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the Giants,” in March. This

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largest and most interesting

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tinct in the last 500 years.Born in Texas and raised

in Plainsboro, NJ, Campbell

moved to Morristown with

his family in 2007 where hehas begun teaching creative

writing to both adults and

children. “I always wanted to

write, but it’s been a long and

winding road to get there,” Campbell says.

A graduate in English from the State University of NewYork at Purchase, Campbell began his career in book pub-

lishing. “Eventually I became a freelance book editor,which has been my main profession for the past 25 years,”

Campbell states.

“Along the way, I wrote whenever opportunities arose,”Campbell states, explaining that he worked part-time as a

travel writer for “Lonely Planet.” “I coauthored over a

dozen travel guides with them, and in a lot of ways, those

experiences led to my focus today on environmental issues

and animals.”Campbell’s newest book, “Last of the Giants,” is fo-

cused on exactly that topic. Giants, which “is not a scien-

tific or biological term” but refers to his choice of topic

animals for their “sheer size” as well as the “species’ impact

on nature and on us.”

“Giants” is “about our impact on nature and animals,and it’s about the need for conservation, especially of the

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We are living in the middle of an environmental

crisis, in part because of climate change and

in part because of us, because of the long-

term impact of seven billion humans on the globe,” states

local Morristown author Jeff Campbell as an introductionto the topic of his latest novel.

Campbell recently published his newest title, “Last of

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Local Author Publishes Book On Some Of Earth’s Greatest Lost Giants

large, charismatic species we know and love best,” Camp-bell states while he goes onto explain the overwhelming

idea he tries to cover in his book, the idea of the topic sci-continued on page 2

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entists are referring to as the “sixth extinc-

tion.”

“This means [the current extinction cri-

sis] is comparable to the top five other ex-tinctions that have occurred over the historyof life on earth,” Campbell states.

Currently, Campbell has been teaching

creative writing classes at the Writers Circle

which just began offering classes in Mor-

ristown. “I try to inspire kids to simplyenjoy writing and to find their own voice,”

Campbell says, noting that his teaching ef-

forts greatly inspired him to publish his lat-

est novel.

Since his career in teaching creative

writing for children began, Campbell ex-plains that he has wanted to find a way to

make these more serious and scientifically

overwhelming topics more accessible to

young adults.

The central message of the book, Camp-bell notes, is one of compassion. “We need

to act with more compassion towards the

animals in our world. But when it comes

to issues of species extinctions, what these

stories really drove home to me is that the

world’s extinction crisis could really be

thought of as a crisis of coexistence,” saysCampbell.

Although the topic of extinction seems

like a very heavy if not depressing one,

Campbell notes that he “finished [writing]

the book feeling a lot of hope. A lot of peo-

ple are working very hard to save giant an-imals, and given the chance, animals can

adapt and adjust to change.”

The animals whose stories Campbell

tells are a variety of recently extinct or en-

dangered species including the moa, which

Campbell explains is the “tallest bird thatever lived. It could reach twelve feet tall

and weigh as much as a tiger.”

In “Giants” Campbell expresses that

mankind needs to “learn to live better with

wild animals,” which Campbell says, “issomething we’ve never been very good at,

as these stories show.”

Another point to Campbell’s argument

for saving giant species is the balance

which some of these animals maintain inthe ecosystem. If some of these larger,

magnificent species are allowed to “dwin-dle and fail, then an entire ecosystem may

unravel with them,” Campbell says.

“No one wants to live in a world without

tigers, rhinos, whales, gorillas, and ele-

phants, and I sincerely believe we’ll makesure that never happens,” Campbell con-

cludes.“Last of the Giants” was published by

Zest Books and can be purchased for

$13.99 from the publisher at www.zest-

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Chief Jesse Kaar and Deputy Chief

Michael Nunn were recently sworn in

to their new positions. All prospective

firefighters must start as volunteers and Kaar

and Nunn were no different.Kaar joined the department as a volunteer

in 1987 and Nunn became a volunteer on his

18th birthday in 1995. The department pro-

motes from within the volunteer force to ca-

reer positions.

According to Kaar, the volunteers are “al-ready trained, we know how they are as fire-

fighters as we have worked and trained side

by side.” Kaar was working for the public

works department before he was hired as a

career firefighter in 1999. Similarly, the newdeputy chief previously worked for the DPW

in Florham Park when he received the nod to

join the department in 2001. Both men are

graduates of Morristown High School.

Kaar always knew he was going to be-

come a firefighter.“I grew up a few houses away from a fire

station and spent hours hanging around trying

to learn as much as I could,” says Kaar. He is

a big believer that to be a good firefighter aperson has to be “willing to do anything to

help someone out.”

He credits his former chief, now retired,

Tom Gaylord, for instilling in him his deep

commitment to want to help others and hisdedication to his career. Kaar also believes in

on-going training and proper training on the

most up-to-date techniques in the form of

classes, classroom training and hands on

drills. He claims “without proper training,

you are possibly putting the life of a fellowfire fighter on the line.” The Morris Township

department generally engages in two training

sessions per month.

Nunn has community service in his blood.

He comes from a long line of family mem-bers that have served in local fire and police

departments as well as in local government.

Nunn’s father is a retired township police de-

tective and his grandfather was a volunteer

fireman dating back to 1943. Nunn has spent

the last fifteen years on the front line and inthe line of action. He admits, moving into the

duties as deputy chief has taken “a little ad-

justing” but is confident of his crew and their

Morris Township Welcomes Two New Chiefs In Fire Department level of training and professionalism. Thenewly appointed deputy chief said he “has an

open mind and encourages the sharing of

ideas.” He mentors the younger fire fighters

and stresses the importance of looking for

and taking advantage of opportunities to bet-ter themselves.

