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Rosetta Treece says that she probably should have known that she was destined to teach. But when the time came to choose a major in college, she instead opted to study science, with the goal of becoming a physician.“When I was younger, I was always teaching my siblings. But I started out as a science major, en route to becoming a doctor, because that’s what I thought I wanted to do. And I hated it,” she says.Today, people do call her Dr. Treece. Not because she has a degree in medicine, but rather because she has dedicated herself to the field that seemed to call to her from an early age: education. This summer, Treece started her second year as the superintendent of the Hopewell Valley School district. She succeeded long-term schools chief Tom Smith last year, having previously served as director of

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The Pennington resident is originally from Dijon, France and has been here since he was a young adult. Composing with the camera, he likes to capture his subjects in their environment, where they are most comfortable and let their guard down a little bit. His desk has plaques with sayings to remind him and reinforce his method. “Captured not Posed,” reads one. “Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication,” a saying of Leonardo DaVinci, is another. Capturing people in their element is not as easy as it seems. They somewhat need to forget the photographer is there, on assignment, working to get a perfect image.Born into a large family of 11 siblings, Cortet started at a young age when cameras used film and were an expensive luxury.

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On Aug. 9, the Department of Environmental Protection and the administration of Gov. Phil Murphy issued a statewide drought watch. A week later, seven counties received upgraded classifications to “severe” drought conditions, with Central Jersey being hit hardest.Adrought watch includes voluntary conservation measures. If conditions worsen, a declaration of a drought warning or a drought emergency with mandatory water use restrictions could become necessary. At the time of this writing, the DEP’s water supply advisory council was considering a move from a drought watch to a warning. These state advisories are becoming more frequent, as high temperatures associated with climate change encourage and intensify drought conditions. Voluntary conservation measures at the watch stage can help to avoid more serious and restrictive drought conditions later. Several Hopewell Valley organizations started far earlier, and can

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On July 4, Lisa Thorndike of Penning ton and her sons, Alden and Michael Thorndike, presented an American small sword to Washington Crossing Historic Park in Pennsylvania, across the river from New Jersey’s Washington Crossing State Park. Named the “Thorndike sword,” the blade had been in the Thorndike family since the Revolutionary War and dates to between 1730 and 1760.

After a two-year, Covid-related hiatus, the Older Adult Ministry Committee of the Pennington Presbyterian Church plans to resume in-person Brown Bag Lunch programming this fall. At the first program, set for Sept. 9, Hopewell Township Police Department Officer James Klesney will explain Oper ation Blue Angel, a free program available to eligible township and Hopewell Bor ough residents, age 55 and up. In that program, police place a lockbox near a participant’s door, containing a key to the residence that can be accessed only by the police in the event of an emer gency, when officers cannot otherwise gain access to the residence. Applica tion forms will be distributed, which can be completed during the meeting or at a laterKlesneydate. will also discuss scams that have been recently discovered in Hopewell Valley and answer questions.

Gallery 14 starts season with ‘Best of the Best’ Gallery 14 will kick off its new season of exhibits with a ‘Best of the Best’ mem bers exhibit from Sept. 10 to Oct. 2. Members will show a selection of new and older works in an “eclectic” show that is intended to highlight the diversity of photography.“Afterbeing closed for two years we were very pleased with the response from patrons to last year’s season of exhibits. With both new and longtime members, we look forward to bringing the local community another year of exciting pho tographic art,” says gallery president Philip “Dutch” Bagley. The exhibit will feature works by all of the member artists: Alina MarinBliach, (Princeton Junction); John Clarke (Pennington); Alice Grebanier (Branchburg); Larry Parsons (Princ eton); Charles Miller (Ringoes); Dutch Bagley (Elkins Park, Pennsylvania); Martin Schwartz (East Windsor); Joel Blum (East Windsor); John Stritzinger (Elkins Park); Mary Leck (Kendall Park); Barbara Warren (Yardley, Penn sylvania); David Ackerman (Hopewell) and Bennett Povlow (Elkins Park).

‘Best of the Best’ opens on Saturday, Sept. 10 at noon. There will be a Meet the Artists on Sunday, Sept. 11 from 1–3 p.m. Gallery 14 is located at 14 Mercer St. in Hopewell and is open on Saturdays and Sundays from noon to 5 p.m. and by appointment. Web: gallery14.org.

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As part of the exhibition, Gallery 14 will also be participating in the Hopewell Tour Des Arts on Oct. 1 and 2, a commu nitywide event looking to connect local artists with the community.

In-person Brown Bag Lunch set to resume Sept. 9

The Brown Bag Lunch at the church begins at 12:30 p.m., followed by a onehour program at 1. Register by calling the church at (609) 737-1221, ext. 10 or e-mailing office@pennpres.org.

“It’s the continuing mission of the Friends of Washington Crossing Park to preserve and present Revolutionary War history to our visitors and guests,” says John Godzieba, president of the Friends of Washington Crossing Park and the reenactor who portrays General Wash ington. Godzieba thanked Thorndike for her continued support of the organization as a member and donor. Web: washingtoncrossingpark.org.

Lisa Thorndike presenting John Godzeiba, president of the Friends of Washington Crossing Park and the reenactor who portrays Gen. George Washington, with the “Thorndike sword” at Washington Crossing Historic Park in Pennsylvania.

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“We have raised our threshold toward perceived imperfections and spot treat areas with weeds or pests, rather than treating the entire lawn,” Johnson says. “In addition, our grounds staff has attended tons of education at Rutgers, and we’ve learned what pests come out when and what to look for. So, we can anticipate and eliminate recurring prob lemTheareas.”grounds team also switched to bat tery-powered mowers and tools. Not only is it far quieter, but since Janssen also houses a day-care facility, they’ve elimi nated concerns about fumes impacting the campus’s youngest occupants.

While Janssen’s sustainability actions provide beautiful wildflower-lined walk ing trails for staff and conserved natural resources for the greater community, the company has also taken steps to encour age similar conservation initiatives out side of their campus.

Manicured lawns are well known to be awful for the environment. They require tremendous amounts of water. Fertil izers, herbicides and pesticides used to keep turf green are bad for soil and water. Gas-powered tools, such as mowers, edg ers and blowers, contribute to both noise and air Janssenpollution.moved to Titusville in 1992, and the property at the time comprised 60 acres of manicured lawn. They began their wildflower program in 1995, and today less than 25 acres of manicured lawnReplacingremain. lawn with native wildflower meadows ensures more water is retained in the land due to the deep root system and results in less storm water runoff. Groundwater is recharged, while provid ing an inviting natural landscape. Further, the lawn they do maintain is only fertilized once a year and they have dramatically cut back on chemical use. Finally, there is no irrigation system.

In 2017, Janssen provided $10,000 grant to Friends of Hopewell Valley Open Space as its inaugural Community Conservation project to initiate the first Hopewell Valley Regional School District Outdoor Learning Area at Bear Tavern Elementary School. After converting their manicured lawn to a native plant pollinator garden designed for outdoor learning, Bear Tav ern Principal Chris Turnbull leveraged those results to encourage additional partners to fund ponds, greenhouses, vast wildflower meadows, and nature trails extending throughout the grounds.

Peg Forrestel, director of community impact for Janssen, praised the Bear Tavern project for supporting hands-on STEM learning and promoting the health benefits associated with being outdoors. She was especially appreciative that it went a step further by actively involving many additional community members andJanssengroups.continued providing FoHVOS Community Conservation grants for more outdoor learning areas including one that removed the lawn and installed the flagship rain garden that fronts Tim berlane Middle School.

Capital Health President and CEO Al Maghazehe, says, “When Capital Health Medical Center Hopewell opened, we knew we had a unique opportunity to marry the high quality health care we offer with a beautiful natural setting that provided for a healing environment.”

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New naturalized outdoor spaces con tributed to HVRSD schools also receiv ing River Friendly certification. At a 2022 spring ceremony, Jim Waltman, execu tive director of The Watershed Institute, said that this was the first time that all schools throughout a district received certification.WhileCapital Health Systems is the newer on scene than Janssen, joining our community in 2011, they too have focused on integrating sustainability with their core healthcare mission.

He pointed out that the building was awarded LEED Gold certification for the design and practices that were part of the campus.Adecade later, Capital Heath has engaged in more initiatives to celebrate the natural environment. Most recently, they began working with Steward Green, also a Timberlane raingarden partner, to actively manage their landscape to naturalize the land scape to maximize conservation practices

Bill Johnson, farms and grounds man ager, has been with Janssen Pharmaceu tical Companies for 32 years, and said that since day one, their direction has been guided by the corporate credo that includes, “We must maintain in good order the property we are privileged to use, protecting the environment and nat uralJanssenresources.”campus buildings and grounds are River Friendly and LEED certified. Both required extensive recordkeeping to maintain and prove sustainability out comes. Janssen’s approach to grounds keeping is a model in best practices, beginning with their land use.

FoHVOS, often propelled by Janssen funding, went on to facilitate Outdoor Learning at every district school. The HVRSD superintendent credited outdoor learning for helping to keep schools open during the pandemic.

Sunflowers in a meadow on the grounds of Janssen Pharmaceutical, where acres of manicured lawn have been replaced by more environmentally friendly landscaping. Lisa Wolff is the executive director of Friends of Hopewell Valley Open Space. Email: lwolff@fohvos.org.

