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PARK WEDNESDAY, AUG. 7,2002 OBITUARIES LES Additional obituaries B6 Atole brought about positive changes for the northern New Mexico tribe. He cited the establishment of a tribal employees' retirement plan, a personnel code to protect employees' rights and the settlement of Jicarilla water rights. Atole was credited with land acquisitions over a period of 11 years beginning in 1984, including the El Poso Ranch in Rio Arriba County. The Associated Press MEREDITH BAYLIS, a former member of the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo who taught at the Joffrey Ballet School in New York for 15 years, has died.

She was 72. Baylis died from complications of heart surgery on July 26 in Los Angeles, said Leslie Aqua Viva Shulman, a friend. Baylis, who was born in Burbank, studied ballet in Los Angeles and New York. She performed classical and modern works as a member of the Ballet Russe from 1951 until 1962, when it disbanded. Seven years later, she joined the Joffrey, where she organized dance classes for deaf children and directed a summer program for students from around the country.

She left the Joffrey in 1984, had her own ballet school in Studio City from 1990 to 2000 and taught at other schools. CPR-trained officer saves 45-day-old baby BERNARDS Daniel Tyler Anderson was turning blue. The 45-day-old baby's lungs had stopped inflating and his heart wouldn't beat. Township Patrolman Richard Roche looked down at the motionless 5-pound, 14-ounce infant in his left hand and watched his eyes roll back. He blew gently into the baby's mouth and repeatedly pressed two fingers against his chest.

The cries of the boy's young parents faded into the background as Roche and Sgt. Brian Bobowicz put Daniel on the carpeted foyer of a Commonwealth Drive home last Thursday. The men knelt beside Daniel with beads of sweat hanging from their faces in the sweltering heat. They don't remember talking. "I've never seen a child so small I was very nervous, but I was just doing what I taught to do," said Roche, 29, a rookie who was recertified in CPR after joining the force in April.

The officers turned an oxygen pump mask upside down to fit over the baby's tiny mouth. Several pumps later, they heard Daniel taking soft breaths of his own and saw his body squirming. Then, his parents heard their first-born child cry again. "I actually was SO happy I probably cried even harder. It was such an emotional time," said Daniel's father, 24-year-old Ryan Anderson, who was hold- RUTH E.

TILESTON. 77, of POINT PLEASANT, died yesterday at Burnt Tavern Convalescent Center, Brick. She was a homemaker. Born in New Jersey, she lived in Brick before moving to Point Pleasant 15 years ago. Surviving are a son, Melvin L.

Tileston of Jacksonville, a daughter, Diane Chybinski of Sparta, a sister, Lorraine Fischer of Maryland; five grandchildren; and many great -grandchildren. There will be no calling hours. Interment is private. Colonial Funeral Home, Brick, is in charge of arrangements. VINCENT L.

WEST, 86, of Holiday City, BERKELEY, died Monday at home. He was employed as a foreman for General Electric, Newark, for 33 years until 1980. He was a World War II Navy veteran and was a member of Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 10185, Berkeley, and the Ancient Order of the Deep. Born in Murphy, N.C., he lived in Verona before moving to Berkeley in 1998. His wife, Mary Murphy West, died in 1998.

Surviving are a son and daughter-in-law, Ronald L. and Marie West of South Toms By TONY SCLAFANI STAFF WRITER River; two sisters, Roselle Hanson of North Carolina, and Mildred Westbrook of Georgia; and three grandsons, Ronald, Nicholas and Anthony. Visiting hours will be from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday, with funeral services at 8 p.m.

at Carmona-Bolen Home for Funerals, 412 Main Toms River. ELSEWHERE LEONARD ATOLE, of DULCE, N.M., former president of the Jicarilla Apache Nation, died Monday of an undisclosed illness. He was 60. Stacey Sanchez, a spokeswoman for the Jicarilla Apache Nation, said Atole's family did not release the exact nature of his illness. Atole was elected to a fouryear term on the Tribal Council in 1972.

