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Hamilton basketball star finds opportunity in Mexico

SavoirFlair New balloon business takes flight in Hamilton Square

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Balloons were invented in England in 1824 and were used for science experiments by Professor Michael Faraday, who made the first balloons to help with his lab experiments using various gases.

They were not intended to decorate for parties and commemorations, but the light and colorful balloons in various shapes ended up doing just that. Balloons are a way to draw attention to a location, spell out a name or a number and to add some temporary frivolity to an event.

Balloons with a Flair is a Hamilton New Jersey business that is celebrating and marking events with balloons today. The business recently took space on the parade route of Nottingham Way in the location that housed the venerable Graycar Travel business for the last 50 years.

Started in May 2020 in the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, Balloons with a Flair now has had its soft opening, and owner Jerry Deblasio, Jr. says he is looking forSee FLAIR, Page 10

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Nottingham Little League 11s after winning the state championship. Players (left to right): Matthew McCarty, Brayden Wisniewski, Brandon leder, Domenick Stillitano, Jack Reymann, Brayden Schaefer, Dom Carabelli, Tyler Bodon, Mason Ayres, Lorenzo Pandolfini, Aidan Connell, Joseph McCarty and JJ O’Donnell.

Back row: coach Darren Pandolfini, manager Angel Bodon and coach Jamie Leder. At far left is the team’s biggest fan, Ellis Toggweiler.

Their courage and compassion inspire us all.

Township teams once again dominate in District 12 tourney

By Rich Fisher

For two straight summers, no District 12 championship banners have been raised outside of Hamilton Township at any level.

It became another Hamilton Hat Trick on July 9 when the HTRBA 12-year-olds and Sunnybrae 10-year-olds won their respective championships, joining the Nottingham 11s in the 2022

One morning, a message written in chalk appeared in front of an RWJBarnabas Health facility. The words couldn’t have been simpler, or more soul stirring, or more accurate.

District 12 Winners Circle. Last Granted, the district has been year, crowns were claimed by the whittled down to six teams from a Nottingham 10s, HTRBA 11s and field that used to be in the teens, “Heroes Sunnybrae 12s. but it was still an impressive showwork here.”

“The future in Mercer County ing for the local squads. And the baseball is bright, the future in managers from each championHamilton Township baseball is ship team were happy to see their Three words of gratitude and encouragement that extremely bright,” said Sunny- sister leagues also do well. capture the courage and compassion of health brae manager Gary Leonardo “We should be coming together workers here and across America. To share your after his team beat Nottingham in and supporting each other,” thanks or to support our Emergency Response Fund, the 10-year-old finals. “Baseball is HTRBA coach Jeff Prosdocimo visit rwjbh.org/heroes See DISTRICT, Page 14 in good shape in this town.”

In life, there are people who seek to raise their voice, even make a scandal, to attract attention. But there are also those who do not care so much about the noise and prefer to let the actions speak for them. Or that the emotion and the screams are the result of their work.

This is the case of Alexis Johnson, a reinforcement who, since her arrival on the Barreteras de Zacatecas women’s basketball team, helped change Barreteras’ face with spectacular blocks that put the public on their feet, placing her as the best shotblocker in the league.

In addition, her rebounding ability has her in the top 10 in the Liga Mexicana de Baloncesto Profesional Femenil in that category, and her effective scoring ability (which combines midrange shots with work in the paint) has made her essential for the Zacatecas team.

For all this, today it is worth telling you the story behind Alexis Johnson; one of the pillars of the Zacatecan team, who has See JOHNSON, Page 8

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School district to host series of pop-up open houses Three Hamilton Township elementary schools will be hosting three “pop-up school house” events this month, giving students and parents an opportunity to meet staff and learn more about programs and resources available at the schools.

Also set to be on hand at each event are local service providers.

Robinson Elementary School is scheduled to hold its pop-up school house on Wednesday, Aug. 3. Attendees will be able to meet the new principal, Katie Mallon. The rain date is Thursday, Aug. 4.

Wilson Elementary School is scheduled to host its event on Tuesday, Aug. 9. Attendees will have a chance to meet new principal, Dereth Sanchez-Ahmed.

The rain date is Wednesday, Aug. 10.

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School has scheduled its event for Tuesday, Aug. 16, with a rain date of Thursday, Aug. 18.

All pop-up school houses will be from 4 to 6 p.m. The district says it hopes to have school supplies to distribute during each event as well.

Pet food packaging now recyclable at local shops

Trenton recycling company TerraCycle has partnered with pet food manufacturer Earthborn Holistic to make the packaging for their entire product line nationally recyclable.

In exchange for dropping off empty pet food packaging, Earthborn Holistic says that it donates money to pet charities nationwide.

Through the Earthborn Holistic ReBorn Recycling Program,

Hamilton students Owen Ngo, Lily White, Kaylee Martinez, Patrick Nowak, and instructor Marissa Satzman take part in “Who Done It Crime Camp” at Reynolds Middle School this summer. consumers are invited to bring Earthborn Holistic, Venture and Unrefined packaging to partici-

pating pet store drop-off locations to be recycled. Once collected, the waste is cleaned and

melted into hard plastic that can be remolded to make new recycled products, such as park benches and picnic tables.

Participating pet shops and drop off locations include: Bag of Bones Barkery, 364 Rte 33, Hamilton, NJ 08619; bagofbonesbarkery.com; Dogs and Cats Rule, 3495 US-1, Princeton, NJ 08540; dogsandcatsrule.com; The Hun School,176 Edgerstoune Rd, Princeton, NJ 08540; Green Design, 42 Witherspoon St, Princeton, NJ 08542; shopgreendesign.com; TerraCycle, 121 New York Ave, Trenton, NJ 08608; terracycle.com.

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Creative Change Counseling is a nonprofit agency that was created to service individuals with mild to severe emotional, mental and behavioral health challenges.

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“As we all know, the last few years have been a test for us all, but organizations like Creative Change are able to provide those of us who need it most with that extra support,” said Mayor Jeff Martin. “I am grateful that they chose to open their Mercer Wellness Complex here in Hamilton and wish them much success in all of their endeavors.”

Associate Director of Economic Development, Kate Kane, along with Hal English, President & CEO of the Princeton Mercer Regional Chamber of Commerce, took part in their ribbon cutting to celebrate the occasion.

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County names winners of Senior Art Show

A professional juror from Hamilton has selected the winners from 107 entries in this year’s Mercer County Senior Art Show, which is on display through Aug. 5 at The Conference Center at Mercer on Mercer County Community College’s West Windsor Campus.

First-place winners from the County show advance to the New Jersey Senior Citizen Art Show held in the fall. Mercer County residents age 60 or older may submit artwork to the Mercer County Senior Art Show. Winners were selected by professional juror (and regular Hamilton Post contributor) Thomas Kelly.

Listed below are the individuals who were awarded first, second and third place, and honorable mention in their respective categories. Award winners from Hamilton are listed in bold.

Nonprofessional, acrylic: 1. Arcelio Brignoni, East Windsor; 2. Shrine Perera, Lawrence; 3. Lisa Gall, Trenton; honorable mention: Annette Osterlund, West Windsor; Rochelle Clerkin, Hamilton; Diane Forer, East Windsor.

Nonprofessional, craft: 1. Robin Levinson, Hamilton; 2. Ted Sikorski, Hamilton; 3. Maria Ferris, Lawrence. Honorable mention: Douglas Watt, Trenton.

Nonprofessional, mixed media: 1. Hermine Brooks, Lawrence; 2. Eugenia Travers, Trenton; 3. Susu Pat, Trenton. Honorable mention: Ilene Dube, Princeton Junction.

Nonprofessional, oil: 1. Judith Nahmias, Lawrence; 2. Lina Chao, West Windsor; 3. Mary Ann Quinn, Hightstown. Honorable mention: Jan Koczera, West Windsor; Raj Oberoi, Robbinsville.

Hamilton resident Robin Levinson won first prize in the Mercer County Senior Art Show for her earrings.

Nonprofessional, pastel: 1. Vivienne Wingfield, Hopewell; 2. Suzanne Migliori, Trenton; 3. Marina Lam, East Windsor Nonprofessional, photography: 1. Bill Boyles, West Windsor; 2. Lisa Schrager, Hamilton; 3. Anita Bhala, Pennington.

Honorable mention: Stephanie Cuddahy, Hamilton; Judith Miller, Hamilton; Connie Reisler, Pennington.

Nonprofessional, sculpture: Ed O’Rourke, Pennington; 2. Paul Steward, Ewing; 3. Ron Snyder, East Windsor.

Honorable mention: Seymour Friedman, Pennington.

Nonprofessional, watercolor: 1. Donna Kaye, West Windsor; 2. Doris Dopkin, East Windsor; 3. Joseph Leist, Hamilton. Honorable mention: C. Wyluda, Pennington; Michele Martin, Robbinsville; Sara Hendrickson, Ewing; Karen Brodsky, West Windsor.

Nonprofessional, works on paper: 1.

Susan Tsui, East Windsor; 2. Earl Brancolino, Hamilton; 3. Diane Hughes, East Windsor. Honorable mention: Helen

The Hamilton Senior Center Annual Picnic When: Wednesday - September 21, 2022 (Raindate: 9/22/22) Where: Senior Center Back Grounds - 409 Cypress Lane Time: 10:00am - 2:00pm (NO ENTRY AFTER 12:15pm) Picnic Lunch Served: 11:30am Dessert Served: 12:45pm

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Hamilton’s Margaret Simpson won first prize for her watercolor painting, “Revolutionary War Soldiers.”

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Professional, acrylic: 1. Carol Johnson, Trenton; 2. Dorothy Friedman, Pennington; 3. Jane Conlon Goble, Lawrence.

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Professional, mixed media: 1. Helene Plank, Lawrence. 2. Helene Reed, East Windsor. 3. Arlene Milgram, Trenton.

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Professional, pastel: 1. Margaret Kalvar-Bushnell, Princeton Junction.

Professional, photography: 1. Maia Riem, West Windsor; 2. Aubrey Kauffman, Ewing; 3. Gary Becker, Trenton. Honorable mention: Judy Filipponi, Robbinsville.

Professional, sculpture: 1. Margaret Miccio, Trenton (Best in Show); 2. Sue Chiu, Lawrence.

Professional, watercolor: 1. Margaret Simpson, Hamilton; 2. Alexandra Indara, Hamilton; 3. Lynn Varga, Yardville. Honorable mention: Pat Proniewski, Trenton.

