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his team was named State Champion, head
coach Mike Behre, who coaches both the
boys and girls MOHS cross country teams,
was elated.
I probably cried for two days, says
Behre, when his girls won, from sheer joy
from what they accomplished. Being with
them over the last two years has been special
and watching them grow into such a force.
When they were freshmen they could barelyrun from the high school to Tinc Rd. School.
To win the state championship, the girls
had to qualify and then compete against 20
teams. They won by 18 points, says Behre.
Last year, the Marauders came in fifth place.
We are pretty good, says Behre.
The girls cross country season ran from
mid August until Nov. 30, when the last
meet- the Nike Cross Country Regionals
was held in New York. Ten girls made up the
MOHS girls varsity team this year, of which
four were seniors; five were juniors; and one
sophomore. At each meet, participants run a
5K or 3.1 miles.
Out of its regular conference meets-
MOHS participates in the North Jersey
Athletic Conference American Division- the
Marauders won seven of its dual meets in a
row, says Behre. It has been the repeat
Conference Champions for the third year ina row, winning 21 dual meets consecutively.
One of its goals this year was to cinch the
County Championship title. MOHS compet-
ed in the county meet on Oct. 29 against 21
teams and came in second losing first place
against Randolph.
In the North 1 Group 3 State Sectional
this year, MOHS won by 10 points, an
accomplishment from last year when they
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By Cheryl Conway
G
irls on the Mt. Olive
High School Cross
Country VarsityTeam were recognized last
month at the district school
board meeting for their
amazing season and being
crowned State Champs.
The MOHS Girls Cross
Country Team won the State
Championship event on
Nov. 16, in Holmdel-only
the second time in school
history to achieve such
greatness. The Marauderswere state champions back
in 1989.
This season, the girls
squad also achieved
Conference Champions the
third year in row; placed
second in the County
Championship; repeated
State Sectional Champs for
14 years in a row; and
placed eighth at the Meet of
Champions against 20teams.
Dedication by the run-
ners and a strong coaching
staff were recognized as rea-
sons for the teams success.
The coaches could not be
more proud.
After the North 1, Group
Three State Meet on Nov. 16
at Holmdel State Park, when
MOHS Girls Cross Country Finish On Top
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Now that the holidays are over it is
time to rebalance your stuff.
January tends to be a low-key
month for most people. This lends itself to
starting off the New Year right by givingproper closure to the holidays.
Holiday Dcor Items - Before putting
away your holiday decorations, take a criti-
cal look at what items you love and which
ones you continually pack up for the next
year but do not use. Donate or toss the items
that have not been used in 2 years. Pack up
and label the items you plan to keep, num-
ber the boxes and keep a list of: box num-
bers, contents and storage locations to refer-
ence next year.
Returns - Keep a bag or bin in your car
with your post-holiday returns (including
gift receipts).
Gift Cards - Gift cards often go unused
because of being forgotten or lost after the
holidays. Keep them in a plastic zip lock
pouch in your purse or car for easy access
when you are out and about.
In with the New, Out with the Old -
Assess the new items you have received and
take a critical look at your existing items.
Decide which of your older items can be
Getting Organized After the Holidays
Boy Scout Flanders Troop 156 will be
holding their annual fundraiser
Spaghetti Dinner onSaturday,
February 22, 2014 at the Knights of
Columbus Hall, 3 Schmitt Lane, Flanders
(next to Flanders Firehouse). The Dinner
will include Spaghetti, Meatballs, Salad,
Bread, Beverage and Yes dessert and cof-
fee!!! It will be held from5pm to 8pm. The
cost is as follows: $20.00 per family of four,
$7.00 per Adult or $5.00 per child under 12.
Contact Virginia at 973-584-3405 to pur-
chase tickets or tickets can be purchased at
the door. Come and enjoy good food while
supporting our local Flanders Troop 156.
gotten rid of through donating, re-gifting,
etc.
Thank you notes The holiday gift-
receiving season is a great time for kids to
learn about being thankful and polite. It is
an opportunity for them to learn to write
thank you notes for the gifts they receive.
Take advantage of the relative calm of
January by finishing off your holidays in an
organized manner use this time to
regroup after the holidays and start your
2014 off right.
To learn more about getting organized,
please see:
Everydayorganizingsolutions.com
Everyday Organizing Solutions by
Sherry provides sympathetic and nonjudg-
mental organizing and de-cluttering servic-
es to residential and business clients, as well
as helping female adults with ADD get their
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and helping children and teens to get organ-
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Peter King, Director of Marketing for
Paragon Village, has been named the
new president of the Mount Olive
Area Chamber of Commerce.
King has been active with the Chamber
for several years, the last few serving on the
Executive Board.
"The growth in the chamber has been
nearly 3-fold over the past two years," noted
King. "This is due to the timeless effort of
the Board of Directors and Trustees, under
the leadership of Greg Stewart. Most do not
realize that this is an all volunteer chamber.
Unlike many other local Chambers of
Commerce, we have no paid personnel and,
therefore, it is through the generosity, dedi-
Photo: The Mount Olive Area Chamber of Commerce's Leadership Team includes, L-R, front, GregStewart, Erikka Bahnuk, Maria Farris, Claudia Ehrgott, Diana Perez, and in back, L-R, Mike Topeka,
Ray Miller, Greg Griswold, and Peter King.
Peter King Named Mt. Olive Area Chamber's Presidentcation and support of the Board, the
Trustees and the membership that we have
been so successful."
Indeed, the Chamber membership has
been expanded dramatically, and its
Marketing in the Morning monthly net-
working meetings have become a "must-do"
for area business people. In addition to
many other highlights, the Chamber this
past year launched its Young Professionals
Group, which has attracted a whole new
crowd to the Chamber's activities.
In addition to King, also being named to
the 2014 Leadership Team are Laura Reilly,
Vice President, John Mooney, Treasurer,
Claudia Ehrgott, Recording Secretary, and
Maria Farris, Corresponding Secretary.
Trustees are: Diana Perez, Ray Miller,
Erikka Bahnuk, Mike Topeka, Greg
Griswold and Immediate Past President,
Greg Stewart.
To learn more about the Mount Olive
Area Chamber of Commerce and what it
can do for your business, visitwww.mounto-
livechambernj.com.
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By Cheryl Conway
With holiday cheer comes extra
pounds, but with a new
yearthe time is hereto shed
them awayby entering the Fifth Annual
Mt. Olive Exercise Biggest Losers con-
testtoday!
The 13-week contest will start on Jan. 25
and end on April 26. Participants must join
the Mt. Olive Exercise program through the
towns recreation department to sign up.
January is an ideal time to hold the
weight losing contest, says the organizer,
because many people tend to gain weight
during winter celebrations. Holiday dinners
from soup to dessert and all the trimmings
in between, as well as cookie exchanges,
eggnog, wine and even potato latkes can
add calories to anyones typical daily diet.Historically people gain three to ten
pounds over the holidays, says head
instructor Laura Hars, organizer of the MO
Exercise Biggest Losers contest, well actu-
ally starting around Halloween. So January
is the perfect time to start trying to lose
some of that weight and give yourself
A New Year, A New You- Enter MO Big Losers Contestenough time to get ready to put on that
bathing suit in June.
This year, Hars decided to kick off the
contest a few weeks into January so ladies
can be ready.
I am giving people a few weeks to planhow they want to accomplish their weight
loss and to select a particular diet, says
Hars who has been running the contest
through Mt. Olive Recreation since 2010.
During the month of January we will have
some "pre-contest" meetings where we will
have those interested come and ask their
questions and plan their diet and exercise
routine. We will have our baseline weigh in
on Jan. 25 and the first official weigh in will
actually be Feb. 1.
The same scale, although not certifiedsealed, will be used for consistency
throughout the program.
The contest which will run over a 13
week period this year has been successful
allowing ladies to challenge themselves
with goals resulting in significant loss in
both weight and inches. More importantly it
has allowed ladies to get on track with bet-
ter fitness, healthier eating and exercise.
Participants will attend hourly exercise
classes taught by five different instructors
featuring various workouts that include stepaerobics, Zumba, cardio blast, butts and
guts, pilates, boot camp, kickbox, stability
ball, toning with weights and more.
