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COVID19 Project: Wayne Cooking for a Cause

n Saturday, March 21, Randi London, a Temple Beth Tikvah mom received a text from mom, Caryn Alexander, asking how TBT families and the Wayne community could help a Wayne friend and nurse get some food and treats to her nurses and staff at Hackensack hospital. After a few simple posts on Facebook, we raised thousands of dollars. We used local restaurants to deliver more than 1,000 meals to local hospitals…our goal was to help local business and front liners at the same time A few weeks later, we joined a national initiative called FLAG (front line appreciative group) where other communities were doing similar things. Flag of Greater Wayne has fed more than 2,000 medical professionals and raised more than $65,000. Once these moms sparked the initiative to get this mission started, the TBT AND WAYNE community has made it grow and flourish. Front Liners are being fed, and definitely appreciated. There are so many others that need help. We’d like to identify seniors, individuals and families in need who have lost access to services or jobs since being quarantined. We’d also like to recognize workers at nursing homes and care facilities. Our first mission is feeding 120 Seniors whose Adult Day Care facility closed. We are giving them one week’s worth of food. That’s 1,680 meals. Lots of people are cooking and lots of restaurant partners are donating meals as well. We’re calling this initiative Wayne Cooking for a Cause. You can join our Facebook Group called Wayne Cooking for a Cause…or if you want to donate you can Venmo: Cookingforacause. When Rabbi Meeka Simerly asked Randi to speak at Zoom Shabbat on April 17, it wasn’t just about what has been accomplished – how much money was raised or how many people have been helped. She dug into the why, what compelled her to do it, how did it make her feel, why did she continue, what can others do. It made her realize that no matter how unselfish it looks, there were very selfish reasons behind starting these initiatives: It has given people some control over a very out of control situation and is helping the front line, seniors and others, that keeps people uplifted and positive. A few Sundays ago, Food for a Cause delivered care packages to 80 Wayne nurses and other frontline workers. It’s hard to admit in the midst of this pandemic, but it was probably one of the best days of their life…..to watch not only 80 people feel appreciated and in tears of joy, but to watch an entire community be uplifted by feeling like they were there through dozens of videos and pictures on social media. One of the great things about what’s been happening in our community is how people have found their own way to help. Monetary donations, service providers, even some sharing their special talents like making face masks. Think about how you can contribute.

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Denville Strong Bands Together During Coronavirus Pandemic

By Megan Roche enville Township has always had a special sense of community and that special sense of community has not been lost during the coronavirus pandemic. If anything, that special sense of community has grown stronger than ever. What started out as individuals wanting to help has turned into a major volunteer effort throughout the township. Mike Andersen, one of the coordinators for Denville Strong, started this endeavor when he saw local businesses shutting their doors because of coronavirus. Wanting to support them, Andersen contacted Ryan Gleason from the Downtown Denville BID. Together, the two are working tirelessly with volunteers to help keep businesses afloat. “As everything started progressing, we realized there were going to be some frontline workers who were going to be putting themselves at risk. We also saw businesses close that were going to be affected financially. After talking with a few folks about what we could do, I thought that there had to be a way to combine these two together. We are working to help our frontline workers and at the same time, helping our local businesses,” Andersen said. What originally started out as just a service to offer grocery and pharmacy pick up for the elderly has since turned into the volunteers fulfilling any need that they can. The Denville Strong team has also aided in providing meals for frontline workers, donations of masks and PPE, all while supporting the local economy. Andersen is working in tandem with leadership at St. Clare’s Hospital.

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“We’ve had requests for surgical caps, D batteries, and more where we’ve bought those things from local businesses and donated them to the hospital. We’re trying to figure out ways to include our local businesses whether it be through meals, meal nights, and it’s not just limited to restaurants, we’re trying to involve everyone. We’ve done a pizza night where workers could pick up a pizza for their family. We’ve paid for portions of meals. We’ve also done a taco night for first responders as well,” Andersen shared. Kids have also not been forgotten. The Denville Strong team heard of a Facebook post to see if the Easter Bunny would be arriving in town. Other local towns had done similar things to bring joy to the little ones at this time, so Andersen began contacting local officials to see if the request could be met. What started out on the Saturday before Easter at 3:00 in the afternoon became a much needed bright spot for many local children and adults on Easter Sunday. “Somebody posted about it on Facebook and asked if Denville was considering doing something similar. I saw it and thought it was a great idea. Our volunteer firemen love doing these kinds of things. We observed appropriate social distancing and we put it out there and the residents were awesome. We put together a specific route that hit most neighborhoods in town. It was awesome to see the smiles on both the kids and adults faces. I think we all needed a little bit of normalcy and a little bit of time to get outside. It was amazing to see the community get out there and come continued on page 6

