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Deal struck to keep Princeton battlefields preserved

By Philip Sean Curran Staff Writer

A deal to preserve a piece of American history in Princeton was completed between the Institute for Advanced Study (IAS) and a nonprofit group that saves battlefields.

The IAS and the American Battlefield Society jointly announced this week they had finalized the sale of 14.85 acres by the IAS to the American Battlefield Trust, which had previously gone by the name of the Civil War

Trust, for $4 million.

According to officials, the land is adjacent to the current Princeton Battlefield State Park and features “approximately twothirds of the Maxwell’s Field property, along with an additional 1.12-acre tract north of the property that has been identified by historians as a key part of the battlefield.”

The deal, first announced in December, took until now to finally close on the sale of land where the Revolutionary War battle of Princeton was fought.

In a joint statement, IAS Director Robbert Dijkgraaf and Trust President Jim Lighthizer said they were “pleased to finalize this landmark transaction, which addresses the Institute’s critical need for faculty housing and enhances the size and preservation efforts of the Princeton Battlefield State Park.”

The trust has said the property would be used to expand the footprint of the park. Trust spokesman Clint Schemmer said May 31 that the trust would own the land for a year or two, work with

the IAS to restore it and then turn the property over to the state.

The IAS had originally planned to build on the land for a faculty housing project, something that raised concerns about the potential loss of a piece of American history given the central role the battle of Princeton played during the Revolutionary War. The IAS ultimately agreed to modify its plans “by substituting a new plan to build 16 townhomes for its original proposal to subdivide lots for seven singlefamily houses and eight town-

houses,” according to the joint press release.

“I’m delighted that after years of advocating the importance of the Princeton battlefield, the parties have come together to preserve this historic property,” said state Sen. Kip Bateman (RMercer, Somerset, Middlesex and Hunterdon). “I commend the Institute for their vision and realization that this battlefield is sacred.”

The battle of Princeton was fought Jan. 3, 1777, a conflict won by forces led George Washington.

Teaff ready to step in as first female to head Princeton U. class

By Philip Sean Curran Staff Writer

In the spring of 1973, Nancy Teaff helped to make history when she was part of the first graduating class at Princeton University to include women.

Forty-five years later, she is about to have another “first” by becoming the first woman president of her class. In a phone interview, Teaff, 66, called it the “right time” for a woman to take on that leadership post.

“I don’t want to say they’ve been anti-woman in leadership, I think it’s just a question of women are busy,” she said. “And the women in our class, particularly, have been pretty big deal leaders and taken on a lot in their lives.

And so I think it took until now, in some ways, for us to have time to do the job.”

Teaff will have a five-yearterm, in replacing classmate James J. DiOrio, the president for the past 15 years.

“It’s long overdue,” DiOrio said of passing the leadership baton to a woman.

DiOrio said he tried to recruit women to become president by telling them “it’s more important if one of them became president than having another guy.” His message fell on deaf ears, until finally Teaff stepped forward. He said fellow classmates see her becoming president as a way to “kind of complete the circle of having women in the class.”

Teaff’s journey to Princeton was indirect. She grew up in Dover, Del., and attended high school in a rural part of the state.

When she was considering where to attend college, Princeton was not on her radar.

The university, founded in

1746, was going co-educational in 1969 by admitting women to the undergraduate student body.

By the time Teaff learned Princeton had gone in that direction, she was attending a woman’s college in Massachusetts.

“People talk about having read about it in The New York Times.

Well, nobody in southern Delaware was reading The New York Times,” she said. “I had no idea Princeton was co-ed until I got to Smith College.”

She spent two years at Smith before transferring to Princeton, a place she had become acquainted with by dating a student there.

She said she came to “really like the school at that point.”

“Academically, there were some things I wanted to do that were better down at Princeton,” she said.

Teaff said she had no second thoughts about leaving Smith, despite having close friends there and the strong academics of the liberal arts school. She applied to transfer to Princeton and was admitted.

“Princeton was a great opportunity and I really never looked back,” she said.

She arrived on campus as a junior in the late summer of 1971.

The reception for women stu-

Photos by Scott Friedman

Honoring the fallen People of all ages honored Memorial Day with the annual parade in Princeton on May 26.

Above, Revolutionary War re-enactors fire their guns. Right, Sam Greco, 92, marches in the parade. Below, Princeton University graduate William Traubel, a retired U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel and historian, salutes. More photos on 6A.

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Princeton school board eyes purchase of Thanet Road property for new facilities

By Philip Sean Curran Staff Writer

The Princeton Public Schools will look to buy about 14 acres on Thanet Road for $6.47 million as part of a planned facilities referendum in October.

Though contingent on the referendum passing, the prospective purchase would provide a new home for district employees who today work out of the Valley Road building. Officials intend to put a new school for fifth- and sixth-graders at the Valley Road location, so they need to relocate staff.

The Thanet Road property has two buildings of 55,000 square feet each, but one building would be demolished to make room for

athletic fields, Board of Education President Patrick Sullivan said May 30.

The demolition will cost $1 million, with the other building needing some renovations, officials have said.

“It would provide everything the district needs and there would also be some commercial space we would lease out to other parties,” Sullivan said. “It would give us a lot of room to grow.”

The district still needs to reach a deal with Clarendon Real Estate, Boston, Mass., the owner of the property. A Clarendon representative could not be reached for comment.

Sullivan said an earlier offer by the district for the land had been rejected.

“They came back to us recently,” he said.

The decision to acquire the Thanet Road property changes plans the district initially had to renovate the John Witherspoon Middle School to put some Valley Road staff there and then relocate transportation and maintenance staff to the site of a former pet shelter on Herrontown Road. But officials last week dropped plans to buy the Herrontown Road property and can now put everyone at one location.

Overall, buying the Thanet Road parcel and forgoing the other projects officials had envisioned would mean “virtually no change” in the cost of the $129.8 million referendum, Sullivan said.

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“It’s about the same,” he said of the amount.

District administrators are looking to have the referendum on the ballot on Oct.2. The referendum would pay for building the new school, renovating Princeton High School, buying the Thanet Road property and making other facilities improvements.

Mayor Liz Lempert said on May 30 she is not opposed to the school district buying the property, given that the district has space needs. Yet she said, “it’s always a concern when properties come off the tax rolls.”

Property tax records show the Thanet Road property is assessed at $10.17 million and that property taxes in 2017 were $233,910.

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CALENDAR June 1, June 15

Drum Circle: Summer Series, 4:30 p.m., Lawrence Library, 2751 Brunswick Pike, Lawrenceville.

Bring your own drum or use one of ours. Registration is suggested. Call 609989-6920 or email lawprogs@mcl.org.

June 1, 15-29

Meditation Circle, 2:30-3:30 p.m., Lawrence Library, 2751 Brunswick Pike, Lawrenceville. Slow down and join Reference Librarian Ann Kerr and reduce stress using meditation. Registration is suggested. Call 609-989-6920 or email Ann Kerr at lawprogs@mcl.org.

Posture & Dance Exercises, 3:30-4:30 p.m., Lawrence Library, 2751 Brunswick Pike, Lawrenceville.

Reference Librarian Ann Kerr will share some simple exercises to improve your posture and increase your flexibility. Registration is suggested. Call 609989-6920 or email Ann Kerr at lawprogs@mcl.org.

June 1 - Sept. 7

Sunset, Sips and Sounds, 5-8 p.m., Terhune Orchards winery, 330 Cold Soil Road, Lawrenceville.

Wine, light fare, relaxing music and friend-filled

evenings every Friday this summer. Grab a glass of one of Terhune’s awardwinning wines, sit back, relax, and enjoy live music from local artists each week. Styles range from jazz and blues to folk and rock. Wine and light fare including cheese platters and chips and homemade salsa are available. Rain or shine event, no admission fee. Individual glasses of wine can be purchased.

Families are welcome.

Please, no outside food.

Music Schedule: June 1 – Jerry Steele June 8 – James Popik June 15 – Victor Tarasso June 22 – Michaela McClain June 29 – Christine Havrilla

Saturday, June 2

Peter Smith: Free Range Learning in the Digital Age: The Emerging Revolution in College, Career, and Education,” 11 a.m., Labyrinth Books, 122 Nassau St., Princeton. On the occasion of the 59th Reunion of his Princeton University Class, education administrator and former member of the House of Representatives as well as former Lieutenant Governor from Vermont Peter Smith was asked to look towards the next 50 years in education.

Please join us for a conversation and presentation of his new book. With the emergence of the digital revolution, traditional educational assumptions and programs are being significantly disrupted. Historically, educational practices that attempted to bridge the gap between adults’ lives, college, and work were marginalized because

our society was information-poor and they defied the dominant academic traditions. Now, the tables are turned. In our information-rich, digitized society, new technologies and data analytics are defining learning opportunities that were previously unimaginable. Free-Range Learning In the Digital Age: will define this new learning space and give the reader the awareness, knowledge, and tools to use it. For more information, go to www.labyrinthbooks.com or call 609-497-1600.

Girls Who Code Club, Princeton Public Library, 65 Witherspoon St., Princeton. Girls in grades 6-12 are invited to explore the core concepts of coding while building confidence, learning teamwork and making friends. Register through the library’s events calendar. Space for 18 plus those with their own devices. For more information, go to www.princetonlibrary.org or call 609-924-9529.

Sunday, June 3

Concert: Pi Fight Reunion, 4 p.m., Princeton Public Library, 65 Witherspoon St., Princeton.

PiFight alumni members from throughout the band’s history of more than five years, perform together again on Hinds Plaza where the band gave many of its past performances. For more information, go to www.princetonlibrary.org or call 609-924-9529.

Tuesday, June 5

Read & Pick Program: Strawberries, 9:30 a.m. and 11 a.m., Terhune Orchards winery, 330 Cold Soil Road, Lawrenceville.

Read & Pick is a program that combines picking fruit with your young child and listening to a story highlighting the fruit. Parents and young children (ages preschool to 8 years) are welcome to celebrate everything wonderful about strawberries. Two books will be read highlighting strawberries followed by an educational component.

Then everyone will pick his or her own container of strawberries. Farm staff will explain how strawberries grow and how they should be picked. The cost is $8 per child and includes the container of strawberries. Registration is requested. There are two sessions: 9:30 am and 11:00 am.

For more information call 609-924-2310 or visit www.terhuneorchards.com.

“Rebecca Boggs Roberts: The Suffragists in Washington DC: The 1913 Parade and the Fight for the Vote,” 6 p.m., Labyrinth Books, 122 Nassau St., Princeton.

The Great Suffrage Parade was the first civil rights march to use the nation’s capital as a backdrop. Despite 60 years of relentless campaigning by suffrage organizations, by 1913 only six states allowed women to vote. Then Alice Paul came to Washington, D.C. She planned a grand spectacle on Pennsylvania Avenue on the day before Woodrow Wilson’s inauguration—marking the beginning of a more aggressive strategy on the part of the women’s suffrage movement. Groups of women protested and picketed outside the White House, and some were thrown into jail. News-

papers across the nation covered their activities.

These tactics finally led to the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment in 1920. Author Rebecca Boggs Roberts narrates the heroic struggle of Alice Paul and the National Woman’s Party as they worked to earn the vote.

For more information, go to www.labyrinthbooks. com or call 609-497-1600.

Thursday, June 7

Library Live at Labyrinth Presents: “Jim Holt: When Einstein Walked with Goedel: Excursions to the Edge of Thought,” 6 p.m., Labyrinth Books, 122 Nassau St., Princeton.

The library and Labyrinth invite you to come hear the bestselling author of “Why Does the World Exist?” take us on an entertaining and accessible tour of the most profound scientific and mathematical ideas of recent centuries.

Does time exist? What is infinity? Why do mirrors reverse left and right but not up and down? In this scintillating collection, Holt explores the human mind, the cosmos, and the thinkers who’ve tried to encompass the latter with the former. With his trademark clarity and humor, Holt probes the mysteries of quantum mechanics, the quest for the foundations of mathematics, and the nature of logic and truth. Along the way, he offers intimate biographical sketches of celebrated and neglected thinkers, from the physicist Emmy Noether to the computing pioneer Alan Turing and the discoverer of fractals, Benoit Mandelbrot. Holt offers a painless and play-

ful introduction to many of our most beautiful but least understood ideas, from Einsteinian relativity to string theory, and also invites us to consider why the greatest logician of the twentieth century believed the U.S. Constitution contained a terrible contradiction—and whether the universe truly has a future.

For more information, go to www.labyrinthbooks. com or call 609-497-1600.

Sat. June 9 & Tues., June 12

Registration is now open for the Princeton Festival’s popular Music That Tells a Story, a free introduction to opera that includes an interactive workshop led by professional singer and educator Dr. Rochelle Ellis plus admission to a fullystaged performance of the Puccini favorite Madama Butterfly. More information and an online enrollment form is available at https://princetonfestival. o rg / e v e n t / 2 0 1 8 - o p e r a workshop-music-tells-story/.

Participants have a choice of workshop sessions: Princeton on June 6 at 6:30 p.m.; Trenton on June 9 at 10 a.m.; or Lawrenceville on June 12 at 6:30 p.m. The opera performance takes place at McCarter Theatre in Princeton on June 14 at 7 p.m.

