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P o s t a l C u s t o m e r

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positive stories out there,some are hiding and if you

open your eyes you will find

them. Years ago, I was sit-

ting in my car outside the

public library waiting to go

into story-time with my son,

and I couldn’t help but

notice this woman who ven-

tured just outside the woods

to put some food in a bowl.

Shortly after the woman left,

I noticed three stray catsapproach the bowl and start

eating. This simple obser-

vance led to a series of sto-

ries of local volunteers who

take care of stray cats and

started a movement to get

them spayed and neutered to

reduce the number of stray

cats that mingle around

apartment complexes.

By Cheryl Conway

It was Fri., Feb. 6, dead-

line day….my first real

deadline day as the new

editor of MJ Media, and as I

was getting my kids ready

for school I turn my comput-

er on early so I’m ready to

finalize all of the press

releases for eight monthly

newspapers and write my

stories. And there it

was….blue screen of death!

For those who do not

know what the blue screen of

death is, Google it cause I’m

not exactly sure, but I do

know I could not start my

computer nor get to any of

my files. Lucky me, my hus-

band-Todd- a brilliant com-

puter software field engi-

neer-who was busying him-

self downstairs making

breakfasts and lunches,

jumped right on my laptopand cured my unwelcoming

surprise to the point of full

restore.

As stressful as the situa-

tion was, my little mishap

gave me my lead for this

piece which is my introduc-

tion of myself as the Editor

of MJ Media LLC. It’s not

easy to write about oneself

especially after writing about

so many other people’s

accomplishments for more

than 25 years as a journalist

for multiple publications.

When my publisher, Joe

Nicastro of Flanders, told me

he wanted me to write about

myself as the new editor I

was apprehensive and won-

dered why someone couldn’t

interview me and write about

me for a change. I’ve spent

the past week trying to come

up with introductions in myhead, even researched a few,

to get ideas of what to reveal,

what not to tell, don’t tell

your age, don’t mention your

religion, race or how many

kids you have. Does it really

matter? Probably not, as my

job as editor is not about me,

but to review all the material

to be published and to write

about all of you.

As the Editor of MJMedia, my goal is to contin-

ue with the company’s phi-

losophy of showcasing and

informing all residents in our

coverage area- which cur-

rently reaches 84,831 homes

and businesses- the good that

surrounds us day to day, the

positive, the uniqueness of

our communities, its people,

schools, places, history and

Morris County ‘Girl’ Puts On Editor’s CapFor Morristown News

Cheryl Conway

local government. So many

people turn to television

news and feel saddened,

worried, stressed when they

learn of all the crime and bad

things that go on in the world

in which we live. Yes there is

bad, someone told me it was

Eve’s fault for eating the

apple, and we have our

means of being informed of

the negative news in all

kinds of mediums. But you

will not find those stories inMJ Media. Instead you will

read about your neighbors

who survived the Boston

Marathon explosion or

baked cookies for a house

fire; your son who is a

national champion in soccer

or just won first place in his

school’s robotics competi-

tion; your daughter who just

won her first beauty pageant

or got second place in theregional spelling bee; your

friend who just got elected to

the council; a tree down the

street that got picked to stand

tall in Rockefeller Center;

the girl at a local restaurant

who bought a stranger’s

lunch as a kind deed for her

birthday; my husband who

just won the lottery…I wish.

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A

fter six months of offering our new

monthly packages, we can only

conclude it to be an outrageous suc-

cess. Our two morristown locations alreadyhave a combined 800 members. We're offer-

ing these monthly packages for two reasons;

first winter is our busiest season because

cars tend to dirty quicker with the weather

and road treatments, second we get to save

people money because of these more fre-

quent washes and they tend to tell others

about the service and the savings. So we

have memberships for every wash package

where the member pays once and comes asoften as the like for a month. They can come

once a week or once a day if they like. No

contracts and no cancellation penalties. To

round out our fist six months we are offer-

ing 25% off the first month of any monthly

membership for any new member.

Morristown Car Wash Offers 25% OffFirst Month on Their Monthly Packages

T

he Woman's Club of Morristown is

offering three $2,000 scholarships

to young women graduating in the

Morristown High School Class of 2015.

Applications for the scholarships will be

available at the Morristown High School

Guidance Office after Jan. 30. Any senior

girl planning to attend a two-year or four-year college may apply for the scholar-

ship.

Completed applications are due April 1.

Applicants must also attend a tea at the

Woman's Club in Morristown on Fri. after-

noon, May 15, where they will be inter-

viewed by the Scholarship Committee.

Winners will be notified by their guidance

counselors and their names will be

announced in June at the Morristown HighSchool Awards Assembly.

Funding for the scholarships is provid-

ed by various projects undertaken by the

Woman's Club throughout the year,including its annual Rummage Sale in

August, its 50/50 drawing in November,

and its December Holiday Bazaar.

The Woman’s Club of Morristown,

founded in 1910, is a group of more than

100 women dedicated to the service of

their community. The group works close-

ly with the NJ State Federation of

Women’s Clubs and the General

Federation of Women’s Clubs. The Clubis a non-profit, non-political, non-sectarian

organization whose purpose is to promote

improvements within its community, to

offer civic and cultural activities, and to

preserve the historic Dr. Lewis Condict

House. More information is available at

http://www.wcomt.org/; or

https://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/The-

W o m a n s - C l u b - o f -

Morristown/209139092517936?fref=ts.

Woman’s Club of Morristown OffersScholarships to Seniors

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On Sun. March 1, at 3:30 p.m., at St.

Mark Lutheran Church in

Morristown, Voice of the Faithful

New Jersey will present a discussion of Fr.

Richard Rohr’s book, “Falling Upward,

Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life.” In

this book Fr. Richard Rohr offers a new par-

adigm for understanding one of life’s most

profound mysteries: how our failings can be

the foundation for our ongoing spiritual

growth.

