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“We’re pretty emptyright now,” says Janet Wald,director of Roxbury SocialServices. “It’s that time of the year; between Christmasand spring it’s always a lull.

It’s a little slower with thedonations right now. Rightbefore August is anotherlull.”

Available as a service tothe community since 1994,

the food pantry is locatedinside the social servicebuilding on Eyland Ave.next to Horseshoe Lake.The building is divided into

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By Cheryl Conway

The community hasbeen a tremendoussupport of the local

food pantry, but it’s thattime of year again and itsshelves are empty.

While the shelves werequite full to provide heartymeals and supplies to fami-lies in need over the holi-days, donations haveslowed down. Volunteers of Roxbury Township Social

Services and Food Pantry inSuccasunna are acceptingdonations of a variety of food items to continue tohelp those individuals andfamilies in need who live inRoxbury.

Drop off boxes through-out the township are alsobeing set up to collect items.

By Cheryl Conway

It was Fri., Feb. 6, deadline day….my firstreal deadline day as the new editor of MJMedia, and as I was getting my kids readyfor school I turn my computer on early soI’m ready to finalize all of the press releasesfor eight monthly newspapers and write mystories. And there it was….blue screen of death!

For those who do not know what the bluescreen of death is, Google it cause I’m notexactly sure, but I do know I could not startmy computer nor get to any of my files.Lucky me, my husband-Todd- a brilliantcomputer software field engineer-who wasbusying himself downstairs making break-fasts and lunches, jumped right on my laptop

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For Roxbury News

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Help Replenish Roxbury Food Pantry ShelvesBy Donating Today

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R oxbury High SchoolGirls Soccer PlayerPaige Monaghansigned her letter of intent onFri., Feb. 6, to continue herathletic career at ButlerUniversity in Indiana.

“I would say the mostmemorable part of beingPaige's teammate will bethrough all of the excitinggoals, results, success andattention she attracted on thefield,” said Roxbury GirlsSoccer Coach Justin Renna.“Paige became a leader whoremained the same caring,hardworking and modestteammate that she was whenshe arrived four years ago.”

Monaghan ranks first inthe soccer program’s historyfor: 29 goals in single sea-son; 79 career goals; and178 career points. Otherhighlights of her careerinclude: fastest goal scoredin a Morris County Final –five seconds; Longest goalscored in RHS and MorrisCounty Final History - 60

Roxbury Soccer Star Signs Letter of Intent

yards; named First team All-County and All state; addi-tionally, played in All-American Game.

“I have said it before, butI will repeat forever, repre-senting Roxbury is like noother,” Paige said. “The sup-port from ourSuperintendent, Dr. Tierney,Board of Education,Principal, Mr. Swanson,

Athletic Director, Mr.Mason, and staff, made theGirls Soccer team successpossible this past season.My favorite memory is theteam of my senior year. Mysenior year I was blessed tohave Coach Renna as mycoach, mentor, and buddy,and to be surrounded by agreat group of girls who aregenuine people and some

really solid soccer players which is even bet-ter.

“The team shared moments … BeatingMontclair 5-2 who was undefeated andranked number 2 in the state, beatingSomerville in overtime sending us to theState Section Final, and another moment,the County Final Game,” Paige said. “It wasagainst Randolph for the Morris CountyFinal. The crowd was full of Roxbury stu-dents, parents, alumni and community. Onkickoff, we scored a thriller goal to start thegame from mid field. That moment of shock,

excitement, the team leaping into eachother's arms and the sweet sound of Roxburyshutting the Randolph fans will stick withme forever. After a long game, the gameresulted in a tie. Despite not winning, thatgame was an emotional roller coaster thatwill forever be with me.”

RHS Athletic Director Stuart Mason,said, “Other than being one of the greatesthigh school soccer players I have ever seen,she epitomizes everything we want a Gael tobe – a great work ethic, great leader, andgreat teammate.”

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O.D. Health Foundation andalso serves as MedicalDirector for Vision CarePlan, Humana Vision for NJ.

In 2011, his peersacknowledged his accom-plishments by awarding himthe NJ Society of OptometricPhysicians Optometrist of the Year award.

Siegel owns and practices

at Vision Source of Mt. Olivein Budd Lake, and is a mem-ber of Vision Source, thenation’s number one network

of private practiceoptometrists. Founded in1991, The Vision Source net-work includes more than3,000 offices in all 50 statesand in Canada.

N .J. Family Magazinehas recently namedDr. Michael J.Siegel, selected by their read-

ers, as one of their FavoriteKid’s Docs for 2014.Readers of the magazinename their favorite doctors,dentists, speech/languagetherapists, and many otherhealthcare professionals,who work hard to keep kidshealthy and also respond toparents’ concerns. This nom-ination is from reader toreader – Parents pick theirtop doctors in their respectivefields.

This list of Favorite Kid’sDocs was published in theNew Jersey FamilyMagazine issue in Dec.,2014. Siegel was the firststate leader for New Jersey of the American OptometricAssociation’s InfantSEE pro-gram; this program offers afull comprehensive eye examto any infant from 6 monthsto one year at no charge to

the parents. More informa-tion is available atwww.InfantSEE.org. Heorganized over 180 of his

peers to join and continue toparticipate in this wonderfulprogram to help reducepotential eye anomalies, dis-eases and amblyopia/lazyeye in undiagnosed infantswho might otherwise neverhave been seen for manyyears.

Siegel practices in BuddLake where he sees infants toadults. He has a family eyecare practice and treats eyediseases like Glaucoma aswell as infections like PinkEye Conjunctivitis. Theoffice has an optical boutiquefeaturing both designer andfashion eyeglass frames. Healso has a large contact lenspractice.

Siegel is a graduate of James Madison Universityand The State University of New York, College of Optometry. Siegel is an

Optometric Physicianlicensed by the N.J. StateBoard of Optometry in thetreatment and management

of ocular diseases as well ascertification in oral medica-tions. His training includedinternships at Omni EyeServices and the OptometricCenter of New York – OcularDisease Clinic and PrimaryCare and Pediatrics. He isalso a Diplomate of theAmerican Board of Optometry.

