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M

t. Olive soccer standout Jonah Conway has been

getting some R&R more ways than one this year.

R for Rider University, the school he plans to play D1men’s college soccer in the fall; R for Red Bulls, his current

team since signing a contract last month.… and two more

R’s for rest and relaxation after tearing his ACL on March

6 after playing 85 minutes in his debut game against theRichmond Strikers in Virginia.

“I was running back making a recovery to block a shot;

I tried to slow down and turn to block the shot and my left

knee planted, locked and twisted,” he describes. When

Conway was injured in the New York Red Bulls game, hewalked off the field and moments later went back in the

game until his knee gave out once more.

Playing soccer at a higher level since he was 10 has beenhis passion, and all that hard work has finally kicked in for

Conway; ironic how he signed for both organizations dur-ing the month of February, the month for “love.” But with

any love, comes ups and downs, like getting injured this

past month, and undergoing ACL surgery just last week.

Although disappointing, this is not “two steps forward, one

step back” for the outside defensive back.

“I look at it as a red light,” Conway thought as he wasdriving to the Red Bull training Facility in Whippany for

physical therapy before his surgery. “It’ll turn green and I

will reach my destination.”

Surgery went as well as expected for the 17-year oldsenior who attends Mt. Olive High School. He is receiving

Conway Tears It UpDuring Red Bulls Academy Debut

his best care by the NY Red Bulls team doctor and trainers,

and is expected to be back on the field in six months.

With no plans to hang up his cleats, Conway says “I’m

going to rehab; I’m going to get stronger and better pre-continued on page 23

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Calling all poets! Submit poems for the National

English Honor Society’s Poetry Night!

Mt. Olive students in grades three through 12 are invited

to submit their poem for the third annual NEHS PoetryNight, set for Fri., April 22, at 6 p.m., at the Mt. Olive High

School Performing Arts Center.

Celebrate an evening of fantastic poetry with the Mt.

Olive community. For more information, contact Ms.

Casabona at [email protected]. Tickets are $3

for adults and will be sold at the door. Participating stu-dents’ admission is free!

The Mt. Olive Public Library plans to host “Astron-

omy for Beginners,” by Ken Taylor from the United

Astronomy Clubs of New Jersey (UACNJ) on Wed.,

March 30, 6:30 p.m. -8:30 p.m.

At this free program, Taylor will define what is interest-

ing to view in the night sky, identify the tools needed, and

explain how to set up the necessary equipment to locate

stars, etc.

Registration requested. Call 973-691-8686 or go to

www.mopl.org to register.

T

he Friends of the Mt. Olive Library plan to hold itspopular Bag O’ Books Sale on Sat., April 16, from

10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the rear of the Main Library inFlanders.

Call 973-691-8686; www.mopl.org. Buy large reusable

bag for $2 and fill it for $10 each time or use the bag pur-chased earlier, fill it and refill it for $10 each time.

The Friends use the proceeds to donate programs and

materials to the library.

Get Ready To Fill Bag Of Books

Third Annual NEHS Poetry Night

Learn About Astronomy At Library

On Sat., April 23, from 8 a.m. - 11 a.m., Mt. OliveTownship plans to offer a SMAC blood screening

test at the Mt. Olive Township Municipal Building

Health Dept. This fasting blood test includes a Complete

Blood Count, Chemistry (sodium, glucose, potassium, kid-

ney and liver function) and Cholesterol (LDL, HDL).Testing is available to residents of Mt. Olive, Netcong,

Mt. Arlington, Dover and Wharton. Cost is $25 for adultsage 18-59; $12 for senior citizens age 60 plus.

For additional test options and to register, call Nurse

Helen Giles at 973-691-0900 ext. 7353 or email

[email protected]. Bring two stamped envelopes ad-

dressed to physician and oneself for results.

Township Offers Blood Screening


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There are many adventurers who dream of traveling

from the east to the west coast, but there are fewwho plan to do it on a bike.

From June 1 to July 31 that is exactly what life-long

Budd Lake resident, Josh Johannessen planes to do.

The trip will be approximately 3,400 miles beginning in

Seaside and ending in Santa Monica, CA. Johannessen ex-plains that he has already planned out his route, including

all his stopping points, and estimates that he will travel ap-

proximately 60 miles per day.

Johannessen explains that is has been a dream of his to

go on a journey such as this one and he decided that it

would be worthwhile to ride for an actual cause.According to the Go Fund Me page, Johannessen stated,

“At first I just thought [riding across the country] would be

a cool thing to do, but after I thought more into it, I came

up with the idea to raise money for a certain cause.”

Already motivated for the journey ahead of him, Johan-nessen just needed to decide which cause he should ride

for. It was around the same time he decided on his journey

that Johannessen found out that a former co-worker of his,

Robin Reed, had been diagnosed with breast cancer.

“When I found out I felt like there was nothing I coulddo,” Johannessen says. But then the idea struck him and

he realized, “there is something I can do,” he could ride for

Robin.

