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Army Corps issues Rt. 92 EISBy Matthew KirdahyStaff Wriler

The ■ U.S. Army Corps of Engineers unveiled a Draft En­vironmental Impact Study to the public Wednesday , th'ai could ; determine" whether Route , ‘)2 gets built. ; ;

The study reviews the envi­ronmental; impact, iral'llc alter­natives and Traiffie impacts on

the region of Route V2 a pro­posed ft.7-mile toll road that

w o u ld , conneet the N.J. Turn­pike at Ex it 8A with Route 1 at Ridge Road. .

While the draft EIS did'not take a position on the highway, it said that constniction ol a new cast-west highway would improve easi-west tralllc and. provide an alternative for tralUc moving north and south, and re­

duce tralllc impacts on local roads.

Koko Cronin, iiroject man­ager lor the Army Corps ol En­gineers, had said in the past that ihe coqis would not issue a rec­ommendation on the roadway .tiniil all the cooperating agen­cies — the state Department of Transportation, the N.J. Turn­pike Authority and the state l-'ish and W ild life Commission —- Unished reviewing and com­

menting. on the preliminary drall ol the environmental im­pact statement. .She was noi m her olfice Wednesday and could not he reached lor comment.

'Ihe public w ill gel to com­ment on the draft EIS at a pub­lic hearing slated lor May 20 a t, the Raddisson Hotel on Route I in South Hrunswick Irom 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. w ith a jiause for a dm-

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and awardsI've never done this job for awards.

■ ,1 idTi a new.sman. through and through, committed to covering .S'outh- Brunswick the way Brooks Robinson used to cover the hot comer for the Oriples.'My goal has always been to make the Post "the paper of record" for the township.

My staff shows the same commit­ment. News Editor John Saccenti. Sports Editor Rich Fisher and Social Editor .Melissa .Morgan approach each . issue of the Post with a sense that \vc

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HankKalet

are recording llie llrst draft of local his­tory.

Thai's why 1 am pleased to an­nounce that the Post has been rccog- ni/ed once again by our peers in the New Jersey' newspaper business for the effort we exert every week. On .‘\p'ril 15, the .New Jersey Press Association recogni/ed the South Brunswick Post w ith its General Excellence aw ard for publications w ith a circulation of less than 4.500 readers — the award given to Ihe Stale’ s lop newspaper.

It is the sixth time that the Post has w on the.aw aril in Ihe 12 years it has lieen awarded and the fourth in the last live years. .•Mtogeihcr this y ear, the Post won SIX awards.

We won llrst place tor General Ty­pography and l.ayotil ol the entire ijewspajier and .Mr. Saccenti and 1 wem

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Calendars 12AClassified IBEditorial 8ALifestyle 12AObituaries 4APolice 4AReligious 14ASchools 11ASeniors 15ASports 16A

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Leading offThe South Brunswick Athletic Association held its annual opening-day ceremonies and parade Satur­day at Reichler Park. The league held a full slate of games following the ceremony. Above, Joe Calva- no's rookie league Pirates team leads the opening-

day parade; right; Mateo Webster of the rookie league Phillies team plays with this year's first

handful of infield dirt. For more photos from theday, see Page 16A.

Photos by Kelley Nelson

VotersapprovebudgetBack 2 incumbents and 1 challengerBy Sharlee Joy DiMenichiStaff W riter

Voters backed a SIOV.-S in illion .school budget Tues­day, and replaced an iiicum- henf school board member.

Challenger .Miehael .Ma­han unseated incumbent Paul Prodromo while fellow’ in- eumhenls Lf. Harry Delgatlo and .Anna Tupe kept their po- sitioiix. ,Mr. Mahan ouipollcd Dr. Prodromo 964-949.

•Ms. Tupe was. the top \o- le-getler w ith 1,469 votes and l.t. Delgado received 1,176; Challengers Devlin Ponte re­ceived 919 Notes, Arthur Robincon earned 541. E li/ii- heth S/enasi received .hi4 and Erl Birch reeeiNcd 26.’v

•All results are based on Notes eoiinied as of Wedne.s- day and do not ineliitle prew i- sional votes -— those cast by voters not previously regis­tered — wliich will he re-

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A soldier in the war zoneSBHS grad stationed in IraqBy Matthew KirdahyStaff Writer

Instead of being in .South IJrunsw ick with his family or in E'lorida with his new N v ile , Andrew Bolomy spent Ills birthday m the lrat]i desert.