The two new chiefs will continue to help

the community and residents of Morris

Township.

According to Nunn, “the fire departmentand the fire fighters do much more than just

put out fires. We field all kinds of calls and,

if we can’t help, we find an agency, depart-

ment or person that can help.”

Both men credit their years of dedication,commitment, leadership and job knowledge

to help them in their new roles and to manage

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For the past 15 years Audra has workedwith high school seniors and college students

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By J. L. Shively

Local Girl Scouts, Emma Dowling and Zoe Iorizzofrom Troop 1982, recently completed their Silver

Award which requires the scouts to create a sustain-

able project that benefits the community.Both currently eight graders at Chatham Middle School,

the girls “came up with the idea [for the lending library] as

a way to achieve their Girl Scout Silver Award,” says MarlaDrury, Director of Development at the Community Soup

Kitchen.

The Community Soup Kitchen and Outreach Center in

Morristown has been open since 1984 and “haven’t missed

a single day since then,” says Tara Ryan, the Soup Kitchen’snewest member and director of Programs and Services.

“All donations and volunteer efforts are focused right

here in our own community,” says Ryan, explaining that the

kitchen serves breakfast and lunch every day of the year andeven invites guests to come up for seconds and bring food

home.The kitchen also hosts a free farmers market which al-

lows guests in need to shop for “fresh produce, meats,

breads, bakery items, flowers, etcetera,” says Ryan.

The kitchen also offers many other programs, including

a knitting group, a memoir writing class, a veteran’s supportgroup with no discharge requirement and a nurse is on site

every Friday.

In addition to the soup kitchen there is also an Outreach

Center which, Ryan explains, “is staffed by a social workerand two outreach specialists. We help people with housing,

Social Security, clothing, personal care items [and] refer-

rals.”Even with the great many programs to help local resi-

dents in need, the idea for the Lending Library satisfies an-

other very different need. “I love the book cart! It’s a greatway to stimulate the minds and imaginations of our guests,”

says Ryan, “We try to incorporate literacy in a lot of our pro-

grams.”

The Girl Scouts were able to accomplish the establish-

ment of the book cart with a good bit of work and some helpfrom their troop. “In addition to the work that Emma and

Zoe did, other members of their troop donated books for the

lending library,” says Drury.

Currently the book cart consists of 25 different titles forguests to read while they are at the kitchen or to bring home.

As space is limited, the kitchen is not looking to expand thebook cart at this time.

“We do not expect to get the books back,” says Ryan, ex-

plaining that the cart is a courtesy for guests to use however

they would like and includes books for all reading levels,

“We wanted to be sure to have something for everyone, nomatter their age or reading ability.”

Local Scouts Establish Lending Library At Soup Kitchen

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On Wed., April 27, at 7:30 p.m. at the

Morristown Unitarian Fellowship,

the Depression and Bipolar Sup-

port Alliance plans to feature at its monthly

educational meeting Dr. Michael Giuliano,board certified child, adolescent, college

age and adult psychiatrist whose practice is

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there is an extensive lending library of ed-

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In addition to the lecture series, peergroup support sessions led by experienced

facilitators are held every Tuesday evening

of the month, also using the facilities of the

Morristown Unitarian Fellowship in Mor-

ristown at 7:30PM. Family and friends are

always welcome. In addition, separate

groups for family and friends are held peri-

odically and a young adult group every

Tuesday evening.

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After a tour of the mansion, join in for tea,

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nerstone Family Programs is helping highschool students prepare for college. The

college prep program is part of Teen Path-

ways to Brighter Futures, a Morristown

Neighborhood House workforce develop-

ment and education program that focuses

on preparing teens for college access anddeveloping critical work skills for high

school students in Morris County.

The college prep program is open to

juniors and seniors who have a B or better

average in mathematics and Englishclasses and are college bound. Students

must also have demonstrated a work ethic

and desire to excel in their high school ac-

ademics as indicated by grades, attendance

and teacher recommendation.

Funding from SEED allows the Morris-town Neighborhood House to bring in

local college professors to work with stu-

dents on mathematics and English.

The goal of the college prep program is

to help students increase their SAT/ACT

test scores and improve their college en-trance opportunities. Sessions, held three

times per week, begin in October and end

in March, just prior to the local SAT/ACT

testing dates.

The Morristown NeighborhoodHouse’s Director of Community Develop-

SEED And Morristown Neighborhood House JointlyPrepare Students For College

ment sees the college prep program as crit-

ical for “leveling the playing field” for its

students.

“There exists a growing disparity in the

areas of education among disadvantagedfamilies,” said Linda Murphy at the Mor-

ristown Neighborhood House. “These

families usually are in the ethnic minority

and/or immigrants who have come to this

country seeking a better life. To achieve

this, they need a hand up.”Tiara B., a student in the program

gained more than just higher SAT scores.

Indeed, her scores improved by 60 points,

but she found the program gave her confi-

dence to succeed. “It helped me with my

overall confidence,” stated Tiara. “I’ve al-ready been accepted into three universities

and I have an interview at Princeton. The

program and teachers gave me what I

needed to strive beyond the SATs.”

For more information on this program,

contact Murphy at the Morristown Neigh-borhood House at 973-538-1229.

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at the Community Center.

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signments will be completed by 11:30 a.m.

