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Former Jets Player Encourages

Redwood School Students To Pursue Education

red Baxter, former New York Jets player, visited

Redwood Elementary School in West Orange on Jan.
11 to encourage students to pursue their dreams and
realize that nothing is impossible.
Baxter, originally from Alabama, was a tight end from
Auburn University who was recruited by the New York Jets
in 1993. He played with the Jets until 2000 and then spent
two seasons with both the Chicago Bears and the New England Patriots. Following his NFL career, Baxter took on
coaching and is currently the Head Golf Coach at Widener
University.
In 2000, he started the Fred Baxter Foundation, to work
with young men and young women, talking about empowerment and informing them of all the opportunities that are
out there for them, trying to get them on career pathways."
Fourth Grade teacher Paul Stefanelli invited Baxter to
Redwood to share with students about his life and career.
Baxter, who also excelled academically, attended Auburn
University in Alabama and graduated with a Bachelors in
Education. Being unselfish means coming prepared to
class," he told them.

February 2016

Of his storied NFL career, Baxter noted, It's about character. It's about the way you carry yourself."
Students were impressed with Baxters message. "He's
an amazing person," enthused students. "He told us to work
hard and put education first.
Baxter also advised the students to avoid drugs and alcohol and to keep away from people who are bad influences. "If you surround yourself with good people, good
things will come to you," he explained.
Baxter said his coaches, family members and his church
were strong positive influences in his life.
Mr. Baxter took the time out of his busy schedule to
come to Redwood and impart great thoughts into our students minds," said Stefanelli. He was very inspirational.
Redwood Principal Bruce Arcurio agreed. "Mr. Baxter's
visit was motivational and provided the children of Redwood with a real life example of what you can achieve with
hard work, integrity, perseverance, and a good education.
Our staff and students enjoyed asking him questions and
hearing his perspective."

Registration Open For West Orange Kindergarten

he Registration Office for the West Orange Board

of Education, will begin accepting phone calls to
schedule Kindergarten Registration appointments
for the 2016-2017 school year.
Resident children born on or before Oct. 1, 2011 are
eligible to be registered. There will be no exceptions. A
child must be five years old on or before Oct. 1, 2016 and

also must be properly immunized.

Kindergarten registration packets are available for
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ne community, one paper. Thats whats new in
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On Fri., Feb. 12, 4 p.m. to 4:45 p.m., Bright Star Touring Theater - George Washington Carver and Friends.
Celebrate Black History Month at a program for all
ages. George Washington Carver leads on a fast paced and
hilarious introduction to some of the most influential Black
Americans of the last 150 years. Booker T. Washington,
Jackie Robinson, Thurgood Marshall and Madame CJ
Walker are just a few of the inspirational stories brought to
life in this empowering production.
On Sat., Feb. 20, 10 a.m. to noon, Create Your Own
Books Art Workshop.
Artist Debbie Livingston guides participants through the
creative process of making a pamphlet stitch book with
beautiful Japanese washi paper and an accordion book, perfect for poetry, sketching or photos. Supplies provided.
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Chabad Holds Special Dinner Event

he Chabad of West Orange held a

Shabbat Shalem, A Shabbat of Inclusion and Awareness, during Jewish
Disabilities Awareness and Inclusion Month,
on Fri., Feb. 5. The special guest speaker was
Avi Golden, who spoke on the topic of Aphasia.
Golden suffered a stroke several years ago
and as a result now has aphasia. Before that,
he was a paramedic in North Shore - LIJ
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he was planning to go to medical school. He
is slowly but surely getting his speech back,
however, in the aftermath of this incident, he
has become deeply involved in training people, especially first responders, about aphasia.
Leslie Starr, a lifetime resident of West
Orange and longtime member of Chabad of
West Orange, gave the Dvar Torah.
The evening also included a candle lighting ceremony, dinner and services.
For more information on Chabad of West
Orange go to www.chabadwestorange.com/
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Spring Hopes To Bring Body Cameras To WO Police Department