Drawing on the wisdom of time-honored

myths, heroic poems, great thinkers and

sacred religious texts, he explores the two

halves of life to show that those who have

fallen, failed, or “gone down” are the only

ones who understand “up.” We grow spiri-tually more by doing it wrong than by doing

it right. With rare insight, Rohr takes us on

a journey to give us an understanding of

how the heartbreaks, disappointments, and

weaknesses of life can actually be stepping

stones to the spiritual joys that the second

half of life has in store for us. He states: “in

my opinion, this first-half-of-life task is no

more than finding the starting gate. It is

merely the warm-up act, not the full jour-

ney. It is the raft but not the shore. If you

realize that there is a further journey, you

might do the warm-up act quite differently,

which would better prepare you for what

follows. People at any age must know aboutthe whole arc of their life and where it is

tending and leading.”

A Franciscan priest of the New Mexico

Province, Fr. Richard Rohr founded the

Center for Action and Contemplation in

Albuquerque, New Mexico in 1986. He is

the author of more than 20 books, translated

into many languages. An internationally

known speaker, he is also well known for

his numerous recorded teachings, through

the Center’s quarterly publication, Radical

Grace, and is a regular contributing writerfor Sojourners and Tikkun magazines. He

uses many platforms in teaching on such

themes as adult Christian spirituality,

Scripture as liberation, male spirituality,

politics and spirituality, nature, and inter-

faith dialogue.

All are welcome. Liturgy will follow.

There is no charge for the program.

Information: www.votfnj.org,

[email protected] or 973-538-4063.

Priest To Discuss His Book


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Due to the overwhelming support

by the Morristown Community for

the victims of the Elm Street Fire,

the Morristown Fire House has reached its

capacity for receiving material goods!

Thank you to all those that have donated.

Please know that these families have con-

tinued access to all donated items.

Morristown Mayor Tim Dougherty is so

proud of our community and the outpour-

ing of support is overwhelming. Thank

you again for your support!

Please note, financial donations are still

being accepted. Check or money orders

made out to the town of Morristown can

be mailed or dropped off at the

Morristown Town Hall, 200 South Street,

4th Floor Mayor and Administration

Office. Please be sure to note on the

check/money order that the funds are to be

donated to the Fire Relief Fund.

Financial Donations Still Accepted

H

eartbeat Dance Center is proud to

present “Hearts for Hope”, its 4th

annual Dance Showcase to benefit

the Make-A-Wish Foundation of New

Jersey. The mission of Make-A-Wish is to

grant the wishes of children with life-threat-

ening medical conditions to enrich the

human experience with hope, strength and

joy. “Dancing for this cause gives our

dancers a chance to make others happy

doing what they love to do most - Dance,”

said Joanne Baldini, Director of HDC.

The performers are members of

Heartbeatís Spotlight Program, which gives

students the opportunity to compete in the

solo, duo and trio category at Regional and

National Competitions. The show will fea-

ture dances in Contemporary, Lyrical,Musical Theater, Tap, Hip-Hop and Jazz.

The event will be held at Roxbury High

School in Succasunna on Sun., March 22nd

at 6 p.m. The doors open at 5:30 pm.

Tickets are $6 per person and may be

purchased at the box office on the night of

the show or in advance at the dance studio.

Call 973-584-3111 for more information

regarding ticket purchasing and reserva-

tions.

Hearts For Hope Charity Event

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


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By Jason Cohen

Ayear ago the Morristown girls’ bas-

ketball team finished 5-17 and it

was a season to forget. However,

the team has jumped off to a 9-3 record thisyear and is in second in the Northwest

Jersey Athletic Conference, National

Division.

“We challenge each other in practice and

when it’s over we represent Morristown,”

said second year Head Coach Jim Pisciotto.

“I think they take pride in that. We’re a

tough defensive team. I don’t think you win

any games with just offense.”

Pisciotto, who coached the boys’ basket-

ball team for the past seven years, said the

girls have a passion for basketball and theyreally put in the effort during the offseason.

Chemistry and depth have played a major

role in their success, the coach said.

Freshman guard Elizabeth Strambi has

given them another ball handler, and Kayla

Bush, a 6’1 transfer from Kansas, has

adjusted to life in New Jersey and provided

the team with an extra body in the front

court. Additionally, senior Allie Ferrara

returned to the team after taking a year off

to focus on lacrosse. Ferrara is lethal from

downtown and leads the team with 16 three

point field goals made.

The team’s dominant play can also be

credited to seniors Camille Carter and Abby

Schubiger. Carter, who is the captain and

the point guard, sets the tone in the locker

room and is a floor general and Schubiger, aforward, leads the team in scoring and

rebounds.

“She (Carter) has an engine that doesn’t

quit,” the coach said. “She challenges the

girls in practice.”

After enduring a tumultuous season last

year, Carter is thrilled Pisciotto is the coach.

She said he has helped them grow as a team

and more importantly, treats them with

respect. While there are times he puts them

through rigorous practices, he is also very

patient, she said.

“It’s really nice to have someone that

believes in us,” Carter said.

With new additions to the team, com-

radery is extremely important, Carter said.

The team has weekly dinners and often

hangs out socially. They have really have

become a “family,” she said.

Carter, who has been on the team for four

years, said in the past there were cliques,

but now the players are much more focused

on and off the court.

“I love being around all of them,” she

said. “It goes beyond basketball. We care

Morristown Girls Primed For A Playoff Run

Left to right top: Kimberly Calloway, Jian Zabalerio, Kayla Bush, Abby Shubigger, Allie Ferrara

Bottom: Riley Praino, Elizabeth Strambi, Kendrea Jones, and Camille Carter

about each other so much. We don’t want to

let each other down.”

Ultimately, Pisciotto feels good about

the rest of the season.

“They’re still a young team,” Pisciotto

said. “At the end of the day I really like my

team. As long as the girls show up and try to

get better, that’s the most important thing.”


