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WAHTUSE NETS 2, ZUKOFSKY HITS WINNER; TROTTER, ‘FITZ’, AQUILES, HELMSTETTER SCORE

Soccer Raiders Dodge Bullet, Nip Cougar Boys in OT, 5-4By DAVID B. CORBIN

Specially Written for The Westfield Leader and The Times

Senior Rob Zukofsky found thenet just before the end of the firstovertime to give the No. 1-rankedScotch Plains-Fanwood HighSchool boys soccer team a 5-4victory over a gutsy CranfordCougar team at Memorial Field inCranford on October 4.

“I kept my head. I knew what Ihad to do, and I found the back ofthe net,” Zukofsky said.

During the first half, decidingwhich team that was really rankedNo. 1 would have been a bitdifficult to a spectator, who didnot have any previous informa-tion about either team. The Cou-gars were successful at disrupt-ing the 10-0-1 Raiders’ shortpassing game and took a 1-0lead when Tommy Trotter con-verted just after a corner kickwith 30:30 on the clock.

Ten minutes later, however,Raider co-captain AndrewLeischner closed in on a reboundoff a defender and slid the ballinto the net, but in a span of twominutes, Matt Aquiles, on an as-sist from co-captain TommyPaparatto, put the Cougars backon top.

Less than four minutes later,Paparatto got into the action onceagain when he set up co-captainTommy Fitzgerald to give theCougars a 3-1 lead.

“Paparatto recognized me. He

just played it over. I had thegoalie one-on-one, and I justchipped it,” Fitzgerald described.

Sophomore Jassiem Wahtusegot the Raiders back into thegame when he penetrated thebox, took a point-blank shot that

bounced off Cougar goalie ZachHoffman’s chest then ripped therebound into the net with 6:18left in the half.

“The first one, we were knock-ing them really good. I took myopportunity. I was a little upset

that it didn’t go in one time. I hadto get the rebound. I got therebound,” Wahtuse explained.

Three minutes later, the Raid-ers breathed a sigh of relief whenLeischner brought the ball downthe left side and scooted a passover to Wahtuse, who tapped itin for the tie.

“Leischner did an excellent job.

It was probably one of the bestplays I’ve ever played with. Hetook it from midfield and went allthe way to the side and passed itin. I just tapped it in,” Wahtusesaid.

Despite a sigh of relief, the 3-3halftime score was an eye openerfor the Raiders.

“It was definitely a wakeup call.That was unacceptable. The scoreat halftime,” Zukofsky said.

The Raiders did wake up. Eightminutes into the second half, co-captain Morgan Ellman won ascramble in the box and lifted theball into the upper center to givethe Raiders a 4-3 lead with 21:52remaining in regulation. But theCougars woke up also! Within 17seconds, senior Mike Helmstetterscampered toward the Raiders’goal area and finished to knotthe score.

“That’s what we have been pro-moting, the high pressure andleaving every once of gas that wehave out on the field. Mike is oneof our guys, who hustles thehardest. He got us that goal. Webounced right back,” CougarHead Coach Greg Campbell said.

A sudden torrential downpourensued, but both teams playedon. During those last 20 minutesCougar goalie Hoffman made fourspectacular saves.

“He is a rock back there for us.At only a sophomore, he shows alot of composure. He’s a reallygood leader for us. I am happyhe’s on our team,” CoachCampbell said.

A few minutes before the end ofregulation, Aquiles took a quickshot at an open net but missed tothe right.

No team really ruled the over-time period until Zukofsky foundhis opening and scored.

There was no doubt that theCougars were playing inspired.

“They were! First time, we shutthem out. We kind of got caughtup in their game,” Wahtuse said.

“They are the number one teamin the state, so we are proud with

CONTINUED ON PAGE 2

Probitas Verus Honos

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of The Westfield Leader

David B. Corbin for The Westfield Leader and The TimesGETTING A KNEE ON THE BALL…Raider Justin Rodriquez, No. 5, gets his knee on the ball as Cougar Jake Waleskicloses in. The No. 1-ranked Raiders battled into overtime at Memorial Field in Cranford. The Raiders won, 5-4.





the way we played. We knew wehad it in us. We have the skills.We are keeping our heads up.We are not taking any steps down.If we can play with them, we canplay with anyone,” Fitzgeraldsaid.