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here was, I can testify, a lot more drinking in Washington, D.C., before May 15, 1978. That was the date, through the grace of God, that I had my last drink of beer or booze or wine. Previously, I had given up drinking at different times, for Lent or to lose weight (a waist is a terrible thing to mind), always to return for another round. But what changed my ways -- beyond a miserable hangover while playing hours of duck, duck, goose with a dozen happy kids at my daughter Amy’s sixth birthday party -- was the eloquent example of my very close friend and favorite ex-drinking partner. John R. never sermonized. He never condescended. John R. gently but convincingly told me that my drinking was keeping me from being a better husband, father, friend and employee. All of which brings us to the case of Piers Morgan, the British columnist and TV host who has been friends with President Donald Trump since at least 2008, when Morgan won the season finale of NBC’s Trump-hosted “Celebrity Apprentice.” On Twitter -- which is the president’s preferred means of communicating his feelings and insights to the world -- Trump follows just 47 other individuals, one of whom is Morgan. During his presidency, Trump has done a total of three interviews with British television. All three were with Piers Morgan, who, while being occasionally critical of Trump’s position and hyperbolic language, has been a defender of the 45th president against his legions of British belittlers. So, what a surprise when Morgan went on “Reliable Sources” on CNN, where he had previously hosted a primetime show succeeding Larry King, to do what those familiar with addiction could only call an intervention. Morgan said, “On almost every level ... Donald Trump, at the moment, is failing the American people,” directing his censure toward the almost-daily White House press briefings, which he has watched “with mounting horror.” “He’s turning these briefings into a self-aggrandizing, self-justifying, overly

Mark Shields defensive, politically partisan, almost like a rally, to him -- almost like what’s more important is winning the election in November.” Directly addressing his friend in the White House, Morgan added, “You will win the election in November if you get this right. If you stop making it about yourself and make it about the American people and show that you care about them over yourself, you will win. And, conversely, you will lose the election in November if you continue to make it about yourself, you continue playing silly politics, continue targeting Democrat governors because that suits you for your electoral purposes.” Trump’s self-absorbed performances at the White House briefings -- the abusing of reporters whose questions he does not want to or cannot answer, the whining about the appreciation he deserves and does not get, the self-congratulations for the superb job he and his administration are doing -- are hurting him politically. Public trust and confidence in the president’s leadership are falling. It’s not working. The question: Is Donald Trump wise enough and big enough to accept the brutally frank advice of a close friend? To find out more about Mark Shields and read his past columns, visit the Creators Syndicate webpage at www.creators.com. COPYRIGHT 2020 MARK SHIELDS DISTRIBUTED BY CREATORS.COM

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resident Donald Trump unleashed his “April surprise” on Monday night, sending shock waves from the Beltway Swamp to Silicon Valley with a long-overdue announcement: “In light of the attack from the Invisible Enemy, as well as the need to protect the jobs of our GREAT American Citizens,” he declared, “I will be signing an Executive Order to temporarily suspend immigration into the United States!” The usual suspects inveighed against the still-unseen proposal early Tuesday morning. My inbox was flooded with twitching and moaning from Americans for Prosperity, the Koch Foundation-funded outfit, which called a freeze the “wrong approach” and the Southern Poverty Law Center, which ranted (as usual) about “white nationalists” and “racism.” The infuriated Council on American-Islamic Relations condemned the “irrational and insidious” plan (that no one had yet seen) and called for “people of all decency” to “denounce this xenophobic agenda.” Lawsuits are already being prepared against an executive order that hasn’t been written or signed. For nonhysterical observers of the Trump administration, however, the outcome was perfectly obvious: initial excitement followed by abject letdown as actual details have trickled out over the last 24 hours. Do not forget: 22 million American workers across the wage scale are out of work as a result of pandemic-induced lockdowns and layoffs. Dire straits demand extreme measures. The well-being of our native workforce and the millions of families dependent upon them must be Washington’s top priority, not big business, big agriculture, Silicon Valley, academia or foreign countries clamoring to send their students and workers here to replace ours. Despite White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany crediting Trump on Tuesday morning for understanding that “(d)ecades of record immigration have produced lower wages and higher unemployment for our citizens,” at his Tuesday evening press conference, Trump

Michelle Malkin revealed that the prematurely heralded and scorned immigration suspension will last a mere 60 days and will exempt temporary foreign visa holders. Head. Bang. Desk. This is a cynical betrayal of the burgeoning “America First” movement. It’s all moratorium hat and no cattle: --All new green card applications and routine visa processing were already suspended on March 20. --Refugee resettlement was already suspended the same week and is scheduled to be frozen until at least May 15 (although more than 1,000 Afghan refugees were flown in over the past month while the rest of us have been ordered shut in our own homes). --Foreign travelers from China and Europe, plus Canada and Mexico, were already barred from entering (though thousands of H-2A and H-2B agricultural and seasonal workers got in and some 35,000 more expect a green light despite virus outbreaks at Chinese-owned meat plants packed with foreign laborers). --The annual H-1B lottery for Chinese and Indian tech workers was completed last month and a total of 475,000 H-1Bs are safe while untold thousands of American STEM students, graduates and workers lost their livelihoods. --Despite massive layoffs of H-1B workers in tech, there is no move to send continued on page 6

