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Seasons Greetings & Happy Holidays IHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIUIIIIIIIIIIHHIIIIIIIIIIIIIUIII SPFLD PUBLIC LIBRARY 2484 PLAINFIELDAVE S PLAIWFIELDWJ minnein ineforthe December 26Observer w§l be Saturday, De^mber 20 at 5p.m. VOL 12, NO. 16 MEMBER NEW JERSEY PRESS ASSOCIATION 5 0 CENTS DECEMBER 19, 2 0 0 8 Community Honors 101stAirborneDivision By Patricia Abbott Each Christmas for more than two decades the giant evergreen tree that graces the lawn of the McCriskin- Gustafson Home For Funerals has filled the night sky with lights. While the thousands of twinkling lights add to the holiday spirit, many people are unaware of the true reason for the decorated tree. The tree is a memorial for the 248 members of the U.S. Army's 101st Airborne Division servicemen and women who lost their lives in a plane crash on December 12, 1985. The paratroopers were returning home from a peacekeeping mission in the Middle East. After a stop to refuel in Gander, Newfoundland, the plane crashed shortly after takeoff killing all aboard. It is considered the worst disaster in Canadian aviation history. The annual tree lighting ceremony has traditionally been held on or about De- cember 12 and is led by members of the U.S. Army 101st Airborne Division of Screaming Eagles NJ/NY Chapter. The McCriskin family decided to decorate the 85-foot tree for the first time in December of 1985. After they heard the news of the crash they decided to dedicate the lighting of the tree inmemory of those who lost their lives in the accident. The huge tree holds 8,000 tiny white lights. This year marked the 24th anniver- sary of the tree lighting and the cer- emony was decidedly different. It was designed to make more people aware of the tree lighting and its origin. The tree lighting was combined with another South Plainfield tradition, Christmas caroling. In previous years, Funeral Home Remembers 248Lives Lost With Annual Tree Lighting .iil Rick McCriskin assists members of Pop Warner Pee Wee cheerleaders in flipping theswitches to light the tree. "Their work is now finished, on earth they are no more. But we their comrades will I continue to treasure them on earth and in heaven, God's eternal shore." •- Excerpted from "Silver Wings Against the Sun" by Robert E. Maslo, Cpl. 101st ABN. I MPCO. Vietnam-Post 261, Piscataway the caroling was held in Spring Lake Park and included the arrival of Santa via a fire truck and concluded with re- freshments at the senior center. On hand for the afternoon ceremo- nies were many dignitaries and guests, including Assemblyman Patrick Diegnan, Mayor Charles Butrico and members of the Borough Council, the South Plainfield High School Travel- ing Choir under the direction of Tracy Murray, Santa Claus, who arrived atop a fire truck, and the newly crowned champion- ship Pop Warner Eagles Pee Wee cheerleaders. Attendance at the cer- emony has declined over the years, but this year more than 100 were on hand to witness the tree lighting. . The ceremonies began with the Gander Memo- rial Honor Guard and the American Legion Post 261 Bifle Squad's posting of colors. The traveling choir sang "The National Athem" and Pastor Charles Mingle led the invocation prayer. General Anthony C. McAuliffNY-NJ Chapter ' President George Fallon welcomed guests and gave a short history of the tree lighting and the 101st Airborne Division. Cpl. Bob Maslo read a poem dedicated to those wholost their lives in Gander entitled "Silver Wings." Bagpiper Duncan McCaskill per- formed "Amazing Grace" and Rick McCriskin placed the wreath at the base of the tree. Then members of the cheerleaders took turns pulling the six switches lighting the tree. The Gander Memorial Honor Guard, followed by Santa Claus on a fire engine, led the way to the sen- ior center. The traveling choir and guests sang Christmas carols as they marched behind the parade. Guests were treated to refreshments as they arrived at the senior center and Santa was on hand to greet children. ... mam / NOW c Save Considering subscribing to the Observer? There's no better time than now to beat the 2009 rate increase. Our current $25 subscription rate has been in effect since 1997. Due to postal, printing and production increases over the past 1I years, our subscription rate will increase to $29.95; out-of-town $34.95. New rates go in effect January I. Call now (908-668-0010) to subscribefor $25 to the #1 news source for South Plainfield and keep the best of South Tlainfield coming to your home.every week. Newsstand price will increase to $. 60. ]\ ; Good... hopeful children express their Christmas wishes to Santa when the; thesenic ; ^Saturday. Bottom row from the left-Meghan a- . • and Jc. : foore Jr. Top row-Alessandra Rosado, and cous - . " ••'• . /''''MB:-W:-' ' •••"• ::s: ' : 'W

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Seasons Greetings & Happy Holidays IHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIUIIIIIIIIIIHHIIIIIIIIIIIIIUIII

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December 26 Observerw§l be Saturday,

De^mber 20 at 5 p.m.

VOL 12, NO. 16 MEMBER NEW JERSEY PRESS ASSOCIATION 50 CENTS DECEMBER 19, 2008

Community Honors 101st Airborne DivisionBy Patricia Abbott

Each Christmas for more than twodecades the giant evergreen tree thatgraces the lawn of the McCriskin-Gustafson Home For Funerals hasfilled the night sky with lights. Whilethe thousands of twinkling lights addto the holiday spirit, many people areunaware of the true reason for thedecorated tree.

The tree is a memorial for the 248members of the U.S. Army's 101stAirborne Division servicemen andwomen who lost their lives in a planecrash on December 12, 1985. Theparatroopers were returning homefrom a peacekeeping mission in theMiddle East. After a stop to refuelin Gander, Newfoundland, the planecrashed shortly after takeoff killingall aboard. It is considered the worstdisaster in Canadian aviation history.The annual tree lighting ceremony hastraditionally been held on or about De-cember 12 and is led by members of theU.S. Army 101st Airborne Divisionof Screaming Eagles NJ/NY Chapter.

The McCriskin family decided todecorate the 85-foot tree for the firsttime in December of 1985. Afterthey heard the news of the crash theydecided to dedicate the lighting of thetree in memory of those who lost theirlives in the accident. The huge treeholds 8,000 tiny white lights.

This year marked the 24th anniver-sary of the tree lighting and the cer-emony was decidedly different. It wasdesigned to make more people awareof the tree lighting and its origin.The tree lighting was combined withanother South Plainfield tradition,Christmas caroling. In previous years,

Funeral Home Remembers 248 Lives Lost With Annual Tree Lighting

.iilRick McCriskin assists members of Pop Warner Pee Wee cheerleaders in flipping the switches to light the tree.

"Their work is now finished,on earth they are no more.But we their comrades will

I continue to treasure themon earth and in heaven,

God's eternal shore."

•- Excerpted from "Silver Wings Against theSun" by Robert E. Maslo, Cpl. 101st ABN.

I MP CO. Vietnam-Post 261, Piscataway

the caroling was held in Spring LakePark and included the arrival of Santavia a fire truck and concluded with re-freshments at the senior center.

On hand for the afternoon ceremo-nies were many dignitaries and guests,including Assemblyman PatrickDiegnan, Mayor Charles Butrico and

members of the Borough Council, theSouth Plainfield High School Travel-ing Choir under the direction of TracyMurray, Santa Claus, who arrived

atop a fire truck, and thenewly crowned champion-ship Pop Warner Eagles PeeWee cheerleaders.

