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On Thurs., Oct. 8, The

Little Learner Acad-

emy (LLA) of BuddLake graciously accepted a

donation of 57 children's

books from CMS fifth gradeJunior Girl Scout Troop

4594. This donation was thefinal step in completion of

the troop’s journey – "Agent

of Change."

Through many differentactivities, experiences and

projects, the girls of Troop

4594 spent its fourth gradeyear learning about and put-

ting into action the threeprinciples of this journey:

Local Girl Scouts Make A Positive Difference In Community the Power of One; the Power

of Team, and the Power of

Community. Each girllearned the power they pos-

sess as individuals to make a

change, big or small, in theworld around them. In addi-

tion, they learned and expe-rienced how positive

changes can be multiplied

when working together as a

team/troop and ultimately

when the community aroundthem becomes involved.

The 14 girls of Troop

4594 were able to collect 57

new and gently used books

with the help of their com-munity which the children of

LLA will now be able toenjoy. Upon completion of

this journey, the girls of Troop 4594 will now em-

bark on the planning, andimplementation of their

Bronze Award Project whichwill once again allow them

to put their leadership, team-work, and creative skills to

the challenge.

New View Media Group is holding its annual clothing andtoy drive. The company is looking for people to donatenew unwrapped toys, as well as new clothing including t-

shirts, socks, pants, and winter necessities such as hats, coats,gloves, and scarves (sizes ranging from newborn to 14 year olds).Gift cards will also be accepted.

Please drop off all donations to the following locations by Dec.20….

• New View Media Group, 1 Old Wolfe Road, Budd Lake, NJ (inback).• Weis Supermarkets, Rt. 206, Flanders (drop off at the courtesycounter)• Budd Lake Bagels -141 Route 46, Budd Lake• Mt. Olive Bagels - 135 Route 46 East, Paramount Plaza, Budd

Lake• Fanucci's - 134 Ledgewood Ave. (Rt. 46 E.), Netcong• Red Dot Firearms – 22 Main Street, Stanhope• Charmoy Dental, 924 Route 10 West, Randolph(drop off a toy and you will be entered to win a 32” TV)• Philly Pretzel - 150 Mountain Ave, Hackettstown( 3 FREE Pretzels when you drop off)• HomeTown Hardware - 234 Main Street, Hackettstown

• Fresco Mexican – 137 E. Main Street, ChesterFor additional information regarding this toy drive or to ask

for a list of businesses involved, call Mary on her cell phone at(973)-768-1815 or email at [email protected]. She will beable to help with any of your needs as well as comply a list of children and gifts they want for the holiday.

Toy/Clothing Drive Deadline Dec. 20th



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Auditions were recently held for next

year’s Mt. Olive’s Got Talent.

The date of the auditions was expected

to be held Fri., Dec. 11, from 6 p.m. to 9p.m., at Mt. Olive High School in Flanders.

Students in grades kindergarten through

twelve, alumni and staff in all of the dis-

trict’s public schools and community mem-

bers were invited to share their talent on

stage. Video submissions were also ac-

cepted.

Mt. Olive’s Got Talent Show is set forSat., Jan. 22, 2016 at MOHS.

Contact Jodi Bosch at jbosch@mtolive-

boe.org for more information.

Lawrence and Kathy

Cochran of Mt.

Olive Township an-nounce the engagement of

their daughter, StephanieCochran, to Dr. Keith Poli-

zois, son of Dino and Janet

Polizois also of Mt. Olive.

The bride and groom to-begraduated from Mt. Olive

High School where they

started dating in their junior

year, and they currently re-

side in Washington, DC.The bride-to-be is a

graduate of Villanova Uni-

versity, Villanova, PA, withbachelor degrees in biology

and nursing, and is a pedi-

atric nurse in the emergencydepartment at Children's

National Medical Center in

Washington, DC.

Her fiancé graduated

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ogy. He then went on to

earn his doctor of dentalmedicine from the Univer-

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Gainesville, and is practic-

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large private practice in

Northern Virginia.An August 2016 wed-

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Iwant to thank all of you who came out

to vote for me and the council candi-dates even though the races were un-

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township for another four years and appre-

ciate your support more than I can express

in this column. Leaving that aside, I wantto express the importance of voting. The

number of Mt. Olive residents who vote in

any particular election, regardless of the

race, is noticed on the county and state lev-

els and in many ways makes my job asmayor easier when it comes to getting re-

sources from those entities.In preparing the budget that I will be

submitting to the Town Council in 2016, I

have once again focused on improving our

infrastructure. Rather than additional im-provements to our park system as in past

years, I have listened to the feedback from

residents and have tripled the amount of

funds from past years dedicated for road

repaving. I recognize that we have for too

long neglected some of the streets in Mt.

Olive in favor of funding other infrastruc-ture needs and wants.

I have also been diligently working on

improvements on the side of town around

and including the BASF property. Working

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clude a mix of retail, residential and enter-

tainment opportunities. I am very excited

by the progress on these projects and hope

to move them much closer to reality in thenext few months.

Considering all that we have accom-plished over the past few years and that

which we seek to accomplish next year, I

am very pleased that my initial projections,

due to our conservative fiscal management,will for the third year in a row result in no

new general revenue municipal tax increase

for 2016.