Professional, works on paper: 1. David Potts, Hamilton; 2. Joy Kreves, Ewing; 3. Richard Majewski, Robbinsville. Honorable mention: Terry Goldstein, East Windsor.

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Earn a place among the children Alexis, like many girls, struggled a bit to fully immerse herself in basketball.

She herself tells us: “I started playing when I was 7 years old. It’s a funny story, because my dad first got my brothers on a team, but he was a bit skeptical that I (his girl) would play on all-boy teams.”

It was a time when women’s teams were not yet so common at that age, which offered two difficulties for girls who wanted to practice basketball. On the one hand, there was the resistance of the family and, if they managed to enter, they met the hostility of colleagues and rivals who did not want to let “a girl” make them less.

Fortunately, when she finally managed to be included in a team, she developed like a fish in water: not only did she feel comfortable, but she realized that she could be good at this sport.

“I kept playing and ended up falling in love with basketball,” Johnson tells us.

Of course, the same situation that complicated her start in sports, of being in an essentially male team, later became an advantage for the development of her talent.

“I played with only boys, and that helped me improve. They always wanted to show that they were better than women, so I always had to give my best,” she says. She couldn’t afford to be left behind.

From the beginning, her height, which comes from both sides of the family, and an extraordinary length of arms served her well. Let us remember that the normal thing for the common people is that their arms span, that is, the length from side to side of the stretched arms, is equal to their height.

In the case of Alexis, she is 6´1” tall but has a wingspan of 6´7”; this helped her, from the beginning, to take her shots from a difficult height to block and become an effective protector of the paint with her spectacular blocks.

Brilliant student career

When she arrived at Hamilton High School in New Jersey, her talent began to emerge, showing that training among boys paid off when it came to competing in the women’s branch. As she finished her junior season, she had scored over 1,000 points for her team, which was a great first feat, and she ended up being

the best all-time scorer in her school (including boys and girls) with a total of 1,652 points.

Her father played basketball at the collegiate level and her brother was an amazing player as well, who she watched the most on the court and taught her a lot of things about the game. So, when the time came, it was to be expected that she would seek to succeed on a new level.

Building on her stellar track record at Hamilton, she received numerous offers from Division I colleges. However, she decided to take another route, beginning her college career at ASA College in Brooklyn, New York.

After she graduated with a degree in criminal justice, everything pointed to finishing her college stage with a D1 program in the NCAA, but fate had other plans.

Just as Alexis was about to continue her sporting successes, she suffered a terrible knee injury: a ruptured anterior cruciate ligament. This situation ruined the possibility that she had in the D1 university, but she never gave up.

After the surgery needed to recover, she worked hard on rehab and got an opportunity to continue her career, with two more years at Virginia Union University.

It is necessary to highlight, as an essential factor for Johnson´s success throughout her student career, a permanent commitment to training; both as a team and individually. From high school to college, whenever she didn’t have something to do, she tried to be on the court; it was common for her to spend 5 or 6 hours a day doing exercises to improve her game.

Sometimes, she even stayed after the games to polish aspects that seemed important to her. This same discipline was essential in getting back from injury, big time.

A good player will shine wherever she is. Virginia Union is a Division 2 program, but they face high-level competition that allowed Alexis to make a name for herself. In addition to breaking the school record for blocks, both for a game and a season, in her senior year she received the Most Valuable Player and Defensive Player of the Year award in her collegiate conference. In this way she closed with a flourish a dream collegiate career.

The leap to professionalism Upon graduating from Virginia Union, it seemed natural that Alexis would have opportunities to shine again but now in professional basketball, but this did not happen. Johnson tells us: “Everyone was

Alexis Johnson in action for Barreteras de Zacatecas basketball team. (Facebook photo.) saying that I should find a team overseas, but unfortunately I couldn’t get the right help (contacts) to get a team.”

Thus, for a short time she took a break from high-performance basketball and began to work in a ‘normal’ way. Of course, Alexis never stopped being active, just as she did when she was younger but now in private gyms, she continued to work out on the court and with weights.

This was valuable in general, but even more useful when the pandemic arrived as a very important habit for her wellbeing and to be ready for an opportunity that awaited her in Zacatecas.

It had never crossed her mind to go to Mexico. She admits that she had little idea of the level of the Mexican Women’s

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Professional Basketball League, but once the management of Barreteras contacted her, things changed quickly.

“I began to research, and I realized that it is a very good league. Then, since I’ve played here, I see that there really is a great level,” she says.

Alexis came to a highly talented team, but it was just at a very difficult moment in the season: it started with a mark of 0 wins and 8 losses. Barreteras made changes to the coaching staff and brought in Johnson to seek course correction; she emphasizes that the team already had a great base that she could add to.

“I am fortunate to have great players as teammates, they have an excellent level.

In addition, the girls form a wonderful group, I feel very happy to be part of the team,” she says.

Of course, the good energy is reciprocal, with it the Zacatecas team has had a mark of 8 wins and 4 losses. And it is no coincidence, since she has been the scoring leader since her arrival (15.5 points per game) and has also led the team in rebounds and blocks. “It’s a great feeling, putting in that little extra to help the team and build a great comeback to close the season as winners.

In each level in which she has played, Alexis has been in charge of showing that her ability can say much more than any speech: she has earned respect by shinning with her own light. Now, hand in hand with this reserved young woman who fully appreciates the talent of her teammates and the drive of the fans, Barreteras is heading for an exciting close of the season. They are going all out to get into the postseason and show that they are a high-flying team.

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Jerry Deblasio in the new Balloons With a Flair storefront in the former Graycar Travel space in Hamilton Square. (Photo by Thomas Kelly.)

FLAIR continued from Page 1 ward to holding a grand opening this fall.

Deblasio sees his business having a physical location in a highly visible location, as a logical next step. He was previously operating the balloon business out of his home, and felt that he badly needed more space.

Deblasio, 33, has been working in the area as a bartender and server in this area since he was 15. When the pandemic and subsequent lockdowns hit, he knew he had to change course.

“I was always one that threw big parties and loved to decorate and put out big balloon displays. I would erect elaborate set ups every time I would have a party,” he says. “Family and friends always told me that I should do this as a business and I would always say, ‘Yeah, yeah, you think?’

Then I laughed it off.”

But when the pandemic hit and he did not know when he would be able to get back to work, he thought: What am I going to do now? So he made a Facebook post that said he was thinking about doing balloon and event décor.

“I posted it and I went to bed. The next morning I woke up with over 200+ responses and people wanting to book me.” Deblasio says.

When asked what are some of the favorite offerings are for décor, Deblasio shares that many let bring his own vision to their party.

“I love everything we do for clients, but I personally like it best when a client tells me that they trust me and they just give me either their event’s theme and/ or a color scheme and let me do all the

creative work,” he says. “I really enjoy that, because it’s also a surprise to the client the day that we deliver or set up their event. I love to see their reaction and joy on their face, after they see the arrangement.”

He says he knew it was time to look for space to work out of when he started getting so overwhelmed with orders that he couldn’t fill all of them working in his home.

“Also, I want to bring a lot more options to clients,” he says. “I did not have the room for in my home to store all the items. Having a location divides work from your personal life, and it also looks more professional.”

Deblasio grew up in Trenton’s Chambersburg section and graduated from McCorristin High School. His dad, Jerry Sr., and mom Jill, are huge supporters and helpers.

Deblasio knows the strengths of his parents and could not grow at this pace without them.

Deblasio now lives in Hamilton Square within walking distance to the new Balloons with a Flair location.

“It wasn’t even a location that I thought about, but when I walked in to check out the space, I immediately felt like it was home,” he says. “I could envision what this business is going to grow into in the next coming years. It’s also a very well known and easy to find location to many people in the Mercer county area.”

There is plenty of parking behind the building, and the location is near a cluster of specialized businesses in the “Square” of Nottingham Way and Mercer Street

intersection.

While the business attracts customers from Hamilton and the nearby towns, Deblasio has also seen interest from outside the area, as far as Millstone, Freehold and Colts Neck.

“You would be very surprised that we travel for parties a lot more than local parties,” he says. “We do our fair share of parties in Hamilton, but most of our events are a half hour plus from our location.”

He wasn’t in business before the pandemic, but as inquiries come in for more and more large-scale events, he says he reckons that party-related business is coming back after some tough times.

“Everyone just wants to enjoy life now and make memories, and that is what we are here to help clients with,” he says. *** So how does one know what to order for a party or event? Deblasio says they work with very small to much larger budgets. The event planner just needs a few inputs, such as color, shape, size and a theme if any.

“When a customer calls us, they will tell us either what colors they are working with or they will let us know what type of theme, and then we will ask simple questions just to get a feel of what type of client you are working with, try and figure out a budget that they want to stay with,” he says. “And then we will show them or offer them different options or ask them if they have any photos that they saw online that they were using as an example. Then we try our best to be creative and blow them out of the park with our creations for their event.”

In these times of heightened awareness about the environment there are questions about balloons safety, eco-footprint and sustainability. Deblasio shares that 95% of the balloons he uses are air filled, with the remaining portion helium filled.

“The biggest question that is always asked is about using helium and our response is no,” he says. “As we always tell

clients, helium is a gas that is costly and rising. So it will be more expensive for any type of décor to use helium. There is also a limitation of what you can do with heliumfilled balloons. So our goal is to create and assemble beautiful displays that are all air filled. These will last longer than helium and will be so much more beautiful than just a few balloons tied to a weight.”

Looking to the environmental concerns, Deblasio shares that all the balloons they use are biodegradable. So if a balloon or two are not picked up in the yard, they will break down and decompose.

June is the busiest month for the balloon business, Deblasio says. Between graduations, birthdays and wedding anniversaries, he estimates that they did almost 70 parties in June this year. In a typical month, the number would be closer to 35.

Deblasio sees that having a storefront is helping the business by allowing people to see sample arrangements and get advice visualizing the décor they wish to have for their event. For now, he is offering consultation hours by appointment only, but in the fall he hopes to have additional help and offer standard business hours for walk in customers.

“We are looking to do a grand opening this fall. We are hoping to have regular store hours so customers can come in and pick up their orders. We are also looking to bring in more rental type décor items for clients, such as greenery walls,” he says.

Being on the parade routes for the Hamilton Saint Patrick’s Day and Memorial Day gives the location high visibility.

Deblasio hopes for Balloons with a Flair to be a mainstay in the community, as Graycar was.

“We ultimately just want to be one with the community,” he says. “We want to build relationships with clients where they keep using us for all their events. As our motto says, ‘Come as a client, leave as a friend.’”