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Piercing Illusion... continued from page 4 them home. Instead, immigration lawyers are outrageously advising H-1B and other temporary visa holders (including those in the L-1, B-1 and R categories) that they are eligible for stimulus checks. --More than a million F-1 foreign student visa holders remain in the country, including nearly 400,000 from China, as do hundreds of thousands of foreign students who secured Optional Practical Training work permits in STEM fields, displacing American workers. --More than 4,000 J-1 foreign health worker visas were freed up earlier this month while American medical professionals lost their jobs. The American Medical Association, which has artificially suppressed the supply of doctors for decades to inflate wages, is whining about shortages and pressuring to relax J-1 rules and time limits even further. The clamor for an immigration moratorium has been steadily rising, from Pat Buchanan’s advocacy, dating back to his first presidential campaign in 1992, to immigration hawk Jeff Sessions’ call for an employment-based visa freeze last week. With a whopping 79% of Americans now in favor of a full halt to immigration (according to a recent USA Today/Ipsos poll), this was Trump’s golden opportunity to seize momentum. Instead, we got a mess of squander and blun-

der. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is more interested in appeasing India than protecting American workers. White House adviser Jared Kushner and his top aide Christopher Liddell (former Microsoft executive) have prioritized appeasing Apple and Amazon. I’ve learned from insiders that there are at least 15 categorical exemptions on the table and more in the works. A one-time, 60-day Swiss Cheese-holed farce of an immigration ban will do far more harm than good for Donald Trump. Think about it this way: Various illegal immigration ethnic blocs have been granted “Temporary Protected Status” continuously since 2001. Why do hordes of foreigners get a permanent reprieve while American citizens will be asked to settle for a measly comma before getting drowned again in mass migration? The executive order should cover all foreign influxes and should be renewed for at least as long as the longest TPS extensions: 19 years. We need Permanent Protected Status for American citizens. Full stop. Michelle Malkin’s email address is MichelleMalkinInvestigates@protonmail.com. To find out more about Michelle Malkin and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate website at www.creators.com. COPYRIGHT 2020 CREATORS.COM

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ideas. Andersen asks that you reach out to denvillestrong@gmail.com or visit their Facebook page at Denville Strong. No idea is too big or too small. This simple project has become bigger and better than Andersen could have ever imagined when he started it a few weeks ago. “The outpouring has been way more than I ever expected. From every area within Denville, everyone is stepping up to say ‘what can I do to help?’ I think at first I set this up as a way to tackle an immediate need in the short term, and with the amount of money we’ve raised and the people that have offered ideas, this could go on for a while now. We’ve raised over $25,000 and every single cent is going to go back to a local business,” Andersen said. For more information on Denville Strong, visit www.denvillestrong.com.

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By Richard Mabey Jr. Each scout troop, of the Boonton District, n January of 1971, at the age of 17 and in usually had Klondike teams competing in my senior year at Boonton High School, both, the Junior and Senior Klondike coma most grand and glorious challenge of petitions. The scouts would pull a full-sized leadership came to me. I was chosen by the Klondike sled along a trail that was about six Committee of Boy Scout Troop 170 to be the miles in length, throughout the rugged terCaptain of the Senior Klondike Derby Team. rain of Camp Allamuchy. Most teams consistThis was a great privilege, but with it came ed of seven scouts; six scouts pulling the sled immense responsibility. and then the Captain would run behind the The Senior Klondike Derby for the Boonton Klondike sled and would help steer the sled District was held the first Sunday after New along the trail. Year’s Day. It followed the Junior Klondike There were usually 10 towns along this Derby, which was held on the Saturday besix-mile trail. Some years there would be less, fore. In order to compete in the Senior Klondsome years there would be more towns. Each ike Derby, a scout had to be at least 14 years town specialized in a specific scouting skill, old. The trail, the scout knowledge tests, the such as: map reading, botany, first-aid, lashcompetitions were much more difficult than ing and knot-tying, constellations, bow and those of the Junior Klondike Derby. arrow fire building, scouting history, campBoth, the Junior and Senior Klondike Dering knowledge and other scouting skills. The Yours truly at the stern of the Klondike sled with the 1971 Senior Klondike Team of the great towns would have names of the old Alaskan bies were held at Camp Allamuchy. The rocky Boy Scout Troop 170. terrain, the mountains, the woods, the ledge Gold Rush towns. Names like Skagway, Cootrail high above the lake, made Camp Allaper Landing, Coldfoot, Trapper Creek, Yumuchy an ideal location for a grand and glorious Klondike Derby. A true memorable katat, Gilemore, Moose Pass and Melozitna. event for a scout! continued on page 10

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7 Tips for Parents ‘Homeschooling’ Children with Autism During the Pandemic

s students across the country continue to “attend school” from home, it is important to remember that children with autism spectrum disorder and related disabilities are also affected. Whereas this is a stressful situation for all families, parents of children with autism face additional challenges when it comes to maintaining an effective learning environment in the home. Although there are no quick fixes, the following ideas may be helpful for parents of children with autism to use during these difficult and unique times. And now, more than a month into the Time of Covid, is a good time to take a moment and reflect, review and maybe institute a few of these practices in your “school.” Structure the day with a visual or written schedule Children with autism are often more at ease when their routines are structured and predictable. It is important to keep in mind that the pandemic has completeMember NJ Arborists Association Commercial • Residential Owner Operated