Sat., June 9

Laffcon 3: The World’s Only Science Fiction Convention Devoted To R. A. Lafferty, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Lawrence Library, 2751 Brunswick Pike, Lawrenceville. The Lawrence

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Bierman makes first run for council seat in hometown

By Philip Sean Curran Staff Writer

In the race for Princeton Council, Democrat Adam Bierman is running as a native son of a community where he has spent most of his life.

“The town’s at another what I say is a benchmark in its existence,” he said in an interview. “It’s becoming a major metro destination area and it’s the cultural capital of New Jersey.”

Bierman is one of five Democrats running in the primary June 5. The two winners of that contest will advance to the general election in the fall for the two council seats up this year.

He described himself as

an “independent thinker” who has a “quiet tenacity to carry through with policy.”

He said he supports getting municipal taxes as low as possible.

Bierman, 58, is from Princeton.

He graduated from Princeton High School and attended Rutgers University, where he earned his bachelor’s degree in political science and a master’s degree in international affairs and public policy. Married with one daughter, he works as a teacher at a school for teenage mothers.

He has never run for political office before, although he has been active in local Democratic politics and with organized labor at

his job.

“One thing I do know, politics is the art of the possible, not the perfect,” he said.

During the interview, Bierman lauded the job being done by the Princeton Police Department.

“I find the relationship with the community has improved in terms of outreach,” he said of the police.

Bierman said he favors continuing the town’s policy of limited cooperation between the police and federal immigration authorities.

To address traffic, he suggested extending the time the municipal bus service runs, so it is more

frequent during the day.

He would also like to see the service have an express route and what he called a “slower route.”

As part of his policy positions, he favors having bike lanes, getting more financial contributions from local nonprofit organizations, and building more parking decks.

On meeting the town’s affordable housing requirement, he said Princeton University holds a big key.

At the university-owned Butler tract, a now vacant tract of land Nassau Hall eventually will develop, Bierman suggested giving the university “higher density” and “they give us more affordable housing.”

Sharma listening to residents as he makes bid for Princeton council seat next Tuesday

By Philip Sean Curran Staff Writer

Surinder Sharma left one country to forge his life in another, an immigrant’s journey that is fueling his bid for Princeton Council.

Sharma is running in the Democratic Primary on June 5, when Princeton Democrats will choose from Sharma and four other candidates for the two council seats that are available this year. The two winners in the primary will advance to the general election in November.

Campaigning door to door in a community he has called home since 1995, Sharma went to hear what was on the mind of voters.

“One of the biggest issues is taxes,” he said during an interview. “Taxes

(are) not only hurting everybody, even upper echelon, and people are leaving, but hurting … low income and middle income.”

He said people ask why, if they are paying so much, government services “are not any better than the adjoining town.”

He is campaigning on lowering taxes by 5 percent, in advocating approaching the school district, the county and other municipalities on consolidating services and operations. He said, for instance, the town could charge the school district rent to park its buses at a garage the municipality plans to build, a move that would mean the district would not need to construct a facility of its own.

To help meet Princ-

eton’s affordable housing obligation, Sharma has proposed making the parking lot by the Witherspoon Hall municipal building the site of a residential development to accommodate anywhere from 150 to 200 housing units. He suggested leasing the land to a builder for a nominal fee, thus cutting out the costly expense of buying property. Such a step, he argued, would mean a developer could build more affordable housing.

At the moment, Princeton requires developers to provide one affordable housing unit for every four market rate units, which is a “total mistake,” in Sharma’s words.

“So instead of building 20 percent (affordable units), which is what they

are assuming, I can make it between 50 to 70 percent affordable housing because you eliminate the cost of the purchase,” he said.

He has proposed creating a trust fund to pay for local infrastructure projects, although he said he has not flushed out the idea fully. He also called on the municipality to spend an additional $2 million to $3 million a year on its infrastructure.

Sharma, 70, grew up in India, moved to Canada in 1972 and then moved to the United States in 1978. He would eventually settle in Princeton, in 1995, with his wife and two children.

He holds a doctorate from Northcentral University, an online school, a master’s in applied scienc-

“Then, ideally, it would be really nice if they would also dedicate some of that housing, besides graduate students and professors … to people who work there,” he said.

Asked his view of relations between the town and Nassau Hall, Bierman described himself as a “townie who bleeds orange” and said, “I love the university.”

“There are many posi-

tives with town/gown relations,” he said in pointing to how the university is the largest employer in Mercer County.

The university and the municipality are nearing the end of a seven-year agreement that began in 2014 and through which the university makes voluntary financial contributions to the town. The agreement

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A conversation is needed after Cinco de Mayo ‘celebration’ Everyone living in Princeton should be consciously aware of the fact that our community is very much a part of the culture and system that perpetuates discrimination, racism, and overall, white supremacy.

Many of us would like to believe that we are not a part of this problem. We see ourselves as someone who can be a part of the solution, or as someone who generally does not influence either side. We give ourselves a pat on the back for reading the news, posting a few social media rants on the current hot-button issue, or for walking in a few protests or marches, because nothing says “woke” like a cis straight white girl taking a dozen photos with pride flags proceeding then to plaster it all over social media.

Nothing says “woke” like a cis straight white girl proclaiming to be a feminist and an ally, when in actuality the only issues ever cared about only affect cis straight white women. Nothing says “woke” like proclaiming to be racially literate, and then proceeding to participate actively or be a bystander to a party revolving around cultural appropriation.

As Cinco de Mayo arrives each year, I mentally prepare myself for the “Drinko de Mayo” parties hosted and attended mostly by white people, white people being patrons to not-so-authentic chain “Mexican” restaurants, pictures of white people in stereotypical Mexican costumes, and all of it being proudly displayed over various social media platforms.

I have yet to be disappointed every year by the amount of white people who “celebrate” Cinco de Mayo for me in a disrespectful and inappropriate manner.

The worst part is that it seems to grow every year.

Unless you live in Puebla, the town where the battle occurred, not many people celebrate Cinco de Mayo in Mexico.

However, if you are going to celebrate, there are ways to do so in a respectful manner. A few great ways of doing so are supporting local Mexican businesses, getting involved and volunteering at local organizations to help immigrants, donating to said organizations, or becoming culturally literate on what Cinco de Mayo really is about.

In Mexico, Cinco de Mayo celebrates the 1862 defeat of the powerful invading French army by an ill-equipped Mexican army, consisting of a mix of soldiers and peasants. Due to its historical importance,

not just for Mexico but also for the United States, in 2005, the 109th U.S. Congress issued Resolution 44 to recognize Cinco de Mayo as a national celebration.

H.Con.Res.44 concludes: “Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), that Congress recognizes the historical struggle for independence and freedom of the Mexican people and requests the President to issue a proclamation recognizing that struggle and calling upon the people of the United States to observe Cinco de Mayo with appropriate ceremonies and activities.”

The resolution also issues a reminder: “ . . . Cinco de Mayo serves as a reminder that the foundation of the United States is built by people from many nations and diverse cultures who are willing to fight and die for freedom.” In the United States, Cinco de Mayo is then a celebration of Mexican American identity and culture linked by deep historical roots in the quest of freedom in both countries.

This year, a group of Princeton High School seniors and juniors threw a Cinco de Mayo-themed party. There were fake mustaches, sombreros, and chili pepper necklaces passed around for photo opportunities. This “celebration” of Cinco de Mayo not only is an example of cultural appropriation, but an example of how the Mexican-American identity and community is hurt through harmful stereotypes or shows of disrespect.

Many of these students are recognized as leaders by the school, some of the students being teen-pep and peer group leaders. One of the students involved in the party was even given the Senior Superlative of “social justice warrior.” To my knowledge, there was a discussion prior to the students moving forward with the theme, on whether or not the theme would hurt anyone or come off as questionable.

After this alleged discussion, the students proceeded to move forward with the party, being fully aware that they could hurt people. I felt that the same students, white and of color, who sat in my Latin American class, my history classes, and my school, decided to take an entire country, its people, and its beautiful culture, and turn it into a funny-looking costume. I felt that the same students who knew better, turned my heritage into a costume for their entertainment. I felt that the same students who claim to be socially aware or politically correct turned me into a costume.

Within the days that followed, three

other Hispanic girls and I contacted the administration to see what could be done.

Our goal, to educate, not to punish. We came up with the idea of having the students involved come into school with at least one parent to sit down and participate in a racial literacy class or lesson on the negative impact of cultural appropriation This way not only the student is educated, but so is the parent that raised them. In no way did we want to get these students in trouble for underage drinking or anything else, all we wanted to do was to show them and others why their actions had been unacceptable. We told the school about how the incident had affected us, why it was wrong, and why the school needed to take action and educate its students. We were met with a mixed response.

The school has done a great job on keeping us updated on its progress, and has given us the platform for us to voice what we felt needed to be done. They decided to meet with parents and students one-on-one, throughout the following week. An idea that came from the school as a way to introduce the problems with cultural appropriation to students was to mention it at the pre-prom meetings. We were also given the opportunity to help fill up a time block on the senior day in hopes of reaching the entire senior class.

While all of this sounds great, in practice it wasn’t as impressive. Later during that week, a conversation was overheard between some of the students involved in the incident. During the conversation, some students mentioned that their parents were not interested in attending these meetings with the school.

Keep in mind that some of these parents are seen as influential or established members of our community. So when the time came to go to their meetings, these students simply told the administration that their parents could not make it, and where met with a cavalier “Oh, don’t worry about it!”

When mentioning cultural appropriation in the pre-prom meetings, I heard from a peer that it was touched upon for two seconds as a part of the choices we make regarding social media. I personally heard no mention of “cultural appropriation” during my pre-prom meeting.

During our meeting with the administration, we were met with comments concerning how the school did not want to

make the students involved in the incident feel shame. The best way to prevent the shame the school brought up was to keep all of this under wraps. Because celebrating a people’s holiday while disrespecting the people whom it belongs to apparently warrants no shame.

Telling others what happened and why it was wrong is a vital part of educating the greater community. Hiding the school response allows for these students to get away with all of it, as they have for the past 12 years of their schooling.

Every time I would hear jokes about a Hispanic student leaving a classroom to “go back across the border”, or every time I would see students giving dirty looks to the ESL students in the back of the room, or every time I would hear a comment directed either at me or at a Hispanic peer regarding the occupation of our parents, and if they enjoyed cleaning their houses and taking care of their lawns, they were never held accountable by the school or the community.

While small things like that may not seem to have a great effect, in actuality, microaggressions build up and breed the space which allows for blatant racism and discrimination to exist and persist.

Time and time again incidents like this happen, and will continue to happen. It’s not surprising. When one incident or issue pops up, the administration or the community quickly works to patch it up in order to appease those who wish to speak out.

But that’s just it. We put a patch or a bandaid over it. Rather than work actively to try and prevent incidents through education, such as this one from occurring, we as a community wait and react to difficult situations often in a problematic way.

We need to embrace a more effective attitude to deal with these types of situations. Instead of ostracizing or not listening to the “guilty” or “controversial” party, it is time that we allow for both sides to be heard. A healthy dialogue could help for both sides to see each other’s points, and hopefully for either side to embrace their shortcomings or wrongdoings. It is time for our community to take responsibility and move forward together.

event. It was originally cleared to be held on the campus of my institution, Princeton Theological Seminary, intersecting as it did with subjects of my teaching. The event was unanimously approved by the faculty of the Princeton Seminary’s Religion and Society Committee of which I am a member.

I welcome Princeton Seminary’s continuing cultivation of ever-deepening collaborations with Jewish communities and scholars, and its being ever more vigilant about past and present anti-Semitism. But this does not lessen our solidarities with today’s Muslim communities in the U.S. or abroad. Nor does it lessen our working with those of all religions, cultures and other traditions of spirit and conscience.

Dr. Finkelstein’s book, “Gaza,” published in 2018 by the respected University of California Press bears endorsements from reputable scholars worldwide. Law and Diplomacy professor Alfred de Zayas hails it as “a scholarly manual for every politician and every person concerned with human rights.”

Leiden University’s Emeritus Professor of Public International Law calls “Gaza” “the most authoritative account” of Israel’s invasions of Gaza.

University of Chicago Distinguished Service Professor John Mearsheimer writes of Finkelstein that “no scholar has done more to shed light on Israel’s ruthless treatment of the Palestinians.”

Harvard University’s Sara Roy, renowned expert on Gaza’s economy and from Harvard’s Center on Middle Eastern Studies terms the book “an indispensable resource for scholars, jurists, policy makers and diplomats a like. A landmark.”

Reviews of the book occur at various sources online (New York Journal of

Books, Publishers Weekly). At amazon. com, “Gaza” is currently ranked the best sales in Middle East Studies and No. 2 in both Human Rights and Europe studies. A bookstore would be foolish and prejudiced not to allow a book with its acclaimed author to have its special event.

Moreover, the book is complex enough to warrant its own examination. Debates with Finkelstein have been held before and no doubt will be held again. Authors with views contesting Finkelstein’s may try to rival his meticulous detail in their own books and be featured at other future book events. So be it.

The May 17 event with Dr. Finkelstein was a unifying one in our community. Christian faculty at Princeton Seminary came together with Jewish Voice for Peace and the Princeton Middle East Society. With these co-sponsors, I invited Labyrinth Books to be our venue. While the evening was once or twice disrupted by people like Mr. Orbus, it drew more than 220 people who mainly listened attentively and asked important questions.