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of the employees of the township for a job

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As part of the Girl Scout Law, all GirlScouts promise to “use resourceswisely” as well as to “make the world

a better place.” Brownie Troop 6188 andDaisy Troop 6255 of Byram are staying trueto this mission with their recent collaborationwith a crayon collection for the Crayon Ini-tiative.

Brownie troop leader, Ann Marie Krae-mer and Daisy troop leader, AllysonVanDyke have been friends for years and de-cided to have their troops team up to makethis collection possible.

“When Allyson heard about the CrayonInitiative I thought it was a brilliant idea,”Kraemer explains and without hesitation they

began their plans.The seven girls in troop 6188 are first yearBrownie Girl Scouts and are between theages of seven and eight years old while troop6255 consists of 12 girls in Daisy Girl Scouts,all of whom are in the first grade.

According to the Crayon Initiative web-site, “In order to grow and learn, childrenneed to have the freedom to be creative andexpress themselves through art.” This non-profit initiative is a Northern California based

group whose members have dedicated them-selves through promoting art by making artis-tic resources available to children in hospitalsto be used in their art programs.

By becoming part of this collection, theGirl Scouts are helping in more ways thanone.

“Crayons don’t break down so they justsit in landfills,” Kraemer explains. TheCrayon Initiative website goes on to explainthat each year between 45,000 and 75,000pounds of crayons are deposited in landfillsand these simple, colorful, wax sticks arethere to stay forever.

When crayons are collected, even the bro-ken bits, the Crayon Initiative melts themdown again to be remolded into new crayons

which are then sent to the hospitals. Provid-ing children with this creative outlet whilethey spend time in the hospital is importantto their development and their recovery.

“It’s important for children to continuenormal childhood development and skillsbuilding and keep life as close to ‘normal’ aspossible,” the website explains, also elabo-rating on the fact that hospitalized childrenare likely to be harboring some anxiety andstress which can be alleviated through art

Girl Scouts Collaborate With Crayon Initiative To Help Kids In Hospitals

which acts as a psychological support system.

Who doesn’t remember opening that newbox of crayons as a child and gazing at theblank page on the table? The possibilitieswith that piece of paper were endless, offer-ing all children a sort of escapism or a sus-pension of reality as their imaginations runwild with those rainbow colors. What child,especially one in a hospital for an extendedperiod of time does not need something likethat?

This is exactly why Kraemer and

VanDyke decided on such a project.

“The project is something the girls can re-late to,” says Kramer. “They love to be cre-ative and use drawing to express themselves.Drawing and coloring is a go to for the girls.”

Kraemer even remarked that coloring foradults has become a very popular trend lately.Book stores and craft stores alike have beenstocked full with intricate coloring booksmarketed specifically for adults to help re-lieve stress.

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Bryan Ware, the founder and president of the Crayon Initiative, created this group bycombining his manufacturing backgroundand love of the arts. Kraemer explains thatWare’s inspiration for his initiative cameupon him while he was out for dinner with

his family and questioned the wait staff aboutwhat was done with the used crayons.

Most broken and used crayons in restau-rants are discarded along with the rest of thetrash, like crayons used at other businessesand even those used at home. Rarely does achild use a crayon until there is nothing left,but when you combine that crayon with amillion other broken stubs you have a wholenew set of crayons, ready to use.

Neither of these Girl Scout troops are tak-ing on this project for any award or service

patch, “It is more of a feel good project andgives them a taste of what service projects areabout,” Kraemer explains. Certainly thisproject will bring warmth not only to theseyoung Girls Scouts but to the children in hos-pitals all across the nation.

The collection being conducted by troops6188 and 6255 will be taking place throughthe end of February. The Staples in Newtonhas offered to ship the collected crayons tothe Crayon Initiative upon the completion of the collection.

Any community members who wish tohelp can donate any unwanted crayons, in-cluding new, used and broken crayons, byplacing them in provided bins. If interestedin having a collection bin located in a schoolor place of business contact Kraemer [email protected] or VanDyke at

[email protected] are already stationed in many local

locations such as Macaroni Grill in Mt. Olive,Byram Lakes Elementary School, Byram In-termediate School, Our Savior LutheranChurch in Stanhope, Sal’s Pizzeria in Stan-hope and Aspen Ice in Randolph.

Casey Griffin, general manager of theMacaroni Grill in Flanders, placed a collec-tion bin at their host stand. “Romano's Mac-aroni Grill prides itself on being part of thecommunity,” she says. “Since we are a

restaurant, many believe the only way for usto be involved is through food. This is nottrue. One of the distinct features Romano'sMacaroni Grill is known for is its’ familyfriendly atmosphere, especially the paper-covered tables for kids, and adults, to drawon. Because of this, we throw away hundredsof crayons a week that are worn-out or bro-ken, which we are unable to use.”

For more information on the Crayon Ini-tiative or to help continue the collection go tothecrayoninitiative.org.

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by Cheryl Conway

I

t’s that time of year again for cookie ex-

changes, candy, cakes, delicious holidayfood and the 2016 Mt. Olive Biggest

Loser Challenge, an opportunity to burn off all of those calories.

The seventh annual contest sponsored by

Mt. Olive Recreation is about to begin andparticipants have nothing to lose but pounds

and so much to gain like a trimmer body,

more muscle, a stronger heart, better health

and a peer group of women running, squat-

ting, kickboxing and stepping right along-

side them for encouragement.The first weigh-in for 2016 contestants

will be Sat. morning, Jan. 9, but participants

can start taking classes as early as Jan. 2.The contest runs through Sat., April 30.