Contestants will weigh and measure in
weekly and results will be held confidential-
ly by Hars.
Looking back at previous years, Harssays the most weight lost by one person dur-
ing the contest was 20 pounds. An average
person could expect to lose 15 pounds over
the 13 week period, she says.
A pound a week is about average, says
Hars. For those who strictly follow a diet
and faithfully attend a cardio workout class
4X a week, they could lose up to 15 pounds.
Hars plans to hold weekly meetings at
the senior center to help support ladies and
discuss issues.
In previous years we have had weeklysupport meetings but we were not consistent
because we really needed to use some "on-
line" calorie counting program and we had
to meet in the MO Public Library, explains
Hars. This year is different because the
Senior Center where we hold the classes has
Wi-Fi so we can have a meeting there and
use our laptops. There are many on-line
support tools for weight loss so we will be
able to tap into that now that we can bring
our computers or mobile devices to the
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had one by only three points, says Behre.
MOHS girls cross country has won its state
sectional for the past 14 years since 1978.
Behre credits his teams success to their
dedication and maturity over the years.The girls matured to a certain point,
says Behre. They ran as a pact mentally.
They set the tone in the summer; they had a
bad taste in their mouth after coming in fifth
for the group meet last year. The girls did
more in preseason that theyve done before.
They had run more than 400 miles before the
Randolph meet, which was the first meet in
September. They would run almost every-
day over the summer, averaging about 40
miles every week.
All four seniors are looking into running
at the next level for a D1 program, he says.
I would love to continue my running
career in college and have been looking into
it, as have my senior teammates, says Sara
Christian of Flanders, one of the four team
captains.
Christian, who started running cross
country her freshman year, says being on the
team has been one of her best experiences of
high school.
My experience on the cross country
team is one I would not trade because it was
the best experience I could have asked for
out of high school, says Christian. The
aspect of cross country I enjoy the most is
the team. We have great chemistry and moti-
vate each other to work hard every day in
practice. Everyone is dedicated, and the fun
personalities of every team member makepractices enjoyable.
Christian says the success of the team
this season would not have been possible
without the dedication of every girl and the
dedication of our outstanding coaches, Mr.
Behre and Mr. Romano. We couldn't have
asked for a better coaching staff. They were
extremely motivating and helped to make
practice enjoyable every day.
Her advice for future runners of MOHS
Girls Cross Country is do not take any day
for granted. Running cross country was my
favorite part of high school, but the effort
you put in directly impacts the result of the
season. Dedication to improvement is neces-
sary for success in cross country, so make
sure to put your full effort into every prac-
tice, and listen to your coaches, who ulti-
mately know best how to help you succeed.
Behre is confident that next years team
can be successful too.
We are going to try to reload, says
Behre. We have pretty good eighth graders
coming up. Even the girls that we are losing,
with the girls behind us, were still going to
be competitive.
MOHS Girls Finish...continued from front page
The Township of Mount Olive is spon-
soring a Free Child Health Exam &
Vaccines for resident children of
Mount Olive, Netcong, Mount Arlington,
Wharton or Dover who do not have healthinsurance. A licensed Pediatrician will per-
form physical examinations and update vac-
cinations. At this time, we also have some
free baby food and products in our Pantry
for those who need it.
The Child Health Exams will be held on
Tuesday, January 28th, 2014 from 8:30am-
11:00am in the Mount Olive Township
Health Department, 204 Flanders-
Drakestown Road, Budd Lake 07828. For
an appointment, call 973-691-0900 ext.
7353.
Free Child Health Exam
Next Issue Date February 18, 2014Deadline February 7th Call 973-809-4784
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T
he Mount Olive Chamber of
Commerce will host its Eighth
Annual Business State of the
Township Breakfast with the Mayor onTuesday morning Jan. 21.
Mount Olive Township Mayor Rob
Greenbaum will look back on the business
climate in the township in 2013 and update
chamber members and members of the busi-
ness community at-large on what the goals
are for 2014 as they relate to the business
community.
As part of the meeting, there will be an
opportunity for attendees to ask specific
questions and make suggestions.
Chamber officials will also discuss "howthe Chamber can team with the Township
leadership for continued success in the new
year," and introduce the new Chamber
Leadership Team for 2014.
The meeting is open to the business com-
munity at-large, as well as the general pub-
lic.
The breakfast meeting is being presented
and hosted by the Longhorn Steakhouse at
ITC Crossing, starting at 7:30 a.m. Cost is
$25 for Chamber members and $30 for
guests; you can save $5 p/p by pre-payingduring registration. The workshop includes
a light breakfast. Reserve your spot at
http://www.meetup.com/Marketing-in-the-
M o r n i n g - M t - O l i v e - A r e a / e v e n t s /
102200522/. For further information aboutthe chamber and other events,
visitwww.mtolivechambernj.com.
Meanwhile, Marketing in the Morning, a
complimentary benefit to members of the
Chamber, in association with the
Hackettstown Business Improvement
District, takes place the 3rd
Wednesdaymorning of every month from
7:15 to 9 a.m. The Chamber also provides a
monthly program for the area Young
Professionals to meet and network which
meets the 2nd Thursday each month at avariety of locations. The February meeting
is scheduled for Feb. 13, 5:30 p.m., at
Siemens Healthcare, 62 Flanders-Bartley
Road, Flanders. Cost is just $5 per person.
The next Marketing in the Morning, con-
sidered the premier AM business network-
ing event in the region, is scheduled for Jan.
15 at Paragon Village, Rt. 46, Mount Olive.
There is a $5 fee but it iscomplimentary to
members of the chamber. You can register
for this program at MEET UP
(http://www.meetup.com/Marketing-in-the-Morning-Mt-Olive-Area.
Mount Olive Area Chamber HostsBreakfast with Mayor Jan. 21
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By Cheryl Conway
Recycling more will not only reduce the amount ofgarbage local homeowners place in their new 96 gal-lon cans but will bring in some additional monies to
the town.
The new One Arm Bandit Garbage system is in full swingin Mt. Olive, and has been quite successful so far. There aresome residents, however, requesting additional cans from thetownship because they can not fit all their garbage into theone 96 gallon can. The solution may be that residents need torecycle more rather than throwing recyclable items such ascardboard boxes, papers and plastics into their garbage.
By learning more about what items can be recycled,homeowners will reduce their garbage load, help the townspend less in Morris County Municipal Utilities Authority(MUA) tipping fees on garbage and bring in more moneyfrom recycling receivers, say town officials.
More education is needed, says Sean Canning, Mt.Olive Township Business Administrator, regarding recycling.If you recycle properly your garbage will be drasticallyreduced. Its all packaging. If its a can, empty it and recycleit. Smash down milk cartons.
Township officials are initiating an educational campaignto raise awareness regarding appropriate recycling practices,says Canning. Warning stickers are being placed on offend-ers garbage cans so all homeowners are aware of which itemsneed to be recycled. For those who do not comply, garbagemay eventually be left behind with stickers saying they haveto recycle, says Canning.
According to a local ordinance, only 100 gallons of
garbage per household is allowed for weekly pick up. Tocomply, homeowners are allowed only one 96 gallon can toplace for curbside pick-up. Since the new garbage pick-up
system began in Mt. Olive on Dec. 2, 2013, about 100 home-owners have expressed concern and inquired about how theycan receive an additional can, says Canning.
Since the 1980s, New Jersey has been a mandatory recy-cling state, adds Canning. Residents in Mt. Olive need to
comply with state law. This is nothing new. We need toenforce; need to educate to be in compliance with NJ statelaw.
You have to take out those boxes, says Canning, fromgarbage cans. Were paying a lot of extra dollars in garbagegoing to the landfill.
Canning suggests that homeowners pay more attention tothe recycling codes on plastics. All plastic items contain a tri-angle with a coding numbered from one to seven that outlineits type of plastic and how it is used after it is recycled.
In referring to a Good Housekeeping article, What DoRecycling Codes on Plastics Mean, Canning points out thedifferent types of plastics and hopes to distribute the informa-tion in a flyer to residents to raise awareness on what theyshould be recycling.