“We have had a couple of re-sults that we were not happywith, a couple of performancesthat we thought were below thestandard that we expect for thisteam. We mentioned it at thecounty seed meeting that we

thought we belonged on the fieldwith the best. I think we provedthat today. We didn’t get theresult that we wanted, but theeffort was there. I thought wewere the better team in the firsthalf. We maybe gave up a couplethat we shouldn’t have and didn’tput away a couple of chancesthat we had. I think we provedourselves in what we bring to thetable when we play well,” CoachCampbell said.

“We had to pick it up. It wasn’tthe better result that we wanted,but you just got to come throughand win,” Zukofsky said.Sc. Pl.-Fnwd 3 1 1 5Cranford 3 1 0 4

Soccer Raiders Dodge Bullet, Nip Cougars in OT, 5-4Rob Zukofsky, No. 8, Andrew Gee, No. 15

Mike Walsh, No. 23, Anthony Maglino, No. 22, Ryan Wright, No. 8

Mike Walsh, No. 23, Jake Walseski, No. 12

Jake Walseski, No. 12, Jason Pastuzyn, No. 28





David B. Corbin for The Westfield Leader and The TimesCOUGAR ATHLETES OF THE WEEK…Marianna Dzunova, a senior captain and 4-year varsity member of the girls’tennis team, is currently 6-1 this season and placed seventh in the Union County Tournament. Tommy Paparatto, a senioron the varsity soccer team, scored both goals in a 2-1 victory over Elizabeth last week and scored the game-winning goalin overtime against ALJ this past weekend to advance in the Union County Tournament.

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

Senior quarterback ReggieGreen gambled and won whenhe ran in a two-point conversionlate in the fourth quarter to givethe Cranford High School foot-ball team a 15-14 victory overpreviously unbeaten DelawareValley in Alexandria Township onOctober 5.

“I thought about it on the waydown on the drive. Actually, Idecided not to do it. I sent theextra-point team out there. For-tunately, their coach calledtimeout. He did it to set up ablock. It gave us an opportunityto reconsider. We had good mo-mentum on that drive. We hadan opportunity to end it there,”Cougar Head Coach ErikRosenmeier explained.

With the 4-1 Cougars trailing,14-7, Green engineered a 15-play, 76-yard scoring drive thattook nearly six minutes when hehooked right for a five-yardtouchdown with 26 seconds re-maining in the game. Green thensprinted right again for the two-point conversion.

“It was a run/throw option. Hetook the easier road. The reasonthat play is successful is becausewe have other weapons. He’sgoing to have the ball in hishands, but you can’t ignore [run-ning back Jimmy] Dwyer and[Nick] Diaz. We were in a doubletight set, and Dwyer and Diaz aregoing to run it in with Dwyerbehind Diaz. They [DelawareValley] didn’t ignore it then webooted out with him [Green] outon the edge. Bobby Bruns did agood job sealing the edge. Wehad two guys in the pattern, andReggie was able to get in the endzone,” Coach Rosenmeier said.

Green, who rushed 172 yardson 28 carries, also scored on a36-yard run through the middle

of the Terriers’ line just beforehalftime to give the Cougars a 7-0 lead after Troy Ketler kickedthe point after.

Green also completed 11 of 16pass attempts for 87 yards, andhis favorite target was junior JohnOblachinski, who had six recep-tions for 61 yards. Senior BobbyBruns had an eight-yard recep-tion, Evan Zoughy had three re-ceptions for 13 yards and MattDiMartino had a five-yard recep-tion.

“People are going to crowd thebox, and if people are going tocrowd the box, we are going tothrow it. Reggie is known for hislegs, but he’s got a strong arm.There are certain routes and pat-terns that we feel very comfort-able with, and there are guyswho catch the ball. JohnnyOblachinski had a very goodgame. Two long yardage comple-tions for first downs were bigplays in both scoring drives,”Coach Rosenemeier said.