Co-sponsored by the Town of Morris-

town Clean Communities Program and Mor-ristown Beautiful, Inc., volunteers have been

demonstrating their community pride by

joining the annual Morristown Clean-up for

more than 25 years. Many families, individ-

uals, members of churches and temples,civic and school groups, including Scout

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March 4 marked what residents of

Morristown thought was going to

be the last day that the Table of

Hope (TOH) doors would be open, but with

a little hope and a lot of support, the kitchenwas saved only two weeks later.

On March 17, the doors were reopened

because of many contributions received

from members of the local community and

from its online fundraiser.Roughly 100 people are served by TOH

five days a week and the cooks are paid,

supplies are bought and trash removal also

costs money. The Bethel A.M.E. Church

contributes $50,000 annually to keep thekitchen running with the money coming

primarily from members of the congrega-

tion.

The church did not always have TOH.

Back in 2011, the lower half of the church

was damaged from flooding. The Reverendstated that the only way the church would

survive would be if it worked to serve the

community and not just the members of the

congregation. That idea sparked the interest

of donors and eventually, the renovation

began.“The renovation project cost over

$750,000 and that was all donated to us,”

said Rev. Sidney Williams, Jr. “We are very

thankful for the support we’ve received, soin 2013 we dedicated the kitchen and thefellowship to the Table of Hope.”

TOH does not just feed the homeless;

they also feed lower income individuals

who struggle to make ends meet. According

to Rev. Williams, there are houses whichappear to be single family houses, but in re-

ality, there can be up to about four poor

families.

Just last fall, Williams ran as a Republi-

can for City Council in Morristown. Ac-

cording to Rev. Williams, one of his goalswas to promote affordable housing. The

reason he ran as a Republican was because

he did not see the Democrats of the town

taking affordable housing as seriously as

members of the Republican Party.One of the local residents, who was

waiting for the food service to begin shared

his story, but did not want his name dis-

Table of Hope Reopened After Temporary Shutdown

closed. “I work six days a week at night.One night I fell asleep in the car, you know

what I mean? But I work every day, it’s

hard to make it out here.”

As the kitchen opened, the people signed

their names on the list and sat at their tables.Some came as whole families and others

came alone, but were familiar with people

who showed up. On the far end of the din-ing area was a clothing area ran by Toni

Wright. She stated there is more than

enough women’s clothing, but there is

never enough men’s clothing.

There’s more to TOH than just feedingand clothing the poor and under privileged

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By Cheryl Conway

Grateful for some monetary and furniture donations inher last call for help, the founder of a batteredwomen’s shelter organization continues her search

for a hero to hold the mortgage.

Sandra Ramos of Ringwood, a pioneer advocate for bat-tered women who has sheltered and strengthened women andchildren for more than four decades is reaching out to othersto help save the shelter at risk for foreclosure.

The founder and director of Strengthen Our Sisters (SOS)is looking for someone to hold the mortgage at a lower inter-est rate so she can continue to provide housing for 155women and children in shelters located in New Foundland,Wanaque and West Milford. SOS is a grassroots, communitybased non-profit, program serving homeless/battered womenand children since 1977.

“They are working with us,” says Ramos about Rialto

Capital Management Advisors in Florida which currentlyholds the mortgage bridge loan. She says she has six moremonths to raise $15,000 to avoid a foreclosure.

Established in 1977 as Shelter Our Sisters - the first shelterfor battered women in North America- the organizationchanged its name to Strengthen Our Sisters and has sincegrown to eight houses, two day care centers, a food pantryand a thrift store. The properties’ value a total of $2.5 million,with $580,000 left to be paid.

A woman from Chatham recently donated $2,500; others

gave holiday baskets and furniture.“Lots of people donated food and Easter baskets but if they

don’t have a place to live where are they going to keep theirEaster baskets?” she asks. The same holds true with the fur-niture donations.

About 20 people recently have called offering to donatefurniture. Although grateful for all of the donations, Ramossays the next hurdle is trying to find or afford a storage placeto hold the furniture.

“People called to donate furniture,” says Ramos. “Wedon’t have room to store the furniture. We need a storageplace. People donating beautiful furniture.”

Ramos says the furniture “will come in handy for women”when they are able to move into an apartment or a place of their own to live.

Through her shelter program, Ramos says “thousandshave been saved” during the past 46 years. Many of the

women and children her organization helps “don’t have fam-ilies,” are on section eight, have families or friends “whodon’t like them; who don’t want to help them. We have a lotof dysfunctional families.

“We are the only shelter who will take people,” saysRamos. “No one else takes these people from social services.”

With two hotline numbers, Ramos has made herself avail-able to help others- women who could have been forced tolive on the streets facing prostitution, living in cars, some hav-ing epilepsy or breathing disorders, she describes.

Ramos started her first shelter in 1970 in her three bed-room home in Hackensack. She had three small children atthe time, was facing divorce after ten years of marriage andwas in need of a roommate, she explains. One roommateturned into 23 women in her house at one point, she admits.

Over the years, in 1977, her initiative became Shelter OurSisters. The mission of SOS is to break the cycle of domesticviolence, poverty and abuse by restoring balance and har-mony through individual empowerment.

To support her organization, Ramos receives some moneyfrom the Passaic County Dept. of Human Services, privatedonations, counties and social services, “but not enough tokeep it going. We have a transportation grant but they took itaway. We have five vans; we need help. We’ve been runningfor three and a half years with a non-paid staff,” down froma paid staff of 55 that were let go when SOS lost funding, shesays.

Ramos currently has 17 non-paid volunteers who drive theshelter residents to look for jobs, to court, doctor appoint-ments, social services, schools; they fix things, watch chil-dren.

