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CLARK, NiiW JF:RSP;Y. THURSDAY, AUGUST 7, \Wf,
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Franks' items included
in final state budget
The Stntc Budget signed
into law by Governor
Thomas Kcan on June 30,
1986 contains a number of
important items sponsored
by Assemblyman Hob
Franks, who represents
Clark in the New Jersey
General Assembly. The
Franks measure;; incorporated into the final
budget include $250,000 to
:xpand county rape crisis
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CLARK PEE WEE ALL STAR TEAM...Tho Clark Pon Woo toam placod nocond In tho
Roaollo Pork Invitational Tournnmont. Soon In photo nro: (Bottom row) John Quorrloro,
Jaoon Smith, Soon Thompuon, Joo Quorrloro and Ryan Potoroon. Mlddlo row: Raymond Redzlnlak, Matt Runyon, Eddlo O'Donnoll, Joo Mold, Brlun Short|o and Scott
Shortjo. Top row: Coach Tom Potoroon, Coach Ed O'Donnoll, Mnnagor John Quorrloro
nnd Frod fluoyon.
Elizabethtown Gas
service people
now uniformed
Service personnel of the
lili/.abethtown Gas Company are now wearing
uniforms, similar to those
already worn by the utility's
meter readers, a company
spokesman said today. Now
the
Klizabethtown
e m p I o y e e s w h o visit
customers' homes most
often — service people and
Jolis, director of the meter readers — can be
'olonaisc Folk Dancers, easily identified by their
will travel from Maspcth, uniforms, said Victor M.
Long Island, to teach Polish Richel, vice prcsident'of addance to children and ministration and customer
young ndtilts on Tuesday services.
evenings. Saturday after"We feel having our sernoons Mr. Cwleka will conduct another class in Polish vice people wear uniforms
makes it easier for our
dance for boys and girls.
customers
to recognize
Registration forms and
.letailed information may be them," Richel said. "Our inobtained from the Polish tent is to offer our
Cultural Foundation by customers more security
calling 382-7197 or Mrs. while providing the same ef
Diana Gaza, coordinator, ficient service that has
always been our standard."
at 763-1781.
FJizabethtown service
people "urid" "hie icr"leaders
wear uniforms of dark blue
and light blue shirts that
have an Elizabeth town Gas
patch on the pocket area,
Richel said. While the utility's service representatives
do not wear their identifications badges on their
uniforms as do its meter
readers, they will gladly
show this badge to any
customer asking to see it, he
The Fastcrn Unior said,
County chapter of th
Richel also explained that
American Red Cross and some Uli/.abethtown Gas
New Jersey Blood Service e m p l o y e e s w h o visit
will co sponsor a bloo< customers' homes do not
drive at Temple Beth O'r wear uniforms at all. These
111 Valley Road in Clar
employees will also gladly
on Monday, Aug. 11 from
show identification when
p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
asked.
"Customers should never
Anyone between the age:
of 17 and 6(>, weighing a let anyone into their homes
without first seeing proper
least 110 pounds and i
good hcnlth, enn donnt identification," Richel said,
If someone without a
blood.
uniform, visits a customer's
For further informatioi
home claiming to be an
please t e l e p h o n e th
Ell/.abethtown service per
F.astern Union County Re
son or meter reader, they
Cross at 353-2500.
should not be let in, Richel
Polish Cultural Foundation
offers variety of courses
The Polish Cultural
Foundation of New Jersey
is offering several courses at
its headquarters iu Clark.
Mrs. June Gomolka of
Fords will teach basic
Polish to children on Thursday evenings. Adults may
register for either beginner
or intermediate Polish
language on Wednesday
evenings.
On Tuesday evenings
Mr. Stanley R. From of
North Plainfield will give a
course on Polish history
from its eurly beginnings to
the-present. -~He- will -also conduct a "Preparation for
Citizenship" class for six
sessions
sessions on Thursday evenings.
For those wishing to give
their bodies a workout,
there will be a class with
a e r o b i c exercises on
Wednesday evenings led by
Mrs. Maria Golda of
Flizabeth. That same night
Mr. Raymond C'wieka of lr
vington will teach two
courses. The first, at 6:30
p.m., is social ballroom dancing and includes Latin
dances, Viennese waltzes,
polka, polonez, ma/.ur, and
obcrck. The second class
_wilL specialize in old uiid
new forms of the tango, including the Argentine.
Mrs.
Carole
Uuchalska
centers and $70,000 to expand the State Police
Emergency Network,
Included in the budget is
a $250,000 initiate for
county rape crisi'. center
throughout the state. "This
appropriation will offset
possible federal funding
reductions in Prcvcniative
Health and Health Services
Block Grants," said Franks.
