration and teachers,” he said. “Walking the walk” day by day and year by year displayed Swanson’s commitment. His actions, he said, echoed the beliefs of the residents themselves and helped transform Roxbury High School’s image. “People who grow up in Roxbury really like and appreciate doing that,” he said. “There’s a certain connection with school and community that makes them want to stay here.” So, what makes a good principal? Swanson’s answer made it sound easy. First of all, show students how to become people of character, and second teach them to read and write.
“Those are lessons that stick with kids forever,” he said. Dominick Miller, formerly the Eisenhower Middle School principal, will be building on these past successes as the new principal. Swanson said he feels that his successor is on track to make more progress in the district. “He’s got a good creative mind and he understands the value of staff and their thoughts and ideas,” he said. “He will be able to step in and follow up. The efforts that you’re making go from one year to the next.” As for the man called “Swan daddy,” progress will be a much quieter affair. “I come in contact with at least 500 plus people a day. Things are gonna be dramatically different.” Yet, as he polishes the Principal’s Cup award he was given at graduation, he may be contemplating a very personal return to education. “When I came to Roxbury I was a course and a dissertation away from a Doctor of Letters and I am still there. Personal accomplishment would be my reason (to finish).…see if I can find the time.”
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By Cheryl Conway hen it comes to colors, creating and themes, the possibilities are endless for one local artist whose art was featured this past year at the Chester Library and may be popping up at other places in the future. Hugo “Butch” Cabrino, 54, of Chester has been an artist of Fuzzy Art for the past 36 years but it was not until recently that he realized people really do admire his work. During the month of February, 12 of his finest pieces were on display at the library and
a positive attitude. “I had it all my life,” says Cabrino regarding Cerebral Palsy. “In my case I was told it affected hamstring muscles in my legs and to some degree I did have it in my hands. I walk on forearm
canes; hence I had to find something to entertain myself in the cold months. So I turned to Fuzzy Art to have something to do besides the computer and the memorabilia that I collect.” Cabrino’s work
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Fuzzy Art... continued from page 12 ent markers that I use. As long as I can keep myself busy I can do pretty well.” He buys the prepared pictures, about 16x20 inches, already with the felt background and then colors them in all different colors and patterns using “the imagination as far as the colors go.” Some pictures can cost him $5, except when he buys them in bulk, but “to me it’s worth it as long as it keeps me busy especially over the winter when I have a lot of down time. “I have such an extensive collection; it’s hard to say how much I have,” says Cabrino. Themes are vast and include animals, birds, city scenes, famous bridges. “That’s part of the fun the variety you can get.” Completing one picture can vary time wise. “I may start one, put one aside then decide
to eventually go back to it,” says Cabrino. Average picture can take about three days for him to complete. As far as art classes, Cabrino is self-taught. “It’s strictly based on freelancing and imagination,” he says. As a matter of fact, he was once discouraged by his talent. “When I was in grade school my teacher I had failed me in art,” says Cabrino. She told him ‘I don’t think your art career will ever amount to much.” Cabrino has proved her wrong as “a lot of people told me they like the subjects, they like the color.” Cabrino prefers to use metallic for his colors, but the selection is limited and can cost more money. “I know I’ll never be Picasso, I’ll never be van Gogh. I have my little niche so to speak,” he realizes, especially when continued on page 16
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All classes and performances will be held at The Music Den in the RPAC. A qualified conductor and teacher(s) will be present for lessons and monitor performances. Milestones of NHO NHO New Horizons Organization) has been in existence for more than 12 years and has organized groups in Aspen, Colorado, Sydney, Australia, and Chautauqua, NY,Madison WI, Milwaukee, WI, Indianapolis, ID, Iowa City, IA, Rochester, NY and many more locations throughout the US. NHO began as a groundbreaking music course at the University of Rochester’s Eastman School of Music. It became a popular performing ensemble in communities across the U.S., enticing amateur musicians ranging in age from early fifties
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continued from page 14 his work catches another eye such as Joy Franz-Kin this past winter. “Joy saw some of my work,” shares Cabrino. “She was talking to me about the work; she said I have an idea. They exhibit things in the library. She said ‘it may sound funny; I’d like to do the same for you.’ I thought she was joking. I don’t have a reputation; I’m not an established artist. She said she knows someone in the library and they have a spot. I thought maybe I can make this thing fly.” Sure enough, the library called Cabrino and offered him a month to display his work. “It was all very positive,” says Cabrino. “People would look at the work hanging on the wall and had some really nice things to say. The kids were really taken by it. I did get seven people who actually called me and I was able to sell to them; I made arrangements to meet them in the library and make a deal so to speak.” Cabrino sold his pieces for $10 apiece and has many more for those who are interested. He hopes to have another display sometime in the future.
