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Event focuses on aiding those with ALS By micheLe aLPeRin During the first-ever, weeklong Community Make-AThon, sponsored by the robotics TEAM 293 Spike from Hopewell Valley Central High School, students and adults developed tools and entrepreneurial ideas to support people to deal with the effects of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease. Hopewell resident Sara Cooper, who was diagnosed with ALS in November 2018, helped kick off the Make-A-Thon by sharing her own experience with the students. “One of the things that is hard to do is eat because you lose your fine motor skills,” Cooper says of the neurodegenerative disease. But using a tool created by third grader Ben Hartman and his dad, she was able to eat independently at the culminating event of the Makea-Thon—the SPIKE Innovation Fair on Sept. 28, where the 12 teams shared their innovations. “There was a little boy who came up with a metal strap that went around your hand and then he soldered onto it a fork. He had pieces of bread, and I put this band on my hand and was able to pick up the bread with the fork and eat it,” Cooper says. “I’m sure that sounds very simplistic, but eating is one of the basic human functions, and I can’t hold a fork. It was just See ROBOTICS, Page 6

By JULia maRnin When Hurricane Sandy was flooding New Jersey shores and wreaking havoc throughout the state, many Hopewell residents flocked to Michael Strizki’s home, the only house that had not lost power or running water in the neighborhood. Why? Because Strizki, an inventor, has been living without electricity for 16 years. “They had no water to flush toilets, refrigerators went bad and they couldn’t get a drink of Svein Hansen (left), with Ari Schulman, is the executive director of Pennington Adult water,” Strizki said. For six days, neighbors Living Ser vices. PALS recently opened a new store, PALS on Main, that provides work would stop by Strizki’s to opportunities for participants. (Photo by Jessica Cortes.) charge their phones, get water, and take showers because Sandy had knocked out all the electricity. The generators that failed Strizki’s neighbors were useless to his home—which he Neri and his wife Violetta. needed. The question of Davide’s converted to run on hydrogen He was eventually connected to the Princeton Child Develop- future led Neri and Violetta and solar energy, making his ment Institute in New Jersey to begin PALS, a state funded home the first solar hydrogen after traveling to seek out nec- organization approved by the residence in North America. This is Strizki’s vision for the NJ Division of Developmental essary care. world: for society to leave fos“I came here for Davide,” Disabilities. Pennington Adult Living sil fuels in the past. To accomNeri says, who opened By JULia maRnin Hopewell Valley Vineyards Services provides support for plish this mission, he founded Sergio Neri did not expect to after he arrived in 1994. “I prob- adults with a wide range of the Hydrogen House Project, a nonprofit whose mission is interrupt an established life in ably would not have been here developmental disabilities. Now, the Neris have recently to educate the public and conItaly in his suburban home out- because my life was established opened a new store, PALS on duct research on clean energy side of Milan and sell his busi- in Italy.” What began as a journey to Main, involving adults in PALS, solutions. ness to travel the world, later “If people only know oil is beginning a new life in New the States to seek the best sup- which has replaced CHANCE on the menu, that’s all people port for Davide, who is nonver- on Main in Pennington. Jersey. Adults in their program are are going to eat. We have to However, when his young bal and engages in self abusive son Davide was diagnosed with behaviors, has blossomed into referred to as “participants” let them know there are other autism in 1993, Neri discovered a quest to improve the lives of as they help create the hand- things on the menu,” Strizki that Italy was severely lacking adults living with autism and crafted goods such as bags, pil- says. in supportive resources they developmental disabilities for See PALS, Page 8 See HYDROGEN, Page 10

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During the first-ever Team 293 Spike Community Make-A-Thon, students and adults developed tools and entrepreneurial ideas to support people to deal with the effects of ALS. ROBOTICS continued from Page 1 simply amazing.” Sullivan Meyer, a senior Hopewell Valley Central High School, came up with the idea for the Make-A-Thon. As chief inspiration officer of TEAM 293 Spike (an acronym for Student driven, Pushing for better, Inspirational, Kind and collaborative, Entrepreneurial), Meyer’s job is to ensure that his team exemplifies the core principles of FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology), an organization that holds robotics competitions. “This means I am in charge of making sure TEAM 293 Spike is a rewarding, educational, and fun experience to team members but also an organization that inspires and creates interest in engineering and STEM education in our community and creates a positive impact on our community,” Meyer said The Make-a-Thon and the SPIKE innovation fair together accomplished these goals. The five prizewinning innovations included an elevating and reclining wheelchair, an exoskeleton, a subscription-based wheelchair service, a slide-on fork, and an electromagnetic glove. Meyer explains the purpose of the electromagnetic glove and how it works. “People with ALS don’t have great dexterity—it’s hard to take notes, to write, to do lots of things that involve gripping utensils,” he says. The thin gloves with electromagnets inside developed by one team can be used to manipulate utensils with magnets on them. Another prize-winning innovation was purely entrepreneurial—a subscriptionbased wheelchair service. As ALS progresses a person’s mobility grows more limited, but, Meyer says, “you want to maximize the freedom you have while you have it.” Over the course of the disease, a person might require several types of wheelchairs, and “the thought process [behind a wheelchair service] is that instead of having to buy wheelchairs for five different stages, you play a flat fee to the company and they give you a wheelchair to fit what you need.” One inspiration for the Make-A-Thon was the New York Maker Faire that Meyer had attended a year previously.

Inspired by “Make Magazine,” the event celebrated do-it-yourself engineering by showcasing innovative projects. “It is leading what a lot of people call the ‘make culture’ or ‘the maker revolution.’ It is democratizing engineering, making sure anyone interested in designing and building stuff has that ability,” Meyer says. Recognizing the marketing potential of the Maker Faire, Meyer says, “We wanted to create our own venue for outreach.” That meant “settling upon some kind of community engineering challenge.” The specific idea of responding to needs of people struggling with ALS came when C. Schuler “Sky” Morehouse, president of Morehouse Engineering in Hopewell, invited team members to tell him about their plans for the robotics team. He had brought along Paul Kloberg, board member of FIRSTMid-Atlantic, to hear their pitch. Kloberg invited them to an ALS fundraiser memorializing the brother of his coworker Deb Fabricatore. Meyer and three other team members attended and “were pretty affected by it,” Meyer says. “There were a lot of engaged people there who were interested in helping out, and we were interested in doing that too.” Because “ALS is a very physical disease,” Meyer says, “people who suffer from it face tangible physical challenges on a day-to-day basis that are ripe for engineering solutions.” As the disease progresses, people lose the ability to initiate and control muscle movement and in later stages may become totally paralyzed. The kickoff for the Team 293 Make-AThon was September 21, when about 55 competitors listened to personal stories of three speakers whose lives had been touched by ALS. Fabricatore, a retired Bridgewater teacher spent more than three years taking care of her brother and after his death founded a nonprofit to support ALS patients and caregivers. Titusville resident Jodi O’DonnellAmes, who lost her first husband to ALS when their daughter was three, founded Hope Loves Company to provide support, including camp experiences, for children whose parents have ALS. The third speaker was Sara Cooper, founder

of Cooper Creative Group. In her talk Cooper says she was “pretty head-on about ALS,” talking about her own hardships and emphasizing that “every 90 minutes someone is diagnosed and every 90 minutes someone passes away.” A little concerned that the students might be “freaked out by looking at me,” she wondered whether her speech was “too hardcore,” but parents reassured her, saying: “No, it’s great.” She told students, for example, that she can’t get dressed or brush her hair by herself. Looking more broadly, she told them that many ALS sufferers are isolated. At present, there is no cure for the disease, and only two drugs exist, she says, “that hope to slow progression.” “Basically the disease is terminal, and the average lifespan is three to five years from onset,” Cooper said. The first night of the Make-A-Thon was devoted to brainstorming by teams of high school students as well as groups of friends from middle and elementary school, and a mixed child and adult team. Participants met in the robotics shop at the high school, which includes a machine shop, a fabrication shop, computers, and software. As he observed participants hard at work, Sullivan realized that the project was more one of product design than of engineering. “We had given the people participating in the challenge customers and had given them a list of the challenges our customers faced, and we asked for the best product they could give us—which included entrepreneurial solutions,” Meyer says. Meyer says he has always wanted to be a mechanical engineer but before joining the robotics club in eighth grade his understanding of the engineering process was “nebulous—it was kind of, oh, you design a machine.” But through his experiences with TEAM 293 Spike he now understands engineering to be “a collaborative process, both methodical and very creative, with a lot of prototyping involved.” For the FIRST Robotics Competition each year the team builds a robot but also presents the entrepreneurial activities that enable the team to support and market itself. On the first Saturday in January, FIRST, founded in 1989, will announce to approximately 7,000 teams a difficult field game in which the industrial-size robots they build will have to compete on the last day of President’s Day weekend. But producing a new 130-pound, 3-foot by 3-foot robot, run from a 12-volt battery—“a substantial piece of machinery,” Meyer observes—comprises only half the team’s product. “The other half is what we call ‘entrepreneurship’; we have to fund and market the robot. If we want to succeed, we have to build up revenue, which occurs a lot through our sponsors.” The team raises $50,000 to $60,000 a year to cover its costs of about $40,000, with a surplus of $15,000. A separate team of judges evaluates its