SOS recently held a tricky tray and dinner fundraiser andin May plans to host a 3K run/walk and later that month, aMother’s Day fundraising event. For more details about theseevents and SOS, go to http://www.strengthenoursisters.org/.

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charitable fundraising and

an unwavering commitment

to Conservative values.

For 34 years, Heard has

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Republican fundraising and

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candidates. His personal

and corporate commitmentalways has been to be in-

volved with important

causes that support educa-

tion, advocate for military

and veterans, help fightDrug Abuse, aid missing

and exploited children and

reduce taxes for residents

and seniors.

His commitment to im-

proving education includedseveral years on the Board

of Trustees at County Col-lege of Morris in Randolph

and as its chair was in the

forefront to upgrade the

campus and curriculum to

make it one of the most re-

C

o n g r e s s m a n

Leonard Lance cur-

rently represents

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running for reelection on aplatform of smaller govern-

ment, less spending and real

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sey” by Americans for Tax

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ernment.

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ports and stopping theObama Administration’s

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can Israel Caucus where he

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Heard, Business Owner, Community Leader, Runs For Congress

Lance Running For ReelectionFor Congress

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help manage the financial burden during this difficult time.

The current benefit is $30,000.

The 200 Club of Morris County also awards an annual

benefit to each eligible child of the public safety official in

an effort to help ease the financial concerns created by theloss of their loved one, as stated on the website. At present,

the annual benefit is $10,000 per child per year until age

18. Should the child continue onto college, the benefit is

increased to $15,000 per year until age 23 or graduation.

Since its inception in 1971, the 200 Club of MorrisCounty has distributed more than $4.3 million in survivor

benefits and scholarships to families. For 2016, the club is

nearing $1,100 that will be awarded in college scholarships

to high school seniors serving in a branch of public safety

or whose a parent is actively serving or retired from a pub-lic safety capacity in Morris County.

The scholarship committee voted to award 20 scholar-

ships of $5,000 each. The scholarship awards dinner will

be May 16 at 6 p.m. at the Zeris Inn.

The 200 Club is supported by membership dues and pri-

vate donations.“Every year that money goes out to help first respon-

ders,” says Lou Nisivoccia of Randolph, previous president

of the 200 Club. “If we can recruit more members, we can

increase the money given to those lost in the line of duty.

We’ve been slowly increasing the membership. We need toget the word out.”

Last year, Nisivoccia implemented a Power of One pro-

gram in which each member is encouraged to bring in one

new member.

A member for 15 years, Nisivoccia and his wife support

several charities and with the 200 Club “We are helping

our neighbors right here in Morris County. I want to takecare of those people who take care of me every single day.”

In March, the 200 Club of Morris County started its

$15,000 Billboard Campaign for the Move Over law, in an

spected institutions of higher learning in the state. For his

accomplishments, Heard received the Community Col-

lege Northeast Trustee of the Year Award.He has also served on the Roxbury Board of Education,

the Board of Directors for Anna Marie College, MA, and

he is a Life Member of the NJ State Parent-Teacher Asso-

ciation. Over the years, Heard has led and supported

fundraising campaigns to help the homeless, children’s hos-

pitals and veterans.Heard’s charitable and community work has gained the

recognition and praise of U.S. presidents, cabinet members,governors and a long list of national and state charitable or-

ganizations.

Born and raised in NJ, Heard said that he owes his com-mitment to helping his community to his mother, a single

mom, who raised him and his four siblings.

Heard is a graduate of Fairleigh Dickinson University,

with a bachelor’s degree in accounting and mater’s in tax-

ation and finance. He resides in Succasunna with his wife,Madeline. They have three children and one grandchild.

President’s dangerous nuclear deal with Iran.

Lance was raised in Hunterdon County, where he at-

tended public schools. He holds a bachelor’s degree from

Lehigh University; a law degree from Vanderbilt Univer-sity; and a master’s degree from the Woodrow Wilson

School of Public and International Affairs of Princeton Uni-

versity.

Prior to coming to Congress, Lance served as a member

of the NJ State Senate where he took on Gov. Whitman

over borrowing without voter approval. He is the authorof the 2008 Lance Amendment that prohibits further state

borrowing without voter approval.

Lance is married to Heidi A. Rohrbach and they have a

son, Peter Frank.

Lance...continued from previous page

continued from previous page

Heard...

By Cheryl Conway

Recruiting new members, spreading the word about

the club and protecting lives of those who help oth-

ers are some of the current goals of the 200 Club of Morris County.

Established 45 years ago in Morris County, the 200 Club

of Morris County is gearing up for its 44th Annual Valor

Meritorious Awards Dinner set for Thurs., April 28, starting

with cocktails at 6 p.m., followed by awards and dinnerfrom 7 p.m. to 10 p.m., at the Birchwood Manor in Whip-

pany. Advance registration is required.

At this year’s fundraising dinner 39 first responders of

Morris County, whether volunteer or professional, will be

200 Club Prepares Its Awards Dinner And Continued Growth In Membership And Purpose

recognized and honored for their bravery by the 200 Club,

an organization of individuals that support public safety

professionals. Firefighters, police and emergency medical

providers risked their lives in 11 incidents involving fires,car accidents, gas-filled homes and other emergencies in

Morris County towns.

First responders who put their lives at risk earn the Valor

Award; those who go beyond the call of duty are awarded

the Meritorious Award.“We’re very lucky to have individuals like these keeping

us safe here in Morris County,” said James M. Gannon,

president of the 200 Club, in a press release. “It’s an honor

to recognize their good work.”

When citizens are in Morris County “running away from

crime, these first responders are running toward the fire,”

says Gannon during an interview with New View MediaGroup. “It’s time to put them on a pedal stool and say

‘thanks’ for what they are doing.”

