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By NicOLe ViViANO Meals on Wheels of Mercer County will take part in the nonprofit’s national initiative this March to raise donations for its charity-based nutritional program.

March for Meals has recruited local, small restaurants to participate in the month-long promotion sponsored by Meals on Wheels America.

Last year, the promotion contributed $13,810 to MOW of Mercer County, helping them to continue serving their community, which now includes Lawrence as of last year.

About five years ago, Meals on Wheels of Mercer County decided to use this initiative to highlight the issue of senior hunger in their community.

Their slogan, “Dine Out to Stamp Out Senior Hunger,” is meant to bring to people’s attention the nearly 553 participants that MOW served last year, 88% of whom were over the age of 60 and 60% at high nutritional risk.

The funds that are raised

by March for Wheels will help subsidize meals for the people who can’t afford to contribute toward their MOW meals.

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Lawrence resident Bo Hitchcock volunteers at the EASEL Animal Rescue League in Ewing several times a week, working with felines as part of the shelter’s Cat Pawsitive program.

A purrfect volunteer Bo Hitchcock is area animal shelter’s very own cat whisperer

By NicOLe ViViANO For the past two years EASEL Animal Rescue League—a no kill shelter in Ewing—has been implementing a new feline behavior training program, which has helped it successfully adopt out cats that would

have otherwise been looked over.

The Cat Pawsitive training initiative started by The Jackson Galaxy Project, was founded by TV star Jackson Galaxy from his hit Animal Planet show My Cat From Hell.

EASEL has its own star working with the shelter’s cats nearly four times a week. Although they have implemented Jackson Galaxy’s methods, the shelter has its very own cat whisperer.

Lawrence Township resident Bo Hitchcock was a frequent

visitor to the shelter following his retirement in 2015 from the Lawrence Township Public Schools, where he was director of facilities for 30 years.

Hitchcock originally got involved by joining EASEL’s Saturday dog walking program and fostering animals. For about a year, he would do just that, along with going into the cat rooms and interacting with them.

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Kids in Lawrence Township elementary schools have been seeing a new friendly face in the halls lately.

George A. Henderson Jr., the school district’s newest Class III special law enforcement officer, has been making his rounds at Lawrence’s four elementary schools to get to know the population he will be serving in his latest position.

This weekly rotation has allowed the children, grades kindergarten to third, to watch the new officer patrol their school grounds, from the cafeteria to recess, from when they are dropped off and picked up by their parents.

“One important thing when you’re doing this Class III program is to pick the right officer for the position,” said Lawrence Township Police Chief Brian Caloiaro. “You have to be someone who’s a people person, you have to be somebody who works well with kids.”

Henderson certainly fits the bill. His years of experience in law enforcement and work with children make him an excellent choice.

The constant visual presence Henderson will offer to his assigned schools has been well received by the school administration, police department and families. Henderson said See OFFICER, Page 6

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Township teen wins New York Times review contest press release. “The girls are confident Madeline Fox, 16, of Lawrence TownThe show will be performed on hands.

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The release adds that it’s not too late Annual Student Review Contest for adults and $8 for students and seniors help exceed last year’s delivery, Troop to send some cookies to the troops— High Schoolers.” and can be Music educators honor 70641 increased its goal by 10%.

Each year, the girls select a specific cookies will be sold through early Fox, a junior at The Pennington Lawrence school board service member deployed overseas to March.

School, was one of only nine winners send the cookies. This year, cookies Anyone interested in helping can out of 2,300 entries. Her review, “The Music educators honor will be deployed to a chaplain based out find a nearby Girl Scout cookie booth Great British Baking Show May Ruin Lawrence school board of Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst by going to girlscoutcookies.org and Your Taste for Reality Television,” entering their ZIP code. highlights the “good-natured humor” The board of directors of the New who is stationed in Turkey.

Over Valentine’s weekend, with –Compiled by Gazette editor Bill Sanservino and “celebration of people and food” Jersey Music Educators Association in the BBC’s program has awarded the Law- the support of Starbucks (at 2673 The Great British Baking rence Board of Education Main Street), the girls advanced their WHAT DID WE MISS? What are you Show. with the 2020 Outstand- campaign. noticing in your community? What “The girls would like to thank the stories do you think we should tell? Do She contrasted the ing School Board Award. series to what many viewThe award is in recog- community for stopping to purchase you have news to share? We want to ers are used to seeing on nition of the school dis- cookies and for asking questions about hear from you. Send your news or tips to reality television: “petty trict’s support for music the Cookie Share program,” states a news@communitynews.org. and often cruel conflict education.

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Fox’s winning essay can be read at The school board also approves outbit.ly/NYTReviewContest. of-district professional development for music teachers. National Association ‘Les Misérables’ at LHS for Music Education memberships are funded for all music teachers who sponMarch 5 to 7 sor music students for regional and all Students from Lawrence High School state ensembles.

The district begins music education are studying the history of France in a unique way this month with a produc- in the fourth grade providing access to band or orchestra instruments or the tion of Les Misérables School Edition.

The production is an adaptation of opportunity to join the chorus. Chamthe Tony Award-winning musical that is ber strings, jazz band and Pitch Black, a select chorus group, begin in fifth performed by students only.

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OFFICER continued from Page 1 the parents and staff have been very welcoming.

“The safety of our children is our greatest responsibility and we are dedicated to our students’ well-being,” said Superintendent Ross Kasun. “We are pleased George has joined our school resource office and other Class III officers as part of our intensified focus on safety and security for the benefit of our students and staff.”

The state created the category of Class III law enforcement officer in 2018 as a way to bolster security in schools. They are armed, retired law enforcement officers who previously served as fully trained, full-time officers in the state.

Class III officers do not teach, discipline children or investigate. Their major focus is to be a visible presence in the school and help to keep students and staff safe from outside intruders.

Henderson is the first Class III officer who will be primarily dedicated to the township’s elementary schools.

Caloiaro, who is responsible for reviewing applications for Class III officer candidates, described the hiring process as similar to the one they go through when hiring full-time regular police officers. Background checks, drug tests, physical and psychological exams, along with an interview process and training is meant to weed out the mediocre potential hires.

“We’re entrusting them to be with our kids in our schools and we want to make sure we have the best person that we can,” he said.

Henderson not only brings years of police experience to his position, but a background in military service, retiring as a staff sergeant from the New Jersey Army National Guard, and serving the youth of his community. The Ewing resident of about 27 years is a retired Mercer County sheriff’s officer. He retired from the sheriff’s office in 2018 after 21 years of service and applied to the Class III officer program around the end of September 2019.

Henderson said that once he became aware of the position, he decided to pursue the job because of his love of service, especially with the youth population.

Aside from his 23 years in the military, 13 of which in the Navy (four years active duty and nine reserve) and 10 years in the New Jersey National Guard, Henderson dedicated four years as a youth worker and counselor for the New Jersey Department of Juvenile Justice Commission.

Asked why he chose a life-long career in serving his community, Henderson simply responded that he wanted to give back and help the community “It’s always good to be able to help,” he said. “That was one of my initial reasons.

From helping in the military and helping with the kids when my son was in Little League, it’s always a pleasure to help.”

While at the JJC, Henderson worked with groups of 8 to 10 kids between the ages of 14 to 17. The younger age group he is now responsible for is one he described as still developing and therefore more open to his help and presence than the older children he previously worked with.

“I think it’s very important, since I’ve been working with the youth in the schools for over a month now, that they get more comfortable coming to an officer, letting them know if they need help,” Henderson said.

Creating a more approachable environment for children to learn about police officers is just one benefit of the program.

Henderson is married, with a son, daughter and granddaughter who is in fifth grade in Ewing. He hopes the Class III officer program will spread to other towns in the state, knowing that his granddaughter is in a town that does not currently employ the special officers.

Sergeant Michael Whitmore of the LTPD Investigative Division, which oversees the Class III officers and

The main focus of Class III officers is to be a visible presence in the school and help to keep students and staff safe from outside intruders.

the school resource officer, sees this new position as part of a team-based approach to protecting the children of the community.

“They’re kind of the eyes and the ears for us,” Whitmore said. “They’re on radio, so anything that happens, they’re there, they can direct more units into the school, they can give us updates. It’s really a game changer for me as a supervisor to have immediate access to know what’s going on in any of the schools.”

The Class III officer’s uniform is very similar to a typical patrol officer. They wear a dark navy pant with a yellow stripe down the side and a police patch.

They do have a secondary patch on their right arm, which identifies them as a special officer and a nontraditional, nonsequential badge number.

Caloiaro confirmed that the department is currently looking to hire a second Class III officer for the elementary schools, which Henderson said he welcomes as an extra set of eyes and more assistance for multiple schools at a time.

The department hasn’t received any applications yet, but Caloiaro explained that this is due to their policy that applicants must have 30 days of separation from law enforcement or municipal government to be considered for the position. He assumes that a number applications from recently retired officer will start coming in around the beginning of February from officers who retired at the end of last year..

