b"Especially now, it is important to thank those who are doing so much for us.TO ALL THE nurses doctorshealth care workers Dr. Fred Orthlieb dismantled CHS's tele- EMTs police firefightersscope and brought it to his workshop in Swarthmore, PA. Photo credit: Fredessential workersOrthlieb. THANKnew appreciation for the telescope, the space, and how they would be able toYOU use it. Physics teacher and astronomy clubadvisorAnthonySilvestrisays, All the credit should go to Dr. Char- City to SuburbsBuyingSellingRelocations First Time BuyersThe Brashear telescope on its old mountney: Right away, he saw the gem that was in a sad state before it was restored. we had up there. Susan Blodgett, ABR AlthoughthetelescopeismoreBroker / Sales Associateand one of the worlds experts on an- than 100 years old, it is still considered973-214-4636 tique telescope restoration. So beganoneofthefinestinstrumentsavail- Susan.Blodgett@cbmoves.comtheworkofdismantlingandmov- able. After various repairs were madeGinny Spiegel ing the telescope to his workshop inand the lens was cleaned and polished,Sales AssociateSwarthmore while also overseeing theOrthliebcomputerizedtheBrashear973-219-8865 renovation of the observatory.with cutting-edge technology to bringVirginia.Spiegel@cbmoves.com145 Maplewood Avenue,Maplewood, NJ@WeKnowNJRealEstate As with most old structures, onceit into the 21st century. Now viewing973-378-8300Orthlieb became more involved witha galaxy is as simple as typing in a lo-the observatory, he found that piecescation for the telescope to focus on,SERVICEKNOWLEDGEEXPERTISE ofhardwarefromdecadespastwereprovided, of course, that the weather missing or hopelessly brokensuch asis clear and someone opens the dome the rollers that helped the roof retractand rotates it into place when the gal-addingunanticipatedcomplexityaxy is visible. Whats more, the soft-to the project. Soon enough, though,ware tracks and records the images onWE'RE OPENthe dome could open, 15 degrees pera server so they can be downloaded.hour, after being stuck in a closed posi- Asascienceeducator,thisisthe tion for more than 40 years. The spacepiecethatgetsCharneyparticularly was cleaned and painted a battleshipanimated.MyvisionwasreallytoO U R P R I M A R Y G O A L I S Y O U Rgray;pigeon-proofingwasinstalledmake this a workhorse, he says. Un- W H O L E H E A L T H & S A F E T Yon several floors, and security cameraslessschoolsgetexcitedaboutit,the added.observatorywillgofallow.Tohelp During different stages of the res- promote the observatory, he spoke to toration, Charney and Orthlieb spokeprincipalsandteachers(manydidnt to the astronomy club about its prog- even know it existed) about how they ress. Many of the details were highlycouldusethetelescopeintheclass-technical,butthestudentsgainedaroom, especially now that astronomy is partoftheNJ learningassess-ment for grades K-6. C h a r n e y wouldlove toseethedayW E ' V E I N S T I L L E D A D I L I G E N T & T H O R O U G HwhenstudentsC O V I D - 1 9 P R O C E D U R E , F O L L O W I N G A L LcanorderupG U I D E L I N E S P R O V I D E D B Y C D C , A D A , & A G Dimagesaspart oftheirre- Visit our website MuenchDental.com search.Offor all protocol details & patient feedbackThe mechanism for opening the roof was refurbished after beingcourse,thisKevin F. Muench, DMD, MAGD|140 Maplewood Ave, Maplewood, NJinoperable for 40 years.feature story /13"