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Capital Health has also enhanced its rooftop gardens, adding still more native plantings and color while also trying to use less water. All this was done with a specific focus on making outdoor, peace ful spaces that were accessible to our patients and, of course, our employees.

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“One of the first things we’ve done is restore and add additional native plant ings that use less water and we are more effectively managing things so we can protect the plants that are native to our area from invasive ones. We are also more aggressively managing our landscaping to ensure more infiltration as part of our stormwater management,” Maghazehe says. “As part of this work, we are paying close attention to the ponds on our prop erty and recently removed blockages that were created by animals so we could drop the level and provide a more sustainable environment for other local wildlife.”

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As drought warnings become more frequent, remember that during the sum mer, more than 30% of water demands come from outdoor use. Following the lead of organizations featured here will help businesses, pub lic land managers, and private property owners to reduce their water usage while keeping the environment healthy and beautiful.

All of those things contribute to the beauty of the campus,” Maghazehe says. But they are also intended to support the natural environment and the community we are a part of. “As part of our efforts over the next several years, we are looking to add additional educational resources along our walking trail and at other locations on campus to highlight and educate our employees, visitors, patients and com so progress to campus says. They are excited to share their campus for and “offering additional for both and Capital Health Systems are all major landowners taking positive land stewardship action.

In addition, conservation organizations Friends of Hopewell Valley Open Space, Watershed Institute, NJCF, and D&R Greenway, as well as the Township of Hopewell and County of Mercer all own significant amounts of Hopewell Valley lands and also promote native plantings and positive conservation practices.

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“I was getting my color photos devel oped and printed in a small photo studio near where I lived in Dijon, France. Over the years I became friend with the owner. One day I said to him that I wanted to get into photography. He said that if I wanted to do that, I needed to be in New York. So I went to New York City. I ended up here in the Hopewell Valley after I fell in love. I met my wife who was from here, while in New York, when we both worked for the same photographer.” In France, his family was supportive, but thought a more traditional educa tion was a better path. He learned a lot by teaching himself. “At home with my brother first, then with a group of four friends, we bought an enlarger and lenses and we printed in my large bathroom at home. It was great fun.”

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“I love to shoot families, street scenes, the sea, artists and landscapes. I get assignments for portraits. I love to shoot children with their families. They are so genuine and pure.”

When asked about other influences, Cortet mentions French photographers Jacques Henri Lartigue, Cartier Bresson, Robert Doisneau, Eugène Atget, Guy Bourdin, the Hungarian-French Brassai and American, Joel Meyerowitz.

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“I am not sure it was art of photography at first but I was seven years old when my godfa ther gifted me a small instamatic Kodak camera. It was a lot of fun at that age, and already I was looking forward for the small printed photos.” says Cortet. “I would photograph what was around me, my family, my father, my dog. I would take many photos of the same subject. My parents tried to throttle me, saying maybe only take one of the dog and other subjects.”“Myfather was a doctor, but he was also a terrific photographer and movie maker. A friend has gifted him a camera, a Zeiss 6x9. The camera was from 1936 and took beautiful photos.” He remembers his father being good at composing photos. “He also took good movies. He had the equipment to splice them together, the 8-mm film. He would film our vacations, life events such as communions and other family news. He would get together a 45-minute movie that my mother would set to music. We would set up the chairs and the whole family would watch these films.” Cortet looks back with nostalgia. “The movies would all be labeled, such as Sum mer 1961 and so on. He also made won derful photos albums of family news. It would have the whole years’ worth of cont. from Page 1 Princeton Battlefield Monument. (Photo by Benoit Cortet.) images, not just a specific event, it would be the family news of the entire year.”

Later training by working with various New York photographers, such as the famous Annie Leibowitz, Cortet was still influenced originally by his father and those photo albums and movie nights.

Growing up in a time when New York was the center of the art, advertising and magazine business, Cortet started in medical school, but did not go far.

Decreased property tax rate in 2022, while an expression, a smirk that may miss if you rush through.” As you look through Cor tet’s work, after he explains his method, these small looks, smiles and expressions can be seen and appreciated.Cortetworked for many pub lications locally and nationally. His work has been featured in Princeton Magazine, New Jersey Monthly, Smart Money, Parents and Family Life magazines, to name a Movingfew.to digital camera was a truly moving experience. Mov ing out of the dark room, with the enlargers and contact sheets was a traumatic experience for many of the photographers of the time.

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Cortet says. “I sometimes shoot 1 or 2 days a week. When I say shoot, I mean 2000 photos. Then I edit. First culling down to the best 100, then the best 10. I try to edit mostly with the camera and the natural light. I also like to remove light and use ‘negative light,’ where I will remove the natural light with black paper or another screen while“I’veshooting.”photographed many things for assignments. I have shot food, restaurants, famous people, copy work, table top shoots. I have shot everything.”

Cortet feels that the advent of the IPhone with camera and the following economic down turn of 2008 was an especially salient point for magazine photographers.Fromhiring outside photog raphers to using in house peo ple and stock photos, it was a particularly hard time for many photographers.“Itaughtmyself the computer, Photoshop, storage, the new cam eras and everything else I needed to know to evolve.”

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Cortet also speaks of work ing for a law firm that helped cli ents with injury cases. “I would shoot and film people who were severely injured. I filmed a day in the life of a quadriplegic for the court case. I mean photos and films are worth a thousand words. The person was in misery, helpless. The jury needed to see the hard life was that the person now had. They were not accus tomed to seeing people like this. It was extremely hard for me, but I knew it would help the person. I am a humanist, I respect people’s conditions. I am respectful of people.”When asked of a dream proj ect, Cortet wished that he was able to make a portrait of Presi dent Barack Obama. “I am a big fan. He had his flaws, but he moved the country forward. It is hard in this country for small businesses like mine. Obama’s affordable care act was huge for me and my family. The security this act provided was veryCortetrewarding.”lives in Pennington with his wife, designer Helen Crowther, and has three grown sons. Cortet gets most of his assignments by word of mouth now. I have a lot of repeat clients and friends of theirs. “I will still travel for 3 hours to shoot for an hour,” he says. Using his two favorite cameras, a Canon Mark IV and keeping a Leica MP on his shoulder for everyday use, Cortet is nostal gic for photo albums full of “little prints.”“Iget to do what I love. I am blessed.”Web:benoitcortet.com.

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“I was working three or four jobs to pay for school and trying to major in something I wasn’t in love with,” she says. She took a break from college and entered the workforce. Around that time, she met her husband, Alexander, and got married. They moved east, settling in Pennsylvania and having children.

“Not just teachers,” Treece says. “But in the larger community. Students don’t feel like they have as positive a relationship with adults as they had in the past.”She adds that the full report of the survey will be presented at an upcoming meeting.Every school year brings new state curriculum standards, and this year is no different. In recent years, financial literacy was one new focus for all school districts. The goal was to help students learn to become more self sufficient when it came to money matters.

When she decided it was time to go back to college, she figured that she would resume her science education. But Alexander urged her to rethink the decision.“Myhusband said, ‘Why are you doing that? The house is full of books, you love teaching. You should go to school to be a teacher.’ It’s funny when someone sees something in you that you don’t see in yourself.”

“We are really looking forward to having the students back in the classrooms, having parents back in the buildings for Back to School Night,” Treece says. “We are easing off a lot of the restrictions that had us at arms’ length for way too long. We are looking forward to reshaping those relationships.”

“They believed that once they deliv ered me to the schoolhouse door, they could trust my teachers to give me what I needed to get to college. I was fortunate enough to have a handful of teachers who held up their end of the bargain,” she said.Treece graduated from Rancho High in Las Vegas before enrolling at the University of Nevada Las Vegas, where she started out as a science major.

“We have been doing these things for some time now, but climate change is now mandated (by the state),” Treece says. “We’re always adding new information.”

The year 2021 was a challenging time to take the reins, to say the least. The Covid-19 pandemic was well into its second year. But Treece says that serving as director of curriculum with Smith helped prepare her for the role.

She says that a attitudes and behaviors survey conducted last year with 6th and 12th graders showed that students have concerns about their relationship with adults in the community.

As the 2022-23 school year starts, Covid-19 continues to pose problems for public health. Yet things appear to have improved to the point where in many respects, a person can feel like things are nearly back to normal.

“They may not have always been able to purchase the long list of school sup plies I brought home after the first day of school, or pay for that field trip or attend my Back to School Nights or plays or par ent conferences, or even give me rides home from after school activities. In spite of what my teachers thought, they truly cared about my education,” she said.

She said that though her parents were very young, they made sure their kids went to school everyday, had a roof over their heads, were fed and clothed, and that they understood the importance of an education, even though they them selves had not gone to college.

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TREECE continued from Page 1 TreeceOthersays.areas of increased focus include extending civics lessons and civic engagement down to the lower grades, and climate change-related education.

For the school district, this means fulltime in-person education for all for the first time since March 2020.

As At Timberlane she became the first person of color to serve as principal in a district school. When she took the superintendent’s role last July 1, she became both the first woman and the first person of color to lead the Hopewell Valley district.

* * Treece, a Bucks County resident, moved around a lot growing up because her father was in the Air Force, and had to move the family wherever he was assigned. She was born in Bartow, Florida, but spend her formative years in LasSheVegas.gave a speech in 2017 to all staff at the annual convocation meeting, after becoming director of curriculum. In that speech, she said she owes much of her success to the support of her parents.