REGGIE GREEN SCORES 2 TDs, 2-POINT CONVERSION; DaSILVA 8 TACKLES, DIAZ 5 SACKS

Cougars’ Gamble Pays Off in 15-14, Win Over Del. Val.Dwyer carried 12 times for 38

yards, and sophomore DonovanWalker carried twice for 11 yardsto give the Cougars 235 totalyards rushing.

The 4-1 Terriers were limitedto 141 yards rushing on 28 car-ries, with running back SeanHogan carrying 10 times for 84yards, including a six-yard touch-down midway through the fourthquarter, which gave DelawareValley its 14-7 lead. QuarterbackAndrew Cooper made the score

7-7 with a nine-yard touchdownrun early in the third quarter.

“We had shut them out in thefirst half, but they scored twice inthe second half. They found alittle cavity with their offense,”Coach Rosenmeier said.

The Terriers passed only seventimes and completed two for 39total yards, but defensive backsGreen and Oblachinski each hadan interception.

“The one was on the last play ofthe game, and the other one wasthe last play of the half, so theywere more desperation throws.They can hurt you in their pass-ing game. Fortunately, they didn’thurt us too badly,” CoachRosenmeier explained.

Defensive back Joe DaSilva ledthe Cougars with eight tackles,followed by linebacker Nick Diaz,who had seven, which includedfive sacks totaling 27 yards.Green, Bobby Bruns, Kevin Trot-ter and Ryan Farrell each recordedfive tackles. Senior Joe Vicci (7-yard sack) and Oblachinski eachrecorded four tackles. Senior de-fensive lineman Matt Russo re-corded a six-yard sack and seniordefensive lineman Jeff Weiss alsorecorded a sack.Cranford 0 7 0 8 15Delaware Valley 0 0 7 7 14

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Though I worked for a megatelecommunications company formost of my adult life, and admit-tedly they were very good to me,the challenges of owning andoperating my own business arewhat I believe to have best pre-pared me to fill a seat on theGarwood Borough Council. Cre-ating a successful business thatcan succeed in the cur-rent economy has cer-tainly not been easy, butit has been a learning ex-perience. Along with in-cumbent Garwood Coun-cilman Timothy Hak, whooperated a family-ownedbusiness for a number of years,Horan Lumber in Cranford, weboth know firsthand how com-mitted small business owners areto the towns that support themfinancially.

The Borough of Garwood is cur-rently experiencing a renaissanceof sorts; several brand new busi-nesses have opened this yearoccupying spaces that have beenvacant for ages on North Av-enue. A high-end “gently-used”clothing store, a self-service doggrooming shop, and new ethnic-themed eateries are among theadditions to the borough land-

scape. South Avenue has seensome changes as well with an-other expansion of a local family-owned auto facility, franchisedvitamin store, new workout busi-ness and permanent makeup sa-lon. We applaud these entrepre-neurs for their courage and lookforward to their successes, how-ever, we do recognize that they

do need the ongoing sup-port of the local municipalgovernment and are thehallmarks and foundationof a successful downtownbusiness area.

The current GOP admin-istration has made it very

clear that new redevelopmentwill be encouraged as evidencedby moving forward with zoningcode changes recommended inthe Master Plan and supportingthe reestablishment of a Cham-ber of Commerce, with the bor-ough joining as a member. Also,the mayor recently resurrected a“Business and Industry” liaisonappointment to the boroughcouncil who as a local businessowner will be keeping the councilabreast of new business activi-ties. The B and I liaison will alsobe working with a new and evolv-ing bipartisan redevelopment de-velopment group led by a formercouncil member that is currentlyworking on projects associatedwith continuing steps towardTransit Village designation of theborough.

We believe that as businessowners we can be assets andvalued contributors to the rede-velopment of Garwood’s Northand South Avenue corridors be-cause we understand the ongo-ing problems and needs of smallbusinesses. We hope that theresidents of Garwood will see fitto put their faith in us on ElectionDay.