Each recipient will be recognized, receive a plaque and

a 200 Club Bar to wear below their badge on their uniform,explains Gannon, a member for the past eight years.

With 37 different police departments in Morris County,

submissions can be numerous. A review committee of the

200 Club meets to determine who is worthy of a valor

award or meritorious award.

“People selected are the cream of the crop,” says Gan-non of Boonton Twp. The Morris County Chief’s Associa-

tion, Medical Service Alliance and State Police providecandidates to the 200 Club for consideration.

The 200 Club of Morris County was formed in 1971 by

a group of 19 concerned business and political leaders; thegroup doubled by the end of the year and today involves

more than 1,100 members. The Morris County club was an

outgrowth of the Essex County Club, which was the first

200 Club in NJ that began in 1967.

Each member pays $200 in annual dues, thus, the 200designation.

The first 200 Club developed in 1952 in response to the

fatal shooting of Arthur Meyers, a Detroit, Michigan police

officer, according to the club website. Following the shoot-

ing, a local businessman, William Packer, asked his friends

to donate to a fund in memory of the fallen officer and metwith the officer’s widow to support her finances and setup

an education account for their unborn child.

Since that time, 118 of these clubs have been established

in 28 states with additional clubs in Puerto Rico and Central

America. There are currently 18, 200 Clubs in NJ.A non-profit, 501c3 organization, the 200 Club of Mor-

ris County supports local police officers, fire fighters, first

aid squad members, and NJ state police serving Morris

County who die in the line of duty.

When a public safety official loses their life in the line

of duty, the Action Committee of The 200 Club of MorrisCounty reaches out to the widow to offer emotional support

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Hirniak, Valori And King Run As Team For Morris County Freeholder

Agraduate of SetonHall University,with a doctorate in

education, Lou Valori of Parsipanny retired from the

Parsippany-Troy Hills Po-lice Department in 2012 asa Detective Sergeant. Val-ori also served on the Par-sippany Board of Education, and is currentlycouncil president in Parsip-pany.

He serves as a memberof the Morris County ParkCommission and the Mor-ris County Human ServicesCouncil on Aging, Disabil-

ities and Veterans.Valori served with dis-

tinction in the U.S. ArmyReserves for 28 years and

retired as a LieutenantColonel. He was deployedin support of Operation En-during Freedom and Oper-ation Iraqi Freedom.

He is married to Ivette

and has three daughters. Heis a member of the NotreDame of Mount CarmelChurch in Whippany.

Agraduate of

LaSalle University

and Benjamin Car-dozo Law School, Peter

King, of Denville, is a

partner in the King and Pe-tracca law firm in Parsip-

pany, focusing primarily inmunicipal law. The firm

serves as the municipal

prosecutor for Morris

Plains Borough, Morris,

Randolph and Rockawaytownships.

A former Captain in the

U.S. Army, King was in

active combat during the

Persian Gulf War, earning

various medals for hisservice, including the

Bronze Star.

He is married to Catha-

rina and has two daughters.

King is a member of TheAssumption of The

Blessed Virgin Mary

Parish in Morristown and a

life member of the VFWand the National Rifle As-sociation.

Agraduate of Mar-quette Universityand The John Mar-

shall Law School, RomanHirniak is a vice president

and senior counsel with San-tander Bank, N.A. An activeparticipant in the community,he is a member of the Ran-dolph Rotary Club, attendsSt. John the Baptist Ukrain-ian Catholic Church inWhippany and serves as aPedagogical Advisor to theUkrainian EducationalCouncil.

Hirniak was elected to theRandolph Township Council

in Nov. 2012, after havingserved two terms on thePlanning Board and one termeach on both the RecreationAdvisory Committee and theTraffic Advisory Committee.During calendar year 2015,he was the Township’s

Deputy Mayor and currentlyserves as Mayor of RandolphTownship.

Hirniak is also an electedmember of the MorrisCounty Republican Commit-

tee, representing Randolph’s10th Voting District. His sonis a freshman at Rutgers Uni-versity, studying biomedicalengineering and his daugh-ters are a junior and a fresh-man at Randolph HighSchool.

Freeholders Cabana, Mastrangleo And DeFillippoVie For Another Term On Freeholder Board

Douglas R. “Doug”Cabana is the

longest serving

member of the Board of

Chosen Freeholders, hav-

ing joined the board in

April 1997.

He is a former free-

holder director who was

elected by his colleagues

to that post in 2000 and

again in 2001. He served

as deputy director in 1998,

1999, 2011 and 2012.

A past president of the

New Jersey Association of

Counties, it was under his

leadership in 2006 that the

association became an ini-

tial driving force behind

the now popular concept of

“shared services.” Cabana

has served as Morris

County’s representative tothat statewide association

since 1999.

Cabana was mayor of

Boonton Township for six

years and a member of the

township’s governing body

for 11 years. He is a mem-

ber of the 200 Club of

Morris County and a for-

mer president of the Mor-

ris County League of

Municipalities.

Cabana is an attorney

who received his law de-

gree from Seton Hall Uni-

versity School of Law. Healso has a degree in busi-

ness management from

Ithaca College.

Kathy DeFillippo cur-rently serves on thefreeholder board and

is in her second year as free-holder director.

She was a councilwomanin Roxbury Township from2006 through Dec. 2013.She served as mayor in 2009and deputy mayor in 2012-13 and was also a member of the town’s Zoning Board of Adjustment.