Henderson joins Rick Doldy, Class III officer at Lawrence Middle School and Mike Cseremsak, Class III officer at Law-

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George A. Henderson is the Lawrence Public Schools’ newest Class III special law enforcement officer. rence Intermediate School as part of the township’s team of officers in the schools.

Suzanne Girard, who is the SRO at Lawrence High School, is a full-time officer on the township’s force. Both Girard and Doldy started at their respective schools in September 2018, and Cseremsak started in January 2019, replacing Charles Nemes, who left to pursue another opportunity.

Girard has been with the department for almost 20 years and worked as a deputy court administrator for the Lawrence Municipal Court for five years prior. Several years ago she served as an SRO at

Lawrence Intermediate School and Lawrence Middle School. She is married to a Lawrence High School graduate, and they have three children.

Doldy grew up in Lawrence and is an LHS graduate. After first starting in electrical engineering, Doldy changed careers, became a Lawrence police officer and earned a bachelor’s degree in homeland security and national preparedness. He retired as a sergeant from the force in 2014. Doldy has high school and middle school-aged children.

Cseremsak retired as a sergeant from the Hopewell Township Police Department in 2017 after 30 years of service.

He then became a public safety officer at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton. Cseremsak grew up in Trenton and earned an associate’s degree in criminal justice from Mercer County Community College, a bachelor’s in liberal studies from Thomas Edison State College, and a master’s from Seton Hall in Human Resources Training and Development.

While there has been opposition to the concept of having armed officers stationed in the schools in some districts in New Jersey, that hasn’t been the case in Lawrence.

“I think the parents like it, the school obviously likes it, we as a department love it,” Whitmore said. “The more the better the way I look at it. We can’t be everywhere all the time but to have an officer who’s trained and has lots of experience…So when something’s going down or we need help they know exactly what to do, what to say, and it’s a huge help to bridge that gap.”

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In Ewing, Café 72 will be having a specialty pancake for the month and Piccolo Trattoria will offer a special pizza. In Lawrence, Leonardo’s is participating during the weekdays during their early bird dining time. Many other locations will either be featuring a date that they will donate from or other special deals.

Robert Pluta, owner of Leonardo’s and lifelong resident of Lawrence, has been involved with the March for Meals initiative for about three years. Pluta stated that the initiative usually gets a good turn out on their participating days and encourages patrons to come out to

donate to the local MOW. “It’s a win-win,” he said. “It’s good for local business, and it’s good to support the cause.”

Pluta was involved with the initiative through the Lawrence Meals on Wheels, before they consolidated with MOW of Mercer County last year. Pluta is just one community member who has continued to support the local MOW. Ewing’s Blooming Grove Inn is another business that will be featured this March. They will be donating $1 to MOW for every bottle of beer sold throughout the month, including all domestic and craft bottles.

“Say cheers, order a beer, it’s going towards a great cause,” owner Steve Jordan said.

What started out as six restaurants when MOW got involved with March for Meals has grown to nearly 25 throughout the county.

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to identify which restaurants have partnered with the initiative.

Also, there is a current list of participating restaurants in the county along with descriptions of certain offerings provided by specific establishments at the MOW of Mercer County website (mealsonwheelsmercer.org ).

“All people have to do is go out to eat and either purchase the entrée item that’s identified or go on the specific day,” said Sasa Olessi Montano, MOW of Mercer County CEO. “It’s very, very easy.”

The Mercer County branch had its biggest gain of territory back in 2016 when they took over servicing Princeton, East Windsor, West Windsor and Hightstown, but their recent expansion has absorbed the Lawrence Meals on Wheels and their clients.

Last January, the Lawrence MOW branch that had been around since 1982 shut down to come under MOW of Mercer County’s management. All continuing Lawrence volunteers were transferred to MOW of Mercer County.

The consolidation had been in the works since 2018, according to the former secretary of the board and nearly 15-year member of Lawrence MOW, Mary Loetscher.

The Lawrence resident, who also served on the consolidation committee, explained that her branch had three major board positions that people were retiring from.

Instead of searching for replacements for president, treasurer and director, they decided it was in their clients’ best

interest to merge with MOW of Mercer County and ensure that their service wouldn’t be interrupted.

“Mercer County Meals on Wheels has been very intent on making sure that our clients are taken care of and there’s no disruption from what they had before to what they have now,” Loetscher said.

She continues to deliver to her Lawrence clients on Wednesdays. At times she served nine clients and now attends to about seven.

“I wanted to keep participating, and they encouraged any volunteers of Lawrence Township Meals on Wheels [to join],” Loetscher said. “They made it very easy for us to change over because we got to keep our original routes…and that was a very accommodating thing for them to do to help us get acclimated.”

Delivering meals is only part of the MOW model. Socialization, pet care and helping out with personal errands are all aspects to the MOW volunteer position.

Along with delivering their meals, catered by Rider University and Gourmet Dining, the local MOW delivered 14,200 pounds of pet food last year to its clients.

Company and conversation are invaluable parts of the volunteer’s mission as well. Since many clients don’t even have a pet with them at home, a visit from a MOW volunteer may be their only contact that day.

“We have had people on our program for a very, very, very long time and that is success for us,” Montano said. “Once we start to serve someone, we usually serve them for the long haul.”

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PAWSITIVE continued from Page 1 being on-call, 24 hours a day for his job, and volunteering as a fireman and for the first aid squad, it took nearly three decades for Hitchcock to realize it was time to change gears in his life.

Hitchcock, who suffers from Parkinson’s disease, found a way to ease his condition while still giving back.

“I wanted to be with animals because animals would calm me down,” Hitchcock says. “So we’ve both gotten something out of it.”

When walking and fostering dogs became too much to handle, Hitchcock gravitated to the cats. With the unique status of being a socializer, Hitchcock would go around to try and help the felines by spending time with them, and giving them treats and attention to get them comfortable around people.

Hitchcock says that he was selected to go through the Cat Pawsitive program and now implements its methods and has learned to recognize behaviors and body language in the cats he tends.

Part of the program involves a daily log so other volunteers and staff can stay up to date on each cat’s progress.

This process was one that Hitchcock had already started himself and continues to do, by writing out his own index cards. He leaves his notes on the cages where more troubled cats are kept, so that he can recall what he’s worked on with them and let other volunteers and staff know the same. One example was for a cat that he wrote was “very friendly, purrs, walks with a little bit of a stag-

Lois Martin, who helps run the EASEL’s Cat Pawsitive and Cat Pawsitive Pro programs, gets a high five from one of the shelter’s inhabitants. ger…head butts my hand, needs work on being picked up.”

“I can’t remember what I did with each cat, but other people use it as a guide for what’s going on,” Hitchcock said.

Hitchcock’s cards, which have personality traits and progress scribbled on them, can be seen on many of the cages around the shelter. They help inform others about the felines and easily iden-

tify the ones who need more work.

Hitchcock prefers to use treats to a clicker, both of which are used in the Cat Pawsitive programs, but insists that love is the main reward for a cat’s good behavior.

“I just use time and patience,” he says.

Hitchcock will visit a cat that’s having problems three to four times on days he visits. Talking softly while moving slowly around these special cases, he allows the cat to show him what it’s comfortable with.

By being attentive to a cat’s reaction to his presence, he interprets what the feline is ready for.

“I’m amazed at some of the turn arounds I get from just working with a cat for 10 minutes for 10 days,” Hitchcock says. “That’s not a very long time to work with an animal, to train them.”

Hitchcock dedicates his time and patience to the harder cases that come into EASEL. Cats who are frozen in fear, or who won’t allow a person to pet them, are his specialty.

“It’s about the cats,” Hitchcock says.

“The biggest reward for me is to have a cat get turned around and become an adoptable cat.”

The JGP started in 2014 along with Greatergood.org, a public nonprofit, and was created with the understanding that animal shelters are often an overwhelming environment, especially for already frightened animals.

Georgia Arvanitis, vice president of the EASEL board, says that a major benefit of the program is assisting staff and

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volunteers in building good connections with the animals.

“It helps them feel positive about the animals because they understand that they’re helping to reduce the stress,” she says. “From the animals’ perspective, it reinforces good behavior.”

EASEL continues to further its mission to decrease the number of euthanized animals in the county with Cat Pawsitive and Cat Pawsitive Pro, which is an advanced version of the program for cats who need a more comprehensive approach.

The initiative has successfully transformed cats that come to the shelter into confident, adoptable pets, thanks to the dedicated staff and volunteers that have gone through training.

Arvanitis, a Ewing resident of more than 20 years, got involved with EASEL in 2008 as a volunteer, joined the board in 2011 and became vice president in 2015. She says she has watched the Cat Pawsitive and CPP programs help shy, scared and aggressive cats grow into happy, healthy pets.

