DECEMBER 5, 2014 LAST UPDATED: FRIDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2014, 12:31 AM
BY JIM MCCONVILLE
CORRESPONDENT |
THE RIDGEWOOD NEWS
Two games do not a season make, but for the Ridgewood High School ice hockey team, its first two outings did begin to paint a portrait of the 2014-15 campaign. And, judging by some of the base colors, the picture looks bright for the Maroons.
With the early November start, RHS got a pair of games in the books over Thanksgiving weekend. It opened with an 8-0 defeat of Passaic Valley/Cedar Grove on Saturday before falling to state power Ramsey, 5-2, on Sunday.
While the former result was somewhat expected, the game with Ramsey is the one that opened some eyes. The Maroons impressed many people with their effort against last season’s State Public B runner-up — including Rams head coach Bob Toy, who complimented his Ridgewood counterpart afterward.
“He [Toy] told me that he felt we’re capable of playing with the Mennen [Division] teams,” Maroon coach Mike Lucchesi said, referring to the top flight of the powerful Morris County Hockey League. “He was very complimentary, and that was really nice to hear coming from him.”
Ridgewood will get the chance to prove those words right later in the season when it plays Randolph and Morris Knolls, two Mennen Cup contenders, in non-conference games. Next up is tonight’s Big North Patriot (formerly Gold) Division meeting with River Dell/Westwood at the Ice House in Hackensack.
Mysterious Statue Hidden for Decades Set to make Reappearance at Village Hall
December 4,2014
the staff of the Ridgewood blog
Ridgewood NJ, Authorize Expenditure of Funds for and Placement of Federrici
Sculpture at Village Hall ( $2,500.) plus.
Where did this come from?Where is this statue now? How long have we owned it? What is the statue of? Where is it going to place in or on Village Hall grounds? Is Village Hall going to be the surrogate Arts Center that our Mayor
promised during his re election?
After several decades of being hidden from public view a Village owned Federrici Sculpture will be placed on front lawn near flag pole at Village Hall (secured in place there).
Sources tell the Ridgewood blog that the statue has been in storage at a location that is being kept under wraps to prevent item from being vandalized or stolen (reportedly it’s worth a fortune).
Sources also tell us that the Village has owned it for over 50 years and it was formerly installed at the old fire house on Hudson Street. The statue was taken down when building was demolished in 1990’s and placed in storage.
We know a photo was held up at the Council meeting last night, but I was too far away to see it.
We also know that the Ridgewood News attempted to get a photo today but was unable to.
The council does not want anyone to know where it is because they think it will be vandalized or stolen to which a tax payer has suggested it be moved inside somewhere, but so far the council has not heeded this lowly taxpayer.
Sources say the Library’s Ridgewood History room has a photo when it was mounted on the old Village Hall.
Federici, Gaetano
b. 1880
d. 1964
By Joseph D. McCaffrey
Star-Ledger Staff
March 14, 1997
In front of St. John’s Cathedral in Paterson stands a statue of Irish priest Dean William McNulty, comforting a barefoot orphan boy. The statue, completed in 1923, has come to symbolize nationally the pastoral role of priests in a working-class city like Paterson. It is also one of the best-known works of sculptor Gaetano Federici, whose outdoor sculptures abound in Paterson and other parts of North Jersey.
Federici died in 1964, at the age of 84, leaving a legacy of hundreds of public works.
Shortly after Federici died, his studio collection was sold by his family to an old friend and admirer, Clifton contractor John Saveriana. The studio collection includes models for some of Federici’s more famous statues, including Father McNulty, and for a World War I memorial in Paterson.
In 1978 Saveriana sold the items to Joseph Randazzo, a collector. Four years ago, Randazzo decided to sell all 215 pieces, and got in touch with an art auctioneer. A group of Paterson residents formed the Federici Collection Inc. in the hope of acquiring the collection. The Martini Foundation bought it on their behalf.