Owners of the bookstore offered exemplary guidance, encouraging everyone present to be respectful of one another’s varying viewpoints.

The program was not designed to correspond with the relocation of the U.S. embassy to Jerusalem. Instead, with Finkelstein’s book to the fore on May 17, we were more appropriately concerned with the May 14 killings in Gaza by Israeli military of more than 61 non-violent protestors and its maiming of more than 2,500 others.

Finkelstein’s book helped place the recent one-day killing in the context of decades of Israeli lethal assaults on Gaza.

Recall, for example, Israel’s “Operation

Protective Edge” in 2014. Independent studies of that 2014 operation place “the number of residents of Gaza killed in the 50-day armed conflict at over 2,100, of whom at least 70 percent were civilians, including over 500 children. More than 11,000 were wounded and more than 100,000 made homeless.” On the Israeli side, only “73 Israelis were killed: 67 soldiers and 6 civilians, including one child and one migrant worker. 469 soldiers and 255 civilians were wounded” (Gaza 2014: Findings of an Independent Medical Fact-Finding Team).

And need it be said again? Moral critiques of Israeli government policies and its military are not as such anti-Semitic.

This is a point well established by Jewish thinkers themselves, as in On AntiSemitism: Solidarity and the Struggle for Justice, and another by Judith Butler Parting Ways: Jewishness and the Critique of Zionism.

It was more than appropriate for Labyrinth Books to offer a place for the community to come together around so carefully researched a book and in relation to so egregious a killing as that perpetrated by the Israeli military that same week. When members of diverse religious groups and Princeton citizens gathered that night at Labyrinth Books we created a moment of hope for the kind of real peace that begins by taking a hard and disciplined look at a scene of injustice.

Valeria Torres-Olivares is a member of Princeton High School’s class of 2018.

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Calendar Continued from Page 2A Headquarters Branch of the Mercer County Library System will be hosting the world’s only science fiction convention devoted to the work of legendary author R. A. Lafferty. The library will have panels on three of Lafferty’s novels: “Not to Mention Camels,” “Past Master,” and “Okla Hannali.” We will have an art show and free re-

freshments. Registration suggested online through EventKeeper. For more information, go to www.mcl. org or call 609-989-6920.

Wed., June 13

Climate Cabaret With Steve Hiltner & Friends, 6 p.m., Labyrinth Books, 122 Nassau St., Princeton. In Climate Cabaret, theater and music combine to find comedy, poignancy

and beauty in the greatest challenge of our time — our relationship to nature — both inner and outer.

The earth — its needs and vulnerabilities — can be better understood if thought of as a body with surprising parallels to our own. In this cabaret of life on earth, molecules become characters, and classic songs are “climate-adapted” to speak of human folly and love for a planet. Featured actors

Sharma Continued from Page 3A es from the University of Toronto and an undergraduate degree in aeronautical engineering from Punjab Engineering College in India.

Though he no longer works full-time, Sharma has his own company, Global Aerospace, that provides consulting services to aerospace firms. He has never held elected office before.

In explaining why he is running for council, he

referenced the immigrant journey his family took to get to Canada going back to 1906.

“When you hear their stories, it makes you cry,” he said. “But they worked very hard and they made it.”

He has said he wants to give back to the community and pledged to accept an annual salary of $1 if elected to serve on the governing body, instead of the regular $10,000.

Sharma has talked of speeding up the time it

takes for a business to open in town, and said Princeton University should be contributing more financially to the municipality. Nassau Hall is giving a little more than $3 million this year, as part of a seven-year agreement the town reached with the university in 2014.

Sharma said he believes the annual contribution should be “at least double, if not more” than what Princeton gives today, in pointing to increased work for the town that will come from campus growth.

guys before I got out of the car,” she said.

She roomed with two women, who, like her, were transfer students. Not long after arriving, she ran into a student from Smith, who had also decided to transfer to Princeton.

Of her experience in the classroom, Teaff, a biochemistry major, said she never felt the male professors at Princeton “didn’t accept us.”

“There was never a question that women didn’t

belong there. I never felt that,” she said. “I had a pretty positive transition.”

For that, she credited the women who had arrived before her “for working hard to keep their heads up to make this happen. And the men, too.”

“I have to give a lot of credit to my class for having made it work from the get-go,” she said.

After graduating in 1973, Teaff relocated to North Carolina and worked at Duke University doing

are Cheryl Jones, Basha Parmet, Kitty Getlik, and Fred Dennehy. Phil Orr on piano. All scripts and music by musician and naturalist Steve Hiltner, best known for his writings at PrincetonNatureNotes.org. For more information, go to www.labyrinthbooks.com or call 609-497-1600.

Tues. June 19

Read & Pick Program: Cherries, 9:30 a.m. and 11 a.m., Terhune Or-

chards winery, 330 Cold Soil Road, Lawrenceville.

Read & Pick is a program that combines picking fruit with your young child and listening to a story highlighting the fruit. Parents and young children (ages preschool to 8 years) are welcome to celebrate everything wonderful about cherries. Two books will be read highlighting cherries followed by an educational component. Then everyone will pick his or her own container of cherries.

Farm staff will explain how cherries grow and how they should be picked. The cost is $8 per child and includes the container of cherries.

Registration is requested.

There are two sessions: 9:30 am and 11:00 am.

For more information call 609-924-2310 or visit www.terhuneorchards.com.

Thurs., June 21

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Bierman Continued from Page 3A runs through 2020, with the university providing a little more than $3.2 million this year.

When asked his view of how much he thought the university should contribute in future years, Bierman declined to give a dollar amount. Nor would he say whether he thought Nassau Hall should be contributing more money.

“When I’m running for

this office, I have to listen to all sides before I make a definitive statement,” he said. “I can’t do that yet.

When I’m on the board, I definitely will.”

On the struggles of retail businesses in town, Bierman said he does not know enough yet to say whether rents are too high or not high enough. He raised the prospect of working with businesses and landlords about having a rent “ceiling” during the initial years

a business is open. He also cannot say for certain whether retail stores will disappear entirely from town.

“To me, the (Princeton) Shopping Center is my downtown anyway, for a lot of us locals,” he said.

Council members Lance Liverman and Heather H. Howard are not seeking re-election. All six council seats are held by Democrats.

research for a year. She later enrolled in medical school at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she met her future husband.

Today, Teaff, a retired doctor, lives in Charlotte, N.C. The Princeton lineage continued with her youngest daughter, Mary Cait Walthall, who graduated from the university in 2008.

By then, much had changed about old Nassau, a place led, at the time, by its first

female president, Shirley M. Tilghman.

Teaff contrasted women of her day with those of her daughter’s.

“I feel like we stood up for ourselves better in the early 70’s … to kind of get what we needed, than my daughter’s class, who kind of felt like they were entitled or that everything was all fine, there wasn’t any problem, the battle had been won, there’s nothing to worry about,” she said.

“So I think my daugh-

ter’s experience was a

Teaff Continued from Page 1A dents came without the “media circus” that had greeted the first female undergraduates two years earlier, she said.

Teaff remembered arriving at Brown Hall, her dormitory, and seeing two male students sitting in the window of their room.

They were friendly to her then, she recalled, and have remained friends well afterward.

“I literally met these

little different in that they

didn’t feel like they had to

stand up for themselves as

much. And I don’t think

they recognize the fact that

just because this has hap-

pened, that there’s women

at Princeton or women in

medicine, doesn’t mean

that your power or your standing

could

not

away,” Teaff said.

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Princeton remembers our nation’s veterans

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State and local law enforcement were on hand to lead the procession down Nassau Street.

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Revolutionary War re-enactor David Hicks, center, watches the festivities.

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Area high school JROTC organizations, such as the one from Trenton Central High School pictured above, also participated in the parade.

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Pastor Richard Swanson of the Gospel Mission Corps in Hightstown marched during the parade on May 26.

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MERCER COUNTY NOTES Park Commission to host trail days

Celebrate National Trails Day with the Mercer County Park Commission’s Naturalist Department on Saturday, June 2, and Sunday, June 3. The following programs are suitable for all age groups and encourage participants to enjoy the outdoor opportunities in the county parks.

Sensory Hike for Families will lead participants through the trails of Mercer Meadows where hikers will search for different clues to utilize a number of senses.

The hike will begin at the newly renovated Historic Hunt Barn where members can pick up a map for a self-guided, familyfriendly sensory hike. This program will take place Saturday, June 2, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.; no registration required.

Give Back to the Trails will be held at Baldpate Mountain on Saturday, June 2, from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Get in a hike, some exercise and hands-on fun led by the Park Commission’s Land Steward while maintaining the trail system. The program will begin at the Pleasant Valley parking lot where basic instructions, hand tools and gloves will be provided. Participants should wear durable footwear, thorn-resistant clothing and bring plenty of water.

Give Back to the Trails is a free program appropriate for ages 12 and over; those under 16 must be accompanied by an adult.

To register, call the Nature Programs, call 609-888-3218.

The Mercer County Naturalist Department offers a variety of programs and activities for adults, children and families.

Offerings include hikes, birdwatching, hands-on programming and visits to wetlands, grasslands, streams, lakes and more.

For information on the Nature Programs, please visit www.mercercountyparks.org.

Brews and Foods at Mercer County Park

Mark your calendar for the first festival of its kind at Mercer County Park. The New Jersey Craft Beer and Food Truck Festival will debut on Saturday, June 2, from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.

The afternoon will feature beer from New Jersey’s own craft breweries on tap including Screamin’ Hill Brewery, Czig Meister Brewing Company, Bolero Snort Brewery, Jughandle Brewing Company, Backward Flag Brewing, River Horse Brewing, Brotherton Brewing, Demented Brewing and more. Proceeds from beers on tap will go toward Arms2Artisans (A2A), a paid fellowship program to support veterans with job placement and peer support.

Attendees will also have 15 food trucks to choose from including a variety of hot meals and dessert options to purchase throughout the day. The Flying Pie Guy, Mexi-Flip Taco Truck, Jersey Devil BBQ, Dan’s Waffles, Buzzetta Mama’s Meatballs, Star of the Sea Seafood, Carolina Blue, Cajun Jax and others will be on site.

Musical entertainment will be provided by Mario & the Slyders. For the younger visitors, a Kids Zone will be available with a bounce house, face paintings and craft activities to get involved in.

Tickets for the New Jersey Craft Beer and Food Truck Festival will be sold at the gate upon entry; there will be no advance tickets sold for this event. General admission will cost $7 for those 21 and up; $5 for those under 21, who must be accompanied by a full-paying adult. Admission for children 12 and under is free. Craft beer is sold separately and is not included in the price of admission. There will be a $5 parking charge per car. For more information, go to www.newjerseycraftbeerevents.com.

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The Mercer County Park Commission will hold National Trails Day programming June 2 and 3.

Cultural Festival scheduled for June 16

Mercer County’s 12 municipalities are home to citizens of many ethnicities and countries of origin. In celebration of this, County Executive Brian M. Hughes and the Board of Chosen Freeholders will present the eighth annual Cultural Festival & Food Truck Rally on Saturday, June 16, at Mercer County Park in West Windsor.

The festival, to be held from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., will celebrate diverse cultures through live music and traditional dance performances, food trucks and biergarten, art demonstrations, heritage crafters, American Indians with handmade tepees, and pony rides and other activities for children.

The entertainment schedule is as follows: Cultural Bands 11:30 a.m. – Nagara Group, Sikh 1:30 p.m. – Broken Shillelaghs, Irish 2:45 p.m. – Polkadelphia, Polish 4:30 p.m. – Swing Sabroso, Puerto Rican 6:15 p.m. – Kombo Latino, Latin Dance Performances 12 p.m. – Shishya School, Indian dance 12:15 p.m. – Recordando Mi Tierra, Costa Rican 12:40 p.m. – Trenton Greek Terpsichorians 1:00 p.m. – Shen Yun, Chinese Lion Dancers 2:15 p.m. – Universal African Dance & Drum Ensemble 3:30 p.m. – Gypsy Funk Squad, Middle Eastern 4:00 p.m. – Gruppo Folklorico San Jose de Newark, Ecuadorian 5:15 p.m. – Janosik Polish Dance, Polish 5:30 p.m. – Nos Pes de Ouro, Brazilian & Capoeira Admission and parking are free. For more information, email the Mercer County Division of Culture and Heritage at culturalfestival@mercercounty.org or call 609-278-2712.

County announces photo project

Mercer County invites you to submit your digital images to help the County create a collection of recent photographs that illustrate living, working and playing within its 12 municipalities.

The county is looking for images that illustrate area heritage, economic vibrancy and cultural diversity and that include public buildings, historic sites, parks and

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events with or without people using those places.

“This is a way for talented amateur photographers to help us spotlight the many great things that Mercer County and its vibrant communities have to offer,” said County Executive Brian M. Hughes. “If you enjoy taking photos, we invite you to show us Mercer County through your lens.”

This is not a contest but an opportunity for amateur photographers who seek a broader audience for their work. The images could be used in editorial and commercial digital and print media promoting the County. The photographer’s credit line would appear in the media in which they appear, whenever possible. The county would have exclusive rights of the images and will not sell them.

Participants must complete an agreement before submitting images. Instructions and requirements can be found online at ciephoto.com/PhotogDirex.pdf.