entrepreneurial efforts, including business plans, budgets, marketing, community impact, and effective team organization. The points the team is given on both the robot and entrepreneurial sides contribute to their total score, which in turn determines whether they can continue to compete at higher levels. When Meyer joined Team 293 SPIKE in 2015, “the team was almost solely a really good engineering team,” focused solely on raising funds and making the robot, he says. By his sophomore year, the team faced a crisis: it was down to five or six members, substantially lower than formerly and too small to raise the funds necessary to create a quality robot. Those still on the team realized, he says, that “either the team goes under— many teams fail—or we pivot the team to become a more comprehensive FIRST team.” So they created a student leadership board and committed themselves to focus on entrepreneurship as much as engineering. “If you’re only an engineering team,” Meyer says, “it’s hard to develop the skill to recruit people and sponsors and generate interest among people.” Meyer served as marketing officer that year, creating the team’s first business plan and recruiting new members. During Meyer’s sophomore year, the team also committed itself to attending other community events, like Pennington Day, holiday walks, and Hopewell Valley Regional School District science fairs. Meyer’s mother, Tracy, works in corporate relations for the dean of research at Princeton University. His father, Jason, is a small-business lawyer as well as an entrepreneurship mentor for Team 293 SPIKE. “I didn’t get my engineering genes from them,” Meyer admits. Cooper, who was one of the judges for the Make-A-Thon says, “The amount of work and the professionalism of their presentations to us was better than I’ve seen at a lot of companies. The PowerPoints, the CAD drawings, the actually makeup, the thought they put into it—it gave me goosebumps.” In October someone she spoke to at the women’s conference of the Princeton Regional Chamber of Commerce, suggested that the Make-A-Thon had a wider impact than Cooper had realized. The woman, who was one of the teams competing in the Make-a-Thon, told Cooper, “I can’t tell you how grateful I am for your speech; it gave me a different perspective.’” That change had to do with her relationship with her grandfather, who has Parkinson’s. Cooper says, “It gave her a new way of looking at and interacting with him.” For Meyer it gave him a different way of looking at his future career choice: “It is a great way to make engineering more than just engineering. It is something important to me personally and going forward important to the team— the concept that engineering is more of a thought process that can be used for a lot of current challenges.”

‘It is a great way to make engineering more than engineering.’ –HVCHS student Sullivan Meyer

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PALS continued from Page 1 lows, quilts, and more that can be seen on display in the store. “The keyword is participant. Others use consumer or client but that is the goal, that they are going to participate,” says Neri. “Maybe not 100% of a task, but participate to their level and interest.” The store is an opportunity to get them involved in their community as they greet and assist customers and witness their products available on display for purchase. “The store is just a bud now, it’s gonna grow,” says Svein Hansen, executive director of PALS. The Neris are committed in growing PALs and their services that currently provides individual support, transportation services, behavioral support, community based support, and more. “The more I look around at society and our nation, there is so much need for services of this kind and so little available. It is scary as an individual parent and member of a community,” Violetta says. “ We want to serve and help the participants and the people they live with.” The root of Neri's motivation for their expansion of PALs and its services is their experiences living with Davide, who is now 27 years old, and described as an extremely handsome adult. “It started from a good place, the heart,” says Violetta. “When you live with a child who has severe autism, you start thinking outside of the box, any box.” Neri arrived to America with Davide

after he was accepted into PCDI and established Hopewell Valley Vineyards, acquiring 72 acres of land. “While experiencing Davide growing up, we talked about not only his future but the future of his peers in school and what they can look forward to when they age out of the school district at 21,” says Hansen who is also a longtime friend of the Neri's and has worked with Davide since 1999. “Sergio and Violetta said ‘why don’t we create something?’” The origin of PALS emerged from the Neri’s support group they began several years ago called the A-Team, which provided support for adults with autism. The A-Team formed when a young man with autism began working in the Neri’s factory at Hopewell Valley Vineyards preparing the boxes for the wine bottles. “This young man did well and melted everybody’s heart,” says Hansen who helped supervise him in the factory. “We brought on his friend and had two of them working together. It grew from there gradually and we thought what are some other things we can do?” Participants began creating goods in the workshop that was sold at CHANCE on Main. The A-Team grew and evolved into PALS, which not only encompasses providing services for individuals with autism but also adults with a wide range of developmental disabilities when they are at least 21 years old. When an individual turns 21, the support switches from the local school system to the state through the DDD.

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The front of the store showcases products, and the participants’ workshop is in the back. (Photo by Jessica Cortes.) “The parents need a break. When the curtain drops you are backstage in your home with your person who has severe disability, life’s different,” Violetta says. “When you have a chance to put them in proper care, you sit down and you breathe.

The Neris understand what it is like to constantly be on alert after years of unpredictable experiences with Davide, calling him their best trainer. “Davide could be an Abercrombie and Fitch model, although sometimes he hits himself, making his nose appear weird,” says Violetta, referring to Davides’ self-abusive tendencies that are out of his control. Tendencies like those can be a reality for many individuals with severe autism. The Neris describe a time Davide was visiting his biological mother’s home in Ewing, where he escaped in the middle of the night, resulting in his arrest. Sergio calls Davide a master escape artist, and someone who is ingenious and unrelenting at finding snacks when hungry. This led Davide to take the keys to break out of his mother’s home in Ewing, who he visits every other Sunday. During the middle of a snowstorm, he walked out of her door barefoot and in pajamas, all the way to Quik Chek near Olden Avenue. Inside, Davide was on a mission headed towards the aisle with assorted bags of chips. He opened a bag and began eating in the middle of the store, simply because he was hungry. Since he is nonverbal and unable to explain himself, a worker at the store called the police on Davide. Police handcuffed him and brought him to a hospital, presuming him to be a college student under the influence at the nearby university. It was not until a nurse at the hospi-

tal noticed behavioral signs that he was autistic. These incidents are always a possibility for the Neri family, says Violetta who believes that there needs to be more awareness along with support for adults with autism. “The abilities and disabilities of each person are completely unique. Some are nonverbal and self abusive,” Violetta says. “Because of the experience we have, we can handle the more severe cases. We have the whole distribution in our program.” PALs aims to provide all individuals in their program with life opportunities. “It’s so important to educate people to not be afraid just because they think differently or look a little different,” Neri says. “It’s important for them to be in a community.” The store is split with the front showcasing the assorted products available to purchase and the back is the workshop where participants can be seen creating different hand crafted goods. PALS on Main provides an opportunity for adults with disabilities to “When customers open the store, the work, create and get involved in their community. (Photo by Jessica first thing they see is the participant Cortes.) learning different skills,” says Neri. Participants make various woodwork products, quilts, decorative fringe ban- ous store, was approached by PALs to a reason to get out of the house,” says ners, repurposed bags out of shirts, and be a coach and mentor for participants Deborah Allen, another co-manager because of her background in teaching, of the store and mentor to participants more. whose background is in therapeutic art. “They really are our teachers,” says quilting, and fabric art. She helps teach the adults in the “I believe that when you create, there’s a Janneke Vanderree, a co-manager of PALS on Main. “It doesn’t matter if what program how to sew and make quilts lot of dignity.” PALS operates on a fee for service they're doing is not done, as long as they along with different social skills such as are doing it and they see progress and approaching the customer and introduc- basis. All their funding comes through the state or their own outside fundraising themselves. are happy with what they do.” “It gives some of these participants ing efforts. Vanderree, who worked for the previ-

The Neris own a flour shop where participants are taught to make food such as Italian taralli or pizza dough. They also help plant poplar trees at the Neri’s winery. The food and the trees are then sold as a part of the fundraising that goes directly to the PALS program. The Neris continue to look for appropriate funding from the state so they can grow their program. “Our hope is that it is going to be self sustaining,” says Hansen. “We’re in the process of looking at government grants, corporate grants, sending out letters and explaining our cause. We have a referral for North Jersey and South Jersey which we’re not capable of currently doing.” Right now, PALS is focusing on local service, however the need for services like there’s has been demonstrated through their referrals. “We’re local to Mercer County but maybe one day we can branch out,” Hansen says. A future goal for the Neris is to continue PALS’ expansion and eventually establish group homes in the distant future. In the shop, the number one rule written on the chalkboard in the store’s workshop for the participants is to have fun. “We want them to want to come back. How do you create that feeling in a young person with deficits?” says Hansen. “By creating an atmosphere that’s welcome. Where they feel safe and supported and accepted and understood.”

