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FridayMay 13

School SportsFor WW-P school sports information,

call the hotline: 609-716-5000, ext. 5134,www.ww-p.org.North Girls Golf. At Peddie. 3:25 p.m.North Boys Tennis. At South Brunswick. 4p.m.

North Boys Volleyball. At South Brunswick.4 p.m.

South Boys Tennis. Notre Dame. 4 p.m.South Softball. Ewing. 4 p.m.

DanceOn Pointe Lecture Series, AmericanRepertory Ballet, Princeton Ballet School,301 North Harrison Street, Princeton, 609-984-8400. www.arballet.org. Guest speak-ers, roundtable discussions, and demon-strations. Free. 4 p.m.

On StageThe Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Off-Broadstreet Theater, 5 South Greenwood

Avenue, Hopewell, 609-466-2766. www.-off-broadstreet.com. “The Golden Spy” and“A World at War” written by Marvin HaroldCheiten of Princeton featuring SherlockHolmes and Dr. Watson. $25 includesdessert. 7 p.m.

Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Kelsey Theater,Mercer County Community College,1200 Old Trenton Road, West Windsor,609-570-3333. www.kelseytheatre.net. Mu-sical comedy about con artists. Actors in-cluse Plainsboro residents Scott Karlin,Amy Slothower, Rosie Karlin, and DanSlothower. $16. A reception with the castand crew follows the opening night perfor-mance. 7:30 p.m.

State Fair, Washington Crossing OpenAir Theater, 355 Washington Crossing-Pennington Road, Titusville, 267-885-9857.www.dpacatoat.com. Family musical. $15.Blankets, seat cushions, and insect repel-lent are recommended. Picnics welcomebefore show. Food available. OAT presentsa state fair with games and prizes at 7 p.m.7:30 p.m.

Sleeping Beauty Wakes, Berlind Theaterat the McCarter, 91 University Place,Princeton, 609-258-2787. mccarter.org.New musical. 8 p.m.

Samuel J. and K., Passage Theater, MillHill Playhouse, Front and Montgomerystreets, Trenton, 609-392-0766. www.-passagetheatre.org. A simple game of pick-up basketball leads to brotherly bonds. $25.8 p.m.

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DAY-BY-DAY IN PLAINSBORO & WEST WINDSOR

Parlez Vous Francais? Dan Slothower, left, Amy Slothower, ScottKarlin, and Rosie Karlin of Plainsboro dance across the FrenchRiviera in ‘Dirty Rotten Scoundrels,’ opening Friday, May 13,at Kelsey Theater. 609-570-3333.

by Cara Latham

When Jinny Baeckler firstinterviewed for the posi-tion as head of Plains-

boro’s old library inside a two-room schoolhouse on PlainsboroRoad in 1985, the library servedprimarily as a children’s room, andofficials were hoping they couldgrow the collection to 30,000items.

Now, two library buildings laterand her retirement looming,Baeckler leaves behind a legacythat transformed Plainsboro’s li-brary system into one that boaststhe best summer programs aroundand a community-driven systemthat strives to educate its citizens,especially in areas not normallytouched by public libraries — sci-ence and math.

The collection now totals almost100,000 volumes, and it will con-tinue to grow to 125,000 afterBaeckler leaves on Tuesday, May31. But there is one thing that hasnot changed over the years — anddespite the advent of devices likethe Kindle and smartphones withdigital book-reading capabilities— nonfiction books are the mostheavily circulated books.

Baeckler predicts that will re-main that way for years to come,despite marketers of the technolo-gy that allows consumers to down-load books of all kinds virtually ontheir devices. “If you lump every-thing together, nonfiction is ourbiggest circulating item, way big-

ger than the media and everythingelse,” says Baeckler.

Of course, Plainsboro embracestechnology and offers a collectionof 70,000 digital books to users.That does not mean consumers findthis technology easy to use. “Thedifficulty with that is, with the ex-ception of Safari Select, it’s veryhard to get in digital form the kindsof nonfiction we would like to see.”

“People who have the Kindlesare not at all interested in nonfic-tion,” said Baeckler. “Even thoughthe role of digital books is expand-ing, it is a very tiny segment of thebook world. They like to trump uphow rapidly it is expanding, but it’s

growing from 2 to 3 percent, whichis not a big portion of the bookworld.”

Baeckler says she feels the li-brary is not in an “either-or” situa-tion when it comes to whether tech-nology will render printed booksobsolete. “We’re in a both-and,”she says.

That’s why her successor(Eileen Burnash of the HuntingdonValley, PA, Library) will ideallyhave the skills to merge bothworlds. “They have to be good attwo things — they have to be good

After 26 Years, Retiring Jinny Baeckler ReflectsOn Plainsboro Library’s Past, Present, & Future


by Cara Latham

Amid a mixed crowd of sup-porters of the WW-Pschool district’s $158.55

million budget and opponents whosaid the budget vote was a mandateto cut taxes, the West WindsorTownship Council voted to trim$503,000 from the spending plan.

The cuts were proposed byWW-P school officials, who madea presentation to the West WindsorT o w n s h i pCouncil on May9 and to Plains-boro TownshipCommittee onMay 11.

After WestWindsor votedto accept the$503,000 inproposed cuts,Plainsboro followed suit. The cutwill reduce the tax levy from $140million to $139.5 million.

A special meeting has beenscheduled for Tuesday, May 17,when the WW-P school board willvote to change the tax levy amount,as recommended by the two gov-erning bodies. This will enable theschool district to have its revisedbudget to the county superinten-dent by the deadline on Thursday,May 19.

Because the budget was defeat-ed on April 27, state law requiredthe townships to review the school

budget and agree on a tax levy bythe deadline. Officials in bothtownships are able to suggestwhere to cut or where the districtshould budget more revenue.While the governing bodies canmake suggestions for places to cut,what they have to agree upon is arevised tax levy amount.

While Plainsboro voters passedthe budget, 521-481, West Wind-sor voters had enough “no” votes,

1,120-992, toturn it down,1,601-1,513.

In voting toaccept the$503,000 incuts, most coun-cil members inWest Windsorsaid it was a bal-ancing act tosave taxpayers

money but also to ensure educationwould not be harmed. They alsocalled on school officials to do abetter job next year.

“There has to be a balance,” saidCouncilman George Borek. “I’mhappy with what the school boardhas put forth, but we need to do itbetter.”

Among the cuts was a $235,000reduction in non-personnel schoolexpenses, which includes teachingsupplies, media center materials,and funding for student participa-

School Budget GetsA Trim: $503,000


The reduction may re-sult in the districtchoosing to forego hir-ing a replacement for aguidance counselorwho is leaving.

2 THE NEWS MAY 13, 2011

Views & OpinionsTo the Editor:PIACS Responds

Iwant to thank Sean Sheerin forhis letter in the APril 29 editionof the West Windsor-Plains-

boro News. He brings up onceagain common misconceptionsabout the school. We as PIACSfamily members will never shyaway from these discussions if thetone is respectful. Let’s take eachof Mr. Sheerin’s points:

1.) Charter school applicants areto identify a lo-cation of the fa-cility — clearlyPIACS could nothave fulfilledthis requirement.Charter schoolapplicants doneed to identify afacility whichwas done in ourcase. However,charter schoolshave until June 30th to obtain a cer-tification for occupancy (CO). TheState Board is aware obtaining afacility typically is a time-inten-sive process that often requiresmonths. It does not require a CO bythe time the application is submit-ted and approved by the StateBoard.

2.) New Jersey does not allowprivate schools to convert to char-ter schools. Mr. Sheerin continuesto compare Yinghua InternationalSchool (YHIS) and PIACS. YHISis not PIACS. YHIS is a privateschool. PIACS will be a publicschool. Each school will have sep-arate teachers, separate Boardswith separate members, separateprincipals, separate students, andmost importantly separate opera-tional budgets and accounts. TheState Board of Education is awareof the possibility of the two schools

residing in thesame location,which does not af-fect the legitimacyof the charterschool applicationat all.

The state lan-guage actuallystates a privateschool cannot seeka charter schooldesignation. YHISis not seeking a

charter designation and is not go-ing away. Some families want thesmaller class sizes offered byYHIS and can afford the tuition.Some families will cross over fromYHIS to PIACS but the actualnumbers are currently less than 10

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In the 21st century,our children will notbe competing withneighboring districtsdown the Route 1 cor-ridor, but with coun-tries across the world.

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Of the first and second gradersenrolled in PIACS for the upcom-ing year, approximately 75 percentof the students are coming fromtheir respective public schools,while the rest are from over 20 dif-ferent private schools. How canthat be a conversion of a privateschool to a public charter school?

3.) Charters are to demonstrate a“need” for the school within thedistricts.” Need is defined in manydifferent ways by the state. It is notrestricted to urban centers withfailing schools. Many charter

schools across the country are insuburban relatively affluent dis-tricts such as are own and are thriv-ing. Examples can be found in sub-urbs of Minneapolis, Denver, andSpringfield, Massachusetts, just toname a few each with similar edu-cational models to PIACS.

Need can also be defined as in-novation. In 2009 the New JerseyDepartment of Education revisedits core curriculum standards em-phasizing 21st century skills andthemes. The objective of the re-vised standards is also to promotethe use of innovative learningstrategies by integrating inquiry —and problem-based approaches

and higher order thinking skills”— something that PIACS empha-sizes with its inquiry based cur-riculum.

Moreover, the policy guide forthe Partnership for 21st CenturySkills (with which the NJ DOE col-laborated on the revised Curricu-lum Standards), points out that“For the past decade, the UnitedStates has focused on closing theachievement gaps between thelowest and highest performing stu-dents — a legitimate and usefulagenda, but one that skirts the com-petitive demand for advanced

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The Cranbury Plainsboro Lit-tle League, which started outwith a handful of kids play-

ing on land where cows used tograze, is celebrating its silver an-niversary this year — 25 years ofserving the children in the twoneighboring towns. Hundreds,even thousands of children, havegrown up playing baseball andsoftball through the ranks of CPLL.The cow pastures have long givenway to housing developments; theplayers from that very first team in1986 are now in their mid-30s; andmany players today are parentswho are reliving their own LittleLeague experience by coachingchildren of their own.

And yet, through it all, throughthe entire last quarter century, therehas been one constant in the CPLLuniverse: Peter Zanghi, affection-ately known to the players as “Mr.Z.” Back in the days when Plains-boro and Cranbury had separateyouth leagues with no formal rules,Mr. Z was a young father raisingthree little boys in the town ofCranbury. He had started to be-come involved with the youthleague in the 1970s when his twooldest sons played T-ball.

And then, in 1982, came theevent that would forever changehis outlook on the world and alter

the course of local Lit-tle League. In the mid-dle of the night, hisyoungest son,Matthew, then sixyears old, suddenly stopped breath-ing. His parents called the Cran-bury First Aid Squad. A police offi-cer named Robert Joyce happenedto be doing a late night patrol downthe street, heard the call, and rushedover to the house. Matthew hadstopped breathing because of anobstruction in his throat. OfficerJoyce cleared the obstruction andgot him breathing again. Membersof the Cranbury First Aid Squadthen arrived to stabilize him.

“I was so grateful to everyonewho helped save my son’s life,”says Zanghi. “I didn’t belong to theFirst Aid Squad or the fire compa-ny, but I wanted to give back some-how, and I felt that my way of giv-ing back to the town would be towork with the kids. The police allhad kids who played baseball in theyouth league, so I wanted to dosomething with that.”

Zanghi, Bob Gluck, a Plains-boro attorney, and Jerry Levine,another local father, recognized thefact that both Plainsboro and Cran-bury were growing considerablyand the children all wanted and de-served a higher level of play. It was

time for the towns to form an offi-cial Little League team.

Little League is a national orga-nization governed by local dis-tricts, with Cranbury and Plains-boro falling under District 12. “Wewent to the president of District 12and told him we wanted to formal-ize our youth leagues into an offi-

cial Little League organization,”recalls Zanghi. “He asked if we hadfields. We didn’t. All we had werecow pastures, no lights, nodugouts. But we told him we havekids. We love baseball, we have aninterest, and we want to get in. Hesaid okay, I trust you guys and I’ll

let you in. But wehad to build fromthere and starteverything fromscratch.”

While other fields would followin both Plainsboro and Cranbury,the first CPLL field was locatedjust off Brainerd Lake in the heartof Cranbury. The field had to befenced in and Zanghi was one ofmany people who helped build thefirst dugout, literally digging it outwith their bare hands.

“Little by little, every year, itwas a partnership, with peoplefrom Plainsboro and Cranbury wholoved baseball and loved the kidsworking together to make thingsbetter. We had to get our field up toregulation and finally, in 1989, weheld our first official CPLL homegame on that field in Cranbury. Ourfirst uniforms were red, white andblue — I liked the patriotism —and they lasted for about eightyears.”

In establishing the CranburyPlainsboro Little League, Zanghiwas driven by one clear goal thatguided not only what he did, butwhat he demanded of everyoneelse. “It’s the children I care about.I want them to have a positive ex-perience that stays with them forthe rest of their lives. There’s so

much potential for negativity, notjust with baseball but with othersports; there are so many night-mare stories about how kids aretreated. I wanted to make sure wewere going to be different.”

Zanghi says he set expectationsand standards of behavior that ap-plied to everyone on and off thefield. “There would sometimes beparents who would run out on thefield or yell and even if it was theirown child, we let them know thatwas unacceptable. If there was amanager or coach who was abu-sive, their equipment was in theirdriveway the next day.”

Always, it was about the kidscoming first. “I wanted a child to beable to play in our league, feel goodabout it, and leave with a positivefeeling. They’re going to haveplenty of time in life to suffer. I did-n’t want for any child who camethrough CPLL to feel bad.”

Zanghi served as the first presi-dent of CPLL from 1986 to 1989.Even after he stepped back from of-ficial administrative duties, he con-tinued working with the league tohelp it grow. He helped coach andhe sponsored teams under the ban-ner of his entrepreneurial efforts,an international trade and consult-ing business called Z Enterprises.

It may have been his son’s brushwith death that served as the cata-lyst for Zanghi to launch CPLL, butthe motivation to give children apositive life experience sprang outof his own hardscrabble roots.Zanghi grew up as the oldest offour children, big brother to twoyounger brothers and a sister, in asmall coal-mining town near John-stown, Pennsylvania, the site of theGreat Flood of 1889 that killed2,200 people. His mother stayed athome, and so did his father, a coalminer who was unable to work be-cause he had cancer.

Zanghi was only nine when heentered the mines for the first

time. Too small to cut coal, his jobwas to monitor the other workers.He would work in the mines for thenext eight years to support his fam-ily. In 1962, when he was 17, he fi-nally left the mines to work for aconstruction company. But then,disaster struck.

“I was standing on a platformand somehow gasoline had spilleddown my arm,” says Zanghi. Aspark from an exhaust pipe hit hisarm and caused an explosion. “Itblew me off the platform. I was ahuman torch, on fire from my waistto my neck. People around me putout the fire with sand, but I wascovered with burns.”

Zanghi was in the hospital for al-most eight months, enduring multi-ple surgeries. He says that experi-ence, along with his work in thecoal mines made him determinedto give other children the opportu-nities he never had. “I didn’t playbaseball as a child,” says Zanghi.“At nine, working in the mines, Inever had the chance to be a kid. Iknow about sacrifice and hardshipand it’s not something I would everwant these kids to know.”

By the time he recovered fromhis accident, his father had died andZanghi decided to move to NewJersey to find more work. Helearned how to build houses, andthat’s how he supported his familyback home. But during the winter,construction work was scarce, sohe had to scramble to find anotherway to make a living. Johnson &Johnson hired him in 1964. Heworked in purchasing for almostfour decades until his retirement in2002. Along the way he married hishigh school sweetheart; Peter wasborn in 1969, Mark in 1971, andMatthew in 1977. All of them


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played in the baseball youth leagueand Matthew played in the LittleLeague his father helped create.

From North Brunswick, thefamily moved to Cranbury in theearly 1970s, a time Zanghi recallswhen the area had lots of farms,wide open spaces, and a very tight,friendly community of people. Af-ter a divorce, Zanghi was married

to Betsy, whom he met at Johnson& Johnson, and who is very sup-portive of his continuing involve-ment with CPLL. His own kidsaged out of Little League long ago,and he’s hung up his coaching hat.But he has remained active as asponsor, and he has a long relation-ship with coaches Jim Caracappaand Ray Cella, both of Plainsboro.

Plainsboro residents Maureenand Tim Hitchings have a son, T.J.now an 8th-grader who plays BabeRuth, who played on Mr. Z’s teamsfor his final two years with CPLL.

“Everyone knows about partiesafter the games for both teams andthe end of the year party. Theyknow about the beautiful book of



Silver Anniversary: CP Litttle Leaguers includeSteve Abrams, front row left, David Valente, OliverChiriac, Alex Cukier, and Dylan Fromer. In the back row Scott Doherty, left, Anthony Maisano, founderPete Zanghi, Will Brossman, and Frank Maisano.Steve, Oliver, Scott, and Will are from Plainsboro.Inset: Tim Lockwood, near right, current president,and Zanghi, CPLL's founding president, 1986-1989.

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skills. Equally important is theglobal achievement gap betweenU.S. students, even our top-per-forming students, and their interna-tional peers in competitor nations.”The New Jersey Department of Ed-ucation recognizes the NEED forinnovation and approved PIACSjust a few months after the revisedCurriculum Standards were pub-lished.

The U.S. State Department hasspecifically stated there is a “need”for REAL proficiency in Mandarinthat is missing in the traditionalcurriculum. In addition, accordingto the 2009 PISA test of students in65 countries, conducted by the Or-ganization for Economic Coopera-tion and Development, the UnitedStates currently is ranked No. 31 inthe world in mathematics behindKorea (3), Canada (10), and Slove-nia (2). The U.S. math score is ac-tually below the OECD average.First on that list is China and sec-ond is Singapore, which incorpo-rates a similar math learning pro-gram that we will use in PIACS.

In the 21st century, our childrenwill not be competing with neigh-boring districts down the Route 1corridor, but with countries across

the world. Therefore, achieving amore advanced math and scienceprogram is a “need.” In otherwords, we are part of the solution to“Saving our Schools,” not theproblem. Saving the “status quo” isnot a solution.

Finally, “need” is defined aswell by the demand of PIACS fam-ilies in the districts. The fact is wehave over 200 families who haveidentified this school as a “need.”They should have to the right tomove their tax money where theywant it to go.

Mr. Sheerin seems to be a con-scientious taxpayer who caresabout how his tax money is spent.For many years, PIACS familieshave also been conscientious tax-payers who gladly have helpedfund the public education of allchildren in this town. It is now timefor us to make a decision for ourkids and we have the right to decidewhere our tax money will be spent.I find it disappointing that other in-dividuals in “Save our Schools”and Mr. Sheerin want to get in theway of that right. I find it a very dif-ficult pill to swallow that my taxdollars are being spent on lawyerswho will try to block this choice.

If you are really serious aboutsaving our schools, then perhapsyou should embrace PIACS. PI-ACS could be a potential benefit tothe housing market and businessesby drawing families and compa-nies that are invested in global edu-cation and economies. This will fil-ter down to greater tax revenue forthe townships. That is the right wayto increase the school budget.

Rajan RavikumarSuffolk Lane

Editor’s note: The writer serveson the board of the Princeton Inter-national Academy Charter School.

New Board MemberThanks the Voters

Thank you to all of my WestWindsor friends, neighbors

and supporters. I am thrilled to be-come a member of the West Wind-sor-Plainsboro School Board. I feelhonored and privileged to serve mycommunity.

Dana Krug31 Ellsworth Drive

Tracking Success ofWW Arts Center

In a very short time the WestWindsor Arts Center has

emerged as a thriving cultural des-tination. Here’s proof: 1,000 cele-brants at the Art Center’s opening;a standing-room audience of 200 atthe premiere of the Glen Acresdocumentary, calling for a secondshowing; more than 250 people at arecent art exhibition opening, then80 people at a related gallery talk;and 175 young adults engaged inan “open mic” evening. These arejust a few of the events that broughtout enthusiastic attendees.

The success of the West Wind-sor Arts Council’s mission is due tothe support of the community andthe hard work of our many volun-teers and dedicated staff members.Without these three groups, theWest Windsor Arts Center couldnot survive. However, the commit-ment for continued success is nev-er over. For this reason, the WestWindsor Arts Council announcesthe start of the Annual Fund 2011campaign.

Your support to the annual fundwill allow us to continue to presentan appealing menu of cultural ex-periences that includes perfor-

mances, classes, workshops, exhi-bitions and literary art. Please visitwww.westwindsorarts.org formore information about the fund,or call 609-716-1931. Your dona-tion will make a difference.

From all our volunteers and staffmembers, we thank the area com-munity for your continued support.

Eduardo GarciaExecutive Director

Ruth Kusner PottsTrustee

Letters & OpinionsContinued from page 3photos he gives each boy — a

“yearbook” of the season, pictureshe takes himself, and each photohas a caption or a funny anecdoteabout each boy. He’s able to dothis because he takes the time toget to know each one of the kids.”

Mike Mazzeo, a Plainsboro res-ident and freshman baseball playerat WWP High School North,played for Mr. Z’s regular seasonteam twice and had him as his all-star team’s sponsor for four yearsrunning. “Mr. Z is the best. He wasmore than a sponsor — he was amember of the team.”

“His support for the kids wasevident in everything he did,” sayJohn and Mardi Mazzeo. “He wasthere at almost every game —cheering them on in victory, con-soling them in defeat, and even oc-casionally providing a necessary‘tough love’ lecture. Kids who geta chance to play on Mr. Z’s teamslearn more than how to play base-ball. They learn what it means tobe responsible citizens and a gen-erous, caring human being.”

Though all these years, Zanghihas remained dedicated to hisplayers. “There is a tremendousamount of pride in knowing thatyou can contribute to such a posi-tive experience for children,” hesays. “CPLL is like a family andonce they come through, they’ll al-ways be family. The kids can feelconfident that I’ll always be thereto support them.”

CPLL is celebrating its 25th an-niversary with “Friday NightLights,” games on successive Fri-days in May. Remaining games:Friday, May 13, and Friday, May20, at 7 p.m. at Plainsboro Com-munity Park.

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Online Report

The defeat of the schoolbudget dominated the on-

line discussion in the past twoweeks, with most of the com-ments focused on how thebudget needed to be cut farmore than the half million dol-lars proposed by the schooldistrict and approved by thetownships (see story, page 1).

A substantial number ofonline readers indicated thatthey did not understand howon the one hand the districtcould maintain that the budgethad increased by only 2 per-cent or so, while their own taxrates had increased by 4 per-cent or more.

Board president HemantMarathe tried to shed somelight on the subject: “For thelast three years the districtspending was up by 1.6 per-cent, 0 percent, and 1.7 per-cent (of which 0.7 percent isfor charter school). If peoplein the community feel 1 per-cent increase over two-yearperiod is spending too much, Iwill have to respectfully dis-agree.”

by Fakhruddin Ahmed

Monumental efforts areprerequisites for livingup to the ideals of Islam.

What Islam decrees and how thefaithful implement those edicts arenot always in congruence. Never-theless, so much misinformationabout Islam masquerades as thetruth that some rebuttal is warrant-ed. Below are some common mis-conceptions and the facts that rebutthem:

Muslim Americans do notcondemn terrorism. A Googlesearch would reveal that more than500 Muslim American organiza-tions condemned the 9/11 terroristattacks immediately, just as theyhave issued press releases applaud-ing Osama bin Laden’s death.Muslims took out full-page news-paper ads condemning 9/11. Still,the erroneous perception persists.Muslims condemn, but non-Mus-lim Americans remain oblivious.There is no mechanism to funnelall Muslim condemnation of Is-lamic terrorism to mainstreamAmerica.

Muslims also suffer from mirrorimaging. Non-Muslim Americansexpect Muslim Americans to con-demn in the majority’s lexicon,without considering that a commu-nity of immigrants not yet fullyfossilized into American societalstrata lacks the same expertise andaccess to the media as those whohave been fully assimilated.

Muslims want to take overAmerica. To believe that 7 millionMuslim Americans can somehow“subjugate” the other 305 millionAmericans requires some fancymental gymnastics. Like other im-migrant communities, MuslimAmericans find comfort in num-bers, but only in the context of aunited, pluralistic, culturally andreligiously diverse, economically,and militarily formidable America.Most Muslim immigrants comefrom Muslim majority nations. Ifliving in a Muslim-majority nationwere their priority, they wouldhave stayed put.

Muslims want to imposeShariah laws in America. Similarto Jewish Halacha, Shariah lawsare a religious code of conduct(pertaining to marriage, inheri-tance, etc.) for Muslims only; theycannot be imposed on non-Mus-lims. Divinely inspired, Shariah isalso a covenant, an Islamic MagnaCarta, between the Islamic rulersand the ruled.

Harvard Law Professor NoahFeldman, author of “The Fall andRise of the Islamic State,” ex-plains: “For most of its history, Is-lamic law offered the most liberaland humane legal principles avail-able anywhere in the world. Today,when we invoke the harsh punish-ment prescribed by Shariah law fora handful of offenses, we rarely ac-knowledge the high standard ofproof necessary for their imple-mentation. Before an adultery con-viction can typically be obtained,the accused must confess fourtimes or four adult male witnessesof good character must testify thatthey directly observed the sex act.The call for Shariah is not a call forsexism, obscurantism or savagepunishment, but for an Islamic ver-sion of what the West considers itsmost prized principle of politicaljustice: the rule of law.”

Of the 50 Muslim majority na-tions, only Saudi Arabia and Iranenforce the harshest forms ofShariah laws. It is absurd to insinu-ate that enlightened Muslim Amer-

icans would demand the imposi-tion of those edicts that 96 percentof Muslim nations do not imple-ment. Besides, the First Amend-ment mandates that no religiouscanons such as Shariah laws willever encroach on American ju-risprudence.

Park 51’s original name,“Cordoba House” (Islamic Cen-ter in New York City), impliesMuslim intent to colonize Amer-ica, akin to Muslim conquest ofSpain. It means exactly the oppo-site. Jews, Christians, and Muslimscame together under the benevo-lent Muslim rule in Cordoba in me-dieval Spain to spearhead harmo-ny, culture and knowledge. TheSpanish Inquisition of Catholicmonarchs Ferdinand and Isabelladestroyed that harmony and gavethe Jews and Muslims three stark

choices: convert to Christianity, beexpelled from Spain, or be killed!Spanish civilization reached itszenith during the pre-Inquisitiondays.

Islam is anti-women. ProphetMuhammad’s first wife, Khadi-

ja, was a businesswoman whohired the future prophet for hishonesty. Islam was the first reli-gion to grant women the right toown property and divorce theirhusbands. While America awaitsits first female president, in the last20 years, four Muslim nations havehad female heads of government:Pakistan, Turkey, Indonesia andBangladesh. For the last 20 years,both the prime minister and theleader of the opposition inBangladesh have been women.

Muslims establish “victorymosques” at conquest sites. It is afallacy. Besides, scenes of terror-ism, like the World Trade Center,are crime scenes, not sites of con-quest. Further, Islam forbids dese-cration of houses of worship be-longing to other religions.

Muslims do not fight al Qae-da. Furious with al Qaeda’s indis-criminate terrorism, beginning in2005, the Sunnis of the Anbarprovince in Iraq joined forces withtheir erstwhile enemies, the Amer-icans, in what came to be known as“Sunni Awakening,” to defeat alQaeda, 97 percent of whose vic-tims are Muslims.

Islam and the West are incom-patible. For thousands of years, Is-lam has harmoniously coexistedwith Hinduism in India, Bud-dhism/Confucianism in China andthe Far East, Judaism and Chris-tianity in the Middle East and Eu-rope, and the animists and polythe-ists in sub-Saharan Africa. Mus-lims have lived in America peace-fully for 100 years.

Muslims kill apostates. WhenMuslims convert to Christianity,such as the man who helped PastorTerry Jones burn the Quran inFlorida on March 20, other Mus-lims remain quiet. Thousands ofAmericans live peacefully in Mus-lim countries worldwide. If Mus-lims killed apostates, Christianmissionaries would not have beenable to proselytize and convertMuslims to Christianity in Muslimcountries for centuries.

Muslim Americans hope that,with the al Qaeda chief’s demise,terrorism will subside worldwideand the fog of misconception en-veloping Muslim Americans willslowly dissipate.

About the author: A RhodesScholar originally from Bangla-desh, Fakhruddin Ahmed has livedon Cedar Court in West Windsorsince 1985. His two sons, Zareefand Tamiz, studied at WW-Pschools until the eighth grade andthen transferred to the Lawrence-ville School. Both Zareef andTamiz are Eagle Scouts from WestWindsor's Troop 40. Both wereco-captains of LawrencevilleSchool’s cross-country and indoorand outdoor track and field teams.

Zareef, a 2005 alumnus of Har-vard, is graduating this year fromthe University of PennsylvaniaLaw School. Tamiz graduatedfrom Brown University in 2007,and now works for Google at SanFrancisco-Mountain View.

This op ed piece appeared origi-nally in the Times of Trenton onMonday, May 9.


Muslim Americanshope that, with Osamabin Laden’s demise, ter-rorism will subside andmisconceptions willslowly dissipate.

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He was recently honored by Pru-dential Spirit of CommunityAwards as one of American’s top10 youth volunteers. He is a juniorat the Lawrenceville School.

He received a personal award of$5,000, an engraved gold medal-lion, a crystal trophy for his school,and a $5,000 grant from the Pru-dential Foundation for the nonprof-it charitable organization of hischoice.

Zaparde also received an all-ex-pense-paid trip with his parents toWashington, D.C., for the week’srecognition events. He also re-ceived personal congratulationsfrom Academy Award-winning ac-tress Susan Sarandon.

Zaparde, born in Queens, NewYork, moved to Plainsboro in2001. His father, Anil, is a softwareengineer, and his mother, Rashmi,works in programming.

His younger sisters, Ruchita,13, and Renita, 12, are students atPrinceton Day School. He has vis-ited India with his family once ayear since 2004.

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Jason R. Foster and Christian F.Baron were honored by Boy

Scout Troop 40 at a court of awardsceremony in West Windsor for at-taining the rank of Eagle Scout —scouting’s highest rank. After com-pleting National Youth LeadershipTraining (NYLT), they broughttheir training back to the troop tospread leadership skills and scoutspirit in the troop.

Foster led an Eagle Scout pro-ject that brought canine agilitycourses to West Windsor Commu-nity Park’s dog parks. With thehelp of West Windsor landscapearchitect Dan Dobromilsky, Fos-ter led the design, construction, andinstallation of the course. The A-frame ramp, walk ramp, slalomcourse, and hydrant jump are al-ready in use by dogs and their own-

ers. Shale rock underneath the soilmade the installation challenging,but Foster overcame the challengeswith the use of a power auger andwith help from West WindsorTownship’s backhoe operator.“Working through the setbacks inmy Eagle project helped me to be-come a better leader,” says Foster.

His Boy Scout experience beganin first grade as a tiger cub in Pack40. He received his Arrow of Lightand bridged into Troop 40 in 2005.Since joining the troop, Foster hasserved as patrol leader, historian,instructor, and assistant senior pa-trol leader, and is now a junior as-sistant scoutmaster. He also re-

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Foster works with Kids for Kidsto help underprivileged children inthe area, has served as the head ofgames at Dutch Neck PresbyterianChurch’s vacation Bible camp forthree years, and volunteered atPrince of Peace Lutheran Church’sCherry Tree Club. He has alsoworked as a lifeguard and as a ref-eree for the WWPSA recreationalleague.

A junior at High School North,he plays varsity soccer, earninghonorable mention All-Conference

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A senior at High School South,he has played volleyball in highschool and on club teams for fouryears and was captain of the JVteam last year. Baron has been amember and section leader of theSouth choir for two years, perform-ing Carmina Burana and StabatMater at Carnegie Hall. An accom-plished pianist, Baron has played infour piano concerts at the West-minster Choir College.

He has volunteered for the WestWindsor Lion’ Santa’s breakfastand the Renaissance Faire. He hasalso worked at the NJ SpecialOlympics and served as an usher atSt. David the King. Baron, whoplans to study finance and pre-lawin college, has been invited to in-tern in a legal office this summer.

Baron began scouting in fourthgrade as a Webelos I in Pack 48. In2004, after earning every Webelospin available and the religious em-blem Parvuli Dei, he earned the Ar-row of Light, and bridged to Troop66. In his first year as a Boy Scout,he attended Philmont family campand hiked the Tooth of Time as a 12year old. In Troop 66 he served asden chief, historian, assistant patrolleader, and patrol leader. Movingto Troop 40 in 2006, Baron becametroop quartermaster and served inthat capacity for two years. He hasbeen an instructor, assistant seniorpatrol leader, and now is junior as-sistant scoutmaster.

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Students from the West Wind-sor-Plainsboro Regional

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Special Prize: Maritime Histori-cal Society: Kertana Anandraj,High School South, Senior Paper.

Junior Paper: Anika Varty,Community Middle School, “TheCivil Rights Act of 1964: From De-bate to Law”; and Vansh Bansal,Community Middle School, “Ter-rorism and Immigration.”

Junior Individual Performance:Sundar Solai, Community MiddleSchool, “The Antarctic Treaty: AnIcebreaker for International Diplo-macy.”

Junior Group Performance:Samantha Sun and ShreyaMarathe, Community MiddleSchool, “Female Suffrage andEquality: The Continuing Fight.”