County seeks flags for decommissioning

Do you have an American flag that is tattered, soiled or otherwise unserviceable? If so, Mercer County Executive Brian M. Hughes encourages you to dispose of it properly at the County’s annual flag

decommissioning ceremony scheduled for Flag Day, June 14, at Veterans Park in Hamilton.

Each year, the Mercer County Office of Veteran Services partners with local veterans from the American Legion Post 31 and the Hamilton Township Patriotic Committee to hold the time-honored decommissioning, also known as “flag retirement.” American flags that are no longer fit for display will be burned in a dignified manner in a large pit during the ceremony and the flames will be doused by firefighters from the Nottingham Fire Company of Hamilton.

“One way we celebrate Flag Day is by demonstrating the proper way to retire an American flag,” Mr. Hughes said.

Individuals and organizations wishing to have an American flag properly disposed of should bring the flag to any Mercer County office, including County Connection, Route 33 at Paxson Avenue, Hamilton; Lawrence Headquarters Branch of the Mercer County Library System, 2751 Brunswick Pike, Lawrence; McDade Administration Building, 640 South Broad St., Trenton; and Mercer County Veterans Home, 2280 Hamilton Ave., Hamilton.

The flag decommissioning ceremony will take place Thursday, June 14, at 6 p.m. at Veterans Park (Klockner Road entrance). Rain date is Friday, June 15. For more information, contact Mercer County Veteran Services at 609-989-6120.

Hazardous waste disposal day

The Mercer County Improvement Authority will host a Household Hazardous Waste and Electronic Waste Disposal Day, Sat., June 2, for county residents who would like to recycle common residential chemical wastes or used electronics.

The event will take place from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the John T. Dempster Fire School at 350 Lawrence Road in Lawrence, rain or shine.

While no registration is necessary, please note that the event is open to Mercer County residents only, and attendees will need to show proof of residency, such as a driver’s license. No commercial or industrial waste will be accepted. For additional information, click here.

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Continued from Page 5A Starting Over,” 6 p.m., Labyrinth Books, 122 Nassau St., Princeton. How are women, and artists, “seen” and judged by their age, race, and looks? And how does this seeing change, depending upon what is asked of the viewer? Who defines “an Artist,” and all that goes with such an identity, and how are these ideas tied to our shared conceptions of beauty, value, and difference? Old in Art School represents an ongoing exploration of such questions, one that ultimately honors curiosity, openness, and joy—the joy of embracing creativity, the importance of hard work, and the stubborn determination of your own value. For

more information, go to www.labyrinthbooks.com or call 609-497-1600.

Sun., June 24

Firefly Festival, 4- 9 p.m., Terhune Orchards winery, 330 Cold Soil Road, Lawrenceville. Fireflies are an “electrifying” part of summer. To celebrate this exciting free event, enjoy an evening of nature, music, wagon rides, and outdoor fun. Celebrate fireflies by making your own wings and antenna. There will be a $5 charge for the crafts activities. Enjoy live music by Miss Amy and her Big Kids Band while you wait for the fireflies to come out. Circus Place, New Jersey’s premier circus

training facility, will showcase their Youth Circus Performance Troupe at Firefly Festival. Watch the students perform aerials, acrobatics and juggling. Visitors can also participate in interactive workshops and learn to juggle, spin a plate, balance feathers, and walk a tight wire. Food will be available at Pam’s Firefly Tent: grilled chicken, hot dogs, corn on the cob, pie, apple cider, donuts, cookies, apples and more! Pony rides, face painting and wagon rides through the farm and orchards will be available all evening. Adults can enjoy Terhune’s own wine to sample or by the glass in the tasting room. For more, go to www.terhuneorchards.com or call 609924-2310.

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which took effect in 2011, bans disposal of televisions and all personal or portable computers — including desktop, notebook and laptop computers, as well as computer monitors — in the regular waste stream.

These items must be recycled, and County residents can do so June 2 at the Dempster facility.

Acceptable household items include: aerosol cans, used motor oil, propane gas tanks, pesticides and herbicides, car batteries, paint thinner, oil-based paint, stains and varnishes, gasoline, anti-freeze, driveway sealer, insect repellents, mercury and fluorescent/CFL bulbs.

Acceptable used electronic items include: computers, printers, copiers, fax machines, stereos, televisions and microwaves.

Obituaries

Joyce Whitehead Lathbury, 76

Elizabeth Poole Reilly Steele (Betty), 60

Joyce Whitehead Lathbury of New Hope, Pennsylvania, died at her home on Saturday, May 26, 2018, surrounded by her loving family. She was 76.

Born in Wilmington, Delaware, Joyce was a longtime resident of Princeton New Jersey, moving to New Hope Pennsylvania in 2013. She was an accomplished psychiatric social worker specializing in couples and family therapy. Joyce graduated at the top of her class at Ursuline Academy in Wilmington Delaware and earned her bachelor’s degree from Pennsylvania State University where she was a member of Kappa Kappa Gamma Sorority. She finished her academic studies at University of California at Berkeley where she earned a Masters in Social Work. During her career, Joyce was committed to her profession and clients deeply, working for a range of national psychiatric and mental health institutions and with patients in private practice later in her career. Joyce was a lifelong tennis player and accomplished gardener. She was a member of the Master Gardeners of New Jersey and Stony Brook Garden Club for over 20 years.

Joyce was a loving wife, mother and grandmother and doted on her grandchildren.

She enjoyed art, painting in watercolors and drawing in pen and ink. She had a unique eye for understated elegance and beauty that was reflected in her home, her gardens, and her style. But most of all, Joyce is remembered for her kindness and care for others. She had a true sense of empathy, love and commitment. She authentically felt the joy and pain of others and provided guidance and love without reservation.

The daughter of the late Samuel and Mary Duff Whitehead, Joyce is survived by her husband of 31 years Vincent “Bill” Lathbury; her children Brian T. O’Leary and his wife Angela Mikula of High Bridge, NJ and Erin O’Leary and her husband Tom Dickey of Lambertville; her two grandchildren; and her brother and his wife Neil and Ruth Whitehead of Cape May, NJ. Relatives and friends are invited to gather on Thursday, May 31, from 4 to 7 pm at the Van Horn-McDonough Funeral Home, 21 York Street, Lambertville, NJ 08530 (vhmfh.com). There will be a prayer service at 5 pm that evening.

A memorial celebration to be held in the fall will be announced at a future date.

In lieu of flowers, donations in Joyce’s memory may be made to Fisherman’s Mark, 37 S. Main Street, Lambertville, NJ 08530 (info@fishermansmark.org) or to Save, 1010 Route 601, Skillman, NJ 08558 (save@savehomelessanimals.org).

Obituaries

Mrs. Frances Sophia (Woytowicz) Dovydaitis, 80 Mrs. Frances Sophia (Woytowicz) Dovydaitis, age 80, passed away in Las Cruces, NM on May 11, 2018.

Frances was born on February 22, 1938 in Utica, New York.

Frances is survived by her husband, Vincent Jr, her son, Vincent III (wife Cheryl); daughters, Anne Lewin and Theresa D’Errico (husband John); grandchildren, Paul (wife Deanna), Tiffany (husband Chi), David, Jason, and Benjamin; and great-grandchild, Sunny.

Frances worked as a registered nurse for many years.

She enjoyed traveling and living all over the world.

She was a member of the Unitarian Church.

Frances was known for her musical abilities, her love of cooking, gardening and animals, and her kind and friendly nature.

Our loving memories of her will live in our hearts forever.

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Alvin B. Kernan Alvin B. Kernan died on May 17, in Skillman NJ. He was born in Manchester, Georgia, on June 13, 1923.

His parents later had a ranch in the Sierra Madre Mountains in southern Wyoming.

He graduated from Saratoga high school there in 1940. Unable to meet a small cash expense to fulfill his scholarship to the University of Wyoming, he instead enlisted in the US Navy, at age 17. He served for five years on the USS Enterprise and other aircraft carriers as a bombardier in torpedo squadron 6. He was discharged as a Chief Petty Officer, having been awarded the Navy Cross, DFC, and Air Medal.

After the war he took full advantage of the GI Bill, attending Columbia for a year, then graduating from Williams College, where he won the Wilson Fellowship for post-graduate study at Oxford. He did his PHD studies at Yale, where he later taught for 25 years, in the English Department. At Yale, he was one of the founders of the Lit X program. He was also acting provost of Yale in 1970, then later the dean of the Graduate School at Princeton, where he returned to teaching as The Avalon Professor of Literature.

Elizabeth Poole Reilly Steele (Betty), a 60-year resident of Princeton, NJ, beloved mother of six, and grandmother of eight, died May 30, 2018. Born February 28, 1928, in Boston, she was the cherished only child of Eugenia Poole Reilly and James Crowley Reilly of Lowell, MA. Betty’s delightful childhood was enriched by the Reilly clan of Lowell, especially her seven next door cousins. One, Grace Reilly Conway, became Betty’s lifelong best friend. They spent nearly every day of their young lives together, including more than 80 summers at Drakes Island, Maine. That tranquil space became Betty’s foundation, the getaway she later enjoyed for so many summers with her own children. There she instilled in each of them an appreciation for place and a devotion to family, as well as the beauty of storytelling as she recreated many wonderful experiences with her loving Daddy, devoted Auntie Bud, and many family and friends.

She attended Lowell schools and became lifelong friends with Libby Drury King of Falmouth, ME (their mothers were also great friends). Betty graduated from Rogers Hall School for Girls, where she was editor-in-chief of the literary yearbook and valedictorian of her graduating class. She attended the College of St. Elizabeth with her cousin, Grace, before transferring to Manhattanville College. There she became an officer of the English Club, earned a degree in sociology, and was awarded a Child of Mary medal.

Betty began her working life as a reporter for the Lowell Sun, where she had a by-line for the column “And Have You Heard,” focusing on the social and cultural activities of the Lowell community. Interviewing First Lady Mamie Eisenhower was both an exceptional opportunity and a pinnacle of Betty’s career. She also had occasion to meet with actress Dorothy Lamour and director Alfred Hitchcock while they were in town on a movie promotion tour.

Betty married in 1953 and the couple moved to Charlottesville, VA, then Riverside and Merced, CA. She loved the adventure of traveling the country and relished the challenges of independence. With the births of her first two children in California, Betty found her true calling: motherhood. The family returned east and lived briefly on Staten Island before choosing Princeton to settle with three, then six, young children. Betty chose to make this town her home for the rest of her life.

Her children were Betty’s greatest source of pride and joy. She had a talent for making each of her six feel special, carving out coveted time alone with one or another and creating lasting memories out of the smallest activities such as celebrating her late father’s birthday on Valentine’s Day. She brought joy to each day, somehow knew just what to say in hard times, and personified unconditional love.

Betty went on to raise the children alone, and faced down difficulties with the support of devoted friends such as Flora Hicks. Rarely faltering, Betty set a powerful example of grace under pressure. She became a woman perhaps not even she knew she could be: resilient, resourceful, self-reliant, and successful. She went back to work, joining Gallery 100 on Nassau Street, which was owned by dear friend Fleurette Faus. When Betty moved into advertising and public relations, she found an interest that would last the rest of her career. The personal and professional converged in her role as director of public relations for Stuart Country Day School of the Sacred Heart in Princeton, which all four of her daughters had attended and she had helped found in the 1960s.

Her physical beauty lasted through each stage of her life, but Betty was much more than her captivating smile. She had an equally lovely singing voice, a passion for reading, a great talent for writing, and a flair both for decorating and entertaining – interests many of her children have carried forth. She expanded her writing skills with poetry courses at Princeton University where the quality of her work was noted, and often delighted family and friends with poems and limericks. Betty was instrumental in the preservation of Princeton’s historic houses, having fully restored her Colonial Revival home at 250 Mercer Street. She enjoyed activities at the Present Day Club of Princeton, was a proud founder of the TWIN Awards (Tribute to Women & Industry) program at the YWCA, and chaired the Lane of Shops major fundraiser of the Princeton Hospital Fete.

Betty is survived by six loving children: James Reilly Steele and his wife Elizabeth of Sao Francisco Xavier, Brazil; Eugenie Steele Dieck and her husband David of Lafayette Hill, PA; Mary Ellen and her husband Joseph; Elizabeth Steele and her wife Margaret Drugovich of Oneonta, NY, and Castine, ME; John Steele and his wife Julie Tippens of Arlington, VA; and Margaret Steele and her husband Robert Rieth of Sherman Oaks, CA. Betty’s love for life will also continue in her eight grandchildren: Andrew and Brendan Dieck, Elizabeth and William Kelly, Reilly and Molly Steele, and Jack and Alexandra Rieth.

Betty is also survived by her cousins Grace Reilly Conway and Ann Reilly Gervais, both of greater Lowell, MA, and Drakes Island, ME. She was predeceased by her parents and her cousins Frances Reilly Mack, Peter W. Reilly, and Walter B. Reilly of MA; Lawrence K. Reilly of ME; and Henry T. Reilly of VT. Services will be private and held at a later date. Gifts in memory of Elizabeth Reilly Steele may be made to Mary Jacobs Memorial Library (64 Washington St., Rocky Hill, NJ); the Present Day Club (72 Stockton St., Princeton, NJ 08540); or to support research at the Parkinson’s Foundation (200 SE 1st St., Suite 800, Miami, FL 33131).