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HYDROGEN continued from Page 1 Since he has converted his home, the Hydrogen House Project has installed solar hydrogen systems for homes and businesses and established hydrogen powered cars, boats, planes, lawnmowers and more. Strizki also gives tours to schools of his home, where Hyundai just filmed their soon to be released worldwide commercial promoting their hydrogen powered 2019 car, the Nexo. His home is not the only thing powered by solar and hydrogen energy on his property. “Basically anything you can do with fossil fuel you can do with hydrogen,” he said. “At my house, gas heating gas, fuel for the car, and more all comes from energy emitted three months of the year from the big nuclear ball in the sky.” With the solar panels at his home, he harnesses energy which goes into an electrolyzer that splits water into hydrogen and oxygen and is stored in tanks. Then, he runs the hydrogen through a fuel cell which generates electricity and powers his off grid property. He has not needed to pay an electric bill for years. Strizki is the first to privately own a hydrogen fuel cell powered car. “I just put a hydrogen refueling station in my home at Hopewell so I can fill up my car from sunshine. This technology has no moving parts, no tune ups, no oil changes, no belts, no mufflers, no maintenance.” Hydrogen is now being used for transportation purposes. Strizki is a member of the NJ Fuel Cell Coalition and has

been working with the NJ Department of Transportation and legislature to put these vehicles in place in the state. The only by-product of this energy source is pure oxygen and drinking water. The water then can be used to be converted back into hydrogen. “I’m trying to make the world a better place,” Strizki said. “If your energy makes pure oxygen and pure drinking water when you use it, that’s how we’ll heal the planet.” Currently, Strizki travels between New Jersey and California as he works on hydrogen powered microgrids for all the people that lost power and their homes due to the wildfires. “People are getting serious now when they can’t rely on a utility company, we’re seeing a trend now that people want renewable energy with microgrids, our systems make their own fuel every single day,” says Strizki. With this energy source, “you are your own oil refinery,” Strizki says. “People who are fighting this technology are soon going to have to join it.” He has spent the last eight years making the hydrogen house cost effective. “The hydrogen world when i started no one knew about it,” Strizki says. “They said renewable would never be cheap enough to make the fuel.” In 2015, he did the first commercially affordable hydrogen house conversion in Pennington. With this accomplishment, he says anyone is now able to have their home converted. “It would be more cost effective as more of these systems are built and

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Michael Strizki of Hopewell lives a completely electricity-free life. “This was not an easy task. I had a huge ball to roll, these guys are not innovators,” Strizki said. “I had to educate the public on hydrogen safety.” Strizki thanks the power of the press, specifically the New York Times, who gave his project news coverage and helped get it approved. Since then, he has made news all over the world. The Board of Public Utilities that threatened to cancel his project eventually gave Strizki an award and called his project the most successful project they had ever done. “No good deed goes unpunished, if

you dont fight for your rights you won’t have any,” he says. His inspiration to convert his home and switch to an eco-friendly lifestyle comes after working as an engineer for over 16 years with the NJ Department of Transportation in the Office of Research and Technology. There, he used to work with electric vehicles and natural gases developing renewable energy technologies. One of his projects involved the first use of fuel cells. In July of 2000, he began to work at Millennium Cell in Eatontown, New Jersey, where he got to travel the world

building hydrogen fuel cell vehicles. He helped set a world record working on the New Jersey Genesis car which ran for 470 miles on the equivalent of one gallon of gasoline with the fuel cell. He also went to California to develop a hydrogen fuel cell boat. “We have now subsequently built other hydrogen homes. People understand and we have actually changed a lot of the laws in NJ as well as international building codes.” The Hydrogen House Project offers internships where they teach students about hydrogen fuel cells and renewable energy. A recent project with the students involved putting a fuel cell on an ATV. A major goal of Strizki’s is education and outreach. He brings his hydrogen car around for different demonstrations at schools and car shows. The Hydrogen House Project is a volunteer organization with currently around ten people involved. They are looking to raise money for schools that cannot afford to visit to tour Strizki’s Hydrogen House. Anyone who believes in the cause for transitioning to clean, renewable energy can donate online to the Hydrogen House Project to help fund future projects. “We started the hydrogen house project to be a beacon of light in the sea and murkiness of fossil fuels and pollution,” Strizki says. “My goal in life is to leave the gift of renewable energy to the next generation so that they have the tools to solve the problems that our generation caused.”

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Think that winter is the wrong time to break out the backpacks and hit the hiking trails? John Lambdin might advise you to think again. In fact, if you go to his Winter Family Hike workshop in Rosedale Park later this month, he will do more than advise it: he’ll take you on a hike himself, and see if he can convince you. The kid-friendly workshop is scheduled for Sunday Jan. 19 from 1 to 3 p.m. — weather permitting, of course. Signup is free and can be done online. Lambdin is a social studies teacher at the Burlington County Institute of Technology high school in Medford. But on weekends, you might find the Ewing resident at REI in Mercer Mall, the outdoor recreation store where he also works. REI offers the Winter Family Hike workshop in conjunction with the Mercer County Park Commission. Or you might just run across him in the park. Even in wintry weather. “I’ve been involved in outdoors practically my entire life,” says the North Jersey native. “I was a Boy Scout, and I carried that into adulthood, doing backpacking and hiking. It’s just something that I love.” The first thing Lambdin likes to go over with inexperienced winter hikers is the gear that they are going to wear. He is a big proponent of layers.

“When I’m working in the store and worth of outdoor essentials. He always helping somebody get outfitted, I tell has rain gear in his pack — regardless of people: you’re the source of heat. You’ve the forecast. “I always just plan that it’s got to slow down the heat transfer out. going to rain,” he says. Hikers also have to plan for what If it’s just one layer that the heat has to get through, it can be easier for that heat could go wrong. “What are the things to find its way out. But if you’re wear- you can’t live without?” he asks. “Air, water, warmth. I go at it ing layers, it slows that from that direction.” down.” Food is a concern, he He adds that when says, but a person can hikers wear too few laylive weeks without food. ers and start to overheat, Other essentials include they can only remove so first aid, light, and navigamany layers before they tion. Lambdin always has run out. “When you’re a good compass with him wearing layers, it’s easy to on hikes. shed one layer,” he says. Of course, that’s merely In cold weather, the a rundown of the technimost important parts of cal preparations a perthe body to keep warm son should follow for are the head and torso, a winter hike. There is where the organs are. But another question, which the places you’ll feel the Lambdin is: Why do it? Lambdin cold most acutely are the says there’s something hands and feet. Lambdin says some people think that means dou- to be said for hiking in cooler weather. bling up on the socks. He is not a pro- “It’s not as taxing on you, you didn’t get ponent of that idea, preferring instead sweaty and overheated,” he says. “And a sock liner inside a single pair of socks overcoming something like bad weather inside a trusty pair of boots — insulated makes you feel alive. You’ve got to come at this with a sense of adventure.” or not, it’s up to you. Lambdin says he gets a spiritual lift When he’s hiking in cold weather, Lambdin always has a pair of light from being outside, even on a day when gloves in his pockets, and some form it’s raining buckets. “There are these of a hat. He advises hikers to carry day moments when you’re on a hard hike, packs, large enough to hold a day’s you’re climbing a hill, you’re breath-

ing heavy and your mind’s telling you to turn back. That happens to everybody. It still happens to me when I go out,” he says. “But I know that when I break through that (mental) barrier, my senses are going to elevate. I see things, I hear things, I’m feeling things a little more intensely once I get past the barrier of whatever I have to get through. Everything seems to transcend. I tell people to come at this looking for some way for nature to speak back at you.” The Winter Family Hike will start at the Historic Hunt House in Rosedale Park. Lambdin will offering workshoppers tips on how to pick good trails, use traction on icy surfaces and keep young kids engaged and happy on a hike. For people who are not quite ready to take on rocky or icy terrain, Lambdin recommends several gentle trails in the area, like the towpath in Delaware & Raritan Canal State Park near Washington Crossing, or many of the trails in Mercer County Park. Baldpate Mountain also has a fairly gentle and clear path off of Pleasant Valley Road, but that area will be closed Wednesday through Saturday from through Feb. 8. (The Lake North trails of Mercer County Park are also currently closed for deer hunting Mondays through Thursdays.) Which leads us to one more important winter hiking tip: check the hunting schedules before you go out.

