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USPS, Local Police Combat Spate of Mailbox Fishing

Pandemic Pet Adoptions Ease . . . . . . . 5 Cause of Two Local Fires Yet to Be Determined . . . . . . . . . 12 Lewis Center Symposium “Reactivates Memory” . . . . . . . . . . . 16 PU Football Primed to Kick Off Preseason Camp . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Stentz Leaving Rec Department With Pride in Team’s Achievements . . . . . . 26

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Princeton is often touted as a safe, secure, low-crime community, but local residents have recently fallen victim to a number of “mailbox fishing” thefts. The Town Topics Police Blotter for the first week in August tells the tale. On August 1, a man reported that three checks he mailed had been stolen, altered, and cashed. Two days later a woman lost $6,000 after a check she had mailed was stolen and altered. The following day another woman reported a check stolen, altered, and cashed for a $4,000 loss. All three thefts were from mailboxes on Nassau Street. On the morning of August 6, a woman reported a loss of $4,000 from a check she had mailed that had been stolen and altered, and less than three hours later a man reported that three checks he had mailed at Palmer Square East had been stolen and altered, resulting in a loss of $8,831. Similar reports of checks mailed, stolen, altered, and cashed were received by the Princeton Police Department (PPD) in July and many more throughout the previous year. The perpetrators go to the mailboxes with some type of long string with sticky material on the end, according to PPD Sergeant Thomas Lagomarsino. They drop the line down and pull up random pieces of mail as quickly as possible in order to escape quickly. The check thieves can “wash” or erase the ink with chemicals found in common household cleaning products and re-write the checks. Investigations continue, as the PPD collaborates with the United States Postal Inspection Service (USPIS). Princeton Postmaster George Sabu pointed out that the United States Postal Service (USPS) is in the process of changing mailboxes to equip them with an anti-theft device. “By next week, we’ll be seeing the new boxes in Palmer Square and on Nassau Street,” he said. “Nobody will be able to get mail out by ‘fishing.’” In the meantime, Lagomarsino advised, “If you are sending checks through the mail, go directly to the post office with your letter, or give it directly to the mail carrier. If you use the mailbox, put your mail in close to the pick-up time that’s written on the mailbox. Try not to leave it Continued on Page 10

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COVID Concerns Loom as Fall Approaches Talk of “coming out of the woods,” “flattening the curve,” and “achieving herd immunity” seems to have subsided, replaced by fears that with the Delta variant accelerating its spread, the fall might bring yet another wave of COVID-19 and that the world might be living with this pandemic for a long time. New Jersey, with almost 60 percent of its population fully vaccinated, and Princeton with 77 percent of residents age 12 and over vaccinated, are not facing the same threatening surges in case numbers that are plaguing Florida, Louisiana, and Mississippi, but the outlook for the coming months and beyond is troubling. On Monday Princeton reported 17 new cases of COVID-19 in the previous seven days, 29 new cases in the previous 14 days. “COVID is something that we all need to understand will be part of our lives forever, either through discovering and grappling with new variants or through memories of what has occurred throughout the past 17 months,” Princeton Health Officer Jeff Grosser wrote in an email Tuesday. He continued, “Restrictions such as mask wearing and social distancing will likely be mobilized when needed. Communities need to swiftly adapt to changing community transmission. I believe COVID

discussions will eventually become more commonplace, a bit more understood, which should lead us to a time somewhere down the road that COVID is not taking up everyone’s thoughts and efforts. It is going to take a tremendous amount of public health resources to get to that point.” Grosser went on to reflect on the challenges that must be faced as the country adapts to the changing demands of the ongoing pandemic. “My comment on COVID is not meant to sound pessimistic

about the outlook we face, particularly in a bleak period of rising COVID-19 infections,” he said. “It’s more of a statement of preparations for the community. We all need to stand ready to adapt to new infections, increased community transmission, and higher reinstated or newfound precautions we can take to thwart increases in severity of cases.” He also suggested the possible need to refocus some goals and objectives with less focus on case numbers and more Continued on Page 8

Cyclists Coming to Town Aug. 28, Will Stay at YMCA, Local Hotels Recently recognized as the most bikefriendly town in New Jersey, Princeton will be hosting more than 350 cyclists on the weekend of August 28-29, as they ride into town for the night on a two-day, 125mile spin from New York to Philadelphia. Sponsored by the East Coast Greenway Alliance (ECGA), this ride, being labeled “from Cheesecake to Cheesesteak,” will support the ECGA with fundraising to help accelerate the development of the ECGA route in New York City, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. About 1,000 miles of the ECGA Maine-to-Florida route is on protected greenways, and the organization is hoping to move the entire

route off-road by 2030. The riders, from ages 15 to 78 with an average age of 50.8, come from 22 different states, with 82 from New York, 76 from Pennsylvania, and 71 from New Jersey. “This is such a pivotal time for the climate, for building community and making links between people, and for public health in our country,” said ECGA Executive Director Dennis Markatos-Soriano in a phone call Monday from ECGA headquarters in North Carolina. “This ride is partly about helping to transform the way people move so that we’re not driving everywhere. We’re starting to bike and walk Continued on Page 8

IN THE SWIM: Community Park Pool provided a welcome respite from the warm weather last Friday . Swimmers share what else they do to beat the summer heat in this week’s Town Talk on page 6 . (Photo by Weronika A. Plohn)

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“During the height of the pandemic, from March to July [2020], we cleared our shelter of dogs and most of our cats several times,” said SAVE Executive Director Heather Achenbach. “We can have upwards of 75 cats and we had gotten down to 15. The cats and dogs were coming in. But they were leaving just as quickly. “ Currently, SAVE has about 60 cats in the shelter and 40 in foster homes. Some 22 dogs are being housed at the site, which can accommodate about 100 animals at a time. The nonprofit was founded in 1941 and moved from an overcrowded facility in Princeton to a roomier site in Skillman six years ago. “In the past two weeks, we’ve definitely seen our numbers going in the right direction,” said Achenbach. “So we’re hopeful that once people get into their fall routines, we’ll see normal adoption numbers again.” SAVE is picky about who gets to adopt. Potential owners go through a rigorous qualifying process before they get to leave with the pet of their choice. Occasionally, the arrangement doesn’t work out and pets are returned to the shelter.

“I’m happy to say that no one who adopted a pet during the pandemic has called to surrender them,” said Achenbach. “There are people who have fallen on hard times, or found themselves in assisted living or new living arrangements, so it wouldn’t have been surprising.” Fu n d r a i s i ng i s ke y to SAVE’s operations. Among the current efforts is the Fur r y Fr iends of SAV E : 2022 calendar, which includes a photo of a pet for those who contribute $25 along with a pet’s photo.

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“You hear that saying, ‘Adopting saves a life, but you also save yours,’” said Achenbach. “We hear it many times over. Pets saved lives during the pandemic. They are soft, loving creatures who really brought a sense of comfort at a time that was so stressful. It continues to be stressful. And pets continue to be a comfort.” Visit savehomelessanimals.org for more information. — Anne Levin

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and run more, and it’s good for our public health. It’s good for the Earth and it’s good for the local economies that we connect.” Af ter their Saturday 9 a.m. departure from Liberty State Park, riders in this inaugural event will proceed southwest, w ith nearly half the route on trails and paths separated from traffic, including the Middlesex Greenway and the D & R Canal Towpath leading into Princeton. The riders will be arriving in Princeton throughout the afternoon on Saturday and heading to the Princeton Family YMCA on Paul Robeson Place, where a number of them will camp, with showers and locker rooms available. O t hers will move on to the Nassau Inn or to other area hotels. YMCA campsite space registrations were already filled by February. “We’re gearing up to have

a good time,” said Bobby D ob r a , Y M C A m e m b e r ship and healthy living director, who is coordinating this event for the YMCA. “I hope the weather holds up.” Riders will depart from Princeton on Sunday at 9 a.m., heading for Philadelphia where the ECGA Ride will culminate with closing festivities on Sunday afternoon at Penn Treaty Park on Beach Street. With a standard regis tration fee of $150 and a $600 fundraising commitment ($250 and $1,200 for premium registration), the ECGA has already raised more t han $ 250,0 0 0 In support of continued Greenway development. “This will help move the Greenway for ward,” said M a r k a to s - S o r i a n o, w h o studied climate change and energy policy at Princeton University’s School for Public and Inter national Affairs. “We want to upgrade the safety of the route. The

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focus on prevention of hospitalizations and deaths. He emphasized the “ultimate goal” of more vaccinations, which are “proven to vastly reduce the severity of COVID-19.” Grosser noted that new case numbers have been increasing in Princeton this month, but “fortunately hospitalizations and deaths have not followed that same trajectory.” Grosser commented on how the situation has changed rapidly this summer. “Just six weeks ago, the state and our region saw dramatically different conditions with regards to COVID-19 transmission,” he said. “Much of the state was in low/moderate activity, and locally Princeton was seeing one of the lowest transmission rates during the entirety of the pandemic. With increased transmission, return-toschool guidance continues to be revamped to ensure a safe return in September. Much of the guidance is dependent on community transmission.” Grosser emphasized that there are many variables in how transmission can occur more rapidly or more slowly in different communities, but “what is certainly true is that social distancing and vaccinations will help save lives.” School officials are facing some of the same frustrating situations and nowin decision-making that plagued them throughout the past school year. In spite of New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy’s mandate for the coming year that all

K-12 schools offer fulltime, in-person instruction with no remote option, the New Jersey Department of Education last week stated that districts “are strongly encouraged to immediately provide virtual or remote instruction” to students who are quarantined. The Princeton Health Department has advised Princeton residents to follow the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) updated mask guidance. Due to the increase in cases and the Delta variant, the CDC recently advised that vaccinated individuals wear masks in public indoor settings and areas with high transmission rates, including crowded indoor settings, indoor settings in close contact with the unvaccinated or unknown vaccine status, and settings where immunecompromised or at-risk individuals are present. The Princeton Health Department emphasizes that “the vaccines work,” and that “vaccination is

our best path to ending the COVID-19 pandemic.” The department will be holding a vaccine clinic on Friday, August 27 at Hinds Plaza from 5 to 9 p.m. Princeton University will be offering vaccination clinics in Jadwin Gym on Wednesdays in September from 1 to 4 p.m., beginning September 1. Mercer County Pop-Up Clinics will be taking place on Thursday, August 19 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Mercer County Park Skating Center in West Windsor; on Friday, August 20 from10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Trenton Farmers Market; on Monday, August 23 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Millyard Park on Clinton Avenue in Trenton next to Roebling Market; on Thursday, August 26 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Mercer County Park Skating Center; and on Friday, August 27 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Trenton Farmers Market. Visit princetonnj.gov for more information. —Donald Gilpin

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in the mailbox overnight.” Postal Inspector George Clark, based at the Philadelphia division of the USPIS, echoed Lagomarsino’s suggestions. Clark said that his office is aware of the Princeton community’s concerns and is working with local and county authorities to investigate. “We take all complaints seriously, and we follow up,” he said. He noted that theft occurs with only an extremely small percentage of all the mail that is sent. Clark warned people to pay attention to the notices on mailboxes identifying pick-up times. “Don’t mail after the last pick-up time each day,” he said. “Most of these thefts occur in the middle of the night.” He also urged that if people see suspicious activity around collection boxes they should call 911 and go to the postal service website at uspis.gov to file a complaint. The PPD has posted a “Frau d / T hef t A ler t” on Facebook and Instagram, war n ing P r inceton resi dents to beware of mailbox

f ish ing and to consider methods other than normal mail — such as electronic check, Venmo, or Paypal — for transferring money. Lagomarsino added that, in addition to using social media to aler t the community, the PPD would be reaching out directly to seniors through the Princeton Senior Resource Center. This week’s Municipality of Princeton Newsletter also features updates and tips to help residents avoid becoming a victim of mail theft. The USPIS reports that postal inspectors arrested almost 2,500 suspects for theft of the mail and packages in 2018. The USPIS websites notes that the vast majority of the billions of letters and packages mailed reach their intended destinations safely, but recommends extra steps to ensure you receive your mail: pick up mail promptly, deposit mail close to pickup time, inquire about overdue mail, don’t send cash, and when shipping packages use the Holder PickUp option so recipients can collect the package at the local post office. —Donald Gilpin