Upon retiring from teaching he became the a director of the Mellon Foundation, rejoining his old friend William Bowen there. His published works include “The Cankered Muse,” “Samuel Johnson and Print,” “The Death of Literature,” “Shakespeare the King’s Playwright,” and a memoir of WWII “Crossing the Line, A Bluejacket’s Odyssey.”

Suzanne, nee Scoble, his wife of 58 years, died in 2007. He is survived by his children Geoffrey Peters of Lambertville, NJ, Marjorie Kernan of Blue Hill, ME, and Alvin Kernan Jr. of Florida. His daughter Katherine Kernan, of New York City, predeceased him in February.

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Montgomery tennis

The Montgomery High boys’ tennis team reached the final of the Tournament of Champions with a 5-0 victory over Newark Academy in the semifinals on Wednesday.

Montgomery is the defending Tournament of Champions winner.

The Cougars swept the singles with victories from Ishaan Ravichander at No. 1, James Hopper at No. 2, and Phil Szkudlarski at No. 3. The first doubles team of Chris Guo and William Camper won, as did the second doubles team of Rohit Vadodaria and Andy Li. Montgomery, which improved to 23-2 on the season, was scheduled to face West Windsor-Plainsboro South in the state final on Thursday. The Pirates have handed Montgomery both of its defeats this season.

Montgomery lacrosse

The Montgomery High boys’ lacrosse team was eliminated from the South Jersey, Group IV tournament with a 10-8 loss to Lenape in the state sectional championship game last Saturday at Lenape. Christian Boyle and Kyle Howard each had four goals in the loss for the Cougars, while Will Marripodi contributed four assists.

The Cougars, who had defeated Lenape in the last two South Jersey, Group IV championship games, finished the season with a 12-7 record.

Yale lacrosse

Hun School graduates Chris Fake and Brendan Rooney, as well as Princeton resident Robert Mooney, were members of the Yale University men’s lacrosse team that captured the NCAA national championship with a 13-11 victory over Duke on Monday in Foxboro, Mass.

Fake, a freshman defender, was named the Ivy League Rookie of the Year and a First Team All-Ivy League selection. He started all 20 games and finished the season with 29 ground balls and 18 created turnovers.

Rooney, who spend a postgraduate year at Hun, was a regular on attack and finished the season with 19 goals and the assists. The junior had five goals in a win over Marist this season. Mooney, a junior defender, finished the season with one goal and one assist. He had 18 ground balls and 14 created turnovers. Take finished the season with a 17-3 record.

Montgomery baseball

The Montgomery High baseball team dropped a 6-5 decision to Immaculata in the championship game of the Somerset County Tournament, which was played May 25 at TD Bank Ballpark in Bridgewater. Sam Noles had two hits, drove in two runs and scored two runs in the loss for the Cougars. Palmer Smith had three hits and drove in a run, while Nate Ryan also drove in a run.

Montgomery, the No. 9 seed in the SCT, was making its third straight appearance in the final. The Cougars finished the season with a 9-12 record.

Watershed Trail Run

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PHS boys win state sectional group track title

By Bob Nuse Sports Editor

The Princeton High boys’ track and field team was excited when it completed a sweep of the Mercer County Cross-Country, Indoor Track and Outdoor Track championships.

Now the Little Tigers can add a second ‘triple crown’ to their list of accomplishments.

Princeton used a dominating performance last weekend at Howell High School to capture the championship at the Central Jersey, Group IV meet, giving them a sweep in the fall, winter and spring at those levels, as well.

“That is a testament to their training,” Princeton head coach Rashone Johnson said. “They did exactly what we have had them try to train to do all year-long so they can have this kind of success at this time of the year. They train hard. We have some of the hardest working athletes around and it shows. The proof is in the pudding. And most important, they have fun doing what they do.”

Princeton finished with 105 points to easily outdistance second-place Franklin, which finished with 63 points. Montgomery finished 11th. In the girls’ meet, South Brunswick claimed the team title with 79.20 points.

Princeton finished 10th and Montgomery placed 13th.

The Princeton boys picked up a first-place finish from Will Hare in the 3,200 meters (9:23.11) and also won the 4x800 relay with Hare, Nick Delaney, Jackson McCarthy and Acasio Pinheiro. Paul Brennan won the discus with an effort of 164-feet, 10-inches.

In all, Princeton had nine boys advance in at least two events to this weekend’s state Group IV meet, which will be held at Franklin High. Nils Wildberg and Varun Narayan each advanced in four events, while Pinheiro advanced in three.

The effort by the entire team was dominant in that the Little Tigers scored points from each area of the meet - distance, sprints, jumps, weight events - were all covered in the scoring.

“We have really filled out the

Staff photo by Scott Jacobs

Princeton High’s Simon Schenk finished second in the pole vault to help the Little Tigers to the team title at the Central Jersey Group IV meet last weekend. rest of program,” said Hare, a senior who will run at the University of Pennsylvania next year. “When I was a sophomore and we won sectionals indoors it stemmed from our strong distance team. As the years have gone on we have built the sprints and jumps into a real powerhouse in the state.

Our distance is still strong but we also have throwers and a top pole vaulter and sprinters and jumper to go along with it.

“I think it speaks to how strong out program is when we score in the 4×800 and the 4×100. A few years ago we never would have thought it would be possible to have a 4×1 team score in a Group IV sectional meet. I think it shows how hard (Associate head) Coach Samara and Coach Johnson and the other coaches, as well as the guys, have worked and changed the culture.”

The sectional title was the first for the Princeton boys since they won the Central Jersey, Group II title in 1989. McCarthy was fourth in the 800, while Delaney was fifth. Pinheiro finished third in the 1,600 and the 3,200. Narayan was second and Wildberg was sixth in the long jump, Narayan was fourth in the triple jump, Simon Schenk was second in the pole vault, Ben Kioko was second in the javelin, and Brennan added a fifth in the shot put to his win in the discus.

In the relays, in addition to the victory in the 4x800, the 4x400 team of Narayan, McCarthy, Wildberg and Jack Whetstone

finished second, while the 4x100 team of Wildberg, Narayan, Whetstone and Matt Perello was third.

“It is a really good testament to our building for the whole season,” McCarthy said. “We have been looking to build the relays to a strong caliber and seeing that all happen has been great. We have always felt hungry during the meets. The coaches keep us humble and want us to give the best we have.

“It is cool to see our relays are stepping up to a new level.

It’s amazing. It is spectacular to see a team that is so complete all around. We’ve been built off a strong distance program but you can see now how well we are doing in all of the events. Each event we do well and we build off that.”

It wasn’t all that long ago Princeton would get all of its point in a sectional meet from two or three distance runners. Now the roster is talented top to bottom and scoring in all different ways.

“I know last year at the indoor sectional meet, (Alex) Roth and I were the only scorers and we got fourth place in Group 4,” Hare said. “And now we are dominating the county and sectionals and getting points out of the jumps and throws. We have a pole vaulter who is one of the best in the state and we have a sprint group that is really setting the standard and changing the culture around their program.

“It is funny. It used to be that when the 3,200 would come around all the coaches eyes

would be glued in on what was going on. The last two meets, by time the 3,200 has come around, we have a huge lead. I am toeing the line knowing if I run well it is great but even if I don’t we are up 30 points on the second-place team. It helps me to focus on what I am doing.”

Princeton will take a strong group of athletes to the Group IV meet. But first they’ll enjoy what they accomplished last weekend with the sectional title.

“You certainly know that it is not something going to see every day,” McCarthy said. “Everyone wants it so much so you want to enjoy it. I joined the team two years ago and have seen some great athletes come and go. To be a part of this is something special and motivates me to do something special for this team. We all see how hard we work and the last thing we can to do is let the rest of the team down. We’re all very unselfish and we all want to see each other do well.”

Princeton will head to Franklin this weekend with hopes of winning a state title.

“What makes this such a dynamic group is we have covered a lot of areas,” Johnson said.

“Three or four years ago we were dominated by our distance crew.

They carried through for so long and they scored a bulk of the points. We revamped some things in our training system and now the sprinters are coming through along with the throwers and the jumpers. It makes us a formidable team.”

The Montgomery boys picked up a title when Ryan Cashman finished first in the triple jump with a 46-6.5 effort. Shrikeshav Deshmukh was third in the 110 hurdles. Jason Knight was sixth in the triple jump. The Cougars’ 4x100 relay finished fifth.

In the girls’ meet, Princeton’s Jackie Patterson was third in the 400 meters, Siena Moran was third in the 1,600 meters, the 4x400 relay finished second, and the 4x800 finished sixth.

For Montgomery, Abrianna Barrett won the high jump at 5-4.

Annie Hathaway finished fourth in the pole vault.

Cougars repeat as state sectional group softball champs

By Bob Nuse Sports Editor

There was no sense of panic from the Montgomery High softball team after the squad opened the season with just two victories in its first six games.

“We were disappointed in our record at the beginning of the season,” senior catcher Julia Loffredo said. “We had our struggles.

But I think it made us stronger in the end because we had to conquer a lot. We also played a lot of harder teams at the beginning of the season. I think that made our mental toughness better and we were more focused on the game.”

The Cougars may have started the season slow, but they are finishing strong. On Tuesday they captured a second straight Central Jersey, Group IV state sectional tournament championship with a 12-0 victory over South Brunswick on the Vikings’ home field.

“In the beginning of the year we weren’t putting our hits together,” said Loffredo, who had two hits and drove in two runs in the sectional final victory. “But we finally got our rhythm going, especially at the top of the lineup.

If I get on base, Maddie (Wilson) puts me over and then Peyton (Schnackenberg) hits me in. So it is a good rhythm we have going right now.”

The Cougars entered the Central Jersey, Group IV tournament as the No. 6 seed and posted an 8-4 victory over third-seeded Hillsborough in the quarterfinals before topping second-seeded

Photo by Bob Nuse

Pictured are players and coaches from the Montgomery High softball team, which captured the Central Jersey, Group IV championship with a 12-0 win at South Brunswick on Tuesday. semifinals. South Brunswick was the No. 1 seed in the section.

“We started off 2-4 this year and the kids did not let that get to them,” said Montgomery coach Bryan Upshaw, whose team improved to 19-7 with the victory over South Brunswick. “I kept telling them to trust the process and everything happens for a reason. That’s why we bulked up the schedule to prepare us for times like this stretch at the end of the season. We’re hitting the ball and we’re playing great. I could not be happier.”

In the final, Schnackenberg was nearly perfect. She didn’t allow a hit until the bottom of the fifth inning, finishing with a onehitter and nine strikeouts. At the plate, Schnackenberg collected four hits, including a home run, and drove in four runs. Alexis Swerdlow drove in three runs and

two RBI. “We have been pitching and catching together for six years now, since seventh grade,” Loffredo said of Schnackenberg. “She is amazing. She is so hard-working. I have never met anyone so passionate about this sport. She is always determined and will tell you what you are doing wrong and you know it is coming from the heart. She is a great teammate and a great athlete.

“She gets better and we get better calling pitches together as the game goes on. We figure out what is working with different batters. I thought we did a great job with that.”

The Cougars were scheduled to face Vineland in the Group IV state semifinals on Thursday at Rowan University in Glassboro.

With a victory over Vineland, Montgomery would play for the Group IV state title on Saturday

the final, Montgomery will face either North Hunterdon or Mount Olive, who also played Thursday in the other group semifinal.

“It’s amazing,” Loffredo said.

“Last year we were the No. 1 seed and we got there. This year we were the sixth seed so it was like we were the underdogs and we weren’t the underdogs last year. It was a great experience. To come here and win as the away team is amazing.

“We lost the county last year and that made us stronger. That’s how we won the county this year because we didn’t want to be the ones going home. We lost to North (Hunterdon) twice but they prepared us. They gave us some downfalls but we were able to rise from that.”

Last year the Cougars fell to Egg Harbor in the Group IV semifinals. This year they are playing loose and hoping for more.

“We are playing with the mentality of having nothing to lose because with the seeding we’re the sixth seed and we played the three, the two, and now the one,” Upshaw said. “We’re not letting it affect us. We love being the visitors so we can have the first at bat and put the first run on the board and hopefully relax from there.

“We’re trying for the trifecta, which would be counties, sectionals and states. That’s our dream.

(South Brunswick) is a very good team but Peyton was just lights out today. She was in the zone and she has the experience in these big games and I think that

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Princeton High captures state sectional lax title

By Bob Nuse Sports Editor

There was never a sense of panic, even when the Princeton High girls’ lacrosse team found itself trailing by five goals in the second half of its Central Jersey, Group IV state sectional championship game against Rancocas Valley.

Instead, the Little Tigers took care of business one goal at a time and rallied for a 9-8 victory to secure the school’s first Central Jersey, Group IV state title.

“It was very exciting to come from behind like that and maintain our composure and be able to pull it out,” Princeton coach Sara Doran said following the dramatic victory on May 24. “It was a big mental victory for us.”

Princeton will cherish the sectional state title since the Little Tigers were then defeated in the Group IV semifinals by Clearview, 20-7, on Tuesday in Moorestown.

The Little Tigers trailed, 6-3, at halftime and saw the deficit become 8-3 after Rancocas Valley scored the first two goals of the second half.

Shayla Marciano scored to cut the deficit to 8-4 with

just over 17 minutes left to play, Mariana Lopez-Ona then found the back of the net three straight times to get Princeton to within a goal.

