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By philip Sean curran Mercer County has been home to Irish-Americans for generations, a heritage that they again will celebrate this month. Members of the Irish Community of Greater Mercer County will lead into St. Patrick’s Day by having a Catholic Mass on March 2 starting at 10 a.m. at St. Anthony Church on Olden Avenue in Hamilton followed by raising the Irish flag outside the congregation. It will be the first in a series of events that will include St. Patrick’s Day parades in Hamilton and in Robbinsville on successive Saturdays, March 9 and 16. Mercer County is home to 10 Irish-American organizations. While there has been friction at times in the past, all of the groups will come together as they have for the past two years to celebrate their shared heritage and Catholic faith. “So we thought it would be a good idea to invite everybody to participate in an annual Mass and a flag raising early in March just to kind of kick off the Saint Patrick’s Day season,” said Kevin Meara, an organizer of the event. “We wanted to keep that CathoSee IRISH, Page 14
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Rachel, Josh and Aliyah Blaney are all smiles after reuniting during an event at Morgan Elementar y School. Josh Blaney was deployed with the Air National Guard in Kuwait.
Hero dad returns home Airman back from deployment surprises daughter at Morgan Elementary School By keVin kunZMann Josh Blaney’s hands shook so wildly as he stood waiting in the hallway that it caught the attention of a few nearby teachers. In the past year, the senior airman in the New Jersey Air National Guard’s 108th Wing, had said goodbye to his wife Rachel, his five-year-old Aliyah, and his then-one-year-old
Josh Jr. He stepped away from his job at PSE&G, left his Hamilton home and his young family, and began a six-month security detail deployment on an Air Force base in Kuwait. Even when considering the difficult goodbyes Blaney had to endure last July, it was this hello that was giving him anxiety in the hallway of Morgan Elementary School on Jan. 30. Orchestrated by Blaney, Rachel, Aliyah’s kindergarten teacher Deborah Gigliotti and Morgan principal Michael Giambelluca, this surprise visit would be the first time he saw his daughter since June. “I was beyond words—
there’s not a rank for it,” Blaney said. “I was standing outside the door, my hands were shaking from how nervous I was to see her. I just wanted to see my kids.” On the other side of the door, Rachel read to Aliyah’s class and another kindergarten class in the auditorium “Hero Dad” by Melinda Harden, a children’s book the compares fathers in the military to superheroes. At the moment when she read a line about fathers having to go away for awhile, her voice began to break and tears welled in her eyes. Giambelluca called out, “Aliyah, look who’s here!” See AIRMAN, Page 10
The results are in, and they’re not what Trenton Water Works customers had hoped. For the third time in the last four testing periods, TWW has violated the federal action level for lead. More than 11 percent of samples taken by TWW in the second half of 2018 had elevated lead levels. The highest sample, from a home on West Paul Avenue in Trenton, was 1,430 parts per billion—nearly 100 times the federal limit. TWW officials, for their part, say they continue to take steps needed to correct the problem. TWW assistant director Kristin Epstein said TWW has fast-tracked the installation of a system intended to prevent lead in corroding pipes and fixtures from leaching into water. Epstein said she expects the system to be online for 80 percent of TWW’s service area, including the entire suburban portion, this spring. To prove they’re working in good faith, TWW officials pointed to data released by the City of Trenton last month that shows the amount of potentially dangerous disinfectant byproducts in the water has decreased significantly since the summer and now is well below state limSee WATER, Page 12
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GREAT NEW LISTINGS & A FANTASTIC NEW OFFICE LOCATION JACKSON $1,200,000
ROBBINSVILLE $494,900
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EWING $380,000
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EWING $129,000
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New officers graduate from Police Academy Fifty-nine cadets who made up the 20th basic class of police officers took part in the Mercer County Police Academy commencement held in the gymnasium at Mercer County Community College Feb. 1. Alexandra Brice, who will join the Ewing Police Department and was chosen by her fellow graduates as class speaker, said the academy had prepared the class for the challenging career they have chosen. Also addressing the class were Martin Masseroni, police academy director; Mercer County Sheriff Jack Kemler; Dr. Jianping Wang, MCCC president; and Ewing Police Chief John Stemler III, vice president of the Mercer County Chiefs of Police Association. In attendance were county freeholders Ann Cannon, John Cimino and Nina Melker, and Trenton Mayor Reed Gusciora. The graduates completed 21 weeks of training. They will serve in 18 different police departments all over the state. During training, the class studied in disciplines such as use of force, firearms, vehicle pursuit, hostage negotiation, advanced crime scene processing and domestic violence prevention. The Mercer Police Academy consists of two classrooms specially designed for the needs of law enforcement training, and recruits use MCCC grounds, its library and its gymnasium for training purposes. The campus includes a padded training room that is used for defensive tactics classes. A shooting range in Hopewell Township operated by the prosecutor’s office is part of the acad-
emy, as well. Among the graduates were several Hamilton residents, including Sean Dorney, Todd Oakley Jr. and Paula Welsh (Hamilton Police Division), Matthew Pisani (Mercer County Sheriff’s Office), and Kevin Chen and Thomas Glospie (Princeton University Campus Police). Hamilton resident Dillon Kelly graduated as an alternate-route trainee. Those who take the alternate route attend the academy at their own expense and now can pursue employment as a certified police officer.
Greenwood, Langtree named 2019 Schools of Character
Each year, character.org certifies schools and districts at the state level that demonstrate a dedicated focus on character development, which studies have shown to have a positive effect on academic achievement, student behavior andschool climate. This year, two Hamilton Township elementary schools have garnered the honor: Greenwood and Langtree. In Schools of Character, adults embrace their critical role as models. Teachers work together as professionals—and with parents and community members as partners—to shape the social, emotional and character development of the young people entrusted to them each day. The goal is to ensure students in these schools feel safe, respected and connected to those around them, allowing them to thrive academically and socially and be motivated to give back to their communities.
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NATIONAL SLEEP AWARENESS WEEK OPEN HOUSE Wednesday, March 13, 2019 | 4 – 7 p.m. Capital Health Center for Sleep Medicine Tour our state-of-the-art facility, meet our specialty-trained staff, and learn how we help resolve the full range of sleep disorders in adults and children. Light refreshments and door prizes will be available. For more information, call 609.584.5150. 55+ BREAKFAST SERIES — Colon Cancer: Know Your Risk Factors, Screening Guidelines & Treatment Options Friday, March 15, 2019 | 8:30 – 10:30 a.m. Capital Health Medical Center – Hopewell NJ PURE Conference Center Attend our free breakfast discussion about colon cancer — risk factors, screening guidelines, and treatment options — led by fellowship trained gastroenterologist DR. MARION-ANNA PROTANO from Mercer Gastroenterology. Melissa Phelps, a registered dietitian and certified specialist in oncology nutrition at the Capital Health Cancer Center, will also discuss nutrition guidelines to promote the health of your colon. Capital Health Center for Sleep Medicine 1401 Whitehorse-Mercerville Road, Suite 219, Hamilton, NJ 08619 Capital Health Medical Center – Hopewell One Capital Way, Pennington, NJ 08534
CAPITAL HEALTH MEDICAL GROUP IS PLEASED TO WELCOME NAILA H. WASTI, MD to CAPITAL HEALTH PRIMARY CARE – QUAKERBRIDGE Whether it’s scheduling a wellness check-up or you’re not feeling well, advanced medicine starts with your primary care doctor. Now you can schedule an appointment with DR. NAILA WASTi, board certified in internal medicine, at our Quakerbridge office. Dr. Wasti has been providing primary care for adults living in the greater Hamilton, NJ area for almost 25 years. Dr. Wasti will be part of our new Primary Care - West Windsor office that will be opening later this year.
Convenience matters, which is why we offer same-day sick appointments and evening hours at our 16 Capital Health Medical Group primary care locations across Mercer, Bucks and Burlington counties. We accept most major insurance plans, and our offices use a shared, secure electronic medical records system, which allows your medical records to follow you across our network of primary and specialty care providers. Primary care when you need it, right in your backyard.
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AIRMAN continued from Page 1 The door opened, and Blaney walked into the room. For as ready as Blaney was to see Aliyah, this surprise was something she had earned. Blaney’s leave had a significant effect on her for a while, and her parents found themselves fielding questions and thoughts they insist no one could prepare for during a deployment. On daily FaceTime calls, she would tell Blaney she didn’t think he was coming home, and that they weren’t a family until he actually did. Aliyah brought in gifts she received from Blaney for her class “show and tell,” and would talk about what he was doing overseas. On one occasion, Rachel found her sleeping with one of Blaney’s old ACU tops in her bed—her dad’s clothes comforted her when she missed him. “There were just little things that showed how she was dealing,” Blaney said. “There’s just no way to prepare for it. You just have to deal with it as it happens.” And it was little things that Blaney did in return to ease over the six months lost with his family. He worked 12-hour day shifts on his base, guarding flight lines and overseeing the perimeter, among other tasks. Because Kuwait is
eight hours ahead of the U.S. east coast, his day would be ending just as Aliyah would get home from school. At most, he could afford only an hour each day to talk with her. At one point, when daylight savings ended in the U.S., Blaney realized that hour was lost—Kuwait doesn’t practice such time changes. For the second half of his deployment, he was reserved to only talking with his family every other day. Still, he took advantage of that time. On Christmas Eve, he donned a Santa costume he had ordered online and FaceTime chatted with his children. Santa reassured them he was with their dad in Kuwait, that they had been good children that year, and that he would see them soon. At another point, Aliyah—a big fan of Toy Story—shipped out some of her own toys to keep Blaney company. One small plastic otter named Ottie sat in Blaney’s pocket as he patrolled the base every day. Blaney had been deployed just once before, one month after his wedding in 2011. Even then was a favorable situation to what he went through last year. He watched Josh Jr. begin to speak fuller sentences through a screen, and he had to continuously assure Aliyah over the phone that he would come home soon.
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He missed his son’s birthday and the family’s annual vacation to Ocean Isle, North Carolina. He celebrated the first day of school, Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and the New Year with them via FaceTime. His surprise return was just as much a chance to make up for missed moments. He contacted Gigliotti about three weeks prior, and together they planned out the surprise. She planned out decorations and ordered food for the event—chocolate was specifically requested by Blaney, as he found it melted too frequently in the Kuwait sun for him to enjoy. Giambelluca planned it as a bigger event, inviting the superintendent, board members, the school district photographer and local press. Blaney had actually returned home a full day before the surprise—it was planned that way in case his flight home was delayed. He spent the day with Rachel, then visited his mother and best friend once his kids got home from school. By the time he got to the school the next day, his nerves were overwhelming. “On a 1 to 10, I was a 15,” he said. “I was just so happy to see her, but it was so many nerves.” Still, Giambelluca called him in, the door opened, and he walked in straight to Aliyah, arms wide open. She leapt from her seat and ran into his hug. Aliyah told him she loves him. After a beat, he asked her if she missed him. “Yeah, I did,” she replied. Blaney wiped away tears. Josh Jr. got his own surprise later that day. Blaney hid in a tall box in his daycare classroom, and opened the flaps when his son knocked on it. For a
child that young, it took him a minute to understand—he had last seen Blaney with a shaved head haircut, and now he stood in front of him with a full head of hair. But his shock faded when the voice he heard was undeniably his dad’s. “It wasn’t as much a shot in the heart, but it was a weird thing to describe— seeing your kid for 2 years, and when you come home, there’s no reaction,” Blaney said. “I think the voice is what struck him. Now he’s always walking around, talking like, ‘My daddy, that’s my daddy.’ It’s back to normal.” What Blaney would want to be normal when he got home certainly has been. He’s resuming his job at PSE&G as if he had never been gone. His National Guard orders end in early March. Aliyah— save for when she had mistaken Blaney’s visit to his regional base as a sign that he was leaving again—has been happy since she got her dad back. And the family is already planning its annual Ocean Isle vacation. Of course, there’s a few more surprises left in store for the kids. Blaney and Rachel are planning a Disney trip around Aliyah’s birthday in May, fulfilling a dream she shared continuously on her countless FaceTime chats with her dad. And if they came home to a new puppy a week later? Neither kid—nor Blaney—would likely object to that. All of these surprises just return to Blaney’s promise to Aliyah that he would come home, and they would have time together again. “We’re just trying to plan out this year, so we can make up for all that time we had missed,” Blaney said.