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Junior Individual Web Site:William Jiao, Grover MiddleSchool, “The Nazi-Soviet PactSparked the Flame of WWII andAltered the Diplomacy that Fol-lowed”; and Sanjana Saksena,Community Middle School, “TheMunich Pact.”

Junior Group Web Site: TommyLiang and Bill Huang, GroverMiddle School, “Fidel Castro UsedDiplomacy through the CubanMissile Crisis to Gain Power.”

Junior Individual Exhibit: Yi-nan Zheng, Grover MiddleSchool, “The Panama Canal Trans-fer: Bloody Riots Trigger TediousDiplomacy & New RelationshipsBetween Panama & the Colossusof the North.”

Junior Group Exhibit: ShrutiMarathe and Alisha Kanitkar,Community Middle School, “TheLend-Lease Debate: Protection orDestruction?”

Senior Paper: Anne Corbett,High School North, “Tennessee v.Scopes: The Evolution Debate”;and Keertana Anandraj, HighSchool South, “The Trent Affair:Seward’s Diplomatic Response tothe British Lion Saves Lincoln’sUnion.”

Senior Group Performance: La-vanya Ganesh and AneeshaRaghunathan, High SchoolNorth, “Occupation Housewife:The Debate over the FeminineMystique.”

Senior Individual Documen-tary: Sally Jiao, High SchoolSouth, “Reopening the Debate:Nixon’s China Diplomacy.”

Senior Group Documentary: In-grid Ma and Thea Ma, HighSchool North, “The Equal RightsAmendment: The Struggle ofAmerica’s Silent Majority.”

Senior Individual Website:Michael Zhang, High SchoolNorth, “The First Opium War.”

Senior Group Exhibit: TejasviGowda, Aditi Trivedi, MeeraDhawan, and Sai Pentyala, HighSchool North, “The Debate of Cre-ationism and Darwinism: How theScopes Trial Sparked the Declineof American Fundamentalism.”

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Eugene Skorulski, 88, of NewHartford, New York died May 7.Survivors include daughter andson-in-law, Susan and EdwardHiller; and grandchildren, Johanna(Hanna) and Dennison Justin(D.J.), all of Plainsboro. Donationsmay be made to the Holy TrinityRoman Catholic Church MemorialFund, 1206 Lincoln Avenue, Uti-ca, NY 13502-4592.

Samuel J. Shuren, 85, of Whit-ing died May 8 at Whiting Health-care Center. Born in Hightstown,he was a resident of Penns Neck for40 years before moving to Whitingin 1996. A World War II Navy vet-eran, Shuren retired from Subur-ban Propane in 1991 after 33 yearsof service.

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Still, circulation is strong. Everyyear, the number of books takenout by patrons of the library in-creases. “We’re almost at400,000,” she said.

But technology does matter. InMarch, library officials fielded5,246 questions via access to data-bases the library provides. Thesedatabases are key for the future.“That’s 5,000 questions the librari-an didn’t have to run and try to fig-ure out ourselves,” she said. “Butour resources offer solutions topeople who would not be able toget it free on Google.”

In fact, this element of technolo-gy offered at the library will proveto be very useful. “People have thefeeling that you can go to Google,and everything is there,” she said.“But if you try to get the New YorkTimes from 1876, you can’t get itunless you pay.” Access to thosedatabases is provided free ofcharge at the library, though.

Patrons can renew their books athome with their Blackberry de-vices, but the other side of the coinis that not everyone has a comput-er. “There really needs to be an un-derstanding that not everybody ison board, and not everyone wantsto be on board,” she added.

Technology may not have pro-vided such a drastic change in thelibrary’s goals over the years, butbehind Baeckler, a transformationinto the world of education has oc-curred. “We’re not going to be a re-search library; we are going to bean educational stop to open doorsand help people get on their feet,”she explains.

Baeckler grew up in Ramsey.Her father was a researcher andelectrical engineer at Bell Labs,and her mother was “a mom.” Sheattended college at Cornell, whereshe earned degrees in Russian andalso received her first exposure tothe library world.

She had a student job in the li-brary there, and ended up running abranch. She maintained that job fora few years before coming toPrinceton University’s FirestoneLibrary. That was when she decid-ed to get a library degree. FromPrinceton, she moved on to directthe Mercer County Library Systemfrom 1973 to 1975.

She retired from Mercer Countyto have two children. It was thenshe began writing books, which led

to speaking and consulting engage-ments. From that expertise, shewas asked to work as a part-timelobbyist for the Education MediaAssociation, which was interestedin persuading the state to requireschools to have physical libraries.

“There were requirements thatyou had to teach library skills,” butno requirements for a physical li-brary, she explained.

From that part-time job, shelanded a full-time job as an arts andeducation lobbyist. Then “some-body threw my name in the hat (forthe position in Plainsboro) withoutmy knowing it,” she said.

The library board chairmanasked Baeckler to meet at the old li-brary in the two-room schoolhouseon Plainsboro Road. When she ar-rived, she noticed one sofa, a table,and four or five people working.The shades were closed, and no onespoke to her. Because of this,Baeckler told the board chairmanshe did not think she would be theappropriate person for the job.

“I’m a very different kind of li-brarian,” Baeckler recalled tellingthe board, which had been very fa-miliar with her work in MercerCounty. “They said, ‘We know ex-actly what you did, and we wantyou to do that for Plainsboro.’”

Baeckler realized she and the

board members were on the samewavelength, and they discussedeverything from new programs togrowing the collection.

At the time, the library boardhad already planned the move intothe municipal complex at 641Plainsboro Road, which occurredin 1993.

Looking back on her career,Baeckler says she wouldn’t changevery much at all, including herforesight to encourage the library’sboard to start planning for a biggerlibrary immediately after movinginto the location at 641 PlainsboroRoad. “Very early on, I said, ‘Youbuilt this library too small,’” she re-called. “They were still riding onthis presumption that it would pri-marily serve children.”

Library officials had their firstplanning retreat in 1996, wherethey came up with ideas and begandesigning the new library thatopened last April. “In that sense,had I not done that, this buildingprobably would not have been herefor another 10 years,” she says ofthe new facility. “The computerrevolution had not yet really hap-pened when we moved into thebuilding. Computers took up thestudy carrels, and people who


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Jinny BaecklerContinued from page 1

Tomorrow Is Today: The caption on the back of thisU.S. 1 newspaper photo of Baeckler, dating from the1990s, already referred to plans for a new library.

wanted to study had nowhere togo.”

That need was perfectly plannedfor in the new building, saysBaeckler, explaining that manypeople do not want to use the li-brary’s computers. “They want touse their computers and use thewireless,” she said. In the new li-brary, there are stations where pa-trons can plug their own devicesinto outlets and use the library’swireless connection.

While there were future plansfor expansion of the former librarywithin the municipal complex, thatwould have taken all the parking,and there would have been theneed for other discussions, possi-bly a parking garage. This wasavoided by Baeckler’s urging toconsider a new library facility.

Baeckler’s approach to bringingeducational programming is also alegacy she will leave to the library.Some of that approach comes fromher love for research and her lovefor science, which influenced herfrom the time she entered the town-ship’s first library. She ponderedwhat the library could do to helpeducation. “The library is a socialinstitution,” she said. She recalled

asking herself: “What are we doingabout science education? Ab-solutely zero.”

“That was when the concept ofthe science center at the library wasbirthed,” she added. “When peoplewent into the children’s section

here, you could not go in therewithout seeing the display of mi-croscopes, DVDs, and other thingsto engage kids in science.”

Soon, parents began noticingtheir children had interests in sci-ence. This concept led Baeckler toher work with Contact Science, anonprofit that brings museum-quality exhibits to libraries aroundthe country. The goal is to provideinformal science education byplacing science centers in librariesvia traveling exhibits.

In her retirement, Baeckler saysshe will help that project a lotmore. “We have exhibits circulat-ing in libraries around the Dallasarea; it’s catching on like wild-fire,” she said.

This concept has already caughton in Plainsboro, and Baeckler en-visions it continuing after sheleaves. “You’ll see that the artslink and the science link are builtinto the educational mission of thelibrary, so it’s not an oddity — it’swhat people expect,” she said. “Weattempt to educate in many differ-ent fields. Those are two obviousones that need a physical space.”

In addition to Contact Science,Baeckler will consult with the ar-chitect who built the new library.

She will also have more time tosee her children and grandchildren.She and her husband, Bill Baeck-ler, who has retired as head of In-dependent Educational Services,which places teachers and head-masters all over the country andsometimes internationally, havetwo children. Their oldest, Gregg,is a computer tech in Silicon Val-ley, and their younger daughter,Sarah, is the head of a chimp sanc-tuary in the state of Washingtonand was just featured in GlamourMagazine.

Baeckler says the summer pro-grams are already set up, so thenew person will come in and seethe library at its finest. “Our sum-mer programs are really unparal-leled. The person can see the clien-tele and see the response to variousprograms, what works in Plains-boro, and what doesn’t work.”

Knowing what the communitywants is something that is very im-portant, she said. “I’m big on lis-tening to the community,” she said,adding that in Plainsboro it is themath and science subjects that are

important. As a result, the libraryworks hard to provide math andscience events. “Do other librarieshave these crazy math events?Probably not. But if they are listen-ing to what their people want, theyare responding to what their com-munity wants.”

Part of that is relying upon com-munity members who care aboutwhat they are doing and want togive back. For example, some se-niors run embroidery programs inthe summer just for the love of it.“Those kids probably could notlearn it from their parents,” shesaid. “That’s symbolic of what a li-brary is: it’s more than just bookson the shelves. It’s a community ofpeople who care about educationand who will give it back free ofcharge.”

As a result, the library virtuallynever pays for a program. Most li-braries have a small budget to runprograms. But “we program ac-cording to the people who step for-ward and say, ‘We want to dothat,’” says Baeckler.

Listening will be important forBaeckler’s successor. Baecklerwas working in Plainsboro at thetime the Berlin Wall fell. She as-sumed it would be of great interestto the library’s users, so she pur-chased books and materials rele-vant to that subject. “They did notgo out a single time — not at all,”she said. “It was a very quick les-son. Listen to what’s coming atyou from the community. I learnedvery early on that politics was notan interesting topic here. Businessand finance, those things are big.”

Says Baeckler: “Listening andcommunicating are the magic but-tons. I have people who wave at melike I’m their best friend. Theyknow that I’m the one who madethe Chinese New Year event hap-pen, I’m the one who made the Di-wali event happen. That kind of fa-miliarity comes from the fact thatthey know I’m listening.”

In fact, one of the best parts ofBaeckler’s job in Plainsboro hasbeen learning about the differentcultures. “It was a nonstop learningexperience,” she said.

One of her favorite events is theHoli festival, the Indian holidaycelebrating spring and the return oflife, color, and flowers. One of thetraditions is to throw bright, pow-dered paint all over everyone dur-ing the celebration. The first timeshe attended the event, one of theboard of trustees came up to herewithin two seconds of her arrivaland splashed paint on Baeckler’sface. Baeckler had a lot of fun.

“The end result of doing some-thing perfectly ridiculous brings tothe forefront of what it’s really allabout — we’re all one,” she said.

More information on the newPlainsboro Library director,Eileen Burnash, will be reported inthe May 20 edition of the WW-PNews’ “Sneak Peek” E-mail edi-tion. To sign up send an E-mail [email protected].


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ARepublican challenger hasannounced he will be run-ning against Mayor Peter

Cantu for the one open seat on thePlainsboro Township Committeein November’s elections.

Krishna Jagannathan, a residentof Plainsboro since 2008, has filedhis petition to run as the Republi-can candidate. A resident of Aspenat Princeton Meadows, Jagan-nathan served as the secretary ofhis homeowners association untillast summer. He will be running forre-election to the Board of Direc-tors this June.

Jagannathan grew up in Mont-gomery, where he volunteered asan Emergency Medical Techni-cian. He earned his bachelor’s inecology and natural resources fromthe Cook College at Rutgers.

Currently he works as an EMSEducator at the U.S. Department ofLabor/Edison Jobs Corps Acade-my, where he counsels at-risk eco-nomically disadvantaged youthand trains then to become EMTs.His mother is a professor of publicpolicy at the Bloustein School atRutgers, and his father works in ITManagement.

Jagannathan said he decided tobecome a candidate after receivinghis property tax bill every year.“For 900 square feet that I own ofindoor real estate, I’m paying al-most $4,500 annually.”

He said he is aware that a verysmall amount — about 15 percent— goes to the township’s munici-pal government, while a majoritygoes to the school district, but hewould like to have a say in the 15percent.

“Largely, it seems like our cur-rent leaders don’t really listen tothe community,” he said. “I believestrongly in a representative democ-racy. In order for that to work, gov-ernment members need to listen tocommunity members.”

He said that in many of thesound bites he has heard and arti-cles he’s read, town officials havedescribed what they think Plains-boro needs or does not need. “Itshouldn’t be up to what the leadersthink; it should be up to what thecommunity members want.”

Jagannathan said he is also con-cerned for the business owners intown. He understands from readingrecent articles that township offi-cials have disputed reports that thetownship does not allow signagefor businesses, but rather evaluatesthem on a case-by-case basis.

“Instead of putting the burden onthe developer or business to do thatI think the township should reachout” and describe what can and can-not be done when it comes to typesof business signage, he says.

“I think our website is terriblyoutdated, and I think our currentleadership has admitted that,” headded. He suggested the townshipinclude a business directory on itsown website.

Specifically when it comes tobusiness in town, if a businesspicks up and leaves, there is only somuch that Plainsboro can do. “Butthe key is in keeping in constantcommunication with the organiza-tion and proactively reaching out toother organizations to see if some-one is interested” if a business lo-cation becomes available.

Jagannathan said he wants tohear from community members,and urges them to visit his website,www.krishnaforplainsboro.com,or contact him at [email protected].

Change in Kennelsin Plainsboro

As part of a formality followingits new shared services agree-

ment with Helmetta for animalcontrol, the Township Committeevoted on May 11 on a change to thekennel services.

The agreement would approveHelmetta’s change from using itscurrent kennel provider to its ownfacility, which it had been con-structing. The new facility openedon May

“They’ve completed their ownfacility, so this is just basically thechange over from the provider totheir own,” said Mayor Peter Can-tu. “That was always envisioned asthe way it would go.”

The Township Committee ap-proved the agreement with Hel-metta in December.

Under the agreement, the town-ship will pay $18,000 — a savingsover its prior agreement with WestWindsor, which cost the township$65,000. Helmetta, another Mid-dlesex County town, is approxi-mately 15 minutes from Plains-boro.

The fact that Helmetta was in theprocess of constructing its ownkennel was a main factor in thelower cost to Plainsboro. At thetime of the decision, PlainsboroPolice Chief Richard Furda saidthat Helmetta was in the process ofbuilding its own animal shelter thatis scheduled to be completed byApril — a factor that contributed tothe lower cost to Plainsboro underthe agreement.

The agreement with Helmettawas the beginning of a chain ofevents leading to West WindsorAnimal Control Officer BettinaRoed’s termination. West Windsorofficials said that when Plainsboropulled out of the agreement, theylooked into options. The ultimatedecision was to enter into theagreement with West Windsor, es-timated to save West Windsorabout $40,000 in the first year.

Bid Award for BikePath Improvements

Members of the PlainsboroTownship Committee

awarded a bid on May 11 for thesecond phase of a bicycle path im-provement project.

When Plainsboro advertisedbids for the project, 11 bid packetswere distributed to vendors. OnMarch 3, the day of the bid open-ing, five bids were submitted.

Halecon Inc., of Bridgewater,was the lowest responsible bidderat a price of $274,948.90.

According to documents, thetownship’s 2009 capital budget in-cludes funding for the project,which will consist of constructing anew bike path on Plainsboro Roadfrom Maple Avenue to ProspectAvenue.

Part of the funding for the pro-ject includes two Middlesex Coun-ty grants, for a total of $160,000,and one NJ Department of Trans-portation grant of $269,000.

“It’s a continuation of the bikepaths from the railroad bridge in

Plainsboro down to Prospect,” saidPlainsboro Mayor Peter Cantu.“It’s an improvement that’s longoverdue.”

Cantu said that the project is onethat the township has “been chas-ing for a long time,” and that he ispleased the township will be able tocontinue its program to providepedestrian and bicycle access to thecommunity.

PCAE ReviewScheduled

Plans for the Princeton Centerfor the Arts and Education

(PCAE) to locate to St. Joseph’sSeminary will be reviewed by thePlainsboro Development ReviewCommittee on Tuesday, May 17.

First on the agenda, the Congre-gation of the Mission of St. Vin-cent DePaul, which runs the semi-nary at 75 Mapleton Road, has ap-plied for a major subdivision of theseminary property with variances.Then, the PCAE has applied for apreliminary and final site plan ap-proval with variances for the sameproperty, which is also on the agen-da for May 17.

Along with the American Boy-choir School, the French AmericanSchool of Princeton and theWilberforce School will operate atwhat will be known as the Prince-

ton Center for Arts & Education(PCAE).

The PCAE is a nonprofit entityand has signed a 20-year renewablelease with the seminary, with theAmerican Boychoir being the leadinstitution on site. The ability toeconomize was one of the reasonsthe schools decided to join efforts.All three schools will reportedlybegin operating at the site in lateAugust.

This past fall the TownshipCommittee adopted two ordi-nances to rezone the St. Joseph’sSeminary property to allow for ed-ucational and cultural arts uses onsite as well as for a cemetery zone.

The buildings on site are nowzoned for educational and arts typeuses, including for performance ar-eas, practice areas, dormitories,eating space, and other uses associ-ated with a school.

The French American School,which offers classes for students inpre-K through sixth grade, has lo-cations on All Saints Road inPrinceton and on Carter Road inLawrence. Wilberforce, a privateChristian school, currently leasesspace from the Princeton Church ofChrist on River Road.

The PCAE, which has receiveda grant from the New Jersey Cul-tural Trust, also plans to raise $2million to bring the seminarybuildings into code compliance.


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Plainsboro ToLease Bulk Farm

In an effort to keep farming ac-tivity alive on the Bulk Farm,

township officials are going toauthorize public bidding for agri-cultural lease for the site.

An ordinance, authorizing thepublic bidding, was introducedby the Township Committee on-May 11. A hearing is scheduledfor Wednesday, June 8.

Plainsboro officials closed ona deal for the 84-acre Bulk Farmon Cranbury Neck Road at theend of 2008.

In February, 2008, the Town-ship Committee approved anagreement with the Bulk FamilyLimited Partnership, which was

needed in order for the townshipto jointly purchase the propertywith the county for a price tag of$3 million.

Mayor Peter Cantu had point-ed to the farm’s acquisition as oneof the goals for 2008. The parcelwas one of the last remaininglarge tracts of open space withintownship borders.

The county’s dedication of$2.695 million toward the proper-ty came coming from an openspace referendum. The remaining$305,000 came from the town-ship’s own open space fund.

At the time, Cantu explainedthat the property would be put upfor lease for farming uses.

Cantu said this month that theintention was to keep the parcel infarm production. “It’s a 10-year

lease,” he said. “We’re advertis-ing for bids that would also have a10-year renewal option.”

“It is essentially continuingour farmland preservation pro-gram on a piece of property thatwas acquired largely with countydollars,” added Cantu. “We hadto work with the county since it’stheir money. They agreed to al-low us to put it out for farmlease.”

Cantu said a number of partieshave expressed interest in thelease. “We’re looking for an op-erator who will maintain farmingduring the 10-year lease period.”

According to Township Ad-ministrator Robert Sheehan, thepublic bidding process will mostlikely take place in June.

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Consultants for the Instituteof Islamic Studies (IIS)spent the May 5 meeting of

the West Windsor Zoning Boardanswering questions about the rea-soning behind the location chosenfor its new mosque and the project-ed growth the institute will see as aresult.

No decision was made on May5, but the board scheduled a contin-uation of the hearing for Thursday,June 2, so it could hold delibera-tions and public comment.

IIS wants to develop 7.17 acresof currently vacant land at 2030Old Trenton Road into a house ofworship. The plans would require ause variance because the propertyis currently located in the RO-1zone, which permits research andoffice uses.

According to the plans submit-ted, IIS would construct a facilitythat includes a house of worship,multi-purpose hall, offices,kitchen, adult social area includinga kitchen and housing for its spiri-tual leader, and a health care facili-ty at the site.

The proposed site is near Wind-sor Center Drive in East Windsorand Dorchester Drive/DantoneBoulevard in West Windsor.

IIS consultants’ comments dur-ing the second Zoning Board hear-ing on the plans, which require ause variance for constructing themosque on Old Trenton Road, stilldid not satisfy the concerns of op-ponents and some board members,who questioned whether the newmosque would attract more con-gregants to the area — and thus bea detriment to traffic and otherquality of life issues.

Zoning Board members CurtisHoberman said that creating a fa-cility that is bigger and containsnice features “could be attractive toa person who may be a non-wor-shiper or someone who wants asmaller, community feel” to wor-shiping, who then may decide tojoin the new mosque. “When youprovide the community with ex-panded services,” growth can hap-pen, he said.

Complicating matters during thehearing was the confusion over thedistinction between the “atten-dees” of the mosque and the “mem-bership.” While the terms wereused interchangeably, IIS officialsexplained they calculate attendeesby the number of people who regu-larly attend services.

However, Muslims are wel-comed to attend services atmosques near their locationthroughout the day, IIS membersexplained. So, for example, if aMuslim works in another town andwants to attend a daily prayer oc-curring during business hours, heor she might worship in a mosquelocated within that town, and not inhis or her hometown mosque.

IIS officials said they had 120“attendees,” and estimated that thenumber would grow to 200 withinfive years and to 250 anticipated at-tendees within 10 years. They testi-fied that the number specifiesadults, and that the number of chil-dren attending “Sunday School,”held on Saturdays, would be a sep-arate number of 125. Those class-es, however, would not coincidewith religious services held foradults, they said. IIS officials alsoestimated that about 50 percent ofits current attendees come fromWest Windsor.

Still, residents asked for guaran-tees from IIS consultants that theirprojected membership growthwould not exceed the estimated in-crease, but IIS officials could notprovide such guarantees. Residentscited another figure used by IIS of-ficials — that 400 Muslims lived inWest Windsor and surrounding ar-eas, including Plainsboro andCranbury. IIS officials said they in-cluded that number solely for de-mographic illustration.

However, they testified that be-cause multiple facilities were lo-cated in nearby towns like Hamil-ton, Lawrence, South Brunswick,and Ewing, and they already had anestablished membership from thelocal area, that growth would be

limited. Responding to residentswho compared the situation to themosque on Route 1 in SouthBrunswick, IIS officials said thatthe Route 1 mosque was the largestmosque in the state, and that theone in West Windsor would notnearly be as prominent.

They also said that the footprintof the building, and the constraintsimposed by township ordinance re-garding developable land on thesite, would make future expansionunlikely.

In addition, “the actual size andsite plan for that mosque will haveto come back for site plan ap-proval” once a use variance is

granted by the Zoning Board, saidZoning Board Attorney EdwinSchmierer. “That would lock theminto a size.” And if IIS officialswanted to expand, they would haveto seek another approval.

Further, “the community we areserving today in (the East Windsorlocation) are the same people mov-ing, and we have allowed for a littlebit of growth,” said Tahir Zafar ofIIS.

Still, Zoning Board member Al-ice Ng questioned whether growthcould occur in the future. “Wouldyou not expect that with a largerbuilding — much larger than thecurrent one — there wouldn’t begrowth?”

Zafar compared the move to thatof a family moving from a three-bedroom apartment to a new sin-gle-family home. The family willstill have the same number of peo-ple after the move, he said.

The hearing focused on the testi-mony of IIS Planner John McDo-nough, who went through a processof elimination to explain why hebelieved other possible locationswere not suitable for the mosqueand explained how the mosque fitscriteria that show it is an appropri-ate use for the area.

McDonough described theproperties around the proposedmosque location, including thePrinceton Arms shopping center,the Elements of West Windsor de-velopment, a credit union, and anautism center. “We have a varietyof uses in this area, certainly amixed-use area,” said McDo-nough. Primarily, houses of wor-ships are located within residentialareas, and are located “immediate-ly adjacent to residential” commu-nities, he explained.

Geometrically, the site for theproposed mosque is conformingwith local ordinances. It meets thelot width standards and has exces-sive depth — more than requiredby the ordinance. The buildingheight is proposed to two-storieshigh.

Under statute, houses of wor-ships, including mosques, are “in-herently beneficial uses,” because“religious freedoms as public in-terest are being served,” McDo-nough said.

Because the proposed mosquewould be less dense than a 50,000square foot fitness center that al-ready has approval for the site (butwas never built), the traffic reportdoes not indicate there would be alarge traffic impact on the area, andit would not cause flooding on theadjacent properties. It is a “verycalm, very quiet form of land use.”

“There are no formal outdoorplay areas,” said McDonough.“We’re not looking at any outdooractivities.”

In addition, the capacity of thesite itself is limited because town-ship ordinances allow up to 40 per-cent of maximum impervious cov-erage on the site. Currently, thebuilding is under that limit, at 33percent, but could only expand upto 7 percent without having tocome back for a variance.

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In an effort to satisfy neighborsand concerns from residents, Mc-Donough offered a list of condi-tions that IIS would include as partof the use variance, which includedkeeping the basement storage only;


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‘There are no formaloutdoor play areas,’ saidMcDonough. ‘We’re notlooking at any outdooractivities.’

not having a daycare; having nospeakers or amplified noise out-side; not having any surgery per-formed at the on-site medical clin-ic; and installing a berm system.

Even though the mosque wouldhave been a permitted use in about90 percent of the town, there arevarious reasons why those areasare unsuitable for the mosque, Mc-Donough said. He presented a vi-sual representation on a copy of thetownship’s zoning maps, begin-ning with the 90 percent of thetownship where a mosque wouldbe permitted. After introducingeach of the criteria, he showed anewer version of the map that re-moved the lots or areas that wouldnot be suitable.

The criteria for choosing a siteincluded that the lot size needed tobe more than 3.3 acres to conformwith ordinances and to allow forappropriate development of thebuilding. Lots that did not haveavailable space or available landwere not considered.

Then, the land had to be locatedwithin three miles of the existingfacility, which knocked out thenorthern quadrant of the township.Areas where cell towers or otherutilities were in the way were alsoremoved from the possible areasfor location of a mosque.

That brought the list down toeight pieces of property withinWest Windsor. “Not a single one isavailable for sale,” said McDo-nough. “This piece of property inquestion is.”

The Old Trenton Road site wasalso better than a list of possible lo-cations IIS officials specificallylooked into purchasing. A site at410 Princeton-Hightstown Roadwas rejected because it did nothave much greater parking than atthe current location; it only had 90available parking spaces, while theproposed location on Old TrentonRoad has more than 200.

A site on Village Road East wasrejected because of wetlands con-straints, its small size, and its loca-tion within a congested residentialarea, said McDonough.

A property at 20 Lake Drive inEast Windsor, where warehouseflex space was available, was re-jected because it allowed only 64parking spaces.

McDonough said another site onRoute 130 in East Windsor, at thelocation of a former Chevroletdealership, was rejected because itwas only a little more than twoacres in size, in addition to being

environmentally sensitive.The current location, at 379

Princeton-Hightstown Road, wasoffered for sale to IIS, but the loca-tion is too small, at 7,000 squarefeet, and there are other problemswith the location, McDonoughsaid.

Residents criticized one of thereasons IIS chose the Old TrentonRoad location — that IIS wanted anew facility to be located withinthree miles of its current locationon Princeton-Hightstown Road inEast Windsor, on the boarder withWest Windsor.

Referring to that reason, resi-dent Steve Smith said, “I would askthe board to take that into consider-ation. This is New Jersey.”

In response to comments madeabout the higher density of the ap-proved gym and fitness club onsite, Smith raised other questionsabout possible detrimental impactson neighbors. “How many healthclubs or offices run 24/7?” heasked.

He also pointed out that thebuilding could become taller, andthe parking could increase, and thatthere is technically room forgrowth on the site.

Plainsboro resident Jai Ram-nath, who said she recently pur-chased a home within the Ele-ments, cited her own experiencewith growth of her congregation’stemple, which did not expect togrow from 200 members to 5,000.

“Have you at any time consid-ered relaxing those limitations,”asked resident Harry Zimblast, re-ferring to the requirement that themosque be within three miles of itscurrent location. He also said thatwhen calculations and projectionsare made within the businessworld, there is data presented thatshows how confident officials arein those projections.

“What is your level of confi-dence to stay within the 3 to 5 per-cent level of growth?” Zimblastasked, referring to the growth esti-mates provided by IIS officials.

In response, Zoning Boardchairman John Roeder said that“you can’t do that with human be-ings. You can never predict who isgoing to come to church on Sun-day.”

Resident Keith Corkedale askedwhat the maximum occupancy lev-el would be — information IIS of-ficials said they would bring to thenext meeting.

Corkedale also questioned themosque’s designation as an “inher-

ently beneficial use. I don’t under-stand how this is an inherent bene-fit to West Windsor,” he said. An-other resident asked the same ques-tion, saying that only half of the at-tendees — about 40 people — inWest Windsor would benefit fromthe mosque’s location on Old Tren-ton Road, compared with the27,000 residents living within thetownship.

“An inherently beneficial use isinherently beneficial in any com-munity,” responded McDonough.

Schmierer also provided clarifi-cation. “A house of worship is re-viewed as inherently beneficial tothe state,” he said. “It’s viewed assomething inherently good for thestate of New Jersey, no matterwhere it’s located.”

The attendance for the meetingwas noticeably smaller than thecrowd of more than 100 who filledthe room for the first hearing inApril, but the turnout still filled theseats on May 5.

Many of the audience memberswere residents of the adjacent Ele-ments development, who havebanded together as the Friends ofWest Windsor Master Zoning Planand have hired an attorney, Anne

Studholme, of the Manewitz &Studholme law firm with offices inPrinceton and New York.

At the next hearing, the ZoningBoard will hear from its own pro-fessionals in addition to hearingfrom the public. IIS officials saidthey would submit revised plansthat included more buffering toease the concerns of nearby resi-dents as well as submit more infor-mation about why the other sitesthey have been looking at since2004 are not suitable for the IISmosque.

WW PostponesRoed Re-Vote

Because of the urgency to dealwith the fallout from the WW-

P school budget defeat, the WestWindsor Township Council post-poned indefinitely any further ac-tion on the issue of animal controlservices.

The Township Council wasoriginally going to take anothervote on the matter on May 9, in re-sponse to a lawsuit filed by formeranimal control officer BettinaRoed, who was terminated last

month as a result of the township’sshared services agreement withEast Windsor.

Trenton-based attorney WalterBliss, who represents Roed, filed alawsuit to meet the 45-day statuteof limitations as a precautionarymeasure to protect his client, hetold the Township Council at itsmeeting on April 25.

To protect the township againstone portion of the lawsuit, howev-er, Councilman Charles Morganhas asked the council to take anoth-er vote. The resolution would reaf-firm the council’s position on thematter, this time with Morganphysically attending the meeting.

However, the Township Coun-cil had to schedule a presentationfrom the WW-P school district of-ficials about their own budget,which the Township Council hadto review for cuts (see story, page1) in light of its defeat last month.

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InterCap SuitHearing Scheduled

West Windsor is due back incourt on Friday, June 3, as

part of the next step in the lawsuitsettlement agreement with Inter-Cap Holdings.

The hearing will be held beforeSuperior Court Judge Linda Fein-berg, who delayed approval of thesettlement in April, saying a morethorough hearing on affordablehousing issues — and a better no-tice of the hearing — was needed.

The judge scheduled the sec-ond meeting for further reviewand required InterCap and WestWindsor officials to send out apublic notice explaining the rea-soning for including only 5 per-cent affordable housing units onthe site.

The settlement, reached last

November, calls for 800 housingunits, retail, and infrastructureand amenity improvements on In-terCap’s property. The most no-table feature is a 50,000-square-foot “promenade” that wouldprovide a public area for residentsand a “shared space” betweencars, pedestrians, and bicyclists.

The integrated developmentwould not include any officespace. Under the agreement, In-terCap will be required to con-struct 70,000 square feet of retailspace correlated to the phasing ofresidential units. The agreementalso stated that 5 percent of theunits on site would be set aside foraffordable housing units.

The issue with the 5 percent setaside for affordable housingraised significant concerns —both at the Planning Board andTownship Council levels — be-fore the council adopted ordi-

nances in March to go along withthe settlement agreement that ithad approved earlier. It also was aconcern of the Fair Share Hous-ing Center.

However, the township hastaken the position that since it hasalready received a court order ap-proving the second round for itsaffordable housing plan, and hassubmitted a third-round afford-able housing plan, it is compliantwith any affordable housing needgenerated by West Windsor.Therefore, township officials ar-gue, it was not necessary to haveaffordable housing on the site,even though there are 40 on site.

Since the InterCap litigationwas filed in May, 2009, as aMount Laurel affordable housinglawsuit, Feinberg must conduct afairness hearing to determine itsatisfied Mount Laurel principlesand the Fair Housing Act.

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control issue from the agenda forMay 9.

“We are going to take up thematter after that in some shape orform, but we don’t know what thatis,” he said.

In a letter to the council earlierlast month, Bliss alleged that the 3-2 vote the council took on an agree-ment with East Windsor for animalcontrol services, which effectivelyterminated Roed’s position, violat-ed the Open Public Meetings Actand is invalid.

Among the reasons Bliss listsfor the violation is that Morgan hassaid that he had difficulty hearingthe proceedings because he attend-ed the meeting via telephone. Blissalso alleges that the agreementwith East Windsor does not pro-vide for all of the animal controlservices required by state law.