Attendance at the cer-emony has declined overthe years, but this year morethan 100 were on hand towitness the tree lighting.. The ceremonies beganwith the Gander Memo-rial Honor Guard and theAmerican Legion Post 261Bifle Squad's posting ofcolors. The traveling choirsang "The National Athem"and Pastor Charles Mingle

led the invocation prayer. GeneralAnthony C. McAuliffNY-NJ Chapter 'President George Fallon welcomedguests and gave a short history of thetree lighting and the 101st AirborneDivision. Cpl. Bob Maslo read a poemdedicated to those who lost their livesin Gander entitled "Silver Wings."

Bagpiper Duncan McCaskill per-formed "Amazing Grace" and RickMcCriskin placed the wreath at thebase of the tree. Then members of thecheerleaders took turns pulling the six

switches lighting the tree.The Gander Memorial Honor

Guard, followed by Santa Claus ona fire engine, led the way to the sen-ior center. The traveling choir and

guests sang Christmas carols as theymarched behind the parade.

Guests were treated to refreshmentsas they arrived at the senior center andSanta was on hand to greet children.

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Dear Editor,This past Saturday our annual tree

lighting was held on the front lawn ofthe McCriskin-Gustafson Home ForFunerals honoring the men of TaskForce 3-502101st Airborne who died

in December 1985, and what anice event it was. This year's ceremonywas somewhat different from yearspast. Nearly 100 people attended,Santa made a guest appearance, the

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Pee Wee Eagles Cheerleaders turnedon the tree and the South PlainfieldHigh School Traveling Choir andSouth Plainfield Volunteer Fire De-partment participated as well.

I am already putting thoughts to-gether for next year, which will be the25th Anniversary of the tree lighting. Ido have some really neat ideas up mysleeve which I can't yet reveal and whoknows what a great holiday event thiscould turn into? The ideas are endlessand the sky is the limit.

What a better way to start off theholiday season here in South Plain-field than by having a giant tree lightup our town with Santa Claus lead-ing the way, followed by our residentssigning Christmas carols?

I would like to thank Director ofRecreation Kevin Hughes, Assembly-men Patrick Diegnan, the mayor andcouncil, South Plainfield Police De-partment, Tracy Murray and SPHSTraveling Choir, the South PlainfieldVolunteer Fire Department, the SouthPlainfield Pop Warner Eagles Pee WeeCheerleaders, Glenn Delia Sala of DeliaSala Electric, Joann Graf, Robert Grafand all who attended to make theevent a success.

Happy holidays to all.SINCERELY,RICHARD W.MCCRISKIN II

To the Editor:Everyone knows these are challeng-

ing economic times; the newspaperheadlines scream bad news at us eachday. When the parents and board ofthe South Plainfield Eagles found outthat their pee wee cheer squad, com-prised of 20 girls in fifth and sixthgrade, were advancing to the Nation-als, there was joy and concern. Howwould we ever raise enough moneyto help these families pay for such anexpensive trip in the midst of job lossesand financial bailouts? But the busi-nesses and people of South Plainfieldcame through. With your help, theSouth Plainfield Eagles were able toraise over $18,000, enough to payfor each of the 20 girls and fourcoaches who had worked hard all sea-son long and earned a spot in the Na-tional Cheer Competition.

South Plainfield is an amazingtown, filled with generous, civic-minded people and businesses. Theboard of directors of South PlainfieldEagles Football and Cheer, the par-ents of the pee wee cheerleaders and thecoaches and cheerleaders themselveswould like to thank each of the busi-nesses and individuals named below fortheir generous contributions. Withouteach and every one of you, our trip tothe National Cheer Competition inDisney World would not have been

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SINCERELY,TERRY HOUSEL ON BEHALF OFTHE BOARD OF SOUTHPLAINFIELD EAGLES, AND THEEAGLES PEE WEE PARENTS,COACHES AND CHEERLEADERS

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the lowest responsible bidders for thePAL Memorial Field Project

• The council authorized a profes-sional service agreement with EastWest Fire Apparatus Consultants Inc.,to review a fire truck bid specs at acost not to exceed $3,000.

• Council approved a waiver of feesin the amount of $354 for the OldTimers Motorcycle Club fundraiserheld in October.

• T & M Associates will continueto provide engineering services for theBorough until such time that the2009 engineering firm is appointed.

• Authorize the renewal of licensesfor coin-operated amusement devices,self-service laundromats and motorvehicle sales/exchange for 2009. Ap-plicants met all Borough requirementsand appropriate fees have been made.

• The community of Terno Diso-la, Italy was recognized as a "$isterCity," establishing a relationship basedon the many cultural and official ex-changes over the past several years be-tween our governing bodies and firedepartments.

• Angelo Paradiso was appointedas building maintenance worker/omni bus operator.

• The CFO was authorized to issuea check in the amount of $1,550 toScott Del Vecchio for the refund of aroad opening permit at 100 West EndAvenue.

• The council approved the cancel-lation of die bid opening for the re-placement of Engine #5 , scheduledfor Thursday, Dec. 4, pending a re-view and redrafting of the specifica-tions by East West Apparatus Con-sultants, Inc.

• The council agreed to extend thescope of the Linden Avenue and EastHendricks Boulevard project to in-clude installation of two speed tableson Oak Tree Avenue, two speedhumps on Bitter Avenue, and mill andreplace approximately 250 linear feeton Audobon Avenue, including allwork and materials necessary thereforeand incidental thereto.

• Approved two additional Bor-ough Council meetings in 2008, De-cember 18 and 22.

• The municipal clerk was directedto advertise a Request for Proposalsfor snow plowing services for the2008-2009 winter season.

Tom Stillman reads the latest edition of the Observer as he donates bloodduring the SPBA blood drive on December 5.

First SBPA Holiday BloodDrive Reaps 52 Units

The South Plainfield Business As-sociation, along with New JerseyBlood Services held their first blooddrive on December 5 and by all ac-counts the event was a huge success.The event was held in the senior cen-ter. All donors received two tickets toa New Jersey Nets basketball gameand some opted to donate their tick-ets back to the "Toys for Teens" drive.

A total of 52 units of blood weredonated, 30 units whole blood, 15collected on the alyx machines and sixplatelet units collected.

Raffle winners were John Kirch-ner-gift basket, Tom Sniscak-powerdrill and Christine Buteas-gift card.Toys, monetary donations and foodwere also collected for programs spon-sored by local charities.

Adult School Brochures in the MailBrochures have been sent to all area

residents for the upcoming winter2009 semester of the South PlainfieldAdult School. If you have not re-ceived a brochure, and would like one,please call the adult school at (908)754-4620, ext. 213. We welcome allarea residents.

The adult school offers a variety ofclasses including typing, computers,tai-chi, yoga, exercise, painting, vol-leyball, golf and dance classes. There isalso an extensive range of exercise andswimming classes for adults and chil-dren offered through The Club at Rico-chet.

Register over the phone with eithera Visa or MasterCard or come to theadult school office in the RooseveltAdministration Building, 125 Jack-son Ave. between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m.Evening in-person registration will

take place on Wednesday, Jan. 21 from6 to 8 p.m. Please use the JacksonAvenue side of the building and enterthrough the door to your right. Theadult school is located on the top floor.Most classes begin the week of Janu-ary 29, 2009.

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W h e n I do you have enoughstuff? Some will say never, while oth-ers wish they had less stuff, and stillothers are jealous because they envythe stuff others possess.

