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TRAVISANO (ALJ), IARUSSI (SUMMIT) ROLL FOR TDs; DIAZ (CRAN.), TUFARO (SPF) KEY TACKLES

Middlesex Holds Off Union in Grid Snapple Bowl, 30-28By DAVID B. CORBIN

Specially Written for The Westfield Leader and The Times

Cornerback Daquan Bailey(Colonia) intercepted quarter-back Doug Carter’s (Elizabeth)two-point conversion attemptpass in the end zone with 40seconds remaining to salvage theMiddlesex County All-Stars a 30-28 victory over the Union CountyAll-Stars in the 20th annualSnapple Bowl football game atKean University in Union on July18.

The Middlesex gridders’ victoryat the charity event for Children’s

Specialized Hospital and Cere-bral Palsy gave them an 11-9edge in the series. Last year,Middlesex defeated Union, 39-15, in East Brunswick, but in2011, Union prevailed, 28-6, atKean.

Westfield High School had onerepresentative with ShakiylGlasco, who specialized predomi-nantly in punt returns during thegame.

“I am blessed on being se-lected, and I am trying to showup for my family and friends whocame out today. The charity was

fun when I went on Monday. Andfor everyone, I hope we have agreat game,” Glasco said.

In the game, Glasco had sev-eral fine punt returns, unfortu-nately, a few were nullified dueto illegal blocks in the back. Fromhis cornerback position, Glascobroke up two long passes.

Scotch Plains-Fanwood hadthree representatives with line-men Anthony Tufaro and JamesKaiser, and safety Dein Rice.

Tufaro, who placed sixth at 285-lbs in the NJSIAA Wrestling Tour-nament in Atlantic City this win-ter is not done yet with his ath-letic career. “I am greatful that Igot chosen. It’s my last highschool career football game.Hopefully, I will make my school

proud, do some great work forthe charity and hopefully it’s agood game. I am going to wrestleat the University of Buffalo, so itshould be a fun time,” Tufarosaid.

During the game, Tufaro stuffedsome runs and “crunched” a two-point conversion attempt late inthe third quarter.

Rice, who will attend UMass atAmherst, said, “It’s a blessing! Iam honored to play to supportthe charity. This is my last game,so I hope we come out with abang.”

“I could not be happier to playfor my school one more time, toshow everyone I still got it, and Iam excited that I get to have two

of my teammates with me. I amactually playing here at KeanUniversity, so I am excited aboutthat,” Kaiser said.

Cranford had four representa-tives with linemen Jeff Weiss,Jack Davis and Ryan Farrell, andlinebacker Nick Diaz, who wasalso selected as a Union teamcaptain.

“It’s an honor to get to thisawesome game and cause for acharity, kids with cerebral palsy.I am the captain, and it is the lasttime I am playing football. I amplaying with some of my team-mates and some people I playedagainst. It’s more than an honor,”Diaz said.

Throughout the game, Diaz wason top of the Middlesex runningbacks and recorded several

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throws for a loss.Weiss, who played on offense,

said, “I am going to LycomingCollege [Williamsport, Pa.] to playfootball. I am going to possiblywrestle if I can keep my gradesup after football season. It’s niceto have one more high schoolgame, hopefully go out with a

win. It’s great to representCranford.”

“I am excited to play the game.It’s one last time to play footballfor the rest of my life. It’s a lot offun and the heat doesn’t reallymatter,” said Davis, who alsoplayed offense.

Farrell, who played on the de-

fensive line, commented, “I amexcited to be out here again, behere with these guys. These arekids who we played against dur-ing the season. I love the factthat we are playing for the kidswith disabilities. I am a softy, soI get a little sentimental aboutthat. I think we can win. Hope-fully, we will have a good game.”

Farrell was no softy, however,against the Middlesex runningbacks and recorded several tack-les, including a two-yard sack.

Union kicked off to open thegame and the defense smoth-ered the Middlesex offense andforced a three-and-out. The ma-jor play was a 12-yard sack in-flicted by Summit’s AndrewOristano.

“We called some basic defenses,nothing fancy. Everyone did hisjob. They are all all-stars outthere,” Diaz said.

After Union went three-and-out, Middlesex engineered a 12-play, 87-yard scoring drive thatended with Bishop Ahr wide re-ceiver Mike Jenson’s 29-yardtouchdown (TD) reception with

4:16 on the clock. The point aftermade the score, 7-0.