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WATER continued from Page 1 its. Half of the DEP violations TWW has received since September 2018 have been due to excessive disinfectant byproducts. The other half have been because of lead. But, for TWW’s 225,000 customers in Ewing, Hamilton, Hopewell Township, Lawrence and Trenton, the bureaucratic reality is that violations, notices and countermeasures often come too late. TWW, for example, will not directly inform customers until March that water from the system had elevated levels of lead four months earlier. And customers won’t know until August whether they’re consuming water now that the state considers at standard. This is not an issue with TWW, but merely how water quality reporting and enforcement works in the United States. In the case of lead, this kind of delay can cause problems because doctors, researchers and even government agencies agree that there is no safe level of lead for human consumption. Lead is a neurotoxin, and the human body cannot process it. Instead, it is absorbed by teeth, bones and body tissue. Lower levels of exposure, like those in water, cause no obvious symptoms but can affect children’s brain development and can cause anemia, hypertension, renal impairment and immunotoxicity. Pregnant women, in particular, need to be careful, as lead stored in their bodies can be released into their system during pregnancy, causing harm to the child. The effects of lead are believed to be irreversible. The federal Environmental Protection Agency has set a long-term goal of having no lead in the water, but has given water systems leeway in the meantime by allowing them to distribute slightly impure water. It sets up discrepancies like the federal Centers for Disease Control recommending a lead limit of 5 parts per billion while the EPA—which is responsible for actually setting the guidelines— enforces a limit three times as high. The EPA, in a statement, said its lead action level of 15 ppb was set “based on EPA’s evaluation of the levels of lead that could be reliably attained through corrosion control treatment in water systems serving homes with lead service lines and plumbing materials.” Water becomes contaminated with lead primarily through contact with lead pipes or lead solder, either in the distribution system or inside a home. Even with the more lax standards, water utilities across New Jersey—from Newark to Hackensack to Trenton—have grappled with lead issues in recent years. Due to its most recent struggles, TWW now has five DEP violations already in 2019. It is the worst start to a year in TWW’s history. In the last 26 months, TWW has received 29 DEP violations. Ewing Township business administrator Jim McManimon, in a Feb. 20 interview, worried that the steady flow of official violation notices to residents have had the effect of either scaring people unnecessarily or making them so jaded that they just toss TWW correspondence aside.
“The people here, they don’t know who to get angry at,” McManimon said. “They don’t know who to believe.” TWW officials said they recognize the public’s desire for more communication, especially in non-bureaucratic language. Since Reed Gusciora took office as mayor of Trenton in July 2018, his administration has made an effort to improve communication and transparency, TWW spokesman Michael Walker said. Walker said the utility notifies the mayors and health officers of affected suburban towns, as well as the property managers of state office buildings, whenever a violation occurs. TWW also submits a monthly report to each of the suburban municipalities. Walker said TWW relies on suburban officials to help get word out about what’s going on with the water system. “We are in constant contact with our stakeholders,” Walker said. But some suburban officials claim TWW still had not notified them of the most recent lead violation weeks after TWW learned of it, and said they hadn’t known about the exceedance until a reporter contacted them for comment. “They made a promise last year to have better communication, and so far they’ve been pretty prompt,” said Jeff Plunkett, Hamilton Township’s director of health and recreation. “But I don’t recall anything about lead.” Plunkett said on Feb. 20 the last communication he had with the utility was a Feb. 4 email from Walker alerting towns to a violation DEP issued in early January for failing to resolve a disinfectant byproduct issue. Hopewell Township health officer Robert English also said he had not been contacted by TWW or DEP regarding the most recent lead levels. Lead is less of a concern in Hopewell because there are no lead service lines in Hopewell Township. The portion of the township served by TWW connected to the water system in the 1990s, after lead piping and lead solder had been banned. Meanwhile, McManimon said Walker had called him to give him a headsup about the lead violation. He said he wasn’t sure why Ewing officials had received notice when other towns’ representatives said they hadn’t. During a Feb. 20 conference call with the Hamilton Post, TWW officials confirmed they hadn’t yet sent out an official notice for the lead violation. TWW had a delay in reporting the data because it had been loaded into the system incorrectly. TWW focused on straightening out the “clerical error” in February, Epstein said, and now can move on to public notification and education. Part of that will be informing the public, through publications and public meetings, exactly what TWW is doing to improve. TWW will hold its first public information session of the spring March 27 at Grice Middle School in Hamilton from 6-8 p.m. Among the topics TWW officials plan to
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discuss at the meeting is corrosion control. One corrosion control effort new for TWW involves introducing orthophosphate to the water during treatment. Orthophosphate forms scale, which can prevent lead in corroding pipes and fixtures from leaching into water. Epstein said she expects the system to be online for 80 percent of TWW’s service area, including the entire suburban portion, this spring. The remaining 20 percent—buildings in Trenton connected to the gravity portion of TWW’s system— requires additional engineering and should be completed in 2020. The Bordentown Water Department, which has lead woes of its own, started to add orthophosphate to its water this past fall. The amount of lead in the water dropped 35 percent after orthophosphate was introduced. But TWW officials cautioned orthophosphate does not get rid of lead, and merely masks the problem. For that reason, they do not want to rely on orthophosphate to be the solution. The solution, in their view, is to replace all the lead service lines in the system. Service lines connect a building to a water main. TWW controls the part of the line from the main to the curb. From the curb to the home is the responsibility of the homeowner. The DEP has required TWW to replace 7 percent of the lead service lines in the system every year. The utility received a violation in July 2018 because it had failed to meet this obligation for the last year. At a rate of 7 percent per year, it would take TWW 14 years to replace all its service lines.
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we shouldn’t walk away from the city of Trenton. But then, mitigating factors are what they are. There’s not as many businesses along Hamilton Avenue that used to support the parade. There was not as many people coming out.” Eventually, the Trenton parade discontinued around three years ago, leaving Hamilton and Robbinsville the remaining parades. But the Trenton parade isn’t lost to history, and the choice of having the Mass at St. Anthony’s Church is not by accident. That’s where the St. Patrick’s Day parade in 1986 stepped off from, and the starting point of the Trenton parade for a generation. In reflecting on those days, Meara said he can remember, as a young man, seeing all the older men with gray hair, standing outside to watch the parade. Now 60, he’s the one with gray hair. Some of the people who helped pull that parade together, people like “Irish” Billy Briggs, have passed on. For the future, Meara said there is a push to get younger members of the Irish-American community involved in the March 2 event, to lay a foundation for them to eventually take over running it. “So it’s important that we continue to celebrate our heritage,” Meara said. “We’re all Americans. But it’s a melting pot. And now to be able to hand this to our kids is even more important.” For more on the Hamilton St. Patrick’s Parade, go online to hamiltonparade. com. For more on the Robbinsville St. Patrick’s Parade, go to robbinsvilleirish.org.
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Pipe and drum band prepares for its busy season By Susan Van Dongen Nero may not have fiddled while Rome burned after all—he could have been playing the bagpipes, some form of the instrument, anyway. The bagpipes, so much associated with Scotland and Ireland, are said to have roots in ancient Mesopotamia and North Africa. The pipes made their way to Rome, and it was the Romans who subsequently brought bagpipes to Britain some 2,000 years ago. However, it was the Scots who added the third “drone pipe,” and really amplified the sound. Patricia Downey, president of Greater Trenton Pipes and Drums, could tell you even more about the bagpipes: for example, the bag is made of a synthetic fabric, not animal pelts or a sheep’s stomach anymore; there are four reeds that need to be in proper condition and place for the instrument to function. And, there are only nine notes available through the chanter or “blow-pipe” of the instrument, so any elaboration or articulation has to be done with a series of complex grace notes. People used to learn the pipes only by ear, not by the notated manuscripts modern band and classical musicians are familiar with. The GTPD’s oldest member, 86-year old Gordon Fraser, was taught this way in his native Scotland. Downey, a musician and longtime
Greater Trenton Pipes and Drums will march in the Hamilton Saint Patrick’s Day parade Saturday, March 9, 2019 at 1 p.m. music educator, is a font of information about traditional Scottish music, the pipes themselves, and her fellow participants in the group, many of whom she’s recruited. She says the group had a little time off over the winter holidays, but now the members of the GTPD are preparing for the busy Saint Patrick’s Day season,
which will launch the group into some nine months of activity. The group will march in the Hamilton Saint Patrick’s Day parade Saturday, March 9 at 1 p.m. (Parade starts at the Nottingham Fire House.) The actual weekend of Saint Paddy’s, the GTPD will be part of the festivities in Robbinsville, Saturday, March 16, noon. (Parade
starts at the Foxmoor Shopping Center.) All the parades are free. A recent frigid night visit to the GTPD at the Carslake Community Center in Bordentown, where the group has been practicing every Thursday for 15 years, opens the door to the behind the scenes of a group usually on public display. “We started out rehearsing at a school in Springfield Township, but we really needed a larger space. So we started looking around for a rental hall,” Downey says. “Bordentown is a somewhat central location for most of our members so we decided to call it ‘home.’” The extreme cold wreaked havoc on the intonation of the bagpipes, and delayed the arrival of whoever had the key to the equipment room where the drums are kept. So, the drummers sat around a table and warmed up on practice pads, coached by GTPD member Gordon Bell, one of the area’s top percussion instructors. Among those drummers was George Zienowicz, Trenton’s venerable sign maker, musician, and arts supporter, who first joined the GTPD as a bagpiper, having played the instrument for decades. Influenced by his Scottish-born mother, Zienowicz was just one member of the extended family that played the bagpipes. He also played the fiddle
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and spent some 15 years in a Celtic rock band. Before the GTPD, Zienowicz was in the Tir Na Nog Pipe Band based in Hamilton, and in fact became pipe sergeant, second in command of the pipe corps. Downey met him in Tir Na Nog and found him to be a patient teacher. “I was just a novice player, but George was always very kind, encouraging, and supportive of me in those early days,” she says. “He’s still that way with beginners in this band. Even though he wasn’t a founding member of the GTPD, he is an integral part of the unit.” Meanwhile at the rehearsal, GTPD’s current pipe major Tom Fortis led a sectional at another table, walking the players through “Men of the West,” a familiar march tune. This is the quieter part of the rehearsal, before the pipers attach their chanters to the bag and drone pipes. Once the instruments are all put together and the drummers have their actual drums, the action moves to the Carslake Center’s gymnasium, and it gets loud. (Full disclosure: years ago, this reporter first heard the GTPD practicing while sitting at a traffic light, blocks away on Route 130.) It makes sense that they’re loud, since the bagpipes were originally used to scare off enemies on the battlefield, and it is the only Western musical instrument that is/was deemed a weapon of war. Marking its 16th year, Greater Trenton Pipes and Drums was formed in the early summer of 2003, by a small group of experienced pipers and drummers, including Downey. The band debuted at the 2003 Anchor House Ride for Runaways ceremony at the former Sovereign Bank Arena in Trenton. A nonprofit pipe band, the group has a mission to preserve the music and culture of the Great Highland Bagpipes. (Incidentally, there are many other kinds of pipes, including the traditional Irish Uilleann pipes, but the GTPD plays Highland bagpipes.) In the last 16 years, the group has grown to perform at more than 25 parades, charitable events and private functions each year. Current personnel total is 25, ranging in age from 15 to 86 years old, divided between nine women and 14 men, many of whom are retired. The GTPD is family oriented and inclusive in several different ways, Downey says. “We even like to have kids in the band,” she says. They are fixtures in area Memorial Day and Fourth of July parades, as well as 9/11 memorial ceremonies, Halloween celebrations, and Civil War reenactments at Camp Olden and the Abbott House in Hamilton Township. They have played for The College of New Jersey’s alumni veteran festivities, Trenton Titans’ hockey games and Princeton University’s P-rade. Downey says that the GTPD has also helped welcome home numerous returning veterans from overseas, and that she and other solo players perform at weddings, private parties, senior events, and funerals. The group’s fee for an appearance at a
parade or public event runs from $1,000 to $1,200, but they also make many charitable appearances. Charity events include the Relay for Life at Mercer County Park, Princeton University Ivy League Mental Health Conference and the ARC Walkathon. The band has played at fundraisers for the Hamilton Police K9 unit, including one that raised money to buy bulletproof vests for the dogs. “We’re a non-profit, we only want to maintain the group, maintain our needs,” she adds. “We take care of everything for our members, instruments, music, kilts, etc.” “We’re happy to be part of the community, in fact, that’s part of our by-laws—to give back anytime we’re able, especially when police and fire (individuals) pass away,” she says. “Our mission as a band is to provide musical performances to the public and superior instruction to our members.” Reflecting on what drew her to the bagpipes, Downey says it was hearing them at local parades when her high school band was also participating. Since she is half-Irish in ethnicity, there might have been some Celtic spirit stoking her interest as well. “Playing the bagpipes seemed like a challenge and I was interested in seeing what it was all about,” she says. “I received a practice chanter (the first step in the learning process) as a Christmas gift in 1989, and after trying unsuccessfully to learn on my own, decided to get serious and seek out lessons.” One of her brothers worked with someone who was taking bagpipe lessons at the Ancient Order of Hibernians (AOH) Msgr. Crean Division 1 on Kuser Road in Hamilton, and he invited Downey to join in on Monday evening rehearsals of that group’s band. Sitting alongside Downey at the rehearsal, you could hear that she is one of the musical leaders in the group. Her skills in playing the flute certainly have given her a jump on the tricky technique of the bagpipes. Musical instruction is a cornerstone of the GTPD’s mission, and the group is known for mentoring inexperienced players, like Downey once was. Trenton’s Wills Kinsley—bicycle artisan, bass player and arts supporter— is one of those newbies, having only recently joined the group. Zienowicz is not only coaching him in drumming, Kinsley is working alongside Zienowicz in his Trenton sign shop. “Wills just joined the band, and will be marching in his first parade with us in March,” Downey says. “Our membership could be higher, and we have a few folks in their 70s, so we’d love some ‘new blood,’” Downey says. “Pipe and drum bands ebb and flow, and we’re always recruiting. The band is always looking for new members, and all ages and ability levels are welcome. I like to think that everyone has the right to play the bagpipes.” Greater Trenton Pipes and Drums rehearse at the Carslake Community Center, 207 Crosswicks Street, Bordentown, Thursday nights at 7 p.m. For more information, call (609) 635-7458 or go online at gtpipeband.com.