A cross-country cycle as something different and excit-

ing, Johannessen notes, is “one of the best ways to spreadawareness around the country.”

Already, the Go Fund Me page Johannessen created at

www.gofundme/robinreedfund, has raised more than

$8,000. He will continue to collect funds until the end of

his ride.Johannessen has also been selling t-shirts for $20 each,

which he will continue to sell until the end of the fundraiser.

Reed and Johannessen met when they worked together

at the Applebee’s in Flanders. According to the Go Fund

Me site, Josh explains that Reed is “an extremely kind-

hearted person and has been a good friend of mine for overseven years.”

Since she was diagnosed, Reed has had to quit both of

her jobs to undergo treatment. That is why Johannessen

wants to do everything he can to help raise money for the

incoming medical bills.Reed is a 42 year old mother of two who is supported in

her fight against cancer by her husband of 16 years. Ac-

cording to Johannessen, before becoming ill, Reed was a

teacher at St. Therese School and worked part-time as a

server.On the Go Fund Me site Reed explains her condition

and her surprise when Johannessen explained that he

Budd Lake Man To Ride For Robin From Jersey Shore To California

wanted to bike across the country for her, “he truly is an

angel to me and my family and I hope he knows it,” Reed

says.

“One of my good friends, Bryan Smith is going to be

accompanying me in the ride across the country,” Johan-nessen stated on the Go Fund Me site and, since both boys

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are baseball fanatics, they plan to stop at

nine different baseball stadiums along the

way.

With the help of Johannessen’s manager,he has already reached out to many of the

stadiums, explaining his journey and asking

for help with funding.

Before the big trip, there are other eventsscheduled to help raise money for Reed.

On April 26 an event is set to be held at theNJ Bar and Grill in Randolph. Also, the

restaurant will be selling “bike cards”

throughout the entire month of April for

diners to donate any dollar amount to the

cause.

Valley Social Sports in the Bridgewaterarea is scheduled to hold a tournament in

April for Reed’s cause as well. Lastly, the

Applebee’s in Flanders will be holing a

Ride for Robin Night in April.

Johannessen says of his trip that he is

“nervous but really excited” as he recog-

nizes how difficult his journey will be. “Iknow it’s going to be stressful and a lot of

pain,” he says but “knowing I’m doing it

for her will make it easier.”

For more information about the trip orto order a t-shirt email Johannessen at

[email protected].

Budd Lake Man To Ride...continued from page 4

Mt. Olive Public Library has many

fun and free programs for chil-

dren planned for March.

Join the Lego Club, Sat. March 26, at 2

p.m. Children in grades kindergarten

through fifth are invited to take the building

challenge based on a selected theme.

No registration required.

For further information call the Youth

Services Department at 973-691-8686, ext.

104.

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This fall, Mt. Olive School District res-idents will have an opportunity to vote

on a plan to add instructional space

and offer full-day kindergarten to students. If

approved, the district would provide full-day

kindergarten for the first time in its history,beginning in the 2017-2018 school year.

At its regularly scheduled monthly meet-

ing on Feb. 8, the Board of Education unan-

imously approved a resolution to hold a

referendum on Sept. 27. The board’s decision

comes after listening to the concerns of par-ents, weighing the results of a community

survey and deliberating for many months.

“An all-day kindergarten program has

substantial benefits over half-day,” said Dr.Larrie Reynolds, superintendent of schools.“Students will be better prepared for the first

grade – educationally, emotionally, and so-

cially. The full-day program will be compre-

hensive, offering double of everything the

half-day program includes plus lunch and re-cess.”

The plan, if approved, would not only pro-

vide more instructional space to offer full-day

kindergarten but also reduce enrollment at

Chester M. Stephens Elementary School. Thedistrict's largest elementary school has ap-

proximately 700 students, 20 percent more

than the next most populous school, and its

size has been a concern voiced by parents.

With some redrawing of school boundaries,all elementary buildings would house ap-

proximately the same number of students.

On the ballot

The full-day kindergarten plan will be di-

vided into two propositions on the ballot. The

first would authorize the district to build a 14-classroom addition at Sandshore Elementary

School, currently the smallest of the district’s

K-5 buildings. The estimated $6.25 million

cost of the construction would be financedover 15 years and would increase taxes on theaverage home (assessed at $315,400) by ap-

proximately $41 per year.

The second proposition on the ballot

would authorize the district to include in its

annual budget funds to hire enough teachersand staff necessary for the full-day kinder-

garten program. Approximately $700,000 an-

nually would be needed. This would cost the

average home about $38 per year.

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The Boy Scouts of Troop 156 and the

Cub Scouts of Pack 47 celebrated

Scout Sunday services at their Char-

ter Organization the Flanders United

Methodist Church. The church sponsorsboth units as well as Venture Crew 156.

The scouts participated in the service by

conducting the religious readings and pre-

sented the official charter to the congrega-

tion. Pack 47 meets on Mon. at Mountain

View School at 7 p.m. while Troop 156

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By Cheryl Conway

Just like “you can’t pick your neighbors”the same goes for college freshmen, “youcan’t pick your roommate.”