“Each One Reach One” Fundraising Campaign

Through a new LIFE & LEGACY® campaign called “Each One Reach One,” the Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Mercer is partnering with the Harold Grinspoon Foundation (HGF) to increase the number of donors participating in its community-wide legacy giving initiative to help secure the future of our local Jewish organizations. This new effort encoura g e s c o m m i t te d l e g a c y donors to share with family and friends their stories and motivations for leaving a legacy, helping others understand their passion for the Jewish future and their communities. By doing so, the organizations are hopeful family and friends will be inspired to leave a legacy too. “Princeton was selected as one of seven initial communities in North America to implement LIFE & LEGACY. Now, nearly eight years later, we have secured 610 legacy commitments, which will lead to an estimated $32 million in future gifts to 17 Jewish organizations in our region,” said Foundation president Chip Loeb. “We are excited about ‘Each

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On August 10, at 1:27 p.m., a resident of John Street reported that someone opened bank accounts under her name without authority to do so. The Detective Bureau is investigating. On August 8, at 8 :27 a.m., a resident of Lafayette Road West reported that his 2021 BMW X7, valued at $90,000, was stolen from his driveway between 11:30 p.m. on August 7 and 2:40 a.m. on August 8. The Detective Bureau is investigating. On August 6, at 11:52 a.m., a woman repor ted that a check she mailed in a USPS box had been stolen and altered, resulting in a loss of $4,000. The Detective Bureau is investigating. On August 6, at 2:16 p.m., a man reported that three checks he had mailed in a USPS box on Palmer Square East were stolen and altered, resulting in a loss of $8,831. The Detective Bureau is investigating. On August 6, at 6 :39 p.m., an assistant manager at a retail store on Nassau Street repor ted that a female selected various items and went in a changing room, where she placed $140 worth of merchandise into her backpack. She left the store without paying for the items. The Detective Bureau is investigating. On August 4, at 10 :40 a.m., a woman reported that a check she had mailed at a USPS box on Nassau Street was stolen and altered, resulting in a loss of $4,000. The Detective Bureau is investigating. On August 4, at 4 : 49 p.m., a resident of Vandeventer Avenue reported that someone withdrew $1,000 from her PNC checking account and attempted other withdrawals. The Detective Bureau is investigating. On August 3, at 10 : 07 a.m., a woman repor ted that a check she had mailed in the USPS box on Nassau Street was stolen and altered, resulting in a loss of $6,000. The Detective Bureau is investigating. On August 3, at 6 : 07 p.m., a resident of South Stanworth Drive reported two of his bikes, valued at $250, were stolen from a bike rack. On August 2, at 12:33 p.m., a resident of McComb Road reported that someone stole the license plate from her vehicle. The Detective Bureau is investigating.

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Cause of Two Local Fires Is Yet to Be Determined

different information, the conclusion remains that the cause was undetermined. — Anne Levin The cause of two fires the garage of a residence on that took place recently in Armour Road, and was rePrinceton’s Western Section ported just after 4 a.m. The Golden Nugget Flea Market remain undetermined. house is not habitable, and To Hold Antique Train Show The Golden Nugget AnAccording to Michael Yeh, is being restored. Princeton’s director of emerThe fire at Lenox House, tique Market in Lambertville gency services, an August 3 lo c ate d on a cor ner of will host the Antique Model fire at Lenox House, on the Stockton Street and Library Train Show on September 25. Dealers at The Golden campus of Princeton Theo- Place, destroyed the roof. logical Seminary (PTS), and The blaze was called in to Nugget specialize in antique a July 31 blaze on Armour the Princeton Police Depart- furniture, art, and many Road are still under inves- ment by PTS Security at collectibles such as coins, tigation. 5:11 a.m. on August 3. The stamps, jewelry, vinyl re“In these cases, there is building, which is home to cords, depression glass, and no suspicion of anything faculty offices and seminar model trains. “Collectors have been urgnefarious,” Yeh said. “We rooms, is being restored. don’t have a real indicaNo one was injured in the ing us to have regular shows so we are planning on a few tion of how they started, two fires. but there doesn’t appear to Yeh explained that a fire is train shows per year at the be anything suspicious. So ruled undetermined if there Golden Nugget,” said manboth, at this point, are la- is no information to support ager Mitch Freedman. ‘We beled undetermined.” its cause. Unless other de- are excited to host our new The July 31 fire began in tails come to light showing model train dealers during our busiest season, which is the fall season.” Thinking of selling Located at 1850 River your home? Call me! Road in Lambertville, the 50-year-old market is open JUDITH BUDWIG year-round on Wednesdays, Sales Associate Cell: 609-933-7886 | Office: 609-921-2600 Sat urdays, and Sundays judith.budwig@foxroach.com from 6 a.m. to 4 p.m. For m ore i n for m at ion, v i s it gnflea.com.

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A Special Achievement Recognized at Celebration

On Tuesday, August 10, Princeton Community Village (PCH) held a virtual celebration to honor eight students, who live at PCH, and were awarded $52,500 in college scholarships through the National Affordable Housing Management Association (NAHMA) and the New Jersey Affordable Housing Management Association (JAHMA). This is the 20th consecutive year that students from PCV have received college scholarships through NAHMA and JAHMA. All of the scholarship winners who attended the celebration expressed their gratitude for the spirit of

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To the Editor: Everyone loves to talk about the weather, and now we have not just weather but extreme weather to discuss. The cause of this is clear: changes in the planetary weather system caused by human carbon dioxide emissions primarily from burning fossil fuels. If there was any doubt about this, the latest IPCC Climate report makes the point emphatically: we must reduce our carbon emissions immediately of face even more frequent extreme (and dangerous) weather patterns. Keeping in mind that the average New Jersey household burns about 30 barrels (1,260 gallons) per year of gasoline, one straightforward way to reduce emissions is to lease an electric vehicle (EV). Leasing has many advantages: it allows one to immediately use the federal tax rebate of $7,500, even if you do not pay any federal taxes. The rebate is deducted from the residual value of the car which reduces the monthly payment. In addition to the federal rebate there is also a $5,000 New Jersey rebate as well as no sales tax either on the lease or purchase of an EV. Thus, the price differential between a $40,000 gasoline car versus an EV is an astonishing $15,150. There are also savings on fuel expenses (up to $1,000/year) as well as reduced maintenance costs. These factors make leasing an EV a compelling choice not just for the environment, but economically as well. Last year we leased a long-range EV to replace our gas guzzling Prius and a short range (84 miles) Leaf. We have driven several times to Maine (450 miles) in one day, recharging twice for 30 minutes. We have found that over the last year (10,000 miles) our car exceeded the EPA ratings by about 30 percent, without any compromise in summer comfort or safety. Over the past five years EVs have moved from being a rich person’s sports car to offering practical transportation for everyone, and leasing enables widespread adoption of this essential technology. AL CAVALLO Western Way

All Princeton Residents Should Be Advised of Pervasive Fraudulent Activity

To the Editor: On July 2 I mailed six checks at the Palmer Square USPS Post Box. On July 8, I noted that two of my checks had been forged and cashed. I closed the account but did not realize that my new account was still linked to the old account, so the forgers were able to pay off two additional bogus charge card bills. In total they made five assaults on my accounts. When I spoke with the Princeton Police detective, he stated that all the USPS Post Boxes in Princeton have been compromised. When I went to my bank on Nassau Street, staff advised me that several customers had come in that week with the same issue, and that all the banks in Princeton had customers that had been affected. I had read about this issue last year in the Town Topics Police Blotter and had been taking most of my mail

physically into a Post Office, but on July 2 I was rushed and did not have the time. I called the detective again, advised him of the additional assaults. I also asked if there was a way to notify all Princeton residents of this issue, but he was non-committal. I have posted this on the Planet Princeton Forum on Facebook, and one of the residents questioned the validity of my post. It appears from everything that I hear and have experienced that this issue is pervasive. Princeton has many avenues of communication with its residents, such as the mayor’s newsletter and the reverse 911 system. I’m extremely disappointed that this issue and other fraudulent activity have not been communicated to all Princeton residents in an official and timely manner. Although I appreciate distribution of this type of information through the Town Topics Police Blotter, I do not believe it is adequate. I believe that it is important that when the police know of pervasive fraudulent activity in Princeton, all residents are advised in a timely manner. I feel it is important that Princeton develop a method for timely dissemination to all Princeton residents. ANN MARIE RUSSELL Rollingmead Street Note: An article on this subject is featured on page 1 of this week’s issue.

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On Board Battlestar Galactica: “All This Happened Before” Flying mother nature’s silver seed to a new home ... —from Neil Young’s “After the Gold Rush” ccording to producers Ronald Moore and David Eick, Battlestar Galactica (2004-2009) is for people who hate space operas. I’ve never been a fan of the genre, but call it what you will, there’s something to be said for an epic production that weaves one of its central mysteries around Bob Dylan’s “All Along the Watchtower.” Although BSG ended its celebrated run in 2009, the series is no less timely today, with the 20th anniversary of 9/11 looming, the pandemic (both the human and Cylon races are stalked by viruses), the 1/6 insurrection, and an environment under siege. Referring to “Watchtower,” Moore says, “It’s something that lives in the collective unconscious of the show, it’s a musical theme that repeats itself. It crops up in unexpected places, and people hear it, or pluck it out of the ether. It’s sort of a connection of the divine and the mortal — music is something that people literally catch out of the air.... Here is a song that transcends many different aeons and cultures ... and was reinvented by one Mr. Bob Dylan.” As it happens, Moore’s series is a reimagining of the 1978 Battlestar Galactica created by Glenn Larson. The original show, as described by Alan Sepinwall in his book The Revolution Was Televised (2012), “told the story of an Earth-like colonial civilization that suffers a devastating attack from a race of warrior robots called Cylons. The handful of survivors board a ragtag fleet of spaceships, led by the last military vessel standing, the Galactica.” Sepinwall goes on to quote Moore’s criticism of the original series, which was how “this great dark idea became this silly show.” Moore remembers “a haunting moment in the original pilot where we see the crew of Galactica reacting to the news of the death of billions during the Cylon attacks — and then how that emotion is quickly undercut by a trip to a resort planet” where its “roguish” fighter pilot Starbuck (reinvented as a roguish female in Moore’s Galactica) “can gamble and cavort with beautiful women.” ABC canceled the series after one season. A quarter of a century later, the reimagined Battlestar was only nine weeks away from filming when September 11 changed everything, and, in Sepinwall’s words, “this escapist sci-fi adventure began to feel uncomfortably real.” The eventual result was “the unlikeliest, but best, millennial TV show inspired by 9/11.” Thus its appearance in Sepinwall’s book along with The Sopranos, Deadwood, The Wire, Breaking Bad, 24, and Friday Night Lights, among the 12 landmark series “that changed TV drama forever.” Moore’s Manifesto Advised to write a preface to the script making it clear that this Battlestar was a departure from the original, Moore promised “nothing less than the reinvention of the science fiction television series.” There would be no more

“stock characters, techno-double-talk, bumpyheaded aliens, thespian histrionics, and empty heroics.” Moore’s manifesto spoke of characters “with all the emotional complexity and contradictions present in quality dramas like The West Wing and The Sopranos.... They are not super-heroes. They are not an elite. They are everyday people caught up in an enormous cataclysm and trying to survive it as best they can.” The manifesto was attached to copies of the script sent out to actors, including Edward James Olmos, the producers’ first choice to play Commander William Adama. Olmos later said “he would never have read a script with that name if it hadn’t started with Moore’s essay.” A One-Man Mt. Rushmore If you live through 80-plus hours of Battlestar Galactica, your view of the human landscape is dominated by Olmos, whose face is a planet in itself, terrain so rugged that when seen close-up it virtually overwhelms anything of secondary interest. Olmos is a one-man Mt. Rushmore (the only other face of comparable filmic magnitude in the series belongs to Katee Sackhoff’s Starbuck). But then Olmos is the central character in a show that surpasses all imaginable limits of time, space, and probability, its gates open to virtually everything, including all kinds of absolute nonsense (in spite of Moore’s manifesto). All bets are off. Numbers? W ho needs numbers when you’re dealing with a concept wherein the action takes place 150,000 years before the last moment of the last scene in Times Square circa 2006 with Jimi Hendrix singing and playing his purple-hazed version of “Watchtower?” Sometimes it’s as if the fleet were an intergalactic Hollywood time capsule, the whole archive of moviedom, starring the usual suspects, shadows, cylons, replicants, heroes, and villains (again contrary to Moore’s manifesto) with a film noir bar called Joe’s complete with black marketeers, everybody’s smoking or dealing, and there’s a piano where some of the finest, dreamiest moments in the show take place. And yet, how strange that in this ecstasy of inclusivity, this totally unlimited environment, the same old censors rule over the same old issues: no serious nudity, no cussing, and instead of the word liberated by HBO and taken to the mother of all limits in Deadwood and The Sopranos, the actors on and off SyFy’s Galactica have to make do with incessantly repeated variations of the poor man’s f-word, as in “frak this,” “frak you” or “what the frak,” which can become frakking unbearable when the situation calls for something stronger.