He has been in practice inNJ for more than 23 years.He was on the Board of Directors for the NJ Societyof Optometric Physicians for11 years and is a past-presi-dent. He is a member of theAmerican OptometricAssociation, the NJ Societyof Optometric Physiciansand a past member of theLions Club and the RoxburyChamber of Commerce.Siegel is the Vice-Chairmanof the Richard J. Favreau,

Dr. Michael J. Siegel Selected as Favorite Kids Docs For 2014

Dr. Michael J. Siegel

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Fairytale Journeys by Eric Martin hasbeen helping families plan DisneyVacations for the past three years.

The services he provides are completelyfree for you to utilize. He specializes in TheWalt Disney World Resort, along with hav-ing access to Disney Cruise Line and TheDisneyland Resort in Anaheim Californiaalong with Aluani in Hawaii. He has suc-cessfully completed and stays current withDisney’s Training classes. He has access to

all ongoing promotions that Disney offerson all their Destinations. He can helpwith all areas of your vacation from where

to stay, what passes to get, where to eat,making the reservations and much more.Your family time is very important, so allowhim to do all the vacation planning, whileyou tend to your everyday routine. See hisad in this paper or contact him at 973-271-4505 or email him at [email protected]

Mon., Jan. 19, was Family Lego night at the Roxbury Public Library. The challenge was to create awinter scene. The winners were the Scalamoni family. Pictured are Mia Scalamoni - I H ave A Dream(Martin Luther King Day), and Spenser Scalamoni - Darth Vader's Failed Attempt To Beat The

Rebels (In The Winter). Entries will be displayed in our lobby display cases for the month of February.

Fairytale Journeys Help FamiliesPlan to Go to Disney World

The Roxbury Public Library will offera program of Celtic music and songon Wed., March 11, at 6:30 p.m. Join

us as accomplished musician, Ian

Gallagher, presents an evening of Irishmusic. Registration is requested. To regis-ter, call the library at 973-584-2400 ext. 501or e-mail [email protected].

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four rooms- a donation drop of room, socialservices room for clothing, bedding andtoys; food pantry; and a cage or lock up

room for new items donated for holidaytoys or birthday gifts.Items can be dropped off Mon, Wed. and

Fri. from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Starting in Junewill be extended hours on Wednesdays wel-coming donations to be dropped off until 5p.m.

The Roxbury Social Services and FoodPantry currently services about 300 fami-lies, totaling about 500 people, in Roxbury,says Wald who has been volunteering withthe group since 1997.

Those who are in need are invited to visit

the food pantry every two weeks. Many alsogo to the Interfaith Food Pantry in MorrisPlains for items as well. To qualify, candi-dates must be Roxbury residents, fill out anapplication, show proof of residency, pro-vide photo identification, and reveal incometo determine whether they fall under eligi-bility guidelines for low income persons or

families, explains Wald.“I ask them to write up a list,” says Wald.

“They bring in their food list, sign in, andthe list goes to the food pantry.” Volunteers

then fill the lists.“We shop for them,” says Wald. “We askthem different choices. Some days 15 peo-ple are coming in; the food pantry is a smallroom,” and with so many shopping insidecan be tight. “That way we don’t have toomany bodies shopping in there.”

Besides individual donations, severalgroups in town such as Boy Scouts, GirlScouts, schools, churches, the library andthe diner, host fundraisers to collect for thepantry.

Michael Dontas, whose family owns the

Roxbury Diner, has set up a box in thediner’s lobby for items to be dropped off.“The Roxbury Food Pantry is in desper-

ate need of items,” says Dontas. “I'm hop-ing we can all make a difference and helpthem restock so they can continue to servicethe people in need in the community of Roxbury. Please, if you can make a dona-

Help Replenish Roxbury Food Pantry...tion it will be greatly appreciated.”

Stamp Out Hunger through the postalservice is a huge provider to the food pantry,says Wald. Social services will also place afood drive box in various locations such asthe Walmart in Ledgewood and theRoxbury Public Library.

Pet Goods supplies a lot of the pet sup-plies.

Besides food and pet supplies, gift cardsto Shoprite, Walmart and gas stations aregreat to donate as it allows families to shopat the local stores for much needed items.

Gift cards are good, says Wald, because“if I’m low on cereal, or don’t have any, Ican give a mother of four a gift card toWalmart.”

Most needed items currently includerice, pasta side dishes, canned fruit, juice,Chef Boyardee cans, jelly, hot chocolate,one pound boxes of sugar from the dollarstore, hot cereal such as Cream of Wheat oroatmeal, cereal, dish detergent, laundrydetergent, tea, coffee, Hamburger Helper,canned meat, chili, instant mashed potatoesand soup with pop up lids are preferred.

Non-food items on the list include littlecan-openers, used and new clothes, house-wares, pots, electric coffee makers andtoasters.

When the scouts or a class host a drive,

Wald invites them for a tour of the foodpantry so they can help stock items on the

shelves and learn how to check the expira-tion dates.

On certain occasions, like holidays andback to school, Roxbury social servicesmake accommodations to put smiles onfaces.

For the back to school program, it pro-vides backpacks for students filled withsupplies donated by town residents. DuringThanksgiving, families fill out a form for ameal of their choice. During the winter hol-idays, they choose between a turkey or alasagna.

The food pantry is also in need of Easterdonations requesting hams and frozenlasagnas for Easter meals. Those items canbe dropped off until March 27.

Children also get to fill out a wish list forthe holidays and various churches in towngather families and residents to sponsorfamilies in need by shopping for them.

The Roxbury Women’s Club is alwaysgiving gift cards, hosting fundraisers orshopping for families, says Wald.

“There are so many hands that help thisorganization run,” says Wald. “It’s amaz-ing.”

Items can also be dropped off at theRecreation and Health Dept. until 4 p.m.,when Social Services is gone for the day.

Call 973-448-2026 for more informa-

tion; visit www.roxburynj.us.