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preferred than free time. Although the school assignments for the day may total three to four hours’ worth of work, parents will likely see an increase in problem behavior and a decrease in focusing over time if they try to push through all three hours in one sitting. It will also lead to an increase in frustration for both the child and the parents. Instead of doing the work in one sitting, try breaking up the work sessions into shorter blocks of time. How long each work session should be depends on how much the child enjoys the activity, the difficulty level of the assignments, and the child’s tolerance level. Parents may need to speak with their child’s teacher about doing work on a modified schedule from the rest of the class. Use a timer/break system Let’s say a parent has decided to do schoolwork in one-hour blocks of time. Sixty minutes is still a long period of time for a child with autism to maintain their motivation and focus on an activity that is not

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7 Tips... continued from page 12 wasting more time, the key is to set a standard of quality that must be met before a break is earned. For example, set a timer for 7 minutes. The child must focus 100% on his or her schoolwork for the full 7 minutes. If he or she produces quality work for the full 7 minutes, a break will be earned for 3 minutes. The child can leave the table during the break, however, I wouldn’t have them go too far. They return after 3 minutes and continue this way until the end of the one-hour work period. If, however, the child begins to engage in problem behavior during the 7 minutes, the parent stops and resets the timer back to the start. The timer will start again once the child begins their schoolwork. In the long run you get more work completed with short bursts of full attention than a long drawn out period filled with problem behavior. Use privileges as rewards The foundational principle of behavior analysis is that behavior that is rewarded will increase. Behavior that is not rewarded will decrease. So, if a parent wants his or her child to increase appropriate schoolwork at home, that is the behavior that

should be rewarded. Keep in mind that buying children toys, giving them money, and taking them to fun places outside of the home are not the only rewards available to parents. Having children earn free privileges in the home, when they complete their schoolwork for the day, is often more rewarding than buying them things. Some examples include earning later bedtimes, more time on electronics, choice of food for dinner, having a pajama day, picking a movie for movie night, facetiming a favorite relative, or having a dance party with the family. Juts make sure that you don’t give out the privileges for free. They need to be earned for good working and good behavior. Stay calm, stay neutral, and maintain control Let’s face it, most children are not used to their parents being their teacher. It is only natural for teachers to have established more control over children’s academic behavior than their parents. Children with autism are no different. Although when told to do work they might listen to their teachers in the classroom, that does not mean they will suddenly listen to their

parents in the home. This is expected and parents should not be upset or embarrassed. When children are giving parents a hard time, parents should remain calm and emotionally neutral. Refrain from any yelling, threatening, or punishing. These behaviors are indications that the parent is losing, not gaining control. Do not, however, allow the child’s behavior to get him or her out of the task at hand. Prompt them to remain at the table and with the required task in front of them. Parents should use the strategies above to guide them in remaining in control and providing rewards only when appropriate behavior occurs. Partner with a Board Certified Behavior Analyst® (BCBA®) Parents should not feel hesitant to seek out assistance when needed. At this point, the future is very unclear and the timeline for when children might go back to school is uncertain. Although most services have moved into a remote format, behavior analysts are still working. Parents should partner with a board certified behavior analyst to assist their children in continuing to grow and learn despite the current

situation. Parents who do not already have a relationship with a BCBA, may be able to find one through the Autism Speaks® provider directory https://www. autismspeaks.org/applied-behavior-analysis-aba?location_lat=40.6159633&location_lng=-74.141131&location=50 Dr. Frank Cicero Dr. Frank Cicero, Ph.D., BCBA, LBA, is a New York State Licensed Psychologist and Behavior Analyst, Board Certified, and is the former Board President of the New York State Association for Behavior Analysis. He is an assistant professor at Seton Hall University’s College of Education and Human Services and director of the college’s graduate programs in Applied Behavior Analysis. Dr. Cicero’s private practice focuses on child and adolescent psychology. He is known nationally and locally for his work on treatment of severe problem behavior, empirically supported treatment for autism spectrum disorder, sexuality education for individuals with development disabilities and teacher parent training in ABA, among other areas. Read more at https://www.shu.edu/profiles/cicerofr.cfm

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Covid-19: Properly Dispose of Gloves, Masks And Medical Waste

edical waste, such as gloves, wipes, masks, and tissues, which are being widely used by all Morris County residents due to the COVID-19 pandemic, should not be placed into curbside recycling containers. They are contaminants and must be put into the trash, advises the Morris County Municipal Utilities Authority, which handles recycling for 14 of Morris County’s 39 municipalities. Recycling crews in many towns across the county are

finding high rates of gloves and masks ending up in the recycling mix, with workers at recycling plants having to sort out these items by hand. When these materials end up in the recycling stream, along with items such as plastic bags and plastic film, they can cause problems at the county’s recycling sorting facility. They can jam the rotating screens and cause equipment to breakdown. At recycling facilities, workers must try to remove these