Number 1 Plastics, for example are soft drink, water andbeer bottles, peanut butter containers, and dressing and veg-etable oil containers. Number 2 Plastics are items such asmilk jugs, juice bottles, household cleaner bottles, cereal boxliners, shampoo bottles, according to the article.
For a full list and description of plastics from one to seven,go to http://www.goodhousekeeping.com/home/ green-liv-ing/recycling-symbols-plastics-460321#slide-1.
Besides plastics, fibers are also recycled and include itemssuch as paper cups, newspapers and cardboard. Newspapers
and cardboard boxes can be tied and bundled for pick up.Canning suggests placing other fiber items such as papercups into a paper bag for pick up with the recyclable items.
The more tons that are recycled, the more money thetownship receives from recycling receivers, says Canning.The township receives anywhere from $33 to $65 per ton onfiber materials such as paper and cardboard. It gets paid on itsplastics as well, he says, but not as much money per ton.
While there is no limit on the amount garbage townshipscan dump, Mt. Olive has to pay an MUA fee of $93.92 perton on garbage dumped at the Municipal Utilities TransferStation. Canning estimated 13 tons of garbage on each truck;and with three or four garbage trucks a day for pick up, thatcan add up to $3,000 to $4,000.
If theres recycling in there like pizza boxes thats wet,we pay for that, says Canning. Were paying a lot of extradollars in garbage going to the landfill. The township cansave $100,000 in solid waste next year if everyone recyclescorrectly. If you recycle properly, it adds up, it really does.
The township switched over to the new garbage pick-upsystem at the end of 2013. After six years of consideration,the MO Department of Public Works had proposed the ideato the township. The new system is estimated to reduce costsin manpower and workmens compensation cases.
Approved in April 2013 by the Mt. Olive TownshipCouncil, the One Arm Bandit Garbage System involves theuse of three automated trash packer trucks that operate withan automated arm to lift the garbage cans, dump the garbageinto its compartment and then set back down.
All homeowners have been given a 96-gallon garbage canfor curbside garbage pick-up. The one large can replaces thethree 34-gallon cans that had been allowed at their curbsideaccording to the previous ordinance. Senior citizens and res-
idents with disabilities were given smaller 65 gallon contain-ers.
MO Officials Campaign For More Recycling
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Last years winner Agnes Mazurczyk of
Flanders was rewarded at a members
house party and received a gift certificate
purchased by the members. This years
prize has not yet been determined, butweight loss and a healthier lifestyle is the
greatest gift of all.
Participating in the MO Exercise Biggest
Losers can help ladies set a goal To lose
weight, tone their bodies, increase their car-
diovascular performance, lower their blood
pressure, start weight training and decrease
their risk of osteoporosis, says Hars. Join
to change your body image, become more
healthy and increase your self confidence.
According to Hars, Weight gain tends to
creep up on us slowly especially after child-birth or turning that magical age of 40 or 50.
All of a sudden you find you have three dif-
ferent sizes of clothes in your closet or your
pants are really getting tight or you are just
really unhappy about how you look.
By entering the contest, ladies will
become members of the Mt. Olive Exercise
Program.
Its a new year for a whole new you,
says Hars. It's special because it is a smallintimate group of women who are commit-
ted to getting healthier and happier because
they have the common goal of wanting to be
thinner and in better physical shape. People
talk about what diet they are following, how
much weight they have lost - the dieting
commitment adds a whole different dimen-
sion to the program.
To participate in the MO Exercise
Biggest Losers, join the Mt. Olive Exercise
Program. Cost is $120 for a three month
membership (Feb.-April), which is thelength of the contest. Register on line at:
https://www.mountolivetownship.com. For
questions, call Laura Hars at 973-903-0453
or 973-347-6886.
continued from page 5
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By Cheryl Conway
Heat up the frigid winter with a new
hot cardio dance class being offered
through Mt. Olive Recreation start-
ing next month.
Red Hot Dance Fitness, the only fitnessclass of its kind throughout Northern New
Jersey, is a dance based fitness workout for
anyone that loves music and movement.
The 50 minute class will be held on
Thursdays at the Mt. Olive Senior Center
starting Feb. 6, with a free preview class set
for Jan. 30 at 6 p.m.
Created by a dance guru in Philadelphia,
Red Hot Dance Fitness has now made its
way to NJ thanks to a local instructor who
was looking for a different form of cardio
dance to bring to Mt. Olive.
I have had so many people ask aboutdoing classes in Dance Fitness, says Judy
Brown of Budd Lake. As a Zumba dance
instructor since 2011, Brown says she had
been searching for something different to
bring to Mt. Olive. Then I found Red Hot
Dance Fitness! Dance, sweat, and burn
calories.
New Hot Dance Class Cookin In Mt. OliveIt is so awesome to lead classes with
adults in a dance atmosphere because you
get lost in the music and before you know it,
an hour has past and you've gotten this fan-
tastic workout while having fun.
As described on the Red Hot DanceFitness website, Beginners build confi-
dence with easy to follow dance moves set
to your favorite songs, while more difficult
choreography is layered in so the advanced
dancer can be challenged. Red Hot Dance
is An invigorating, exhilarating, liberating
and calorie burning dance party that will
have you addicted from the first beat!
Red Hot was voted Philadelphia
Magazine's Be Well Philly 2013- Best
Dance Inspired Workout, notes Brown. In
Feb. 2012, Brown traveled to Philadelphiato get certified to teach Red Hot Dance
Fitness.
But teaching dance is nothing new to
Brown, a long-time instructor of childrens
dance classes through Mt. Olive recreation
and area dance programs.
My teaching started back in 2001 when
my own daughter was dancing for the first
time, says Brown. I filled in at her dance
class as a 'substitute' for a day and had so
much fun. I had such a love for sharing
dance with the children. I went on to takenumerous training classes and worked
locally in Roxbury at both a dance studio
and gymnastics facility for a few years
before joining Mt. Olive Recreation in
2006.
Known to the children as 'Miss Judy,
Brown has been teaching children's classesfor boys and girls ages 3-12 including:
Fairy & Princess Dance, Boogie Ballerina's,
Pip Hop & Tumble, Hip Hop for Beginners,
Beginner Gymnastics, Cheerleading, and
'My Chance to Dance' -Parent & Child for
ages 18 months-3 yrs.
What is so fantastic about Mt. Olive
Recreation programs is that you do not have
to live here in order to take classes. I've had
hundreds of students from not only Mt.
Olive, but Roxbury, Hackettstown,
Hopatcong and surrounding areas.Brown has also taught dance, cheer and
gymnastics classes for recreation in all four
of Mt. Olives Elementary schools over the
years. For the past two years, she was asked
to do hip hop classes for the children in the
after-school programs as well.
In the spring, Brown plans to add classes
for two to three year olds along with parent
and child outdoor music/dance and fitness
classes on the new Mt. Playmore at Turkey
Brook Park.
In addition, Brown has been running thecontinued on next page
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'DivaLicious Dance Camp' for girls ages
four through ten in Mt. Olive for the past
few years, and plans to begin a new camp
this year -The Fun-Shine Friendship Camp,
for boys and girls ages three to six, that will
incorporate theme days, arts and crafts, gar-
dening, kids yoga and more.
Brown has scheduled two six week ses-
sions for Red Hot Adult Dance Fitness so
far. Classes will be held on Thursdays, from
6 p.m. to 6:50 p.m. at the Mt. Olive Senior
Center. The first session is set for Feb. 6-
March 13; and the second session will be
March 20-April 17. Cost is $40 for a six
week session, or $8 for walk-ins.
She is extending her program to kids
ages eight to twelve, with Hip Fit Kidz,
Thursdays, 5 p.m. to 5:45 p.m., Feb. 3-
March 13. Cost is $60.
I'm so excited to do a dance based, fit-
ness class for kids, says Brown.
A free class is set for Thurs., Jan 30, for
both Hip Fit Kidz at 5 p.m. and Red Hot
Adult at 6 p.m.I absolutely love Red Hot because
unlike other dance fitness workouts, this
one combines all of my favorite music that
I love and is popular not only right now, but
from the 80's and 90's, with easy to follow,
fun choreography, says Brown. Ladies of
any age from 16 plus can join. The class is
designed to be about 50 minutes to incorpo-
rate strength, flexibility and cardio.