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Early Olmos Curious to know more about Edward James Olmos, I checked out the 2013 Television Academy Foundation interview with him on YouTube and discovered that at age 13 this Mexican American kid from a divided family was a catcher in the Los Angeles Dodgers farm system, leaving two years later to sing lead in a rock band eventually known as the Pacific Ocean (“because it was the biggest thing on the West Coast”), which released an album called Purgatory in 1968. Having just listened to Eddie James’s passionate renditions of “Sixteen Tons,” “Road to Hell,” and “I Can’t Stand It,” recorded almost four decades before Gallactica, I have a clearer understanding of the actor’s take-it-to-the-limit approach to playing Adama. In the same interview, after praising the script, Olmos admits going beyond the writers’ idealized concept of the character. For the scene when he found that his oldest friend was an unwitting tool of the enemy Cylons, the writers suggested that he express the shock by, in effect, “having a drink.” Olmos told them “Oh yeah, you have no have idea where this is going.” Pretty soon Olmos’s Adama is “drinking all the time, taking pills all the time, trying to hold on to my sanity,” verging on total self-destruction (“a slobbering wreck”) and then “coming back” when it counted. Adama’s Starbuck One of the most visible advances on the 1978 Galactica was the change in Starbuck’s gender that gives us ace fighter pilot Kara Thrace, a life force played to the hilt by Katee Sackhoff, who, besides owning one of the two great, made-to-befilmed faces in the series, becomes, in Ronald Moore’s words, “whatever you want her to be. It’s easy to put that label on her: Angel, or Messenger of God, or whatever. Kara Thrace died and was resurrected and came back and took the people to their final end. That was her role, her destiny on the show.” Another of the saving graces of the series, Kara Thrace is much feistier, jauntier, cockier, in-your-face charming and maddening than Moore’s rhetoric suggests. Interviewed on syfy. com, Sackhoff says of her character: “I always loved her. I loved her as somebody who wore their heart on their sleeve and didn’t see it as a weakness. She was incredibly strong, and very real, and she kind of helped me grow up, in a sense. I was 21 when I started playing her, so she really did take me into adulthood.” Madame President Yet another saving grace of the reimagined Galactica came on board because, as Sepinwall puts it, Moore wanted “to give Adama a legitimate counterpart among the civilians.”

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So he created Secretary of Education Laura Roslin, “the highest-ranking member of the government to survive the Cylon attack,” who is sworn in as president “in a scene designed to evoke the famous image of Lyndon Johnson taking the oath of office aboard Air Force One in the hours after the JFK assassination.” As played by Mary McDonnell, she reminded me at first of a shanghaied spaceship version of Diane Keaton’s spaced-out la-di-da Annie Hall. Like her co-star and eventual lover Bill Adama, she takes the character to some “dark places” in the later seasons. On his blogspot about the “Hub” episode, Sepinwall writes: “What superlatives are left to describe the work of Mary McDonnell? How can I praise this performance week after week, season after season, and capture how much better it keeps getting without sounding like a sycophantic broken record?” Sepinwall refers to the scene where Laura tends to the wounded erotomaniacal genius Gaius Baltar, who, “with the benefit of some groovy drugs, decides to finally confess to Laura what she’s long believed: that he played a major role in the Cylon genocide of humanity.” The Baltar Enigma ndoubtedly the most bizarre character arc in all Galactica is the one followed by James Callis as Gaius Baltar, who was so repellent, so hapless, so painfully uncharismatic in the prefatory (and probably necessary) miniseries (2003) that my wife and I seriously considered skipping the main event. How could we endure the company of this self-pitying sap, this sexual basket case for four seasons of our lives? Surely it would never be possible to take seriously this mad genius sex slave of the gorgeous Playboy fantasy embodied by Cylon Six, later Caprica Six (Tricia Helfer). Surely, you tell yourself, a human liability of cosmic proportions could never achieve embattled mock-heroic stature, all the while wondering whether the writers know what to do with someone who pivots from Jeremy Irons-as-Humbert Humbert to a handsomer version of a dangerously allpowerful egomaniac not unlike the recently departed president, all this in the course of a series that ends with an immortal sunglassed Baltar and his tall, lovely, undying Six moving among the crowds of 21st-century Manhattan. Then consider his last words, the last words of the entire epic: “Silly me, silly silly me.” Now cut to a view of Times Square and an MSNBC Advances in Robotics display window where robots dance and gyrate as Jimi Hendrix sings “All Along the Watchtower.” —Stuart Mitchner ——— Battlestar Galactica can be streamed on Peacock and is in the DVD collection of the Princeton Public Library, which also has a copy of Alan Sepinwall’s The Revolution was Televised. Interviews from the post-finale Q and A, and elsewhere, are available online.

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Live Jazz is Back at Trenton City Museum

Performing Arts

Vocalist Tom Chiola and pianist George Sinkler bring live jazz to Ellarslie, Trenton’s City Museum in Cadwalader Park, on Saturday, August 21, at 7 p.m. Chiola, a longtime Trenton resident, performs in concerts and at restaurants from the great American songbook, often accompanied by George Sinkler, a professional pianist for more than 40 years. Sinkler plays in jazz groups and solo at numerous venues, and is widely sought as an accompanist. The two have performed together many times at the Trenton City Museum. Concert tickets are available in advance and range from $25 to $40. Snacks and beverages are included in the ticket cost. While reserving their tickets, attendees may select socially distanced seating indoors or on the museum’s veranda. Masks will be recommended. Ample parking is available adjacent to the museum. CENTENNIAL OF TWO EVENTS: The landmark 1921 musical “Shuffle Along” and the horrific mur- To learn more or to make der of hundreds of Black residents in Tulsa, Okla., occurred just a week apart. The two events reservations, visit ellarslie. are the focus of an upcoming virtual webinar. (Photo courtesy of the Eubie Blake Collection of the Maryland Historical Society) org or call (609) 989-1191.

Lewis Center for the Arts Symposium “Reactivates Memory”

The killing of hundreds of Black citizens in Tulsa, Okla., and the opening of a groundbreaking musical might seem like unlikely partners for a two-day seminar. But “REACTIVATING MEMORY: Shuffle Along and the Tulsa Race Massacre: A Centennial Symposium” links the two events together in a logical way. On September 9 and 10, The Lewis Center for the Arts’ Program in Music Theater at Princeton University has planned panels, a keynote, and performances to mark the centennial of the burning of Greenwood, a vibrant Black neighborhood in Tulsa, considered one of the nation’s worst incidents of racial violence in American history. Just a week prior on May 23, 1921, Shuffle Along had debuted in New York, introducing a syncopated jazz score and chorus girls to the American musical and launching the careers of Josephine Baker and Paul Robeson, among others. Exploring the two events together made sense. The team behind the symposium includes Stacy Wolf, professor of theater and American studies and director of the Program in Music and Theater at the University; and Catherine M. Young, lecturer in writing; as well as tap dance artist and 202123 Princeton Arts Fellow Michael J. Love; and members of CLASSIX, a collective of artists and scholars dedicated to expanding classical theater through the exploration of dramatic works by Black writers. “We started working on this a year ago,” said Wolf. “It was the brainchild of Catherine Young, who is a scholar of vaudeville. It was her idea to commemorate these two events that happened a month apart.” Members of CLASSIX are familiar to Princeton from an event they produced last year, “A Past Becomes a Heritage,” about the Negro Units of the Federal Theater Project. “They were already in Princeton’s ecosystem,”

said Wolf. “Even though they are primarily theater artists, they are intellectuals and historians. They know as much about Tulsa as they do about Shuffle Along.” The musical, which was created by an all-Black artistic team including Noble Sissle and Eubie Blake, opened at the 63 rd Street Music Hall and ran for 504 performances. While it was considered a theatrical landmark, notable for its complicated tap dancing and its focus around a story rather than just a series of numbers, the musical was largely forgotten. Shuffle Along, or, The Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All That Followed, a musical about the original, was produced on Broadway in 2016. On September 9, members of the cast and creative team will take part in a panel discussion moderated by Michael J. Love. Written and directed by George C. Wolfe, with choreography by Savion Glover, and Audra McDonald and Brian Stokes Mitchell leading the cast, the show folded barely three months into its run. “A lot of us believe it closed prematurely,” said Wolf. “Scott Rudin (who resigned from the Broadway League last April after charges of abusive behavior) was one of the producers. There were weak ticket sales. Audra McDonald was pregnant. But we don’t really know the reason.” Following World War I, the Greenwood District of Tulsa was known nationally for its affluent Black community, sometimes referred to as “Black Wall Street.” Over 18 hours from May 31-June 1, a white mob attacked residents, homes, and businesses, leaving hundreds dead and thousands homeless. News reports at the time were mostly squelched. Centennial events related to the massacre have included documentaries, a congressional hearing with survivor testimony, exhibits, publications, a new lawsuit

against the city of Tulsa, anti-police brutality activism, special university and high school curricula development, and a backlash against such curricula. “For some people, the Tulsa race massacre was news. For others, it was never news,” said Wolf. “We’re thinking here about the partiality of history — how much or how little people know depending on where they were situated.” The creative team behind the upcoming Zoom event, which is free and open to the public, believe that the massacre and the musical make natural partners. “One thing took place in Tulsa, and was a trauma for a large part of the population,” Wolf said. “The other, in New York, was a big celebration. It was enormously important, but it didn’t run as long as it might have.” Advanced registration is required for both events. Visit ar ts.princeton.edu / reactivating-memory. — Anne Levin

Trenton Punk Rock Market Features Music

Trenton’s Cure Insurance Arena is the site of the Trenton Punk Rock Flea Market, to be held outdoors Saturday and Sunday, August 21 and 22, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day. More than 150 socially distanced vendors will be on hand each day. Seven different gourmet food trucks including vegan, gluten free, sweets, and more, plus two beer stations, are planned. The live music stage will feature five regional bands and solo artists each day, including an acoustic set by Johnny and Jimmy of Cryptkeeper Five, Surf Rock’s White Cactus, and a solo set by Jeff Ergs of the Ergs, among other acts. For more information, visit trentoprfm.com.

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CHSNJ Gets Grant to Support Trenton Education Dance Program

T h e C h i l d r e n’s H o m e S o c i e t y of N e w J e r s e y (CHSNJ) has been approved for $10,000 from the Grants for Arts Projects award to support TEDI, the Trenton Education Dance Institute. TEDI is among the more than 1,100 projects across America totaling nearly $27 million that were selected during a second round of Grants for Arts Projects of the National Endowment for the Arts ( NEA). Also supporting TEDI are The Investors Foundation and the Roma Bank Community Foundation, which have each contributed $500 to further the goals of the program. TEDI has enhanced the lives of schoolchildren in the capital city of New Jersey for 32 years. The program uses the pedagogy developed by renowned American ballet dancer and choreographer Jacques D’Amboise, who died earlier this year. Professional artists use a combination of dance, performance, and curriculum-related educational materials to teach young people the life skills of self-discipline, teamwork, concentration, cooperation, confidence, and pride in personal achievement. Reaching across social, ethnic and economic boundaries, TEDI includes

JAZZ STANDARDS: Vocalist Tom Chiola, left, and pianist George Sinkler perform at Ellarslie in Trenton’s Cadwalader Park on Saturday evening, August 21. children facing physical and emotional challenges. In the past year, rehearsals were held on Zoom. The endof-year performance was filmed on Zoom and outside on the steps of the War Memorial in Trenton, where per formances are usually held. The video is available at chsofnj.org / portfolio-items/tedi-end-ofyear-performance-2021. “As the country and the arts sector begin to imagine returning to a post-pandemic world, the National Endowment for the Arts is proud to announce funding that will help arts organizations such as TEDI reengage fully with partners and audiences,” said NEA Acting Chairman Ann Eilers. “Although the arts have sustained many during the pandemic, the chance to gather with one another and share arts experiences is its own necessity and pleasure.” After-school, in-person classes will begin in Trenton elementary schools this fall. “We are excited to be coming back in person,” said TEDI Artistic Director Kayla James. “It’s remarkable that we were able to sustain the program re motely and retain the attention of our student dancers. John Williams, our music director, provided live music. We are grateful to the NEA, The Investors Foundation, the Roma Bank Comm u n it y Fou n d at i on a n d our individual donors for their faith in us during this

d if f icu lt p er io d. COV I D cou ld not keep us f rom dancing.” “Ms. James and Mr. Williams are like teachers, but way funner,” said one of the participants. “TEDI is like a family,” said another.