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Free dinner and Seminar on Annuities,hosted by Dawn O'Malley, Edward

Jones Financial on Wednesday,March 18, 2015 6pm at La Strada

Restaurant, located at 1105 Route 10,Randolph, NJ 07856

Please RSVP Ellen Hawkins 973-398-0028 by March 15, 2015

Free dinner and Seminar on Annuities

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The 5th Annual Tricky TrayFundraiser, is set for Sat., April 25, at

Roxbury High School Dining Hall inSuccasunna. Doors open at 5:30 p.m.Calling begins at 7 p.m. Event is for adultsonly; handicapped accessible.

Please help the softball programs toreach its fundraising goals and make ourseasons a success. Huge prizes includingflat screen television, autographed sportsmemorabilia, electronics, lottery tree, din-ner out for a year, paintball tickets, theater

tickets, lake membership, dental bleaching,NY skyride tickets, pizza around town,

more than 150 baskets.We are also offering a pre-sale ticket thatwill be good for five regular sheets, threemedium tickets, two large tickets and onegrand ticket, plus a bottle of water for only$25 ($43 value). Pre-sale sold till April 20.Tickets are $6 sheet at the door. For advancepre-sale tickets or questions, contact LucyDecena at 201-274-5946.

Tricky TraySponsored by Roxbury Softball

Join us at the Roxbury Public Library,on Thurs., Feb. 26 at 6:30 p.m., whencertified hypnotherapist and author of

the series “How to Fix Yourself,” KathyLindert, will look at where, when and whyyou smoke, then help you change how youthink about smoking. She won’t treatsmoking as an addiction but as an unhealthybehavior that can be changed.

Change the way you think and you can

change your behavior. While some smokingcessation methods help you build up resist-ance and strength to overcome the desire fora cigarette, hypnosis is designed to elimi-nate the desire itself. You won’t feel thatyou are sacrificing something; you will feelhappy to be rid of a habit you no longer like.

Registration is requested. To register,call the library at 973-584-2400 ext. 501 ore-mail [email protected].

Stop Smoking!

Attention Schools, Churches, OrganizationsSend Your Press Releases to [email protected]

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Spring Track ClinicFor first and second graders. If interested inbeing this year's new Clinic TrackCoordinator, call Roxbury Recreation at 973-448-2015. We are in need of a coordinator for

this program to run. This program is designedto introduce children to the track program.Spring Track - Bantam, Midget & YouthThis program is for children currently in sec-ond through eighth grade, born in 2006 orearlier, no experience necessary. Season startsmid-March; practice will be on Tues. andThurs., with most meets on Sun. afternoons.Meets start in early April. Location: RoxburyHigh School Track. Coaches needed too!Register online or in-person at RoxburyRecreation. Fee: $45; includes t-shirt.Roxbury Travel and Rec Spring Soccer

Registration for the Spring 2015 season isnow open online at www.roxburysoccer.com.Registration is open to all children currentlyin K - 8th grade. Register now through Feb.8.; (late fees apply after Feb. 8) for Travel andIn-Town. Mites registration closes April [email protected] with any questions.Mini Mites SoccerNew FREE program for four-year olds juststarting to learn soccer. Six week sessionsstarting in April and run for one hour each.Must be age four by April 6, 2015. Register atwww.roxburysoccer.com through April 6.

Roxbury BaseballRegistration for the Spring 2015 season is

now open online at www.roxburybaseball.com. Season begins early April andruns through mid-June. For ages fourthrough15; placement based on birthday as of April 30, 2015.

Girls Winter Softball ClinicFor girls in fourth grade. Sun., 3 p.m.-5 p.m.Grades fourth through sixth starts Feb. 22,includes t-shirt. More info on Recreationpage at www.roxburynj.us.Boys Jr. Gaels LacrosseThis program is for boys in second througheigth grade, and is a travel program belong-ing to the North Jersey Junior LacrosseLeague. Program begins in March, and runsthrough June. More information atwww.roxburygael-sjrlacrosse.com. Fee:$95; two children, $170; family max, $225.Roxbury Social Services in NeedOpen Mon., Wed and Fri., 8 a.m. -1 p.m., 72Eyland Avenue, Succasunna. Food Pantry isin dire need of hams/frozen lasagnas forEaster meals. They can be dropped off untilMarch 27. Bins at Roxbury Recreation andTown Hall. Please donate pet items to support11th Hour Rescue. Old towels, dish detergent,bleach, collapsible crates, garbage bags,dog/cat toys. Sponsored by Troop 6207 SilverAward.New Soccer Referee Certification CourseSat., Feb. 21, 8 a.m.-4 p.m., at RoxburySenior Center in Succasunna. Class will beoffered to those ages 14 and older. Course is

RoxburyHappenings taught by the NJ Referee Committee. To reg-ister, contact Stuart Marcus at [email protected]. (Snow date will be Sat. Feb. 28.)Preventative Health Stroke ScreeningTues., Feb. 24, Senior Center in Succasunna.Life Line Screening has partnered with over150 hospitals across the country and has

screened nearly eight million participants.These ultrasound screenings can help save alife. Pre-registration is required. Call 888-653-6450 for appointment. More info. atwww.lifelinescreening.com/community-part-ners.Annual Fish and Chips DinnerFri., Feb. 27, 4:30 p.m.-7:30 p.m., Roxbury

Fire Company #1, Succasunna. Join the FireCompany #1 for dinner; chicken plates alsoavailable. Tickets are sold every Tuesday atCompany #1, and at the door on the night of the event. Adults are $16, children are $10 permeal. Take-out meals are also available.Catering by Argyle Fish & Chip Restaurant,

dessert by the Sweet Spot Bake Shoppe. CallJerry at 973-945-9423 for more information.To submit your event, email SandieDiDomenico at [email protected] the date, event, time, location and brief description. This service is available for non-profit events.

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and cured my unwelcoming surprise to thepoint of full restore.