Federici, Paterson’s unofficial “sculptor laureate,” was one of New Jersey’s few native sculptors, according to one expert, and an extraordinarily prolific one. The Encyclopedia of American Biography in 1966 called Federici “an outstanding American sculptor . . . who won international acclaim for his work.”
According to Meredith Bzdak, New Jersey coordinator for a project called Save Outdoor Sculpture, Federici’s Collection is well worth saving. His works, she said, “are of great significance to us as a state in understanding our historical past.”
At least 40 of Federici’s major statues are within two miles of Paterson’s City Hall. Federici’s sculptures also are found in Cuba, New York, Hollywood, and in churches and cemeteries throughout the region. Bzdak said the studio collection represents the majority of Federici’s life work. “I feel the studio collection should remain intact – because it is one of the only collections of its kind. And because of the significance of Federici to us,” she said.
Fiorina said she remembered her grandfather as always at work in his studio. She has family snapshots of him, a short, sprightly man with a carefully trimmed goatee and a beret. The pictures are of a grandfatherly figure smiling warmly into the camera while working on huge figures in his studio.
Gaetano Federici was born in Castelgrande, Italy, in 1880. In 1887, he and his mother left their mountainous village to join his father, Antonio, in Paterson. Antonio Federici was a stone mason who had become a successful contractor in the booming industrial city.
Federici showed artistic promise as a Paterson High School student. By that time, his father could afford to allow the boy to get artistic training. As a young man Federici was apprenticed to some of the leading sculptors of his time. He studied in New York with the Art Students League.
According to Bzdak, Federici was trained in the academic tradition and would never stray far from it. Experts called him a conservative sculptor: While European sculptors were doing avant-garde work, Federici stayed with classical themes. He was painstaking in his attention to detail, yet always attempted to capture the personality of the subject.
The RHS Department of Fine & Applied Arts is looking for alumni to participate in the Tenth Annual Alumni Art Show. Last year’s show was a great success and it is hoped to reach even more of our alumni this year. The exhibition will be a showing of work created after graduating from RHS. It will be held in the Carroll Art Gallery, Room 137, from December 15 through January 9, 2015. There will be a reception for the artists on Thursday, January 8 at 7:30 p.m. All students, alumni, friends, family and staff are invited to the reception as well as to view the exhibition during school hours.
Participating artists should drop off their ready-to-hang artwork by the week of December 8. Question may be directed to the Department of Fine & Applied Arts at 201-670-2800, ext. 20542, or email the department in care of [email protected].
Event information and other news is continually updated on the Arts at Ridgewood Public Schools’ Twitter profile: @Arts_at_RPS and Facebook account page, www.facebook.com/TheArtsatRPS.
Friendsgiving, a new tradition to be thankful for
By Ellen McCarthy November 25
Shauna Alexander’s Friendsgiving story began in the traditional way: She was avoiding her family.
“I was having some tough times with my parents — as one does when they’re 25,” she recalls. “It was just growing pains with the folks.”
So, instead of going home to New York for Thanksgiving that year, Alexander lied and told her parents that she had to work on Friday and was stuck in Washington.
Then she went out and bought the video game “Rock Band,” cooked a bunch of food and invited all her friends who were left in town over for dinner.
The evening was laid-back and boozy and so, so much fun. That was five years ago — and Alexander hasn’t been home for Thanksgiving since.
She is among those who ardently believe in the superiority of a Thanksgiving spent with friends. Benefits: no travel, no drama and the ability to sleep in your own bed, assuming that you don’t pass out on your buddy’s couch. It’s not that Friendsgiving advocates aren’t thankful for family. They definitely are. Just, you know, from a distance.
“There’s something to be said for friends being the family you choose, as cliche as that statement is,” says Alexander, now 31. “You get to be with people you actually want to be around, and aren’t just obligated to be around — crazy aunts and uncles and brothers you might not get along with.”
The Mayor will host a meeting on civility in our public discourse Monday, November 24 at 7:30pm in Village Hall, why cant we all just get along?
The Mayor Paul Aronsohn will host a meeting on civility in our public discourse on Monday, November 24, 7:30pm at Village Hall, and the Ridgewood blog asks, “why cant we all just get along?” all day Monday join the conversation !
