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By Cheryl Conway

Township residents can do more than sit by their firethis winter to keep warm. Snuggling up in a new tap-estry blanket should surely help do the trick.The Brookside Ladies Auxiliary of the Brookside Fire Co.

in Mendham Twp. has designed a full color tapestry blanketof Mendham Township. With more than a hundred blanketsalready sold through the holidays, a few remain and more canbe ordered for the ongoing fundraiser.

Since 2012, the ladies auxiliary has been hosting the

Support Fire Department And Stay Warm With Township Blanket fundraiser to raise money to support the local fire department.This year’s Mendham Township Tapestry Blanket featurespictures of some of the important and historic landmarks intown.

“People really like them; that’s why we do them,” says

Fran Plodkowski, member of the Brookside Ladies Auxiliaryfor 13 years. “People usually leave it on their sofa; if they getcold they put it on.”

The 53x70 inch tapestry blanket is made in the USA, 100percent cotton and machine washable. Designed by auxiliarymembers, the blankets are then made by Liberty Logos, LLC.in Bridgeton, NC.

“We design them,” says Plodkowski who has lived inMendham Twp. for the past 33 years. “We took photos, chosewhat we like and they helped us put it together.”

This year’s blanket is multicolored and highlights all of Mendham Township featuring some of the important and his-torical buildings in town. Among those included are the Ral-ston Store, Library, Community Club, Post Office, BrooksideBridge, Brookside Fire House, Ralston Cider Mill and But-termilk Falls.

The blanket in previous years, in which hundreds havebeen sold, came in a limited choice of colors such as blue orgreen, and featured just sites in Brookside.

Plodkowski says the blanket sale is the auxiliary’s mainfundraiser to support the local fire department.

“It’s hard to get people to get together for a pancake break-fast,” she explains. The blanket sale, “it was easier. We orderthem once a year and sell them around the holidays,” as theydo make great Christmas/holiday gifts. “I have a few left.”

The blankets have also been popular as gifts for Mother’sDay, graduation, housewarming gifts, going away gifts andrealtor gifts.

All proceeds go to the auxiliary and are used to supportthe community activities and fire protection activities of Brookside Engine Company 1.

“We buy things for the firedepartment,”says Plodkowski.“We buy food for them when they go on calls. They take abox of food when they go on calls” to keep in their truck.Called a deployment box, the ladies fill this up with non-per-ishable food items.

“If there’s a big fire we can supply food for when theycome back. If they need something, we do it for them if wehave the money. ”

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By Cheryl Conway

Ayear has come and gone since I havetaken the reins as editor of New ViewMedia Group Newspapers and whata positive journey it has been.

Being part of a company that has doubledin size, from eight monthly papers to 17, hasbeen so exciting but the greatest joy for mehas been being on the forefront of so manywonderful stories that surround us every day.Most other newspapers will fill their pageswith police stories, obituaries, car accidents,suicides, murders, disasters, law suits, politi-cal battles and controversial issues that busymunicipal governments and school boards.

While every journalist craves that newsbreaking story or that shocking incident for

that hard-nose reporter to capture all thosedetails whether gory or devastating, there isnothing quite refreshing or satisfying than

covering a feel good story that tugs at heartstrings and puts a smile on one’s face.

My days this past year have surroundedme with stories about the kindest people whohave given their time, mind and spirit to helpothers in need; who have gone above and be-yond in their endeavors or jobs; who have putother people’s lives before theirs; or aboutevents that bring joy to the community orraise needed funds or supplies for a particularissue or charity; and even about communitiesand school districts that continue to work to-gether to improve their surroundings throughnew programs and resources; as well as busi-nesses that continue to keep hard workersemployed while providing the best servicesto customers.

While New View Media Group is an un-affiliated paper, meaning it remains untied toany particular religion or political group, it

Editor Wraps Up Top 2015 Stories; Welcomes More Shining Times For New Yearupholds similar virtues and ethics like beingkind to others, helping thy neighbor, givingtzedaka or charity, doing a mitzvah or kinddeed, volunteering time and sharing gener-ously and unselfishly with those in need.

Looking back through the twelve monthsof 2015, so many stories of genuine kindnessfill my mind that it would be wrongful of meto not reminisce before jumping in to sharethe positive moments unfolding for 2016.