He also alleged that the councilcited a “personnel matter” as a rea-son to go into closed session, eventhough there was no personnel is-sue. Bliss asked the council to re-voke or take a new vote on the res-olution, which it approved onMarch 7.Bliss said the Open PublicMeetings Act requires every mu-

nicipality to hold public comment,but that the public comment ismeaningless “if appropriate meanshave not been provided to ensurethat the public is heard by all mem-bers of the governing body partici-pating in the related vote.”

“It is compelling in this regardthat at a subsequent council meet-ing, Councilman Morgan statedthat if he had known at the March 7meeting what he learned later, hewould have voted differently,”Bliss wrote.

However, Morgan said thatwhen he saw the lawsuit raised anissue with his absence from themeeting when he voted, he decidedto call on the council to take a re-vote. Morgan said he investigatedthe matter and found the allega-tions Roed’s supporters had madewere untrue, and has since decidedthere is no basis for changing hisvote.

Bliss’s second argument in thelawsuit was that the decision wasmade behind closed doors in exec-utive session. Morgan said therewas a personnel discussion in exec-utive session, but no decisionswere made.

Bliss sent the letter to the coun-cil and filed the lawsuit after thecouncil told Roed’s supporters itwas sticking behind its agreement.

May 16 Hearing For WW Budget

The West Windsor TownshipCouncil will hold a public

hearing and is expected to vote onits 2011 municipal budget on Mon-day, May 16.

The budget was introduced inApril after council trimmed$800,000 from its capital projectsin hopes of curtaining future debt.Meanwhile, the tax rate has beenreduced to a 2.4-cent increase per$100 of assessed value, and the taxlevy increase has been reduced toabout 4.8 percent, officials calcu-lated.

The owner of a house assessed atthe township average of $527,376will now see an increase of about$100 — down from $108 as origi-nally projected.

The cut in $800,000 from thecapital budget came after the coun-cil made a decision to move the re-placement of the trailer in front ofthe municipal building — a projectworth $650,000 — to another yearas well as extend the Duck PondPark final capital project anotheryear.

Instead of allocating $300,000in 2011 for the Duck Pond Parkproject, council will spend

$150,000 this year and $150,000 in2012. This brings the capital bud-get down to $3 million for 2011.

Meanwhile, the council also de-cided to further reduce the over-time for non-emergency services(services including police, fire, andsnow removal) by 5 percent.

The operating budget will be re-duced by a total of $78,000. Thatincludes the $60,000 from the bud-get that was cut in March becauseof a retirement in one of the town-ship’s departments.

This resulted in the reduction ofone position in the township’s bud-get this year, and that the townshipwill move someone in the clerk’soffice over to another departmentto fill the gap.

That resulted in a reduction in$30,000 in salaries and wages.That was combined with savingsfrom the elimination of the animalcontrol officer, which saved thetownship costs associated withovertime, health insurance, socialsecurity tax, and salary for that po-sition. The net savings was$85,000.

However, the township estimat-ed its agreement with East Windsorfor animal control services willcost the township about $33,000 —$25,000 of which was included inthe budget.

That brought the total savingsdown to $60,000. But the other re-ductions, including a reduction ofover time for non-essential em-ployees, bring the total cuts to$78,000 in the budget.

WW Contracts. In other busi-ness, the West Windsor Councilhas approved contracts for threeseparate projects.

The first of the contracts, ap-proved on May 9, was with JWTExcavating Inc., of Holmdel, forthe South Post Road WastewaterPumping Station Rehabilitation, ata cost of $213,275.

The township awarded the con-tract after it received 13 bids. JWTExcavating was the lowest respon-sible bidder.

The council also approved acontract with Halecon Inc., ofBridgewater, for expansion of theparking lot at Community Park —at a cost of $398,934.44. The town-ship also received 13 bids on thisproject, of which Halecon was thelowest.

A contract with Orchard Hold-ings LLC, of Manasquan, for$68,771, was also approved. Thecontract will cover the pedestriansafety improvements scheduled inthe 2010 budget. Orchard Holdingswas the lowest of five bidders.

West Windsor NewsContinued from preceding page

South Tennis CrownedMercer County Champs,Remain Undefeated

With a 14-0 record and a Mercer CountyTournament under their belts already,

the Pirates have had an impressive run thisseason as they take aim at the state tourna-ment.

South took home its seventh MCT title ineight years last month, the individual contri-butions have been the key for the Pirates.

South won the county title by winning in-dividual titles in all of the positions, with theexception of first singles — something thathas not happened since 2006. This timearound, the four individual titles were notnecessary for the team win, but were a goodmeasure of the players’ strengths and ability.

Daniel Ng and Dan Vaysburd won at sec-ond and third singles, respectively, whileAbhinay Tumati and Thomas Weng won a ti-tle at first doubles. Peter Ku and John Hutook home the title in second doubles.

Ng is no stranger to victory. Last year, hewon an individual title at third singles.Meanwhile, it is the first individual title forVaysburd, who is new to the singles position.

South also defeated crosstown rivalNorth, 3-2, on May 9.

WW-P Golfers Win Big

The golf teams at both of WW-P’s highschools have been cleaning up at a num-

ber of events this month.The South boys defeated Hopewell Val-

ley by two strokes to claim the Mercer Coun-ty Golf Tournament title at Mercer Oaks onMay 11. All five of the South golfers broke80. Steven Oh led the Pirates, with a score of76. Jake Gurock and Jake Donohue each fin-ished with 77. Oh was sixth overall, whileDonohue and Gurock were ninth and tenth.The title is the sixth for the Pirates since1991.

The North boys came in third at the event,with a total of 322. North was led by CharlesCai, who finished second individually, witha score of 72. Ryan Siegler finished fourthindividually, with a score of 75.

Meanwhile, North’s Christie Pasternick,a junior, led the girls’ golf team to a victory atthe Cranbury Golf Club, earning it the title ofthe Central Jersey Girls Golf League Tour-nament on May 2. The team finished with192 points.

Pasternick carded a 40 to claim the lowscore of the day, with a 1-5-9-18-21-23 fin-ish. In addition to Pasternick’s contributions,Arisa Wada carded a 46, while AkosuaTuffuour finished with 51, and Christie

Dougherty finished with 55. SayeliJayade finished with a 56, and JulieBradley carded a 57.

South’s girls’ team came in thirdat the event, with 198 points.

Also at North, Siegler, on theboys’ team, shot a 6-under par 66 towin the Cherry Valley Invitationallast month. The North boys’ teamfinished third overall with 230points.

Singles Standouts: Top row, from theleft, South’s singles players MichaelSong, Daniel Ng, and Dan Vaysburd.Bottom row, from the left, North’s sin-gles players Evan Samet, Zach Kur-first, and Kevin Shi. South won theMCT. North has only dropped threematches, including two to South.

Photos by Mark Czajkowski.


Boys’ BaseballNorth (3-12): A win against Ew-

ing, 13-6, on May 11. Jack Liang hit adouble, triple, and had two RBIs.Scott Feryus knocked in two runs.

A loss to Peddie, 12-10, on May10. Feryus: 5-1-2-2; Jensen: 4-1-2-1;Litwack: 4-1-1-1; Weisbecker: 4-2-2-2; Bensky: 2-2-1-1; Henderson: 2-1-1-1. 2B: Feryus, Liang, Weisbecker.3B: Henderson. HR: Weisbecker.

A loss to Pennington, 9-6, on May7, in the first round of the MercerCounty tournament. Casey Litwackwent 2-for-4 with a pair of home runsand three RBIs.

A loss to Notre Dame, 6-2, on May6. Hui: 3-0-1-0; Demouth: 2-1-1-0;Litwack: 3-1-1-1; Weisbecker: 3-0-1-1; Henderson: 3-0-1-0.

A loss to Notre Dame, 10-2, onMay 2. Joe Jensen drove in a run.DeMouth: 2-1-1-0; Jensen: 3-0-1-1;Feryus: 1-0-1-0; Henderson: 2-1-0-0.

A loss to Steinert, 11-3, on May 2.Ryan Demouth and Jack Liang eachhad a hit and RBI.

A loss to Hamilton, 11-1, on April27. Jensen: 3-1-1-0; Bizenov: 1-0-1-0; Weisbecker: 3-0-1-0; Liang: 1-0-1-0.

South (7-10): A loss to Trenton,8-7, on May 11. Chris Campbell hada double and two RBIs.

A loss to Notre Dame, 14-10, onMay 9. McCann: 4-2-2-3; Dontas: 2-0-0-1; Carman: 1-1-1-1; Peters: 2-2-2-2; Ruta: 4-0-2-0; Boyle: 4-0-1-1; Al-tamore: 4-2-2-0; Sitek: 3-2-1-0. 3B:McCann, Ashford. S: Dontas. SB:Boyle.

A loss to Nottingham, 7-6, on May7, in the first round of the MercerCounty Tournament. McCann: 3-2-1-2; Dontas: 5-0-1-1; Ashford: 5-0-1-1;Ruta: 4-1-2-0; Boyle: 4-0-1-0; Skol-ka: 5-0-1-0; Rose: 4-1-1-0; Ed-munds: 3-1-1-0; Altamore: 3-1-2-0.2B: Ashford, McCann. 3B: Ruta. SB:Altamore. CS: Ashford.

A loss to Lawrenceville, 14-3, onMay 6. Josh Rose went 2-for-4 andknocked in two runs.

A loss to Steinert, 11-3, on May 6.McCann: 3-1-2-0; Dontas: 3-1-1-0;Ruta: 3-0-0-1; Skola: 2-0-1-1; Alta-more: 3-1-1-0. 2B: McCann.

A win against Trenton, 14-4, onMay 2. McCann: 5-2-2-3; Dontas: 3-2-1-1; Ashford: 3-3-3-1; Ruta: 2-1-1-0; Campbell: 3-1-1-1; Boyle: 3-0-1-0;Rose: 3-2-1-1; Edmonds: 3-2-2-2.

A loss to Lawrence, 3-2, on April29. Ben Ruta, Pat Boyle, and ChrisSkolka hit singles.

A win against Princeton, 4-3, onApril 27. Dontas: 3-0-1-0; Ashford: 3-1-1-0; Ruta: 3-1-2-0; Campbell: 3-1-1-1; Boyle: 3-1-1-1; Rose: 2-0-0-1;Paskewitz: 2-0-1-0. 2B: Ashford. SB:Campbell; Paskewitz; Boyle. CS:McElwee.

Girls’ SoftballNorth (14-5): A loss to Ewing, 7-

2, on May 11. RBI: O’Cone.A loss to Allentown, 6-3, on May

10 in the semifinal round of the Mer-cer County Tournament. RBI: KaitlynNelson, Sarah Bush, Taylor Phelan.

A win against Hightstown, 16-0,on May 9. Emily Weinberg had a pairof triples. Sarah Bush, SydneyTurchin, and Weinberg each hadthree hits.

A win against Notre Dame, 9-8, onMay 6. RBI: Nelson: 2; King; O’Cone.HR: Nelson, King. 2B: Phelan: 2. Bri-anna King hit a solo home run.

A win against Steinert, 13-2, onMay 5 in the Mercer County Tourna-ment quarterfinals. Kaitlin Perrinestruck out seven batters and allowedtwo hits. 2B: Nelson, Bush. 3B: King.RBI: Nelson: 5; Bush: 2; Phelan: 2;Turchin; Weinberg; O’Cone.

A win against Hamilton, 12-2, onMay 3 in the first round of the MercerCounty Tournament. Emily Weinbergwent 2-for-3 with a triple and threeRBIs. Sara Rosenthal, Taylor Phe-lan, and Sydney Turchin each drovein a run.

A win against Steinert, 9-7, onMay 2. Sarah Bush had two hits, in-cluding a two-run homerun. She had4 RBIs. Emily Weinberg went 5-for-5with three runs scored.

A win against Trenton, 13-0, onApril 29. Hy-Jin Kim hit a double.Tiffany Gagliardo drove in three runs.RBIS: Philbin: 2; Gagliardo: 3; Kim:2; Mendez: 2; Brooks; Modi; Con-stantino.

A win against Hamilton, 15-0, onApril 27. Sarah Bush went 2-for-4with a double and a home run. Kait-lyn Nelson also hit a home run and

drove in four runs.South (8-4): A loss to Rob-

binsville, 1-0, on May 10, in the semi-final round of the Mercer CountyTournament.

A win against Notre Dame, 13-6,on May 9 in the Mercer County Tour-nament semifinal. 2B: Mendez,Brooks, R. Gagliardo.

A loss to Steinert, 1-0, on May 6.A win against Notre Dame, 4-0, on

May 5. RBIs: Mendez: 2; Schnitter.A win against Trenton, 12-0, on

April 29. Tiffany Gagliardo went 2-for-3 with three RBIs. Kathryn Philbinknocked in two runs. Hy-Jin Kim hadone RBI.

A win against Princeton, 7-0, onApril 27. 2B: Kong. RBIs: Hye-JinKim: 2; Mendez; Dana Kong: 2;Schnitter. Rachel Gagliardo struckout seven batters.

Boys’TennisNorth (8-3): A win against Notre

Dame, 5-0, on May 11. Singles: 1.)Kevin Shi, 6-3, 6-1. 2.) Sho Yoshi-take, 6-1, 6-3. 3.) Lev Gedrich, 6-0,6-2. Doubles: 1.) Vasishta Kalinad-habhotla and Dan Wang, 6-0, 6-0. 2.)Vidur Bhalla and Sanandh Ravu, 6-1, 6-0.

A loss to Princeton, 7-2, on May 6.Singles: 1.) Evan Samet, 6-1, 6-0.Doubles: 1.) Lev Gedrich/Sho Yoshi-take, 6-3, 7-6.

A loss to South, 3-2, on May 9.A win against Steinert, 5-0, on

April 29. Singles: 1.) Evan Samet, 6-0, 6-0. 2.) Zach Kurfirst, 6-1, 6-2. 3.)Vidur Bhalla, 6-1, 6-0. Doubles: 1.)Sho Yoshitake/Lev Gedrich, 6-1, 6-0.2.) Vasishta Kalinadhabhotla/DanWang, 6-0, 6-0.

South (14-0): A win against Stein-ert, 5-0, on May 11. Singles: 1.)Michael Song, 6-0, 6-0. 2.) DanielNg, 6-0, 6-0. 3.) John Hu, 6-0, 6-1.Doubles: 1.) Thomas Weng/AbhinayTumati, 6-0, 6-0. 2.) Paul von Auten-ried and Mike Herelle, 6-0, 6-0.

A win against Holmdel, 3-2, onMay 10. Singles: 2.) Daniel Ng, 6-1,6-0; 3.) Daniel Vaysburd, 6-2, 6-2.Doubles: 1.) AbhinayTumati/Thomas Weng, 4-6, 7-5, 6-3.

A win against North, 3-2, on May9.

A win against Trenton, 5-0, onMay 6. Aayush Visaria, 6-0, 6-0. 2.)Vedant Sachdeva, 6-0, 6-0. 3.) BrianSabino. Doubles: 1.) Kushal Gand-hi/Yuefung Zhu, 6-0, 6-0.

A win against Princeton, 5-0, onMay 3. Singles: 1.) Michael Song, 6-1, 6-0. 2.) Daniel Ng, 6-0, 6-2. 3.)Daniel Vaysburd: 6-1, 6-4.

A win against Allentown, 5-0, onApril 29. Singles: 1.) John Hu, 6-0, 6-1. 2.) Thomas Weng, 6-0, 6-1. 3.) Pe-ter Ku, 6-0, 6-0. Doubles: 1.) NikhilGavai/Rishi Narag, 6-0, 6-1. 2.) Ven-dat Sachdeva/ Aayush Visaria, 6-1,6-1.

Boys’ LacrosseNorth (5-9): A loss to Notre

Dame, 9-4, on May 10. Goals: Slon-aker, Lentine, Sandberg, Mulhall. As-sists: Henry, Slonaker. Barz had 10saves.

A win against Hopewell Valley, 7-6, on May 5. Goals: Lentine: 2; Mul-hall: 2; Slonaker; Winterstein; Henry.Assists: Slonaker: 3; Henry. Barzhad 19 saves.

A loss to Princeton, 12-2, on April30. Goals: Bugge, Bloom. Assists:Lentine. Barz had 11 saves.

South (9-7): A loss to Princeton,6-5, on May 10. Goals: Rohrbach: 3;Matthews; Gioseffi. Assists:Matthews, Clancey. Lee had 9saves.

A loss to Princeton, 8-4, on May 7,in the quarterfinal round of the Mer-cer County Tournament. Goals: Flat-ley; Clancey; Rohrbach; Matthews.Assists: Sandgren, Clancey. Lee had3 saves.

A win against NBC, 14-1, on May5. Goals: Alex Sandgren: 4; BijanMatthews: 3; Flatley: 2; Rohrbach: 2;Clancey; Leyden; So. Assists: Sand-gren: 5; Rohrbach: 5; Clancey. JoshLee had 8 saves.

A loss to Hopewell, 8-2, on May 3.Goals: Sandgren, Clancey.

A win against Allentown, 15-1, onApril 30. Goals: Alex Rohrbach: 4;Sandgren: 2; Matthews: 2; Domino:2; Clancey: 2; Efstathios; Dhavalikar;Doyle. Assists: Clancey: 6;Matthews; Sandgren. Lee had 2saves.

A win against Allentown, 11-3, onApril 29. Goals: Bijan Matthews: 4;Alex Rohrbach: 3; Chris Clancey: 2;

Domino; Efstathios. Assists: Sand-gren: 3; Rohrbach: 3; So. Josh Leehad 8 saves.

Girls’ LacrosseNorth (11-2): A win against Hight-

stown, 18-2, on May 10 in the quar-terfinal round of the Mercer CountyTournament. Goals: Ana Luci Del-lien: 3; Olivia Harpel: 5; Devin Brakel:4; Kristine Towell: 4; Tampellini; Gi-randola. Assists: Dellien: 4; Troianel-lo: 3; Towell: 3; Tampellini; Ma;Harpel.

A win against Stuart, 16-3, on May5. Goals: Ana Lucia Dellien: 3;Harpel: 2; Brakel: 2; Henry; C. An-taya; Troianello; Ma; Girandola;Haase; Simanovsky; Sievers; M. An-taya. Assists: Harpel: 2; Girandola: 2;M. Antaya: 2; Troianello; Towell.

A win against Robbinsville, 18-6,on May 3. Goals; Harpel: 5; Brakel:3; Tampellini: 2; Towell; Troianello;M. Antaya; Carlen; Dellien; Giran-dola; Henry; Ma. Assists: M. Antaya:2; Dellien; Harpel; Henry; Troianello.L’Insalata had 4 saves. Pehnke had2.

A loss to South, 10-7, on April 30.Goals: Harpel: 2; Dellien: 2; Troianel-lo; M. Antaya; Girandola. Assists: C.Antaya; Towell. North took 19 shots.Patricia Pehnke had 12 saves.

South (14-1): A win against Allen-town, 15-11, on May 10, in the quar-terfinal round of the Mercer CountyTournament. Goals: Borup: 3; Sand-gren: 3; Johnson: 3; Tadej: 2; Morris:2; McCormick; Spencer. Assists:Borup, Johnson. Salerno had 8saves.

The team clinched the ColonialValley Conference crown with a winagainst Notre Dame, 14-8, on May 5.Kendal Borup scored five goals andhad two assists. Molly Johnson hadthree goals. Kelsey Sandgren andRachel Salerno each had two goals.Michelle Morris had one goal andthree assists.

A win against Nottingham, 18-0,on May 2. Goals: Johnson: 7; R.Salerno: 2; Tadej: 2; Ingato; Sivert-sen; Easter; Garelick; Echeverri;Spencer; Morris. Assists: Borup: 3;Spencer: 2; Morris: 2; Ingato; R.Salerno; Tadej; Leon. K. Salerno had5 saves.

A win against North, 10-7, on April30. Goals: Morris: 5; Borup: 2; John-son; Sangren; Spencer. Assists:Borup: 3; Spencer. Katie Salernohad 10 saves. South took 25 shots.

A win against Robbinsville, 16-9,on April 28. Goals: Spencer: 3;Borup: 3; Tadej: 2; Sandgren: 2; Mor-ris: 2; Johnson: 2; McCormick; R.Salerno. Assists: Borup: 3; Johnson:2; McCormick; Spencer. South took35 shots.

Boys’ GolfNorth (4-3): A third place finish at

the Cherry Valley Invitational on April28, with a score of 230. Ryan Sieglertook home first place with 66.

South (12-0): A win againstLawrence, 198-228, on May 10. Ja-cob Gurock: 36. Steve Oh: 42. Timo-thy Oh: 40. Jake Donohue: 44. KevinSmith: 42. Michael Casarona: 38.

An eighth place finish at the Cher-ry Valley Invitational on April 28.

Girls’ GolfNorth (6-2): A win against South

Brunswick, 202-208, on May 5.Christie Pasternick: 45; Arisa Wada:51; Sayeli Jayade: 52; AkosuaTuffuor: 61; Julie Bradley: 56; San-jana Uppaluri: 54.

The team won the Central JerseyGirls Golf League Tournament, with192 points, on May 2. ChristiePasternick finished with a score of40. Arisa Wada: 46.

A loss to Lawrenceville, 165-205,on April 27. Christie Pasternick: 44;Arisa Wada: 49; Sayeli Jayade: 57;Sanjana Uppaluri: 58; Julie Bradley:55; Christie Dougherty: 58.

South: A win against Hillsbor-ough, 207-219, on May 11. RoseSoskind: 49. Jenn Suh: 50.

The team finished third at theCentral Jersey Girls Golf LeagueTournament, with 198 points, on May2. Rose Suskind: 46.

Boys’TrackNorth: Joe Rosa ran the second

fastest 5,000-meter race in New Jer-sey high school history when he fin-ished 14:13.4 at the Mercer TwilightMeet at Robbinsville this month.

North’s distance medley team fin-ished ninth at the Penn Relays onApril 29, with a time of 10:25. Pat O’-Connell opened in 3:14.42; GregCaldwell ran 53.27; and Chris Banksran 2:05.52. Rosa finished the an-chor leg with a time of 4:11.88.

South: A win against Steinert,101-34, on May 11. A.J. Chavez andZach Rosenberg went 1-2 in the 400meters.

The 4x800 team finished eighth inits heat, with a time of 8:02.40, at thePenn Relays on April 29. DharanKaduiyala ran a 2:01.4; Sean Fergu-son ran a 2:01.0; Eddison Gulamaran a 2:00; and Brian Schoepfer rana 1:56. Dan Callahan tied for first inthe vault, 12-6.

Girls’TrackNorth: A loss to Notre Dame, 77-

63, on May 11. 400 Hurdles: 1.)LiPuma, 68.0. 100: 1.) Dziekonska,13.2. 1,600: 2.) Altan, 5:28.9. 100Hurdles: 1.) Dziekonska, 15.1; 2.)Allen, 15.7. 200: 1.) LiPuma, 26.9.3,200: 1.) Sun, 12:17.7. Pole Vault:1.) Jin, 8-0. Long Jump: 1.) Dziekon-ska, 26-6.25. Discus: 1.) T. Vasquez,88-0. Javelin: 1.) Powell, 93-7.

Marilyn Allen finished first in thegirls’ 400 hurdles, in 1:04.82, on May7 at the Twilight Meet at RobbinsvilleHigh. Christine LiPuma finished sec-ond, 1:05.82.

South: A win against Steinert,107-33, on May 11. Ashleigh Dele-mos won the 400-meter and the 100hurdles. Emily Mauro won the 100and 200-meter events.

Paige Brown recorded a personalbest 5-4 to place second in the highjump on May 7 at the Twilight Meet atRobbinsville.

The 4x400 relay team won its heatat the Penn Relays on April 28. EmilyMauro split 2:19.6 for 800. She com-bined with Ingrid Simon (3:48 for1,200), Ashleigh Delemos (59.6 for400), and Caroline Kellner (5:05.03for 1,600). They finished 11th in thedistance medley Championship ofAmerica in 12:13.53.

Boys’VolleyballNorth (5-11): A loss to J.P.

Stevens, 25-20, 22-25, 25-18, onMay 11. Neelesh Balaji: 33 assists.Kris Bebenov: 14 kills, 3 digs, 1 as-sist. Jason Foster: 16 kills, 4 digs, 2blocks. Derek Yan: 7 digs.

A loss to Hunterdon Central, 27-25, 25-23, on May 4. Jason Foster:15 kills, 5 digs, 1 ace. Neelesh Balaji:23 assists, 2 digs, 1 kill.

A loss to East Brunswick, 25-15,25-23, on May 2. Kris Bebenov: 9kills, 2 digs. Jason Foster: 11 kills, 4digs. Derek Yan: 5 digs.

A win against Ridge, 25-21, 25-17, on April 27. Kris Bebenov: 13kills. Jason Foster: 10 kills. NeeleshBalaji: 25 assists. Kurt Johnson: 4aces.

South (0-15): A loss to NorthBrunswick, 25-19, 25-11. ChristianBaron: 10 assists, 1 ace, 1 kill. JeffTam: 3 blocks, 3 kills.

A loss to Piscataway, 25-14, 25-14, on May 2. Christian Baron: 9 as-sists; Robby Olsen: 4 kills and twoblocks.

A loss to Hunterdon Central, 25-17, 25-17, on April 27. ChristianBaron: 15 assists, 2 blocks, 1 kill.Franklin Li: 6 kills, 2 digs. RobbyOlsen: 5 kills, 1 assist, 1 block. HenryGochuico: 3 kills, 1 dig.

Sports BriefsMatt Davidson, of West Windsor,

has moved to No. 18 on the Nation-wide Tour after his 10th place finish,with a 281, 7-under, in the SouthGeorgia Classic. He has earned$36,883 on the tour so far.

Mercer Masters-Princeton Nation-al Rowing Association is hosting Na-tional Learn How to Row Day on Sat-urday, June 4. There will be three 2hour sessions, offered at 10 a.m.,10:30 a.m., or 11 a.m. Participation isfree and is open to ages 12 and up.To register E-mail [email protected]. Participants should indicatethe session they wish to attend.

Cheerleading Champs: The West Windsor-Plainsboro Winter Wildcats Cheerlead-ing team won first place at the Cheer All About It Competition in Mount Holly. Back row, from the left: Erica Anderson; Maggie Boyle; Lindsay Berg; Katie Kull-mann; Molly Plotkin; Alexa Gioseffi; Annie Gawroniak; Gina DeMilt and DelaneyCochrane. Middle row, from the left: Peyton Farmer; Jessica Trochiano; YasmineOtero; Erin O'Brien; Dominique Harris; Micaela Fink and Ashley Marrazzo. Front row, from the left: Molly Hanington; Samantha Cochrane; Carolyn Ciolfi;Sabrina Crichton; Dominique Caldwell and Erin Sheets.


tion in national competitions,which would result in higher parentcontributions to those trips, saidSuperintendent Victoria Kniewel,who made the presentation.

Kniewel said the school districtsubsidizes up to $150 per student toattend national competitions, butthat practice would end. Studentscould still attend; they would justhave to pay their own way.

Kniewel said the reductionwould most likely result in the dis-trict foregoing hiring a replace-ment for a guidance counselor whois leaving and also cause a restruc-turing of the department.

These cuts struck a chord withresidents who supported the origi-nal budget.

Resident Douglas Larkin saidthe district already cut the OutdoorEducation program last year, andparents and members of the PTAhad to raise money to offer the pro-gram. Making cuts and having par-ents shoulder the burden is “agree-ing to tax one segment of the popu-lation,” he said. “Public educationis everyone’s responsibility.”

He also said that the amount ofmoney that was cut is “far less thanthe money we’ve had to set asidefor PIACS,” he said, referring tothe school district’s requirement tosend $1.2 million to the PrincetonInternational Academy CharterSchool (PIACS), which is sched-uled to open in September anddraw students from the WW-P,Princeton, and South Brunswickdistricts. “We are also a district thatother districts look to see what theycan aspire to be,” he added.

“If our school district’s reputa-tion goes down, so will our proper-ty values, and so does the tax base,”said resident Susan Roy. With re-gard to cutting guidance coun-selors, she asked, “Is that really thesolution we’re looking for?”

In addition, Kniewel said thedistrict would cut $30,000 fromathletic and co-curricular stipends,reduce its support staff by $50,000,including the possible cut of a cafe-teria aide, and reduce its capital ex-penses by $108,000. That cutwould result in reductions in tech-nology purchases and carpet re-placements.

“We are trying to follow the ad-vice and direction of the financecommittee,” Kniewel said.

Kniewel said that when theymade their recommendations,school officials considered re-sponses from the community fo-rums held over the winter, whereresidents, students, and other com-munity members said they wantedWW-P to avoid making any cutsthat would affect the classroom.

“We believe we are a cost effec-tive, high-performing district,”said Kniewel.

Some West Windsor residents,however, said the budget being de-

feated for the first time in over adecade is a sign that residents can-not sustain the current system andits costs.

“Desperate times call for des-perate measures,” said Rebecca Es-mi of Woodmere Way. She saidother entities around the countryand around the region are also cut-ting back on expenses. “Hopefullyclear heads will prevail.”

“When you have great schools,another benefit to the taxpayer isthe value of your home is main-tained,” she said. But if those taxesbecome “too exorbitant,” and it iskeeping people out of the commu-nity, it is a bad sign, she said.

Shapoor Vali of Village RoadWest said that in most institutionsof higher education, there havebeen salary freezes, 15 percentcontributions to healthcare fromemployees, and other cuts. “This isbeing replicated in most places,” hesaid. He said budgetary restraintdoes not have to mean layoffs. Thefailed budget is “an indicator thatour residents have reached the con-clusion that our current situationcannot be sustained.”

Resident Ed O’Mara said he alsofelt more money could be cut fromthe budget and that, like many oth-er seniors living in West Windsor,he relies on social security, whichhas been frozen for two years. Yet,the cost of his healthcare premiumsand his taxes have gone up.

He said he felt the “school boardgot suckered by the union” whenthe union agreed to a salary freezefor six pay periods in turn for a con-tract extension of one year thatcalled for a 3.38 percent increase insalary. He said he thought the dis-trict would have been able to save alot of money if it looked into freez-ing salaries and asking for morehealthcare contributions.

Resident Pete Weale said that“$500,000 is not even close” towhat should have been cut. “I’mlooking for a minimum of $10 mil-lion,” he said.

He also referred to the salary in-creases over the last three years.“This is completely off the wall,”he said, adding he also wanted tosee cuts of three central office posi-tions and great contributions fromstaff toward health insurance.

Resident Susan Roy and othersupporters of the budget said thateducation has been the main priori-ty for the community. “I absolutelydisagree with the statement that thedefeat of the budget is because thetownspeople could not sustain thecurrent situation,” said Roy.

She said she has talked to mostresidents of the township who as-sumed that because the budgetpassed every year, that it was safe,and they did not bother going to thepolls. Those community membershad been “lulled into a false senseof complacency.” They did not ex-pect their neighbors would “putother priorities ahead of ourschools,” she added.

Two brothers, Jesse and Jeff Yu,

and students in the district, urgedthe council to maintain the qualityof education in the district. JesseYu said his teachers have had a bigimpact on his life. Many hold grad-uate and doctoral degrees andcould have taken their expertiseelsewhere for more money. Yet,they chose to teach in WW-P, hesaid.

“That’s the smallest they receivefor what they do,” he said. He alsoreferred to the township’s 20 per-cent population growth over thepast decade. “If it’s going up, itmeans there is something here thatpeople want.”

Jeff Yu said the issue was morethan just numbers. When votersturned the budget down, the “well-being of the students in the districtwas put in the back seat,” he said.“Let’s make sure we make it clear— in West Windsor, we value ourstudents. In West Windsor, we putour education first.”

But resident Bob Murray saidthat, despite the small voterturnout, “the people who voted,voted, and like it or not, we defeat-ed the budget.” Therefore, the onlylogical answer is for the council tocut it, he said.

Councilman Charles Morganasked school officials a number ofquestions, specifically as they re-lated to the surplus within theschool’s budget, and whether therewas any more that the district could

squeeze to put back for tax relief.While the general fund balance

at the end of June, 2010, had justunder $20 million, about $1 millionmakes up encumbrances — moneythe district has already spent, butbecause of billing and payment cy-cles, had not been paid. After that,there is about $8 million set aside tocapital reserves — for capital ex-penses, maintenance, and emer-gencies.

The remaining $11 million is thesurplus, of which the district is on-ly allowed to retain $3 million. Bylaw, a district can keep no morethan 2 percent of its entire budgetfor surplus. The remaining $8 mil-lion is used already for tax relief,they explained. Almost $6 millionwas used in the current 2010-’11budget, and $2 million more will beused to offset a portion of the taxlevy in the upcoming year.

Morgan also asked whether thedistrict could track what he called“free riders,” who move into WestWindsor or Plainsboro for theschools, and then move out as soonas their students graduate. Whilethe per pupil cost in WW-P is

around $13,000, not all residentspay that much in school taxes,which means some of the other res-idents are paying for these familiesto send their children to school, hesaid.

“These folks are putting up ourproperty taxes on our dime,” hesaid. “We have a legal problem ad-dressing it.” However, he said, “it’san opportunity for cutting our tax-es” if officials can figure out a wayto get them to pay their full share.He acknowledged that a studywould need to be done, and offi-cials might have to look to state of-ficials or legislators to make achange. Still, he asked the board tolook into what could be done.

Morgan said in his 12 years oncouncil, this is the first time thebudget was defeated. “That’s kindof a wake-up call,” he said, noting,though, that some people voted forcandidates but did not bother tovote either way on the budget.