“I have seen very good success with par-ticipants year after year,” says Laura Hars

of Budd Lake, contest organizer and head

instructor of the Mt. Olive Exercise pro-

gram. “Sometimes people will gain the

weight back because they stop eating

healthy and stop exercising, however, theawareness of what it takes to lose the

weight successfully is developed.

Hars has been running the contest since

2010 and has seen women lose as much as

40 pounds during the 16 weeks, as in last

year’s contest. Prior to this the most weightloss she had seen in her previous contests

has been 20 pounds.

Usually about eight women sign up for

the contest which can be positive as this

“allows for more personal attention and su-pervision,” says Hars. “It’s actually an ideal

size as last year the women kept in touch

with each other through group chats. Also

for the instructors and participants it is far

more intimate and personal if the group isnot too large.”

How much an individual would like tolose is up to each person.

“Weight loss is a personal goal that each

person must decide for themselves,” says

Hars. “While there is value in the BMIindex for giving a person weight ranges for

their height, I believe it also can be a ‘de-

motivator.’ If people are overweight and

they look at the suggested ideal weight for

their height they often feel this is an impos-

Try The Biggest Loser Challenge For 2016 sible goal and give up before they start.

This contest is in many ways for women to

develop a ‘healthy body image’ and be

comfortable with their lifestyle choices and

their weight. Exercise and healthy eating isa choice and a commitment and not an easy

one.”

Hars plans to encourage the contestants

to use a Fit-Bit again this year and hopes to

have a nutritionist also as this proved to bequite useful in last year’s contest.

Cost to participate is $160 for a four

month membership. A different class is of-

fered every day for the seven days of the

week. Classes are generally held at the Mt.

Olive Senior Center.

To sign up, register online on the MtOlive Recreation website or bring a check

payable to Mt. Olive Recreation for $160 to

class.

Hars offers some advice to participants.“Decide to be committed,” she says. “If

you plan to go on vacation or away for the

weekend during the contest, plan your

meals and exercise routines. Also decide to

continue the lifestyle choices you made

during the contest permanently. This should

not just be a four month choice. The four

months is your ‘training period’ for a suc-

cessful life journey of regular exercising

and healthy eating.”Ladies should sign up, what’s to lose,

it’s a short four month commitment.

The theme of the contest is “Women

should challenge themselves, learn about

healthy eating and safe exercising. It’s im-portant to remember this is not a gym; we

are a small community exercise program.

We have a little more latitude on how we

teach classes and always display low im-

pact alternatives. If someone is significantly

overweight or just simply hasn’t exercised

regularly in months, we do not want themdoing 50 high intensity jumping jacks or

any high intensity moves.

“We want our participants to start

slowly, build up strength and endurance andprogress toward their goals.”

For more information, go to rec.moun-

tolivetownship.com or call Hars at 973-

903-0453.

Fire Dept. Helps To Collect Toys For Children In Need

The Flanders Fire Company is collect-

ing toys for it Toys For Tots cam-paign.

The fire company is collecting new, un-

wrapped toys for the United States Marine

Corp. The local collection began Nov. 18

and runs through Dec. 23. All toy donations

collected will be delivered to the U.S. Ma-

rine reserve Unit at Picatinny Arsenal.The toys will then be distributed to chil-

dren who are in need throughout the North

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ITC.

What a great treat or convenient dinner to take home to

the family while out shopping for the holidays.“We sell the best take out pizza in town and we always

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sars is attracting more than 800 customers every week

from all over town, especially the young kids.

“We have the very best price in town for pizza,” he

says, with convenient hours.

Opened Mon. – Thurs., 11 a.m. to 10 p.m.; Fri. – Sat.

11 a.m. to 11 p.m.; and Sun. 11 a.m. to 9 p.m.

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By J. L. Shively

O

n Nov. 16 a surveywas concluded thatwas conducted by

the Mt. Olive TownshipBoard of Education. Thissurvey was initiated, a sur-vey flier explains, to collect“community input on offer-ing full-day kindergarten.”In the past few years theBOE has heard requests toexplore options for acclimat-ing full-day kindergartenclasses into the school dis-trict.

“The Mt. Olive Board of Education has been lookingat ways to offer all-daykindergarten for years,” Dr.Larrie Reynolds, MO super-intendent of schools, ex-plains of the reasoning forconducting this survey thispast month. According to thesurvey flier, the school dis-trict currently offers a half-day kindergarten programand “about one-third of allkindergartners also receivean additional half day of in-struction through a tuition-based program that is offeredin partnership with the Mt.Olive Child Care Center.”

According to the flier,Chester M. Stephens Ele-mentary School is the “dis-trict’s largest school with 700students” this is about 20percent larger than the next

largest school in the district.Therefore the BOE was in-terested in the entire commu-nities input on theincorporation of a full-daykindergarten class.

“Given the success of ourK-Excel program, the BOEsought to determine if therewas sufficient space and re-sources to adopt this pro-gram,” Reynolds explains.

Surveyors had a choicebetween four different op-tions, which the BOE wasconsidering, that wereclearly explained during thesurvey. The survey flier alsostressed for the community

to understand that, while the

high enrollment of studentsat CMS does create a prob-lem with issues such as park-ing and scheduling it doesnot greatly affect the instruc-tion of the students, as theclass sizes still reflect the sta-tistics common with other el-ementary schools.