As stressful as the situation was, my littlemishap gave me my lead for this piece whichis my introduction of myself as the Editor of MJ Media LLC. It’s not easy to write aboutoneself especially after writing about somany other people’s accomplishments formore than 25 years as a journalist for multi-ple publications. When my publisher, JoeNicastro of Flanders, told me he wanted meto write about myself as the new editor I wasapprehensive and wondered why someonecouldn’t interview me and write about me fora change. I’ve spent the past week trying tocome up with introductions in my head, evenresearched a few, to get ideas of what toreveal, what not to tell, don’t tell your age,don’t mention your religion, race or howmany kids you have. Does it really matter?Probably not, as my job as editor is not aboutme, but to review all the material to be pub-lished and to write about all of you.

As the Editor of MJ Media, my goal is tocontinue with the company’s philosophy of showcasing and informing all residents inour coverage area- which currently reaches84,831 homes and businesses- the good thatsurrounds us day to day, the positive, theuniqueness of our communities, its people,schools, places, history and local govern-ment. So many people turn to televisionnews and feel saddened, worried, stressedwhen they learn of all the crime and badthings that go on in the world in which welive. Yes there is bad, someone told me it wasEve’s fault for eating the apple, and we haveour means of being informed of the negativenews in all kinds of mediums. But you willnot find those stories in MJ Media. Insteadyou will read about your neighbors who sur-vived the Boston Marathon explosion orbaked cookies for a house fire; your son whois a national champion in soccer or just won

first place in his school’s robotics competi-tion; your daughter who just won her firstbeauty pageant or got second place in theregional spelling bee; your friend who justgot elected to the council; a tree down thestreet that got picked to stand tall inRockefeller Center; the girl at a local restau-rant who bought a stranger’s lunch as a kind

deed for her birthday; my husband who justwon the lottery…I wish.

There are really so many positive storiesout there, some are hiding and if you openyour eyes you will find them. Years ago, Iwas sitting in my car outside the publiclibrary waiting to go into story-time with myson, and I couldn’t help but notice thiswoman who ventured just outside the woodsto put some food in a bowl. Shortly after thewoman left, I noticed three stray catsapproach the bowl and start eating. This sim-ple observance led to a series of stories of local volunteers who take care of stray catsand started a movement to get them spayedand neutered to reduce the number of straycats that mingle around apartment complex-es.

You the readers are the eyes and ears of the community in which you live and work. Ionly have two of both, I think that’s a goodthing, but I cannot be in all the towns of MJMedia. Take notice and shoot me an emailwith any press releases, announcements,accomplishments, photos and story ideas.My email is [email protected] concern of that 80-year old man col-lecting shopping carts at your local grocerystory and wonder, what is he doing out in thecold? Or what about that other man who isconstantly picking up garbage at your localpark…why is he volunteering his time, every

single season and when he walks by healways says ‘hello.’ Find interest in yourchild’s teacher who is no longer at the schooland is instead running her own Italian restau-rant, or about the boy who played on yourson’s first basketball team and just won hisplayoff national championship in football asa freshman.

Back to my story about my computer...Soas I started that dreadful “blue screen of death” day, after my husband fixed my com-puter, I could not connect to the internet.How was I going to send all of my copy to

the publisher? So I text my husband, who isnow down at the bus stop, and he told me,with frustration, to turn the little black switchon at the left of my computer to turn on theWiFi. Who knew?

When I was a youth in the my school’smarching band, we had the privilege of per-forming at Giant’s Stadium’s half-time show

Morris County ‘Girl’ Puts On Editor’s Cap...and my friends will remind me to thisday….”remember when you asked us ‘whyare those men running toward the whiteposts?’” You may chuckle, but I have noshame in my ignorance. I did not grow upwatching the America’s most popular past-time of football. My dad was into wrestlingand boxing so that’s what we watched.

I firmly believe that the best journalistsare those who do not know. We ask the bestquestions, we ask all the questions. We askthe questions that most people assume toknow, but many do not.

It is ok to not know. If we knew every-thing, there would be nothing to talk about orread about. Ask questions. Wonder. Learn.The brain is a sponge, I tell my kids everyday. I have no shame in not knowing. I amnot a doctor, not a scientist, attorney or com-puter technician. I am a writer. I am your neweditor of your free monthly newspaper.

Excuse my chattiness, but I never get towrite in first person, it’s kind of fun, but I for-got to tell you some facts about myself. I wasin high school when my English teachercomplimented me on one of my narrativepoems. He said it “was really good,” so thatgave me the confidence to believe in myself as a writer. This led me to attend college, firstat County College of Morris in Randolph forone year, and then on to the University of Maryland in College Park where I earned my

B.S. degree in journalism with a minor inEnglish in 1990.

Some milestones happened at the U. of MD. This was where I wrote for my firstnewspaper, the Diamondback, and I metTodd, my husband of 20 years and stillcounting. Todd, a die-hard Maryland native,who graduated a semester before me, got a

job in Parsippany, of all places, just 20 min-utes from my hometown of Roxbury.

After graduation, I returned to my Jerseyroots to work for Recorder PublishingCompany as the reporter for the RandolphReporter and later the Observer Tribune,where I almost got my lucky break of beingthe only reporter to attend WhitneyHouston’s wedding to mingle with stars likeKevin Costner and Eddie Murphy. But thatfell through when Houston’s publicist decid-ed that no reporters would be allowed toattend. So instead, Todd took me to dinner atour favorite restaurant, La Strada inRandolph, and he proposed with the dia-mond ring and all! It was July 18, the dayWhitney got married, and the day I gotengaged to my college sweetheart.

From there, I followed my fiancé to York,Pa., where I worked as a freelance writer forthe York Daily Record but didn’t last muchlonger after I found a dead man in the park-ing garage where I would go to review thecourt documents. Todd’s career then movedback to NJ, we got married and I worked forNew Jersey Jewish News as a writer for three

years, where I got to travel and explore coun-

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tries in Europe, up until I got pregnant withmy first child 18 years ago. That was when Ileft my full time career as a journalist to be afreelance writer, with the past six years writ-

ing for MJ Media.You are probably wondering why it tookme 18 years to get back into my professionfull time. Six kids. That is not a typo! Yes,Todd and I have produced six beautiful chil-dren and I was lucky enough to be a stay athome mom and still write.