“I don’t feel equipped to studythis budget at the level this boardand administration did,” he said.Morgan noted that in the privatesector, companies often have aboard of directors that may requiremanagement to make cuts. “Ourvoters are our board,” he said. “Ourboard has directed we do some-thing.”

He took the example of the guid-ance counselor. When he was inhigh school, the guidance coun-selor’s job was to help students de-cide where to apply to college.Now, with technology, that needmay be nonexistent, as students canaccess that information on the In-ternet, he said. “Do we have a sys-tem that is based today on an oldsystem?” Morgan asked.

Borek said the world hadchanged over the past three years,but values do not change. At thetownship level, the council did nottouch the core services it provides.“We haven’t reduced our seniorcenter because we feel that’s a val-ue to our community,” he said.

“The pressures are tremendousright now, but do we sacrifice ourchildren for the future?” he asked.“The school board has made somerecommendations. We need to takethose recommendations that theyput forth.”

He said he was hopeful a newlyproposed healthcare reform bill,which would require all public em-ployees to begin paying for 30 per-cent of their healthcare, would helpresolve some of the issues.

Councilwoman Linda Geeversechoed that sentiment, saying thebill “would be a major windfall”because it has the potential for sav-ing the district millions of dollars.“I think we should look into areasfor cuts outside of the classroom.”

“Are you comfortable that therecommendations and cuts will notaffect the quality of education?”asked Councilwoman Diane Cic-cone.

Kniewel said that everything hasan impact. “Will we continue togrow and prosper no matter what?Yes,” she added.

She said that officials had a shorttime to try to find areas to cut be-fore the meeting. “If all thesethings were tied up very nicely in abow, that would have been done along time ago,” she said. “Wepromise you we will work to miti-gate any impact.”

Kniewel also said that the cutsmight not look exactly as they didon the PowerPoint she presentedduring the meeting, as officials willneed to tweak it in the future tomake it work within the district.

“I’m OK with the budget as is, orwith minor cuts,” said CouncilPresident Kamal Khanna. “Havingsaid that, everything can be donebetter.”

He said economic conditions arenot getting any better, and newgoals will have to be set as officialsmove forward. But “I think thenumber one goal has to be to pro-duce world-class students; every-thing else is number two to me.”

Plainsboro officials asked simi-lar questions about the surplus, theprocess, and the impact the cutswould have.

Committeeman Ed Yates askedwhether it made sense to put offtechnology purchases until the fol-lowing year. Larry Shanok, the dis-trict’s assistant superintendent forfinance, said that the schools have“been giving fair attention to tech-nology” and that this would be a cutthey could sustain.

Weale, a West Windsor resi-dent, took his comments to Plains-boro, saying the board could findsavings by not hiring a new personto replace assistant superintendentRussell Lazovick, who announcedhis resignation this month (see sto-ry at right). He also said he has hadtrouble getting financial statisticsfrom school officials throughoutthe budget process.

He also said he did not agreewith the $503,000 in cuts that WestWindsor adopted on May 9. Hesaid sarcastically that the boardcould have suggested it cut fundingfor “one box of paper clips andthree bags of potato chips,” and theWest Windsor council would havegiven “lip service” and said theboard did its “due diligence.”

“Why doesn’t Plainsboro goalong with it?” Weale asked. “Yourconstituents don’t have any prob-lems with it.” He implied that WestWindsor officials kept this in mindwhen they voted for the $503,000in cuts, knowing it would head toPlainsboro, where residents votedfor the budget.

Plainsboro resident QuentinWalsh, who opposed the budgetpublicly, reiterated what he hasbeen saying throughout the process— that the district understands thatsince the cap only applies to thegeneral fund and taxpayers have

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Wei May Not Face Charges

AWW-P High School North graduate, seeking tohave charges dismissed in the Rutgers invasion

of privacy case, has reportedly been accepted into apre-trial program.

Molly Wei, 19, of West Windsor, appeared in Su-perior Court on May 6 and was accepted into a pre-trial program after the approval of both the judge andthe prosecutor’s office, stated various news reports.

Wei reportedly pleaded not guilty and was ac-cepted into the program, which would require her toperform 300 hours of community service and under-go counseling for cyberbullying and dealing withthe alternative lifestyles of others.

If she completes the three-year pre-trial programwithout getting into any more legal trouble, thecharges against her will be dropped, reports stated.Had she been convicted on two counts of invasion of

privacy, Wei would have faced the possibility of be-ing sentenced to five years in prison.

But the terms of the program spell even moretrouble for fellow North graduate and former Rut-gers classmate, Dharun Ravi, 18, of Plainsboro —whom she must testify against when he is prosecut-ed, said reports.

Last month, a grand jury indicted Ravi, who al-legedly used the webcam to broadcast his room-mate’s encounter over the Internet. The roommate,Tyler Clementi, later committed suicide. Wei was inRavi’s room during the webcast.

Ravi was indicted on two counts of invasion ofprivacy and two counts of attempted invasion of pri-vacy, as well as bias charges because his actionsagainst Clementi “were intended to intimidate”Clementi and his partner “because of their sexualorientation,” said a press release from the MiddlesexCounty Prosecutor’s Office. Ravis is scheduled toappear in court on Monday, May 23.

‘I’m OK with the bud-get as is, or with minorcuts. Having said that,everything can be donebetter,’ said Khanna.

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previously approved the districtdebt, they can not revoke thosecommitments in future years.While the general fund stays undercap, the debt service tax has steadi-ly risen, further burdening taxpay-ers, he said.

Walsh suggested that exactly$4,651,583 should be cut from thebudget — the amount set aside inthe district’s enterprise fund forCommunity Education. He saidthis money is “unrestricted sur-plus” that has accrued over theyears. “I feel this is money that hasbeen earned by the taxpayers.”

Walsh, the husband of schoolboard member Ellen Walsh, said heunderstood it was a one-time deal,but it would help taxpayers thisyear without affecting the Commu-nity Education program.

However, Shanok said the enter-prise fund is self-sustaining andhad been built up over time byusers of the program. The money isset aside for emergencies and issupported only by fees.

Other Plainsboro residents whospoke at the meeting supported thebudget. Parker Road resident TheaBurke said she was “very saddenedand appalled by the lack of turnout”to the polls. She said she was con-cerned that, while she is also an in-structional aide in the district andcould be affected by the cuts, thecuts would hurt her children.

She said she wanted to remindPlainsboro officials that “Plains-boro did, in fact, pass the budgetand any cuts”and that anycuts to educa-tion should be“minimal.”

Kim Evans,whose son is astudent-athleteat South andwho serves aspresident of thebasketball booster club and is onthe curriculum committee of theAfrican American Parent SupportGroup, encouraged the district tofind a replacement for Lazovick,who she said has made a differencein the two years he has been withWW-P. She also asked about themoney set aside for the PrincetonInternational Academy CharterSchool in the event it did not open.“Could we replace some of thethings taken out of the budget?”

Township Attorney MichaelHerbert said that, by law, the mon-ey could not be used to replenishwhat had been cut by the governingbodies. It would go to tax relief insubsequent years.

For the most part, the Commit-tee was supportive of the district.Committeeman Neil Lewis said hefelt the board was being “responsi-ble to go back and see where youcan still make cuts.”

Yates said he believed theprocess was flawed because town-ship officials only get two weeks toreview the budget. He said he hadfive children go through the districtand have gone on to do well. “Iwould like to see that level of ex-cellence continue,” he said.

Lewis said he moved to the com-munity years ago because of itsquality school system, and despiteits large growth, the quality has notbeen damaged. He called the voterturnout “disgraceful.” He added: “Iam prone to support the recom-mendations raised by the educa-tional professionals.”

Committeeman Nuran Nabi saidhe also believed in quality educa-tion. “We have to make a balance.”

Mayor Peter Cantu thanked thedistrict but said the budget was vot-ed down, and school officials need-ed to respect that. “It is incumbenton this school district in the futureto ensure they work as diligently aspossible to minimize the impact ontaxpayers.” He told them to “maxi-mize opportunities” to save money

in upcoming ne-gotiations withits employees(all contracts ex-pire next year)with regard tohealthcare andpensions.

Board Reor-ganizes. Fol-lowing the April

27 election, the WW-P schoolboard welcomed two new mem-bers, Dana Krug and RachelleFeldman Hurwitz, who took theiroaths of office on May 10.

Richard Kaye was sworn in forhis third term on the board. Currentboard members also said goodbyeto Alapakkam Manikandan, whowas not re-elected. HemantMarathe retained his post as boardpresident, while Robert Johnsonwas selected as the vice president.

Cafeteria IncidentRaises Questions atDutch Neck School

Acafeteria incident at DutchNeck School, in which a first

grade student was allegedly ac-cused of stealing a water bottlefrom the school, has generated anE-mail chain of concern from par-ents. The student’s parents say theywant a formal apology.

In response, Principal DavidArgese and Assistant PrincipalNicole Camaioni issued a writtenstatement to parents, explaining thedangers of spreading misinforma-tion via E-mail.

“The issue in the E-mail that isthe center of concern involves aDutch Neck student and the stu-dent’s behavior,” wrote Argese andCamaioni. “The issue is betweenthe teacher, parents, and the admin-istrators. This concern is not an is-sue for public discussion, norshould it be. While many of thestatements in the E-mail are not ac-curate, it would be unlawful for usto discuss this situation in a publicforum.”

In a mass E-mail titled “A Terri-ble Thing Happened at Dutch NeckSchool,” Lin Li and Kai Cao saidtheir daughter took two bottles ofwater to school on March 29 — onefor snack time and one for lunch.

Their daughter went for lunch inthe cafeteria and put the bottle un-der her arm while holding a tray topick up her lunch, they said.

The cafeteria manager spottedthe bottle, stopped her, and accus-ing her of stealing the water. Thedaughter explained that the waterwas from home, but the staff didnot believe her and sent her to theoffice, where she was “pressured toadmit that she was stealing.”

She was then sent to the princi-pal’s office, “forced to write a con-fession,” and “draw a picture toshow the stealing process!” saidher parents. “When my daughtermet the principal and the assistantof the principal, she told themagain that she did not steal the wa-ter, and the water was brought fromhome, but neither believed her.”

After being left a voice messageby the assistant principal, the par-ents went to the school to explainthe water was from home. They al-so asked school official to checkwith their daughter’s classmates.The officials refused and insistedthe cafeteria manager saw the girlsteal the water.

“What the principal told us wastotally different [from what] thecafeteria manager told the superin-tendent,” they said. “The cafe man-ager only saw my daughter puttingthe water bottle under her arm.”

The parents said they later found

that one of their daughters class-mates saw her taking a water bottlefrom the classroom to the cafeteria.

Shortly after the superintendentinvestigated the issue, “we re-ceived an E-mail from the principalsimply letting us know that this in-cident was dismissed, and the steal-ing record was withdrawn from ourdaughter’s school report,” the par-ents wrote. “There is not any wordof apology in the E-mail.”

The parents insist their daughterdoes not want to go to Dutch Neckanymore, so they had to transferher to another school. “Isn’t it safethat we cannot even trust the schoolwe are paying tax money for to dothe right thing to the kids?” the par-ents wrote.

In their response, Argese andCamaioni said they met with theparents, and that the student and theparents would be meeting with thesuperintendent. “Please be assuredthat the concerns of the parents, asnoted in the E-mail, will be ad-dressed again at this upcomingmeeting.”

The response also states, how-ever, that the E-mail chain was notthe appropriate way of dealing withthe situation. “While we believethat E-mail is an important tool inour technology toolbox,” it has oth-er effects that “we believe are detri-mental to the mission at DutchNeck Elementary School.”


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Lazovick Leaving

Russell Lazovick, WW-P’s as-sistant superintendent for

curriculum and instruction, hassubmitted his resignation, effec-tive Thursday, June 30, to be-come superintendent in Nutley innorthern New Jersey.

Lazovick, along with DavidAderhold, the assistant superin-tendent of pupil services andplanning, was hired by WW-P inJune, 2009. Both came from theNew Brunswick School District.

School Board President He-mant Marathe said Lazovickhanded in his resignation on May10, the same day of the vote, be-cause the Nutley board had notvoted on the matter until May 9.

“He just resigned, so we willadvertise and do the same thing aswe did in the past,” said Marathe

about the process for finding a re-placement. “Although he washere for just two years, he startedintiatives and put the district on agreat path. That’s certainly goingto be felt, and it’s going to be achallenge to continue that” with-out him, he added.

The fact that Lazovick andthree other assistant superinten-dents from WW-P have moved onto take superintedent positions inother districts speaks to the quali-ty of administrators hired in WW-P, Marathe said.

Some residents have consis-tently called upon the board to re-duce its number of administra-tors. However, “administrativecosts-wise, we are in the bottom15 percent of comparable dis-tricts,” he said. “We are doing re-ally well. We don’t have toomuch left to cut in terms of per-

sonnel, especially since we areexpecting them to do more.”

He also noted that the districthas cut 15 percent of its adminis-trators recently, despite the grow-ing population of students eachyear.

In the interim, central officestaff will “pick up the slack” untilLazovick’s replacement is hired.

Ed Yates said his fivechildren went throughthe school system andhave done well. ‘I wouldlike to see that level ofexcellence continue.’

Family TheaterRingling Brothers and Barnum &Bailey Circus, Sun NationalBank Center, Hamilton Avenue atRoute 129, Trenton, 800-298-4200. www.comcasttix.com. “Ful-ly Charged” production. $16 to$80. 10:30 a.m. and 7 p.m.

ArtArt Exhibit, Verde Artists’ Collec-tive, 4492 Route 27, Kingston,609-865-5456. Opening receptionfor “Positioning: Digital Collages”with works by Anne Elliott andMadelaine Shellaby. On view toJune 8. 5:30 p.m.

DancingDance Jam, Dance Improv Live,All Saints’ Church, 16 All Saints’Road, Princeton, 609-924-3767.www.danceimprov.com. Expres-sive dance improvisation with livemusic and refreshments. $15. 8 to10:15 p.m.

Classical MusicSpring Concert, WW-P North andSouth Orchestras, Trenton WarMemorial, Trenton, 609-532-2328. www.ww-p.org. The twohigh schools pool together for thespring concert. Each schoolboasts three orchestras, includingtwo complete symphony orches-tras. The combined string ensem-bles include more than 100 stringmusicians. The North Symphonicand South Philharmonia fill thestage with more than 200 musi-cians. Directed by John Enz fromNorth and Jean Mauro from South.$12. 7:30 p.m.

Jazz & BluesVijay Iyer Trio and Eldar Djan-girov Trio, Matthews Theater atthe McCarter, 91 UniversityPlace, Princeton, 609-258-2787.www.mccarter.org. 7:30 p.m.

Tom Tallitsch, Arts Council ofPrinceton, 102 WitherspoonStreet, 609-924-8777. arts-councilofprinceton.org. Jazz saxo-phonist, music educator, compos-er, recording artist, and jazz radiohost performs. Musicians joininghim include Jared Gold on organ,Victor Baker on guitar, and MarkFerber on drums. $15. 8 p.m.

Live MusicJazz Supper with Doug Millerand Bernhard Geiger, BlueRooster Cafe, 17 North MainStreet, Cranbury, 609-235-7539.www.blueroosterbakery.com. Pi-ano and acoustic bass. 7 p.m. to9:30 p.m.

Red Molly, Grounds For Sculp-ture, 18 Fairgrounds Road, Hamil-ton, 609-586-0616. www.-groundsforsculpture.org. Regis-ter. $23. 8 p.m.

Bob Orlowski, It’s a Grind CoffeeHouse, 7 Schalks Crossing Road,Plainsboro, 609-275-2919. www.-itsagrind.com. Jazz and easy lis-tening. 8 to 10 p.m.

Good CausesBenefit for Japan’s Earthquakeand Tsunami Victims, PrincetonJapanese Association, KingstonPresbyterian Church, 4561 Route27, Kingston, 908-806-6444.www.pja-nj.org. “How to Make aFresh Flower Cake” presented byShigeko Freyer of Shigeko’s Cre-ative Floral Designs. For ages 15and up. Register. $35 includesflowers and materials. Bring scis-sors. 10 a.m. and 7 p.m.

A Taste of the Arts, CityArtsTrenton, Mountain Lakes House,Princeton, 609-310-1339. www.-cityartstrenton.org. Honorees in-clude Alphonso R. Jones II, 12, astudent at Trenton’s PJ Hill Schoolwho ended his run as Simba in“The Lion King” this month. He hasplayed the role on Broadway since2009. Benefit for coalition of morethan 25 agencies providing artisticopportunities for youth in Trenton.Other honorees are Dan Gardiner,chairman of Princeton ReachOut56; and Marc Linowitz of the Rose& Louis H. Linowitz CharitableFoundation. Food, wine, artisticperformances, and visual artworks. Register. $50. 6 p.m.

Good CausesPour for a Cure, Parent ProjectMuscular Dystrophy, Hyatt,Carnegie Center, West Windsor.www.parentprojectmd.org. Tastemore than 300 wines, beers, andspirits. Dinner and silent auction.Business casual. Register. $89. 7to 11 p.m.

ComedyJeff Pirrami and Jeff DeHart,Catch a Rising Star, Hyatt Re-gency, 102 Carnegie Center,West Windsor, 609-987-8018.www.catcharisingstar.com. Reg-ister. $19.50. 8 p.m.

Helen’s Comedy Show, Grover’sMill Coffee House, 335 PrincetonHightstown Road, West Windsor,609-716-8771. www.groversmill-coffee.com. Nick Cobb from HBOand Last Comic Standing head-lines and Helene Angley of WestWindsor hosts. Also features AmyAlbert, Tom Ragu, and KevinMagee. 8 p.m.

Food & DiningRestaurant Supported Agricul-ture Dinner Series, Tre Piani,120 Rockingham Row, ForrestalVillage, Plainsboro, 609-452-1515. www.trepiani.com. Com-plete dinner based on local ingre-dients may be served as a buffet,plated, or family style. Leftoverfood will be donated to an areafood bank. Register. $35. 6:30 to9:30 p.m.

HealthThe Aging Eye, West Windsor Li-brary, 333 North Post Road, 609-799-0462. www.mcl.org. Dis-eases of the eye and technologiesfor treatment presented byMatossian Eye Associates. 1 p.m.

For FamiliesCamp Open House, Jewish Com-munity Center, Rider University,Lawrenceville, 609-219-9550.www.jcctoday.org. Informationabout Abrams Day Camp and teentravel. Also seeking to fill severalstaff positions. 2 to 5 p.m.

LecturesPrinceton University, Dodds Au-ditorium, 609-258-2943. www.-princeton.edu. “Privacy, Access,and Technology and the Future ofLitigation in the United States.”Register. 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Live MusicDusty Micale, Salt Creek Grille,One Rockingham Row, ForrestalVillage, Plainsboro, 609-419-4200. www.saltcreekgrille.com. 7to 11 p.m.

Outdoor ActionTriskaidekaphobia Ghost Tour,Princeton Tour Company, With-erspoon and Nassau streets, 609-902-3637. www.princetontour-company.com. $20. 8 p.m.

PoliticsWoodrow Wilson School,Princeton University, Carl IcahnLaboratory, Room 280, 609-258-2943. www.princeton.edu. “Re-view of the National Academies’Investigation of the FBI’s Investi-gation of the 2001 Anthrax LetterAttacks” presented by Nancy Con-nell, professor and vice-chair forresearch in the department ofmedicine at UMDNJ. 12:30 p.m.

SchoolsInternational Thespian SocietyPerformance, High SchoolNorth, 90 Grovers Mill Road,Plainsboro, 609-716-5100. www.-ww-p.org. Improv show, gold ex-change, silent and live auctions.Food available. $5 to $6. 5 to 9p.m.

SinglesDivorce Recovery Program,Princeton Church of Christ, 33River Road, Princeton, 609-581-3889. www.princetonchurchof-christ.com. Seminar: “DatingAgain.” Non-denominational sup-port group for men and women.Free. 7:30 p.m.

SocialsLuncheon, Rotary Club of thePrinceton Corridor, Hyatt Re-gency, Carnegie Center, 609-799-0525. www.princetoncorridor-rotary.org. Register. Guests, $25.12:15 p.m.

For SeniorsBrown Bag Discussion, Prince-ton Senior Resource Center,Suzanne Patterson Center, 45Stockton Street, 609-924-7108.www.princetonsenior.org. “WhatDoes My Thyroid Do For Me?Dymystifying One of the Body’sMost Important Glands” presentedby Dr. Gabriel B. Smolarz. Bringyour own lunch. Beverages anddessert provided. Register. Free.Noon to 1 p.m.

Fabulous Fridays, PlainsboroTownship, Courtroom, MunicipalBuilding, 609-799-0909. www.-plainsboronj.com. “The HistoryLesson,” an audio visual live pre-sentation by Jasha Levi, author of“The Last Exile, Tapestry of aLife.” Discussion and booksigningfollow. Free. 12:30 to 2:30 p.m.

SportsTrenton Thunder Baseball, Wa-terfront Park, Route 29, 609-394-8326. www.trentonthunder.com.Binghamton. $10 to $13. 7:05p.m.

Sports for CausesGolf Outing and Auction, Ryan’sQuest, Mercer Oaks, VillageRoad, West Windsor, 609-947-3611. www.ryansquest.org. Bene-fit on behalf of Ryan Schultz ofHamilton, diagnosed withDuchenne muscular dystrophy atthe age of two, with all proceedsdirected to DMD research. Texasscramble, $165. Dinner, $75. 11a.m.

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School SportsFor WW-P school sports infor-

mation, call the hotline: 609-716-5000, ext. 5134, www.ww-p.org.South Baseball. MCT. Call fortime.

South Boys/Girls Spring Track.MCT at Steinert. 8 a.m.

North Boys/Girls Spring Track.MCT Championship at Steinert. 9a.m.

North Boys Lacrosse. At Rob-binsville. 11 a.m.

South Boys Lacrosse. At NotreDame. 11 a.m.

DanceNew Jersey Indian Association,Dutch Neck Church, 154 SouthMill Road, West Windsor, 609-799-0712. Dancers, singers, andmusical groups perform. 4 p.m.

On StageThe Adventures of SherlockHolmes, Off-Broadstreet The-ater, 5 South Greenwood Avenue,Hopewell, 609-466-2766. www.-off-broadstreet.com. “The GoldenSpy” and “A World at War” writtenby Marvin Harold Cheiten ofPrinceton featuring SherlockHolmes and Dr. Watson. $25 in-cludes dessert. 7 p.m.

Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, KelseyTheater, Mercer County Com-munity College, 1200 Old Tren-ton Road, West Windsor, 609-570-3333. www.kelseytheatre.-net. Musical. $16. 7:30 p.m.

State Fair, Washington CrossingOpen Air Theater, 355 Washing-ton Crossing-Pennington Road,Titusville, 267-885-9857. www.-dpacatoat.com. Family musical.$15. Blankets, seat cushions, andinsect repellent are recommend-ed. Picnics welcome before show.Food available. 7:30 p.m.

Sleeping Beauty Wakes, BerlindTheater at the McCarter, 91 Uni-versity Place, Princeton, 609-258-2787. www.mccarter.org. Musicalby Rachel Sheinkin, music byBrendan Milburn, and lyrics by Va-lerie Vigoda. 8 p.m.

Samuel J. and K., Passage The-ater, Mill Hill Playhouse, Front andMontgomery streets, Trenton,609-392-0766. www.passage-theatre.org. A simple game ofpickup basketball leads to brother-ly bonds. $25. 8 p.m.

Bill Bowers, West Windsor ArtsCouncil, 952 Alexander Road,West Windsor, 609-919-1982.westwindsorarts.org. “It GoesWithout Saying” is an autobio-graphical production written andperformed by Bowers featuring sto-ries about growing up in Montana,his studies with Marcel Marceau,and his performances across thecountry. Register. $20. 8 p.m.

Family TheaterRingling Brothers and Barnum &Bailey Circus, Sun NationalBank Center, Hamilton Avenue atRoute 129, Trenton, 800-298-4200. www.comcasttix.com. “Ful-ly Charged” production. $16 to$80. 11 a.m., 3 and 7 p.m.


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Zerbini Family Circus, SouthBrunswick Lion’s Club, Cross-roads Middle School, KingstonLane and Major Road, 732-297-1107. Benefit for community pro-jects. $9 to $11. 5 and 7 p.m.

ArtOpen House, That Pottery Place,217 Clarksville Road, West Wind-sor, 609-716-6200. www.thatpot-teryplace.net. Grand opening.Visit website for special offers. 10a.m. to 6 p.m. See story page 23.

Public Art Tours, Trenton ArtistsWorkshop Association, GardenTheater, Nassau Street, Prince-ton, 609-392-0766. www.tawa-nj.-org. Highlights include the Mac-Monnies battle monument; theNorman Rockwell mural; statuesby Henry Moore, Richard Serra,Louise Nevelson, and others; andarchitectures by Frank Gehry andMichael Graves. Pay what you willdonation. Rain or shine. Teens at10 a.m. General public at 1 p.m.10 a.m. and 1 p.m.

Flower and Garden PhotographyWorkshop, Grounds For Sculp-ture, 18 Fairgrounds Road,Hamilton, 609-586-0616. www.-groundsforsculpture.org. Rain orshine. Register. $55. 11 a.m. to 4p.m.

Artists Network, LawrencevilleMain Street, 2683 Main Street,Lawrenceville, 609-512-1359.www.lmsartistsnetwork.com. Artgallery reception for “Spring atLast” with extended hours in con-junction with Lawrenceville MainStreet’s House Tour (11 a.m. to 4p.m). The artists have an exhibit inthe Alpaca Farm Barn featuringplein air paintings. 2 to 7 p.m.

DancingEnglish Country Dance, Prince-ton Country Dancers, SuzannePatterson Center, Monument Dri-ve, 609-924-6763. www.prince-toncountrydancers.org. Instruc-tion and dance. $10. 7:30 to 10:30p.m.

Classical MusicConcert, Sinfonietta Nova, Princeof Peace Church, 177 Princeton-Hightstown Road, West Windsor,609-462-4984. sinfoniettanova.-org. “Flowers & Music” featuresworks by Tchaikovsky, Bellini, andGounod. A free clivia plant to thefirst 75 audience members. TheWest Windsor-based orchestra isconducted by Gail H. Lee. Recep-tion follows. $15. Additional parkingis available at Community Park, ad-jacent to the church. 7:30 p.m.

Live MusicBattle of the Bands, West Wind-sor-Plainsboro High SchoolSouth Post Prom, High SchoolSouth, 346 Clarksville Road, WestWindsor, 609-716-5050. hsspost-prom.webng.com. Bands presentrock, metal, punk, alternative reg-gae, pop, jazz, and a cappellastyles to compete for prizes. Origi-nal and cover music. Emcees areseniors Sergio Ingato and ConnorMcElwee, and Erin McElwee, asophomore. $10. Refreshmentsavailable. 7 to 9 p.m. See storypage 24.

Bob Dylan Tribute Concert, Gro-ver’s Mill Coffee House, 335Princeton Hightstown Road, WestWindsor, 609-716-8771. www.-groversmillcoffee.com. 7:30 p.m.

Jim Baxter, It’s a Grind CoffeeHouse, 7 Schalks Crossing Road,Plainsboro, 609-275-2919. www.-itsagrind.com. Acoustic originals.8 to 10 p.m.

Barbershop MusicSpring Concert, Brothers in Har-mony, Robbinsville High School,155 Robbinsville Edinburg Road,Robbinsville, 732-940-0224.www.brothersinharmony.org.“Musical Masterpiece XVII” pre-sented by the 60-voice barber-shop chorus and Old SchoolQuartet. $15. 7:30 p.m.

Good CausesBenefit Yard Sale, League of Wo-men Voters, 32 Pine Knoll Drive,

Lawrenceville, 609-771-1665.www.lwv.org. Benefit for the annu-al scholarship fund. E-mail [email protected] for informa-tion. 8 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.

A.I.R. Awareness Car Wash, Atti-tudes in Reverse, PlainsboroRescue Squad, 621 PlainsboroRoad, Plainsboro. www.attitudes-inreverse.org. Raise awarenessabout mental health issues andsuicide prevention. E-mail [email protected] for in-formation. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

House Tour, Lawrenceville MainStreet, 609-219-9300. www.Law-rencevilleMainStreet.com. “Coun-try Living” celebrates the rural andagricultural heritage of today’ssuburban community. Six historicand modern homes. Tickets avail-able day of tour in Weeden Park,Main Street (Route 206 South) be-tween Craven Lane and Titus Av-enue. Register. $25; $20 in ad-vance (call or visit website forvenues). 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Benefit GalasEnable, Greenacres Country Club,Lawrenceville, 609-987-5003.www.enablenj.org. “An Evening inNew Orleans” includes a cocktailreception, auction, live entertain-ment, and dinner. Enable servesclose to 450 individuals with dis-abilities through in-home services,group homes, day programs, andrespite care. Register. $150. 7p.m.

ComedyJeff Birrami and Jeff DeHart,Catch a Rising Star, Hyatt Re-gency, 102 Carnegie Center,West Windsor, 609-987-8018.www.catcharisingstar.com. Reg-ister. $22. 7:30 and 9:30 p.m.

Renaissance FaireWest Windsor Lions Club, Mer-cer County Park, West Windsor,609-799-6448. Annual family fairthat re-creates the world of Re-naissance knights and damselswith fighting demonstrations,crafters, storytellers, music, andgames. More than 50 vendorsselling leather products, home-made soap, and jewelry. Food in-cludes medieval style options.Benefit for Lions Club charities. $7adults; $3 children 5 to 12. AlsoSunday, May 15. 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Farmers’ MarketWest Windsor Community Farm-ers’ Market, Vaughn Drive Park-ing Lot, Princeton Junction TrainStation, 609-933-4452. www.-westwindsorfarmersmarket.org.Produce, bakery items, pizza, cof-fee, and other foods and flowers.West Windsor Arts Council, WestWindsor Bike and Pedestrian Al-liance, and Yes, We Can, a volun-teer group that collects food for theCrisis Ministry of Princeton andTrenton. Sustainable New Jerseyinformation. Music by 18 MonthsInterest. Massage by the Touchthat Heals. 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

GardensEarly Morning Guided Walk,Greening of West Windsor, ZaitzPreserve Trail, Southfield Road,609-989-5662. www.greening-westwindsor.com. Friends ofWest Windsor Open Space leadwalk. 7:30 a.m.

Gardening Seminar, MiddlesexCounty Agricultural Extension,Earth Center in Davidson’s MillPond Park, 42 Riva Avenue,South Brunswick, 732-398-5262.“Native Plant Landscaping.” Reg-ister. $20. 10 a.m. to noon.

School Garden Start Up, NewJersey Farm to School Network,Riverside School, 58 RiversideDrive, Princeton, 609-683-8309.http://njfarm2schoolpbworks.-com. Tour more than a dozen out-door classroom. Harvest your gar-den luncheon of soup and salad.Register. $25. 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

WellnessSilent Retreat, Integral Yoga ofPrinceton, 613 Ridge Road, Mon-mouth Junction, 732-274-2410.www.integralyogaprinceton.org.

Led by Ron Cohen, Sanela Solak,and Aaron Craelius. Sitting medi-tation, yoga, Tai chi movement,walk the Vision Quest meditationlabyrinth, a vegetarian meal andsnacks, and a closing kirtan. Reg-ister. $40. 9:45 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Nutrition Seminar, PrincetonDance and Theater Studio, 116Rockingham Row, Forrestal Vil-lage, Plainsboro, 609-514-1600.w w w . p r i n c e t o n d a n c e . c o m .“Healthy for Life,” a nutrition semi-nar for the young athlete present-ed by Christina Johnson, a certi-fied wellness coach and a formerdancer. Register. Free. 2 to 3 p.m.

T’ai Chi Ch’uan, Plainsboro Pub-lic Library, 9 Van Doren Street,609-275-2897. www.lmxac.org/-plainsboro. Meditation in motionpresented by Todd Tieger for alllevels. Free. 10 a.m.

HistoryPleasant Valley House Tours,Howell Living History Farm, 70Wooden’s Lane, Lambertville,609-737-3299. www.howellfarm.-org. 90-minute walking tour host-ed by historian Larry Kidder focus-es on houses that form the core ofthe Pleasant Valley Rural historicdistrict including the houses ofgrist miller John Phillips, hisfarmer-son Henry, Henry’s black-smith-son Lewis, and the school-house. Transportation is availablefor those needing assistance.Free admission and parking. 11a.m. to 4 p.m.

Children’s Day, Rockingham As-sociation, Historic Rockingham,Route 603, Kingston, 609-683-7132. www.rockingham.net. Ac-tivities and demonstrations of 18thcentury life presented by Mont-gomery High School Live Histori-ans Club, Rockingham Associa-tion, and the Stony Brook GardenClub. Historic games, replica 18thcentury clothing to try on, quill andink to write with, and paper tri-cornhats. Tour the kitchen garden andhistoric house museum. Countrydance demonstrations andlessons, fiddle music, and more.Light refreshments available. Rainor shine. Donations invited. Noonto 5 p.m.

Kids StuffCentral Jersey Chess Tourna-ment, New Jersey Chess, Wynd-ham Conference Center, 800Scudders Mill Road, Plainsboro.www.njchess.com. Open tokindergarten to eighth graders ofall levels. All players receive amedal or trophy. Register online,$30; on site, $40. 1 to 4 p.m.