To register, visit www.mountolivetown-
ship.com/recreation. For more information
on Red Hot Dance Fitness, go to http://red-
hotdancefitness.com/aboutrhdf/.
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LeTip of Northwest Jersey, would like
you to join us to explore a new net-
working opportunity in Randolph.
We are a small group of business men and
women and small business owners whose
purpose is to refer business to each other.
We will be hosting an open breakfast meet-
ing to invite prospective new members on
Thursday, January 30, 2014 at 7:00 a.m.
Guests will have the opportunity to meet
fellow area business people, and have an
opportunity to expand their client base.
Breakfast is complimentary and there is
no obligation to join. Start the New Year off
rightbegin to put dollars in your pockets.
Please RSVP by January 24 to
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Tips for Safe Snow ShovelingBy Mark Young, PT, DPTDrayer Physical Therapy Institute
The Mall at 206, Flanders, NJ
Dont injure yourself trying toclean up after the storm! Snow
removal can be a burden, espe-
cially to the low back, shoulders, and
neck. Below are some strategies you
can use to help prevent injury.
- Widen Your Base of Support! Use
a wide stance to improve balance and
stability.
- Use Your Legs! When you bend to
shovel, make sure you keep your back
arched. Do this by pushing your hips
backward, shoulders forward, andbending down from your hips and
knees.
- Keep the Shovel Close! Hold the
shovel close to your body to decrease
strain on the low back, neck, and rotator
cuff of the shoulder.
- Know Your Limits! Be sure to
keep each shovel load small enough to
feel comfortable. Take breaks to pre-
vent over straining muscles.
If you do suffer from any joint or
muscle pain, call our office for help!
(973)-598-3077.
Show your LOVE for the homelesspets of The Randolph Animal Poundby joining us for breakfast on
Sunday, February 16 from 8 a.m. - 10 a.m.$10 includes pancakes, eggs, sausage and a
beverage!Tickets available for pre-purchase atThe Randolph Animal Pound 1345 SussexTurnpike or you can pay at door! There
will also be baked goods!The Exchange, 160 E. Main Street,
Rockaway, NJ 07866Call for Reservations: 973-627-8488 or
e-mail Claudine: Doggie54@optonline.
netMeet Staff and Volunteers of theRandolph Pound - Together we make a dif-ference in the lives of homeless animals!
Treat Your Sweetheart to Breakfast
Eleventh Hour Rescue is staging adrop-off opportunity for 3 Sundays,January 12. 2014, February 9, 2014
and March 9, 2014 from 11:00am to 1:00pmat the new kennel facility located at 484Route 46 West, Hackettstown, NJ. (directlyacross the street from Callaremi Cadillac)Throughout the year, Eleventh Hour Rescueholds various find raising events such asgarage sales, tricky tray events as well asalways in need of a multitude of kennel sup-plies.
For these three days, staff will be onhand to accept donations for any of theabove events. Clothing donations, garagesale items, new items worthy of tricky trays,
as well as kennel supplies are needed forthose upcoming events.
A complete list of needed kennel sup-plies can be found online at:
http://www.ehrdogs.org/info/donateIf more information is needed for garage
sale items, send an email to:[email protected]
For more information on clothing driveitems, send an email to:[email protected]
Once scheduled, dates will be announcedfor the actual garage sales and tricky trayevents, so please check the website at:www.ehrdogs.org often.
All donations will benefit Eleventh HourRescue and help us to save the lives ofmany more dogs and cats. For more infor-
mation, please visit our website atwww.ehrdogs.org, or call 973.664.0865.
Eleventh Hour Rescue Presents WinterCollection for Future Garage Sale, Tricky
Tray items, and Kennel Supplies
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his November, Ira Goldberg, DDS,
FAGD, MICOI, participated in Larry
Rosenthals hands-on aesthetic andrestorative continuum at New York
University College of Dentistry. This inten-
sive and thorough program provides cut-
ting-edge advancements in veneers and
crowns to help master the most difficult
dental cases.
The Rosenthal Institute is dedicated to
fostering continuing education, research
and patient care in current and emerging
techniques in aesthetic dentistry. It is the
nation's first comprehensive program in an
academic dental center to train dentists in
the burgeoning field of cosmetic dentistry.
In addition to completing this program in
New York City, Dr. Goldberg finished a
comprehensive program at the Dawson
Academy that included nine, 3-day courses
on aesthetic veneers and crown function.
Training at Dawson involves many dedicat-
ed hours of learning how to care for patients
at the highest ethical and professional level.The Dawson Academy writes, A primary
principle of Dawson dentistry is to achieve
long-term, maintainable health and comfort
as well as the creation and maintenance of a
beautiful smile.
Dr. Goldberg holds various degrees in
dental associations and believes in the
importance of continuing education as the
industry is fast moving and changes rapidly.
Continuing education is the cornerstone of
what makes me a better dentist. By perfect-
ing the techniques I practice daily and
applying the most advanced treatment
options, I am bettering the health of my
patients and ensuring their long-term satis-
faction.
Founder of Morris County Dental
Associates, LLC in Succasunna, Dr.
Dr. Goldberg Participates in Prestigious Rosenthal Continuumfor Expertise in Veneers and Crowns
Goldberg has offered cosmetic dentistry
options for over 16 years. In addition to his
expertise in veneers and crowns, he routine-ly performs all three disciplines of implant
dentistry: bone regeneration (grafting),
implant placement and implant restoration,
all in his office. He is recognized as a
Diplomate of the American Board of Oral
Implantology/Implant Dentistry, a title only
1% of dentists hold worldwide.
Dr. Goldberg runs a private practice in
Succasunna in the Roxbury Mall and offersfree consultations and second options for
new patients. More information can be
found on his website:
www.MorrisCountyDentist.com. The office
can be reached at 973-328-1225.
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Come join us for Luck of the Irish
Beefsteak, hosted by Mt. Olive
Travel Softball, on Saturday, March
15, 2014 at the Budd Lake Firehouse. $45
per person includes all you can eat filet
mignon over french bread, unlimited beer,
wine and soda, ice cream sundaes, coffee &
tea.
DJ and raffles for prizes. reservations
required to purchase tickets contact 908-
684-1943 or email mobeefsteak@
gmail.com
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The Scouts and Leaders from Troop
156 in Flanders spent the weekend
camping at Camp Somers in
Allamuchy the weekend of December 13th.
Despite the tempatrues not getting above 25
degrees and 6 inches of snow falling they
had a great time. They hiked, went sledding
and gave the camp an hour of service re-
stacking fire wood. The Scouts are pictured
in front of the cabin they stayed in.
From left to right: Shane Jones, Jason Cartier, Thomas Huber, Nicholas Grippaldi, Ryan Welsch,
Max Rieder and Patrick Salazar. Photo by Archer Jones
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The Mount Olive Middle SchoolParent Teacher Association isbusy preparing for its marquee
annual fundraising event. This year, theorganization is hosting a Family Feud
style Game Show Night and TrickyTray event on Friday, February 7, 2014.Event will be held at Junction 46 at theQuality Inn Ledgewood.
We wanted to do something differ-ent and fun says Adele Perkins, 2014Event Chair. People enjoy theseevents and the opportunity to win froma vast selection of fabulous donateditems from our local businesses andfamilies. This year, we wanted to createan event that our guests can participatein. This show will require audience
participation to create our two families.It is sure to be entertaining and full oflaughsand winning extraordinary
prizes. she continues. Event willinclude a full buffet dinner, two hoursof beer and wine, great prizes to choosefrom, and the main game show event ata price of $60.00 before January 10,
2014 and $65.00 thereafter. Ticketswill go on sale very soon. Seating islimited to 220 so visit our website oftenfor dates and locations to reserve yourseat. she concludes.