The survey was con-ducted online at www.mto-liveboe.org and allsubmissions had to be com-pleted by Nov. 16. The fouroptions given to surveyorswas explicitly laid out on thesurvey website. The first op-tion listed was the initiationof building more classrooms.This option would includethe construction of an addi-tional 10 to 14 classrooms onthe property of SandshoreElementary School and is es-timated to cost $5 million.

This would allow for lowerenrollment at CMS whilealso creating a new space fora full-day kindergarten.

“By redrawing boundarylines, all elementary schoolswould be roughly equivalentin size,” as stated on the sur-vey; this option would raisetaxes on average $10 to $25per year.

The second option was to

increase class sizes by threeto four students each, creat-ing a kindergarten class sizeof between 23-24 students.Grades one to five wouldalso increase in size rangingfrom 24 to 29 students, de-

pending on year to year fluc-

tuations. This option wouldalso include redrawing atten-dance boundaries, again tomake all elementary schoolsabout the same size.

The third option was tore-configure the grades of theelementary schools. In Mt.Olive there are four gradesK-five schools. Three of these schools would be re-configured to contain onlygrades K-three while thefourth school would be forgrades four and five. Thiswould mean that all currentCMS K-three students wouldbe re-distributed to the otherschools. This option againwould conclude with makingall of these schools equal insize.

The fourth and last optionoffered on the survey sitewas to leave the school dis-

tribution as it is. In taking noaction the half-day kinder-garten class would remain inplace and the CMS popula-tion would remain to includeapproximately 700 students.

More than a thousandcommunity members tookthe online survey and 52.14percent of the responsescame from people who iden-tified themselves as a parent

of a child attending a schoolin the district. The next high-est response rate came from27.94 percent of people iden-tified as parents of childrennot yet attending school.

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Roughly the last 44 percent were surveyorswho were either a parent of a Mt. Olive grad-uate, a community member without childrenor without school aged children, a senior cit-

izen or, lastly, a school district staff member.The results of the survey, based on thegraph data provided by Reynolds, concludedthat most surveyors, close to 47 percent,opted for the re-configuration of the four el-ementary schools. The option which wasleast favorable to the community memberstaking the survey was the increase of classsizes with only a seven percent vote. The lasttwo options almost tied with an average of a23 percent vote.

Ryan Shaffer, a parent of a child who willbecome eligible for kindergarten next year,

explained that he voted for the third option inthe survey, to re-configure the grades of thecurrent schools to make way for a full-daykindergarten. The third option, Shaffer ex-plains, “would be the most timely to createthe full-day kindergarten that we absolutelyneed, while causing less disruption than theother three options.”

“I feel confident that the board will makethe correct decision on this matter,” saysReynolds. “It’s not as simple as just deciding

to offer the program though. There are sig-nificant space and funding considerations. Ihave discovered that the program will comewith significant expenses which means thatthe district will need to give up some present

activities to fund the program.”Deciding upon which route to take is not

an easy decision, which is why the BOE hastaken all options into consideration and lookto the community for its support and opinion.The information from this survey, Reynoldsexplains, “Is helpful to the board members indetermining direction.” That is if any actionis to be taken at all. Reynolds explained thatit was his intention to first bring the data hehas collected to the BOE meeting and fromthere they will decide upon their next step.

“There is a remarkable amount of researchto certify that full-day kindergarten is notonly beneficial, but necessary for our stu-dents’ success,” says Shaffer. “In fact, manystates are even beginning to offer full-dayPre-K, New York City being one.”

Reynolds adds, “The district has never of-fered full-day kindergarten before so it wouldbe a new idea, if adopted.”

Many residents were expected to attendthe Mt. Olive BOE meeting on Mon., Dec. 7,to share their views on the issue.

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On Nov. 18, at the 100th Annual NJ League of Munic-ipalities Conference Mt. Olive Twp. Mayor RobGreenbaum swore in Mt. Olive Health Officer Trevor

Weigle as the 2015-2016 President of the New Jersey Asso-

ciation of County and City Health Officials (NJACCHO).NJACCHO has been serving the public health interest of

NJ’s residents since 1911. The association's mission is to ad-vance the art and science of public health, and ensure condi-tions that promote health, prevent disease and protect thehealth of the state's population through leadership, advocacy,collaboration and the assurance of workforce competencies.

“It was an honor to have Rob Greenbaum, a Mayor whounderstands the need for quality public health services andthe good work of New Jersey's health officials swear me infor this important roll,” stated Weigle.

Mt. Olive Field Hockey Team had a successful sea-son as conference champions. The team went 14-

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Everyone can use a makeover everynow and then, and buildings are no ex-ception. After many years of faith-

fully serving the public by offering goods at

low, very affordable prices, the thrift shopbuilding of the Flanders United MethodistChurch on Park Street was renovated. Justbefore Thanksgiving, a rededication celebra-tion was held. At its rededication, the thriftshop also got its new title as the church’s“Mission and Ministry Center.”

According to Church Council Communi-cator and Treasurer, Ray Winch, the renova-tion was not that straight-forward, as thebuilding is more than 150 years old. Therewere some structural issues that had to be ad-dressed to make it safe for the customers andthe volunteers who help at the shop. How-ever, there was some concern as to whetherthe building could be saved or not. Manycontractors told the church it could not.

