The Courier-News from Bridgewater, New Jersey • Page 18

C-2 Tuesday, November 3, 1987 THE COURIER-NEWS CENTRAL JERSEY Sidney Road offices, 7 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. with proof of residency to receive five bags. Homeowners still using plastic bags must leave the filled bags untied at the curb side. Bags will be emptied into township trucks and the bags will be left at the curb for reuse.

Residents who bag their leaves may either bring them to the compactor at the Department of Public Works yard or call 752-5810 to schedule a pickup. p-Cs2T rJ of the Year Conservation Education Award program announced with the purpose of encouranging the development of creative learning experien-cies in conservation for young people. The award program also honors conservation districts for encouraging conservation education programs in their area. Deadline of nominations is March 1. For more information and nomination forms, call the State Soil Conservation Committee at (609) 292-5540.

RAFFLE DEADLINE: Tomorrow is the deadline to buy $2 tickets for the annual raffle of Planned Parenthood League pf Middlesex County. First prize is a compact disc player. Drawing will be held at 8 p.m. tomorrow at 211 Livingston New Brunswick. For information, call 246-2411.

AUTUMN VOCAL CONCERT: The Vocal Music students of Jonathan Dayton Regional High School will hold their annual Autumn Vocal Concert at 8:15 p.m. Thursday in Hal-sey Hall, the auditorium at Jonathan Dayton High, Mountain Avenue, between South Springfield and Morris avenues, in Springfield. NEW PROVIDENCE Bus expansion facility denied Lakeland Bus bid to expand its facility within a residential neighborhood was unanimously denied last night by the Board of Adjustment. The 20-page resolution denying the applicaton was passed 6-0, board Chairman Frank McAneny said. Two weeks ago, board members voted informally to reject the application, saying the company's attorney failed to establish that the garage and additional buses would be of "inherently beneficial use" to the community.

Lakeland was seeking a variance from the board to operate a bus storage and maintenance yard for 45 buses at Floral Avenue and Spring Street, which falls in an area zoned for light industry. The tract now contains a building leased by New Jersey Bell Telephone Co. to park and maintain about 40 vans. Large numbers of residents opposing the bus company's application had crowded the board's chambers during the more than five months of hearings. PISCATAWAY PAINTING TO LIFT PATIENTS' SPIRITS An oil painting depicting balloons soaring above the Adirondack Mountains now hangs above the cardiac monitors in the coronary care unit of Overlook Hospital in Summit.

Artist Bruce Mitchell, left, of Keene, N.Y., is shown presenting the painting to Robbin De Muth, coronary care head nurse, and Michael J. Sniffen, president and chief executive officer of Overlook Hospital. TOWN CRIER requests 5 rate increase MORRISTOWN (AP) Residential customers of Jersey Central Power Light Co. would pay about 5 percent more for electricity under a rate increase request the company said it filed yesterday with state regulators. spokesman George Koo-dray said the company needs the increase so it can make up for the higher cost of fuel The company's base rate actually would decrease by about 1 percent under the request filed with the state Board of Public Utilities, Koodray said.

However, the company's fuel costs have risen by about 7 percent, he said. If approved, the rate increase would generate $75 million for the company, he said. Under the proposed rate changes, a residential customer using 500 kilowatt-hours of electricity with an average monthly bill of $46.65 would pay $48.99, or a change of 5 percent, he said. A customer using 1,000 kilowatt-hours of electricity and paying an average monthly bill of $92.65 would pay $97.36, a change of 5.1 percent, he said. Child abuse group eligible for money The New Jersey chapter of the National Committee for the Prevention of Child Abuse, a statewide non-profit organization, has announced its active participation in MasterCard International's "Choose to Make A Difference" fund-raising campaign.

The committee is one of six national charities selected by MasterCard to take part in the program. During the campaign, MasterCard will place money into a special fund every time a MasterCard credit card is used. A miniumum of $2 million is being set aside, with each of the six charities guaranteed $125,000. The balance of the fund will be allocated based on consumer preference. Consumers may choose where the donations will go by filling out ballots available in national magazines, Sunday newspaper supple ments and statement inserts.