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he Morris County Board of Freeholders is creating a Morris County COVID-19 Recovery Task Force, to include a group of key leaders from all segments of Morris County life, to help plan for the county’s eventual return to normalcy from the COVID-19 crisis. The Task Force would operate in concert with President Donald J. Trump’s three-phase plan to gradually Open Up America Again. https://www.whitehouse.gov/openingamerica/ “We thank Morris County residents for their great effort to deal with the current crisis, from sewing masks and helping to feed unemployed families to social distancing, hand washing, and caring for their family, friends and neighbors,’’ said Freeholder Director Deborah Smith. “Now we have to consider the next step to determine how

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Fashion Design Students at CCM Spearhead Face Mask Project

elping healthcare and other workers during this time of crisis are six fashion design students, their professors and several employees at County College of Morris (CCM) who are making face masks to protect those working on the front line during the COVID-19 pandemic. “What helping people in this way means to me is making an impact,” says Emil Desena, of Randolph, one of the students working on the project. “Even just on a small, local level, it’s still important, and I’m glad that I’m able to use my passion for sewing and creating in a way that helps others.” The project began after faculty learned that some students had started making masks during the college’s spring break in March and as hospitals and other organizations started asking for personal protective equipment (PPE) for their employees. “As the design faculty migrated to online classes we lost our ability to deliver coursework using our traditional hands-on teaching methods,” says Professor Kelly Whalen, who oversees the design programs at CCM. “Faculty and

Nieasia Wilkins, of Budd Lake, a student at CCM, working on making face masks for healthcare and other frontline workers.

students shared research and information about acceptable mask designs that would be useful to a variety of facilities and individuals. A few videos, recommended by healthcare organizations and others, were selected, providing clear instruction on how to construct the masks. Faculty then chose to adopt the project in their Introduction to Sewing, Design Concepts I & II and Fashion Construction II classes.”

Whalen is serving as coordinator of the face mask project, while Professors Anita Collins and Wendy Carmona are working closely with the students and making masks themselves. Several CCM staff members also have become involved in the project, making it a college-wide effort. To date the students and professors have made nearly 200 masks, including several child-sized masks that will be donated to a pediat-

ric healthcare facility in the next few days. Masks have already been delivered to a hematology and oncology facility affiliated with Morristown Medical Center, as well as to Compassionate Care healthcare workers in Sparta. Others that have received, or will be receiving masks soon, are Saint Clare’s hospitals in Denville and Dover, Overlook Hospital and workers at UPS. “It’s real-world problem solving, as we have had to organize distributing fabric, sourcing elastic, identifying places in need and then getting the masks to where they are needed, while adhering to the social distancing and disinfectant protocols,” says Whalen. Students are either using fabric they have on hand or received at a recent

equipment distribution event the college held for students, faculty and staff earlier this month. Whalen has been receiving the finished masks via home mailboxes and trunk exchanges. Regarding delivery of the masks, they are given to people CCM students, faculty and staff know at the facilities that are looking for PPE for their workers. “I have shared with the students that their knowledge of sewing and design is an essential skill that impacts the world,” notes Collins. “As fashion designers, they are able to create wearable items that not just make people look and feel beautiful, but also protect them and help to save lives.” Other students making face masks are Jenna Lentz,

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I Remember Dad:

Remembering Dad’s Reverent Respect for the Departed

By Richard Mabey Jr. ne of the things that my Dad taught me, from a very early age, was to hold a love and respect for my family heritage. And this manifested itself in a very real and practical way, to care for and to decorate the gravesites of beloved family members who had passed away. I am positive that I was six years old, the first time that Dad, Grandpa and I visited the gravesites of my ancestors, just about a mile west of the old Mabey Homestead, along Route 202, behind Whitehall Methodist Church. That moment in time burnt a special place in my heart. I still remember that somber, reverent, respectful spirit that ebbed and flowed from the hearts of my father and grandfather, when visiting the graves of my ancestors. When I was in high school, my Mom would buy a flat of flowers from one of the local flower growers along Beaverbrook Road. Then on a Saturday morning, my mom, dad, sister Patti and I would drive off in the Ford Country Squire station wagon, down Route 202 to the Methodist Church, where the Mabey ancestors were all buried. It was a funny thing. It would be a joyous little family outing, but it had a golden cord of loving reverence tied to the moment My sister and I would plant the flowers in front of the grave. My mom would help us, some of the time, but it was mainly a caring task that bonded my sister and I to our family heritage. At each grave, Dad would tell us a little story about the loved one who now resided on the far side of Heaven’s Gate. Dad would kneel down with Mom, Patti and I and clear off any tree branches that may have fallen near the graves. We would gather them up and put them in the back of our station wagon and bring them home

