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Two and-a-half-year-old Princeton resident Sequoia checks out the Princeton Public Librarys new
fish tank installed on the third floor. Sequoia popped in with her dad before heading to take a swim
in the Fountain of Freedom.
Look at all the fishes!
AvalonBay
set to begin
demolition
By NORA CARNEVALE
The Sun
Demolition at the AvalonBay
site is slated to begin Sep. 4. The
developer is hosting a neighbor-
hood meeting scheduled for Sept.
3 at 6:30 p.m. in the main meeting
room of the municipal building
at 400 Witherspoon St. to discuss
the demolition process at the for-
mer hospital site.
The meeting is open to all
neighborhood residents and will
allow the opportunity for many
questions to be answered.
According to head of engineer-
ing Bob Kiser, the demolition will
begin with the smaller structures
near the parking garage, with the
entire process taking about four
months.
The demolition go-ahead
comes as a result of the town and
AvalonBays agreement that
leaves the town with more envi-
ronmental testing and precau-
tions than would have been re-
quired by state law alone.
Despite the gain for the town,
many residents remain doubtful
of the demolition process and
AvalonBay.
At the Aug. 25 municipal meet-
ing, resident Paul Driscoll read a
letter signed by 18 citizens citing
concerns over the settlement. The
letter focused on a concern of res-
idents who may have a lack of re-
sources if they felt the need to sue
the developer, as well as concerns
of school children exposed to the
demolition walking to and from
school.
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Agreement between developer, town
leaves Princeton with more testing
2 THE PRINCETON SUN SEPT. 39, 2014
Residents speak out against Michael Browns death
By NORA CARNEVALE
The Sun
No Justice, No Peace! is a
chant being heard across Ameri-
ca following the death of un-
armed, black 18-year-old Michael
Brown in Ferguson, Mo. On Aug.
23, more than 100 Princeton resi-
dents joined the movement.
Resident Daniel Harris, profes-
sor emeritus of English and Jew-
ish Studies at Rutgers University,
led the committee that spearhead-
ed the event.
Mike Browns death was one
of a whole string that Ive known
about since my mother pointed
out to me the death of Emmett
Till in the early 1950s. I was aware
from a very young age of radical
racist discrimination going back
for ages. It seemed obvious for me
that I at least needed to say some-
thing, Harris said.
Harris was also the leader of
People for Princeton Ridge
against what became Copper-
wood in an amicable resolution
with the former Princeton Town-
ship and Hillier developers that
resulted in 17 acres of donated
open space in August 2012.
Harris, along with fellow resi-
dents Linda Oppenheim, John
Heilner, Wilma Soloman, Minnie
Craig and Shirley Satterfield,
were what he called the obvious
people to contact for the rainbow
coalition we wanted.
The six co-activists decided to
rally.
We felt we needed it to happen
sooner rather than later at the
risk of losing emotional impe-
tus, he said. We all felt a terri-
ble grief, outrage and a kind of
doom that American history was
once again repeating itself. It is
time for a mandatory, renewed ef-
fort. It is an ethical and social im-
perative.
Harris spread around word of
the event through contacting
speakers and disseminating
emails throughout the communi-
ty. Oppenheim and Soloman were
responsible for putting up posters
downtown and in the shopping
center.
None of us were happy seeing
in the general press pictures of
Ferguson, Missouri, showing
only black protesters and mourn-
ers. It was cause for alienation
and powerlessness, and motivated
us to display solidarity, he said.
Harris explained that although
Browns death occurred far away,
Princeton still has a responsibili-
ty to have its collective voice
heard.
Even in tiny Princeton, New
Jersey, thousands of miles away,
we needed to do it for ourselves
and wake up in Princeton. We
needed to let everyone know that
we would not let what was hap-
pening in our culture, even all
those miles away, Harris said.
He explained that the group
had a lot of cooperation from
Mayor Liz Lempert, the police de-
partment, as well as Council Pres-
ident Bernie Miller and Council-
man Lance Liverman.
For a pre-Labor Day weekend,
we were thrilled with the turnout
(which he estimated at between
125 and 150 people). It was a great
rainbow, he said.
We were trying to bring a
sense of responsibility to con-
sciousness and give it as wide a
circulation as possible.
The event began with a march
from Palmer Square, down Nas-
sau Street and Witherspoon
Street, to Hinds Plaza where
speakers talked to the crowd.
Harris led the introduction,
reading a message from Lempert
and Liverman in support of the
event.
When something awful hap-
pens to one of us, it happens to us
all, the joint statement read.
Speakers included Rev. Bob
Moore, executive director of the
Coalition for Peace Action; Alyce
Bush from Witherspoon Presbyte-
rian Church; Rev. Carlton
Branscomb, senior pastor at First
Baptist Church in Princeton;
Joseph Hawes, a senior at Prince-
ton High School; Patricia Fernan-
dez-Kelly, professor of sociology
at Princeton University; Duncan
Harrison of Trenton City Coun-
cil; Oppenheim; Rev. Tike Mad-
den, pulpit staff member at Mt.
Pisgah AME Methodist Church
in Princeton; Lew Maltby, civil
rights attorney formerly with
ACLU; and a conclusion from
Harris.