With Thanksgiving behind us andthe holiday shopping season well un-der way, our unpredictable globaleconomy has the retail market moredetermined than ever to entice us intotheir stores. What sacrifices are we will-ing to make to be able to buy morestuff? Is it working another job tomake extra cash? Or waking up earlyto be the first in line for the best sales?

Recently a store employee lost hislife when shoppers broke down aretailer's door while trying to take ad-vantage of an early morning sale. Evenwhile EMT officers tried to revive him,they too were pushed around by moreshoppers entering the store, eager anddetermined to buy Was the sale worththe sacrifice?

Sometimes the older Christmas clas-sics provide a message that needs to beheard, perhaps even more loudly, intoday's world. In "How the GrinchStole Christmas," after a lifetime ofhating all the Christmas fanfare, we see.the Grinch standing on Mt. Krumpet,surrounded by all the "stuff" he hasstolen from Whoville. The bewilderedGrinch sees that, even without all thetrimmings, Christmas still comes! Sud-denly he has a revelation that openshis heart to the true meaning of theholiday season-being physically pre-sent with each other is the real Christ-mas present. Giving of yourself is thebest gift you can give.

There is a message this holiday sea-son that needs to be heard-less really

can be more. The gifts that we give donot have to be expensive purchases.These gifts can come from the heart.How about showing a younger rela-tive how to make a traditional familyfavorite? Or planning a movie nightat home with the little ones, completewith popcorn and cartoon "pre-views'1? As a family, organize your owncollection for the local food pantryor volunteer at a soup kitchen or ani-mal shelter. And let your kids invitetheir friends along! These gifts, unlikethe retail kind, will leave a lasting im-pression on your hearts and makeyour holiday season one to remem-ber.

LifeLines is a monthly Observercolumn written by area churches. Thisarticle comes from members of Sa-cred Heart Church.

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"Striking 12" at EVPThrough December 31

Edison Valley Playhouse, 2196 OakTree Rd. in Edison, presents the NewJersey premiere production of the hewholiday musical, "Striking 12" on Fri-day and Saturday, Dec. 19, 2.0, 26,27 and New f̂ear's Eve, Wednesday,Dec. 31 (includes a special New Year'sEve party; call for details.) Great forall ages and even better as a pre-NewYear's Eve party primer event! Tick-ets: $20 adults; $15 students/seniors;dinner package available.

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Breakfast with SantaDecember 21

Bring your cameras to the SouthPlainfield Elks for breakfast with Santaon Sunday, Dec. 21, 8 a.m. to noonat the lodge at 1254 New Market Ave.

Pancakes, French toast, bacon, sau-sage, eggs to order, coffee, tea, milkand juice will be served.

Adults, $6; children ages 5-12, $4;under 5 free.

Pancake Breakfastat American LegionDecember 21

• American Legion Chaumont Post#243, located on Oak Tree Avenue,will hold an all-you-can-eat pancakebreakfast on Sunday, Dec. 21 from 8a.m. to noon. Everyone is welcome.Adults $5, children $3, under six free.

Candlelight Serviceat First BaptistChristmas Eve

First Baptist Church of South Plain-field, 201 Hamilton Blvd., is holding acandlelight service on Christmas Eve at7:30 p.m. and 11 p.m. Also, join uson Sundays for worship from 10:30-11:30 a.m. Pastor Gordon Braun andAsst. Pastor Michele Lewkow; SundaySchool 9:30 to 10:20 a.m., pres-choolers through high school.

For more information, call (908)753-2382 or visit our Web site atwww.fbcsouthplainfield.com. Every-

one is welcome.

Sacred Heart NewYear's Eve GalaDecember 31

Sacred Heart Church will hold aNew Year's Eve celebration in theschool cafeteria on Wednesday, Dec.31 from 8 p.m. to 1 a.m: Cost is $40and includes a hot buffet, setups, des-sert, coffee, champagne, party hats,noise makers and streamers. Bringyour choice of beverage (BYOB). DJmusic for dancing by The Filos. Bigband and Broadway tunes will be pre-formed live by Allan Castro. Cham-pagne toast at midnight. Maximumseating at tables is 10. Reserve early.

For tickets, call Virginia at (908)562-1550 or Lisa at (908)756-0633, ext. 10.

Boy Scout Troop 125Monster Truck Show

January 31

Boy Scout Troop 125 is sponsor-ing a trip to the Monster Truck Showat Izod Center on Saturday, Jan. 31.There will be a pit party on the arenafloor from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. beforethe 2 p.m. show. Pit party pass is $5and available to guests with 2 p.m.show tickets (one pass per show ticket).Children under two do not require apass if accompanied by an adult withticket and pit pass. Pit party pass al-lows guests to walk the track, meetcompetitors and get photos with themonster trucks. Seating will be as-signed once tickets are purchased. Tick-ets: $25-adults; $14.50-children un-der 12; $5-pit party passes (while sup-plies last). Price does not include park-ing or transportation.

Checks should be made out to BoyScout Troop 125. Mail to MarieMarkey 201 Lane Ave., South Plain-field, N.J. 07080. Paypal is also avail-able; add $2 to each ticket price tocover fees. Paypal address is [email protected] or drop off or-ders on Monday nights at the VFWon Front Street from 7:30-9 p.m.Tickets may not arrive by Christmas;put a note in a card. Makes a great gift.

Coming UpDecember 21Christmas Luncheon,12:30 p.m. $5 per person

MONDAYSSilver Sneakers 8:30 amCrocheting 9:30 amYoga 10:30 amArt Class 11:30 am

TUESDAYSBingo 10 am-2 pmLadies Group 10 am

Daily Activities: Morning coffee,pool, cards, board games, crafts.

WEDNESDAYSAerobics 8:30 amLine Dancing 10 amComputer 10 am, 11:30 am, 1 pmCrocheting 1 pmTai Chi 2 pm

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Shabbat Play 'n PrayDecember 20

Temple Sholom of Fanwood/Scotch Plains, Martine and Lagrandeavenues in Fanwood, invites membersof the community with children agesfour and under to a special ShabbatPlay 'n Pray featuring music, maracas,puppets and parachutes on Saturday,Dec. 20 at 11:15 a.m. Free bagelbrunch in our playroom.

For information, call (908) 889-4900, E-mail [email protected] visit www.sholomflj.org.

American LegionHoliday PartyDecember 20

American Legion Post #401, 148Major Rd., Monmouth Junction, willhost their annual holiday party at thepost hall on Saturday, Dec. 20, withdinner served from 6-8 p.m., dancinguntil midnight and great door prizes.The event is open to the public, 21and older. Tickets are $12.50. Only80 will be sold. If available, tickets atthe door will be $15.

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Growin' Up Broadwayat Kids Theatre WorksDecember 20, 21 and 23

A review of Broadway songs fea-turing kids. Last three performancesare Saturday, Dec. 20, Sunday, Dec.21 at 4 p.m. and Tuesday, Dec. 23 at6:30 p.m. Tickets are $12 for adultsand $9 for students and seniors.Group rates also available. VFW-Hall,701 Lake Ave., Asbury Park. Pleasecall (732) 610-0533.