Timothy Hak, Mike MartinGarwood GOP Candidates

GARWOOD – The candidatesfor Garwood Borough Council willappear at the Pointe, the condo-minium complex between Mapleand Chestnut Streets andGarwood residents are invited toattend the sessions.

The Garwood DEM will be therethis Thursday (tonight), and theGarwood GOP will be there nextThursday. Each event will beginat 7:30 p.m. in the clubhouse atThe Pointe. Parking is availablein the large lot behind the com-mercial buildings on North Av-enue between Maple and Chest-nut Streets. A stairway leads fromthe lot to the clubhouse.

Garwood DEM Candidates OfferNew Ideas, Tackle Tough Issues

After reading the Republicancandidates’ September 20 letterasking Garwood residents to sup-port them as they run for Bor-ough Council, we were left withone question. Why?

The candidates are clearly run-ning on the coat tails of themayor’s undertakings, not theirown. Let the record reflect thatwe Democratic candi-dates also support anyreasonable requests toprovide the borough ad-equate and proper emer-gency managementequipment for times ofneed. It seems to us tobe an awfully weak ar-gument to lead off a campaignurging voters to support theirparty because they believe inproviding such items. We hopethat all informed voters wouldsupport such prudent and neces-sary purchases. Providing emer-gency services is not a Republi-can proprietary initiative; it issomething on which we shouldall agree.

Residents may also recall, asquoted in the Clark-GarwoodPatch, that the Republican lead-ership did not know during Hur-ricane Irene that there was areverse 911-system in place thatcould have been engaged. Wehereby state that we Democraticcandidates fully support takingproper measures to ensure thatthe borough is adequatelyequipped to assist its residentsduring times of emergency. We,however, would prefer to do sobefore an actual emergency oc-curs.

What we find most interesting,however, is the candidates’ fail-ure to advise that the RepublicanParty was in control of the 2011council finance committee when

it decided not to purchase thevery emergency managementequipment that the DemocraticParty is now recommending for2012 purchase, and the Republi-can candidates are boasting ofsupporting. Their 2011 decisionwas made in pursuit of the over-riding Republican mantra of ‘Don’traise taxes!’ We guess that being

prepared for an emer-gency is only an impor-tant issue during cam-paign season. We wouldlike to ask, however, ifemergency manage-ment is so important –and it is – why hasn’t thenew “duly qualified

emergency management direc-tor” – who just received a sub-stantial pay increase – soughtout and found grant dollars forthese purchases to relieve bor-ough residents of some of thecost?

As this letter was being pre-pared, we took note of a secondletter from our Republican oppo-nents. Or at least we think it isfrom them, because everythingthey state seems to come fromthe mayor. We ask what initia-tives are they, not the mayor,bringing to the council? For theincumbent, we ask what initia-tives has he brought forward todate? For the newcomer, we askwhat Garwood experience doeshe have that will benefit Garwoodresidents if he is elected? Wehave been volunteering for/inGarwood, advancing new ideas,and taking positions on toughissues that matter for Garwoodfor years. We believe thatGarwood residents know and ap-preciate that. We look forward toyour support in November.

Bill Nierstedt and Ann PalmerDem Cand. for Garwood Council

Letters to the Editor

At the last freeholder meeting,Freeholder Bette Jane Kowalskiopined that the Union CountyFreeholders care immensely fortheir patients at Runnells Hospi-tal but need to privatize it be-cause the state has cut back onits Medicare and Medicaid fund-ing. Nice. Kick the can conve-niently up the road and blame iton the Republicans when thecounty Democrats can’t or won’tget their fiscal house in order.

Maybe the county doesn’t havethe money to spend at Runnells(a notorious patronage pit ofbloated salaries) because thecounty freeholders, including Ms.Kowalski, voted to spend up-wards of $30 million on a newcountry club at Galloping Hill GolfCourse. Ya think? Or was it thefull lifetime health benefits thatthey voted for 450 non-UnionCounty employees and their fami-lies without any idea of what thatwould cost the taxpayers – thatrobbed the patients at Runnellsof their funding?