So I’m back in full force as a full timewriter/editor. MJ Media, which was estab-

lished in 2003 with just two monthlies in Mt.Olive and Hackettstown, has grown to eightmonthly papers which include the Mt. OliveNews, Hackettstown News, Roxbury News,Randolph News, Black River News,Musconetcong News, Morristown News andour newest edition, the Mendham News. JoeNicastro and Mary Lalama, a married couplein Flanders, are co-publishers of MJ MediaLLC. The “MJ” in MJ Media, btw, stands for“My Jersey Media” in case you were won-dering.

Not only do residents and businessesreceive the paper free in their mailboxes, but

all stories, ads and press releases can be readonline at mypaperonline.com.

As a freelance writer for MJ Media since2009, the publishers realized the opportunitywas right to bring me on as their editor. Andas my grandma used to tell me, “When some-one gives you something, take it,” within rea-son of course. So I did, officially taking thereins on Mon., Jan. 26.

I am no stranger to MJ Media’s coveragearea. Not only am I a Jersey girl, but I am aMorris County girl. I spent most of my earlyyears growing up in Succasunna attendingRoxbury schools; attended community col-lege in Randolph, where I later worked as areporter as well as in Mendham, Chester, Mt.Olive, Roxbury and all the coverage areas of MJ Media; I have been a Mt. Olive residentliving in Flanders for the past 12 years withkids in elementary, middle, high school andcollege; and I previously lived inHackettstown as well as Ledgewood in my

adult years. While I am very familiar withthese towns, there is so much I do not knowabout what is going on in your community.

Send me a shout out when you have somehappy, positive news to share. Just like myhusband helped me in getting my computerto work so I can succeed, I count on all of you to help me stay informed of what isgoing on in your community. These are ournewspapers. Let’s be proud of our accom-plishments and spread them on that paperthat turns your fingers black. Newspapers arestill the best resource for proud moms anddads to cut out that original article and placeit in a scrapbook as a memory that will last alifetime.

Last tidbit, my aspirations are to be a nov-elist of non-fiction novels one day. Think I’dbe quite good at it since it is obvious that Ihave no trouble writing lengthy pieces. Sorrythis is so long, btw. The editor ran out of timeto edit this!

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Roxbury Public LibraryHosts Financial Planning Seminar

Join us on Mon., March 16, at theRoxbury Public Library when DerekSpencer of Park Avenue Securities willprovide reasons to financially plan, use a liv-ing balance sheet website to illustrate how

the planning process works, and educate par-ticipants on the percentage of income that

should go into savings. Other areas to be dis-cussed will include savings accounts, short-term savings guidelines and life and disabili-ty insurance as components of a sound finan-cial plan. Registration is requested. Call the

library at 973-584-2400 ext. 501 or [email protected] to register.

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By Cheryl Conway

R oxbury High School alumnusDaniel Exter was working full time,healthy, active and even training for5K marathons 18 months ago when he wasdiagnosed with leukemia.

At the age of 27, Exter’s world stoppedas he found himself in a hospital bed under-going all kinds of tests, followed bychemotherapy to kill the AcuteLymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL), and thenlater a bone marrow transplant- with hisbrother as the donor- to correct the geneticmutation which would have prolonged hischances of being cured from the Cancer.

Like a time out during a basketball gamewhen the players regroup to think abouttheir next play, Exter was in his timeout- inhis hospital bed – when he decided he“wanted to give back” and help in the curefor cancer. Why not combine his passion forbasketball and sponsor a fundraiser to col-lect funds for the cause?

Exter, now 29 and living in Jersey City,is hosting Layups 4 Life, a three on threebasketball tournament at Roxbury HighSchool in Succasunna on Sun., April 19.Proceeds will go to Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York Cityto raise money for cancer research and

awareness.“We are playing to hopefully save lives,”

says Exter, a 2004 graduate of RHS whoplayed on the boys’ Varsity Basketball team

his senior year as a power-forward center.“We are raising for Sloan Kettering; what-ever I raise will hopefully change some-one’s outcome if they get diagnosed withcancer.”

Exter’s idea for the fundraiser stemsfrom his passion for the game of basketball,a sport he has played since he was 10-yearsold, and a motivating charity event heattended with his girlfriend this past sum-mer. The pair participated in a nationalindoor cycling event, Cycle For Survival,which also raises money for Sloan-Kettering.

“That motivating event made us want toget involved,” says Exter, who approachedthe athletic director at RHS with hisfundraising idea. David Linn, founder of thenational cycling event who lost his wife to arare form of cancer, plans to register a teamfor Exter’s basketball tournament.

In remission since Aug. of 2013 and test-ing negative since Nov. 2013, Exter still hasdifficulty talking about his experience as avictim of cancer.

A producer with Cablevision’s MSG

Basketball Tournament At Roxbury High Aims To Raise Money For Cancer

Varsity program, Exter recalls how he hadshortness of breath but didn’t think toomuch of it since he always suffered from“bad allergies” and had been diagnosedwith asthma as a kid. After he realized theinhalers were not working, he visited a spe-cialist in NY and underwent a series of breathing tests.

It was on a Friday in July of 2013, Exter

recalls, when all the tests came back nega-tive so the specialist sent him to a lab forblood work. The next day, Saturday morn-ing, when Exter got home from playing bas-ketball in the morning followed by trainingfor his 5K, he realized he had “three missedphone calls” from the doctor with an urgentmessage that his results showed he was not

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only anemic, but had low blood counts. The doctor had toldhim “not to go anywhere, to pack up and go to the hospital.”

Exter recalls that dreadful day. “I go to the hospital(Lenox Hill Hospital in NY), they do more tests” and thentell him he has cancer, Exter describes chokingly during a

telephone interview with MJ Media. In disbelief, Exter says“this kind of cancer is found in young kids. It’s not heredi-tary, not genetic- it’s the short straw of life,” he says.