DeFillippo has a long his-tory of public and commu-nity service. She is a pastpresident of the RoxburyArea Chamber of Commerceand is currently on the boardof the NJ Metro Chapter of the National MS Society.She was the driving force be-hind bringing the Walk MSto Roxbury in 2006 and hasraised tens of thousands of dollars to help find a cure

and to raise awareness forpeople afflicted with thisdevastating disease.

A graduate of SUNYNew Paltz with a bachelor’s

in education and special ed-

ucation, DeFillippo is a re-tired Certified VocationalRehabilitation counselor.She was the director of asheltered workshop for phys-ically and mentally handi-capped adults in New Yorkbefore working in the insur-ance industry in the Wash-ington, D.C., area, providingmedical management andvocational rehabilitationservices to injured workers.

Kathy and her husband,Bob, have lived in Roxburysince 1994 with their threechildren, Scott, Laura Jeanand Rob.

Thomas (Tommy) J.Mastrangelo of Montville has a stellar

career as an executive insales and leadership manage-ment experience in the infor-mation technology industry.He is recognized as a top ex-ecutive sales leader in IT andis president of an IT consult-ing firm based in Parsippany.

Through encouragementby family and friends, Mas-

trangelo ran for his first pub-lic office as a candidate forMorris County Freeholderand did so as a “property tax-payer advocate” to reducetaxes and government spend-ing with the goal of provid-ing taxpayer relief for hisfellow Morris County. Mas-trangelo was elected in Nov.2010 and re-elected in Nov.2013. For two consecutiveyears, Mastrangelo was

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Under Mastrangelo’s di-

rection and leadership,

county property taxes andspending have been reducedand in 2014 implemented afive-year $ 60 million debtreduction plan, while at thesame time, maintaining thegood quality of life in MorrisCounty to live, work andraise a family. As a Free-holder, Mastrangelo is amember of the budget sub-committee, chair of theBoard of School Estimate at

CCM Vo-Tech, liaison toCounty Clerk , Board of Elections, Superintendent of Elections, Rutgers Coopera-

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With nearly three decades of law

enforcement service and provenexperience as a fiscal conserva-

tive who has saved millions of taxpayer

dollars, John Sierchio is uniquely qualified

to protect the families and taxpayers of Morris County as its next sheriff.

Sierchio of Boonton Twp. has more than

27 years of law enforcement experience as

both an officer and supervisor of his peers.

He served in the Essex County Sheriff’s Of-

fice, the Essex County and Bloomfield po-lice departments. During his time on the

Bloomfield Police Department, Sierchio

served in the Patrol Division, Emergency

Medical Service Unit, and Detective Bu-

reau before being promoted to sergeant, anassignment he continued until reassigned to

the Internal Affairs Division.

Sierchio has received dozens of merito-

rious awards during his service in law en-

forcement. He volunteered at Ground Zero

during the aftermath of 9/11 and received aproclamation from the Los Angeles, Cali-

fornia City Council in recognition of hiscourageous work. Sierchio received a

proclamation from the Newark City Coun-

cil for saving the lives of several residentsby entering a burning building before the

arrival of the fire department. He also re-

ceived a proclamation from the Bloomfield

Township Council for his work in appre-

hending a suspect wanted for murder.In 2004, he was named “PBA Officer of

the Year” by the Essex County Conference

of PBA’s. In 1995, Sierchio was elected to

represent the PBA as the vice-president of Bloomfield PBA Local 32, a position he

held until he was elected as State Delegatein 1997, a role he served for nearly 15 years

until his promotion to the rank of sergeant.

He has served as a member of the Board

of Trustees for the Police and Firemen’s Re-

tirement System in 2002. In his role aschair, he saved millions of dollars for tax-

payers and protected the savings of law

abiding citizens by exposing fraudulent

pension claims.

In Nov. 2009, Sierchio was asked by

then Governor-Elect Chris Christie to serveon his Gubernatorial Transition Team. He

was appointed by Governor Christie to

serve as a member of his Law and Public

Safety Subcommittee and was assigned thetask of reviewing and providing his recom-

mendations regarding reforms to the Divi-

sion of NJ State Police, the Division of

Highway Traffic Safety, and the Division of

Alcoholic Beverage Control.

Sierchio is serving his seventh year as amember of the Boonton Township Board of

Education; is active in many clubs and or-ganizations and is a life member of the Na-

tional Rifle Association. He is married to

Lisa and they have four children: Ashley,John, Jordyn and Teresa.

The growing momentum behind Re-

publican Jim Gannon’s campaign forMorris County Sheriff is driven by

his unmatched law enforcement and secu-

rity experience, overwhelming support

from Morris conservative and Republicanleaders, and a fiscal reform agenda that puts

taxpayers first.

Before ever considering running for

elected office, Gannon of Boonton Twp.,

enjoyed a 33 year career in law enforce-

ment and global security, starting as a pa-trolman in Boonton and Boonton

Township, followed by tenure as Deputy

Chief of Investigations at the Morris

County Prosecutor’s Office, the FBI's elite

Joint Terrorism Task Force and MorrisCounty¬ based Novartis Pharmaceuticals.

During his decorated career, Gannon

also served as commander of the Fun-

coLand Homicide Task Force and the Wal-

ter Contreras Homicide Task Force, formed

the Morris County Cold Case Unit, co-au-thored the “Morris County Counter Terror-

ism Task Force Manual,” and has lecturedand trained fellow professionals, and con-

ducted investigations, in places like Russia,

Ukraine, South Africa, Hungary, Thailandand Uzbekistan, uniquely preparing him for

the day-to-day battle to protect Morris

County citizens from terror attacks by rad-

ical groups like ISIS.