A new curriculum focus for this year is social media literacy. The goal there is to help students gain critical skills in interpreting social media text and “really being critical consumers of media,”

10  Hopewell Express | September 2022 curriculum for the district. Before that, she was principal of Timberlane Middle School.Treece has broken several barriers as an administrator in Hopewell Valley.

“I was blessed in that I spent three years with the former suprintendent,” she says. “I was in those meetings with the health department, with the principals, with transportation, with food services, with the state. I feel like I was well positioned because I know the community.’

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Through September 11. The season continues as follows: “Thoroughly Modern Millie,” the story of a young woman from Kansas arriving in New York City in 1922 to rein vent herself. $25. September 16 through October 9. “A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder,” the story of a low-born man seeking an earldom by eliminating the seven relatives who stand before him in the line of succession. $25. October 16 through 30.

“Fragile: Earth,” featuring the work of the sixteen artists selected through The Color Network, also remains on view to showcase the works of artists representing a variety of social, cultural, geographical, and racial background and whose work serve as a catalyst for “trauma-informed art session, ESL/ Spanish workshops, urban gardening and professional development.”

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Morven Museum, 55 Stockton Street, Princeton. 609-924-8144. www. morven.org.Theregional and New Jersey cen tric exhibition venue continues with its current show “Ma Bell: The Mother of Invention in New Jersey.”

The theater company that is launching a new season in a new home in Borden town City gets started with “God of Car nage,” Yasmina Reza’s Tony and Olivier Award-winning comedy in which two sets of parents meet to discuss how to handle a playground altercation between their sons. Producing artistic director Peter Bisgaier directs. $28. October 7 to 23. Art Grounds For Sculpture, 126 Sculp tors Way, Hamilton. 609-586-0616. www. groundsforsculpture.org.Theinternationallyknown sculpture center is continuing two exhibitions this fall as well as prepping second install ment of a site-specific light installation.

* * * Music Mountain Theater, 1483 Route 179, Lambertville, $25.interviewslogues,”ule.ofwww.musicmountaintheatre.org.609-397-3337.TheLambertvillevenueisinthemidstitsyear-roundperformanceschedOnstagenowis“TheVaginaMonoEveEnsler’sworkbasedonwithmorethan200women.

$22. November 4 through 13. Kelsey’s final production before the holiday season is a holiday classic in itself. “It’s a Wonderful Life,” the story of a desperate businessman saved by an angel who shows him what life would be like without him, takes the stage just in time for Thanksgiving.

And the holidays come early with “A Christmas Story,” told through the eyes of 9-year-old Ralphie Parker who wants nothing more than a BB gun for Christ mas despite all adults’ warnings that “you’ll shoot your eye out.” $25. Novem ber 4 through 20. * * * Pegasus Theatre, St. Mary’s School, 45 Crosswicks Street, Bordentown, 609759-0045. www.pegasustheatrenj.org.

“Roberto Lugo: The Village Potter,” running through the remainder of 2022, offers visitors the opportunity to physi cally engage with – and even enter – the often-larger-than-life ceramic works by this contemporary master from Philadel phia whose ground changing works are part of the collections of the Philadelphia and Metropolitan museums of art.

Then look for “Night Forms: Infinite Wave.” It is the second installment of 2021’s site specific art and light event by Ricardo Rivera and the Klip Collective. Once again, the project — opening on November 25 — uses the GFS artwork and landscape as the canvas for new tem poral art designs created in digital light and sound.

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September 2022 | SIX095 original historical artifacts to the dis coveries, products, and fields of work that happened at the Bell Telephone labs in New Jersey from the 1920s to the mid-1980s.Coming up is former Lawrence Town ship Historian Dennis Waters’s guided walk through telecommunications his tory at Pole Farm, the historic site of Bell Telephone in Lawrence. * * * New Jersey State Museum. 205 West State Street, Trenton. 609-2926300.

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Thewww.statemuseum.nj.gov.currentNewJerseyArts Annual, titled “Reemergence” also continues through April, 2023. Coordinated with the New Jersey State Council on the Arts fellowship program, the exhibition fea tures 127 works by 95 New Jersey artists who coordinators say explore the ongo ing “pandemic, political, and ideological polarization, and a collective reckoning with systemic racism.” * * Trenton City Museum, Cadwalader Park, Trenton. 609-989-3632. www. ellarslie.org.The“Ellarslie Open,” the Trenton City Museum’s annual juried show, con tinues showing casing the works of 134 artists from New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and New York, through October 2. This year’s juror was Walter Wickiser of the Walter Wickiser Gallery in New York City. West Windsor Arts Council, 952 Alexander Road, West Windsor, west windsorarts.org.TrentonCommunity A-Team, the selftaught artists who began working at the Trenton Area Soup Kitchen, is mount ing of exhibition featuring the visionary art work of John Hayes, Carol Johnson, Deborah Kisela, Lisa Lewis, Ethel Mack, Frankie Mack, Herman “Shorty” Rose, Charles “Cha Cha” Smith, Demond Wil liams, and Emery Williams through October 29. Opening, September 11, 4 to 6 p.m. Free. Classical Music Princeton University Concerts, Richardson Auditorium, Princeton Uni versity, 609-258-2800. concerts.princ eton.edu.Princeton University Concerts’ 2022’23 season includes a full slate of classi cal concerts in addition to other musicrelated events. It starts with a conversation at the nexus of medicine and music with “Heal ing with Music: Clemency Burton-Hill.”

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Violinist Anne Akiko Meyers is the fea tured soloist, and artistic director Ros sen Milanov conducts. $30 to $112. Sat urday, September 10, 8 p.m., and Sunday, September 11, 4 p.m. For the second concert of the season, exploding gestures and fleeting melo dies are found in contemporary com poser Jessie Montgomery’s “Starburst,” and Elina Vähälä makes her PSO debut performing Benjamin Britten’s Violin Concerto. Elgar’s “Enigma Variations” completes the program. Milanov con ducts. $30 to $112. Saturday, October 15, 8 p.m., and Sunday, October 16, 4 p.m. Princeton Pro Musica, Richardson Auditorium, Princeton University. www. princetonpromusica.org.Initsannouncementof its 43rd season, Princeton Pro Musica notes that Artistic Director Ryan James Brandau has pro grammed a season of deeply-cherished pieces that long ago fueled his passion for choral-orchestral music, along with newer additions to his repertoire that have kept that fire burning. That season starts this fall with Johannes Brahms’ “Ein Deutsches Requiem.” Ticket price TBA. Sunday, October 23, 4 p.m. McCarter Theater, 91 University Place, Princeton. 609-258-2787. www. mccarter.org.Theclassical offering among McCart er’s fall music programming is the Inter nationale Bachakademie of Stuttgart performing Bach’s Johannes Passion. $40 to $60. Wednesday, November 16, 7:30 p.m. Dance “Kaleidoscope,” American Reper tory Ballet’s season opener, includes a range of choreography styles, musical genres, and even a piece inspired by Sal vador Dali. New Brunswick Performing Arts Center, www.nbpac.org. $25 to $45. September 23 to 25. * Indigenous Enterprise’s production of “Indigenous Liberation” celebrates pow wow dancing and traditions across tribes and runs for one night only at , www. Friday, October Catholic Radio

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The musician, broadcaster, and writer is the host of a new series featuring peo ple for whom music has impacted their encounters with illness. Burton-Hill, who survived a massive brain aneurysm in early 2020, is the special guest in the first installment of the series. $20. Thurs day, September 29, 7:30 p.m. The concerts begin with a perfor mance featuring superstar Dutch vio linist Janine Jansen and Queen Elisa beth Competition laureate pianist Denis Kozhukhin. They perform violin sonatas from Schubert, Brahms, and Beethoven. $30 to $50. Thursday, October 13, 7:30 p.m.Prior to the concert, Princeton Gar den Theater offers a screening of “Fall ing for Stradivari,” a new documentary following Jansen’s journey with Sir Anto nio Pappano as they record an album on twelve of the world’s greatest Stradivari violins in just 10 days. $14. Tuesday, October 11, 7:30 p.m. Next up is the first concert in the “Per formances Up Close” series, in which the audience sits on stage. The concert features groundbreaking 24-year-old classical saxophonist Jess Gillam along with Thomas Weaver on piano. The hour-long concert includes works by Poulenc, Telemann, Piazzolla, and oth ers. $40. Wednesday, October 26, 6 and 9 p.m.Old favorites return to Richardson next, with the former ensemble-in-res idence Brentano String Quartet offer ing a program of Dvorak, Charles Ives, Princeton’s own Steven Mackey, and more. $30 to $50. Thursday, November 3, 7:30 p.m. A cello performance by Joshua Roman, making his Princeton University Concerts debut, is the second install ment of Clemency Burton-Hill’s series on healing with music. Her conversa tion with the cellist focuses on music’s role in recovery from long COVID. $40. Wednesday, November 9, 7:30 p.m. The current ensemble-in-residence, the Richardson Chamber Players, per forms mixed chamber works in a pro gram titled “Bohemian Cafe” including pieces by Gabriel Fauré, Louise Farrenc, and others. $20. Sunday, November 13, 3 p.m.Icelandic pianist Víkingur Ólafsson makes his Princeton debut with a pro gram that juxtaposes works by Mozart with ones by the composer’s contempo raries, including Haydn and Carl Philip Emanuel Bach. $30 to $50. Sunday, November 20, 3 p.m.