“The most important thing is how much it connects the volunteers and staff with the cats and then the cats with potential adopters,” Arvanitis says. “It really has made a very big difference.

The impact here is all about getting pets into a good home. This project is one of the best ways I’ve seen to help us do that.”

EASEL’s small yet impactful staff, comprised of six paid employees, along with several volunteers, were trained in the Cat Pawsitive and CPP programs over the last two years.

The shelter first joined the Cat Pawsitive program in fall 2018 after being selected from a pool of applicants through a GreaterGood.org grant.

EASEL then involved its staff and volunteers in the provided training.

The program is a series of webinars that instruct new trainers on how to use a clicker to help train the cat, how to read the cat’s body face language, in addition to other subtleties. As a result, the staff and volunteers are now able to stimulate the cats both mentally and physically, while also increasing their activity level at the shelter each day.

Training sessions three to four times a week by different trainers constantly reinforces good behavior, which makes the cat more approachable and adoptable, and discourages aggressive behavior.

In early 2019, EASEL was selected for the CPP. As part of the program, staff and volunteers went through intensive advanced training and learning modules, and a feline behavior expert from the JGP was assigned to their group for five months.

The goals of the program, as laid out on the JGP website, is to maintain and improve cat adoptability, increase adoption numbers, decrease length of stay, help improve a cat’s mental, physical and emotional health and to show potential adopters how great each cat can be.

By enriching the cat’s environment behaviorally and physically, the program has graduated and adopted out all its participating felines at EASEL. Upon enrolling in the CPP program in

2019, EASEL became one of 10 participating shelters in the United States, and the only one in New Jersey at the time.

Last year, the shelter took in 882 cats and kittens and was able to adopt out 682. Strays, lost pets, transfers from other shelters and feral cats are all included in the shelter’s intake. Aside from the adoption statistic, the remaining 200 cats were reclaimed by their owners, or they took part in the TrapNeuter-Return (TNR) program, under which feral cats were neutered, ear-tipped, vaccinated and re-released into their colony where their caretaker can continue to tend to them.

EASEL volunteer and CPP trainer, Beth Briegel has a history of fundraising for different organizations, and has always been one to find ways to volunteer her time. She decided about eight years ago to find a way to help that was more hands-on.

Briegel, who has always been an animal lover (she owns three cats and a dog at home), decided to give EASEL a try, and years later it appears to have stuck. The Ewing resident of nearly 15 years found herself not only in a more hands-on volunteering opportunity but decided to change her career in the same direction.

Briegel previously worked in a corporate environment, performing data analysis and sitting in front of a computer all day. Last year she decided she needed a change. She took non-credit courses in Mercer County Community College’s continuing education veterinary assistant program.

Now she’s a veterinary technician working part-time at EASEL and parttime at another shelter in Bucks County, Pennsylvania.

During CPP training, Briegel would go in a couple times a week to work with cats. It’s been over a year since her that training, and she says that the things she learned have helped tremendously with her veterinary duties at the shelter.

Before, the cats would scurry away from her because they remembered she was part of the shelter’s medical personnel. Now the little tips and tricks she learned help keep the cats more relaxed when she is treating them.

The overall benefit, she says, was bringing shy cats out of their shells and to the front of the cage for adopters to see.

The training for CPP required multiple trainers to work with multiple cats, which allowed her to be exposed to a myriad of feline personalities.

“Instead of just going in and petting and playing, you played with a purpose,” Briegel says.

Before when volunteers would come in to socialize the cats, there wasn’t much more than that. Now the socializing process has a productive side, she says.

Briegel says she has seen the cats in Cat Pawsitive become superstars. The team effort and structured program were two reasons why it worked so well for EASEL, Briegel says.

Lois Martin, a retired teacher from Crockett Middle School in Hamilton, took an active leadership role in EASEL’s involvement with the Cat Pawsitive program.

For over 30 years Martin has lived in Hamilton and got involved with EASEL five years ago. Upon retirement, she started reaching out around town to see what feline volunteer opportunities they had.

Having five cats of her own, she knew that she wanted to help at EASEL. Martin took on the role of team lead for both rounds of Cat Pawsitive training. She put her organizational skills to work, by forming meetings with the groups of trainers to go over the Cat Pawsitive process. She diligently managed the communication and updates between EASEL, GreaterGood. org and the JGP. EASEL was selected to partake in the CPP program partly due to its thorough and timely submissions and logs. An

‘I’m amazed at some of the turn arounds I get from just working with a cat for 10 minutes for 10 days,’ Hitchcock says.

important part of the training was tracking progress on each cat. This includes behavioral journals, a cat’s background information, how long it has been at the shelter, and if it got adopted.

Martin stated that in the first group for both the Cat Pawsitive and later CPP programs, all the participating cats were eventually adopted. Both programs had about 15 cats in each of their their firstround groups.

By focusing on the scared and unresponsive cats, they were able to help felines that were huddled in corners to come out and comfortably engage with people.

“Seeing the change that it made in the personality, when you have a cat that is withdrawn, scared, aggressive, frightened, all of that and seeing the change being made, it was very rewarding for all of the volunteers to see the positive results in that kind of a program,” Martin says. “So that was the reward for us.

To see the change in the cats and eventually see them getting adopted.”

Martin says that if these cats didn’t go through the program, then some might not have been adopted.

Martin’s says one of her favorite cases involved a very aggressive cat named Dolly Parton. Coming to EASEL from a kill shelter, the cat had an attitude. She would swat and try to bite people.

Through the Cat Pawsitive training, Dolly Parton started to come around and ended up transforming into a wonderful pet. Since then, she has been adopted and has proven to be one of the best cats the owner has had, Martin says.

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Lawrence native named senior rabbi at temple

By MicheLe ALPriN Congregation Beth Chaim in West Windsor will have a new senior rabbi starting on July 1.

Associate rabbi Adena Blum has been selected to replace rabbi emeritus Eric Wisnia, who retired last year. Wisnia served the congregation for 42 years, followed by now-serving interim rabbi Brian Beal.

A resident of Robbinsville, Blum grew up in Lawrence Township, where her parents still live. She’s also not far from her childhood synagogue, Har Sinai Hebrew Congregation in Trenton, where Wisnia, then a cantor, ignited her passion for Judaism as she worked with him on her bat mitzvah.

“He saw my interest and aptitude, and he leaned into that,” she says. “We had all kinds of conversations about Jewish history, life and tradition.”

Wisnia also taught her how to read Torah and to lead a Jewish prayer service.

“I internalized what he taught me,” she recalls. And that came in handy when faculty member Rabbi Lauren Levy at the Lawrenceville School asked her to do bar mitzvah tutoring for the younger siblings of Jewish students whose families were not affiliated with a synagogue, which became another spur to her own learning.

After her confirmation at Har Sinai at

Adena Blum (far right), who grew up in Lawrence Township, with her husband, Sean, and sons, Jonah and Ari. Blum has been named as the new senior rabbi at Congregation Beth Chaim in West Windsor. the end of 10th grade, Blum was wondering about the next step on her Jewish path when by happenstance a friend told her about the Jewish Community High School of Gratz College held at Shir Ami synagogue in Newtown, Pennsylvania.

She decided to go, and the school gave her not only another opportunity to learn herself, but also another push toward

Jewish education. She not only earned a certificate there qualifying her to teach at Reform movement schools, but she was also required to be an assistant teacher at her home synagogue.

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Levy, Blum says, “starting joking that one day I should take her job,” and a Gratz teacher, Larry Sernovitz, pulled her aside and said, “You seem to enjoy this. Have you ever thought about becoming a rabbi?”

This got her thinking that maybe they were right.

She applied to Brandeis University for its great Near Eastern and Judaic studies department and earned a bachelor’s degree in 2006. She spent her junior year at the University of Haifa in Israel.

Several years later she was accepted as a student at Hebrew Union College in New York, where she was ordained as a rabbi and earned a master’s degree in religious education. During her years in rabbinical school, she served as a rabbinic intern at two New Jersey synagogues, a Hillel (college-level Jewish organization), two hospitals and two summer camps of the Union for Reform Judaism.

During her six years at Beth Chaim as assistant and associate rabbi, Blum has grown as a religious leader and in return contributed much to the congregation.

She became more skilled in pastoral work by working with people of all different ages in much more intimate ways.

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She has learned the skills necessary to run an organization. “Out of necessity I have learned a lot about the business side of synagogue life: marketing, budgeting, how to increase revenue and minimize expenses and fundraising,” she says.

Blum has developed a more holistic approach to Jewish education. That starts with strengthening the ties between the preschool, where she has been very involved, and the synagogue.

“We don’t want the families [that identify as Jewish] to think of us just as a necessary service in their likes; we hope they see Beth Chaim as their spiritual community as well,” she says.

Blum has also created more opportunities for parents to be involved in their children’s training for their b’nai mitzvahs, ceremonies where thirteen-year-olds first take on the responsibilities required of an adult Jew by reading Torah and leading services.