Here we stand, in solidarity
with the people in Ferguson who
grieve Mike Browns death and
cry for justice. We are a rainbow
protest: white and cream, pink-
toned, as well as dusky, yellow
and brown. Skin color is not
race, but the idea of race per-
sists to harm us, Harris said at
Hinds Plaza.
Harris explained that he feels a
national outcry is called for re-
gardless of the verdict of officer
Darren Wilson.
This peaceful march is not
about placing blame or taking
sides. It is a caring moment to
show respect for one of Americas
children who has been killed,
Heilner said during his speech,
quoting a letter written by resi-
dent and fellow organizer, Satter-
field.
Special to The Sun
Patricia Fernandez-Kelly, professor of sociology at Princeton University, addresses the crowd in Hinds
Plaza at the Aug. 23 rally.
PD makes historical first new hires of officers
By NORA CARNEVALE
The Sun
The Princeton Police Depart-
ment has hired the first new offi-
cers since the consolidation of
the former Princeton Borough
and Princeton Township
Dashawn J. Cribb, 25, and Donald
S. Mathews, 36.
At a press conference on Aug.
25, Chief Nicholas Sutter called
the hires historical.
Its historical because these
will be the first two hires of the
consolidated department. Its a
nice step forward for us, he said.
Last year, the department set
out on what Sutter called an ex-
tensive recruitment process.
Prospective officers were re-
quired to take a written exam, a
physical fitness exam and partici-
pate in a series of interviews.
Cribb and Mathews each went
through four rounds of inter-
views in addition to background
checks.
Sutter said some of the older
members of the department look
at the hires as the beginning of a
legacy.
They represent a very bright
future for our department, he
said.
Sutter explained that the de-
partment values the two hires
professionally and personally di-
verse backgrounds.
Were excited. They bring di-
verse backgrounds and a diversi-
ty of experience, Mayor Liz
Lempert said.
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clair State University in 2011 with
a bachelors degree in sociology
and justice studies. Before that,
he attended Trenton High School.
During his time at THS, he was a
scholar athlete, an honor student
and a member of the National
Honor Society. After playing foot-
ball in high school and college,
Cribb is now in his fourth year of
coaching Pop Warner Football. At
THS, he was captain of the foot-
ball and track teams.
Cribb is the oldest of nine sib-
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a youth mentor and at the Girls
and Boys Club of Trenton.
Mathews has worked for the
Mansfield Township Police De-
partment since 2002 upon his
graduation from the Burlington
County Police Academy that
same year. After three and a half
years of service, Mathews was
promoted to sergeant.
Mathews is highly trained in
crash investigation, crash recon-
struction, as well as pedestrian
and bicycle accidents. The depart-
ment refers to him as highly
trained and self-motivated. Addi-
tionally, he is a physical fitness in-
structor.
He graduated from Richard
Stockton College with a bache-
lors degree in criminal justice
with a concentration in conflict
resolution. He was named to the
deans list for four out of eight se-
mesters. Mathews graduated
from Bordentown High School.
The officers will be sworn in at a
future council meeting.
Both new officers come to the
Princeton Police Department
with significant experience
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N
ew Jerseys trial run if you
can call it that with red light
cameras didnt go so well. For
drivers who ran red lights, it went
swimmingly, but for the state not so
much.
Last week, word came down that
some drivers who were caught on cam-
era running red lights were never in-
formed of the fines they faced because
of a technical glitch in the system. The
state Judiciary, as a result, asked local
courts to throw out the infractions all
17,000 of them.
In New Jersey, red light camera in-
fractions result in an $85 fine, but no
points on a drivers license. At $85 a
pop, thats $1,445,000 in lost revenue, all
because of a technical glitch from a
company that supposedly specializes
in this.
State lawmakers are angry, and
rightfully so.
Said Assemblyman Declan OScan-
lon, of Monmouth County: These
companies incessantly tout the sup-
posed accuracy and consistency of
their systems when the only thing
consistent about the camera company
representatives is their blatant misrep-
resentation of what the equipment
does and how accurately it does it.
People make mistakes, but this is a
big mistake by American Traffic Solu-
tions, which runs half of the states in-
tersections with red light cameras.
Lets just switch to the other compa-
ny that runs our red light cameras,
you might say. Well, the CEO of that
other company, Redflex, was just in-
dicted on federal corruption charges
for allegedly bribing Chicago officials.
Not to mention, a former Redflex exec-
utive also accused the company of pay-
ing bribes to government officials in 13
states, including New Jersey.
Seems to us that these red light cam-
eras, or at least the companies that
were hired to run them, need to be re-
moved, or at least replaced. Theres no
sense in paying for a service thats ei-
ther ineffective or, worse, possibly ob-
tained through illegal means.
We in New Jersey do enough wrong
ourselves that we dont need an outside
company to come in and screw things
up for us; were plenty good at that our-
selves, thank you very much.
The contract for red light cameras
expires in December, and it would be
best if the state didnt renew the agree-
ment, not until it studies its full results
and finds a new company or two to pro-
vide the service.
in our opinion
State should red light cameras
Corruption, technical glitches cause companies to fall short
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Literacy Readathon: Princeton
Public Library. 10 a.m. 4 p.m. in
the Community Room. Literacy
New Jersey celebrates the joy of
reading and Adult Literacy Month
by inviting everyone to read
aloud from their favorite book for
five minutes. Special guest read-
ers throughout the day will
include Mayor Liz Lempert,
Princeton Public Schools Super-
intendent Steve Cochrane,
Princeton Board of Education
President Tim Quinn, who is also
the library's director of communi-
cations, and others. Call
609.587.6027 or email vgold-
en@literacynj.org to sign up.