Advent Taize PrayerDecember 21

Advent Taize Prayer before theBlessed Sacrament will be held at Ca-

thedral of St. Francis of Assisi in Me-tuchen on Sunday, Dec. 21 from 7 to8 p.m. Rev. Msgr. Michael J. AUiegrowUl be the homilist. This meditativecandlelight service will be prayed be-fore the Blessed Sacrament and in-cludes simple chants sung repeatedly,rich silence and prayer of praise andintercession.

For more information, please call(732) 548-0100.

"Video Games Live"at the NJPACDecember 27

"Video Games Live" will be pre-sented at New Jersey Performing ArtsCenter (NJPAC) on Saturday, Dec.27 at 2 and 8 p.m. An entertainingnew way to celebrate the holidays-fea-turing a symphonic celebration of clas-sic video game scores-and interactiveaudience participation, this show com-bines the power and excitement of arock concert with the energy and emo-tion of a symphony orchestra-spikedwith the cutting-edge visuals, tech-nology, interactivity and immersive funthat only video games can provide.

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AALL Stamps andCollectibles Open HouseDecember 27 & 28

AALL Stamps and Collectibles of38 North Main St. in Milltown, willhold an open house on Saturday, Dec.27 and Sunday, Dec. 28 from 10 a.m.to 5 p.m. A huge selection of collec-tors' supplies and accessories, as wellas numerous lots and collections atspecial sale prices will also be avail-able.

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From the left, Lyndsey Murtagh, Ashleigh Gray, Assistant Principal RalphErrico, Tramane Miller and Michael Boyle.

SPHS Names Rotary Studentsfor October and November

Principal Dr. Kenneth May has an-nounced the South Plainfield HighSchool October and November Ro-tary Students of the Month.

October students were seniorsAshleigh Gray and Michael Boyle.

Ashleigh has been an active mem-ber in the Peer Leadership Group sinceher freshmen year. She has participatedin Tiger 24, Heroes and Cool Kids,Fight Against Breast Cancer andAdopt-a-Family. Ashleigh is secretaryof the student council, a varsity cheer-leader, a member of the drama cluband Spanish Honor Society. Ashleighhas maintained a GPA of 3.5 whileparticipating in co-curricular activi-ties and working part-time jobs.

Michael has been an active mem-

Toys-for-TotsCollection forNeedy Children

Drs. Peter A. Wishnie, Dana Wa-ters, Amit Shah and Robert Kosofskyof Family Foot and Ankle Specialistsannounced that to keep with the funspirit of the holidays and to help thosewho are less fortunate they will hold aToys-for-Tots program for the com-munity.

Come help contribute to Toys-for-Tots this holiday season. Bring in new,unwrapped toys to their Piscatawayor Hillsborough offices by Decem-ber 20 during regular office hours.

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November students were seniorsLyndsey Murtagh and Tramane Miller.

Lyndsey has been an active mem-ber of the Student Leadership Pro-gram, student council, Heroes andCool Kids and the Jerseyan HistoryClub. She has volunteered her timementoring other students with issuesdealing with peer pressure, substanceabuse, bullying and sportsmanship.She has been a volunteer coach forthe South Plainfidd Recreation fieldhockey, lacrosse and Softball pro-grams. She has maintained high honorroll status throughout her high schoolcareer, while being an active commu-nity member and participating on thebowling and field hockey teams.

Tramane has been an active mem-ber of the Student Leadership Pro-gram, Heroes and Cool Kids and theJerseyan History Club. He has volun-teered time to participate in Toys forTots, Adopt-a-Family, senior citizenluncheon, Buckets for Bob, BreastCancer Awareness Month and Tiger24. Tramane has maintained honorroll status throughout his high schoolcareer while participating in varsityfootball, basketball and track, letter-ing in all three sports.

Time for Seniors toSign Up or SwitchMedicare Drug Plans

Seniors who are eligible for Medi-care can sign up for prescription drugcoverage or change their existing planthrough December 31. Peter Pitts,president of the Center for Medicinein the Public Interest, is urging se-niors to jump at this opportunity tosign up or switch.

"Qualified seniors should not de-lay," said Pitts. "With hundreds of pri-vate plans competing to provide thebest deals, Medicare Part D has moreoptions and better coverage than everbefore. That's really a healthcare choicewe can believe in."

Most public health programs arefunded and managed by the govern-ment.'Part D is different because it'sadministered by private insurancecompanies. In other words, taxpayerdollars operate as a subsidy, but thenseniors are allowed to select the drugbenefit that best suits their needs.

"According to a recent Harris Inter-active Poll, an overwhelming 87 per-cent of Part D enrollees are happy withthe program," continued Pitts. "Thismakes sense. By leveraging marketforces, Part D has both lowered costsand increased choices for seniors."

In fact, the program has reducedout-of-pocket healthcare expenses forthe average enrollee by 17 percent,according to a study published in theAnnals of Internal Medicine. And theprojected cost of Part D to taxpayersover the next decade has dropped $ 117billion since last summer-from $915billion to $798 billion.

Pitts did have *ome words of cau-tion: "Some plans-especially the morepopular ones-will be more expensivein 2009, so even seniors who arepleased with their existing drug cover-age should examine their options."

Adopt Boo BooThis Weekend

People for Animals, a nonprofitanimal welfare organization servingNew Jersey, will sponsor pet adop-tion events on Saturday and Sunday,Dec. 20 and 21, from 11 a.m. until 3p.m. at the PetSmart store in Bridge-water's Promenade Mall, intersectionof Route 28 and Route 287. Catsand kittens will be available both days;dogs will be available only on Sun-day.

For low cost spay/neuter informa-tion, call the People for Animals Clinicat (973) 282-0890.

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MilestonesBrenda Doyle Engaged tojared Noordyk

Mrs. Louise Doyle of South Plain-field has announced the engagementof her daughter, Brenda Doyle, toJared Noordyk, son of Mrs. LindaNoordyk of Totowa.

Brenda is a graduate of Bishop AhrHigh School and is in her senior yearat Kean University, majoring in spe-cial education.

Jared is a graduate of Passaic ValleyHigh School in Little Falls, and theUniversity of Pennsylvania. He isemployed by Moody's Corporationin NYC.

The wedding will be held on March26, 2010.

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Brianna and Johnny Padovano to Perform

Brianna and Johnny Padovano

Brianna and Johnny Padovanowill be performing with KaleidoscopeTheatre for Youth in a production ofDisney's "101 Dalmatians Kids" at theSummit Playhouse. Brianna, 6, willplay the role of the puppy namedLucky and Johnny, 5, will play therole of the puppy, Scamp. The showopens on Saturday, Dec. 20 and runsthrough Tuesday, Dec. 23.

For more information or tickets,visit www.summitplayhouse.org orcall the box office at (908) 273-2192.

Spayder and Zushma Graduate E. StroudsburgA total of 547 students will receive

degrees from East Stroudsburg Uni-versity of .Pennsylvania at two com-mencement exercises this weekend.

Graduate students, depending ontheir fields of study, will be awarded

master of education, master of sci-ence, master of public health, andmaster of arts degrees.

South Plainfield graduates are:David E. Spayder, B.S., Physical Ed.and Robin L. Zushma, B.S., Biology.

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From the South Plainfield Library

By Sunnie Randolph

Happy holiday to everyone! TheSouth Plainfield Public Library willbe open on Christmas Eve, Dec. 24from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and closedon Christmas day.

Kwanzaa begins on December 26and is'celebrated until January 1. Formore information on Kwanzaa, checkout the library's Web site www.south-plainfield.lib.nj.us or come into to thelibrary and check out some books.