“I’m not working with students in a vacuum, but really creating it as a family milestone and working with the family as a whole,” Blum says.

One program she initiated is a six-week family class. She has also worked with the current b’nai mitzvah families to get their feedback on the process and “to reenvision what it can look like.” Not only did it help her understand their perspectives, but, she says, “Those families felt heard.”

Blum also changed the way the students interact with their Torah portion, by having them write a “Dvar Torah,” their own take on the weekly reading from the first five books of the Bible.

“Before they created a summary, and now they really dive deep into the meaning of the Torah portion,” she says.

Blum also instituted an interfaith family Shabbat, she says, “to honor non-Jewish family members in the congregation who are committed to having a Jewish family.”

She herself grew up in an interfaith family, where she learned important lessons that would affect the character of her rabbinate.

“Not only am I very sensitive to issues around interfaith families, but also those same issues have really helped me understand inclusion writ large: how do we help everyone who might feel on the outside feel included in our community,” she says.

Blum’s vision of inclusion also encompasses gender. “We as a staff have been learning a lot about gender identity and are trying to use inclusive language to show that we are a safe place for anyone of any gender identity, including using pronouns in emails as a marker,” she says.

Inclusion also means making people feel as comfortable as possible with the prayer services. In that vein Blum transitioned the congregation to a new prayer book that transliterates all the prayers and uses more contemporary language, which makes it “much more accessible.”

Inclusion can also be communal. Blum is closely involved with other religious leaders in West Windsor and those in the Windsor-Hightstown Area Ministerium, or Wham, where she served as president between 2017 and 2019. She has also worked closely with the Muslim Center of Greater Princeton in West Windsor on community-wide interfaith dialogue, especially in response to current events.

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Engaging difficult demographics, like young families and teens, is a challenge for many synagogues, Beth Chaim included.

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LHS divers take title at Mercer County championships

By Rich Fisher The sport of diving may not be the most high-profile among high school athletics, but it certainly is one of the most successful when it comes to Lawrence High School.

For the second time in four years, the Cardinals won the overall team title at the Mercer County Diving Championships on Jan. 29 at Montgomery High School.

And for the second time in three years, Lawrence had the individual champ, as senior Ola Kwasniewski took the crown after also winning it as a sophomore.

Lawrence won three individual medals, as Kwasniewski and junior Kerstyn Johnson finished 1-2 among girls and freshman Tommy Carpinelli was third for the boys.

All three also qualified for the NJSIAA state championships set to take place Feb. 25-26, after The Gazette went to press.

“We won a few years ago with Adam LeCompte on the team,” said Sabrina Lucchesi, who oversees the program, “and then Notre Dame got it for a few years. To have it back again, we’re all really excited about that.”

Kwasniewski added, “It’s really amazing. Our team has really grown since last year. We didn’t have many divers since

Tommy Carpinelli, Ola Kwasniewski and Kerstyn Johnson display their MCT diving medals. (Photo by Rich Fisher.) we lost a couple seniors last year. This year we really stepped up.”

Johnson was excited about both the Cardinals and Kwasniewski’s titles.

“I’m really proud of our team,” she said. “I think this is the first year we’ve had this many frontrunners. I’m defi-

nitely happy Ola got first in her senior year, I’m proud of her for that.”

Kwasniewski has finished second, first, second and first during her four seasons. Last year, she was beaten out by good friend Mari Kwak of Hopewell Valley, who was injured and could not com-

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“Last year I didn’t do as well as I expected, and I competed against my best friend, she’s a really great diver, and she’s my big rival,” Kwasniewski said. “I really like competing against her because it really challenges me and makes me better as a diver. This year she was injured so she wasn’t able to compete, which saddened me, but it was an opportunity to get first again.”

Kwasniewski took advantage of the opportunity, registering a score of 251.25. It was not her career best, which is a school record of 270.55, but it was enough to win.

“I was kind of disappointed in (the score), but overall I thought I did well,” Kwasniewski said.

The competition consists of six dives, with the six scores added up for the total.

Kwasniewski said she does not pay attention to the scores as she goes along.

“I keep focusing on the next dive,” she said. “If I mess up a dive I don’t focus on it I move on to the next one, see what I have to do to get my score higher.”

Asked if she can sense when she is doing well, Kwasniewski said, “Sometimes, but sometimes it comes out a surprise and I’m like, ‘What? Really?’”

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I would get first, second or third,” she said. “But by the last dive, I felt like I had it down. My last dive was a back flip onehalf twist, and that’s my best dive. I really nailed it in that meet.”

Kwasniewski began diving at age 10 with the Blue Dolphins team at The College of New Jersey. She switched to TNT in Pennsylvania two years ago but returned to the Blue Dolphins to save on the commute.

Her teammate at TNT was Johnson, who began there a scant three years ago.

“I used to be a gymnast, so I kind of stopped gymnastics and transitioned to the pool,” Johnson said. “They’re similar with the flipping aspects; other than that you just learn as you go.”

Much like her teammate, Johnson didn’t chart her progress as the MCT meet went on.

“I like to wait until the end, because I think sometimes if I look at my scores it kind of influence the rest of the meet,” she said. “I like to just wait until the end and focus on the dive instead of the scores.”

The dives produced a score of 233.00, putting her solidly in second place.

“I’m very happy with how I did,” she said. “I’ve been working really hard over the past year. I got a bunch of new dives, and I’ve been working hard at the ones I already had. I think my score was higher than previous years and my dives have been cleaner than other years.”

While the two girls stood above the rest of the field, Carpinelli represented the boys’ team well with his third-place total of 241.45.

“I set the personal goal of wanting to dive well, I wasn’t setting any goals for placement,” he said. “I believe my score was one of my better ones.”

He entered the competition feeling some jitters mixed with excitement.

“Yeah, it was a little of both,” Carpinelli said. “I went in nervous because it was counties and I’m a freshman. But I was also going in there just to have fun.

Because I’m a freshman, I knew it was okay if it wasn’t my best meet. So it felt really great because I wasn’t expecting to go in and do well. It was a great experience against great competition.”

The competition will get even tougher in states, but the trio was looking forward to it. Kwasniewski, who finished sixth as a sophomore, hoped to improve on her third-place finish from last year.

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“I really hope to win it this year,” she said prior to the meet. “I’m going to keep focusing on my more difficult dives to get them down and get my score higher.”

This marked the third straight year Johnson reached states and, of course, the first time for Carpinelli. Lawrence High diving has indeed returned to the glory days, even if LHS students are unaware of the squad.

“At first I was like ‘How could you not know? It’s called Swimming and Diving,’” Kwasniewski said with a laugh. “They’re like ‘We have a diving team?’ and I’m like, ‘Yeaaahhh.’ But now I’m used to not many people knowing about it.”

Johnson hopes that changes.

“I would like more of the school to know,” she said. “It’s a small sport but it’s growing, so hopefully as it grows it might become more known by other people.”

Lucchesi is doing her part, having grown up with the sport. She was the 2010 county champion diving for Notre Dame and dove for blue Dolphins and the College of New Jersey. While not officially considered a coach, she has overseen the program for the past three seasons.

“Just watching them grow as people and watching them become more confident in themselves as athletes has been a huge, rewarding part of the process of this,” Lucchesi said.

Lucchesi, who is a teacher at Eldridge Park Elementary School, tries to recruit future divers still in their youth.

“I mention it to some of the students in my class,” she said. “I tell them, ‘Hey if you’re on one of the (PASDA) diving teams at Ben Franklin or at LSA (Lawrenceville Swimming Association), maybe Miss Lucchesi can be your diving coach one day in high school.’ I try to get them interested.”

She is encouraged by the fact there are two township-based teams in PASDA, which helps hook them early in life.

“The unique thing that Lawrence has going for it is the summer pool clubs have diving boards and diving teams,” she said. “I think that gets the kids interested at a young age. A lot our divers started off at Ben Franklin or LSA. We’re lucky our town has several different pool clubs that have access to diving boards.”

And they are putting those early experiences to good use once they arrive at LHS.

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Skove overcomes injury to help lead LHS hockey

By Rich Fisher If for some reason one is not impressed by the fact that junior Carson Skove had 25 goals and 22 assists through the Notre Dame High ice hockey team’s first 20 games this year; consider that most of his production came on a left knee that will need surgery upon season’s end.

In a Dec. 20 game with Princeton, the Lawrence resident took a hit with 20 seconds remaining in the game. His knee popped out and popped back in, and the damage was done. For the second time in four years, Skove had torn his patellar tendon.

He did it to his right knee in ninth grade just taking a shot, and missed the entire season as he was sidelined for five months. This year, however, he was able to keep playing due to all the work he did in the off-season to strengthen himself.

“Over the summer I took skating lessons, did some lifting, some more activity with hockey,” Skove said. “I guess this summer all the lifting got my knee stronger and my quad really stronger to support my knee. I also tore some cartilage and broke some bones, but the lifting helped out the strength of the quad.