Winch said, “Renovations of old buildingsare very difficult. Nothing is level and thereare surprises behind every wall.” However,the church found an architect and contractorwho were up for the challenge. Thanks to theskills of contractor Mario Dugonjic of An-

chor Roofing and Construction in Hack-ettstown and architect, Joseph DeMaria of Morristown, the building was renovatedrather than lost.

“Everyone on the Church Council agrees

that we could not have made a better choicewhen we chose Joseph DeMaria and MarioDugonjic for this project,” Winch said.

The thrift shop has been operating since1974. It started in the church basement anda few years later, when it outgrew the base-ment, it moved to the current building at 4Park Place in Flanders. There is also a giftshop which is an extension of the thrift shopand is located in a room in the education wingof the church. A hallmark of both shops arethat they offer low prices on good merchan-dise in these tough economic times.

“We have received many positive com-ments from our shoppers,” says Winch.“Many are of modest means and have told usthat could not afford to buy clothing for theirfamilies if not for our thrift shop. They areoften surprised by the high quality of the mer-chandise and the very low prices.”

The shop sells clothing, shoes, handbags,and accessories for $2 or less. Speaking of the prices and quality of the goods, Winch

Church leaders and dignitaries cut the ribbon at the re-dedication of the Flanders United Methodist

Church thrift shop at 4 Park Place in Flanders.

Flanders Thrift Shop Renovated And Re-dedicated

noted that when some people hear the words,“thrift shop” they associate it with low qual-ity. That is not the case at the Flanders shop.

“We see brand names such as Hollister,Ralph Lauren, POLO, Guess, Ann Taylor,Style & Co., NIKE, Coach, Dooney &Bourke and many more. Most of the itemswe put out for sale are in very good condition.Some items are brand new with the originaltags still on them,” he said.

The outdoor section of the shop sells all

the non-clothing items: small furniture,DVDs, CDs, records, electronics, boardgames, lamps, and any other various itemsthat have been donated.

As for its gift shop extension, it has higherquality non-clothing items such as Lenox,China, jewelry, crystal, and other interestingitems that the church receives from its dona-tions. Both the thrift shop and gift shop min-istries rely on donations from the community.





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“We are blessed to have a very generouscommunity and would like to take this op-portunity to thank all our donors,” Winchsaid.

While they are thankful for what they re-

ceive, there are some things that the thriftshop cannot handle. Winch shared someguidelines for donations.

“Large furniture is very difficult for us tosell. Most of our customers arrive in cars andcannot transport large items such as couches,china cabinets, and other large, heavy items.A good rule of thumb is [this]: if you need a

truck to get it here, it’s probably too big. If you can fit it in your car or SUV, it’s probablyOK. Also, tube TV’s do not sell anymore and

we often have a hard time disposing of them.Also, we cannot accept mattresses, large ap-pliances, and non-working air conditioners.Regarding clothing donations, it is helpful if all clothing donations are in plastic bags tiedsecurely, so the clothing does not spill out in

the donation shed.”When asked what the proceeds of the

thrift shop benefit, Winch said that they sup-port the Flanders church’s local ministriesand United Methodist regional and globalministries. Thus, when people buy items atthe thrift shop, it is more than getting somethings for themselves, the funds receivedtouch many others in different ways.

“Within our local church, the funds helpsupport our Christian education, music, out-reach, fellowship, and Pastoral ministries.Regionally, the funds have helped us supportmany missions including the “A Future WithHope” mission, a Sandy recovery arm of theUnited Methodist Church of Greater NewJersey.

So far, “A Future With Hope” has rebuilt183 homes that were destroyed by superstorm Sandy. On a global level, UnitedMethodist giving has helped support manyprograms including the “Imagine NoMalaria” mission. The Methodist Church is

committed to ending death and sufferingfrom malaria through prevention, communi-cation, trained health workers and facilities,and grass-roots education. Since the start of “Imagine No Malaria,” the incidence of deathfrom Malaria in Africa has been cut in half,”

said Winch.While the Church Council oversees the

thrift shop ministry and is involved in thephysical and administrative aspects of it,there are a wide variety of volunteers whohelp.

“Many are church members. Some aremembers of our community. Some are look-ing for community service opportunities. If anyone is looking for a community serviceopportunity for National Honor Society, orBoy Scouts, or another reason, or if youwould simply like to volunteer to help us withour thrift shop, please feel free to contact us,”said Winch.

To contact the shop or for more informa-tion, call (973) 584-5426 or visit its websiteat www.flandersumc.org.

Thrift shop hours are Mon., 9 a.m. – 2p.m.; Wed. and Fri., 9 a.m. – noon; and thesecond and last Sat. of each month 9 a.m. –noon. The gift shop is open during thrift shophours and every Sat., 9 a.m. – noon.


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By Cheryl Conway

With 3,500 lights donated and handcrafted structuresadorning the front lawn of town hall, Mt. Olive

Township lit up the festivities earlier this month

with Christmas and Hanukka community-wide celebrations.

The annual tree lighting ceremony was held Fri., Dec. 4,followed by the annual Menora Lighting on Sun., Dec. 6, at

6:30 p.m., on the first night of Hanukka. Both township-widecelebrations were held at the Mt. Olive Township Municipal

complex with music and food inside the Senior Center.