There will be a free tax seminar byH&R Block at the library on Sunday,Dec. 28 from 2 to 4 p.m. In theseeconomic times, almost everyone canuse some helpful hints before filingtheir income taxes. There will alsobe tax information concerning lossof employment.

If you are planning a party over theholidays, the library has books andmagazines with party ideas-recipes,party favors, table settings and alco-holic and non-alcoholic drinks.

If the weather gets really bad andyou can't get to the library duringthe winter, please call the libraryand ask about the Edith GoodrichHomebound Delivery program. This

program is funded by a generous giftfrom a former library employee. Avolunteer will drop off books at yourhouse. When you are finished withthe books, just call the library and avolunteer will bring more books andpick up the books you have read. Youcan leave the book bags on your frontporch for pick up. The library hasmore volunteers to deliver books thanpeople who need books delivered.This is a free service to residents ofSouth Plainfield: Call the library formore information and to sign up.This program does not mean that youcannot visit the library yourself andget books. It is for those times whenyou can't get to the library because ofhealth or weather concerns.

The library is looking for anyonewho has a collection they would liketo display in the library's displaycases. Do you collect salt shakers,bird houses, stamps, old books,cigar boxes, etc? We would love tohave you display your collection atthe library. Please call the libraryand ask for Michelle if you wouldlike to display your "collectibles" atthe library.

Members of the newly formed Knights of Columbus Squires.

Knights of Columbus Induct SquiresAn induction ceremony was held

on November 23 at the Knights ofColumbus for the recently formedSquires. The Columbian Squire Chair-man for New Jersey, Peter Briody, along

•with Squires from another council,performed the ceremony.

The charter members of the SouthPlainfield Squires are Ryan Aguiar,

KennedyKids CareBy Jane Dornick

The "Character Counts" trait formonth of November at all of theK-4 elementary schools was aboutcaring. Teachers reinforced the ideaof caring and to be kind, show care,express gratitude, forgive others andhelp pedple in nee'd. l

Kennedy Elementary School held apep rally for students which featuredCynthia Severino's fourth grade classpresenting a "mini" play based onthe Russian folktale, "Stone Soup."

• "Stone Soup" is a Brothers Grimmtale in which strangers trick a starving

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'""•'"'S'] ; > ; ::-.,.,.. ...'•*' c o o p e r a t i o n a n d c a r i n g a m i d scarcity.Kennedy students act out a play based on the folktale Stone Soup where The book is also a part of their folka village of people show they care by sharing their food with another stories and fairytales curriculum instarving village. language arts class.

Kevin Belanger, Matt Belanger, AdamButrico, James Butrico, Ryan Bundy,Kevin Flanagan, Shane Flanagan,William Hartmann, Austin Jenkin,Shane McCoid, Ryan Riccardi, TommyRiccardi, Joe Skwiat, Luke Sprenger,Brandon Pauls and Albert Vill.

In the short time since the groupwas formed, the Squires have alreadycontributed much to the community.Some of their projects include buildinga patio, replacing a dangerous sidewalk,major clean up of the landscaping area

around Our Lady of CzestochowaChurch, assisting an Eagle Scout can-didate with a playground restoration,and assisting the Knights of Columbusin their charitable works.

The boys are active in their schoolsin sports, music and other activities, yetfind time to participate in many worthyprojects. The Knights are very proud ofthe Squires' dedication and desire tohelp others, and look forward to greataccomplishments from this group.Submitted by Bill Butrico, Grand Knight

Christmas Cantata at Wesley ChurchWesley Church will host its annual

Christmas Cantata on Sunday, Dec.21 at 10:30 a.m. in the sanctuary. Allare welcome.

Other Christmas service schedulesare as follows: Christmas Eve Chil-dren's Pageant and candlelight sing-

ing at the 7:30 p.m. service. Therewill be Eucharist at 11 p:m. service onChristmas Eve. There will be a WatchNight service with Eucharist at 11:30p.m. on December 31.

. The community is invited to allservices.

College Students Can Earn Three Credits in Three WeeksWintersession at Middlesex Coun-

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Wintersession offers students theopportunity to take a one-semestercourse that earns full credit and cantransfer back to their own college.Wintersession is perfect for studentslooking to accelerate their academic

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Wrestling By Joe Sacco I SHPS Bowling By Ralph Fech

Rec Wrestlers Open With Big WinsLast Saturday the South Plainfield

Recreation Wrestling Team opened itsdual meet season with impressive winsover New Providence and BoundBrook. The team competes in two sepa-rate leagues, the Central Jersey Wres-tling League and the Raritan ValleyWrestling League.

In Central Jersey action, the visitingTigers outscored host New Providence58-15. Recording pins for SouthPlainfield were Joey Heilmann, JakeHoffman, Michael Marrero and JoePenyak. Winning by decision wereTommy Herro, Jake Giordano andRyan Walsh. Winning by forfeit wereJacob Painton, Danny Hedden, Chris-topher Maszczak and Christian Gon-zalez.

The Raritan Valley Team had anequally impressive win outscoringBound Brook 61-33. Recording pins

for the Tigers were Divon Pender,Franko Savoca, David Loniewski, Jo-seph Sacco, Alex Amato, Kyle David-son, Brendan Hedden, Vinnie Vetuschiand Michael Lampasona. Scoring de-cisions were RichardMarcovecchio andBen Lundy.

Both teams are home at the PALthis weekend with the Raritan Wleyteam wrestling Watchung Hills onSaturday at 9 a.m. and the Central Jer-sey team wrestling Clark and Hills-borough on Sunday at noon.

The South Plainfield WrestlingClub also hosted its third Annual PeeWee Bantam Tournament this pastweekend at the PAL. Over 130 wres-tlers from around the state participated.Finishing in the top four were:

First Place: Alex Amato, JosephAnesh, Jacob DelVecchio, Zack Del-Vecchio, Dominic Faustini, Tommy

Fierro, Jordan Hamberg, BrendanHeddenm Joseph Heilmann, DavidLoniewski, Anthony Massaro, DivonPender and Joseph Sacco.

Second Place: Chris Born, CodyHunterton, Peter Marotta, JoshuaObregon, Louis Quintanilla, JoeyWalker and Anthony White.

Third Place: Sebastian Alonso,Harrison Anesh, Anthony Barge,Kenny Clevenger, Michael Clevenger,Patrick Corsello, Nicholas DellaSalkmMitch McKee, Xavier Santos, TommySikanowicz, Zachary Villares, LamontWatson and Kairhi Williams.

Fourth Place: Marcus Czarunchick,Nicholas Loniewski, Darius Mullens,Troy O'Connor, Gabriel Painton, An-thony Penyak, Sebastian Santos andJoseph Sottiriou.

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Jackie Kukuch took scoring honors as she posted games of 176-201-213for a solid 590 set. Katie Salvatore added 201-175 for a 512 set, while team-mates Gina Curcio and Lyndsey Murtagh shot 470 and 450 respectively NikkiDisch chipped in with a 180 game.

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The Tigers played North Brunswick tough in the first game, but eventuallyfell to the more talented and veteran Raiders of North Brunswick.

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Mike Dandola's 202 game and 550 set led the Tigers, while freshman An-drew Yon posted games of 192 and 182.

