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Morris County Surgeon Seeks Kidney Donor To Save His Life
By Dawn M Chiossi n the most ironic of twists, Dr. Marc Rubman, an orthopedic surgeon who has been helping patients for two decades, now needs a kidney transplant. He is asking the public at large to become living kidney donors. Disease can be insidious and unmerciful, and unfortunately no one is immune. Rubman’s kidneys failed in 2015, due to polycystic kidney disease, a condition that he inherited from his mother. Rubman is searching for living donors, because sadly, his condition also afflicts his family as well, so they are unable to donate their own kidney to him. With polycystic kidney disease, the kidneys start to grow
cysts, unlike a normal kidney which is cyst free. The cysts then keep growing until they crowd out the normal kidney. Unfortunately then, the kidneys will eventually stop working. With this particular condition there is no cure. It is the fourth leading cause of kidney failure. Originally getting involved in the medical profession because he wanted to help others, the irony of his situation is not lost on him. Instead of being bitter, Rubman chooses to see his condition as a blessing. “This has really given me a perspective of what patients go though, what it’s like on the other side,” he says. “In a way, it has given me a real appreciation of what is important.” When people think of gifts,
they often think of something tangible that gives joy for only a short time, but with the gift of organ donation, it is a gift that resonates and echoes throughout a lifetime. Just by making that one choice, that one compassionate act, organ donation can save a life. By being a living donor, a person will see just how meaningful the gift of living donation is. It enriches both the donor and recipient. Even though he has been struggling with this condition
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Four Montville Seniors Sign With Division 1 Schools
eniors Nicole Feaster, Blythe Hehmeyer, Emilee Vizzuso and Alison Yu, of Montville Township High School, all signed National Letters of Intent on Wednesday, Nov. 8. All four young women plan to play Division 1 sports for top tier universities beginning in the 2018-2019 season. Feaster, a lacrosse player, signed with the University of Delaware’s Fightin’ Blue Hens. Hehmeyer, who excels at track and field, will be an Elon Phoenix. Two outstanding MTHS Mustangs field hockey players, Vizzuso and Yu, also signed on Nov. 8. Vizzuso will compete as a Blackbird at Long Island University Brooklyn, and Yu will join the Raiders at Colgate University. Parents, siblings and teammates attended the NIL ceremony held in the MTHS rotunda. Also in attendance was Athletic Director William Koch, Track & Field Coach Keith Runne and Field Hockey Coach Aimee Vizzuso. Aimee Vizzuso is also a 2013 MTHS graduate. Currently she coaches her sister, Emilee Vizzuso as well as Alison Yu. Additional photos page 6. Photos by Sue Marinello
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Nicole Feaster signed her National Letter of Intent on Wednesday, Nov.8. The Montville Township High School senior plans to will play Division 1 Lacrosse at the University of Delaware, beginning with the 2018-2019 season. She was joined at the MTHS NIL ceremony by family, friends and coaches. Her brother, Anthony, 11; father, Karl; mother, Carla and sister, Victoria, 14, wore U of D Fightin’ Blue Hens swag in honor of Feaster’s commitment to the University of Delaware Lacrosse team.
Blythe Hehmeyer, an outstanding athlete on the Montville Township High School Track & Field team, signed her National Letter of Intent on Wednesday, Nov. 8. The Montville Township High School Senior for Division 1 Track & Field team for Elon University. Parents Patricia and Richard, joined Hehmeyer at the table as she signed her NIL at the MTHS ceremony. The new Phoenix and her family were dressed in Elon colors. Coach Keith Runne also attended the signing event.