The first time I hurt it, I didn’t have the option of playing because the knee wasn’t built up.”

As anyone who has torn a patellar tendon can attest, there is pain involved; but the rush of competing helps Skove

ignore it.

“The adrenaline just keeps you going,” he said. “Sometimes I ice it. I just keep on chipping away and it feels fine.”

Skove’s efforts helped Notre Dame to a 10-8-2 record entering the Feb. 18 Mercer County Tournament semifinals. The Irish carried a three-game winning streak into the contest and, regardless of how the MCT turned out, they still have the state tournament looming as well.

The fact Skove gutted it out to play on a shaky knee is a big reason for the team’s success.

“He’s had some injuries this year but he’s playing through it, trying to stay healthy,” coach Mike McVey said. “He’s a key on our team. We have some very good players but pretty much the guys know he’s our guy.”

How so?

“If he’s on, which he usually is, we’re just constantly putting pressure on the other team and they have to account for him,” McVey continued. “He’s a really good teammate, a super strong player. But he’s a team player. He’s a machine. He’s just non-stop. Our team basically revolves around his energy.”

Skove is following in the footsteps of his brother, Dakota, who graduated from Notre Dame in 2015. Carson used to watch his older sibling play for Notre Dame and thought it would be cool to follow in his footsteps.

“I was always at the games,” Skove said.

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Carson Skove played the entire season with a torn patellar tendon. (Photo by Rich Fisher.)

“I watched him, saw how good a player he was and how good he made other players.”

When they played street hockey together, however, Carson got stuck in goal.

“There used to be two people and there was one set of pads,” Skove recalled. “I was the youngest one so I had to put them on and play in goal. There were actually a couple times I told my mom I thought I wanted to play goalie but I kind of grew out of that over time and stuck with play-

ing forward.”

He certainly made the right move.

Not that he wouldn’t have been a good goalie, but he’s an outstanding scorer and playmaker.

Skove first donned skates at age 3 when his parents and brother took him to skate at the Lawrenceville School rink. He began playing club hockey at age 6 with the Princeton Tigers “and really fell in love with the game there.”

Due to his injury, Skove missed his entire freshman year. He wasted little time showing Notre Dame what it missed as missing as he led the team in scoring as a sophomore with 19 goals and 12 assists.

Carson got off to a blistering start this year with 8 goals and 10 assists in Notre Dame’s 5-1-1 start. After tearing his tendon, Skove missed four games and the Irish lost all four.

“When he was out for a little while we struggled,” McVey said. “It takes that offensive pressure off the other team and puts some defensive pressure on us and you’re playing back on your heels a lot. It allows the other team to get in a comfort zone without him in the lineup.”

Skove doesn’t just score, he collects points when it matters most. With Notre Dame trailing Robbinsville 2-0, he assisted on the next two goals as the Irish tied it, and scored an insurance goal in a 5-2 victory.

“He brings a lot of leadership and fire to the team to get us going, get us motivated if we’re down,” goalie Mike Fitzpatrick said. “He’s that person we need to score to bring up the motivation.”

Skove understands that role and embraces it.

“Against Robbinsville, I thought that was a game to step up and make a statement and try to lead the team to a win,” he said.

McVey feels that attitude is what makes Skove great. He refuses to be taken off the puck and knows exactly what to do with it when it comes to passing or shooting.

“He’s so strong on his skates,” the coach said. “He sees the ice well. He involves others, which takes that pressure off him, and he’s a competitor. He wants to play, he wants to win, he wants to be in those tough situations. That’s what you want. If he could stay out there the whole time he would. I have to pull him off the ice.”

McVey pretty much summed it up by saying “As Carson goes, we go.” While that could put pressure on some skaters, it merely gets Skove more excited.

“I mostly feel proud to hear that,” he said. “It’s more a team game but I have to step up sometimes and keep my head in there and try to help other people out.”

He does so with a lethal wrist shot, mostly from the left wing, but can also score from in close if the situation is called for.

“I would say competitiveness is his biggest thing,” McVey said. “And he’s just very strong on his skates. He’s like a bull.

To look at him he’s not an imposing kid, but he’s like a monster out there.”

Just think how the monster will grow when both knees are healthy.

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Disney’s Frozen Jr., Kelsey Theater, Mercer Community College, 1200 Old Trenton Road, West Windsor, 609-570-3333. kelseyatmccc.org. Princesses Elsa, Anna, and the magical land of Arendelle come to life. 1 p.m. and 4 p.m.

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Farmhouse Tour, Benjamin Temple House, 27 Federal City Road, Ewing, 609-883-2455.

Tour and information on the families who called the house home. 2 p.m.

Monday, March 2

Bunbury Fund Grant Information Session, Princeton Area Community Foundation, 15 Princess Road, Lawrence Township. pacf.org/events. Information on grant guidelines. Register. 2 p.m.

Friends of the Lawrence Library, Lawrence Library, 2751 Brunswick Pike, Lawrence Township, 609-883-8292. mcl.org. Meeting. 7 p.m.

Tuesday, March 3

Cutting the Cord: The Future of TV, Ewing Senior and Community Center, 999 Lower Ferry Road, Ewing. clcewing.org. Talk and Q&A on computer issues with David Shinkfield. Free. 2 p.m.

Current Events Discussion Club, Lawrence Library, 2751 Brunswick Pike, Lawrence Township, 609-883-8294. mcl.org. Informal discussion. Register. 7 p.m.

Wednesday, March 4

Roger Hallam, Labyrinth Books, 122 Nassau St., Princeton, 609-497-1600. labyrinth-

books.com. Talk by the author of “Common Sense for the 21st Century: Only Nonviolent Rebellion Can Now Stop Climate Breakdown.” 6 p.m.

Active Aging Fitness Winter Series, Lawrence Library, 2751 Brunswick Pike, Lawrence Township, 609-883-8294. mcl.org.

Class led by Bob Kirby. Register. 3 p.m.

New Jersey State Button Society, Mercer County Chapter, Lawrence Library, 2751 Brunswick Pike, Lawrence Township, 609883-8292. Open meeting. 7 p.m.

Thursday, March 5

Twin Flower, Lawrence Library, 2751 Brunswick Pike, Lawrence Township, 609-8838294. mcl.org. Showing of the film in Italian and French with English subtitles. Register.

6:30 p.m.

Winnifred Brown-Glaude, Juda Bennett, Cassandra Jackson and Piper Kendrix Williams, Labyrinth Books, 122 Nassau Street, Princeton, 609-497-1600. labyrinthbooks.com. Talk by the authors of “The Toni Morrison Book Club.” Free. 6 p.m.

Jim Amon, Sourland Conservancy, Princeton REI, 3371 Route 1, Lawrence Township. rei. com. Talk and Q&A with the author of “Seeing the Sourlands.” Free. 6:30 p.m.

Notary Public Registration/Renewal, Mercer County Connection, Hamilton Square Shopping Center, 957 Route 33, Hamilton, 609-890-9800. Register or renew notary applications on site. 3 p.m.

Magic Math, 10-Sided Dice and Deep Fakes: A 2020 Vision of U.S. Election Security, MIT Club of Princeton, Princeton University Computer Science Building. princeton. alumclub.mit.edu. Talk and Q&A with Rebecca Mercuri. Register. 7:30 p.m.

Crochet & Knitting Circle, Lawrence Library, 2751 Brunswick Pike, Lawrence Township, 609-883-8294. mcl.org. For experienced needle crafters, bring a project to work on.

Register. 3 p.m.

Friday, March 6

Princeton University Orchestra, Richardson Auditorium, Alexander Hall, Princeton University. music.princeton.edu or princetonuniversityconcerts.org. “Soloist Spotlight.” $5-$15. 7:30 p.m.

The Grateful Dead Tribute Concert, Kelsey Theater, Mercer Community College, 1200 Old Trenton Road, West Windsor, 609-570-3333. kelseyatmccc.org. Reock & Roll explores the first 10 years of the iconic

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band’s studio recordings. 8 p.m.

Wines of Burgundy, Rat’s Restaurant, 16 Fairgrounds Road, Hamilton. ratsrestaurant.com. Wine tasting and small plate hors d’oeuvres. $15. 5 p.m.

Meditation Circle, Lawrence Library, 2751 Brunswick Pike, Lawrence Township, 609883-8294. mcl.org. Register. 2:30 p.m.

Posture & Dance Exercise, Lawrence Library, 2751 Brunswick Pike, Lawrence Township, 609-883-8294. mcl.org. Register.

3:30 p.m.

Drum Circle: Winter Series, Lawrence Library, 2751 Brunswick Pike, Lawrence Township, 609-883-8294. mcl.org. Register.

4:30 p.m.

Saturday, March 7

Abigail Rayner, Labyrinth Books, 122 Nassau Street, Princeton, 609-497-1600. labyrinthbooks.com. Story time with the author of “I am a Thief,” for ages 4 and older. 3 p.m.