Farmers Market: Hinds Plaza. 11 a.m.
4 p.m. every Thursday. Seasonal
produce from local farmers, flow-
ers, crafts and a variety of edibles
are available. Live music from
12:30 2:30 p.m.
FRIDAY SEPT. 5
Job Seeker Sessions: Princeton
Public Library. 9:45 a.m. in the
Community Room. The library
and Professional Services Group
of Mercer County sponsor ses-
sions for professionals who are
seeking new employment and
contracting opportunities
throughout the region. Please
check the PPL website for specif-
ic topics.
Dancing Under the Stars: 7 p.m. in
Hinds Plaza, weather permitting,
or community room. Members of
Central Jersey Dance give
demonstrations and lead others
in an evening of dancing. Contin-
ues twice monthly through Sep-
tember. Co-sponsored by the
library and Central Jersey Dance.
SATURDAY SEPT. 6
Cover to Cover Book Group: Prince-
ton Public Library. 2 p.m. in the
Conference Room. Cover to Cov-
er is a reading group for fourth
and fifth-graders that meets the
first Saturday of every month
from September through May. All
fourth and fifth-grade students
are welcome. Registration is not
required.
Creature Comforts Annual Mem-
bers Show: Arts Council of
Princeton. Exhibition dates Sept.
6 30. Arts Council members
ponder the complex relationships
between humans and animals
and contribute to the exhibit in a
range of mediums. The exhibit
will show pieces in painting, draw-
ing, mixed media, photography,
printmaking, ceramics and sculp-
ture from Princeton artists.
Opening reception is Sunday,
Sept. 14, 3-5 p.m.
SUNDAY SEPT. 7
Minor Blue: Princeton Public
Library. 3 p.m. in the community
room. The jazz band composed of
Princeton High School students
performs as part of the Crescen-
do: Musicians on the Rise
series.
MONDAY SEPT. 8
Gerald Stern Poetry Reading and
Open-mic: Princeton Public
Library. 7:30 p.m. in the commu-
nity room. Award-winning poet
Gerald Stern reads from his work
for 40 minutes followed by an
open-mic session as part of Poets
in the Library.
TUESDAY SEPT. 9
Chess: Princeton Public Library. 4
p.m in the story room. Children
can learn to play and practice
chess at these weekly drop-in
sessions led by Princeton High
School Chess members David
Hua and Amnon Attali.
Finding Love in Midlife: Dating Suc-
cess Tips for People Over 50:
Princeton Public Library. 7 p.m. in
the Community Room. Dating
coach and Internet dating expert
Gayle Crist, author of How I Met
My Second Husband Online at
Age 50, shares various places
and ways to meet like-minded
people your age for dating. Learn
about singles activities and hob-
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dating sites geared to people
over 50. Since 2005, Gayle has
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A 24-year Montessori teacher
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school, administrator, middle
school director and teacher of
teachers, Michelle Morrison is
well suited for her recent career
advancement. Beyond, and per-
haps more significant than, her
professional qualifications is her
embodiment of Maria Montes-
soris pedagogy, both in and out of
school.
In her new position as Prince-
ton Montessoris new head of
school, Morrison plays a key role
in the administrative and busi-
ness side of school affairs. There
is some debate, Morrison said,
that the head of school should
have a business background in-
stead of a teaching one. Morri-
son, however, whose complete
adoration for her workplace
shines from her light eyes, feels
the next generations of Montes-
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We should handle business re-
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A large part of this approach is
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other facets of life. For example,
Montessori schools preface sec-
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Superintendent Steve
Cochrane reflected on his first
day as the superintendent of
Princeton Public Schools during
his presentation at the Aug. 25
council meeting.
Some of you may recall I
started on Jan. 2, and on Jan. 3
was the first of 11 major snow-
storms, he said. He thanked Po-
lice Chief Nick Sutter and the de-
partment of public works for
being constantly available to dis-
cuss road conditions.
Mayor Liz Lempert was
happy to have a more holistic
discussion at the presentation,
since typically the talk would
have been budgetary in nature.
With November elections, a budg-
et discussion was not necessary.
One of the greatest and happi-
est surprises I had as the new su-
perintendent was the discovery of
the number of community part-
ners who really care deeply about
the work we are doing to educate
the children in this community,
Cochrane said.
During Cochranes presenta-
tion, he focused on points of part-
nership within the community.
He discussed the police depart-
ments presence in the schools
speaking with children about on-
line safety.
He said looking to the future,
the district-wide wellness com-
mittee would be focusing on a
number of varying wellness is-
sues including drug and alcohol
use. In partnership with the
recreation department, there is a
focus on sharing athletic fields,
which Cochrane mentioned are
in short supply. Additionally, he
hopes for a shared philosophy of
coaching encompassing shared
expectations and best practices.
With these in place, it will make it
easier for children to transition
from participants in recreational
programs to student athletes.