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Heartsaver CPR is an instructor led courses that teaches adult and child CPR. This American Heart Association course is for anyone with limited or no medical training who needs a course completion completion card in CPR to meet job, regulatory or other requirements. You will gain confidence, be prepared for emergencies and learn to remain calm when you take our First AID Certification Class. Dates: 2/12/20 (CPR), 2/13/20 (First AID) Time: 3pm-7pm Time: $60 Location: Pennington First Aid Squad

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SCOPE “School’s Out” PROGRAM Hopewell Valley YMCA’s School’s Out Program (SCOPE) is offered and provided to grades K-8 for all local school districts when school is out to meet the needs of parents and members of our community who need care for the day. Participants will be engaged from start to finish through activities ranging from arts and crafts, science demonstrations and projects, trips, structured group games, and much more. Please note this program requires a minimum number of attendees, if this minimum is not met the date may be cancelled. Dates/Days: Listed Below Hours: 7am - 6:30pm Location: Stony Brook Elementary School Fee: $50 (currently enrolled Before/After School Care Children), $100 (Drop-in/Not enrolled children/Grades K-8) SCOPE “School’s Out” Upcoming Dates January 20, 2020 (Martin Luther King, Jr. Day) Registration Open Soon February 17, 2020 (President’s Day) Registration Open Soon April 6-9, 2020 (Spring Break) Registration Open Soon May 22, 2020 (Possible SCOPE day if Schools closed – HVRSD Snow Day) Registration Open Soon.

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A business that is devoted to its hometown is a valuable resource, but one that has been devoted for over three generations is a business treasured by the community. Belle Mead Garage, conveniently located at 2454 Route 206 Station Square, has been family owned and operated since 1927. Current owner Kip Higgins is proud of his family’s dedication to their region. “The business was started in 1927 by Leroy Higgins right at our current location. The Reading Railroad had recently added a new Belle Mead Station just across the street and in the beginning, Leroy operated a fueling station and auto/carriage repair business. In 1935, Leroy expanded his trade and opened a Chrysler franchise. A town leader, Leroy was one of the charter members of the Montgomery Township #1 Volunteer Fire Company and offered one of the buildings bays for the first fire truck. “My dad Murf took the reins in 1959 and I followed in 1989. We added a Jeep franchise in 1996. The business expanded as years went by, and the building expanded as the need arose. Starting with one shop bay in 1927, we now have 12 bays for servicing vehicles and tractors.” For a while Belle Mead Garage concentrated on used vehicle sales, but in 2017 Chris Carnevale rejoined the firm after returning from Wisconsin. He did not come empty handed. It was he who brought with him a Massey Ferguson dealership. The company now also handles Woods implements, SCAG mower/ lawn machines, and BCS 2 wheel tractors.

Higgins emphasizes, “Our focus from the beginning has been customer service, and we continue that idea today. At Belle Mead Garage Inc., we are proud of the quality used cars and Massey Ferguson Tractors we sell and our dedication to serve the needs of our customers. This is reflected in the amount of repeat business we receive. Whether this is your first purchase with us or one of many that you’ve had, you can count on our dedicated sales staff to make it the best buying experience possible. “Our service department offers the best in automotive service to our customers. Our facility features current diagnostic and repair equipment and our highly skilled technicians will deliver the most efficient and quality vehicle care.” Their tire service is unparalleled. They stock over 100 tires and have hourly access to 1000s of brands/ styles/sizes. Belle Mead Garage feels confident with its “one price” strategy. Mounting and balancing are included so there is no guesswork or added fees (other than tax and state fees). They have all the up-to-date mounting and balancing equipment, as well as a state-of-the-art alignment machine with capable technicians. Higgins says, “Call us with questions or for quotes, and we can make educated recommendations based on what you drive, where you drive, and how you drive. No matter your automotive or equipment needs, Belle Mead has the solution. As Higgins says, “Give us a try. You will see what 92 years of customer service and sales experience feels like.”

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Oldfield an all-around leader for Bulldogs girls’ basketball By Rich Fisher As a sophomore, Ally Oldfield burst on the Colonial Valley Conference scene as one of the league’s top 3-point shooters, and was even chosen to compete in a radio station-sponsored 3-point contest by year’s end. Last season, due to some extenuating circumstances, Oldfield became a bit more of a passer. This season, she has to do both of those things and then some. In reciting the wish list for what she wants from the senior swingman, second-year coach Colleen Ross mentioned pretty much everything but chopping down the team Christmas tree. “We need leadership,” Ross said after a preseason scrimmage at Bordentown. “We need her to score. We need her to take the ball to the basket; play defense and rebound. We need her to be an all-around player now, not just a shooter.” Which is exactly what Oldfield worked on this past summer playing AAU and with Hopewell’s summer league team. She understands that with the graduation of leading scorers Meggy Wiley and Katee Kemether, the Bulldogs are in need of some inside scoring. Thus, she can not live by the

jumper alone. “In AAU I worked on driving more and looked to drive and pass out and have my teammates do the same in return,” Oldfield said. “It’s gonna be a big difference playing down low this year with our two bigs from last year gone. But I think the season will be good. We’ll have a lot of girls step up, so we’ll work more as a team.” Two of those girls are senior Charlotte Hare and junior Franki Gomez, who are returning regulars. Gomez was third on the team in scoring last year at 9 points per game, while Hare was second in assists with 60. “I think we have the potential to make a good run,” Ross said. “We’re pretty low on numbers; we have to get 50 percent of our scoring from last year back on the board because Katie and Meggy graduated; so that’s another reason why we need Ally to step up and hit her shots.” Oldfield certainly knows how to do that and has spent the past year getting back into the rhythm of her sophomore year. When she arrived at HVCHS Oldfield swung between varsity and JV as a freshman and showed potential by hitting 22 threes in 21 games. She was inspired by senior Kirsten Long, who

Hopewell basketball player Ally Oldfield burst onto the scene two years ago as a three-point shooter. (Photo by Rich Fisher.) averaged 13.8 points that year while hitting 57 3-pointers. “Freshman year I would watch Kirsten and I tried to work hard to shoot as well as her,” Oldfield said. “I think

that helped me.” She also got help from another unlikely source. Oldfield’s dad, Aaron, an HVCHS track and cross countr y coach, asked girls’ basketball stat man Art Cramp to give his daughter some lessons. Cramp is mainly a tennis instructor, but knows about shooting. “I worked with Mr. Cramp a lot during the off-season in the spring,” Oldfield said. “I would go to his house for an hour once or twice a week to work on shooting.” Oldfield exploded as a sophomore, averaging 10.1 points per game and hitting 78 3-pointers, which put her among the CVC’s leaders. She also picked up 66 assists, 54 steals and 80 rebounds, showing signs of being that all-around player. “I definitely surprised myself,” Oldfield said. During the off-season, Jeff Losch stepped down and Ross took over. Something happened to Oldfield last season, as her scoring average dropped to 6.1 and her threes slipped to 41. Her assists (56) and steals (31) also dropped but she still finished third on the team in both categories. So, what was it? “It was getting used to new plays and