For Mendham News readers, the storiesthat took center stage included a local authorwho wrote a book to help guide peoplethrough New York; local third graders spendthe year protecting the earth with planned ini-tiative; local 42-year old man survived Nepalearthquake; 74-year old local researcher

completed book to educate others about herexperience as victim of Parkinson’s disease;Mendham graduate returned home to inspireothers about her foundation and passion inhelping orphaned children in Nepal andnamed 2015 CNN Hero of the Year; mem-bers of Mendham Hills Community Churchshared stories of volunteer mission teams thatbuild homes, donate clothing and organizesports clinics in Guatemala City; local manassisted cashew farmers in Ghana with Peace

Corps.; students at Hilltop ElementarySchool get introduced to new initiative to en-courage walking with a parent; MendhamTwp. Middle School students fundraised todonate a well to people in South Sudan;township fire company received oxygenmasks to save pets.

The positive stories are endless and con-tagious really. Shared each month to inspire,motivate, reflect and channel others to get in-volved, donate, give back, participate or even

just turn negative energy into one filled withoptimism and hope, each community standsstronger and united knowing that there arepeople out there who do care and are makinga difference every day.Nothing wrong with being humble, but do

not let that stop you from contacting NewView Media Group to share your contribu-tion of how you helped to make the world abrighter place. There is nothing wrong withshining and patting yourself on the back forsome well-deserved recognition.Send your press releases and story ideas tome at [email protected]. I look for-ward to hearing from you in 2016…until thenhappy, healthy New Year to all readers.

A couple of other things the Ladies Aux-iliary funds are the cookies for Santa at theFirehouse. “The firemen invite the childrento see Santa and we supply the cookies andhot chocolate,” explains Plodkowski. “We

also help at the Halloween party for the chil-dren and Clam Bake.”

The price of the full color tapestry is $60.This past fundraiser sold 125 blankets and afew remain. To get one or order for the nextsale, call 973-543-2145.

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Iwould like to begin by thanking all of the borough employees and volunteerswho have helped us wrap another suc-cessful year for Mendham Borough. With-

out them, we could not provide the highlevel of service our residents expect of theirlocal government. Our biggest employeeaccomplishment was achieved by Sue Gior-dano, our CFO, who in conjunction with ourBorough Auditor, Bud Jones, increased ourbond rating to a triple a rating. This puts theborough in some very elite company in thestate of New Jersey as we are only one of about 20 towns or so who hold this rating.

The cornerstone of our success this yearwas the acquisition of Scott Farm on Moun-

tainside Rd. Thanks to the diligent effortsof Rick Merkt, John Andrus and the entireopen space committee, we were able toclose on this property in Dec. 2015 after twoyears of working to do so. While the prop-erty was funded partially by the borough’sopen space trust fund, Merkt was able to se-cure the lions share of funding from thecounty of Morris and the Morris CountyMunicipal Utilities Authority. The propertywill now be open for passive recreation by

members of the public.The personnel committee, in conjunction

with Merkt, updated our salary ordinance aswell as the borough’s job descriptions and

the borough’s employee handbook.A five year deal was negotiated with ourlocal PBA. As a side note, the PBA has pur-chased and contributed an electronic scoreboard which has been erected in BoroughPark and will be ready for use come thespring baseball season.

The replacement of the fire house roof was completed and a contract was signedwith Matrix LLC, a nationally recognizedconsulting firm based in Mountainview, CA,to perform an assessment on the operational

efficiencies of our police department. Theresults of this study are expected to be madeavailable to the governing body and ulti-mately members of the public during thefirst quarter of 2016.

As we close out 2015, it is important tonote the administration. Led by Mr. Merkt,saved the borough approximately $400,000.This savings is a combination of grants, re-ductions in pension and health care costs,streamlining of open positions and finally,

the retirement of the last pay phone locatedin the borough. This pay phone was locatedin the Garabrant Center and was costing theborough $1,000 to maintain.

Goals identified for 2016 by the admin-istration include: adoption of a balancedbudget; implementation of new accountingsoftware; begin and possibly conclude themaster plan re-examination; upgrade of computer security at the wastewater recla-mation center; development of a repair planfor the phoenix house; research the replace-ment of the borough telephone system; re-search barn and trail grants; reduce policedepartment overtime; reduce the securityovertime incurred by the police department

by contracting with Chester Borough; ex-plore the possibility of a share service withChester Borough relative the sharing of ourwastewater superintendent/operator; updateand upgrade the borough website; workwith our neighbors in Mendham andChester Twp., Chester Borough and ourcounterparts on the local school board to de-termine how we want to move forward withthe potential de-regionalization of the WestMorris Regional High School district.