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ObituariesDorothy (Doris)Bartlett Ryan, 88

Dorothy (Doris) Bartlett Ryandied on Sunday, Dec. 7 at RooseveltCare Center in Edison.

She was born in New York City andgrew up in the Annandale Section ofStaten Island where she graduated in1938 from Tottenville High School.

Her working life spanned over 45years, beginning in 1940 in NewYork City working as a secretary forthe Cavendish Trading Co. and laterfor Bethlehem Steel on Staten Island.She then worked as a telephone op-erator for N.Y. Telephone for fiveyears and then resumed her secretarialcareer working for CommercialUnion Assurance, The N.Y. Port Au-thority, the Mission of the Immacu-late Virgin and Travellers InsuranceCo. The concluding years of her ca-reer included her position as a legalsecretary for a law firm on Staten Is-land and finally as an administrativeassistant and proofreader forEBASCO Engineering in New YorkCity. She retired in 1985.

Dorothy was a parishioner of St.Francis Cathedral in Metuchen, whereshe was a member of the Rosary AltarSociety and the Legion of Mary inMetuchen. She also was a memberand past president of the Stolzent-holer Council of Columbiettes inStaten Island.

She was predeceased by her hus-band, Dennis Bartlett, who died in1963; her second husband, JosephRyan; three sisters, Veronica Ross,Anna Wood and Theresa Gobel and abrother, Michael Doris.

Surviving are three daughters andsons-in-law, Kathleen Betsch of NorthBrunswick, Eileen and Gerald Nihanof New York City and Noreen andFred Noel of South Plainfield; two sis-ters, Margaret Matthews of Colombus,Ga. and Eileen Heinlin of Margate; a

brother, Daniel Doris of Staten Island;eight grandchildren and six great-grand-children.

Funeral services were held at Mc-Criskin-Gustafson Home For Funerals

Paul Konsig, 86Paul Konsig died on Saturday, Dec.

13 in Boca Raton, Fla.Paul served in the Army Air Corps

during WWII; | | j | j j"afterwards he iwas a civil ser- jvice employee jfor 27 years in iHarrison. He jalso managed ]the Polish Na-[tional Home i

in Harrison.„ . Paul KonsigHe is sur-

vived by his loving wife of 35 years,Laura Cicchino; a daughter, BarbaraKonsig, associate director for admis-sion at the Art Institute of Fort Lau-derdale; two sons, Paul (Maria)Konsig, president/CEO of GMSGroup and Robert Konsig, a first vice-president of RBC Dain. He is alsosurvived by five grandchildren and twogreat-grandchildren.

Funeral services were held on De-cember 16 at the Kraeer Funeral Homein Boca Raton, Fla..

Joseph Samsel, 56Joseph Samsel died on Sunday, Dec.

7 at Careone at the Highlands in Edison.Born in Newark, Joseph grew up

in Woodbridge, spending most of hisadult life in South Plainfield.

He was employed by David SmithSteel Company in South Plainfieldwhere he worked in steel fabrication.He was a member of the Knights ofColumbus Council #3639 in Iselinand a member of Our Lady of Czesto-

In Loving Memory-EighthAnniversary

away, we really aren't apart. Sobe happy for me loved ones, youknow I hold you dear. And beglad I'm spending Christmas withJesus Christ this year!

I send you each a special gift frommy heavenly home above. I send

I see the countless Christmastrees, around the world below,with tiny lights, like Heaven'sstars, reflecting in the snow. Thesight is so spectacular, please wipeaway that tear, for I am spendingChristmas with Jesus Christ thisyear!

I hear the many Christmas songs,that people hold so dear, but thesounds of music can't comparewith the Christmas

choiruphere ANTHONY EDWARD SINGH Please love and keepI have no words to tell 7-19-1997 * 12-25-2000 each other, as my Father

you each a memory of my undyinglove. After all, "love" is the gift,more precious than pure gold. Itwas always most important in thestories Jesus told.

you, the joy their voicesbring for it's beyond description, to hear theangels sing.

I know how much you miss me, I see thepain inside your heart. But I,am not so far

said to do. For I can'tcount the blessings or the love he has foryou! So have a Merry Christmas, and wipeaway that tear. Remember, I'm spendingChristmas with Jesus Christ this year. .

Sadly Missed, Mommy & Daddy, The Singh, Guzenski, Spohn,Rafalko, Pullen, Kurilew & Harkey Families

to any elderly or disabled personresiding in South Plainfield.

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chowa RC Church in South Plainfield.Joseph is survived by his wife, Helen

(Springfield) Samsel; a son, RobertSpringfield and wife Vivian; a grand-daughter, Mary and a sister, LindaSamsel of Colonia.

Funeral services were held at Mc-Criskin-Gustaison Home For Funerals.

Linda G. (Conti)Ventriglia, 65

Linda G. (Conti) Ventriglia died onWednesday, Dec. 10 at Somerset Medi-cal Center in Somerville after a longbattle with cancer.

Born and raised in Plainfield, Lindahad lived in North Plainfield andsettled in South Plainfield where shelived for most of her life.

Employed with Nabisco for over30 years, Linda worked in the admin-istrative office initially in Dunellenand later in Raritan Center before herretirement. She later continued towork part-time for New EnglandMotor Freight of South Plainfield inthe same capacity.

Linda enjoyed spending rime withher grandchildren, family and friends.

She was predeceased by her parents,Samuel and Jeanette Conti.

She is survived by two children,Christina Ventriglia of South Plain-field and Darrell Ventriglia and wifeSuzanne of Piscataway; a sister, DianeEngarto of Columbus and threegrandchildren, Gilbert McKimm,Sabrina Ventriglia and John Ventriglia.

Funeral services were held at Mc-Criskki-Gusta&on Home For Funerals.

In lieu of flowers, memorial dona-tions in her memory may be made tothe American Cancer Society, 2600US. Highway # 1 , North Brunswick,N.J. 08902.

Edith M. (Miller)Goodrich, 93

Edith M. (Miller) Goodrich passedaway peacefully on Thursday, Dec. 11at her home.

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a lifelong resident and along with herlate husband, George, had a great lovefor South Plainfield Borough andcontributed greatly to many of thelocal organizations.

Mrs. Goodrich was employed as anassistant director for the South Plain-field Public Library for 19 years be-fore retiring in 1982.

Edith, along with Mr. Goodrich,participated in square dancing andballroom dancing for many years inthe Middlesex County area and Flor-ida. She was a longtime member ofthe Wesley United Methodist Churchin South Plainfield, AARP, the SouthPlainfield Senior Citizens, and a formermember of the Suburban Woman'sClub.

In addition to her husband George,Edith was predeceased by her sister andbrother-in-law, Emma M. And WesleyJ. Murray.

, Surviving is a son and daughter-in-law, George and Marty Goodrich; agrandson, Christopher and wife KellyGoodrich and two special great-grand-daughters, Abigail and Emma, all ofBordentown.

She also leaves behind many niecesandnephews; good friends, Marc, Tonyand Stanley Makowski, Emma Dema-rest, Jeanne Loupassakis, BellaAboagye and a special thank you toFlorence Agyei for her care and com-passion.

Funeral services were held at Mc-Criskin-Gustafson Home For Funeral.

Memorial donations in her memorymay be made to the Haven Hospice,

65 James St., Edison, N.J. 08818 orto Wesley United Methodist Church,1500 Plainfield Ave., South Plainfield,N.J. 07080.

Frances C. Kuhl, 90Frances C. Kuhl of Toms River

passed away on Saturday, Dec. 13 athome.