Cochrane expressed his desire
to work with the engineering de-
partment to put in for a grant to
obtain traffic signals. He said stu-
dents walking to middle school
have a difficult time due to traffic,
and some students live just on the
two-mile bus threshold and are
forced to walk very long distances
to and from school, sometimes in
the dark. Additionally, he wants
to look into the hazardous bus
routes, which have not been eval-
uated in more than two
decades.
The schools will see an in-
creased emphasis on sustainabili-
ty, an initiative that has been
demonstrated through the hiring
of Nutri-Serve, the new food serv-
ice provider with a farm-to-table
approach. New roofs will be in-
stalled on some schools to sup-
port the potential infrastructure
of solar paneling in the future.
A point Cochrane was intent
on was the concept of electronic
access for all. He explained that
many Princeton students are at a
disadvantage due to a lack of elec-
tronic and Internet access. Of the
12 percent of Princeton students
receiving free or reduced lunch,
Cochrane estimates that nearly
half of them do not have access to
email or computers at home.
He explained this lack of ac-
cess limits the ability of the
school district to communicate to
families, and for parents to check
grades and students to check
homework.
In a day and age when com-
puters are being more and more
integrated, for a student without
electronic access, they fall farther
and farther behind, he said.
He said the district is in the
process of brainstorming ways to
create electronic access for all.
If anyone can provide that op-
portunity for access for all, it is
Princeton, he said.
Cochrane said the board is
eager to invite the community to
join in strategic planning. Dates
will be decided on and posted
publicly to allow the community
to ask the question what do we
want for our kids?
It is a process that sets the vi-
sion and mission for our kids five
years into the future, and it gives
legs to that vision, he said.
Superintendent looks forward to focus
on wellness, access and partnership
Free legal advice on immigra-
tion and other issues will be of-
fered to all interested people on
Wednesday, Sept. 10, from 7 to 8:30
p.m., in the second floor Confer-
ence Room at the Princeton Pub-
lic Library, 65 Witherspoon St.,
Princeton.
The Ask-a-Lawyer Program
started in 1999 to meet a need ex-
pressed by the local Latino com-
munity: access to affordable legal
services. The Latin American
Task Force of Princeton offers
this program quarterly. Local at-
torneys volunteer their time to
provide individual private con-
sultations. The volunteer attor-
neys will answer questions in
their areas of expertise as far as
possible and make referrals as
necessary. Though not definitive
legal consultations, this offers an
opportunity for a brief review of
current applicable law or to get a
second opinion.
Spanish interpreters will be
available.
The Ask-a-Lawyer Program is
co-sponsored by the Latin Ameri-
can Task Force, the Princeton
Public Library, the Housing Au-
thority of Princeton and the Mer-
cer County Bar Association.
For more information, please
call (609) 924-9529, ext. 220.
IAS professor emeritus
awarded Chern Medal
Phillip Griffiths, professor
emeritus in the School of Mathe-
matics at the Institute for Ad-
vanced Study, has been awarded
the Chern Medal by the Interna-
tional Mathematical Union at the
International Congress of Mathe-
maticians, in Seoul, South Korea.
The Chern Medal, established in
2010 in honor of mathematician
Shiing-Shen Chern (19112004), is
awarded every four years in
recognition of outstanding and
sustained achievements in the
field. Griffiths, whose work has
stimulated a wide range of ad-
vances in mathematics over the
past 50 years, was cited by the
IMU, the global mathematics pro-
fessional organization, for his
groundbreaking and transfor-
mative development of transcen-
dental methods in complex geom-
etry, particularly his seminal
work in Hodge theory and periods
of algebraic varieties. Of the
$500,000 monetary award, half
will be donated to support the
African Mathematics Millenni-
um Science Initiative, which is a
distributed network of mathe-
matics research, training and
promotion throughout Africa.
Integrative Medicine
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The Princeton Senior Resource
Center will host a Lunch and
Learn session entitled Integra-
tive Medicine on Friday, Sept. 12,
at noon at the Suzanne Patterson
Building.
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will describe her practice, which
combines conventional Western
medicine with alternative or com-
plementary treatments, such as
herbal medicine, acupuncture,
massage, biofeedback, yoga, and
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It remains to be seen who will
pay in the event that someone be-
comes ill, Driscoll read.
According to Mayor Liz Lem-
pert, taking the vote (to settle)
was not something that anybody
relished doing. Sometimes, we
are bound by constraints that are
not our choice.
Councilwoman Jenny Cru-
miller expressed her approval of
the deal the town is left with.
I think we ended up in an OK
place. I dont want to give the im-
pression that there is some big en-
vironmental risk out there that
we are ignoring, she said.
Councilwoman Heather
Howard responded to Driscolls
letter by thanking residents for
their heavy involvement through-
out the process.
If it were not for community
involvement, we probably would
not have hired an outside expert.
We have ended up in a much bet-
ter place than state law would
have allowed us, Howard said.
Following the four-month dem-
olition, the site will be turned
into a 280-unit apartment com-
plex that will include 56 afford-
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Council thanks residents
for their heavy involvement
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Barbara Blumenthal from the
Princeton Ridge Coalition gave
council an update on the group at
the Aug. 25 council meeting, call-
ing PRC the neighborhood group
that has been instrumental in
fighting for a safer and less damag-
ing plan in regard to Williams
Companys proposal for an exten-
sion of its natural gas pipeline.