Another case of the freeholdersand their families getting theirsand the taxpayers be damned.Nice, Ms. Kowalski. I’m not buy-ing what you’re selling. Sad thingis – you believe what you’re say-ing.

Jim BuettnerCranford

Freeholder KowalskiMisplaces Blame for

Privatization of Runnells

Garwood GOP Candidates’ OfferCommon Sense Solutions for Boro

Probitas Verus Honos

Another Letterto the Editor

Garwood CouncilStory – next page





Organizer Jamie NovakTo Give Talk at Library

GARWOOD – Professional or-ganizer Jamie Novak will presenther de-cluttering and re-orga-nizing program on Monday, Oc-tober 15, at 7 p.m. at the GarwoodPublic Library. The library is lo-cated at 411 Third Avenue, at thecorner of Walnut Street, behindthe Lincoln School complex.

Ms. Novak founded Bite SizeLiving after the realization thatshe, too, was putting projects onhold. She now travels the countryshowing people how to “slice anddice” overwhelming projects intomanageable tasks.

Currently she writes a weeklyblog for Martha Stewart’s WholeLiving Daily. She has served asan expert organizer for NBC’siVillage; appeared on QVC andHGTV’s Mission: Organization,and represented such industry

leaders as Brother P-Touch andFebreeze for Proctor and Gamble.Her tips have been featured innational magazines including Ev-eryday with Rachael Ray, RealSimple, All You and Woman’sDay.

Ms. Novak is the author of thenewly-released “Stop ThrowingMoney Away: turn clutter to cash,trash to treasure – and save theplanet while you’re at it,” as wellas bestsellers “The Get OrganizedAnswer Book,” “1,000 Best Quickand Easy Time-Saving Strategies”and “1,000 Best Quick and EasyOrganizing Secrets.”

Registration is required andmay be done in person at thelibrary, by calling (908) 789-1670or at the library’s interactive cal-endar page found atyouseemore.com/Garwood.

Garwood KnightsTo Hold Pig Roast

GARWOOD – The GarwoodKnights of Columbus will host a“Ham-Jam” Pig Roast at theircouncil hall on Saturday, Octo-ber 20, beginning at 1 p.m. Tick-ets are $25, and in addition tothe pig roast will include roastedchicken, hot dogs, salad, beer,soda and music.

Advance tickets are strongly rec-ommended and can be purchasedweekdays after 4 p.m. at theKnights’ council hall, located at37 South Avenue in Garwood (op-posite PathMark).

Parking is available behind thebuilding off Willow Avenue (turn atMarty Shoes). On weekends, in-terested persons are asked to call(908) 789-9809 after 1 p.m. Forinformation, call the Knights at(908) 789-9809 after 4 p.m.

been cut in half by about $2,000,he said.

Police Officer JeffreyKleinsorgen was promoted froma Class B to a Class A Patrolmanafter serving three years in theGarwood Police Department.

Alternate crossing guard KevinO’Brien was appointed as a regu-lar crossing guard to fill the va-cancy left by retired crossingguard Diane Cerillo. Linda Templewas appointed as an alternatecrossing guard to fill the vacancyleft by Mr. O’Brien.

Mayor Quattrocchi announcedthe Lions would hold a breakfaston Friday, October 19, at 9 a.m.at The Westwood. Those inter-ested need to make a reserva-tion by calling the borough hall.

By CHRISTINA M. HINKE Specially Written for The Westfield Leader

GARWOOD – During its work-shop meeting Tuesday, theGarwood Borough Council dis-cussed last week’s planning boardagenda, which included a hear-ing for a certificate of occupancy(CO) for a two-family home thatis in a single-family zone. Theboard had approved thehomeowner’s request for a CO.