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The Red Oaks School (formerly

Montessori Children’s House) 50th

anniversary reunion "Toast to the

Teachers" event, held on Sat., Jan. 10, at the

Mansion at Bretton Woods, was attended by

nearly 125 teachers, families, students, and

alumni, spanning the school’s 50 year histo-

ry.

Attendees were immediately enveloped

in the waiting arms of friends and col-

leagues and gathered into multigenerational

groups whose animated conversation con-

tinued well past the end of the event.

Speakers included Head of School Marilyn

Stewart, Board of Trustees President Barton

Warner, alumni parent and past Parents’

Association President Fran Sonneborn, and

founding alumna and current parent of three

Red Oaks students Laura Phillips Rehm.

Attendees of all ages shared toasts and

Generations Connect At Teacher & Student Reunion

tales from their days at the school, the

youngest of which was a third grader who

had to be boosted up to the podium to share

a favorite memory from his preschool class-

room. The event was closed by past music

teacher and local performing artist Lauren

Hooker who led attendees in a heartfelt ren-

dition of the Lennon/McCartney song In

My Life, “There are places I remember/All

my life, though some have changed….”

Since its establishment in 1965, The Red

Oaks School has remained a labor of love

on the part of parents and educators, whose

dedication and vision were rewarded in

2013 with the opening of the new Red Oaks

Middle School campus at 340 Speedwell

Avenue, Morristown. "Toast to the

Teachers" was an opportunity to thank and

acknowledge the educators whose spirited

teaching, steadfast integrity, and boundless

empathy have inspired and motivated five

decades of students and their families.


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M

ore than 180 women in New

Jersey are members of Impact

100 Garden State, a philanthropic

women’s organization dedicated to improv-

ing the lives of those in need in New Jersey.

The organization combines women’s dollars

and women’s efforts into high-impact grants

that are awarded to local nonprofit agencies

offering programs in Morris, Passaic,

Somerset, and Sussex counties. Since its

inception three years ago, Impact 100

Garden State has awarded more than

$320,000 to help veterans, at-risk youth, the

homeless, and the hungry. It is currently

seeking members for its 2015 grant season

so it can build on this momentum.

“We welcome women to join Impact 100

Garden State and to help us make a real dif-

ference in New Jersey by supporting non-

Impact 100 Garden State members gather at the Community Foundation of New Jersey to welcome

women interested in joining Impact 100 and to hear plans for the 2015 grant season. From left,

Christine McIntyre and Molly Dunn, membership co-chair, both of Morristown, Elisabeth

MacDonald, Mendham, president, and Merle Johnson, Morristown, membership chair. Impact 100

Garden State is a unique organization whose members collectively give high-impact grants to area

nonprofits. Membership donations are tax-deductible and include the privilege of voting for the final

grant recipients. Members may also volunteer to review applications and select finalists. More infor-

mation at www.impact100gardenstate.org

Impact 100 Garden State Invites New MembersTo Join Them in Helping Those in Need

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Think costume contact lenses

are just used at Halloween?

Think again. Many people

throughout the year wear colored con-

tacts, fashion lenses, and “circle”

lenses that add decorative touches to

the iris. These “costume contact

lenses” (also known as cosmetic ordecorative contact lenses) may seem

fun and harmless, but they pose po-

tentially serious dangers to the eyes

of unsuspecting wearers. Just because

decorative contacts can be purchased

over-the-counter or on the Internet

does not mean that they do not require

the same level of care or considera-

tion as a standard contact lens. The

fact is that it is illegal to sell colored

contact lenses without a prescription

in this country, and there is no such

thing as “one size fits all” contact

lenses. Contact lenses are considered

medical devices that need to be mon-

itored for safety and effectiveness on

a routine basis. Non-prescription cos-

tume contacts can cause cuts and

open sores on the surface of the eyesthat can lead to potentially blinding

and painful bacterial infections. These

can require corneal transplants and

even cause permanent vision loss.

For more information or to sched-

ule an appointment for an eye exam,

please call 973-538-5287. Located at

25 South Street in downtown Morris-

town, we are available weekdays 10

to 6, Thursdays, 10 to 7, and Satur-

days, 10 to 4.

Colored Contact Dangers

profit organizations that are serving mem-

bers of our local communities in substantive

ways,” states Impact 100 Membership

Chair, Merle Johnson, Morristown.Impact 100 Garden State, modeled after

similar organizations in 15 other states, has

an innovative collaborative giving vision.

Each member donates $1,000 and the full

amount funds the grants. These donations

are tax-deductible. In addition, every mem-

ber has a vote in selecting the grant recipi-

ent.

The women do not restrict their funding

to groups that support women’s issues.

There are five categories for applicants—

arts and culture, children and families, edu-cation, environment, health and wellness—

and finalists are chosen in all five areas.

Committees of volunteers, all Impact 100

members, vet the applications and select the

finalists. There is no paid staff.

In 2014, the organization had 185 mem-

bers and offered two transformational

grants, $100,000 to America’s Grow-a-Row

and the Community Soup Kitchen of

Morristown to provide fresh produce for the

hungry and $85,000 to assist Big Dan’s

Bike Shop, which works with at-risk youthin Bridgewater. In 2013, Impact 100’s first

year, 135 women joined and collectively

awarded one grant of $135,000 to Combat

Paper, a veterans’ therapeutic arts program

of the Printmaking Center of New Jersey.

“Membership is the key to the amount of

the grants we can fund,” Johnson says. “Our

members are from all walks of life and of all

ages. We believe that by contributing to

Impact 100, we can make the most of our

charitable giving. This is a unique group of

women committed to making a difference inthe state.”

Members may join though March 31. To

do so and to learn more about the organiza-

tion and membership, go to

www.impact100gardenstate.org or contact

Merle Johnson at member.impact100gar-

[email protected].

