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Special to The Sun
The Montgomery High School flash mob is seen on March 13. About 75 students wore shirts against common stereotypes and
performed to Born This Way by Lady Gaga. The Montgomery High School Human Relations Council organized the group.
Flash mob strikes
Plan to
revitalize
property
discussed
By KATHLEEN DUFFY
The Montgomery Sun
At a Board of Education work-
shop meeting on Tuesday, March
13, in Skillman, area landscape
expert Richard Mercurio spoke
during the public comment sec-
tion about a five-year plan to revi-
talize the front of Orchard Hill El-
ementary School.
He will be partnering with the
school as a service to his commu-
nity and will not profit from the
venture.
Its a phased-in commitment,
he said.
More than 100,000 square feet
encompass the land he hopes to
rejuvenate during the span of five
years.
He will take the entire frontage
of the school from Orchard Road
to Burnt Hill Road at the bus lane
exit and handle all maintenance
and landscaping needs.
He said most of the area is
grass.
In the first two years of the
project, he will focus on the outer
perimeter of that area, around
the bus lane and street.
During years three through
five, he will expand to the inside
areas to do all lawn maintenance,
such as mowing.
He will install new plantings
where necessary, and will ensure
existing plants are being properly
please see FIVE-YEAR, page 13
Free starter tennis clinics being offered
By KATHLEEN DUFFY
The Montgomery Sun
Sometimes, getting adequate
exercise in your schedule can be
a challenge. Trying to will your-
self to go for a run when its rain-
ing can seem nearly impossible.
Nassau Tennis Club, at 1800
Route 206 in Skillman, wants to
change that way of thinking by
opening area residents eyes to a
sport that can be picked up at
any age.
We are offering free starter
clinics for adults who have never
or barely played tennis before,
said the clubs director of mar-
keting, Stacey Anderson. We do
it three times a year.
Anderson claimed that if
someone desires to begin playing
tennis, it could be done with
proper instruction and disci-
pline.
Its a very social sport, she
said. The best thing to do is
bring a friend and do it. The peo-
ple who bring friends and play?
They stick with it.
Friends Lysa Wilson of Mont-
gomery, Mary Bickel of Mont-
gomery and Wendy Vasquez of
Princeton can attest to that state-
ment theyve been playing to-
gether at the club on a regular
basis for the past few years.
We were good today! ex-
claimed Bickel about the match
she just completed. We have a
great team camaraderie.
According to Wilson, tennis is
a life sport and making friends is
easy.
Anyone can play, Vasquez
said.
She predominantly plays ten-
nis, but will sometimes partake
in a game of golf with her hus-
band.
The hour-long, free starter
clinics will be offered Monday,
March 26, at 9:30 a.m. and 10:30
a.m., Tuesday, March 27, 9 a.m.
please see CLINICS, page 14
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Sunday School is sponsoring a
spaghetti dinner on March 24
from 5 until 7:30 p.m. at the
church, 34 Dutchtown Road, Belle
Mead. Tickets are $9 for adults 13
and older and $4 for children
younger than 13. Questions? Con-
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Parents Night Out
is on April 21
The Montgomery Elementary
Schools PTA invites you to Par-
ent Night Out, Saturday April 21
from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. at Cherry
Valley Country Club. The night
features wine and beer tasting,
wine arbor and a silent auction.
An elegant dinner buffet will be
served. Enjoy tastings from six
area wine distributors and two
beer distributors. Please do not
wear denim.
The cost per person is $40 in ad-
vance and $50 at the door. Price
includes four tasting tickets per
person. Additional tasting tickets
and cash bar will be available.
Proceeds from the event will
benefit the MES PTA Fund for the
purchase of document cameras
for every classroom at VES.
For information, questions, to
make donations or to volunteer,
contact Laura McInerney at lau-
ramcgreevy@hotmail.com.
Got Talent show
runs for two nights
Due to high demand, the Mont-
gomerys Got Talent show will
now be held two nights March
29 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. and
March 30 from 6:30 to 9 p.m. at
Montgomery High School.
Rehearsals will be March 22
and March 29 from 4 to 8 p.m. at
the high school.