Blumenthal explained that in
terms of the environmental is-
sues on the ridge, everybody
knows about the issues, but that
a recent change is the group hired
an outside professional to do
threatened and endangered
species studies, citing the Bard
Owl and Red-Shouldered Hawk as
examples.
There is good data now that
validates the area as what they
call exceptional value wet-
lands, she said.
The group is in the process of
assembling its comments to sub-
mit to the Federal Energy Regula-
tory Commission by Sept. 10 in
regard to its environmental as-
sessment findings of no signifi-
cant impact for Williams Co.s
proposal.
The group will hire Princeton
Hydro to work on environmental
comments, and an outside safety
engineer is helping supplement
the safety aspect.
Blumenthal explained that the
group has a lot of work to do be-
tween now and Sept. 10. The
comments submitted are excep-
tionally crucial because, after
Sept. 10, there will be no more op-
portunity to put information on
the record.
According to Blumenthal, after
the deadline, we cannot raise a
new issue that has not already
been raised on the docket. She
attributed that provision to why
the current work being done is so
important, saying everything
that even might be relevant has to
be submitted.
In discussing the assessment,
she said in some ways it was not
surprising.
The group has never seen
FERC conduct an assessment in
which it found significant im-
pact.
They just dont do it, she
said.
An element of the process Blu-
menthal found quite disturbing
was FERCs omission of even de-
bating the experts findings men-
tioned in the PRCs reports.
It is really distressing to see
that what FERC is accustomed to
is having communities providing
input but not being able to engage
in a meaningful discussion,
which is what we think we are ca-
pable of. They are not prepared
for that, she said.
She said FERC tends to solely
put weight on what Williams Co.
says.
For what we say, they dont
even bother to debate it; they just
ignore it, which is really quite
disturbing, she said.
Blumenthal said the answer to
the groups concerns comes in
the form of horizontal directional
drilling, the alternative option,
that in the grand scheme of
things is not expensive and ad-
dresses the safety and environ-
mental issues.
The group has predicted that
the most likely way to have hori-
zontal directional drilling ap-
proved would not be from FERC
but from the Department of Envi-
ronmental Protection.
The DEP needs to issue two
vital permits for the project to
move forward, which have not yet
been applied for. In the meantime,
Blumenthal said she and her
team are putting most of their ef-
fort in working with DEP. Once
the permit applications are filed
with DEP, much more data will
become available to FERC that
was not accessible when its as-
sessments were done.
She said the DEP holds a great
deal of power in the process, and
it will be able to do what they
feel is appropriate. They do get in-
volved and make some changes
along the way.
Blumenthal said while the
group does not formally oppose
the pipeline in general, there is a
process in place when it goes
through environmentally-sensi-
tive areas to look for alterna-
tives.
Williams understands the
concerns expressed with regard
to the safe installation of the
Transco pipeline and minimizing
environmental impacts during
construction. We believe the
FERCs environmental assess-
ment confirms our commitment
to constructing and operating
this pipeline project in a safe, en-
vironmentally-sensitive manner
so that we can deliver much-need-
ed additional natural gas supply
to this region, Chris Stockton,
Williams Co.s representative,
said in an email in response to the
assessment.
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against Transco pipeline plan
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Michelle Morrison shows how Princeton Montessori embraces the passions of both students and faculty
members. Morrison, who loves the outdoors, hiking, biking and archery, contributed an archery range as
well as an Outward Bound program for her students. Between business, administrative work and having
fun leading students, Morrison will never stop being hands on as the new head of school.
Morrisons dream as head of
school is to challenge adults
teachers, administrators and
even parents to adapt the
Montessori way in acting. She
says how adults should be able to
resolve conflict the ways so many
of her students do: with compas-
sion, strength and reflection.
Montessori eighth graders have
been found to have a very calm
entry into high school, a transi-
tion that many would assume to
stir some internal conflicts com-
ing from a small, independent
school, she said. Their high
school teachers often note that
they are comfortable in their own
skin, thoughtful and reflective
about their friendships, and inde-
pendent and confident about
their work.
Much of these well-developed
social skills are due to the under-
lying middle school theme of,
who am I and how do I fit into
the larger world, another con-
nection in the cosmic learning
process, Morrison said. Adults,
who are often driven by anxiety,
sometimes lose this kind of per-
spective, Morrison says.
Those with Montessori train-
ing classes that Morrison has
led and will continue to lead for
upcoming educators under-
stand the preliminary philosophy
that Morrison hopes to assure
every parent with: Your child
will find their way in the world.
You are looking to create a
human that is happy with their
self and will find a passion that
will help them make a living.
The Montessori approach is
not about bureaucracy or SATs or
Ivy League or making six figures.
It is about sharing enthusiasm
of truths and passion and pat-
terns of content, said Morrison,
who is making it her priority to
ensure that every individual in
every walk of business, adminis-
trative and educational relations
shares this kind of enthusiasm.
New head of school Morrison to parents:
Your child will find their way in the world
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By ERICA CHAYES
The Sun
Joann Lee Kim, Princeton resi-
dent and artist, is dedicated to
bringing the community together
with collaborative art.