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DISTRICT continued from Page 1 said. “We have three Little Leagues and a Cal Ripken (Hamilton Little Lads) in town. When we play other teams they are shocked to hear that. We see that we can sweep districts because the talent is here, the effort is here. There are people who put in time to make these kids as good as they can be.”

The Nottingham 11s, who have also won their second straight Section 3 championship, were the first to clinch districts, giving them time to watch some other games.

“Darren (Pandolfini, assistant coach) and I went to HTRBA’s District 12 game when they won districts and we supported those teams,” Nottingham manager Angel Bodon said. “We said ‘Hamilton Proud.’ Our 12s got bounced out and we thought they had a chance to play in that game but guess what, HTRBA and Sunnybrae were there and we went out to support them. It’s a Hamilton thing.”

HTRBA slugger Austin Wright felt the same way.

“Usually if HTRBA is out we root for Nottingham and Sunnybrae because we all know each other and it’s kind of cool to see our friends play against each other,” Wright said after his team won the 12-year-old title. “I’ll probably go watch that (Sunnybrae-Nottingham 10-year-old

The HTRBA District 12 12-year-old champions of 2022: Luca Gaglione, Lorenzo Swain, Austin Wright, John Logorda, Michael Juliano, Anthony Prosdocimo, Liam Scolnick, Evan Lopez, Ethan Willever, Shane Sammons, Chris Alonzo, Brennon Babkowski and Alex Alonzo. final). I don’t care who wins. It’s just kind of fun to watch them play each other.”

Leonardo, who grew up playing little league and high school ball in Hamilton, feels there is a camaraderie among the

three programs when they are not going against each other.

“Absolutely,” he said. “In travel baseball a lot of us play with each other. Coach Pandolfini with Nottingham is one of my

very good friends so absolutely I was rooting for them as they headed into sectional play. I think we all have a mutual respect for each other.”

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districts, as each championship round was played with class and sportsmanship amidst the high stakes of a district title.

In the 12-year-old tournament, HTRBA won four straight by defeating Robbinsville (11-0), Lawrence (11-1) and Sunnybrae (10-8, 11-5).

After cruising to their first two wins, the Mercerville Maulers were tested twice by Sunnybrae and responded each time. In the winner’s bracket final, the Yardville Gang scored six in the top of the fifth for an 8-7 lead. HTRBA rebounded in the bottom of the inning when Alex Alonzo tripled home brother Chris, and Austin Wright followed with a two-run homer.

After the Brae battled back to the championship round, HTRBA took a 5-1 lead into the bottom of the fifth only to see Ben Diaz tie it for Sunnybrae with a three-run HR. Once more, HTRBA responded as Wright hit his fourth homer in as many district games — a monster three-run blast over the indoor batting cage — to give the Van Horn tenants a lead they would not relinquish.

“I usually don’t hit home runs every game but I’m kind of in a groove right now,” Wright said after the title game.

“I was just looking to drive them in, try to keep things going and get runs in because they still had to hit (in the bottom of the sixth).”

Prosdocimo felt that Wright’s contributions went beyond power hitting.

“When Austin stays focused he’s one of the better players in the area,” the skipper said. “But besides the balls he hits it’s what he does in the dugout and what he does for our team. You can see it’s a lightning rod with what he is when he does hit the baseball. It’s not just another home run, it’s propelling our team into a better position. Good players step up.”

After having won it as 11s, HTRBA was considered the tournament favorite despite the fact Sunnybrae was the defending 12-year-old champion. Nine of the 13 players, including Wright, have been on the roster since age 7.

“We practice every day so you can definitely see the improvement from seven to now,” Wright said. “It’s kind of crazy how we’ve improved.”

Along with Wright and the Alonzo brothers, the roster included Lorenzo Swain, standout pitcher Luca Gaglione, John Logorda, Shane Sammons, Anthony Prosdocimo, Evan Lopez, Brennon Babkowski, Michael Juliano, Ethan Willever and Liam Scolnick. The coaches were Lou Juliano and Danny Alonzo.

Pretty much every player contributed in either a large or small way throughout the tournament, and it marked the sixth championship this group has won since age 8.

“The best thing about them is that their fundamentals get better,” Prosdocimo said. “This (championship) is a game they’re gonna remember but this is also preparing them for high school, and we want to make sure the product we’re delivering to our high school teams is ready to play baseball.”

The Nottingham 11s are also fundamentally sound, as they continue to show few chinks in the armor.

After steamrolling to a state title by going undefeated as 10s, the Sayen Gang came back with equal ferocity this year.

They went 4-0 in districts by outscoring foes 44-3, and finally met a stiff challenge in the Section 3 tournament from always tough Toms River.

In the first meeting, Nottingham defeated TR, 6-3.

“That was our closest game, and it was a little nervous for the parents out there after 10-running teams,” Bodon said with a laugh. “We hadn’t played in a six-inning game, and here’s Toms River, they came in and they played us well.”

And they would continue to do so. TR battled back to the championship round and gave Nottingham its first loss in two years of district or sectional play by taking a 3-2 victory. With everything on the line, Nottingham came back with a 5-2 win in the finals to advance to state play.

“Our families felt a little uneasy that we were in that situation after losing Saturday night,” Bodon said. “But the kids came back on Sunday and fought back.

They were mad. Coach Darren, myself and coach Jamie (Leder) wanted to play right away to get that feeling out of our system.

“We also let the kids know that it’s unrealistic that any team goes undefeated from eight to 12 years old. We were happy that we got the loss out of the way, but happier that we were able to win it all the next day.”

Nottingham is loaded with pitching, as the staff includes ace Brayden Wisniewski along with JJ O’Donnell, Aidan Connell, Brandon Leder and Matthew McCarty.

“We have a lot of pitching,” Bodon said.

“We have five or six kids that can easily be aces on any team. It’s crazy, we can’t even give our pitchers enough work because we keep winning by the mercy rule.”

Other players on the roster include Joseph McCarty, Dom Carabelli, Lorenzo Pandolfini, Mason Ayres, Dom Stillitano, Tyler Bodon, Brayden Schaefer and Jack Reymann. “(Shortstop) Dom Carabelli has been lights out hitting and fielding,” Bodon said. “He’s made every play in the field.

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At the plate, it’s the Dom-Dom Show.

“Dom Stillitano is our big hitter, he’s always one swing away from putting it over,” the manager continued. “Dom Carabelli is a line drive hitter at clean-up and he does the job. Lorenzo Pandolfini is my number two batter. I can’t tell you he’s not flashy but he comes up with big hits when we need it. He just puts everything into it and he hustles.”

Having shown it can win blowouts and close games, it will be interesting to see how far this Nottingham team can go this year and as 12s. The benchmark for the league is the 1992 12-year-old team that made it to the Little League World Series Final Four. Mike Braender, a coach on the 92 team whose son “Bullet Head” Mike played for it, has seen similarities.

So can long-time Nottingham coach Bob Montague, who has thrown batting practice to the 11s.

“I compare them to ’92 for a few reasons,” Montague said. “Both teams were very athletic, both are well coached and pick each other up. The pitching is strong and most importantly they are baseball smart. They all know the game. Last but not least, they all get along and are friends and root for each other.”

Another tight-knit bunch are the Sun-

The Sunnybrae 10-year-olds won their first District 12 title this summer. Front row left to right: Declan Sweeney, Jonathan Wheeler, Josh Marchetti, Cam Drudy, RJ McCurley, Marco Girard, Jack Traino, Blake Manning, Gary Leonardo, Dom O’Rourke, Charlie Coleman. Back row (with trophy): Gabe Correa and Cale Lyon. nybrae 10s, who basked in the glow of their first District 12 title after beating Nottingham on the Brae’s home field.

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by beating four teams 60-6. What makes the Yardville Gang’s effort even more impressive is the team is comprised of just five 10-year-olds, along with seven 9-year-olds and an 8-year-old.

“But from day one they bought into what we teach, and that’s great discipline, running the bases the correct way, throwing strikes and playing defense,” Leonardo said. “That’s a great formula for us to win games.”

As is usually the case, the Brae was led by a team effort but also had a few players make big-time contributions.

“One through 13 delivered, but I gotta be honest, Cale Lyon stepped up and pitched a lot of big innings for us,” said Leonardo, who gave the ball to Lyon in the title game. “Josh Marchetti and Dom O’Rourke too. We used three pitchers in this tournament, and I’ve got a bunch more ready to go for sectionals.”

Lyon admitted to some jitters prior to the Nottingham game, but shrugged it off.

“I was a little nervous and it was a little pressure, but it was good,” said Lyon, who threw four stellar innings. “After I had breakfast this morning I just wanted to keep my head in the game and not have my head messed up.

“It’s really exciting to win my first championship. We’ve never beaten this team before but we thought we could today, because in our other games we destroyed the other teams.”

Leonardo felt the whole team had a few nerves before the clincher.

“We were a little tight last night at practice,” he said amidst his celebrating players. “This morning we got a couple runs in the first inning and that got us going.”

Rounding out the squad were Gabe Correa, Declan Sweeney, Blake Mannino, Marco Girard, Gary Leonardo, Jonathan Wheeler, Cam Drudy, Charlie Colman, Jack Traino and RJ McCurley.

“Since they were seven, a couple kids have switched little leagues and we’ve lost a couple kids,” Leonardo said. “We’ve gained a couple kids, some kids have played up, some kids have played down.”

This year, however, they hit on the perfect combination, giving Hamilton Township a District 12 hat trick for the second straight year. *** The 11-year-olds followed up their Section 3 title with a second consecutive state championship, as they swept past Wood Ridge (5-2) and Ridgewood twice by scores of 11-3 and 8-1. The title advanced the Sayen Gang to the Regional Tournament in Denvers, Mass., which begins Aug. 2.

The 12-year-olds topped Freehold Township in their opener, but were eliminated with two straight two-run losses to Toms River East and Freehold Township.

The Sunnybrae 10s fell to Two Rivers West, 6-5, in their opener, bounced back for a 20-12 win over Clark and then were eliminated by Brick on July 19.

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Alu a step closer to (and just a step away from) The Show it,” he said.

It has been a steady progression for the The climb continues for Jake Alu. 25-year-old since Washington drafted him The Hamilton Township product out of Boston College in 2019. He was clawed to within one step of the Major first assigned to Short-Season-A Auburn Leagues this summer after the Washing- and hit .257 with 25 RBI in 45 games. Alu ton Nationals promoted him from Dou- was looking to build off of that before ble- A Harrisburg to the Triple-A Roches- Covid-19 shut down baseball. ter Red Wings on July 12.