Carillon Concerts Continue At PU’s Cleveland Tower

On Sunday, August 22 from 1-2 p.m., Frank DellaPenna and Lisa Lonie will play a concert on the carillon in Cleveland Tower, at Princeton University’s Graduate College. The recital is dedicated to the Class of 1976. The program ranges from Billy Joel and Coldplay to classical works. The carillon is best heard more than 100 feet away from the base of the tower — ideal for social distancing. D e l l a Pe n n a h a s b e e n the resident carillonneur of the Washington Memorial Chapel in Valley Forge, Pa., since 1985. He has been a guest performer at many carillons in the United States, Canada, and Europe. He created a musical act, “Cast in Bronze,” featuring the carillon with other instruments. Lonie is the university carillonneur for Princeton University, and carilloneur for Church of the Holy Trinity in Philadelphia. She maintains a teaching studio in Princeton. Visit Princeton.edu for more information.

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LEARNING THROUGH DANCE: The Trenton Education Dance Institute, known as TEDI, has been enhancing the lives of children for more than two decades. Students perform at Trenton’s War Memorial.

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Art

“COTTAGE ON LEWIS ISLAND”: This painting by Carol Sanzalone is part of “Recovery,” the Garden State Watercolor Society’s 51st annual juried exhibition, now on view by appointment in the Muriel L. Matthews Art Gallery at D&R Greenway Land Trust’s Johnson Education Center.

FALL ART CLASSES: The Center for Contemporary Art in Bedminster is offering in-person art classes and workshops for artists with all levels of expertise in a variety of media including oil and acrylic paint, pastel, watercolor, drawing, and ceramics. such as Advanced Ceramics children. For children ages Contemporary Art Center Offers Fall In-Person Classes and Wheel Throwing and 5-8, in-person classes inThe Center for Contemporary Art in Bedminster is offering in-person art classes and workshops this fall for adults, teens, and children beginning September 13. Select classes will be offered in a virtual or hybrid format. Classes and workshops are offered for artists with all levels of expertise in a variety of media including oil and acrylic paint, pastel, watercolor, drawing, and ceramics. There are more than 60 fall adult classes including Watercolor Step-by-Step, Introduction to Drawing, The Power of Pastels, Artist Studio: Your Choice, Evening Oil Painting, Morning Oil Landscape, Plein Air Contemporary Landscape, Art Appreciation, Pad Drawing and Painting, Chinese Brush Painting, Beginner Watercolor, Figure Drawing, Portrait Drawing, Media Sampler, and ceramics classes

Hand Building. New classes this fall include Tricolor and Colored Pencil Drawing; Introduction to Pastel Painting; Art and Literature; Storytelling Through Art; Drawing like the Old Masters in Pen and Ink; and Outside the Paintbox, Beyond the Brush. Fall workshops offer students the opportunity to try something new. They include Drawing in Negative Space, Watercolor for Absolute Beginners, Holiday P ysanky Egg Dying, Children’s Book Illustration, Holiday Felt Ornament Making, and Wet Felt Painting. The Center also offers an Open Life Studio on Tuesday evenings. This independent environment allows artists to draw or paint from a new model each week, through a combination of gestural poses and longer sittings. I n - p e r s o n cl a s s e s a r e ava i lable for te ens a nd

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clude Painting in Depth, Drawing in Depth, Mixed Media, Pottery, and Glow in the Dark Art. Students ages 9-12 can select from in-person classes including Drawing in Depth and Painting in Depth, as well as Mixed Media and Potter y. Teen offerings include in-person Painting in Depth, Drawing in Depth, and Pottery. I n -p er s on clas s e s w i l l also be offered for children with autism spectrum disorder and other special needs beginning September 20. Students will explore a variety of ar t projects specifically geared to their interest and ability both in two- and three-dimensional approaches. The Center is located at 2020 Burnt Mills Road in Bedminster. For more information or to register for a class, call (908) 234-2345 or visit ccabedminster.org.

New Exhibits at D&R Greenway’s Johnson Education Center

D&R Greenway Land Trust announces the reopening of its Marie L. Matthews Art Gallery at its Johnson Education Center in Princeton with the aptly named exhibit “Recovery,” in partnership with the Garden State Watercolor Society (GSWS). This river-focused 51st annual juried exhibition is available for reserved timed

viewings through October 17. Along with the juried exhibit, in the lobby of the Johnson Education Center, visitors will be greeted with the Garden State Watercolor Society’s “Third Annual Art Installation” of over 100 mini paintings illustrating aspects of the Delaware River, displayed among river stones. An in-person reception and awards ceremony will take place on Friday, September 10 at the Johnson Education Center, outdoors. For more information and to reserve a space, visit gswcs.org. Opportunities to experience the exhibit include in-person viewings by appointment only, made by calling ( 609 ) 558 - 0207. Reserved timed entries will be available three days a week through the run of the show, with monthly Saturday hours. Visitors will be invited to follow CDC guidelines when they enter the Johnson Education Center to view the exhibit, with masks and social distancing. Entries will be timed so that each visitor and their guests remain separated from others v iew ing the ex hibit. Events have been on hold for over a year, and this is the first returning indoor gallery exhibit. Garden State Watercolor Society’s “Recovery” portrays the wild landscape, recreation, birds, fish, flora, and fauna of the Delaware River with creative imagination. The artworks showcase what “Recovery” signifies to each artist, in representational or abstract ways.

“This exhibit celebrates what we at D&R Greenway have learned over the past year and a half, that nature heals and helps us recover from isolation and trauma,” s aid L inda Mead, D & R Greenway’s CEO and president. “Our founding mission to preserve water quality by saving land along our region’s waterways is reflected in the focus on the Delaware River.” The river is a comeback success story, with progress made in cleaning up the river celebrated in 2020 when American Rivers named the Delaware the “American River of the Year.” The river landscape has long been a place of reflection and beauty for area residents and artists. Tess Fields, GSWS president, said, “I was delighted when the D &R Greenway Land Trust challenged us with the theme of the Delaware River and its recovery. I grew up on the Delaware and have a great respect and fondness for it. Each season on the river holds its own particular beauty. It can be calm and serene, or, after a storm, it can be dangerous and threatening. GSWS artists embraced the theme and created a wide variety of wonderful art. I hope that people will come to view the exhibit at D&R Greenway’s Johnson Education Center. GSWS is thrilled to be hanging its first exhibit in two years!” Featured as the gateway to the exhibit is the Garden State Watercolor Society’s “Third Annual Art Installation,” a distinctive

mini-art representation of aspects of the Delaware River with over a hundred 5”x7” paintings created by GSWS artists. Challenged to paint using only cool colors of blue, green, and purple, the collaborative exhibit shows the imaginative creativity of the artists. The installation art celebrates the Delaware River — clean water, return of wildlife and source of scenic landscapes, and interaction of nature and people. This installation exhibit follows the previous challenges of “Head and Shoulders” art installation in 2019, in which portraits were done in primary colors of red, yellow, and blue only, and “Beautiful Creatures” in 2020 — using secondary colors of orange, green, and purple, and showing animals, birds and insects. The community is invited to call (609) 558-0207 to make a reservation to visit the free installation and exhibit, in person. Artist entry and prizes were juried by Tim Saternow, a signature member of the American Watercolor Society whose watercolor paintings explore the lost and forgotten areas on the edges of the urban scene. Art is available for sale. A percentage of each purchase will support D&R Greenway’s mission of preserving and caring for land and inspiring a conservation ethic, now and forever. D&R Greenway’s Johnson Education Center is located at One Preservation Place, Princeton. For more information, visit drgreenway.org. Continued on Page 20

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“PORTRAIT OF AN EASTERN BOX TURTLE”: James Fiorentino’s painting is part of the Garden State Watercolor Society’s annual juried exhibition, now on view by appointment through October 17 at the Johnson Education Center at D&R Land Trust, 1 Preservation Place, Princeton.

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“THE JUNKYARD”: Artist Ron Snyder was one of the many eco-artists featured at the Hopewell Valley Arts Council’s first upcycle outdoor art exhibition in Woolsey Park.

HV Arts Council Celebrates First Year of “The Junkyard”

The Hopewell Valley Arts Council hosted its first upcycle outdoor art exhibition, “The Junkyard,” transforming Woolsey Park into a temporary tented sculpture garden from July 23 to July 25. Expected to be an annual event, “The Junkyard” is a family-friendly celebration of artistic ingenuity while raising awareness about the need to protect our environment, proving that “one man’s trash is another’s treasure.” The event featured artwork by established professional eco-artists as well as a few teams of creative participants and budding artists who reimagined items destined for the trash heap into unique and astonishing art. Visitors had the opportunity

to meet with and purchase artwork from Hopewell-area eco-artists and found-sculptors including Guy Ciarcia, Susanne Pitak Davis, Morris Docktor, Deborah Eater, Barry Hantman, Christopher Hiltey, Eduardo Jimenez, Joy Kreves, Rory Mahon, Lia Nielsen, Andy Parsons. Ruthann Perry, Michelle Solomon, Ron Snyder, Modern Fossils: Judith Marchand and David Horowitz, and Jane Zamost. T he Junkyard also included some local “green” resources with participat ion f rom t he Hopewell Valley Green Team and TerraCycle. The Junkyard would not be possible if not for the generous support of presenting sponsor Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson. “T h e Ju n k yard w as a

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Check websites for information on safety protocols. A r t i s t s’ G a l l e r y, 18 Bridge Street, Lambertville, has “Creating Joy” through September 5. Gallery hours are Thursday through Sunday, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. lambertvillearts.com. D & R Greenway Land Trust, One Preservation Place, has “Recovery,” the 51st annual juried exhibition of the Garden State Watercolor Society, through October 17. By appointment only, call (609) 558-0207. drgreenway.org. Ellarslie, Trenton’s City Mu s e u m i n C ad w a lad e r Park, Park s ide Avenu e, Trenton, has “Going for the Gold” through September 6 and “Ellarslie Open 37/38” through October 1. Visit ellarslie.org for museum hours and timed entry tickets. Gourgaud Gallery, 23-A North Main Street, Cranbury, has “Color Wheel” through August 27. CranburyArtsCouncil.org. Grounds For Sculpture, 80 Sculptors Way, Hamilton, has “Rebirth: Kang Muxiang,” “Bruce Beasley: Sixty Year Retrospective, 1960-2020,” and other exhibits. Hours are Thursday through Monday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Timed tickets required. groundsforsculpture. org.