Surgeon Seeks Kidney Donor... continued from page 2
“This is a disease that unfortunately is very common, more common than you realize,” Rubman says. “And it’s one that no one’s ever heard of. People are aware of Parkinson’s because of Michael J Fox, and they are aware of ALS because of the ice bucket challenge, but not PKD.” Rubman seeks to change that. Most people are born with two viable kidneys. In a surprising fact that most people do not know, they only need the power of one to live well. So when donating a kidney to someone else, the quality of the donor’s life is not affected, but it can be a matter of life and death to the recipient. With an approximate two day stay in the hospital, doctors can remove the “spare,” kidney from the living donor and then he or she recovers in a matter of weeks. Most people are familiar with organ donation in regards to donating organs after death, but in donating a living organ such as a kidney, the results are immedi-
ate. With a donation from a deceased donor, the wait can be up to an agonizing 10 years. Rubman is candid with what he is facing and what he is asking of others. “Living donation is an amazing thing,” he asserts. “Due to advances in medicine people can be helped so much more, now than in the past.” Realizing that people are leery about making such a commitment, he is empathetic. “The procedure now is less invasive than in the past, recovery time is relatively short,” he says. “In fact,” he discloses, “the donor will be “back to normal within a few weeks.” Recalling seeing what his mother endured when she was suffering with her own kidney disease, Rubman is astounded. “The difference is crazy,” he says. “It’s phenomenal.” But first people have to make the decision to donate. It can be as simple as filling out an application, getting a simple blood test and then getting screened. Facing illness is a frightening experi-
ence, but with a wonderful treatment such as organ donation at the helm, folks can triumph. Recipients can go from patients to survivors, and donors can go from strangers to heroes. While waiting for a donor Rubman lives his life going to dialysis three times a week, for a total of 15 hours. Rubman still gives his time and energies to the world, works part time and enjoys being a husband, father, brother and family man. “I am so grateful,” Rubman shares. “I have such great support from family and friends. In a way I am so lucky; this is such a life-changing event and I’ve learned what’s important in life.” For further information or details on how to donate, go to www.marcsnewkidney.com.
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Distinguished Montville Township High School Field Hockey player, Emilee Vizzuso, will be a member of the Division 1 Long Island University Brooklyn Blackbirds Field Hockey Team beginning with the 2018-2019 season. The MTHS senior signed her National Letter of Intent on Wednesday, Nov. 8. Wearing LIU apparel, Vizzuso’s father, Frank; mother, Donna and sister, Kellie, as well as Emilee Vizzuso’s sister and MTHS Field Hockey Coach, Aimee, looked on with pride while Emilee Vizzuso signed the NIL during the ceremony. Coach Aimee Vizzuso graduated MTHS with the Class of 2013.
Montville Township High School’s Alison Yu, a superior Field Hockey player, signed her National Letter of Intent on Wednesday, Nov. 8. The MTHS senior plans to play Division 1 Field Hockey for the Colgate University Raiders beginning with the 2018-2019 season. Yu was joined at the NLI ceremony by her father, Edward; mother, Stefanie and sister, Natalie (a 7th grade student at Montville Township’s Robert R. Lazar Middle School). Coach Aimee Vizzuso, a 2013 MTHS graduate, also attended the Yu’s NLI signing.
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CCM’s Third President Inaugurated, Sets New Vision For College
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By Cheryl Conway fter a year settling into his position as the third president at County College of Morris in Randolph, Dr. Anthony Iacono shares his vision for a promising future. Iacono, 49, of Mt. Arlington, was inaugurated on Friday, Oct. 6, at CCM with more than 400 attendees. He replaces Dr. Edward J. Yaw who led CCM for 30 years since 1986. With 20 years working in education, Iacono has the skill and passion to maintain CCM’s high quality standard while strengthening its offerings to be “among the most innovative schools in the nation,” he stated. His goals are to continue to provide high quality education; remain contemporary; build an honors program with more active internships; and expand workforce development. With currently 8,000 students enrolled, CCM offers 100 articulation agreements between colleges and universities, 45 associate degrees and more than 25 certificate programs. “Its high quality with small classes,” says Iacono. To remain contemporary, Iacono says “we are build-
ing a virtual campus,” offering entire degrees online, advising and enrichment classes. “We’ve had online classes for 15 years at least,” explains Iacono, but by reorganizing and including clubs, students can be “interacting for a holistic experience.” Iacono also plans to expand CCM in the area of workforce development by providing more in engineering and manufacturing, tourism and hospitality, technology, and healthcare, he says. He is hoping to build on workforce training to support employers and industries while providing more opportunities for students. CCM is the only two year school in New Jersey to be designated by the Department of Homeland Security and NSA Designated National Center for Excellence in Cyber Security, notes Iacono. “That’s a huge and fast growing field,” says Iacono. Students with their associate’s degree in technology are being offered a starting salary of $50K, he says. Out of the 19 community colleges in NJ, CCM alumni have been ranked by payscale. com to receive the highest paid
salaries with twoyear degrees, says Iacono. Out of the 1,100 community colleges in the nation, CCM is ranked in the top third for highest alumni salary. Some graduates have gone on to become medical doctors, sheriffs, dentists, senior executives. “You can absolutely go anywhere,” says Iacono. “Whether attorney, or engineer or hospitality, business, we are equally proud of every one of them.” With growth comes challenge, and Iacono remains optimistic. “We know our goals are to expand and serve the community,” he says. To maintain enrollment and funding, Iacono says they will continue to monitor the economy, tune in to legislation and keep up with a changing industry by providing employees updated training. It’s “not really a challenge, it’s an opportunity,” says Iacono. One needs “to pay attention to what’s going on,” in politics, education and advancements and changes in “every industry.” Amazing professors, advanced technology, grant programs and communication are some of CCM’s strong attributes.