Princeton University Orchestra, Richardson Auditorium, Alexander Hall, Princeton University. music.princeton.edu or princetonuniversityconcerts.org. “Soloist Spotlight.” $5-$15. 7:30 p.m.

The Grateful Dead Tribute Concert, Kelsey Theater, Mercer Community College, 1200 Old Trenton Road, West Windsor, 609-570-3333. kelseyatmccc.org. Reock & Roll explores the first 10 years of the iconic band’s studio recordings. 8 p.m.

Science on Saturdays, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, 100 Stellarator Road, Princeton, 609-243-2121. pppl.gov. “Witnessing Climate Change: What I Have Learned from My Expeditions to the Greenland Ice Sheet” talk by Asa Rennermalm, associate professor of geography at Rutgers.

9:30 a.m.

Maple Sugaring, Washington Crossing State Park Nature Center, 355 Washington Crossing Pennington Road, Hopewell, 609737-0609. Participatory demonstration.

Register. 1 p.m.

Sunday, March 8

Richardson Chamber Players, Princeton University Concerts, Richardson Auditorium, Princeton University, 609-2582800. princetonuniversityconcerts.org.

“Beethoven at 250.” 3 p.m.

Jim Matlock & Jerry Monk, Terhune Orchards, 330 Cold Soil Road, Lawrence, 609924-2310. terhuneorchards.com. Winery Sunday music series. Noon.

The Grateful Dead Tribute Concert, Kelsey Theater, Mercer Community College, 1200 Old Trenton Road, West Windsor, 609-570-3333. kelseyatmccc.org. Reock & Roll explores the first 10 years of the iconic band’s studio recordings. 2 p.m.

The History and Practice of Islam, The Jewish Center Princeton, 435 Nassau Street,

Princeton, 609-921-0100. thejewishcenter. org. Led by Imam Adeyinka. Free. 4 p.m.

Pruning, Terhune Orchards, 330 Cold Soil Road, Lawrence, 609-924-2310. terhuneorchards.com. Class led by Gary Mount. Register. 1 p.m.

Beverly Mills and Elaine Buck, Ewing Township Historic Preservation Society, 1867 Sanctuary, 101 Scotch Road, Ewing. Talk on establishing the local African American Museum by the authors of “If These Stones Could Talk.” $15. 3 p.m.

Maple Sugaring, Washington Crossing State Park Nature Center, 355 Washington Crossing Pennington Road, Hopewell, 609737-0609. Participatory demonstration.

Register. 1:30 p.m.

Monday, March 9

Downton Abbey, Lawrence Library, 2751 Brunswick Pike, Lawrence Township, 609883-8294. mcl.org. Showing of the PG-rated movie. Register. 2 p.m.

PFLAG Princeton, Trinity Church, 33 Mercer Street, Princeton. plfagprinceton.org. Support group meeting for families and friends of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer individuals. 7 p.m.

Off the Page, Lawrence Library, 2751 Brunswick Pike, Lawrence Township, 609-8838294. mcl.org. Cast and read a play around a table. Register. 7 p.m.

Washington Crossing Postcard Collector Club, Union Fire Company, 1396 River Road, Hopewell, 215-598-7534 or 609-7373555. wc4postcards.org. Member presentation and auction. 8 p.m.

Tuesday, March 10

Sleuth, McCarter Theatre, 91 University Place, Princeton, 609-258-2787. mccarter. org. A suspenseful game of cat-and-mouse that parodies the Agatha Christie thriller.

Through March 29. 7:30 p.m.

Lewis Hyde, Labyrinth Books, 122 Nassau Street, Princeton, 609-497-1600. labyrinthbooks.com. Talk by the author of “A Primer for Forgetting: Getting Past the Past.” 6 p.m.

The Financial Economy: Where It Came From and What Might Come Next, Institute for Advanced Study, Wolfensohn Hall, 1 Einstein Drive, Princeton. ias.edu. Talk by Nicholas Lemann. Register. 5:30 p.m.

Wednesday, March 11

Sleuth, McCarter Theatre, 91 University Place, Princeton, 609-258-2787. mccarter. org. A suspenseful game of cat-and-mouse that parodies the Agatha Christie thriller.

7:30 p.m.

Dark Money, Wolfensohn Hall, Institute for Advanced Study. ias.edu. Documentary screening and post-film discussion. Register. 4 p.m.

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Michael Gordin, Princeton Public Library, 65 Witherspoon Street, Princeton, 609-4971600. labyrinthbooks.com. Talk by the author of “Einstein in Bohemia.” 7 p.m.

Blood Drive, New Jersey Blood Services, Education Building, Colllege of New Jersey, 2000 Pennington Road, Ewing, 800-9332566. nybloodcenter.org. 11 a.m.

Thursday, March 12

Sleuth, McCarter Theatre, 91 University Place, Princeton, 609-258-2787. mccarter. org. A suspenseful game of cat-and-mouse that parodies the Agatha Christie thriller.

7:30 p.m.

Anne Case and Angus Deaton, Labyrinth Books, 122 Nassau Street, Princeton, 609497-1600. labyrinthbooks.com. Talk by the authors of “Deaths of Despair and the Future of Capitalism.” 6 p.m.

The Pleasures of the Cheese Board, Lawrence Library, 2751 Brunswick Pike, Lawrence Township, 609-883-8294. mcl.org.

Talk and demonstration by Donna Wolfe.

Register. 11 a.m.

Murder Mystery Dinner, Rat’s Restaurant, 16 Fairgrounds Road, Hamilton. ratsrestaurant.com. Three-course meal. $125. 6 p.m.

Poetry Circle, Lawrence Library, 2751 Brunswick Pike, Lawrence Township, 609-8838294. mcl.org. Discussion on Edna St. Vincent Millay. Register. 7 p.m.

Friday, March 13

33 Variations, Kelsey Theater, Mercer Community College, 1200 Old Trenton Road, West Windsor, 609-570-3333. kelseyatmccc. org. A music scholar facing her own health and relationship problems delves into the mystery of why Beethoven spent four years of his life writing 33 variations of an uninspired waltz. Through March 22. 8 p.m.

Sleuth, McCarter Theatre, 91 University Place, Princeton, 609-258-2787. mccarter. org. A suspenseful game of cat-and-mouse that parodies the Agatha Christie thriller. 8 p.m.

Between the Seasons, Straube Galleries, 1 Straube Center Boulevard, Pennington, 609-737-3322. straubecenter.com. Exhibit of work by Adriana Groza, Gary Fournier, Hal Vandermark and Ernest Koch, opening reception. Exhibit runs through May 8. 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.

The Dryden Ensemble, All Saints’ Church, 16 All Saints Road, Princeton. drydenensemble.org. Bach’s “St. John Passion.” $45.

7:30 p.m.

Milos, McCarter Theatre, 91 University Place, Princeton, 609-258-2787. mccarter.org. The classical guitarist play works by Bach, The Beatles, and everything in between. 8 p.m.

Benjamin Bagby, Wolfensohn Hall, Institute for Advanced Study, 1 Einstein Drive, Princeton, 609-734-8228. ias.edu. Edward T. Cone Concert Series performance. Free, ticket required. 8 p.m.

Meditation Circle, Lawrence Library, 2751 Brunswick Pike, Lawrence Township, 609883-8294. mcl.org. Register. 2:30 p.m.

Posture & Dance Exercise, Lawrence Library, 2751 Brunswick Pike, Lawrence Township, 609-883-8294. mcl.org. Register.

3:30 p.m.

Big Band Jazz Night, Princeton High School Jazz Bands, Princeton High School, 151 Moore Street, Princeton. princetonjazz.org.

Music, dancing and international food tasting. $5-$10. 7 p.m.

Bryn Mawr-Wellesley Book Sale, Princeton Day School, 650 Great Road, Princeton. bmandwbooks.com. $25. 10 a.m.

Friday with Friends, YWCA Princeton Area Newcomers and Friends, Bramwell House, YWCA Princeton, 59 Paul Robeson Place, Princeton. ywcaprinceton.org/newcomers.

Meeting, lunch and presentation. $10. Register. Noon.

Saturday, March 14

Sleuth, McCarter Theatre, 91 University Place, Princeton, 609-258-2787. mccarter. org. A suspenseful game of cat-and-mouse that parodies the Agatha Christie thriller. 2

p.m. and 8 p.m.

33 Variations, Kelsey Theater, Mercer Community College, 1200 Old Trenton Road, West Windsor, 609-570-3333. kelseyatmccc. org. A music scholar facing her own health and relationship problems delves into the mystery of why Beethoven spent four years of his life writing 33 variations of an uninspired waltz. 8 p.m.

The Hot Sardines, McCarter Theatre, 91 University Place, Princeton, 609-258-2787. mccarter.org. Classic jazz. 8 p.m.