For FamiliesFamily Fun Day, PrincetonKids,Quaker Bridge Mall, Center Court,lower level, 609-799-8177. www.-princetonkids.com. Interactive cir-cus performance by Stone SoupCircus, a family magic show byDough Billingsly, a concert byMiss Amy, family friendly vendors,face painting, balloon twisting,and mascot appearances. Free.11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

May Fair, Waldorf School, 1062Cherry Hill Road, Princeton, 609-466-1970. www.princetonwald-orf.org. Festival with live music,children’s activities, food, craftvendors, and an open house.Dance around the May pole, activ-ities in a fairy tea house, alpacasand clothing from Swallow HillFarm, Sandeeep Agarwal withPure Indian Foods from PrincetonJunction, and Dar Hosta’s paint-ings, print, and children’s books.Free admission. 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

LecturesSeminar and Open House,Knight Classic Homes, UpdikeFarmstead, 354 Quaker Road,Princeton, 609-252-0474. www.-knightclasshomes.com. “BuildingYour Custom Modular Home” fo-cuses on green building, prefabri-cated foundation systems, geot-hermal heat, and more. Register.Free. 10 a.m.


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dream with the purchase of ThatPottery Place, a place to createyour own pottery, on ClarksvilleRoad in Village Square Shop-ping Center. “I’ve been interest-ed in pottery for over twodecades but never really had theopportunity to do anything aboutit,” she says. “I didn’t reallythink I would ever be able to dosomething like this and it reallyis a dream that is on its way to re-alization.” That Pottery Place of-fers pottery painting as well asart and pottery classes for chil-dren and adults. Grand openingevents are scheduled for Satur-days, May 14 and 21, 10 a.m. to 6p.m.

Warier used to take potterythrowing lessons at the store.When the previous owner decid-ed to sell the business, Wariertook the opportunity to buy thebusiness. “By no means am I anexpert ,and I will continue takinglessons with our in store teacherJulie Stell,” she says.

Warier, who has an IT back-ground, started her career as acorporate trainer, moved on toinstructional design, and thenbecame a technical writer. “Ilove pottery and it takes me into ameditative zone that nothing has

until now, and I love what I’mdoing,” she says.

She moved to West Windsortwo years ago with her husband,Sunil, who works at PWC inNew York City. Their son, Uday,is a sixth grade student at GroverMiddle School; and their daugh-ter, Swati, is a third grade studentat Maurice Hawk School. “Wemoved to West Windsor becauseof the schools and I am very hap-py with the way things turnedout,” she says. Warier is active inboth PTAs and the troop leaderfor Brownie Troop 71895.

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Workshop for Artists, Artworksand College Arts Association,Mill Hill Playhouse, Trenton, 973-482-1000. collegeart.org. “Achiev-ing Success as a Visual Artist:Your Art Practice Made Real,” aprofessional development work-shop for artists, presented by Ju-dith Brodsky, printmaker andfounder of the Brodsky Center forInnovative Editions, as keynotespeaker. “Artists: Maximize YourMarketing through Social Media,Websites, Print Materials, and Net-working” presented by MichelleHinebrook. The afternoon panel is“Linking Artists to Opportunities:Galleries, Grants, Residences,and Public Spaces.” Register. $25.Lunch available for $8 or bring yourown. 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Live MusicLouis Watson, Salt Creek Grille,One Rockingham Row, ForrestalVillage, Plainsboro, 609-419-4200. www.saltcreekgrille.com. 7to 11 p.m.

Outdoor ActionStream Stomp, WashingtonCrossing State Park, Visitor Cen-ter, Titusville, 609-737-0609. Wethike in search of crayfish, sala-manders, frogs, minnows, andother stream inhabitants. Regis-ter. 1 to 2:30 p.m.

Family Nature Programs, Plains-boro Preserve, 80 Scotts CornerRoad, Plainsboro, 609-897-9400.www.njaudubon.org. “Little TykeBirding Hike.” $5. 3:30 to 5 p.m.

SchoolsOpen House, The Lewis School,53 Bayard Lane, Princeton, 609-924-8120. www.lewisschool.org.Open house for alternative educa-tion program for learning differentstudents with language-basedlearning difficulties related todyslexia, attention deficit, and au-ditory processing. Pre-K to collegepreparatory levels. 10 a.m.

Open House, Princeton LearningCooperative, Paul Robeson Cen-ter for the Arts, 102 WitherspoonStreet, Princeton, 609-851-2522.w w w . p r i n c e t o n l e a r n i n g -cooperative.org. Presentationabout a new education option inPrinceton when traditional schoolis not working for your teenager.10:30 a.m. to noon.

Rummage SalesFlea Market, Princeton First Aidand Rescue Squad, 237 NorthHarrison Street, Princeton, 609-921-8972. Register for a space,$15. Rain or shine. 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Spring Sale, Unitarian Universal-ist Congregation, 50 Cherry HillRoad, Princeton, 609-924-1604.www.uuprinceton.org. Antiques,furniture, lamps, books, jewelry,art, electronics, clothing, appli-ances, toys and games, sportinggoods, plants, gardening tools.Food available. Across the Streetperforms vintage rock, country,blues, folk, and gospel. Silent auc-tion includes antiques, furniture,never-used electronics, and more.Rain or shine. 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.


Sports for Causes3K Walk Run, American CancerFund, Powerhouse Gym, 129Stryker Lane, Hillsborough, 609-235-7414. www.americancancer-fund.org. Open house at the gymwith vendors, crafts, activities, andfood. $25 for 3K walk. Fair is free.8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Paws Walk, Hightstown AnimalWelfare Committee, AssociationPark, Park and Grant streets,Hightstown, 609-647-2681. Onemile dog walk with post walk activ-ities including a pet idol contest,vendors, rescue groups, snacks,and games. Benefit for committeeto address feral cats with an ongo-ing TNR (trap, neuter, release)program; adoption services; helpwith injured animals, educationaloutreach programs; and educa-tion to area scouting groups andclassrooms on the value of caringfor animals and the TNR program.Rain or shine. 10:30 a.m. to 2p.m.

SundayMay 15

On StageThe Adventures of SherlockHolmes, Off-Broadstreet The-ater, 5 South Greenwood Avenue,Hopewell, 609-466-2766. www.-off-broadstreet.com. “The GoldenSpy” and “A World at War” writtenby Marvin Harold Cheiten ofPrinceton featuring SherlockHolmes and Dr. Watson. $25 in-cludes dessert. 1:30 p.m.

Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, KelseyTheater, Mercer County Com-munity College, 1200 Old Tren-ton Road, West Windsor, 609-570-3333. www.kelseytheatre.-net. Musical. $16. 2 p.m.

Samuel J. and K., Passage The-ater, Mill Hill Playhouse, Front and

Montgomery streets, Trenton,609-392-0766. www.passage-theatre.org. A simple game ofpickup basketball leads to brother-ly bonds. $25. 3 p.m.

Bill Bowers, West Windsor ArtsCouncil, 952 Alexander Road,West Windsor, 609-919-1982.www.westwindsorarts.org. “ItGoes Without Saying” is an auto-biographical production writtenand performed by Bowers featur-ing stories about growing up inMontana, his studies with MarcelMarceau, and his performancesacross the country. Register. $15.3 p.m.



CircusRingling Brothers and Barnum &Bailey Circus, Sun NationalBank Center, Hamilton Avenue atRoute 129, Trenton, 800-298-4200. www.comcasttix.com. “Ful-ly Charged” production. $16 to$80. Noon and 4 p.m.

Zerbini Family Circus, SouthBrunswick Lion’s Club, Cross-roads Middle School, KingstonLane and Major Road, 732-297-1107. Benefit for community pro-jects. $9 to $11. 2 and 5 p.m.

LiteratiAuthor Event, Cranbury Book-worm, 54 North Main Street,Cranbury, 609-655-1063. Booklaunch and signing by HenryHenkel, author of “Bald Spots &Blue Suits: Modern Fables.”Henkel, a West Windsor resident,presents 10 stories about man’ssearch for truth and love. [email protected] formore information. 3 p.m. See sto-ry page 29.

Classical MusicPrinceton Brass Band, RiderUniversity, Yvonne Theater,Lawrenceville, 609-921-2663.www.rider.edu/arts. Summer con-cert. Free. 2 p.m.

Spring Concert, Cantus Novus,All Saints Church, All Saints Road,Princeton, 215-968-3414. www.-cantusnovus.org. $20. 4 p.m.

Spring Concert, Hopewell ValleyChorus, Unitarian UniversalistChurch at Washington Crossing,268 Washington Crossing-Pen-nington Road, Titusville, 609-737-3177. hopewellvalleychorus.org.Songs of peace from Mozart,Mendelssohn, Rutter, Seeger,and Lennon. Register. $15. 4 p.m.

Russian Night, Princeton Sym-phony Orchestra, RichardsonAuditorium, Princeton University,609-497-0020. princetonsym-phony.org. Guest pianist Di Wuperforms Rachmaninoff’s PianoConcerto No. 2. The program alsoincludes Mussorgsky’s “Dawn onthe Moskva River” and Scriabin’sSymphony No. 2 in C Minor. Pre-concert lecture by Simon Morrisonat 3 p.m. $16 to $64. 4 p.m.

Concert, Princeton Girlchoir,Princeton Presbyterian Church,545 Meadow Road, West Wind-sor, 609-258-5343. www.prince-tongirlchoir.org. The Grace Notes,Quarter Notes, and Semi-Tones.4:30 p.m.

The Quintet of the Americas,Princeton Public Library, 65Witherspoon Street, 609-924-8822. www.princetonlibrary.org.Woodwind ensemble with a reper-toire of works by Latin Americancomposers. 7 p.m.

Pop MusicA Royal Celebration Concert,Princeton Brass Band, Yvonne

Theater, Rider University, 609-895-5504. www.princetonbrass-band.org. British style brass bandfeatures music from the royal wed-ding, classical music, pop, rock,and jazz. World premiers of “ACertain Milestone” and “Dialogue:East-West,” both by Mike Green.Donations invited. 2 p.m.

World MusicNicholas Bouloukos and theGrecoNubian Quintet, Prince-ton University, Taplin Auditori-um, 609-258-5000. www.prince-ton.edu/utickets. “Chromatisms,”a concert of Greek traditional mu-sic, Cretan folk, and original com-positions by Nicholas Bouloukos.The group is based in Shanghai. 3p.m.

Chorale Concert, Happy SingersChoir, WW-P High School North,90 Grovers Mill Road, Plainsboro,609-275-8972. Joint concert withthe Chinese Musical Voices fea-tures Chinese songs and Ameri-can folk tunes. Wennie Nai-YuehNiu conducts. Christina Xie ac-companies on piano. $10. 7:30p.m.

Good CausesHumanitarian Award, PrincetonJewish Center, 435 NassauStreet, Princeton, 609-921-2782.

Rabbi Adam Feldman receivesthe American Friends of MagenDavid Adom’s Life Line Humani-tarian awards for his commitmentto MDA, a team of trained volun-teer and professional medical re-sponders in Israel. When RabbiFeldman leads congregationaltrips to Israel, he takes the groupto MDA to donate blood and learnmore about the organization. Herecently volunteered to spend thenight on patrol with first respon-ders. Register. $60 includesbrunch. 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Car Wash, Kids-for-Kids, ValeroGas Station, Southfield andPrinceton-Hightstown roads,West Windsor, 609-897-0564.www.k idsn j .moonf ru i t . com.Fundraiser to raise money forWalk-for-Chalk event on Sunday,May 22 to benefit needy children inNew Jersey. West Windsor-Plainsboro chapters are at HighSchools North and South. The or-ganization has raised close to$160,000 in 15 years. Call forwalker’s information packet. Norain date. Noon to 4 p.m. See sto-ry.page 31.

Benefit Concert, Trinity Church,33 Mercer Street, Princeton, 609-924-2277. www.trinityprinceton.-org. “One Village One World” con-cert features Britain’s CameronMcClain, the Anita Harding Band,


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High School bands com-pete and raise funds forHigh School’s South

Post Prom program on Saturday,May 14, from 7 to 10 p.m. in thePlayhouse, the original theater atSouth. Tickets are $10 at thedoor. Refreshments will be sold.

The annual event features awide range of music includingrock, metal, punk, alternative,reggae, pop, jazz, and a cappellastyles, covers and original songs,to compete for prizes. Close to adozen bands are expected to beon hand.

“The Battle of the Bands is al-ways a great event,” says LisaPappa, one of four co-chairs ofthe Post Prom 2011 committee.“We’ve been doing this for sev-eral years now, and every yearthe bands get better and better.”

The first band to sign up wasCurious George and the RoadTrippers with South seniorsStephen Francisco (guitar andbass) and Robby Olsen (drums),and North senior Alex DeSimine(guitar and bass). The group ismaking its debut performance atthe event.

Other bands include LucilleClifton Overdrive, Cas, Mac andGroves, 2 Apart, Kaufman andSon Realty, the Four Winds, andWastin’ and the Schwasters.

The event will be emceed byseniors Sergio Ingato and Con-nor McElwee and sophomoreErin McElwee.

The Post Prom group is a501(c)3 organization, set up toraise funds to support South’sPost Prom event, which is heldimmediately following the promin June. All seniors and theirdates, as well as seniors who donot attend the prom, are welcometo attend this event at South de-signed to discourage drinking anddriving after the senior prom byproviding a fun, safe alternative.

With the help of volunteers,South is transformed into atheme area with food, games,and other fun activities andprizes. The event is funded bydonations.

“Battle of the Bands is a funevening for everyone, and makesa significant contribution to thePost Prom effort,” says Pappa.

— Lynn MillerBattle of the Bands, West

Windsor-Plainsboro High SchoolSouth Post Prom, High SchoolSouth, 346 Clarksville Road,West Windsor. Saturday, May14, 7 to 9 p.m. $10. Refreshmentsavailable. 609-716-5050 orhsspostprom.webng.com.

Pick One: Jazz, Pop, Rock, Punk

Pop Rocks:EmceesSergio Ingato(senior), left; ErinMcElwee (sopho-more); and ConnorMcElwee (senior).

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and The Tone Rangers Band.Latin food, wine, beer, and sodaavailable. $20; $30 per family.Benefit for international aid to ElSalvador and Malawi, Africa. Rainor shine. 3 p.m.

Renaissance FaireRenaissance Faire, West Wind-sor Lions Club, Mercer CountyPark, West Windsor, 609-799-6448. Annual family fair that re-creates the world of Renaissanceknights and damsels with fightingdemonstrations, crafters, story-tellers, music, and games. Morethan 50 vendors selling leatherproducts, homemade soap, andjewelry. Food includes medievalstyle options. Benefit for LionsClub charities. $7 adults; $3 chil-dren 5 to 12. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

FaithBenefit Concert, CommunityChristian Choirs, RobbinsvilleSeventh Day Adventist Church,2314 Route 33, Robbinsville, 609-587-7076. www.ccchoir.com.“One Nation Under God” concerthas a theme of patriotism. Free-will offering benefits RobbinsvilleMeals on Wheels and the Rob-binsville food pantry. 6 p.m.

Food & DiningGrand Opening Celebration,Asian Bistro, 31 Station Drive,West Windsor, 609-378-5412.www.asianbistronj.com. SampleChinese, Japanese, Korean, Thai,and Vietnamese dishes. Cham-pagne will be served. Free wi-fi. In-ternet ordering and delivery avail-able. 5 to 8 p.m.

WellnessEmpowerment Day, HealingCenter of Light, 559 Drexel Av-enue, Lawrenceville, 609-273-0856. www.thepathtoyourascen-sion.com. Healing and mostly raw,vegan, and organic lunch, snacks,and oxygenated mineral water re-fills. Register. $188. 9:30 a.m. to 6p.m.

HistoryPancake Breakfast, PrincetonAirport, Route 206, 609-921-3100. www.princetonairport.com.Celebration 100 years of aviation.Drive in or fly in. $8. 8 a.m. tonoon.

William Trent House, 15 MarketStreet, Trenton, 609-989-0087.www.trenthouseassociation.org.“Below Stairs, Kitchen Necessitiesat the Trent House” presented byMartha Katz-Hymen, NewportNews, Virginia. 2 p.m.

For FamiliesFree Airplane Rides, Young Ea-gles, Trenton Mercer Airport,Scotch Road, Ewing, 609-462-2236. www.youngeagles.org. Forages 8 to 17 to introduce youngpeople to flight. FAA certified pilotfrom the Experimental Aircraft As-sociation. Parents or guardianmust sign a permission slip. Flightcertificate for each child. Free.Rain date is Sunday, May 15. 10a.m. to 4 p.m.

Open House, Camp Speers-El-jabar YMCA, 143 NichecronkRoad, Dingmans Ferry, PA, 570-838-2329. www.campspeers-ymca.org. 1 to 4 p.m.

For TeensCareer Fest, West Windsor andPlainsboro Girl Scouts, Plains-boro Municipal center, 641 Plains-boro Road, Plainsboro. www.-wwpcareerfest.com. For girls ingrades 6 to 12 to meet and minglewith young professional women ina wide variety of careers. Panelsof women at various stages of theircareers tell how they chose theircareers, the requirements for theirchosen field, and the ups anddowns of each profession. Pan-elists include a veterinarian, acommercial airline pilot, a news-paper publisher, and others. Re-freshments and snacks. Hostedby WWP Troop 71847. Register.$10 includes admission snack buf-fet, drinks, and prizes. 2 to 5:30p.m. See story page 34.

Live MusicClassical Harp Concert, Unitari-an Universalist Congregation,50 Cherry Hill Road, Princeton,609-924-1604. www.uuprince-ton.org. Solo classical harp con-cert presented by Catrin Finch. Inconjunction with three-day confer-ence, Le Festival de la Harpe, atthe Wyndham Hotel in Plainsboro.$10. 4 p.m.

Outdoor ActionBird Walk, Friends for the Marsh,Roebling Park Nature Center, 157Westcott Avenue, Hamilton, 732-821-8310. www.marsh-friends.-org. Lou Beck, John Maret, andCharles Leck lead. 8 to 11:30 a.m.

Warbling Wonders, LawrenceNature Center, Route 206, Law-renceville, 609-844-7067. www.-lawrencenaturecenter.net. “WhoIs Whistling in the Woods?” pre-sented by naturalist Rick Dutko.Bring binoculars. Boots recom-mended. Register. Free. 9 a.m.

Pond Explorations, Friends forthe Marsh, Roebling Park NatureCenter, 157 Westcott Avenue,Hamilton, 732-821-8310. www.-marsh-friends.org. For families. 1to 3 p.m.

Mayor’s BrunchPlainsboro Democratic Organi-zation, Marriott Conference Cen-ter, College Road, Plainsboro,609-860-9100. Honorees includethe legislative team of State Sena-tor Linda Greenstein and Assem-blymen Wayne DeAngelo andDaniel Benson, for their work onbehalf of Plainsboro Township.Opportunity to demonstrate sup-port for Mayor Peter Cantu who isrunning for re-election to thePlainsboro Township Committee.He has served on the committeefor 37 years and has been mayorfor 31 years of those years. Regis-ter. $60. 11 a.m.

SchoolsBill Bowers, West Windsor ArtsCouncil, 952 Alexander Road,West Windsor, 609-919-1982.www.westwindsorarts.org. Cre-ative movement and mime work-shop open to all abilities and agesincorporates movement and non-verbal communication. Throughcreative drama games, physicalimprovisation, sound, and silence,Bowers presents illusory skills in-cluding the wall, the rope and thewall. Register. $10. Noon.


Sports for CausesWalk-A-Thon for Education,Bitiya, Mercer County Park, WestWindsor, 732-688-7249. www.-bitiya.org. Benefit for underprivi-leged girls in India and the UnitedStates presented by Teens forBitiya, a group of high school stu-dents committed to the mission.Food and crafts. $10 to walk. Reg-ister. 8:30 a.m.

MondayMay 16

Municipal MeetingsPublic Meeting, West WindsorTownship Council, MunicipalBuilding, 609-799-2400. www.-westwindsornj.org. 7 p.m.


mation, call the hotline: 609-716-5000, ext. 5134, www.ww-p.org.South Boys Golf. Public Section-als. Call for time.

North Girls Golf. At SouthBrunswick. 3 p.m.

North Boys Tennis. At Ewing. 4p.m.

South Boys Tennis. Trenton Cen-tral. 4 p.m.

South Boys Volleyball. JPStevens. 4 p.m.

FilmVisions of Light: Art ThroughFilm, Arts Council of Princeton,102 Witherspoon Street, 609-924-8777. www.artscouncilofprince-ton.org. Screening of “The Beach-es of Agnes,” a documentary andmemoir by Agnes Varda. Free.7:30 p.m.

Pop MusicRehearsal, Jersey HarmonyChorus, Plainsboro Public Li-brary, 9 Van Doren Street, Plains-boro, 732-236-6803. www.har-monize.com/jerseyharmony. Newmembers are welcome. 7:15 p.m.

HealthGo Red for Women Movement,American Heart Association,Palace, Somerset, 609-223-3727.w w w . g o r e d f o r w o m e n . o r g .Woman of Distinction honoreesare Ninfa M. Saunders, RN, presi-dent and chief operating office atVirtua; and Rabbi Randi Musnit-sky, senior rabbi at Temple HarShalom and a Go Red For WomenSurvivor ambassador. Health-healthy luncheon program withkeynote speaker Joy Bauer, theToday Show health expert; moti-vational breakout sessions, net-working opportunities, and a silentauction. Register. $250. 10 a.m.

Mental HealthRecovery Support Program, NA-MI Mercer, 3371 Brunswick Pike,Suite 124, Lawrenceville, 609-799-8994. www.namimercer.org.For people with mental illness. E-mail Erika Reading at [email protected] for information.Register. Free. 6 to 7:30 p.m.

WellnessYoga Practice, LawrenceLibrary, Darrah Lane and Route1, Lawrence Township, 609-989-6922. www.mcl.org. Bring a towelor yoga mat. Register. 7:30 p.m.

For FamiliesAlex and the KaleidoscopeBand, St. Paul Church School,214 Nassau Street, Princeton,609-921-7587. www.spsprince-ton.org. For preschool childrenand their parents. Free with reser-vation. 9:30 to 10:30 a.m.

LecturesBeth El Synagogue, 50 MapleStream Road, East Windsor, 609-443-4454. www.bethel.net. “A Na-tion That Dwells Alone: Why Doesthe Whole World Pick on Tiny Is-rael?” presented by Rabbi KenSpiro, a senior researcher and lec-turer for Aish HaTorah’s DiscoverySeminary and a licensed tourguide from the Israel Ministry ofTourism. Register. $10. 7 p.m.

Program and Meeting, Washing-ton Crossing Audubon Society,Pennington School, 112 WestDelaware Avenue, Pennington,

609-443-3981. www.pennington.-org. Refreshments followed bytalk. 7:30 p.m.

SchoolsA Cappella Concert, High SchoolSouth, 346 Clarksville Road,West Windsor, 609-716-5050.www.ww-p.org. 7:30 p.m.

SinglesSingles Night, Grover’s Mill Cof-fee House, 335 Princeton Hight-stown Road, West Windsor, 609-716-8771. www.groversmillcof-fee.com. Drop in for soups, sand-wiches, desserts, tea, coffee andconversation. Register athttp://ht.ly/3gd9w 6:30 to 8 p.m.

SocialsMeeting, Women’s College Clubof Princeton, All Saints’ Church,16 All Saints’ Road, Princeton,609-737-0912. Annual businessmeeting, luncheon, and speaker.1 p.m.

TuesdayMay 17

Municipal MeetingsSpecial Meeting, WW-P Board ofEducation, Community MiddleSchool, 609-716-5000. Vote onrevised budget, as approved byWest Windsor and PlainsboroTownships. 7:30 p.m.


mation, call the hotline: 609-716-5000, ext. 5134, www.ww-p.org.

South Girls Golf. Hillsborough. 3p.m.

South Boys Volleyball. AtMoorestown. 5:15 p.m.

On StageLifelong Creativity Fest, CWWOn Stage, Suzanne PattersonCenter, Monument Drive, Prince-ton, 609-924-7108. CWW OnStage, a theater ensemble spon-sored by Community WithoutWalls, will perform a selectionfrom its show “About Family.” TheLifelong Creativity Fest is an after-noon celebration of the visual andperforming arts, including music,drama, and poetry, as well as awine and cheese reception and acommunity art show. 1 p.m.


FilmFilm Series with Enable, Prince-ton Public Library, 65 Wither-spoon Street, 609-924-8822.w w w . p r i n c e t o n l i b r a r y . o r g .Screening of “Emmanuel’s Gift”followed by a discussion. 6:30p.m.

ArtMoonlight Tour, Grounds ForSculpture, 18 Fairgrounds Road,Hamilton, 609-586-0616. www.-groundsforsculpture.org. Grouptour lit by the full moon. Register.$20. Call Rat’s for dinner and tourpackage at 609-584-7800. 9 p.m.


Ride of Silence, May 18;Learn to Ride, May 21

The West Windsor Bicycle and Pedestrian Alliancewill sponsor a Ride of Silence on Wednesday,

May 18, beginning at 7 p.m., for bicyclists who havebeen injured or killed on roadways. The event will in-clude a silent, slow-paced ride for one hour. Accord-ing to the WWBPA, the Ride of Silence is being spon-sored simultaneously in many areas around the world.

In West Windsor, bicyclists are asked to meet atthe West Windsor Municipal Complex on Clarks-ville Road at 6:45 p.m. to assemble for the ride. Cy-clists are asked to ride no faster than 12 miles perhour and to remain silent during the ride. They arealso asked to bring a bike in good riding condition,helmet, a spare tube, and ID. Bright clothing andlights are highly recommended.

The effort aims to “raise awareness among mo-torists that bicyclists are on the roads and are frag-ile,” says the WWBPA.

The Ride of Silence is free. The first Ride of Si-lence was held in 2003. Last year more than 300rides were held in all 50 states and 18 countries andcontinents from Antarctica to Canada to China. Formore information, visit www.RideofSilence.org.For more information on the WWBPA’s activities,visit www.wwbpa.org.

In addition to the Ride of Silence, the WWBPAwill also be conducting a free “learn to bike” class atthe West Windsor Farmers’ Market on Saturday,May 21. The class will teach children to first balancewithout training wheels or pedals. Sessions will runcontinuously during the market, beginning at 9 a.m.Please arrive before noon (the farmers’ market endsat 1 p.m.).

Participants must be at least 5 years old (adultsare welcome, too), and should bring a bicycle ingood working order and a bike helmet (or buy a hel-met from the WWBPA on the day for $10). Space islimited so pre-registration at [email protected] is recommended.


LiteratiAuthor Event, Barnes & Noble,MarketFair, West Windsor, 609-716-1570. www.bn.com. TeresaGiudice, author of “Fabulicious!:Teresa’s Italian Family Cook-book.” The breakout star of RealHousewives of NJ signs her latestcookbook with purchase. 7 p.m.

Classical MusicMCCC Choral Concert, MercerCollege, Kelsey Theater, WestWindsor, 609-570-3735. www.-mccc.edu. Diverse program in-cluding madrigals, spirituals, andseveral pieces by Aaron Copland.Free. 7:30 p.m.

Composers Ensemble, Prince-ton University Concerts, TaplinAuditorium, 609-258-5000. www.-princeton.edu/utickets. “Attack,Sustain, Release.” New works bygraduate students. 8 p.m.

Open Mic NightGrover’s Mill Coffee House, 335Princeton Hightstown Road, WestWindsor, 609-716-8771. www.-groversmillcoffee.com. 7 p.m.

Barbershop MusicPrinceton Garden Statesmen,Plainsboro Library, 9 Van DorenStreet, Plainsboro, 609-799-8218.www.princetongardenstates-men.com. Men of all ages and ex-perience levels are invited to singin four-part harmony. The non-profit organization presents at nu-merous charities. Free. 7:30 to 10p.m.

Breakfast for BicyclistsMercer Transportation Manage-ment Association, PrincetonJunction Train Station, 609-452-1491. www.gmtma.org. Coffee

and refreshments for bicyclists ontheir way to work. Free. 6:30 to8:30 a.m.

HealthFamily and Friends CPR Train-ing, Mercer County Connection,957 Route 33, Hamilton, 609-890-9800. www.mercercounty.org.Class presented by Capital HealthEmergency Medical Services forthe general community. (Nocourse completion cards avail-able). Register. Free. 5:30 to 7:30p.m.

Author Event, Delaware ValleyObGyn, 2 Princess Road, Suite C,Lawrenceville. Penny BussellStansfield, a doula trainer, talksabout her book, “Labors of Love: ADoula’s Birth Stories.” A residentof Belle Mead, Stansfield is li-censed in maternity massage andis the co-owner of HillsboroughMassage Therapy. Books will beavailable for purchase. 7 p.m.

HistoryEinstein at Home, Historical So-ciety of Princeton, BainbridgeHouse, 158 Nassau Street,Princeton, 609-921-6748. www.-princetonhistory.org. Exclusiveexhibition featuring family pho-tographs, artwork, memorabilia,and 17 select pieces of Einstein’sfurniture. The rarely seen personalitems and furnishings from hisMercer Street home in Princeton,where he lived from 1933 until hisdeath in 1955, portray his story asa Princeton resident and world fa-mous scientist. On view to Janu-ary 16. $4. Noon to 4 p.m.

Kids StuffRead & Pick Program, TerhuneOrchards, 330 Cold Soil Road,609-924-2310. www.terhune-orchards.com. “Farm Animals”combines hands-on farm activityand a story for ages preschool toeight. Register. $5 includes a craftto take home. 9:30 and 11 a.m.

For ParentsDecorating Committee Meeting,High School North Post Prom,Art Room, High School North,Grovers Mill Road, Plainsboro,609-558-4320. Painting, craftwork, and more. 7 to 9 p.m.

LecturesCelebrate a Lifetime of Creativi-ty, Princeton Senior ResourceCenter, Suzanne Patterson Cen-ter, 45 Stockton Street, 609-924-7108. All day event. Register.Free. 9 a.m.

Job Loss Workshop, HickoryCorner Library, 138 Hickory Cor-ner Road, East Windsor, 609-448-1330. www.mcl.org. “Eliminated!Now What? Finding Your Wayfrom Job Loss Crisis to Career Re-silience” presented by Jean Baur,a career coach. Register. 2 to 3p.m.

Jamie Novak, South BrunswickLibrary, 110 Kingston Lane, Mon-mouth Junction, 732-329-4000.www.sbpl.info. “Get OrganizedToday! 3 Simple Steps to Orga-nize Your Home, Office, and YourLife” presented by the humorousspeaker and author. Register.Free. Some of her books will beavailable for purchase and auto-graph. 7 p.m.

SchoolsSouth Choirs, High SchoolSouth, Great Auditorium, OceanGrove, 609-716-5050. www.ww-p.org. Performance at the NewJersey Law Enforcement Memori-al Service. 8 a.m.

Striving for Excellence Awards,West Windsor-Plainsboro Afri-can American Parent Support

Group, GroverMiddle School,West Windsor,609-716-5000.Ceremony forstudents in ele-mentary andmiddle schoolprograms. Con-tact Barbara Ed-monds by E-mailat [email protected]. 6:15p.m.

SocialsMen’s Circle,West Windsor,609-933-4280.Share, listen, andsupport othermen and your-self. Talk aboutrelationship, norelationship, sep-aration, divorce, sex, no sex, mon-ey, job, no job, aging parents, rais-ing children, teens, addictions, ill-ness, and fear of aging. All men areexpected to commit to confidentiali-ty. Call for location. Free. 7 to 9 p.m.

For SeniorsMemoir Writing Workshop,Lawrence Library, Darrah Laneand Route 1, Lawrence Township,609-989-6920. www.mcl.org. In-troductory course for seniors to re-flect on a significant life experi-ence and put it on paper. Facilitat-ed by Maria Okros. Register. 2:30to 4:30 p.m.

Sports for CausesYouth and 5K Run, PrincetonAthletic Club, Rosedale Park,424 Federal City Road, Penning-ton. www.princetonac.org. Run onthe trails with the nonprofit com-munity running club. Register. $12to $20. E-mail [email protected]. 5:45 p.m.

WednesdayMay 18


mation, call the hotline: 609-716-5000, ext. 5134, www.ww-p.org.South Boys Golf. At Notre Dame.3 p.m.

North Baseball. Lawrenceville. 4p.m.

North Girls Golf. Moorestown. 4p.m.

On StageSleeping Beauty Wakes, BerlindTheater at the McCarter, 91 Uni-versity Place, Princeton, 609-258-2787. www.mccarter.org. Musicalby Rachel Sheinkin, music byBrendan Milburn, and lyrics by Va-lerie Vigoda. 8 p.m.

FilmInternational Film Festival,South Brunswick Library, 110Kingston Lane, Monmouth Junc-tion, 732-329-4000. www.sbpl.-info. Free. 6:30 p.m.

Film Premier, Studio and Galleryof Robert Beck, 104 North UnionStreet, Lambertville, 609-397-5679. www.robertbeck.net.Screening of “Coal’s Kingdom,”Marc Reed’s documentary aboutthe once thriving Pennsylvania an-thracite coal industry. A discus-sion of the film with the artist fol-lows. 7 p.m.

DancingContra Dance, Princeton Coun-try Dancers, Suzanne PattersonCenter, Monument Drive, 609-924-6763. www.princetoncountry-dancers.org. Instruction followedby dance. $8. 8 to 10:30 p.m.

Loco Latin, HotSalsaHot, Kat-mandu, 50 Waterfront Park, Tren-ton, 609-651-6070. www.hot-salsahot.com. Bachata and salsaclass followed by three hours ofsocial dancing with the HotSalsa-Hot team led by Henri Velandia.$8. 8:30 p.m.