Franks also noted I hat
said. If this happens, the
customer should contact
FJizabethtown immediately
and ask to speak with a
supervisor, or should call
their local police if they feel
I is an emergency, he said,
lili/.abethtown Gas Coinlany's phone number is
289 6400 when called from
Union or Middlesex Counties, I-KOO-242-583O from
elsewhere in the company's
service territory. The call is
toll free, lilizabcthtown Gas
serves more than 500,000
customers in Unlori, Middlesex, Hunterdon, Warren,
Sussex, Morris and Mcrcen
Counties.
"thc;c funds would itllow
crisis center to continue as
well as expand much needed medical, legal, and
psychological services to
rape victims and their
families."
Also incor|>oratc(l into
the budget is $70,000,
which will be used to ex
pand the Statewide Police
FmcrKciicy
Network
System (SPFN). SI'HN pro
vides (in essential radio
communications system to
assist emergency i.ervice
operations among law en
forccment agencies, "This
funding would permit
twenty live law enforce
ment agencies to parcha.se
much needed radio equip
ment to become a pcrma
ncnt part of the SPF.N
system," Franks said.
Another Franks appropriation included in the
budget provides $60,000 to
fund the Noise Technical
Assistance C e n t e r - at
Rutgers University. Franks
said the Center "provides
noise control education programs and training to
municipal employees who
implement noise control or
dinnnces in.Uusif,local communities."
Franks commented that
"it was the concerns expressed by the public that
provided the insight for
these prc>|X)sals that were
ultimately incorporated into
the final budget package."
BOYS TOWN JERUSALEM CEREMONY . . . Mr. Mnrtln Jolln (contor), prooldont ol
Kurnnk Chomlcnl Corporation In Clark, torjothor with hid wlfo Slmn (right) nnd Mro. Vivian Lovln, partlclpntod In ujoyouo Bnrmltzvah coromony at Boyo Town Joruonlom (or
ton Ethiopian ntudnntn. Mr. Jolln If) ooun prounntlnrj a prayor ohawl on bohalf ol tho
tichool to ono ol tho otudonto, Rnphnol Avrnrmm. A total of olrjhty-throo Ethiopian Imml[jrnnt;i aro rocovlnrj n rollfilouii, iicndomk: and vocational training at Boyu Town
Jorimnlom. Thin wnn tho Jollnn' nocond vlult to thn tichool whom thoy aro ncholrirahlp
nponiiorsi,
American Cancer Society
= seeks volunteers =
Over the past four years
Union County residences
have participated in the
largest nation wide Cancer
Prevention Study II (CPS
II) in (he United Stales, for
the American Cancer Society. The purpose of CPS U is
to provide clues as to what
in their lifestyles may cause
-•• or prevent - cancer.
The second follow up to
this study begins September
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Miss Walsh awarded
Educational Grant
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Miss Maureen P. Walsh
has been awarded a $4,000
liducntionul Grant by the
Masonic Charity Fouiula
tlon of New Jersey. Par
ticipation in the annual
drawing for an F.cluctuionnl
Grant is open to all high
schools seniors of schools
accredited by the New Jer
sey Department of Fducation.
Miss Walsh is a June
graduate of Arthur I.,
Johnson Regional -High
School. She plans to attend
University of Seranton, ma
joring in Communications.
Maureen is the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel
Walsh, Armstiong Drive
Clark.
Clark senlort may take
Union County College courses
The Senior Citizens
Studies Center conducted
by Union County College
will offer free credit courses
during the fall semester, one
of which will be held in
Clark.
The courses to be offered
in Clark at the Senior
Center, Hrewer School are
Natural History of New
Jersey, Monday, I p.in, and
exercise in Korea
A HEALTHFUL' CONCERN . . .Mrai MoJIn hna nor blood prosnuro chockod by Bon
Qllbort, nn eighth orndo 3tudont nt St. Arjnoa School, Clark, whllo Mr. Mojin wnltn hla
turn at n rocont oclonco fnlr hold nt tho achoot.
Parks-Recreation Department
sets lawn clinic-demonstration
The cooperative Extension Service of Union County with the cooperation of
the Union County Department of Parks and Rccrea
Introduction to Wcsteri lion will hold its Annual
Civilization, Friday, I p.m. I.awn Clinic uiul lX'monsF'or further informatioi trntion on Wednesday even
on courses for-seniors, con ing, August
13, at
tact Prof. Fishtein at tin Nomahegan Park, SpringUCC Cranford Campus field Avenue, Cranford (op276-2600, FIxt. 274 or 311. posite Union College). The
S t u d e n t s may t a k e clinic will be at 5:45 p.m.
courses for credit or the, and the demonstration will
may audit, which means no be at 6:45 p.m. Questions
homework or examinatioi until dark.