Rather than sulk over losing momenAlu wasn’t sure it would happen, but tum in his career, the former Nottingham wasn’t surprised when it did.

Little League star didn’t merely make “The Nationals keep things pretty lemonade with the lemons he was dealt. under wraps, and you don’t know any- He opened up a whole stand. thing or hear anything and things just “The Covid year was what you made of kind of happen,” the Princeton Day it,” Alu said. “I know guys sat back and School graduate said. “I got a little bit of didn’t really do much, but I took it as an a feel about it, I was having a decent sea- advantage to get a lot stronger, put on son at Double-A, I had a decent season for more muscle and add power to my game. half the year there last year. I kind of felt I That whole time, I was really getting after proved I could get to the next level. it in the gym rather than doing a bunch “With the draft coming up I felt a lot of of baseball stuff that I’m used to in the stuff happened. There were gonna be a off-season. When you’re playing, you still lot of moving parts. So I would say I felt need to focus on baseball stuff instead of something was gonna happen in that time being able to get stronger and faster.”

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ton at the start of last year and hit .303 with 10 doubles, five homers and 19 RBI in 39 games, earning him a promotion to Harrisburg in July. He batted .264 with 12 doubles, five homers and 23 RBI and returned to the Senators to start this year.

After a strong first half in which Alu hit .281 with 25 doubles, nine homers and 36 RBI, he was called into manager Tripp Keister’s hotel room.

It came in the midst of putting some miles on his odometer.

“We had a Sunday game in Harrisburg and we were playing out in Hartford, Connecticut, so I drove home that night and stayed the night in Jersey to cut the ride in half,” Alu said. “I ended up going into Hartford, coach called me in the room after about a half hour and they told me I was getting called up. So I ended up hitting the road again that night and went straight to Rochester.”

Despite gas prices being what they are, Jake didn’t mind. He was just happy to have bluetooth.

“It was about a five-hour drive, but I was pumped up,” Alu said. “I was talking to a lot of people who reached out. That was a fun ride.”

As of July 27 and through his first nine games with Rochester, Alu was batting .227 (7-for-31) with a double, homer and four RBI. The jump in levels has not overwhelmed him where pitching is concerned, as he feels it was a bigger adjustment from A-ball to Double-A. “That was the biggest “Wow” factor for me,” Alu said. “I think Double-A kind of separates the men from the boys. The pitchers in Double-A have a pitch where it’s actually insane how nasty it is or how aggressive and how good their fastball is.

They go up to Triple-A and are there for a few weeks and a lot of them get called up.

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Out of the 25 total children who joyously faced off against National Master Winston Ni, only three lasted until a technical draw was announced. This was a busy day for Ni, but also for Eric Wu, the founder of nonprofit Impact Chess, the organization responsible for hosting their first ever “Chess in the Park” event on July 10 at Princeton’s Turning Basin Park.

Wu, a four-time NJ state grade champion, wanted to give the children who assembled “an experience, a memory,” of chess for them to leave with. He noted the enthusiastic reactions of the younger players as Ni — who is also the director of community engagement for Impact Chess, a rising senior at Princeton Day School, and the 2018 National K-9 Cham-

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“I found that just to be super beautiful, because of how much these kids are involved in the game and how much they care about it, and through that thinking, through that competitive atmosphere, you can really see growth,” Wu said.

Along with the Princeton Chess Academy and volunteers, Impact Chess had set up 20 chess boards, then started with 30 minutes of free play for the young students. Wu said the day, which steadily grew in size and spirit over four hours, exceeded his expectations.

Explaining that “the mission of Impact Chess is to spread chess to those who would benefit from it the most,” Wu acknowledged that while the game can help anyone, the nonprofit mainly focuses on children and seniors.

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develop,” but the same social and cognitive perks can apply to seniors, too.

Wu has spent this year advocating for the advancement of chess, officially registering the nonprofit organization in January, 2022. According to its website, Impact Chess has raised $1,330 and impacted 100 people through attendance at events and donations.

But before chess came into Wu’s life, there was Go. “When I was very young, and I lived in China, the popular board games were Go and Chinese chess,” said Wu, who usually played with his father, Haibo.

Go is also strategy-based, but features a larger board with an increased number of moves and pieces — chess has 20 starting possibilities to Go’s 361, and instead of representing hierarchical ranks as chess pieces do, Go stones are rounded — with the objective being to take up as much of the board, or territory, as possible.

Born in San Francisco, Wu frequently moved back and forth between California and China until his family relocated to Princeton in the summer before second grade. There, he noticed that chess dominated the world of thinking board games, so his days of Go stopped.

From the day he signed up for chess summer camp at Princeton Academy, right next to the Princeton Day School he would later attend, it was obvious that Wu’s future would be heavily influenced by chess and its principles.

“Chess has taught me a lot, and throughout the process I felt my own growth. I became better at chess, and I also met new people, so that’s why I’ve been playing ever since,” he said, adding that chess helped him explore creativity, strategic thinking, and how to remain calm under pressure.

Wu, 16, has lived in Princeton for nearly half of his life, but he is also a rising junior at Phillips Exeter Academy, a private boarding school in New Hampshire. His chess rating is around 2,000 — what he describes as“expert level” — and he is also in the top 100 for his age in the United States. Yet entrepreneurship is more of his current focus.

The idea for Impact Chess came from a late-night phone call with a friend, where Wu, still in Exeter, found himself reminiscing about past life experiences.

“Thinking back, I realized that a lot of the decisions I made were perfectly what would have led me to where I am today. I was able to, in a lot of different situations, find the best thing for myself and also others,” he explained, linking that to his deep understanding of chess, where high level players regularly think

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several moves ahead. “At that moment, I really felt that I was blessed by the game of chess, [and] I thought I should definitely give this to other people. There’s so many ways that chess can help.”

Wu knew that gearing programming towards students, especially those from underserved and underrepresented communities, could result in “a brighter future” changed by the mutual celebration of chess.

“In today’s society, political polarization is almost at an all-time high. Chess teaches us so much about perspective, strategic thinking, and removing emotions from judgment — all those things that could definitely just help people think more rationally, more sympathetically. I really feel like chess is just a great tool that helps people think about so many different things, and I wanted to share that with others,” Wu said.

A renewed interest in the game, due in part to both the pandemic and the success of Netflix’s “The Queen’s Gambit,” was another factor in making the dream of bringing chess to new audiences possible. The sale of physical chess sets rose, as did the rate of female players who identified with the show’s lead.

Online platforms such as Chess.com exploded, as people were inspired by not just media, but the chance of escaping isolation, as many chose boards over boredom. Twitch, which has had a partnership with Chess.com since 2018, streamed matches and tournaments live.

While Wu appreciated that the popularity of chess increased, a downside was that “because of the pandemic, many tournaments, events, in-person lessons, and classes all had to be canceled. So even though the pandemic has helped this surge and chess playing in general, it really harmed the in-person experience of the over-the-board tournaments, and the United States Chess Federation events.”

Wu continued that “these closures, and overall, the harm that COVID has caused,” all factored into the message of Impact Chess — not just to expand the game’s reach, but “to try to heal these communities back together,” he said.

Prior to the pandemic, Wu, his dad, and friends used to play with members of the Ewing Township Senior & Community Center Chess Club. The power of chess bridged the gap between the varying age groups and skill levels, but after being shut down for such a long time, the club struggled.

In June, the only attendees were Wu, his dad Haibo, and club president Bong Ortiz.

This motivated Wu to work with the club to establish quad tournaments — where each player engages in three

rounds against those of similar ranking.

“It was actually a huge success, because there were around a dozen participants, which was incredible compared to the three people that were at the club meeting,” Wu said, with that collaboration still ongoing.

Impact Chess also partnered with Arm in Arm, a Trenton nonprofit to help those in need receive basic care and employment, to donate 63 chess sets to Robbins Elementary School. After volunteers taught grades the basics of the game, 45 of those sets went to families, while 17 stayed behind, one for each classroom.

As Impact Chess is still in its infancy, Wu’s priorities are to establish opportunities for outreach, instruction, and community building — at the moment, that means organizing events and recruiting members.

Their national scale already includes leaders in Massachusetts, Boston, Michigan, and Northern California, while international operations have started in Toronto, Canada. Planning for the future, though, was made easier through connections closer to home.

When Eric and Haibo first started playing in Princeton, they mainly stuck to school tournaments, but his father created a group chat for parents of local chess players in hopes that they could all share resources.

Soon, the platform became a place for mentorship opportunities as well, now amassing about 2,000 members. With more than just guardians, the chat has allowed Wu to interact with chess players he idolized as a child. As most of them are now college students, they were more than open to the idea of offering their time and advice. Since Eric was able to build on these preexisting relationships, it was a natural transition for them to become involved.

One of the advisors is Andrew Tang, a grandmaster and Princeton University student regarded as “one of the best bullet chess players in the world,” referring to a variant of chess with very short time controls such as hyperbullet (30 seconds per player) or ultrabullet (15 seconds per player).

Other notable figures include Darwin Yang, a grandmaster getting his Ph.D. in economics at Princeton, Jennifer Yu, the 2019 U.S. Women’s Champion and woman grandmaster, and Jeffery Xiong, who “qualified for the grandmaster title at age 14, after he became the youngest champion in the history of the Chicago Open,” according to the website.

While these younger players are Wu’s friends, two of the adult advisors are his coaches, renowned chess grandmasters Larry Christiansen and Gregory

Eric Wu is the founder of Impact Chess.

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Wu maintained that the beauty of chess lies in its inability to discriminate.

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Tanaka, a beloved ARB Company dancer, made her choreographic debut with ARB last season, and Howell is a graduate of the John J. Cali School of Music at Montclair Presenting ‘Kaleidoscope’ State University and Mercer County September 23-25 at the New Community College, where he Brunswick Performing Arts received degrees in Jazz Studies.

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Capital Health Medical Center – Hopewell Earns ‘A’ Grade for Quality from The Leapfrog Group Capital Health Medical Center – Hopewell was awarded an ‘A’ from The Leapfrog Group’s spring 2022 Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade. This national distinction recognizes Capital Health’s achievements in protecting patients from preventable harm and error in the hospital.

“Capital Health Medical Center – Hopewell is home to many innovative services, such as our Cancer Center, the Josephine Plumeri Birthing Center and Regional Perinatal Center, and minimally invasive robotic-assisted surgery with the da Vinci® Surgical System,” said Al Maghazehe, president and CEO, Capital Health. “By earning an ‘A’ from the Leapfrog group, residents in our community can be assured of our continuing status as a health care leader in the region.”