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You the readers are the eyes and ears of

the community in which you live and work. I

only have two of both, I think that’s a good

thing, but I cannot be in all the towns of MJ

Media. Take notice and shoot me an emailwith any press releases, announcements,

accomplishments, photos and story ideas.

My email is [email protected].

Have concern of that 80-year old man col-

lecting shopping carts at your local grocery

story and wonder, what is he doing out in the

cold? Or what about that other man who is

constantly picking up garbage at your local

park…why is he volunteering his time, every

single season and when he walks by he

always says ‘hello.’ Find interest in your

child’s teacher who is no longer at the schooland is instead running her own Italian restau-

rant, or about the boy who played on your

son’s first basketball team and just won his

playoff national championship in football as

a freshman.

Back to my story about my computer...So

as I started that dreadful “blue screen of

death” day, after my husband fixed my com-

puter, I could not connect to the internet.

How was I going to send all of my copy to

the publisher? So I text my husband, who is

now down at the bus stop, and he told me,with frustration, to turn the little black switch

on at the left of my computer to turn on the

WiFi. Who knew?

When I was a youth in the my school’s

marching band, we had the privilege of per-

forming at Giant’s Stadium’s half-time show

and my friends will remind me to thisday….”remember when you asked us ‘why

are those men running toward the white

posts?’” You may chuckle, but I have no

shame in my ignorance. I did not grow up

watching the America’s most popular past-

time of football. My dad was into wrestling

and boxing so that’s what we watched.

I firmly believe that the best journalists

are those who do not know. We ask the best

questions, we ask all the questions. We ask

the questions that most people assume to

know, but many do not.It is ok to not know. If we knew every-

thing, there would be nothing to talk about or

read about. Ask questions. Wonder. Learn.

The brain is a sponge, I tell my kids every

day. I have no shame in not knowing. I am

not a doctor, not a scientist, attorney or com-

puter technician. I am a writer. I am your new

editor of your free monthly newspaper.

Excuse my chattiness, but I never get to

write in first person, it’s kind of fun, but I for-

got to tell you some facts about myself. I was

in high school when my English teachercomplimented me on one of my narrative

Morris County ‘Girl’ Puts On Editor’s Cap...poems. He said it “was really good,” so that

gave me the confidence to believe in myself

as a writer. This led me to attend college, first

at County College of Morris in Randolph for

one year, and then on to the University of

Maryland in College Park where I earned myB.S. degree in journalism with a minor in

English in 1990.

Some milestones happened at the U. of

MD. This was where I wrote for my first

newspaper, the Diamondback, and I met

Todd, my husband of 20 years and still

counting. Todd, a die-hard Maryland native,

who graduated a semester before me, got a

job in Parsippany, of all places, just 20 min-

utes from my hometown of Roxbury.

After graduation, I returned to my Jersey

roots to work for Recorder Publishing

Company as the reporter for the RandolphReporter and later the Observer Tribune,

where I almost got my lucky break of being

the only reporter to attend Whitney

Houston’s wedding to mingle with stars like

Kevin Costner and Eddie Murphy. But that

fell through when Houston’s publicist decid-

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ed that no reporters would be allowed to

attend. So instead, Todd took me to dinner at

our favorite restaurant, La Strada in

Randolph, and he proposed with the dia-

mond ring and all! It was July 18, the dayWhitney got married, and the day I got

engaged to my college sweetheart.

From there, I followed my fiancé to York,

Pa., where I worked as a freelance writer for

the York Daily Record but didn’t last much

longer after I found a dead man in the park-

ing garage where I would go to review the

court documents. Todd’s career then moved

back to NJ, we got married and I worked for

New Jersey Jewish News as a writer for three

years, where I got to travel and explore coun-

tries in Europe, up until I got pregnant with

my first child 18 years ago. That was when Ileft my full time career as a journalist to be a

freelance writer, with the past six years writ-

ing for MJ Media.

You are probably wondering why it took

me 18 years to get back into my profession

full time. Six kids. That is not a typo! Yes,

Todd and I have produced six beautiful chil-

dren and I was lucky enough to be a stay at

home mom and still write.

So I’m back in full force as a full time

writer/editor. MJ Media, which was estab-

lished in 2003 with just two monthlies in Mt.

Olive and Hackettstown, has grown to eightmonthly papers which include the Mt. Olive

News, Hackettstown News, Roxbury News,

Randolph News, Black River News,

Musconetcong News, Morristown News and

our newest edition, the Mendham News. Joe

Nicastro and Mary Lalama, a married couple

in Flanders, are co-publishers of MJ Media

LLC. The “MJ” in MJ Media, btw, stands for

“My Jersey Media” in case you were won-

dering.

Not only do residents and businesses

receive the paper free in their mailboxes, butall stories, ads and press releases can be read

online at mypaperonline.com.

As a freelance writer for MJ Media since

2009, the publishers realized the opportunity

was right to bring me on as their editor. And

as my grandma used to tell me, “When some-

one gives you something, take it,” within rea-

son of course. So I did, officially taking the

reins on Mon., Jan. 26.

I am no stranger to MJ Media’s coverage

area. Not only am I a Jersey girl, but I am a

Morris County girl. I spent most of my earlyyears growing up in Succasunna attending

Roxbury schools; attended community col-

lege in Randolph, where I later worked as a

reporter as well as in Mendham, Chester, Mt.

Olive, Roxbury and all the coverage areas of

MJ Media; I have been a Mt. Olive resident

living in Flanders for the past 12 years withkids in elementary, middle, high school and

college; and I previously lived in

Hackettstown as well as Ledgewood in my

adult years. While I am very familiar with

these towns, there is so much I do not know

about what is going on in your community.

Send me a shout out when you have some

happy, positive news to share. Just like my

husband helped me in getting my computer

to work so I can succeed, I count on all of

you to help me stay informed of what is

going on in your community. These are ournewspapers. Let’s be proud of our accom-

plishments and spread them on that paper

that turns your fingers black. Newspapers are

still the best resource for proud moms and

dads to cut out that original article and place

it in a scrapbook as a memory that will last a

lifetime.