to put in the woods behind our house. I remember that my sister and I would bring one of those big, brown paper bags that grocery stores used to use to pack your groceries in, before the advent of the little plastic bags. We would fill the paper bag with the pinecones that abounded about the old Mabey graves. I learned so much about my family heritage, from Dad, during our family gravesite visits. Whenever we visited the grave of my dear Great Uncle Earl, Dad would tell the story of how Great Uncle Earl never left Beavertown, which was the former name of Lincoln Park. Then, when he got drafted during World War I, he was shipped to France to fight in the front lines, where he gave his life for democracy. Then we would visit the grave of my Great Aunt Edna. She went Home to be with the Lord when she was only a year old. My father knew the story, oh so well. Dora Mabey, my great grandmother, had told Dad the story so very many times. The passing of Great Grandma Mabey’s daughter, Edna, and her son, Earl, was a deep and painful loss to her. Something from which Great Grandma mourned for, her entire lifetime. When we would stand before Great Grandpa and Great Grandma’s grave, Dad would sometimes get a big choked up. Sometimes he would actually cry. Dad would do his best to hide his tears. Dad grew up in the home that his father had built at the end of Mabey Lane. His grandparents lived in the home at the corner of Route 202 and Main Street. So, in his childhood and youth, Dad saw his grandparents each and every day, playing in the big open field that adjoined the two homes. Dad would always say a short and sweet prayer at the foot of every grave, right after

From the Spring of 2005, I took this photo of Dad during our last visit to the old family cemetery. Dad’s cancer would soon weaken him to the point of being hospitalized. My dad went Home to be with the Lord in May of 2006.

my sister and I planted flowers in front of each grave. It was always a moment in time that dearly touched my heart. I now live in one of these gated communities in Florida. I do my best to make it up to New Jersey at least once a year. Each and every visit that I have made to the Garden State included putting flowers at the gravesites of my relatives. When I’m kneeling at a relative’s gravesite, planting flowers, I can still hear the echo of my father telling the story of that particular loved one. In memory, I recall those days of innocence. How dear they were to my heart.

Sometimes I put the words “Ford Country Squire” in an internet search engine. And, seeing the photos of that great and marvelous station wagon, with the wood grain panels, can bring me back to those glory days of my youth, in the 1960’s. Oh, to turn back the clock, to return for even just one more day. Gone, oh lost fiber and weave of the days of innocence. Before home computers, the internet, cell phones and even cable television. Oh ghostly, lost days of a simpler time. Richard Mabey Jr. is a freelance writer. He can be reached at richardmabeyjr@hotmail.com.

Woman’s Club Of Morristown Seeks Rummage Items When Life Resumes

any people are spending some of their coronavirus-mandated time at home doing spring cleaning. If you’ve accumulated items you no longer need, the Woman’s Club of Morristown is seeking donations of new or gently used merchandise for its annual Rummage Sale, to be held August 28 through 30. Although the Club remains closed per the governor’s executive order, as soon as the state reopens, so will the Woman’s Club. At that time, people may then drop off donations at the Woman’s Club at 51 South Street, Morristown, during regular

business hours, Monday through Frida. Of particular interest are adult and children’s clothing and accessories; jewelry; house wares; small appliances and lamps; artwork; antique, vintage, and collectible items; linens; new toys and games; giftable items; tools and hardware; and holiday items. Donated articles will have a second useful life and avoid the landfill while supporting a variety of charitable activities. The Rummage Sale is the WCM’s main fundraiser. At the end of each year’s sale, unsold merchandise is donated to other charities, requiring the WCM to constantly

seek new inventory. Items should be clean, undamaged, complete, and in working order. The Woman’s Club is unable to accept large furniture, computers and peripherals, televisions, books, used toys or games, car seats and baby furniture, stuffed animals, or shoes. Donors will be able to pick up a form acknowledging their donation for tax purposes in the pantry. The WCM is a 501(c) (3) organization. All of the sale’s proceeds support the Club’s operations and its many charitable programs throughout the community such as its scholarship program for

Morristown High School senior girls and care packages for Veterans Hospital patients. The members of the Woman’s Club of Morristown are dedicated to serving their community. The Club is a non-profit, non-political, non-sectarian organization whose purpose is to promote improvements within its community, to offer civic, cultural, and educational activities, and to preserve the Dr. Lewis Condict House. More information is available at www. wcomt.org/.

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NJStarz Kelly Tripucka Hometown: Bloomfield, NJ

Photo courtesy of Notre Dame University Department of Athletics

By Steve Sears f you asked Kelly Tripucka what his favorite lifetime memory is, no doubt it would be sports related. After all, Tripucka played 12 years in the National Basketball Association, being drafted in the first round by the Detroit Pistons in 1981. That first season, he was also named an NBA Eastern Conference All-Star, and for a period he held the Pistons team record for points in a game with 56. He scored over 12,000 points in 10 NBA seasons. Then there was his collegiate career for the Fighting Irish of Notre Dame, where he started for four years and led the squad in scoring each season, he and his teammates knocked off a few ranked opponents, and went to the NCAA Final Four in his freshman season of 1977-1978. However, significant as all of the before mentioned is, perhaps Tripucka’s fondest recollections take him back to his high school days, when as a three-year starter for legendary Head Coach George Cella’s Bloomfield Bengals, he led the team to a 65-16 record and two consecutive appearances in the Essex County Tournament finals. It was the competition faced, the 2,278 points scored in just three seasons, being named an All-American as early as his junior year, as well as being lauded as the Star-Ledger New Jersey Boys High School Basketball Player of the Century in 2000 – all that resonates in a very special way. “Memories are memories, whatever you make of them, whatever other people make of them,” Tripucka says. “There’s no question that’s also the start of everything; that’s your background, that’s who you are, that’s where you grow up. That kind of makes you into who you end up becoming. Obviously, when you go through it and end up reaching the pinnacle like I did for the most part, that’s also special, too. But it starts at home, and that’s another era. That’s what makes it even more special.” Tripucka, in addition to his hardwood exploits

