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D4 Daily Record, Morris County, N.J., Wednesday, February 4, 1998 OSITUARIESSTATE Anthony 'Tony' Kuhlman, 87, formerly of Morris Felix A. Cichowski, 84, mechanical engineer Whitman budgets $2Mtoiockup more sex offenders Anthony W. Champa, 68, served in Navy 23 years WHARTON Anthony W. Champa died Sunday at St. Joseph's Hospital in Port Charlotte, while on vacation.

He was 68. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., he moved to Newport, R.I., in 1967 and then lived in Long Island for eight years before moving to Wharton 10 years ago. State readies reward plan for colleges TRENTON (AP) Gov. Christie Whitman will announce in her budget address next week a plan to individually judge and reward state colleges on a set of performance standards, such as boosting graduation rates and holding down tuition costs. Whitman's chief of policy and planning, Eileen McGinnis, said yesterday the governor will announce the incentive program as a way to better ensure the state's colleges are ating efficiently.

It also is a way to give those schools more fiscal independence. It is the first time the state has put aside incentive money as a part of state aid budgeting to unilaterally encourage state colleges to become more productive and more efficient by offering, in effect, bonuses that can be attained by a prescribed list of expectations. "Clearly, higher education has moved in the direction of greater accountability," said Arnold Speert, president of William Paterson University and chairman of the Council of College Presidents. "The state recognizes what it can accomplish through the budgeting process to provide better services to New Jersey citizens. That's been what's missing in the past." Initially the peformance-based budgeting plan will only affect the 19 county colleges and nine four-year state colleges and universities, McGinnis said.

It is not yet envisioned to include Rutgers University, the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey or the New Jersey Institute of Technology. plying the definition of mental illness to sex offenders who are not apparently psychotic on a day-to-day basis but who pose a risk of attacking again despite their time in prison. "I am calling for additional, expanded legislation to allow that civil commitment authority to reach even more dangerous offenders," Whitman said yesterday. And while committed offenders currently are held in state psychiatric hospitals run by the Department of Human Services, Whitman said she might want a new building located on prison grounds and run by the Corrections Department. Whitman said she has asked Corrections Commissioner-designate Jack Terhune'to prepare a report about a special sex offender unit.

No decision on location "We haven't made a final determination yet of where those new beds are going to be," she said. When Megan's Law was enacted in October 1994, a companion law was signed to apply the "mentally ill and dangerous" standard to compulsive sex offenders. Whitman in her Jan. 13 State of the State address said she wanted this commitment program expanded, comparing it to one in Kansas that has received national attention on television and in the courts. The Kansas law says sexual predators who can be proven before a jury to have an "abnormal mental condition" can be confined in psychiatric facilities.

However, Kansas is behind New Jersey in actual numbers of ex-convicts who, at the end of their sentences, are transferred from prisons to prison hospitals. BY RALPH SlEGEL Associated Press TRENTON Gov. Christie Whitman said yesterday she wants to spend the money in the next 17 months to dramatically increase the rate at which, convicted sex offenders are locked up in psychiatric hospitals. Since 1994, 84 sex offenders who have completed their prison sentences have been psychiatrically committed, a rate of about two per month. Whitman said yesterday she will commit $2 million in her upcoming budget to provide treatment and staff to hold another 150 sex offenders.

If all of those offenders are confined in psychiatric hospitals during the course of the next fiscal year, that would be a rate of more than 10 per month. "You have my word. We are going to make it easier to keep sex offenders locked up and harder for them to prey on our families and on our women in our communities," Whitman said. Whitman will not unveil her budget for the 1998-1999 fiscal year until next week, and her staff has been tightlipped on the details. But during a news conference on agency grants to help rape victims, the governor yesterday did announce planned spending on this one issue.

According to Attorney General Peter Verniero, the administration will Seek legislation to change the standards by which psychiatric confinement can be accomplished. Such "civil commitments" can only be ordered by judges who find that the person poses a danger to himself or to others because of mental illness. The legal trick is ap the Presidential Medal of Freedom, Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, said, "I believe if President Kennedy were here tonight, he would say his greatest gift to America was Roger Stevens." That same year, Mr.