Lance CpI. Bolomy, a U..S. .Marine stationed in E'all- ujiih. Iraii. luriied 20 on .A]iril 10. Ilis mom, ANiriaiia Bo lo­my of North Umberhind Way, said CpI. Bolomy sent herane-mtiil .April 15 with

the subjeei ■'Eih still iiIinc."■■That's the kind of guy

.Andrew is." Ms. Bolomy said m her liv mg room the tlay she received the e-mail. ‘■He's al­ways upheat. He takes things ill stride. He's a funny guy. The e-mail was ncin .Andrew- Ish." ■

Ills brother. Jason Bolo­my. 21. said CpI. Bolomy was. probably the only guy who was unla/ed by boot

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...fighting in Iraq

Baroni offers legislation to curtail traffic on Rt. 1By Matthew KirdahyStaffVVriler

On. it liigh-Nohime irallie comer of Route 1 Tuesday', A.s.semblymaii B ill Baroni ex­plained three jiroposed hills that he says would "chaiige the way Nve ilrive Route 1

With South Brunswick Po­lice Chief Miehael Paquette and Traffic Sgt. M ike Kush- warra ai his side. Mr. Btironi spoke at a podium on the cor­ner of Major Road and Route 1 about three bills he said

would ex|iaiul the state's "safe eoindor" designation: regulate Route I truck Irallie and re­quire die N.J. 9'uinpike ,Au- thorny to reduce toll rates en- eoui.iging trucks to use the N.J. Turnpike.

In Ju ly, the state tlesignat- ed that Route 1 pist lumh of the Route I toll bridge m Trenton to Caniegie Center Boulevard in West Windsor and from Henderson Road in South Brunswick to just north o f Old Post Road in Edison*

would he eoiisidered the sale corridor.

The law ilouhles the lines lor motor v e h ic le N io la iio i is III a safe c o r r id o r .

1 he sale corridor designa­tion cxchiiles most ot South Brunswick. whichM r. Baroni hopes to add to the safe corri­dor this year.

"Just on my way in here today, there was a irallie b.u'kup down the road here Just into Plamsboro w here an

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l&R panel eyes May for petitionBy Malthew KirdahySt.iff W riter

.A eili/ens group trying to get campaign finance limits on the local ballot Nvill continue Its el forts cNcn though the I’oNMisliipCouncil may pursue similar rcli'inis.

Mcmheis ■ ol the South Brunswick InitiatiNc I'or C.im-

paign E'inance Relorm said ■April 14 that they planned to push ahead because there is still a ehanee that a "pay to play" ordinance can he held u[n at the council level.

llic iniliaiiNc and reform group proposes ih;ii eompanies seeking seiNice eontracis with

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Stall photo by John Keating

Three little IndiansMichelle Pulese, Danielle Zollo and Jessica Himmel perform a rain dance during Constable School's annu­al powwow. For story, see Schools, Page 11 A.

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The South Brunswick High School visual ensemble was one of the top 191

United States high schools that competed April 15 in the Winter Guard Interna­tional Championships in

San Diego. The team com­peted against teams from the United States, Canada

anddapan and captured 12th place in the United States in their division.

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Small Bninswick and Mon­roe re.sident.s from .such groups as the National Council o f Jew­ish Women and the Monroe Township League of Women Voters expect to join the march, which seeks to demonstrate sup-, port for Roc v. Wade, the land­mark Supreme Gourt decision protecting a woman’ s right to an abortion-

in the decision, the Supreme Court held tliat denying access to abortion violates the due pro­cess clau.se of. the 14th Ameiid- meni; The 14th Amendment mandates that before citizens or naturalized people can be de­prived of life, liberty or proper­ty. due process of law for in­

stance a trial, must be granted. Tile court viewed preventing women I'rom having abortions as depriving tliem of liberty w'ith- o iil due process.

Tho.se planning to demon­strate said they recall the danger women faced from illegal abor­tions before the 1973 decision and hope to preserve abortion access. ..

“ 1 don’ t plan on having an abortion at 86. believe me. but 1 want my grandciiildren to have the right.” said Betty Kleiter of the Monroe Chapter o f the League of VVonien Votefs.

.Others nofed lhat, ill addition to working to keep abortion le­gal. marclicrs would'ilnd making a public statement personally

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"It would be inspiring lo make a stand for somelbing you believe in." said Helene Green­berg. co-presidenl of the Nation­al Council ofJewish Women.