“We invest in a lot of ourselves,” says Iacono, by hiring the “best professors around.” Faculty is noted for their research and publishing. “They are very current in their field.” As far as technology, Iacono says, “Technology is essential. We have to stay ahead of those curves. We continue to expand our technology.” Staying on top of grant programs and having advisors in each department helps “to keep us current,” in how the industry is changing in areas such as engineering, health and culinary pro-
grams. Communication is key. “We talk to the community” and school districts. “We look at what do our students want? What do they need today? It’s imperative to remember why we are all here- it’s the students.” Working in a college setting, and in education, has been Iacono’s desired profession for the past two decades. Before starting at CCM on Sept. 1, 2016, Iacono served as vice president of Academic Affairs at Indian River State College in Fort Pierce, Fla.
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Vietnam Memorial – The Wall That Heals
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By Henry M. Holden he Vietnam Memorial (The Wall), in Washington, D.C., stands as a symbol of America’s honor and recognition of the men and women who served and sacrificed their lives in the Vietnam War. Three million Americans served during the war and inscribed on the 10-foot high black granite walls are the names of more than 58,200 men and women who gave their lives or remain missing; more than the Korean, War, Iraq War and Afghanistan War combined.
The Memorial was dedicated on Nov. 13, 1982, 35 years ago, and attracts more than 5.6 million visitors each year. On The Wall, there are 1,487 names of New Jersey men and one N.J. woman, Capt. Eleanor Grace Alexander, of Westwood. But, the passing years are making it harder to remember their names. They came from almost every county and from towns such as Budd Lake, Morristown, Caldwell, Wayne, Short Hills and Long Valley. The war touched
Photo courtesy of VVWMF (Vietnam Veterans Wall Memorial Fund). thousands of N.J. families, and every Veteran’s Day they remember a husband, wife, uncle, brother, sister,
a loved one or an old friend. The Wall insures that their names will not be forgotten and will be etched in stone forever. The Wall often brings closure to those who knew a name on the wall, and to some survivors, the thought of how blessed they are. “The number of names was and remains incomprehensible,” says Army veteran Rich Reck of Randolph. “I felt and still feel a deep sense of gratitude for their and their families’ sacrifices. As a fellow veteran, I realize it was by the grace of God that my name isn’t on that Wall.” Jan Scruggs, a Purple Heart Vietnam veteran, created the vision of the memorial. “It would help veterans heal,”
he said. “Its mere existence would be societal recognition that their sacrifices were honorable rather than dishonorable. Veterans needed this, and so did the nation. Our country needed something symbolic to help heal our wounds.” Vietnam Memorial Wall designer Maya Lin, was a 21-year-old Yale student when her proposal for the black stone monument won the largest design competition in American history. In fact, she beat her art teacher’s submission. Lin was born in Athens, Ohio, several years after her parents fled China due to its Communist takeover in 1949. Although she designed an apolitical monument, the politics of the Viet-
nam War could not be avoided. Some veteran’s groups decried the lack of patriotic or heroic symbols often seen on war memorials. But the admirers of the Wall far outnumber the critics. “I was passing Washington, and took a detour to visit the wall,” said one Marine veteran from Randolph who did not want to give his name. “The reverence shown by the visitors so moved me. It was as if I was visiting a holy place. While some people were taking pictures, or making rubbings, they all showed a quiet respect.” For those of us who have visited the wall it is a memorial one will never forget. For many it unlocks memories, and begins the healing process.