There are bins at all five Mont-
gomery schools to drop off mate-
rials and payments.
Tickets will not be distributed.
Check-in will be at the door.
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On Saturday, April 28 at 7:30
p.m., the Montgomery Township
Education Association and Mont-
gomery High School Band Par-
ents Association will present the
musical Bye Bye Birdie for the
12th production of Music from
the Heart.
Bye Bye Birdie is a fun and
energetic musical set in the 1950s.
It features rock and roll superstar
Conrad Birdie and his amorous
fan club of shrieking teenagers
from Sweet Apple, Ohio.
Sweet Apple is all shook up
when one lucky resident, Kim
MacAfee, is chosen to be the re-
cipient of Conrad Birdies last
kiss before leaving for the Army.
The volunteer cast and crew
are assembled from an eager
group of district teachers, sup-
port staff, administrators and stu-
dents.
Kelly Vucin, who will play the
role of Kim MacAfee, is thrilled
to have the opportunity to once
again participate in the Music
From the Heart fundraiser.
She commented: Ive never
known a district that encourages
staff members to use their talents
and generous spirits to come to-
gether for such a unique and
memorable cause.
Proceeds from the production
fund the graduating senior class
scholarships awarded by both the
MTEA and MHS Band Parents
Association. The performance
will take place in the Mont-
gomery Performing Arts Center
at Montgomery High School.
Tickets will be sold through
representatives in the schools and
at the door the night of the per-
formance. Donations are $12 for
adults and $7 for senior citizens
and children 12 and younger.
Doors open at 7 p.m.
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in our opinion
W
e could guess that there is
waste in government. Even,
at times, fraud. It kind of
comes with the territory.
But we indeed were shocked to
learn that tens of millions of dollars
have been lost due to abuse of the free
lunch program.
Recently, Gov. Christie announced
the formation of a task force to study
abuse and manipulation of the school
funding formula due to fraud in the
Free and Reduced Price School Lunch
Program. According to the governor,
recent studies and news reports
clearly identify high levels of fraudu-
lent enrollment in the program un-
dercutting the states ability to fairly
and appropriately determine aid lev-
els for schools. A 2011 report by the
State Auditor found that as many as 37
percent of the students in the program
are enrolled fraudulently.
Thirty seven percent? More than
one in three? Thats a shocking num-
ber.
If its true, heck, if its anywhere
close to being true, then, yes, someone
needs to clean house.
The task force will consist of seven
members from both inside and outside
of government.
Now, were usually not big on task
forces or blue-ribbon committees or
whatever other study groups might be
formed. Too often they spend time and
tax money looking at something, pon-
dering various scenarios and then
writing a report that results in no ac-
tion whatsoever.
This time, we have to hope that the
task force figures out where the prob-
lems are and how to fix them. And
then, the state fixes them.
Its no secret that N.J. taxpayers are
overburdened especially when it
comes to property taxes. There can be
zero tolerance for mismanagement,
waste, abuse, fraud, whatever you
want to call it.
This applies across the board when
it comes to spending tax dollars even
when it comes to free lunches.
Free lunch fraud
Seriously? Someone is scamming the schools free-lunch program?
A hunger for reform
The governor says tens of millions of
dollars have been lost due to fraud in
the free lunch program at schools.
Lets hope his task force gets to the
bottom of the problem and remedies
are forthcoming.
letters to the editor
Work has begun to transform
Montgomerys Skillman Park
On Saturday, March 10, the transforma-
tion of Skillman Park began. The New Jer-
sey Arborists Chapter of the International
Society for Arboriculture (NJAISA) held a
workday with about 100 tree-trimming ex-
perts. They focused on the large trees lin-
ing Main Boulevard pruning branches,
cutting dead limbs and removing dead or
diseased trees.
We both visited Skillman Park over the
weekend and the arborist team did a
tremendous job. The main road is much
cleaner and should look wonderful in the
spring. This represents just a glimpse of
what the park will become once Somerset
County completes its work.
Over the next several months, the Skill-
man Park Advisory Committee will begin
discussing the features of the park. Three
residents with diverse backgrounds were
selected to participate: Clem Fiori, chair of
the Open Space Committee; Emad Abou-
Sabe, a landscape professional; and Lysa
Wilson, former co-president of the Village
Elementary School PTA.