“Capital Health is committed to improving quality and safety outcomes throughout our organization,” said Dr. Mark Arcaro, acting vice president of Clinical Performance at Capital Health. “And while this recognition validates our efforts, we are always looking ahead

to make sustained improvements and continue to meet and exceed national standards of care.”

The Leapfrog Group, an independent national watchdog organization, assigns an “A,” “B,” “C,” “D,” or “F” grade to general hospitals across the country based on over thirty national performance measures reflecting errors, accidents, injuries and infections, as well as systems hospitals have in place to prevent harm.

The Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade is the only hospital ratings program based exclusively on hospital prevention of medical errors and harms to patients. The grading system is peer-reviewed, fully transparent and free to the public. Grades are updated twice annually, in the fall and spring.

“As our health care system continues to feel the strain of the pandemic, I thank the workforce and leadership of Capital Health for sustained commitment to patient safety, day in and day out,” said Leah Binder, president and CEO of The Leapfrog Group. “An ‘A’ Safety Grade is an outstanding achievement, and one that is not possible without a 24/7 effort by the entire health care workforce to protect patients from harm. This community should be proud.”

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Capital Health Employee Education Program Awards Four Full Tuition Scholarships to Rider University Andrew Coates of Levittown, Pennsylvania is the son of Kim Coates, a registered nurse and practice lead at Capital Health Occupational Health Center. Andrew is a graduate of Calvary Christian Academy of Philadelphia and his major is communication studies, with a minor in broadcast journalism. He intends to pursue a career in media.

Gloria Owusu of Hamilton, New Jersey is the daughter of Samuel Acheaw, Care Management nurse at Capital Health Medical Center – Hopewell. Gloria is a graduate of Hamilton High School West and is an accounting major in Rider’s Department of Accounting, which is one of only 2% of programs worldwide with accreditation from the AACSB International.

Capital Health has announced four winners of full-tuition scholarships to Rider University as part of an employee education benefits partnership with the university. The scholarship winners are immediate family members of Capital Health employees and include Rachel Burnett (education), Andrew Coates (communication studies), Gloria Owusu (accounting), and Johannah Stevenson (STEM). In order to be eligible for the scholarships, candidates or their immediate family members must be full-time, non-union employees of Capital Health for at least one year and meet additional eligibility requirements.

Capital Health’s partnership with Rider launched in 2020 when Capital Health Medical Group began overseeing the university’s Student Health Center and providing primary care health services to students and employees.

“On behalf of Capital Health, I’m pleased to congratulate the inaugural winners of our full-tuition scholarships to Rider University” said Al Maghazehe, president and CEO of Capital Health. “As our relationship with Rider grows, we’ll offer similar scholarship opportunities annually as part of a broader education benefits program for our employees and their families. Two of the four scholarships awarded this year went to students whose annual family incomes were under $100,000, and we look forward to helping more members of our Capital Health family reach their education goals in the years to come.”

Rachel Burnett of Morrisville, Pennsylvania is a graduate of Pennsbury High School. Daughter of Elizabeth De La Portilla-Stout, assistant nurse manager in Hemodialysis at Capital Health Regional Medical Center, Rachel is an education major in Rider’s College of Education and Human Services, which is accredited by the Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation (CAEP).

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Johanna Stevenson of Lumberton, New Jersey is a graduate of Rancocas Valley Regional High School. Daughter of Robert Stevenson, tech specialist at the Sleep Center at Capital Health – Hamilton, Johanna plans to study science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) in order to pursue a career as a secondary STEM teacher (grades 9 – 12) in a “high need” school district.

Undergraduate students (including those transferring to Rider University or enrolling in a continuing studies program) are eligible to receive these scholarships, which are awarded for four consecutive years or until completion of the academic program. Scholarship recipients must be full-time students, maintain at least a 3.0 GPA, and be students in good standing with Rider University at all times during the course of their enrollment. Full-tuition scholarships do not include room, board, or other related costs, such as textbooks.

Capital Health’s employee education benefits program also features a 50% tuition discount agreement with Rider University for nonunion employees and their immediate family members (cannot be combined with full-tuition scholarships). Other Rider education benefits for Capital Health employees include an application fee waiver; free, unofficial evaluation of transfer credits prior to applying; and a Rider academic advisor to help plan their schedule. Graduate student applicants can request a free evaluation of transfer credits as well as course and GMAT/GRE waivers and exclusive certificate programs for Capital Health employees are currently in development.

Capital Health Welcomes NEW BOARD MEMBERS Capital Health recently elected five members to the Corporate Board of Trustees for Capital Healthcare, Inc., (the Honorable Carmen Garcia, the Reverend John R. Taylor and Dr. Shirnett Williamson) and the Capital Health Hospital Board of Directors (Dr. Paul Codjoe and Dr. Dominick Eboli).

“Election to the board is an important responsibility, as its members work together to develop a broad vision of how to best serve our community, whether it’s improvements to infrastructure and staff or initiatives that address the overall health and wellbeing of the patents we serve,” said Samuel J. Plumeri, Jr., chairman of the Capital Healthcare, Inc. Board of Trustees. “We are pleased to welcome five new members to our board, each of whom provides exceptional leadership qualities and unique experiences that will help guide us as we continue to advance Capital Health as the leading health care provider in the region.”

Corporate Board of Trustees for Capital Healthcare Inc. CARMEN GARCIA was a gubernatorial appointee to the New Jersey State Parole Board, serving as an associate board member for 14 years. Garcia is a former Chief Judge of the Municipal Court for the Capital City of Trenton in New Jersey. She was the first Hispanic appointed to the bench in Mercer County and the second Latina ever appointed to the bench in the State of New Jersey. During her tenure through the administrations of various New Jersey governors, Garcia served as vice-chair of the Decision Making Processes and Procedures Committee, an active member of the Legislative and Regulatory Affairs Committee, and as the executive branch representative on the State Council of the Interstate Commission for Juveniles. She previously served Capital Health as secretary of the Capital Health Hospital Board of Directors.

REV. JOHN TAYLOR has been the pastor of Friendship Baptist Church in Trenton, New Jersey since 2009. He is president of the Trenton Capital City Community Coalition (CCCC) and is a board member at the Old Barracks Museum in Trenton.

Rev. Taylor serves with the Interfaith Advisory Council for the State of New Jersey and is a certified counselor of Marriage Savers, Inc. He also received training in Church Management and Tax Financial Services (Clergy, Tax & Law). Taylor is a member of the Coalition for a New Community, the Covenant Partner’s Association of Trenton, the Interdenominational Ministerial Alliance of NJ, the Middlesex Central Baptist Association of NJ, Inc., and Faith In New Jersey. Rev. Taylor is also the chaplain for the New Jersey State Police.

DR. SHIRNETT WILLIAMSON is the medical director of Radiation Oncology Services at Capital Health, overseeing radiation oncology, CyberKnife, and brachytherapy. She is a former president of the American Cancer Society Board of Managers for Mercer County and the current chair of the Cancer Committee at Capital Health. She has served as a clinical assistant professor of Radiation Oncology at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and helped develop the Department of Radiation Oncology at the Charlotte Kimelman Cancer Institute in the U.S. Virgin Islands.

Capital Health Hospital Board of Directors DR. PAUL CODJOE is a board certified, fellowship trained orthopaedic surgeon with Mercer-Bucks Orthopaedics. Dr. Codjoe was born in Accra, Ghana and came to the United States in 1989. Following his undergraduate degree from Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey, he received his medical degree from Robert Wood Johnson Medical School in New Brunswick. After completing his internship in general surgery and an orthopaedic surgery residency at Temple University Hospital, Dr. Codjoe was fellowship trained in sports medicine at the Hughston Clinic in Columbus, Georgia, where he focused on arthroscopic surgery and minimally invasive joint reconstructive procedures of the knee and shoulder. Dr. Codjoe specializes in sports medicine and shoulder and knee surgeries. He is also a member of many orthopaedic organizations, including the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine, the New Jersey Orthopaedic Society, and Pennsylvania Orthopaedic Society.

DR. DOMINICK EBOLI was named medical director of the Bristol Myers Squibb Trauma Center at Capital Health Regional Medical Center in 2017 after serving as associate director since 2006. He has been an attending surgeon in general surgery, trauma, and surgical critical care at Capital Health since July 2000. Dr. Eboli is double board certified by the American Board of Surgery in general surgery and surgical critical care. He is a fellow to the American College of Surgeons and a member of the New Jersey Chapter of the American College of Surgeons, Eastern Association for Surgery of Trauma, the Society of Critical Care Medicine of New Jersey, and a member of the State Trauma Advance Council. As chair of the Department of Surgery at Capital Health, he also sits on the Trauma Performance Improvement, Trauma Program Operational Process Performance, and Patient Safety committees.

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CAPITAL HEALTH EARNS NATIONAL ACCREDITATION from the Commission on Cancer of the American College of Surgeons renowned hepato-pancreato-biliary surgeon. “More importantly, it demonstrates to the communities we serve that our extraordinary team of medical specialists is right in their neighborhood and ready to provide the latest treatment options tailored to each patient’s unique needs.”

Capital Health Cancer Center, located at Capital Health Medical Center – Hopewell, has received national accreditation from the Commission on Cancer (CoC), a quality program of the American College of Surgeons (ACS). To earn accreditation for a three-year term, a cancer program must meet 34 quality care standards established by the CoC, be evaluated every three years through an extensive survey process, and maintain levels of excellence in the delivery of comprehensive patient-centered care. Capital Health last earned this accreditation in 2019.

The CoC Accreditation Program provides the framework for Capital Health to maintain its high quality of patient care through various programs that focus on the full spectrum of cancer care, including prevention, early diagnosis, cancer staging, optimal treatment, rehabilitation, life-long follow-up for recurrent disease, and end-of-life care. When patients receive care at a CoC facility, they also have access to information on clinical trials and new treatments, genetic counseling, and patient-centered services including psycho-social support and a patient navigation process that seeks to improve cancer survivors’ quality of life.

As a CoC-accredited cancer center, Capital Health takes a multidisciplinary approach to treating cancer as a complex group of diseases that requires individualized care among surgeons, medical and radiation oncologists, diagnostic radiologists, pathologists, and other cancer specialists. This multidisciplinary partnership results in improved patient care.