Stevens was one of five people to receive Kennedy Center honors for lifetime achievement in the performing arts. "His legacy will live forever in the hearts of everyone whose lives are enriched by the performing arts," current Kennedy Center Chairman James A. Johnson said in a statement yesterday. And Lawrence J. Wilker, the center's president, said, "The words etched in marble at the Kennedy Center simply describe Roger L.

Stevens as an 'unstoppable and so he will always be in our memories and in our hearts." The Kennedy Center said Mr. Stevens died of complications associated with pneumonia. A college dropout, Mr. Stevens once told Richard Coe, longtime critic for The Washington Post, why he was so interested in theater: "When I was in the Navy, very bored, I read a book by Eric Bentley, 'The Playwright as and that got me hooked." He brought theater to Washington in the early 1950s, when the city's National Theater had closed rather than admit integrated audi- Roger L. Stevens, 87, producer and Kennedy Center founder SATELLITE BEACH, Fla.

Anthony "Tony" Kuhlman died Monday at Indian River Genesis Elder Care. He was 87. He was born in Manhattan, N.Y., and moved to Florida in 1958 after living in Morristown. Mr. Kuhlman began his career at Bell Telephone Laboratories in New York City as an electrical engineer.

He was transferred to Florida in 1951 to work on the THOR Missile Program at Cape Canaveral. He worked on more than 200 launches from Cape Canaveral and Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. These launches involved the Thor, Thor Delta, and Titan missile and space programs. An avid fisherman and boating enthusiast, he was a member of the United States Power Squadron for 40 years. Survivors include his wife, Rosalind; two sons, Charles of Satellite Beach and Raymond of Titusville; one sister, Anita Betz of Vero Beach, four grandchildren and nine greatgrandchildren.

Arrangements are by Beach Funeral Heme, 1689 Patrick Drive, Indian Harbour Beach. Adrian V. Fredricks, 91, advertising manager WASHINGTON TWP. Adrian W. Fredricks died Friday at Heath Village.

He was 91. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., he lived in Ho-Ho-Kus before moving to Washington Township. Mr. Fredricks was an advertising manager at the New York Sun and later the Financial World. He served in the Army during World War II, I where he received the Bronze Star.

Survivors include his wife, Edith; one grandnephew and two grand-nieces. Arrangements are by Cochran Fu neral Home, 905 High Hack- ettstown. Lucille V. Bouley, 66, formerly of Whippany STUART, Fla. Lucille V.

Bouley died Jan. 24 at Martin Memorial Medical Center in Stuart. She was 66. Born in Danielson, she lived in Whippany before moving to Florida nine years ago. She was a member of St.

Christopher's Catholic Church of Hobe Sound." Survivors include her husband, William; three daughters, Michelle Trew of Hackettstown, Jill Ireland of Stuart, and Paulette Ferraiuolo of Budd Lake; one brother, Donald Bernier of Danielson; and six grandchildren. Arrangements were by Forest James M. Rinish, 72, design draftsman NETCONG James M. Rinish died Monday at home after a short illness. He was 72.

Born in Wilkes-Barre, he lived in Port Morris before moving to Netcong 27 years ago. Mr. Rinish was a design draftsman at Soros Engineering in New York City and retired in 1986 after many years with the company. He in the Army Air Corps during World War II as a first lieutenant in both the Pacific and Euro pean theaters. He received the Bronze Star and Silver Oak Leaf Cluster.

He was a member of Veterans of Foreign Wars Lakeland Post 2347 in Netcong. Survivors include his wife, Harriet; two stepsons, Frank Gen-sheimer of Berkshire Valley and Richard Gensheimer of Kenner, one stepdaughter, Margaret Smith of Flanders; one brother, Raymond of Hanover; 12 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Arrangements are by Morgan Funeral Home, 31-33 Main Net cong. Additional information Please see the death notices for details on funeral services, visiting hours and other information not contained in the obituaries. CRAFTS 5006 "Open the Treasure Chest" MOUNT ARLINGTON Felix A.