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Important Information About Lead in Your Drinking Water Trenton Water Works (TWW) found elevated levels of lead in drinking water in some homes/buildings. Lead can cause serious health problems, especially for pregnant women and children 6 years and younger. Please read this notice closely to see what you can do to reduce lead in your drinking water.
Health Effects of Lead Lead can cause serious health problems if too much enters your body from drinking water or other sources. It can cause damage to the brain and kidneys and can interfere with the production of red blood cells that carry oxygen to all parts of your body. The greatest risk of lead exposure is to infants, young children, and pregnant women. Scientists have linked the effects of lead on the brain with lowered IQ in children. Adults with kidney problems and high blood pressure can be affected by low levels of lead more than healthy adults. Lead is stored in the bones and it can be released later in life. During pregnancy, the child receives lead from the mother’s bones, which may affect brain development.
Sources of Lead in Drinking Water Lead is a common metal found in the environment. Drinking water is one possible source of lead exposure. EPA estimates that 10 to 20% of a person’s potential exposure to lead may come from drinking water. Infants who consume mostly formula mixed with lead-containing water can receive 40 to 60% of their exposure to lead from drinking water. In Trenton, lead was commonly used in water service lines until 1960 and for indoor plumbing solder until 1986 when it was banned. Brass faucets, fittings, and valves, including those advertised as “lead-free,” may also contribute to lead in drinking water. The law up until 2014 allowed brass fixtures, such as faucets, with up to 8% lead to be labeled as “lead free.” Current standards for “lead free” fixtures allow for no more than 0.25% of lead content. The Delaware River is the water supply source for TWW’s Filtration Plant. When treated water leaves TWW’s Filtration Plant, it is lead free. The water mains in the street that transport water from the Filtration Plant are made mostly of iron and steel and do not add any lead to the drinking water. In TWW’s service area, galvanized steel pipe lined with lead was commonly used until 1960 for water service lines which transport the water from the street to homes and buildings. When water is in contact with these pipes, lead solder or plumbing fixtures that contain lead for several hours, the lead may enter the drinking water. Homes built before 1986 are more likely to have lead pipes or lead solder than newer homes. The lead from a home’s individual service line or plumbing a ffects only the tap water inside that home since water travels only one way in home plumbing. 18Hamilton Post | March 2019
STEPS YOU CAN TAKE TO REDUCE YOUR EXPOSURE TO LEAD IN YOUR WATER 1. Run your water to flush out lead. Run water for 1 to 3 minutes to flush lead from interior plumbing or until it becomes cold or reaches a steady temperature before using it for drinking or cooking, if it hasn’t been used for several hours. Also, regularly remove and clean your aerators. 2. Use cold water for cooking and preparing baby formula. Do not cook with or drink water from the hot water tap; lead dissolves more easily into hot water. Do not use water from the hot water tap to make baby formula. 3. Do not boil water to remove lead. Boiling water will not reduce lead. 4. Look for alternative sources or treatment of water. You may want to consider purchasing bottled water or a water filter. Read the package to be sure the filter is approved to reduce lead or contact NSF International at 800-NSF-8010 or nsf.org for information on performance standards for water filters. Be sure to maintain and replace a filter device in accordance with the manufacturer’s instructions to protect water quality. 5. Test your water for lead. Please contact the Trenton Water Works at 609-989-3055 or by email at twwleadprogram@trentonnj.org to find out how to get your water tested for lead at a local laboratory. 6. Get your child’s blood tested. Contact your local health department or healthcare provider to find out how you can get your child tested for lead if you are concerned about exposure. 7. Identify and replace your water service line, plumbing with lead solder or plumbing fixtures containing lead. > Find out how to check your water service line material at twwleadprogram.com/check-your-line > Purchase EPA-approved lead check swabs to determine if you have lead solder or brass fittings with high lead content. For more information, visit twwleadprogram.com > Visit www.nsf.org to learn more about lead-containing plumbing fixtures
What Happened? What is Being Done? During the monitoring period of July 2018 to December 2018, TWW conducted routine water sample testing for lead. Lead levels at customers’ taps in the distribution system exceeded the Lead Action Level of 15 parts per billion (ppb) for the 90th percentile based on samples of water in homes with lead service lines and/or copper piping with lead solder. Water from 11 out of 105 homes sampled contained lead above the action level. All of these homes have known sources of lead.
TWW continues its efforts to upgrade the water treatment process and water distribution system to meet the State and Federal drinking water regulations and to make the drinking water less corrosive. TWW is taking immediate and long-term measures to minimize lead levels throughout the service area which includes Trenton, and parts of Hamilton, Ewing, Hopewell and Lawrence. Specifically, TWW is currently: > Replacing lead service lines from the water main to the curb for those who have previously replaced the homeowner’s side to copper. > Undertaking a Lead Service Line Replacement Program to prioritize the replacement of approximately 2,600 lead services by mid-2020 including the portion of the service line from the curb to meter, owned by the homeowner. The remaining lead services will be replaced in later phases of the program. Visit www.twwleadprogram.com to learn more about this program. > Expediting the construction of a temporary corrosion control treatment (CCT) system which will add zinc orthophosphate to the water system. The addition of zinc orthophosphate will help minimize the process of lead leaching into the water from the service pipes and lead solder. The temporary CCT system will treat water that reaches the majority of TWW customers in the short term until a long term plan for corrosion control treatment for 100% of the water system is implemented. > Regularly flushing and cleaning the water distribution system. > Holding public meetings throughout the service area to answer TWW customer questions.
Trenton Water Works is committed to providing safe and clean drinking water to its customers For more information, contact Trenton Water Works: phone: 609-989-3055
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County seeks input on new ‘water sports’ park By Siddharth Muchhal The Mercer County Park Commission’s purchase of a small plot of land on Hughes Drive in Hamilton in 2017 opened up a world of possibilities for the commission and—by extension— county residents. The commission has started planning and researching potential park improvements to a 370-acre parcel called Dam Site 21. The park occupies land where the borders of Hamilton, Robbinsville and West Windsor meet, south of Mercer County Park. As part of that planning process, the commission is seeking input from county residents to design a passive recreation park with a focus on using a large lake for water sports. According to a park commission release, the funds for this restoration process are derived from the Open Space Preservation Trust Fund. Dam Site 21 was planned as part of the Assunpink Creek Watershed Water Works Plan in the early 1960’s, the county’s approach to reduce flood damage and develop water resources in the Assunpink Watershed. The land of Dam Site 21 was bought in the 1970’s, and the dam was built in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Soil Conservation Service. Since then, the land has been held and used for permanent recreation and conservation of water resources.
The lake in Dam Site 21 is around 55 acres, and the nearby area comprises undeveloped uplands, wetlands, woodlands and open fields. A portion of the Capital to Coast Trail runs along the northern side of the lake from Line Road in Robbinsville to Old Trenton Road in West Windsor. While the area is used by public for fishing and hiking activities, there is currently limited access and amenities. The purchase of 4.5 acres of land fronting Hughes Drive created, for the first time, the potential of direct access to the site from a major roadway. Around a year ago, the park commission began considering revisions to the site to incorporate new ideas. As a first step, the county released a request for qualifications from landscape architects and engineering firms. After reviewing applications and interviews from 13 submissions, the county chose Simone Collins Landscape Architecture, a “somewhat local firm that has deep experience in park planning projects like this one,” commissioner Anthony Cucchi said. The county also hired Princeton Hydro, an environmental solutions firm that will be studying the park by analyzing storm weather readiness, water quality, and factors related to the lake, in order to identify opportunities for restoration. The firm will also be delineating wetlands to determine where trails are feasible, and conducting a topographi-
cal survey to understand where specific amenities should be placed. “The park commission and county are excited to partake in a planning process to revision the site and consider other ways that it can be utilized beyond flood control,” Cucchi said. One concern in building this park has been the property of residents living adjacent to Dam Site 21. Since this land has been informally used by nearby residents for decades, the formalization and renovation process may cause changes for those that live closeby. Specifically, the county and contracted firms will be conducting a boundary survey to determine where Dam Site 21 ends and private property begins. While Cucchi highlighted the benefits of having a park being built nearby, he acknowledged this concern. “The neighborhood should have a voice in the process,” he said. “We see this as a wonderful opportunity, not only for the Mercer County greater area, but the particular residents nearby.” Toward this goal, the park commission is pursuing four avenues in search of community input. One is advisory committees, consisting of representatives from municipalities and institutional landowners like Mercer County Community College, which will be asked to weigh in on how park renovations could affect nearby communities. The second is focus group interviews,
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one of which was held on Feb. 19 at the Boathouse at Mercer Lake. Residents and community organizations are invited to provide their input on the renovations. The commission also intends to hold one-on-one interviews with experts and professionals on matters relating to the site, as well as public meetings. The first one is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. March 7 at the conference center at Mercer County Community College. Also, until Oct. 1, residents can voice their opinions of the project on an online survey. These varying levels of input will be collected and compared with the studies done by the contracted firms to decide what measures are feasible, and how the park can provide different amenities than the nearby Mercer County Park. This input process is part of the larger master plan phase, which will be presented to the park commissioners in October for feedback and approval. Actual construction on the park is not likely until after 2019, but Cucchi emphasized the importance of having a longer but more transparent process. “In the long-run, we’ll come up with a much better product if we seek that civic engagement and public input,” he said. “As far as excitement, we’re really excited to hear the ideas and thoughts that people have.” The survey about the Dam Site 21 project is online at surveymonkey.com/r/ mcdamsite21survey.