Last tidbit, my aspirations are to be a nov-

elist of non-fiction novels one day. Think I’d

be quite good at it since it is obvious that I

have no trouble writing lengthy pieces. Sorry

this is so long, btw. The editor ran out of timeto edit this!

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A14 member mission team from Trinity Church in

Hackettstown recently returned from eight days

of service in the poorest country in the Western

Hemisphere. The church sends a team to Haiti every year.

Leading the group this year were Ginny Mitchell andFrank Procaccini, who serves on the Trinity staff as mis-

sion facilitator. The team ranged in age from teenagers to

retirees, and included five first time travelers. Six mem-

bers of the group were in Haiti on a similar mission trip

on Jan. 12, 2010, when the 7.1 magnitude earthquake hit

the capital of Port au Prince, killing an estimated 250,000

people.

This year’s team connected with six Haitian mission

partners of the church, including orphanages, schools,

homes for the disabled, and hospitals. They hand carried

supplies and materials needed in Haiti valued at over$15,000 and delivered financial support in excess of

$30,000. One special project in this year’s work was the

delivery of four specialized wheelchairs to two homes for

the disabled. Team member Katya Reed, age 16, raised

$4,000 over the past year in order to purchase the chairs.

She has been dreaming of going to Haiti since she was six

years old, and was the youngest member on this year’s

team.

The team also delivered 150 birthing kits to midwives

in Haiti, thanks to a donation from the Midwives of New

Jersey. Most babies in Haiti are born at home in unsterile

conditions and the kits will increase the likelihood of

infant survival. Haiti’s infant survival rate ranks 150th inthe world.

Commenting on the trip, Trinity Senior Pastor and vet-

eran Haiti traveler Frank Fowler notes, “This year’s trip

was spiritually and emotionally powerful, as it always is.

We shared life and faith with people who have become

our dear friends, supported ministry partners who are

doing outstanding work in caring for some of the poorest

people on the face of the earth, and yet also came home

having been inspired by the spirit, hope and faith of the

Haitian people.”

Members of this year ’s team were Taylor Thorp, MarieCenophat, Bill and Fran Blaskopf, Carol Munro, Katya

Reed, Suzanne Buchannan, Carrie Ann Callahan, Pat

Callahan, Candace & Frank Procaccini, Melissa Deibel,

Frank Fowler, and Ginny Mitchell. They are available to

community groups, schools,organizations, and churches

to provide a program about Haiti. Call the main church

number of 908-852-3020 to arrange such a program.

Also, a five minute slide show of the trip is available on

the church web site: www.catchthespirit.org.

Trinity Mission Team Returns To Haiti With Help And Hope


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By Cheryl Conway

Roxbury High School alumnus

Daniel Exter was working full time,

healthy, active and even training for

5K marathons 18 months ago when he wasdiagnosed with leukemia.

At the age of 27, Exter’s world stopped

as he found himself in a hospital bed under-

going all kinds of tests, followed by

chemotherapy to kill the Acute

Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL), and then

later a bone marrow transplant- with his

brother as the donor- to correct the genetic

mutation which would have prolonged his

chances of being cured from the Cancer.

Like a time out during a basketball game

when the players regroup to think about

their next play, Exter was in his timeout- in

his hospital bed – when he decided he

“wanted to give back” and help in the cure

for cancer. Why not combine his passion for

basketball and sponsor a fundraiser to col-

lect funds for the cause?

Exter, now 29 and living in Jersey City,

is hosting Layups 4 Life, a three on three

basketball tournament at Roxbury High

School in Succasunna on Sun., April 19.

Proceeds will go to Memorial Sloan-

Kettering Cancer Center in New York City

to raise money for cancer research and

awareness.

“We are playing to hopefully save lives,”

says Exter, a 2004 graduate of RHS who

played on the boys’ Varsity Basketball team

his senior year as a power-forward center.

“We are raising for Sloan Kettering; what-

ever I raise will hopefully change some-

one’s outcome if they get diagnosed with

cancer.”

Exter’s idea for the fundraiser stems

from his passion for the game of basketball,

a sport he has played since he was 10-years

old, and a motivating charity event he

attended with his girlfriend this past sum-

mer. The pair participated in a national

indoor cycling event, Cycle For Survival,

which also raises money for Sloan-

Kettering.

“That motivating event made us want to

get involved,” says Exter, who approached

the athletic director at RHS with his

fundraising idea. David Linn, founder of the

national cycling event who lost his wife to a

rare form of cancer, plans to register a team

for Exter’s basketball tournament.

In remission since Aug. of 2013 and con-

tinuing to not show any signs of disease,

Exter still has difficulty talking about his

experience as a victim of cancer.

A producer with Cablevision’s MSG

Basketball Tournament At Roxbury High Aims To Raise Money For Cancer

Varsity program, Exter recalls how he had

shortness of breath but didn’t think too

much of it since he always suffered from

“bad allergies” and had been diagnosed

with asthma as a kid. After he realized the

inhalers were not working, he visited a spe-

cialist in NY and underwent a series of

breathing tests.

It was on a Friday in July of 2013, Exter

recalls, when all the tests came back nega-

tive so the specialist sent him to a lab for

blood work. The next day, Saturday morn-

ing, when Exter got home from playing bas-

ketball in the morning followed by training

for his 5K, he realized he had “three missed

phone calls” from the doctor with an urgent

message that his results showed he was not

only anemic, but had low blood counts. The


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doctor had told him “not to go anywhere, to pack up and go

to the hospital.”

Exter recalls that dreadful day. “I go to the hospital

(Lenox Hill Hospital in NY), they do more tests” and then

tell him he has cancer, Exter describes chokingly during a

telephone interview with MJ Media. In disbelief, Exter says“this kind of cancer is found in young kids. It’s not heredi-

tary, not genetic- it’s the short straw of life,” he says.