Ballots also are available by contacting the New Jersey chapter of the National Committee for the Prevention of Child Abuse at 643-3710. Area firefighters hone their skills Seven Central Jersey fire departments sharpened their skills Sunday during a joint training exercise at the Burlington County Fire Academy. The Somerset-Union-Middlesex Mutual Aid group traveled to the academy to use its facilities for smoke house maneuvers, a structural firefighting class and an oil pit fire drill, Plainfield Fire Capt. Chester Krawcykowski said. Krawcykowski is the director of the group, which includes fire companies from Plainfield, Warren, Wat-chung, Fanwood, North Plainfield, Green Brook and Middlesex.

Kracykowski said the group was formed in February as a way to strengthen the departments in the face of reduced manpower, an increase in alarms and hazardous ma- ceived the Outstanding Housing fian award for the Summit Senior Citizens Housing Building at 12 Chestnut Ave. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and community donations funded the construction of the five-story brick structure, which provides 125 apartment units. The Union County community development block grant program provided funding to assist in the site improvement. A four-unit condominium development in the city of Plainfield received the plaque for Outstanding Architectural Design.

The development is an excellent example of how new construction can blend effectively with the existing architecture of a historic district. County recycling proving successful SOMERVILLE Somerset County has passed the halfway mark in its effort to recycle 25 percent of the trash produced within the county, county officials said yesterday. In October, the Association for Retarded Citizens, working at the Occupational Training Center in Bridge-water, collected 1,705 tons of glass, newspaper and aluminum 13 percent of the county's total trash volume. That compares to 1,359 tons, or 12.6 percent, in September. But with the program growing so swiftly, the association is becoming hard-pressed to manage the operation, Freeholder John Kitchen, who oversees solid waste matters, said after yesterday's meeting of the county Board of Freeholders.

By Nov. 16, the county plans to take over management of the recycling program, Kitchen said. It will continue to use the services of the association to pick up, truck and sort the material. "The Association for Retarded Citizens have found themselves in a very large, multimillion-dollar operation," Kitchen said. "Their main purpose is to train clients.

But they're finding they will have to hire other people non-clients to handle the load." Instead, Recycling Coordinator Wayne DeFeo and Solid Waste Director John Horensky will take over the burden of managing the program, including hiring more people to augment the association's ranks. "It won't cost the county any more money," Kitchen said. "We already pay for overtime and equipment." The new management is to be in full swing by the time the county's new $1.5 million recycling center in Bridgewater opens next fall. Will the county make the September 1988 deadline to strip 25 percent of the bulk from its trash? "At this rate, we'll make it," DeFeo said yesterday. Correction An Associated Press report in Saturday's editions of The Courier-News carried an incorrect identification in a story about mail fraud charges that were dropped by the U.S.

attorney's office. The individual in the case was incorrectly identified as George Shamy while the person involved actually was his father, George Shamy Sr. George Shamy Jr. was not involved in the case and faces no charges. The Courier-News regrets the error.

TEACHERS SOUGHT FOR AWARDS: New Jersey teachers who promote the value and importance of conservation may be eligible for national recognition through a Teacher SOUTH PLAINFIELD Borough to get seniors funding South Plainfield will receive $833,000 in state funds for the borough's first senior citizens housing project, Mayor Daniel Gallagher said yesterday. The borough had expected to receive about $700,000 in community development grants, but was told more money is available, he said. The Planning Board last month approved the 100-unit project on Morris Avenue near Cedarbrook Road. Borough residents and former residents will be eligible to live in the complex, which satisfies part of the borough's Mount Laurel affordable housing obligation. Gallagher said he expects that the project will receive approval soon for a mortgage.

WESTFIELD Rabbi schedules historical lecture Rabbi Marvin Tokayer will present the history of the Jews of the Far East in a lecture Nov. 15 at Temple Emanuel in Westfield. Tokayer's lecture will focus on Jews in China, India and Tibet. He also will discuss Japanese efforts to save the Jews during World War II, including the top-secret Fugu Plan. The lecture begins at 11 a.m at the temple, located at 756 E.