Jazz & BluesMCCC Jazz Band, Mercer Col-lege, Kelsey Theater, West Wind-sor, 609-570-3735. www.mccc.-edu. Concert featuring improvisa-tions with small groups and the fullband. Free. 8 p.m.

Open Mic ComedyNightGrover’s Mill Coffee House, 335Princeton Hightstown Road, WestWindsor, 609-716-8771. www.-groversmillcoffee.com. $5 cover.7 to 9 p.m.

FaithEvening Retreat, St. PaulChurch, 214 Nassau Street,Princeton, 609-524-0507. www.-spsprinceton.org. “Blessed ArtThou: A Celebration of Mary in Artand Story” presented by BrotherMickey McGrath, who will usepaintings and prayers to offer afresh look at traditional titles. Free.7:30 p.m.

Wine DinnersSouth African Wine Dinner,Grounds For Sculpture, Rat’sRestaurant, 18 Fairgrounds Road,Hamilton, 609-584-7800. www.-groundsforsculpture.org. Horsd’oeuvres and five-course dinnershowcasing Chef Shane Cash’scuisine of wild seafood and gamepaired with emerging wines fromSouth Africa. Register. $90. 6 p.m.

Wines of South Africa Dinner,Rat’s Restaurant, 126 Sculptor’sWay, Hamilton, 609-586-0616.www.ratsrestaurant.org. Horsd’oeuvres followed by dinner fea-turing wild game and seafood at6:45 p.m. Register. 6 p.m.

GardensAsk the Gardener, Mercer Coun-ty Connection, 957 Route 33,Hamilton, 609-890-9800. www.-mercercounty.org. “ContainerGardening” presented by BarbaraBromley, Mercer County horticul-turist. Register. Free. 10:30 a.m.to 12:30 p.m.

WellnessYoga Workshop, Shreyas Yoga,Holsome Holistic Center, 27 With-erspoon Street, Princeton, 732-642-8895. www.shreyasyoga.-com. Yoga in the Himalayan tradi-tion with Acharya Girish Jha. Reg-ister at [email protected] class is free. 9:15 a.m.

Basic Energy Medicine Work-shop, Center for Relaxation andHealing, 666 Plainsboro Road,Suite 635, Plainsboro, 609-750-7432. www.relaxationandheal-ing.com. Eden Energy Medicine’s


Heard It Through the Grapevine:Kaleidoscope Theater presents ‘Jack &the Beanstalk’ at Kelsey Theater onSaturday, May 21, at 2 and 4 p.m.


WHIRR OFTHE WHEELS

Eighth Annual

West Windsor BikeFest

Due to the inherent risks involved in bicycle riding, all participants MUST wear

an approved helmet while riding. Participants under the age of 13 must be accompanied by an adult.

SATURDAY, MAY 28

Saturday

May 28

LOCATION: West Windsor Community Park, Route 571, West Windsor

START TIMES: 40 Mile Ride - Registration 7:30 am - Start @ 8:00 am

(FOR EXPERIENCED ADULT CYCLISTS ONLY)

20 Mile Ride - Registration 8:30 am - Start @ 9:00 am

(FOR EXPERIENCED CYCLISTS ONLY)

11 Mile Town Tour - Registration 9:30 am -

Start @ 10:00 am

(RIDE PAST MANY OF OUR TOWN'S

HISTORICAL SITES)

7 Mile "Trolley Line Trail" Ride -

Registration 10:00 am - Start @ 10:30 am

(RIDE ALONG THE PSE&G RIGHT

OF WAY TRAIL)

1.5 Mile "In Park" Ride - Ongoing Registration starts

10:15 am - Staggered starts @ 10:45 am

(RIDE NEW SECTIONS OF PARK TRAIL -

CHILDREN MUST BE ACCOMPANIED BY AN ADULT)

Bike Safety Rodeo - will be held from 9:30 -11:00 AM;

COST: Pre-Registration Fee (Before May 13 Includes a t-shirt)

$15.00 for ages 13 & up; $5.00 under 13

Registration Fee (After May 13 T-Shirt if available)

$20.00 for ages 13 & up; $10.00 under 13

All fees include route markings, cue sheets & maps, food & water stops,

post ride party including lunch, DJ entertainment, moon bounce and giant slide.

TO REGISTER: Please download a registration form at www.wwparks-recreation.com.

RAIN DATE: Sunday, May 29 (for inclement weather call 799-6141

for a recorded message)

10-minute-daily routine present-ed. Register. $45. 7 to 9 p.m.

Probiotics, Hickory Corner Li-brary, 138 Hickory Corner Road,East Windsor, 609-448-1330.www.mcl.org. “Hype or HealthyChoice?” presented by Dr. KevinSkoke and dietitian Anthony Dis-sen. Register. Free. 7 to 8 p.m.

HistoryGuided Tour, DrumthwacketFoundation, 354 Stockton Street,Princeton, 609-683-0057. www.-drumthwacket.org. New Jerseygovernor’s official residence. Reg-ister. $5 donation. Call for grouptours. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Tour and Tea, Morven Museum,55 Stockton Street, Princeton,609-924-8144. www.morven.org.Tour the restored mansion, gal-leries, and gardens before or aftertea. Register. $20. 1 p.m.

For FamiliesThird Wednesdays, HistoricalSociety of Princeton, UpdikeFarmstead, 354 Quaker Road,Princeton, 609-921-6748. www.-princetonhistory.org. Story hour,self-guided scavenger hunts, mu-sic, and parent-child art projects.For preschoolers with a parent.$5. 10 a.m.

Family Bounce Night, Bounce U,410 Princeton Hightstown Road,West Windsor, 609-443-5867.www.bounceu.com. Must be 34inches to bounce. $8.95 per child.Adults bounce for free. $3.25 extrafor pizza. 6 to 8 p.m.

For ParentsBreastfeeding Support, LaLeche League of Princeton,Plainsboro Library, 9 Van DorenStreet, Plainsboro, 609-799-1302.Information and support for moth-ers and expectant mothers. Ba-bies are welcome. Free. 10 a.m.

LecturesSolar Seminar, Civitas Energy,Holiday Inn, 399 MonmouthStreet, East Windsor, 215-901-8451. www.civitasenergy.com. In-formation for residents and busi-ness owners about the merits ofadopting solar power. Refresh-ments. Free. Register. 9 a.m. and7 p.m.

Lunch and Learn, Princeton Jew-ish Center, 435 Nassau Street,Princeton, 609-921-2782. “TheFuture of the Book” presented byFred Appel, senior editor for reli-gion and anthropology publishingat Princeton University Press.Bring a dairy lunch. Coffee, tea,and cookies provided. Free.Noon.

Live MusicMike Bono, Salt Creek Grille, OneRockingham Row, Forrestal Vil-lage, Plainsboro, 609-419-4200.www.saltcreekgrille.com. 7 to 11p.m.

Outdoor ActionMorning Ramble, Stony BrookMillstone Watershed, 31 TitusMill Road, Pennington, 609-737-7592. www.thewatershed.org.Look for birds, signs of the season,and local streams. For adults only.Register. $5. 8:30 to 10 a.m.

Sports for CausesBicyclist Awareness, Ride of Si-lence, West Windsor MunicipalComplex and Van Horne Park,Skillman. www.rideofsilence.org.Worldwide event to honor riderswho have been injured or killed onroads and to raise awarenessamong motorists that bicyclists onthe road are fragile. Riders areasked to ride no faster than 12mph and to remain silent duringthe ride. Bring a bike in good ridingcondition, helmet, spare tube, andidentification. Bright clothing andlights are recommended. Plan toarrive at either location by 6:45p.m. Free. 7 p.m.

ThursdayMay 19


mation, call the hotline: 609-716-5000, ext. 5134, www.ww-p.org.North Boys Golf. At Hopewell Val-ley Central. 3 p.m.

South Boys Golf. At Nottingham. 3p.m.

North Baseball. Hightstown. 4p.m.

On StageFar and In Between, Arts Councilof Princeton, 102 WitherspoonStreet, 609-924-8777. www.arts-councilofprinceton.org. Perfor-mance by JW Actors Studio’s im-prov comedy troupe. $15. 8 p.m.


LecturesWorkshop, Princeton Photogra-phy Club, Johnson EducationCenter, D&R Greenway LandTrust, 1 Preservation Place,Princeton, 732-422-3676. “Ad-vanced Critique” presented by Ri-cardo Barros. Register. 7 p.m.

DancingArgentine Tango, Black Cat Tan-go, Suzanne Patterson Center,Monument Drive, Princeton, 609-273-1378. www.theblackcattan-go.com. Beginner and intermedi-ate classes followed by guidedpractice. No partner necessary.$12. 9:15 p.m.

LiteratiAuthor Event, Princeton PublicLibrary, 65 Witherspoon Street,609-924-8822. www.princeton-library.org. Terry Walters, authorof clean food advocates, presents

a cooking demonstration as part ofthe opening celebration of thePrinceton Farmers Market. Noon.

Author Event, Labyrinth Books,122 Nassau Street, Princeton,609-497-1600. www.labyrinth-books.com. A reading and conver-sation with Jacqueline Osherow,author of “Whitethorn,” and herformer teacher at Princeton,

James Richardson, author of “Bythe Numbers.” 6 p.m.

Classical MusicFaculty Series, WestminsterConservatory, Niles Chapel, Nas-sau Presbyterian Church, 61 Nas-sau Street, Princeton, 609-921-2663. www.rider.edu. KatherineMcClure, flute; and Esma Pasic-Filipovic, piano. Free. 12:15 p.m.

Concert Classics, Princeton Uni-versity Concerts, RichardsonAuditorium, 609-258-9220. www.-princeton.edu/puconcerts. TheTokyo String Quartet with works ofMozart, Takemitsu, and Beetho-ven. Prelude concert at 7:30 p.m.featuring Princeton University stu-dents. $20 to $40. 8 p.m.

Pianists Kevin Kong and Pen-ny Luan, both students in theWest Windsor-Plainsboro

school district, are winners of theBravura Philharmonic Orchestra2011 Young Artists ConcertoCompetition. They will be fea-tured in the season finale, “A Con-certo Extravaganza,” on Sunday,May 22, at 7 p.m. at Princeton Al-liance Church, 20 Schalks Cross-ing Road, Plainsboro. The concertwill be conducted by Bravura’smusic director and conductor,Chiu-Tze Lin. Tickets are $15 to$25.

Kong and Luan were selectedfrom a group of more than 45 con-testants from all across New Jer-sey to participate in the competi-tion, which was held in late Febru-ary.

Kong will be performing Bee-thoven’s Piano Concerto No. 3 inC minor. Luan will be playingSaint-Saens’ Piano Concerto No.2 in G minor. Two other winners,flutist Jessica Hu of Marlboro andcellist Noah Lee of Oakland, willperform Mozart’s Flute Concertoin G Major and Saint-Saens’ Cel-lo Concerto in A minor, respec-tively. The orchestra will also per-form Prokofiev’s “Classical”Symphony.

Kong, 14, is an eighth gradestudent at Community MiddleSchool. He plays both piano andviolin. He enjoys giving musicback to the community and hasperformed in area nursing and se-nior citizen homes.

Currently studying piano withChiu-Ling Lin of West Windsor,his former teachers include Chiu-Tze Lin and Michael Jacobson.Kong has won many piano com-petitions, including the first prizein the New Jersey Music TeachersAssociation (NJMTA) YoungMusicians Competition for threeyears.

Most recently, Kong was cho-sen as a 2011 Elmer & LouisMenges Scholarship Award win-ner and will be featured as asoloist with the Ambler Sympho-ny Orchestra in February, 2012.He is a two-time winner of boththe Music Teacher National Asso-ciation Junior Piano Division andthe Greater Princeton SteinwaySociety competitions. Kong wonthe Golden Key Festival Audi-tions, and as a result, received theopportunity to perform at theWeill Recital Hall at CarnegieHall. In 2005 Kong received thehighest score in the examinationof the Associated Board of RoyalSchool of Music (ABRSM) in thetri-state area.

Kong studied violin with PhilipPugh and Dezheng Ping and playsin Community’s orchestra. Hewas the winner of the Westmin-ster Conservatory ScholarshipCompetition for violin.

Luan, 14, a freshman at HighSchool South, also plays pi-

ano and violin. She is concertmas-ter of the String Ensemble, presi-dent of the Freshman Orchestra

Council, and a member of theHigh School South Quartet. Luanis also on the track and swimteams.

A student of Chiu-Tze Lin forthe past six years, Luan also hasstudied with Ingrid Clarfield andSan-Wa Ching. She is theyoungest person to receive thediploma from the AssociatedBoard of the Royal Schools ofMusic (DipABRSM) in the tri-state area for piano performance,at the age of 12. She has won nu-merous competitions, includingthe Greater Princeton SteinwaySociety Competition, the NJMTAYoung Musicians Competition,the Cecilian Music Club YoungArtists Competition, and theGolden Key Piano Competition.Luan has performed at the AliceTully Hall at Lincoln Center andthe Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie

Hall. In addition, she has traveledwith the Northeastern AmericanArts Troupe to China, where sheperformed at the Shanghai GrandTheater and the Shanghai OrientalArts Center.

Aside from her piano, Luan isan avid violinist. She currentlystudies violin with Hua-Yi Wang.She was a member of the CentralJersey Music Educators Associa-tion Region II High School Or-chestra, and also participated inthe Manalapan BattlegroundSymphony Orchestra.

— Lynn MillerA Concerto Extravaganza,

Bravura Philharmonic Orchestra,Princeton Alliance Church, 20Schalks Crossing Road, Plains-boro. Sunday, May 22, 7 p.m. $15to $25. 609-790-9559. www.bra-vuraphil.org.



The Winning Sounds of Piano

The Next Generation of Classical Pianists:Kevin Kong and Penny Luan perform May 22.

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Live MusicEdward Boutross Trio, Santino’sRistorante, 1240 Route 130South, Robbinsville, 609-443-5600. www.santinosristorante.-com. Jazz vocal standards. BY-OB. 6:30 to 8 p.m.

Good CausesNational A.I.R. Awareness Day,Attitudes in Reverse, Cheeburg-er Cheeburger, 3349 Route 1South, Mercer Mall, Lawrence-ville, www.attitudesinreverse.org.20 percent of proceeds will be do-nated to A.I.R. to raise awarenessabout mental health issues andsuicide prevention. E-mail [email protected] for in-formation. 11 a.m. to 9 p.m.

Benefit GalasBenefit, Mercer Alliance to EndHomelessness, Ellarslie Man-sion, 299 Parkside Avenue, Tren-ton, 609-844-1006. www.mercer-alliance.org. Honoring MicheleSiekerka for her advocacy on be-half of the homeless. Register.$100. 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.

Greek FestivalSt. George Church, 1200 Klockn-er Road, Hamilton, 609-586-4448.36th annual festival with classicGreek food, flea market, raffle,music, and dancers in native cos-tume. The pastry shop featuresbaklava (layered phyllo with nutsand honey), galatoboureko (phyllodough filled with custard),kourambiedes (butter cookieswith powdered sugar), cookies,and breads. Outdoor grills serveup souvlaki and gyros, and theMezedakia Bar features fetacheese stuffed grapevine leaves.$2 admission. 5 to 10 p.m.

Wine DinnerSalt Creek Grille, One Rocking-ham Row, Forrestal Village,Plainsboro, 609-419-4200. www.-saltcreekgrille.com. Five deca-dent courses paired with rareCatena wines hosted by NicholasCatena, Decanter Magazine’sMan of the Year. Register. $140.6:30 to 9:30 p.m.

Farmers’ MarketPrinceton Farmers Market, HindsPlaza, Witherspoon Street,

Princeton, 609-655-8095. www.-princetonfarmersmarket.com.Produce, cheese, breads, bakedgoods, flowers, chef cookingdemonstrations, books for sale,family activities, and workshops.Music from noon to 2 p.m. withSarah Donner. Rain or shine. 11a.m. to 4 p.m.

WellnessIntro to Reiki, Center for Relax-ation and Healing, 666 Plains-boro Road, Suite 635, Plainsboro,609-750-7432. www.relaxation-andhealing.com. Informationabout the ancient healing art. Reg-ister. Free. 7 to 8:30 p.m.

For FamiliesSupport Group, Moms Club ofWest Windsor, Whole Food,Route 1, West Windsor. For moth-ers of young children in the DutchNeck School district who wouldlike to socialize through play-groups, park play dates, holidayparties, and moms nights out. E-mail [email protected] information. 9:30 a.m.

For ParentsPrinceton Junior School, 90Fackler Road, Lawrenceville, 609-924-8126. www.pjs.org. SusanNewman, social psychologist andauthor, presents an informal talkand discussion about parentingtopics including great expecta-tions, saying no, building familybonds, single-child families, andmore. Register. Free. 7:30 to 9p.m.

LecturesMeeting, 55-Plus, Jewish Centerof Princeton, 435 Nassau Street,609-896-2923. www.princetonol.-com. “The Middle East” presentedby Bernard Haykel, professor ofnear Eastern studies, PrincetonUniversity.. $3 donation. 10 a.m.

Live MusicJoshua Breckstone, Salt CreekGrille, One Rockingham Row,Forrestal Village, Plainsboro, 609-419-4200. www.saltcreekgrille.-com. 7 to 11 p.m.

SchoolsConcert Band and PercussionEnsemble Spring Concert, HighSchool South, 346 ClarksvilleRoad, West Windsor, 609-716-5050. www.ww-p.org. With theNinth Grade Symphonic Band.Free. 7:30 p.m.

Girls Night OutPalmer Square, Nassau Street,Princeton, 609-921-2333. www.-palmersquare.com. Food sam-plings, live music, prizes, andmore. This year’s event has twoways to enjoy the evening. Freegeneral admission to in storesales, discounts, and promotions;one-time access to Taste of theSquare tent, free parking, live mu-sic, and a chance to win prizes.$10 admission benefits Dress forSuccess Mercer County and in-cludes a gift bag, taps fromMediterra, wine from PrincetonCorkscrew, Salon Pure stylingdemonstrations, a DJ, raffles, andmore. Register online. Rain date isFriday, May 20. Register. 4 to 9p.m.

SocialsLuncheon, Women Interested InNetworking, Villa ManninoRestaurant, Route 130, Hamilton,609-890-4054. www.whoscom-ing.com/WIN. Register. $20.Noon to 1:30 p.m.

Dinner and Meeting, Internation-al Association of Administra-tive Professionals, Tessara’sRestaurant, 812 Route 33, Hamil-ton, 609-689-2338. www.iaap-mercer.org. Dinner and program.Register. $35. 5:45 p.m.

SportsMountain University: OutdoorAdventures, Blue Ridge Moun-tain Sports, Princeton ShoppingCenter, 301 North Harrison Street,Princeton, 609-921-6078. www.-brms.com. “Boating 101.” Regis-ter. Free. 7 p.m.

FridayMay 20

School SportsNorth Boys Golf, 609-716-5000,ext. 5134. Notre Dame. 3 p.m.

On StageThe Adventures of SherlockHolmes, Off-Broadstreet The-ater, 5 South Greenwood Avenue,Hopewell, 609-466-2766. www.-off-broadstreet.com. “The GoldenSpy” and “A World at War” writtenby Marvin Harold Cheiten ofPrinceton featuring SherlockHolmes and Dr. Watson. $25 in-cludes dessert. 7 p.m.




FilmPrinceton Public Library, 65Witherspoon Street, 609-924-8822. www.princetonlibrary.org.Screening of “Bride and Preju-dice,” 2004, Bollywood. 10 a.m.

ArtArt Exhibit, Present Day Club, 72Stockton Street, Princeton, 609-924-1014. Opening reception for“Asian Art Palette” featuring worksby Ariana Mangum of Chapel Hill,North Carolina. Although most ofher family was instrumental in thefounding of University of NorthCarolina as well as its rival, DukeUniversity, she was influenced byone family member who was a dig-nitary in China in the 1800s andthe Chinese family treasures thatshe was raised with. “I have incor-porated my love of Asian art with aprimary palette to give the viewera sense of serenity and calm,” shesays. On view to June 30. 5:30 to7 p.m.

Art Exhibit, Gemma Art Founda-tion, Ralston Castle, 10 CastleLane, Hopewell, 609-902-0330.Opening reception for “The Reen-actment of the Battle of Princeton”featuring photographs by AlanPeeler. 6 to 10 p.m.

DancingJersey Jumpers, Central JerseyDance Society, Unitarian Church,50 Cherry Hill Road, Princeton,609-945-1883. www.central-jerseydance.org. Swing, lindyhop, and balboa lesons followedby an open dance. $12. No partnerneeded. Beginners welcome. 7p.m.

Karaoke Dance, American Le-gion Post 401, 148 Major Road,Monmouth Junction, 732-329-9861. Free. 8:30 p.m.

LiteratiMothUp Storytelling, LabyrinthBooks, 122 Nassau Street,Princeton, 609-497-1600. www.-labyrinthbooks.com. “Planes,Trains, and Bicycle Rickshaws” tocelebrate the coming of summerwith stories of travel adventure. 7p.m.

Classical MusicBach’s Flute: Six Sonatas forFlute and Continuo, Westmin-ster Choir College, WilliamsonHall, 609-921-2663. www.rider.-edu. Katherine McClure, flute;Melissa Burton-Anderson, cello;and Esma Pasic-Filipovic, piano.Performance includes commen-tary on origins, inspiration, con-text, and Bach’s unique treatmentof the keyboard part. Free. 7:30p.m.

Theremin Recital, Princeton Uni-versity Concerts, Taplin Auditori-um, 609-258-5000. www.-princeton.edu/utickets. “A Ro-mantic Journey Through theEther.” 8 p.m.

Northern Lights of ScandinaviaConcert, Voices Chorale, Pen-nington Presbyterian Church, 13South Main Street, Pennington,609-637-9383. www.voicescho-rale.org. Music from Norway,Sweden, Finland, and Denmarkfeatures works by Sibelius, Grieg,Hovland, Stenhammar, and Hall-berg. $20. 8 p.m.

Folk MusicHot Soup, Princeton Folk MusicSociety, Christ CongregationChurch, 50 Walnut Lane, Prince-ton, 609-799-0944. www.prince-tonfolk.org. Sue Trainor, ChristinaMuir, and Jennie Avila performthree-part harmony, humor, andmusical diversity. $20. 8:15 p.m.

Live MusicJazz Supper with Doug Millerand Bernhard Geiger, BlueRooster Cafe, 17 North MainStreet, Cranbury, 609-235-7539.www.blueroosterbakery.com. Pi-ano and acoustic bass. 7 to 9:30p.m.

DJ Spoltore, Grover’s Mill CoffeeHouse, 335 Princeton HightstownRoad, West Windsor, 609-716-8771. www.groversmillcoffee.-com. Music through the decades.7:30 p.m.

Gabe Manak Band, It’s a GrindCoffee House, 7 Schalks Cross-ing Road, Plainsboro, 609-275-2919. www.itsagrind.com.Acoustic originals and covers. 8 to10 p.m.

MiscellanyLunch & Learn, Mercer Trans-portation Management Associa-tion, Princeton Public Library, 609-452-1491. gmtma.org. Screeningof “Bicycling and Walking in Hobo-ken.” Free. 12:15 to 2 p.m.

Greek FestivalSt. George Church, 1200 Klockn-er Road, Hamilton, 609-586-4448.36th annual festival with classicGreek food, flea market, raffle,music, and dancers in native cos-tume. The pastry shop featuresbaklava (layered phyllo with nutsand honey), galatoboureko (phyllodough filled with custard),kourambiedes (butter cookieswith powdered sugar), cookies,and breads. Outdoor grills serveup souvlaki and gyros, and theMezedakia Bar features fetacheese stuffed grapevine leaves.$2 admission. 11:30 a.m. to 11:30p.m.

Food & DiningWine Tasting, Rat’s Restaurant,Toad Hall Shop, 126 Sculptor’sWay, Hamilton, 609-584-7800.www.groundsforsculpture.org.Alan Hallmark, Rat’s resident wineexpert and beverage manager,presents a series for wine novicesas well as aficionados. Register.$10 which will be applied to op-tional dinner at Rat’s. 5:30 to 7p.m.

Restaurant Supported Agricul-ture Dinner Series, Tre Piani,120 Rockingham Row, ForrestalVillage, Plainsboro, 609-452-1515. www.trepiani.com. Com-plete dinner based on local ingre-dients may be served as a buffet,plated, or family style. Leftoverfood will be donated to an area



Just for Laughs:Nick Cobb headlinesat Comedy Night atGrover's Mill CoffeeHouse on Friday, May13. Helene Angley ofWest Windsor emceesthe event.

food bank. Register. $35. 6:30 to9:30 p.m.

WellnessTai Chi, West Windsor Recre-ation, Senior Center, ClarksvilleRoad, West Windsor, 609-799-9068. www.wwparks-recreation.-com. Free. 8:15 a.m.

For FamiliesRecruiting Event, Cub ScoutPack 759, Queenship of MaryChurch, 16 Dey Road, Plainsboro,609-799-3971. www.-cubpack759.org. For boys in firstto fourth grades and their parents.E-mail [email protected] for information. 7 p.m.

LecturesWoodrow Wilson School,Princeton University, McCoshHall, Room 50, 609-258-2943.Policy address by New JerseyGovernor Chris Christie, recentlynamed by Time magazine as oneof the 100 most influential peoplein the world for 2011. Tickets forthe event are available on Mon-day, May 16, at Richardson Audi-torium, from 6 to 7 p.m. Govern-ment issued photo ID is required.Ticketholders must be seated by5:30 p.m. No umbrellas, back-packs, or flash photography.Simulcast in McCosh Hall, rooms60, 62, 64, and 66. No tickets re-quired for simulcast. 5:45 p.m.

Live MusicGuy Peterson, Salt Creek Grille,One Rockingham Row, ForrestalVillage, Plainsboro, 609-419-4200. www.saltcreekgrille.com. 7to 11 p.m.

SchoolsConcert Festival for all Choirs,High School North, PrincetonUniversity Chapel, 609-716-5050.www.ww-p.org. Free. 7:30 p.m.

SocialsWomen’s Group, YWCA Prince-ton, 59 Paul Robeson Place,Princeton, 609-497-2100. www.-ywcaprinceton.org. Generalmeeting for social group formerlyknown as the Grads for graduatingnewcomers. Light lunch available.Noon to 2 p.m.

Luncheon, Rotary Club of thePrinceton Corridor, Hyatt Re-gency, Carnegie Center, 609-799-0525. www.princetoncorridor-rotary.org. Register. Guests, $25.12:15 p.m.

For SeniorsFabulous Fridays, PlainsboroTownship, Municipal Building,609-799-0909. www.plains-boronj.com. Celebrate May birth-days for Plainsboro residents age60 and older, free. Spring Flingdinner dance includes dinner anda swing band. Register. $15.12:30 to 2:30 p.m.

Arthritis Talk, Princeton SeniorResource Center, Suzanne Pat-terson Building, 609-924-7108.www.princetonsenior.org. “JointEffort” presented by Dr. Aly Cohenincludes a discussion of the diag-nosis and management of os-teoarthritis and rheumatoid arthri-tis along with treatment options,diet and exercise information, andprevention techniques. Lightlunch will be served. Register.Free. 1 p.m.

Plainsboro Seniors, PlainsboroTownship, Plainsboro MunicipalBuilding, 609-799-0909. www.-plainsboronj.com. Dinner andswing music by Frank AlbertDance Band. Register. $5 to $15.5:30 p.m.

Mercer County Widows and Wid-owers, Knights of Columbus,1451 Klockner Road, Hamilton,609-585-3453. Dance social $8.7:30 p.m.

SportsTrenton Steel vs. HarrisburgStampede, Sun National BankCenter, Hamilton Avenue atRoute 129, Trenton, 800-298-4200. www.comcasttix.com. In-door football. $15 to $30. 7 p.m.

Trenton Thunder Baseball, Wa-terfront Park, Route 29, 609-394-8326. www.trentonthunder.com.Portland. $10 to $13. 7:05 p.m.

Sports for CausesRelay for Life, American CancerSociety, Lawrence High School,2525 Princeton Pike, Lawrence-ville, 800-227-2345. Communitycelebration to honor cancer sur-vivors and caregivers, and paytribute to those who have lost theirbattle with cancer. Register. 4:30to 9 p.m.

SaturdayMay 21

School SportsNorth vs. South Baseball, 609-716-5000, ext. 5134. At South. 7p.m.

On StageThe Adventures of SherlockHolmes, Off-Broadstreet The-ater, 5 South Greenwood Avenue,Hopewell, 609-466-2766. “TheGolden Spy” and “A World at War”written by Marvin Harold Cheitenof Princeton featuring SherlockHolmes and Dr. Watson. $25 in-cludes dessert. 7 p.m.


State Fair, Washington CrossingOpen Air Theater, 355 Washing-ton Crossing-Pennington Road,Titusville, 267-885-9857. Familymusical. $15. Blankets, seat cush-ions, and insect repellent are rec-ommended. Picnics welcome be-fore show. 7:30 p.m.

Sleeping Beauty Wakes, BerlindTheater at the McCarter, 91 Uni-

versity Place, Princeton, 609-258-2787. www.mccarter.org. Musicalby Rachel Sheinkin, music byBrendan Milburn, and lyrics by Va-lerie Vigoda. 8 p.m.

Family TheaterJack & the Beanstalk, KelseyTheater, Mercer County Com-munity College, 1200 Old Tren-ton Road, West Windsor, 609-570-3333. www.kelseytheatre.-net. New musical by KaleidoscopyTheater. $10. 2 and 4 p.m.

ArtArt Making Day, Artworks, 19Everett Alley, Trenton, 609-516-9306. www.artworkstrenton.org.Participants of all ages and skilllevels are invited to try out variousart mediums and improve on cre-ative skills in 15 art making sta-tions featuring color pencils, fabricart, and blowing paint with straws.Creations may be showcased atArt All Night. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Open House, That Pottery Place,217 Clarksville Road, West Wind-sor, 609-716-6200. www.that-potteryplace.net. Grand opening.Visit website for special offers. 10a.m. to 6 p.m. See story page 23.

Public Art Tour, Trenton ArtistsWorkshop Association, NewJersey State Museum auditorium,West State Street, Trenton, 609-392-0766. www.tawa-nj.org.Highlights include art works byAlexander Calder, George Segal,Toshiko Takaezu, and ThomasEakins; architecture by John Not-man and Cass Gilbert; and a visitto the river view plaza that fea-tures a foundation designed byClyde Lynds. Pay what you will do-nation. Rain or shine. 10 a.m.

Tots on Tour, Grounds ForSculpture, 18 Fairgrounds Road,Hamilton, 609-586-0616. www.-groundsforsculpture.org. Forages 3 to 5. Listen to a story, be-come park explorers, make origi-nal works of art. One adult mustaccompany each child. Register.

Free with park admission. Rain orshine. 11 a.m. and 1 p.m.

Curator’s Walk, Grounds ForSculpture, 18 Fairgrounds Road,Hamilton, 609-586-0616. www.-groundsforsculpture.org. Regis-ter. $20. 11 a.m. and 2 p.m.

DancingArgentine Tango, Central JerseyDance Society, Suzanne Patter-son Center, 45 Stockton Street,Princeton, 609-945-1883. www.-centraljerseydance.org. Lessonfollowed by social dance. No part-ner needed. Refreshments. $12. 8p.m.

LiteratiAuthor Event, Labyrinth Books,122 Nassau Street, Princeton,609-497-1600. www.labyrinth-books.com. Richard Crossley, au-thor of “Crossley Field Guide toEastern Birds.” 3 p.m.

Classical MusicOpera Gala, Westminster Con-servatory, Richardson Auditori-um, Princeton, 609-921-2663.www.rider.edu/arts. WestminsterCommunity Chorus, Orchestra,and members of the voice faculty.$15. 8 p.m.

Henry Henkel’s desire towrite a book created somefirsts for several West

Windsor residents. Not only didHenkel have his first book pub-lished but in the process a dormantbook publishing company cameto life for a West Windsor couple,and together they will inauguratea new booksigning venue.

“Bald Spots & Blue Suits:Modern Fables” is a collection of10 short stories about the humanstruggle with alienation and lone-liness. All set in ordinary placessuch as a church, a bus stop, a din-er, or a bar, they detour into un-known territory. Henkel, who isalready working on two morebooks in the series, will appear ata booksigning Sunday, May 15.

“I am one of the class clowns,and when people pick up the bookthey expect comedy,” says Hen-kel. “They are surprised and saythat’s not the guy who I hang outwith at parties.” Some of his sto-ries come from news items, butloneliness and despair are high-lighted. “The book is not filledwith happy endings,” he says.

Born in 1955 in Seaford, NewYork, a small town on the Southshore of Long Island, Henkel be-gan writing during his collegedays at the State University ofNew York at Buffalo, where hegraduated with a degree in Eng-lish and education.

After receiving his master’s de-gree in literature from New YorkUniversity, he was the chairmanof the English department at a pri-vate school in New York. He hasworked in the financial servicesindustry for many years and has

been a sales manager at Met Lifefor more than 16 years.

His wife, Kathryn, does volun-teer work with the Girl Scouts,Boy Scouts, and at St. David theKing Church. They have fourchildren. Kate is a sophomore atHigh School North. Danielle is afreshman at North. Anna is a sev-enth grade student at CommunityMiddle School. Joe (Danielle’stwin) is a student at Rock BrookSchool and will be entering Northin the fall.