Pastor Matt Jones from Mountaintop Church in Hack-

ettstown led the Christmas event with songs. Students from

the St. Jude’s class performed the Story of Christmas.While many participants came out for the festivities, busi-

ness and township employees played a part as well. Sam's

Club donated the lights for the Christmas decorations; Star-

bucks made donations of refreshments.

The displays were made by the Mt. Olive Twp. Buildingand Grounds Department including John Geiger, Mark Dem-browski, Jim Lynch, Sean Wood and Carmine Salzano.

Rabbi Yaacov Shusterman, spiritual leader of the Chabad

of Northwest New Jersey, Western Region, was pleased with

the beautiful display, especially the wooden dreidel and

Hanukka gelt, or chocolate coin.Everyone was “so enthusiastic; they built these things,”

he says. “The town gave us the senior center and put up the

beautiful display,” to celebrate the Jewish holiday as a com-

Holiday Displays Light Up The Town

munity.

Shusterman, who runs the Chabad in Flanders, and RabbiScott Roland of Temple Hatikvah in Flanders, brought the

latkes or potato pancakes, jelly donuts and hot drinks.Participants played some games and sang Hanukka songs.

Mt. Olive Twp. Mayor Rob Greenbaum had the honor of

lighting the giant menora inside the senior center this year.

Shusterman spoke about the importance and meaning of

Hanukka to those in attendance.“How do we celebrate Hanukka that is relevant to us?” he

explains. Like the oil that miraculously lasted eight nights in

the temple, Shusterman says “Find a jug of oil” and dig

“deeper into the Jewish soul.”“Lighting a candle is like lighting a mitzva [a good deed];

you never know what one little candle can lead to. One mitzvacan affect not just your life but all those around you.”

What is nice about a community celebration is the mes-

sage can be shared with all, no matter what affiliation.

Shusterman says he was impressed how the Hanukka cel-

ebration was attended by township officials, the mayor, coun-cil members even “first responders were there; they all came

dressed. It was nice the whole town was together.”




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mony was recently held at St.

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front left, are Fr. Stan Barron St Elizabeth;

Ann Seaton RC Church; Rev. Rick Oppeltof Flanders Presbyterian Church;

Meekyung Choi Kim of Flanders United

Methodist Church; Rev. Ellen Kohn Perry

of Christ Episcopal Church; Rev. Moises

Gomez, Mountaintop Spanish Church;

Rev. Matthew Jones at Mountaintop

Church; Rabbi Scott Roland of Temple

Hatikvah. From, back left, Shannon Jones,St. Elizabeth Ann Seaton RC Church; Fr.

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On Sun., Oct. 11, Angelica Parisi of Budd

Lake was crowned Miss New Jersey Col-

legiate America 2016 in Brick. Angelica

plans to represent NJ at the national Miss Colle-giate America Pageant to be held July 11-16 in San

Antonio, Texas with the hopes of being awarded

the national title along with a $35,000 prize pack-

age.

Parisi is currently pursuing her English degreeat Caldwell University in Caldwell. Angelica is a

graduate of Morris Catholic High School. After

graduating from Caldwell University she plans to

attend The American Institute of Medical Sciences

to become certified in Diagnostic Medical Sonog-

raphy.Parisi is an active member of Kappa Beta

Gamma International sorority, Rho chapter. She iscurrently the philanthropy chair for this organiza-

tion which hosts events to raise money for their in-

ternational philanthropy, the Special Olympics.Parisi also volunteers at the NJ Miss Amazing Pag-

eant (dedicated to girls with special needs). Parisi

is currently involved in her hometown of Budd

Lake and volunteers with the PEAK (Parents of

ExtrAordinary Kids) organization.Melissa Mazza, director of the Miss New Jersey

Jr. High, High School and Collegiate America Pag-

eant says, “I am quite pleased with the young ladies

the judges chose to represent New Jersey. Their

community service is everything this pageant sys-tem stands for. I truly believe each of them has a

chance to win the national title."

Throughout the competition, the delegates were

scored in three categories- a panel style interview

with the judges, evening gown and fashion runway.The Miss New Jersey High School & Collegiate

America pageant is an organization that strives to

change lives by building confidence, providing

scholarships, and offering community service op-

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community service.

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It was the largest science lab experiment in Mt. Olive Mid-

dle School history. Gabrielle Czernik, a structural engi-

neer and a member of the New Jersey Society of Young

Civil Engineers, guided about 1,200 students in an experi-ment of structural supports and reinforcements. Conducted

in the cafeteria for three periods and also in science class-rooms, the project builds on a bridge construction experiment

she coordinated here last year.

Working in teams of four to six, students devised andtested structural reinforcements to determine which would

keep a column of sand sturdy under the most weight.

First, the students determined the weight that could be sup-

ported by a sand pillar alone, created by inverting a 12-ounce

cup of sand. They then tested the sand pillars using straws to

simulate rebar columns and then again just using paper in anyconfiguration they hypothesized might be effective.

All the results were recorded and were later discussed by

students and their science teachers.

“Every student in every grade seemed to light up with en-

thusiasm during the experiment,” said David Eisenberg,MOMS’ library media specialist who organized the visit.

“They had a great time learning complex professional engi-neering concepts while remembering what it's like to build

sand castles.”