ALL is a type of cancer of the blood and bone marrow— the spongy tissue inside bones where blood cells aremade.

“The most common type of cancer in children” treat-ments result in a good chance for a cure, experts say, butwhen occurring in adults “the chance of a cure is greatlyreduced.”

Exter explains that as his blood cells were maturing andgrowing “somehow it was producing immature blood

cells.”Caught early, Exter received chemotherapy “rightaway,” but at the same time was diagnosed with having thePhiladelphia Chromosome, a genetic mutation. It was rec-ommended that Exter receive a bone marrow transplant tohelp in his battle against the leukemia.

While a search for a donor was underway, Exter’s sib-lings were tested to find a candidate for the transplant. Itwas determined that his only brother Jason, 25, of Morristown, was a “perfect match.”

Exter and his brother Jason underwent a T-cell DepletedTransfusion in Nov. 2014 at Memorial Sloan Kettering

Cancer Center. Jason was required to give his blood, whichwould then be separated, cycled through and replenished.

Exter remains Cancer free with his last test in Dec. 2014and the next one not until the summer.

“I am lucky enough to say that I am now cancer free andI have Sloan-Kettering to thank for that,” says Exter.“Putting this event together is my way of giving back tothose who helped me and joining them in their fight against

cancer.”Exter continues, “Sloan Kettering, with their doctors andmedical procedures and what they did for me was clinicaltrial based on money raised to find a cure for what I have.”Exter now wants to help contribute to others who maysomeday need that trial.

“I want to help someone like me who needs a clinicaltrial,” concludes Exter, “to continue the fight and continueto help in the battle against cancer, to do my part, to giveback and help these doctors that are much smarter than meto help find a cure.”

Registration is open for teams with a maximum of four

players per team. Registeratwww.eventbrite.com/search:layups4life; through socialmedia sites, or at 10:30 a.m., the day of the event. Playersmust be 15 years and older. Cost is $20 per person andincludes an event t’shirt. A raffle and silent auction is set for11 a.m., with games to begin at 11:15 a.m. and will contin-ue until there is a winner, says Exter.

Prizes include raffles, contests, three-point shooting con-test, knock out game. In addition to the basketball tourna-ment, a DJ will provide entertainment as well as conces-sions in the effort to help raise money for cancer research.

With this event, Exter hopes that it is successful, that

people have fun and that he can continue Layups 4 Life asan annual tournament at RHS.

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H eartbeat Dance Center is proud topresent “Hearts for Hope”, its 4thannual Dance Showcase to benefitthe Make-A-Wish Foundation of NewJersey. The mission of Make-A-Wish is togrant the wishes of children with life-threat-ening medical conditions to enrich thehuman experience with hope, strength and

joy. “Dancing for this cause gives ourdancers a chance to make others happydoing what they love to do most - Dance,”said Joanne Baldini, Director of HDC.

The performers are members of Heartbeatís Spotlight Program, which gives

students the opportunity to compete in thesolo, duo and trio category at Regional andNational Competitions. The show will fea-ture dances in Contemporary, Lyrical,Musical Theater, Tap, Hip-Hop and Jazz.

The event will be held at Roxbury HighSchool in Succasunna on Sun., March 22ndat 6 p.m. The doors open at 5:30 pm.

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By Cara Connelly

No sooner are the kiddos back toschool after the holiday break and itis quickly followed by President’sDay break and cold weekends. For thoselucky families that are heading to a tropicalclimate or perhaps a ski vacation, it is a wel-comed break. For those families that aren’tgoing away, this looming winter can be metwith some anxiety and a huge dose of dread.There are plenty of weekends between nowand the spring. What to do with the kids so asparents we don’t have to hear, “there’s noth-ing to do!!- I’m bored!!”

Planning is the key. Make a list of thingsto do considering the age and interests of allthe participants and let them help with the

planning. Try to plan a nice mix of outdoorand indoor activities. Try exploring regionsthat you don’t often get to visit. Take along ormeet another family.

Mountain Creek is the New York/NewJersey Metro area's closest ski resort.Located just 47 miles from NYC, MountainCreek offers 167 skiable acres on four moun-tain peaks. They offer 100 percent night ski-ing and boasts the region's most extensivesnowmaking system. Mountain Creek is alsohome to the region's only true All-Mountain

Terrain Park at South and Bear Peaks. The 65acre Terrain Park is nationally renowned.

Morristown is rich in history, culture, andoffers lots of fun for families. Visit one of themany reasonably-priced shows at the MayoPerforming Arts Center. This family-friendlyvenue is to get to and offers free parking.

Check out the Morris Museum and while youare there, take in a show at the BickfordTheatre. This fantastic museum not only pro-vides art, culture and history, but offers someamazing family friendly events throughoutthe year. The bonus is it free on Thursdaysfrom 5 p.m.-8 p.m.

Take a stroll through the George G.Frelinghysen Arboretum, which has animpressive collection of trees and shrubs, aswell as an Education Center. It offers a vari-ety of classes for children and families year

round. Get your ice skating fix at Mennen IceRink. It offers lessons, open skating and DJnight on Fridays.

For older kids, drop in at Glassworks tocreate beautiful pieces from fragments of glass. It’s

definitely for school aged kids and up.Glassworks is a glass fusing studio where nopaint is involved. Participants create a projectdesign while it’s cool and then the studio willmelt and shape it for you after you leave. Startyour project by selecting the size and shape

project you would like to make from a sam-ple wall. Project options include various

Beating The Long Winter Bluesshaped dishes, serving platters, pictureframes, coasters, wall hangings, jewelryboxes, bookends, and more. Projects general-ly range in price from $22- $132 and arepriced by size.

The Morristown Library has an amazingchildren's library as well as ton of children'sprograms available throughout the week.Special programs are offered for school vaca-tion week and winter holidays.

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climber that is suspended like a spider web 35feet above the Center's atrium floor. Thisclimber is the world’s first suspended climb-

ing play space. Even better, it’s an activitythat parents and children can enjoy together.