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new things with a new coach,” Oldfield said. “Other girls stepped up so I just kind of passed the ball more.” She also admitted that for some reason, her shot was not there. “I definitely wasn’t shooting as well,” Oldfield said. “I don’t know if I wasn’t getting the same amount of shots, but I wasn’t shooting as well as I obviously did during my sophomore year. It definitely frustrated me and caused me to look to pass more to my teammates to let them shoot, since obviously I wasn’t on my game.” Ross had trouble putting her finger on it, but felt that extra attention from defenses may have played a factor. “I don’t really know what it was,” the coach said. “Some days she was on, some days she was off but a lot of teams keyed in on her last year after her sophomore season. Hopefully we can break through that this year.” The one bright spot is that Oldfield’s confidence never wavered. “I went into the gym a couple times outside of practice to shoot but I still wanted to pass more since it wasn’t really working,” she said. “But I felt OK.” Ross and Oldfield know she is too good to let a bump in the road sidetrack her, and both are looking for a big senior year. “She’s gonna be a guard and forward,” Ross said. “We need her (5-foot9) size down low, we don’t have a lot of size. We need her to kick the ball to Frankie or Charlotte and then go spot up

somewhere on a break. But I still want her to shoot. She’s handling (the transition) well. She knows what she needs to do and she works on it. Hopefully once we get into the full season she’ll be ready to go.” Rest assured, Oldfield will do whatever is asked of her. “She is one of the most unselfish people I know, on and off the court,” Ross said. “Sometimes I want her to shoot more because of that; but she does everything for this team. She will bend over backwards for this team.” Oldfield realizes she has to continue to shoot, as being a long-range threat can lead to other positive things. “It opens up other girls too and allows me to drive more,” she said. “And if I drive it will open up my shot, so it works both ways.” One attribute that has never wavered in Oldfield is her ability to work hard and her hustle on the court. That is often the case with the offspring of a coach. “I’m sure it helps; that mentality and that drive that Aaron has probably instilled in her at home,” Ross said. “She works 100 percent all of the time.” Oldfield, who is still deciding on a college, agreed, saying “He definitely pushes me to work a lot harder than I probably would, and he teaches me a lot more than probably a parent would that’s not a coach, so that’s really helpful.” Hopefully all that work comes in handy during this do-it-all senior season.

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First Day Family Nature Walk & Tomahawk Throw, Washington Crossing State Park Nature Center, 355 Washington Crossing Pennington Road, Titusville, 609-737-0609. Guided, informal walk for families followed by tomahawk throwing for adults. Free. Register. 1 p.m.

Thursday, January 2

Adult Book Discussion Group, Pennington Public LIbrary, 30 N. Main Street, Pennington, 609-737-0404. penningtonlibrary.org. 2 p.m.

Friday, January 3

Calendar Girls, Kelsey Theater, Mercer Community College, 1200 Old Trenton Road, West Windsor, 609-570-3333. kelseyatmccc. org. Based on the true story of 11 Women’s Institute members who pose nude for a calendar to raise money for leukemia research. Through January 12. 8 p.m. Susan Werner, Hopewell Theater, 5 S. Greenwood Avenue, Hopewell, 609-466-1964. hopewelltheater.com. 8 p.m. Lego Free Play, Pennington Public LIbrary, 30 N. Main Street, Pennington, 609-737-0404. penningtonlibrary.org. For ages 5 and older. 4 p.m.

Saturday, January 4

wood Avenue, Hopewell, 609-466-1964. hopewelltheater.com. “’Til Death Do Us Part,” a multi-media one-man show. $30. 8 p.m. The Civilian Conservation Corps., Washington Crossing State Park Nature Center, 355 Washington Crossing Pennington Road, Titusville, 609-737-0609. Video presentation on the rise of the New Deal’s Civilian Conservation Corps. Free. Register. Noon.

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Pavarotti, Hopewell Library, 245 PenningtonTitusville Road, Pennington, 609-737-7419. mcl.org. Screening of the PG-13 rated documentary. 1:30 p.m. Social Bridge, Hopewell Library, 245 Pennington-Titusville Road, Pennington, 609-7377419. mcl.org. All skill levels welcome. 2 p.m.

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Art of Living Well: All the Time in the World, Hopewell Theater, 5 S. Greenwood Avenue, Hopewell, 609-466-1964. tickets.hopewelltheater.com. Film screening and Q&A with director Suzanne Crocker. $11.25-$12.50.

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Eighteen years ago Dr. William Fogler returned to his hometown, and opened up his first chiropractic office in Hopewell Borough. He then opened a second office above the Stop and Shop on Denow Road. Then six years ago he made the move to solo practice in the Pennington Market Shopping Center. “I am born and bred in Hopewell. It was a great place to grow up, and is a great place to raise a family”, Fogler said. He attended Hopewell Valley Schools K-12, and currently his two daughters go to school in the district. While growing up, Fogler was an active soccer player, swimmer, and track runner. He continued his education at the University of South Florida, majoring in business. “When I was in college I was dating a girl whose father was a chiropractor. Her father explained what he did from a health and wellness standpoint, working with healing a body. What he taught me made a lot of sense. He adjusted me, and in only two visits the restless legs I had since childhood was gone. I made the decision then, that’s what I’m going to do.” From the University of South Florida, Fogler graduated, with honors, as a Doctor of Chiropractic from Life University in Marietta, Georgia. Now, in addition to chiropractic, Dr. Fogler is helping people safely and effectively lose weight. The program is called ChiroThin, a six week natural diet program designed solely for chiropractors to administer. “It is a whole food, low-glycemic, and anti-inflammatory diet,” explains Dr. Fogler. The program involves being monitored weekly to check the patient’s progress. In Dr. Fogler’s experience patients lose on average 21 pounds in six weeks and drop two to three dress sizes. The current record for the office is 45 pounds in just six weeks. “People are burning fat on this diet and losing inches,” Dr.Fogler said. “Because this eating plan reduces inflammation, many patients are also lowering their blood pressure and blood sugars, and reducing joint pain throughout their bodies. Many have been able to reduce or eliminate their diabetes medicine, because their bodies are starting to function as they are supposed to,” Dr. Fogler said. After the six weeks, patients are re-assessed. Dr. Fogler takes into account how much weight was lost, the patient’s lifestyle, and what their goals are moving forward. Dr. Fogler said, “The patients are able to keep the weight off after they finish the six weeks, because they have the tools to know how to do it. The program will get the weight off, but more importantly, it helps establish new eating behaviors for long term success.” As for Dr. Fogler, he continues to lead an active lifestyle and is always on the go, especially with his two daughters. If you’d like more information about the program, please call the office at 609-737-2006 or stop by in person at his office in the Pennington Market Shopping Center. You can also look up Fogler Chiropractic on Facebook or www.Foglerchiropractic.com. The consultation to see if you are a good candidate for this program is always free. Space is limited though, as Dr. Fogler works personally with each patient he accepts. January 2020 | Hopewell Express21

CALENDAR continued from Page 21 nington, 609-737-2610. mcl.org. Common clutter misconceptions and tips on creating an action plan. 7 p.m. Story Time with Ms. Kim, Pennington Public LIbrary, 30 N. Main Street, Pennington, 609-737-0404. penningtonlibrary.org. Story, rhymes and music For ages 2-4. 11 a.m. Non-Partisan Introduction to Climate Change, Hopewell Public Library, Hopewell Theater, 5 S. Greenwood Avenue, Hopewell, 609-4661625. redlibrary.org. Talk by Sophie Glovier. Free. 7 p.m. The Short of It: Oscar Wilde, Hopewell Library, 245 Pennington-Titusville Road, Pennington, 609-737-7419. mcl.org. Short story discussion group. 2 p.m. Fiber Art Circle, Hopewell Library, 245 Pennington-Titusville Road, Pennington, 609737-7419. mcl.org. Bring a needle-craft project to work on. 7 p.m.

Thursday, January 9

Blue Skies Quartet, Hopewell Valley Bistro & Inn, 15 E. Broad Street, Hopewell, 609-4669889. hopewellbistro.com. $15. 6 p.m. The Third Man, Pennington Public Library, 30 N. Main Street, Pennington, 609-737-0404. penningtonlibrary.org. Film viewing and discussion of the Graham Greene thriller. Bring lunch. Noon. Sports Book Group, Hopewell Library, 245 Pennington-Titusville Road, Pennington, 609737-7419. mcl.org. Discussion on “Boys in the Boat” by Daniel James Brown. 7 p.m.