Historical Society of Princeton, Updike Farmstead, 354 Quaker Road, has “Princeton and Women’s Suffrage” and other online exhibits, as well as the “Histor y @ Home” series. The museum is currently closed to the public. princetonhistory.org. Hunterdon Art Museum, 7 Lower Center Street, Clinton, has “Our Environment” and “Print+” through September 5. hunterdonartmuseum.org. James A. Michener Art Museum, 138 South Pine Street, Doylestown, Pa., has “It’s Personal: The Art of Robert Beck” through January 2. The museum is open to the public. michenerartmuseum.org. Mercer Museum, 84 South Pine Street, Doylestown, Pa., has “Measurement Rules” and “Magn i f i c e nt M e a s u r e s ! T h e Hausman-Hill Collection of Calculating Instruments” through September 6. mercermuseum.org. Morven Museum & Garden, 55 Stockton Street, has “In Nature’s Realm : The Art of Gerard Rutgers

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Williamtrenthouse.org. 10 a.m.: Fiddlin’ Day at Howell Living History Farm, 70 Woodens Lane, Hopewell Tow nship. Annual fiddle contest, with fiddlers, guitarists, mandolinists, and more spread out across the property playing traditional tunes and blues. The public is invited to join. Howellfarm.org. 10 and 11 a.m.: Bark in the Park at Washing ton Cros si ng His tor ic Park, Pennsylvania side. Take your dog for a mile-long group walk through the park grounds. All dogs get a tricorn hat. Register at WashingtonCrossingPark. org/events. 11 a.m.: Historic Stony Brook walking tour, presented by Historical Society of Princeton, starting at Updike Farmstead. Two-mile hike exploring the lives of early settlers. $10 advance tickets required. Limited to 12 people. Princetonhistory. org. 3-6 p.m.: Princeton Country Dancers presents Alex Deis-Lauby & Live Wire, for experienced dancers. Followed 6 p.m. by potluck; 7:30 p.m. Intro to Basics; and 8-11 p.m. Contra Dance for all. At Suzanne Patterson Center, 1 Monument Drive. Proof of vaccination and other requirements. Princetoncountrydancers.org. Sunday, August 29 1-4 p.m.: Weekend Music series at Terhune Orchards, 330 Cold Soil Road, with Jerr y Steele. Terhuneorchards.com. 1-3 p.m.: Free vegetarian lunch and kirtan, in honor of Sri Krishna Janmashtami holy day, at Princeton Family YMCA under the big red tent. Bviscs.org. 3 p.m.: “The Eccentricities of a Scholar’s Library” with John. V. Fleming, free event presented by Princeton University Library. Visit libcal. princeton.edu. Monday, August 30 Recycling 7 p.m.: VOICES Chorale NJ holds Summer Sing, an evening of music and conversation, to be held outdoors at Music Together, 225 Pennington-Hopewell Road, Hopewell (rain date August 31). Free, though donations are welcome. David A. McConnell will lead selections from Mozart’s Requiem. Voiceschoralenj.org. Tuesday, August 31 9:30 a.m.: Read and Pick: Apples at Terhune Orchards, 330 Cold Soil Road. Terhuneorchards.com. 7 p.m.: Family Night at Lawrence Nature Center, 481 Drexel Road, L awrence. Storytelling. (609) 844-7067. Wednesday, September 1 9:30 a.m.: Read and Pick: Apples at Terhune Orchards, 330 Cold Soil Road. Terhuneorchards.com. 8-10:30 p.m.: Princeton Country Dancers presents contra dance at Suzanne Patterson Center, 1 Monument Drive. Proof of vaccination and other requirements. With Bob Isaacs and Raise the Roof. Princetoncountrydancers.org. Wednesday, September 8 8-10:30 p.m.: Princeton Country Dancers presents contra dance at Suzanne Patterson Center, 1 Monument Drive. Proof of vaccination and other requirements. With Ridge Kennedy and

Peter Paul, Ed Garry. Princetoncountrydancers.org Thursday, September 9 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. : Princeton Regional Chamber’s Monthly Membership Luncheon, Princeton Marriott at Forrestal, 100 College Road East. Speaker is Rutgers University professor James W. Hughes. Princetonmercer.org. Friday, September 10 5 - 8 p.m.: Sunset Sips & Sounds at Terhune Orchards, 330 Cold Soil Road. terhuneorchards.com. 6:30 p.m.: Family Fun, followed by the movie Soul at 7:15 p.m. at Princeton S hoppi ng C e nter. Fre e, bring lawn chairs or blanket. To be rescheduled if it rains. 8:30 p.m.: Hopewell Valley Arts Council’s Outdoor Art Film series screens Western Stars at Woolsey Park, Titusville. Hvartscouncil.org. Saturday, September 11 10th Annual Central Jersey Jazz Festival at Monument Square, Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick. Free. Also presented virtually at Facebook.com/CentralJerseyJazzFestival. Sunday, September 12 1:30 p.m.: Delaware historian Kim Burdick presents a Zoom lecture, “Fever and Sickness in the Continental Army.” Free, sponsored by Washing ton Crossing Historic Park. Registration is required at WashingtonCrossingPark.org/events. Monday, September 13 Recycling Wednesday, September 15 9:30 a.m.: Read and Pick: Chickens at Terhune Orchards, 330 Cold Soil Road. Terhuneorchards.com.

Sunday, September 18 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Food drive followed by music from the New Brunswick Vinyl Society in front of New Brunswick Performing Arts Center, 11 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick. NewBrunswickArts.org. Wednesday, September 22 6 p.m.: Princeton Public Library Board of Trustees meeting. Princetonlibrary.org. 8-10:30 p.m.: Princeton Countr y Dancers presents contra dance at Suzanne Patterson Center, 1 Monument Drive. Proof of vaccination and other requirements. With Barbara Goldstein and Crossing the Millstone. Princetoncountrydancers.org. Friday, September 24 7 p.m.: Bucks Count y Bookfest begins at Salem United Church of Christ, 186 E as t C ou r t St reet, Doylestow n, Pa. Aut hor Chr istina Baker Kline speaks. Bucksbookfest.org. Saturday, September 25 6 a.m.: The Golden Nugget Flea Market, 1850 River Road, Lambertville, hosts the Antique Model Train Show. Gnflea.com. 12-4 p.m. Bucks County Bookfest, on the green at Mercer Museum, 84 South Pine Street, Doylestown, Pa. Bucksbookfest.org. 8 -11 p.m . : P r i n c e to n Country Dancers presents contra dance at Suzanne Patterson Center, 1 Monument Drive. Alex Deis-Lauby with Live Wire. Princetoncountrydancers.org.

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After Having 2020 Season Canceled Due to Pandemic, PU Football Excited to Hit Field for Preseason Camp

While August 21 is about four months away from the holiday season, it will seem like Christmas morning for Princeton University football head coach Bob Surace. With Princeton not getting a season last fall as the Ivy League canceled competition due to COVID-19 concerns and having limited practices this spring, the Tigers will be hitting the field this Saturday to start preseason practices for the 2021 campaign. “I just had a lunch with a player and one of his advisers,” said Surace. “I told the adviser, you don’t understand how excited we are. It is hard to put into words. We got a tease of it in the spring but it wasn’t the same.” With a number of veteran players not enrolling in Princeton for the 2020-21 school year, the spring sessions had a smaller turnout than usual. “The hard part was that the numbers were lower, not everybody came back to school,” said Surace. “Everybody had their individual decision and nobody knew how it was going to go. We had 53 players and we usually have about 75, so it was a much lower number. At times, it limited the full 11-on-11 certain days.” While there were limits, Surace believes that a number of younger players still made progress. “That was one of the real benefits,” said Surace. “A lot of the guys who weren’t there were upperclassmen. We tended to have a guy or two at each position who was an upperclassman and a really good leader. If you are wide receiver and a freshman you had Dylan Classi or if you are a tight end, you had Carson Bobo. Our freshmen and sophomores were

probably 40 of the 53.” Surace and his staff had a really good time getting back on the field. “We hadn’t coached for almost a full year from March 2020; it was great for us to be able to go out on the field,” said Surace, whose team’s last regular season game was a 28-7 win at Penn on November 23, 2019 and will kick off the upcoming season by playing at Lehigh on September 18 “The players missed the competition but you also miss the camaraderie, you miss the banter, the talk, and all of that. Those things are a big part of it and the culture of the team. You have that back. You have the guys come out and they worked their tails off.” Looking ahead to preseason camp, Surace believes that the extra conditioning work the players have gotten over the last year will pay dividends. “They know what a football camp with our staff is and the expectations; we will find out when they get here,” said Surace, noting that approximately 75 players stayed in Princeton over the summer to train. “I would say that this group has been nothing but terrific the entire time. The pandemic was really hard, they showed an amazing attitude and amazing work ethic. Put it this way, I will be very surprised if they are not in great shape and ready. These guys have had since literally March 2020, and really since December 2019, so all they have been doing is training for about 20 straight months. It is pretty incredible when you think about that. I haven’t watched them work out but I have had lunch with them and I have seen them at my

house. There are guys that we recruited that had that long, lean body type where we thought that it might take a couple of years to fill out. These guys have gone from 6’5, 240 and now they are 6’5, 290.” With many upperclassmen returning to school after a year away from Princeton, there will be about 130 players on the field this Saturday at the beginning of the preseason. “Every school did it differently, I don’t know what is the right way,” said Surace. “We had 17 seniors who weren’t enrolled last year, so those 17 guys will be part of our senior class this season. We have a much bigger group of seniors. Because of that, we took about 10 less freshmen. By position, there is about a guy more than typical at each position. What I didn’t want to do was to have 17 extra seniors, take the biggest recruiting class and have two guys extra at each position.” A major point of emphasis for Surace and his coaches will be to foster a sense of community with five classes making up the squad. “We used to have freshman football, so the varsity team was sophomores, juniors, and seniors and we only had three classes,” said Surace. “Now we have freshmen, sophomores, juniors, and two classes of seniors. It is going to be a little bit harder to stay connected when you are expecting three guys at your position to graduate and those three guys came back.” In order to get everyone on the same page, there will be a focus on organization and personal responsibility. “We are going to have structure again, we are

RARING TO GO: Players on the Princeton University football team about to burst on the field for their season opener against Butler in September 2019. Princeton, which didn’t get to play last fall as the Ivy League canceled competition due to COVID-19 concerns, starts preseason training for the 2021 season this Saturday. The Tigers, whose last regular season game was a 28-7 win at Penn on November 23, 2019, kick off the upcoming season by playing at Lehigh on September 18. (Photo by Frank Wojciechowski) going to get back into leading that way and doing things that way,” said Surace. “I think it is going to be really helpful, these guys are all going to graduate and have jobs.” While there are currently no COVID-19 restrictions in place for on-field work, the Princeton players and staff will have to wear masks when indoors, something Surace views as a minor inconvenience when looking at the bigger picture. “We make a lot more sacrifices in football, our guys sacrifice their summers to be here,” said Surace. “They sacrifice so much to play a sport. It is not just football, as a varsity athlete you sacrifice a lot of things. Wearing a mask is not the end of the world. I said to the players who were juniors in 2019 who took the year off to come back and play football and have closure that we can’t have an outbreak. If you tell me that we had 10 games because we

wore a mask and we only got six if we didn’t, it is ‘wear a mask, please.’” Coming off an 8-2 season in 2019 and having gone 10-0 in 2018, many expect the Tigers to win a lot of games this fall as they were chosen to finish first in the Ivy League media preseason poll. The 18 wins in those two campaigns are the most Princeton has had over a two-year stretch since the 1950-51 seasons. “I don’t care about polls, they are for excitement,” said Surace, a 1990 Princeton alum who was an All-Ivy center for the Tigers. “We are going to play the games in late November and one team and maybe two teams will win the title and they will celebrate at their banquet. I have had 15 years where I have been intimately involved with the league as a player or coach and the other 20 years, I feel like I know the league. I didn’t know it perfectly but I followed it. I don’t know if there has ever

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been a better group of players going into the preseason because every team has five classes.” With the surplus of talent around the league, Surace expects some wild shootouts this fall in Ivy competition. “When I got here in 2010, we were at the bottom of the league so the other teams could circle that as a win,” said Surace. “As time has gone on, different teams have made it to the top from the bottom but there were always teams at the bottom. You would have to not show up to lose to those teams. Now in 2021, the difference between the team picked last [Cornell] and our team is going to be who plays the best on that day. If you don’t come to play, you are going to get blown out and if your team comes to play, it is going to be a classic game. That is it how it is going to be for seven league games.” —Bill Alden

PU Women’s Track Legend Farrell Named To Coaches Hall of Fame

For mer Princeton University women’s track and cross country coach Peter Farrell has been named by the U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) to its Coaches Hall of Fame Class of 2021. Farrell is one of seven inductees who will be enshrined in the USTFCCCA Coaches Hall of Fame, for both their accomplishments as a coach and the impact their contributions continue to have on the sport. The coaches will be honored at the 2021 USTFCCCA C o ach e s H a l l of Fame Induction Ceremony on December 15 at t he USTFCCCA Convention in Orlando, Fla. Started in 1995, the USTFCCCA Coaches Hall of Fame recognizes coaches who have brought great distinction to themselves, to their institutions, and to the sports of cross country and track and field. Each of the honorees exemplifies the qualities of dedication to the sport, leadership, and passion for their profession and serves as an inspiration to coaches everywhere. After taking over the women’s club running program at Princeton in 1977 and leading the transition to a Division I track and cross country programs, Farrell served as head coach for 39 years, guiding the Tigers to 27 Ivy League team titles, coaching 55 All-Americans, and 182 Ivy League champions. He led the programs to the Ivy League triple crown (cross country, indoor track, outdoor track) in 1980-81 and 2010-11. The Tigers also won four Mid-Atlantic Region cross country titles and earned two top-five finishes at the

PU Athletes Amaechi, Roth Nominated for NCAA Award

Princeton Universit y women’s track star Obiageri Amaechi ’21 and field hockey standout Clara Roth ’21 have earned the Ivy League’s nominations for the NCAA Woman of the Year award. The NCAA Woman of the Year Program stems from Title IX and has recognized graduating female college athletes for excellence in academics, athletics, community service, and leadership since its inception in 1991. Amaechi, a native of San Francisco, Calif., earned AllAmerica honors in the discus twice, and qualified for the NCAA Championships every year that she was eligible. As a sophomore in 2019, she finished seventh. This past spring she took 13th. Amaechi is the Ivy League record holder in the discus with a mark of 57.95 meters that she earned at Outdoor Heps in 2019. The Ivy League outdoor champion in discus in 2019, she was also Ivy outdoor runner-up in 2018 and indoor runnerup in the shot put in 2019, an event she holds a program all-time top-five mark in. Amaechi was also a twotime U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association ( USTFCCCA) All-Academic selection. Rot h, who ha i ls f rom Schwetzingen, Germany, is a two-time All-American who also earned three All-Ivy and All-Region selections during her college career.