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Members keep Temple Micah running for 50 years By Michele Alperin Temple Micah has met for religious services at the Presbyterian Church of Lawrenceville since its founding 50 years ago. The synagogue, still going strong, has 50 to 60 worshippers Friday nights, 200 on the High Holidays, and over 90 students in its religious school. The community prides itself on its inclusive community, lack of affiliation with any Jewish movement, shared building, and low cost—values that were there from the beginning. To celebrate its 50th anniversary, the congregation will join with fellow congregants and the wider community on March 23, 7:30 p.m., for a Havdalah service (which separates the Sabbath from the regular week), and a reception, with music, dancing, eating, and having a good time. Princeton resident Adrienne Rubin, cantorial soloist at Temple Micah for 21 years, cites Hamilton resident Faith Wight as emblematic of those who have kept Temple Micah running. The willingness of volunteers to step forth at Temple Micah is one critical element in keeping costs low and creating a sense of community, Rubin says. Wight “ran all of the onegs [desserts after services] for years—an example of the kind of volunteer that has made Temple Micah what it is, always doing what is needed. She taught in the religious school [for 19
years]; she always stepped up.” Wight was also on the board for 25 years, where she served as vice president. Bob Pollack, former president of Temple Micah, calls her “the rock of Temple Micah.” “Temple Micah has so many people like that who give of themselves because they love this community,” Rubin says. Wight writes in an email, “My entire family benefited from Temple Micah,” she said. “My children had their baby namings, Bat Mitzvahs, I was Bat Mitzvahed at 41 and my husband Charlie converted 8 years ago.” The synagogue got its start in 1969, when Paula Sass-Connelly (then Gottlieb, and her husband Stuart) gathered with a small group of Lawrenceville residents at her home, with the goal of creating a synagogue. Sass-Connelly, who moved in 1979 to Santa Fe, New Mexico, where she worked for the state board of education, recalls “the incredible excitement in creating this little community.” She says, “It was just a group of people that said, ‘Hey, we want something different,’ and there we went—we just made it happen. That it has lived this long is beyond belief.” Sass-Connelly knew Rev. Dana Fearon of the Presbyterian Church of Lawrenceville through Lawrenceville Elementary School, where she taught first to third grades, and she thought the church would be a great place to meet. “I don’t know what made me think of
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Reverend Fearon, except that I loved the church,” she said. “I thought it was beautiful, peaceful, and calm inside. There were not a lot of Christian symbols; and I remember thinking, what a wonderful idea if we could meet here.” Sharing a building also made sense for another reason. “We didn’t want all sorts of restrictions and didn’t want to charge huge amounts of money for membership—all of the things that with buildings you must get involved with,” Sass-Donnelly says. So she talked to Fearon, and he talked to his trustees. A letter dated Sept. 9, 1969 approved Temple Micah use of the church’s sanctuary for its High Holiday services and other services for a year, after which they would “review the relationship.” Noting gently that as “custodians of the budget” the trustees were “sensitive to any increased costs in heating and light,” Fearon wrote, “I am sure a donation to cover these costs will relieve any feelings of anxiety.” So, after holding its first service at Rider College Chapel on July 11, 1969, Temple Micah moved to the Presbyterian Church of Lawrenceville for its 1969 High Holiday services. Temple Micah’s 50-year relationship with the Presbyterian Church was key to its survival, Pollack said. Committed to keeping costs down, the initial membership dues were $150 for a family and $75 for a young couple under 30, and, Pol-
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interfaith families, and “doesn’t belong to any movement, so there are not a lot of requirements.” “I don’t think it ever occurred to them that having a young woman as rabbi would attract young families,” she says, but it did. In fact, upon her arrival, the religious school was tiny—eight kids taught by a Princeton University student. Then “all of a sudden there were 40ish kids.” That meant she had to supervise religious school, and also lead increasing numbers of bar and bat mitzvahs, ranging from 10 to 15 a year by the time she left Temple Micah. During Greenspan’s long tenure, Temple Micah switched to more gendersensitive, contemporary prayer books, lengthened the Yom Kippur services to last the entire day and instituted a family service that day, hired Adrienne Rubin as their cantorial soloist, and bought a used Torah scroll. Rabbi Vicki Tuckman, who died in 2015, became Temple Micah’s third rabbi on April 1, 2012. Despite spending less than three years with the congregation, Tuckman brought much growth. “They called it the ‘Vicki effect,’ Cohen says. “When Vicki came, people gravitated toward her and wanted to be part of things she was part of.” So when her illness relapsed, Cohen says, “it was a horrible, tragic time for us as a congregation. Someone with such a magnetic personality and that role in the community—you have a tremendous loss. It was devastating for the community.” Cohen, the current president, connected with Temple Micah via Tuckman, who she had known through Jewish camping. Having grown up in a traditional synagogue in Philadelphia, she joined a similar one in New Jersey, but, she says, “I was not happy, and it was very expensive.” She remembers thinking, “There has to be something else out there where my kids can learn about their heritage and religion, and it doesn’t break the bank.” Cohen was also happy to learn that Temple Micah’s religious school met on Tuesday afternoons rather than Sunday mornings, so it would not interfere with her children’s soccer playing. Temple Micah’s next rabbi, Roni Handler, stayed for two years, then last June Temple Micah hired Philadelphia Elisa Goldberg, who finds the congregation to be “in many ways...ahead of its time.” “It never wanted to be big, to be a fullservice synagogue,” Goldberg said, adding that it meets the needs of many of today’s Jews. “It is a great community, but not a full-time community. It allows families to be engaged Jewishly in ways that they want to: they want to educate their families and have a place to celebrate holidays and celebrate life-cycle events. They don’t necessarily want the synagogue to be the center of their lives, but one of the centers. “It’s affordable, accessible, and very
welcoming of interfaith families, and it works well in today’s world. What Temple Micah is finding is a balance of meaningful Judaism that fits into their busy lives,” Goldberg said, adding that she loves it. “People are there because they want to be there. For some people they might not have ever joined a Jewish community, so there’s a kind of excitement about that.” Also very important to both church and synagogue is the strong interfaith relationship that has grown between them with the sharing of a building. The Rev. Jeff Vamos, who has been pastor of the Presbyterian Church of Lawrenceville for 15 years, calls the relationship between the church and Temple Micah “that of siblings.” “We don’t think of Temple Micah as tenants of this place, not even as guests, but as kind of partners in our quest to proclaim religious truth and help people in their journey of faith and in their creating meaning,” he said. “It is an example of how people of different faith traditions can not just coexist but complement each other.” The first seder shared by the two congregations was early in Greenspan’s tenure as rabbi. She developed a haggadah especially for the occasion. Joan Semenuk, who was the associate for pastoral ministry at the Presbyterian Church of Lawrenceville for about 25 years and has lived in Yarmouth, Maine, for seven years, says, “It was a very happy occasion where we all learned something.” Of course Semenuk learned about the ritual of a seder, but she also appreciated how the family context of telling the Exodus story together. “Christianity didn’t have a way of teaching our stories in a family oriented way like that—sitting around a table and talking about something important to us, our history, our tradition, something that bound us together,” she said. The church also shares with Temple Micah a community center, called the Community Well. “It is oriented toward wellness of mind, body, spirit, and what ultimately we want to encourage is service, which is part of both traditions,” Vamos says. In this vein the two congregations held a service day to observe Martin Luther King’s birthday. And on the Jewish holiday of Sukkot, Vamos allows Temple Micah to use the front yard of his manse to build its sukkah, a temporary hut where Jews eat, and sometimes sleep, during the holiday. Former Temple Micah president Larry Leder is particularly thankful to the Presbyterian Church of Lawrenceville where, he says, “we’ve operated on a handshake agreement. They are very dear to us and we could not have survived in our present business model without their housing us and their support for us. That’s very utmost in our minds as we make decisions: how is this going to affect us with the church? What is important to them?”
Hamilton resident Faith Wight has been called ‘the rock’ of Temple Micah, a synagogue celebrating its 50th anniversary this month.