If you are interested in participatingin the Event Journal or becoming adonor/sponsor, please email [email protected]. Complete details,including pricing information, are avail-able atwww.sites.google.com/site/momspta.You may also follow the event on
Facebook at www.facebook.com/mom-spta2014trickytray
MOMS HostingGame Show Night/Tricky Tray
Maple syrup is winters sugary treasure, andits not just found in Vermont. The sap isflowing and the sugaring season is under-
way at the Great Swamp Outdoor Education Centerin Chatham Township. Come experience all the
sweet sights and smells at one of the MapleSugaring Demos held on mostSaturdays andSundays in January and February, from 2 p.m. to 3p.m.Experience the process from start to finish byidentifying and tapping maple trees, collecting sap,and seeing syrup made over a wood-fired evapora-tor. Think you can identify the differences betweenmaple syrups? Take a taste test of three distinctmaple syrups, a store bought syrup made from cornsyrup, a farm produced syrup made from sugarmaple trees, and the syrup made from the red mapletrees at the Great Swamp OEC. Let us know whichone you enjoy the most! Admission is $3 per per-
son.The peak of the sugaring season is celebratedwith the annual Maple Sugar Festival on Saturday,
March 1, from 12 Noon to 4 p.m. Head outside andwatch smoke billow from the evaporator andbecome entranced by the sweet smell of maplesugar as you savor a cup of hot, homemade applecider. Experience making maple cream first hand
and taste the final product. Kids enjoy a variety ofcrafts and games, and maple snow cones. Bringyour friends and family and take a fascinating guid-ed Hike Through Maple Sugaring History, to dis-cover how sugaring has changed since it was start-ed by the Native Americans hundreds of years ago.
If you are thinking of making your own syrup athome, spiles are on sale along with easy
instructions on how to get started. Purchasefresh, local, maple products from a maple sugarfarmer and treat yourself to delicious food availablefor purchase. Festival admission is $4 per person,rain or shine. For more information please call the
Great Swamp Outdoor Education Center at973.635.6629.
Maple Sugaring
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Ellen Chu, Miss Tri-County and
Samantha Rizzuto, Miss LibertyOutstanding Teen presented their plat-
form to the students of Mt. Olive MiddleSchool. Ellens platform OvercomingObstacles was presented as an interactiveactivity with the students. She asked for 15volunteers to come up on the stage and tostand at the back of the stage, and told themto think of their goal in life. Ellen then stoodat the front of the stage and told them she rep-resented their goal. Ellen then read a series ofstatements and the students were to move anumber of steps either forward or back. Atthe completion each of the students were at
varying places from where they began, yet
none of them reached her or their goal. Themessage was, not to get discouraged, keepworking to reach/attain their goal. The nextpresenter, Samantha Rizzuto, Miss LibertyOutstanding Teen stated that her platform isBalancing the Equation. She asked the stu-dents if they were familiar with the Big BangTheory. The students were very familiar andeager to volunteer to come up to describe twoof the main characters, Penny and Sheldon ofthat show. Sammy, then compared herself tothese two characters. She told the students afew facts about herself, she attends a special
Academy for Math/Sciences and she is pro-
Pageant Titleholders Visit at MOMS and Mt. View Schoolsmoting S.T.E.M.(Science/Technology/Engineering/Math) andthat she is very popular, has many friends, isa cheerleader, and is a nerd because on week-ends she loves to build robots. Sammy thentold the students they did not have to be oneor the other, they could be super smart, popu-lar and have many friends and not let theirpeers put them in a category. Her goal is tobecome an aerospace engineer and possiblywork for NASA.
The two titleholders then went to the Mt.View School for an informal meet and greetwith the students in the deaf/hard of hearingclass. Ellen and Samantha introduced them-selves, and they joined the students who wereworking on a Thanksgiving craft project.Ellen showed the kids her hearing aids and
told them how important it is for them to wearthem every day. Ellen then pulled up therecording of her dance at Miss New Jerseyand showed it on the Smart Board in theclassroom to the students. The studentswatched very intently and would look at Ellenand back at the Smart Board and clap andsqueal. It was a wonderful experience forboth the titleholders and students at bothschools.
As one of the Executive Directors for theMiss New Jersey/Miss America ScholarshipFoundation, and an employee of Mt. Olive, it
seemed like an excellent idea to promote
these young ladies platforms with the com-munity and the students of Mt. Olive. Theyoung ladies who enter our local pageants doit with the idea of winning scholarshipmonies to assist in their education. The Misscontestants must be enrolled in a communitycollege or university or a graduating highschool senior and are between the ages of 17and 24. The Teen contestants are between theages of 12 and 17 and must submit a copy oftheir report card along with other informationin order to participate. Anyone interested canfind information on the Miss New Jerseywebsite or through our local triple crown pag-eant, which is Miss Gateway, Miss Tri-County and Miss Northern Lakes. Our pag-eant is held at the Stanhope United MethodistChurch in the Glen, Netcong in October. At
the local level we do not have any corporatesponsors or backing and appreciate the localbusinesses, who when approached, gracious-ly sponsored our crowns and sashes. TheExecutive Directors of our North JerseyTriple Crown Pageant are: Terry Karns,Kerry Milone-Clapp, Kristen Fowler, andmyself Sharon Rosequist. Our titleholdersare Ellen Chu, Miss Tri-County, platformOvercoming Obstacles; Angie Abdelreheim,Miss Gateway, platform Cultural Diversity;Samantha Rossi, Miss Northern Lakes, plat-form Anti-Bullying; and Alexis Mott, Miss
Gateway Outstanding Teen.
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female; novices as well as seasoned ath-
letes.
On February 8, 2014, CS Gymnastics
will be hosting a one day Parkour Explore
clinic to reintroduce the sport to our com-
munity. Guest Clinician, Adam McClellen,Director and instructor of Parkour Explore
in Allentown, PA will be leading and
demonstrating an exciting afternoon of
instruction in Parkour Explore fashion.
Other staff members from Force Sports
Academy, Allentown, Pa and CS
Gymnastics will also be on hand to inspire
youngsters and teens alike.
The clinic will run from It will start at
2pm and be for ages 6-16.No experience
needed, but be sure to come with energy and
the willingness to try. Get more informa-tion and register by contacting CS
Gymnastics at 973-347-2771. For a UTube
preview, go to www.csgymnasticsinc.com;
Instructional Programs/Urban Acrobatics,
AND www.forcesportsacademy.com;Parkour Explore.
Although Parkour has had many
nicknames and variations of its dis-
cipline, its original form is a system
of training in which an individual tries to
overcome obstacles in their environment in
order to become stronger. Originally devel-oped in France, Parkour includes running,
jumping, climbing and vaulting. Being able
to develop the ability to move confidently
through ones environment is the ultimate
goal. . A routine practice of Parkour devel-
ops Self-Discipline, Self-Confidence,
Respect, Humility, Patience, Perseverance,
and great deal of Courage.
Parkour Explore, created by Adam
McClellen, is designed to impart these val-
ues in the minds and hearts of children, in a
way that sticks. Since children respond bestto things that are fun, involve achievement,
learning, and most of all, creativity and
movement, Parkour naturally carries all of
these components. While Parkour was
developed by a group of young men, its
popularity has spread among both male and
Parkour Is Back At CS Gymnastics
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By Cheryl Conway
Something new is growing in town and it has studentseating healthier and making better choices.
Although dormant for the winter, the Tinc Road School
Garden has had two great harvests so far. Once the snow is
gone, students and teachers are looking forward to adding
six more beds to the spring harvest.
Named the Golden Garden through a student majority
vote, the new garden at Tinc Rd. School has been providing
the elementary students with a hands-on learning experi-
ence about growing vegetables.
We are trying to encourage healthier eating, says
Daniella McDonald, PTO member and chair of the GreenCommittee, such as having children choose apples over
the French fries. McDonald says The kids who grow and
harvest their own food are more likely to try it. Kids are
picky. Theyre enthusiastic to see what a seed turns into.
The idea for the garden stems from the PTOs Green
Committee and the Tinc Rd. School Principal Dr. Richard
Fair. The role of the Green Committee is to encourage recy-
cling and the garden program.
We hoped to change the students attitude towards food,
teaching them to make better choices, says McDonald.
We gave them an opportunity to grow and eat their own
vegetables and hopefully encouraged them to choosewhole, natural foods over processed snack food.
The Golden Garden- located in a sunny spot behind the
school near the bus circle- began with its first harvest in the
spring 2013. About five volunteers helped to build it and
then some room moms helped to seed and harvest the gar-
den. The students planted and harvested lettuce, spinach
and radishes and some classes had salad parties with the
produce they picked, says McDonald.