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During her stellar junior season in 2019 which saw the Tigers reach the national championship game, Roth was named a Honda Sport Award Finalist, first-team All-America, Regional Player of the Year, and firstteam All-Ivy. She led all Ivy players in points and goalsper-game as she set career highs in both categories. As a sophomore, Roth collected her first All-America selection after being named the Iv y Offensive Player of the Year. She led the squad in goals, more than doubling her total from the year prior, and points. Roth is one of only 11 players in Princeton field hockey history to record 100 career points, tallying 35 goals and 31 assists. The Woman of the Year Selection Committee, made up of representatives from the NCAA membership, will now choose the Top 30 honorees — 10 from each division — from the conferencelevel nominees. The Top 30 honorees will be announced in September. From there, the selection committee will narrow the pool to three finalists from each division. The NCAA Committee on Women’s Athletics will select the 2020 Woman of the Year from the nine finalists.

Princeton Track Programs Name Gudger as Ops Director

Samant ha G udger has joined the coaching staffs of the Princeton University men’s and women’s track and cross country teams to serve as their director of operations. Previously, Gudger served as the director of track and field operations at Carson Newman University, where she assisted in coaching the jumps group along with handling director of operations duties. With Gudger on staff, Carson Newman’s men finished 16th in the nation during the 2021 indoor season. As a student-athlete at Carson Newman, she earned U.S. Track and Field and Cros s Cou nt r y Coache s Association ( USTFCCCA) Southeast All-Region honors four times and won the South Atlantic Conference ( SAC ) wom en’s outdoor long jump title in 2018 with a leap of 5.70 meters. She holds individual program records in the 60 hurdles, 100 hurdles, and the long jump and is part of the 4x400 relay team that owns the school record. A USTFCCCA Academic All-American, Gudger

earned a bachelor’s degree in elementary education and a master’s degree in education from Carson Newman. “I’m very excited for this opportunity and to be a part of such a wonderful university and program,” said Gudger, reflecting on joining the Princeton staff. “Everyone has made me feel so welcome and part of the Princeton family. I can’t wait to see what we accomplish together.”

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NCAA Cross Country Championships. Farrell was also honored as the USTFCCCA MidAtlantic Coach of the Year in 2008 and 2011. A 1968 graduate from the University of Notre Dame, Farrell was a two-time AllAmerican in the 800 meters. Farrell is the fourth Princeton coach to earn induction into the USTFCCCA Coaches Hall of Fame as Larry Ellis (2009), Keene Fitzpatrick (2011), and Fred Samara (2017) were previously inducted.

4 Princeton Athletes Named At-Large Academic All-Ivy

A quar tet of Princeton University student athletes have earned Academic AllIvy League honors as part of the At-Large team that recognizes top student-athletes in non-Ivy sponsored sports. Institutions nominated one student-athlete from each of its non-Ivy League sponsored sports — for Princeton that list includes women’s lightweight rowing, men’s volleyball, women’s water polo, and men’s water polo — to be included on the Academic All-Ivy At-Large team. Student-athletes must be in good academic standing to be eligible for the award. Princeton’s 2021 At-Large Academ ic A ll- Iv y S elections included: A.J. Chen, a senior men’s volleyball standout who majored in neuroscience; Marissa Webb, a senior women’s water polo star who studied public and international affairs; Casey Conrad, a senior men’s water polo player who majored in geosciences; and Rebecca Mays, a senior women’s lightweight rower who studied chemical and biomolecular engineering.

THREE BALL: Blake Dietrick dribbles the ball during her career with the Princeton University women’s basketball team. Dietrick ’15 helped Team USA advance to the semifinals last weekend at the FIBA 3x3 Women’s Series event in Constanta, Romania. The U.S. fell 15-14 to eventual champion Germany in the semis last Sunday. Earlier in the day, guard Dietrick had one rebound and five points to help the U.S. post an 11-6 win over Slovakia in a quarterfinal contest. Dietrick, who spent 2020 with the Atlanta Dream in the WNBA, currently plays for Force 10 3x3 — the first American professional 3x3 organization. In 2016, Dietrick, a Wellesley, Mass., native, helped her team finish third at the USA Basketball 3x3 National Championships. A two-time first-team All-Ivy selection at Princeton, Dietrick was the 2015 Ivy League Player of the Year and an honorable mention All-American. (Photo by Frank Wojciechowski)

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to have a concrete wading pool and we renovated it and now it has a spray pad,” said Stentz, who also oversaw the CP Pool renovation Ben Stentz prides himself years that maybe the time like almost an overwhelming project in 2011-12. on his ability to build a team. was coming,” said Stentz, challenge to figure things “ T h at playg rou n d h as “I always refer back to 47, who recently earned a out,” said Stentz. been in the Witherspoon“But then I think back a Jackson neighborhood for my old basketball coach- real estate license in Delaing days,” said Stentz, who ware where he has a sum- year ago now and the only almost 80 years. It was built coached for t he Mercer mer home and is building a feeling I have about it now after World War II and it was County Community College realty business serving New is the overwhelming sense not in great shape. It was a and Clarion University men’s Jersey, Pennsylvania, and of pride in my teammates, borough park and after the Maryland as well as Dela- Evan, Vikki [Caines], Nicole towns consolidated, we kind hoops programs. [Paulucci], and so many peo- of inherited the borough “They used to joke that ware. “I wasn’t sure why I felt ple for just figuring out how parks as our responsibility they could send me into a gym in the middle of no- that way, but that thought to do it. I am just so proud and through Mercer County where and if there were 50 was brewing. I always knew of what happened. My staff grant funding, we renovatkids in there playing, I could that I didn’t want to stay too was not only creative and ed it. That neighborhood find the one that we really long to where I lost my zeal solved problems with very is what I would consider wanted to recruit easily and for showing up there every little notice, but I think they my home neighborhood in day. It was very tough, it are under-recognized for Princeton. I spent a majorquickly.” When Stentz became ex- was a heart-wrenching de- how courageous they were.” ity of my time as a kid and In overcoming those chal- a teenager and even as an ecutive director of the Princ- cision. I spent a lot of time eton Recreation Department talking to my wife [Angela lenges, Stentz’s crew utilized adult with friends and famin 2011 after having worked Siso Stentz, the principal at what he calls the “Princeton ily. It was special to cut that r ibbon and present that for the department since Johnson Park Elementary Rec Way.” “It is a whatever-it-takes beautiful new space to that 2000, he applied t hose School] about it.” The zeal of his current attitude, and it is a remark- neighborhood.” team-building skills. Over his years with the “When I got promoted, team has Stentz confident able attention to detail,” said Rec Department, the affawe were really short-staffed that he is leaving things in Stentz. “In the end, it is always ble Stentz developed special and I had to hire a number good hands. “Part of why I realized the customer and resident ser- bonds with community. of people pretty quickly,” recalled Stentz, a baseball time was now was because vice focus — how can we “I love the moment when and basketball standout of the staff that is in place help the next person that I run into someone in the at Princeton High who re- there,” added Stentz, who is walks through that door community at the pool, at turned to town after coach- being succeeded by his long- with whatever they need. I the basketball courts, or at ing at Clarion and worked time assistant director, Evan have watched my staff not McCaffrey’s,” said Stentz. only help people with reguat the YMCA before com- Moorhead. “Whether it was someone “I believed as I looked at lar, common things but I I have only known for a year ing to the Rec Department as a program supervisor in each one of them and stood watched them quietly go or someone who maybe I back and observed that it is so far above and beyond to have known for 30 years, 2000. “I had to find the right the right group to take over. help families in Princeton. I COVID aside, I always get a people for the right posi- Evan is the right guy and the know it was still there the hug. That is how I know that tions at the right moment people around him are the day I walked out and I knew the relationships are really in time. I am proud of the right group. It is the right it would still be there the genuine and meaningful. next day, and I am super T hat is w ith me forever team that I built and rebuilt moment.” The Rec Department team proud of that.” a number of times.” and it is invaluable to me, One of the achievements the hugs, handshakes, and After a 10-year run as the rose to the occasion last helm, Stentz decided that it summer, working through in his tenure that Stentz high fives and the kids who was time to leave the team COVID-19 concerns as it is proudest of is the 2018 know me. It is what makes and stepped down effective opened the Community Park refurbishment of the Mary me smile.” Pool and provided a variety Moss Playground. July 1. Stentz enjoyed a produc“It is the little playground tive relationship with the “The thought had been of programs. “In the moment, it seemed on John Street that used Princeton Recreation Comin my head for a couple mission, which oversees public recreat ion areas, projects, and facilities in town. “They treated me so well, trusting me to do the job and supporting me but being willing to tell me when t hey t hink somet hing is wrong,” said Stentz. “If it wasn’t for the comm is sion, I don’t t h in k I would have lasted as long as I did. They have been a consistent group of people in my corner from the day that I got that job to the day I left. They have done yeoman’s work with no ego and always with the greater community’s best interest in mind. 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EXECUTIVE DECISION: Ben Stentz, center, enjoys the moment with Princeton Recreation Department colleagues Nicole Paulucci, left, and Vikki Caines after Paulucci received an award from the New Jersey Recreation and Park Association. Stentz recently stepped down as the Rec Department executive director after a 10-year tenure guiding the organization. (Photo provided by Ben Stentz)

football, lacrosse, baseball, rowing — but we don’t have enough fields. The grass fields are constantly in disrepair. I believe that we are the only community in the U.S. that has the money to build a synthetic turf field, but can’t figure out how to do it.” In Stentz’s view, building more places to play is critical to the long-term health of the Princeton community. “We are coming out of COVID with almost a year lost of recreational opportunities,” said Stentz. “I hear all of the time from the health care world and the education world about kids having too much screen time. We need to have better access to parks and great recreation facilities to help with the mental health stress that our younger people are experiencing. We, the community recreation professionals of the world, have the answer to all of that. The answer is getting kids and adults out of the house and get them moving. The benefits of team sports are remarkably long lasting. It is part of general wellness of the community to have a really hardy community recreation program. Part of that is programs, another big part of it is facilities. It is not a secret.” Over the years, the Rec Department has provided a vital benefit to the community through part-time jobs. “It is of ten overlooked that the Rec Department is a large employer in our community,” said Stentz, noting the depar tment hires about 200 employees a year, mostly college age, to work at the CP pool and help with a number of other programs. “We have probably provided jobs for 2,500 people under my directorship. For a huge percentage of those people, it was their first job