Established in 1922 by the American College of Surgeons, the CoC is a consortium of professional organizations dedicated to improving patient outcomes and quality of life for cancer patients through standard-setting, prevention, research, education, and the monitoring of comprehensive, quality care. Its membership includes Fellows of the American College of Surgeons.

“Being accredited by the Commission on Cancer underscores Capital Health’s commitment to providing cancer care that meets the highest national standards,” said Dr. Cataldo Doria, medical director of Capital Health’s Cancer Center and an internationally

Capital Health Cancer Center, located at Capital Health Medical Center – Hopewell, is the area’s most advanced provider of cancer treatment delivered by some of the most experienced medical experts. Visit capitalhealthcancercenter.com to learn more.

Interventional Pain Management Specialist Joins CAPITAL INSTITUTE FOR NEUROSCIENCES DR. ADISON WESELOH, a fellowship trained interventional spine and musculoskeletal medicine specialist, recently joined the Center for Pain Management at Capital Institute for Neurosciences.

Dr. Weseloh and other providers at the Center focus on managing pain that originates with nerve damage or disease, trauma or injuries, cancer, headaches, musculoskeletal pain, head and facial pain, and back pain.

Dr. Weseloh received his medical degree at the University of South Florida College of Medicine and completed his residency in physical medicine and rehabilitation at the University of Pennsylvania, where he also completed fellowship training in interventional spine and musculoskeletal medicine. His training includes diagnosing and interventional (non-surgical) treatment of musculoskeletal and spine conditions using ultrasound and fluoroscopically-guided injections.

Dr. Weseloh also supports patients with alternative and holistic

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treatments and helps them better understand their conditions to facilitate ways to help their bodies heal. He is board certified in physical medicine and rehabilitation.

“Capital Institute for Neurosciences is known for providing the most advanced neurological services in this region,” said Dr. Weseloh. “I’m excited to be a part of the Pain Management team and contribute to the outstanding care that patients and referring clinicians in Mercer/Bucks communities have come to expect from Capital Health.”

Capital Health’s Center for Pain Management is part of Capital Institute for Neurosciences, which provides the most advanced neuroscience care and treatments for conditions such as stroke, aneurysms, vascular malformations, carotid artery disease, cerebrovascular disorders, brain tumors, brain and spine trauma, and complex spine care.

To schedule an appointment with Dr. Weseloh, call 267.802.1002 or visit capitalneuro.org for more information.

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Alu also feels that Triple-A is somewhat more laid back as opposed to other levels of the minors.

“They kind of trust you to get what you need done,” he said. “If you feel like you need ground balls, you go up to one of the coaches prior and say, ‘Hey, can you hit me 15, 20 ground balls a day,’ rather than having a set list of what we’re gonna do that day as a team. That’s the biggest difference I’ve seen so far.”

Alu’s glove could actually be the key to his making it to The Show. While his bat is important, the versatile defender is being groomed for several different positions.

He played third base for the entire time he was at Harrisburg this year. “They seem to really like me over there and that’s where they see me project as for the big league team,” he said.

But he also had a conversation with Washington director of player development De Jon Watson, who wants Alu to also “play a good second base as well as a little bit of outfield if I could do that.”

Hamilton’s Jake Alu hit .281 with 25 doubles and 9 home runs in 73 games with Double-A Harrisburg this season, earning him a call-up to Triple-A Rochester. (Photo courtesy of the Washington Nationals.)

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In-season rivals make summertime friends at football camp

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When the leaves are changing and the local gridirons are cooling off, the Nottingham-Steinert and Nottingham-Hamilton games are fierce. Once those leaves have fallen and the weather is chilly, it’s just as intense when Hamilton meets Steinert on Thanksgiving.

But at Nottingham High School in the summer heat of July, players and coaches from all sides were friends at the Hamilton Coaches/Skills Camp.

“We’re a community here,” said Reynolds Middle Schooler and future Steinert student John Logorda, who has gone to the camp for seven years. “We’re all friends and if you’re bullying other people, you’re out. This camp brings a lot of people in and together.”

That goes for the coaches as well, as Nottingham’s Milo McGuire and Hamilton West’s Mike “The Meatball Master” Papero were both on hand (Steinert’s Dan Caruso was on vacation).

“Me and Papero run drills together,” McGuire said. “Everybody gets a firsthand look at how we relate to each other, so it’s good.”

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a better all-around camp in looking at positions.

“Since we combined we’re seeing a lot of offensive linemen now,” the Master said on the final day of camp. “With the Skills Camp, it was just skills players.

This is really good. It’s hot, there’s not too much complaining. They’re running around having fun and building those friendships whether they will be playing with or against each other. I’m seeing kids out here going to Steinert and Nottingham and I’ll be rooting for them all but one game of the year.”

The camp was held from July 11-15 and drew nearly 100 players during the same week that Hun and Robbinsville were running their camps. While the majority of the turnout was from Hamilton’s youth leagues — Rouge One and Hamilton PAL/ Pop Warner — there were also players from Princeton, Bordentown, Lawrence, Ewing, Trenton and Robbinsville.

The camp is broken down into groups for each position. First comes offense, then defense.

“Each kid is allowed to switch to whatever he wants,” Zimmerman said.

“We just try to say, ‘Do this one for today.’ Too many kids are being specialized in one thing. They’re young, so we’re trying to give the opportunity for a kid that can’t play quarterback on his team, to come out here and play quarterback. Because in two or three years, you might be that quarterback.”

Zimmerman used Nottingham’s incumbent quarterback Joe Lemly as an example. He was not a quarterback when he attended the camp, but has since gained that role.

Logorda, who was a star for the HTRBA 12-year-old All-Stars in District 12 play this summer, wants to play QB and also likes wide receiver. He enjoyed his lessons. “It’s a lot of new things,” Logorda said. “The coaches are real nice, they teach you things. You have to work hard, but it’s fun too.”

Former Nottingham quarterback and Delaware Valley All-Conference punter Stephen Adams worked with quarterbacks, receivers and defensive backs, and was impressed by what the camp accomplished.

“This is the only camp I do. I’m super pumped up,” he said. “These kids work hard. I think it’s creating a positive exam-

ple that shows them what hard work really looks like and where it can take you.

“It’s awesome for the community. You get all these youth kids out here, all the schools. I think it’s something way different that you haven’t seen. They had the coaches camp when I was young, but nothing that was this integrated throughout the community.”

Zimmerman says the goals of the camp are simple. Coaches want to teach the game, instill confidence and inspire sportsmanship.

“We haven’t had one situation,” he said on the final day. “This is a thing that bonds kids. They’re making friends. We have kids who never played football, so as coaches we take a little extra time and pull a kid aside and say, ‘Hey, lunchtime let’s go over there and work a little bit.’ We’re trying to build confidence, we’re trying to build the game back up, because we all know what’s going on (with parents afraid to let their children play due to injury issues).”

Papero is a product of the Hamilton Coaches Camp, and is happy to be on the other end now and giving his expertise to young players.

“This is the time we want to get these kids to learn about the game and fall in love with the game,” he said. “Especially these youngsters, who are maybe starting out, it’s important they learn the safe way to play it.

They also get to hang out with kids that maybe they wouldn’t, who live across the township. They’ll be going to different schools, but this week they’re all on the same team.”

Despite the fact the players had only five days to interact with coaches, Papero felt that many of them grasped important details during the week.

“From the day we start until the day we finish the first thing we do is review what we did the previous day,” he said. “You can see that they’re retaining it and by day five, I won’t say they’re mastering it but they have a really good handle on the techniques we’re teaching and hopefully they can now take that into their youth leagues and that will help the coaches out a little bit.”

And when they use that experience in the cold-weather games against each other, there will be no love lost. But in the warmth of summer, everyone got along.

The goals of the camp are simple: coaches want to teach the game, instill confidence and inspire sportsmanship in the players.

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New Ewing High football coach has Hamilton roots

By Rich Fisher

The Ewing High football players will be expected to learn their ABCs in the classroom, but after school they will be learning their LSGs. “That’s the motto we live by on and off the field, LSG – Loyalty, Sacrifice, Guts,” new head coach Ross Maddalon said. “It takes those three things to produce a solid football program, year in and year out. On the field, we expect to have a team that is disciplined, selfless and plays relentlessly every second of every snap.

“In the classroom, we have similar expectations. Education is going to be a top priority for our kids.”

Maddalon is taking over for Matt Dalessio, who took the Robbinsville athletic director’s job last February. As a Nottingham High grad and former Northstar assistant, Ross possesses a strong area background and wealth of coaching experience.

“Coach Maddalon was impressive during the interview process and brings a strong football résumé to Ewing,” Athletic Director Kyle Kaminskas, also a Not-

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tingham grad, said on the school’s website. “He appears to be a coach who truly cares about his players and is a man of integrity, and we are excited to have him lead the program.”

Praise for the hiring came from Jon “Big Dawg” Adams, who served as Maddalon’s head coach at Nottingham.

“I believe Ewing is in great hands,” Adams said. “The system he will install will be a great fit for the Ewing program.

I know he will do an awesome job there. I am very proud of him.”

Maddalon played for Nottingham from 1997-2000 and was a two-year varsity performer at offensive tackle. During his time in the trenches, the Northstars had a stellar running game, went 15-5 in two years and earned the school’s first-ever playoff win against Franklin in 2000.

At 5-foot-7, playing in college was pretty much off the table so Maddalon opted to major in business education at Rider. He had already decided on wanting to coach and was looking to get into that as well.

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“I have wanted to coach since I was a senior in high school. I decided on education as my career path, so coaching was very intriguing to me. My aspirations of becoming a head coach really came into effect during my final years in college and first few years as an educator. When you’re surrounded by great leaders, it’s not uncommon to aspire to become one.

I’ve had the benefit of coaching with and for some outstanding individuals.”

After graduating from Rider, Ross began teaching at Old Bridge High School in 2005 and remained there until 2014. He helped the Knights produce one of Central Jersey’s most prolific offenses.

From there he went to Northern Burlington for two years, and returned to Nottingham from 2016-19.

Upon his return to the Northstars, Maddalon was the offensive coordinator and worked closely with Keith Zimmerman, who is now in the same position with Nottingham.

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bone stuff,” Zimmerman said. “Ross is a bookworm. He’s in the books. He knows everything, he sees everything. Anything that’s going on in football, he knows it.

He’s the real deal, absolutely the real deal.”

Maddalon left his alma mater and went to Cinnaminson for two years, and has returned to Mercer County as a member of Ewing High’s Business Department.

And, of course, its football coach.