Cichowski died Thursday at the Dover campus of Northwest Covenant Medical Center after a long illness. He was 84." Born in New Britain, he lived in Mount Arlington for 35 years. Mr. Cichowski was a mechanical engineer, designer at Picatinny Ar senal in Rockaway Township. He was a member of Our Lady of the Lake Roman Catholic Church in Mount Arlington, the Knights of Columbus, National Rifle Association, and Knee Deep Fishing Club of Lake Hopatcong.

Survivors include his wife, Hilde-gard, two daughters, Lois M. Letine and Mary E. Thomas, both of Blandon, one son, Michael J. of Bloomfield; three brothers, Henry of Southington, Frank of Berlin, and John of New Britain, six grandchildren and four greatgrandchildren. Arrangements are by Davis and Hepplewhite Funeral Home, 96 Main Succasunna.

R. Leighton Greengrass, 88, active in church ROXBURY TWP. R. Leighton Greengrass died Monday at Morristown Memorial Hospital after a short illness. He was 88.

Born in Harrisburg, he lived in Morristown and Chester Township before moving to Roxbury Township 40 years ago. Mr. Greengrass was a butcher at the ShopRitein Sterling for 12 years until his retirement in 1976. Prior to that he was a custom farmer in Morris County for many years. He was a member and trustee of Hillside Lutheran Brethren Church in Succasunna and Bethlehem Church in Randolph, where he taught the adult Bible classes.

Survivors include his wife of 31 years, Mae; three sons, Bruce of Phoenix, Roderick of Berkshire Valley, and Dale of Roswell, N.M.; two stepsons, John Reilly of Englishtown and Paul Reilly of Spring Valley, N.Y.; one stepdaughter, Mae Reilly of Spring Valley; one sister, Roberta Strause of Reading, 12 grandchildren, several greatgrandchildren, and many nieces and nephews. Arrangements are by Tuttle Funeral Home, 272 Route 10, Randolph Township. Marion W. Gibbs, 89, retired schoolteacher ALLAMUCHY TWP. Marion W.

Gibbs died Monday at Heath Village in Washington Township, She was 89. Born in Long Island, N.Y., she lived in Allamuchy Township her entire life. Mrs. Gibbs was a schoolteacher with the Allamuchy Public School system before her retirement. She was an active member of the Tranquility Methodist Church and Hackettstown Womans Club.

Her husband, J. Clifford, died in 1974 and a son, James, died in 1997. Survivors include three sons, Clifford of Hackettstown, Frank of Allamuchy, and' Robert of Sumter, S.C.; one brother, James Walker of Phoenix, one sister, Roberta Walker of Glen Cove, N.Y.; 16 grandchildren, and several children. Arrangements are by Cochran Funeral Home, 905 High Hackettstown. Margaret 'Peggy' Ahmed, 43, Kings cashier MADISON Margaret "Peggy" Ahmed died Monday at Overlook Hospital in Summit She was 43.

Born in Montclair, she lived most of her life in Madison. Mrs. Ahmed was a cashier at Kings Super Market in Chatham for the past year and a half. Survivors include her husband, Chaudhry her mother, Virginia Coughlan of Port Murray; three brothers, Joseph Coughlan of Hackettstown, Michael Coughlan of Port Murray, and Frederick Coughlan of Budd Lake; three' sisters, Virginia Freudenberger of New Hampshire, Rose Ort of Port Murray, and Elizabeth Chelton of North Carolina; and many nieces and nephews. Arrangements are by Madison Memorial Home, 159 Main Madison.

JoyL.Grifo,92, homemaker MORRISTOWN Joy L. Grifo died Sunday at the Morris Hills Nursing Center after a long illness. She was 92. Born in Nanticoke, she lived in Toms River before moving to Morristown several years ago. Survivors include one son, Paul of Denville; one daughter, Barbara Kaier of Madison; one brother, Robert Warfield; and six grandchildren.

Arrangements are by Madison Memorial Home, 159 Main Madison. Mr. Champa served in the Navy and retired in 1967 as a boatswain first class after 23 years. He was a veteran of World War II, and the Korean and Vietnam wars. He was also the owner of Tony's Point Pub in Newport from 1966 until 1979.