Broad St. Admission is $5, including brunch. Anyone wishing more information or to make reservations may call Temple Emanuel at 232-6770. The presentation is being co-sponsored by the Institute of Jewish Studies and the Men's Club of Temple Emanuel. PEOPLE CRANFORD Joseph J.

Menig has been named manufacturing manager at All-State Legal Supply Co. where he will oversee the maintenance and use of the" company's printing equipment and will develop operating and capital budget. The company is the largest legal supply specialist nationwide. MIDDLESEX Carl Finck was elected second vice president of the New Jersey Flower and Garden Show with offices in Basking Ridge. PLAINFIELD Pvt.

Phillip W. Jackson has completed the tactical communications systems course at Fort Sill, Okla. He is a 1982 graduate of Plainfield High School. Theft of 100 pairs of women's shoes and 40 handbags from Economy Shoe Store, 4811 Stelton Road, over the past three months. Milod Rizk, president of the store, reported the thefts Saturday.

Regina C. Wheeler, 25, of 829 S. Second Plainfield, was charged with the theft of a coat priced at $59.44 from Caldor, Hadley Plaza, at 5:15 p.m. Sunday. William E.

Dingle, 34, of Runyon Avenue, Piscataway, was charged with shoplifting $125.32 worth of clothing at about 11:30 a.m. Friday from mart, Middlesex Mall. Security officials at Bradlees, Oak Tree Road, signed a shoplifting complaint against George Wilson, 40, of Newark, on Friday. Police said Wilson was found to have a pair of gloves and a pair of jeans in his possession that allegedly had not been paid for. Theft of T-top roof from a car parked at 1035 Sherman Ave.

Sunday. Theft of an inspection sticker from a car parked at Acme on Saturday. A car parked at the corner of North Madison Avenue and South Central Avenue was spray painted by: vandals Friday. Burglary of a house at 1315 Dey St. at 8:25 p.m.

Friday, however, nothing was reported stolen. Car stolen early yesterday from 1170 W. Eighth St. WATCHUNG A 16-year-old Plainfield resident was arrested at 10:11 p.m. Saturday after he allegedly broke a window at Blue Star Cinema in the Blue Star Shopping Center.

The youth was released in the custody of his parents pending a juvenile hearing. WESTFIELD Theft of dishwasher from home on Doris Parkway on Saturday. terials fires, and new training programs, equipment and state regulations. "We realized we could do more things together," he said, "especially in the area of training, mutual aid, and, hopefully, mass purchasing in the future." He said the group traveled to Burlington County because there were no fire training facilities nearby that would accept them. "We realize the need now to look for our own training area," Kracykowski said.

The group is planning training events in fighting hazardous materials fires and setting up incident command posts, he said. Planners honor renovation sites The Union County Planning Board recently held its 1986 Awards Ceremony for Outstanding Renovation Projects. Ciba Geigy Pharmaceutical Division won a plaque for Outstanding Interior Environmental Design for its new chemistry, science and medical research buildings within the company's corporate complex at 556 Morris Ave. in Summit. The century-old Cranford Chronicle Building at 118 S.

Avenue which was remodeled and is now exclusively devoted to newspaper use, received an award for Outstanding Business Renovation. The Outstanding Facade Renovation award was given to Frank DiTul-lio and Mayor Paul LaCorte for the renovated DiTullio and LaCorte Building at 102-108 Walnut Ave. in Cranford. The project includes several storefronts within the township's central business district. The Summit Housing Authority re- Criminal mischief reported on Wimple Way.

A resident said that three pumpkins were removed from the property and smashed in the street. Gilbert John McKimm 30, of 10B Pleasantview Drive, Pis-cataway, was charged Saturday with driving while intoxicated, driving with a suspended license, failing to stay in marked lanes and drinking alcohol while driving. Robert E. Walker, 22, of Jackson, was charged Saturday with driving with a suspended driver's license and driving with an expired inspection sticker. Theft of a mailbox Saturday from a house on Wimple Way.