The department was approved in Oct.
2015 to receive $30,000 in grant money
to purchase the cameras for its officers.
The money that had been allocated from
a pool grant through Essex County was a

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or the past 60 years, area residents

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they enjoy swimming, boating, tennis, dining, dancing and more. While some members live on the lake, the vast majority of
members come from nearby towns, including Livingston, Rockaway and Roxbury
Townships.
Located on the west shore of beautiful
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throughout the year, the club offers a complete schedule of daily activities during the
summer season, from Memorial Day to
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Equity Members enjoy the whole complement of club events and facilities, taking
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social activities. These include the newly
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lot more than expected.

West Orange Police Lt. John Morella
says the department thought it would receive $7,000 for the cameras, a lot less
than what was approved.
We were happy about that, says
Morella, to be getting more money for the
cameras. He says the major expense is the
storage cost of the cameras.
The funding is part of $2.5 million for
176 police departments statewide for
more than 5,000 body worn cameras, according to a press release issued by the
New Jersey Office of The Attorney General.
The awards made with criminal forfeiture funds will put NJ in the forefront
in the U.S in embracing this technology to
promote transparency, mutual accountability, and trust between police and the
community, according to Acting Attorney
General John J. Hoffman.
West Orange officials were in the
process of researching the different camera products and are hoping to have them
purchased by the spring, Morella says.
The plan is to purchase 60 body cameras
that will be worn by patrol officers. There
are currently 97 officers on the police
force, he says.
Morella, who has been with the West
Orange Police Departments for the past 20
years, says the department has had car
cameras for the past 15 years, which had
gone from VHS to digital, which has been

helpful. Having body cameras next will be

another tool in our toolbox to utilize, he
says.
The body cameras, would give a lot of
ease to the community, says Morella. It
enhances our transparency with the public
and township as a whole. Little things
have happened as years passed; a camera
would have been beneficial.
Morella explains, With everything
going on in society today, we want to
make the community feel more comfortable with us.
We are a forthcoming department, he
says. This will enhance that. Whatever
issues that do come in, [having body cameras] will allow for it to become more
transparent for us. Transparency is the
biggest thing for us.
Outreach to the community is also important, says Morella. The department
does offer several outreach programs such
as Coffee With a Cop, held for the past
year to allow residents to exchange in
conversation with an officer in a relaxed
setting; trips with the junior police academy which provides a comfortable setting
between officers and youth; opportunities
to get involved with the community service unit; after school and summer programs; Hooked On Fishing; and a newly
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members of the clergy attend quarterly
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yet toilet-trained are permitted, provided
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Equity Members participate in club activities throughout the year. In addition to
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Summer weekends for Equity Members
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Sunday evening is capped off with a poolside barbeque, which is also open to Associate Members.
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WO Students Make History Video Chatting

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leasantdale Elementary School students made West Orange history

having the experience of a lifetime
video chatting with Captain Scott Kelly
aboard the International Space Station on
Jan. 18.
Pleasantdale Principal Dr. Joanne Pollara and her team spent months coordinating with NASA to set up the first-ever
West Orange school chat with an astronaut in space. Both Captain Scott Kelly
and his identical twin brother, astronaut
Mark Kelly, attended Pleasantdale school,
Lincoln Middle School (now West Orange
High School) and Mountain High School,
graduating in 1982.
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WO High School Musicians Selected For North Jersey Area And North Jersey Regional Bands

our members of the award-winning West Orange

High School Wind Ensemble have been selected for
the North Jersey Area Band and two have been selected for the North Jersey Region Band.
Acceptance into both bands is by audition only. Students
throughout northern New Jersey audition for the limited
spots in the prestigious musical program.
Divya Anand, junior who plays clarinet, was selected as
a member of the North Jersey Area Band.
Alex Frey, a senior who plays trombone, was selected
as a member of the North Jersey Area Band.
Austin Bartola, a junior percussion player, and Robert
Newman, a senior who plays French Horn, were selected
for both the North Jersey Area and North Jersey Regional
Bands.
All four are also members of the WOHS Marching
Mountaineers, who took home first place in the Yamaha
Cup competition at the Meadowlands on Sept. 26.
The NJAB website states that: The Purpose of Music
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performance of selected students within the selected Northern New Jersey Schools. This enhancement includes: the
preparation for audition, the rehearsal of advanced band
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The musicians have been rehearsing for their North Jersey Area Band Concert, which was held at Mt. Olive High

School on Jan. 17.