I make art to challenge and
connect with myself, to challenge
and connect with the viewer, to
wrestle with issues that hurt and
divide us, and to envision some-
thing better, Kim said.
It is just the beginning of her
career as a professional artist, but
Kim feels Princeton is the right
place to be as she embarks on
mentally and visually affecting
her community.
Upon moving to Princeton one
year ago almost to the day, Kim
decided to pursue her artistry full
time.
Princeton has been a great re-
ceiver to me as an artist, Kim ex-
plained. It is connected to Philly
and New York and is a great place
to seclude oneself and really dive
into art.
She went on to say how Prince-
ton would always represent her
commitment to becoming an
artist, the place where she arose.
Kim has been working primari-
ly as a teaching artist thats my
capacity when I work with
groups, she says. I facilitate
processes where groups can come
together and create art, reflect
and demonstrate how people can
come together to make the com-
munity a better place.
Ideas flowing and imagination,
Kim believes, are better for pro-
ductivity and creativity. With ex-
perience utilizing her methods at
various schools, youth groups,
adult groups and conferences in
and around Princeton, Kim pre-
pares an activity, prompts a dia-
logue and enjoys seeing her par-
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Bring your own lunch. Bever-
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to (609) 924-7108. There is no
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Photography exhibit
runs through Oct. 4
An exhibition of work by six
photographers will explore the
nature of photography by focus-
ing on the medium's changing is-
sues in a digital age. "Photogra-
phy: Before & After," presented by
the Lewis Center for the Arts' Pro-
gram in Visual Arts at Princeton
University, runs Sept. 17 through
Oct. 4 at the Lucas Gallery at 185
Nassau St. An opening reception
will be held on Sept. 17 from 5:30
to 7 p.m. The exhibition and re-
ception are free and open to the
public.
"Photography: Before & After"
will particularly look at the time
that goes into setting up a photo-
graph before the "click" of the
shutter and the effort that goes
into managing the image after-
ward. The exhibition presents six
different case studies of how
artists, all with ties to Princeton,
negotiate these issues in their
work: Princeton alumni Lily
Healey and Carlos Jimnez
Cahua, post-doctoral fellow Sara
Sadri, faculty member Deana
Lawson, Hodder Fellow Miko
Veldkamp, and Princeton resi-
dent Adam Ekberg.
Since its inception, photogra-
phy has been a means of record-
ing people and events through the
controlled exposure of light-sen-
sitive materials. In the mid-19th
century it was done on sheets of
metal and glass for posterity, as in
the Civil War images of Matthew
Brady. At the turn of the last cen-
tury, the camera was used to cap-
ture phenomena not visible to the
naked eye, as in the motion stud-
ies of Eadweard Muybridge.
Judging by the work of many
photographers today, digital tech-
nologies and methods have large-
ly turned the decisive moment in-
side out. Digital photography af-
fords artists the ability to see an
image as soon as they have taken
it and the ability to take hundreds
at one time.
Carlos Jimnez Cahua gradu-
ated in 2008 from Princeton with
a degree in chemistry and a cer-
tificate from the Program in Visu-
al Arts.
Adam Ekberg is an artist and
graduate of the School of the Art
Institute of Chicago who recently
moved to the Princeton area. Ek-
berg's photographs require the
elaborate pre-arrangement of
site-specific events that he matter-
of-factly captures on camera.
Lily Healey is a 2013 Princeton
graduate of the Department of
Art and Archeology who concen-
trated in studio art. Healey is
mesmerized with the virtual life
and mutation of digital image
files, elusive "things" that inhabit
our devices and get moved
around without ever being
touched.
Deana Lawson is a full-time lec-
turer at Princeton and a recent
Guggenheim Fellow whose new
work entails photographing cities
in the American South and the
African continent that were pre-
viously involved in the slave
trade, aided by research funding
from the Lewis Center.
For Lawson, photographs
begin with specific people in spe-
cific places but do not become art
until after a rigorous editing
process.
Sara Sadri was a post-doctoral
fellow in the School of Engineer-
ing and Applied Science last year,
where one of her research photo-
graphs won top prize in the
School's "Art of Science" competi-
tion cosponsored by the Lewis
Center. Trained as a hydro-engi-
neer, the subject of Sadri's images
can take moments or centuries to
form the patterns that she cap-
tures through her lens. Like
Cahua, Sadri is a trained scientist
who has chosen the path of full-
time artist and moved to Holly-
wood, where she hopes to make a
career as a scientific documen-
tary filmmaker.
Miko Veldkamp is a painter
currently living in Amsterdam
and a 2014-15 Hodder Fellow, the
first studio artist to win this dis-
tinguished award.
Veldkamp is consumed with
digital culture and his paintings
are a direct response to its speed
and pervasiveness. Veldkamp
questions what painting can do in
the face of such relentless image
production, which he answers by
proceeding as if painting can
compete with photography as a
means to commemorate special
moments, as in City Hall (2013), or
the everyday, as in Trailer (2012).
The Lucas Gallery is open
weekdays from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
For this exhibition the gallery
will also be open Saturdays, Sept.
20, 27 and Oct. 4 from 10 a.m. to
4:30 p.m.
To learn more about this exhi-
bition, the Program in Visual
Arts, and the Lewis Center for the
Arts visit arts.princeton.edu.