Union began its next drive atthe 12-yard line, and after sev-eral runs by Anthony Travisano(A.L. Johnson) and AJ Iarussi(Summit), Elizabeth quarterbackDoug Carter hooked up withKason Campbell (Union) for a 73-

yard TD with 2:20 remaining inthe first quarter. The point afterfailed.

Middlesex drove to the Unionthree, but the Union defense ex-tinguished the drive and tookover at the three. Middlesex’sdefense had evil ideas also, es-

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pecially defensive end AbdelRagab (Edison) who recorded asafety early in the second quar-ter to make the score, 9-6. Ragabwent on to record a number ofkey stops and was awarded thegame’s Most Valuable Player.

With the counterpunching com-bination of Travisano and Iarussi,

Union chewed up the turf andrumbled to the Middlesex threewhere Travisano scooted in forthe TD with 3:33 left in the half.Carter then found EmmanuelAtilola (Rahway) for the two-point conversion to put Union up,14-9.

The Union Snapplers appeared

to be on the verge of anotherscoring drive, but two sacks anda bad snap turned the ball over toMiddlesex at the 45. On the firstplay, David Claybrook(Piscataway) had a 45-yard TDreception with :58 left. He alsocaught the two-point conversionto give Middlesex a 17-14 lead atthe half.

Union opened the second halfwith a trick play, when DerickSinger (New Providence) tookthe kickoff and handed off toCampbell, who sprinted down theleft side line for a 94-yard TDwith 11:43 on the clock. Thesuccessful two-point conversionto James Womble (Roselle) madethe score, 22-17.

Middlesex answered with a drivethat resulted in quarterback TrentBarney (Colonia) slipping in for athree-yard TD, making the score,23-22. Tufaro crunched the con-version attempt run.

Early in the fourth quarter,Bailey intercepted Carter’s pass

at the Union 20 and returned it tothe two where Naji Johnson(Carteret) pushed it in for theTD. The point after was good.

More bad snaps silenced an-other Union drive, but Union wassuccessful on its final drive,thanks to Campbell’s 42-yard runto the Middlesex one and Iarussi’s

one-yard TD bash with :40 re-maining. Bailey’s interception onthe conversion attempt securedMiddlesex’s victory.Middlesex 7 10 6 7 30Union 6 8 8 6 28

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* Middlesex County Gridders Hold Off Union County, 30-28, in Annual Snapple Bowl *





By DAVID B. CORBINSpecially Written for The Westfield Leader and The Times

A rematch between the ScotchPlains-Fanwood Raiders 11Ubaseball team and the CranfordCougars ended up much tighterthan the previous meeting, butthe Cougars held on to earn a 4-2 victory in North Jersey All-StarLeague action at Memorial Fieldin Cranford on July 17.

On July 11, the Cougars re-ceived strong pitching perfor-mances from Jake Van Dam andJack Jarosz to defeat the Raid-ers, 9-2. This time, Mike Murphy,Jeremy Ruka and Nick Black, re-spectively, each pitched two in-nings and allowed no walks, whileyielding five hits. Murphy allowedone hit and struck out three,Ruka gave up a run on two hitsand fanned three, and Black al-lowed a run on two hits.

“We are very lucky that wehave a lot of great pitching. Wehave had it since these kids wereeight. It’s a stable of great pitch-ers, and whoever’s turn it is, theytake the ball and the kids workhard behind them playing de-fense. We have trust in whom-ever we put out there on themound,” Cougar Coach RobKanterman said.

“Both teams pitched well. Bothteams had really good defense. Iam really happy with the way weplayed today. They are a biggerteam than us. They are a stron-ger team,” Raider Head CoachMel Zitter said.

Raider starting pitcher Gus Barcoand reliever Matt DelGado alsoperformed well on the mound.Barco, who yielded a hit in thefirst inning, gave up two runs onfour hits and a walk in the second.

DelGado tossed a scoreless thirdand fourth innings, allowing a

CR’s MURPHY SLAMS HR, ROBINSON 2-RBI 1B; SPF’s BARCO RBI DBL, 1B; BARGE 2 RUNS, 2 IBs

Cranford Holds Off Raiders in NJASL 11s Baseball, 4-2single and hitting a batter, thengave up two runs on two hits and

two walks in the fifth inning.In addition to the superb pitch-

ing, another major factor to theCougars’ success was theirtreachery on the base paths. Al-though they were gunned downor picked off three times, theCougars swiped nine bases, threeby Jake Van Dam, who went 2-for-2 with a run scored. ConnorKatz singled and stole a pair ofbases. Jarosz singled, was hit-by-a-pitch and stole a base. Rukawalked, stole a base and scoredonce, and Chris Guiditta walkedand swiped a base.

