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Daily Record, Morris County, N.J., Wednesday, November 8, 1989 C11 AROUND TOWN Bulletin Board Stars of TV, gridiron field winning team for charity i. I. -y Wally and Peg Walling of Boonton Township were among the 700 guests, football players and celebrities who gathered at the Mall of Short Hills for the Giants Ladies fund-raiser. TV host Robin Leach greets Kate Tomlinson, publisher of New Jersey Monthly, at the Tomorrow's Children's Fund benefit executive director receives state Papish award showing of holiday fashions from many mall stores. Final proceeds from all the connected events aren't in yet, but $100,000 was tallied from ticket sales and more than $20,000 from a live auction.

How did Leach get involved? "They asked me," he said. "It was that simple. People always ask me how I get invited to the oped fact sheets and brochures. These materials have become models for brochures developed by other group home efforts. Wilkinson has also been instrumental in establishing three adult training centers in the last six years, creating the state's first special-needs program within an adult training center, and hosting the first annual special needs symposium in 1988.

Under Wilkinson's direction, the ARCMorris Chapter established the only Developmental Disabilities Day Care Center in Morris County. Morris ARC RANDOLPH TWP. The Association for Retarded CitizensNew Jersey has presented its Martin Papish Award for 1989 to Harry Wilkinson, executive director of the ARC Morris Chapter. The Ironia resident who has spent the past 20 years helping people with mental retardation, founded the first county Mental Retardation Center in Pennsylvania in 1969. Wilkinson was also executive director of a number of agencies serving the mentally retarded in the Philadelphia and New York areas, and worked for five years with ARCs national north east regional office specializing in public relations, fundraising and public speaking.

When Wilkinson was appointed to his current post as executive director of the ARCMorris Chapter in 1980, the organization was on the brink of bankruptcy. The ARC-Morris Chapter reports that he reorganized the volunteer board of directors and the entire management structure to create an effective organization serving more than 12,000 people with mental retardation and other developmental disabilities. In 1980, the chapter had a four- Festival of Trees begins on Nov. 30 BERNARDS TWP. The 1989 Festival of Trees will be held daily from Nov.

30 through Dec. 10 at the Environmental Education Center in Basking Ridge. An annual event, jointly by the Somerset County Park Commission and the Unveiling DOVER The recently restored painting, "Indians Attacking a Wagon Train" by Emmanuel Leutze, will be 'unveiled on Sunday at 2 p.m. in Dover Free Public Library. Golf show house FAR HILLS The United States Golf Association museum will serve as a designers' showcase fund-raiser for The Somerset County Unit of, the Association for Retarded Citizens.

"Home for the Holidays' will take place from Nov. 30 through Dec. 3. Hours will be: Friday and Saturday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Sunday, noon to 4 p.m.

A preview party will be held on Thursday evening, and a brunch and concert on Sunday morning. Tickets are $5 for the tour; $50 for the preview party, and $75 for the brunch. For details call 725-8544. i -v'v'V' Without stress MOUNT OLIVE TWP, Without Stress" will be the theme of a class to given on NOV. 15 by Patrl-cia Brennan at Tine Road School in Flanders at 8 p.m.

Brennan is home economist for the Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Morris County. To register, call 285-8302. Roast beef dinner STANHOPE American Legion Post 278 on Route 183. will sponsor a roast beef dinner and dance on Saturday at 6 p.m. Tickets are $6.

Amnesty week MORRISTOWN The Morristown-Morris Township Library has declared Nov. 12 through Nov. 18 as "amnesty week." Overdue book may be returned at this time with no questions asked and no penalties. The library will provide a box for deposit of canned goods in place of fines. The food will be given to United Way agencies.

Newspaper drive HACKETTSTOWN Boy Scout Troop 287 wil hold a newspaper recycling collection on Saturday from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. in the Presbyterian Church parking lot. Papers must be tied in bundles. Soup and sandwich DENVILLE TWP.

The Woman's Club of Denville will hold a soup-and-sand-wich luncheon at noon on Nov. 14 at the American Legion Post on Legion Place. Reservations must be made by Friday by calling 627-4510. Blood drive MOUNT OLIVE TWP. Jude's Church in Budd Lake will sponsor a blood drive on Saturday from 9 a.m.

to 1 p.m. Donors will receive free cholesterol tests. Chinese auction MOUNT OLIVE TWP. -The Ladies Guild of Holy Wisdom Byzantine Catholic Church will hold a Chinese auction on Friday at 7 p.m. in the parish center, 197 Em-mans Road, Flanders.