Your borough council continues to be ahighly efficient and effective governingbody. While there have been differing view-points during 2015, each council member

continues to recognize the importance of ex-pressing their respective opinions whilestriving to reach a consensus that benefitsour borough. This is what you elected us todo.

I am extremely confident that tenor willcontinue in 2016 and can promise you thatas your mayor, I will continue to work dili-gently and do everything necessary to insurethat it does.

I would like to close by asking all of ourresidents to take the time to consider serving

on one of our many volunteer boards.Openings are available on the planningboard, board of adjustment, recreation com-mittee, historic preservation committee andthe board of health. If you are interested ingetting involved, please contact our Bor-ough Clerk Margot Kay, in the PhoenixHouse.Sincerely,Mendham Borough Mayor Neil Henry

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A variety of programs geared to-wards families, children, and adultswill be offered this winter at Schiff Nature Preserve in Mendham.

Take a guided “Winter Full Moon NightHike” along Schiff’s moonlit trails on Jan.

23. The group will depart from the NatureCenter at 7:30 p.m. This hike is ideal forfamilies with children ages seven and up.Sturdy outdoor footwear is required.

For daylight hiking, Schiff’s popular“Sunday Morning Fitness Hikes” are of-

T he Mendham Township ElementarySchool in Brookside plans to holdits Pre-Kindergarten and Kinder-garten Registration for the 2016-2017school year on Wed., Feb. 3, and Thurs.,Feb. 4, from 9:30 a.m.-3 p.m.

Prospective kindergarten students mustbe five years of age on or before Oct. 1 toregister for kindergarten. Please note ex-tended day kindergarten will be offered be-tween the months of Sept.-Dec. at a tuition

cost of $300 per month.Prospective pre-kindergarten students

must be three or four years old by the startof the 2016-2017 school year.

Visit www.mendhamtwp.org to accesspre-kindergarten and kindergarten registra-tion forms and current tuition information.Completed registration forms, original birthcertificate and proof of residency are re-quired.

Winter Fun Planned At Schiff Nature Preservefered on the third Sunday of each month, inJanuary, February and March. These brisk,five-mile hikes begin at 8 a.m. at Schiff’sMcVicker’s Brook parking lot in Mend-

ham, and cross varied terrain within thePreserve. Vaccinated dogs on a leash arewelcome.

Schiff offers various environmental ed-ucation programs for children throughoutthe year. “Tree Time for Tykes” will fostera love of the great outdoors in preschoolage children who are accompanied by anadult caregiver. Led by a Schiff Naturalist,the program includes stories, songs, andopportunities to explore forest trails. Win-ter program themes include: “Snow Much

Fun” on Jan. 25 and 29, a journey to dis-cover how animals survive the coldweather; “Tracks” on Feb. 22 and 26, asearch to find out which animals are mov-ing about in the winter; and “Mud!” onMarch 21, an adventure to learn about ani-mals that prefer to live in the mud. Theone-hour programs begin at 10 a.m.

Older children, ages six and up, willenjoy the “Nature Discovery for Kids” pro-

grams. “Map & Compass,” offered onMarch 20, from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m., will teachthe basics of how to navigate with a mapand compass through hands-on activities

and exploration of the preserve.For adults, Christina Wypijewska willlead a “Moonrise Yoga & Meditation” classon Monday evenings in February. Open toall levels, the five sessions will be held onFeb. 1, 8, 15, 22, and 29 at 7 p.m.

Schiff also offers birthday parties, scoutprograms and school field trips year-round.Schiff’s popular Summer Nature Programfor Kids in July and August gives childrenfrom preschool through age 12 the choiceof weekly sessions including “Playwrights

of the Preserve” and “Artists of the Forest.”Registration for the Summer Nature Pro-gram opens March 14.

Space is limited for most programs andadvanced registration is required. Schiff members enjoy reduced program fees. Formore information and to register for anevent, visit www.SchiffNaturePreserve.orgor call 973-543-6004.

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By Cheryl Conway

For those who agree “it’s better to

give than receive,” there is an op-portunity banging on the door of ashelter organization that could help hun-dreds of women and children who may beleft on the street if the mortgage is not paid.