Like “being a good neighbor,” Budd Lake

resident Alexis Pignataro is being “a goodcollege roommate,” as a freshman at RiderUniversity in Lawrenceville.

The 2015 Mt. Olive High School graduatehas started a Go Fund Me Page and set up ateam for Relay for Life to raise money to sup-port her roommate’s mother, Dawn Rogersof Levittown, PA., who was recently diag-nosed with stage two liver cancer. The nameof the team in her honor is “Conover SidingFor Dawn;” Conover is the name of theircampus dorm.

Relay for Life is set for Sat., April 2, at the

Rider University campus. Pignataro, and sofar 25 others who signed up to be on herteam, plan to walk 12 hours during the eventto raise money for the American Cancer So-ciety.

Pignataro and her “best friend and room-mate” Brittany Rogers enjoyed their first se-mester together but right at the start of theirspring semester Brittany got a call from hermother with the news of her diagnosis. She

previously had breast cancer but beat thatyears ago.

No longer able to afford living on campus,Brittany had to move back home last month.

“We were first worried about her dad hav-

ing to stop working to take care of her mom,”says Pignataro.

The Rogers own a Tree Services businessin PA, but with her mom having to stopworking, Brittany moved out of the dorm togo take care of her. It was better to commuteonly 30 minutes to school save $1,500, muchneeded money that they could be using onchemotherapy treatments. The only remain-ing child in her family, Brittany’s 20-year oldbrother had died three years ago in a car ac-cident, says Pignataro.

“We wanted to show as much support

knowing we are there for them,” says Pig-nataro, so they created the Go Fund Me page,https://www.gofundme.com/ fight4dawn, al-ready raising $2,430.

Pignataro then got her residence hall in-volved, as well as professors and Brittany’shometown community, and created the Relayfor Life team to honor Brittany’s mom. Theresidence hall is also making t-shirts to honorher.

MOHS Graduate Steps Up At College To Honor Roommate’s Mom

This is the eighth year that Pignataro willbe participating in Relay for Life. She began

in 2011 when her grandfather, Joseph Pig-nataro, died from pancreatic cancer. Duringthe past year, she has raised about $7,000from family and friends.

“It’s been life changing,” says the psy-chology major. “You don’t realize how manypeople you influence” by supporting these re-lays “until it hits you.”

Pignataro recently visited Brittany and hermom, who just a dog named Belle, a “white

puff ball” to lift her spirits. Although she nowhas a single, Pignataro still sees Brittany on

campus and in her classes since she too ismajoring in psychology.

As the student liaison for the Mt. OliveRelay for Life, Pignataro is trying to sign upmore teams for the Sat., June 4 event.

To sign up for Pignataro’s team at Rider,go to relayforlife.org and enter the team nameConover Siding for Dawn or sign up for a Mt.Olive team.


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Janet Wong, a writer with nearly two

dozen published books of poetry and

prose, recently visited Mt. Olive Mid-dle School. At two morning assembly pre-

sentations, Wong shared a number of

poems and discussed aspects of her careerand writing process.

Her life as a professional author began25 years ago, she said, when she made the

decision to pursue her writing and give up

her job as an attorney working as the di-

rector of labor relations at Universal Stu-

dios. From there, she developed her craft

and learned two of the most importantqualities of a successful writer: tenacity

and how to deal with rejection. Wong also

described to students the methods she uses

to generate ideas and techniques for over-

coming writer’s block.After the assemblies, Wong worked

with two groups of sixth-graders and took

them through fast-paced and inventive

workshops to help them write their own

poems. One writing method focused onmetaphors and using everyday objects as

symbols of people such as the metaphor:

“My father is like a compass, he always

shows me the way.”Another method revolved around

goals. Students wrote lists of their goals

and then imagined animals that could pos-sess the qualities needed to achieve those

goals. These animals became the subjectsof the students’ poems.

Wong completed the assignments her-

self to show students that works of quality

could indeed be completed quickly using

these very simple strategies.

“She engaged the students and keptthem thinking,” said Dr. Debra Martin, the

district’s director of educational pro-

grams. “The kids did a great job thinking

abstractly and putting their thoughts into

words.”Wong, a Princeton resident, is a fre-

quent speaker at schools, universities,

writing conferences, and libraries. She’s

been featured on Oprah and CNN, and has

also spoken at the White House.

Author Janet Wong works with Mount Olive Middle School sixth-grader Cierra Popo.

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Mt. Olive High School science stu-

dents were recently honored for

their outstanding scores in a re-gional competition.

At the New Jersey Science League re-

gional event held at Bernards High School,the AP Environmental Science team placed

first, with students Jennifer Gallager andOlivia Inglese finishing first and second, re-

spectively. The high school physics team

also placed first, with Julia Petrocelli taking

top honors.

The AP chemistry team and chemistry I

team both earned second place honors, and

the AP biology team took third place.