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MCCC hosts area’s best-kept dining secret By Joe Emanski jemanski@communitynews.org One of the best-kept dining secrets in central New Jersey can be found on Monday nights in room ES111 of the Engineering Systems Building at Mercer County Community College. In that low-slung brick building, for eight weeks a semester, culinary students make and serve three-course dinners to the public. Any hungry person with a reservation can sit down for a starter, main course and dessert, for as little as $11. The venue is called the Viking Café. By creating a restaurant setting in the classroom, Mercer gives students in its Applied Kitchen Skills class a hands-on opportunity to learn how a restaurant functions. Rising chefs and bakers work under the watchful eye of chef instructor Frank Benowitz, a member of the college’s Hotel, Restaurant and Institution Management and Culinary Arts program. The Viking Café also gives diners an opportunity to enjoy a thoughtfully prepared meal at a fraction of what it would cost in a for-profit restaurant. And yet they can expect a meal worth that price
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possible. For the Café, students work in pairs at various stations in the kitchen. Benowitz assigns them certain food preparation tasks in the hours before service. Between 6:15 and 7 p.m., when guests arrive, one member of each pair stays in the kitchen to take the lead in finishing their assigned dishes. The other goes out into the dining room to serve the food. Every week, students change roles so that by the end of the semester, they will all have taken a turn at every station. “It’s important to show them what that experience is,” Benowitz said on a Monday night in February, when students were making one of several test runs of the Viking Café. “In the kitchen, but also in the front of house.” *** Engineering Systems, like many buildings on campus, is boxy and functional, with architecture very much of its time (circa 1971). Visitors walking down a hallway lined with lockers and dark computer labs would be forgiven for checking twice to see if they are in the right place. Only once they arrive at ES111 will they see the tables set up for dinner service, and through a wall of windows
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“There’s salt in Old Bay already. There’s no salt in the recipe, is there? This is why we go with the recipe,” Benowitz says. “This is inedible. With my high blood pressure I’d have to go to the hospital if I ate this.” Benowitz is a Robbinsville resident and himself a graduate of Mercer. He went on to get degrees from Thomas Edison State College and Fairleigh Dickinson University, and worked in hospitality, retail and corporate management before settling in at the college in 2003. He is equal parts guiding and chiding as he roams from station to station to check the students’ work. He can look down at a tray of lobster and calculate mentally how much money has just gone to waste—or whether there is a way to rescue those salty cakes—while at the same time challenging his apprentices to do it better next time. The February cooking sessions are designed so that the students have a chance to make mistakes and build confidence before they open to the public come March. Even then, the café serves as a semesterlong learning process. “Here, there’s no fear of repercussions,” Benowitz says later. “They won’t lose their job. Tonight, the lobster cakes are too salty. I guarantee next time they won’t be.” Diners have three options for each course. Besides the onion soup and lobster cake starters, there are also meatloaf cupcakes: meatloaf formed in a muffin cup and topped with mashed potato “frosting.” For the main course, this semester’s choices are a half-pound bacon cheeseburger, BBQ-style pulled pork and fried fish. There are also three choices of sides to go with the main course: ratatouille, confit of
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CAFE continued from Page 27 puts the finishing touches on the health salad at the garde manger station. Student Kathy Marroquin is in the role of class chef. Her partner, Julie Smith, is the dining room manager. One of Marroquin’s jobs as class chef is to devise and prepare an amuse bouche to be served to all customers at the start of their meal. She and Smith are testing two versions of mushrooms stuffed with ratatouille—one where the stuffing is minced, one where it is not—to decide which is better. As each dish is finished and plated, students take them to Benowitz for a critique of the presentation. Generally he suggests small changes, like centering the burger on the plate or seeding the jalapeños for the pulled pork. Simpson and Lynn give Benowitz a crème brulee to try. He samples the whipped cream and asks Simpson how she made it. She tells him and he gives her a fist bump. “Good job,” he says. When he turns away, she and her partner share a grin. *** Many of the students see enrolling in Mercer’s culinary program as a step to possibly owning a restaurant of their own someday. The Viking Café and other restaurant-style courses at Mercer are among the ways the college tries to prepare them for that eventuality. The idea of the Viking Café is that the experience mimics that of working at a restaurant that already exists. The same can be said for the International Cuisine class, which will be serving lunches from a variety of cultures every Monday from March 4 to May 13. The cuisines of Israel, Mexico, Asia and France will be on the menus for that class. A third class, Food Preparation II, also serves lunches in a restaurant setting on Wednesdays starting in March. But there, the students have to come up with a restaurant concept and menu themselves. A number of students in this class have already taken the other two. For Lyne Simpson, this is the last class she
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Bell to join state coaches Hall of Fame March 10 By Rich Fisher There have been some legendary high school soccer coaches in Hamilton Township, such as Bob Pivovarnick, Mario Laurenti and Paul Tessein, to name a few. All three won state titles. But none ever held the unique distinction that Jack Bell has. Bell not only won a state crown, but is the only man to serve as boys’ head soccer coach at all three Hamilton Township schools. He made a positive impact at each institution and for that will be justifiably rewarded. On March 10 at the Pines Manor in Edison, Bell will join an elite club of Garden State soccer luminaries when he is inducted into the Soccer Coaches Association of New Jersey’s Hall of Fame. It’s an honor his former players applaud with zeal. “I’m thrilled that he’s been selected,” said Bob Smetanka, a Hamilton West All-State performer who played for Bell from 1978-80 before earning a full scholarship to Temple. “He’s put his entire life into it. No one is more deserving. His success speaks for itself and there’s not a better person out there.” Sean Griffin and Quincy Hendryx, who played at Nottingham for Bell from 1984-86, both called the honor Nottingham High soccer players Barr y Fullman and Dave Paul hold a ball “overdue.” with coach Jack Bell, who won state titles at all three Hamilton schools. “I’m very happy and excited for him to receive this honor,” Griffin said. “It’s so humbling to say the least,” when he got into the West Hall of to say, ‘You can’t remember to take out Hendryx said. “He is so deserving of Fame. “He’s a super-popular and well- the garbage, but you can remember the this honor and I’m glad that I’m able to respected guy so it’s totally my honor score of every game.’” be here to witness it.” But it wasn’t the scores and results, and privilege.” Those comments have been echoed Bell, who lives in Florida, admitted as much as it was the relationships by countless friends, colleagues, play- he was surprised to get the honor now, Bell forged with players, their parents, ers and anyone else who knows Bell. He after being out of coaching for nearly his assistants, his peers and, yes, even will be introduced at the luncheon by 20 years. He looks upon it as being officials. Many of those bonds are still former Steinert great Dan Donigan and rewarded for having fun. strong today. Smetanka. It’s not surprising, as Bell is as much “I loved my job,” he said. “I made “I’m honored and humbled to be lifelong friends through coaching and a part of the township fabric as Kuser asked to introduce him,” said Smetanka, through playing. I just loved sports and Mansion, Veterans Park and the Memowho actually had Bell introduce him I still do. My (late) wife (Kathy) used rial Day parades. Aside from playing,
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coaching and teaching in Hamilton, he was a township councilman for eight years. Bell began appearing in newspapers playing youth sports and remained a media darling for over 40 years. Playing at West from 1962-65, he became the first Hornet to earn nine varsity letters (soccer, basketball baseball) and score 1,000 points in basketball; and the first Mercer County player to score 50 points in a game. He was All-State in soccer and led the county with 27 goals his senior year. Bell stayed home for college, starring in soccer and basketball at Trenton State College (now The College of New Jersey) from 1965-69. He played on the NAIA national champions in soccer and scored 1,000 points in hoops. During Bell’s freshman year, TSC beat Duke and North Carolina in soccer. “They never played Trenton State ever since,” Bell said with a laugh. “Almost our whole team was from Mercer, and we could really play.” After graduation Bell embarked on a phys-ed teaching/coaching career at his alma mater and was named head soccer coach in 1976, which was the peak of the Hamilton Township soccer’s glory days. Steinert won state crowns in 1975 and ’77 and Bell guided the Hornets to state title in his first season. Spartan-Hornet games were sheer happenings, with the crowds swelling to four and five deep around the entire field. “It was an exciting time,” Bell said. “We both started getting prepared ahead of time, Steinert prepared for us, we prepared for them. At that time were the bridesmaid, never the bride, but we won it in ’76 and had some great players.” Bell remained at West until 1981, winning two more sectional championships and reaching the state finals again his final year, along with winning the Mercer County Tournament crown. “As a coach he was old school,
no democracy, he was in charge!” Smetanka, a retired New Jersey Department of Transportation employee, said with a laugh. “He was knowledgeable, and a great teacher. His confidence, leadership, fairness and ability to bond with his players was second to none. Whether it was a first-team All American or the last guy on the bench he commanded respect and responsibility from all. Obviously, you don’t win that many games by not being competitive. He did not like to lose.” David Alito, whose brother Rich was an All-American on the 1976 team, played for Bell from 1976-79. He felt one of his best attributes was not to overcoach the players. When Bell knew he had talent, he let them play. “I couldn’t say it any better than that,” said Alito, who was an All-State performer and played with Smetanka at Temple. “Coach Bell had passion to do the best he could every day for each of his players, both as individuals and the team. He always had his door open for you to talk; whether about a game, school or just as a kid to coach, he was always open and available.” Bell’s interaction went beyond the playing field. “In the summer months he afforded me opportunities to make money helping him out in the summer soccer camps he taught,” added Alito, whose twin sister Joan was an All-County performer for the girls’ team. “He would bring other high school kids he was coaching at the time to my Temple games to watch me play. He did it for two reasons—for the kids to see what college soccer was like, but also for me. It was always nice to see coach Bell during these times. He gave that reassurance and confidence that a young college soccer player needed.” In 1982, Bell was offered a promotion as head of health and physical education at the new Nottingham High School. He was also asked to build the soccer program, but would have no upperclassmen for the first two years. He labored over the decision before his dad convinced him to accept the challenge. Five years later, Bell guided the Northstars to the first sectional title in school history when they won the 1986 Central Jersey Group III crown. “That was really something special,” Bell said. “It was pride in a different way from winning a state title, because you built something from the ground up.” Hendryx and Griffin were both senior standouts in on that team. “Coach Bell had a history of winning at Hamilton West, and I believe he brought those high expectations and desire to succeed to Nottingham,” said Griffin, who works for the New Jersey Department of Human Services. “He created a philosophy and environment in practice and games that empowered us to have confidence no matter who we played. Because of his extensive knowledge and coaching ability, he always knew our potential as players and a team and had patience during tough losses. For those games when we should have won, I was one of those players who paid the price during the next practice and became redetermined to giving it our all.”
Hendryx felt Bell was more than just a coach. “He wore multiple hats—father figure, friend, role model, disciplinarian, commander and chief, and coach,” said Hendryx, now a Hamilton Township police sergeant. “He had a way of getting things done the way he wanted it done, but always for the better of the team. He was a true leader and was well respected by all and he cared about each player as if we were part of his family. He made us bond like one big soccer brotherhood. As a sophomore I was treated like an upperclassman and no different from the rest of the players. He worked me just as hard as the rest and mentored me as well.” Bell completed his hat trick in 1988 when he took over the driver education program for all Hamilton high schools and re-located to Steinert. He inherited the soccer program from Tessein, won a Mercer County Tournament title and stepped down in 2000. Mike Hastings, an English teacher and the Spartans girls’ soccer coach, played for Bell from 1991-93 and admitted his reputation preceded him. “We knew the legend of Jack Bell,” Hastings said. “We saw it as a challenge to impress him. He was tough on us, had the old-school mentality. He wanted us to be better than we thought we could be and demanded us to rise up. Even at that point in his career he hated to lose, but more importantly he hated when we didn't play our best.” Coaching aside, probably the best thing about Bell is the lasting impact he made on his players, as witnessed by the successes so many of them have made of their lives. “Coach Bell gave life lessons, whether in the classroom or on the soccer field,” said Alito, a senior vice president at Harvard Protection Services. “He treated his players like the young men we were. Certainly there were times when we needed a strong voice, others just a pat on the back. He did that and more.” “My relationship with him today is even closer than it was as a player,” Hendryx said. “As life went on we always kept in touch and shared many talks about the thing called life. He continued to mentor and be a role model to me. I thank God for letting him see my talent as a soccer player and putting it to use. I also thank God for our bond as a player, coach and friend.” Smetanka felt Bell is “the best role model around . . . a lifelong friend of the entire Smetanka family.” Hastings said Bell has influenced him as a coach, to try and get across the point, “That it's more than soccer we are preparing them for, it's life we want them to eventually succeed in.” As much as his players loved and respected him, Bell returned that admiration 100 percent. “I was blessed with great, great players and I had a good rapport with the kids,” Bell said. “I had great assistants, with guys like Mickey Kessler, Tony Potenza, Richie Giallella. I’ve made lifelong friends playing and coaching. I just loved it. I had the best job in the world.” And he provided the best guidance his players could have ever hoped for.
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Eckels visualizes more success after fast start to swim career By Rich Fisher In a perfect future world, Evan Eckels will be gearing up for a big race by listening to songs from none other than Evan Eckels. Eckels is a standout sophomore on the Notre Dame High swim team, having won gold medals in the 200 IM and 100 backstroke at the Mercer County Championships in January and qualifying for the NJSIAA Meet of Champions in four events this month. When he’s not swimming, he is singing bass for the ND Madrigal group. When he is swimming, he has certain way of preparing for each race. “Swimming is all mental,” Eckels said. “As long as you have the right mindset going into the meet you’ll perform perfect.” And how does he get such a mindset? “I listen to music, and I visualize my race,” he said. “That’s a key factor in swimming. You have to visualize before you execute. I’ve been doing it since I was 11. My dad (Ed) said you have to visualize before you do anything.” When it was suggested he visualize while listening to himself sing, Eckels said, “That would be a good idea.” As a proponent of everything from pop to rock to rap, Eckels was unsure what genre he would choose. “That’s a good question,” he said. “I’ll have to think about that.” As long as it involves the pool, Eckels
doesn’t mind thinking about it. “I’m into music and singing, but not as much as swimming,” he said. “Swimming has kind of always been the end game. I just feel like I have a huge passion for swimming, and I just want to keep growing and hopefully be the best someday. I gotta dream big.” Olympics? “Maybe the Olympic trials,” he said. “I’m two seconds away (from the backstroke cut).” Eckels already owns the Irish shortcourse records in the IM at 2:10.54, which he set at this year’s counties, and the 100 backstroke in the low 52s. He broke the 18-year-old IM record of Bob DeSandre, son of head coach Henry DeSandre, by scant 100ths of a second. “He didn’t shatter Bobby’s record, but that’s still fast,” DeSandre said. “He likes to bring it at the big meets. He’s a big-meet performer. He’s very, very competitive.” It’s not surprising, as Eckels has been getting good training all his life. At age 7, he began learning the various strokes from Corina Simms, the mother of his neighborhood friend Lucas Simms. Corina is a product of the Ocean County YMCA Swim Club and has served as lesson coordinator for the highly successful Peddie Aquatics Club for the past seven years. Ironically, Lucas has gone on to play baseball at Lawrenceville Prep, but Eckels has taken his mom’s tutelage to the next level.