“I have plenty of work to display,” he says. Cabrino says about Franz-Kin, “She’s been my biggest supporter, my biggest fan.” Franz-Kin, who says she met Cabrino at a Lunch-n-Learn at Congregation Church in Chester, and again while visiting her three friends at Chester Senior, is most impressed by Cabrino and hopes to get his work displayed at other venues such as hospital hallways. “I think he’s a wonderful man,” says Franz-Kin. “I told him ‘I’m not finished with you yet.’ He was born with this disability. I’m just so proud of him. He still goes forward and smiles. He goes on with his life and doesn’t say ‘poor me, poor me.’ He’s a good man.” Whether his displays continue or not, either way he plans to keep creating. “The idea that I can do it, it’s a lot of fun; it keeps me from getting bored,” he says. “I like the idea you can work with so many colors. You get to see the finished product; after all the work that you’ve done, it hopefully puts a smile on your face.”
Growing up Cabrino says he had to take special education classes, but as far as a degree, “never really finished,” he says. “It was such a struggle for me, I got to a point where I couldn’t handle it anymore. I got to ninth grade but I couldn’t handle it anymore.” While he does not have a profession he says “I try to do normal things that everyone else does, sometimes it gets a little harder because of my disability,” especially during the winter. “I’m into my artwork,” says Cabrino. “That’s something that’s basically a winter activity in case I get snowed in. I’m not one to go out in the winder in the bad weather. It just gives me something to do, I don’t get depressed. I like to throw myself into something; that’s the type of guy that I am.” Besides his art, Cabrino enjoys sports particularly the Mets for baseball, Giants for football and Pittsburgh Penguins for hockey, as well as collecting baseball cards and sports memorabilia.
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By Rachel Sclar he 10th Annual Roxbury Community Benefit 5k, held on Monday, June 11, was a perfect 70 degree evening for the participants and spectators that gathered at Eisenhower Middle School in Succasunna ready to celebrate the tradition. The 5k event hosted by the Morris County Striders Running Club attracted people from all over New Jersey as well as Pennsylvania, Delaware, and even South Carolina. At the sound of the siren 497 runners and walkers began their 5 kilometer journey with two water stops along the way. Residents swarmed the streets watching and encouraging the runners as they passed by. The course began in front
of Eisenhower Middle School on Eyland Avenue. It proceeded through neighborhoods between Eyland Avenue and Hillside Avenue, continued through the Roxbury High School parking lot, and concluded back at Eisenhower Middle School. After the race, participants and spectators were greeted with a DJ, Domino’s Pizza, Cliffs Ice Cream, yogurt, nutrition bars, water, sport massages and prizes raffled off from local businesses. An award ceremony took place recognizing teams and top runners in each age group. First place overall for males went to Colin Frost with a time of 15:20. He was one second shy of the course record. Rebecca Crawford, with a time of 19:28, was the first place over-
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ily tradition for eight years. All five members prepare for the race months in advance hoping to beat one another’s times. Lisa Sclar had a time of 29:00 and got fourth place in her age group. The mother of three says “it’s a fun night out with the family. My goal each year is to beat my kids. Unfortunately, that never happens, so beating my husband is good enough for me.” The family is already looking forward to next year’s race. Proceeds of the event went to local volunteer and non-profit organizations such as Roxbury High School Project Graduation, Roxbury First Aid Squad, Roxbury Fire Department, Roxbury Day Care Center, Roxbury Social Services, Kiwanis Scholarship Fund and the St. Therese Building Fund.