ALL is a type of cancer of the blood and bone marrow

— the spongy tissue inside bones where blood cells are

made.

“The most common type of cancer in children” treat-

ments result in a good chance for a cure, experts say, but

when occurring in adults “the chance of a cure is greatly

reduced.”

Exter explains that as his blood cells were maturing and

growing “somehow it was producing immature blood

cells.”Caught early, Exter received chemotherapy “right

away,” but at the same time was diagnosed with having the

Philadelphia Chromosome, a genetic mutation. It was rec-

ommended that Exter receive a bone marrow transplant to

help in his battle against the leukemia.

While a search for a donor was underway, Exter’s sib-

lings were tested to find a candidate for the transplant. It

was determined that his only brother Jason, 25, of

Morristown, was a “perfect match.”

Exter and his brother Jason underwent a T-cell Depleted

Transfusion in Nov. 2014 at Memorial Sloan Kettering

Cancer Center. Jason was required to give his blood, which

would then be separated, cycled through and replenished.

Exter remains Cancer free with his last test in Dec. 2014

and the next one not until the summer.

“I am lucky enough to say that I am now cancer free and

I have Sloan-Kettering to thank for that,” says Exter.

“Putting this event together is my way of giving back to

those who helped me and joining them in their fight against

cancer.”Exter continues, “Sloan Kettering, with their doctors and

medical procedures and what they did for me was clinical

trial based on money raised to find a cure for what I have.”

Exter now wants to help contribute to others who may

someday need that trial.

“I want to help someone like me who needs a clinical

trial,” concludes Exter, “to continue the fight and continue

to help in the battle against cancer, to do my part, to give

back and help these doctors that are much smarter than me

to help find a cure.”

Registration is open for teams with a maximum of four

players per team. Register atwww.eventbrite.com/search:layups4life; through social

media sites, or at 10:30 a.m., the day of the event. Players

must be 15 years and older. Cost is $20 per person and

includes an event t’shirt. A raffle and silent auction is set for

11 a.m., with games to begin at 11:15 a.m. and will contin-

ue until there is a winner, says Exter.

Prizes include raffles, contests, three-point shooting con-

test, knock out game. In addition to the basketball tourna-

ment, a DJ will provide entertainment as well as conces-

sions in the effort to help raise money for cancer research.

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

people have fun and that he can continue Layups 4 Life as

an annual tournament at RHS.

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By Cheryl Conway

Cameron Wohl of Parsippany, a for-mer student of County College of Morris in Randolph, got a second

chance to life just one year ago when his

older brother, Jared, donated a portion of hisliver to him.

The brothers spent the past year docu-menting their family’s journey through thetransplant experience and are almost readyto share their documentary to encourage andeducate others about the indispensable needfor more donors. They are hoping to getthe documentary out for distribution to thepublic later this year.

Cameron, 25, and Jared, 28, raisedmoney for the production of their documen-tary through the organization they estab-

lished - The Wave Set- to create a move-ment and spread awareness and educationon the importance of organ donation. InDec. 2013, they had started a campaign toraise money for their documentary. Throughsocial media and a line of apparel to serveas visual awareness for their cause, the pairraised almost $35,000 during their onemonth campaign.

They are on a mission to share their storyand encourage others to become donors.

“People should see this film because thenecessity of needing a life-saving organ

transplant can happen to anyone at any-time,” says Jared. “Too many people aresuffering from the inability of receiving alife-saving transplant and we owe it to our-selves to change that.”

This time last year, the brothers wererecovering from surgery at New YorkPresbyterian Hospital in Manhattan.Cameron’s journey actually began when hewas 13 when he was diagnosed in 2003 withPrimary Slerosis (PSC), a rare autoimmunedisease- primarily affecting his liver- withless than 200,000 cases worldwide. He wentfrom being an “active and normal” seventhgrader to “quite sick.” He would get a “viralflare up” but after it persisted, went to see adoctor, he describes. He had been diagnosedwith ulcerative colitis a year prior whichcan result in PSC, he explains.

Cameron had a procedure done, ERCP,to remove the stones and sludge in his liver.Problem is the “PSC doesn’t have a cure,”says Cameron. “While I was stable I wasn’tcured by any means.” Cameron had to be onmedicine for four years throughout highschool and then at the age of 17, “theydropped the hammer” and told him “I wasgoing to need a liver transplant. At somepoint, my liver would fail,” without a trans-plant.

“I was listed for transplant for a deceasedliver,” Cameron explains. “There’s such ahigh demand for these organs. I knew I wasnowhere near the top of the list. They use aformula; they give you a number” based onthe Meld System, a scoring method imple-mented in 2002 to prioritize patients needfor a transplant.

But that all changed by the time

Cameron turned 21. “I declined and pre-sented more issues, so they said ‘you maywant to explore a living donor.’”

Jared jumped right on it, went throughthe “extensive process” to make sure he

could be a viable option.“He was approved,” says Cameron. “He

was a perfect match to be a donor for me.”Three years apart to the day, the brothersshare the same birthday…and the sameliver.

Jared, a business teacher at ParsippanyHigh School and computer teacher atBrooklawn Middle School in Parsippany,says he felt obligated to help his youngerbrother.

“I just felt like, a part of me, there was anobligation to my brother,” says Jared. “How

do you pass up the opportunity to savesomeone’s life especially when it’s some-one’s blood? Without hesitation I knew I’ddo everything possible to save my brother’slife.”

Cameron’s younger sister, Brittany, wasalso a match for him as well as his dad. Inorder to be considered a match, both indi-viduals need to have the same blood type.Candidates then go through a costly evalua-tion process that involves body scans,EKG’s and blood work.

With Jared close in age to his brother and

the same body build, he would be the bestmatch for Cameron.

Only obstacle was Cameron’s concernfor his brother.