MOHS students have historically per-formed well in the Science League. Overall,

the school has finished in the top 10 in the

entire state six times in the past seven yearsin Earth Science/Environmental Science.

“Our science students show they areamong New Jersey’s best, year after year,”

said Catherine French, MOHS’ Science

League club advisor. “I’m incredibly proud

of the teams we have this year and the effort

and dedication they’ve shown.”

MOHS Science Students Score High In CompetitionFour Science League regional competi-

tions are held throughout the year. In each,

students complete standardized tests in the

same room as students from other regional

schools and vie against each other to

demonstrate content mastery. After theexam, the students meet and network with

each other.

Mt. Olive’s first-place winning AP envi-

ronmental science team in February was

composed of Siddharth Bector, Jennifer

Gallagher, Sabrina Goncalves, Olivia In-

glese, and Alec Talanca.

The first-place winning high school

physics team in February was composed of John Bigger, Benjamin Mirisola, Julia

Petrocelli, and Maya Shah.

Four up-and-coming opera singersplan to showcase their talents as The

Metropolitan Opera Rising Stars

Concert Series comes to Mayo PerformingArts Center on Sat., April 2, at 8 p.m. The

program will feature Adam Diegel, Amanda

Woodbury, Brent Funderburk, Sarah

Mesko, and Trevor Scheunemann. For

more than 125 years, the MetropolitanOpera has been the artistic home of the

greatest singers in the world. But the Met isalso the launching pad for the opera stars of

the future. Enjoy these performances by the

next generation of opera stars as they per-form selections from the world’s most

beloved operas. Tickets are $29 - $59.

Mayo Performing Arts Center is located

in Morristown. For more information and

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The story of Black Oak Golf Clubbegan more than 30 years ago, but alot had to happen before becoming the

idyllic vision of golf that it is today. The mostcompelling part of the story is not the wet-

lands, the movement of dirt or the dedicationof the membership – it is the story of thosewho brought it to life. One would be hardpressed to find another golf club in the state

that has taken more vision, time, energy, andsweat from a core group of dedicated owners.

From Joe Hays, who acquired the prop-erty more than a quarter century ago as aworking farm, to his son Pete Hays who led

the development of the course, to PeteRochelle, who built both the course and theexquisite clubhouse that was finally com-pleted in 2015, each owner partner has pro-

Black Oak Golf Club: A Dream Come Truevided and continues to provide invaluablecontributions to the club. Owner, Black OakCourse Architect and PGA legend DavidGlenz is likely the only golf course architectwho is on property day in and day out, years

after completion of the course. Local busi-nessmanandmanagingpartnerBob Vreelandkeeps an eye on the day to day finances of theclub.

At its core, Black Oak Golf Club is a localclub where local individuals and familiesgather with golf as the center of activity, saysGeneral Manager and Director of Golf DanPasternak. “Certainly this is one of the finestand most beautiful 18-hole championshipcourses in the state,” he says, “and it wasn’tthat long ago that it was just a dream in theminds of the owners.”

In addition to its owners, Pasternak be-lieves that there are several factors that makethe club, located in Long Valley, the uniqueoasis that it has become. One is the relaxednature of its membership. Another is the in-credible staff that includes Glenz, a legendaryPGA player and instructor, PGA Tour winnerand multiple winner of NJPGA major cham-pionships. Head Golf Professional BrianJones is a former NJPGA Teacher of the Year

and an expert in the rules of golf. Jones hasacted as an official at The Masters, RyderCup andthe PGAChampionship,and is vicechair of the PGA of America Rules Commit-tee. Pasternak himself is a PGA of America

Board Member and award winner. A moreaccomplished golf staff would be hard tofind.

Last year was a transition season for theclub that has become the talk of the town. Itslong awaited clubhouse opened mid-seasonto rave reviews from the members.

“The dream is finally a reality,” saysPasternak. “Until this year, Black Oak hasbeen a work in progress. The 2016 seasonwill be the first time members and theirguests will experience a club with completeamenities – terrific golf, events, parties and

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It’s that time of year for seniors to checkout their scholarship options offeredthrough the guidance department at Mt.

Olive High School.New this year is a scholarship called the

Rainbow Connection Scholarship. Anygraduating senior who is an alumnus of Chester M. Stephens Elementary School isinvited to apply.

Candidates must write an essay 500words or less in response to the question:Since leaving CMS, have you made a dif-ference in the community by participatingin a Rainbow Connection(s)? How has thisact (or these acts) of kindness affected thelife or lives of the recipient(s) and or your-self?

There will be two scholarships given out.

Rainbow Connection Scholarship Offered For Graduating Class 2016 Each one will be worth $625. Full detailsabout this scholarship and others will be dis-tributed from MOHS in mid-March.

This scholarship is being offered by theauthors of “Treasures of a Teachers Heart~Learning to Change the World With Our

Own Two Hands.” These authors happen tobe graduating seniors of the Class of 2016.Together they have had a voice in how muchkindness truly does matter throughout theirschooling. They wanted to complete their

journey as a Mt. Olive student by sharing inone last Rainbow Connection together be-fore becoming alumni of the district.