Mrs. Kuhl was born and raised inSouth Plainfield before moving toScotch Plains where she resided for 40years. She later moved to Toms River.

She was a homemaker who enjoyedtaking care of her family and will besadly missed.

Airs. Kuhl was predeceased by herbeloved husband, George W Kuhl,who passed away in 1988.

She is survived by two sons and adaughter-in-law, Joseph Kuhl ofDunellen and Timothy and wifeDawn Kuhl of Brick; a sister, GertrudeKilgannon of Toms River; five grand-children, Michael, Kenneth, Shaun,Kevin and Joshua Kuhl and five great-grandchildren, Bryan, Dylan, Gianna,Ashlee and Christopher Kuhl.

Funeral services were held at TheSouth Plainfield James W ConroyFuneral Home.

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Kean University student volunteers.

Keystone Residents EnjoyLunch Sponsored by UNICO

The residents of the KeystoneCommunity attended their monthlyMass at Sacred Heart Church on De-cember 13. Following Mass, a lunch-eon was sponsored by the UNICOFoundation in the school cafeteriawhere "Santa Claus" presentedChristmas gifts to each resident.

Sixteen students from Kean Uni-versity helped serve the lunch. Theyare studying social studies in the el-ementary school, under the mentor-ship of Dr. M. Ann Walko, professorin the elementary/bilingual program

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Linda and John Gibriano, who ledthe singing of seasonal songs.

Kean University student volun-teers were Maxine Johnston, AmandaNelson, Kimberly DaSilva, KerrySasu, Josephine El-Raheb, Liz Lani-gan, Elizabeth Garcia, HeatherCaldora, Ryan Devaney, SarahKovacs, Christine Plummer, DanielPabon, Patricia Strazzula, JenniferDegrau, Sarah Moskel and CathyMirendu.

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Students and future students whoneed enrollment services may take ad-vantage of Saturday hours on Decem-ber 20 from 9 a.m. to noon.

"This is a convenience for adult stu-dents and others who might workduring the day and find it easier totake care of registration on Saturdays,"said Maria Brinson, interim dean forenrollment and student support ser-vices. "We tried it in the past and foundit was very popular." .,

Students could enroll in Winter-session classes at that time. Winter-session begins Monday, Dec. 22 andruns to January 12. They could alsoenroll in classes for the spring semes-ter, which begins on Tuesday, Jan. 20.

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Pictured with the toys that were donated are Student Council membersPatrick Boyle, Anthony Ashnault and Danielle Butrico.

Middle School Gives Gifts for KidsBy Jane Dornick

South Plainfield Middle SchoolStudent Council held their holidayGifts for Kids toy drive sponsored bythe U.S. 1st Marine Division. Stu-dents were asked to bring in a newunwrapped toy beginning Novem-ber 24. Through the generosity of thestudents and their families, the coun-cil was able to provide 12 needy bor-ough families with toys and donatedthe remainder to the U.S. 1st Marine

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JUNIOR JOURNALIST

McDermott Named Junior Journalist

South Plainfield High School student Andrew Nguyen (kneeling) at the National Young Leaders Conference inWashington, D.C. with students from all over the United States, Guam and Puerto Rico. Andrew attended theconference in November to learn leadership skills and was able to sit on the floor of the House ofRepresentatives and met Sen. Bob Menendez, Sen. Frank Lautenberg and Congressman Mike Ferguson.

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Junior Journalist winner Megan Mc-Dermott with Principal Kelly Richkusand teacher Cynthia Severino.

Megan McDermott, KennedySchool fourth grader, is this week'swinner in the 2008-09 Junior Jour-nalist program for her poem, "Holi-days Are Special." Her efforts haveearned her dinner for her family cour-tesy of Hometown Heros.

Students are encouraged to submittheir original written works to theirteachers, school principals, Home-town Heros on Hamilton Blvd. or

the Observer at 1110 Hamilton Blvd.Winners receive a catered dinner for

their families from Hometown Herosand will be honored at a year-end ban-quet in May 2009, where they will berecognized for their efforts. JuniorJournalist winners also have the op-portunity to win the Ruth KurlandMemorial $1,000 savings bond whichwill be awarded at the banquet.

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Holidays Are SpecialBy Megan McDermott

It's the holiday season,It has just begun,There is so much excitement,And so much fun.The snow is fluffy like a little cotton

ball,As it falls around the little carolers

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South Plainfield Middle School Announces Honor Roll7th Grade High Honor Roll

Cameron L. Bashner, Claudia R.Bashner, Jessica A. Bishop, Abhilasha(Abby) M. Borad, Crystal Custodio,Kaitlyn C. Faustini, Collin R. Lynch,Melissa S. Molano, Michael J. Olano,Anjali A. Patel, Raj A. Eatel, Tanvi V.Patel, Heidi A. Hlla, Brian A. Roesch

7th Grade Honor RollAspen B. Akunne, Daniel J.

Argueta, Colin J. Berry, Jamie A. Bohn,Alexandra Bosse, Nora K. Bruno,Kristiana Buschan, Adam J. Butrico,Charles J. Butrico, Kristen E. Calderoni,Breanna M. Calvin, Anna E. Caruso,Pamela Chacon Castro, ValentinaChacon Castro, Austin R. Daly, LeannaA. Dass, Cody Decker, John Gibert F.DeLaCruz, Joseph Demico, Taylor M.Donato, Uyen-Vi L. Dong, ShenneH. Dugtong, James J. DuHamel,Nicholas R. Fasullo, Talia A. Ferrigno,Christopher W Fowles, Andrew C.Franco, Marques C. Franco, AntonioJ. Garcia, Jonathan M. Grennier, RyanHarris, Sabrina M. Hemming, LaurenM. Hill, Erika J. Holtermann, Shan-non L. Hughes, Christy Itwaru, EricS. Ivaniuc, Veronika R. Jastrzebski,Raymond J. Jazikoff, Jenalee R. Jenkin,Gabriella M. Jiminez, Roweena M.Kanj, Michelle A. Keane, Carly E.Kensey, Jordan M. Lackey, Marie A.Lanza, Thoa (Theresa) H. Le, Julia E.Maritz, Justin H. Marks, Brian R.McCarthy, Yasmeen C. Mighty, Chris-topher N. Miller, Malina M. Mohtadi,Chloe E. Ng, Holly Nhan, Steven W.Oehler, Jennifer E Ortiz,- Brittney A.Papa, Harsh S. Patel, Ishti K. Patel,Jaykumar J. Patel, Vinay V Patel,

Gabrielle M. Payne, Jason A. Pelaez,Kristy N. Percario, Annemarie K.Pezzolla, Jessica M. Petschker, DanielleR. Pisano, Michael J. Polizzano,Jonathan G. Prins, Maggie A.Quintanilla, Matthew M. Resende,Zara B. Rizvi, Andrew S. Sanchez,Heather M. Scofi, Sarthak D. Shah,Spraha D. Shah, Shannon Sheedy,Inan Sikel, Olivia Y. Simpson, MonicaL. Spooner, Emma E. Sprigle,Sabershah Syed, Olivia K. Tarnawska,Ryan E Temple, Dakota R. Uhl, Jes-sica L. Uhl, Ashley Valencia, Daniel J.Vargas, Khizra Waheed, William J.Walsh, Kristen E. Wong, Amy H.Zinsky, Julia A. Zipp

8th Grade High Honor RollCharles T. Anyamene, Robert J.