The family moved to WestWindsor from northern Virginia14 years ago when Met Life trans-ferred him to the New York office.When Henkel spoke with a friendwho lived in West Windsor, hewas told “You’ve got to look atPrinceton Junction. It’s not farfrom Manhattan and the schoolsare good.” At the time Henkel hadyoung children with one on theway. It was a good move for themand the family was happy.

“I travel a lot and love writingin an airplane,” says Henkel, whowrites in pen in longhand usuallyon a yellow pad of paper.

Although Henkel thoughtabout self-publishing his workshe was afraid of quality control.“It’s an old view of self-publish-ing but it did not feel right.”

Enter his West Windsor friendsJoe Gonnella and AllegraD’Adamo of South Mill Road.

Their publishing company,Other Islands Press, began withtwo issues of a literary magazinein 1980. Dormant for years theyhave recently started to look atmanuscripts of short stories andpoetry. Founder Gonnella is abookseller, poet, and lifelong bib-

liophile. Co-founder D’Adamohas more than 20 years’ experi-ence in the publishing industry,including director of marketingand subsidiary rights for EccoPress and the New Press, and as-sociate publisher for Aperture andpublicity director for WarnerBooks.

They moved to West Windsorin 1985 when he worked at Barnes& Noble distribution center, for-merly near Exit 8A. Their sonsJoseph, 13, and Christopher, 11,attend West Windsor-Plainsboroschools.

The turning point came at aNew Year’s Day party when theyoffered to read Henkel’s storiesand Joe told him “we’re thinkingof buying a publishing house andwould like to work with you.”

“I trusted them,” Henkel says.“They are both very creative peo-ple and took the book to levels Idid not anticipate.” The book isnow available in several formats

including Kindle and Nook. Thereis a collector’s edition, a highquality signed volume for $60; apatron’s editor in Chinese silk andsigned for $120; and a trade edi-tion for $24.95. Henkel is ready tosign books with his special bluepen to match the book cover.

The May 15 booksigning willinaugurate a new space at Cran-bury Bookworm. “Recent renova-tions include a brand new, beauti-ful space for signings, readings,and other community events,”says Allegra. “We are thrilled tobe part of this new initiative.”

— Lynn MillerAuthor Event, Cranbury

Bookworm, 54 North MainStreet, Cranbury. Sunday, May15, 3 p.m. E-mail [email protected] for informa-tion. 609-655-1063.



Examining Life’s Darker Moments

Debut Stories: HenryHenkel has a book-signing on May 15at the CranburyBookworm.

SCA, Markland, and Kingdom of Lucerne

Reenactors ◆ Musicians ◆ Crafters ◆ Archery

Thrown Weapons ◆ Steel Fighting ◆ Fencing

Demonstrations ◆ Musketeers ◆ Horsemanship

Roundtable Jousters ◆ Children’s Games

Food Court ◆ Vendors and More!

Folk MusicBlondes on Blonde on Blonde,Concerts at the Crossing, Uni-tarian Church at WashingtonCrossing, Titusville, 609-510-6278. www.concertsatthecross-ing.com. A 45th anniversary cele-bration of Bob Dylan’s “Blonde onBlonde” and his 69th birthday fea-

turing four blonde women singer-songwriters. $20. 7:30 p.m.

Jenny Avila, Princeton Folk Mu-sic Society, Christ CongregationChurch, 50 Walnut Lane, Prince-ton, 609-799-0944. www.-princetonfolk.org. $20. 8:15 p.m.

Live MusicWine and Music, Hopewell ValleyVineyards, 46 Yard Road, Pen-nington, 609-737-4465. www.-hopewellvalleyvineyards.com.Nate Starkweather plays jazz.

Wine by the glass or bottle avail-able. 6 to 9 p.m.

CJ Barna, Grover’s Mill CoffeeHouse, 335 Princeton HightstownRoad, West Windsor, 609-716-8771. www.groversmillcoffee.-com. 7:30 p.m.

Music and Dessert Night, King-ston Volunteer Fire House, 6Heather Lane, Kingston, 609-924-1181. Performers are Nick Robin-son on the marimba and HeatherDiaforli-Day singing show tunes.$15; $25 for two. 7:30 p.m.

Karl Dentino and Dennis Nobile,It’s a Grind Coffee House, 7Schalks Crossing Road, Plains-boro, 609-275-2919. www.its-agrind.com. Ragtime blues, min-strel style guitar blues from the1920s with John Sudia on bass. 8to 10 p.m.

Pop MusicDebbie Reynolds, Berlind The-ater at the McCarter, 91 Universi-ty Place, Princeton, 609-258-2787. www.mccarter.org. “AnEvening with Debbie Reynolds.”7:30 p.m.

World MusicRajeswari Satish, Radhika Mani,and Suresh Ramachandran,Arts Council of Princeton, 102Witherspoon Street, 609-924-8777. www.artscouncilof-princeton.org. Carnatic music, anancient art form of South Indianclassical music. Satish presents avariety of repertoire with sensitiverendering of kritis and ragas. $15.7 p.m.

Good CausesRummage Sale, CommunityConnection of PrincetonHealthCare, 905 HerrontownRoad, Princeton, 609-497-4192.www.princetonhcs.org. Furniture,lamps, art, holiday items, toys,

electronics, kitchen items, books,and more. Proceeds benefit Uni-versity Medical Center at Prince-ton 9 a.m. to noon.

Comedy Night, Knights ofColumbus, St. Gregory the Great,4620 Nottingham Way, HamiltonSquare, 609-584-1024. Comedi-ans Mark Riccadonna, Rachel Fe-instein, and Vic Henley; buffet din-ner; wine and beer. Also BYOB.Benefit for charitable works in thechurch community. Must be 21plus. $35. 6:30 p.m.

Benefit GalasSpring Gala, St. Francis MedicalCenter, Hyatt, Carnegie Center,West Windsor, 609-599-5201.www.stfrancismedical.com. 6p.m.

ComedyGreg Wilson and Dustin Kaug-man, Catch a Rising Star, HyattRegency, 102 Carnegie Center,West Windsor, 609-987-8018.www.catcharisingstar.com. Reg-ister. $22. 7:30 and 9:30 p.m.

ElectronicsDisposal DayMercer County Improvement Au-thority, Sun National Bank Cen-ter, 80 Hamilton Avenue, Trenton,609-278-8100. www.mcia-nj.com.Copiers, fax machines, key-boards, microwave ovens, com-puters, telephones, scanners,stereo equipment, televisions,VCRs, and circuit boards. ForMercer County residents only.Rain or shine. 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Fairs & FestivalsCommunity Health Day, LibertyLake Day Camp, 1195 Florence-Columbus Road, Bordentown,888-864-8222. www.libertylake-daycamp.com. Family-friendly

event with boating, rock climbing,mini-golf, yoga, laser tag, vendors,and a softball tournament. Raindate is Sunday, May 22. Free. 11a.m. to 4 p.m.

Greek Festival, St. GeorgeChurch, 1200 Klockner Road,Hamilton, 609-586-4448. 36th an-nual festival with classic Greekfood, flea market, raffle, music,and dancers in native costume.The pastry shop features baklava(layered phyllo with nuts and hon-ey), galatoboureko (phyllo doughfilled with custard), kourambiedes(butter cookies with powderedsugar), cookies, and breads. Out-door grills serve up souvlaki andgyros, and the Mezedakia Bar fea-tures feta cheese stuffedgrapevine leaves. $2 admission.11:30 a.m. to 11:30 p.m.

Food & DiningTaste of Hightstown, DowntownHightstown, Memorial Park,Hightstown, 609-490-5100. www.-d o w n t o w n h i g h t s t o w n . o r g .Restaurant competition and silentauction to raise money to replacethe walking bridge across PeddieLake dam. Restaurants includeDa’s Slowdown Cafe, FamigliaPizzeria, Hightstown Diner, Man-nino’s 4 Trattoria, Molto BenCaffe, and Tavern on the Lake.Music by the Hayseed Anarchistsand A Few Bricks Short. $10 to$15. 3 to 7 p.m.

Farmers’ MarketWest Windsor Community Farm-ers’ Market, Vaughn Drive Park-ing Lot, Princeton Junction TrainStation, 609-933-4452. www.-westwindsorfarmersmarket.org.Produce, bakery items, pizza, cof-fee, and other foods and flowers.West Windsor Arts Council, WestWindsor Bike and Pedestrian Al-liance, and Yes, We Can, a volun-teer group that collects food for the



In TownWW-P High School South in-

vites cancer survivors or peopleundergoing treatment to a free din-ner at its Relay for Life celebrationat the school on Saturday, June 4,on Clarksville Road, West Wind-sor. E-mail [email protected] for information.

PinnWorth Productions hasopen auditions for “Pirates of Pen-zance” on Saturday to Monday,June 25 to 27. Mercer College,West Windsor. Prepare an art song,operetta, or classical musical num-ber. Dress for movement. Produc-tion is in January at Kelsey The-ater. Call Melissa Leshchanka at732-322-1376 or visit PinnworthProductions on Facebook to sched-ule an appointment.

Maurer Productions OnStagehas auditions for “Aida,” the EltonJohn rock musical, on Saturday,July 16, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.; and Sun-day, July 17, noon to 5 p.m. KelseyTheater, West Windsor. Register atwww.mponstage.com or call 609-882-2292.

Seeking MusiciansHall of Mirrors, an ASCAP-af-

filiated, original band with pro-gressive rock influences based inRobbinsville, seeks a keyboardistover 21. Rehearsals are every Sun-day, 3 to 6 p.m. Call Vaughan at609-259-5768 for information.

Hightstown Farmer’s Marketseeks musicians for Fridayevenings in June, July, August, andSeptember, from 4 to 7 p.m. Con-tact Tom Muza at [email protected].

AuditionsSomerset Valley Players has

auditions for “Tom Sawyer,” a mu-sical adaptation of the Mark Twainclassic, on Saturday, May 14, 2 to 5

p.m.; and Sunday, May 15, 6 to 8p.m. 689 Amwell Road, Hillsbor-ough. Needed are seven males, 18plus; nine females, 18 plus; sevento 10 boys, and three to 10 girls.Bring 16 bars of music that showsoff your vocal range. Readings willbe from the scripts. Visit www.-svptheatre.org or call 908-369-7469.

Actors Dance Studio has audi-tions for professional-caliber ac-tresses who can play roles ages 19to 30s for Lee Blessing’s work-shops in “Independence.” (Equityshowcase production 2012). Alsoneed actors and actresses who canplay roles ages 50 to 55 for a newplay to be produced in New YorkCity. Auditions on Saturday, May14, 1 to 3 p.m. Call 609-631-0707or 609-213-4578 for appointment.www.actorsdancestudio.isgreat.-org

Good CausesGreat Looks 4 Less Hair Salon

in Mercer Mall, Lawrenceville,will donate to Arthritis NationalResearch Foundation’s KellyAward with a percentage of pro-ceeds from each blue hair or feath-er extension purchased. Call 609-378-5360 for information. www.-curearthritis.org.

Bike MS Coast to Coast seeksparticipants to pedal throughcoastal towns to benefit the Nation-al Multiple Sclerosis Society, Sat-urday and Sunday, May 21 and 22.Register online at www.bikenjm.-nationalmssociety.org or callMarybeth Maclearie at 732-660-1005.

Eden Services benefits from thesale of Sportguard’s HeadGuard, a

practical head protection productcreated for baseball pitchers andfielders designed to fit inside abaseball cap. StealGuard, a heartshield that attaches with velcro;and XGrip, a cushioned grip forbatters, are also available. Visitwww.sportsguardinc.com

For Children/TeensTrenton Children’s Chorus

has auditions for children enteringgrades 5 to 12 on Thursday, May19, at Covenant PresbyterianChurch, 471 Parkway Avenue,Trenton. Call 609-466-7997 forappointment.

Princeton Public Library isaccepting submissions for its annu-al student film and video festival inJuly. Submit original films withrunning times of 20 minutes or lessin a wide range of genres andstyles. The films must be on aclearly labeled DVD accompaniedby a completed entry form. Visitwww.princetonlibrary.org or call609-924-9529, ext. 247. Deadlineis Tuesday, June 21.

Needed: A FewGood Men

UIH Family Partners, Tren-ton Housing Authority, andHorizon NJ Health are acceptingnominations for the annual plat-inum dads awards. The event onSaturday, June 18, honors MercerCounty men who demonstrate thequalities of exemplary fatherhoodand recognizes the contributionsthey make to both their family andthe community. Criteria includeMercer County residency, a posi-tive role model, and exhibiting

qualities of responsible father-hood. He may or may not be resid-ing with his children, he may ormay not be the biological father,and he may or may not be married.There is no age limit. Candidatesmay not be incarcerated or haveany outstanding criminal warrants.Deadline is Friday, May 13, at 4p.m. Applications are available atwww.uihfamilyoartners.org or call609-695-3663.

Trips55-Plus offers a trip to the

Poconos on Thursday, May 26.The bus will leave Princeton Jew-ish Center at 9 a.m. with time toview the Delaware Water Gap be-fore a buffet lunch. A naturalistpresents a talk about the historyand features of the mountain retreatfollowed by a guided tours of thegardens. Return to Princeton at6:30 p.m. $50 to $55 includes all.Call 609-924-2008 for informa-tion.

Van Harlingen Historical So-ciety of Montgomery visits At-lock Farm Nursery on Thursday,May 19. Meet at the nursery at 1p.m. for a private tour of the gar-dens. Atlock is located at 545 We-ston Canal Road, Somerset. Freeadmission. E-mail [email protected] or call 908-874-4820for information.

PEAC Health & Fitness offersa trip to the U.S. Open in Flushing,New York, on Wednesday, August31. A motor coach will depart at 8a.m. $119. Call 609-883-2000 orvisit www.peachealthfitness.comto register.

On the WaterfrontMercer County Park Com-

mission opened the docks on theDelaware River for boating, fish-ing, or enjoying a day by the rivers.Free parking is available outsideWaterfront Park. The docks are notstaffed and patrons are urged topractice water safety precautions.Call 609-989-4947 for informa-tion.

Donate PleaseVerizon Wireless recognizes

Sexual Assault Awareness monthwith HopeLine, a program to pro-vide wireless phones and airtime tovictims of domestic violence. It al-so provides cash grants to sheltersand non-profit organizations thatfocus on domestic violence pre-vention, awareness, and advocacy,such as WomanSpace in MercerCounty. All makes and models ofwireless devices and accessorieswill be accepted regardless of car-rier or the age of the phone. Bringto 7 Centre Drive, Suite 2, Monroe;2239 Whitehorse Mercerville Av-enue, Suite E, Hamilton Township;or 3691 A Nottingham Way,Hamilton Square. Visit www.-verizonwireless.com/hopeline orcall Womanspace at 609-394-9000for information.

Princeton First Aid and Res-cue Squad is accepting donationsof clothing at 237 North HarrisonStreet, Princeton, from Friday toSunday, May 20 to 22.

NationalBike Month

Mercer Transportation Man-agement Association has openedregistration for Bike to Work Weekstarting Monday, May 16. Registerat www.gmtma.org. Log yourmiles at the end of the week forprizes. Free.

Opportunities

Crisis Ministry of Princeton andTrenton. Learn to bike with WWB-PA. Music by Mid Life Crisis. Bloodpressure screenings. 9 a.m. to 1p.m.

GardensFamily Fun Day, Healthy Chil-dren, Healthy Planet, RiversideSchool, 58 Riverside Drive,Princeton. Garden tours, veg-etable seedling sale, speakers onhealthy living and gardening, food,fitness demos, silent auction,games, face painting, rescue vehi-cles, car seat checks, and more.Rain or shine. Free. 10 a.m. to 2p.m.

HealthWorkshop, Ariel Center for Well-Being, 147 Griggs Drive, Prince-ton, 609-454-0102. www.ariel-centerforwellbeing.org. ArchangelMichael’s manifestation accelera-tion technique presented by MerylJames. Register. $150. 10 a.m. to5 p.m.

Tinnitus Self-Help Group, FirstPresbyterian Church, 100 ScotchRoad, Ewing, 609-426-6079. “Tin-nitus: Radiators, Dogs, and Chick-enpox” presented by Dr. StephenNagler, former chairman of theboard of American Tinnitus Asso-ciation. Facilitated by DhyanCassie. 10 to 11:30 a.m.

Caregiver Support Group,Alzheimer’s Association, Wood-lands, 256 Bunn Drive, Suite 6,Princeton, 800-883-1180. www.-alz.org. 2 p.m.

WellnessJourney Dance, Center for Re-laxation and Healing, 666 Plains-boro Road, Suite 635, Plainsboro,609-750-7432. www.relaxation-andhealing.com. Move your bodyto music. Register. $22. 11 a.m. to1 p.m.

Healthy Eating the Mediter-ranean Way, Merwick Care andRehabilitation Center, 100Plainsboro Road, Plainsboro,609-759-6000. www.merwickcc.-com. Fresh fruits and vegetables,honey, massage therapy, music,yoga advisors, and more. 11 a.m.to 4 p.m.

Intro to Shiatsu, Center for Re-laxation and Healing, 666 Plains-boro Road, Suite 635, Plainsboro,609-750-7432. www.relaxation-andhealing.com. Experience theEastern healing art. Register. $45.2 to 5 p.m.

Meditation Workshop, WestWindsor Library, 333 North PostRoad, 609-799-0462. www.mcl.-org. Eswar Buddharaju presentsSahaj Marg, a system of practicaltraining in spirituality without reli-gious or cultural bias. 3 to 4 p.m.

T’ai Chi Ch’uan, Plainsboro Pub-lic Library, 9 Van Doren Street,609-275-2897. www.lmxac.org/-plainsboro. Meditation in motionpresented by Todd Tieger for alllevels. Free. 10 a.m.

HistoryWalk the D&R Canal Path, Mor-ven Museum, Kingston CanalHouse, Route 27, Kingston, 609-924-8144. www.morven.org. Walkled by Vicky Chirco, resource in-terpretive specialist and officialhistorian for the Delaware & Rari-tan State Park. In conjunction with“Ribbon of Life: The Delaware andRaritan Canal,” an exhibit thatcompiles a collection of 19th and20th century postcard views of thecanal. More than 50 images ex-plore the canal as a vibrant site ofleisure and industry and featureviews of cities, towns, factories,and countryside along the canal.On view to June 19. Refreshmentsand a chance to see the exhibit atMorven follows the walk. Register.$12. 10 a.m.

Kids StuffFarm Camp, Stonybrook Mead-ows Farm, 82 Stonybrook Road,Hopewell, 609-577-8344. Workwith horses, plants, chickens, andlambs. For ages 7 to 12. Register.10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

For FamiliesCorn Planting, Howell Living His-tory Farm, 70 Wooden’s Lane,Lambertville, 609-737-3299.howellfarm.org. Introduction tofarmlife with corn seed selection,fertilizing, and planting. Grind andsift cornmeal for baking, and sam-ple freshly-made cornbread. Farm-ers use work horses and circa 1900equipment to prepare and plantcornfields. Free. 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Open House, South BrunswickYMCA, 329 Culver Road, Mon-mouth Junction, 732-329-1150.www.campmason.org. Summerprograms for children and teens.11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Camp Open House, StonyBrook-Millstone Watershed, 31Titus Mill Road, Pennington, 609-737-7592. www.thewatershed.-org. Nature and environmentalsummer day camp for boys andgirls entering grades one to nine. 1to 4 p.m.

LecturesGenealogy Workshop, HickoryCorner Library, 138 Hickory Cor-ner Road, East Windsor, 609-448-1330. “Googling Granny” present-ed by Cathy Zahn, Central JerseyGenealogical Society. Register.Free. 2 to 4 p.m.

Live MusicDarla Rich Quintet, HopewellBistro, 15 East Broad Street,Hopewell, 609-466-9889. www.-hopewellvalleybistro.com. Dinner

and dancing. $15 minimum. 7 to9:30 p.m.

The Meg Hanson Group, SaltCreek Grille, One RockinghamRow, Forrestal Village, Plains-boro, 609-419-4200. www.salt-creekgrille.com. 7 to 11 p.m.

Outdoor ActionQuintessential Princeton BikingTour, Princeton Tour Company,Witherspoon and Nassau streets,609-902-3637. www.princeton-tourcompany.com. $35. 1 p.m.

Native Americans of the Area ofthe Park, Washington CrossingState Park, Visitor Center, Ti-tusville, 609-737-0609. Jim Wade,former archivist and researcherwith the N.J. State Museum, dis-cuss primitive stone tools used bynative Americans in central NewJersey. Register. Free. 1 p.m.

Family Nature Programs, Plains-boro Preserve, 80 Scotts CornerRoad, Plainsboro, 609-897-9400.www.njaudubon.org. “AwesomeInsects.” $5. 3:30 to 5 p.m.

Shopping NewsFlea Market, Princeton UnitedMethodist Church, Nassau &Vandeventer Streets, 609-924-2613. Plant and bake sale. Vendorspace available, $25. Rain orshine. 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

SportsTrenton Thunder Baseball, Wa-terfront Park, Route 29, 609-394-8326. www.trentonthunder.com.Portland. $10 to $13. 7:05 p.m.

Sports for CausesAnnual Walk, NAMI Mercer (Na-tional Alliance on Mental Ill-ness), Rider University, 2083Lawrenceville Road, Lawrence-ville, 609-799-8994. www.nami-mercer.org. “Changing Minds . . .one step at a time,” a walk to com-bat stigma and raise money tobenefit education and support pro-grams for families affected bymental illness. Warm up with JoanBrame and her Empower FitnessTeam. The 5K walk is through anatural, wooded setting. Picniclunch, games, and musical enter-tainment. Register. 8:30 a.m.

Trenton Bike Tour, Trenton Cy-cling Revolution, CadwaladerPark, Trenton. www.trenton-cycling.org. 15-mile police-escort-ed ride through Trenton’s historicstreets, neighborhoods, and gar-dens. The tour is to highlight the

tourist attractions of the city andraise awareness of bicycle safety.Register. $10. 8:30 a.m.

Diaper Dash, Capital HealthFoundation, 408 Scotch Road,Pennington, 609-394-4121. 5Krun and two-mile walk benefit pro-grams in the maternity and pedi-atric units. 9 a.m.

A.I.R. Community AwarenessEvent, Attitudes in Reverse,Rider University, Lawrenceville.www.attitudesinreverse.org. Inconjunction with NAMI walk. Con-cert features Marshall Crenshaw,Amy Kuney, Michael Glazier,Rhymes with Orange, and XeniaSky. Barbecue. E-mail [email protected] for informa-tion. 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.



Kids-for-Kids’ 16th annualWalk-for-Chalk is sched-uled for Sunday, May 22,

from noon to 4 p.m. at WestWindsor Community Park. Thewalk will raise funds to supportcommunity service projects bene-fiting needy children in New Jer-sey, the largest project being thepurchase of new backpacks andschool supplies to be delivered toneedy children. In the past 15years, Kids-for-Kids has raisedapproximately $160,000 primari-ly through the walks.

Kids-for-Kids is also holding acar wash to raise money for themain event on Sunday, May 15,from noon to 4 p.m. at the Valerogas station on Southfield andPrinceton-Hightstown roads.

The High School North chapteris led by Sarah Shapiro and BryanBerger with officers Erin Bona-fede and Chloe Spetalnick. TheHigh School South chapter is ledby Danielle Olgin.

Members include Taylor Birn-baum, Megan Spencer; Sergio In-gato, Sarah Peck, Danielle John-son, Colleen Farrell, Ben Pincus,Harshita Nedhuri, Ashley Burch,Larry Goun, Rose Soskind, AnnieBonazzi, Amanda Grant, AmyGreenberger, Mayunk Chowla,Michael Casarona, Emma Siver-sten, Stephanie Krakower, BiancaIngato, Becky Torres, LindseyFecko, Mariel Sullivan, and Sab-rina Olgin.

Community service projectsinclude hosting holiday parties for

children at Homefront and theLaurie Haven House in Edisonand conducting food and goodsdrives, including hygiene prod-ucts for families at Homefront.Kids-for-Kids also held a Thanks-giving luncheon for children atthe Children’s Day School in Ew-ing and took children from theLaurie Haven House to a perfor-mance of “A Christmas Carol” atMcCarter Theater, and hosted aSt. Patrick’s Day party for thesechildren as well.

High School South and Northmembers also volunteered at theCrisis Ministry Food Pantry inTrenton, and tutor children at theWestminster Presbyterian Churchin Trenton on a weekly basis.“One of my favorite thing aboutKids-for-Kids is tutoring students— it’s more than just tutoring,”says Ashley Burch, a senior atSouth. “You develop a friendshipwith the kids. It is so nice whenyou walk in and they call out yourname and run up to you all excit-ed.”

In addition to the walk, therewill be other activities, includinga moonwalk, games, arts andcrafts, refreshments, and prizesdonated from area businesses.Music during the walk will also beprovided by DJ Tony Dimaygua.

Walkers solicit sponsors priorto the walk. The suggested walk isfive laps around the track (about 1mile). Walkers may walk as manylaps as they are comfortable walk-ing. Cash or check donations are

accepted, although checks arepreferred and should be madepayable to Kids-for-Kids of NewJersey Inc. Donations are accept-ed at the walk or may be mailedprior to the walk to Kids-for-Kidsof New Jersey, Box 0163, Prince-ton Junction 08550-0163.

There is no rain date. Walkersshould check the Kids-for-Kidswebsite, www.kidsnj.moonfruit.-com or call 609-897-0564 to see ifthe walk is cancelled due to in-clement weather.

“The Walk-for-Chalk is a funday, not only for the kids, but alsofor the parents,” says Lawrence

Goun, a senior at South. “Also, weteens love working with the kidsat the walk on arts and crafts.”

— Lynn MillerCar Wash, Kids-for-Kids,

Valero Gas Station, Southfieldand Princeton-Hightstown roads,West Windsor. Sunday, May 15,Noon to 4 p.m. 609-897-0564www.kidsnj.moonfruit.com.

Walk for Chalk, Kids-for-Kids, West Windsor CommunityPark, Princeton-Hightstown Road,West Windsor. Sunday, May 22,Noon to 4 p.m. 609-897-0564.www.kidsnj.moonfruit.com.

Walk or Drive — for a Cause

Reaching Out to the Community: Ayo Johnson,GET SET director and executive director ofWestminster Community Life Center; left, HarshitaNedhuri (senior), Danielle Olgin (senior), SarahPeck (senior); Colleen Farrell (sophomore);Danielle Johnson (sophomore); and PastorKaren Hernandez-Granzen.

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SundayMay 22

On StageThe Adventures of SherlockHolmes, Off-Broadstreet The-ater, 5 South Greenwood Avenue,Hopewell, 609-466-2766. www.-off-broadstreet.com. “The GoldenSpy” and “A World at War” writtenby Marvin Harold Cheiten ofPrinceton featuring SherlockHolmes and Dr. Watson. $25 in-cludes dessert. 1:30 p.m.

Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, KelseyTheater, Mercer County Com-munity College, 1200 Old Tren-ton Road, West Windsor, 609-570-3333. www.kelseytheatre.-net. Musical. $16. 2 p.m.



Classical MusicCarillon Concert, Princeton Uni-versity, 88 College Road West,Princeton, 609-258-3654. www.-princeton.edu. Concert on the fifthlargest carillon in the country.Free. 1 p.m.

Young Artists’ Recital, NassauPresbyterian Church, 61 NassauStreet, Princeton, 609-924-0103.2 p.m.

Spring Concert, West WindsorArts Council, 952 AlexanderRoad, West Windsor, 609-716-1931. www.westwindsorarts.org.Michael P. Bandimere Studio pre-sents a program including a per-formance of Bach’s A Minor ViolinConcerto. Free. 2 p.m.

A Sea Symphony, Princeton ProMusica, Richardson Auditorium,Princeton University, 609-683-5122. www.princetonpromusica.-

org. Ralph Vaughan Williamssymphony with text by Walt Whit-man. Frances Fowler Slade con-ducts. Soprano Rochelle Ellis andbaritone Christopher Burchett jointhe 95-voice chorus and full or-chestra. $25 to $55. 3 p.m.

Sunday Musicale Series, Stein-way Musical Society, JacobsMusic, 2540 Brunswick Pike, Law-renceville, 609-434-0222. www.-princetonol.com/groups/steinway.Tara Buzash, a jazz pianist, com-poser, and instructor, presents aprogram of jazz standards, origi-nal composition, and spontaneousimprovisation. $18. 3 p.m.

Two Concerts, Youth Orchestraof Central Jersey, Nicholas Mu-sic Center, 85 George Street, NewBrunswick. www.yocj.org. The 3p.m. concert features StringPreparatory Orchestra, Pro ArteOrchestra, Saxophone Ensemble,and Wind Symphony. The 7 p.m.concert features Symphonic Or-chestra, Saxophone Choir, Wood-wind Choir, Percussion Ensem-ble, and Brass Choir. $10 ticket in-cludes both concerts. ($5 for chil-dren and seniors) 3 and 7 p.m.

Concert, Princeton Girlchoir,Princeton Presbyterian Church,545 Meadow Road, West Wind-sor, 609-258-5343. www.prince-tongirlchoir.org. Annual springconcert featuring the Cantores,Concert Choir, and Ensemble.4:30 p.m.

A Concerto Extravaganza, Bra-vura Philharmonic Orchestra,Princeton Alliance Church, 20Schalks Crossing Road, Plains-boro, 609-790-9559. www.-bravuraphil.org. Spring concertfeaturing Young Artists Competi-tion winners including Kevin Kong,an eighth grade student at Com-munity Middle School; and PennyLuan, a frshman at High SchoolSouth. Both study with Chiu-LingLin of West Windsor. $15 to $25. 7p.m. See story page 27.

20th Century French ChamberMusic, Westminster Choir Col-lege, Bristol Chapel, 609-921-2663. www.rider.edu. Jill Craw-ford and Sandra Olson on flute,Kenneth Ellison on clarinet, Mar-jorie Selden on viola, and Ena Bar-ton on piano. Free. 7:30 p.m.

Pop MusicBlawenburg Band, Hopewell Val-ley High School, 259 Penning-ton-Titusville Road, 609-924-2790. www.blawenburg.band.org.Concert includes works by Sousa,

Gershwin, Fillmore, and Legrand.Reception and refreshments fol-low the concert. Free. 3 p.m.

Fairs & FestivalsGreek Festival, St. GeorgeChurch, 1200 Klockner Road,Hamilton, 609-586-4448. 36th an-nual festival with classic Greekfood, flea market, raffle, music,and dancers in native costume.The pastry shop features baklava(layered phyllo with nuts and hon-ey), galatoboureko (phyllo doughfilled with custard), kourambiedes(butter cookies with powderedsugar), cookies, and breads. Out-door grills serve up souvlaki andgyros, and the Mezedakia Bar fea-tures feta cheese stuffedgrapevine leaves. $2 admission.Noon to 7 p.m.

Springtime Arts Festival, Centerfor Spiritual Living Princeton,345 River Road, Princeton, 609-577-7053. www.expressioncon-nectionnetowrk.blogspot.com.Music, art, poetry, wellness,books, jewelry, dance, vendors,and more. Pot luck. Free admis-sion. 2 to 6 p.m.

FaithLag B’Omer Barbecue, Chabadof the Windsors, 1686 Old Tren-ton Road, West Windsor, 609-448-9369. www.chabadwindsor.-com. Celebration to commemo-rate the teaching and life of RabbiShim Bar Yochai, author of the Zo-har, the principle work of the Kab-balah. Register. Free. Rain orshine. Noon to 2 p.m.

Go Greener with God, FirstChurch of Christ Scientist,Princeton, Johnson EducationCenter, 1 Preservation Place,Princeton, 609-924-5801.Intergenerational talk by RobinHoagland focuses on a spiritualfoundation for the environmentand how prayer and actions ofyoung people have broughtchanges to the community. 3 p.m.

Food & DiningChesterfest, Silver Decoy Win-ery, 610 Windsor-PerrinevilleRoad, East Windsor, 609-371-6000. www.silverdecoywinery.-com. Wine tastings and food.Tasting glass. Music by Dan Su-falko. Bring a lawn chair and blan-ket. $10 (free for Hair of the Dog5K runners). 1 to 6 p.m.

HistoryRoebling Program, Trenton His-torical Society, Roebling Ma-chine Shop, South Clinton Avenueat Matt Street, Trenton, 609-396-4478. www.trentonhistory.org. Il-lustrated talk by Clifford Zink, his-torian and preservation consul-tant, focuses on his new book,“The Roebling Legacy.” Tour themachine shop from 2:30 to 3 p.m.Booksigning at 4 p.m. Books willbe available for purchase. Re-freshments. 2:30 p.m.

For FamiliesCamp Open House, Girl Scoutsof Central and Southern NewJersey, Oak Spring Day Camp,Somerset, 800-582-7692. www.-gscsnj.org. 1 to 4 p.m.

SchoolsOpen House, Princeton LatinAcademy, Route 518, RamblingPines, Hopewell, 609-924-2206.www.princetonlatinacademy.-com. K to 12. Noon to 1 p.m.

SportsTrenton Thunder Baseball, Wa-terfront Park, Route 29, 609-394-8326. www.trentonthunder.com.Portland. $10 to $13. 1:05 p.m.

Sports for CausesHopewell Valley Bike Tour, Stu-dent Movement Against Cancer(SMAC), Hopewell Valley HighSchool, Pennington. www.hvs-mac.org. 15, 30, and 45-milecourses available. Helmets are re-quired. Written consent for ridersunder 18. Rain or shine. [email protected] or visit web-site for information. $20 donation.8 a.m.