Photo courtesy of Notre Dame University Department of Athletics

which garnered significant collegiate interest nationally, was also an All-State soccer player (he scored 26 goals as a senior) and track and field record setter (an eastern states champion in javelin, and he was also a high jumper), the results of which were additional colleges recruiting him to attend their schools for those sports. Letters arrived regularly at both the high school and the Tripucka home. Tripucka credits his coaches – Cella, Jim White, and Paul Williams – with his success. “I was fortunate to have three of the greatest high school coaches in different sports than anybody could possibly ever have,” Tripucka attests. “You don’t see coaches around for 40 years like that. Those are the three, top of their profession, great guys, great coaches, fun to be around, and they deserve a lot of the credit because they taught me and others like me to be who we end up being.” A big aid as well was growing up in a family of competitive brothers (and one sister) when backyard pick-up games became real battles and ended in fights, where the elder Tripucka, Pro Football Hall-of-Famer and Kelly’s Dad, Frank, would be summoned to grab a rake or shovel and end the tussling. Little brother Kelly often was teased, having the ball kicked away from him by his older siblings. “Again, that’s part of growing up,” he says. “There are older brothers and they wanted to do what they were doing and most of the time they didn’t like you because you were in the way, so they kicked the ball down the driveway or into a neighbor’s yard.” “But I was persistent: I always came back because that’s what I wanted to do. To stick with it.” When Kelly was in junior high school, brother T.K. was recruited by an East Orange summer basketball league coach to play on his team, and the team suffered a crushing loss in its first game. When asked if he had any other friends that he could think of that