Specifically, the Mayor would like to begin a community-wide conversation about ways in which we can elevate public discourse and improve the way in which people publicly treat each other … whether it be at a Council meeting … on a ball field … in an online discussion … or anywhere else.
the entire day will be sponsored by MrBeer
all fake IPs sent by the same sender inquiring minds want to know ? I am sure the Deputy Mayor and the Mayor can fill you in ……
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Why cant we all just get along ? 9View Post Select commentAnonymous 107.189.154.13 Submitted on 2014/11/23 at 10:02 am
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Once devastated, wild turkey populations make big comeback 6View Post Select commentanonymous 104.161.12.125 Submitted on 2014/11/22 at 5:06 pm
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Ridgewood residents grow frustrated with planner’s housing testimony 6View Post Select commentanonymous 108.61.29.147 Submitted on 2014/11/21 at 3:34 pm
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Civility in our public discourse or Silencing Dissent 63View Post Select commentanonymous 108.61.29.147 Submitted on 2014/11/21 at 3:13 pm
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Gymboree on East Ridgewood Avenue now shuttered 12View Post Select commentanonymous 192.110.164.130 Submitted on 2014/11/21 at 10:30 am
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Reader says with 500-700 new units at a bare minimum, water and sewer will need upgrades 2View Post Select commentanonymous 107.189.154.13 Submitted on 2014/11/21 at 10:29 am
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Ridgewood plans to seek new CFO 4View Post Select commentanonymous 148.163.116.219 Submitted on 2014/11/21 at 10:29 am
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Civility in our public discourse or Silencing Dissent 63View Post Select commentanonymous 107.189.154.13 Submitted on 2014/11/21 at 10:28 am
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Reader says Previous Reports make it obvious that the densities being proposed in ridgewood are too dense. 3View Post Select commentAnonymous 67.159.5.242 Submitted on 2014/11/21 at 4:03 am
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Reader asks an increase of 300-500 new residential units how might affect Village Services ,Schools ,Water ,Recreation and so on 5View Post Select commentanonymous 192.110.164.130 Submitted on 2014/11/20 at 8:22 pm
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Toyota Highlander winds up on front lawn following Ridgewood crash 8View Post Select commentanonymous 192.110.164.130 Submitted on 2014/11/20 at 3:45 pm
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Reader says Mr. Aronsohn’s, Mr. Pucciarelli’s and Mrs. Hauck’s continue to behave as though “rules are for others”. 21View Post Select commentAnonymous 67.159.5.242 Submitted on 2014/11/20 at 1:34 pm
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Reader says When the developers financial interests matter more than the increased burden on residents they are no longer representing our best interests 14View Post Select commentanonymous 192.110.164.130 Submitted on 2014/11/20 at 9:54 am
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Executive order on immigration would ignite a political firestorm By Chris Cillizza Reporter November 16 at 6:07 PM
Reports are rampant that President Obama will sign an executive order as soon as this week that will allow up to 5 million undocumented immigrants to avoid deportation. Signing such an order would have explosive political consequences — it would not only reshape the near-term fights in Congress but also have a potentially profound effect on the two parties’ national coalitions heading into the 2016 election and beyond.
Republicans have made it clear that if Obama goes forward, it would be the equivalent of giving the middle finger to their incoming majority — and, by extension, the American public, which helped the GOP gain seats in the House and Senate on Nov. 4.
At a news conference held the day after the midterm elections, Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), the incoming Senate majority leader, compared Obama’s signing of an executive order on immigration to “waving a red flag in front of a bull.” Speaker John A. Boehner (R-Ohio) said Obama will “burn himself” if he moves forward.
MIT Professor Jonathan Gruber’s gaffes could derail Obamacare
Obamacare architect Jonathan Gruber — the MIT brainiac caught on video admitting the law’s “lack of transparency” was meant to dupe a gullible American public — could end up becoming Obamacare’s demolition man, with congressional Republicans threatening to hold hearings and experts saying his bombshell comments could impact the Supreme Court case challenging the Affordable Care Act.