“We like to be aggressive. Wehave a lot of fast kids and CoachRich Wischusen and I teach ag-gressiveness. They are still 11.They are supposed to be havingfun and learning at the sametime. If they get thrown out, they


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get thrown out. It’s the coaches’fault, and we go get them thenext time,” Coach Kantermansaid.

“We picked two guys off, threwa guy out at the plate stealingand threw a guy out at secondbase stealing. We just workedhard. We swung the bats well,”

Coach Zitter said.Barco led the Raiders offen-

sively with an RBI double and asingle and added the Raiders’only stolen base. Mike Urbanorapped an RBI double, and JoeBarge went 2-for-3 and scoredboth Raider runs.

Murphy retired the Raiders in

order in the top of the first then,after a groundout, EvanKanterman lashed a single toleftfield in the Cougar first.Kanterman then got caught in arundown and the next batterpopped up to the pitcher.

Barco hopped a leadoff singlein the second and managed toreach third on a wild pitch and astolen base, but Murphy got thenext batter to pop up and fol-lowed up with two strikeouts. Inthe bottom of the inning, Murphyblasted a leadoff home run overthe leftfield fence. Jarosz singledbut got gunned down attemptingto steal. Ruka singled and stolesecond, Van Dam singled andMax Wischusen slashed an RBIsingle to center, making thescore, 2-0.

In the fourth, Barge bashed asingle to center and rumbled tosecond when the ball eluded thefielder. Urbano stepped up anddrilled his RBI double down theleftfield line.

The Cougars added two runs ofinsurance in the fifth. Van Damchopped a leadoff single andswiped second and third.Wischusen walked and stole sec-ond. Will Robinson hacked a two-run single then, later, got gunneddown attempting to steal second.

In the Raider sixth, Barge

squibbled a two-out single andadvanced to second on a wildpitch. Barco lined an RBI doubledown the right field line thenUrbano grounded to second forthe final out.Sc. Pl.-Fanwood 000 101 2Cranford 020 02x 4






ANGELI BLASTS THREE-RUN HOME RUN; YANG, GIALLUISI, KEARNY CRACK 2 HITS APIECE

WF Blue 9s Top Long Hill, 7-4 in No. Jersey All-Star LeagueBy DAVID B. CORBIN

Specially Written for The Westfield Leader and The Times

Strong pitching set up a tightlycontested game, but a few keyhits and several fine fielding playsallowed the Westfield Blue 9Ubaseball team to earn a 7-4 vic-tory over Long Hill in North Jer-sey All-Star League action atGumbert 1 Field in Westfield onthe 44th anniversary of man’sfirst walk on the moon — July 20,1969.

Sam DeMizio and ConnorDreyer shared the pitching du-ties for Long Hill. Dreyer relievedDeMizio in the third inning afterWestfield Blue plated three runsand limited them to just onemore run on two hits and onewalk, while striking out six inthree innings.

“Connor threw well. He throwsa lot of strikes. But these kids, as

they get older, are going to hitbetter, so you will need the de-fense. Defense wins baseball,”Long Hill Head Coach DaveDeMizio said.

Jack Barker, Aiden Scheper andDylan Rossin each pitched twoinnings for Westfield. Barker al-lowed three runs with two hitsand two walks and struck outfour. Scheper yielded one run ontwo hits, walked none and fannedone. Rossin permitted no runs,no hits and no walks, while strik-ing out one.

“We are playing disciplinedbaseball. We throw strikes. Wehave seven of eight kids, whocan pitch for us. We won fourtough games in a row. We beatBerkeley Heights, Long Hill,Scotch Plains and Chatham. Weweren’t even close to making theplayoffs. These four wins put us

in the top tier of our division,”Westfield Blue Coach Peter

Gialluisi said.Strong defense, especially on

the part of both teams’ infieldkept the game tight.

“It was definitely a well-playedgame. We’ve played Westfieldquite a few times before. Theyare a good team on the field. Wealways have good games withthem, back-and-forth, tightgames. What it came down totoday was they made the plays.They played a solid defensivegame. Our boys put the ball inplay. They were there and madethe plays,” Coach DeMizio said.

“We don’t make a lot of errors.Our infielders know what to dowith the baseball. It’s smart base-ball. They don’t throw the ballaround,” Coach Gialluisi said.