Don’t forget about the board games youmay have gotten for Christmas, renting amovie, volunteering, bowling or enjoying ahike. It’s important to spend time with yourfamily, let everyone help choose the activityand, most of all, keep it fun.

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By Cheryl Conway

Anyone who drives by can’t miss it.There’s this huge bubble right infront of the Flanders Athletic Club

in Flanders, situated in the front, blockingview of the pool area and tennis courts.

It may look a little out of character, butits purpose, by all means, serves as thehottest and prime spot in the area forindoor training , sports games and birth-day parties. It’s the newest indoor sportsturf facility in Northern New Jersey.

Many refer to it as “The Bubble” but itsreal name is Center Court Indoor Sports.The temporary inflatable dome structure isan extension of the Flanders Valley Tennis

and Swim Club. Sports teams, trainers,coaches and players have been travelingnear and far to get out of the cold and keepup their sports skills.

“It’s a great spectacle here for localcommunity and surrounding towns forsports’ teams and individual training,”says Matt Blankley, facility manager of indoor sports. The greatest benefit is “youcan train all year round if you have thisfacility close to you. Being a soccer coach,its essential; you can get less behind if you

don’t train as much.”

While the foundation for the site start-ed at the end of March 2014, the artificialturf went down in June and then the bub-ble went up on Oct. 20. An air-filled sys-

tem, it took two days to get the bubble andready to go, says Blankley, a native of England living in the United States for thepast eight years.

The plan is for the bubble to comedown the last week in May, with the turf field still in place to be used as an outdoorspace to be rented for various sports, andthen go back up again in the fall when thecolder temperatures return, explainsBlankley.

It’s difficult to sell an indoor field in

the summer when you can go to a localpark to play for free, he says. So duringthe warmer months, the turf field at CenterCourt can be used for clinics and camps,especially during the summer.

The bubble was erected as an opportu-nity “to try to enhance sport developmentin the local area,” says Blankley. Anopportunity was brought to the tennisclub, and since the land in front hadalready included a commercial license,there was no obstacle to add on the turf

field with a bubble over it. So “why not,”

owners figured.Inside is a giant turf field 100 yards by

50 yards, with nets that divide the areainto five separate fields that measure 20

yards by 50 yards. The state-of- the- arthigh performance turf is 2.5 inches deepmanufactured by Shaw Sports Turf withits proven technology known for its dura-bility.

The bubble also features “top qualitylighting for indoor sports,” says Blankley.It’s “the best illumination to play” forsports indoors. “This is the highest qualitydome with lights; you can train until lateat night.”

The main lobby contains a couch, bath-

rooms and huge television for those wait-ing for the players to finish their session.

Teams for - soccer, lacrosse, field hock-ey, football and rugby- have been usingthe bubble for practice, supplementaltraining, tournaments and leagues. Thefacility can also be rented out for birthdayparties featuring multi-sports’ parties.

“Soccer coaches from all over havebeen using it,” says Blankley, who alsoworks as a soccer coach in Chatham andCenter Court Soccer Club in Gillette. “In

our lacrosse league, teams from West

Orange are coming all the way out.” Otherteams as far as Pennsylvania and NewYork have been reserving the bubble inMt. Olive, as well as closer clubs from Mt.

Olive, Lenape Valley, Hackettstown andBridgewater.

The closest indoor facilities are Kozaksand Indoor Sports Pavilion, both inRandolph; and the permanent bubble facil-ities in Morristown and Gillette.

Another bonus is that Center Court is“employing the best coaches in the localarea to train the players,” says Blankley.

The new bubble allows players “to trainall year with top quality coaches and pro-fessionals,” adds Blankley.

The bubble is opened “all day” sevendays a week, from 7:30 a.m. to 10:30 p.m.

The site has been used for little kids’classes, youth kids’ classes, clinics andprograms, mostly during the day on week-ends. At 3 p.m., Mt. Olive and WestMorris Central lacrosse and soccer teamshave been renting out the space for train-ing. After that, “it’s a free for all,” saysBlankley.

For more information or to rent, call973-584-9322; or go towww.cismounto-

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By Elsie Walker

M any people have made valentines as children andhad the fun of exchanging them with friends andfamily. Those simple handmade creations toldothers that someone cared about them.

Recently, some members and friends of the Port MorrisUnited Methodist Church in Landing gathered in thechurch’s fellowship hall to enjoy the fun of valentine mak-ing, with some very special recipients in mind. Those

recipients are the residents of several local nursing homes

Landing Church Members Share Love With Valentines

plus some deployed soldiers overseas.Tina Berhak of Stanhope, co-leader of the youth group,

coordinates the yearly valentine effort, noted that “about36 people” came together in the early afternoon of SuperBowlSunday with the goal of making 400 valentines.Those, with ones already brought to the church, wouldcome to a total of 810 messages of love.

"Creating and distributing Valentine cards to our com-

munity is a very important outreach for our church.

Telling a friend how much he/ she means to you with thesemostly kid self-made cards means love in action,” said thechurch’s Pastor Nick Petrov.

To make things a little more interesting, the group wasdivided into four teams. Each had the goal of making 100valentines. On the tables were a variety of items fromwhich homemade valentines could be created. Ages tod-dler – senior took part in taking glue, paper, stickers, andmarkers to make some special cards. Some would begoing to soldiers that the church remembers with “carepackages”.

Enough would be sent so that recipients could share thelove with others in their platoon. The rest were beingtaken to nursing homes.

Jennifer Kaslig of Hopatcong, co-youth group leader,was there with her toddler and a young friend they broughtto join in the fun.

“The kids love to be creative and think of how happythe recipient will be,” she shared.

When the cards were finished, divided up and ready togo, they weren’t just dropped off, but hand-delivered.

“The Port Morris UMC youth group is distributing thecards to our local nursing homes. Often words fall short,but personally giving such cards to our seniors alwaysmakes them feel loved and appreciated," shared Petrov.

Kaslig shared that not only to the recipients get some-thing, but so do those who deliver the cards and see whattheir work means to others.