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609-466-196. hopewelltheater.com. Appalachian, Cajun and Celtic music. $30-$35. 8 p.m. Lego Free Play, Pennington Public LIbrary, 30 N. Main Street, Pennington, 609-737-0404. penningtonlibrary.org. For ages 5 and older. 4 p.m. LGBTQ 101 Workshop, Garden State Equality, Pennington Public Library, 30 N. Main Street, Pennington, 609-737-0404. penningtonlibrary.org. Information on gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation and intersectionality. Register. 6:30 p.m.

Saturday, January 11

Goodnight Nobody, McCarter Theatre, 91 University Place, Princeton, 609-258-2787. mccarter.org. A McCarter commission by Rachel Bonds that tells the story of becoming an adult and the complexity of new motherhood. 8 p.m. The Subdudes, Hopewell Theater, 5 South Greenwood Avenue, Hopewell, 609-4661964. hopewelltheater.com. $50-54. 8 p.m. Living with NJ Black Bears, Washington Crossing State Park Nature Center, 355 Washington Crossing Pennington Road, Titusville, 609-737-0609. Video presentation. Free. Register. Noon.

Sunday, January 12

Calendar Girls, Kelsey Theater, Mercer Community College, 1200 Old Trenton Road, West Windsor, 609-570-3333. kelseyatmccc. org. Based on the true story of 11 Women’s Institute members who pose nude for a calendar to raise money for leukemia research. 2 p.m. Goodnight Nobody, McCarter Theatre, 91 University Place, Princeton, 609-258-2787. mccarter.org. A McCarter commission by Rachel Bonds that tells the story of becoming an adult and the complexity of new motherhood. 2 p.m. Washington Crossing Postcard Collector Club, Union Fire Company, 1396 River Road, Route 29, Hopewell, 609-737-3555 or 215-

598-7534. wc4postcards.org. Meeting and auction. 2 p.m.

Monday, January 13

Senior Book Group, Hopewell Library, 245 Pennington-Titusville Road, Pennington, 609737-7419. mcl.org. Discussion on “Steve Jobs” by Walter Isaacson. 2 p.m. Social Bridge, Hopewell Library, 245 Pennington-Titusville Road, Pennington, 609-7377419. mcl.org. All skill levels welcome. 2 p.m.

Tuesday, January 14

Preparing for Retirement Longevity, Hopewell Library, 245 Pennington Titusville Road, Pennington, 609-737-2610. mcl.org. Seminar on planning retirement income and health care. Register. 10:30 a.m. Gardening Book Club, Hopewell Library, 245 Pennington-Titusville Road, Pennington, 609-737-7419. mcl.org. Discussion on “”The Pine Barrens” by John McPhee. 2 p.m. Too-Busy-for-Books Book Club, Pennington Public LIbrary, 30 N. Main Street, Pennington, 609-737-0404. penningtonlibrary.org. Discussion on “Tell Them of Battles, Kings and Elephants” by E’nard Mathias. 7:30 p.m.

Wednesday, January 15

Story Time with Ms. Kim, Pennington Public LIbrary, 30 N. Main Street, Pennington, 609-737-0404. penningtonlibrary.org. Story, rhymes and music For ages 2-4. 11 a.m. Fiber Art Circle, Hopewell Library, 245 Pennington-Titusville Road, Pennington, 609737-7419. mcl.org. Bring a needle-craft project to work on. 7 p.m.

Thursday, January 16

Chelsea Reed & The Fair Weather Five, Hopewell Valley Bistro & Inn, 15 E. Broad Street, Hopewell, 609-466-9889. hopewellbistro.com. $15. 6 p.m.

Friday, January 17

12 Angry Men, Kelsey Theater, Mercer Community College, 1200 Old Trenton Road, West Windsor, 609-570-3333. kelseyatmccc. org. Drama about the prejudices the jurors in a murder trial. Through January 26. 8 p.m. Goodnight Nobody, McCarter Theatre, 91 University Place, Princeton, 609-258-2787. mccarter.org. A McCarter commission by Rachel Bonds that tells the story of becoming an adult and the complexity of new motherhood. 8 p.m. Lego Free Play, Pennington Public Library, 30 N. Main Street, Pennington, 609-737-0404. penningtonlibrary.org. For ages 5 and older. 4 p.m.

Saturday, January 18

12 Angry Men, Kelsey Theater, Mercer Community College, 1200 Old Trenton Road, West Windsor, 609-570-3333. kelseyatmccc. org. Drama about the prejudices the jurors in a murder trial. 8 p.m. Goodnight Nobody, McCarter Theatre, 91 University Place, Princeton, 609-258-2787. mccarter.org. A McCarter commission by Rachel Bonds that tells the story of becoming an adult and the complexity of new motherhood. 8 p.m. Peter Mulvey, Hopewell Theater, 5 South Greenwood Avenue, Hopewell, 609-466196. hopewelltheater.com. $22-$25. 8 p.m. Wolves: A Legend Returns, Washington Crossing State Park Nature Center, 355 Washington Crossing Pennington Road, Titusville, 609-737-0609. Video presentation. Free. Register. Noon.

Sunday, January 19

Cross-Country Ski Workshop, Washington Crossing State Park Nature Center, 355 Washington Crossing Pennington Road, Titusville, 609-737-0609. Indoor and outdoor lesson for pre-teens through adults. Free. Register. 1:30 p.m.

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Tuesday, January 21

Street, Pennington, 609-737-0404. penningtonlibrary.org. TED Talks lunch and learn discussion group. Noon. and 7:30 p.m. Social Bridge, Hopewell Library, 245 Pennington-Titusville Road, Pennington, 609-7377419. mcl.org. All skill levels welcome. 2 p.m.

Tuesday, January 28

Identity Theft and Fraud: What You Need to Know to Help Protect Yoursel, Hopewell Library, 245 Pennington Titusville Road, Pennington, 609-737-2610. mcl.org. Seminar. Register. 10:30 a.m. Writers Support Group, Hopewell Library, 245 Pennington-Titusville Road, Pennington, 609-737-7419. mcl.org. 6 p.m.

Wednesday, January 29

Goodnight Nobody, McCarter Theatre, 91 University Place, Princeton, 609-258-2787. mccarter.org. A McCarter commission by Rachel Bonds that tells the story of becoming

an adult and the complexity of new motherhood. 7:30 p.m. Fiber Art Circle, Hopewell Library, 245 Pennington-Titusville Road, Pennington, 609737-7419. mcl.org. Bring a needle-craft project to work on. 7 p.m.

Friday, January 31

Cabaret, Kelsey Theater, Mercer Community College, 1200 Old Trenton Road, West Windsor, 609-570-3333. kelseyatmccc.org. When American writer Cliff Bradshaw arrives at Berlin’s Kit Kat Club looking for inspiration, he falls for its star performer, Sally Bowles. However, their decadent lifestyle is soon threatened by the Nazis’ impending rise to power. Through February 9. 8 p.m. Lego Free Play, Pennington Public LIbrary, 30 N. Main Street, Pennington, 609-737-0404. penningtonlibrary.org. For ages 5 and older. 4 p.m.

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Friday, January 24

12 Angry Men, Kelsey Theater, Mercer Community College, 1200 Old Trenton Road, West Windsor, 609-570-3333. kelseyatmccc. org. Drama about the prejudices the jurors in a murder trial. 8 p.m. Goodnight Nobody, McCarter Theatre, 91 University Place, Princeton, 609-258-2787. mccarter.org. A McCarter commission by Rachel Bonds that tells the story of becoming an adult and the complexity of new motherhood. 8 p.m. Lego Free Play, Pennington Public LIbrary, 30 N. Main Street, Pennington, 609-737-0404. penningtonlibrary.org. For ages 5 and older. 4 p.m.

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Saturday, January 25

Goodnight Nobody, McCarter Theatre, 91 University Place, Princeton, 609-258-2787. mccarter.org. A McCarter commission by Rachel Bonds that tells the story of becoming an adult and the complexity of new motherhood. 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. 12 Angry Men, Kelsey Theater, Mercer Community College, 1200 Old Trenton Road, West Windsor, 609-570-3333. kelseyatmccc. org. Drama about the prejudices the jurors in a murder trial. 8 p.m. Jim’s Big Ego, Hopewell Theater, 5 South Greenwood Avenue, Hopewell, 609-466196. hopewelltheater.com. $23.50-$25.50. 8 p.m. The Eye of the Leopard, Washington Crossing State Park Nature Center, 355 Washington Crossing Pennington Road, Titusville, 609737-0609. Video presentation. Free. Register. Noon.