He then worked in security at Helmsley Hotels in New York City until his retirement in 1982. Mr. Champa was a member of American Legion Post 91 of Wharton; Kenvil Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2833; Morris County Forty Eight Voiture 228; the Fleet Reserve; and Newport Elks 104. Survivors include his wife, Florence; one son, Michael of Wharton; two daughters, Deborah Flatley of Lynbrook, N.Y., and Darlene Craig of Sparta; two sisters, Marie Farrell of Largo, and Dolores Farrell of Port Charlotte; and four grandchildren. Arrangements are by Bermingham Funeral Home, 249 S.

Main Wharton Alyxsondra Ioannis Laoudis, 12, Girl Scout MOUNT OLIVE TWP. Alyxsondra Ioannis Laoudis died yesterday at home after a long illness. She was 12. Born in Dover, she lived in Net cong before moving to Budd Lake in 1986. Miss Laoudis was a student at Mountainview School in Flanders.

She was a member of the St. Andrew's Greek Orthodox Church in Randolph and the Girl Scouts of Budd Lake. Her maternal grandmother, Bar bara Moniodes, died in 1994. Survivors include her parents, John and Irene; two brothers, George and Jimmy; maternal grandfather and step-grandmother, James and Rita Moniodes of Neshanic Station; paternal grandparents George and Anna of Andros, Greece; her maternal greatgrandmother, Irene Moniodes of Neshanic Station; and several aunts, uncles and cousins. Arrangements are by Morgan Funeral Home, 31-33 Main Netcong.

death notices AHMED. Margaret "Peggy" (nee Coughlan), of Madison, on Monday, Feb. 2, 1998. Beloved wife of Chaudhry "Tony." Loving daughter of Virginia Coughlan and the late Joseph. Dear sister of Joseph P.

Coughlan of Hackettstown, Virginia Freudenberger of New Hampshire, Rose Ort and Michael J. Coughlan of Port Murray, Elizabeth Chelton of North Carolina, and Frederick J. Coughlan of Budd survived by many nieces and nephews. Relatives and friends are invited to attend a funeral service on Thursday at 10 a.m. at the Madison Memorial Home, 159 Main Madison NJ.

Interment at Restland Memorial Park, East Hanover, N.J. Visitation Wednesday from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. (04) CICHOWSKI, Felix 84, on Jan. 29, 1998, of Mount Arlington, N.J. Beloved husband of Hildegard; father of Lois M.

Lentine, Mary E. Thomas, and Michael J. Cichowski; brother of Henry, Frank, and John. He also leaves six grandchildren, Denise Wrisley, Dominic Oriolo, Mary Oriolo, Charles Oriolo, Annette Marie Schwartz, and Richard Lentine, and four great-grandchildren. There will be a Funeral Liturgy held at Our Lady of the Lake R.C.

Church, One Park Mount Arlington, on Thursday at noon. Donations may be made in his name to the American Cancer Society. 669 Littleton Road, Parsippany, NJ. 07054. Arrangements are by the Davis and Hepplewhite F.H.

96 Main Succasunna, N.J. (04) FISHER. Nannette A. (nee Gamache), oh Feb. 1, 1998, of Jefferson Township.

Beloved wife of Robert Fisher. Funeral Thursday. Feb. 5, at 8:45 a.m. from the Lesko-Stickle Funeral Home, 187 La Rue Road, Newfoundland, N.J.

Funeral liturgy to follow at St. Thomas the Apostle R.C. Church. Oak Ridge, 9:30 a.m. Visiting hours on Tuesday, 7-9 p.m.

and Wednesday. 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. In lieu of flowers, please make donations to the Greater New Jersey Multiple Sclerosis Chapter. 1 Kalissa Way, Paramus, N.J. 07652.

(03.04) GREENGRASS, R. Leighton, 88, of Roxbury Township. N.J., formerly of Chester Township and Morristown on Monday, Feb. 2, 1998. Husband of Mae L.

(nee Johnson). Father of Bruce of Phoenix. Roderick of Berkshire Valley and Dale "Chuck" in Roswell. N.M. Stepfather of John Reilly of Englishtown, Paul Reilly and Mae L.