SEPT. 39, 2014 THE PRINCETON SUN 19

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years old, and committee and
board members of PSRCs 40th
Anniversary Dinner Gala & Auc-
tion are all fired up to gain sup-
port for its honorees. Those being
honored will be Betty Wold John-
son & Bill and Judy Scheide for
Directors Award; Bloomberg, L.P.
for the Volunteer Award; J. Se-
ward Johnson, Sr. 1963 Charitable
Trust for the Service Award; and
Norman Klath and Albert Stark
for the Leadership Award. The
Gala will take place Sunday, Sept.
21, at The Westin Princeton at
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The Princeton Senior Resource Center celebrates its 40th anniversary. The organizations 40th An-
niversary Dinner Gala and Auction will take place on Sept. 21 Honorees pictured in the front row, from
left, are Norman Klath, Rebecca Esmi, Fiona VanDyck and Michael Kenny. In the back row are Brad Bar-
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Omiecinski is kicking off her in-
augural event, First Capital
Princeton. She invites Princeton-
ian families to join the revolution-
ary hoopla in a tour throughout
Princeton beginning at Morven
and ending at Yankee Doodle Tap
Room, where Washington himself
toasted the countrys recognized
independence.
Tom Murphy, a recent graduate
of the Rutgers Graduate School of
Education and revolutionary
war savant, as Omiecinski calls
him, will provide historical infor-
mation throughout the tour.
Omiecinski, an active member of
the National Society of the
Daughters of the Revolution who
is a relative of 12 Revolutionary
War veterans and Declaration
signer George Ross, will lighten
things up with hilarious and sur-
prisingly factual anecdotes.
Did you know, Omiecinski
said, drawing back the curtain of
interesting evidences for a slight
preview to Saturdays tour, that
Marquis de Lafayette rolled
through Princeton with a pet alli-
gator and kept it in a bathtub
wherever he went. Omiecinski
assured that there will be more
fun stories about the alligator,
among others. Perhaps a local
family will find that their Prince-
ton home housed a revolutionary
reptile.
Most people dont know of
Princetons political impact dur-
ing the American Revolution.
Omiecinski specified some of the
events that led to Princeton being
a real hotbed for political activi-
ty.
In 1783, she began, we were
no longer fighting. Continental
Congress was down in Philadel-
phia and was waiting on the
Treaty of Paris, which upon re-
ceipt would mean the rest of the
world agreed we were a free na-
tion.
Omiecinski went on to explain
how soldiers, often promised
money or land throughout the
war, were not being paid because
there was no taxation system in
place.
It was the first time in the
Revolution that there was a possi-
ble mutiny, she said.
When congress heard word of
a small and likely violent group
coming for them in Philadelphia,
they quickly sought out a town
that was far enough away, a bit
difficult to get to and laid out to
house the 22 congressmen. The
town they chose was Princeton.
With Washington staying at
Rockhingham, his last wartime
headquarters, on the Delaware
and Raritan Canal, the congress-
men elected a temporary presi-
dent to help run political affairs,
explained Omiecinski. Elias
Budinot, whose sister offered her
home now Morven Museum and
Garden and friends homes
around Princeton to the congress-
men during their stay. Nassau
Hall, according to Omiecinski,
was the biggest place in the
colony, so they established it as
their official meeting place. On
Sept. 3, 1783, The Treaty of Paris
was delivered there. Princeton be-
came the first capital the city
that holds the government and
Nassau Hall became the first capi-
tol building.
With Princeton having such
clout in this countrys begin-
nings, Omiecinski was ecstatic
about commemorating Prince-
tons first capital and capitol with
a family-fun tour through town.
She hopes to host the event on the
first Saturday of September year-
ly and bring Princetonians to-
gether. Omiecinski is looking for-
ward to making Princeton proud
of its influence in the Revolution-
ary period.
Philadelphia was a bigger rea-
son for the season but in my opin-
ion, Princeton was second in
line, beamed Omiecinski.
The tour will be hosted Satur-
day, Sept. 6 and is free for all who
want to attend. The Princeton
Tour Company asks that atten-
dees register by emailing
Omiecinski at firstcapitalprince-
ton@gmail.com. This will ensure
there are enough surprises for
everyone and will also ensure dis-
counts on various shops and
restaurants around town.
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First Capital Princeton:
The new event in town
The following have been re-
ported from the Princeton Police
Department.
On Aug. 18, a Copperwood
Housing Development employee
reported that sometime between
Aug. 15 and Aug. 18, unknown
actor(s) entered a second-floor
lounge and stole a 55-inch televi-
sion valued at $1,079.83.
On Aug. 19, at 3:25 p.m., subse-
quent to a motor vehicle stop on
Witherspoon Street, a 54-year-old
man from Hillside was arrested
as a result of a Hillsborough Mu-
nicipal Court warrant for $100.
He was released after a friend
posted bail.
On Aug. 19 at 10:36 p.m., West
Windsor Police arrested a 53-year-
old Trenton man on a Princeton
Municipal Court warrant for
$25,000 with a 10 percent option.
He was turned over to Princeton
Police officers, who transported
him to the Mercer County Correc-
tional Center after being unable
to post bail.