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the nine-year-olds challenged thedistance. Long Hill’s Dreyerbanged a triple in the fourth in-ning. Tyler Frankel smashed atwo-run double in the second.The longest drive came off thebat of Westfield Blue’s StevenAngeli, who blasted an inside-the-park three-run home run inthe third. Kevin Yang (2-for-3,

run scored) drilled an RBI doublein the first, and Aiden Kearney(2-for-2, run scored) cracked adouble in the second.

“They probably popped out 185-190 feet over here. We havesome big strong kids, and wehave gotten better every game.I am so proud of them,” CoachGialluisi said.

Nick Marino led off the Long Hillfirst inning with a walk. Drew VanHoutte reached on an error, andafter Dreyer grounded out toshortstop, Marino scored onDeMizio’s grounder to second. Inthe bottom of the inning, Scheper

drew a leadoff walk and Yangyanked his RBI double to right-center. Barker walked, MarkGialluisi (2-for-3, run scored)tapped an infield single and DanielRiccardi drew a bases-loadedwalk to score Yang.

Long Hill was up to thechallenge and scored a pairof runs in the second to graba 3-2 lead. Scott Cunninghamwalked, Preston Gully singledto center and Frankel drilledhis two-run double to left-center. Westfield knotted thescore in the bottom of theinning. Kearney doubled toright and sped to second ona passed ball. Mike McKennawas hit-by-a-pitch thenKearney scored on KevinWarren’s grounder back tothe mound.

Westfield found the spotsin the third. Barker andGialluisi both singled andAngeli slammed his three-run homer. After the pitch-ing change, Rossin reachedbase on an error, StephenHarvey walked, Kearney

singled and McKenna added anRBI groundout, giving Westfielda 7-3 lead.

Long Hill’s final run came in thefourth when Dreyer lined his tripleto left and scored on DeMizio’sRBI infield single.Long Hill 120 100 4Westfield Blue 214 00x 7





CRANFORD – The Jewish Com-munity Center (JCC) of CentralNew Jersey, which offers pre-school and kindergarten pro-grams, has announced that it isexpanding beyond its walls inScotch Plains to create a small,intimate 2s program at TempleBeth-El Mekor Chayim begin-ning in September. TempleBeth-El Mekor Chayim is locatedat 338 Walnut Avenue inCranford.

There are both half-day andfull-day 2s program options, andthe JCC also will offer early andlate stay care options at theCranford location.

The JCC preschool and kinder-garten is NAEYC (National Asso-ciation for the Education of YoungChildren) accredited and is arecognized Sheva Learning Com-munity Cornerstone School bythe JCCA of North America.Sheva (seven) is comprised of

seven core elements that iden-tify and distinguish the school asa progressive, dynamic and ex-cellent learning community thatidentifies with constructivistlearning philosophies and is in-spired by Jewish expressions ofvalues.

Additionally, the JCC’s Cranfordlocation offers working parentscommuting convenience asTemple Beth-El Mekor Chayim iswithin walking distance from theCranford train station and busstop and just minutes away fromthe Garden State Parkway. Par-ents who use mass transit maypark in the synagogue lot all daywhile their child is in school.

Membership at the JCC givesindividuals access to this newJCC preschool option and letsthem enjoy all that the JCC of-fers, such as its state-of-the-artFitness Center, indoor and out-door pools, Camp Yachad, a full

Garwood Library to PresentMagic Show For Adults

GARWOOD – The Garwood Pub-lic Library will host a magic showfor adult audiences on Wednes-day, July 31, at 7 p.m. MagicianMark Zacharia will present a pro-gram entitled “Murder, Mystery,and Magic.”

Mr. Zacharia’s whodunit with amagical twist is just the latest inhis series of one-man magicshows. He has performed off-Broadway at Monday NightMagic, at the Dickens ParlourTheatre in Delaware, the WizardzTheater in Florida and SouthStreet Magic in Philadelphia, andhas even been brought up for acommand performance for theNew York State Senate.

Mr. Zacharia performs at the

Stage House Tavern in ScotchPlains on Thursday evenings andat Calandra’s Mediterranean Grillin Fairfield on Sunday evenings.

Registration is required for thisevent and can be done in personat the library, by calling (908)789-1670 or through the library’sinteractive calendar atyouseemore.com/garwood. TheGarwood Public Library is locatedat the corner of Walnut Streetand Third Avenue, behind theLincoln School complex.

Library hours are Mondaythrough Thursday, 9 a.m. to 8p.m., and Fridays from 9 a.m. to4:30 p.m. The library is closed onSaturdays during the summeruntil after Labor Day.

slate of innovative programmingand more.