“After they scored a couple to go up by five I told the girls we still had plenty of time,” Doran said. “We had to chip away and stay in it. We were able to get six unanswered goals.”

Marciano scored with 4:29 left to tie the game before Princeton took the lead on a goal by Kathryn DeMilt in the closing minutes. The Princeton defense, led by goalkeeper Grace Reardon, held the Burlington County school scoreless for nearly 19 minutes to close out the game.

“Our goalie has really grown throughout the season,” Doran said. “She has stepped up and had a bunch of saves. The defense has communicated well. They definitely kept us in the game the whole time. Sometimes the defense doesn’t get the glory. But they were consistent and communicated well with each other.”

The sectional title is the first for Princeton, which has not won a championship in the state tournament

since winning the state title in 1985. That season there were no sectional tournaments as the entire state played in one tournament.

“It is very special,” said Doran, who was a player on the 1985 state championship team. “It means a lot. We haven’t done it before. We have come close. We’ve lost the last two years to Rancocas Valley in either the semis or finals. So to beat this team had a lot of meaning for us.

“I have really seen them come together. They are very supportive of each other on and off the field. One of the big things we have worked on is trust and communication and team bonding. We have really seen it pay dividend towards the end of the season. We had a slow start but we matured and improved.”

Princeton opened the season with four straight losses and was 1-5 at one point. But the team came together and had won four straight with the victory over Rancocas Valley.

Princeton’s season ended on Tuesday with its loss to Clearview in the state Group IV semifinals.

But even with the loss in the state semifinals, the

Staff photo by Scott Jacobs

Princeton High School’s Shaylah Marciano makes an effort to collect a loose ball to win back possession during Princeton’s 17-8 win over Monroe Township.

Little Tigers’ season came to a close on a high note with the sectional title.

The comeback nature of the victory made it all the more special.

“They were finishing really well in the first half and out shots were not

connecting,” Doran said.

“At halftime I told them they need to take that extra second and see it and finish better. One goal after the next built their confidence and the home crowd was helpful cheering them on. You could see it build-

ing with each goal.”

In the state semifinal loss to Clearview, LopezOna scored three goals, while Abaigael Ryan and Eva Petrone each scored twice. Princeton finished the season with a 13-11 record.

What’s Up Continued from Page 10A finisher in the Watershed 5k Trail Run, which was held May 20 at the Watershed Institute in Pennington. Rosener covered the course in 21 minutes, 32 seconds to finish ahead of Princeton resident Scott Sullivan, who finished

in second in 22:09 and Princeton resident George Sidamon-Erist, who was third in 23:18. Laura Maria Thomsen of Princeton was the top female finisher with a time of 27:07. Emma Dries of Montgomery was the second female

finisher in 30:59.

In the 10k race, Will Ratner of Princeton was the top male finisher in 46:48 and Charlotte Bednar was the top female finisher in 47:31.

COLLEGE Michael Patrizio The Montgomery High graduate batted .341 with 30 hits in 88 at-bats this season for the Wilkes University baseball team. Patrizio

played in 29 games, 28 as a starter. He finished the season with five doubles, 16 runs batted and 30 runs scored.

Patrizio, a freshman shortstop, was an Honorable Mention AllMAc Freedom selection.

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‘Tartuffe’ at the Shakespeare Theatre

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ON THE COVER: Fred Hersch is among the musicians who will perform concerts during McCarter Theatre’s “Jazz in June” festival.

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ou might think a French play written in the 17th century would be hard for modern audiences to relate to, but The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey’s production of “Tartuffe” is fresh, funny and sharp. Its story of a man devoted to a con artist who uses religion as his currency will always be relevant, but this play also have a love story, betrayal, and one of the all-time great gossip sessions.

It’s not hifalutin at all. In fact, “Tartuffe” is the the stuff of sitcoms. Orgon (Patrick Toon) is the patriarch who is enamored with Tartuffe (Brent Harris). He saw Tartuffe in church praying with such passion and theatrics that his prayers must be more sincere than other churchgoers. (It seems Orgon skimmed through Matthew).

Everyone else in the family can’t stand Tartuffe, with the exception of Orgon’s mother, Madame Pernelle (Vivian Reed).

They see Tartuffe for what his is, a moocher. He also has eyes on Orgon’s wife, Elmire (Caroline Kinsolving). But Orgon wants his daughter Mariane (Sarah Nicole Deaver) to marry Tartuffe, a tragedy for Mariane, who not only loathes Tartuffe but is engaged to Valere (Mark Hawkins).

Raising the stakes is that Tartuffe’s son Damis (Aaron McDaniel) is in love with Valere’s sister, and if Mariane and Valere’s engagement is called off, Damis chances of being with the woman he loves are zero.

So the family schemes up a plan, designed to show Orgon how Tartuffe covets Elmire, but that plan is ruined by the hotheaded Damis.

Another key character is Dorine (Victoria Mack), a maid who is much smarter than the man of the house. An early, funny scene has Dorine updating Orgon about his family. As she tells him that his wife had a bad fever for days, Orgon asks “And Tartuffe?” “He’s round and red, bursting with health, and excellently fed,” the maid says, to which Orgon famously replies, “Poor fellow.” The scene builds as Dorine exaggerates Elmire’s illness, but Orgon is concerned only with Tartuffe.

Bonnie J. Monte, the Shakespeare Theatre’s artistic director, helms this production, running through June 10, an extension from its original planned run. Monte has assembled a top-notch cast, filled with actors who are sharp with funny lines (from Richard Wilbur’s famous translation) and also are terrific with physical comedy. As tension builds, so does the energy, and there are plenty of antics involving a closet people keep hiding in.

Harris is brilliant in the title role. He brings a phony earnestness to the role, but holds back just enough that we could see Orgon falling for his act. He’s great in moments where Tartuffe has to weasel himself out of a situations. He’s a villain to be sure, but never so threatening as to take away from the comedy.

Mack is great as Dorine, the servant, probably the smartest, and sharpest character in the play. She and Toon play off each other wonderfully. Toon makes a great Orgon, he isn’t the brightest guy around, but he’s not dumb, and ultimately has a good heart.

The funniest scene involves Elmire pretending to seduce in Tartuffe, while Orgon hides under a table. Elmire does this to prove what Tartuffe truly is, and there are plenty of things said, and done, to show Orgon the truth, but he doesn’t expose himself. Kinsolving carries the scene, alternating her fake passion toward Tartuffe to her coded hints to her husband.

Nikkie Delhomemme’s costumes are thrilling, setting the period with plenty of flair. And Brittany Vasta’s sets are beautiful. It’s an ornate, bright scene with offwhite walls, a marble floor and a threepanel paintin of cherubs floating in the sky.

It would be shame to miss the “Tartuffe,” it’s a perfect kickoff to the Shakespeare Theatre’s new season.

The Shaksepeare Theatre is located on the campus of Drew University, 36 Madison Ave, Madison. For tickets and information, go to www.shakespearenj.org or call 973408-5600.

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All That Jazz at McCarter

ummertime, and the music is jazzy.

McCarter Theatre is introducing something new this year with its “Jazz in June Festival,” series of four concerts.

The lineup begins with a show by The Bad Plus, June 8. Next is a concert by Joey Alexander June 9, followed by Christian Sands June 14; and Fred Hersch June 15.

“Summer is the prime time for jazz festivals, they are almost ubiquitous not only in this country but around the world,” says Bill Lockwood, McCarter’s special programming director. “In more ways than one, it is the summer festival circuit that keeps the world of jazz and its artists thriving, so I thought it was time for McCarter to join the club.”

He adds that McCarter has never hosted any kind of music festival, and that presenting the concerts in McCarter’s smaller venue, the Berlind Theatre, makes perfect sense.

“We have elected to dip our toe into the festival waters on a small scale, starting with the musical unit familiar to most audiences, the piano jazz trio,” Lockwood says.

“Which is why our first festival incorporates four concerts spanning several generations of the format, and featuring artists who have made it their specialty.”

The Bad Plus has played McCarter previously, in 2007.

The group is known for its original music as well as playing pop covers. It recently released a new album, “Never Stop II,” with new member Orrin Evans.

“Its music always defied categorization, searching for rules to break, every concert a kind of sonic adventure,” Lockwood says of The Bad Plus. “But the original trio was a model of cohesion and never played a gig with a substitute musician — that is, until this year. So it was big news in the jazz world when the group’s founding pianist, Ethan Iverson, stepped down after 18 years, and was replaced by Orrin Evans, a longtime icon of the Philadelphia jazz scene. Understandably, it’s been a big year for Evans, but he is no stranger to the jazz piano trio, since he’s been a band leader for over 20 years and has had his own trio, Tarbaby. “ Alexander is just 14 years old, and made his McCarter debut in 2017.

“The word ‘phenomenon’ is a misnomer when it comes to his prodigious talent,” Lockwood says of Alexander. “It started when he played for Wynton Marsalis at Lincoln Center in 2014 at the age of 11; and prior to that New York debut, I had occasion to ask Wynton whom he thought was going to be the ‘next big thing’ in the piano jazz world,

Musicians scheduled to perform during McCarter Theatre’s “Jazz in June Festival” include Christian Sands (above) and Fred Hersch. and his answer without hesitation: Joey Alexander.”

Christian Sands is also young, 28, and has picked up five Grammy nominations.

“And what better mentor could you have than Christian McBride, with whom he toured as his pianist for six years,” Lockwood says. “It was McBride who first alerted me to Sands and said that he was on the cusp of breaking out on his own in a big way from his generation of jazz pianist colleagues, not only as performer but also as composer, ‘so get him while you can!'” Sands also is taking over stewardship of the Erroll Garner Jazz Project, taking over from Geri Allen, who was a mentor to Sands.

“Erroll Garner, whose [album] “Concert by the Sea” is the stuff of legend, was the first jazz artist I ever presented at McCarter,” Lockwood says. “That Christian Sands is providing a sense of continuity to one of jazz music’s most enduring, but oft forgotten, keyboard giants is welcome news, especially for those of us for whom ‘Concert By the Sea’ — followed soon by Dave Brubeck and ‘Take Five’ — is where it all began.”

The festival will wrap up with a concert by Hersch, who Lockwood describes as the festival’s “anchor.”

“It is all too easy to call him an ’eminence’ of the field, so high in the esteem of his colleagues is he held,” Lockwood says. “And far from aspiring to membership in the pantheon of jazz royalty, he is the pantheon, which explains why I determined early on that his participation in our inaugural festival was essential — it’s where you start.”

McCarter Theatre is located at 91 University Place, Princeton. For tickets and information, go to www.mccarter.org or call 609-258-2787.

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‘An Act of God’ at Bucks County Playhouse

avid Javerbaum’s “An Act of God” is a light, comedic fantasy that portrays God as a lot of people wish he could be. This a God with a modern sensibility who rattles off jokes as if he’s the host of a mild roast.

How does explain evolution and geological evidence that the Earth is billions of years old? He planted the evidence, made it look that way—take that Neil deGrasse Pagan!

God also talks about his “wrath management issues” — and the Book of Job? It’s funnier than “The Book of Mormon” and “The Book of Mormon.”

“Act of God,” running at the Bucks County Playhouse through June 16, offers thoughts from God, who has taken on the form of an actor named Harry Bouvy (who plays the character). And he has a whole new set of Ten Commandments for us. The old set needs an update, it seems.

A few commandments stay unchanged, but the edits include “That shalt not tell others whom to fornicate,” and by that? “I mean the gays,” God says. In fact, he did indeed originally envision Adam and Steve, a relationship that

Photo by Joan Marcus

God (Harry Bouvy, center) and his archangels Michael (Ashley D. Kelley) and Gabriel (Joe Kinosian) pose for a selfie in “Act of God” at Bucks County Playhouse.

started with Adam knocked out cold (“I Cosbied his nectar,” God says). But the snake and the apple made Adam realize what was going on.

So if God is OK with homosexuality, how does he explain “thou shalt not lie with a man as one lies with a woman,” which is not a commandment but is found in Leviticus. Simple — that’s good advice: “When you’re with a man, you can straight-up lie, but if you’re lying to a woman, you need to be more subtle.”

“Act of God” made its Broadway debut in 2015 with Jim Parsons as God. It returned in 2016 starring Sean Hayes. It’s becoming a popular choice in regional theater (George Street Playhouse in New Brunswick staged it last year, with Kathleen Turner playing God), likely because it’s so simple to stage.

It also seems to be a show that draws stars — what celebrity wouldn’t want to play God? — but Bucks made a good move in avoiding stunt casting. The play informs us that God has taken on the form of this stage actor name Bouvy, who bears a resemblance to Stanley Tucci.

Dressed in a light-blue shirt, sky-colored tie complete with clouds, off-white pants and gold-painted sneakers, Bouvy plays the role with confidence (which comes in handy when playing the Almighty), humor and a touch of humanity.

This God is all-knowing, and he also knows about his own failings. The show hits home when God talks about Jesus. He starts off funny, Jesus was a middle child and acted like it, but after noting that his son died not only for our sins, but for the sins of his father, God commands us to honor our children.

This isn’t a one-man show, as God is joined by two archangels. Ashley D. Kelley is all charm as Michael, who peppers God with some annoying questions. Joe Kinosian plays Gabriel, setting the mood for God throughout the show. Kinosian has been at Bucks before, in “Murder for Two: Holiday Edition” and in “The Nerd,” and he’s terrific, as always.