Ms. K iclier said the march Would have personal meaning for her. Ms. Kletter said she un­derstands from family experi­ence the importance of access to clean, safe abortions.

' “ My nioiher was. pregnant several times. I always knew When ’she was pregnant and didn’ t want any niore children’

just couldn’ t, afford any more children,” Ms. Kletter said.

Ms. Kletter -.said her mother would periodicaily leave the family farm and travel to visit family in upstate New York and return exhausted and ill. Ms. Kletter said .she eventually: learned that her mother’ s sick­ness was caused by repeated abortions administered in .secret on the kitchen tables of her rela­tives. :

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Center becomes Office on AgingBy Matthew KIrdahy■StaffWriter

Five years ago, the South Brunswick Senior Center had about 90 visitors each day.

Since that time, that number has grown to 16.S visitors a day.

And, with more newcomers craving activities and social in­teraction, comes die demand for revamped township senior serv­ices. '

, That’ s why the. Township Council created the South Brunswick Office on Aging

■— the new authority on senior happenings in the community — earlier this month.

Tile new office will, be in charge o f .senior transportation and serve as a resource for so­cial, educational, cultural, recre­ation and nutritional programs.

Christine Wildeniuth, who served for the past five years as the senior center supervisor, w ill ; sene as the director for the new office. With the new position comes a S 12,04.‘i raise.

She said the demand for sen­ior services in the community has grown because of the in- crea.sed senior population and its diversity.

, Ms. AVildemuth said that since the township has an office solely dedicated to senior .serv­ices now, it ’s much easier to meet the .seniors’ needs ratlier than having to go through the Recreation Department first. Un­til now, the South Bnmswick Senior Center had been run by the Recreation Department.

.“ It’ s a lot easier to get things done and pul ideas out there,” Ms. .Wildemuth, about the new office, which w ill focus bn resi­dents 55. and older. ’’This way we can. be more focused on the senior needs in the community and the seniors, can come here for .stuff.. This organization aligns us with the state and na­tional offices on aging.’ ’

Ms. Wildemuth .said the new . office would make the township eligible f o r , state and county grants to help bring more pro­grams to the town. , . .

In addition, the new office w ill serve as the Office of Veter­ans Affairs. Ms. Wildemuth said the veterans and their families can receive information on bene­fits and services such as .state and federal entitlements, trans­portation services, health care, housing and burial entitlements.

“ It’ ll be a central place for vets to come for infomiation," Ms. Wildemuth said., “ I’ m sure we’ ll work, with the South Brunswick VFAV,; We have a person from Veterans Affairs Sers'ices coming to talk about the veteran benefits. We’ re al.so looking into veterans support groups."

M.S, Wildemuth .said mem­bers of the hew office have al­ready formed an outreach conir mittee that w ill start meeting soon to .set goals. ’

The new office already has .started a program where the Meals on Wheels delivery truck w ill deliver books from the li­brary'to their clients.

.Spon.sored in conjunction with the South Brunswick Public

Library, the office on aging is in the early stages,of bringing the library home.

"It’ s called/Books and More to Your Door,’. ■’ Ms. Wildemuth

, said about.. the new service,. “That’s a pilot program that we’ ll make town wide cventual-•y-"' ’

Aside from adding variety to its senior services, one of the of­fice on aging's primary goals is to dispel a popular community stereotypes.

“We. want to lct the 55 to 60 year olds know that we httve programs for you :is well.” Ms. Wildemuth said. "Don’ t think that because it’s the senior cen­ter you have to be iii your 70s and 80s to come here.”

Tlie office on aging will host an open house from lO a.m. to 2 p.m. May I at the Senior Center to celebrate Older, Americans Month and Senior Centerweek. Ms. Wildemuth said there w ill be opportunities to Join the cen­ter. , meet the office staff, see Cliiss demonstrations and win doorprizes.

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Artists sought for Sept. 11 memoriaiBy Matthew KirdahyStaff W riter

Many people have spoken the phrase ‘'we w ill not forget” since Sept. 11,2001.

Soon its meaning w i l l be represented in a South Bruns­wick meinorial garden to the Sept. 11 victims, including three township, residents, killed in the attacks. ’

Local residents Kenneth l.e- dee, . 8, o f Monmouth Junction. Toyena Skinner. 27, of Kings­ton, and Mukul Aganvala, .17, of Kendall Park were killed in the attacks.