Sunday, January 26

12 Angry Men, Kelsey Theater, Mercer Community College, 1200 Old Trenton Road, West Windsor, 609-570-3333. kelseyatmccc. org. Drama about the prejudices the jurors in a murder trial. 2 p.m. American Women and Royal Marriages, Pennington Public LIbrary, 30 N. Main Street, Pennington, 609-737-0404. penningtonlibrary.org. Talk by Melissa Ziobro. 3 p.m.

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SPECIAL THANKS GO OUT TO Nick Gaudioso and the Pennington Fire Company for lighting the Holiday Walk and delivering Santa Pennington Library and Wallaby Tales Traveling Zoo Hopewell Valley YMCA Youth Activity Center Boy Scout Troup #44 Blackwell Memorial Home for the lighted canopies at Howe Commons Wayne Hollendonner our Roving Photographer Erwin Harbat for the Christmas Tree Lights and for storing the snowflakes Pennington Police Department for keeping us safe Pennington Public Works Department for their invaluable assistance Hopewell Emergency Services Pennington Presbyterian Church for hosting dancers and George and Martha George and Martha Washington THE MEMBERS OF THE PB&PA HOLIDAY WALK COMMITTEE: Kevin Ryan Holly Jerome Dawn Berman Michelle Needham Kathy Kowrach Chris Murphy Bill Meytrott Britt West Alisa McCabe

THANKS TO OUR GENEROUS SPONSORS! DIAMOND SNOWFLAKE SPONSORS: The Pennington School • Callaway Henderson Sotheby’s International Realty GOLD SNOWFLAKE SPONSOR: DeSimone Orthodontics • Vito’s Pizza • Bank of Princeton • Capital Health Regional Medical Center SILVER SNOWFLAKE SPONSORS: Hopewell Valley YMCA • American Properties Realty, Inc. • Pennington Montessori School • Pennington Quality Market BRONZE SNOWFLAKE SPONSORS: Poppy Boutique • TJ’s Restaurant & Bar • Michelle Needham/Gloria Nilson & Co. Real Estate • The Front Porch • Hopewell Express Law Office of Alisandra B. Carnevale, LLC • Creative MediaWorks, Inc. • Zoe Graphics • Pennington Apothecary Dr. Mark McDonough-Orthodontist • Main Street Private Advisors • Transformation Bureau • Kollevoll and Associates, LLC INDIVIDUAL CONTRIBUTORS: Regent Floor Covering • A &E Construction • First Steps Financial • Stacy and Chris Cronin Gail and Richard Butterfoss • McCabe Electric, Inc. • The Caulfield Family

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rEAL EstAtE The following listings of residential home sales are based on public records and tax ﬁles. The number in parentheses after the closing price indicates the amount it was above or below the original listing price.

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29 Meadow Lane. Seller: Courtney Banghart and Michele DeJuliis. Buyer: Mark Saindon and Cynthia Hoenes-Saindon. Two-story Colonial. 4 bedrooms, 3 baths. $865,000 ($26,000). 120 Featherbed Lane. Seller: Eileen Pittenger and John Butaud. Buyer: Richard and Sandra Morris. 2.5-story log home. 3 bedrooms, 3.5 baths. $780,000 (-$15,000). 307 Pebble Creek Court. Seller: Kim and Andrew Earl. Buyer: Reema Arora. Townhouse in Brandon Farms. 2 bedrooms, 2.5 baths. $291,000 (-$9,000). 157 Moores Mill Mount Rose Road. Seller: Robert Warren. Buyer: John and Sherry Cronin. Ranch in Princeton Farms. 4 bedrooms, 2 baths. $265,000 (-$85,000). 208 Penn View Drive. Seller: James and Lisa Seceretario. Buyer: Dale DiDonato and Jennifer Linett. Ranch in Penn View Heights. 3 bedrooms, 2.5 baths. $595,000. 353 Watkins Road. Seller: Luis and Joanna Irene. Buyer: Richard and Dianne Kling. Townhouse in Twin Pines. 3 bed-

rooms, 2.5 baths. $389,000 (-$6,000). 2 Timkak Lane. Seller: Robert and Nancy Faherty. Buyer: Brian and Lauren Cavanaugh. Two-story Traditional in The Ridings. 5 bedrooms, 3 baths, 2 half baths. $626,500 (-$22,500). 7 Bramble Drive. Seller: Robert and Emile DiPrato. Buyer: Mathieu and Yulia Aussermeier. Two-story Transitional in Estates at Hopewell. 4 bedrooms, 2.5 baths. $762,500 (-$62,500). 21 Chicory Lane. Seller: Dianne and Richard Kling. Buyer: Hao Wen and Qing Zhang. Two-story Colonial in Brandon Farms. 5 bedrooms, 3 baths. $675,000 ($50,000). 298 Hopeweell-Amwell Road. Seller: Joseph Devaney. Buyer: Steven Halpern and Natalia Gali. Three-story French. 4 bedrooms, 3 baths, 2 half baths. $736,000 (-$13,000). 250 Colt Street. Seller: Jean LeCocq and Julie Fiers. Buyer: Ana Balbo and Waldemar Balbo Jr. Townhouse in Twin Pines. 3 bedrooms, 2.5 baths. $375,000 (-$10,000). 36 Diverty Road. Seller: Walter Horlowiski Estate. Buyer: Pawel Kowalski and Agata Kowalska and Agnieszka Agnieszka. Ranch in Hopewell Woods. 3 bedrooms, 1 bath. $265,000 (-$10,000). 423 Titusville Road. Seller: Roger and Christine Miller. Buyer: Ricardo Vega Jr and Alisia Valdez. Two-story Colo-

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111 West Broad Street. Seller: Theodore Kessler Jr.. Buyer: 111 West Broad Street LLC. (1.5-story single-family home) 3 bedrooms, 1 bath. $150,000 (-$100,000). 51 Model Avenue. Seller: Mark and Carolyn D’Amico. Buyer: Michael and Karen Atkinson. 2.5-story cottage. 3 bedrooms, 2 baths. $360,000 (-$7,500). 72 Model Avenue. Seller: Frank Juliano. Two-story Traditional. 4 bedrooms, 1.5 baths. $269,000 (-$30,000). 56 North Greenwood Avenue. Seller: Paul Bernstein and Margaret Spear. Buyer: Jarret and Christine Crawford. Two-story Colonial. 4 bedrooms, 1.5 baths. $380,000 (-$40,000). 71 Taylor Terrace. Seller: David and Michele Hunt. Buyer: Domenic Aversa and Nikole Such. Ranch. 3 bedrooms, 2 baths. $330,000 (-$49,000).

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119 Laning Avenue. Seller: Princeton Realty Investment Group. Buyer: David Marcoux and Maude Poirier. Two-

story Colonial. 4 bedrooms, 2.5 baths. $689,000 (-$90,500). 12 Scudder Court. Seller: Michele Caragiulo and Robert Dragert. Buyer: Robert and Emilie DiPrato. Two-story Colonial. 4 bedrooms, 3 baths, 2 half baths. $830,000 (-$69,900). 195 West Welling Avenue. Seller: Suzanne Simon. Buyer: Michael and Julie Phipps. Two-story Cape Cod. 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, 2 half baths. $486,250 (-$42,750). 212 North Main Street. Seller: Calvin and Kathleen Starcher. Buyer: Kelly Leech. Three-story Dutch. 5 bedrooms, 2.5 baths. $480,000. 403 Burd Street. Seller: Brian and Lauren Cavanaugh. Buyer: David and Jennifer Parrett. Two-story Dutch/Colonial. 3 bedrooms, 1.5 baths. $480,000 (-$35,000). 113 King George Road. Seller: Jeanne Donlon. Buyer: Larry and Kathryn Serge. Two-story Dutch. 4 bedrooms, 2.5 baths. $640,000 (-$58,500). 416 Burd Street. Seller: Sharon Brooks. Buyer: Christopher and Jana Prendergast. Two-story Cape Cod. 4 bedrooms, 2 baths. $415,000 (-$70,000). 17 Railroad Place. Seller: David Kaschak. Townhouse in Pennington Crossing. 2 bedrooms, 2.5 baths. $266,000 (-$32,000).