“They can subpoena him and call him to testify about the way he used federal money because he got an awful lot of it,” said Dennis Hale, a Boston College political science professor, referring to reports yesterday that Gruber received hundreds of thousands of dollars in federal grants to help states implement Obamacare. “If he shows up to testify, it’s going to be pretty ugly.”
“This is the gift that keeps on giving,” Hale said. “If you’re selling a product that people don’t want to buy and then tell them they’re stupid because they don’t want to buy it, you get into trouble.”
Gleeful Republicans, who will dominate the House and Senate come January, have pounced on Gruber’s comments that the Obamacare law “passed because the American voters are too stupid to understand the difference.”
Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) told The Washington Post, “We may want to have hearings on this.” And Arizona Sen. John McCain said the controversy “gives us ammunition to make fundamental changes to the law.”
The Gruber firestorm comes just a week after the Supreme Court agreed to hear a case challenging whether states enrolled in the federal HealthCare.gov portal — rather than creating their own exchanges — can dole out Obamacare subsidies.
Ridgewood Planner’s report on multifamily housing misses the point
To the editor:
After recently moving to a home that is only a block outside of our Central Business District, I had an even more vested interest in attending the last Planning Board meeting. I was curious to hear our village planner, Blais Brancheau, as he told our Planning Board about this new high-density zoning change. I was incredibly disappointed with Blais’ presentation. He talked in circles and back peddled, saying not much about very little.
We want our village planner to have a plan, not just deal with developers as they come along! We need to know the long-term repercussions of this zoning change. We deserve this, as citizens and taxpayers of this town. He has yet to set forth facts on how these developments will impact our municipal services, traffic, our schools and the future of Ridgewood.
Instead, we heard about State of NJ planning guidelines and recommendations from NJ Transit. Why didn’t Blais discuss local and regional issues ahead of generalized state planning recommendations? Our schools are at or are near maximum capacity, yet Blais told the Planning Board this should not be a primary concern. Really? That is why we live here … the schools are the best.
According to Blais’ report, Page 14, using the Rutgers Study, the actual number of schoolchildren attending Ridgewood schools from apartments in/around the CBD was almost four times higher than the projected amount. And Blais neglected to highlight data that would make this projection even higher.
Our lack of parking is a huge issue right now, yet all of these high-density zoning changes will come with less than the state required parking. Our town’s Open Space committee gave a full presentation on our severe deficit of open space in this town, yet rezoning for up to 500-700 new apartments will surely exacerbate this problem.
Our Planning Board needs to think long and hard about the decisions before them. Yes, there is a need for beautiful, higher-end apartments to keep empty nesters in Ridgewood, their town they love and invested in for years. But people cannot be expected to sit through endless testimony, read through ridiculous blogs, or pay for attorneys in order to fight for their town. But that is the way it is today.
Why not put forth a non-binding referendum to see what the taxpayers of Ridgewood see for the future of Ridgewood? Upper Saddle River just did it. How about a village-wide mailing of the facts to every resident to educate us on exactly what the Master Plan amendment includes? Upper Saddle River just did that, too. (Oh, and Upper Saddle River just voted 11-1 against high-density zoning.)
It is up to the Planning Board to do what is right for Ridgewood, not for the developers, today and in the future. As leaders of our community, we truly hope they will.
Union City lights await Ridgewood Football in state playoffs
November 14, 2014 Last updated: Friday, November 14, 2014, 12:31 AM
By Jim McConville
CORRESPONDENT |
The Ridgewood New
RIDGEWOOD — The second season begins tonight for the Ridgewood High School football team.
The question is, will it be a one-act show, or have the Maroons learned enough throughout the fall to be able to make a serious run in the North 1, Group 5 state tournament? Ridgewood (5-4) enters the postseason as the No. 7 seed and will visit No. 2 Union City (7-2) tonight at 7.
While a 40-13 loss in the final game of the regular season may not sound like a good springboard into the playoffs, the Maroons’ effort against Bergen Catholic last Friday night actually was encouraging.