The set is simple, a platform with a denim-blue couch and screen projection. Director Tracy Brigden sets a brisk pace (the show runs less than 90 minutes), and brings a good dose of heart to the show.

“An Act of God” isn’t deep. I can’t say it’s a laugh riot, but I chuckled, often.

“An Act of God” continues at Bucks County Playhouse, 70 S. Main St., New Hope, through June 16. For tickets and information, go to bcptheater.org or call 215-862-2121.

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THINGS TO DO STAGE “Turning Off the Morning News,” McCarter Theatre Center, 91 University Place, Princeton. World premiere comedy by Tony-winning author Christopher Durang that takes a dark look at today’s world, through June 3; www.mccarter. org; 609-258-2787.

“Glengarry Glen Ross,” Kelsey Theatre on the campus of Mercer County Community College, 1200 Old Trenton Road, West Windsor. A group of desperate real estate salesmen are sharpening their knives as they prepare to sell some questionable properties really fast in David Mamet’s classic. Presented by The Pennington Players, through June 3. Performances: Fri.-Sat. 8 p.m., Sun. 2 p.m. $18, $16 seniors, $14 students/children; www. kelseytheatre.net; 609-570-3333.

“Tartuffe,” Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey, F.M. Kirby Shakespeare Theatre, 36 Madison Ave., Madison. Tartuffe, the consummate con man, hypocrite and womanizer, meets his match in Molière’s masterpiece of biting social commentary, through June 10; www.shakespearenj. org; 973-408-5600.

“Act of God,” Bucks County Playhouse 70 S. Main St., New Hope, Pennsylvania. Comedy by David Javerbaum in which comes back and sets up a new set of Ten Commandments, through June 16; $40-$80; www.bcptheater.org; 215-8622121.

“The Sum of Us,” ActorsNET of Bucks County’s Heritage Center Theatre, 635 North Delmorr Ave., Morrisville, Pennsylvania. David Stevens’ comedy about a straight Australian father who goes way overboard in supporting his gay son’s lifestyle – to the point of driving his son crazy, June 1-17. Performancs: Fri.-Sat. 8 p.m., Sun. 2 pm. Tickets cost $20, $17 seniors (62 and older), $15 students; www.actorsnetbucks.org; 215-295-3694.

“The Music Man,” Music Mountain Theatre, Route 1483 Route 179, Lambertville. Meredith Wilson’s classic musical set in River City, Iowa, where con man Harold Hill dupes the town folk into thinking he’s a band leader, but not everyone is falling for his scheme, June 1-21. Performances: Fri.-Sat. 8 p.m., Sun. 3 p.m. Tickets cost

$22; www.musicmountaintheatre.org; 609397-3337.

“Night With Oscar”, George Street Playhouse, 103 College Farm Road, New Brunswick. Benefit play reading of Eugene Pack’s new comedy featuring Rob Morrow (“Northern Exposure,” “Billions”), Robert Wuhl (“Bull Durham,” “Arli$$”) and Talia Balsam (“Mad Men”), June 8, 8 p.m. www.georgestreetplayhouse.org; 732-2467717.

CHILDREN’S THEATRE “Cinderella,” Music Mountain Theatre, Route 1483 Route 179, Lambertville.

Classic story of Cinderella, her stepmother and step sisters, a fairy godmother, and a slipper, June 9-23. Performances are Saturdays at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. The June 23 performance will be ASL interpreted. $8; www.musicmountaintheatre.org.

“The Cat in the Hat,” Kelsey Theatre on the campus of Mercer County Community College, 1200 Old Trenton Road, West Windsor. From the moment his oversized, red-and-white-striped hat appears around the door, Sally and her brother know that they are in for an adventure like no other.

Based on the Dr. Seuss book, presented by Theatreworks USA and Two Beans Productions, June 2, 2 p.m., 4 p.m. $12, $10 children; www.kelseytheatre.net; 609-5703333.

MUSIC CLASSICAL MUSIC Capital Singers of Trenton, Sacred Heart Church, 343 S. Broad St., Trenton.

Choral concert featuring the debut performance of conductor Vinroy D. Brown Jr.’s “Let All the World in Every Corner Sing.” The program also will include Ralph Vaughan Williams’ Mass in G Minor, selections by Alice Parker, Moses Hogan and Franz Haydn, and more, June 3, 4 p.m. www.capitalsingers.org; 609-434-2781.

Eastern Wind Symphony, Richardson Auditorium in Alexander Hall on the Princeton University campus. Concert featuring world premiere of Julie Giroux’s Symphony No. V, Elements. The performance will feature additional pieces by Julie Giroux, and a performance by the EWS Youth Band. A See THINGS TO DO, Page 6B

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JAZZ, CABARET, ROCK, FOLK, ETC. An Evening with Caroline Spence and Robby Hecht, Hopewell Theater, 5 S. Greenwood Ave., Hopewell. Concert indie singer-songwriter, June 1, 8 p.m. hopewelltheater.com.

The PI Power Trio with Sasha Dobson, Hopewell Theater, 5 S. Greenwood Ave., Hopewell. Modern music drawing on the tradition of instrumental rock ‘n’ roll, June 8, 8 p.m. hopewelltheater.com.

Danielia Cotton, Cadwlader Park, Trenton. Philadelphia-based singer-songwriter, June 24, 6-8 p.m. Free; ellarslie.org.

MUSEUMS Trenton City Museum at Ellarslie Mansion, Cadwalader Park, Parkside Avenue, Trenton. Ellarslie Open 35. Annual juried exhibit continues a tradition of supporting area artists and bringing the finest in visual art to patrons and visitors. Juried by Heather Campbell Coyle, through July 1. Hours: Wed.-Sat. noon to 4 p.m. Sun. 1-4

p.m. www.ellarslie.org; 609-989-3632.

Princeton University Art Museum, on the campus of Princeton University, Princeton. “Frank Stella Unbound: Literature and Printmaking,” Between 1984 and 1999, the American artist Frank Stella executed four ambitious print series, each of which was named after a literary work that had a distinctive narrative structure: the Passover song Had Gadya, a compilation of Italian folktales, the epic novel Moby-Dick, and the illustrated encyclopedia Dictionary of Imaginary Places. Through these four bodies of work, Stella evolved printmaking projects of unprecedented scale and complexity that both transformed the artist’s visual language, through Sept. 23; Hours: Tues.-Wed., Fri.-Sat. 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Thurs. 10 a.m.-10 p.m., Sun. 1-5 p.m. Admission is free; artmuseum.princeton.edu; 609258-3788.

Morven Museum & Garden, 55 Stockton St., Princeton. “A Gentleman’s Pursuit: The Commodore’s Greenhouse” Exhibit reveals the findings at Morven from Hunter Research’s excavation of one of New Jersey’s earliest greenhouses, through June 3. Hours: Wed.-Sun. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. $10, $8 seniors/students; morven.org; 609-9248144.

Zimmerli Art Museum, 71 Hamilton St. (at George Street) on the College Avenue Campus of Rutgers, New Brunswick. Cats vs. Dogs: Illustrations for Children’s Lit-

erature. Featuring more than 40 drawings and collages by Frank Asch, Mary Chalmers, Tony Chen, Roger Duvoisin, Shari Halpern, Lois Lenski, Ward Schumaker, and Art Seiden. The exhibition emphasizes the strength of visual elements in storytelling, especially for children learning how to read, through June 24. This exhibit is open to the public Fridays through Sundays. “It’s Just a Job: Bill Owens and Studs Terkel on Working in 1970s America,” through July 29. Museum hours: Tues.-Fri. 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Sat.-Sun. noon to 5 p.m. Admission is free; www.zimmerlimuseum.rutgers.edu; 848-932-7237.

GALLERIES

Taplin Gallery at the Paul Robeson Center for the Arts, 102 Witherspoon St., Princeton. “Interwoven Stories International.” 3-hole fabric pages, stitched with memories, places, and people, speaking to the generosity, diversity, spirit, commitment and creativity of a community. Diana Weymar developed Interwoven Stories as 2016 Artist-in-Residence at the Arts Council of Princeton. She returns to curate more than 250 pages from Princeton, The Peddie School, the Nantucket Stitching Gam, the Zen Hospice Project (San Francisco), Open Space Art (Damascus,

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Jun. 1st – Jun. 10th, 2018 Continued from Page 6B Syria), Build Peace (Columbia), the University of Puget Sound (Tacoma), Yarns/ NoDominion Theatre (Jersey City), and Trans Tipping Point Project (Victoria, BC), through June 23. artscouncilofprinceton. org; 609-924-8777.

The Gourgaud Gallery, 23-A North Main St., Cranbury. Exhibit of works by members of the New York City United Federation of Teachers Painting Class exhibit.

The UFT Painting Class began in 2010 at the Monmouth County Library, through June 29; www.cranburyartscouncil.org.

Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript Library, 65 Olden Street, Princeton University campus. “Learning to Fight, Fighting to Learn: Education in Times of War,” exhibition at World War I and its effect on education, drawing from the university srchives and the public policy papers of Princeton University Library, through June 2018.

Hours: Mon.-Fri. 9 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. during the academic year; library.princeton. edu.

Gallery at Mercer County Community College, Mercer County Community College campus, 1200 Old Trenton Road,

West Windsor. “Mercer County Artists 2018,” featuring 28 works in a variety of media including oil, acrylic, graphite, mixed media, ceramic, wood and more, through July 9; www.mccc.edu/gallery.

Plainsboro Library Gallery, 9 Van Doren St., Plainsboro. Exhibit of handpainted and fired ceramic tile art by central Jersey artist Adrian Nicoara. The exhibit will include original portraits, landscapes, and still life, as well as interpretations of classical art; it will also include decorative tiles and plates.

Most of the work is created on 6 inch tiles, arranged in groupings that measure 12 inches to 36 inches. They are edged in copper, and assembled in hand-made wooden frames with inlaid fabrics or papers, which serve to enhance the tiles within, through June 20. Opening reception, June 3, 2-4 p.m. Hours: Mon.-Thurs. 10 a.m.-8:30 p.m., Fri.-Sun. 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

609-275-2897.

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General Admission: Adults $18 (at the door $20) Children/Young Adults 6-18 Years Old $9 (at the door $10) Children under 6 are free Reserved Seating $36 Sponsors $118 (includes 2 Reserved Seats, Avi Wisnia CD, Special recognition in Concert Program) For Information and Tickets Go To https://aviwisniaadathisraelnj.eventbrite.com Tickets and information available at Adath Israel’s Main Office (609) 896-4977 Presented by Adath Israel’s MOSAIC: A Center for Arts, Culture and Ideas 1958 Lawrenceville Rd, Lawrenceville, NJ 08648

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missions for ArtWalk. The 2018 theme is Celebrate New Jersey. Submit your two-dimensional art for display and sale in this juried exhibit.

Accepted art will be on view at the Franklin Day Festival, Sept. 22, held in Colonial Park, 156 Mettlers Road, Somerset.

Submissions must be received by Aug. 4. The notification of acceptance will be mailed by Aug. 11. Submission forms and guidelines can be found at Franklintwp.seamlessdocs.com/ f/ArtWalkCall4Art.

Stress Factory, 90 Church St., New Brunswick. Kevin Brennan, June 1, 7:30, 9:45 p.m., $20; Kevin Nealon, June 2, 7:30, 9:45 p.m., June 3, 7:30 p.m., $32; www. stressfactory.com; 732-545-4242.

Princeton Catch a Rising Star, 102 Carnegie Center, West Windsor. J.J. Ramirez, June 1, Gilbert Gottfried with J.J. Ramirez, June 2; catcharisingstar.com; 609-987-8018.

The RRazz Room, The Clarion Inn & Suites, 6426 Lower York Road, New Hope, Pennsylvania. Julia Scotti, June 2, 8 p.m. $25; therrazzroom.com; 888-596-1027.

Princeton Country Dancers, Suzanne Patterson Center, 1 Monument Drive, Princeton. Weekly Wednesday Contra Dance, June 6, 8-10:30 p.m (Instruction at 7:30 p.m.), $10; www.princetoncountrydancers.org.

M R Square Dance Club, Saint Luke’s (Episcopal) Church, 1620 Prospect St. Ewing. Weekly progressive dances. No prior experience is needed. Please be prompt.

Tuesdays 7:30 p.m. $10 suggested donation; richd1squarerounddancer@msn.com; 609-844-1140.

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Sharing the stories that make Memorial Day Retired U.S. Army Lt. Col. William Traubel, a Hopewell resident, West Point ‘66, and Princeton University ’72, has taken on a retirement avocation of communicating about the dead and bringing them to life. He is no psychic, but rather a medium for Revolutionary War heroes — a storyteller whose script is based on the events and people who fought and died for the establishment the United States of America.

The speaker at the Spirit of Princeton Memorial Day Parade Ceremony, held May 26, Traubel — in both casual conversation and formal speeches — does a verbal reenactment of the triumphs and tribulations of the Revolutionary War soldiers with such earnestness and enthusiasm that it makes the listeners want to go to a grave site and say ‘thank you’ to the deceased soldiers. In Princeton, we can do just that.

And on Memorial Day, I did.

“Princeton is an ideal site to remember and honor those American veterans who gave their all to defend our Nation. . . to secure our freedom,” said Traubel in his comments at the Spirit of Princeton Memorial Day ceremony.