The South Brunswick Arts Commission is asking New Jer­sey artist.s, sculptors, architects, landscape designers and others,

"‘age 18 rind older, to submit pro­posals for the design of a meino­rial that Would remember the victims o f Sept. 11. 2001. On that day terrorists hijacked four jets and crashed, them in New York'^City. Washington, D.C., and ShaiiLsville. Pa.

Jeff Leebaw of the arts com- niission said the town.sliip. lost three residents on that day.

He said the competition, w hich ends June 30 at 4 p.m.l is open to candidates statewide to ensure variety in the design pro­posals. The artwork selected by the commission w ill be part of a garden on the Municipal Build­ing's front lawn,

“ Asking for people to make submissions w ill spark a lot of different ideas and sugge.stions.". Mr; Leebaw said, “ .As long as the candidates fu lfill criteria we've laid out here, we ucin’ t look at credentials"

The contestants will have to submit an ;ipplic;ition with the conmiission to enter. The guide­lines are outlined in the iipplica- lion.

The competition requires, the submission of a design concept and statement on a single pre­sentation board no more than l8-by-24 inches.

Mr. Leebaw said the com-

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"The direction we’ ve gone is to coibe biick before the council by early fall with 3 to 5 propos­als along with a recbmmendii- tion and then the council could detemiinc froth lite r? how they want to proceed,” Mr. Leebaw ; said. “ We’ re hoping for a some sort o f a beautiful commenu.ira- live memorial or centerpiece liiat' w ill appropriately reflect what occurred oh 9-11.” '

BySharlee Joy OIMehIchi StaffW riter .

When it comes to .song­writing, singer Karen Young follows her intuition.

Inspired by topics, ranging from a Dayton hairdresser to a plane crash to u w'oodland lake, Ms. Young writes lyrics by describing her ob.scrva- tions, and melodics ba.sed on emotions evoked by guitar chords she stntms.

“ I don’t think o f music as being technical because I'm not really educated in that,” .said ,Ms. Young, an East Windsor resident.

Ms. Young is scheduled to offer a benefit concert with her band Spin River at the P i­oneer Grange. 4 IQ Ridge Road, at 7:30 p.m; May 8. Proceeds arc to .support the Dayton Village Citizens Coa­lition, an organizjition work­ing to restore the 19th century Slack-Carrolj Hou.se. once the home o f Dayton’ s first doctor.

Ms. Young’.s fomial train­ing is in theater and voice. She holds an associate's degree in theater from Middlesex Coun­ty College and appeared as an extra in the movie “ Without a Trace.” :

Guest singer B riz i.s sched: uled to pre.scnt C iv il War era songs and music inspired by interviews with former slave's recorded in the 1930s.

While working at McMas- ler-Canr Supply'’ Company in Dayton.. Ms. Young w ro te songs about South Brunswick. Gne .siich tune Was inspired by Valerie Potts, who owns Images Hair Design on Ridge Road. •

“1 always thought she was just, Ijke, the neatesit lady be­cause 1 always wanted to have my own busines.s." said Ms. Young, who has been per­forming with Spin River for five years arid has been sing­ing since eighth grade.

Inspiration also come.s from farther afield, Ms. Young said. News reports o f the July 1996 cra.sh of TW A flight 800, which was carrying members of a Montoursvillc, Pa. school French club to Par­is, prompted a song about a bereaved mother’ s feelings while inside the bedroom o f her dead.child.

Ms. Young said she begun writing ope of her many na­ture songs while silling beside ■ a lake while vacationing in upstate New York.

“I -Started thinking about nature and owls and that sort of thing and I started writing down .some words about an owl arid him looking down on" the water and what he’ s think­ing,” Ms. Young said.

Ms, Young said she web comes the opportunity to u.se her talents in support o f the Slack-C;irroll House. She .said that before moving to her cur­rent job as an event coordina­tor for^e Dioce.se of Trenton, shc^^ltgularly admired thC'

■ Slaek-Carroll House from the convenience store next-door.

" W e always wondered, my friends arid j, yvlriti wa.s going to happen at that building while we silt eating our lunch at Wawa,” M.s. Young said.

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Attic fire caused by nest Man in drug saieBy Matthew KIrdahyStaff Writer

An 18-year-oId womnh had to leave her home following an attic fire in her Eastern Drive home Monday.