In June, the fourth graders planted a Three-Sisters gar-
den in two of the beds which connected them to their Social
Studies lessons about the Lenape Indians in New Jersey,
and science lesson on companion planting and how plantswork together when they grow. The 5th and 4th grades har-
vested the Three-Sisters garden together in the fall and
brought to life what they learned in the classroom, says
McDonald.
Over the summer, volunteers watered and weeded six
raised beds that measured four feet by eight feet long and in
September, the students harvested several varieties of
beans, squash, pumpkins, chard and corn.
This upcoming spring, organizers are looking into
expanding the garden and adding six more beds. McDonald
says the goal is to consider planting something quick
growing that can harvest before school ends in June.
Garden Blooms Healthier Eaters At Tinc SchoolThe garden has been a community effort with support
from the PTO and school administrators, says McDonald.
I love the idea of the garden, says Dr. Richard Fair,
school principal. It gives the students a "hands-on" oppor-
tunity to see how their education regarding plant growth
works in real life and real time.The garden was absolutely a positive experience for
students and staff alike, says Fair. I am very appreciative
of all the parents that pitched in and made the garden proj-
ect work so well. It is a wonderful example of school and
community working together to provide a rich and authen-
tic learning experience for our students.
Financial support came from the community as well. The
Tinc Rd. School PTO was awarded two grants to support its
garden program.
Margaret Noon, President of Slow Food NNJ and a farm
owner in Budd Lake, awarded $800 worth of materials in
the fall of 2012 and has served as an advisor to the PTO
suggesting what types of seeds to plant. The PTO used these
funds to purchase a Deer fence, three raised beds and soil.
Whole Foods awarded a $2,000 grant in the spring of
2013 to will help sustain the program another year and
expand the garden with more beds and a small, portable
green house so students can start seedlings earlier in theyear.
Other donations came from Tim Quinn, director of
Public Works in Mt. Olive, who gave wood chips that sur-
round the beds; and Struble Brothers Landscaping in
Hopatcong who gave a truck load of organic soil.
Its been a great community effort all around, says
McDonald, who hopes to see the garden grow even more.
We would like to grow little by little each year, says
McDonald, and try to get more grades involved.
The first and second graders planted seeds in April 2013
that harvested radishes, spinach and carrots in June. The
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eight classes had Salad Parties to enjoy
what they grew.
They were very excited to pick and eat
those vegetables, says McDonald, who has
a fifth and second grader at Tinc Rd.School. There wasnt one student who did-
nt want to try the spinach or a radish. It
increased their enthusiasm rather than just
having it purchased for them.
All grade levels can connect the garden
to the classroom. First graders learn parts of
the plant. They can watch lettuce seeds in a
classroom grow in a cup, then plant them in
a garden to be harvested, and then eat them.
You put a seed in the ground, it will
grow, says McDonald who grows her own
garden at home. Its pretty fascinating. Thechildren just love it. Just learning where
your food comes from, that it doesnt come
from a plastic bag, gives them a new per-
spective on their vegetables.
Also planned for second graders is a
Veggie Day where students provide a
classroom tasting of various types of fruits
and vegetables some of which will have
been harvested from the garden.
For the kindergarten classes, McDonald
says the PTO is thinking of arranging a
bean in a bag lesson so students can learn
how bean sprouts open. For third grade, stu-
dents may connect to the garden program
through a science lesson.
The garden is dormant for now, but someexperts have visited the school in the inter-
im.
The Tinc Road School nurse has
arranged visits from Diane Delany, a nutri-
tionist from Atlantic Health, every six
weeks to teach the second grade class about
living a healthy lifestyle and making health-
ier eating choices to instill good eating
habits early.
David Scott, who manages the Goryeb
kid-FIT program (Goryeb Childrens
Hospital in Morristown) that assists fami-lies in making better lifestyle choices
through nutrition and fitness, has also visit-
ed the school to meet with the PTO The stu-
dents will then connect what theyve
learned to the garden.
Come the spring, we will rip old stuff
out, buy more soil, refill the beds, get our
team together, extend the deer fence, get our
grant money together and more beds in
there, says McDonald. Were set through
the fall of next year.
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By Ejvind Boccolini
T
he Morris County
Sheriff's Office is
considered a special-ty organization which pro-
vides services to all munici-
palities in the county - and it
does so with expertise and
efficiency.
Undersheriff Richard A.
Wall, Bureau of Law
Enforcement, and other
officials from the sheriff's
office met with the
Morristown News last
month, offering an inside
look at the impressive facil-
ity that they run. This story
is the second in an ongoing
series about the Morris
County Sheriff's Office, and
it highlights the Emergency
Services section of the sher-
iff's office.
Undersheriff Wall
offered a tour of the Barbara
Ridder-Irwin K-9 Facility to
start with, and it proved to
be quite clean and comfort-
able for their dogs. The
facility is equipped with
special training equipment
for the dogs, as well as aheated housing area with
heavy duty safety fencing.
Wall said the original
facility was built with no
taxpayer dollars, and Sgt.
Mark Chiarolanza said the
K-9 unit has seven officials,
with an eighth serving our
country in Afghanistan.
Ridder-Irwin, a Harding
Township resident, donated
$80,000 toward the project,
and others donated services
and/or materials toward the
construction of the facility,
including Paul Cullen
Plumbing, John Crimi, and
Greg Spitzer, and Walter
Morris.
The dogs will live
healthy, long lives in this
top-notch facility, and they
will be ready for their work
out in the field. They will
provide a great service to
the county by sniffing out
drugs, explosives, and fire
accelerants, and help offi-
cials secure many situationswhich would otherwise be
even more dangerous with-
out the help of their dogs.
The K-9 facility was
designed with the best prac-
tices kept in mind - many of
which were suggested by
"Seeing Eye" of Morris
Township. The K-9 facility
features an air circulation
system which keeps their
living quarters clean and in
better condition than per-
haps what many homeown-
ers can offer to their dogs,
and it also features small
doors at one end of their
pens that allow dogs to get
outside for fresh air.
Officials can easily clean
these pens and hose down
floors when the dogs are let
outside.
In the end, the K-9 dogs
get first-class treatment so
they can be at their best for
their work in the field.
Next, Chief Warrant
Officer Howard Ryan
offered a tour of the
Evidence Processing
Facility, and adjoining lab,
where intricate work is done
on crime scene materials
and evidence. Sheriff
Edward V. Rochford called
Ryan one of the greatest
crime scene investigators in
the northeast.
Ryan and his team of
experts determine results
associated with everything
from bullet fragments, fin-
gerprints, DNA samples,
blood samples, and much
more. Ryan also serves as
an educator for law enforce-
ment officials around the
nation.
This is a great benefit to
Morris County municipali-
ties, which can send their
officers to class "in county"
- instead of having to pay
for airfare and lodging so
officers can attend class on
the west coast or in the
south, for instance. Police
chiefs in Morris County
municipalities also do not
"lose" their officers for, say,
a week, because they had to
travel a long distance for
such a class.
Ryan said the Morris
County facility is state-of-
the-art, and the top-notch
equipment and intricate
processes that are the norm
here, could certainly be
equally baffling and impres-
sive both at the same time to
Morris County Sheriff's Office Providing Efficient Emergency ServicesTo All County Municipalities
Sheriff Edward V. Rochford Undersheriff Joseph J. Pascale Warden Christopher Klein
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an individual not familiar with this line of work.
Det. Jamie Rae offered insight on the Mobile Command
Center and the Mobile Crime Lab, which provide sheriff's
office officials with a safe, excellent communication net-
work and portable crime lab while out in the field. The
Mobile Crime Lab was funded by a grant from Homeland
Security, and allows sheriff's office officials to process evi-
dence quickly and effectively in the most pressing emer-
gency situations.
Doug Laird, who will be commander of the bomb squad
unit come March, explained how their technical equipment
helps them effectively process bomb threats, suspicious
packages, and much more. A super-heavy-duty "contain-
ment vessel" allows the squad to remotely detonate a bomb
inside it and even sample any harmful chemicals it would
otherwise emit freely into the air.