West Orange High School music program bands, which
include Freshmen Band, Concert Band, Symphonic Winds,
and Wind Ensemble, compete yearly in the Region I Concert Band Festival, which is set to be held at the high school
on April 7. The North Jersey Region Band is associated
with the New Jersey Music Association and the Concert
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I am honored and excited to be a member of the North
Jersey Area and Region Bands, said Bartola.
By playing great pieces with talented directors and musicians, I hope to improve my own skills and enjoy new experiences, he continued.
For more information on the NJAB, go to:
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more pain in cold weather. Although every pet reacts to cold

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with the opening facing away from the wind and covered with
a burlap or plastic flap. The shelter should be large enough
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indow Trends is proud to announce the opening in early 2016

of its second Window Trends
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As a family owned and operated business,
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help plan, install and maintain the highest
level of professionalism and service. It prides
itself in serving the community with the highest quality window treatments that will last
for the years to come.
Since 1980, company president and
founder, Michael Iannone III has been providing window treatments for homes and
businesses throughout the Tri-state area.
Whether its interior products for local homes
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Among the team are Michaels two sons,
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of professional designers and installers. All
are invited to meet the Window Trends family at its newest showroom in the Chatham
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In the downtown store front, see the style
and samples of the leading window treatment
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High School Students Invited To Enter

Choral Composition Contest

armonium Choral Society invites

high school students to participate
in its 19th Annual New Jersey High
School Student Choral Composition Contest.
The contest is open to all students enrolled in grades nine through twelve in any
public or private school in NJ. It is also
open to all students who are legal residents
of NJ participating in home schooling at the
high school level. Student composers are
encouraged to submit their original choral
compositions to Harmonium no later than
March 15. Compositions must be five minutes or less in length and based on selected
texts found on the contest website.
The winning compositions will be selected by a panel of judges consisting of
professional musicians, composers and
music educators. All contestants receive
written comments from the judges.

The Grand Prize winner will receive a

cash prize of $1,000 and $250 will be
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sponsoring teachers of the winning student
composers will receive a monetary award.
The winners will be notified by late March
or early April. The winning compositions
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both at 7:30 p.m., at Grace Episcopal
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for the animal to stand and turn around, but

small enough to retain its body heat.
If a pet is outdoors for extended periods
when temperatures are below freezing (32
degrees Fahrenheit), be alert for signs of distress from the cold. Just like in people, shivering is a sign that the body temperature is
dropping. If the animal is shivering, it is probably time to bring it inside. Remember, pets
body temperature is between 101-102 degrees and its body temperature lowers faster
in cold weather.
A very young, very old pet or a pet with
a health problem is more vulnerable to cold.
An animal with thick fur can tolerate
cold longer than a small animal and one with
short hair.
Dont leave any pet in an unheated vehicle for extended periods of time.
Make sure the animal has clean unfrozen
drinking water. Do not let pet drink from pud-

dles where there may be deadly antifreeze or

other harmful chemicals.
A pet can pick up rock salt, ice and other
melting chemicals in their foot pads. This can
harm their feet. Massaging petroleum jelly
into paw pads before going outside helps to
protect from salt and chemical agents. Moisturizing after a good toweling off helps to
heal chapped paws. Wipe your pets feet with
a damp cloth when it comes inside to protect
its pads from damage. If this is a problem for
the animal, there are boots available in all
sizes. A dog can get used to wearing the boots
indoors for short periods of time. Not all dogs
take to them.
If there are outside cats in the neighborhood, rap on the hood of the vehicle and look
under it before starting the engine and driving
off. Cats sometimes curl up next to or under
warm engines when they are left out in the
cold.