Bowling, Lawrence Library, 2751 Brunswick Pike, Lawrence Township, 609-883-8294. mcl. org. Wii Sports for adults. Register. 9:30 a.m.

Sunday, March 15

33 Variations, Kelsey Theater, Mercer Community College, 1200 Old Trenton Road, West Windsor, 609-570-3333. kelseyatmccc. org. A music scholar facing her own health and relationship problems delves into the mystery of why Beethoven spent four years of his life writing 33 variations of an uninspired waltz. 2 p.m.

The Hot Sardines, McCarter Theatre, 91 University Place, Princeton, 609-258-2787. mccarter.org. Classic jazz. 3 p.m.

Bill O’Neal & Andy Koontz, Terhune Orchards, 330 Cold Soil Road, Lawrence, 609924-2310. terhuneorchards.com. Winery Sunday music series. Noon.

Monday, March 16

Morning Book Club, Lawrence Library, 2751 Brunswick Pike, Lawrence Township, 609883-8294. mcl.org. Discussion on “My Beloved World” by Sonia Sotomayer.. Register. 10 a.m.

Tuesday, March 17

Monika Zgustova, Princeton Public Library, 65 Witherspoon Street, Princeton, 609-4971600. labyrinthbooks.com. Talk by the author of “Dressed for a Dance in the Snow: Women’s Voices from the Gulag.” 7 p.m.

Read and Explore: Getting Ready for Spring, Terhune Orchards, 330 Cold Soil Road, Lawrence, 609-924-2310. terhuneorchards. com. Story and a craft. $10. Register. 10 a.m.

Movie & TV Discussion Club, Lawrence Library, 2751 Brunswick Pike, Lawrence Township, 609-883-8294. mcl.org. Register.

7 p.m.

Wednesday, March 18

Fiction Writers’ Workshop, Lawrence Library, 2751 Brunswick Pike, Lawrence Township, 609-883-8294. mcl.org. “The Focus of Writers’ Groups.” Bring pages from a work in progress. Register. 10 a.m.

Thursday, March 19

Sleuth, McCarter Theatre, 91 University Place, Princeton, 609-258-2787. mccarter. org. A suspenseful game of cat-and-mouse that parodies the Agatha Christie thriller.

7:30 p.m.

Understanding How to Use IRAs in Retirement, Lawrence Library, 2751 Brunswick Pike, Lawrence Township, 609-883-8294. mcl.org. Workshop. Register. 6:30 p.m.

Crochet & Knitting Circle, Lawrence Library, 2751 Brunswick Pike, Lawrence Township, 609-883-8294. mcl.org. For experienced needle crafters, bring a project to work on.

Register. 3 p.m.

AARP Safe Driver, Lawrence Township Senior Center, 30 E. Darrah Lane, Lawrence Township, 609-844-7048. Class. Register.

9:30 a.m.

Friday, March 20

33 Variations, Kelsey Theater, Mercer Community College, 1200 Old Trenton Road, West Windsor, 609-570-3333. kelseyatmccc. org. A music scholar facing her own health and relationship problems delves into the mystery of why Beethoven spent four years of his life writing 33 variations of an unin-

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Sleuth, McCarter Theatre, 91 University Place, Princeton, 609-258-2787. mccarter.org. A suspenseful game of cat-and-mouse that parodies the Agatha Christie thriller. 8 p.m.

New Jersey Symphony Orchestra, Richardson Auditorium, Princeton University, 1-800-255-3476. njsymphony.org.

Beethoven Piano Concertos 1 and 5. $78$92. Register. 8 p.m.

Meditation Circle, Lawrence Library, 2751 Brunswick Pike, Lawrence Township, 609883-8294. mcl.org. Register. 2:30 p.m.

Posture & Dance Exercise, Lawrence Library, 2751 Brunswick Pike, Lawrence Township, 609-883-8294. mcl.org. Register.

3:30 p.m.

Drum Circle: Winter Series, Lawrence Library, 2751 Brunswick Pike, Lawrence Township, 609-883-8294. mcl.org. Register.

4:30 p.m.

Saturday, March 21

Sleuth, McCarter Theatre, 91 University Place, Princeton, 609-258-2787. mccarter. org. A suspenseful game of cat-and-mouse that parodies the Agatha Christie thriller. 2 p.m. and 8 p.m.

33 Variations, Kelsey Theater, Mercer Community College, 1200 Old Trenton Road, West Windsor, 609-570-3333. kelseyatmccc. org. A music scholar facing her own health and relationship problems delves into the mystery of why Beethoven spent four years of his life writing 33 variations of an uninspired waltz. 8 p.m.

Chicken Dance, Kelsey Theater, Mercer Community College, 1200 Old Trenton Road, West Windsor, 609-570-3333. kelseyatmccc.org. Musical about Marge and Lola, two barnyard chickens on a mission to win the barnyard talent contest. 2 p.m. and 4 p.m.

Read and Explore: Getting Ready for Spring,

Terhune Orchards, 330 Cold Soil Road, Lawrence, 609-924-2310. terhuneorchards. com. Story and a craft. $10. Register. 10 a.m.

Kids’ Used Clothing & Toy Sale, Lawrenceville Elementary School, 40 Craven Lane, Lawrence Township. School fundraiser. 8 a.m.

Sunday, March 22

33 Variations, Kelsey Theater, Mercer Community College, 1200 Old Trenton Road, West Windsor, 609-570-3333. kelseyatmccc. org. A music scholar facing her own health and relationship problems delves into the mystery of why Beethoven spent four years of his life writing 33 variations of an uninspired waltz. 2 p.m.

Sleuth, McCarter Theatre, 91 University Place, Princeton, 609-258-2787. mccarter. org. A suspenseful game of cat-and-mouse that parodies the Agatha Christie thriller. 2 p.m.

Bill Flemer, Terhune Orchards, 330 Cold Soil Road, Lawrence, 609-924-2310. terhuneorchards.com. Winery Sunday music series.

Noon.

Monday, March 23

Off the Page, Lawrence Library, 2751 Brunswick Pike, Lawrence Township, 609-8838294. mcl.org. Cast and read a play around a table. Register. 7 p.m.

Tuesday, March 24

P. Carl, Labyrinth Books, 122 Nassau Street, Princeton, 609-497-1600. labyrinthbooks. com. Talk by the author of “Becoming a Man: The Story of a Transition.” 6 p.m.

Cultivating Compassion: Becoming Compassionate Followers, Princeton United Methodist Church, 7 Vanderventer Avenue, Princeton, 609-924-2613. princetonumc. org. Lenten lunch series. Free. Noon.

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Wednesday, March 25

Sleuth, McCarter Theatre, 91 University Place, Princeton, 609-258-2787. mccarter. org. A suspenseful game of cat-and-mouse that parodies the Agatha Christie thriller.

7:30 p.m.

Fred Kaplan and Bruce Blair, Labyrinth Books, 122 Nassau Street, Princeton, 609497-1600. labyrinthbooks.com. Talk by the authors of “The Bomb: Presidents, Generals, and the Secret History of Nuclear War.” 6 p.m.

Reading by Local Writers, Lawrence Library, 2751 Brunswick Pike, Lawrence Township, 609-883-8294. mcl.org. Readings by members of the Room at the Table authors’ group. Free. 7 p.m.

Active Aging Fitness Winter Series, Lawrence Library, 2751 Brunswick Pike, Lawrence Township, 609-883-8294. mcl.org.

Class led by Bob Kirby. Register. 3 p.m.

Thursday, March 26

Sleuth, McCarter Theatre, 91 University Place, Princeton, 609-258-2787. mccarter. org. A suspenseful game of cat-and-mouse that parodies the Agatha Christie thriller.

7:30 p.m.

Reclaiming Our Voice: New Jersey’s Central Role in the Fight for Women’s Suffrage, Lawrence Library, 2751 Brunswick Pike, Lawrence, 609-883-8294. Presentation by historical interpreter and reenactor Carol Simon Levin. Free. Register. 7 p.m.

Mercer’s Best Toastmasters, Lawrence Community Center, 295 Eggerts Crossing Road, Lawrence Township. mercersbest. toastmastersclubs.org. Meeting. 6:45 p.m.

Friday, March 27

Parade, Kelsey Theater, Mercer Community College, 1200 Old Trenton Road, West Windsor, 609-570-3333. kelseyatmccc.org.

The epic true story of Leo Frank, a Brooklyn-raised Jewish factory manager accused of an unthinkable crime. Through April 5. 8 p.m.

Sleuth, McCarter Theatre, 91 University Place, Princeton, 609-258-2787. mccarter. org. A suspenseful game of cat-and-mouse that parodies the Agatha Christie thriller. 8 p.m.

William Stixrud and Ned Johnson, Labyrinth Books, 122 Nassau Street, Princeton, 609497-1600. labyrinthbooks.com. Talk by the authors of “The Self-Driven Child: The Science and Sense of Giving Your Kids More Control Over Their Lives.” 6 p.m.