He explained that there were hundreds of Memorial Day events taking place at sites where heroes dies in war zones. “Princeton has all of those characteristics,” he said. “Soldiers fought, died and are buried here, even unknown soldiers.”

Soldiers of the First American Army and Marines fought in Princeton, Jan 3, 1777, ending the

“Ten Crucial Days” that began on Christmas 1776 with crossing of the Delaware River and defeating the British Forces in Trenton.

“Those “’Ten Crucial Days’ were a tipping point in the Revolutionary War, [changing the course of the war] from seemingly endless losses to winning three battles,” Traubel said.

He added that the first U.S. Marine to die in combat died during the Battle of Princeton.

“Princeton has Unknown Soldier Graves behind the colonnade on the far side of the Princeton Battlefield,” he said.

Even though I usually drive past the battlefield every day of the year, on Monday, May 28, I did not drive past. Because of the inspiring storytelling of Bill Traubel, I parked my car and walked up to the colonnade and absorbed the sight with a much greater appreciation for its significance in my country and my life.

He noted in his Memorial Day speech that there is noticeably greater value in hearing and experiencing history on the ground where it occurred.

Traubel’s career as a storytelling public historian is a new chapter in his life. It began once upon a time when, as a 13-year-old, he was inspired by his father’s self-taught expertise in American history (especially historic flags) and the family’s first road trip in the family’s first car — to West Point.

“My dad wanted to be a tour guide at Independence Hall, but he was rejected, because he only had a fourth-grade education,”

Storyteller William Traubel at the Spirit of Princeton Memorial Day celebration, standing next to the Colonial flag.

Traubel said, noting that George Washington never went to college. At the age of 13 and a selfdescribed “juvenile delinquent,” Traubel, who had inherited his dad’s passion for American history, was transformed by the tour of West Point and made up his mind that he would attend school there.

And the rest is history.

He graduated from West Point, became U.S. Army En-

gineer Officer, got advanced degrees in mathematics and engineering from Princeton University, rose through the ranks of the U.S. Army with worldwide assignments in command staff, construction, and facilities engineering. When he retired as a lieutenant colonel, he began his second career in facilities engineering. When he retired from Princeton in 2009 as director of

Princeton University’s Grounds and Building Maintenance, he began his third career — this time the only compensation being pure joy.

Since retiring from Princeton in 2009, Traubel has fed his appetite for American Revolution history by serving as a trustee at Washington Crossing Park Association, a docent at Washington Crossing Historic Park, and a steward of the Revolutionary War Soldiers Graves at the Thompson Neely Historic Site. He is a founding member of the TenCrucialDays.org, dedicated to promoting the sites and venue of the Ten Crucial Days Campaign of 1776-1777, and is a member of the Swan Historical Foundation, whose mission is to encourage knowledge and appreciation of the American Revolution for the benefit of present and future generations.

Standing on the steps of Princeton’s Monument Hall, Traubel — who has five grandchildren — gave my granddaughter Lily and me a tutorial in the Colonial flag, which he brought to the ceremony. The flag is the one that the Revolutionary War forces fought under, before America became a nation. “George Washington created the first American flag — he created and flew it on New Year’s Day 1776, when Americans were still British subjects seeking peace, not war. . . . Hence the British Union Jack,” Traubel said.

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Dr. Bert Mandelbaum, M.D.

Tips for encouraging healthy habits in children Encouraging healthy habits in children is one of the most important jobs for a parent — and typically one of the most challenging.

Getting kids to eat healthy and get moving is often easier said than done, especially with the increasing use of computers, smart phones and tablets.

So what’s a parent to

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Start with these tips.

Portion it out. In general, portion sizes should be “child-sized” until adolescence. Meals should include a protein and a variety of fruits and vegetables. A colorful plate is a healthy plate.

Follow the 15-minute rule. It takes at least 15

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minutes for the brain to catch up with the stomach and realize you’re full.

Encourage your child to wait 15 minutes before going back for seconds, and if they do, make sure they include an extra helping of fruits and vegetables too.

Remember sweets are treats. Even Cookie Monster knows that a cookie is a “sometimes” food.

Sweets and sugary desserts should be considered treats to be enjoyed occasionally, not every day. Snacks should be healthy and include choices like fruit, nuts and vegetables. Also keep in mind that sports drinks and fruit juices can be loaded with sugar and empty calories. Ideally, children should mostly drink water and low-fat or fat-free milk.

Control screen time.

Limit screen time to onehour periods and designate media-free family time and media-free locations, such as bedrooms, in homes.

Screen time before bed can interfere with a healthy sleep. In addition, too much screen time can increase the risk for obesity, negatively impact school performance and increase the risk for cyberbullying and exploitation.

Make fitness fun.

Children need at least 60 minutes of exercise a day, including both aerobic and strengthening activities,

Set small goals. If your child would rather lounge on the couch than run around outside, start out slowly. Gradually introduce physical activity into their regular routine, setting, small achievable goals each week.

Dr. Bert Mandelbaum

according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Organized sports provide one of the easiest ways for kids to get their exercise, but not every child wants to play a team sport. Make fitness fun by finding an activity your child enjoys. Activities like dancing, skiing or even simply hiking through the woods are all great exercise.

Make it a family affair. Engaging in activities as a family can be good for your kids and you. Take a walk together after dinner, go for a Saturday morning jog or bike ride. Involve children in the kitchen, too. Allowing them to participate in meal planning, shopping and preparation will help them learn healthy habits.

Know when to say lights out. Adequate sleep is just as important as a healthy diet and physical activity. In general, toddlers need 12 hours of shuteye a night, elementary and middle school children need between 9 and 10, and high schoolers need at least 8. Establishing a bedtime routine, especially for younger children is critical to healthy sleep. Restrict electronics in the bedroom at night and do not allow a TV or computer in the room.

Keep the bedroom cool, dark and quiet, and begin winding down at least 30 minutes before bedtime.

Kids Marathon One fun and easy way for children to get moving is by signing up for the 10th Annual Kids Marathon & Fun Run hosted by Penn Medicine Princeton Health Community Wellness and Princeton Fitness & Wellness Center.

The marathon consists of a 10-week training program in which kids in grades Pre-K through 8 walk, run or roll 2.5 miles a week at their own pace

and then gather on race day complete with a 1.2mile Fun Run, the final leg of the Kids Marathon. Participants receive incentive prizes for every milestone completed.

Though training for the Marathon is already underway, children in grades Pre-K through 8 can still register. Race day is on June 24 at Educational Testing Service, 660 Rosedale Road, Princeton and starts at 10 a.m. Music, face painting, kids crafts, and other festivities will take place after the race.

Refreshments will also be available.

Parental permission is required. The cost is $25 for the Kids Marathon, and $20 for the Fun Run only.

Proceeds benefit Princeton Health’s programs to promote wellness and prevent obesity and chronic disease in children. If cost is U a factor, eligible children H can receive free scholar- o o ships.

To register, go to www. princetonhealthinmo-b tion.com. For questions b or more information, call t b 888-897-8979.

To find a pediatrician v associated with Penn Med- w icine Princeton Health, go b to www.princetonhcs.org, e o or call 888-742-7496. r Bert Mandelbaum, M.D., is board certified in pediatrics and chairman of the Department of Pediatrics at Penn Medicine Princeton Health.

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MOVIE TIMES Movie and times for the week of June 1-7. Schedules are subject to change.

HILLSBOROUGH CINEMAS (908874-8181): Oceans 8 (PG13) Thurs. 7 p.m. Action Point (R) Fri.-Sat. 1, 3:10, 5:20, 7:30, 9:40; Sun.-Thurs. 1, 3:10, 5:20, 7:30. Adrift (PG13) Fri.-Sat. 12:50, 3:15, 5:40, 8:05, 10:30; Sun.-Thurs. 12:50, 3:15, 5:40, 8:05. Solo: A Star Wars Story (luxury recliners) (PG13) Fri.-Sat. 1, 1:30, 4, 4:30, 7, 7:30, 10, 10:30; Sun.-Thurs. 1, 1:30, 4, 4:30, 7, 7:30. Solo: A Star Wars Story (PG13) Fri.-Sat. 12:30, 3:30, 6:30, 9:30; Sun. 12:30, 3:30, 6:30; Mon.-Thurs.

3:30, 6:30. Deadpool 2 (luxury recliners) (R) Fri.-Sat. 1:20, 4:10, 7, 9:50; Sun.Thurs. 1:20, 4:10, 7. Deadpool 2 (R) Fri.Sat. 4:50, 7:40, 10:30; Sun.-Thurs. 4:50, 7:40. Show Dogs (PG) Fri.-Thurs. 2:25.

Avengers: Infinity War (luxury recliners) (PG13) Fri.-Sat. 12:20, 3:40, 7, 10:20; Sun. 12:20, 3:40, 7; Mon.-Thurs. 3:40, 7.

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MONTGOMERY CINEMAS (609-924-7444):Marry Shelley (PG13) Fri.-Sat. 1:55, 4:35, 7:15, 10; Sun.-Thurs.

1:55, 4:35, 7:15. Book Club (PG13) Fri.Sat. 2:25, 4:50, 7:15, 9:40; Sun.-Thurs.

2:25, 4:50, 7:15. Tully (R) Fri.-Sat. 4:50, 9:40; Sun.-Thurs. 4:50. The Rider (R) Fri.-Thurs. 2:20, 7:10. RBG (PG) Fri.-Sat. 2:40, 5, 7:20, 9:40; Sun.-Thurs. 2:40, 5, 7:20. On Chesil Beach (R) Fri.-Sat. 2:20, 4:50, 7:20, 9:50; Sun.-Thurs. 2:20, 4:50, 7:20. Disobedience (R) Fri.-Sat. 2:15, 4:50, 7:25, 10; Sun.-Thurs. 2:15, 4:50, 7:25.

PRINCETON GARDEN THEATRE (609-279-1999): The Seagul (PG-13) Fri. 4, 7, 9:25; Sat. 1, 4, 7, 9:25; Sun. 1, 4, 7; Mon.-Tues. 2:15, 5:15, 8; Wed.-Thurs.

2:15, 5, 8. RBG (PG) Fri. 4, 6:45, 9:15; Sat. 1, 4, 6:45, 9:15; Sun. 4, 6:45; Mon.Tues. 2:30, 5:30, 8; Wed.-Thurs. 2:30, 5:30. The Wizard of Oz (1939) (NR) Sat. 10:30 a.m. National Theatre Live: JULIUS CAESAR (NR) Sun. 12:30 p.m.

Hollywood Summer Nights: A League of Their Own (1992) (PG) Wed. 7:30 p.m.

High Noon (1952) (NR) Thurs. 7:30 p.m.

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Continued from Page 9B Union Jack as you see it.

He had white stripes sewn on it to show the solidarity of the 13 colonies.”

It was, however, a sweet but somber moment for me, because I was standing in the spot usually occupied by legendary community volunteer Ray Wadsworth, who along with Herb Hobler, led the charge for the establishment of The Spirit of Princeton organization responsible for the re-

emergence of the Memorial Day Parade and other civic events such as the Flag Day ceremony and the Veterans’ Day ceremony. At the beginning of the ceremony, Spirit of Princeton Officer Kam Amirzafari made an announcement that Spirit of Princeton Chairperson Ray Wadsworth was very sick and this year missed participating in the event that meant so much to him.

For years Wadsworth used the powers of prayer

to arrange for good parade weather. All those who worked with Wadsworth over the years on the town’s civic events were hoping that the powers of prayer would result in a good outcome for him. Wadsworth , who would have reveled in Bill Traubel’s American Revolution storytelling, was never into telling stories about exemplary citizens, just being one himself.

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Berkshire Hathaway Homeservices Fox & Roach, REALTORS® Congratulates Breakfast of Champions Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices (BHHS) Fox & Roach, REALTORS® recently honored Mercer County sales associates for their sales performance for March and April at a bi-monthly Breakfast of Champions. Sales associates honored by (standing, left) Brad Patt, senior vice president and regional manager, include (sitting, l to r) Kechener Donaus, Princeton Junction Office; Angela Tucker, Princeton Junction Office; Helen Dundas, Hamilton-Robbinsville Home Marketing Center (HMC); Rick Stein, manager, Princeton Junction Office; (standing, l to r) Mike Gerstnicker, Hamilton-Robbinsville HMC; *Maria Garcia-Herreros, Hamilton-Robbinsville HMC; Donna Murray, Princeton HMC; Camilo Concepcion, manager, Hamilton-Robbinsville HMC; and Sharon SluderRisch, Trident Group.

Honored but not pictured were Tony and Shannon Lee; *Iris Nitzan, Hamilton-Robbinsville HMC; Rocci D’Armiento, *Ivy Wen, Eva Petruzziello, *Debbie Lang, *Roberta Parker, Cathey Rizzi, Princeton HMC; Lana Chan, *Blanche Yates, Sujani Murthy, and *Shani Dixon; Princeton Junction Office. *Honored for their outstanding contribution to the Trident Group.

Property currently being used as a Garden Center. Green House, Koi Fish Market, Garden Statuary Store plus a large lot for storage of garden Products & Materials. Building contains a Store Apartment on the Upper Floor with a large deck. Large 3.45 acre lot is suitable for Other Commercial Uses. Sale price is for building & Lot. Inventory is optionally available for sale; estimated value is $350,000 but not required for sale.

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