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requirements.
Dr. Henry W. Indyk, Extension Specialist in Turf
Management, Cook College, Rutgers University,
Stephen Bachclder, County
we leva our chttdrenl
HCARgTOj
determine (he elements in u
person's diet, occupational
exposure and local environment that may cause -- or
- - the development of cancer. Questions deal with the
use of cigarettes alcohol,
saccharin, food additives.
With this information it
will improve the ability to
identify those factors that
increase a person's chance
to getting cancer, those that
carry little or no risk, and
those that actually may
help prevent cancer.
If you would like to
become a volunteer, or
wmfld like more information about CPS II call your
local American Cancer
Society nt 35-17373,
Marine 1st Lt. Scauzzo
participated in Team Spirit
Blood drive
to be
held in Clark
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to check up on the participants present status.
This will range from
whether they are alive and
well, moved away, if they
have contracted cancer, or
died. However, your Union
County Unit of the American Cancer Society needs
volunteers to collect this information in order for this
study to be successful.
The original Cancer
Prevention Study was initialed in 1959, which linked cigarette smoking to
cancer, and led to the
Surgeon General's warning
on cigarette packages and in
advertising, The present
study, which began Sep
temncr I,~tW2rr,ccks to
Agricultural Agents, James
Nichnadowie/, County Pro
gram Associate in Agri
culture will conduct the
clinic to answer questions
pertaining to lawn care.
This will include such items
as weed identification and
control, insect ami disease
diagnosis and control, etc.
without regard to race, col
or, sex, national origin or
handicap.
The County Agents and
Rutgers Turf Specialist will
demonstrate a step-by-step
procedure to follow in making a new lawn, as well as
ways to renovate a poor
lawn.
Y u K u a r r Liu of Clark
recently received his master
of science degree from the
University of Mississippi
(Ole Miss),
He was among 73 rccciv
ing master's degrees during
summer semester ceremonies at the university.
252 graduated from the
University this summer.
This is the only clinic and
demonstration of this tyi>e
in the county this year.
Programs are open to all
Yu-Kuan Liu
receives master's
from Ole Miss
Marine 1st I.t. Vincent
Scau/./.o, son of Vincent J,
and Parvin Scau/./.o of 395
Willow Way, Clark, recently returned from a sixmonth deployment to the
Western Pacific.
While deployed, Scau/./o
participated in four training
exercises, the most noted of
which was exercise Team
Spirit, a joint exercise conducted in the Republic of
Korea with approximately
200,000 military personnel
participating,
Port visits were made in
Subic Utiy, Republic of the
Philippines; Hong Kong;
Pohang, Korea; Sasebo,
Japan; Pattaya Heach,
Thailand; Singapore; and
Pearl Harbor. HI.
Scau/y.o also participated
in a variety of civic action
programs, including the
unit's contribution of over
$4,500 to the marine Barracks Children Relief F'und
in Subic Hay, Republic of
the Philippines.
Scau/./.o is currently stationed with Battalion Landing Team I/I, Camp Pcndleton, CA,
A 1973 graduate of A.L.
Johnson Regional High
School, and a 1980 graduate of New York University, New York City,
with a Bachelor of Fine
Arts degree, he joined the
Marine Corps in June 1982,
Clark Library lists
summer action
The Clark Public Library
has rc|ioited activities anil
summer meetings will continue in August. For young
patrons there will be Story
Hour, grades K through
third - ; . 1 : 3 0 2:30 p.m.
August .12, and Craft Hour
for grades four through six
at 1:30 2:30 p.m., August
ll».
Adult meetings' listed by
the library are: Art Assoc,
Hil. •- 10 am.-12 noon,
August 2ft.
Art Clavscs -•- 10 a.m.-12
noon — August 6 13-20-27.
Quiltcrs ••- 10 a.m.-12
noon •-- August 11-18-25,
TOPS ••- 10 a.m.-12
noon — August 7 14 21-28.
Asteto Dent Labs — 8
p.m.
August 7,
Tenants Assoc. — 7:30
•-- 9 p.m. -• August II.
Taxpayers Assoc. — S/R
8 p.m. •-• August 14,
Toastmasters — 8-10
p.m. — August 28.
Hook Club — 2-4 p.m. —
August 18,
Summer hours are still in
effect at the library: Monday and Thursday — 10
a.tn-9 p.m., T u e s d a y ,
Wednesday and Friday —
10 a.m.-5 p.m., closed on
Saturdays.