“I love the smiles when we deliver the cards!!” she

said.

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For Morris Habitat for Humanity anamazing milestone has been reached –30 years of service providing homes to

families in Northern New Jersey. From smallbut determined beginnings, the affiliate hasgrown and prospered, thanks to the generos-ity of local corporations, municipalities, indi-vidual donors and thousands of volunteers.

One way to donate to Morris Habitat isthrough the Habitat for Humanity Cars forHomes program. Old or unneeded cars,trucks, boats, snowmobiles, motorcycles,equipment or other vehicle sitting in thedriveway, or taking up space in the garagecan make a difference right here in MorrisCounty. Morris Habitat’s Executive Director,Blair Bravo, points out that, “Every dollarraised helps local hardworking familiesachieve the American dream of homeowner-ship. All donors need to do is make sure tospecify that the proceeds from the item isbeing donated for Morris Habitat.”

Advanced Recycling Services, Inc. han-dles the donations and can be contactedonline through CarDonationWizard.com andvia their call center at 1-877-277-4344. Onehundred percent of the net proceeds from thesale of a donated vehicle will be used by the

local Habitat affiliate to build and repairaffordable homes. Additionally, contributorsmay qualify for a tax deduction for donatinga vehicle. It’s fast and easy and donated vehi-cles are typically picked up within two orthree days after the title is received by theprocessing center. Habitat for Humanity usesa licensed and insured national transportationnetwork and complies with all federal andstate regulations. Most of the work can bedone online.

This national program is staffed and man-aged by full-time Habitat for Humanityemployees. Thirty percent of cars donated toHabitat are recycled for materials or sold forreusable parts. Recycling steel uses less ener-gy and natural resources and produces lesscarbon pollution. Taking an inefficient oldercar off the road helps save gas and improvesair quality. So you help the environment,while you are helping Morris Habitat!

For more information about the program,contact the Cars for Homes directly throughHabitat for Humanity [email protected]. For more infor-mation on Morris Habitat and its activities,go to http://morrishabitat.org or call 973-891-1934.

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Two guitar masters, Stanley Jordanand Kevin Eubanks, plan to perform

at Mayo Performing Arts Center inMorristown on Thurs., March 5, at 8 p.m.Tickets are $29.59. The performance is inadvance of their new release, “Duets.”

Kevin Eubanks is the Philadelphianative who took New York by storm start-ing out in straight ahead jazz clubs thenprogressive albums for contemporary jazzgiant GRP Records and legendary BlueNote Records, frequent collaborations withcutting edge bassist Dave Holland, andthen 18 years in Jay Leno's "The Tonight

Show" Band (15 as Music Director) wherehe played with seemingly every meaning-ful musician across genres. Stanley Jordanis the Chicago-born/Bay area-raised phe-nomenon who mesmerized audiences withhis instantly identifiable "touch technique"on guitar beginning with his gold-sellingBlue Note Records debut Magic Touch(featuring his radio staple remake of Michael Jackson's "The Lady in My Life"),followed by a string of wide-rangingendeavors including a one-off for Clive

Davis' Arista Records and explorationsinto the field of music therapy.Duets features spontaneous composi-

tions and passionate arrangements that willsend listeners' imaginations on a series of hypnotic journeys. The impeccably bal-anced Duets includes four all-new "skullarrangements" (so called because theywere jointly created off the top of theirheads), versions of four well-known clas-sics: "Nature Boy," "Blue in Green,""Summertime" and "A Child is Born," plusinterpretations of a modern pop song(Adele's "Someone Like You") and anelectronic dance pop hit (Ellie Goulding's"Lights"). These were the all-naturaluncalculated result of long philosophicalheart to hearts as well as a nine-city tour -over 30 years after Eubanks and Jordan'sfirst meeting in the early '80s at NewYork's famed jazz-fusion club, the 55Grand.

"We've known each other since theearly `80s," Eubanks says. "Since thenwe'd see each other mostly on festivalstages." Jordan adds, "I knew him as one of the best musicians in the early days beforeany of us were well known beyond theinner music circles...a guitarist with anunconventional finger style technique. Icould relate to that. We were going forsomething different and I never viewed

him as a competitor. The music was bigenough for both of us."

The four "skull arrangements" started as jams then evolved in the studio over a fewtakes which gave the duo organic arrang-ing ideas to get from point A to B. Jordandefines these pieces as "the real essence of what we do." Eubanks adds, "You get moreout of the deal when people are involvedwith a willingness to make the whole thingbigger than 'my part and your part.'Together we've got this thing that's biggerthan anything we can do alone." Kevinabsorbed substantial inspiration toward

this direction from young musicians heencounters today. "I really love the catscoming up in jazz. They are the mostrespectful group of ladies and gentlemen.Their excitement has no trace of bitternessand they bring so much more to the table.One cat is designing an app to help himkeep a band together. That wasn't aroundwhen I was coming up. It makes themmore open minded about, 'How do we getthe music out there?' Music should be theportal that unites instead of the door thatseparates people."

Jordan concludes, "This album fills anice niche because it's relaxing yet engag-ing. When you hear Kevin and I playingtogether, it's all about the music and sup-porting each other. I just love the feel of it- it has a real sweetness. People who listenfrom their heart are really going to lovethis record as an antidote to the norm."

Mayo Performing Arts Center, a501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, presentsa wide range of programs that entertain,enrich, and educate the diverse populationof the region and enhance the economicvitality of Northern New Jersey. The 2014-2015 season is made possible, in part, by agrant the New Jersey State Council on theArts/Department of State, a PartnerAgency of the National Endowment for theArts, as well as support received from theGeraldine R. Dodge Foundation, F.M.Kirby Foundation and numerous corpora-tions, foundations and individuals. TheMayo Performing Arts Center has beendesignated a Major PresentingOrganization by the New Jersey StateCouncil on the Arts.

For more information, call MayoPerforming Arts Center in Morristown atthe box office (973) 539-8008; or visitonline at www.mayoarts .org.

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