“When he was approved, I got cold feet,”says Cameron. “I don’t know if I could putmy brother’s life in danger. At any time, Icould go into liver failure.” Cameron fig-ured “I had a safety net; if anything hap-pened, he [Jared] was willing and able.”So he conferred with his doctor who toldhim “if you’re not ready you can defer andwait.”

Cameron decided to delay the process tohave the transplant and put his brotherthrough the procedure, but that all changed18 months later.

“I prolonged the transplant,” saysCameron, a business specialist for Apple.Although he missed a lot of his senior yearfrom being “exhausted,” Cameron stillgraduated high school and then attendedCCM where he earned his associate’sdegree in Exercise Science in 2010.

“I was doing pretty well,” until his rou-tine checkup in Aug. 2013, when doctorsfound a tumor on his liver.

After reviewing his medical options,Cameron decided to get chemotherapytreatment- Chemo-embolization- to targetand kill the tumor- on Oct. 31, 2013, andthen later go through with the liver trans-plant on Feb. 11, 2014 at New YorkPresbyterian Hospital in Manhattan.

Jared went into surgery first, a four hourprocedure to remove the entire right lobe of his liver, or 65 percent, about the size of afist. His incision is from the bottom of his

sternum to the top of his belly button.

One year After Transplant, Brothers Complete Documentary To Enlist Organ Donors

Doctors had to take Jared’s liver out first“to make sure it was good,” says Cameron,conducting “lots of microscopic surgery tomake sure it functions.”

For Cameron, his entire liver and gallbladder was removed, and then Jared’s liverportion was transplanted in. Dr. JeanEdmond, who performed the first livingdonor liver transplant in North America in1989, performed the operation.

“I was blessed to have them pick up mycase,” says Cameron. Dr. Robert Brown, incharge of hepatology, was Cameron’s doc-tor up until transplant; Dr. BenjaminSamstein conducted Jared’s surgery.

Recovery was eight days in the hospitalfor both brothers, with two months recov-ery.

It was a matter of “rehabbing my entirebody,” says Cameron. “I was on a lot of dif-ferent medication. In the beginning, it’sreally challenging, but when you look back,you get through it. From not having goodblood work for so long to now, everythinglooks great. My numbers have been consis-tently normal.”

Jared agrees, “It was pretty intense,” therecovery, with “a lot of physical pain and alot of mental anguish. It would take six toeight weeks to regenerate 85 percent of theoriginal shape of his liver, and six to eightmonths to get his full liver back.

“I feel great,” says Jared, a year later. “It just takes time. You are just resting.Although it’s painful, I would do it again.It’s a surreal feeling to look back at it all; Ilook at my scar.” As a singer/songwriter,Jared’s says the entire experience gave hima “lot more substance to write about”...anda documentary to produce.

It was in the summer of 2013 when thebrothers brought their creative mindstogether and came up with their idea for theWave Set. With Jared, as a singer/song-writer and Cameron who loves to draw andpaint, they decided to host a crowd fundingcampaign to raise funds for their documen-tary titled “65 Percent.”

Jared liked the word Wave, with its sym-

bolism as a wave being one of the“strongest forces on earth. One of us canonly do so much but when you join forcesyou can do more,” Jared explains. WAVEalso stands for We Are Vital To Each Other,thus their motto.

In their logo, the A has a triangle, withthe top triangle representing a deceaseddonor and the other 8 triangles representinghow a person has eight organs to save eight

lives. Those organs include the heart, liver,two lungs, pancreas, two kidneys and intes-tines.

“One person can save eight lives,” saysCameron.

To raise the funds, they launched acrowd funding campaign through indiegogowith incentives to people who pledge.Those who contributed got to choose from aline of the Wave Set Apparel, from stickers,to beanies, t-shirts and sweatshirts. Theirgoal was to raise $30,000, enough money tofilm their documentary from start to finishshowcasing “what it’s like for a family whoneeds a transplant.”

Cameron says they reached six differentcountries through their 30-day social mediacampaign fromDec. 13 to Jan. 13, andraised $34,000. Cameron’s girlfriend,Stephanie Whittaker, helped design theclothing brand.

With the campaign a success, the broth-ers hired a professional production crew-also two brothers- Mike and Jon Altinofrom Silver Style Pictures in Red Bank, tofilm their experience from Jan. 13, 2013,through the transplant on Feb. 11, 2014, upuntil Oct. 2014. The full length documen-tary- “65 Percent” -which stands for the per-centage of Jared’s liver taken out and givento his brother Cameron- captures real lifeexperience and footage with dialogue fea-turing doctors, the surgeries and recovery.

“The Wave Set brings the reality to it,”says Cameron. “It’s not to show the proce-dures” but let others see “what the experi-ence was like for an entire family; to seewhat unity and love play in this experience.



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We want to spread a culture of love, unityand selflessness. It’s a real life depiction of what family is all about.”

While the creative film is finished, with

post production, editing, sound and finaliz-ing recently complete, the brothers are hop-ing to enter their documentary into a filmfestival and then will seek distribution.

“Our goal is to have as many people seeit as possible to raise awareness to everyoneto register of being a registered donor,” saysCameron, “to give that life to someoneelse.”

They hope to have their documentaryready for the end of 2015. In the meantime,they have already spoken to some smallrotary groups, but plan to reach larger

groups by speaking at live educationalevents, integrating their music and art, to

youthful audiences, colleges, high schoolsand corporate events nation-wide.

“We hope to devote more to the causeand spread our mission,” says Cameron.

Go to waveset.com, join us tab, and reg-

ister as an organ donor.The United Network for Organ Sharing,

unos.org, has a waiting list of candidatesawaiting transplants and a list of donors.

“A lot of people say they support it[organ donation] but they are not regis-tered,” says Cameron. According to theweb, “150 million Americans support organdonation but are not registered.”

About 18 Americans die each and everyday while awaiting an organ transplant,according to the Wave Set website. To makematters worse, a new person is added to the

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One year After Transplant...