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As Halloween Creeps Away, Chill Sets In With NJ Brothers’ Scary Christmas Film
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By Stefanie Sears hristmas is getting a chiller treatment with “Killer Christmas,” an upcoming independent feature film written, directed, and produced by Shaker Productions, a new filmmaking company co-founded by Englewood Cliffs brothers PeterPaul and Tony Shaker. The pair acts in the movie as well. PeterPaul Shaker- a former lawyer who obtained some screenwriting experience in Los Angeles and has been writing since 2007 while living in New York, portrays Rudolph. Tony Shaker, who quit his software developer job to focus solely on the film, plays one of the main characters, Robbie. The film also stars Malcolm Xavier, Freya Lund, Matt Maretz, Natalie Pavelek and Kourtney Kelly. And yes, it is a – ahem – “killer.” The film, which took nine days to shoot, follows a mischievous bunch of former college chums and two new roommates when they visit a Christmas tree lot to find the perfect tree. The lot neighbors a spooky abandoned hotel. When they realize that they stayed way past the closing hours of the lot, the gang, under the influence of alcohol and drugs, decides to explore the creepiness of said hotel as one of their daring games. Kelly’s character Bella automatically and throughout counts it as a bad idea but reluctantly joins them. After much built up suspension, they discover that they are not alone in the hotel when a crazed man in a Santa Claus mask starts killing them off one by one with a machete. The friends then find themselves on a race for their
lives to escape the numerous filthy and graffiti-adorned rooms and hallways of the hotel in order to survive against their masked adversary. The Shakers’ own trip to a Christmas tree farm run by Benedictine monks on Thanksgiving weekend 2016 inspired the “Killer Santa” antagonist. Finding the idea of a hidden, masked murderous monk a good unforeseen villain and inspired by the random clown sightings of 2016, they eventually looked into Christmas clown masks and found the Santa clown mask online. This led to the rest of the character’s development. The eeriness of the lighting, unique shots, and music, which is sinister sounding Christmas carols sung by children, together create the horrifying atmosphere of “Killer Christmas.” However, the Adler Hotel, the film’s main setting, contributed its own unsettling aura without much manipulation on the crew’s part. According to the brothers, finding such location was the most difficult aspect of the filmmaking process. The Adler Hotel of Sharon Springs, New York, was in business from the 1920s to the early 2000s when it went bankrupt and eventually fell into disrepair. Throughout recent years the vacant building has fallen victim to vandalism and the results of such can now be seen in the movie. “Killer Christmas” follows the growing popular trend of Christmas horror hybrid films. Others in this category include “Krampus” (2015); “Black Christmas” (2006); and of course the much tamer children 90s classic, “The Nightmare Before Christmas” (1993).
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“That was very purposeful because we love Halloween and there hasn’t really been an epic Christmas one that’s been done,” says PeterPaul Shaker. “We really loved the concept of this Killer Santa type person. We thought that Christmas horror films are underrepresented. There needs to be more of them. It’s a good, fun season. When you think of horror you’re thinking Halloween, you’re thinking something a little darker. With Christmas you think of fun, family friendly. It’s a nice little twist; something unexpected. It just hasn’t been done enough.” “Killer Christmas” will be available on Cable VOD, Amazon, iTunes, Google Play, X-Box, Microsoft, and Sony PlayStation on Wed., Nov. 22.
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IRSC; went on to get a bachelor’s and master’s in American history from the University of Central Florida; followed by a doctorate in American history from Mississippi State University.
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fore he arrived, the college dedicated the Edward Yaw Music Technology Center. “We really value the arts,” says Iacono. “We emphasize it as one of our priorities. When you have that balance, you are serving your community really well. That was a real standout out for me,” in accepting the CCM position. “It was the opportunity to head up my own college,” Iacono adds, and return to the east coast with his wife, Debbie, with their four children, with two in college
and two in middle school. His new role invites him to take CCM to the next level. “There are programs we don’t have today,” he says, such as artificial intelligence, robotics and expanded healthcare options. CCM has “50 years of great success, great leadership, great students, great community. “Education is about improving things for people. I never wanted to leave the college environment. It’s just a nice environment to be in every day.”
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Montville Recreation Offering ‘Sporty Squirts’ For Little Ones
he Montville Recreation Department is sponsoring Sporty Squirts classes for children ages 2 to 5 in November and December in the Activities Building. Participants have the opportunity to
experience lacrosse, soccer, basketball, T-Ball, floor hockey and flag football. All sports are taught in a safe, structured and fun learning environment. For the ages 3 to 5 program, the adults
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of the projects, which both rank among the five least expensive projects examined in the 2017 report. But a recovering real estate market has helped homeowners recoup more of their investments on some expensive projects as well. For example, the 2017 report saw the biggest year-overyear percentage increases in value on expensive projects like upscale bathroom remodels, upscale master suites, two-story additions, grand entrance installations, and family room additions. The increase in value on those projects ranged from 5.6 percent to 7.4 percent from a year earlier.
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