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A group of like-minded Mercer County non-profits and organizations partnered on an ambitious program, slated for early 2020, intended to secure the future of “Conservation through Diversity and Teamwork.” Exploring the intersection between environment and equity is not a new concept. What is unique about this plan is its unlikely path to its final conclusion—engaging in conservation is the key to connecting communities both locally and abroad. Hopewell Valley and Boys and Girls Clubs students will join together on an internship curriculum available at Fohvos.org that consists of education and project work. Experts from Global Connections, FoHVOS, RomYoga, Mercer County Parks, The Sourland Conservancy, Boys & Girls Clubs, and NJCF are leading education units, while Lawrence Hopewell Trail and Isles have also offered to employ the trained interns. As people and organizations learned the vision, the circle of support grew. Enthusiasm has fueled this project so much that a remarkable one-month community crowdsourcing effort completed all of its funding in December 2019. In 2004, David Angwenyi first came to Hopewell Valley from Kenya. His dark complexion and unusual accent stood out in Hopewell’s homogenous, white community. Students approached him with curiosity and Dr. Angwenyi’s giving nature was to share. He wanted to introduce people to his culture and homeland and in 2007, he took the first of many groups to Kenya. David believed that the secret to breaking down perceived barriers was simply being exposed to more, realizing gratitude for what you have, and finding common connections in uncommon places. The Hopewell-Kenya trips were lifechanging for everyone involved. Students came back transformed, and the Kenyan village of Keroka reaped its benefits. Hopewell community members were so inspired that they separately formed a nonprofit known as the Hopewell-Keroka Alliance. Over time, the Hopewell high school club known as Global Connections followed a successful path, yet something seemed missing. Current events nationwide, and escalating racial incidents locally, contributed to desires to try and improve things closer to home. After all, do Hopewell students really need to travel to Kenya to find purpose or be exposed to diversity? At the same time, an international underpinning was still a desirable consideration. With help from friends at FoHVOS, David Angwenyi and his newly expanded Global Connections Foundation reached out to the Boys & Girls Clubs of Mercer County and they immediately bonded over shared purposes. David Anderson, BGC President, was thrilled about gaining connections and opportunities for BGC students, and Zoubir Yazid, BGC COO, saw tremendous potential for all students to also expand their world view.

Some important considerations emerged in their alliance. Unlike many clubs that define a cause “to help,” Global Connections was to be a “partnership of equals.” This meant that Hopewell and BGC students would need to work on projects together and contribute and bond as peers. FoHVOS offered up conservation work as the vehicle. A pilot group of Hopewell and BGC students joined together for Clean Communities service work. The concept had potential. Wanda McNeill, director, marketing and community outreach, for the Mercer County Park Commission heard about the initiative and offered to help. Mercer County Parks had a goal to attract underserved populations to its public lands. With that in mind, Ms. McNeill believed the Hopewell/BGC initiative might benefit from local opportunities offered by the parks. The challenge would be designing a program that met the needs of all participating organizations. At the time, the FOHVOS Strike Team was partnering with United Parks As One to administer a program to provide conservation training to Newark high school students. Training took place at public parks throughout Newark and was funded by the Victoria Foundation. A paid internship project aptly named “Building Conservation through Diversity & Teamwork” was formed to offer training from the group’s experts and culminate in conservation service projects. FoHVOS applied for grants with letters of support from Global Connections, Boys & Girls Clubs, and Mercer County Parks. New Jersey Conservation Foundation was the first to step up and earmarked a Parker grant as seed money to partially pay internship salaries. The national Land Trust Alliance has expressed interest in tracking program progress alongside a much larger movement afoot to diversify the outdoors. The Mercer County Park Commission began hosting an environmental equity and inclusiveness committee comprised of leaders whose mission is to create experiences and opportunities that attract and inspire people of all ages, ethnicities and income levels to enjoy nature and the outdoors. The Mercer County group stimulates interest in the skills needed to develop careers in fields related to protecting the natural environment and encourage people to enjoy nature. Their encouragement was invaluable as they fully supported our new internship concept. Several participating members offered to train and employ interns. Others expressed interest in subsequent internship offerings. The “Building Conservation through Diversity & Teamwork” project will be documented, tweaked, and shared as a model that can be replicated and used alongside the many other ambitious initiatives being researched by Mercer County and other environmental equity groups. Lisa Wolff is the executive director of Friends of Hopewell Valley Open Space.

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SCHORE TO PLEASE Cats: Not the musical By Robin Schore Social media is currently being called to account for spreading misinformation, violating privacy, manipulating markets, and generally attempting to control the universe. However, the real crisis is social media’s purveying an infestation of excruciatingly cloying images of kittens and puppies. While canines can be easily dismissed as slobbering, noisy befoulers of beaches, sidewalks and lawns, it is the cat depictions that are truly most threatening. I am talking about photos of cats talking, of cats in odd costumes, of cats playing with fish, ducks, and elephants, and of cats in a variety of un-cat-like poses About three months ago, the cat infestation crossed the digital barrier into my reality when we acquired two kittens from a local shelter. The kittens were free . . . until we paid a few hundred dollars to cover their neutering and vaccinations. Then, to ensure further expenditures, we were advised by the shelter to take the animals to a vet for a check-up. The vet determined that one of the cats had a fever that, after analysis, turned out to be a symptom of the feline equivalent of AIDS. The other kitten had some ugly infection on its nose. The visit resulted in shelling out additional hun-

dreds of dollars for the exam, tests, and medications. Smearing ointment on the infections and forcing antibiotics down the feline throats was quite risky and tended to result in the drug administrator (me) suffering bites, scratches and the possibility of picking up some horrible disease like cat-scratch fever. That risk was also incurred whenever it was time to clip the feline claws. Expenses continued to mount. We were advised to buy incredibly expensive cat food because the ordinary stuff was insufficiently nutritious. The constant need for kitty litter was another regular expense. The fifty-pound backbreaking bags, the most cost-effective quantity for buying the stuff, required a winch to load into and out of the car. This exertion will undoubtedly lead to my being placed in traction at some costly rehabilitation facility. Then there was the cost in terms of property damage. Upon arrival at our house, the cats began scratching couches, gnawing shoes and clawing clothing. They also made off with the second hand of a clock, broke off the louvers of a door and ate a venetian blind. Mealtimes became a constant struggle as the felines made forays onto the

dining table stealing food on its way to our mouths. On their first day of breakfast at our house, the predators snatched a stick of butter along with our granddaughter’s toast just after having overturned her cup of milk. Houseplants also came under assault including a giant jade tree grown from a tiny cutting that my grandmother gave me in the 1950s. The cats began to systematically dismember the plant, tearing off branches and leaves and curling up around the trunk. Sadly, this plant was flowering—a rare event. Incomprehensibly, everyone in our household got upset when I talked about cooking the cats. The vet suggested that to discourage feline destruction, we should fill a metal coffee can with pennies and jangle it vigorously. The jarring jangling seemed to have no effect on the cats’ behavior, but it jangled my delicate nerves along with my saintly tolerance and equanimity. Ultimately, we sequestered the cats whenever food was served and moved the plants into a padlocked room. While cats might fulfill the neurotic need to hold something warm and purring in one’s lap, after just a few months, those purrs have probably cost us about a hundred dollars per purr. Yes, there’s no such thing as a free cat.

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These are not the first cats with which I’ve been forced to co-exist. Decades ago, my sister came home with an abandoned street kitten, a creature that periodically displayed signs of some neverdiagnosed disease causing it to hiss, scratch and drool. It couldn’t have been rabies because we all survived, even the cat. Many decades later, our most recent pair of cats lived for more than eighteen years. At least with age, cats tend to be less destructive. But inevitably they die. One cat expired during the dead of winter. I had to use a pickaxe to dig a three-foot deep hole in the frozen ground, a cavity deep enough to keep jackals and hyenas from digging up the carcass. So, to accurately reflect the burden of owning cats, I propose that all online depictions of cats be fair and balanced. I am hereby announcing the roll-out of a brand-new, cutting-edge app whereby all displays of huggable, adorable cats will be paired with displays of reeking litter boxes that, thanks to this new technology, will deliver authentic stench through every smart phone or computer directly to the nostrils of the viewer. All hail technology. Robin Schore lives in Hopewell Borough.

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