Benwell, Rina G. Bhalodi, Danielle J.Butrico, Michael DelGenio, CaitlynDriscoll, Nicholas G. Graves, AndreaA. Guerrero, Troy J. Heilmann,Samantha J. Hunterton, Jade A. Mc-Donnough, Maggie McLean, Chris-tina A. Naphor, Ankoor H. Patel,Katherine G. Piekarski, Alison D.Ratti, Gerianne Scarpitto, Joshua D.Siepmann, Gabrielle E. Smith

8th Grade Honor RollAlyssa K. Adamson, Joseph M.

Affinito, Anthony Ashnault, Kevin P.Belanger, Nicole A. Benwell, RachelM. Billich, Patrick T. Boyle, Kyle J.Brady, Kristel Buschan, Samuel S.Butler, Christopher W Butrico, KaylaCarigma, Andrew M. Catalina, KendallL. Christ, Jenna N. Clemente, QuinnW Cochrane, Meghan A. Collins,Christina A. Conroy, Shannah L.Conway, John E. Cotone, Joshua L.

Coupe, Tyler A. Cruz, Jesse D. Deffler,John D. Didolce, Alexa G. Douras,Tara A. Dunn, Richard D. Duong,ErikN. Elsman, Catherine M. Emery,Taylor M. Estevez, Rebecca P. Eustice,Kristin E. Forbes, Matthew J. Frank,Nathanael L. Ganthier, Cassidy L.Gillis, Allison N. Gorman, Briana M.Gratta, Taylor G. Hagy, ChristopherC. Harrell, Meghan A. Heim, JasminHernandez, Alec P. Hing, Zoya C.Hodge, Nicholas J. Huber, Kevin J.Jakaria, Khylah N. Jean, Sarah J.Johnson, Christina M. Kasmer,Samuel J. Knight, Nicole A. Kopchak,Paula E. Lasota, Viet (Victor) Le,Michelle L. Lesniak, Gina M. Louise,Rian A. Lukacs, Deirdre D. Macchia,

Marah Angelica O. Magpile, NicholasA. Marrone, Gavy D. Marroquin,Liam T. McDermott, John R.McDonough, Shannon M. Mc-Mahon, Madison R. Miller, RebeccaM. Moskal, Samantha N. Murtagh,Timothy J. CLeary, Kelly J. Outeiral,Renee M. Parisi, Brandon J. Pauls,Joseph J. Pellegrino, Eduardo A.Perez, Emily A. Pittenger, Hiren B.Rana, Emily P. Reineke, Erin L.Remsing, Thomas J. Riccardi, KarenN. Rivera, Ashley L. Robjohns, HayleyA. Robjohns, Sarai Rodriguez,Brianna M. Ross, Jessica M. Saffold,Daniel J. Sanko, Niari N, Santiago,Raymond Santos Jr., Kira N. Schoen,Jacob R. Seider, KimberLee A.

Serrano, Paul E. Seyffart, Brandon S.Shaw, Trevin M.. Singh, John ESottiriou, Angela N. Spadavecchia,Nicole R. Stanczak, Corey G.Stasenko, Nicole T. Tetreault, StevenM. Timmerman, Anthony R. Torchia,Jennifer D. Tran, Erik O. Veliz,Caroline F. Vill, Steven R. Vincent,Vera V Viran, Wahid Walli, JenniferN. Wolak

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LEGAL NOTICESNOTICE TO ABSENT DEFENDANT.

SUPERIOR COURT OF NEW JERSEYCHANCERY DIVISION

Middlesex COUNTYDOCKET NO. F-40737-08

(L.S.) STATE OF NEW JERSEY TO:Fernando Verissimo

YOU ABE HEREBY SUMMONED AND RE-QUIRED to serve upon GOLDBECK McCAF-FERTY & MoKEEVER, A PROFESSIONALCORPORATION, plaintiff's attorneys, whoseaddress is Suite 5000 - Mellon IndependenceCenter; 701 Market Street; Philadelphia, PA19106-1532, phone # (215) 627-1322, an an-swer to the Complaint, filed in a civil action, inwhich Countrywide Home Loans, Inc. is plain-tiff, and Fernando Verissimo and Vera Costa,h/w, et al are the defendant(s), pending in theSuperior Court of New Jersey, Chancery Divi-sion, Middlesex County, and bearing Docket No.F-40737-08 within thirty-five (35) days afterDecember 19, 2008 exclusive of such date or ifpublished after December 19, 2008 (35) daysafter the actual dated of such publication, ex-clusive of such date. If you fail to do so, judg-ment by default nray be rendered against youfor the relief demanded in the Complaint. Youshall file your answer and proof of service induplicate with the Clerk of the Superior Courtof New Jersey, Hughes Justice Complex - CN97I, Trenton, New Jersey 08625, in accordance-with the rules of governing the courts.

This action has been instituted for the purposeof (I) foreclosing a mortgage dated June 04,2001, made by Fernando Verissimo and VeraCosta, h/w as mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Elec-tronic Registration Systems, Inc., acting solelyas a nominee for Countrywide Home Loans,Inc. recorded on June 26, 2001, for MiddlesexCounty in Book 6715, Page 548 of Mortgagesfor said County, which mortgage was assignedto the plaintiff, Countrywide Home Loans, Inc.,by Assignment dated December 17, 2007; and(2) to recover possession of, and concerns pre-mises commonly known as 30 Jeffrie Avenue,South River, NJ 08882, Lot: 13 Block: 284.

If you are unable to obtain an attorney, you maycommunicate with the New Jersey State BarAssociation by calling I-732-249-5000. You mayalso contact the Lawyer Referral Service of theCounty of venue by calling 1-(732) 828-0053. Ifyou cannot afford an attorney, you may com-municate with the Legal Services offices of theCounty of venue by calling 1-(732) 249-7600.

YOU, Fernando Verissimo, are hereby made aparty defendant to this foreclosure action becauseyou are the record owner of the mortgaged pre-mises and because you executed the bond ornote and mortgage being foreclosed herein andmay be liable for any deficiency thereon, and forany lien, claim or interest you may have in, to oragainst the mortgaged premises.

Jennifer M. PerezClerk Superior Court of New Jersey

December 19,2008

BOROUGH OF SOUTH PLAINFIELDMIDDLESEX COUNTY, NEW JERSEY

LEGAL NOTICE

December 10, 2008

Public Notice is hereby given that the following action was taken by the South Plainfield PlanningBoard at its meeting held on December 9, 2008.

A. Housing Element of the Master and Fair Share Plan: The Planning Board hereby ADOPTS theDecember 2008 Housing Element and Faire Share Plan.

B. Case #715/Ssite/V-Jayne Enterprises, LLC. Block 255; Lot 10.01; 401 Kentile Road. Theapplicant's request for (3) waivers and preliminary and final site plan approval was herebyGRANTED subject to additional voluntary conditions.

C. Case #07-05/Minor-Julie and Peter Yackel. Block 215; Lot 1; 3008 Park Avenue. Theapplicant's request for an extension of time to perfect the minor subdivision deed was herebyGRANTED subject to the previous imposed voluntary conditions.

Respectfully Submitted,Mary Beth Khidre -Secretary/Planning Board

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