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Princeton Symphony Orchestra, Richardson Auditorium, Princeton Uni versity, 609-497-0020. www.princeton symphony.org.Theorchestra has two concerts on its pre-holiday schedule. The season-opening program is head lined by “Fandango,” the 2021 work by Mexican composer Arturo Márquez. Also on the program is the U.S. pre miere of Marcos Fernández’ homage to Leonard Bernstein, “America,” as well as works by Joaquín Turina, Ruperto Chapí, and Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov.

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Is your business importing products internationally and paying substantial duty fees? If so, you may be able to benefit from becoming a member of the Mercer County Foreign Trade Zone (FTZ). The Mercer FTZ allows companies located within Mercer County to elimination on products that they purchase overseas.

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8  SIX09 | September 2022 Back to School Family Owned & Operated, Premier Indoor Turf Soccer Facility, Air Conditioned, and No Cancellations Bob Smith Soccer Academy Bob Smith Soccer Academy Robbinsville Fieldhouse. 609-468-7208. www.bobsmithsoccer.net. info@bobsmithsoccer.com See ad, page 12 P: 609.424.3192 • W: www.cnjballet.com 221 Broad St, Florence, NJ 08518 TO ENROLL TODAY FOR FALL! Ages 3 and up Beginning thru advanced! Boys and Girls! Ballet, pointe, jazz, tap, hip hop, contemporary and acting! THE CENTRAL NJ Ballet Theatre The Central NJ Ballet Theatre presents The Nutcracker 2017! traditional holiday ballet for all ages! Villa Victoria Academy Theater, Ewing, NJ December 10th @ 2pm Carslake Community Center, Bordentown, NJ Sponsored by Bordentown Home for Funerals TO ENROLL TODAY FOR FALL! Ages 3 and up Beginning thru advanced! Boys and Girls! Ballet, pointe, jazz, tap, hip hop, contemporary and acting! THE CENTRAL NJ Ballet Theatre P: 609.424.3192 • W: www.cnjballet.com The Central NJ Ballet Theatre presents The Nutcracker 2017! A traditional holiday ballet for all ages! December 8th @ 7pm Villa Victoria Academy Theater, Ewing, NJ Tickets $20 adults, $15 kids Carslake Community Center, Bordentown, NJ Sponsored by Bordentown Home for Funerals Group tickets available though Central NJ Now E N rolli N g for fall Class E s! Ballet, Jazz, Tap, Pointe, Hip Hop & Contemporary All Ages! All Levels! Call For Audition Info & Details Coming this December Lessons that provide a unique opportunity for musical growth are available to students of all ages and stages of advancement. For more information, visit: » Virtual and in-person private instruction » Summer music camps » Summer private lessons » Honors music program WestminsterConservatoryof Music RIDER.EDU/CONSERVATORY

Enroll now for the 2022-2023 school year Classes for 3 year olds and 4 year olds (Flexible Schedules) Competitive tuition rates - secure environment indoor gym - outdoor playground - qualiﬁed educators St. George Preschool Excellence in Early Education St. George Greek Orthodox Church 1200 Klockner Road, Hamilton, NJ 08619 www.stgeorgepreschool.org Call for more DirectorAngela(609)586-ABCDinformation:(2223)Gering

This season CNJBT will be offering classes from ages 2 /12 an up. Classes in ballet, jazz, tap, hip hop, contemporary and a musical theatre program! This year’s ballets will be the popular and traditional Nutcracker ballet in December and the comedic ballet, Coppelia in June. All students, regardless if they study ballet, are welcome to be a part of the shows. Siblings, too. CNJBT also plans on providing two fun Musical Theater shows in the fall and the spring sessions. “We try to offer something for everyone here at CNJBT! I love meeting and training young artist from all walks of life!” Cardenas says. For more information and to register please call the CNJBT at 609-424-3192 or thru the website cnjballet.com. See ad, page 8

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Create a premier space where dancers, performers and dreamers can soar even further. The Central New Jersey Ballet Theatre has done just that and is proud to continue to offer classes and programs at 221 Broad Street, Florence, NJ. Owner and Artistic Director Alisha Cardenas expresses the excitement that the space has created! “The 4,500 square foot space, in Florence, allows us to expand, social distance and improve our programs and still be local to our core community of Chesterfield, Hamilton, Hamilton Square, Trenton, Princeton, Bordentown, Yardville, and Columbus. We are in the heart of town and now have room for two full studios that can be opened into a state-of-the-art performance space. There will be something offered for everyone! Our new facility is dedicated to my late mother who was my inspiration, naming it the Christine Cardenas Center for Performing Arts Education. She encouraged so many artists, dancers and dreamers,” says Cardenas.“Weare particularly proud to have one of the area’s only professional quality sprung dance floors. For the summer intensive we bring in professional dancers from major companies that are based out of NYC and Philadelphia!”

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Common Myth #1: Childhood Teeth Will Straighten Out Over Time One such myth that leads to more complex orthodontic care down the line is that your child’s teeth will straighten out over time. Unfortunately, that is not the case. If their teeth start coming in crooked or off-center, they won’t naturally straighten themselves with time. The space for their teeth to come in doesn’t grow as they mature. If you leave these issues unattended, it could lead to more significant problems.

Ewing CYO Pre-School Announces Openings for September! 609-883-1560 or visit www.cyomercer.org • For children ages 2 ½ through 4 years of age • Newly renovated building with mint condition classrooms • Convenient Hours, 8:00am - 5:00pm • Free Breakfast, Lunch, Snacks • Child Care Connection and Mercer County vouchers accepted • Private subsidies available on a limited basis • Large playground, Beautiful suburban setting Located in the Ewing Township Hollowbrook Community Center at 320 Hollowbrook Drive

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Common Myth #2: Orthodontic Treatments Are Purely Cosmetic While most people associate orthodontic treatments with getting braces as a teenager, that procedure does much more than merely straighten teeth to help you look better. Getting your jaw and teeth back into proper alignment has a cascading effect on your oral health. It helps improve your biting, chewing, and even speaking ability.

Growing up makes for a constantly evolving experience for children. Every year they change and grow into the person they are destined to become, and that extends to their oral health. From the first baby tooth to their adult teeth coming in later in their lives, managing your child’s dental health presents unique challenges for parents. With those challenges come a few myths involving childhood tooth development that can impact how you treat your child’s dental health.

Many parents believes there is a specific age at which it’s appropriate to bring their children in for orthodontic care. The perceived minimum age for a child to receive orthodontic care is around 12-13 or right when they reach high school. However, getting your child such care earlier can help avoid getting braces and fixing issues before they worsen. In reality, the American Association of Orthodontists recommends that your children should get an orthodontic checkup no later than age seven. Once they hit that age, their mouth will have a nice balance between their baby and permanent teeth. This window of time allows for an accurate orthodontic evaluation to determine where preventative care is enough or if additional action is required.

Combating Childhood Oral Health Myths. When you start looking for a pediatric dentist in Hamilton, you want to find one that knows how intensive taking care of your child’s teeth should be. Taking a proactive approach to their dental health can help them avoid more involved procedures down the road — one of the most common myths that lead to your child’s teeth suffering in the long run.

Where Do Orthodontic Issues Come From? In most cases, a child’s orthodontic problems stem from their

September 2022 | SIX0911 genetics — these issues are inherited from their parents. Additionally, some problems can develop over time based on poor oral hygiene habits they learned from a young age. Some of these acquired oral health issues include: • Sucking Their Thumbs • Mouth Breathing • Abnormal Swallowing Patterns • Poor Dental Hygiene • Irregular Loss of Baby Teeth • Poor Nutritional Habits However, parents have reason to hope for viable remedies and solutions to most of these issues. You can remedy these acquired problems with the help of successful orthodontic care provided by an experienced pediatric dentist.

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Our hours of operation are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday. We serve breakfast, lucnh, and an afternoon snack to all children free of charge each and every day. For more information on our pre-school program or to find out how to register your child, please call us at 609-883-1560 or email dkirschenbaum@ cyomercer.org. page 10 School

of American Repertory Ballet Extensive Performance Opportunities Outstanding Faculty Live Music call 609.921.7758Frompreschoolthroughprofessionalandeverylevelalongtheway and visit arballet.org Balle Locations: Princeton / New Brunswick / Cranbury PevelClaraDancer:CompanySchraderHaraldphoto:ARB|NYCPatino,Eduardophoto:PBS Aydmara Cabrera School Director FORENROLLFALL TODAY

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Finding a Child Orthodontic You Can Trust. Trusting your child’s teeth and their beautiful smile to a pediatric dentistry practice is something that every parent must come to grips with. Figuring out which childhood orthodontic makes the most sense for your child and their future dental visits becomes critically important. For parents and their children in Hamilton, Hamilton Dental Associates provides them with the experienced pediatric dentists they need to prioritize their oral health as they mature. pediatric dentistry

Ewing CYO Pre-School at Hollowbrook A fixture in the community Ewing CYO Pre-School located at the Hollowbrook Community Center, 320 Hollowbrook Drive, in Ewing Township, has been a fixture in the community since March 2008. We are a full-day, early childhood education and childcare program that has achieved a 3-Star Rating from Grow NJ Kids, New Jersey’s Quality Improvement Rating System. Our center offers full-time childcare and early childhood education on a year-round basis. Our primary goal is to provide an affordable childcare option to parents who either work full-time or are full-time students. We accept all childcare subsidy vouchers with Child Care Connection and offer scholarships on a limited basis to assist parents with their childcare expenses. In addition to these, we accept vouchers from BCAP, Burlington County’s childcare resource and referral agency and are also registered providers with the Early Learning Resource Center in Bucks County, PA, which enables us to provide subsidized childcare to families who live in Bucks County. Through collaborations with The College of New Jersey, the NJ League of Storytellers, Camp Fire NJ, and other community outreach efforts, we offer our children a variety of enrichment activities to enhance their educational experiences at our center. We also work with the Federal Foster Grandparents Program and Pathstone to provide inter-generational contact between our children and seniors in the community. Our program is part of Catholic Youth Organization of Mercer County, a public benefit community organiation whose mission is to enhance the lives of greater Mercer County youth and their families by providing affordable, quality educational and recreational services.