He inherits a program that went 6-4, reached the state playoffs and won the West Jersey Football League’s Valley Division title. The Blue Devils graduated a ton of talent from that team but, despite what looks like a rebuilding year, Maddalon still feels the heat is on to win.

“The pressure is never off, because the expectations are always high here, as they should be,” said Maddalon, who will assume the offensive coordinator role in addition to his other duties. “Even though we lost a good senior group, we still have an abundance of athleticism and highcharacter kids. We began workouts (in mid-July) and their attitudes and effort were terrific. The coaching staff likes this group a lot and we believe this team will surprise a lot of the doubters.”

Zimmerman feels that Maddalon has more than enough experience to take on the challenge of running his own program.

“He’s absolutely ready, he’s been ready,” the Northstars assistant said.

“He’s a great motivator. He’s not a yeller or screamer. He just goes out and gets the job done. He’s a teacher, and execution-wise he’s phenomenal.”

Like all head coaches, Maddalon has picked and chosen certain attribu tes from everyone he has worked with on the way up. It starts with his high school

coach, Jon “Big Dawg” Adams.

“He gave me my first coaching opportunity,” Ross said. “And he’s been a mentor and colleague throughout my entire career.”

Adams, now Nottingham’s athletic director, still has strong recollections of Maddalon as a player and an assistant coach.

“He was very dedicated and hard working as a player,” Adams said. “He started on our 2000 O-line at tackle, which was one of the better lines we have had. He then volunteered on the freshmen level with us a few years later.

“When he became a coach and teacher at Old Bridge, he was an O-line coach there and always did a phenomenal job for them. He came back to us and I made him O-line coach and eventually O-coordinator. He is a film junkie. He will watch hours of tape and does a great job creating schemes for fronts. He has all the tools to be a great head coach.”

Adams was just one of many who Maddalon feels made an impact on his journey. Other influencers included Old Bridge head coaches Bob DeMarco and Anthony Lanzafama, Northern Burlington’s Jon Reising and Cinnaminson’s Mario Patrizi.

“Additionally, there are many assistant coaches I’d love to list, but there are just too many,” he said. “I’d just like to say I’ve learned a ton from everyone I’ve been around.

“This has been a dream of mine for over the past 20 years. To finally get an opportunity to lead a program, especially one extremely rich in tradition, means so much to me. I’d like to thank our superintendent (Michael Nitti), principal (Ed Chmiel) and athletic director for this precious opportunity.”

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June 1 at 3:40 a.m. Engine 19 with Capt. Michael Danbury, Squad 12, Squad 16, Truck 17and Battalion Chief John Retalis responded to Negron Drive for an odor of smoke from an electrical power surge with multiple fire alarms going off.

June 1 at 2:17 p.m. Squad 12 with Capt. Kevin McElroy, Engine 14, Truck 17. Engine 18, Squad 16 and Deputy Chief John Retalis dispatched to Nebraska Ave. for an apartment fire, June 2 at 9:07 a.m. Squad 12 with Capt.

Nicholas Buroczi and Battalion Chief Patrick Sullivan responded mutual aid to Browning Ave., Ewing for a dwelling fire with reportedly a victim trapped. Ewing Squad 30 arrived and reported smoke showing, “All Hands” assignment and the full box alarm. Chief 31, Doug Brower had Command, Heavy smoke condition, working pockets of fire.

June 2 at 9:32 a.m. Engine 19 with Capt. Joseph Muzzillo and Battalion Chief Patrick Sullivan responded to East Acres Drive where a 45 year old male was shocked by a pool motor, possible electrocution.

June 2 at 3:10 p.m. Squad 12 with Capt. Kevin McElroy dispatched mutual aid to US 1 Lawrence for a motor vehicle rescue, vehicle overturned.

June 2 at 8:20 p.m. Engine 15 with Capt. Andrew Kmiecik, Truck 13, Squad 12, Squad 16 and BC Patrick Sullivan responded to the 600 block of Wilfred Ave for a reported interior smoke condition.

June 3 at 7:37 a.m. Squad 12 with Capt.

Eric DeVita, Squad 16, Engine 14 Truck 13and Deputy Chief Aaron Heller dispatched to 200 block of Massachussetts Ave. where the 9-1-1 caller reported a structural collapse. A roof collapsed and the victim. 80-year-old male complaining of foot pain.

June 5 at 12:30 p.m. Squad 12 with Capt. Josue Garcia and DC John Retalis dispatched to Rosaland Drive, Lawrence Twp., the resident preheated the oven and items in the oven caught fire. Lawrence Police reported black smoke coming from the building. The “All Hands” assignment was called and Lawrence command requested an extra engine and ladder to the scene.

June 5 at 4:13 p.m. Squad 12 with Capt. Josue Garcia and DC John Retalis were dispatched mutual aid to 716 Saint

James Place, East Windsor for a fire in a 5 story assisted living apartment. Command reported smoke in the elevator.

June 7 at 10:52 p.m. Engine 14 with Capt. Steven Dixon dispatched to Massachusetts Ave for utility pole and wires on fire.

June 8 at 4:49 p.m. Engine 15 with Capt. Damian Cooke, Truck 13, .Squad 12, Squad 16, Truck 13, BC Timothy Sharpley and DC Steven Kraemer responded to Benson Ave for a dwelling fire.

June 9 at 2:08 a.m. Engine 15 with Capt, Damian Cooke, Engine 15, Squad 12, Squad 16, Truck 17, BC Timothy Sharpley and DC Steven Kraemer responded to Silver Court. 911 caller reported smoke in the house. Truck 17 arrived and reported a two-story, woodframe dwelling, investigating. Sharpley arrived and the “All Hands” was transmitted. Crews were evacuating the building.

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June 9 at 2:38 p.m. Truck 17 with Capt. Jason Bergstrom responded to Sparrow Drive for smoke alarm service.

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June 9 at 5:19 p.m. Squad 12 with Capt. Joseph Flynn dispatched to Quakerbridge Mall for fire alarm sounding with odor of smoke in the building June 10 at 12:47 a.m. Engine 15 with Capt. Jared Gadsby were dispatched mutual aid to cover Trenton’s Engine 3/ Ladder 2 station.

June 10 at 1:42 a.m. Truck 13 with Capt.

Donald Snedeker dispatched to 78 North Clinton Ave, Trenton. Multi-alarm fire.

June 14 at 1 p.m. Engine 18 with Capt. Lamar Hicks and BC Keith Greene responded to Meadowbrook Road and Robbinsville Edinburg Road for a MVCrescue assignment.

June 16 at 8:51 p.m. Engine 14 with Capt. Joseph Flynn, Squad 12, Truck 13 and BCTimothy Sharpley responded to North Johnson Ave for a reported interior smoke condition. Electrical outlets from the second floor smoking.

June 19 at 1:56 a.m. Engine 15 with Capt. Andrew Kmiecik and BC Patrick Sullivan dispatched to West Taylor Ave and Pitman Ave to assist police, with a drone, looking for a missing 13-year-old.

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June 22 at 6:04 a.m. Engine 14 with Capt. Nicola Creo responded to a transformer fire on Buttonwood Street.

June 23 at 1:50 p.m. Squad 12 with Capt.

Jason Bergstrom dispatched to 199 North Hamilton Ave. for a domestic entrapment.

Trenton Police Dept. reported someone fell in a sewer and is stuck. BC Keith Greene arrived and reported a trench rescue assignment. Workers were digging a sewer line which collapsed, and one worker was trapped up to his neck.

DC John Retalis responded and assumed Command. Squad 16 was dispatched and advised to pick up the special operations trailer at Station 12 for trench rescue. Also responding were Truck 13, Engine 14. Trenton Fire Dept. rescue task force, Rescue 1, Engine 10 and Ladder 4. Hamilton Township Vacuum truck was requested to the scene.

Rescue operation took one hour and 27 minutes from arrival of first responding units. Victim was transported to Capitol Health Trauma Center.

June 24 at 9:50 a.m. Squad 12 with Capt.

Josue Garcia responded to Dunkin, Lawrence Twp for interior smoke condition.

June 24 at 10:33 p.m. EMS Engine 15 with Capt. Damian Cooke was dispatched to Lalor Street for a gunshot victim. Male shot in chest. Hamilton Police on location.

June 25 at 12;47 p.m. Truck 13 with Capt. Damian Cooke and Squad 16 responded to 1800 block of West Mcgalliard Avenue for a leaking propane tank.

June 26 at 3:50 p.m. Squad 12 with

Capt. Jason Ryan. responded to the 100 block of Brighton Drive for a vehicle fire.

June 26 at 6:25 p.m. Squad 12 with Capt. Joseph Flynn and BC Patrick Sullivan dispatched to the 100 block of Fountayne Lane, Lawrence, for a dwelling fire.

June 28 at 9:24 p.m. Engine 15 with Capt. Damion Cooke, Marine 13, Marine 16, and BC Timothy Sharpley responded to assist Hamilton Police in locating two females trapped on dry land in a marsh off Westcott Avenue.

June 29 at 2:49 p.m. Squad 16 with Capt. Michael Balog, Engine 15, Squad 12, Truck 13 and DC John Retalis responded to the 1700 block of West McGalliard Avenue for interior smoke condition.

June 29 at 5:59 p.m. Squad 16 with Capt. Michael Balog, Engine 15, Squad 12, Truck 13 and DC John Retalis responded to the 200 block of Maxwell Ave for a kitchen fire.

June 29 at 11:17 p.m. Squad 16 with Capt. Michael Balog, Squad 12, Truck 13, Engine 15 and DC John Retalis dispatched to 1200 block of Whitehorse Hamilton Square Road for an electrical outlet fire.

June 30 at 12:56 p.m. Squad 16 with Capt. Jarrad Pierson, Truck 13, Squad 12, and DC Christopher Tozzi responded to the 1700 Block of West McGalliard Avenue for a dwelling fire. “All Hands” assignment was called. Firefighters stretched a 1 ¾ hand line and extinguished the fire. Fire Marshal McCormick requested to scene. Colonial Special Services 18 responded. Volunteer Brian Moss filled 5 air bottles.

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14 questions with artist Nicolas Valenza

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Nicolas Valenza is a Hamilton based, sculptor, painter, makeup artist and prop maker. He uses molds to fabricate sculpture, props and pretty much anything he can dream up.

A comics and horror movie fan, Valenza is fascinated by the parts that make the movie scary. By day he is a painting and patina supervisor at the Johnson Atelier in Hamilton, but by night, watch out.

Don’t go in the basement!

How did you become interested in the arts?