Secret Santas may be long gone, butthere has to be an angel out there willing tohold the mortgage of Strengthen Our Sis-ters, a grassroots, community based non-profit, program serving homeless/batteredwomen and children for more than four

decades. Faced with mortgage conflicts,the shelter has to come up with $30,000 byJan. 15 to avoid foreclosure.

Established in 1977 as Shelter Our Sis-ters - the first shelter for battered womenin North America- the organizationchanged its name to Strengthen Our Sisters(SOS) and grew to eight houses, two daycare centers, a food pantry and a thriftstore. The properties’ value a total of $2.5million, with just under $600,000 left to be

paid. With restricted monies coming in, theorganization is at risk of closing its doorsto hundreds of women and children with noother safe place to go.

“I don’t know what would happen tothese people,” says Sandra Ramos of Ring-wood, founder and executive director of SOS. “If we don’t get help with the mort-gage people will be on the street. If some-one wants to be an angel and save ourmortgage that would be great.”

Ramos explains “if we had the $30,000it would be the drop down money if some-one could give it.”

Rialto Capital Management Advisors inFlorida, the company that is holding themortgage bridge loan, did not return phonecalls to New View Media Group as of presstime. Valley National Bank had sold themortgage to Rialto when SOS’s fundingwas reduced, says Ramos.

“During this year and one half, they

have seen our reliability and commitmentto avoid foreclosure by paying $30,000every three months, which is directly ap-plied to the principal, along with a monthlypayment of $7,000,” says Ramos. “SOShas done this faithfully, although it has

been challenging.”Ramos, a pioneer advocate for battered

women, started her first shelter in 1970 inher three bedroom home in Hackensack.She had three small children at the time,was facing divorce after ten years of mar-riage and was in need of a roommate, sheexplains.

“I wanted a roommate,” says Ramos, soshe put the word out that she wanted toshare her house. “The ones who came tome were the ones who got battered,” saysRamos. “Women called to say ‘I can’t stay

in my house.’”One roommate turned into 23 women in

her house at one point, she admits. Herchildren would sleep with her in her wa-terbed; there would be some guests on thefloor, in the bathtub, in the basement.

“I would get a call and say ‘I’m sorry Ihave no room.’ But it was difficult to turnpeople away who would say ‘I finally gotthe courage to leave; if you don’t take meI will die.”’

Ramos says, “My neighbors said theydidn’t want battered women on their block,and I told them, ‘they are already here, thequestion is do you want them living withpain, suffering and horror or do you wantthem living with peace, dignity and re-spect?’”

When the town found out that Ramoshad too many people at her house they“threatened to put me in jail,” she says. Thetown cited her for “overcrowding” because

she had three or more unrelated people liv-ing together.

“I told the town ‘If you want a place forthem you have to drag them out kickingand screaming;’ so they put them in amotel,” Twin Lakes Motel in Paramus.

Ramos did not turn her back on themand instead continued to help them.

“We would have to pick them up andtake them to look for housing, counseling,”says Ramos. “They [the town] didn’t give

them food or services, counseling.”The Catholic Church would bring food

and battered women would work togetherto help other women.

Over the years, in 1977, her initiativebecame Shelter Our Sisters. She moved out

of her house to Bergen County in a houselocated on a church’s property in Bogota.

About 10 to 15 women in children livedthere.Her organization grew, and established

a board of directors, but after a disagree-ment, the board fired Ramos in 1986.

Ramos separated and formed SOS ayear later. With her children grown, shemoved to her house in Ringwood “and peo-ple started calling me. I let some peoplestay in my house. We knew we had to get ashelter.”

They opened a thrift store in Haskell.“We raised more money,” and even theboard from her first organization wouldsend her people to help.

With a state regulated budget of up tofour million dollars, Ramos was able tomanage her organization but as state regu-lations got stricter, operations got toughersuch as paying the mortgage.

“I’ve always been an advocate forwomen and children,” says Ramos, who

teaches social issues and dynamics of do-mestic violence at Ramapo College inMahwah as an adjunct professor. “Every-body has been touched by domestic vio-lence in one way.

“One woman was going to be killed bya gangster guy,” explains Ramos. Otherwomen and children she brought into hershelter were rich but their husbands were“molesters and child abusers. No onewould take them. We reach out to people

who need help. We help a lot of pregnantwomen and children.”