Before the hands-on science,Czernik discussed civil en-gineering careers and the most common specializations,

transportation, geotechnical, environmental, coastal, water re-

sources, and construction. She also presented diagrams and

photos of two projects that she is currently working on: a

bridge over Layton Road in Somerset County and a bridge

on West Brook Road over the Wanaque Reservoir in PassaicCounty.

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By Cheryl Conway

Students at Sandshore Elementary School are keeping

up with today’s trends in reading with a new virtual

book club just introduced this year.

Set up as a Google classroom using kindle fires, students

are able to share their perspectives on different books withtheir peers using this current platform with modern day

technology. More than a dozen fifth graders have been

meeting since November to discuss the selected book.

Facilitators of the new club are very excited with the

reading group so far.

“We are very excited to launch our virtual book club,”

says Sandshore Principal Nicole Musarra. “Our goal is to

feed our voracious readers with engaging literature to nur-

ture their love of reading. We feel that the kindles provide

us a highly efficient way to get the right material to the right

student at the right moment.”Musarra explains that the virtual part of the book club

is done through Google classroom. “This platform allows

for peer discussions and engages our students in thinking.

They have the opportunity to develop a deeper understand-

ing of books, consider other student’s perspectives and in-

terpretations besides their own, and question and explore

the books they read.”

The virtual book club at Sandshore is being facilitated

by three teachers, Anemarie Hall, Roberta Giusto and

Joanne Bosco.

In her first year at the school, Sandshore Reading Spe-

cialist Anemarie Hall is happy to be sharing her love of

reading with others.

“I am a lifelong lover of reading and learning and have

used Book Clubs in the past as a means of instilling that

love in my students,” she says.

As one of the facilitators of the group, Hall helps to

guide conversation within the groups and present opportu-

nities for exploration of themes, character study and sub-

ject, while providing enrichment activities and hands onprojects, she explains.

The book club started in Mid-Nov. with 14 fifth graders.

The students were issued district kindles and are able to

and encouraged to take them home to read, Hall says.

The group is currently reading “Chasing Vermeer,” by

Blue Baillet, a mystery/intrigue book, “which the students

seem to be enjoying,” says Hall. “We are hoping to con-

tinue the club for the remainder of the year, but we have

not selected any other titles as of now. With the success and

enjoyment of this novel, it is possible we may select an-

other of Blu Baillet's titles.”Each week, on Monday afternoon during their lunch-re-

cess period, the group meets in the library.

“There we discuss the chapters read, any questions, pre-

dictions, the students have and clarify any confusion the

students may have regarding the text of the book,” says

Hall. Similar to adult book clubs, students enjoy “a bit of

light refreshment, discuss our likes and dislikes and explore

character, plot, setting and take guesses about what we

think will happen next.”

Each week a reading comprehension question is posted

on Google classroom for the students to complete for dis-

cussion at the next meeting; along with enrichment infor-

mation and links and websites about the author, the setting

and other story subjects.

Virtual Book Club Takes Sandshore Students On New Journey Into Reading

The virtual book club is voluntary, says Hall, and there

are no grades given.

“We just ask that the students are diligent in their read-

ing and posting and come prepared to participate, whichwe have had no difficulty in maintaining,” says Hall. “The

students are interested and excited in the book and its sub-

ject matter.”

So farHall is pleased with theprogram andsees itsben-

efits.

“This program benefits both thestudents and the teach-

ers involved,” says Hall. “It allows students to explore nov-

els in a no "judgment" zone. They can tel l us what they

like and dislike about the book, the characters, the setting.

They also are free to take risks in their answers, because

there is no right or wrong, there is only interpretation. This

allows the students and teachers alike to look at books in

different ways, to ask questions about what they are reading

and to make connections with "real life."

“As an educator, I am always fascinated by the enthusi-

asm the students show and find myself getting more ex-

cited about the story and the group and asking myself,

"what if?" continues Hall.

“So far, I have found this book club to be enjoyable and

worthwhile,” concludes Hall. “I love teaching and talking

about novels with students, even novels that I have read be-

fore. There is always some new way to interpret the story

once you see it through another person's eyes. I love itwhen the kids stop me in the hallway to tell me something

they read or realized in and about the book. I appreciate

being given theopportunityto share my love of books with

such a great group of students and some really fine teach-

ers.”

Using the latest in technology has been a valuable tool

at Sandshore. The school purchased 25 kindle fires for the

library.

“They canbe used at any grade level to engagestudents

in learning applications and support a learning activity,”

says Musarra. “We are also using them to download e-books for students. By having the kindles, we can provide

students with literature and have multiple copies available

if needed. Since our book club is new this year, we are

starting with fifth grade, and hoping to open it up to fourth

grade later this year.”

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co-owners with Darwin Oordt of Cherry Hill, they returnto the office where the company first started a dozen

years ago. Coming home is a wonderful feeling for them,

not only to return to the original office, but in the literalsense that it is located where they dwell in Mt. Olive

Township.

On Mon., Nov. 16, New View Media Group moved

from its East Hanover office to Lakeview Plaza at 1 Old

Wolfe Rd, suite 205, in Budd Lake. The company had

been in East Hanover since April when it had mergedwith the Marketeer, which had been headquartered there

for for about 15 years after being in Livingston since 1978.

What a nice homecoming it has been for Nicastro andLalama.

“The lease was up and being from Mt. Olive and acouncilman I wanted to bring my business to my home-

town,” says Nicastro. “From a personal view it is close

to home for me and Mary and our employees that come

in on a daily basis. I am very happy to be back in Mt.