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Becca Adlai-Gail has risen through the ranks during her time with the Nassau Swim Club Lemmings. Some 19 years ago, AdlaiGail started competing for the swim team as a 4-yearold and joined the club’s diving team as well three years later. She was a stalwart for both programs through elementary, middle school, and high school, also starring for the WW/P-North swim team and going to compete at the college level for Bryn Mawr. Diversifying her involvement with the club in college, Adlai-Gail started serving as an assistant coach for the Lemmings. In 2020, she took the helm of the program but the team had no meets due to the pandemic, although it was able to have five weeks of practice. This summer, Adlai-Gail was excited to guide the team through a Princeton Area Swimming and Diving Association (PASDA) dual meet campaign and t he season-ending Cicada Classic held at the Community Park pool. “I definitely look forward to it every summer, I have always thought of Nassau as my second home,” said Adlai-Gail. “Every summer it is just having the whole day there hanging out with friends when I was younger, being able to spend time with the life guards and do both of the teams. It was special to have that place. So now to be able to grow up and lead the kids to experience those same things is really awesome.” It was awesome for the Lemmings to have PASDA meets this summer. “They were so excited to be able to do more normal in-person meets and being able to see kids from other teams,” said Adlai-Gail. “They were able to see the progress that they are making. You can practice so much and not really know how you are doing and not be able to see how you are improving. Being able to do the meets, you can see what your times are and how you are improving through the season and how you are improving from maybe two summers ago. That was really exciting.” With a roster of about 50 swimmers, the Lemmings adopted an underdog mentalit y as t hey competed against clubs like Community Park Bluefish that have more that 200 swimmers. “That was a big challenge, but the kids totally stepped it up,” said Adlai-Gail. “They still had a lot of fun at the meets even though it was pretty intimidating going and seeing these teams that are three, four, five times the size of ours. It was still nice for them to just be able to get back in and compete and do their races.” At the season-ending Cicada Classic held in late July, the Nassau swimmers rose to the occasion, taking sixth of seven clubs in the team standings at the meet but turning in some superb individual performances. “We had a lot of really fast swims, it was really cool to see the kids’ times improve

a lot, especially at that meet compared to the times they had going earlier in the season,” said Adlai-Gail of the competition which was won by the Bluefish. “It really did feel like a championship meet, which a lot of the kids had never been able to experience. It was fun for them to just see there were so many kids for them to compete against and how it works with having a lot of different heats. A lot of the kids did really step it up and place really well in their individual races.” Ida Zlotchew stepped up for Nassau in girls’ 6-andunder division at the Cicada meet, taking first in both the 25-yard freestyle and 25 backstroke. “Ida is one of those ones who you say she is small but she is mighty,” said AdlaiGail. “She is super speedy. She is really fun to work with; she has a great energy so she is always ready for her races. We say OK we are going to have a little break now and she never wants to stop swimming. It is fun to see her go into the races and win over and over.” In the girls’ 8-and-under g roup, Ha n na h B el lows brought some energy, finishing third in the 25 back and fourth in 25 butterfly while Charlotte Zimmer took sixth in 25 back and seventh in both the 25 free and 25 butterfly. “Hannah was completely new to the team, she had never done a swim team,” said Adlai-Gail. “She improved so much over the season, coming in not even knowing how to do butterfly and breaststroke and then doing awesome in those races. She is a great point scorer. Charlotte definitely has some speed in her there.” Nava Brenner-Wit ten showed her speed in the girls’ 10-and-under, placing first in both the 25 back and 25 fly and coming in second in the 100 individual medley. “Nava has been at Nassau a long time, I started giving her lessons when she like 4 years old and she has been on the team since she has been 5,” said Adlai-Gail. “She also has a great energy. She is so compassionate with all of her teammates. She is cheering for everyone and works super hard in practice. You can totally see the results. Seeing her go into the meets and just win all of those races is really special.” In the girls’ 12-and-under, Anna Terhaar proved to be special, taking first in the 50 free and 50 back and finishing second in the 50 breast. “Anna is one of the club swimmers,” said Adlai-Gail. “She shows up for the meets and always brings her best for us.” As for the 15-and-over girls, two Nassau stalwarts, Kimberly Wei and Sophia Burton, showed their versatility. Wei finished sixth in the 50 back, seventh in the 50 breast, and 11th in the 50 fly while Burton was 10th in the 50 back, 13th in the 50 breast, and 14th in the 100 IM. “Kim has also been on the

team for a really long time, maybe since she was in the 8-and-under,” said AdlaiGail. “To have her returning every year is really great for keeping that Nassau spirit alive. She is always fast in the races. We had Kimmy, Sophia, and Emma Hopkins as our three 15-and-over girls who have all been on the team for a long time. It was good to have them return and lead the younger ones.” Parker Ciancia led the way for the Lemmings in the boys’ 6-and-under, finishing fourth in the 25 free and third in the 25 back. “Parker was awesome, this was his first year doing a real swim team,” said Adlai-Gail. “He turned 7 in June so we thought he was supposed to be an 8-and-under. He was actually in 6-and-under because of the cut off for the birthday. He was practicing with the other 7- and 8-yearold boys and always keeping up with them.” The boys’ 8 -and-under group showed good depth as Peter Terhaar placed fifth in the 25 free and fourth in the 25 breast, Ned Lord took fifth in the 25 back, and Connor Shea finished third in the 25 fly. That trio, along with Lee Lord, placed first in the 100 free relay. “We had a really solid relay for that age group when they were all able to come to the meets,” said Adlai-Gail. “Peter is following in the footsteps of his sister, he is really super-fast. Connor has been on the team for a few years now already and has been doing awesome with butterfly. He is a great little butterflyer for such a young age. Lee and Ned Lord are twins, they are always on those races together so it is fun to watch.” The pair of Stephen Bayt in and G ar i k Z lotchew starred for Nassau in the boys’ 10-and-under as Baytin placed second in the 25 free, second in the 25 breast, and second in the 100 IM while Zlotchew finished fourth in the 25 back, second in the 25 fly, and fourth in the 100 IM “Garik and Stephen swim together on their club team year round,” said Adlai-Gail. “They are two of our really strong 10 and under boys.” In the boys’ 12-and-under, Will Kovalick had a strong meet, placing fourth in the 50 fly, sixth in the 50 free, and 10th in the 50 breast. “Will has been on the team for a while, I remember when he started doing swim lessons when he was 3 or 4,” said Adlai-Gail. “He definitely helps us with those points in the 12-and-under boys.” Tyler Cenci was a standout in the boys’ 13-14 group, taking four th in the 50 breast, sixth in the 50 fly, and ninth in the 50 free. “Tyler’s whole family is at the pool, they all have such great team spirit,” said Adlai-Gail. “They all work so hard in practice, especially Tyler. He is one of those good point scorers in the meets.” Princeton High standout Daniel Baytin starred in the

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IN GOOD FORM: Daniel Baytin displays his freestyle form in a race this season for the Princeton High boys’ swimming team. This summer, Baytin starred for the Nassau Swim Club Lemmings, taking first in the 50 breaststroke and second in the 100 individual medley at the Cicada Classic meet which culminated action this summer in the Princeton Area Swimming and Diving Association (PASDA). (Photo by Frank Wojciechowski) boys’ 15-and-over division, placing first in the 50 breast and second in the 100 IM. “Da n iel a lways com e s through for Nassau,” said Adlai-Gail. “He has been on the team for so long. He returns every summer even though he has so much going on. He is such a competitor. He does X-Cel club swimming.” Having veterans like Baytin helped the Lemmings get back up to speed this summer as the program welcomed some new swimmers. “Even though we had that year off, we had so many returning swimmers who were familiar with and know how the team works and they can really lead the new people,” said Adlai-Gail. “We had a lot of new families and a lot of people completely new to the sport. It was cool to be able to see

these new kids improve so much throughout the season and then to have the kids who have been there for so long to be able to help them and get them used to what a swim meet is like and how the practices are run.” Adlai-Gail, for her part, enjoyed running the team. “I loved being the head coach, it is nice that I have been able to work my way up in terms of leadership on this team since I have been there for so long,” said Adlai-Gail, whose staff this summer included her younger sister Rachel, a former Lemmings star herself, and Beth Nagle, another longtime Nassau member. “It is nice to really now have that space to take over a little bit and keep that same Nassau spirit that I was able to experience when I was younger.” That Nassau spirit was

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Although Post 218 Baseball Took its Lumps in 2021, Future Looks Bright with Foundation of Young Talent In one sense, it was a disappointing season for the Princeton Post 218 American Legion baseball team as it went 4-14 this summer. “That is the nature of the American Legion season once you run into a stretch of eight or nine games in a row, it takes a lot of mental discipline to keep doing well,” said Post 218 manager Benito Gonzalez, who was in his first summer at the helm of the program after the 2020 season was canceled due to the pandemic. “I think this is where I get a little competitive with myself thinking about it. The record really wasn’t what we wanted in the end at all which was frustrating.” On the other hand, Gonzalez saw a lot of positives despite the record. “But then if I look at it in another way, too, there was only one game where were truly outclassed,” said Gonzalez, whose squad won three out of four games after a 1-6 start but faded down the stretch with seven straight defeats. “We had younger players getting experience. I would say we also had a much more cohesive team experience. There are a lot of people who have a stake in playing with each other because they also play with each other at the high school. The main bulk of the

program was Princeton High students. It was people, for the most part, who either had a decent amount of varsity time this year or are going to in the next year or so. It felt more like a team. We had a lot more buy-in, people are around. The games were close. If we play a little bit better, we improve and people grow, I could see us maybe getting back a few of those games.” While those young players took their lumps down the stretch, Gonzalez sees plenty of hope for the future. “They are a bunch of kids and I think this is a leaguewide trend whose first year of varsity was this year as junior because they missed their sophomore year,” said Gonzalez. “We only have one person leaving who was our best pitcher [Aidan Regan]. But that being said, I think that especially if we can get everybody to come back and then secure maybe a greater commitment it will be good next year.” The trio of Princeton High alum Regan and a pair of current PHS players, Kenny Schiavone and Jaxon Pet rone, led t he team’s mound corps. “Regan did a great job, it was really great to have a kid in a college program,” said Gonzalez of Regan who plays for Hamilton College.

“Kenny really stood out to me pitching-wise this summer because he commands a breaking ball very well for a high school pitcher. He is a rare type of kid in school where if you are calling pitches for him, you can call a curve ball or a slider comfortably in the count and it really makes a huge difference. He can really work around with it, he ended up being a starter for us. With Jaxon, he had a couple of complete games in the end which was good. He had a really good start against Lawrence. He was very efficient on the mound. He is not just a pitcher, he is a guy that does the little things to keep the game moving. He is an athlete on the mound, he plays his position very well at the mound. He is really good at holding guys on.” Another PHS standout, Jensen Bergman, proved to be an offensive catalyst for Post 218 from the leadoff spot and a defensive standout in center field. “Bergman hit really well for high school too, we were definitely excited to have him,” said Gonzalez. “He is probably one of the best outfielders I have seen in the league. He makes routine plays but when people hit the ball deep and someone has to range back like 40, 50, 60 feet or more. I feel confident in him doing

MIDDLE OF THE ACTION: Infielder Kenny Schiavone waits for the ball in action this summer for the Princeton Post 218 American Legion baseball team. Middle infielder/pitcher Schiavone was a stalwart this summer for Post 218 as it went 4-14. (Photo by Frank Wojciechowski)

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that because not everybody is that good, especially in the high school or Legion level.” One of the best stories for Princeton this summer was the emergence of Zachary Okoye, who was returning to baseball after a six-year hiatus. “He is a really special kid to me because what he is doing is pretty nuts if you really think about it,” said Gonzalez. “I can’t think of very many people who take that long off from a sport, especially baseball. In terms of kids who were around all summer, I think he was clearly our best hitter. Tying in with what I think kids need to do, he is a kid who has done a lot to become bigger, stronger, and more athletic. He has some weight behind him on the field. That is something we need to see from more of the kids.” Gonzalez believes that Hun School player Rohan Sheth could grow into a special performer. “He is not a big kid but he has gotten bigger since I coached him in middle s chool,” s aid G on z a lez, who teaches at the Princeton Unified Middle School and coaches with the PHS baseball program during the school year. “There is a lot of good stuff there. He moves well on the mound. He puts good swings up there. He is the type of kid who we are very interested to see how much bigger and stronger he gets over the next year or two because. If he does, I can see him being very surprising, like where did this kid come from.” In the view of Gonzalez, things are coming together for Post 218 even as it struggled in the latter stages of the campaign. “If you compared how I felt at the end of 2019 summer versus 2021, there are drastically different feelings,” said Gonzalez. “The kids feel more connected which makes me happy. I think we were a part of that. I also got to coach with other people which was a really great experience because as a JV coach I am almost always alone. Working with guys like Thomas Ramsay from Hun and Tom Bocian from PDS, the practices are so much more productive. Talking during the game is more productive, if I see something or if someone else sees something. It is more of an organization than a summer team.” Looking ahead, that orga n i z at ion s hou ld y ield dividends for the Princeton program. “I told the kids that the league is much more open than I can think of in the past,” said Gonzalez. “I have had coaches come up to me and say at a couple of meetings and say your team looks really different this summer. It looked more organized, it looked more focused and like more of a cohesive unit. You were playing well. You are not a team that bowed out and was an easy win. I can say it but the players have to believe it and they have to commit to it in the end. This can be a different team for a few years if we make the strides that we need to make.” —Bill Alden

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The Princeton Athletic Club (PAC) is holding a trail run and walk at the Mountain L akes Preser ve, 57 Mountain Avenue, Princeton, on Labor Day, Monday, September 6. The event, which is benefiting the Princeton First Aid and Rescue Squad, will start at 9 a.m. and consists of a 5-kilometer-plus trail run and walk. The course is comprised of about 10 percent paved park trail, 30 percent unimproved service right-ofways, and 60 percent single track including moderately technical rocks, roots, logs, and whatever else nature has wrought in the woods. Due to the technical nature of the trail, parents should consider whether this event is appropriate for young children. The race is limited to 150 participants. Online registration and full details regarding the event are available at princetonac.org. The entry fee is $35 until August 15, including a T-shirt. The fee from August 16-September 3 is $40 with a T-shirt on an asavailable basis. Sign up at the event will be $50 and is credit card only, subject to availability. The PAC is a nonprofit, all-volunteer running club for the community that promotes running for the fun and health of it and stages several running events each year.