As the work on Skillman Park moves for-
ward, we should remember what was
going to happen to this land before Mont-
gomery bought it: The state had planned to
sell it to a developer for the construction of
about 1,000 homes.
This has been a long, long process, but
one that truly paid off in the end. The land
is now preserved and thats how it will re-
main.
We eagerly await the day when the en-
tire park is complete and open to the pub-
lic.
In the meanwhile, the Somerset County
Board of Chosen Freeholders and Mont-
gomery Township Committee will contin-
ue to update everyone as work progresses.
Mark Caliguire, Somerset County freeholder
Ed Trzaska, mayor of Montgomery
Crawford House receives $500,000 from endowment fund
Crawford House, a halfway house for
women in early recovery from alcohol and
drug addiction in Skillman, is proud to an-
nounce it is the recipient of a $500,000 chal-
lenge gift, designated for the agencys en-
dowment fund, from the Robert Wood
Johnson 1962 Charitable Trust.
The gift of the Robert Wood Johnson
1962 Charitable Trust will be distributed
over a four-year period in $125,000 incre-
ments at a matching ratio of 4 to 1, provid-
ed Crawford House raises a minimum of
$31,250 in gifts for each year.
Linda M. Leyhane, executive director,
expressed her gratitude to the trust for its
stewardship and partnership in highlight-
ing the needs of homeless and indigent
women in early recovery from substance
abuse.
This kind of funding and commitment
from both the trust and the community
will be instrumental in securing Crawford
Houses future and providing services for
the many homeless and indigent women
that we help each year, said Leyhane.
Through this generous support, women
will gain the tools and knowledge to re-
main sober, become and stay employed, re-
unite with their families and become con-
tributing members of their communities.
She explained the need for the gift.
The need for women to receive addic-
tion treatment is greater now than it has
ever been, along with the need for funding
and support.
To be a part of this challenge gift and en-
sure Crawford Houses future, call (908)
874-5153, email lleyhane@crawfordhouse.org
or visit www.crawfordhouse.org.
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Montgomery EMS provides
basic-life support ambulance
service, at no charge, 24 hours a
day, 365 days a year, within the
township of Montgomery.
MEMS provides more for the
community than just providing
emergency service. MEMS also
performs standbys at fire scenes,
community events and serves as
back up (known as mutual aid) to
neighboring towns. It offers com-
munity CPR training and pro-
vides blood pressure checks at the
senior center. If the workforce
will allow it, MEMS will provide
non-emergent transportation
from the hospital to home, for
members of our community who
are unable to walk.
MEMS consists entirely of vol-
unteers who dedicate their free
time to serving their community.
Members range from students to
retirees. There are lawyers, ac-
countants, sales-people, nurses,
engineers, teachers and medical
students on board. MEMS is al-
ways looking for new member.
In addition to looking for peo-
ple willing to train to be emer-
gency medical technicians
(EMTs), we also accept members
willing to train as ambulance
drivers or as support staff.
We expect Montgomery EMS
members to be worthy of being
placed in the highest of public
trust. When citizens need our as-
sistance, frequently they are in
times of extreme physical and
emotional vulnerability. There-
fore, we do require prospective
members submit to a background
check and a review of their driv-
ing record as part of the applica-
tion process.
Membership consists of resi-
dents of Montgomery Township
and municipalities, who work in
Montgomery and have progres-
sive employers who are willing to
let their workers take time off to
respond to emergencies when
needed. We will cover the cost of
training a new member if they
agree to be placed on the shift
schedule and honor the mini-
mum monthly time commitment.
Interested? Log on to
www.mems47.org, email member-
ship@mems47.org, or call (908)
359-4112.
Montgomery EMS is 100 per-
cent volunteer and does not
charge for services. It relies sole-
ly on volunteers and the dona-
tions.
Montgomery EMS
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WEDNESDAY
March 21
FOR ALL
Montgomery Township Shade Tree
Commission meeting: 7:30 p.m. at
Montgomery Township Municipal
Offices, 2261 Van Horne Road, Belle
Mead. Visit www.montgomery.nj.us
to confirm meeting time and for
more information.