Living with Cancer DENVILLE TWP. Chri-sta Puma, manager of nutritional services at St. Clares-Riverside Medical Center, will lecture on nutrition during cancer treatment on Nov. 14 at 7 p.m. at the weekly Living With Cancer session.

For information call 625-6675. Drawing Santa DOVER A 1-day workshop on drawing Victorian Santas with pen and ink will be held Saturday at the Joe Kubert School of Cartoon and Graphic Art. For information call 328-3266. By Joan K. Barbato Daily Record MILLBURN TWP.

"What a joy it is to be here this evening to see children's dreams come true," said Robin Leach. In his inimitable voice and accent the host of television's "Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous" was welcoming more than 700 guests to the "excitement, the music, the glamour of the Mall at Short Hills." The mall was both site and co-host with New Jersey Monthly magazine of a benefit on Oct. 28 for the Tomorrow's Children's Fund. The fund aids children with cancer and blood disorders. Leach shared the spotlight with modelactress Carol Alt, 37 players and coaches from the New York Giants football team, and the Giants Ladies.

The players' wives presented the gala and 10 of them came down the runway in a person staff and an annual budget of $250,000. Today, the staff is 300 persons strong and the budget is $6 million. Wilkinson also helped to forge productive partnerships with government agencies at the municipal, county and state levels as well as innovative public-private partnerships. The ARCMorris Chapter has opened 11 group homes in the county and a 16-unit supervised apartment facility is in the planning stages. To deal with the uncertainty that arises among neighbors of groups homes, Wilkinson devel- By LISA BAUSO Special to the Daily Record the Morris County Library, noted that the evening program is one way for the library to celebrate Children's Book Week.

Following the presentation, Gauch will conduct a question and answer session. There is no charge for the program. To reserve seating, call 285-6980. be held at gallery tending are asked to wear costume or fancy dress. The evening will include an open bar, buffet dancing and champagne opening of the exhibit, "Confetti." Tickets are $30 per person.

For further information call 267-2847 or 966-9525. NEWSMAKERS homes of the rich and famous, and that's what I say. I ask them. "And I love kids. Who doesn't? Any time I have a spare moment I try to help.

I do a lot of benefits. I'm not in show business. I con-. sider myself a novelty. But if they can get people to turn out for something like this because I'm here, that's great" Harry Wilkinson Somerset Hills YMCA, the Festival presents a display of more than 50 decorated trees.

Admission is $2 for adults, and SI for children and senior citizens. Group rates and reservations are available. For details call 766-2489. WENDY MACAULEY, formerly of Whippany, has been appointed academic dean of The Berkeley School of Long Island. COLLEEN CARLONE of Parsippany has won the Eastern Regional Finals in the English Leather Calendar Girl Challenge held in Atlantic City.

She will compete in the World Finals in Las Vegas in February. BOB MELOON of Jefferson Township and his Boston-based band, The Big Argument, have been invited to perform for Governor Michael Dukakis at the State House on Nov. 8. He is a vocalist, song writer and keyboardist. CHRISTOPHER KNAPP of Parsippany is a member of the cast of "The Pajama Game" to be presented by the Montclair Operetta Club on Nov.

17, 18, 19, 22, 24, 25 and 26 at Mount Hebron School Theatre. ROBERT ESTLER of Morris Plains has received an award for 25 years of ser vice to Bloomfield College where he is vice president and treasurer. WESTERN TERMITE AND PEST CONTROL OF PARSIPPANY AND TRIUS EXTERMINATING OF DENVILE donated their services last month to a project designed to rid the New Com-munity Extended Care Facility in Newark of insects and rodents. The charity Service was coordinated by the New Jersey Pest Control Association. EAST STROUDSBURG (PA.) UNIVERSITY student Geraldine Briscoe of Morristown has been elected budget chairman of the student senate organization.