He was elected to the presidency in 1976 for a fouryear term, then was re-elected twice, serving until 1988, when he was elected as the tribe's vice president. He served as vice president for four years, then was elected president again in 1992 and in 1996, but resigned in June 1997 for health reasons. Ron Julian, a member of the Jicarilla Apache council, said ing Daniel as the officers arrived. "I do believe it was a miracle, just the way he was in my arms as limp as he was, as lifeless as he was." Daniel's mother, Carla Scheel, decided to ride in the ambulance with the Liberty Corner Rescue Squad as Bobowicz escorted them to Morristown Memorial Hospital. There, Bobowicz, a 15-year police veteran, broke down in tears, thinking of his own boy who had difficulty breathing when he was born.

"It's overwhelming. My son's 15 months old this month, and it was a rush of emotions in my 15 years I've never had to deal with, and probably the most emotional call that I've been on. And I've been the first to two of three of our homicides," said Bobowicz, 35. He and Roche reunited with Daniel's parents last night at Morristown Memorial Hospital, where Daniel was listed in stable condition in the neonatal intensive care unit. He is being treated with antibiotics for a lung infection and may be released next week.

"I think they were fantastic. I've been telling everyone I've spoken to they gave absolutely 150 percent. They went beyond the means of what I thought. I had no idea the officers have that first aid training," said Scheel, 29. The weekend was especially difficult for Roche, who last performed CPR on a man in his 40s while serving as an officer in South Brunswick.

The man, who previously had a quadruple bypass, later died. "All I thought about was that child 'cause I didn't know if he was alive," he said. Daniel, born 11 weeks premature, was diagnosed with pneumonia, stemming from an infection he caught after being brought home less than two weeks ago, said Dr. Gaines Simms, a neonatologist at Morristown Memorial Hospital. "If a premature baby acquires an infectious illness, their response to it is often different than an older child and an adult.

They can get sick from it because their immune system is not as developed," Simms said. Simms said the officers' fast action prevented any serious harm to the baby. "If they don't receive help with their breathing, the outcome can be tragic. The quick response can make a big difference in the outcome of the child," he said. The officers' supervisor, Capt.

Robert Kumpf, said their heroism makes him proud of the 36-member department, a third of whom are certified emergency medical technicians. "It cost a lot of money to have everyone trained as well as they are, but you put it to a situation like this and you can't put a dollar amount on it," he said. For Scheel and Anderson, Thursday was a frightening start to the beginning of their lives together. The couple, who both work day jobs and tend bar at night, plan to marry. Whitman receives lasting honor By TERRI NEEDHAM STAFF WRITER OCEAN BRANCHBURG Christine Todd Whitman's name will live on forever at Raritan Valley Community College, the place where she began her career in public service.

The college's board of trustees has decided to name its new $7 million, science building after Whitman, in honor of the former governor's commitment to community colleges and education. The exact name still is being decided, but will contain Christine Todd Whitman and science, college spokeswoman Janet Thompson said. She's done more for county colleges than any governor since they were created, by far, said Ray Bateman, board of B7 She is survived by a brother, Richard Baylis, of Huntington Beach. The Associated Press JOSHUA RYAN EVANS. of SAN DIEGO, the 3-foot-2 actor who played Timmy the living doll on the NBC soap "Passions," died during a medical procedure Monday.

He was 20. The cause of death and the nature of the medical procedure were not disclosed. On Monday's episode of "Passions," taped last month, Evans' character died. On the show, Timmy was a doll created by a witch and was recently turned into a real boy. The Timmy role won Evans, who was born with a rare disease that stunted his growth, two consecutive Soap Opera Digest Awards for outstanding male scene stealer.

Evans was 12 when he got national exposure in a Dreyer's Ice Cream commercial titled "The Dancing Baby." The commercial won a Cleo Award and resulted in a role for Evans in the movie "Baby Geniuses." His TV credits included "Ally McBeal," which featured him as young lawyer Oren, Ally's nemesis. He was also featured as Tom Thumb in the miniseries "P.T. Barnum" and was in Showtime's "Poltergeist: The Legacy." He also played the young grinch in the movie "The Grinch." The Associated Press THOMAS HARDING of LITTLE ROCK, who built his own pinhole cameras and became nationally known for his rustic photographs, died Sunday. He was 91. The Little Rock native opened a studio in his hometown in 1947 and was a commercial photographer until he retired in 1982.