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Presenting ‘Kaleidoscope’ September 23-25 at the New Brunswick Performing Arts Center American Repertory Ballet (ARB) launches its 2022-2023 season with Kaleidoscope for four performances at the New Brunswick Performing Arts Center, September 23-25. An innovative program featuring never-before-seen work, Kaleidoscope includes a unique collaboration between choreographer Da’ Von Doane, formerly of Dance Theatre of Harlem, and New Jersey-based visual artist Grace Lynne Haynes, whose creations have graced the cover of The New Yorker magazine. A recent graduate of the Rutgers Art & Design MFA program, Haynes will be designing scenic elements and costumes for Doane’s new ballet, a partnership amplifying both artists’ creative talents. About the piece, Doane says, “This work excavates the interplay between states of mind and processing the nature of change.”

At St. George Preschool, we believe that each child has an innate drive for exploring, discovering, communicating, and learning. Our purpose is to provide a safe, warm, and nurturing environment for children to develop this innate drive to the fullest, and become life-long learners. Our goal is to help each child develop his/her individual interests, creativity and potential at their own pace by providing a wide variety of fun and age-appropriate activities and materials. In addition to the developmental goals in the areas of math, language, science, cognitive skills, motor skills, etc., stipulated by the state, the school aims to promote learning skills for life. At the same time, we aim to enhance the child’s social, moral, cultural and spiritual growth through group interactions, uplifting stories, cultural events and gentle guidance. Since “a healthy mind is in a healthy body” as the Ancient Greeks said, we provide a huge indoors gym and a beautiful play ground with regular physical activities. We offer high quality academic English programs for Preschool (3 years and potty trained) and Pre-K (must be 4 years old by October 1 of school year). Early morning care, after care, and enrichment programs are also available. We are part of the Saint George Greek Orthodox Church and state licensed by the New Jersey Division of Youth and Family Services. Our experienced staff has a passion building a foundation for a life-long love of learning. We are truly a family and we treat your children as such. For more information regarding our program, please visit our website. Saint George Preschool, 1200 Klockner Road, Hamilton. 609-5862223. Contact director Angela Gering at director@stgeorgepreschool.org.

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can expect a multifaceted and engaging experience during ARB’s Kaleidoscope performances at the New Brunswick Performing Arts Center for one weekend only: September 23-25. For tickets and more information, please visit arballet.org. Season tickets are now available! Buy tickets to all three American Repertory Ballet performances at New Brunswick Performing Arts Center (Kaleidoscope, Giselle, and PREMIERE3) and receive 30 percent off. This offer only applies when purchasing all three performances in the same transaction. Subscribers also receive additional discounts and benefits. For season tickets, visit arballet.org/seasontickets.

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About American Repertory Ballet. Led by Artistic Director Ethan Stiefel, American Repertory Ballet (ARB) is New Jersey’s preeminent ballet company, presenting classical repertory alongside new and existing contemporary work. ARB is a founding resident company of the New Brunswick Performing Arts Center while also performing in major venues across New Jersey and beyond. Founded in 1954 as the Princeton Ballet Society, ARB has been designated a “Major Arts Institution” by the New Jersey State Council on the Arts consistently for the past two decades and has repeatedly been awarded a Citation of Excellence by the Council. The company has been recognized by the National Endowment for the Arts and other major foundations and leaders in the field as a prominent force in the field of dance. Princeton Ballet School, ARB’s official school, attracts talent from around the world while providing opportunities for local students of all ages, such as through its award-winning DANCE POWER program. www.arballet.org.

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September 2022 | SIX0913 learn about a different art practice, and mend together two distinct voices. I have grown so much as a visual artist through this project. I’ve been able to see how visual art can intertwine with dance and take on a new form,” explains Haynes. “Working with ARB has allowed me to push my perception of how painting can function and enhance the space it inhabits”Alsocommissioned for the program will be a new work by ARB’s Ryoko Tanaka and pianist-composer Ian Howells, inspired by Salvador Dali’s painting titled Swans Reflecting Elephants. Tanaka, a beloved ARB Company dancer, made her choreographic debut with ARB last season, and Howells is a graduate of the John J. Cali School of Music at Montclair State University and Mercer County Community College, where he received degrees in Jazz Studies. He also accompanies classes at Princeton Ballet School, as well as Princeton, Rutgers and Rider University.“WhenI saw the Dali painting for the first time, it was fascinating to see how two completely different animals were reflecting each other in perfect symmetry. I found it incredibly unique and mysterious,” says Tanaka. “It inspired me to create a piece about two different types of reflections: selfreflection and literal reflection.” The program also features Claire Davison’s enchanting “Bewitched” set to Ella Fitzgerald’s iconic vocals. A dancer with American Ballet Theatre, Davison’s piece premiered at the Boulder Arts Outdoors Festival in 2021 and ARB performed the piece earlier this year as part of its Mask-erade Gala. Rounding out the performance will be a dazzling classical pas de deux, choreographed by Artistic Director Ethan Stiefel, set to music by Léo Delibes and showcasing the balletic bravura of ARB’sAudiencesartists.

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Princeton Ballet School nurtures dancers of all levels, from beginner to advanced, preschool to adult, providing students the opportunity to develop their technique and artistry in a rewarding environment. With a strong focus on classical ballet, PBS also offers elective courses for upper level students such as contemporary, jazz, character, partnering, and flamenco. PBS has a “Hand in Hand” dance class for young children and their caregivers, and children can also take “Tap, Math & Music” to incorporate elements of tap dance, mathematics, and musical rhythms. Live music accompanies each class, enabling students to better understand the relationship between music and dance while helping them develop a sense of musicality. Children as young as age 3 learn the fundamentals of dance, develop spatial awareness, and have an outlet for creative expression.

Princeton Ballet School has more than 20 specialized faculty members, many of whom have attained graduate degrees in dance education and have won major teaching awards. These instructors have danced professionally with companies such as American Ballet Theatre, New York City Ballet, English National Ballet, Cuban National Ballet, and American Repertory Ballet, among others, and are committed to sharing their expertise with PBS students in a nurturing and supportive environment.

“My daughter is new to PBS and she absolutely loves her teachers and has formed friendships that make her feel like she is a part of the team.”

Now Accepting Students for 2022-23 Princeton Ballet School (PBS), the official school of American Repertory Ballet, is now accepting students for the 2022/23 school year. PBS has three convenient studio locations in Cranbury, New Brunswick, and Princeton, New Jersey.

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Founded in 1954 by Audrée Estey, Princeton Ballet School is one of the finest non-profit dance schools in the nation with live music for classes, renowned faculty, state-of-the-art facilities, and extensive performance opportunities.

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The Princeton studios are centrally located in Princeton Shopping Center with four studios and a dance library. All locations are wheelchair accessible.AtPrinceton Ballet School, students may have extensive performance opportunities, such as the opportunity to participate in The Nutcracker with American Repertory Ballet in major theaters across New Jersey. This professional production has been a beloved holiday tradition for decades, featuring an orchestra and choir at select venues. Students also may participate in Princeton Ballet School’s Spring Performance at the majestic Patriots Theater at Trenton’s War Memorial each year, in addition to several in-studio showings and community events.

— PBS parent Not sure which program or level is the best match? Take a free trial class! Call 609-921-7758 or email princetonballetschool@arballet.org with any questions. You can also visit arballet.org for more information.

The School’s multiple locations allow for convenient access to a range of classes. At the New Brunswick Performing Arts Center (NBPAC), students train in the same studios used by professional dancers of American Repertory Ballet. The Cranbury studios are conveniently located on historic Main Street in Cranbury and is easily accessible from Mercer and Monmouth Counties.

