A Very Merry
Midsummer
PHOTO BY TRISH REYNOLDS FOR THE WEEKLY NEWS
At the time of summer solstice, this year on June 20, the noon sun will be directly overhead at the Tropic of Cancer. This makes it the longest period of daylight and the shortest night of the year in the Northern Hemisphere.
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Optimumizing the state of confusion.
Confusion. There seems to be a lot of it in the world of cable TV lately. Masses of it in fact. Like being a cable customer so not needing a digital conversion box, but being a cable customer and now being required to get a ‘set up’ box. Then there is the difference between receiving a cable box in two to three business days or having it shipped in two to three business days, or being able to get a tracking number in two to three business days but not actually getting the box for seven to ten business days. Apparently it all depends on the time of day or the “Sales Professional” you talk to…or some formula I have yet to understand. There also seems to be some confusion about the reason for needing said box. I subscribe to the Family Basic Package a lower cost option (if you can call $50 lower cost) for people who don’t need all those premium channels or digital perks. After all, according to their Website:
“Cablevision will continue to provide an analog signal. Cablevision intends to provide a version of broadcasters' digital signals in analog to its customers. As a result, customers connecting a cable line directly to the back of a cable-ready analog TV, without the use of a digital cable box, will continue to receive the analog signal of such broadcasters on that TV.
Only those customers using an over-the-air antenna in combination with an older analog TV will be affected by the DTV broadcast transition change. If you are currently using an antenna with an analog TV, you will need to connect that TV to a cable line with Cablevision service.”
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Rockin' the house for House
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PHOTO COURTESY OF JERSEY GYPSY
Fred Perotti’s band, Jersey Gypsy will be among those playing at the benefit.
Weekly News June 19, 2008
On June 21 eight local bands are going to “rock the house” in honor of Mount Olive teen Jesse House. An active honors student, musician, and member of the rohigh school botics team, House’s life changed in February when a fall while a snowboarding aggravated a tumor that had been growing on his left kidney. The cancer, known as Wilm's Tumor, covered 80 percent of the kidney and had wrapped itself into the kidney vein. The funds raised by the concert will help House, and his mother Mary Jo, with expenses involved in his treatment. The concert will take place at the Mount Olive Senior Center at 204 Flanders-Drakestown Road in Mount Olive. Doors open at 5:30pm and there is a minimum donation of $15. Food and beverages will be on sale during the event.
Appearing will be Alamance, Kelsey and The Chaos, Jersey Gypsy, The Onset, Ray Winch, And Then There Were Machines, and the Moderately Bright Four. It is hoped that House will be able to appear with a band at the end, to close out the show. The idea for the concert was inspired by his love of music.
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And the Freddy goes to.... 
Weekly News June 9, 2008
“Hackettstown High School …. Hackettstown High School…
Hackettstown High School…..” Stacy Sander Higgins, Drama Di-rector for the high school remembers hearing those words and sobbing. She was listening to radio coverage of the announcement of the 2008 State Theater Freddy nominations for excellence in high school theater.
The State Theater Center for the Arts in Easton, Pennsylvania has a yearly ceremony similar to Broadway’s Tony awards. Their website explains that “a panel of experienced evaluators view participating school's performances in the Lehigh Valley and Warren County, New Jersey and critiques 18 categories such as acting, singing, lighting, set design, etc.” This year Hackettstown High School received 10 Freddy nominations for its spring production of CATS. That would later translate into three awards for the school.
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