As with all facets of the sheriff's office, officials go
through intense training to perform these duties in the field
at an expert level. Indeed, the Sheriff's Emergency
Response Team also secures hostage situations, and per-
forms high-angle rescues, just to give a few more examples
of their work.
Det. Sgt. Phil DiGavero explained the process of organ-
izing, securing and protecting every piece of evidence that
enters the evidence management facility. He demonstrated
how the state-of-the-art computer network and manual
processes ensure that each piece of evidence is document-
ed, protected and ready for official access - and only under
the most secure conditions.
Det. Sgt. Michael Puzio offered insight on the different
types of warrants that the sheriff's office will process,
adding that officials in this division are out on the beat as
well a great deal of the time. Countless television shows
have mimicked the work done for real in this and other divi-
sions of the sheriff's office.
"We are the enforcement end of the warrants," he said.
Next, a tour of the Legal Services Division was offered.
This division serves legal documents, such as summons
which initiate a lawsuit. Official court documents are over-
seen and enforced within this division of the sheriff's office.Det. Phillip Mangiafridda, offered a final glimpse of
some of the operations within the sheriff's office: he demon-
strated the benefits of the "Faro" scanner, which can scan
and provide a superb video document of a crime scene.
The scanner is secured in a chosen corner of a room, for
instance, and it will create a high-definition visual account
of this crime scene.
When the scanner is, for instance, secured then in the
opposite end of the room, it will complete its visual account
of the crime scene.
Law enforcement officials will now have a superior and
comprehensive 3-D video document of a crime scene - onewhich they can now "move through" and "view" from any
imaginable angle. This technology aids officials in solving
some of the most troubling cases - murders, suicides, and
aggravated assaults.
In last month's tour of the sheriff's office facilities, it is
evident that all if its officials are impressed with Sheriff
Rochford's high standards, thorough ways, and his desire to
constantly improve. Rochford himself is likewise impressed
with their specific areas of expertise and is proud to have
officials with the strongest of qualifications.
Be on the lookout for additional stories on the Morris
County Sheriff's Office.
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Ionce again thank you forthe opportunity to reporton the State of the
Township of Mount Olivethis year. I am very pleasedto advise that Mount Olivecontinues to move forward asa community in an extremelypositive direction. I trulyenjoy the honor of beingMayor of this incredibleTown and look forward tocontinuing to guide ourTownship and instill myvision as to Mount Olivesfuture.
Along with the TownCouncil, we have continuedworking and have been suc-cessful in creating a sense ofcommunity and pride inMount Olive. I would like tothank Colleen Labow for herleadership this past year andlook forward to working withJohn Mania, as council presi-dent in 2014.
We have been diligent inour efforts of attracting new
businesses to Mount Olive,as well as working with
existing commercial estab-lishments to grow and stabi-lize our ratable base. At thesame time, we have conserv-atively managed townfinances in an effort to con-trol tax increases and thoseefforts are now showing div-idends.
Our efforts of fiscal con-servative spending practicesand attracting smart ratablegrowth is now and will forthe near future continue toprovide dividends to the resi-dents of Mount Olive.
Through our efforts, I amextremely pleased that my2014 budget contains no taxincrease to the residents formunicipal services. Evenbetter, looking forward, I amhopeful that the 2015 and2016 budgets will contain taxdecreases for what I antici-pate even greater improvedlevels of municipal services.
An overview, some of ourmajor administrative accom-
plishments during the 2013:1.Successful business devel-
opment and outreachSiemens Corporation2.Successful business devel-opment and outreach FratelliBeretta Corp.3.Fleet Services.4.Auto Refuse.5.Givaudan Braille trail.6 . P a r k s , B u i l d i n g s &Grounds.7.Community Beautification.8.Community Outreach.9.Mount Playmore.Finance Department:
1.We received no audit rec-ommendations for 2012
which was our fifth year in arow.2.We had our highest tax col-lection rate since200098.94%.Planning Department wasactively engaged in a numberof projects beyond the typicalresponsibilities Among thehighlights:1. Planning Board: MasterPlan Reexamination Report2. NJ State Development &
Redevelopment Plan:Planning Area Designation
3 . C O A H / A f f o r d a b l eHousing4. NJ Highlands
Building Department
was incredibly busy andworked diligently to provideall services required relatedto the issuing of permits andproviding required inspec-tion services related to feesnew development and/orconstruction in Mount Olive.The Building Departmentexceeded its expected gener-ation by bringing in over$791,444 in fees and looks
forward to another activeyear in 2014.
Municipal Court, work-ing on behalf of both MountOlive and Netcong, receivedover 430 criminal complaintsand 6,000 motor vehicle tick-ets. The court generated over$300,000.00 in fees for theTownship. In January 2013the Municipal Court beganusing telephonic interpreta-tion in the courtroom, in
eight difference languages.The Health Department:
Successfully re-negotiat-ed (2) interlocal shared serv-ices agreement for the next 3years with the Borough ofNetcong and the Borough ofMount Arlington.
Negotiated a shared serv-ices agreement with ByramTownship Animal Control.
Entered into a memoran-dum of agreement for animalcontrol coverage during theday with the Borough ofHopatcong.
Child Health Care
included 107 visits from par-
ents/ children, providingguidance on health, vaccina-tion and available resourcesthroughout the township andthe County. Provided a totalof 840 influenza vaccinationsincluding the communitieswe serve.
They also investigated186 reported communicabledisease cases.
The Health Departmentalso expanded senior trans-
portation to include activitiesevery day and not limited to
delivery of meals medicalsetc. but all senior activitiesand needs.
They also expanded trans-portation services for ALLdisabled individuals youngor older for all activities,social, medical, meals, andshopping.
Our Animal ControlOfficer, Frank Nelson, wasawarded runner upEmmett Brown achievementaward from Administrationfor developing a lost andfound segment for lost ani-mals on the Townships webpage and other social mediafor Animal Control issues.
Fire Marshalls officeconducted over 1183 inspec-tions in Mount Olive and in
Chester Boro in the year
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2013. This includes all of theapartment buildings in MtOlive. They appear in thesystem as one inspection butactually involve over 300buildings.
Recreation Departmenthad many successes in 2013.Recreation ran 21 specialevents. In addition to theevents, Recreation collected$75,000 in sponsorshipsreceived from 129 area busi-nesses.
New classes were offeredin fitness, cooking, art, careercoaching and leadership
Public Works
Department successfully
maintained and improvedTownship owned infrastruc-ture. They also had have hadseveral substantial accom-plishments for the 2013 year.
1. 2013 saw the townshipbring our fleet services backin house.
2. The introduction of theone arm bandit solid wastetrucks and the distributing ofwaste cans to the residents ofMt. Olive Township.
3. Demolition and con-struction of a new well house
within the IndianSprings/Alcrest water sys-tem.
4.Road resurfacing5.Community Devel-
opment Grant has allowedthe township to install storm
drainage to areas of town suf-fering from storm waterissues.
Information Technology
including better security atthe Municipal Building andTurkey Brook Park.
Scott was also responsiblefor re-negotiation of ourVerizon Wireless plan savingthe Town $5,516.33 in 2013.
Police Department hadboth a significant call load
and administrative matters tohandle. On February 14,2013; the Mount OlivePolice Department wasaccredited by the New JerseyState Association of Chiefsof Police ( NJSACOP ). Thiswas in recognition of thepolice department havingfulfilled the best practicestandards established by theassociation for accreditation.On March 23, 2013; theMount Olive PoliceDepartment was further
accredited through theCommission ofAccreditation for LawEnforcement Agencies (CALEA ) RecognitionProgram.
Technology/Infrastructu
re Improvements The police departmentupgraded to the EnforsysBlue Computer AidedDispatch (C.A.D.) andRecords ManagementSystem (R.M.S.) to betterintegrate all emergency serv-ices.
An Automatic LicensePlate Reader was purchasedand installed with a grantobtained by the Morris
County Prosecutors Office. The police department
has upgraded our propertyand evidence storage withthe recent acquisition of theB.E.A.S.T. (Bar coded-E v i d e n c e - A n a l y s i s -Statistical-Tracking).
The receiver site atHackettstown Hospital wasupgraded to improve radiocommunications.