Excel 2007 Beyond the Basics:
10 to 11 a.m. at Mary Jacobs Library.
Bring a laptop with Excel 2007
installed. Learn how to create sim-
ple charts, make changes to a chart
and print. This course requires
working knowledge of Excel basics
including data input and editing,
insert and/or deleting rows and
columns, and using multiple work-
sheets. Registration required. To
register, call (609) 924-7073, ext.
4.
FOR CHILDREN
Story Time: Ages 2 to 6. 10 to 10:30
a.m. at Mary Jacobs Library. Stories,
songs and more! This weeks theme
is Magic Rabbits. No registration
needed.
THURSDAY
March 22
FOR ALL
Montgomery Township Board of
Fire Prevention meeting: 6 p.m. at
Montgomery Township Municipal
Offices, 2261 Van Horne Road, Belle
Mead. Visit www.montgomery.nj.us
to confirm meeting time and for
more information.
FOR CHILDREN
Story Time: Ages 2 to 6. 10 to 10:30
a.m. at Mary Jacobs Library. Stories,
songs and more! This weeks theme
is Magic Rabbits. No registration
needed.
FRIDAY
March 23
FOR CHILDREN
Last Chance for Flag Football: Last
day of registration for Flag Football.
Cost is $50 for each player. Visit
www.leaguelineup.com/montgom
eryflagfootball to register or for
more information.
Baby Music with Miss Jenni: Age
newborn to 36 months. 10 to 10:45
a.m. at Mary Jacobs Library. Join
Miss Jenni, a trained music instruc-
tor, to groove with babies and tod-
dlers to help develop their musical
aptitude. Sing, play simple instru-
ments and use nursery rhymes.
Registration required. Call (609)
924-7073, ext. 5.
SUNDAY
March 25
FOR ALL
Breakfast with the Easter Bunny:
9 a.m. to noon at Princeton Elks
Lodge, Route 518, Blawenburg. Pan-
cake and French toast breakfast
with the Easter Bunny. Adults $12,
children ages 5 to 12 $6 and children
under 5 are free. Egg hunt begins at
11 a.m.
MONDAY
March 26
FOR CHILDREN
Crafts for Little Hands: Ages 2 to
6. 10 to 10:45 a.m. and 11 to 11:45 a.m.
at Mary Jacobs Library. Crafting fun
with a special theme. This weeks
theme is Surprise Paintings! Reg-
istration required. Call (609) 924-
7073, ext. 5.
Angry Birdsat the Library:
Grades three to five. 5 to 5:45 p.m.
at Mary Jacobs Library. Teams will
compete against each other for the
ultimate Angry Bird smackdown.
Winning birds will be rewarded and
not just with eggs! Registration
required. Call (609) 924-7073, ext.
5.
TUESDAY
March 27
FOR ALL
Montgomery Township Economic
Development Commission meet-
ing: 7:30 p.m. at Montgomery Town-
ship Municipal Offices, 2261 Van
Horne Road, Belle Mead. Visit
www.mont gomery.nj.us to confirm
meeting time and for more informa-
tion.
Montgomery Township Zoning
Board of Adjustment meeting: 7:30
p.m. at Montgomery Township
Municipal Offices, 2261 Van Horne
Road, Belle Mead. Visit www.mont
gomery.nj.us to confirm meeting
time and for more information.
Mah Jongg Open Play: 1 to 4 p.m. at
Mary Jacobs Library. Come enjoy a
game or two. Everyone will get a
chance to play. Free and open to the
public.
FOR CHILDREN
Toddler Sing with Pat: Ages 1 to 3.
10:30 to 11 a.m. at Mary Jacobs
Library. Sing along fun for kids with
Pat McKinley. No registration is
required.
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College will offer daytime classes
for school-age children during
spring break from April 2 to 5 and
from April 9 to 12. Classes will be
offered in the areas of visual and
performing arts, science and en-
richment.
The following classes for
youngsters ages 6 to 17 will be of-
fered at the colleges Branchburg
Campus:
Visual and performing arts:
multimedia painting; fun making
sculpture; wearable art; portrait;
food for thought; shiny, bumpy
and rough; ceramics; intro to the-
ater and mime.