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September 2022 | SIX0915 Dance Studio (609) 890-0086 • 528 Route 33 Hamilton, NJ MusicalJazzTapwww.talkofthetowndancestudio.com08619•BalleT•ModeRNlyRicalTHeaTRepoiNTe•Hip-HopcoNTeMpoRaRy ALK OF THE TOWNTALK OF THE TOWNT 54 hamiltonseducatingyearsyouth Fall registration! opeN House oN saTuRday, sepTeMBeR 17 fRoM 1:00 To 3:00pM 609-890-0086 Free registration with this ad. new students only. REGISTER NOW FOR THE 2022-2023 SCHOOL YEAR & SUMMER CAMP 2022 609-890-9164 I www.littlefriendsschool.com 221 Edinburg Road, Mercerville, NJ 08619 I Like us on FF SERVING CHILDREN FOR OVER 35 YEARS Little Friends School • Certified Staﬀ • 18 Months to 5 Years •School Hours: 7am - 6pm (COVID-19 hours: 7am - 5:30pm) • Strong Emphasis on Literacy & Mathematical Reasoning • Integrated Experiences in Science & Social Studies • Music & Art • Yoga • Soccer Program • Summer Camp: 18 months to 11 years • Holiday Care Available • We accept Childcare Connection * Kindergarten Cut Oﬀ Date: 12/31 TODDLER, PRESCHOOL, KINDERGARTEN* & SUMMER CAMP FOR 2022 RWJUH Hamilton: What HPVShouldEveryoneKnowAbout Vaccination Works Best Before Young People Become Sexually Active With so much attention focused on vital COVID-19 vaccines, other important inoculations are sometimes overlooked, says Meera Yogarajah, MD, Medical Oncologist at the Cancer Center at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital (RWJUH) Hamilton, an RWJBarnabas Health facility, in partnership with Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey –the state’s only providingComprehensiveNCI-designatedCancerCenter,closetohomeaccess to the latest treatment and clinical trials. One concerning example is the vaccine that protects against human papillomavirus (HPV), a sexually transmitted infection that tens of millions of Americans have contracted, often during their teens and early 20s. HPV can lie dormant in the body for decades and has been linked to cancer— especially cervical cancer, for which HPV is thought to cause as many as 91 percent of U.S. cases.“HPV is a very common sexually transmitted infection that has become more prevalent in the last decade or two,” Dr. Yogarajah says. “Some HPV strains are higher-risk than others, but the high-risk types cause about 5 percent of all worldwide cancers, most commonly cervical cancer, and are infecting younger and younger patients.”TheHPV vaccine, Gardasil 9, protects against nine high-risk strains. Dr. Musunuru explains more about protection and why it’s so important. How does the HPV vaccine protect? The nine strains it covers are known to cause several forms of cancer. Two strains in particular, HPV 16 and 18, cause cervical cancer as well as anal, vulvar and penile cancer. The vaccine exposes the body to an antigen—an inactive component of the virus—and prompts the body to build antibodies that strengthen immunity to it. Then if you’re exposed to actual HPV, your body is better able to fight it, forestall infection and ultimately prevent cancer. What is the HPV vaccine’s track record? It was introduced in the U.S. in 2006, and in the 16 years since,

significant evidence has shown that it’s safe, effective and long-lasting. It has significantly reduced cervical cancer and other forms of cancer in both men and women. Who should get the HPV vaccine? Recommendations at first included only females but have expanded to anyone in appropriate age ranges regardless of gender. The vaccine should be given to preteen’s ages 11 to 12, can be started as early as 9 and is recommended through age 26. The ideal is to get doses into patients’ systems before they become sexually active. It’s also available for people ages 27 to 45 if their doctors think it would be beneficial. Should anyone be hesitant? You should avoid the HPV vaccine if you have an allergy to any of its components or had an adverse reaction to a previous dose. The best advice is to speak with your primary care provider and/or a gynecologist or pediatrician to know if you or your child is a candidate. In general, the vaccine is safe and most people can getToit.

learn more about Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Hamilton, visit rwjbh.org/Hamilton or call 609586-7900.Call609-631-6960 to reach the Cancer Center at RWJ University Hospital Hamilton, 2575 Klockner Road, Hamilton, NJ 08690. RWJBarnabas Health and Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Hamilton, in partnership with Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey-the state’s only mostprovideComprehensiveNCI-DesignatedCancerCenter—close-to-homeaccesstotheadvancedtreatmentoptions.

When thinking about back-toschool season, most people naturally think of academics. However, it’s just as important to focus on social and emotionalChildrenskills.ofall ages are still learning to manage their emotions and get along with others. As they learn these skills, behaviors that make academic learning more challenging for everyone else in the classroom may be seen. “Social and emotional skills are crucial to a child’s academic success, but they aren’t inherent,” said Carter Peters from KinderCare’s inclusion services team. “Teachers tell us again and again that starting the school year with a grasp on social emotional learning is just as important as knowing academic concepts. Children who are struggling to manage their emotions and transition into the classroom may not be able to focus on Consideracademics.”these three skills families can teach their children before school starts to help build friendships.

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Turn Transitions into Games Making a game out of stressful transitions can help both you and your child reframe your mindsets and reduce stress. Asking your child “Can you hop like a bunny while you get your school things together?” or playing a listening game like “Simon Says” can help your child develop executive function skills such as impulse control. You could also give him or her choices. For example, tell your child “You can put your shoes on yourself or I can help you,” which lets him or her feel a sense of autonomy and control when choosing the desired solution. Take Turns One thing younger children often struggle with is the concept of sharing. Adults can forget that to a young child sharing implies giving something up, Peters said. If your child struggles to share, try introducing the concept of taking turns: “It’s Mariah’s turn for the slide. When she’s done then you can go,” for example. Help your child practice how to have conversations with playmates about taking turns. Play a ‘What if’ Game Help school-age children build a growth mindset by problem-solving responses to common friendship issues. Ask your child “What would you do if…?” and help him or her practice responses. Thinking of responses ahead of time gives your child a rehearsed playbook to choose from in the moment. The more he or she practices these responses, the less you will see unwanted behaviors such as yelling or hitting. By giving children the autonomy to choose their own responses, you demonstrate your trust in them, which can give children a powerful sense of their own abilities to act maturely. Find more tips to build children’s social and emotional skills at kindercare.com. For information about 4 beautiful, newly updated KinderCare centers in your area, visit our website or call 888-5252780. Whether you live in the area or commute to a job nearby, KinderCare has you covered with safe, affordable, convenient day care solutions to suit whatever makes your family unique. See ad, page 17.

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Going into Season 18 of excellence, the staff at Dance It Up with Music have some pretty hefty certifications under their belts to only bring their students the best! From Youth Protection Advocates in Dance Certified, First Aid Certified, CPR certified, Ballet Method Certified, and Tumble Effect certified among many others, the team always steps out with enthusiasm and knowledge. Constant growth, training, and commitment keep the team in tiptop form for all the growing dancers!

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She points to the district’s partnership with local provider Comprehensive Men tal Health Care, as well as AIR, or Atti tudes in Reverse, which brings therapy dogs to the school. Since Covid, the district has had a coun selor who focuses on students who are considered high risk. And HoVal already has a threat assessment team, something that a recent law signed by Gov. Phil Mur phy makes mandatory for all districts. Anti-bullying measures continue to be in place, and Treece feels good about the progress being made there, although she acknowledges that a lot of bullying takes place on social media and in text mes sages. “What happens on line is perva sive and hard to get to the bottom of,” she admits.Shesays the district is also commit ted to supporting the mental health of students who may be affected by per sonal losses, from Covid or other causes. Treece, who lost a son to suicide, knows all too well what it is like to be beset by grief.“It’s something that affects everyone these days. It’s really important that we provide that level of support,” she says. “It hasn’t been Covid necessarily. A lot of students are dealing with loss. So the community should stay tuned for that,” she says.

“The nature of marijuana, its use or being under the influence while in school, that’s not changed,” she says. “But this is an opportunity to really look at our poli cies and take steps to make sure it’s not as punitive as it is, but also make sure our policy is educational enough.”

As a teacher she began her career in the Trenton school district, teaching English at the high school for five years before transitioning to a position as a literacy coach for Trenton secondary schools.Shespent some time as a vice principal in the Northern Burlington school dis trict before taking the vice principal role at Timberlane, to be closer to home, she says. From there, she rose to the position of director of curriculum, then assistant superintendent, and last year, the school board tapped her to lead the district. One challenge that HoVal — and all New Jersey school districts — face these days is staffing. Treece says the teacher pool is shrinking, and many districts are fighting over the same few candidates to fill all their open positions.

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She says the district works closely with the township and boroughs and have a task force of educators and stakeholders in the community to work on educating the community and the students on what happens when you use marijuana.

So instead of majoring in science, she started fresh at Bucks County College as an education major. Later, she trans ferred to The College of New Jersey to complete her bachelor’s degree in edu cation, She completed a master’s degree from Grand Canyon University in 2007 and her doctorate in educational leader ship and administration from Rowan Uni versity in 2015.

Dr. Rosetta Treece is in her second year as the superintendent of Hopewell Valley schools.

“The background noise of the politics the attacks that people are under, it’s just been a very rough time,” she says. “This should be fun. Teaching is a hard job, but it isTreecerewarding.”anticipates that school districts will want to revisit their drug-use policies as communities adapt to the recent legal ization of marjiuana.

“We’ve always educated our students on that, but now we really need to make sure to unite our forces on that,” she says. “What avenues do we need to look at — enforcement, education, school policy and the mental impact. Those things are all things that we’re focused on.” She says the district remains commit ted to focusing on student’s mental health and well being. “The superintendents of Mercer County did a call to action five yeras ago, and we’ve all been ramping up our mental health support,” Treece says.

“It is not the case in education any more that you can always find someone,” she says. “TCNJ churns out a lot of great teacher candidates, Rider, Rutgers, but still we are all struggling. We really have to work on what has changed.” She believes that fewer and fewer peo ple are interested in helping to “educate those world changers of the future.”