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By Jason Cohen he grew up in Russia, where religion could not be practiced, yet on July 1, Inna Serebro-Litvak was named rabbi-cantor at Temple Shalom in Roxbury. For the past 13 years she was part of the clergy at Temple Beth Am in Parsippany. However, she knew it was time for a change. “I always feel extremely proud and privileged that I was given this opportunity,” she said. “I wasn’t given a bat mitzva. We didn’t have this opportunity that American Jewish kids have.” She was raised in St. Petersburg, Russia and besides her grandparents speaking Yiddish, she didn’t know too much about Judaism. While Judaism was missing from her life as a youngster, she always had a passion for music. In Russia, people were supposed to be engineers or doctors, she said with a laugh. She was kind of the “black sheep” of her family. In fact, she took voice lessons at a shul in St. Petersburg and sang in the choir. “I wanted to be a singer,” she said. Then in 1990 at the age of 18, her family made Aliyah to Israel. It was here in the Jewish
homeland, where she finally discovered Judaism. In Israel, she studied musical education at the Musical Academy of Tel Aviv University. During that time, she sang in numerous concerts throughout the country, had a leading role in the play “A Hosn in Shtetl” in Yiddish theatre and sang in the Tel Aviv Philharmonic Choir. After graduating from the academy she immigrated to America in 1997 with hopes of becoming a cantor. She moved to Brooklyn and lived in a basement apartment while trying to assimilate to the fast pace of New York. In 2002, she obtained her master’s degree from the Miller Cantorial School at the Jewish Theological Seminary and was the first woman from the former Soviet Union to graduate from JTS. Serebro-Litvak then landed her first cantorial job in 2002 at Temple B’nai Or in Morristown. Her tenure there was brief and eventually became the cantor at Beth Am in Parsippany in 2005. “I learned about what it takes to be a member of a clergy,” she explained. “I connected with people.” While at Beth Am the yearning to help others and inspire continued on page 22
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suicide and depression and report back to the state legislature by July 2019. “School workers such as secretaries, security guards and teacher’s aides need the tools and training to recognize bullying, early warning signs and symptoms of mental health issues, and the proper steps to resolve conflict and prevent potential disasters,” declared Governor Codey at a press conference at Liberty Middle School in West Orange in May. According to the New Jersey Youth Suicide Report, 2,731 people age 10 to 24 were treated in an emergency room for non-fatal suicide attempts/ self-inflicted injuries from 2013 to 2015. Also, according to the New Jersey Dept. of Health, from 2007 to 2016, suicides among children ages 10 to 18 rose by 16.6 percent. “Too many young lives are being lost,” Codey said at the press conference. “New Jersey
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rounded by death most of his life. He is the owner of Codey and Jones Funeral Home in Caldwell, but noted that he has never seen so saw many young people die until recently. Codey feels that social media is a huge factor in teen depression and suicide. Instead of being outside with friends or being active, bullying follows kids home onto Snapchat, Twitter or Facebook, making their lives even worse, he said. With the recent suicides of designer Kate Spade and renowned chef, Anthony Bourdain, depression can affect anyone, he said. The governor hopes these deaths may get people to talk about depression. “The biggest thing for mental health is to overcome the stigma of depression,” he said. “Teenage suicide is not a comfortable issue for people to talk about.”
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Resident Becomes Rabbi... continued from page 20 grew in her. Consequently, she went to rabbinical school at Academy of Jewish Religion in Yonkers, N.Y., and received her ordination and master’s degree in Jewish Studies on May 12, 2016. She developed a strong bond with the congregation and credits a lot of her success to the late Rabbi Steven Mills. Mills died suddenly July 2, 2017 the day after the shul began a rabbi sharing partnership with Temple Shalom of Succasunna. But, not long after his death, the two synagogues did not see the benefit of sharing and began to each look for separate rabbis. She applied for the position at the Reform synagogue in Succasunna and the rest is history. “Beyond the music I enjoy helping people and teaching,” the rabbi remarked. “I’m de-
lighted that at Temple Shalom I will be fulfilling both roles. Serebro-Litvak has been working at the shul for about a year, so it was a smooth transition, she explained. It is a small congregation and she feels at home. Her goals are to make the synagogue a place where people not only come and pray, but where they can be together, connect and feel at peace. “The challenge is to attract the Jews who are unaffiliated,” the rabbi said. As she looks back at her life, she is extremely humble, yet proud of what she has accomplished. She lives in Randolph and is married to Anatoly (Tony) Litvak. They have two daughters, Emily, 14 and Abigail, 11. “I’m so blessed to live the life I’ve always dreamt of,” she said.
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