Notre Dame sophomore Evan Eckels, a Hamilton resident, already owns school records in the individual medley and the 100 backstroke. (Staff photo by Rob Anthes.) “I asked her if she would teach me, and we went through all the strokes,” Eckels said. “Lucas and I grew up together and
right after that, we joined the swim team (at Robert Wood Johnson gym).” Eckels moved on to the Hamilton Aquatics Club at age 8 and has been there ever since. He has qualified for the YMCA Nationals the past three years and has enjoyed top-five finishes in several relays. “They worked on my strokes and all the strokes started coming together; that’s when I really started taking swimming seriously,” he said. “I just like the competitive aspect. Every single time you get in the water you’re pretty much racing yourself.” Eckels lives in the Hamilton West district but, when it came to high school, there was never a doubt where he was headed. “I always wanted to go to Notre Dame,” he said. “I knew the swim team was a tight bond and the school as a whole is really tight, and a nice community.” DeSandre knew of Eckels when he was still attending St. Gregory the Great (and getting over his shyness by singing in an acapella group), but never met him until he arrived at ND. The veteran coach immediately knew he had something special, both in and out of the pool. “Right off the bat, when we met and I talked to him, he had a very calm, mature air about him,” DeSandre said. “You could sense it was all about team. All about Notre Dame. He cherished being a Notre Dame swimmer right out of the hole.
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“As a swimmer, I saw he had great underwater ability to move. In his training you could see him having a great feel of the water. He fit the water well and he was hungry for any kind of tidbit, corrections, any coaching he could get. Fresh eyes see new things, so we saw a few things. He adapted to all our staff as far as anything that was brought to him. It was a win-win situation all the way around. Not just for the high school, but for Evan, his talent and his career.” Eckels won the MCT IM as a freshman and took third in the backstroke, which he and DeSandre consider his best event. He qualified for the Meet of Champions and made the B cut finals in both events. Despite his success, he remained grounded. “As an athlete, he doesn’t let his talent change his personality,” DeSandre said. “He’s got a great team personality. He’s great around all the swimmers. He never flaunts that ability to go fast.” The fact he could do all the strokes was a bonus for DeSandre, as many young swimmers only focus on going fast in the freestyle races.
“It’s a very pleasant feeling to have someone who comes in with that capacity, absolutely,” said the coach, who feels Eckels will also break the school butterfly record before it’s all over. “But it’s even nicer when you have someone who comes in with talent that doesn’t realize how much talent he really has.” Eckels is starting to realize it, by virtue of the goals he is setting. But he also knows he still has a lot to learn. He is thankful to current teammate Matt Lequang, a talented senior. “Every single day at practice, he keeps me in the right mindset and pushes me,” Eckels said. DeSandre said that is the way it should work. “What transpires is they feed off each other,” he said. “The younger swimmers look and see accomplishments by your veteran swimmers and they raise their bar and they want to go after it. It’s just great. We, as coaches, are there for the ride and all you gotta do is put a little guidance in there, and they’re there for the memories. And they are building them.” Who knows, maybe someday Eckels will even sing about them.
‘I visualize my race. That’s a key factor in swimming. You have to visualize before you execute.’ –Notre Dame swimmer Evan Eckels, a Hamilton resident
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Record-setting Mehl cements her place in Steinert history By Rich Fisher Kristin Jacobs had this to say about Natalie Mehl. “She shuts up and does her job,” the Steinert girls’ basketball coach said. That only applies to the basketball court, though. At last year’s Colonial Valley Conference awards banquet, Jacobs was busy running around, introducing people and handing out plaques. Foolishly, she left her phone on the table, so Mehl and teammates Jayda Bing and the sincegraduated Tatiana Dorner decided to have some fun. “We started take videos of her,” Mehl said. “We called it the Nat, Tat and Jayda Show. “We would zoom in on her, and then we’d talk about her. We were like ‘You’re so pretty Jacobs...we hope you get our names right.’ She takes it well. She lets us mess with her.” As opposed to Mehl, who is not a player to mess with on the court. Through 22 games this year, the senior was averaging 13.0 points, 4.0 rebounds and 2.1 steals. She also had 56 3-pointers, which sounds like a lot until you consider Mehl had a school-record 74 last year and 64 as a sophomore. She has long held the school’s all-time record, which was up to 230 entering a Feb. 19 game with Hillsborough. Unlike her first several years, however, Mehl is no long defined strictly by her perimeter shooting.
“In AAU my coach (Mike Narozniak) told me I was a one-dimensional player and that (shooting threes) was all I was good at,” Mehl said. “I took that to heart. I knew that I wasn’t (one-dimensional), I told him I want to be more than just that, I want to be a rebounder, a passer, I want to drive to the basket. And I talked with (Jacobs) after my sophomore year, and told her I know I can be more than an outside shooter. “When someone tells me to work on something I take it personally and I just want to show them I can do better. Especially driving to the basket. I’ve tried to get better at that, and get to the foul line, I’ve been working on that.” That work helped her become a 1,000point scorer, a figure she hit on Jan. 29 against Hamilton West when she buried a 3-pointer from the left wing. Mehl became the second Spartan to hit the magic number this year (along with Mario Mazur) and the first girl since Gaby Bennett in 2015. “I remember my first day of freshman year I talked to (then-assistant coach James) Angiolino and told him I’m gonna be the next Gaby Bennett,” Mehl said. “It has always been a dream of mine. I always told people I want to score 1,000 because I want to come back and see my name up on the banner.” Mehl was an interesting case her first two seasons. As a freshman, she and Dorner led the Spartans in scoring average with a 6.3 average and, as a sopho-
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Steinert High senior Natalie Mehl has made her mark, with more than 1,000 career points and the school record for 3-pointers. (Photo by Rich Fisher.) more she was second to Dorner with 8.9 points per game. Dorner started both years, but Mehl came off the bench. “She never started, because my teams are predicated on defense,” Jacobs said. “That was something she took personally and started to work on so she could
make those changes. In the off-season the past couple years she worked on that. She tells herself she wants to get better.” Mehl has always been a good athlete, starting with her days in the Hamilton Girls Softball Association. She played for the Hurricanes travel teams and also played rec basketball. In middle school, she got turned onto AAU basketball and played for the Mid-Jersey Mavericks. “That’s when I started to get serious about basketball,” Mehl said. “I just knew I had a different love for it than softball. I went back to softball my freshman year just to stay in shape. But it was boring just standing there at shortstop. I knew if I wanted to get serious about basketball I had to drop softball, and then it became basketball all year.” Mehl switched to the AUF Lady Hawks, a team predominantly comprised of Steinert and Notre Dame players. Entering this season, 12 Lady Hawks had gone on to play in college since 2015, including three Division I players. “It’s a great team, I love the atmosphere there,” Mehl said. “My coach really pushed me to get better as an allaround player. He kind of gave me the confidence to know I could do more than just shoot the ball.” According to Jacobs, all one has to do is throw down the gauntlet in front of Mehl, and it’s a done deal.
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“Natalie’s a worker, she loves basketball, she wants to get better,” the coach said. “She always looks to improve some part of her game. She knows she needs to work on little things defensively, rebounding, taking it to the basket. She’s a great foul shooter so she’s just got to get to the rim so she can live on the line, besides living on the three-point line.” Mehl has learned to create space for herself behind the arc by becoming a penetrator. If a defender is guarding her tight, she has learned to pump fake and go around the girl and either get fouled or get a lay-up. She has also added a dribble pull-up jumper to her arsenal. “Those are my new shots now,” said Mehl, who has a 10.4 career average. “I just try after practice to stay and work on different shots every day and figure out ways to get open because I know the defense is always gonna be there.” Even with her added scoring moves, Mehl’s biggest weapon is still the threes. “It’s an unconscious effort,” Jacobs said. “You know if you see Natalie throw her first shot up and it goes in, she could get 10 if she wanted to. She trails the play very well, and we do a good job of just finding her. She doesn’t need a lot of room to get the shot off. Her timing is very good in space to come off a screen and just get that look. I can’t remember a lot of shots she’s had blocked. It’s not that it’s super-fast. But when you do it often, it becomes easier and more natural.” Mehl will take that shot and the rest of her game to McDaniel College, a Divi-
sion III program in Maryland. She was put in touch with the coaches by Narozniak, whose daughter was recruited there before opting for Vassar. “He called and said, ‘I have a girl that’s just like my daughter, she can shoot, she can drive, she’s a great scorer,’ and a few weeks later I got a call from (head coach) Becky Martin,” Mehl said. “We talked about it, I went on a visit and right when I stepped on campus I felt right at home. It wasn’t something I felt with other schools. I went there for homecoming weekend. I felt like I was part of the team already. They’re so supportive, they said they loved my game and my personality off the court.” Mehl considered Eastern and Rowan but said “somewhere in the back of my mind I knew that’s where I wanted to go.” She may have to find a new place for food when she’s down there. As a ChicFil-A employee, Mehl gets a meal on the house after every shift. When she’s not working, eating or playing, she enjoys working Jacobs’ summer camps. Last year, due to a scheduling snafu, she had to coach one of Jacobs’ AAU teams for one game. “I really didn’t know what I was doing at first,” Mehl said. “She sent me the lineup and told me what defense to put them in, and I let them play. I didn’t call a single timeout. I let the other guy use all his timeouts. I loved it. I want to minor in coaching, major in secondary education and be a coach and an English teacher.” If that doesn’t work, there’s always a career in commentating iPhone videos.
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Fonollosa sticks with hoops for the love of the game By Rich Fisher Gabbie Fonollosa claims softball is her main sport, but one would never guess that when watching her play basketball. The Hamilton West junior is a smooth ball handler, heady passer, solid defender, has a nice jumper and can penetrate to the basket. She was the best player on a Hornet squad that finished 4-19 this season, and one of the better players in the Colonial Valley Conference. Despite the fact her future is in softball and the Hornets did not have much success in basketball, she never once thought about leaving hoops to focus on softball year-round. “I do love the game,” Fonollosa said. “I’ve been playing since I was young. I’ve always loved it, and it’s always a thrill every time I play. My energy gets picked up and the adrenaline keeps going. Softball is my number one sport but when I’m on the court I give 110 percent all the time. It’s just a great game and I love it.” She must, because she had a very good reason not to play it anymore. On Jan. 30, 2018 in a game against Nottingham, Fonollosa was on a fast break and got shoved. When she landed, her leg went stiff as her femur and tibia grinded against each other. It resulted in a microfracture in her left tibia, which led to more than three months of reha-
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Hamilton West hopes to build a strong girls’ basketball program around junior Gabbie Fonollosa. (Photo by Rich Fisher.) this season. Coming in last year, he was immediately impressed by Fonollosa’s skills during the first day of practice, and was obviously distraught when misfortune struck. “She was the only one I saw who could dribble with her right hand and her left hand,” Radice recalled. “She was going through all the drills as hard as she could. She was leading by example as a sophomore. So as we were starting the season I was really excited with what we had. We had a tough start to the schedule, and right as we were getting into the part of the season where the schedule was favorable for us, she broke her tibia and one of our other players was out with a concussion. We struggled through the part of the season that would have been our confidence builder.” Hamilton struggled thought most of this season as well, but that could not diminish Fonollosa’s talent or statistics. She averaged a team-leading 12.1 points per game, 3.1 rebounds and 1.4 assists on a fairly young Hamilton team. “Coming off the injury, right from the get-go she was kind of the first person leading us in drills,” Radice said. “She’s Miss Fundamental. She’s got a very smooth shot. She always gets the other team’s best player covering her. She’s gotta handle the ball, she has to come off screens, she has to set screens. Defensively, we look for her to get steals for us. She’s gotta do it all for us to be successful.” Success has been tough to come by during Fonollosa’s first three years. But because she is just a junior, Fonollosa has one more season to be part of a team that has a promising future if all its youngsters continue to improve. “I really do see potential,” Fonollosa said, citing three freshmen as an example. “They’re pretty good now. Cierra (Acevedo) is scoring points against
older girls. When she reaches her junior, senior year she’s gonna be amazing. Tina (Fedor) will be big at forward. She can block shots and rebound. Mikayla (Hall) will get a lot of fast breaks with her speed.” Radice agrees with his star player, and feels she will only get better as the team around her improves. “Five of our top eight players were freshmen or sophomores,” Radice said. “We’re only losing one starter and one person that comes off the bench. It’s something as we build and get better around her, she’s going to get better and better. Where normally you look for your best player to make everybody else better, in this case as everybody else gets better, it’s just going to show how good Gabbie really is.” Fonollosa has shown herself to be pretty good already. She started organized sports playing instructional baseball and moved to softball at age 8. After playing in the HGSA Fonollosa moved on to travel ball and currently plays for the Central Jersey A’s. She began playing basketball for the YMCA at age 5 and eventually moved to the Hamilton PAL. She played JV and sat the varsity bench as a freshman, and averaged 5.5 points as a sophomore before the injury struck. Fonollosa was finally able to play softball for A’s in the summer, but didn’t focus on basketball until the season started. “I have a hoop at home where I occasionally go out and shoot,” she said. “Most of the time it’s just here (at Hamilton) when I play. I think if I focused on this and maybe went to a camp or clinic, I’d do a lot better.” Radice completely understands, and is just appreciative to have Fonollosa at all. “She’s dedicated to both sports that she plays,” the coach said. “She gives me everything that she can even though softball is her main sport. She’s here every day, she works hard. I want her to be a little more vocal, that’s just not in her personality. But I can’t ask for any more out of a player. She makes me proud every time she steps on the court.” She makes her teachers proud as well, as Fonollosa has a 4.12 weighted GPA and is a member of Student Government and the Unified Club. She already has a career goal in mind. “I want to be a physician’s assistant,” she said. Because she has been around physicians so frequently? “That’s exactly why,” she said with a grin. “I was driving home from the orthopedist when I hurt my leg and my mom was talking to me about it. She said ‘You should get into this.’ I said ‘Yeah it’s really interesting.’ I’ve had so many injuries in my life, so I decided maybe I’ll specialize in the leg, be a PA. I’m really interested in medicine and stuff like that.” She only hopes she doesn’t need any more meds for a while, as she is due a run of good health.