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1-Mile Fun Run is taking place on September 11 on a new course with the start and finish line at Heritage Park in Cranbury. The fun run begins at 8:15 a.m. and the 5K starts at 9 a.m. The 5K is chip-timed and USATF-certified with water stations throughout the course. Trophies will be awarded to the top three male and female finishers overall and in each age group for the 5K. Every Fun Run finisher will receive a medal and trophies will be awarded to the top three boys and girls. The Cranbury Day celebration will begin immediately after the race on Main Street. Additional race information and on-line registration is available at helenecody. com/5k-and-1-mile-runwalk. html. This event is the main fundraiser for the Helene Cody Foundation, whose mission is to inspire youth to volunteer, to better their com mu n it ie s a nd t hem selves. Prior to her death in 2008, Helene Cody, a Princeton High student, planned to revive the Cranbury Day 5K, a community event that had been discontinued in 2006, as a way to combine her love of distance running and community service for her Girl Scout gold award project. When she passed away, a classmate organized the first Helene Cody Cranbury 5K in memory of Helene for his Eagle Scout project. Every year since, the Helene Cody Foundation has used the event to bring the community together and use the proceeds to sponsor youth service projects and provide scholarships. All proceeds go directly to the Helene Cody Foundation, a 501(c) (3) charity.

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For those who knew me and those whose lives I have touched. I was born into a big Italian family. The date was July 17, 1946. My blue eyes caused quite a stir, and I rose like a bright star in the hearts of my loving parents, Lena and Eugene Martinelli. The stories and history that ran through my family shaped the person I would become. Even now as I write this, I can fall back all those years to big family dinners, raucous weddings, and simple days at the Italian Club watching the old men play bocce ball on perfectly sculpted courts. There was a sense of community, connection, a shared history, and a passion for life that has informed my entire being. I loved school from the beginning, and by the age of 8 knew I wanted to be a teacher. My brother Paul, who is six years younger than I, can attest to my early awakening to a passion for teaching when, as a precocious 10-year-old, I would make him sit at a desk for hours as I honed my skills. I found many joys as a teen, including theater and cheerleading, culminating in the beginning of a relationship with Michael, who was to become my husband and partner of almost 60 years. I the cheerleader captain and he the captain of the football team, my own personal fairy tale. I attended William Paterson College and graduated with honors in 1968 with a B.S in Education, followed a number of years later by an M.S. in Speech Pathology at California State University Fullerton. What followed was a 43year career in teaching, where I found all I could have ever hoped for in a profession, as well as a group of lifelong friends whom I love and respect to this day. I held each student who passed through my classroom as a precious and unique individual deserving of my full attention and respect and of the opportunity to grow into a competent and curious adult. As co-president of t he Teacher’s Union,

I help lead the union through some difficult and important milestones in the history of the school district, with results that reflected my deep commitment to the profession and my belief in the importance of education to the fabric of every culture. Along the way, we were blessed with the arrival of our son Jason, who would grow to become an accomplished and compassionate doctor and who with his wife Sarah blessed us in turn with our granddaughters Alex and Jesse. Watching those girls grow into beautiful, kind, and competent young women has been nothing short of extraordinary and life-affirming. I know they will continue to bless the world with their presence. Throughout my life I traveled far and wide, climbed a few mountains, toured Alaska, parts of Europe, and much of the continental United States and Canada on a motorcycle and was blessed with abundant gifts of a well-lived life. In the end my biggest joys came from family and from my lifelong quest to bring people together whenever it was in my power to do so. I leave this world with a big thank you and with gratitude to all those who have blessed me with their presence and friendship throughout my life. Now I make room for another to be blessed by the gifts of life. May they find as much joy and fulfillment as I have. In lieu of flowers please send contributions to the MDS Foundation, 4573 South Broad Street, Suite 150, Yardville, NJ 08620. And please consider donating blood to the Red Cross. The gifts of being a blood donor are remarkable.

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Marguerite Kovalakides, 89, a lifelong resident of Princeton, passed away on Tuesday, August 10, 2021. She was a member of Girl Scout Troop 1 of Princeton and graduated from Princeton High School in 1949. She was the longest full-time employee at the Firestone Library at Princeton University. She was an avid fan of the Mets and NY Rangers and also enjoyed knitting. Predeceased by her parents James and Eva (Maver icos ) Kovalak ides and sister Anna K. Miller, she is survived by her brother Nick Kovalakides of Bradenton, FL; and many nieces, nephews, great-nieces, and great-nephews. A memorial service will be held at a later date at Princeton Cemetery. Memorial donations may be made to the Princeton First Aid Squad, 2 Mt. Lucas Road., Princeton, NJ 08540. Arrangements are under the direction of MatherHodge Funeral Home, Princeton.

Dr. Leonard M. Moss 1927-2021

Dr. Leonard M. Moss died on August 3 at his home in Princeton, NJ, at the age of 94. He was born in Brooklyn, and he lived and worked in New York until he moved to Princeton in the early 1990s. From 1943 - 45, he attended Columbia University, where he was an outstanding student and an editor of the undergraduate newspaper. He served in the Navy during 1945-46, and following his honorable discharge, he continued his education at the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, receiving his MD degree in 1951. He also received a Certificate in Psychoanalytic Medicine from the Columbia Psychoanalytic Center, where he was a collaborating psychiatrist for many years. He was Board Certified in Psychiatry and Neurology and a Distinguished Life Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association. He was also a member of the Task Force on Psychiatry and Industry for the American Psychiatric Association, and one of the founding members of the

the New York Print Club, of which he was a longtime president, and his years as the first co-chair (with his wife Muriel) of the Advisory Council of the Rutgers University Institute for Print and Paper, now the Brodsky Center. He and Muriel Moss presided over the transition of the print center to the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, where it continues to publish new editions by significant diverse artists. Throughout the past decade, he was also active and served in a leadership role in the Princeton Community Without Walls, an organization that helps aging people continue to live in their homes. Twice a widower, Dr. Moss was married to Ruth Moss from 1950 until her death in 1987, and is survived by three children from his first marriage. He was later married to Dr. Muriel Vogel Moss from 1989 until her death in 2020, and is survived by three step-children: Laura Vogel (Barry Farber), David Vogel, and Rob Vogel ( Bonnie Malkin); five step-grandchildren: Jason Farber, Steven Farber, Rebecca Vogel, Claire Vogel, and Jack Vogel; and three step-great-grandchildren. A memorial service was held on Wednesday, August 18. Contributions in his memory may be given to the College of Physicians and Surgeons at Columbia University.

Lena Chang Sheeran Lena Chang Sheeran peacefully passed away in the early hours of August 13th at home surrounded by her loving family. Far more than an award-winning actuary and co-founder of both CURE and NJ PURE, she was a dedicated colleague, mentor, and friend. Born in Yuen Nan, Xiang Yuen, China, Dr. Chang came to the United States at the age of 16. As a young woman, she broke barriers, earning a bachelor’s degree in physics at age 19 and doctorate in mathematics from the University of Illinois by the age of 23. Her career spanned decades in which she founded Massachusetts Employers Insurance Exchange in Boston, MA (now, A.I.M. Mutual) before moving to New Jersey where she and her late husband and former New Jersey insurance commissioner, James J. Sheeran, co -fou n d e d C U R E Au to Insurance and NJ PUR E medical malpractice insurance. She also founded both Chang & Company and Silver Rock Solutions throughout her storied career. Dr. Chang proudly re ceived a number of awards over the years, including the

prestigious Clifford D. Spangler Award by the American Risk and Insurance Association in recognition of for her highly regarded article and theorem on rating and risk evaluation in 1989. She also received the Golden Door Award from the International Institute of New England, honoring a U.S. citizen of foreign birth who has made outstanding contributions to American society. A strong proponent of education, she shared her knowledge with others, holding professorial positions at several universities and serving as an assistant dean at Temple University School of Business. In 2009, she was invited to join the China Center for Insurance and Risk Management (CCIRM) as a member of its advisory board for a threeyear term. Beyond her memorable work, Dr. Chang enjoyed the arts. She was on the Board of Trustees of the renowned McCarter Theatre in Princeton for many years and supported the Monteverdi Choir and Orchestra as the American Friend of the Choir, for which she was invited to a dinner hosted by HRH Prince of Wales at the Buckingham Palace in May of 2017. Dr. Chang also enjoyed playing golf, creating jewelr y, meeting people, and traveling, especially her cherished visits to Jamaica. Yet, she valued nothing more than spending time with her family. Dr. Chang made a difference in the lives of so many. Those who had the great fortune of knowing her will forever remember her strength, ethics, and loyalty. She will be missed dearly but not forgotten. Daughter of the late Hai Ping Chang and Zi Ruai Kw a n, w ife of t h e late James J. Sheeran, sister of the late C.S. Chang, she is survived by her daughter and son-in-law Audrey Poe Knox and Campbell Knox; son Eric Poe; brother and two sisters-in-law Thomas and Monica Chang, Alice Chang; five grandchildren Eibhleann G. Knox, James Riordan Knox, Mikayla J. Poe, Madison R. Poe, and Mason R. Poe; cousins Shen and Mary Shey, CH and Carol Liu; and many nieces and nephews. The Funeral will be held at 10 a.m. on Monday, August 23, 2021 from the MatherHodge Funeral Home, 40 Vandeventer Avenue, Princeton. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 11 a.m. at St. Paul’s Church, 216 Nassau Street, Princeton. Entombment will be Tuesday, August 24, 2021 at 10 a.m. in St. Catharine’s Cemetery, Sea Girt. Friends may call on Sunday, August 22, 2021 from 5 to 8 p.m. at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be made to homefrontnj.org in memory of Dr. Lena Chang.

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Academy of Organizational and Occupational Psychiatry. Early in his career, Dr. Moss conducted groundbreaking research on the treatment of patients in suicidal crisis, resulting in his publication of a paper, “The Psychotherapy of the Suicidal Patient,” in April 1956, as well as several subsequent publications on that topic. As a result of his work in this area, the New York City Board of Corrections engaged him as a consultant on the relationship between the suicidal behavior of inmates and the overcrowded prison environment. In addition to treating individual patients, Dr. Moss became a pioneer in the field of occupational psychiatry, which led to his becoming the psychiatric consultant to the medical department of the Mobil Corporation. In that capacity, he started working with other Mobil physicians to understand and solve systemic workplace problems, such as how to prevent the depression experienced by Mobil’s fleet of sea captains as they approached the age of 40. In 1970, he became Mobil management’s in-house consultant on matters of organizational stress. Throughout the late 1970s and early 1980s, he developed Mobil’s plan to help avoid stress and depression among the 1,400 workers stationed in the North Sea while building and working on an 88-story high oil platform, the largest in the world at that time. He did much of his work on-site in Norway or at the North Sea platform, enduring frequent, hazardous helicopter flights ferrying him to and from the platform. In 1987, in partnership with his second wife, Dr. Muriel Moss, he formed The Human Effectiveness Group, which provided stress management programs for corporations, and coaching and career development for their executives. Their clients included companies such as A mer ican E xpress, First Data Corporation, Western Union, and RJR Nabisco, at locations in the United States, London, Paris, and Vienna. Leonard Moss authored numerous articles, chapters, and volumes throughout his career, including Management Stress (1981), a volume in the Addison-Wesley S er ie s on O ccupat iona l Stress, which focused on managing depression and violence in the workplace and the role of the psychiatrist in industry. After retiring in 2005, he wrote a memoir called Managing Stress in Times of Uncertainty, published in 2012. At the time of his death, he was working on a book on psychiatry and aging. In addition to his professional career, Leonard Moss was an avid art collector and supporter of the arts, particularly of printmaking. He first acquired prints of scenes of New York City, but quickly expanded to acquire work by many of the most important artists working in prints. His close friends included artists like the extraordinary artist and art teacher Will Barnet, and he became involved in promoting the discipline of prints in contemporary art, both through his involvement in

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