These students began their journey of what became widely known at CMS and thedistrict as Rainbow Connection back in No-vember of 2007. It was at that time when 22

nine-year olds became published authors.After two years of planning and writing,these CMS students became official authorswith their teacher Ann Scotland and com-munity member Lisa Smith Wagner. At theheart of the book was the importance of kindness with which they call “RainbowConnections.”

It didn’t take long before this theme of

kindness became a school wide melodythroughout the halls of CMS. Since thattime, this Mt. Olive Elementary School haskept the mission of humanity intertwinedwithin the tapestry of their daily lessons.

As one last shared gesture, the coauthors

would like to use their portion of the pro-ceeds from the publication to assist a peerwith a future endeavor. It is thought to bethe final piece to a beautiful lesson thatbegan so many years ago.

As a note to her co-authors, who shetaught for two years in a looping class, Scot-land says “Congratulations on your success-ful run in the Mt. Olive school district.Always remember that we all have some-thing to offer out in that big world of ours.Continue to use your skills and talents to

make a difference. Kindness in its simplestform can bring on change and it will be yourpot of gold at the end of the rainbow. It’syour time to pass it on. It has been an honorto have a little part in your education as yourteacher in first and second grade. With thisnew milestone it will be a privilege to nowcall you my friend. I am so very proud of you all.”

The 44th Annual Valor and Meritori-ous Awards Dinner is set for Thur.,

April 28, at the Birchwood Manor in

Whippany. Cocktail hour will begin at 6

p.m., followed by awards and dinner from

7 p.m. to 10 p.m.

The 200 Club of Morris County will berecognizing numerous 2016 valor and mer-

itorious honorees at the annual event, inl-

cuding Flanders Fire & Rescue Co. #1 1st

Assistant Chief Tyler Wargo, Mt. Olive

Township Patrolman John Bevacqua, Pa-trolman David Hering and Patrolman

George Jadue.

Advance registration is required.

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able for the 2016 season, which runs fromApril 1 through Nov. 30. Tour the garden

and meet the Garden Manager on Fri., April

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which totals more than 200 acres in this lo-

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Third grade students from Chester M.

Stephens Elementary School be-

came the primary shoppers at the

Young Consumer Day Program held re-cently at the ShopRite of Flanders.

This program teaches students aboutgood nutrition and the value of a dollar, be-

cause they are charged with the task of

feeding a family of four nutritious food on

a $100 budget. The program also strength-

ens their math and logical reasoning skills,and teaches them how to apply their knowl-

edge outside the classroom walls in the realworld.

Students from Mrs. Deanne Cornine’s 3rd grade class celebrate their shopping adventure and get

ready to check out with their Young Consumer “Debit Cards”.

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By Jane Primerano

Children who spend a few hours pick-ing up litter on their school yard don’tever think the same way about litter

again.

Liz Sweedy, Morris County Clean Com-munities coordinator, explained the benefitfrom public school litter cleanups fundedthrough the Keep Morris County Litter Freegrants. The school must conduct a littercleanup on at least two acres of school prop-erty. The property may include ball fields andwooded areas. The cleanup must be held be-tween April 15 and June 6 with participationof a minimum of 20 students with their adultsupervisors.

“The students who do the cleanups arepretty grossed out,” Sweedy said.

The $500 grants may be used for outdoorreceptacles for recyclables or trash or indoorreceptacles for recyclables only, according tothe county’s press release. These grants areawarded after the school submits required pa-perwork to the Morris County MunicipalUtilities Authority.

The county press release quotes Free-holder Christine Myers, the freeholder liaison

to the MUA. “This is a great opportunity toreinforce how important it is for them to carefor their own environment and will showhow it also improves our communities andour entire county.”

A second part of the Litter Free programis a poster contest for public school studentsin grades six through 12, Sweedy explained.The posters illustrate the ill effects of litteringand each school displays the posters drawnby its students, she said. Each school choosesthe two considered best and submits them tothe county. The four county-wide winnersare duplicated on recycling containers withthe students’ names and the date of the con-test. They are distributed to the schools of thefour winners.

“They are heavy-duty metal containers

and they look gorgeous at the schools,”Sweedy said, adding each winning studentreceives a $200 gift card.

Sweedy is hoping more schools partici-pate this year. In 2015, 15 schools partici-pated, but in 2014, 21 schools were part of the contest.

During the cleanup portion of the LitterFree initiative in 2015, 495 students and adult

Students Help Keep Morris County Litter Freesupervisors cleaned up 148 acres and col-lected 45 bags of trash, 52 bags of recy-clables, 66 pounds of scrap metal and 56pounds of construction debris.

Not all litter is created equal, Sweedy con-cedes.

Litter dumped near the headwaters of theRaritan River is damaging to birds and fish.The Raritan Headwaters Association pullednearly two tons of objects, mostly plastic,from the headwaters last year, Sweedy said.Clean Communities works closely with theRHA.