Ahead of her first day, the Lawrence resi dent says that she had conversations with many people who were entirely unaware of the Trenton campus’ existence, then assum ing that it must have been a recent addition to MCCC.Theschool originally began on Tren ton’s North Broad Street, later merging and acquiring its current name, as well as open ing the West Windsor location, around the 1960s to ’70s.

As she steps into a starring role as Mer cer County Community College’s seventh president, she says she wants to figure out productive solutions for both the audience and the people behind the curtain.

To continue this, Preston says she wishes to get acquainted with the diversity, equity and inclusion plans on campus, noting there is “awareness around what we can do to make sure we’re a safe and friendly and socially just college.” One of the elements she wants to maintain is having a “strategic coordination” of these resources.

“I truly believe that the JKC campus can and should be a really important part of the revitalization of that whole area of Trenton,” she says. “I’ve seen it happen with other types of businesses. I don’t see why it can’t happen with a college. In fact, I think we’re probably uniquely positioned to really bring about positive change working with other constituents in that community.”

New president takes the reins at MCCC

Another issue could be the act of “putting holds on student records for parking tick ets,” because as the president asks rhetori cally, “do I really want to not let the student come to college because they can’t afford their parking ticket?”

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Many libraries are retiring fines, Pres ton says. “They find that they don’t actually change the rate of book return — with or without the fine — and they just discourage people who can’t afford their fines from com ing back to the library.”

MCCC, which has campuses in West Windsor and Trenton, announced in April that Preston would be succeeding the nearly seven-year term of previous president, Dr. Jianping Wang. After starting on July 1, Preston sat down with the Hopewell Express to talk about her background and goals. Prior to accepting the MCCC position, Preston was the provost and vice president of academic affairs at Raritan Valley Commu nity College in Branchburg. She also acted as the chief academic officer throughout the Covid-19Accordingpandemic.toMCCC, Preston was instru mental in the Access2Success project at RVCC, which “addressed the equity gap for students of color, first-generation students and low-income students” as part of her commitment to the principles of diversity, equity and inclusion. She says she hopes to expand those same practices at MCCC, bringing to the position what she has learned from developing, man aging and overseeing a range of initiatives in community colleges. Preston grew up in Georgia, spend ing most of her life in the south until she attended college and worked in other states. After being employed for 11 years at Mont gomery College in Rockville, Maryland, she came to New Jersey for RVCC.

“A member shared what is called a ‘policy audit’ where you go through your policy manual, and for every single policy, you ask yourself, ‘Does this policy hurt anyone, and why is it there? Could it be friendlier?’” she explains, giving library fines as an example.

“The other piece that I’m really passion ate about in terms of DEI work is that for years, we left all the DEI and social justice work up to Student Affairs, so if students weren’t doing well, [they would say] ‘well, let’s get them a mentor, let’s give them better orientation.’”

“The first thing I’m going to look at is, ‘what is everything that’s going on, and is everybody really moving in the same direc tion,’ because that’s the only way you get real change,” Preston says. Last year, Preston was appointed to the American Association of Community Col lege’s Commission on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, which has provided her with ideas on how to serve students accordingly.

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“Like any institution, there’s so many things we do because we’ve always done them, and nobody’s really stopped to say, ‘but do we have to?’ That’s what I think is important about a policy audit,” she adds.

It was while teaching a writing class for college students who were almost the same age as she was that the 21-year-old Deborah Preston discovered not just her calling, but also plenty of use for her theater degree. Although she had changed her career path from acting to academia, the valuable stage skills she learned helped to shape her perspective in numerous leadership posi tions. Throughout more than 30 years of experience and service, Preston has studied the psychology of others’ motivations and frustrations as if preparing for a character.

Preston took on a similar task of review ing and updating academic practices as the co-chair of Montgomery College’s steering committee, which developed the school’s first Academic Master Plan.

“We’ve got to build relationships and talk to the community about what they need,” she says. “There’s a long, sad history of white liberals deciding what other groups need or should want, without really listen ing to what they need or want. As a higher ed institution, I don’t want us to fall into the trap of always thinking we know best.

Even if you think you can’t afford to come to Mercer, we can help you afford to come to Mercer,” she says, with flexible options for each student’s journey.

As the end of summer means a return to school, Preston is happy to greet students when the fall semester officially begins on Sept. 6. Inspired by the enthusiasm of local officials, leaders, and other representatives who have given her a warm welcome, she reciprocates their feelings about embark ing on MCCC’s promising new chapter together.Preston adds that there are already plans in motion to “harness” the positive energy of these interactions, and what she looks forward to the most is becoming part of the community. But with so many people keen to celebrate the opportunity for collabora tion, Preston is not alone in having “a lot of optimism” for what’s to come.

“People think they can’t afford college, and that just breaks my heart, because you can absolutely afford to come to Mercer.

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Those can range from New Jersey’s Com munity College Opportunity Grant’ for resi dents with an adjusted gross income under $80,000 to the MCCC Foundation’s scholar ship programs — tuition plus, urban JKC, and president’s completion fund — which address the different socioeconomic back grounds of students.

Deborah Preston started her tenure as Mercer County Community College president on July 1.

She continues: “But at the end of the day, the learning happens in the classroom, and if the classrooms aren’t designed with an equity and social justice lens — if you are teaching material in a way that alienates your students, or does not feel inclusive to your students — if you are not thinking about your content matter in ways that engage students and help them to see themselves in a particular class or discipline, then all the mentors in the world aren’t going to fix that.

“Ideally, you would want the college to be a place where everybody feels they belong, everybody feels valued, and everybody feels like they are either making a positive contri bution, or they are getting something posi tive out of their interaction,” Preston says, expressing that inclusion and appreciation are important, but not unique to schools. “We have to have that third layer, which is something positive is happening — either I’m making a contribution, or I’m get ting something valuable from my interac tions with the faculty,” she explains of the distinction.Another issue that Preston wants to tackle is post-pandemic enrollment. Stu dents might be hesitant to return to college because of the current job market, where retail and restaurants may offer $20 an hour in what the president calls “a short-term solution” to the bigger problem.

You’ve really got to put equal weight on what happens in the classroom and what happens out of the Preston,classroom.”acknowledging the JKC cam pus specifically, is thinking of other ways to shift MCCC’s approach to positively benefit, incorporate, and highlight the voices of sur rounding communities.

“Go ahead and get your $20 an hour, but also, come to college! Let us get you set up for something better down the road,” she says. “I think people are tired, traumatized, and depressed from the pandemic. It’s hard to think about working and going to college. But we’re going to do as much outreach to students as we can and make it as painless as possible to come to school.”

Preston says that although service jobs might feel like they pay well, college “can help them get to something that’s more of a life-sustaining wage,” especially for people who want to have a family down the line.

“You don’t have to go for a full two years. You don’t have to transfer. You can and we will help you do that, but you don’t have to,” Preston adds, saying it “kills” her that some might avoid enrolling based on misinforma tion about expenses. “Between state aid, fed eral aid, and foundation aid, there’s just no reason for a student not to come to Mercer.”

“We know some things, and that’s good, but we have to combine what we know with what the community says they want and need, because otherwise, I don’t see us having that much impact. It’s got to be a partnership.”Thatcamaraderie leads into the impor tance of an understanding environment.

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That’s pretty optimistic talk consider ing Hopewell lost two 20-plus goal scor ers in twin brothers Nick and Alex Tagli areni. With their departure, it may seem to observers from outside the program that Hopewell will be down after its 19-5 season.But the players feel it’s just the opposite.

Though little was expected from the 2021 Hopewell Valley Central High School boys’ soccer team, it won the Cen tral Jersey Group III title. With a little more expected this year, what might the Bulldogs accomplish?

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“I think it’s gonna be a lot of déjà vu because we have a lot of returners this year,” senior midfielder Austin Warren said. “People think we’re gonna lock up offensively, but with me and (Hooks) up there, I think we’re pretty confident.”

“I think we’re capable of even more this year,” senior forward Tom Hooks said. “Last year we went out in the semifinals of the states. We have so many new good players this year, I think we can win it.”

There is a reason for such good cheer. Yes, the twins took 43 goals and 27 assists with them to college. But here’s the rub. Last year, Hooks, Warren and junior Chris Turnbull were all playing out of position. This year, they all return to their natural spots, which should mean a nice bump in their production. Hooks, who scored six goals last year, goes from midfield to forward. Warren, who had two goals and six assists, goes from center back to center midfield. Turnbull (13 assists) also goes from cen ter back to center mid.

“It definitely was a challenge trying to learn the position, where to be on the Hopewell Valley’s Tom Hooks and Austin Warren are two of the players expected to pick up the scoring for the graduated Tagliareni twins. (Photo by Rich Fisher.)

“Every time we won a game or met a challenge, it was very rewarding and good to see it with these guys,” he said. “They met every expectation.”

“I think in the CVC (Colonial Valley Conference) it’s gonna tighten up,” Gola said. “Last year we were coming off Covid, there were a bunch of new coaches, they all got their feet wet. Now, they’ll be bet ter adjusted and well equipped. There were some teams that were very young that will bring everybody back. “We’ll just worry about what we need to do. We’ve loaded up the schedule, we’re playing Pennington and Pingry, so we’re gonna try to see where we measure so we’re ready for the county tournament andThesectionals.”playersare excited to see just how ready they are.

