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FROM THE FRONT PAGE COURIER NEWS A-2 FRIDAY, MAY 12, 2000 For femoral Mm and MoM Coents, cal UMDNI hot arte (73) 9T2-MU 4 Wesffie mm plains Today Saturday Sunday Tuaiday Monday Tjft if Shoot Partly cloudy Chance of t-etorrrrs 7SS2 Partly doudy SVM Chance of ShOWtJfS 8880 7054 THE NATION TODAY AT NOON Chance) of showara S4M COMFORT INDICATORS Sunburn Indue 3 Air Quality: Moderate Heat Index: 8 a.m. EM noon 77' 4 p.m. 83 Gardening Forecast Mostly cloudy with a chance for showers today. Partly cloudy and mild overnight XoA.V VWI 80af "We were stuck here the whole time we had to stay down. We didn't have any idea what was going on," she said.

But Doherty praised Westfield police for their actions. "They did a fantastic job. They were on guard the whole time," she said. A crowd of about six people swelled to 30 or more around the crime scene, owner Will Fiore said at The Old Toy Store. He also locked up, but left by the back door Wednesday.

Honrath, tenant Gary Powell and an unidentified woman each had a bedroom upstairs in the apartment at 756 Central sharing common space downstairs, said Westfield Police Lt. Frank Brunelle on Thursday. Neither tenant was home Thursday. But Brunelle said Powell was home when Honrath arrived with Sohayla Massachi on Wednesday. "He heard the argument," Brunelle said.

When Powell went to help the woman, Honrath slammed his door, Brunelle said. As police arrived, they told Powell to get out. Police were still removing evidence from the apartment Thursday. On the lamp store lawn across the street, five small stone angels faced the duplex, four with their hands clasped in prayer. i Sseesri Merchants near shooting site said police handled situation expertly.

By BERNICE PAGLIA and TONY SCLAFANI Staff Writers WESTFIELD Residents were still talking Thursday about the shooting that paralyzed their neighborhood a day earlier. At Williams Lamps across the street from "We were stick Christopher Hon- here the Whole rath's apartment, fae wehad employee Amy Williams said she tO Stay dOWTI. heard screams We didn't have Wednesday after- lAniM noon. "I didn't know waSgOOrgOn. what it was at Jackie.

Dohorty, first," she said employee. Thursday. Williams lamps Then she heard two gunshots. Honrath had shot his ex-girlfriend and turned the gun on himself. Westfield police quickly evacuated residents and warned merchants to close up, lamp store employee Jackie Doherty said.

her into his black Plymouth Laser, but apparently just used a headhold to restrain her on the drive to Westfield, authorities said. Massachi, who had been planning to go to court Thursday to get a temporary restraining order against Honrath permanent was in fair condition at University Hospital in Newark. She lives on Creston Avenue in Union Township, police said. Honrath was employed as a cook with Sunrise Of Westfield, an assisted-living facility, from June 30, 1999, to Feb 4, 2000, Executive Director Kathy Jean Pinchuk said Thursday. I Honrath and Massachi met online and dated for about a year, Brunblle said.

The dead man's computer Was removed Thursday for investigation by a special high-tech section of the Union County Prosecutor's Office's Special Prosecutions unit. In 1994, Honrath was convicted of harassment and stalking a 15-year-old victim in Roselle Park, Brunelle said. Maria Martino, 20, of North Caldwell, Essex County, a sophomore student at the South Orange campus of Seton Hall, said she feels sorry for the pain the Massachi family must be enduring. She said school security officers are not seen patrolling much around the outskirts of the campus. rum iwkJ I 4 6 a.

AN nwpftr foracMts Mid dfftfl otovMMl In From page A-l Brunelle said. "The delay was caused by the security guard not making the phone call." Mike McMahon, director of public safety at Seton Hall University, said he was unaware of any alleged abduction by Honrath outside the college's grounds. "I'm not familiar with anything you're talking about," he said Thursday. "I'm not familiar with that." McMahon, who read about the shooting Thursday, said neither police nor school officials have contacted him in reference to Massachi and have not discussed the actions of the officer in question with him. "They have not," he said.

Seton Hall University public information officials refused to comment. They would only confirm that Massachi was a student at the university, and was three credits shy of graduating. Honrath who was convicted of stalking a teen-age girl in 1994 grabbed Massachi, 23, as she left the campus, where she was both a university student and a student teacher at Summit Middle School. The 6-foot-tall, 300-pound man used the necktie to drag T-ftonm Fkirrln Fleets Weather Cental, Madboe, Wte. WOO jl-Ijfc, Shown an noon protons of weather systems and precvoniori femperatiw knss are raffs tot tt day MARINE FORECAST Chance of showers and munderstorms today.

Winds will be southeast at 15 to 20 knots. Bays will hae 1 to 2 -foot waves, seas 3 to 4 feet HIGH TIDES TIDES A.M. RM. At Sandy Hook Today 3:37 4:23 Tomorrow 4:39 5:21 Sunday 5:38 6:14 Kevoort at Raritan Bav LOW TIDES A.M. RM.