“Tiny pieces of plastic, plastic ties andsimilar things, get cut off and become brittle,

birds and fish ingest them,” she said.Clean Communities also works with the

Morris County Mosquito Control Depart-ment collecting tires.

“Last year they collected 966 tires,”Sweedy said.

Some municipalities sell stickers for tiredisposal and the Parsippany Transfer Stationtakes them on certain days. But the state tiregrant is no longer in place, so many countyresidents don’t have a convenient place to getrid of them. Some tire dealers do take oldtires for a small fee, but not all do, she added.

Additional information on the grants isavailable from Sweedy at 973-285-8393.

New Jersey Blood Services, a divi-sion of New York Blood Center,

which supplies blood products and

services to 60 hospitals throughout the

state, is in need of volunteers at blood

drives. The blood service volunteer is an in-tegral member of the collection team whose

task it is assist donors with registration, es-

corting and canteen duties, and to watch forpost donation reactions. Volunteers should

have the ability to relate to the public, be

able to perform different jobs as needed and

have the willingness to follow the rules. For

additional information contact, Manager of Community Relations, R. Jan Zepka at 732-

616-8741 or [email protected].

Volunteers Needed


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pared so when I get back on the field I’m better than I was

before.”

Resting will give his body more time to heal previous

injuries of a pulled groin his junior year while playing for

Players Development Academy (PDA) and a high-anklesprain his senior year at MOHS Varsity Soccer, which

sometimes get sore from over usage. Intense therapy and

strength training will soon prepare him for his next chal-

lenge- playing D1 soccer.

After signing a National Letter of Intent to play D1

Men’s College Soccer in the fall with Rider University onNational Signing Day, Feb. 3, Conway signed a Develop-

ment Academy Agreement with the NY Red Bulls as a full-

rostered player on Feb. 21. He had been practicing with the

team once his high school varsity soccer season ended in

Nov. 2015.Making the team is still unbelievable for Conway.

“It was too good to be true,” says Conway when they

approached him with the contract. “I couldn’t believe it. I

was really happy. I drove home singing the entire ride

home. I see these kids walking around school with this RedBull gear- they are fans, and I realize I’m part of the club.

It still hasn’t set in yet.”

Before that, Conway played for PDA U16 Academy

team 2014-2015; PDA Pele team from 2012-2014 and

2009-2010; MOHS varsity team for three years; and was

coached by his father when he was seven with the Mt.

Olive Lighting travel U9 and U10 teams.Conway could not play all four years of high school be-

cause of USDA rules that forbids players to play both high

school and academy. Conway decided to leave the academy

his senior year so he could get one meaningful year in withhis younger brother Skylar, a starting sophomore on varsity

this past season who has been practicing with the U16 NY

Red Bulls Academy team.

“I wanted to have my high school memories,” says Con-

way of Flanders. “I wanted to play my senior year with my

brother.”The dynamic duo helped to lead their team to a record

breaking season finishing as conference champs, unde-feated in the NJAC conference and cracked the NJ top 20

for the first time in MOHS history. MOHS finished with

19 wins, three losses and one tie, the furthest any MOHSboys varsity team has ever gotten.

Although MO lost 2-1 in overtime against Randolph in

the county semis and then lost 1-0 also against Randolph

in the states, the Conway brothers do not regret their deci-

sion to leave their PDA academy team.“It led to other opportunities that I wouldn’t have gotten

if I didn’t play high school,” he says. “The season was so

much fun; we made more history.”

Some colleges stopped chasing Conway after he leftPDA to play high school, but not Rider. “I found out which

college really wanted me for me. They wanted me to behappy. Rider still stuck with me. I found a true coach who

really believes in me.”

Conway, and his brother, also got recruited by the NY

Red Bulls by playing high school when the coaches cameto a few games to see the brothers play. The difference for

Jonah was that he played center mid for MOHS rather than

defense, the position he played for PDA.

“I was being myself on the field,” he says, when playing

high school. “I got to play my favorite position and I got tobe a main player in the team. He got to see how much of

an impact I really make on the field. High school put my

name on the map a little more.”

Conway’s other accomplishments have included win-

ning several flight championships in Mt. Olive Travel Soc-

cer; Outstanding Camper award 2011 and MVP award2007-2008 at the University of Maryland soccer camp;

leading goal scorer with 22 goals as a freshman; 2012 PDA

Pele U15 U.S. Club State Cup Champion with Conway

having the winning goal in overtime; 2013 PDA Pele U15

NJYS State Cup Finalist; 2014 PDA Pele U16 NJYS StateCup Champions and 2014 PDA Pele Region One Semi-fi-

nalist.

“It’s fun, it’s where I’m happy,” Conway says about his

love for soccer. “Everywhere I go there is a ball on my foot.

It’s always been my goal to play professional soccer,” eversince he got hooked on Manchester United, his favorite

team.