Through her shelter program, Ramossays “thousands have been saved” duringthe past 46 years. With two hotline num-bers, Ramos has made herself available tohelp others.

The mission of SOS is to break thecycle of domestic violence, poverty andabuse by restoring balance and harmonythrough individual empowerment.

She currently helps 155 women andchildren in seven shelters located in NewFoundland, Wanaque and West Milford;two daycare centers in Wanaque and WestMilford; a thrift store in a church; and onefood pantry in Wanaque.

To support her organization, Ramos re-ceives some money from the Passaic

County Dept. of Human Services, privatedonations, counties and social services,“but not enough to keep it going. We havea transportation grant but they took it away.We have five vans; we need help. We’vebeen running for three and a half years witha non-paid staff,” down from a paid staff of 55 that were let go when SOS lost fund-ing, she says.

Ramos says she currently has 17 non-paid volunteers who drive the shelter resi-

dents to look for jobs, to court, doctorappointments, social services, schools;they fix things, watch children.

“They are exhausted but they believe inthe shelter,” says Ramos, just like she does.

“I have seen women that have come tome and their lives are a wreck, depressed,suicidal,” she says.

“People are still calling,” continuesRamos. “Every day I get four or five calls.We take almost everybody. We take people

who no one else will take. We take peoplewithout welfare vouchers. We don’t wantto see them killed, beaten or frozen todeath.

“Yesterday, a 70-year old woman had noheat, we took her,” adds Ramos. She alsotook in another woman with five children,“who would be out in the street forced tolive with child molesters.”

One of her houses is for all olderwomen, some in wheelchairs, others with

oxygen. “Nobody will take them.”Many of the women and children her or-

ganization helps “don’t have families,” areon section eight, have families or friends“who don’t like them; who don’t want tohelp them. We have a lot of dysfunctionalfamilies.”

Ramos explains, “I see them heal, getstrong and get their lives together. We livein a violent society; there’s a lot of vio-lence. The work I’m doing I feel it’s a mis-

sion but right now I need an angel. I justneed someone to pay off the mortgage orhold it. We just really need someone tohelp.”

To make a donation or to help, callRamos at 973-831-0898.

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By Anastasia Marchese

It is difficult to encapsulate the work of Family Promise.Its mission statement explains it best;“Family Promise of Morris County is a

non-sectarian, not-for-profit organizationdedicated to ending the crisis of homeless-ness faced by Morris County families bypartnering with other public and privateagencies, religious congregations and com-munity volunteers to provide shelter, casemanagement and mentoring services lead-ing to self-sufficiency.”

One of the main ways that Family Prom-ise has served the homeless community in

Morris County has been through its inter-faith network. More than 70 area congrega-tions open their homes of worship on arotating basis, to provide temporary foodand shelter for those without housing.Many volunteers throughout the countymake this Emergency Shelter and foodavailable to those in need.

The new Our Promise drop in centerdoes not provide nighttime shelter, but ismeeting many other pressing needs for thehomeless community in Morristown.

“We have two main focuses at the cen-ter,” said Joann Bjornson, executive direc-tor of Family Promise Morris County“providing for basic needs and case man-agement.”

When people who are not living in ahomeless situation think of basic needs,there are many things that may not come tomind. Bjornson noted how important accessto bathrooms and hygiene items are forthose living without safe housing.

“Even just the dignity and respect of being able to have access to clean, safe rest-rooms,” she said. “And things like under-wear, socks and feminine hygiene items.”

Bjornson mentioned that the homelesspopulation often doesn’t have access tolaundry facilities either.

“Their socks get wet and they have noway to wash them, so instead of carryingaround dirty socks, they throw them away.”

In order to help people clean and main-tain their belongings, the drop in shelterprovides laundry cards.

There are so many other things that peo-ple may not identify as needs such as rainponchos, sunscreen, deodorant, lip balmand lotions.

“When you think about it, if you arespending most of your time outside, you

need sunscreen.”It is also important that during hot or

cold weather, people have access to the cen-ters heating/cooling station, just to be able

to get out of the elements.Try to imagine living life without ahome to provide shelter and a safe place fortaking care of general health and hygieneissues. Any woman who has been campingduring her period can understand the diffi-culty of feminine hygiene issues withoutaccess to running water and toilets. Eventhe costs of hygiene products can be pro-hibitive.

Meeting these kinds of basic humanneeds and respecting the dignity of the

homeless population is a large part of whatthe drop in center has to offer.