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SOS- Women And Children Looking For An Angel To Save Shelter

By Cheryl Conway
or those who agree its better to
give than receive, there is an opportunity banging on the door of a
shelter organization that could help hundreds of women and children who may be
left on the street if the mortgage is not
paid.
Secret Santas may be long gone, but
there has to be an angel out there willing
to hold the mortgage of Strengthen Our
Sisters, a grassroots, community based
non-profit, program serving homeless/battered women and children for more than
four decades. Faced with mortgage conflicts, the shelter has to come up with
$30,000 by Jan. 15 to avoid foreclosure.
Established in 1977 as Shelter Our Sisters - the first shelter for battered women
in North America- the organization
changed its name to Strengthen Our Sisters (SOS) and grew to eight houses, two
day care centers, a food pantry and a thrift
store. The properties value a total of $2.5
million, with just under $600,000 left to
be paid. With restricted monies coming in,
the organization is at risk of closing its
doors to hundreds of women and children
with no other safe place to go.
I dont know what would happen to
these people, says Sandra Ramos of
Ringwood, founder and executive director
of SOS. If we dont get help with the
mortgage people will be on the street. If
someone wants to be an angel and save
our mortgage that would be great.
Ramos explains if we had the $30,000
it would be the drop down money if someone could give it.
Rialto Capital Management Advisors
in Florida, the company that is holding the
mortgage bridge loan, did not return
phone calls to New View Media Group as
of press time. Valley National Bank had
sold the mortgage to Rialto when SOSs
funding was reduced, says Ramos.
During this year and one half, they
have seen our reliability and commitment
to avoid foreclosure by paying $30,000
every three months, which is directly applied to the principal, along with a
monthly payment of $7,000, says
Ramos. SOS has done this faithfully, al-

though it has been challenging.

Ramos, a pioneer advocate for battered
women, started her first shelter in 1970 in
her three bedroom home in Hackensack.
She had three small children at the time,
was facing divorce after ten years of marriage and was in need of a roommate, she
explains.
I wanted a roommate, says Ramos,
so she put the word out that she wanted to
share her house. The ones who came to
me were the ones who got battered, says
Ramos. Women called to say I cant stay
in my house.
One roommate turned into 23 women
in her house at one point, she admits. Her
children would sleep with her in her waterbed; there would be some guests on the
floor, in the bathtub, in the basement.
I would get a call and say Im sorry I
have no room. But it was difficult to turn
people away who would say I finally got
the courage to leave; if you dont take me
I will die.
Ramos says, My neighbors said they
didnt want battered women on their
block, and I told them, they are already
here, the question is do you want them living with pain, suffering and horror or do
you want them living with peace, dignity
and respect?
When the town found out that Ramos
had too many people at her house they
threatened to put me in jail, she says.
The town cited her for overcrowding
because she had three or more unrelated
people living together.
I told the town If you want a place
for them you have to drag them out kicking and screaming; so they put them in a
motel, Twin Lakes Motel in Paramus.
Ramos did not turn her back on them
and instead continued to help them.
We would have to pick them up and
take them to look for housing, counseling, says Ramos. They [the town] didnt
give them food or services, counseling.
The Catholic Church would bring food
and battered women would work together
to help other women.
Over the years, in 1977, her initiative
became Shelter Our Sisters. She moved
out of her house to Bergen County in a