BC did hold out some of its walking wounded in a game that had absolutely no meaning to either team as far as playoff positioning was concerned, but the Crusaders’ offensive line was intact, and their quarterback and running backs did play.
The Ridgewood defense did a good job of keeping Bergen Catholic in check, and it was a 13-6 game late in the second quarter. Senior Mitch Campbell’s interception in the final minute of the period seemingly had RHS in solid shape, but a fumble on the ensuing play from scrimmage turned the ball over at the Maroon 1-yard line.
NOVEMBER 13, 2014 LAST UPDATED: THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2014, 5:02 PM BY LAURA HERZOG STAFF WRITER | THE RIDGEWOOD NEWS
It hit people fast, and hard, coming with tears in some cases.
The news was that Harding Pharmacy and Liquors would be closing, possibly this Sunday — and taking with it the friendliness and cute seasonal window displays that customers and residents driving by have come to take for granted.
That, plus decades of Ridgewood history that it built solidly on the corner of East Ridgewood and North Maple avenues.
“I saw [the owner] Myron’s sign that said the store was closing, I just got a little welled up,” said resident Anne Marie Kleiman, who has been going to Harding since 1999. “I gave him a hug.”
That hug has a history: Kleiman recalled pharmacist and 32-year owner Myron Lesh’s congratulatory hug after she became pregnant, and his insistence that she call him and his wife at home any time, night or day, if she needed anything – prescriptions, diapers, whatever. Later, Harding’s clerk became Kleiman’s first babysitter.
“The grandparent of our friend, who is in her 90s now, was a friend of one of Myron’s wife’s aunts,” Kleiman said with a laugh. “They came referred to us from that generation. They came and welcomed us as if we were members of that generation, as well.”
Another sad resident was Kathleen McCormack, whose family has lived in the village since the 1960s.
For Republicans, now comes the hard part: governing.
Fresh off its historic gains on Election Day, the GOP will soon have control of both the Senate and the House for the first time since 2007. Republicans are promising to fix Congress, knowing that they — for better or worse — will run a historically unpopular institution ahead of the 2016 elections.
Republican leaders know the mandate they received Tuesday will be short-lived if they cannot enact laws to boost what many voters see as a sluggish economy.
In a rare phone call with President Obama Wednesday, Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) identified two major areas of possible compromise: trade agreements and tax reform.
“There are a lot of people who believe that, just because you have divided government, it doesn’t mean you don’t accomplish anything,” McConnell said at a press conference in Louisville, Ky.
Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus said “serious immigration reform” is on the table as well but cautioned it must include strong provisions to secure the border.
Yet the first order of business for McConnell and Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) will be to put the basic work of Congress back on track. That means passing a budget each year and moving the appropriations bills on schedule instead of letting them pile up in annual year-end omnibus packages.
The GOP leaders say they will tackle more than three dozen House-passed jobs bills, such as an authorization of the Keystone XL oil pipeline. That measure has passed the House and has the votes to clear the Senate next year. The Obama administration has repeatedly delayed a final decision on Keystone.
McConnell on Wednesday said the upper chamber under Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) was the primary cause of gridlock.
“The Senate was the problem, not the House,” he said. “The House passed over 300 pieces of legislation, many of them on a bipartisan basis, and nothing was done with them in the Senate.
“The American people have changed the Senate, so I think we have an obligation to change the behavior of the Senate and begin to function again,” he added.
Black disappointment with Obama threatens Democrats
BY DAVID LIGHTMAN
McClatchy Washington BureauOctober 23, 2014
MIAMI — Black voters’ disappointment with President Barack Obama, who they so eagerly embraced for so many years, could be costly on Election Day to Democrats, who badly need a big African-American turnout to win Senate and gubernatorial races in key states.
Instead, many African-Americans see an unemployment rate well above the national average, continuing problems with crime in many neighborhoods, and a president more interested in trying to help other voting blocs that didn’t give him such unwavering support.