Meditation Circle, Lawrence Library, 2751 Brunswick Pike, Lawrence Township, 609883-8294. mcl.org. Register. 2:30 p.m.

Posture & Dance Exercise, Lawrence Library, 2751 Brunswick Pike, Lawrence Township, 609-883-8294. mcl.org. Register.

3:30 p.m.

Bucket Book Club, Lawrence Library, 2751 Brunswick Pike, Lawrence Township, 609883-8294. mcl.org. Discussion on “One Hundred Years of Solitude” by Gabriel Garcia Marquez. Register. 4:30 p.m.

Saturday, March 28

Sleuth, McCarter Theatre, 91 University Place, Princeton, 609-258-2787. mccarter. org. A suspenseful game of cat-and-mouse that parodies the Agatha Christie thriller. 2 p.m. and 8 p.m.

Parade, Kelsey Theater, Mercer Community College, 1200 Old Trenton Road, West Windsor, 609-570-3333. kelseyatmccc.org.

The epic true story of Leo Frank, a Brooklyn-raised Jewish factory manager accused of an unthinkable crime. 8 p.m.

La Fiocco Period Instrument Ensemble, 1867 Sanctuary, 101 Scotch Road, Ewing, 609-392-6409. 1867sanctuary.org. “Fantasticus,” chamber music in the fantastic style. $10-$25. 7:30 p.m.

Lead, Play, Inspire, Trenton Music Makers, Cobblestone Creek Country Club, 2170 Lawrenceville Road, Lawrence. trenton-

musicmakers.org/. Benefit honoring Ronnie Ragen, director of the Music for the Very Young program. Cocktails, dinner, chamber ensemble performance, and more.

Register. $150 and up. 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Wine & Chocolate Wine Trail Weekend, Terhune Orchards, 330 Cold Soil Road, Lawrence, 609-924-2310. terhuneorchards. com. Wine and chocolate pairings. Noon.

Adult & Child CPR, Lawrence Library, 2751 Brunswick Pike, Lawrence Township, 609883-8294. mcl.org. Register. 2 p.m.

Birding Trip, Washington Crossing Audubon Society, Mercer Meadows Pole Farm, 111167 Cold Soil Road, Lawrence, 609-9218964. washingtoncrossingaudubon.org.

Free. 8 a.m.

Sunday, March 29

Parade, Kelsey Theater, Mercer Community College, 1200 Old Trenton Road, West Windsor, 609-570-3333. kelseyatmccc.org.

The epic true story of Leo Frank, a Brooklyn-raised Jewish factory manager accused of an unthinkable crime. 2 p.m.

Sleuth, McCarter Theatre, 91 University Place, Princeton, 609-258-2787. mccarter. org. A suspenseful game of cat-and-mouse that parodies the Agatha Christie thriller. 2 p.m.

Blooming Fashions, The Contemporary Club, Trenton Country Club, 201 Sullivan Way, Ewing, 215-752-3636 or 609-585-0224.

Musical fashion show and luncheon. $60.

Register. 11:30 a.m.

Improvisational Quilting, Trenton City Museum at Ellarslie, 299 Parkside Avenue, Trenton, 609-989-3632. ellarslie.org. Workshop led by Mada Coles-Galloway and Juandamaire Gikandi. Register. 1:30 p.m.

Wine & Chocolate Wine Trail Weekend, Terhune Orchards, 330 Cold Soil Road, Lawrence, 609-924-2310. terhuneorchards. com. Wine and chocolate pairings. Noon.

Manufacturing a Revolution: Trenton, Winter of 1778, Old Barracks Museum, 101 Barrack Street, Trenton, 609-396-1776. barracks.org. Demonstrations by artisans and tradesmen. 10 a.m.

Historic Princeton Walking Tour, Bainbridge House, 158 Nassau Street, Princeton. princetonhistory.org. $10. Register.

2 p.m.

Birding Trip, Washington Crossing Audubon Society, Washington Crossing State Park, 355 Washington Crossing Penning Road, Hopewell, 609-921-8964. washingtoncrossingaudubon.org. Free. 1:30 p.m.

Winter Birds of the Park, Washington Crossing State Park Nature Center, 355 Washington Crossing Pennington Road, Hopewell, 609-737-0609. Guided search for winter bird species. Register. 1:30 p.m.

Monday, March 30

Yoga, Lawrence Library, 2751 Brunswick Pike, Lawrence Township, 609-883-8294. mcl.org. All experience levels welcome.

Register. 7:30 p.m.

Tuesday, March 31

The Peking Acrobats, McCarter Theatre, 91 University Place, Princeton, 609-258-2787. mccarter.org. Plate spinning, bowl balancing, pole climbing, cycling, juggling, and more. 7:30 p.m.

International Folk Dance, Princeton Folk Dance Group, YWCA Princeton, 59 Paul Robeson Place, Princeton, 609-921-1702.

Lesson followed by dance. No partner needed, all skill levels welcome. $5. 7:30 p.m.

Read and Explore: Birds, Nesting and Birdhouses, Terhune Orchards, 330 Cold Soil Road, Lawrence, 609-924-2310. terhuneorchards.com. Story and a craft. $10. Register. 10 a.m.

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The rules of recycling are important to know KEVIN NERWINSKI FROM THE MANAGER’S DESK

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A distant voice comes through his headphones with a panicked tone. Listening hard to make sense of what he is hearing, the man’s face begins to tighten and show signs of stress. He places his hand on the microphone and says, “Please repeat what you just said to me.”

The voice comes through louder, yet each word is said slower and more emphatic. The man, with his forehead now glistening with sweat, calmly presses a button that will broadcast his voice to his entire team, and says, “Lawrence, we have a problem!” (End of Scene 1) Just so everybody knows, I am the “man” in this scene, and you all are the “team.” (Trying not to be an alarmist, but being one at this point).

As a community, we are absolutely failing in our recycling efforts. If it continues, this will affect us financially (setting aside the environmental impact for this discussion). I hope I have grabbed your attention.

I completed a meeting with the officials from Waste Management on February 13), the company that hauls our recyclables from the condo and townhouse associations throughout the community.

At this point, the collection bins are showing up to 80% contamination (i.e., 80% of the volume is not recycled and is ultimately discarded as trash). This is a crazy, alarming percentage! (I am told under 15% is the target).

The main issue is that residents are putting their recyclables in plastic bags and then throwing the bags in the bin. These bags are not being opened at the facility and picked through to separate good from bad recyclables. It’s all deemed bad, because it’s in a sealed bag.

What is the solution, you ask? First, we need to care about following rules. Second, if you need to collect your recyclables in a bag in your house, just open the bag and dump the contents in the bin. Easy peasy!

If the bag isn’t too ruined, re-use the bag for the next batch of recyclables you collect.

The second most common violation is pizza boxes! Stop already! (He says respectfully but forcefully). I admitted to being a violator a couple months ago and have now stopped and feel wonderful.

Pizza boxes go in the regular garbage.

Don’t ask why. Don’t think, “It’s a box, so it must be a recyclable.” Just accept that

this box is not a box that is recycled, just like I accept the fact that my Oakland Raiders were once a storied football franchise and now, not so much. But I do still bleed silver and black!

The third most common violation is throwing away bottles and jars with food contents still in the container. The bottles and jars are crushed, food stuff seeps out and then contaminates the clean recyclables.

The clean recyclables are then considered contaminated and thrown in the regular trash dump. What’s the solution, you ask? Rinse the jars and cans out before placing them in the plastic bag.

Now, I don’t want this to be just about me picking on the condo and townhouse associations. I write this only because my meeting with Waste Management was on this issue. Residents that have curbside pickup are now seeing red tags on containers that are not being collected.

This is a part of a new enforcement program to improve our recycling efforts. While you drive on our roads on collection day, just think how many plastic bags you see in those yellow containers! The red tags provide the reasons why the container was not collected.

We are in crisis mode!

The recyclable program is not what it used to be.

Remember when we had to separate everything?

Remember when there were more things that were recyclable? Well it’s all changed now.

Waste Management’s contract is over in November of this year, and they have told us they have no interest in renewing the contract. They have lost thousands of dollars each month from our contaminated recyclables. This will certainly be a problem for those associations should no one bid for this work. If bids are received, trust me when I tell you that the costs per ton will be much higher than what we paid in the last contract.

You may have noticed we are using our electronic display boards to help with educating on these issues. “No pizza boxes.

No plastic bags.” If we were to eliminate these two items we could make a substantial improvement in our program. Now listen, we still have the residents throw away stuff like bowling balls (yup, it happened), diapers (yikes....) and furniture, etc., in the large bins at the associations.

Those things unfortunately will continue to happen because the individuals that do it, do it knowing full well the items are not recyclable. But we can change our own habits because we care enough to do so. I hope we can turn this all around.

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