house located on a churchs property in

Bogota. About 10 to 15 women in children lived there.
Her organization grew, and established
a board of directors, but after a disagreement, the board fired Ramos in 1986.
Ramos separated and formed SOS a
year later. With her children grown, she
moved to her house in Ringwood and
people started calling me. I let some people stay in my house. We knew we had to
get a shelter.
They opened a thrift store in Haskell.
We raised more money, and even the
board from her first organization would
send her people to help.
With a state regulated budget of up to
four million dollars, Ramos was able to
manage her organization but as state regulations got stricter, operations got
tougher such as paying the mortgage.
Ive always been an advocate for
women and children, says Ramos, who
teaches social issues and dynamics of domestic violence at Ramapo College in
Mahwah as an adjunct professor. Everybody has been touched by domestic violence in one way.
One woman was going to be killed by
a gangster guy, explains Ramos. Other
women and children she brought into her
shelter were rich but their husbands were
molesters and child abusers. No one
would take them. We reach out to people
who need help. We help a lot of pregnant
women and children.
Through her shelter program, Ramos
says thousands have been saved during
the past 46 years. With two hotline numbers, Ramos has made herself available to
help others.
The mission of SOS is to break the
cycle of domestic violence, poverty and
abuse by restoring balance and harmony
through individual empowerment.
She currently helps 155 women and
children in seven shelters located in New
Foundland, Wanaque and West Milford;
two daycare centers in Wanaque and West
Milford; a thrift store in a church; and one
food pantry in Wanaque.
To support her organization, Ramos receives some money from the Passaic

County Dept. of Human Services, private

donations, counties and social services,
but not enough to keep it going. We have
a transportation grant but they took it
away. We have five vans; we need help.
Weve been running for three and a half
years with a non-paid staff, down from a
paid staff of 55 that were let go when SOS
lost funding, she says.
Ramos says she currently has 17 nonpaid volunteers who drive the shelter residents to look for jobs, to court, doctor
appointments, social services, schools;
they fix things, watch children.
They are exhausted but they believe
in the shelter, says Ramos, just like she
does.
I have seen women that have come to
me and their lives are a wreck, depressed,
suicidal, she says.
People are still calling, continues
Ramos. Every day I get four or five calls.
We take almost everybody. We take people who no one else will take. We take
people without welfare vouchers. We
dont want to see them killed, beaten or
frozen to death.
Yesterday, a 70-year old woman had
no heat, we took her, adds Ramos. She
also took in another woman with five children, who would be out in the street
forced to live with child molesters.
One of her houses is for all older
women, some in wheelchairs, others with
oxygen. Nobody will take them.
Many of the women and children her
organization helps dont have families,
are on section eight, have families or
friends who dont like them; who dont
want to help them. We have a lot of dysfunctional families.
Ramos explains, I see them heal, get
strong and get their lives together. We live
in a violent society; theres a lot of violence. The work Im doing I feel its a
mission but right now I need an angel. I
just need someone to pay off the mortgage
or hold it. We just really need someone to
help.
To make a donation or to help, call
Ramos at 973-831-0898.

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Jazz Quartet To Perform Release Concert At Caldwell University

he Eric Olsen ReVision Jazz Group

plans to perform the release concert
for its CD Sea Changes at Caldwell University 8 p.m. Thurs., Feb. 18, in
the Alumni Theatre.
The album combines classic melodies
with jazz improvisations, creating an exciting new art experience that transcends musical boundaries, says Olsen, a jazz and
classical pianist and composer. It gives familiar and beautiful melodies a new framework from which listeners can find their
own deeply musical connections.
Concert series director Laura Greenwald
says Olsen is a superb musician whose joy
of performing is contagious. His introductions are interesting and engaging, and his
playing is brilliant.
The jazz group is known for fusing the

emotion of classic melodies with the fun of

jazz improvisation, transforming music
from Chopin to Grieg to George Harrison
in an innovative way.
As music director at Union Congregational Church in Montclair, Olsen has conducted and performed many staples of the
classical choral literature and leads a jazz
ensemble in his own unique arrangements
of hymns and original works for jazz services.
The snow date is Thurs., Feb. 25, at 8
p.m.
General admission for most concerts is
$20; tickets for students and seniors are
$10. Tickets will be available online,
through mail order and at the door. For
more information, contact Greenwald at
973-618-3520.

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