During his years Conway has been versatile in several

different positions such as midfielder, striker and defensive

back. He credits his first touch on the ball, agility, acceler-ation, work ethic “and my ability to recover” and “my soc-cer IQ and ability to know what to do with the ball before

I get it,” as key skills.

On his current team, NY Red Bulls, Conway has been

playing outside defensive back. “If a player does have a

step on me, I can catch them; and I can read them reallywell.” Conway enjoys defense because “I feel like I can see

the ball more sometimes. It’s my job to stop the opposition

from scoring.” The saying “defense wins games” motivates

him.

Rider Head Men’s Soccer Coach, Charlie Inverso, has

been interested in Conway, one of three recruits for the fall,since his junior year seeing him play at PDA.

Calling Conway a “skillful player,” Inverso - 2015

Northeast Region Coach of the Year- states on the school

website, “These three guys are going to fit right into the

type of player that we have here. They are grounded, hard-working and good students.”

Inverso is sticking by his new recruit and looks forward

to him healing and joining the Broncs on that Rider field.

Besides sporting red, his favorite color, Rider is the

choice for Conway because of its excellent business schoolas he plans to study math or finance.

“I like that it’s small; I’ll get to know everyone,” saysConway. “They have a great soccer program,” winning the

MAAC Tournament in 2015 and beating Monmouth in the

finals of the 2015 MAAC Tournament. It’s everyone’s

dream to play in college, especially D1, so I was very for-

tunate.”

NY Red Bulls U18 Academy team and coaches alsocontinue to support Conway and embrace him on the team.

“NY Red Bulls is an excellent Academy Program, one

of the best in the country. They’ve produced many profes-

sional soccer players. It leads to my dream; it leads to pro-

fessional soccer and could give me major opportunities.”Practices are intense and four times a week. “Every

practice is like a game,” he says. Also great, is the NY Red

Bulls Academy fully funds rostered players for travel,

hotel, food and even gear including the cleats. They ride

on the team bus, or plane, and meet their parents at the

game.Conway had first tried out for the Red Bulls when he

was 11 and again when he was 14 years old but was over-

looked both times.

“You just don’t give up,” says Conway. “You try you

fail, you try you fail, but the only true failure is when youstop trying,” a quote Conway shares. “If you are not getting

enough time or you are told ‘you are not good enough,’ you

need to make it up with hard work. You have to always play

at a 110 percent and play as if every practice is a state

championship game.Don’t let others discourage you,” he adds. “You need

to find a coach that’s going to believe in you. Always be-

lieve in yourself.”

He says, “If you really want to get to the next level you

need to surround yourself with the best players. You haveto make many sacrifices,” like leaving friends on teams youplayed on. “I gave up my social life; gave up my junior year

for the academy season; gave up many party invites and

special occasions hanging with friends and family.”

“Soccer is a job,” he says. It is a time commitment with

many distant games and multiple practices every week,with little time off as teams still play in the rain, freezing

temperatures and snowstorms when turf fields get plowed.

“You need parents willing to sacrifice and drive you to the

far away destinations.”

Being injured is probably the toughest challenge. Con-

way advises to play through it, but “you also need to rest,heal, eat right, stretch and hydrate. It’s always good to have

a positive attitude.”

With his recent injury, Conway says, “This isn’t really

a major setback. I’ve been injured before. It’s all in the

mindset. This is just more adversity, another obstacle I’mgoing to have to face and overcome if I want to continue

with my dream chasing.” Even if he has to red shirt and

rest up a full year, Conway is optimistic as his brother Sky-

lar may be recruited to Rider as well- already took an un-

official visit there; if it works out, the brothers could havemore years playing as teammates again.

Conway concludes with a quote from the “Rocky”movie: “It’s not how hard you can hit; it’s how hard you

can get hit and keep moving forward.”

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by Cheryl Conway

Forty years ago, Mt. Olive’s need for

an affordable child care facility re-

sulted in the establishment of The

Mt. Olive Child Care & Learning Center

in Budd Lake.What started out in 1976 with just three

students and soon jumped to 25 gathering

at the Abiding Peace Lutheran Church by

the lake, has grown into a full center next

to the Mt. Olive Middle School, serving a

100 students at the main site and hundredsmore who attend before and after school

programs in the district as well as an ex-

tended-day kindergarten program.

Four decades later, the much needed

school has stayed true to its mission by re-

maining non-profit, unlike other pre-schools, in order to put all monies right

back into the school’s programs, facility,

teacher’s salaries and anything else re-

quired to keep a quality institution run-

ning.“They wanted to be a non-profit be-

cause they wanted to be a community

service,” explains Gail Reuther of Clifton,

executive director of the child care center

for the past 30 years. “The money equalsthe money out. So we stuck with that.

“Our guiding light is to service chil-dren and families in this community; to

provide quality affordable childcare edu-

cation and family support services regard-

less of income. The for-profit mission isdifferent than ours.”