10:23 10:45 11:16 11:41 12:04 10:40 11:02 11:33 11:58 12:21 SUN AND MOON Full Lffst New First OOOD May 18 May 26 June 2 June 8 Sunset today 8:05 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow 5:43 a.m. Moonnse today 2:22 p.m. Moonset today 3:06 a.m. Today 3:41 4:27 4:43 5:25 5:42 6:18 Tomorrow Sunday ALMANAC Central Jersey Readings Values are for 24 hours ending 6 p.m.

yesterday. Information provide by January Adams, U.S. Cooperative weather observer Precipitation: Meroay 0.03 Month-to-date 024 Yfearto-date 12.98 Normal year to-date 16.20 U1' li'-'ri ,3 a a "9 Temperatures: High 80 Low 53 Average 67 Normal high 68 Normal tow 47 Normal average 57 High this month 95 Low this month 36 High temp, today 95 (1896) Low temp, today 30 (1906) Precip. today NA Degree Days: Cooling degree days 0 Month-to-date 27 Season-to-date 4428 This date last year 2 Normal season-to-date 5305 I I 4 i i ll O'Connor's successor called a good choice i Ill it mt, Ira V. I i it KhM Mt Ml Vi lli r.i High temp 95 (1896) Low temp 29 (1943) Precipitation NA REGION TODAY Cttv Lo City HI Lo 84 60 sh 80 64 sh 84 61 sh Lo 86 63 78 55 86 62 By JUDIE GLAVE The Associated Press Philadelphia Ft Pleasant Trenton Atlantic City 80 63 pc East Stroudsburg 79 52 sh Elizabeth 82 62 sh New BrunswiCK New York Perth Amboy WEATHER ELSEWHERE NEW YORK Bishop Edward M.

Egan's appointment by Pope John Paul II as the ninth archbishop of New York was received Thursday with prayers and If': Vj City Anchorage Atlanta Baltimore Barbados Beijing Bermuda Billings Boston Buffalo Chicago Cincinnati Cleveland Dallas WUWCtty MUWCtty HI Lo 53 35 Denver 58 37 Minneapolis 70 44 pc 91 68 Detroit 83 61 Montreal 69 44 pc 87 64 pc Frankfurt 75 53 pc Moscow 54 42 sh 85 73 sh Honolulu 84 73 Nashville 87 66 73 53 sti Houston 90 73 pc NewDelhi 98 78 74 66 Indianapolis 83 60 pc NewOneans 88 70 pc 53 42 sh Jerusalem 77 48 Norfolk 88 68 pc 70 54 sh Jcrannesburg 61 39 Orlando 93 69 pc 80 63 London 68 51 pc Pars 76 56 pc 77 52 Los Angeles 76 56 Phoenix 87 62 86 62 pc MemcoGty 73 62 pc Pittsuurgh 85 63 82 61 Miami 90 75 pc Reno 61 37 pc 89 64 pc Milwaukee 76 48 Ro de Janeiro 90 68 pc City Riyadh Rome St. Louis San Antonio San Diego SanFianctsco San Juan Seattle Tampa Tokyo Tucson Warsaw Washington HI lo 96 74 78 60 pc 79 56 pc 94 73 pc 70 57 63 50 87 73 pc 59 44 pc 90 70 75 57 sh 88 54 70 55 pc 89 68 pc FT good wishes from parishioners and those who know him. "I think he's a man of vision and foresight," said Monsignor Peter Finn, who worked ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO Wteaew (Wl: s-smy: pcovty ckuV. ctudr, 9awx UruTdaaome; r-ian; af-snow Dunes: sn-sxw: Mce, RHBrVrow, wwinay "I don't feel like the boss, but give me time and I will," he said with a broad smile. "I want to be a New Yorker," he said at one point.

"Archbishop Egan will be a strong and dynamic leader, and he brings many priestly gifts and talents to this challenging responsibility," said Archbishop Theodore McCar-rick of Newark, a onetime candidate to succeed O'Connor. "His mission of energetic and caring, pastoral leadership of the Church of Bridgeport has well prepared him for the leadership of this most important American diocese." Monsignor Finn, who is now pastor at St. Joseph-St. Thomas Church in Staten Island, predicted Egan would be well-received in New York. He called Egan "a very energetic and forward looking leader" and remembered him as "a man with a wonderful sense of humor, a bright man." Egan has been bishop of the Bridgeport, Conn, diocese since December 1988, but he earlier served 3 12 years as an auxiliary bishop Archbishop-designate Bishop Edward Egan, center, is flanked by fellow bishops as he prays Thursday tor the late Cardinal John O'Connor at St.

Patrick's Cathedral in New York City. CORRECTIONS "He looks like a good man," said Elssy Mino, 58, a saleswoman from Bayside, Queens. "Nobody's going to replace O'Connor, but I think Egan will be OK. He seems very sweet and nice." "Sure, O'Connor is a hard act to follow, but so was Spellman," said Martin Shanahan, a consultant from New Jersey, who often attends Mass at St. Patrick's.

"He'll do fine." and vicar of education in New York. At St. Patrick's Cathedral the Fifth Avenue landmark and seat of Egan's new archdiocese prayers were offered for him at two early morning Masses. Parishioners going in and out of the cathedral said they would welcome the new archbishop's leadership though many noted O'Connor still was greatly missed. in the archdio- Bishop Edward M.

cese's press office Egan will replace when Egan was an Cardina O'Connor, auxiliary bishop here. The pope announced this morning that Egan, 68, would succeed Cardinal John O'Connor, who died May 3 of brain cancer. And at his first news conference since taking the helm, Egan seemed at ease with the press. Black Horse Stable in Hillsborough has 80 horses stabled at its facilities. A story in Thursday's editions misstated the number of horses.

The Make a Difference Team at Brother International Corp. and the North Plainfield Youth Services Commission were omitted from the list of nominees for the Adult Group Volunteer Star Award in Thursday's editions. The Make A Difference Team was nominated for its work with many Central Jersey organizations. The Youth Services Commission was nominated for its work with at-risk youth. Our goal is to provide fair and accurate reporting.

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