Police assisted with theinstall and upgrade of thetownships new Triad
Security System. Public and secure WiFi
access was added to thepolice department.
The townshipEmergency OperationsCenter (E.O.C.) received
structural improvements aswell as the addition of aSmart Board. The boardallows us to link with theMorris County EmergencyOperations Center in realtime. New phone banks andemergency power wereadded to the EOC as well.
Givaudan donated fundsfor the purchase of an ice res-cue sled. This is maintainedat Station 21 Rescue and is
available to emergency per-sonnel.
Calls for Service/Investigations
The Mount Olive PoliceDepartment handled 76,870calls for service in 2013. Thisis a ten percent increase overcalls for service handled in2012. Other call types andresponse numbers for 2013were: Alarms: 1,250 Ambulance Assists: 1,441 Assaults: 43
Burglaries: 76 Criminal Mischief: 62 Domestic Disputes: 176 Domestic Violence: 88 Harassment: 169 Noise Complaints: 257 Thefts/Shoplifting: 238
Traffic Collisions: 1,037The police departmentwas in receipt of a large num-ber of firearms applications.During the course of 2013,359 firearms applicant inves-tigations were completed.
Police Officers conducted11,209 checks of businesses,3,240 residential checks, andperformed 29,737 DirectedPatrols.
Mount Olive Police made
875 criminal arrests in 2013.In addition, as of the begin-ning of December 126 arrestswere made for D.W.I. and4,093 motor vehicle sum-mons were issued.
What I have included inthis address is only a smallsampling of what ourTownship Departments andemployees accomplishedover the course of the lastyear. Let us not forget thatthey are on the front lineeveryday working to make
Mount Olive a better saferplace to live. To that end, Icongratulate all of theemployees in all of the suc-cesses of 2013 and look for-ward to greater achievementsin 2014.
As we move forward into2014 and beyond, we havemany things to look forwardto. We can all also take pridein the MOMENTUM theTownship has and continuesto generate. I cant tell youhow many people stop to tellme that they love living inMount Olive.
I would like to thank theTown Council, our BusinessAdministrator, Sean Canning
and all of our municipalemployees for a job welldone in 2013. May you alland have a happy, healthyand prosperous New Year.
Sincerely and with greatappreciation,Rob GreenbaumMayor, Mt. Olive Township
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By Cheryl Conway
Looking back at 2013, township offi-
cials are pleased with progress from
new services and programs, commu-
nity pride and participation, some new busi-
nesses and responsible spending in Mt.Olive.
In store for 2014 and beyond, awaits a new
grocery store, transportation system, play-
ground, reduced spending and so much
more.
Generally, were in very good shape in
the community, says Mt. Olive Township
Mayor Rob Greenbaum, who is serving his
second year of his four year term. Theres
a good sense of community with projects
and recreational opportunities. Financially,
the town is in extremely good shape and
looking forward, Im very optimistic about
it.
Some of the exciting events held in Mt.
Olive in 2013 included Tour de Mt. Olive,
Fall in Love With Mt. Olive, Radars of the
Lost Ark, Mud Run, 5K and 10K races,
Strut Your Mutt, Cabin Fever and the Mt.
Olive Carnival.
A new program, Restaurant Week, has
been introduced in Mt. Olive with area
restaurants showcasing food items on their
menu for participants to try.
New companies that moved in included
Remax, GBW Mortgage Co. and Kwik.
Some improvements and new services
have included upgraded air conditioning in
the Mt. Olive Township Municipal build-
ing; improvements at Turkey Brook Park in
Budd Lake such as electrical services,
improved fields, renovated baseball tower,
expanded trail system, new tot lot projectMount Playmore; restoration project contin-
ued on the Budd Lake Chapel; the new
garbage pick up system with the One Arm
Bandit auto refuse sanitation program; con-
tinuation of Adopt a Spot with a new retain-
ing wall and landscaping at town hall; and
additional shared services with other towns.
New and exciting to come in Mt. Olive is
Mount Playmore at Turkey Brook Park that
should break ground and be completed in
2014, as well as improvements at Flanders
Park. The township is looking for donations
for Mount Playmore as well as sponsorship
for improvement at Flanders Park, says
Pignataro.
mprovements may be needed at Flanders
Park that includes better fields, further trail
development and upgraded swing set, says
Greenbaum.
New businesses coming into Mt. Olive
this year include the expansion of Siemens
Corporation; Italian Meat Market-Fartelli
Beretta-coming to the International Trade
Zone; Weiss Markets; Marvel Land Farms,
200 plus units of adult active community
homes being built next to the Flanders
Valley Golf Course; and new condomini-
ums by Simoff Properties that will be built
next to the Budd Lake School
Administration building off of Route 46.
One of the main efforts in Mt. Olive has
been trying to attract new businesses to
town, says Sean Canning, Mt. Olive Twp.business administrator.
Since 2012, Siemens Corporation has
been considering an expansion in Mt. Olive
by doubling its size. The company was try-
ing to decide between Mt. Olive or Indiana
for its expansion, says Canning. They chose
Mt. Olive to become its headquarters for
medical product devices in the United
States.
With that expansion comes 450 high tech
jobs to Mt. Olive that will be offered
through Siemens headquarters, says
Canning. Work should be completed in
2014 or early 2015, he says.
We were able to sell this area of New
Jersey, says Canning. They (Siemens)
were very attracted to this area of New
Jersey. We had to sell the area, what Mt.
Olive has to offer, with its good schools,
smart workforce.
Canning says officials had to sell Mt.
Olive to Fartelli Beretta Italian Meat Market
as well. Currently located in S.
Hackensack, the company was looking for a
home for its new headquarters. The compa-
ny procures Italian salamis and deli prod-
ucts.
Financially the township maintained
spending in 2013, but for 2014, officials are
hoping to avoid a budget increase with no
tax hike, and in 2015, hoping to reduce
taxes on the municipal side, says
Greenbaum.Greenbaum says he does not think there
will be a significant change in taxes but
any decrease is better than any increase.
In 2013, weve looked for ways to cut
costs and reduce taxes to Mt. Olive resi-
dents, says Greenbaum. For 2014, officials
are looking into projects regarding ratable
growth as well as conservative spending
practices, he says.
The township has started to outsource its
own fleet, which will save over $100,000,
says Canning. We brought fleet back to our
house with trucks being serviced by our
mechanics in our garages. The projection
was to save $62,000, says Canning, but we
doubled it and saved $100,000 the first year
by not outsourcing mechanics, he says.
The township is looking into improve-
ments that include better quality roads;
enhancements at Turkey Brook Park; more
recreational opportunities; and the addition
of two lacrosse fields at Drakes Brook Park
already underway (which will be paid for by
the recreation Lacrosse club but bonded
through the township).
The township is also looking into the
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redevelopment of Route 46, more specifi-
cally the corridor around the lake. With
highlands approval already received,
Greenbaum says there is great interest in
upgrading the businesses that surround the
lake.We want to encourage restaurants to
come in, says Greenbaum, to make the
lake a destination rather than a passerby on
Route 46.
Also new and exciting is the develop-
ment of a Mini-Transit System currently
being looked into by township officials. If
all goes according to plan, the new transit
system may be in place for 2015,
Greenbaum says.
The plan with the transit system, which
is still being explored, will utilize threebusses to run routes throughout various
locations such as schools , ITC Plaza, Sutton
Plaza, other shops, Turkey Brook Park, in
Mt. Olive - to provide transportation to res-
idents who do not own a car or cannot get
around.
A lot of people dont have transporta-
tion, especially the teenagers, says
Greenbaum. A Transit System would be a
great addition to services Mt. Olive pro-
vides.
The township has requested a $50,000
grant from Morris County to purchase vehi-
cles for 2014 for mini city transit, says
Canning. Officials are looking into a 21-
passenger bus to run through neighbor-
hoods, apartment complexes for uses such
as shopping and housing. Operations wouldnot begin until 2015 if a grant is even
approved, he says.
Parsippany and Morristown are the only
other towns in Morris County that run a
transit system, Canning says. Mt. Olive,
being the second largest county next to
Parsippany, can certainly benefit from such
a service.
Besides tangent things like improved
services, new programs and businesses, the
communitys pride and sense of the word
community has been