Resident Al Delconte said theborough should be responsiblefor notifying homeowners of thezoning changes that took placelast year. He said homeownerswould have to pay about $400 infees to receive a CO. BoroughClerk Christina Ariemma saidhomeowners have until Thurs-day, October 25, one year afterthe zone change occurred, toapply for a CO without incurringthe $400 fee. Planning Boardmember Bill Nierstedt said theremay be a minimum charge, butshould homeowners apply by thedeadline, they would not becharged the maximum.

The borough should “rectify theproblem you are making peopleincur here,” Mr. Delconte said.

Mayor Patricia Quattrocchi saidshe would have the informationon the zoning change publishedin the upcoming borough news-letter.

During the regular public meet-ing, Councilman Lou Petruzzellisaid the architect of the AthleticField Complex has completed hisreview of the contract and it is inthe hands of the contractor forreview.

The Garwood Public Library willgo ahead with instituting aneLibrary at a cost of $2,000 to$3,000, Library Mayor’s Repre-sentative Jim Mathieu said in hisreport. The library’s budget has

Trinity Church to PresentOrgan Recital on Sunday

CRANFORD – Michael Kaminski,adjunct professor of organ at Brook-lyn College, will perform an organrecital this Sunday, October 14,beginning at 4 p.m. at the TrinityEpiscopal Church. Admission willbe free and all are welcome. TrinityChurch is located at 119 ForestAvenue, at the corner of Forest andNorth Avenues, in Cranford.

The concert will feature worksby Cesar Franck, Charles-MarieWidor, Alexandre Guilmant,Camille Saint-Saens, MarcelDupre and Louis Vierne.

“The works are from the FrenchSymphonic School. It began withCesar Franck and runs throughthe 1930s,” said ProfessorKaminski. “It features larger formsfor the organ as well as more (butnot too) advanced harmonies.”

In addition to his duties at Brook-lyn College, Professor Kaminski isadjunct professor of music at SaintFrancis College. He is director ofMusic Ministries at Saint Francis

Xavier Church and associate or-ganist at the Our Lady of AngelsChurch, both in Brooklyn, N.Y.

He earned his Bachelor andMaster of Music degrees from theJuilliard School and his Doctor ofMusical Arts degree from theCatholic University of America.

Professor Kaminski has playedfor national conventions of theOrgan Historical Society and theMusic Teachers’ National Asso-ciation. Twice a finalist in theChicago National Student OrganCompetition and the Flint Inter-national Organ Competition, hehas won prizes in New York, NewJersey and Washington, D.C. Hisconcerts have taken him to 37states, Canada and Mexico. Hehas been heard on National Pub-lic Radio as well as multiple re-gional radio broadcasts.

A free-will offering will be taken.For more information about theTrinity Episcopal Church, call(908) 276-4047 or visittrinitycranford.org.

Floraphile Club PlansHerb Garden Tour

CRANFORD – The Floraphile Gar-den Club of Cranford invites thepublic to join members on Mon-day, October 15, at 12:30 p.m. atthe Trailside Nature and ScienceCenter for an herb garden tour.

Parsley, sage, rosemary andthyme are among the herbs visi-tors can expect to see as a UnionCounty Master Gardener guidesthem through the herb garden.Rutgers Master Gardeners de-signed the garden.

Trailside Nature and Science Cen-ter is located at 452 New Provi-dence Road in Mountainside. Asalways, guests are welcome. Formore information about joining theFloraphile Garden Club of Cranfordor upcoming events, contact MaryEllen at [email protected].

The first annual pumpkin-carv-ing contest will take place Satur-day, October 27, at 11 a.m. inthe borough hall parking lot, Cel-ebration of Public Events andHoliday Liaison Sara Todisco said.Apple cider will be served to allattendees, and prizes will beawarded.

Suplee, Clooney and Companywas awarded the contract for theborough’s accounting and audit-ing services with fees not to ex-ceed $44,000 for the 2012 Statu-tory Audit; $2,475 for the 2012Financial/Debt Statement and the2012 Municipal Budget; $400 perpreparation of Supplement DebtStatements and $1,025 for theborough’s Deferred Compensa-tion Plan.

Garwood Borough CouncilAddresses Zoning Changes

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