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choice, the same college his Dad attended. “If might be interested in playing, T.K. asked his I didn’t go to Notre Dame, I probably would’ve younger brother. “I was never so excited in gone to Maryland.” my life,” Tripucka recalls. “So, I show up with Tripucka would go on to become one of T.K., it’s outside and they have stands, beautiNotre Dame’s all-time leading scorers. “It’s a ful glass backboards, and he tells the coach, ‘I whole other level,” Tripucka recalls about his brought my brother with me.’ And the coach college basketball and his freshman season. looks at me and says, ‘Yeah, fine.’ We start to “You have to be patient. I was always very conplay the game; he has no idea who I am – and fident; I never backed down from anybody. I why would he? I’m in ninth grade – and we’re didn’t care; you weren’t going to get into my getting killed. The guy, the coach, he’s frustrathead or whatever. I think I’m better than you ed they’re losing again, and he walks down and I’m going to show you. In college, you the bench, points to me and says, ‘Ahh, why just can’t assume that you’re going to walk in don’t you go in.’” Tripucka laughs as he conthere because some of these guys have been tinues. “I end up scoring 20 points, we come playing for three years. But I was confident in back, and we win the game, and the coach is my ability and I knew you have to work, so I running around like Jim Valvano when North worked at it and I was bigger than most guys Carolina State won the national title! He grabs at that time at that age. I didn’t start right T.K. (who is 6’ 9”) by the shirt and pulls him away but I knew I was going to be a (smart) down, and this guy is like 5’ 8”, and he looks player, and after three or four games I ended at T.K. and says, ‘You got any more brothers at up becoming a starter, and we had some realhome?!’” ly, really good teams.” From that moment on, Tripucka became a Notre Dame made it to the NCAA Final fan favorite in East Orange, and thereafter the Photo courtesy of Bloomfield High School 1977 yearbook. Four but was bested by Duke, 90-86. Tripucka rest of the county and the state. sparkled during the season, averaging almost Tripucka watched older brothers Tracy, Mark, Todd, and T.K. play for the legendary Cella, and he wanted his chance. “Growing up, 12 points per game. He averaged 18 points per game in his 1980-81 senior season, sealing his my goal was to make the high school team and play for George Cella. That’s all you thought collegiate career with 1,719 points. During his four seasons, the Fighting Irish won an average about. There was no thought beyond that. ‘I want to play for Bloomfield High School and of 23 games per season. Tripucka was drafted 12th by the Detroit Pistons, who in the same draft had also selected George Cella.’ So, to finally get that opportunity and play with my brother T.K. for a year, and actually get coached by him (Cella), it meant everything. A great man; knew basketball Indiana Hoosier All-American guard, Isaiah Thomas. “That was a great place. We put Detroit on the map and, again, it was about making another adjustment from college to the pros. through and through. It was an honor to play for him.” Tripucka achieved his goal, and for the next three years he led Bloomfield to (arguably You’ve got to have confidence. You’re battling bigger, stronger, faster guys, but I made my – there was a three year, 64-game winning streak in the late 1950s) its most exciting three way in, worked hard, and having an opportunity to start and playing all 82 games that year. years of basketball ever. As a sophomore for Bloomfield’s 20-4 Bengals, Tripucka, who was on It’s a lot of fun. It’s a job, but at the same time it’s game. It was a very successful first year.” A title eluded Tripucka as well in Detroit, who traded him to the Utah Jazz, and he eventhe starting five, scored 437 points. Colleges came calling early. “Some guy who sent a letter tually became part of a new regime in Charlotte, North Carolina known as the Hornets. “We thought I was a senior,” he laughs. His star was rising. In his junior season, he averaged 29.4 ppg and scored 796 points, became the school’s used to sell out all the time as a first-year program. It was a happening place. It was aweall-time leading scorer, led the squad to an overall 24 - 3 record, a Big East conference title, some!” For Tripucka, the joy, after two forgettable seasons in Utah, was found in playing and an Essex County Tournament finals appearance. Perhaps the most sparkling gems from again. “That’s what it’s all about. You play. I played in the Jersey shore league. It was about that season were wins on the road over rival East Orange, 82-71 (“They never lost at home,” playing. The fortunate thing was that I went to Charlotte. It was unfortunate that it was an Tripucka says), and at home versus #1 ranked Trenton, also by an 82-71 count. “At that time, expansion team, and it’s tough to win. But you know what, Charlotte was a great place. Two you basically played in your county. To be playing Trenton at that time, I don’t know how that of my three children were born there, and for me it was a rebirth. Basketball was fun again. game was scheduled,” Tripucka says, who scored 41 points that snowy afternoon. “How crazy 20 wins isn’t a lot, but it was enough that they threw us a ticker-tape parade after the season. that, at that time, they were #1 in the state and we were #2. The gym was packed, the kids I was back to playing again, and that made me happy.” Tripucka retired from the NBA after the 1990-91 season with a career scoring average of were all into it, and the fans and everything else, and you couldn’t ask for a better scenario. They happened to be #1 in the state, and we get a shot at them. Obviously, there was a lot 17.2 points per game. Tripucka and his wife of 33 years, Janice, have three children. Oldest son Travis and midof talk going on, but we basically ran them out of the gym. That was big for the school, the dle child Jake had successful sports careers, and youngest child, Reagan, is a college senior. program, and it was great for me as well. That was a huge game.” In his senior year, Tripucka tallied 1,045 points, and Bloomfield finished the season with “I’m very proud of my kids and what they’ve been able to do,” Tripucka states proudly, “and a 21 – 8 record but lost again in the county finals and state tournament. Tripucka scored 54 I think they’ll appreciate it more as they go through life and get a little older, and it certainly points in his finale, an 82-80 loss to North Bergen, where the opposition said there was no goes by quickly.” Every so often when in his old Bloomfield stomping grounds, Tripucka reflects. The way he’d score his season’s average – 36 points per game -- against them. Tripucka had tallied just short of that by the end of the first half. Courtesy of Danny Callandrillo, former North Brookside Park basketball court has yielded to a playground. “It’s gone,” Tripucka says of Bergen all-stater, Tripucka was told that the North Bergen coach walked in at half time and, the court where over the years he many times perfected his game against top competition. seeking to have someone else defend the Bengal star in the second half, asked, “Okay, who “How disappointing is that?!” The home he grew up in doesn’t seem as big as it did in his childhood. “When we played in that side lot, we hit baseballs out into the street and had wants to guard him?” All the players lowered their heads. There were no takers. “Not winning the county tournament one of those two years,” Tripucka says, “that still neighborhood football games right there, and that basket was the greatest thing ever. The bugs me, and that along with not winning a state championship.” But there was success, basket was awesome – I think it’s still the original basket my father put up -- and we used to some big wins, and Tripucka attributes that to something very specific. “When you have (on think that that driveway was forever (long), but when you drive by it now, it doesn’t seem your schedule) teams like East Orange and Orange, you can’t play scared. We got our fair as big. Boy, wouldn’t you like to know some of the legends of some of the three-on-three share of them, obviously they won the big games, and I’m still friendly with some of those of four-on-four games we had that were pretty good.” Tripucka also states that, when at the guys, but I’ve always said that not winning the country tournament at least once and not high school, he does visit the trophy case and his retired #42, which garners the attention of winning a state championship for George (Cella)…that will go to my grave (with me). I think many sports, especially basketball, fans. For Kelly Tripucka, it was all about the joy of playing, and never playing scared, especially about it every once in a while, that’s for sure. It still hurts.” in his and the glory days of Bloomfield Bengal basketball. “You can’t play scared. That was “But it was a great, great time in high school. I enjoyed every second of it.” Among the coaches who visited the BHS gym to scout and attempt to recruit Tripuc- never my problem. I came to play, and I backed down from no one. They (opponents) knew ka were Bobby Knight of Indiana, Lefty Driesell of Maryland, Notre Dame’s Digger Phelps, they were in for a game when they played Bloomfield.” and others. Tripucka visited Duke, Maryland, South Carolina, and Notre Dame, his eventual

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