Reilly both of Spring Valley. N.Y. Brother of Roberta Strause of Reading, Pa. Also survived by 12 grandchildren, several great-grandchildren, and many nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be held on Friday, Feb.

6. 1998, at 10 a.m. at the Bethlehem Church, Route 10 West in Randolph. Visitation at the Tuttle Funeral Home. 272 Route 10, Randolph, on Thursday from 3-5 and 7-9 p.m.

(04) LAOUDIS, Alyxsondra Ioannis, 12, of Budd Lake, N.J., on Tuesday, Feb. 3, 1998. Beloved daughter of John and Irene Laoudis and sister of George Laoudis and Jimmy Laoudis. Granddaughter of James and Rita Moniodes. George and Anna Laoudis, and the late Barbara Moniodes.

Great-granddaughter of Irene Moniodes. Also survived by many aunts, uncles and cousins. Funeral from the Morgan Funeral Home. 31-33 Main St. Netcong.

N.J. on Frtday, Feb. 6, 1998, at 9 a.m. then to St. Andrew's Greek Orthodo Church, Sussex Turnpike.

Randolph, N.J., fo a Mass at 10 a.m. Interment at Hackettstown Union Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home on Thursday from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society, 669 Littleton Road, Parsippany. N.J.

07054. (04) RINISH, James 72 of Netcong. on Monday, Feb. 2. 1998.

Beloved husband of Harriet Helm Rinish and stepfather of Frank Gensheimer. Richard Gensheimer. and Margaret Smith. Brother of Raymond Rinish and grandfather of 12 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Private funeral ser vices at the convenience of the family.

Memorial contributions onay be made to the Stanhope Netcong American Legion Ambulance Corps. P.O. Box 167, Stanhope NJ. 07874. (04) ences and there was virtually no professional theater here.

After Kennedy's death, Mr. Stevens became President Johnson's special assistant on the arts. Later, he helped persuade Congress to create the National Endowment for the Arts and became its chairman. He not only led fundraising efforts for the Kennedy Center but also guided its programming and commissioned Leonard Bernstein's "Mass" for its opening. Mr.

Stevens also served as director of the Metropolitan Opera Association, the Peabody Conservatory, Folger Library and Circle in the Square Theater in New York. He was chairman of the American Film Institute and of the National Book awards and creator of the Fund for New American Plays. He made his money in real estate development and hotels, negotiating the purchase of New York City's Empire State Building in 1951 for the then-staggering sum of $51.1 million. During that decade, he also served as Democratic Party finance chairman. "I sometimes look back on the 1950s and wonder how the hell I did it all," he once observed.

"I was making real estate deals in almost every city in the country, producing at least five plays each year, on Broadway and raising money for the Democratic Party. I always said I could have done two out of three well, but not all three." In 1993, he suffered a stroke that paralyzed his right side. While he was hospitalized, a second stroke left him barely able to speak. A native of Detroit, he grew up in Ann Arbor, Mich. He and his wife of 60 years, Christine, lived in a 19th-century farmhouse in the Georgetown section of Washington.

He is also survived by a daughter, Cristabel Gough. By Mike Feinsilber Associated Press WASHINGTON Roger L. Stevens, the theatrical producer who brought more than 200 plays to the London and Broadway stage find built Washington's Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, died Monday at age 87. A real estate millionaire, Mr. Stevens was the first introduce to audiences works by such writers as Tennessee Williams, Harold Pinter, T.S.

Eliot, Arthur Kopit, Friedrich Durrenmatt, Eugene O'Neill, Tom Stoppard and Jean Giraudoux. The shows he produced included "West Side Story," "Bus Stop," "A Man for All Seasons," "Tea and Sympathy," "Deathtrap," "First Monday in October," "Mary, Mary," "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" and "Death of a Salesman." At President Kennedy's request, he raised public funds and elicited matching funds from Congress for the $70 million required to build a national cultural center on the Potomac River. When Kennedy was assassinated in 1963, Congress designated it as a national monument to the president. It opened in 1971 with Mr. Stevens as chairman, a post he held until 1988.

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