Clinton Township Newsletter

5 o c t o b e r 2 0 2 3 800.452.9105 • 908.638.9339 www.AandLPoolService.com 1 VAN SYCKLE ST, HIGH BRIDGE, NJ 08829 SERVING HUNTERDON, WARREN, MORRIS, SOMERSET AND MERCER COUNTIES FOUNDED 1967 • LIC.#13VH02098100 ALL In-Ground Pools Pool Openings Pool Closings Maintenance Swimming Pool Inspections Filter Repair/ Replacement Heater Repair/ Replacement Pump Repair/ Replacement Computerized Automation Pump/Acid Wash Safety Covers Renovations Vacuum Service Leak Detection Services Pressure Testing Pool Cleaners Pool Chemicals Salt Generators SPA Covers SERVICES: pool closings safety covers winter watch service WINTERIZING SERVICES Hi Julie: I'm a bit late reading the September [Clinton Township] Newsletter this month, but I wanted to inform you of an oversight I noticed. On page three, the "Days to Keep in Mind" list references a lot of important dates and holidays. However, I noticed one extremely important date is missing - September 11th, also known as Patriot Day, or 9/11 Remembrance. Best Regards, Michael Giuliano Dear Michael, You are totally correct and I apologize for the absence of that important date in our history. Like most of you, I remember that actual day so well. My only excuse is that I was working on the September issue in July and August, and I failed to think ahead. I will try to not let it happen again, and I appreciate your bringing it to my attention. Sincerely, Julie Clinton Township Resident Dear Editor, We are longtime area residents who took up full time residence in Florida nine years ago. Fortunately for us we are able to maintain a condo in BeaverBrook and look forward to your Newsletters to keep us abreast of local happenings when we are back home. A recent article about a local author releasing a new book caught my attention and thought I should mention a new release by another local author in the event it has not been already covered. I have very much enjoyed his three previous novels and I'm currently enjoying his new one, THE REAL DEAL [by Dan Krzyzkowski]. Dan Krzyzkowski is employed with the post office in Annandale. His email is dkrzyzkowski@hotmail.com. Thank you, Dr. Tom Hurban Dear Dr. Hurban, Thanks so much -- I'm so glad you still enjoy reading the Clinton Township Newsletter! Re: The Real Deal, we're on it! Please see the ad opposite this page and the article about it below, and... Keep reading us! – Julie Hi Julie, As always, you do a great job with the Clinton Township Newsletter. Not only is the content interesting to read, but the covers are stunning! I wanted to give you a heads-up in case you didn't know, and you might, perhaps, be on the lookout for an interesting person to interview for an upcoming Newsletter. I just learned that Terry Edwards, the Branch Manager for the North County Branch Library of the Hunterdon County Library, will be retiring at the end of October. I only know Terry through the Adult Summer and Winter Reading Programs in which she has enthusiastically coordinated for a number of years. It's because of her that I rediscovered the joy of reading and also found a new hobby in doing logic puzzles. I learned of her retirement yesterday when she sent us the final email to recap this summer's program. She has done such a wonderful job with the reading challenges by sending participants bi-weekly updates throughout the run of the programs, and especially with the celebrations she holds at the very end. As a librarian, I always found her to be approachable, responsive, and willing to help. She will be sorely missed. Thanks for keeping our community informed, Gina Holliday Hi Gina, Thank you so much! I work hard at making the Clinton Township Newsletter the best it can be, so I really appreciate your compliments. As for interviewing Terry Edwards, I love that idea, as I believe that dedicated librarians are pretty much rock stars. We will keep it in mind for future issues! Keep reading us! – Julie Hi Julie – I first started writing to you with your October 2020 issue. The cover was so lovely that I had to reach out. Then came the May 2021 issue that was stunning, and now this latest September 2023 - all bearing a favorite theme of mine, dark backgrounds, rich colors, flowers, leaves and grapes. So very beautiful! I am curious, do you create a virtual image only or do you make an actual collage (if that is even the right word)? Thank you for treating us, your readers, to your artistic talents/triumphs - month after month. And a special thank you from Women's Forum for so generously covering our events! Best always, Evelyn Breheney Glynn, Women's Forum Hi Evelyn, Thank you so much for your kind words and (ongoing) support! I create a collage (or several collages) in Adobe Illustrator using illustrations, and then import it/ them into Photoshop, where I create an even more complex collage adding photography, text, and whatever else I think the image needs. (It's not uncommon for me to have over 150 layers in a particular Photoshop file.) I tend to "feel" my way artistically through that process, much as one would when painting, sculpting or drawing, I suppose. I then import the final collage onto the cover page of my InDesign file for each particular issue. It would, of course, be much easier to do the whole thing in AI(?), but I'm not sure it would ever give me the result I want, so I create these covers the "old-fashioned" way. I can remember doing graphic design for print, before we ever had computers (Macs) to streamline the process – photoshoots, handmade illustrations, typesetting, cutting and pasting, mechanical boards, checking the pre-print "blues" for any problems or corrections, etc. We older graphic designers tend to get nostalgic about all of those things -- but we wouldn't want to go back to it! Thank you again and... Keep reading CTNL! – Julie letters to the editor T H E R E A L D E A L b y D A n K R z y z K o w s K i Two years after his wife's tragic disappearance, bestselling author John Mastenhock has quit writing and left his Georgia home to take up a life of debauchery. But what John does not know is that his life is about to be turned upside down. After he is contacted by a bankrupt publishing company and told they hold secret information regarding the whereabouts of his missing wife, Lorry, they offer him a simple deal. John writes the struggling company a bestseller, and they hand him the info—and maybe the keys to his old life. Yet writing another book is anything but easy for a haunted man battling internal demons and a troubled past. While John works on the manuscript and searches for Lorry, he is ultimately led to a clandestine southern town and to a dead ringer for his wife who claims to have never met him. While he determines how to unravel the mystery of her identity, dark forces descend, his sordid past threatens to reemerge, and a cat-and-mouse game turns deadly. Now it is up to the sheriff and his small police force to prevent one man's descent into madness from bringing an entire town to its knees. In this thrilling tale, a renowned novelist blackmailed into writing a bestseller by a bankrupt publishing company is propelled down a dark path where nothing is certain, including his sanity. Author Dan Krzyzkowski, the son of a doctor and music teacher, was educated in the Clinton Township school system and at Lafayette College, where he earned a degree in psychology. Dan is a full-time mail carrier for the Annandale Post Office and writes during the dark of night. His previous novels include Critical Mass, One-Lane Bridge, and The Caller. Available through all booksellers "Ghosts and goblins come to play on October's final day!" ~ Rusty Fischer

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