Founding member Barbara Melzeger,

says the center’s vision was “We wanted

to have a child care center that focused on

early childcare education, not babysit-ting.” As a registered charity, “We wanted

a high quality facility to provide the best

quality educated daycare to the children

in Mt. Olive. Our mission was never

waivered.”The Mt. Olive Child Care & Learning

Center is celebrating its 40th anniversary

this June with a golf outing at Flanders

Valley Golf Course on May 16 and possi-

bly a Casino Night with details still being

planned.Reuther credits the center’s survival

due to its quality programs, certified

teachers and the ability to help familieswho need affordable child care.

“We are a good solid dependable or-ganization,” says Reuther. “Most come

here because it’s been recommended.

Most people feel they get good services.It’s that trust. You have to be able to trust

people and know they are going to get the

best they possibly can.”

Melzeger, who serves as president of

the Mt. Olive Child Care & Learning Cen-ter’s volunteer board of trustees, compli-mented the “wonderful staff” that “go

above and beyond,” especially with stu-

dents who require special needs or atten-

tion.

“We do not shy away from specialkids,” she says. “It’s a challenge but not

anything we’ve ever ran away from.” One

student who came to the center after being

“kicked out” of several centers for behav-

ior issues, was shortly realized by staff that

he was deaf." He could not speak, he couldnot hear. Her staff learned sign language

and “once they were able to communicate

with him, his behavior changed. He was

fine; he didn’t have any behavioral prob-

lems after that.”Active after all these years, Melzeger

describes how she helped get the center

established.

Melzeger had been working as a med-

ical technologist and research biologist forfood and drug pesticides when she had to

quit to take care of her new baby daugh-ter.

“I didn’t’ go back to work; I stayed

home,” says Melzeger. “I was fortunate

enough that my husband could supportus.” She still sent her to some nursery

schools, “so I stayed busy in town.” But

not all women could afford to stay home

and had to work.

When Melzeger got involved with theLeague of Women Voters in Roxbury and

Mt. Olive, it talked about the need of con-

ducting a study to determine the commu-

nity’s needs on childcare.

“We found an extremely strong needfor subsidized child care,” says Melzeger.

The group formed the “Citizens For Day-

care in Mt. Olive,” and she was elected

president.

“We did a survey in Mt. Olive which

comprised of 500 people,” she describes.There were nursery schools at the time of-

fering two and a half hour programs, but

no day cares. After 25 women conductedtelephone surveys reaching 500 people in

five days, it was determined that 51 per-cent of the female population was going

back to work and needed all day, full-day

childcare as well as subsidized child care.

In 1976, the group incorporated as a

non-profit, but “it took us a few years toopen our doors,” she says, because they

had to raise money to afford and find a

place.

The pastor at Abiding Peace Lutheran

Church in Budd Lake informed the groupof its plans to build a new building and of-

fered the group to use the old church, sheexplains.

“In 1978, we finally opened our doors;

had three children at the start, grew to

25.” In 1982, the center moved to theFlanders School and then 10 years later to

its current location.

Since the center is a charitable organi-

zation, it provides scholarships to some

students, while others receive money fromthe United Way of Northern New Jersey.

Not all of the 11 members of the vol-

unteer board of trustees are long timers.

One of the newest members to join the

school’s board is Michael Pocquat, Mt.Olive resident who recently retired from

the town’s police force in Dec. 2015 after

26 years.

“Upon retirement I was offered the op-

portunity to serve on the board at the child

care center,” he explains. “Realizing thatthis would give me the opportunity to stay

connected and continue to give back to the

community after all the good fortune Ihave been blessed with, I accepted the

offer.”Although he is “still learning the ropes

as far as my new role goes,” Pocquat says

“so far the experience has been a positive

one. The other members of the board are

truly dedicated to what they do. They area very professional and caring group of in-

dividuals who volunteer their time to

make sure the center has everything it

needs to continue to provide affordable

child care in an educational setting to thechildren and parents of the community.”

He says one of his goals “is to see thatas many people as possible learn about the

center and all it has to offer. Many people

believe that because of its name, “The

Mount Olive Child Care Center" that thecenter is run by or attached somehow to

the township. In fact, the center is an in-

dependent non-profit organization which

has offered community-based program-

ming and affordable child and familyservices to over 8,000 children and fami-

lies since 1976.”

Pocquat says one of the center ’s “great-

est positives” for families is the flexible

enrollment option which offers a slidingfee based on ability to pay. That, com-

bined with the ability to accommodate in-

fants and children up to 14, “make the

center attractive to parents looking for ed-

ucational based child care.”

As a new board member, Pocquat con-cludes that he hopes “I can help the center

continue to provide all of the great serv-

ices it has over the years to the families of the township and surrounding communi-

ties.”Seeing how much the center has

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By Cheryl Conway

Some residents who live in Mt. Olive donot really know all of the wonderful

programs provided at the Mt. Olive

Child Care & Learning Center in Budd Lake.

Located for the past decade in the former

Mt. Olive Public Library, possibly overshad-owed by the awesome Mt. Ol

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