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Saturday, March 2
Reock and Roll, Kelsey Theatre, 1200 Old Trenton Road, West Windsor, 609-570-3333. kelseytheatre.net. “Chicago II.” $30. 2 p.m. Guided Tour, Kuser Farm Mansion, 390 Newkirk Avenue, Hamilton, 609-890-3630. hamiltonnj.com. Free. 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Harlem Globetrotters, CURE Insurance Arena, 81 Hamilton Avenue, Trenton. cureinsurancearena.com. Elite dunkers on the planet, exceptional ball handlers, and Guinness World Record holders put on a basketball show. $26 to $112. 2 p.m.
Sunday, March 3
The Art of Historical Sculpture, The Trenton City Museum at Ellarslie, 299 Parkside Ave, Trenton. ellarslie.org. Sculptor Zenos Frudakis presents. Free. 2 p.m. Reock and Roll, Kelsey Theatre, 1200 Old Trenton Road, West Windsor, 609-570-3333. kelseytheatre.net. “Chicago II.” $30. 2 p.m. Guided Tour, Kuser Farm Mansion, 390 Newkirk Avenue, Hamilton, 609-890-3630. hamiltonnj.com. Free. 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
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Tuesday, March 5
Spring Mini Medical School, Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Hamilton, 1 Hamilton Health Place, Hamilton, 609-5845900. rwjbh.org. Four-week course taught by RWJ Barnabas Health physicians. Receive a mini Medical School certificate at a graduation ceremony. Courses run through March. $40. Free to high school students. Register. 6 p.m. Journey Through the Chakras, Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Hamilton, 1 Hamilton Health Place, Hamilton, 609-5845900. rwjbh.org. Come explore the chakras, the energy pockets of the body. Learn what the chakras are, how to tap into them, and how exploring the chakras can benefit your overall health. $10. 6 p.m. Breast Cancer Support Group, RWJ University Hospital Hamilton Campus, 2575 Klockner Road, Hamilton, 609-584-2636. rwjbh.org. Monthly meeting. 6:30 p.m.
Wednesday, March 6
La Feminista Soy Yo?, Mercer County College James Kerney Campus Gallery, 100 North Broad Street, Trenton. mccc.edu. Opening reception for the photography and video exhibit by Trenton’s Tamara Torres exploring the concept of feminism across cultures and generations. 5 p.m. Jazz and Sushi Night, Trenton Social Restaurant, 449 South Broad Street, Trenton. 609989-7777. Dick Gratton, a solo jazz guitarist, performs. Free. 6 p.m. Prepared Childbirth 4-Week Series, Capi-
tal Heath Medical Center Hopewell, One Capital Way, Pennington. capitalhealth. org. A certified childbirth educator teaches 4 weekly two-hour classes on labor coping skills. $125. Register. 11 a.m. 4-4-2019 Colorectal Cancer Awareness Day, Capital Heath Medical Center Hopewell, One Capital Way, Pennington. capitalhealth.org. Gastroenterologists answer questions related to digestive health. Free. 11 a.m.
Thursday, March 7
Camp Olden Civil War Round Table, Hamilton Township Public Library, 1 Samuel Alito Way, Hamilton. campolden.org. Presentation and meeting. For more informaiton, send an email to kdaly14@aol.com. Free. 7 p.m.
Friday, March 8
Peter and the Starcatcher, Kelsey Theatre, 1200 Old Trenton Road, West Windsor, 609570-3333. kelseytheatre.net. $20. Through March 17. 8 p.m. Public Artwork Tours, New Jersey State House Annex, 145 West State Street, Trenton, 609-847-3150. Guided tour of New Jersey’s capitol complex and its artwork, including stained glass, paintings, murals, tilework, schulptures, and marquetry. Free. 1:30 p.m. The Metamorphosis of the Printed Image, The Trenton City Museum at Ellarslie, 299 Parkside Ave, Trenton. ellarslie.org. Curator Judith K. Brodsky showcases an exhibition on the history of printmaking techniques. Free. 7 p.m. Basile the Comedian, Saint George Greek Orthodox Church, 1200 Klockner Road, Hamilton, 609-306-3022. Comedy show and mezedakia, desserts, coffee, and tea, plus cash bar. Proceeds benefit AHEPA Service Dogs for Warriors. $50. Register. 7 p.m.
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Peter and the Starcatcher, Kelsey Theatre, 1200 Old Trenton Road, West Windsor, 609570-3333. kelseytheatre.net. $20. 8 p.m. Capital Philharmonic Orchestra, Patriots Theater at the War Memorial, 1 Memorial Drive, Trenton, 215-893-1999. capitalphilharmonic.org. Celebrating harp music with Cheryl Cunningham. $30-$65. 7:30 p.m. Second Saturday Open Mic, VFW Post 491 Yardville, 9 Fisher Place, Hamilton. vfw491. org. Aspiring musicians and comedians perform. Free. 7:30 p.m. Guided Tour, Kuser Farm Mansion, 390 Newkirk Avenue, Hamilton, 609-890-3630. hamiltonnj.com. Free. 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. CUBA: Caribbean Treasure, Cuentos and Tales, Hamilton Township Liibrary, 1 Justice Samuel Alito Way, Hamilton, 609-890-3378. Featured will be Cuban folktales and memoirs to
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Sunday, March 10
Peter and the Starcatcher, Kelsey Theatre, 1200 Old Trenton Road, West Windsor, 609570-3333. kelseytheatre.net. $20. 2 p.m. Voices Chorale, Trinity Cathedral, 801 West State Street, Trenton. voiceschoralenj.org. Performing a program called “Shakespeare in Love.” 8 p.m. Guided Tour, Kuser Farm Mansion, 390 Newkirk Avenue, Hamilton, 609-890-3630. hamiltonnj.com. Free. 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Monday, March 11
Understanding Hip and Knee Replacement Surgery, Capital Heath Medical Center Hopewell, One Capital Way, Pennington, 609-394-4153. capitalhealth.org. Dr. Arjun Saxena discusses on surgical options for hip and knee. Free. Register. 6 p.m. PUSH Support Group, St. Mark United Methodist Church, 465 Paxton Avenue, Hamilton, 609-213-1585. Meet to discuss all types of anxiety disorders. 7 p.m.
Tuesday, March 12
GYN Cancer Support Group, RWJ University Hospital Hamilton Campus, 2575 Klockner Road, Hamilton, 609-584-2636. rwjbh.org. Monthly meeting. 2 p.m.
Wednesday, March 13
Cancer: Thriving and Surviving Program, Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Hamilton, 1 Hamilton Health Place, Hamilton, 609-584-5900. rwjbh.org. This six-week interactive program designed by Stanford University teaches techniques to deal with frustration, fatigue, pain, isolation, poor sleep and living with uncertainty. Information on nutrition, exercise, communication, relationships and complementary therapies are addressed. Free. 1 p.m. National Sleep Awareness Week Open House, The Center for Sleep Medicine, 1401 White Horse-Mercerville Road, Suite 219, Hamilton, 609-584-5150. capitalhealth.org. Callum Dupre discusses creating a sleep pattern and Dr. Dessislava Dimitrova educates on insomnia. Free. Register. 4 p.m.
Thursday, March 14
Irish Music of Saint Patrick’s Day, Hamilton Township Public Library, 1 Samuel Alito Way, Hamilton, 609-581-4060. hamiltonnjpl. org. Charlie Zahm presents classic and new Irish tunes. Free. 7 p.m.
Friday, March 15
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570-3333. kelseytheatre.net. $20. 8 p.m. Public Artwork Tours, New Jersey State House Annex, 145 West State Street, Trenton, 609-847-3150. Guided tour of New Jersey’s capitol complex and its artwork, including stained glass, paintings, murals, tilework, schulptures, and marquetry. Free. 1:30 p.m. 55+ Breakfast Series Colon Cancer, Capital Heath Medical Center Hopewell, One Capital Way, Pennington, 609-394-4153. capitalhealth.org. Gastroenterologist Dr. Marion-Anna Protano discusses on the risks and treatments for colon cancer. Free. Register. 8:30 a.m.
Saturday, March 16
Peter and the Starcatcher, Kelsey Theatre, 1200 Old Trenton Road, West Windsor, 609570-3333. kelseytheatre.net. $20. 8 p.m. Distance and Happiness, Artworks: Trenton’s Visual Arts Center, 19 Everett Alley,at Stockton Street,Trenton, 609-394-9436. artworkstrenton.org. Local artists and curator Jeff Evans present their paintings of women. Free. 7 p.m. Bolts and Stitches, Artworks: Trenton’s Visual Arts Center, 19 Everett Alley,at Stockton Street,Trenton, 609-394-9436. artworkstrenton.org. Peggy and Gene Hracho, two artists from Pennsylvania, showcase their projects. Free. 7 p.m. Work of Art: Celebrating Trenton Music Makers’ First 20 Years, Grounds for Sculpture, 80 Sculptors Way, Hamilton. trentonmusicmakers.org. Dinner, a performance by the Trenton Music Makers Orchestra, special guests, gala honorees, and more. Register. 5 p.m. Guided Tour, Kuser Farm Mansion, 390 Newkirk Avenue, Hamilton, 609-890-3630. hamiltonnj.com. Free. 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Storytelling in the Gallery, Grounds for Sculpture, 80 Sculptors Way, Hamilton, 609-5860616. groundsforsculpture.org. Stories connected to the current exhibition “Masayuki Koorida: Sculpture” for children ages 6-10 with an adult. Register. 10:30 a.m.