For more information regard-ing all JCC preschool and kin-dergarten programs, contactRobin Brous, JCC associate ex-ecutive director and Early Child-hood Services director, at (908)889-8800, extension no. 204,or [email protected]. For infor-mation on JCC membership, con-tact Caren Goldberg, member-ship director, at (908) 889-8800,extension no. 236, [email protected].

Located at 1391 Martine Av-enue in Scotch Plains, the JCC ofCentral New Jersey is a con-stituent agency of the JewishFederation of Greater MetroWestNJ, United Way of Greater UnionCounty and the Westfield UnitedFund. Financial assistance isavailable for JCC membershipand various programs.

Cranford Board OKsMulti-Use Subdivision

at a later date when they havemore information. The final con-dition was a continued emphasison marketing and using the unitsas one-bedroom apartments; thespaces, which range from 875 to1,040 square feet, also contain astudy that could theoretically beconverted into an additional bed-room illegally, it was noted.

The storm management sys-tem described would go aboveand beyond township require-ments, but as it was not specifi-cally addressed in the townshipengineer’s memo on the project,board members wanted to con-firm the logistics before givingthe green light on the project.

Commissioner Edward O’Malleycast the one “nay” vote; his re-marks focused on the externalappearance of the proposed edi-fice, three sides of which are plain.

“Was any consideration givento making this more visually ap-pealing?,” he asked. “If I may sayso, it looks like storage units whenit is living units.”

“We felt what we did was attrac-tive and residential...and comple-mented the neighborhood,”project architect Gregory Wagaresponded, citing nearby build-ings.

Overall, however, the planningboard members felt like their ini-tial fears were adequately as-suaged by the presentation andanswers of the Somma group.

Board member Dan Aschenbachand Mayor Tom Hannen, Jr., whosits on the board, each expressedenthusiasm for the space in lightof its handicap accessibility, whichcan be hard to find in residentialunits. Other board membersthought it would contribute to thetownship as a whole.

“When I look at the streetscapeof Centennial, I think it will add tothe neighborhood,” board mem-ber Mary O’Connor said. “I thinkit’s a great project.”

By CHARLOTTE MURTISHAWSpecially Written for The Westfield Leader

CRANFORD - A proposed devel-opment on Centennial Avenue inCranford was heard and passedby the township’s planning boardby a 7-1 vote on July 17.

The multi-use subdivision willconsist of a commercial space onthe first floor and five, one-bed-room apartments on the secondfloor, all yet to be rented. Cur-rently, a two-family home existson the lot. The owners of theproperty, Anthony and MarieSomma, have owned and oper-ated nearby land in Cranford forseven years.

The application to demolish andrebuild was first submitted in De-cember, and plans were over-hauled following critical feedbackfrom the board.

Deliberations to arrive at thevote took approximately threehours, after thorough testimonyand questioning of the project’sengineer and architect.

Concerns raised regarding theproject at last week’s hearing in-cluded parking and circulation is-sues, external lighting and anintended wall or fence. Townshipplanner Paul Ricci also was onhand to critique the plans.

The board passed the applica-tion under a set of conditions. Itasked for confirmation from thetown engineer of the effective-ness of a storm management sys-tem; a different window trim;that the parking lots intended forthe commercial and residentialspace, respectively, be consoli-dated; and that one parking spacebe eliminated to prevent a blindspot for motorists.

The board also requested com-pliance with Cranford’s affordablehousing ordinance, which requiresowners to either set aside a unitor pay a developers’ fee. TheSommas agreed to comply, butwill decide on which route to take

JCC of Central New Jersey to ExpandPreschool to Cranford Synagogue

Marist AnnouncesDean’s List

POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. — Thefollowing local students havebeen named to the Marist Col-lege Dean’s List for the spring2013 semester:

Robert Jotantos, Cranford, is amember of the Class of 2014 andis majoring in Accounting.

Amanda Markowski, Westfield,is a member of the Class of 2014and is majoring in Psychology.

Ryan Scrudato, Westfield, is amember of the Class of 2013 andis majoring in English Writing –Adolescence Education.