On Aug. 20 at 7:28 a.m., a victim
reported that sometime during
the overnight hours on Aug. 19
into Aug. 20, unknown actor(s)
gained entry to his 2002 Ford
Taurus and damaged the steer-
ing column and dashboard in an
apparent attempt to steal it. The
vehicle was parked in the victims
driveway on John Street at the
time. Damage costs have not been
determined.
On Aug. 20 at 8:38 a.m., subse-
quent to a motor vehicle stop on
Mercer Street, a 30-year-old Tren-
ton woman was arrested for a
Princeton Municipal Court war-
rant of $114. She was released
after posting bail.
On Aug. 21 at 12:20 a.m., a 2011
Toyota Sienna operated by a 51-
year-old male from Manville
swerved to avoid a deer and
struck a guardrail at the intersec-
tion of Arreton Road while travel-
ing south on State Road. The Toy-
ota sustained extensive front-end
damage. The guardrail was also
dented. The driver complained of
pain to his lower back and was
transported by the Montgomery
Emergency Medical Squad to the
Medical Center of Princeton at
Plainsboro. A front seat passen-
ger complained of pain to her
neck and chest and was also
transported by Montgomery
EMS. The vehicle was towed from
the scene.
On Aug. 21 at 12:31 p.m., a vic-
tim reported that sometime be-
tween 11 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. on
Aug. 20, unknown actor(s) stole
her travel bicycle rack valued at
$250 from the back of her vehicle.
The victim did not know the exact
location of the theft, but reported
it occurred while making several
stops throughout town.
On Aug. 21 at 4:35 p.m., two vic-
tims reported that sometime be-
tween noon and 4:30 p.m. on Aug.
21, unknown actor(s) stole their
mens Diamondback mountain bi-
cycle valued at $170 and mens
Nishiki Pueblo mountain bicycle
valued at $170 from a Community
Park South bicycle rack.
On Aug. 22 at 12:20 p.m., subse-
quent to a pedestrian stop near
Battle Park, a 50-year-old from
Lanoka Harbor was arrested on a
Manalapan Municipal Court war-
rant for $1,000. He was processed
at police headquarters and
turned over to Manalapan Po-
lice after being unable to post
bail.
On Aug. 22 at 12:25 p.m., subse-
quent to a motor vehicle stop on
Edwards Place, a 32-year-old
woman from Allentown was ar-
rested for a Princeton Municipal
Court warrant of $186. She was
processed at police headquarters
and released after posting bail.
On Aug. 22 at 11:40 p.m., a vic-
tim reported that sometime be-
tween noon and 8:30 p.m. on Aug.
22, unknown actor(s) stole his
mens Giant Mountain Bicycle,
bike helmet and combination
cable lock totaling $350 from Bar-
bara Sigmund Park, Hamilton
and Chestnut streets. The bike
was locked to a fence at the time
of the theft.
On Aug. 23 at 9:26 p.m., subse-
quent to a motor vehicle stop on
South Harrison Street, a 34-year-
old Devereux Avenue man was ar-
rested and charged with driving
while intoxicated. He was
processed at police headquarters
and later released.
On Aug. 25 at 9:40 a.m., Prince-
ton Police, Princeton Fire Depart-
ment and Princeton First Aid re-
sponded to a construction site off
Russell Road for a gas leak. A
Mayfield Site Contractors (King
of Prussia, Pa.) backhoe operator
struck a gas line while digging off
Russell Road near the Hun School
of Princeton campus. PSE&G
personnel, who were present
when the line was struck, quickly
shut down the line. There were no
injuries reported, nor were evac-
uations or traffic diversions need-
ed. Princeton fire officials de-
clared the scene safe and all emer-
gency personnel cleared the area
at 10:09 a.m.
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Gas leak reported near Hun School; no injuries
police report
ticipants share a part of them-
selves as they form greater rela-
tionships and a deeper sense of
community.
As Kim searched to extend her-
self as an artist to the local scene,
a friend pointed her in the direc-
tion of The Stampede the
Hopewell Valley Arts Councils
outdoor exhibit most Princetoni-
ans have seen grazing around the
town borders.
Kim was selected to be one of
the few Princeton artists to con-
tribute to the project and created
an ox in the image of her prac-
tice.
Kim understood that her hand-
painted oxen, Ox Populi, would
be seen by a lot of people in the
community. With this in mind,
she wanted to make the embel-
lished life-size ox personal to her
and her work but also relatable to
the viewer.
In painting an image that is
very familiar sky, grass, silhou-
ettes, said Kim, people see im-
ages of themselves in the piece.
She was also sure to make the sil-
houettes distinct so as to repre-
sent a diverse group. We can all
walk in the same direction and
make the community together,
Kim asserted.
A large component of tackling
various issues together as a com-
munity such as bullying or
racism, for Kim, is prompting dia-
logue and discussion, especially
with youth.
She encourages individuals to
look at a solution to a social prob-
lem and then create that solution
together. As a visual artist with a
master of science in conflict
analysis and resolution and a
bachelors in science, human and
organizational development and
art studio, Kim likes to focus on
the visual aspect of producing
something collectively.
For more information on Kim,
visit her website
www.joannleekim.com.
Various community issues prompting
dialogue, discussion for Kim, youth
VARIOUS
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