For me, art has always run through my blood, my family is very gifted, especially my mother. She has a background in hairdressing and painting. She was a professional painter at Boehm Porcelain for a time.

She always jokes that I was born with a pencil in my hand, she encouraged me to draw, paint, sew, and sculpt and many other creative things from a very young age.

Who were/are your artistic influences?

I’m a huge movie and comic book nerd, so most of my influences came from those great artists. The earliest effects artist I remember drooling over is Stan Winston — he did the dinosaurs in Jurassic Park, made the Terminator, and worked on

Aliens.

H.R. Giger designed the original alien and has always been a huge inspiration with his extremely unique style. Tom Savini was an innovator in the horror genre, hence why I attended his special make-up effects course.

Comic artists such as J. Scott Campbell and the late Michael Turner have influenced me with their dynamic interpretation of the human form.

Does it all start with you drawing?

I started drawing very young, as most artists do. Most of my art was drawing, which led to painting then to sculpting.

Now I mostly work in figurative sculpture and sometimes sketch out my ideas before starting.

What inspires you to create the sculptures?

The film industry led me to work more in fine arts. I went to school for special make-up effects. There they taught us most anything done physically in film.

Even though I didn’t pursue a job in that field it did give me the foundation I needed to start making sculpture. I do a lot of female figures and still work in some propmaking.

Of the different subjects, which comes easiest, and which are more challenging?

Everything is challenging. If it comes too easy, Why do it? That’s how I look at process.

I like to push myself when it comes to my sculpture. It wasn’t until a few years

ago that I did my first life-sized figure.

She was definitely a learning experience for me. I didn’t want to do any life casting.

I wanted to sculpt her completely with my own hands.

Is most of your work done by request?

No. I have a side gig of propmaking, a few specific reproductions of film props.

Those are mostly done by request now, but started because I made them for myself.

But all my figurative sculptures are of my own making specifically for me, for the process and the challenge.

What fight/struggle do you have regarding your art?

I think my biggest struggle at the moment is balancing my art and life. Time is always a something to fight for. Supplies are another challenge: the silicone rubbers and urethane resins I use can be pricy, which is why I have the side gig of propmaking on top of my full-time job.

I’ve never cared too much about the recognition because for me art is very personal. It’s an expression. It’s self fulfilling.

How do you know what to work on next, do you have a list of projects?

I never know what I’m going to work on next. I make things as the ideas hit me.

Sometimes it’s a new prop, and sometimes it’s a sculpture that I’ll dabble with for years.

How long will you work on a particular project?

It’s hard to say how long I work on any particular project. If it’s a prop, I usually have a time constraint, so I can make them in a matter of weeks. My figures can take months, if not years, because I have no deadline.

What were some of your favorite

now, but can be seen all over social media. I have a studio at the Grounds for Sculpture and often participate in the Artist in Action event. This allows visitors to tour our personal studio space and view our art.

What is most fun about being an artist?

Being an artist means you can create anything that your heart desires. That’s most fun for me. Once I learn some specific skills, with a little hard work there are no limitations.

What do you do to relax?

The most relaxing things for me are spending as much time with my wife and daughters. They keep me happy and grounded. As for the hobbies that relax me, I love watching movies, all kinds of movies.

I’m also a collector, I collect physical copies of movie and comic books. These hobbies are all directly connected to my art, they keep me inspired and give me drive.

What is on the horizon?

In my professional life I recently taught a resin workshop at the Seward Johnson Atelier. I’m looking forward to teaching the next workshop on latex maskmaking in October. It’ll be a fun creative experience in preparation for Halloween. As for my personal work, I have quite a few ideas in the works, it’s just a matter of finding the time to create.

Sculptor Nicolas Valenza works and teaches at the Seward Johnson Atelier at the Nicolas Valenza on the web: faceGrounds For Sculpture in Hamilton. book.com/NAValenza. On Instagram: nickssawmart.

As for my figurative work I really projects?

I’m very proud of my prop chainsaws enjoyed working on my life-size female based on a very famous film and TV figure, “Body Language.”

Where can we see your work? series. They tend to be fan favorite in the My work is not on display anywhere horror movie community.

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Opening the door to closed captions Peter Dabbene COMPLEX SIMPLICITY

A few years ago, prompted by minor, age-related hearing loss and a phase of TV watching that emphasized Englishspeaking, but heavily accented fare like Masterpiece, Doctor Who, and several movies of British origin, I began using the “Closed Captions” option on our Verizon FIOS system.

“Closed” captions simply means that the viewer can turn them on or off, and for me, choosing to turn them on was as monumental a decision as Keanu Reeves choosing the red pill over the blue pill in The Matrix.

Think of this paragraph as a similar, perhaps milder moment of decision: stop here—read no further—and continue to enjoy video offerings the same way you always have. Or, read on, and allow me, like Laurence Fishburne minus the cool leather and sunglasses, to show you just how deep this rabbit hole goes.

Aside from picking up foreign phrases and slang expressions that would be unintelligible otherwise, I found I enjoyed the experience of reading along with the action. I began using captions for American shows, too, and eventually they became a permanent fixture of television viewing in our home, sometimes over the protests of our children. (One of the advantages of using closed captions is that it’s more convincing when you pretend not to hear such complaints.)

Maybe my history as a heavy reader predisposed me to want to be able to read what’s happening instead of just seeing

it, but apparently I’m not alone in that desire. Recent studies have shown that many people use captions if they’re available, and most of the people who do so aren’t deaf or hard of hearing.

Captions can be generated by computer speech-to-text programs, by highly skilled humans called captionists, or some combination of the two. Ideally, one would never even need to consider the source of the captioning, but watching Mets Fast Forward, a show that edits the previous day’s New York Mets baseball game down to an hour-long broadcast, caused me to ask questions.

Reading the captions, I began to notice some strange word formulations. First came mention of “Walter Raleigh”—the famously dashing nobleman of the Elizabethan age. Later, a caption read “After review, Konstanz” (a city in Germany).

While it’s certainly possible that baseball broadcasters might reference a historical figure or a German city, it’s much more likely that they’re saying “What a rally” and “After review, the call stands.”

The lack of context consideration was baffling, and listening only to the audio, the correct phrases didn’t seem very difficult to discern.

These occurrences seemed to indicate a computer’s blunt, black and white, zero or one approach, or perhaps a human captionist with an underused European History degree. But this type of error was rare; more common were problems with players’ names, which might be expected if a person was quickly transcribing audio to text.

Short, simple names were handled easily—Smith, Jones, even Rodriguez or Cabrera. But “former Met Bran-

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don Drury” became “former bad brain injury.”

“See if Medina’s hurt” became “living muddiness hurt.” The last name Disclafani became “dysphonia,” a medical term for a hoarse or strained voice.

It wasn’t all bad news, though. “Mets are in business” became “mentor in business.” “Francisco” became “friend Cisco.”

And in one of my favorite transcription errors ever, “Jeff McNeil” became “Jeff big deal.”

The more I saw these errors, the more I wondered why they exist. A call and an e-mail to SNY’s captioning contacts yielded no responses, but whether a human captionist or a computer speechto-text program was responsible, the problem would seem easy enough to remedy: supply the person or computer with a list of players on each team, to expand the vocabulary of captionable names and phrases, like adding often-used words to the dictionary of a smartphone’s autocorrect feature.

This might prevent, or at least reduce the occurrence, of mistakes involving players like Luis Guillorme (pronounced Loo-ees Gi-or-may), a utility player for the Mets whose name has been involved in such hit-and-run captioning classics as “full of whiskey” and “Louise Graham will be the first man to face him.”

I’m not really complaining about these errors; they add another dimension to watching television, a simultaneous sideshow that’s sometimes more entertaining than the game itself. Even the “Red Pill/ Blue Pill” scene from The Matrix that I referenced earlier has its own amusing caption quirk, as viewed via YouTube, in which the sound of thunder in the background is described as “applause.”

Elsewhere, closed captions are less error prone but equally diverting, and often educational. Watching Stranger Things on Netflix recently, I was exposed, through captioning, to several thesauruses’ worth of adjectives describing the show’s musical accompaniment. At any given moment, the music might be “whimsical,” “martial,” “epic,” pensive,” or “disconcertingly jaunty.”

Other two word descriptions included “steady, measured,” “poignant, melancholy,” “tender, sentimental,” or on the other end of the spectrum, “sinister, discordant.” The synth music was “quirky,” “disquieting,” “resolute,” “enigmatic,” “triumphant,” “eerie,” or “frantic,” just to name a few.

The extensive (and arguably excessive) vocabulary might indicate the minds of frustrated screenwriters moonlighting as Netflix captions creators, but hey, who

doesn’t like a little “eldritch thrumming” with their fictional TV adventures?

Some closed captioning services choose a minimalistic approach, indicating background and incidental music not with a plethora of adjectives, but rather by simply showing a pair of eighth notes and leaving the rest to the viewer’s imagination. But the captions of scripted TV shows often feature the titles and lyrics of songs played during credits and montages, which makes it that much easier to identify music you haven’t heard before— or in the case of Stranger Things, to appreciate the way that “self-destruction” rhymes with “death’s construction” in Metallica’s “Master of Puppets.”

Watching TV with closed captions isn’t perfect—the timing can be too fast or too slow, and occasionally, when a character’s identity is supposed to be concealed, the captions will give away the mystery prematurely. For example, one might see spoiler-laden lines similar to these pop up on the screen simultaneously: FRIEDA: WHO ARE YOU, CLOAKED FIGURE? I KNOW YOU CAN’T BE FRED, HE’S DEAD! FRED: I REFUSE TO REVEAL MY IDENTITY AT THIS TIME. I’d probably be much less tolerant of these occasional blunders if I couldn’t hear at all and was completely dependent on captions to understand what’s happening. But I can switch the captions off at any time—it’s my choice to accept the cons in order to gain the pros, of which there are many.

Using captions semi-convinces me that I’m reading, not just watching TV, and maybe it gets my kids to read more than they would otherwise. It also increases comprehension, according to recent articles in Salon and The Washington Post, which point out that captions are great for kids who don’t like to read, and people learning English as a second language.

But for me, the most important reason to use closed captions is that they’re fun— case closed.

Peter Dabbene’s website is peterdabbene.com, and his previous Hamilton Post columns can be read at www.communitynews.org. His latest work, “Suburban Complaint #1988: Skunked” can be read at themetaworker.com. His book Complex Simplicity collects the first 101 editions of this column, along with essays and material published elsewhere. It is now available at Amazon or Lulu.com for $25 (print) or $4.99 (ebook).

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