Sunday, March 17
Peter and the Starcatcher, Kelsey Theatre, 1200 Old Trenton Road, West Windsor, 609570-3333. kelseytheatre.net. $20. 2 p.m. Jeff Dunham: Passively Aggressive Tour, CURE Insurance Arena, 81 Hamilton Avenue, Trenton. cureinsurancearena.com. With Peanut, Walter, Jose Jalapeno, Bubba J, and Achmed the Dead Terrorist. $52.50. 3 p.m. Back Home Again Dinner, Donauschwaben Verein Trenton, 127 Route 156, Yardville, 609-586-6109. trentondonauschwaben. com. Featuring a choice of fisch paprikasch, rindsgulasch, or roasted chicken, plus coffee, tea, and dessert. Register. 1 p.m. Guided Tour, Kuser Farm Mansion, 390 Newkirk Avenue, Hamilton, 609-890-3630. hamiltonnj.com. Free. 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Monday, March 18
org. Mindy Komosinky discusses on healthy food choices and conscious eating strategies. Free. Register. 6 p.m. Mindfulness Meditation Practice, Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Hamilton, 1 Hamilton Health Place, Hamilton, 609584-5900. rwjbh.org. Learn the gentle practice of Mindfulness Meditation, and experience relaxation and inner calm. No experience necessary. Free. 1 p.m. Nottingham Garden Club, Switlik Hall, Fisher Place and Joe Maggio Drive, Yardville. Open to the public. 7 p.m. Quizzoholics Trivia, Chickies & Petes, 183 Route 130, Bordentown, 609-298-9182. chickiesandpetes.com. Hosted by Matt Sorrentino. 9 p.m.
Thursday, March 21
Joint Replacement and Robotic Surgery, Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Hamilton, 1 Hamilton Health Place, Hamilton, 609-584-5900. rwjbh.org. Discover the latest advances in knee and hip replacement surgery. Free. 6 p.m.
Friday, March 22
The Sound of Music, Kelsey Theatre, 1200 Old Trenton Road, West Windsor, 609-570-3333. kelseytheatre.net. $20. Through March 31. 8 p.m. Public Artwork Tours, New Jersey State House Annex, 145 West State Street, Trenton, 609-847-3150. Guided tour of New Jersey’s capitol complex and its artwork, including stained glass, paintings, murals, tilework, schulptures, and marquetry. Free. 1:30 p.m.
Saturday, March 23
The Sound of Music, Kelsey Theatre, 1200 Old Trenton Road, West Windsor, 609-570-3333. kelseytheatre.net. $20. 2 p.m. And 8 p.m. Art Making Day 2019, Artworks Trenton, 19 Everett Alley, Trenton. artworkstrenton.org. Painting and crafting for parents and children. Free. Noon. Adrian Christian and the New Jersey Gay Men’s Chorus, Grace Saint Paul’s Episcopal Church, 3715 East State Street Extention, Hamilton. mccctl.com. Proceeds benefit the Metropolitan Community Church Christ the Liberator. $15. Register. 7 p.m. Rock Your Socks Off 2019: Our Dreams Are Taking Flight, Rho Waterfront, 50 Riverview Plaza, Trenton. arcmercer.org. The Down Syndrome Association of Central New Jersey celebrates World Down Syndrome Day with a dance fundraiser. $21. Noon. Reiki 1 Certification Class, Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Hamilton, 1 Hamilton Health Place, Hamilton, 609-584-5900. rwjbh.org. Learn Reiki, a non-invasive, gentle touch that accelerates the body’s natural healing processes. $170. Register. 10 a.m. Guided Tour, Kuser Farm Mansion, 390 Newkirk Avenue, Hamilton, 609-890-3630. hamiltonnj.com. Free. 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
PUSH Support Group, St. Mark United Methodist Church, 465 Paxton Avenue, Hamilton, 609-213-1585. Meet to discuss all types of anxiety disorders. 7 p.m.
Tuesday, March 19
Baby Care Basics Class, Capital Heath Medical Center Hopewell, One Capital Way, Pennington. capitalhealth.org. A parent educator instructs on caring for a newborn. $50. Register. 11 a.m. 6-18-2019 Breastfeeding Moms Group, Capital Health Hamilton, 1445 and 1401 Whitehorse-Mercerville Road, Hamilton. capitalhealth.org. Breastfeeding discussion group for mothers, nursing infants, and expectant women. Free. Register. 11 a.m.
Wednesday, March 20
For the Love of Reading Book Club, Hamilton Township Public Library, 1 Justice Samuel A Alito Jr Way, Hamilton, 609-581-4060. hamiltonnjpl.org. Discussion of “Brave New World” by Aldous Huxley. 6:45 p.m. Healthy Eating for Life, Capital Health Primary Care Robbinsville, 2330 Route 33,Suite 107, Robbinsville, 609-394-4153. capitalhealth.
Sunday, March 24
The Sound of Music, Kelsey Theatre, 1200 Old Trenton Road, West Windsor, 609-5703333. kelseytheatre.net. $20. 2 p.m. Blindsided by Addiction, Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Hamilton, 1 Hamilton Health Place, Hamilton, 609-584-5900. rwjbh.org. Arthur Tomie presents how voluntary and controlled drug use can turn into a chaotic drug addiction. Free. Register. 1:30 p.m. Guided Tour, Kuser Farm Mansion, 390 Newkirk Avenue, Hamilton, 609-890-3630. hamiltonnj.com. Free. 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Monday, March 25
PUSH Support Group, St. Mark United Methodist Church, 465 Paxton Avenue, Hamilton, 609-213-1585. Meet to discuss all types of anxiety disorders. 7 p.m.
Tuesday, March 26
Free Hip and Knee Screenings, Capital Heath Hamilton, 1445 & 1401 Whitehorse-Mercerville Road, Hamilton, 609-394-4153. capitalhealth.org. Orthopedic surgeons conduct screenings and recommendations. Free. Register. 5 p.m.
Wednesday, March 27
Weight Loss Surgery Information Session, Capital Heath Medical Center Hopewell, One Capital Way, Pennington, 609-537-6777. capitalhealth.org. Jooyeun Chung discusses weight loss surgery. Free. Register. 11 a.m. Treating GERD (Acid Reflux) and Barrett’s Esophagus, Capital Heath Medical Center Hopewell, One Capital Way, Pennington, 609-394-4153. capitalhealth.org. Jason Rogart discusses the medical, endoscopic and surgical treatment options for GERD. Free. Register. 6 p.m. Trenton Water Works Public Meeting, Hamilton Township Senior Center, 409 Cypress Lane, Hamilton, 609-890-3834. hamiltonnj. com. Trenton Water Works conducts a question and answer session for Hamilton residents in regards to water qualtiy issues. Free. 6 p.m.
Thursday, March 28
Trenton Film Festival, Mill Hill Playhouse, 205 East Front Street, Trenton. trentonfilmsociety.org. Juried festival featuring narrative, documentary, animation, experimental, music video, spoken work, and new media screenings. See website for details. 6 p.m. Better Living Through Better Hearing, Capital Heath Hamilton, 1445 and 1401 Whitehorse-Mercerville Road, Hamilton, 609394-4153. capitalhealth.org. Susan Dondes teaches about hearing loss and options for hearing aids. Free. Register. 10 a.m. Eating on Cue: Simple Strategies to Slim Down, Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Hamilton, 1 Hamilton Health Place, Hamilton, 609-584-5900. rwjbh.org. Michelle Summerson teaches how to eat “mind-
lessly.” Free. Register. 10 a.m.
Friday, March 29
The Sound of Music, Kelsey Theatre, 1200 Old Trenton Road, West Windsor, 609-5703333. kelseytheatre.net. $20. 8 p.m. Trenton Film Festival, Mill Hill Playhouse, 205 East Front Street, Trenton. trentonfilmsociety.org. Juried festival featuring narrative, documentary, animation, experimental, music video, spoken work, and new media screenings. See website for details. 6 p.m. Public Artwork Tours, New Jersey State House Annex, 145 West State Street, Trenton, 609-847-3150. Guided tour of New Jersey’s capitol complex and its artwork, including stained glass, paintings, murals, tilework, schulptures, and marquetry. Free. 1:30 p.m. The Link Between Hearing Loss and Dementia, Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Hamilton, 1 Hamilton Health Place, Hamilton, 609-584-5900. rwjbh.org. Audiologist Lorraine Sgarlato will discuss how hearing aids can save your brain. Free. 10 a.m.
Saturday, March 30
The Sound of Music, Kelsey Theatre, 1200 Old Trenton Road, West Windsor, 609-570-3333. kelseytheatre.net. $20. 2 p.m. And 8 p.m. Trenton Film Festival, Mill Hill Playhouse, 205 East Front Street, Trenton. trentonfilmsociety.org. Juried festival featuring narrative, documentary, animation, experimental, music video, spoken work, and new media screenings. See website for details. 11 a.m. Southside Wanderers, The Ivy Tavern, 3108 South Broad Street, Hamilton, 609-8881435. Dance party band plays oldies, Motown and classic rock. Free. 9 p.m. Guided Tour, Kuser Farm Mansion, 390 Newkirk Avenue, Hamilton, 609-890-3630. hamiltonnj.com. Free. 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Sunday, March 31
The Sound of Music, Kelsey Theatre, 1200 Old Trenton Road, West Windsor, 609-5703333. kelseytheatre.net. $20. 2 p.m. Trenton Film Festival, Mill Hill Playhouse, 205 East Front Street, Trenton. trentonfilmsociety.org. Juried festival featuring narrative, documentary, animation, experimental, music video, spoken work, and new media screenings. See website for details. 1 p.m. Requiem for the Living, Sacred Heart Church, 343 South Broad Street, Trenton, 609-4342781. capitalsingers.org. Featuring Sinfonietta Nova, the Trenton Children’s Chorus Training Choir, and Capital Singers of Trenton. 4 p.m. Guided Tour, Kuser Farm Mansion, 390 Newkirk Avenue, Hamilton, 609-890-3630. hamiltonnj.com. Free. 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
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in college, and two of the books that still stick with me are Parable of the Sower and Kindred, both by Octavia Butler. Butler, who died in 2008, was an iconic writer and one of the most successful Black sci-fi authors ever (however, though many of her works had sci-fi themes, she did not limit herself to the genre). “I began writing about power because I had so little,” she has said. She has won Hugo and Nebula awards, a MacArthur Genius Grant (the first scifi writer to do so), and several lifetime achievement awards. Crack open one of her books, and you’ll know why she was so lauded-—she tells powerful stories with intense, flowing prose, and her talent for telling a good story lives on. Patti Smith. The “punk poet laureate,” Patti Smith is a poet, musician, artist, memoirist. She has collaborated with Sam Shepard and Bruce Springsteen, wrote songs for Blue Oyster Cult, acted with Jackie Curtis. She’s been the subject of documentaries and concert films, recorded songs for the Cartoon Network Adult Swim show Aqua Teen Hunger Force and for the Hunger Games series and released a number of landmark solo albums and records with her band, the Patti Smith Group. She is open about her anxieties and insecurities. Her style is 100 percent her own. I channel her daily-—ethically, emotionally, follically. She’s a gift and a treasure and I’m glad she’s getting her due while we still have her. Pamela Adlon. I like to think we’re living in the Pamela Adlon-aissance. She is a talented voice-over artist--working on shows like King of the Hill, Recess, and Pepper Ann (the millennial holy trinity?), among dozens of others—and actress, but her show, Better Things, has thrust her further into the spotlight than she’s maybe ever been. In Better Things, now in its second season on FX, Adlon plays a fictionalized version of herself: Sam, an actor living in California. She created, writes, edits, produces and stars in the show, and the show is packed with women writers and crew members. Adlon (and her character, Sam) is tough and funny, resilient and emotional. She gives a great interview and doesn’t shy away from difficult topics. And it makes me so happy to see her get the recognition she’s always deserved, racking up Emmy and Writers Guild of America nominations. I love her. You should, too.
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Samantha Sciarrotta is events editor of the Hamilton Post. She is a lifelong Hamilton resident.
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