TCNJ AnnouncesDean’s List

EWING - The following localstudents have earned the es-teemed honor of placement onthe Dean’s List at The College ofNew Jersey (TCNJ) for the spring2013 semester:

Julianne Grandal, a senior com-munication Studies major and aresident of Cranford; BridgetWolansky, a senior accountancymajor and a resident of Cranford;Karolis Matulis, a senior accoun-tancy major and a resident ofCranford; Michael D’agostino, afreshman accountancy major anda resident of Garwood; PaigeFarley, a junior open option-busi-ness major and a resident ofCranford; Ryan Munz, a sopho-more open option-business ma-jor and a resident of Cranford;James Lubin, a senior interna-tional studies major and a resi-dent of Cranford; Chelsea Nigro,a senior psychology major and aresident of Cranford; GretchenConway, a senior psychologymajor and a resident of Cranford;Roy Colicchio, a senior psychol-ogy major and a resident ofCranford; Melissa Nesi, a SeniorWomen’s and gender studiesmajor and a resident of Cranford;Katherine Hannen, a senior earlychildhood – M/S/T major and aresident of Cranford; KellyHardman, a junior elementaryeducation – M/S/T major and aresident of Cranford; Ellie Barkin,a senior elementary education –M/S/T major and a resident ofCranford; Kyle Aslin, a junior earlychildhood major and a residentof Cranford; Lana Rahal, a juniorearly childhood major and a resi-dent of Cranford; Ashley Rozman,a junior elementary education

major and a resident of Cranford;Alex Lewis, a sophomore specialeducation major and a residentof Cranford; KristenVanBenschoten, a freshman spe-cial education major and a resi-dent of Cranford; ElizabethLafferty, a senior civil engineermajor and a resident of Cranford;and Abigail Calixto, a freshmanbiology major and a resident ofCranford.

To achieve this honor, a stu-dent must carry 12 or more cred-its that semester and have a 3.5grade point average or above.

Delaware AnnouncesDean’s List

NEWARK, Del. — Several localstudents have been named tothe University of Delaware’sDean’s List for Spring 2013.

Those students include:Gemma Antoniewicz, of Cranford;Alanna Augustine, of Cranford;Ryan Bryson, of Cranford; MichaelCohen, of Cranford; LaurenCorcoran, of Westfield; SaraDankosky, of Cranford; CarleyDavis, of Westfield; CatherineDeMasi, of Westfield; BrendanDilandro, of Mountainside;Kaitlyn Lazaro, of Cranford; SaraMitchell, of Westfield; KatherineMorris, of Westfield; MaireadO’Boyle, of Westfield; MeganPapandrea, of Cranford; Eliza-beth Penczak, of Westfield;Samuel Rackear, of Westfield;Robert Steinfeld, of Westfield;Patrick Tresnan, of Westfield;Anthony Valles, of Westfield;Brandon Vassallo, of Westfield;Lauren Wagner, of Mountainsideand Kayla Wiesinger, of Westfield.

To meet eligibility requirementsfor the Dean’s List, a studentmust be enrolled full-time andearn a GPA of 3.33 or above forthe semester.

Christina M. Hinke for The Westfield LeaderGROWING BUSINESS...Dreyer Farms owner John Dreyer and his daughter, Jessica, will be expanding the farm standafter the Cranford Zoning Board of Adjustment approved their application Monday to tear down the stand and the homeon the property along Springfield Avenue in Cranford. The family will build a larger farm stand to accommodate theirgrowing business.

CRANFORD – The Union CountyPeace Council will hold its 11thAnnual Peace Arts and Interna-tional Friendship Fair in down-town Cranford on Sunday, Au-gust 4, from noon to 7 p.m.

The dual themes of this year’sfair will be “Making a Living,”which addresses the correlationof economics and peace, and“The Courage of Their Convic-tion: honoring those who havesaid ‘No’ to war,” acknowledgingnon-violence, pacifist and warresistance movements.

There will be music, art, po-etry, dance and activities. Once

again, the fair will feature dis-plays of artwork by Union Countyartists, music performers whohave been newly discovered atopen-mike evenings aroundCranford; an opportunity to learnpaper crane origami; children’sevents and representation bylocal organizations that fosterpeace, diplomacy, humanitari-anism and an end to nuclearweapons. The festivities will in-clude a solar and bike-poweredpublic-address system.

This family-friendly event will beheld at the Eastman Plaza ClockPark, located at 2 Eastman Street

Peace Arts-Friendship Fair Set for August 4at North Avenue. Parking will befree. The day will end with a drumcircle for peace. Participants areinvited to bring their drum or otherpercussion instrument.

In the event of rain, the fairwill be postponed until the fol-lowing Sunday, August 11. Ven-dors are welcome; there is a$10 suggested donation for asix-foot-by-eight-foot space.Any individual or group wish-ing to perform or display theirartwork is asked to contactMonica Shimkus [email protected] (908) 884-1262.


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