Hooks, who moved to America from Nottingham, England, 10 years ago, is feeling that same excitement. “It was a little tough at the start last year,” he said. “I had to learn to play the position and throughout the season I was moved around quite a bit. It was a little difficult to keep changing my position. But now with a lot of the new younger players coming in, it feels better, because everyone is able to play more where we like to Headplay.”coach “Uncle” Ed Gola feels that the first thing most people will look at is Hopewell losing their high-scoring twins. But the veteran coach observed that underclassmen like Turnbull, Rex Peters and Richie Kiefer all got starting time or played ample minutes off the bench. “Depthwise, I think we’re gonna be pretty deep,” Gola said. “We have 13 guys returning. Austin, Chris and Tom are all returning to their natural positions. So yes, we’re losing a lot of goals. But we’re bringing back a lot more experience and depth than last year. We have guys like Alex Luedecke (three goals, two assists) back as a senior, he had some big goals for“Austin,us.

The coach feels this year’s cast of play ers have raised their preseason hopes with 13 players returning, but noted that the competition could be a little tougher.

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“Warren is a natural, fluid athlete. He plays basketball and soccer. He really plays with a lot of confidence through the midfield. It’s like, ‘You’re gonna have to stop me,’ not, ‘What am I gonna do with the ball?’ He’s very strong, and he and Hooks are both pretty big players.”

Hooks feels that “we have a lot of good passers up top this year, I think we’ll spread it around in the front more.”Senior Gunner Casano is a key returnee in the back, while junior Alex Syzmanik and senior Kenzie Bangerter will battle to see who can replace Austin Roell in goal. “I’m looking forward to seeing what those guys can do,” Gola said. “They’ve been working hard, and I can’t wait to see them. And we should be a pretty good sized team this year. A little physical, tall in the Thebox.”coach is also excited to see Hooks and Warren back in their regular positions.“TomHooks rotated in the midfield with Alex and Kyle and scored two goals against Princeton,” Gola said. “When Nick (Tagliareni) got hurt in the sec tional, we pushed him up to forward. It’s tough to say during the middle of the state tournament, ‘Oh by the way, you’ve been playing midfield all year, you’re going up top.’ But he did what he could. He scored the sectional final winner (against Long Branch). He’s got a great shot, he’s strong, he’s fast. I wouldn’t say he’s quick, but he’s tough to contain.

In looking back on last year, Gola was encouraged at how the team goals started at a mild level, and increased as the sea son went along.

Warren and Turnbull are more natural playmakers, and Hooks up top has a lot of speed and can finish. In that respect, on paper we should be a more complete team. We just might not be as dynamic as the Tagliarenis were.” Warren joked he and Hooks will be harder to mark because “we don’t look like each other.”

Courtney peters-manning is the mayor of Hopewell Township, which provided this content.

Property tax rate decrease: a down payment on the future

Courtney Peters-Manning From the toWnship

This year, the total tax levy went up for the school district and the township. However, because there are more commercial taxpayers, residential taxpayers will pay less.

We have all seen the headlines about rising prices and record-setting inflation. Hopewell Township is not immune to the challenges brought by rising fuel prices, medical expenses, and the costs of Despitematerials.these financial headwinds, homeowners in Hopewell Township will see a 2% decline in the total property tax rate in 2022, the first decline since 2007. The dollar amount of the decrease will depend on a home’s assessed value, but for reference, for a home valued at $500,000, total property taxes will go down by $330. The tax rate is impacted by several factors. The tax levy — i.e., the amount of money that needs to be raised by property taxes to support the budget — is set by each governing body. It is important, and it is often the sole focus of attention when it comes to property taxes.However, also critical is the number of commercial taxpayers in the township — often referred to as ratables. The responsibility of attracting and retaining these ratables falls to the municipal governing body. In Hopewell Township, that is the Hopewell Township Committee. Because of rising costs for things like healthcare, materials, and fuel, and the need to give fair raises to employees, it is nearly impossible to implement a tax levy decrease, especially in very responsible, lean budgets. In fact, this year, the total tax levy went up for the school district, and marginally for the municipality. However, when there are more commercial taxpayers to help absorb an increase, less of it will fall to residential taxpayers. When commercial entities pay an increasing portion of the total levy, even if the levy increases, the tax rate will go down, and residents pay less in taxes. That is what happened in Hopewell Township in 2022. The Hopewell Township Committee has been working hard over the last several years to bring more commercial ratables to the Township and to improve the health and value of existing commercial and residential properties. You may have read about the revitalization of the former Bristol Myers-Squibb site, now known as the Princeton West Innovation Campus. Attracting these new tenants and pharmaceutical companies to Hopewell Township is a key component of our plan to help reduce property taxes in Hopewell Township. It takes careful planning and negotiation to attract new businesses while also protecting our environment and open space. The Township Committee and dedicated township professional staff have been working for years to make this a reality forWhiletaxpayers.thisis great news for 2022, our work certainly is not over. We will continue to look for creative ways to reduce property taxes for Hopewell Township residents, while still meeting the needs of our residents and treating our employees fairly in the face of rising costs.This long-range planning includes continuing to reduce debt, finding new sources of municipal revenue like PILOT agreements and cannabis receipts, and continuing to attract new commercial ratables to the township to reduce our dependence on residential property taxes.We are on a positive, responsible fiscal path in Hopewell Township, and we will work hard to stay on this path and keep property taxes moving in this positive direction.

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Envision the scene of very mellow suburbanites grilling hamburgers and hot dogs at poolside surrounded by shrieking children and yapping dogs. These are the new stoners. It’s the total destruction of everything that marijuana stands for: indolence, amotivational syndrome, nonproductive existence. It’s the end of a way of life, of a whole lifestyle. What is this world coming to! Nowadays, the scent of marijuana wafts through the air from cars passing on the road or from people passing on the sidewalk. An unsuspecting walker can get high without a buy.

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Think of what is lost. Back in 1968, hundreds of police raided Stony Brook University and busted 35 students for marijuana possession. Kids were jailed, livesThinkruined.ofteens in inner cities, randomly stopped and arrested for carrying a joint. Kids were jailed, lives ruined. All gone, never to happen again. A whole world is disappearing. In the richest of ironies, Republicans are among those profiting handsomely in the marijuana business. Remember John Boehner, former Republican speaker of the House? He became a spokesman for the National Institute for Cannabis Investors! A whole slew of current and former politicians from both parties have jumped on the marijuana money wagon. How long before evangelicals adopt dope as a sacrament? Is nothing sacred! Obviously, to prevent the eradication of decades of the hallowed marijuanaconsuming culture, it is essential that legalization be reversed before it’s too late. Of course, such a proposal is in direct contradiction of the Constitutional right to get high, specifically the 21st amendment ending Prohibition. Be advised that all of the above scholarly discourse is based on highly objective, professional observation. robin schore lives in Hopewell Borough. Not only is marijuana now legal, but it has also been transformed into ‘cannabis’: so dignified, so respectable, so Latin. West Broad Street Hopewell, NJ 08525 (609) 466-1960

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So marijuana is now legal in New Jersey along with eighteen other states. Well I, for one, am opposed. Really, the whole point of marijuana is to consume it furtively, to sneak around, to be worried about the police catching you and putting you in jail. If you can just consume it, even in public, what’s the point?Furthermore, how can marijuanaintensified paranoia be justified if you don’t have to worry about being busted?

Such meaningful ruminations might be all gone now that legalization is here. In its place will be, or are, very ordinary consumers, in very ordinary dress, well coiffed, getting high at family picnics.

From now on, it’s just neurotic behavior. Not only is marijuana now legal, but it’s also been transformed into “cannabis,” so dignified, so respectable, so Latin. What’s wrong with Mary Jane, grass, weed, smoke, ganja, reefer or dope? (Feel free to add your own favorite label.)Then there are the much touted medical attributes of marijuana consumption. Yeah, that’s right, it cures everything. Nah, It’s about getting high, about making terrible television worth watching.It’sabout tolerating ghastly car insurance jingles or cringe-inducing laxative ads while slouching on the couch in front of the box. It’s about consuming a half gallon of chunky-monkey ice cream or a family-size package of Oreos or a thousand M&Ms (in under three minutes) without worrying about weight gain or cholesterol or just exploding. It’s about making the tedium of watching baseball suddenly a dynamic activity. Oh, look how green that field is! “Recreational” cannabis? What’s that? Recreational like beach volleyball, ping pong or league bowling? Is there such a thing as recreational beer drinking? Recreational wine tasting? Recreational scotch sloshing? Of course, what is more recreational than standing in line at the Route One “cannabis dispensary”? (What’s wrong with “dope dealer”?) Can you imagine standing in line at a liquor store, or should we call it an alcohol dispensary? Is there a need for a medical alcohol dispensary?Withlegalization, the whole challenge of where to score is gone. The whole fraught search to find a provider is gone. All that drama, all that anxiety about the stash running low, is gone. It’s the tragic passing of an era. Now, think about the damage that legalization does to the traditional stereotypes of incredibly cool jazz musicians wearing sunglasses at night in dimly lit jazz joints saying things like, “Hey man,” or seedy looking longhairs with bloodshot eyes saying things like, “Hey, man,” followed by endless profound monologues about shoes or superheroes or the intricacy of the human body, “like, man, did you ever really get into your hand?”

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