After retirement, Harding developed his pinhole technique, making his cameras from beer cans, traffic cones, or other materials. Harding published two books of his works: "One-Room Schoolhouses of Arkansas as Seen Through a Pinhole," and "An Outhouse by Any Other Name." Harding was born July 7, 1911. He studied architecture at Washington University in St. Louis and served in the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II in Italy.

During the war, he was assigned to take aerial photographs of bombing targets. After the war, he returned home to open his business. He worked in New York with photographer Bradford Bachrach from 1964-1970, then returned to Little Rock. The Associated Press MATT ROBINSON, a writer for the 1980s sitcom "The Cosby Show" and the first actor to play kindly neighbor Gordon on the children's show "Sesame Street," died in his sleep Monday after a 20-year struggle with Parkinson's disease. He was 65.

Robinson began his showbusiness career in 1963 as a writer, producer and on-air talent at TV station WCAU in Philadelphia. In 1969, he took the role of Gordon on the PBS children's program "Sesame Street" and also performed the voice of purple-faced puppet Roosevelt Franklin. Robinson remained with the show until 1971. Robinson went on to produce and write the films "Save The Children" (1973) and "Amazing Grace" (1974). He also wrote several plays.

As a television writer, he penned scripts for "Sanford a and Son" and "Eight is Enough." He joined with fellow Philadelphia native Bill Cosby in 1983 as a staff writer and producer for the comedian's NBC family sitcom "The Cosby Show." Though impaired muscle coordination from his Parkinson's disorder made work difficult at times, Robinson remained with the show for seven seasons. The Associated Press Housing inspector dies after jump from building By KATHLEEN HOPKINS STAFF WRITER ELIZABETH A city housing inspector jumped to his death from the roof of a 13-story apartment building yesterday, injuring a tenant when he crashed through the windshield of an occupied car in the building's parking lot, officials said. Mayor J. Christian Bollwage last night identified the victim of the apparent suicide as Mel Pelaez, and said he hired him as a housing inspector during the early 1990s. Bollwage said police were on their way last night to notify the victim's next of kin.

Earlier, Detective Lt. Gary Lewis would not identify the victim except to say he is an Elizabeth man. Neither Lewis nor Bollwage knew the victim's age, but both described him as in his 30s or 40s. 66 He jumped and fell into a vehicle parked in the lot. Detective Lt.

Gary Lewis ELIZABETH POLICE from the roof of Imperial House, a 13-story apartment building at 750 N. Broad at about 2 p.m. "He jumped and fell into a vehicle parked in the lot," Lewis said. "A mother and daughter were in the vehicle." The daughter, a 20-year-old woman who lived in the apartment building with her 40-year-old mother, was injured by broken glass when the man crashed through the windshield, Lewis said. She suffered taken to Trinitas Hospital for treatment.

Bollwage said that while the woman was seriously hurt, her injuries were not believed to be life-threatening. The man, who did not live in or near the apartment building, was pronounced dead at University Hospital in Newark, Lewis said. "I think we can assume he picked this building because it is tall," Lewis said. The man left behind a note, Lewis said. He declined to release details, but said police do not suspect foul play.

Bollwage said he did not know why Pelaez killed himself, saying he was a model employee at City Hall. "His work was excellent," Bollwage said. "He was one of the best employees we had. He was well liked by people in City trustees chairman, who has known Whitman and her family since she was a young child. Bateman, Thompson and college President Jerry Ryan said Whitman's contributions include: Establishing a program in 1997 to raise state aid for county colleges by $12 million a year.

At that time, 24 percent of the colleges' revenue was state aid. That increased to 29 percent before she left office in 2001, allowing many colleges to freeze tuition rates. Increasing the size of the Chapter 12 Community College Building Fund; $250 million in bonds were issued for construction projects during her tenure, and the fund provided money for the college's science building and technology center. Setting aside $15 million in grants for county colleges to develop or expand high-technology career training in 2000. Helping draft the Higher Education Restructuring Act and signing it into law in 1994.

Ryan said that gave the college more autonomy, making it easier to develop new programs and services. Whitman has agreed to the naming and plans to attend a Sept. 20 dedication, but Bateman said it took him about five months to persuade her the building should carry her name. In a statement issued Monday, Whitman, who is now administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, said Bateman deserved the honor more, but said she was proud of her work with county colleges.

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