Olive close to home.”While the current location is just temporary, Nicas-

tro’s plan is to purchase a different building in town

eventually.

“We are in the process of purchasing a building and

needed a temporary place,” says Nicastro. “The addresswe are at now is the same address that we moved to when

we started the papers in 2004. We had started the Mt.Olive Weekly back then and found that location. It was

available once again.”

Nicastro’s plan is “we are looking at a small buildingalong Route 46 that we feel would be a perfect home and

give great exposure to the business.”

For New View Media Group, 2015 has been a tremen-

dous year of growth.

With a current circulation of about 159,000 homes

from as far west as Hackettstown to as far east as CedarGrove, New View Media Group has grown from eight

monthly papers this time last year and plans to hold

steady with 15 papers moving into 2016.On April 1, they had formed a partnership with Oordt,

owner of the Marketeer, a free shopper type supplement.They changed their name from MJ (My Jersey) Media to

New View Media with “The idea that we have a new

view on media,” says Nicastro.

All community news, from schools to government,

people, organizations, places of worship, libraries, non-profit organizations, volunteer services, children’s

groups, scouts, fundraisers and more are featured in the

free monthly papers. The company’s philosophy is to

showcase all the good, positive news that surrounds its

readers.New View Media Group’s publications, moving for-

ward, include Mt. Olive News, Hackettstown News,Roxbury News, Randolph News, Black River News,

Morristown News, Mendham News, Madison News,

Chatham News, Livingston News, Hanover News, Cald-well News, Verona/Cedar Grove News, Millburn/Short

Hills News and East Hanover/Florham Park News.

As far as continued growth, Nicastro says “We are in

the middle of reevaluating the papers to see where and

when other expansions would make sense.”

Offering free publications to all residences and busi-nesses, the company depends on paid advertising. Con-

tact Nicastro at 800-691-7549 or [email protected].

New View Media Group also invites the communityto help share any positive news with its neighbors by

sending all story ideas and press releases [email protected].

Publications can also be viewed online at www.mypa-

peronline.com. For more information and publication

deadlines, visit www.newviewmediagroup.com.

Like the company on Facebook atwww.facebook.com/mypaperonline.

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he hallmark years of Thomas Edi-

son’s life were at the center of the

Dicken’s Victorian era – the reignof Queen Vitoria (1837 – 1901). CharlesDickens published A Christmas Carol four

years before Thomas Edison was born.

Charles Dickens had become the influen-

tially renowned author of his time who

tapped into the social conscious of theVictorian age that marveled over the won-

der of modern inventions and believed in

mindfulness to the plight of the poor. The

inventions of Thomas Edison would be-

come significant milestones in the time-

line of the Victorian era. And everywell-read American home would also

have the works of Britain’s Charles Dick-

ens in their own family library. Such was

true of the Edison home. The style and

fashion of the Victorian era is paralleled

to the early life of Thomas Edison and his

family.Thomas Edison made two important

real estate purchases in West Orange in

the last decades of the 19th Century. It

was in West Orange where he developed

his own plans to build a state of the art

factory and research laboratory and just amile away he acquired the Glenmont - a

gorgeous fully furnished Queen Anne

style Victorian mansion in the gated com-

munity of Llewellyn Park. Edison, a 39

year old widower and father of threeyoung children married Mina Miller in

1886. Glenmont was the wedding gift tohis 19 year old bride. Both Glenmont and

Edison’s factory lab became legendary

early modern American landmarks and on

Sept. 5, 1963 the National Park Service

Friends Of Thomas Edison NHP HelpPreserve Victorian- Dickens Era Landmarks In West Orange

combined Edison's home and laboratory

into a single national park called Edison

National Historic Site.Many groups and organizations are

dedicated to preserving the history of

Thomas Edison but, the members of

Thomas Edison NHP, FoTENHP, has a

unique passion that dedicates their volun-

teer efforts in preserving the physicalstructure, grounds and fixtures of these

two landmark locations. It is this group

that has raised funds to repair the stained

glass window at Glenmont, been involved

in the spring plantings at the estategrounds and participated in making the

Glenmont historically decorative forChristmas Holiday visitors.

This community of friends of Thomas

Edison has been fundraising for these

restoration projects since 1954. They havefostered the spirit of this era which in-

cludes donning on their best Victorian at-

tire for these festive events. The goal this

year is to raise funds for the factory site.

Their focus is on making the heavy ma-

chine shop operational again. The main

line shaft is in need of significant repair.For those desiring to help preserve these

landmarks of NJ’s awe-inspiring legacies,

consider joining FoTENHP or make a

contribution online at www.foedison.org.

FoTENHP is a non-profit organization

and contributions are tax deductible.Visit the Victorian Glenmont bedecked

for the Christmas Holiday that revisits

Edison family’s Christmas celebrations.

Go to the visitor center at the Laboratory

Complex, 211 Main Street, to get a vehi-cle pass for Glenmont. Tickets for house

tour are on a limited first-come first-served basis from the Laboratory Visitor

Center starting at 10 a.m. on Fri., Sat. and

Sun. A ticketed tour is the process to enter

the house.Visit the Thomas Alva Edison Mu-

seum, Wed. through Sun., 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.

Admission is $10. Visit

http://www.nps.gov/edis for more details.

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