Criminal mischief to Karin's Kurtains, Route 22, on Saturday. A window on the door was broken, but nothing was reported stolen. NORTH PLAINFIELD A 33-year-old borough resident reported that a man entered his home in the first block of Duer Street on Saturday night, scuffled with him, then took a stereo worth $400 and ran away. Jerry A. Rouland, 47, of 82 Bro-kaw Plainfield, was arrested at 6:43 a.m.

Sunday and charged with unlawful possession of a weapon. Rouland was found in his car in the parking lot of City Furniture, 1080 Route 22. A loaded handgun was found under the front seat. PISCATAWAY Electrician hurt installing wiring An electric arc burned a large hole in the right wrist of a 27-year-old electrician, severing an artery, while he was Installing computer wiring at Bowne Research and Development 15 Seeley at 9:43 a.m. Friday, according to police.

Patrolman James A. Meggison administered first aid to the victim, STRESS MANAGEMENT: A program designed "to make stress work for you, not against you," will be presented by Debra Singleton of Raritan Bay Health Services, tomorrow, noon, in Kennedy Library, 500 Hoes Lane. Bring your lunch. Seminar on financial planning for education will be tomorrow, 7:30 p.m. Information at 463-1633 or 752-1166.

PHOTOGRAPHIC DISPLAY: Congregation B'nai Shalom, 25 Neth-erwood opposite the River Road firehouse, is showing a photographic display entitled "Central Jersey Jewish Business Circa Early 1900s-1940s" that has been lent by the Jewish Historical Society of Central Jersey. The exhibit will be available for viewing Friday evenings before or after services. Further information at 463-8438. AUTUMN LEAVES: Large brown paper-type bags will be distributed free to Piscataway residents by the township Department of Public Works. Homeowners may come to Sunday.

Isadora Barnes, 35, of 370 Rush-more was charged with possession of a controlled dangerous substance and possession of narcotics paraphernalia. Police found a spoon, razor, plate and a vial containing a brown substance after stopping Barnes Sunday night in the 900 block of West Third Street. Richard Ferretti, 23, of 32 Gere Place, Fanwood, was arrested at 6:12 p.m. Sunday in the 1000 block of West Fourth Street and charged with possession of narcotics paraphernalia. Dean M.

Bartell, 23, of 615 Dar-row was arrested at 5:14 p.m. Sunday in the 700 block of West Front Street and charged with possession of less than 50 grams of marijuana. Bruce Sterling, 41, of the 2100 block of Birch Avenue, was arrested at 6:08 p.m. Sunday and charged with harassment under the Domestic Violence Act. Isac L.

Quarles, 31, of 623 Spooner was arrested at 6:31 p.m. Sunday and charged with simple assault under the Domestic Violence Act. A 51-year-old woman reported that a man forced his way into her apartment in the 600 block of West Front Street at about 6 p.m. Sunday, tnocked her to the ground and took $20 in cash. SCOTCH PLAINS Theft of 1980 Jeep Wagoneer from the parking lot of Malibu Lounge, Terrill Road on Sunday.

Gerard Dubeau, 25, of Garwood, and William Kahl, 27, of Linden, were charged Saturday with possession of marijuana in the parking lot of Snuffy's Restaurant, Route 22. SOUTH PLAINFIELD A 20-by-30-foot patch of brush in woods opposite Riley School was ignited by someone at 2:59 p.m. Friday, officials said. The Fire Department extinguished the blaze before it could spread. POLICEFIRE FANWOOD Woman injured in two-car crash A Fanwood woman sustained minor injuries early yesterday evening when her car collided with another vehicle as she was making a left turn.

Eleanor Ammann, 47, was turning left onto Martine Avenue from North Avenue at 6:07 p.m. when she struck the car driven by 58-year-old Norman Fourre, also of Fanwood, police said. Both vehicles had to be towed, and Ammann was issued a summons for making an improper left turn. The woman was taken to Muhlenberg Regional Medical Center in Plainfield and was scheduled to be released early this morning. A woman reported to police Sunday that she was raped in her home on Oct.