Gannon grew up in large Irish and PolishCatholic family in Boonton Twp. with two

brothers and one sister. His passion for law

enforcement came from his father, who was

NYPD detective. Gannon graduated Boon-ton High School where he played multiple

sports and also was a member of the Boon-ton Township Fire Service.

Gannon earned his associate’s degree in

law enforcement from County College of

Morris in 1981 and his bachelor’s degree in

criminal justice administration from

William Paterson University in 1983. Aftergraduation, Gannon started out in his career

in law enforcement as a patrolman in his

hometown.

Gannon has given back to the surround-

ing communities as current president of the200 Club of Morris County; adjunct profes-

sor at Centenary College; life member of

the NJ State PBA # 327; co-founder of the

Morris County Chapter of the Emerald So-

ciety of the State of NJ; and as a drum

major in the Police Pipes & Drums of Mor-ris County.

Gannon was married to his wife, Lisa,

for 26 years before losing her in 2010 after

a courageous battle against Multiple Scle-rosis. Jim and Lisa had one daughter, KateDeSantis who, along with her husband

Matt, are expecting their first child and

Jim’s first grandchild this summer.

Gannon Runs For Morris County SheriffIn June Primary

Sierchio Enters RaceFor Morris County Sheriff

tive Extension Service, Office of Information Technology,Labor Relations , Economic Development and a voting mem-ber on the New Jersey Association of Counties.

Mastrangelo holds a bachelor’s degree from Seton Hall

University, a master’s in business administration from Fair-leigh Dickinson University, and a Juris Doctorate of Lawfrom Seton Hall University School of Law.

Mastrangelo is a member of the Sons of Italy and is amember of the NRA.

Mastrangelo is married to Debbie and has three children,Christopher, Brittney, and Michael.

John Krickus of Long Valley is runningfor Morris County Freeholder.

He served as mayor and committee-per-

son in Washington Township for 12 years

and served a three-year term as Morris

County Freeholder, during which time hehad a zero tax increase policy, reduced

county debt, and championed a policy

which doubled the miles of county roads

repaved.

A product manager and former CPA,Krickus is a Madison native who served in

the Marine Corps Reserves at Picattiny Ar-

senal. He received his bachelor’s degree

from Drew University and his master’s in

business administration from Lehigh Uni-

versity.Krickus and his wife, Carolyn, have two

daughters in college, Kelly and Casey. Car-

olyn, Kelly and Casey are all volunteer

members of the Long Valley First Squad.

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effort to protect public safety individuals

from accidents. When approaching lights,vehicles need to move over one lane “so

people don’t get struck by your car,” says

Gannon.

Highway workers, those helping in

crashes, tow truck drivers, “these peopleneed to be protected too,” says Gannon,

who is running for Morris County Sheriff

after retiring from a 33 year career in law

enforcement and global security. The proj-

ect consists of 13 billboards going up onmajor roadways in the county to raise

awareness of the Move Over Law “to getpeople to slow down a little bit.”

Gannon says, “It’s a dangerous, danger-

ous job in the public safety world. We don’twant to be giving benefits to widows and

widowers. Our mission is that we save the

lives of these emergency public employ-ees.” The public safety community,

“These people are really important to us,

these highway workers. It’s nice to keep

them safe on the roads.”

Information about membership in the200 Club and its various programs is avail-

able by calling 973-630-7933 or by clicking

on http://200clubofmorriscounty.com.

A member must be a “person of good

character” whether subject-matter experts,business person, finance, media, retired po-

lice officers or firefighters to name a few.

“It’s a passionate group of people,” says

Gannon of the club members. “We are able

to do good and meet people. It’s really a

neat group to belong to.”

200 Club...continued from page 19

The Morris County Seat is home to

the latest efforts in the statewide

Street Smart campaign. Speakingin the lobby of Town Hall, Morristown of-

ficials and community stakeholders

kicked off Street Smart Morristown, amonth-long pedestrian safety campaign

that will run through April.The campaign is an effort that com-

bines grassroots public awareness, educa-

tional outreach and high-visibility law

enforcement to change behaviors as they

relate to pedestrian safety.

“Education is one of the most impor-tant things that we can do for our commu-

nity and those that come to enjoy our

downtown,” said Timothy Dougherty,

mayor of Morristown. Dougherty said. “Itadds another level of greatness to ourcommunity in a sense that we look at

every aspect, not just a development or a

new restaurant or a new boutique, but how

we make our quality of life the best it can

be for the ones who live here and for the

many thousands that come to visit.”From 2013 to 2015, there were 51

pedestrian-related crashes in Morristown,

including one fatal crash. Of those, 21

percent were a result of pedestrians jay-

walking and 46 percent were a result of pedestrians being struck while crossing in

a marked crosswalk.

Street Smart’s “check your vital signs”

slogan emphasizes safe travel roles and

responsibilities to both pedestrians andmotorists. The vital signs are to be dis-

played on tip cards, posters, banners and

street signs throughout the communityand in local businesses as a visual re-

minder for drivers and pedestrians.Following these traffic laws “will go a

long way towards achieving a goal of zero

pedestrian deaths on our roadways,” said

Trauma Program Coordinator Renay

Durling-Grover, explaining that Morris-

town Medical Center saw an increase of 37 percent in pedestrian injuries in 2015.

When citing these statistics, Durling-

Grover emphasized that “zero is the only

acceptable number.”TransOptions, a non-profit transporta-

tion organization, is leading the Street

Smart effort in Morristown. The North

Jersey Transportation Planning Authority

(NJTPA) launched five pilot campaigns in

various New Jersey towns over the last

two years and kicked off a new round of campaigns in March of this year. NJTPA

and the New Jersey Division of Highway

Traffic Safety are funding the efforts in

Morristown. TransOptions is partnering

with Morristown, the Morristown PoliceDepartment, the school district, as well as

numerous local businesses and organiza-

people that live in Morristown.