Related: Rep. John Lewis says he’d ‘vote against’ Obama judicial nominee
He talks about same-sex marriage in a nod to the gay and lesbian community. He discusses immigration and its benefits, an issue particularly important to the Latino community. He fights for equal pay, a vital issue to the women Democrats so avidly court.
Left to right are RHS Principal Tom Gorman, Siobhan Winograd, Jacqueline Hennessey, Steven Correll, and Keith Dawkins
The newly elected officers of the Ridgewood High School Alumni Association. Thomas Gorman, principal of RHS and a Class of ’87 graduate, said more than a dozen people attended the Sept. 30 meeting where Keith Dawkins was elected president, Jacqueline Hennessey (Class of ’87) was elected vice president, Steven Correll (Class of ’88) was elected treasurer, and Siobhan Winograd (Class of ’91) was elected secretary.paul mccubbin https://rhs1977.blogspot.com/
RHS Alumni association to strengthen tradition
OCTOBER 17, 2014 LAST UPDATED: FRIDAY, OCTOBER 17, 2014, 12:31 AM BY JODI WEINBERGER STAFF WRITER | THE RIDGEWOOD NEWS
The Ridgewood community is pioneering a path to help support the district’s high school through an alumni association.
Last month, the ad-hoc group formalized itself by electing four officers and creating a board of trustees.
Their first official meeting on Sept. 30 was followed days later, on Oct. 2, with a dinner for alumni at Novo Restaurant.
Thomas Gorman, principal of RHS and a Class of ’87 graduate, said more than a dozen people attended the Sept. 30 meeting where Keith Dawkins was elected president, Jacqueline Hennessey (Class of ’87) was elected vice president, Steven Correll (Class of ’88) was elected treasurer, and Siobhan Winograd (Class of ’91) was elected secretary.
“On some level it was kind of a no-brainer for me [to be involved] in that I’m a RHS alum, my boys – I have an eighth-grader and a fifth-grader – will be RHS alum,” Dawkins said. “The school did a lot for me, and it’s going to do a lot for them.”
Dawkins said he envisions the association being a “powerful network that gives back into the Ridgewood ecosystem,” but short-term he’s excited about the “passion and enthusiasm” from the community.
“[Superintendent] Dr. [Daniel] Fishbein got an email from an alumnus who lives in China and he wants to not be left out,” Gorman said. “It’s growing. A lot of people who couldn’t make it [to the meeting] said, ‘I want to be involved. Get my name on the list’.”
New Czar has no background or infectious disease experience?
No he is not a Doctor
By David McCabe – 10/17/14 12:24 PM EDT
No sooner had the White House announced that it had selected Ron Klain to coordinate the administration’s response to concerns about the Ebola virus than several congressional Republicans were expressing anger about the pick.
Most highlighted Klain’s past as a political operative. He is a former chief of staff to Vice President Biden and a longtime aide to Democratic campaigns. Those criticizing Klain included Rep. Tim Murphy (R-Pa.), who chaired Thursday’s hearing on the response to the virus.
Ridgewood Football stays unbeaten with 47-12 victory over Clifton
OCTOBER 11, 2014 LAST UPDATED: SATURDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2014, 1:21 AM BY JIM MCCONVILLE SPECIAL TO THE RECORD THE RECORD
CLIFTON – Coming into the season, Ridgewood knew it had to make the most of the first half of the schedule. With a young and inexperienced team, the Maroons had five winnable games to open the year.
The quintet was completed Friday night as Ridgewood scored on the first play from scrimmage and never looked back. The 47-12 defeat of Clifton sets up an intriguing matchup next week with Paramus, the first team with a winning record the Maroons will face.
“Now we’ll find out how good we are,” Ridgewood coach Chuck Johnson said. “I can tell you that we are a whole lot better than we were at the beginning of the season, but just how good will be determined.”
The Maroons certainly took care of winless Clifton, which was playing its first game at the newly renovated Joseph Grecco Field. After the opening kickoff went out of bounds, Drew Granski was able to stretch out a sweep left and find a hole, racing 65 yards for a touchdown.