16. The victim told police a man came to the door at 8 p.m., pushed his way in, and sexually assaulted her after threatening her with a piece of broken glass. Police said the woman reported the man stole $50 from her purse before leaving. Robert B. McClain, of 1518 Wat-chung Plainfield, was charged Sunday with shoplifting three cartons of cigarettes from 105 South Ave.

GREEN BROOK Theft of an outdoor lawn ornament reported yesterday from Deer Run. Value: $135. Joseph D. Carter, 21, of More-head, was charged yesterday morning with driving while intoxicated and failure to stay in a lane. James L.

Davidson, 48, of 498-2D Auten Road, Hillsborough, was charged Sunday with driving with a suspended license. Llsette Acevedo, 18, of 419 E. Seventh Plainfield, was charged Sunday with driving an unregistered and uninsured vehicle. Edgar Montanez, of 2406 Palisade Weehawken, before the arrival of North Stelton Rescue Squad and the Mercy 6 mobile intensive care unit from Muhlenberg Regional Medical Center. Meggison said that while Montanez and another man were in the process of replacing the cover on a power trunk supply, a 240-volt arc blew through the cover, striking Montanez and severely burning his wrist.

A supervisor heard a popping sound and immediately called police. Montanez is employed by Robbins Electrics of Moonachie. Two men were arrested and charged with stealing a radar detector worth $295 from a car parked at 20 Corporate Place South on Friday. Patrolman Michael Sak spotted a car on Centennial Avenue matching the description given by a witness and signaled it to stop. Its two occupants were charged with theft and placed in the Middlesex County Adult Correction Center pending a bail hearing.

They were Michael V. Bellettiere, 19, of Monmouth Junction, and Michael P. Gillespie, 18, of the Dayton section of South Brunswick. Theft of a propane driven, air-cooled engine from Union Carbide. Company officials reported the engine was believed to have been stolen between Oct.

20 and 26. Value: $10,000. Burglary and theft of color television from 156 Metlars Lane between 8:30 and 11 a.m. Friday. Entry was gained through a rear window.

Theft of a car radio torn from the dashboard of a car parked at 1601 W. Fourth St. Saturday night. Coin boxes of two clothes dryers in a laundry room at Mayflower Apartments, 290 River Road, were pried open with a screwdriver and the coins taken at 2:33 a.m. Saturday.

Burglary and theft of jewelry and Russian language Bible from 1685 S. Washington Ave. between 9.30 a.m. and 4 p.m. Friday.

Theft of two radio speakers from a car parked in the 1600 block of West Fourth Street on Saturday night. Value: $50. The windshield of a car was smashed by a cinder block at 300 Highland Ave. at 3 a.m. Saturday.

Houses were pelted with eggs in the 2800 block of Dover Avenue at 10:30 p.m. Saturday. A car window was broken at 726 S. Washington Ave. on Saturday night.

Theft of two radio speakers from a car parked at 1754 S. Second St. Saturday night. A car's rear window was knocked out at 54 Tabb Ave. Saturday night.

The New Market Volunteer Fire Department extinguished a trash bin fire ignited by juveniles at Grand-view School at 10:11 p.m. Saturday. The juveniles fled into woods after setting the fire, police said. A 15-year-old girl reported her bag of Halloween candy was snatched by another girl at 5:12 p.m. Saturday at Arbor School.

Burglary at 1603 W. Fourth St. Saturday night but nothing was found missing. A patch of lawn was soaked by gasoline and then ignited at 824 Nelson Place early Saturday. Paint on a hydrant was burned off.

A neighbor extinguished the fire. PLAINFIELD Three city residents were found by police at 8:57 a.m. Sunday in a NJ Transit railroad car on the rail tracks in the 500 block of North Avenue. Gregory Johnson, 32, of 608 E. Sixth Gregory McCloud, 30, of 808 E.

Third and Helen E. Drayton, 34, of 209 E. Seventh were charged with trespassing. Christopher White, 28, of 707-A E. Front was arrested yesterday and charged with assault under the Domestic Violence Act.

Theft of $500 in clothing and $300 in assorted tools from van parked in a rear yard in the 1100 block of West Seventh Street. The theft was reported at 11:50 p.m..