By Cara Connelly

Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is an autoim-mune disease that affects the centralnervous system- the brain and

spinal cord. MS affects twice as many women

than men and is most commonly diagnosedbetween ages 20 and 50, but it can be seen atany age.

Approximately 400,000 Americans haveMS and, every week, about 200 people are

diagnosed. There is no cure for this oftendebilitating disease.

Although outside the coverage area of MJMedia, an excellent facility- The MultipleSclerosis Comprehensive Care Center in

Livingston- is situated close enough for peo-ple who are diagnosed with MS to receivequality comprehensive care.

MS is caused by damage that happens tothe myelin sheath. This sheath is the protec-

Disease Highlight: Multiple Sclerosis- Treating The Whole Patient tive covering that surrounds nerve cells. Thedamage that happens to the myelin sheathcauses nerve signals to slow down or evenstop. Think of a lead pencil. The wood cover-ing is the myelin sheath and the lead is the

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Symptoms vary from patient to patient.The location and severity of each attack canbe different and often these attacks are fol-lowed by periods of reduced or, in somecases, no symptoms. Sometimes, this diseasemay continue to get worse without periods of remission. Because nerves in any part of thebrain or spinal cord may be damaged, MSsymptoms can appear in many parts of the

body. It is important to treat the ‘whole’patient and help family and caregivers do thesame.

It is important not just to find a good neu-rologist that specializes in MS but, it’s a goodidea to align yourself with a facility that treatsthe entire patient and all aspects of the dis-ease.

The Multiple Sclerosis ComprehensiveCare Center in Livingston is the only facilityin the region that offers a full serviceapproach to MS under one roof. The MSCenter provides comprehensive evaluations,

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The center provides emotional and logisti-cal support while assuring that the best possi-ble multidisciplinary, holistic, therapeutic andmedical treatments are provided.

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T

wo guitar masters, Stanley Jordan

and Kevin Eubanks, plan to perform

at Mayo Performing Arts Center inMorristown on Thurs., March 5, at 8 p.m.

Tickets are $29.59. The performance is in

advance of their new release, “Duets.”

Kevin Eubanks is the Philadelphia

native who took New York by storm start-

ing out in straight ahead jazz clubs then

progressive albums for contemporary jazz

giant GRP Records and legendary Blue

Note Records, frequent collaborations with

cutting edge bassist Dave Holland, and

then 18 years in Jay Leno's "The Tonight

Show" Band (15 as Music Director) where

he played with seemingly every meaning-

ful musician across genres. Stanley Jordan

is the Chicago-born/Bay area-raised phe-

nomenon who mesmerized audiences with

his instantly identifiable "touch technique"

on guitar beginning with his gold-selling

Blue Note Records debut Magic Touch

(featuring his radio staple remake of

Michael Jackson's "The Lady in My Life"),

followed by a string of wide-ranging

endeavors including a one-off for Clive

Davis' Arista Records and explorations

into the field of music therapy.

Duets features spontaneous composi-

tions and passionate arrangements that will

send listeners' imaginations on a series of

hypnotic journeys. The impeccably bal-

anced Duets includes four all-new "skull

arrangements" (so called because they

were jointly created off the top of their

heads), versions of four well-known clas-

sics: "Nature Boy," "Blue in Green,"

"Summertime" and "A Child is Born," plus

interpretations of a modern pop song

(Adele's "Someone Like You") and anelectronic dance pop hit (Ellie Goulding's

"Lights"). These were the all-natural

uncalculated result of long philosophical

heart to hearts as well as a nine-city tour -

over 30 years after Eubanks and Jordan's

first meeting in the early '80s at New

York's famed jazz-fusion club, the 55

Grand.

"We've known each other since the

early `80s," Eubanks says. "Since then

we'd see each other mostly on festival

stages." Jordan adds, "I knew him as one of the best musicians in the early days before

any of us were well known beyond the

inner music circles...a guitarist with an

unconventional finger style technique. I

could relate to that. We were going for

something different and I never viewed

him as a competitor. The music was big

enough for both of us."

The four "skull arrangements" started as

jams then evolved in the studio over a few

takes which gave the duo organic arrang-

ing ideas to get from point A to B. Jordan

defines these pieces as "the real essence of

what we do." Eubanks adds, "You get more

out of the deal when people are involved

with a willingness to make the whole thing

bigger than 'my part and your part.'

Together we've got this thing that's bigger

than anything we can do alone." Kevin

absorbed substantial inspiration toward

this direction from young musicians he

encounters today. "I really love the cats

coming up in jazz. They are the most

respectful group of ladies and gentlemen.

Their excitement has no trace of bitterness

and they bring so much more to the table.

One cat is designing an app to help him

keep a band together. That wasn't around

when I was coming up. It makes them

more open minded about, 'How do we get

the music out there?' Music should be the

portal that unites instead of the door that

separates people."

Jordan concludes, "This album fills anice niche because it's relaxing yet engag-

ing. When you hear Kevin and I playing

together, it's all about the music and sup-

porting each other. I just love the feel of it

- it has a real sweetness. People who listen

from their heart are really going to love

this record as an antidote to the norm."

Mayo Performing Arts Center, a

501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, presents

a wide range of programs that entertain,

enrich, and educate the diverse population

of the region and enhance the economicvitality of Northern New Jersey. The 2014-

2015 season is made possible, in part, by a

grant the New Jersey State Council on the

Arts/Department of State, a Partner

Agency of the National Endowment for the

Arts, as well as support received from the

Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, F.M.

Kirby Foundation and numerous corpora-

tions, foundations and individuals. The

Mayo Performing Arts Center has been

designated a Major Presenting

Organization by the New Jersey StateCouncil on the Arts.

For more information, call Mayo

Performing Arts Center in Morristown at

the box office (973) 539-8008; or visit

online at www.mayoarts .org.

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