C.H.A.N.G.E. (Creating Healthy Actions

thru Nutrition and Group Exercise) is a

three tier program which offers a weeklyfitness schedule, nutritional education and

services such as fitness parties and fitness

evaluations and monitoring. There is also a

Student Outreach Academic Reinforcement

(S.O.A.R.) program, drug counseling and

nutrition and fitness classes run byWilliams, his wife Teresa Williams, and

members of the church.

The S.O.A.R. program was intended to

reach out to the African American and

Latino communities, but the majority of theS.O.A.R. program consisted of Latinos at

first.

“The first year we ended up with like 95

percent Latino families,” said Williams.

“What I realized is that Latino familieswant help, they want to be successful, they

want their kids to be successful. The first

year was a struggle because I didn’t have

any bilingual anything. So by the second

year we had to revamp the program to ac-commodate Latino families, so we had

bilingual speakers, bilingual materials, we

have translation support.”

Both programs (C.H.A.N.G.E. and

S.O.A.R.) were formulated to better the

youth through health and education. As partof the S.O.A.R. program, there is an Awards

ceremony held every year and the fourth

Annual S.O.A.R. Awards ceremony is set to

be held on May 5.

Clothing submissions can be done inperson at 59 Spring Street, Morristown, NJ

07960.

Monetary donations to the church andTOH project can be submitted through their

website http://www.springstreetcdc.org.Free meals are offered from Mon.-Fri.,

6 p.m.-7:30 p.m.

continued from Page 14

Table of Hope Reopened...

Morristown Mayor Timothy Dougherty and NJ Assemblyman Anthony Bucco.

Morristown Launches Street Smart Pedestrian Safety Campaign

tions.

“Morris County and the NJTPA have a

long-standing commitment to make safetyour number one transportation priority,”

said Morris County Freeholder Director

Kathy DeFillippo.

“Anything that we can do to educate

people to make them understand thatthey’ve got to pay attention right up until

the time they turn the ignition off on theircars, whatever we can do to make pedes-

trians realize that they not only have to

look out for themselves, but for others,

that’s a good thing and that’s exactly whatthis program will deliver to Morristown,”

said NJ Assemblyman Anthony Bucco.

TransOptions President John F. Ciaf-

fone said “In a booming town like Mor-ristown, it’s even more essential that

drivers obey speed limits and stop for

crossing pedestrians, and that pedestrians

wait for the walk signal at intersections

with traffic lights and refrain from jay-walking by using crosswalks. TransOp-

tions will emphasize these ‘vital signs’ of the Street Smart campaign through educa-

tion and outreach, while our partners, the

Morristown Police Department, will be

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Executive Director of the NJTPA,

Mary K. Murphy, in highlighting the

Street Smart efforts statewide, explained

that the Federal Highway Administration

has “designated New Jersey as a pedes-trian focus state due to our very high rate

of pedestrian-vehicle crashes.” From

2009-2013, 697 pedestrians were killed

and more than 22,000 were injured

statewide.

To learn more about the campaign,

visit http://www.TransOptions.org/street-smart or http://www.BeStreetSmartNJ.

org.

Morristown Launches Street Smart...continued from previous page

Applications are now available for

the “2016 Voice of WorkingWomen Scholarship.” The schol-

arships are offered by the BPW/New Jer-

sey Foundation, Inc. Awards of up to$1,000 per person will be made. The

awards are available for women who liveand are attending school in New Jersey or

for female small business owners looking

to purchase a piece of equipment. All ap-

plicants must be at least 25 years old.

Applicants who are seeking to advance

their careers, reenter the workforce, ormake a career change are encouraged to

apply for consideration of an Education

Scholarship Award. Small business own-

ers are encouraged to apply for consider-ation of an Equipment Scholarship Award.This award is given to small business

owners to purchase a piece of equipment.

The applicant must have at least a fifty

percent ownership in a small business.Each scholarship award program has

its own application that must be com-

pleted and submitted. Visit www.busines-sandprofessionalwomennj.org to

download an application.eadline is May 1. Questions may be di-

rected to Penny Miller,

[email protected] (609) 978-8638 or

Pat Wittek, [email protected] 908-964-

3989.

The BPW/New Jersey Foundation, Inc.reserves the right to award one or multiple

scholarships and also reserves the right to

determine if all awarded funds were used

for their intended purpose. The determi-nation of awards by the Board of BPWNew Jersey Foundation, Inc is final.

Apply For 2016 VoiceOf Working Women Scholarship

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As the weather gets warmer, groupswill be spreading out across MorrisPlains to pick up litter and recy-

clables that have been carelessly tossed alongroadways and in parks. The first to partici-

pate this year were a group of twelve studentsfrom St. Virgil.The St. Virgil group uses their mini grant

money to help fund their yearly trip to Ap-palachia to help do work in this very de-pressed area. Along with two adults theyoung people were out on a chilly and driz-zly first weekend in April to scour SimonesPark. They picked up seven large bags of trash and two large bags of recyclables.

Simones Park, at the end of MountainWay, has been adopted by the sixth grade stu-dents from Borough School that have

pledged to go out and clean the park fourtimes a year. But Simones Park is a problemarea. Even with the Borough School group,extra clean-ups, like this one by St. Virgil,and the help of neighbors that live across thestreet, litter is a consisten

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