The second part of the mission is casemanagement. This is the opportunity towork with clients and understand their cur-rent situation and how it is affecting them.It also means finding services that they areeligible for and connecting them up withagencies or organizations that can meetthese needs.

Things like providing a legal address forpeople, so they can send and receive corre-spondence and payments. They also haveaccess to telephones, computers and aknowledgeable clinical staff that can notonly listen to their story, but also connectthem up with other organizations that canhelp.

“People say that they should pull them-selves up by their bootstraps, and hardwork, but that isn’t enough anymore” pointsout Bjornson. “Minimum wage jobs areoften the most physically exhausting, buthow do you get to the next level? You areliving in poverty, how do you even imaginethat?

Minimum wage jobs used to be enoughto make ends meet, when someone couldget a room for $100 a week but now it’s$600-$800 a month for a room in Morriscounty. That isn’t doable on a minimumwage job.”

If someone gets sick, then forget it. Theywill never be able to catch up. That is whyeducation is needed, so people can have ac-cess to higher paying jobs which would en-able them to afford housing.

Some people may see a homeless personwith a cell phone and think that if they can’tafford housing they shouldn’t have a cellphone. Once again, if someone imagineshimself living without safe housing, the

Family Promise Opens New Drop In Center, Our Promiseneed for a cell phone becomes instantly ap-parent. It is also nearly impossible to secureemployment without a phone number. Thedrop in center provides charging stations for

cell phones as well.Family Promise is also working withlocal health care professionals to providehealth care options.

“People can use the ER for their medicalcare,” says Bjornson. “They have no timefor prevention; there is no time for that, soit’s more reactive.”

Helping people find avenues of care be-fore there is a crisis can keep them out of the ER.

When the center first opened in July, it

was having mostly clients picking up theirmail and leaving. About 10-15 people a daydropped in, but didn't really take advantageof the services being offered. Now, there arebetween 25-45 people a day with about 125unduplicated clients a week, with manypeople staying to use the center, and speakwith the staff and volunteers.

“The clinical staff is really helping peo-

ple,” reflects Bjornson.The mission of Our Promise is not com-

pletely set as Family Promise continues tofigure out what the actual needs are and

how to best address them. For 2016, thecenter is considering the needs of people re-leased from prison and hospitals, and con-sidering how they can help these peoplefind their place in society.

The center is able to do all this throughthe use of government funding, and thecharity of various business, organizationsand individuals. They have trained staff onsite as well as the valuable donations of their time by volunteers. They are currentlylooking for a volunteer to help at the drop

in center.Anyone interested in getting involved ei-

ther as a volunteer or through donations cancontact Our Promise at 973-644-0100 [email protected].

The drop in center is located at The FirstBaptist Church of Morristown and is openMon. thru Fri. 1 p.m.-4:30 p.m.


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in any kind of weather at the Sussex CountyFairgrounds on Sat., Jan. 30, from 9 a.m. to3 p.m. The 13th annual United Way ChiliOpen Golf Classic combines a spirited golf outing with the serious work of raisingmoney to help area residents who are strug-gling to make ends meet.

Golfers can play 18 holes — sometimesin the snow and freezing temperatures —and warm up afterward with a chili sam-pling fest as well as a variety of other farefrom local restaurants and caterers. Golfersalso can take part in dozens of raffles fea-

turing prizes from local businesses and com-munity members. In addition, SussexCounty band R.E.N.O. will be on hand toplay its signature brand of acoustic rockmusic.

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County households are ALICE.“This winter golf event not only offers

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bors in need,” said United Way CommunityRelations Manager Monica Lemperle.“Through the United Way Chili Open Golf Classic, we are helping area residentsachieve financial stability.”

The event raises funds to help provideALICE households with access to free taxpreparation, financial education and othersupports, putting ALICE on the path to fi-nancial independence.

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AMardi Gras jazz worship service andpancake breakfast is set to be held atStanhope United Methodist Churchin Netcong on Sun., Feb. 7. The worshipservice is at 9:30 a.m. with Jazz Music andthe Pancake Breakfast will have two seatingsat 8:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. Live andrecorded jazz music will be featured at the

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There will be a "free will" offering for thebreakfast and during the worship service. Theoffering will be used to continue supportingHurricane Sandy relief efforts. There are stillhundreds of families affected and displacedfrom that storm more than two years later.

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