Hair of the Dog5K, Silver De-coy Winery,610 Windsor-Pe r r i nev i l l eRoad, EastWindsor, 609-2 1 3 - 7 1 3 2 .w w w . h a i r -ofthedog5k.-com. 5K andpet expo bene-fits area petrescue organi-zations includ-ing Tri-StateWeimaranerRescue andRes-Q-Pets.Run ends invineyard withmusic, beerkegs, and winetasting. Rainor shine. Reg-ister to run. $25 to $35. 10 a.m.

Walk for Chalk, Kids-for-Kids,West Windsor Community Park,Princeton-Hightstown Road, WestWindsor, 609-897-0564. www.-kidsnj.moonfruit.com. Carnivalwith games, music, and moon-walk, rides, face painting, food,music, and the annual walkathonto benefit needy children in NewJersey. West Windsor-Plainsborochapters are at High SchoolsNorth South and South. The orga-nization has raised close to$160,000 in 15 years. Call forwalker’s information packet. Norain date. Noon to 4 p.m. See sto-ry page 31.

MondayMay 23

School SportsSouth Boys Golf, 609-716-5000,ext. 5134. State Tournament ofChampions. Call for time.

ArtArt Exhibit, Arts Council ofPrinceton, 102 WitherspoonStreet, 609-924-8777. www.arts-councilofprinceton.org. Art talkand butter churning event with TimEads in conjunction with “PerfectCitizen” featuring arts by PaulCoors, Andrew Demirjian, TimEads, Aron Johnson, Lucas Kelly,Debbie Reichard, Erin M. Riley,Yumi Janairo Roth, ChrisVorhees, and Andrew R. Wilkin-son. 5 to 7 p.m.

LecturesWorkshop, Princeton Photogra-phy Club, Johnson EducationCenter, D&R Greenway LandTrust, 1 Preservation Place,Princeton, 732-422-3676. www.-princetonphotoclub.org. “Ad-vanced Critique” presented by Ri-cardo Barros. Register. 7 p.m.

Classical MusicSpring Family and Friends Con-cert, Greater Princeton YouthOrchestra, Church of Christ, 33River Road, Princeton, 609-683-0150. www.gpyo.org. PreparatoryWind and String Ensembles andChamber Winds. 7:30 p.m.

Pop MusicRehearsal, Jersey HarmonyChorus, Plainsboro Public Li-brary, 9 Van Doren Street, Plains-boro, 732-236-6803. www.-harmonize.com/jerseyharmony.New members are welcome. 7:15p.m.

FaithPrayer in a Post Modern World,First Church of Christ Scientist,Princeton, Chauncey Confer-ence Center, 660 Rosedale Road,Lawrenceville, 609-924-5801.www.drgreenway.org. Explorationby Robin Hoagland focuses onhow prayer today is need to re-build communities. The role ofChristian Science Monitor is wo-ven through the discussion. 7:30p.m.

Mental HealthRecovery Support Program,NAMI Mercer, 3371 BrunswickPike, Suite 124, Lawrenceville,609-799-8994. www.namimer-cer.org. For people with mental ill-ness. E-mail Erika Reading [email protected] for in-formation. Register. Free. 6 to7:30 p.m.

SinglesSingles Night, Grover’s Mill Cof-fee House, 335 Princeton Hight-stown Road, West Windsor, 609-716-8771. www.groversmillcof-fee.com. Drop in for soups, sand-wiches, desserts, tea, coffee andconversation. Register athttp://ht.ly/3gd9w 6:30 to 8 p.m.

TuesdayMay 24


mation, call the hotline: 609-716-5000, ext. 5134, www.ww-p.org.North Boys Golf, 609-716-5000,ext. 5134. Allentown. 3 p.m.

South Boys Golf, 609-716-5000,ext. 5134. At Hopewell Valley. 3p.m.

On StageSenior Health and Fitness Day,CWW On Stage, RWJ HamiltonCenter for Health and Wellness,Quakerbridge Road, Hamilton,609-631-6819. CWW On Stage, atheater ensemble sponsored byCommunity Without Walls, willperform selections from its show“Not Just Surviving. . But Thriv-ing,” which aims to answer thequestion “What is healthy aging?”1 p.m.


Open Mic NightGrover’s Mill Coffee House, 335Princeton Hightstown Road, WestWindsor, 609-716-8771. www.-groversmillcoffee.com. 7 p.m.

Barbershop ChorusPrinceton Garden Statesmen,Plainsboro Library, 9 Van DorenStreet, Plainsboro, 609-799-8218.w w w . p r i n c e t o n g a r d e n -statesmen.com. Men of all agesand experience levels are invitedto sing in four-part harmony. Thenon-profit organization presents at


A Classic Voice:Former West Windsorresident Rochelle Ellissolos with PrincetonPro Musica in ‘A SeaSymphony,’ Sunday,May 22, at RichardsonAuditorium, Princeton.


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For ParentsDecorating Committee Meeting,High School North Post Prom,Art Room, High School North,Grovers Mill Road, Plainsboro,609-558-4320. Painting, craftwork, and more. 7 to 9 p.m.

LecturesBusiness Seminar, Pellettieri,Rabstein, and Altman Confer-ence Center, 100 Nassau ParkBoulevard, West Windsor, 609-799-7177. “Is Your Business Prof-itable?” presetned by Sal Levatinoof West Windsor. Register by E-mail to [email protected]. 5 p.m.

Residents Working Group, Sus-tainable Princeton, Whole EarthCenter, 360 Nassau Street,Princeton, 609-924-5366. sustain-ableprinceton.org. Meeting to dis-cuss sustainable ideas and ap-proaches for the community. 7:30p.m.

Outdoor ActionAnnual Meeting, KingstonGreenways Association, King-ston Fire House, Heathcote Road,Kingston, 609-750-1821. www.-kingstongreenways.org. “TheD&R Canal, Gem of Central NewJersey” presented by LindaJ.Barth, author and historian, fo-cuses on the people, bridges,locks, and aqueducts that madethe canal work. Her books will beavailable for purchase. Refresh-ments. Free. 7:30 to 9 p.m.

Sports for CausesYouth and 5K Run, PrincetonAthletic Club, Rosedale Park,424 Federal City Road, Penning-ton. www.princetonac.org. Run onthe trails with the nonprofit com-munity running club. Register. $12to $20. E-mail [email protected]. 5:45 p.m.

WednesdayMay 25

Municipal MeetingsPublic Meeting, PlainsboroTownship Committee, MunicipalBuilding, 609-799-0909. www.-plainsboronj.com. 7:30 p.m.


LecturesWorkshop, Princeton Photogra-phy Club, Johnson EducationCenter, D&R Greenway LandTrust, 1 Preservation Place,Princeton, 732-422-3676. www.-princetonphotoclub.org. “Ad-vanced Critique” presented by Ri-cardo Barros. Register. 7 p.m.

DancingContra Dance, Princeton Coun-try Dancers, Suzanne PattersonCenter, Monument Drive, 609-924-6763. www.princetoncountry-dancers.org. Instruction followedby dance. $8. 8 to 10:30 p.m.

Loco Latin, HotSalsaHot, Kat-mandu, 50 Waterfront Park, Tren-ton, 609-651-6070. www.hotsal-sahot.com. Bachata and salsaclass followed by three hours ofsocial dancing with the HotSalsa-Hot team led by Henri Velandia.$8. 8:30 p.m.

LiteratiAuthor Event, Labyrinth Books,122 Nassau Street, Princeton,609-497-1600. www.labyrinth-books.com. “Shadows Bright asGlass: Art and the Brain” present-ed by Amy Nutt and John Sarkin inconversation. Sarkin, a former chi-ropractor, had a change of lifehealth experience in 1988, and be-came an artist. Amy Ellis Nutt, aPulitizer Prize finalist, captured hisstory in a new book. 6 p.m.

Classical MusicCarillon Concert, Princeton Uni-versity, 88 College Road West,Princeton, 609-258-3654. Concerton the fifth largest carillon in thecountry. Free. 6:30 p.m.

HealthCaregiver Support Group,Alzheimer’s Association, Buck-ingham Place, 155 RaymondRoad, Princeton, 973-586-4300.www.alz.org. Light dinner. 5:30p.m.

For FamiliesFamily Bounce Night, Bounce U,410 Princeton Hightstown Road,West Windsor, 609-443-5867.www.bounceu.com. Must be 34

inches to bounce. $8.95 per child.Adults bounce for free. $3.25 extrafor pizza. 6 to 8 p.m.

Business MeetingsPlainsboro Business Partner-ship, Wyndam Hotel, ScuddersMill Road, Plainsboro, 609-240-6022. www.myplainsboro.com.David Wanetick, Incremental Ad-vantage, free. 8 a.m.

Live MusicChampion Flute, Salt CreekGrille, One Rockingham Row,Forrestal Village, Plainsboro, 609-419-4200. www.saltcreekgrille.-com. 7 to 11 p.m.

ThursdayMay 26


Amateurs, Theatre Intime, Hamil-ton Murray Theater, PrincetonUniversity, 609-258-1742. www.-theatreintime.org. $12. 8 p.m.

ArtDavid Goldberg Lecture in Archi-tecture, Arts Council of Prince-ton, 102 Witherspoon Street, 609-924-8777. www.artscouncilof-princeton.org. A talk by HarrisonFraker Jr., professor of architec-ture and former dean of UC Berke-ley’s College of EnvironmentalDesign. Educated as an architectand urban designer at Princetonand Cambridge universities, he isrecognized as a pioneer in passivesolar, daylighting, and sustainabledesign research and teaching. Hehas pursued a career bridging in-novative architecture and urbandesign education with an award-winning practice. Register. Free.7:30 p.m.



Plainsboro

Criminal Mischief. Someoneput graffiti on an electrical box

in Morris Davison Park, Officer Ja-son Mandato found on May 3. He said theelectrical box was marked with indistin-guishable tags in black paint. The damage isestimated to be $100.

Theft. A resident of Glenview Drive wasthe victim of theft between 7:30 and 9 p.m.on April 11. Officer Timothy McMahon saidsomeone stole the victim’s iPhone and Mo-phie cell phone case while the victim was atthe Princeton Alliance Church. The estimat-ed value of the property is $550.

A resident of Windrow Drive was the vic-tim of theft between January 1 and March 29,the victim reported to police. CorporalRobert Fleming said someone stole two goldrings, worth a total $1,950, from the victim’sresidence. There was no sign of forced entry.

A resident of Hunters Glen Drive was thevictim of theft between 11 p.m. on April 29and 9 a.m. on April 30. Officer BruceStankiewicz said someone stole the victim’sblue/orange mountain bike, worth $50, fromoutside the residence.

Burglary. A resident of Hunters Glenwas the victim of burglary between April 30and May 4. Officer Richard Wolak saidsomeone forcibly entered the victim’s homeand took a laptop, a security deposit box,sunglasses, and $600 in cash. The total value

taken was approximately $4,000.Identity Theft. A resident of Parker Road

was the victim of identity theft betweenApril 25 and 27. Officer Timothy McMahonsaid someone used the victim’s credit card tomake three fraudulent purchases worth a to-tal $4,500.

A resident of Wyndhurst Drive was thevictim of identity theft between May, 1991,and June, 1997, the victim reported to police.Officer Mathieu Baumann said someone ob-tained a New York driver’s license using hisidentity.

Fraud. A Market Street business was thevictim of fraud on March 19. Officer RichardWolak said the restaurant reported that it haddelivered an order of food worth $54 to aRavens Crest apartment. The food was deliv-ered to an unidentified person, who paid forthe order with a credit card that he or she wasnot authorized to use, Wolak said.

Drug Arrests. Jessica M. Carroll, 24, ofCranford, and James Detore Jr., of KendallPark, face alcohol and drug charges stem-ming from a May 7 motor vehicle stop. Offi-cer Thomas Larity said he stopped them onHunters Glen Drive for having an inoperableheadlight and found Carroll was intoxicated.He also found that both Carroll and her pas-senger, Detore, were in possession of a glass

pipe used to smoke marijuana.Carroll was also found to be in possession

of several types of prescription pills thatwere not prescribed to her, as well as a quan-tity of marijuana under 50 grams. Carrollwas charged with seven counts of possessionof prescription medication without a pre-scription, possession of marijuana underfifty grams, and possession of drug para-phernalia. She was also charged with drivingwhile intoxicated, reckless driving, mainte-nance of lamps, failure to make repairs, andpossession of a controlled dangerous sub-stance in a motor vehicle. Meanwhile,Detore was charged with possession of drugparaphernalia.

Zachary E. Mudge, 31, of Fox Run Drivewas charged May 1 with possession of a con-trolled dangerous substance and drug para-phernalia. Officer Richard Wolak said hestopped him on Dey Road for maintenanceof lamps and found that Mudge’s driver’s li-cense was suspended.

DWI Arrests. Jennifer M. Larkin, 32, ofHunters Glen Drive, was charged May 2with driving while intoxicated. OfficerJoseph Dell Beni said he stopped her onPlainsboro Road for driving while talking onher cell phone and found she was intoxicat-ed. She was also charged with reckless dri-ving and failing to use a hands-free device

while driving.James Marzarella, 71, of Cran-

bury, was charged April 29 withdriving while intoxicated. OfficerKevin Lowery said he saw

Marzarella driving east on Plainsboro Road,where he failed to signal a turn and had anobstructed license plate. He said he stoppedhim and found him to be intoxicated. He wasalso charged with reckless driving, failure tosignal his turn, having an uninsured vehicle,and having an obstructed license plate.

West Windsor

DWI Arrests. Vance Kinslow, 52, ofCamden, was charged May 8 with dri-

ving while intoxicated. Officer Frank Balsaid he responded to an accident on Route 1South at Fisher Place and found that Kinslowwas intoxicated. He was also charged withcareless driving for rear-ending the other carinvolved in the accident. The driver of theother car reported minor injuries. Both carssustained minor damage.

Jonathan Henry Scala, 26, of Allentown,was charged May 6 with driving while intox-icated. Officer Michael McMahon said hestopped him on New Village Road at Edin-burg Road for running a red light and foundhim to be intoxicated. He was also chargedwith reckless driving, a red light violation,and possession of an open container of alco-hol in a motor vehicle.

From The Police Blotter

What is it like to be 25 yearsold, live in New YorkCity, and have an exciting

job at one of the world’s media gi-ants? That’s exactly the life of 2004West Windsor Plainsboro HighSchool South graduate AshleySchriefer, who will be sharing exact-ly how she got there at the WestWindsor-Plainsboro Career Fest onSunday, May 15, from 2 to 5:30 p.m.at the Plainsboro Municipal Center.

This annual event, open to allgirls in grades 6 through 12 andhosted by WW-P Girl Scout Troop71847, gives attendees the oppor-tunity to meet and mingle withyoung professional women in awide variety of careers at variousstages. They will hear firsthandhow these women chose their ca-reers, what they studied and whatthey had to do to achieve theirgoals, along with candid storiesabout the ups and downs of theirchosen professions. There will bethree panel discussions, as well as abreak for refreshments. The daywill close with a raffle and doorprizes. Girls do not need to be ascout to attend.

In addition to Schreifer, otherpanelists include High SchoolSouth science teacher KateHeavers, veterinarian Lesley Van-nerson, pilot Kathy Prestera, entre-preneur Terri Petry, special eventscoordinator Emilia Vincent, andarchitectural designers Tania Al-thoff and Kathryn Walsh.

After graduating from South,Schriefer earned a bachelor’s de-gree in hotel and restaurant man-agement from Penn State Univer-sity. Between her junior and senioryears of college, she interned atSpike TV’s talent and event de-partment and also was hired as aproduction assistant for Spike’s2007 Scream Awards in Holly-wood. She says that while it soundslike a very sexy job, especially be-ing around celebrities, the experi-ence taught her that when she got areal job, she would not want towork with celebrities after all.

“I went to Hollywood and I didthings like escort Harrison Ford tothe green room (the room just off-stage where actors wait for theircue) and bring him back fromstage. But everyone was so intenseand crazy over the celebrities, justtripping over themselves to servethem and meet their every demand.I remember everyone trying to findRed Bull and vodka for the bandjust because they wanted it imme-diately. I remember one grownwoman crying like crazy becauseshe got the wrong tea for Ozzy Os-bourne. I didn’t want to live my lifefeeling pressured that I wouldanger some celebrity and haveeveryone mad at me. That intern-ship was a real eye opener.”

At her current job in digital adsales for CNBC.com Schrieferworks on the financial media com-pany’s website with agencies andadvertisers to find innovative waysto reach consumers online. “Myrole is to put together a plan, and aproposal, and figure out what kindsof placements best work for them,”says Schriefer in a phone inter-view. “Some of the companies Iwork with are TD Ameritrade andCisco. Once the ads are up and run-ning, I monitor the delivery of thecampaign, since we can view andcount the number of times some-one sees an ad.”

Schriefer says her job is fast-paced and challenging, which iswhy she loves it. “I especially en-joy working with the clients. I likebeing able to envision the execu-tion of an ad in a fun way and thenbeing able to sell that. Ads that areon the website have become a hugething over the last year; it’s abooming area.”

Ashley’s first real job after col-lege was in advertising sales atCNN.com, part of Turner Broad-casting. She started as an assistantin July, 2008, and was promoted toaccount service representative. Sheleft CNN.com this past March tojoin CNBC.com, located at NBCUniversal in Rockefeller Center.

“I can look out my window overRockefeller Center, and I can seethe crowd of people for the TodayShow. I can see the filming of ‘30

Rock’ and where ‘Saturday NightLive’ is taped. NBC is a brand I’vealways enjoyed, so it’s cool thatI’m here,” she says.

Her younger brother, Steve,graduated from High School Southtwo years behind her, in 2006, andalso lives in New York and worksin digital ad sales for Nickelodeon.Schriefer credits their interest inmedia as well as the fast track oftheir careers to their mother,Marissa, a senior vice-president inhuman resources for MTV.

“My father was a stay-at-homedad, and the doctors and dentistswould assume that they were sup-posed to talk to my mom, but it wasmy father who ran things at home. Iliked that it was different,” saysSchriefer. Her mom’s media careertook the family all over the UnitedStates, which explains why Schrie-fer was born in Long Beach, Cali-fornia; went to elementary school

in Santa Clara, in northern Califor-nia in the heart of Silicon Valley;and then moved back to southernCalifornia, to Valencia, for middleschool. When Schreifer was a highschool freshman, the familymoved to the Walker Gordon Farmneighborhood in Plainsboro, whereher parents still live today.

Schriefer has some solid careeradvice to girls eager to get on thefast track to any job. “I definitelythink it’s huge to get an internshipbecause it gives you a great first ex-perience in an office, learning whatetiquette is with E-mails, setting upmeetings with people, and gettingadvice. One of the biggest thingsyou can do is to ask someone to goto coffee with you, ask their advice,and get feedback on taking the nextstep. If you are an intern, people areopen to letting you come into theiroffice to talk. It’s a good way to getto know people and know what youshould be doing.”

She acknowledges that given to-day’s economy, most of the best in-ternships are likely to be unpaid.“But if you can afford it, try to suckit up for a summer, work, and getthe experience you need. The expe-rience you get is invaluable, andthat’s how they get away with notpaying. You have to consider it aninvestment in your future and lookat it that way.”

Schriefer credits much of hersuccess in college and the realworld with the preparation she re-ceived at High School South.“When my older friends went to

college, they would comeback and say South pre-pared them so well for col-lege and then I went awayand found that I felt exact-ly the same way. The workload, all the studying andpapers, I was already do-ing that at South so I was-n’t overwhelmed by col-lege. Also, being at aschool with such diversity,I got to meet all kinds ofpeople, so you don’t thinktwice about people withdifferent religions orraces; you’ve already beenexposed to it.”

Is there anything shewould do differently in hercareer to date? Since shecounsels young women toseek out and embrace asmany internships as possi-ble, she is quick to admit,“I wish I had more intern-ships during my collegeyears. My internship atSpike TV was invaluable in teach-ing me how to deal with all kinds ofpeople and all kinds of situations. Iwould go back and do many moreif I could.”

Career Fest, West Windsor andPlainsboro Girl Scouts, PlainsboroMunicipal Center, 641 PlainsboroRoad, Plainsboro. Sunday, May15, 2 to 5:30 p.m. For girls ingrades 6 to 12 to meet and minglewith young professional women ina wide variety of careers. Panels of

women at various stages of theircareers tell how they chose theircareers, the requirements for theirchosen field, and the ups anddowns of each profession. Pan-elists include a veterinarian, a com-mercial airline pilot, an entrepre-neur, architectural designers, and adigital media salesperson. Refresh-ments and snacks. Hosted byWWP Girl Scout Troop 71847.Register. $10 includes admissionsnack buffet, drinks, and prizes.www.wwpcareerfest.com.


Family Ties: Steve Schriefer, Ashley (also atright), Adrien, and Marissa on a family vaca-tion in Capri, Italy, last year.

Deconstructing the Fast Track for Young Professional WomenA young professional joins others to givecareer advice to girls age 6 to12

‘I definitely think it’shuge to get an intern-ship because it gives youa great first experiencein an office,’ says AshleySchriefer.

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Outdoor ConcertsBattle of the Bands, Princeton Public Li-brary, 65 Witherspoon Street, 609-924-8822. www.princetonlibrary.org. Concert byarea student musicians. 4 p.m.

Good CausesArt Exhibit, HomeFront, 19 Hulfish Street,Princeton, 609-989-9417. www.homefront-nj.org. Opening reception for “Art Jam,” abenefit for ArtSpace, HomeFront’s thera-peutic art program that helps young womendevelop self-esteem and confidencethrough creativity. Works by eight clients ap-pear among the works of Michael Graves,Jon Naar, Jon Sarkin, and artists fromCreedmoor Psychiatric Center’s Living Mu-seum, and Emily Lewis from ParsonsSchool of Design. Live entertainment. Clos-ing reception is Friday, June 10, 6 to 9 p.m.6 to 9 p.m.

Food & DiningNutrition Program, McCaffrey’s, South-field Shopping Center, West Windsor, 215-752-9440. www.mccaffreys.com. “GearingUp for Summer: Picnic Ideas and BarbecueTips” presented by Jill Kwasny, a registereddietitian. Register by E-mail to joan.-tardy@mccaffrey’s.com. Free. 1:30 p.m.

Farmers’ MarketPrinceton Farmers Market, Hinds Plaza,Witherspoon Street, Princeton, 609-655-8095. Produce, cheese, breads, bakedgoods, flowers, chef cooking demonstra-tions, books for sale, family activities, andworkshops. Music from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m.Rain or shine. 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

GardensBack to the Victory Garden, Hickory Cor-ner Library, 138 Hickory Corner Road, EastWindsor, 609-448-1330. www.mcl.org.“How to Save Money by Planting Your OwnFruits and Vegetables” presented by Bar-bara Bromley, Mercer County horticulturist.Register. Free. 7 to 8 p.m.

WellnessKirtan Celebration, Integral Yoga ofPrinceton, 613 Ridge Road, MonmouthJunction, 732-274-2410. “Sacred Music forWorld Peace and Healing” presented byPrema Hara Group featuring Ke-shavacharya Das and Kamaniya with drum-mer Sri Rama. Register. 7:30 to 9:30 p.m.

LecturesSolar Seminar, Civitas Energy, HolidayInn, 399 Monmouth Street, East Windsor,215-901-8451. www.civitasenergy.com. In-formation for residents and business own-ers about the merits of adopting solar pow-er. Refreshments. Free. Register. 7 p.m.

Live Music3D, Salt Creek Grille, One RockinghamRow, Forrestal Village, Plainsboro, 609-419-4200. www.saltcreekgrille.com. 7 to 11p.m.

SchoolsStriving for Excellence Awards, WestWindsor-Plainsboro African AmericanParent Support Group, High SchoolSouth. Ceremony for students in grades 9 to12. Contact Barbara Edmonds by E-mail [email protected]. 6:45 p.m.

SportsTrenton Steel vs. Erie Explosion, Sun Na-tional Bank Center, Hamilton Avenue atRoute 129, Trenton, 800-298-4200. Indoorfootball. $15 to $30. 7 p.m.

FridayMay 27

School SportsNorth and South Boys/Girls Spring Track,609-716-5000, ext. 5134. NJSIAA Section-als at Hillsborough. 4 p.m.

On StageThe Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Off-Broadstreet Theater, 5 South GreenwoodAvenue, Hopewell, 609-466-2766. “TheGolden Spy” and “A World at War” written by

Marvin Harold Cheiten of Princeton featur-ing Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson. $25includes dessert. 7 p.m.

Stuck in the Middle, Washington Cross-ing Open Air Theater, 355 WashingtonCrossing-Pennington Road, Titusville, 267-885-9857. www.dpacatoat.com. The trialsand tribulations of middle school. $15. Blan-kets, seat cushions, and insect repellent arerecommended. Picnics welcome beforeshow. Food available. 7:30 p.m.

Sleeping Beauty Wakes, Berlind Theaterat the McCarter, 91 University Place,Princeton, 609-258-2787. www.mccarter.-org. Musical by Rachel Sheinkin, music byBrendan Milburn, and lyrics by Valerie Vigo-da. 8 p.m.

Triangle Club, McCarter Theater, 91 Uni-versity Place, 609-258-2787. “Family Feu-dalism.” 8 p.m.

The Last Five Years, Princeton UniversityPlayers, Frist Campus Center, 609-258-1500. www.princeton.edu/pup. Musical.$12. 8 p.m.

Amateurs, Theatre Intime, Hamilton Mur-ray Theater, Princeton University, 609-258-1742. www.theatreintime.org. $12. 8 p.m.

Classical MusicReunions Organ Concert, Princeton Uni-versity, Chapel, 609-258-3654. www.-princeton.edu. Eric Plutz performance.Free. 3:30 p.m.

Live MusicJazz Supper with Doug Miller and Bern-hard Geiger, Blue Rooster Cafe, 17 NorthMain Street, Cranbury, 609-235-7539.www.blueroosterbakery.com. Piano andacoustic bass. 7 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.

Anker, Grover’s Mill Coffee House, 335Princeton Hightstown Road, West Windsor,609-716-8771. 7:30 p.m.

ComedyDavid Baker, Alex Barnett, and JeffLawrence, Catch a Rising Star, Hyatt Re-gency, 102 Carnegie Center, West Wind-sor, 609-987-8018. Register. $19.50. 8 p.m.

FaithBenefit Concert, Community ChristianChoirs, St. Vincent DePaul Roman CatholicChurch, Yardville-Allentown Road, Yard-

ville, 609-587-7076. www.ccchoir.com.“One Nation Under God” concert has atheme of patriotism. Free-will offering bene-fits Holy Land Christians. 7:30 p.m.

Food & DiningRestaurant Supported Agriculture DinnerSeries, Tre Piani, 120 Rockingham Row,Forrestal Village, Plainsboro, 609-452-1515. www.trepiani.com. Complete dinnerbased on local ingredients may be servedas a buffet, plated, or family style. Leftoverfood will be donated to an area food bank.Register. $35. 6:30 to 9:30 p.m.

WellnessTai Chi, West Windsor Recreation, SeniorCenter, Clarksville Road, West Windsor,609-799-9068. www.wwparks-recreation.-com. Free. 8:15 a.m.

Live MusicThe Cobra Brothers, Salt Creek Grille,One Rockingham Row, Forrestal Village,Plainsboro, 609-419-4200. www.saltcreek-grille.com. 7 to 11 p.m.

Steve Hudson Chamber Ensemble, ArtsCouncil of Princeton, 102 WitherspoonStreet, 609-924-8777. Original music root-ed in jazz, classical, folk, and pop with SteveHudson on piano, Jody Redhage on cello,Zach Brock on violin, and Martin Urbach onpercussion. $15. 7:30 p.m.

SinglesDivorce Recovery Program, PrincetonChurch of Christ, 33 River Road, Prince-ton, 609-581-3889. www.princetonchurch-ofchrist.com. Open discussion for non-de-nominational support group for men andwomen. Free. 7:30 p.m.

SocialsLuncheon, Rotary Club of the PrincetonCorridor, Hyatt Regency, Carnegie Center,609-799-0525. www.princetoncorridor-rotary.org. Register. Guests, $25. 12:15p.m.

For SeniorsFabulous Fridays, Plainsboro Township,Municipal Building, 609-799-0909. www.-plainsboronj.com. Line dancing for Plains-boro residents age 60 and older. Free.12:30 to 2:30 p.m.

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robthehandyman- licensed, insured,all work guaranteed. Free Estimates.We do it all - electric, plumbing, paint,wallpaper, powerwashing, tile, see web-site for more: robthehandyman.vp-web.com [email protected],609-269-5919.

SPRING YARD WORK - Clean up,Trimming, Edging, Mulching, Mowingand more - great prices - call 609 722-1137

DECKS REFINISHEDCleaning/Stripping and Staining of

All Exterior Woods: Craftsmanshipquality work. Fully insured and licensedwith references. Windsor WoodCare.609-799-6093. www.windsorwood-care.com.

PM Whitney Power Washing andDeck Care Siding, patios, roofs, con-crete, buildings. Decks cleaned, sealed,repaired. 609-897-9494. www.power-washthehouse.com

BUSINESS SERVICESBookkeeper/Administrative Spe-

cialist: Versatile & experienced profes-sional will gladly handle your bookkeep-ing and/or administrative needs. Manyservices available. Reasonable rates.Work done at your office or mine. CallDebra @ 609-448-6005 or visit www.v-yours.com.

Princeton Financial Care Services,LLC CPA firm with 40 years of experi-ence. Bill paying, checkbook reconcilia-tion, financial reports, tax return prepa-ration. Call 609-730-0067 or [email protected]. Check our web-site at www.princetonfcs.com for furtherinformation.

TAX SERVICESTax Preparation and Accounting

Services: For individuals and smallbusinesses. Notary, computerized taxpreparation, paralegal services. Yourplace or mine. Fast response, free con-sultation, reasonable costs. GeraldHecker, 609-448-4284.

CHILDCARE*ATTENTION WWP FALL KINDER-

GARTNERS.* Home Again EarlySchool’s A.M. Kindergarten Programpromises to compliment, enrich & en-hance your child’s kindergarten experi-ence. Individualized curriculum:teacher/parent/child plans together.P.M. enrichment & “chill out” time. Askthose who know us. www.homeagain-earlyschool.com 609-799-4257.

HEALTHRev. Meryl’s Meditative Massage

and Spiritual Counseling for Women:Over 25 years experience. $60 introduc-tory special. $70 hot stone massage.The Ariel Center for Well-Being. By ap-pointment only. 609-454-0102.www.arielcenterforwellbeing.org

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GARTNERS.* Home Again EarlySchool’s A.M. Kindergarten Programpromises to compliment, enrich & en-hance your child’s kindergarten experi-ence. Individualized curriculum:

teacher/parent/child plans together.P.M. enrichment & “chill out” time. Askthose who know us. www.homeagain-earlyschool.com 609-799-4257.

Learn To Play: Piano, guitar, drum,sax, clarinet, F. horn, oboe, t-bone,voice, flute, trumpet, violin, cello, banjo,mandolin, harmonica. $28 half hour.School of Rock. Adults or kids. Join theband! Summer music camp. Princeton609-924-8282. Princeton Junction 609-897-0032. Hightstown 609-448-7170.www.farringtonsmusic.com.

Lessons in Your Home: Musiclessons in your home. Piano, clarinet,saxophone, flute and guitar. Call Jim609-737-9259 or 609-273-5135.

Math, Science, English, ACT & SATTutoring: Available in your home.Brown University-educated college pro-fessor. Experienced with gifted, under-achieving and learning-disabled stu-dents. Web: http://ivytutoring.intuitweb-sites.com Call Bruce 609-371-0950.

SAT MATH SUMMER PREPCOURSE At The Lawrenceville School.Prepare to excel. Registration is nowopen. For more information visit:http://mathplotter.lawrenceville.org/mathplotter/satPrep.htm or call 609-558-0722.

Tutor — SAT, ACT, SSAT — Read-ing, Writing, Essays: Boost yourscores with outstanding private instruc-tion from college English professor. Mayexcellent references throughout WestWindsor-Plainsboro. My former stu-dents are attending top colleges. Rea-sonable rates. 609-658-6914.

Tutor available June-August. Col-lege Student. 3.5 GPA. Experience tu-toring English & Math. Call 609-558-6371.

Tutor available June-August. Col-lege Student. 3.5 GPA. Experience tu-

toring English & Math. Call 609-558-6371.

ENTERTAINMENTOne Man Band: Keyboardist for your

party. Perfect entertainment. Great vari-ety. Call Ed at 609-424-0660.

MERCHANDISE MARTComputer P4 with XP: In good con-

dition $80. Cell phone (609)213-8271.

GARAGE SALESGarage Sale 5/14 (8am-noon) Bikes,

sport equipment, furniture, tools. Some-thing for everyone! 12 Wynwood Drive,Princeton Jct (off Lanwin Blvd).

WANTED TO BUYAntique Military Items: And war

relics wanted from all wars and coun-tries. Top prices paid. “Armies of thePast LTD”. 2038 Greenwood Ave.,Hamilton Twp., 609-890-0142. Our re-tail outlet is open Saturdays 10 to 4:00,or by appointment.

HELP WANTEDNATION’S PREMIER BENEFITS

COMPANY is looking for leaders. Life-time residual income. Call 1-609-882-3201. everyonebenefits.com/40717949

Real Estate Sales Need a change?Looking to obtain your RE license? Noexperience needed! FREE coaching!Unlimited income! Call Weidel today!Hamilton: Tom 609-586-1400,[email protected]; Princeton: Mike609-921-2700, [email protected];West Windsor: Bruce 609-799-6200,[email protected].

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