Science classes: battle-bot build
a thon; chemical magic plus; we
do robotics; secret agent lab;
space: infiniti & beyond; robotic
rescue training.
Enrichment classes: chess I;
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& games; young authors work-
shop; etiquette for young leaders;
the money camp and MS Office.
For information about individ-
ual courses, dates and fees, or to
register, visit www.raritanval.edu
and go to Youth Programs in the
QuickLinks.
Youth program brochures also
can be picked up at the college ad-
vancement office (located in the
lower level of RVCCs College
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information, email youth@rari-
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ext. 8404.
Children can spend
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Elauwit, publisher of The Sun
newspapers, has announced new
leadership.
Barry Rubens will become
chief executive of Elauwit on
April 1.
This is an exciting moment
for Elauwit, Chairman of the
Board Russell Cann said of
Rubens promotion from his cur-
rent role as chief financial officer.
Barry has brought a wealth of
experience and wisdom to
Elauwit, and we are all excited to
see him use that knowledge to
lead our company.
Rubens succeeds Dan McDo-
nough, Jr., who steps down as
chief executive March 31. McDo-
nough has run the company for
the past three years and will con-
tinue to serve on Elauwits board
of directors and on its executive
committee.
Barry has been a trusted
teammate, a mentor and a friend
for the last three years, McDo-
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In addition to serving as chief
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served on the board of directors
of Elauwit. Prior to joining
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served as the senior vice presi-
dent and chief financial officer of
CT Communications, Inc. (NAS-
DAQ: CTCI), where he helped
grow revenues from $40 million to
$160 million.
Alan Bauer has been named
vice chairman of the Elauwit
Media board of directors. He has
served as general manager and
editor of the company since its
formation in 2004. He is responsi-
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company, overseeing news and
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working with community and
business leaders and promoting
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need care, as well as older plant
matter, he said. He wants new
plantings to ensure a good
start.
Mercurio will also suggest re-
placement plants if necessary.
In the plant bed, he will con-
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His program of lawn care will
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Board members showed great
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Other maintenance issues
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Also at Orchard Hill Elemen-
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The fence along the school also
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The parking lot at Montgomery
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Meanwhile, as repairs and im-
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and 10 a.m., Wednesday, March
28, 9:30 a.m., Friday, March 30,
9:30 a.m., and Sunday, April 1, 5:30
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After that clinic is over, for
those people, were going to be of-
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They would become a mem-
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Anderson said the clinics
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baseball.
Its not going to really, seri-
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At the club, members play on
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pro.
According to Anderson,
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The experience of attending
the starter clinics is beneficial in
that participants will know more
of what to expect from the sport.
When you do start to play
matches, youre not so fearful of
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3 and you can play until youre
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sport that anybody can play.
Anderson called tennis a
bonding experience in making
lasting friends. Plus, the added
benefit of some extra exercise is
a good reason to jump in and try
the clinic.
Having proper equipment and
hitting the ball correctly are also
extremely important to keep in
mind while beginning to play ten-
nis, said Anderson.
Weve had people who have
come in here for our starter clin-
ics with a racquet from 30 years
ago. We dont recommend doing
that, she said. The technology
is so good now. You can get a fair-
ly inexpensive racquet that will
take care of your body. How you
hold the racket makes a differ-
ence, too. The starter clinics will
show you how to do it the right
way.
The club has a total of 15 ten-
nis courts, Anderson said 10 in-
door and five outdoor, hartru
courts, which is a softer clay ma-
terial.
There is a pro shop on-site to
make purchasing tennis gear
simplified.
The pro shops Brooke
Sarmiento said the average price
for an adult racquet ranges be-
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general, can cost as low as $89
and extend to $279.
If you are not quite yet ready
to purchase your own racquet,
demoing one is possible.
You can demo a racket for a
small fee, Anderson said. At
some point, you would want to
buy yourself a racquet.
The clinics are a good learning
experience, claimed Gino
Carosella, director of adult ten-
nis at the club. Overall, they have
been successful.
Clinics are offered each year in
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Sign up for the free adult
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