DAVIDSON COLLEGE senior Thomas Koodathumannil Thomas of Morristown has been named to Omicron Delta Kappa, a national leadership society. SALISBURY (MD.) STATE COLLEGE junior George Skala of Chester is playing the role of Deramo in "The King Stag" from Nov. 15 through Nov. 20. SPRINGFIELD (MASS.) COLLEGE junior Maribeth Reigler of Morris Rains is a resident assistant for this year.

MIDDLEBURY (VT.) COLLEGE sophomore Allison Mint of Madison is the new production assistant for the college newspaper. The Campus. BOSTON UNIVERSITY law student Marie Calabrese of Whippany is a resident assistant at the university for the school year. V''- o-' CHARLES HAAS, an English and journalism teacher at Randolph High School, has been named Morris County's Teacher of the Year by the state of New Jersey. He was presented with a commemorative plaque by Assemblyman Art Albohn.

EUGENE CHURCH of Morristown, a physicist at Picatinny Arsenal, has received an award for excellence in technology transfer from the Federal Laboratory Consortium for his work to improve the quality of high-performance mirrors. SANOERAL BROWN of Rockaway Township is the new eastern regional director of Jack and Jill of America Inc. She will oversee the activities of 46 chapters and more than 2,000 families that are members of the organization. VIRGINIA KREUDER JOHNSON of Oakland is the new director of volunteer and community services at Chilton Memorial Hospital in Pompton Plains. EDWARD LAWATY has been named vice president and chief financial officer for Hackettstown Community Hospital.

He comes to the hospital from Leland Memorial Hospital near Washington D.C. RIP BODMAN, formerly of Bernards-villle, received the Jurors' Award for serigraphs at the recent Waterloo Arts and Crafts Festival SAM ROBINSON of Millington has been named assistant professor of mathematics at William Paterson College. Man of the year John and Jacqueline Caporaso (right) congratulate Carmen Totd Jr. and his wife, Marie, after Toto was named Man of the Year by Madison UNICO. Toto received the honor at the organization's 18th annual dinner dance held Saturday evening at the Birchwood Manor in Whip-pany.

Caporaso is chapter president. UNICO (Unity, Neighborliness, Integrity, Charity, Opportunity) is an Italian-American service organization. This year the Madison chapter contributed $20,000 to 20 charities and community programs from funds raised during the 1989 Rose City Festival, a 5-day event hosted by Madison UNICO at Madison High School. College Newsmakers Children's author to speak at library Me." The last four books were written for a teenage audience. The author explains that she writes for young people because she likes their vitality and honesty as well as their sense of adventure.

"It gives me pleasure to pleasure them," said Gauch. Jane Marie Schrader, director of Beaux Arts Ball to DOVER The Blackwell Street Center for the Arts will hold its third annual Beaux Arts Ball on Dec. 2 from 7:30 p.m. to 2 a.m. at the center, 32-34 W.

Blackwell St The gallery will be decorated to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the French Revolution. Those at INDIANA UNIVERSITY granted degrees to three Morris area students in August. They are Martin McCoy of Pe-quannock (bachelor of arts), Carolyn Holden of Morris Township (bachelor of science in business), and Sharon Capron of Madison (master of music). METHODIST COLLEGE junior Danielle Baker of Morris Plains is the North Carolina school's 1989 homecoming queen. BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY senior David Napoliello of Pompton Plains is chief student officer of the Bucknell divers.

Senior Stephen Cozine of Morristown is chief student officer of the college's chapter of American Society of Civil Engineers. GETTYSBURG (PA.) COLLEGE senior Jill Collict of Wharton received two awards at fall honors day. She was presented with the Archie and Flo Butler English Award and the Dr. John W. OStrom English Award.

HANOVER TWP. The Morris County Library will present an "Evening with an Author" featuring writer Patricia Lee Gauch on Nov. 16 at 7 p.m. at the Fre-linghuysen Arboretum Education Center Auditorium on Hanover Avenue in Whippany. Gauch, who began her career in journalism, started writing fiction after she stayed home to raise three children.

The Basking Ridge resident has taught children's literature at Rutgers and Drew University and has received numerous awards and citations for her work. Gauch's books include "This Time, Tempe Wick?" "Christina Katerina and the Time She Quit the Family," "Kate Alone," "Thunder at Gettysburg," and "The Green of.