According to police, Patrol Officers Robert Jairdullo and Dan Olsson. arrived after re­ceiving a 911 call from a' neighbor at around 2:30 p.m.

Police said neighbor Leon Merriweathcr looked out the

rear window o f his Eastern Drive home and saw the smoke before maldng the call.

Police said there were no injuries. They also said the woman in the home was un­aware o f the blaze. Police said the home saw minor damage.

The officers determined the fire was coming from an attic fan on the back o f the house.

Police .said the two officers went to a second-floor bed­room and used an acce.ss door

to get to the attic. Officer O ls­son used a fire extinguisher to put out the fire, which was on the roof and some insulation.

The Kendall Park and Monmouth Junction fire de­partments also responded to the fire, which appeared to have been caused by an animal ne.st in the attic fan.

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Po lice have charged a 38-year-old Maryland man with selling cocaine, stealing checks, burglarizing a home and stealing a pickup truck in the township, police spokesman Detective James Ryan said Wednesday.

According to police. Roger .Strawscr faces one count o f dis­tributing a controlled dangerous substance after he allegedly sold cocaine to an East Brunswick police officer at the South Brunswick Manor on Route 1, Detective Ryan said.

tioii. Detective Ryan declined to specify the amount of the do- cainc or the date o f the sale and other crimes,-which he said oc­curred within the past two months.

Mr. Strawser also allegedly burglarized a.mobile home in.the Oakdale Mobile Home Park, where he .stole two checks. De­tective Ryan said. Mr. Strawser cashed One check for .SI20 and police have not recovered the other, Deiective'Ryan said.

Police said Mr. Strawser also stole a pickup truck from near the South Brunswick manor. Po­lice recovered the truck in Tren­ton. Detective Ryan said.

Citing an ongoing invesliga- ’ Detective Ryan said .Mr-.

Strawser faces two counts of- theft and one count o f burglary. If convicted of all charges, Mr.-. Strawser could be impri.soned' fof20ycars. . .

Detective Ryan said Mr, Straw.ser could face additional charges after a grand jury re-- views the case.

Mr. Strawser is being held at the Middlese.x County Adult Correction Center in North Brunswick in lieu of .$6,000 bail.

Detective Ryan said Mr. Strawser has been held since'. April 14, when E:tst Brunswick police arrested him and Souths Brunswick detectives connected him to the thefts and burglary Wednc.sday. .

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Mr, Luppino is survived by his loving w ife of 27 years. Sheila Davis Luppino; ' two daughters, Patricia Ann Swift and Katherine ; Luppino: a .son, Anthony W'. Luppino; . and six grandchildren.

Funeral services were held on Saturday, .April.. 17. at Jaciui- Kuhn Funeral Home. 17 S. Ade­laide Ave.. Highland Park, fol­lowed by a funeral liturgy at ,St. Augustine of Canterbury R.C. Church. Kendall I’ark. Entomb-, meiu followed at. Resurrection Buriiil ParkMausoleum, Piscaia- way. In lieu o f tlower.s,-memori­al conifibutions may be made to the American Cancer Society. 846 .Main St„ Fords. N.J. 0886.1

William B. LowandeWilliam B. Lovyande. 89,

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. BonVin -Ancon, Panama Ca­nal Zone. Ire was: raised in New Brunswick, graduated from New Brunswick High School and at­tended Rutgers University be­fore enlisting in the Anhy in 1943. He saw eoinhat (HI flic Fu- ro()ean from as a ■•forward ob­server" in Normandy, northern France and ihc Rhincla.iul. He was . awarded a balilcllckl promotion to. first liculenaiit by Cicn, George Fi. Patton for "me- rilorioiis ;ieiion."‘ He also le-' Ceived the Bronze StarWith Oak Lea f. Clu.vier iiiul two Purple Hearts. He was a member of the Ceiiiral .New .Icrxe) Chapter of the Mililary O lfieeis' .-Xssoeia- lion of America;

After the war. he returned to New Bmnswick and worked a.s an accountant for Peat. Marwick & M ild ie ll W hile continuing his, education tit Rutgers. He re­ceived his bachelor's degree in 1947 and nioyed to Deans. He

worked as an accountant at Bor-- .roughs and vvas. comptroller for Adirondack Baseball Bat Co. of Dolgevillc, ,,N.Y.. and Mideasl', Aiuminuin of South Bhinswick before retiring in 1976, After re-', tiremeni. he worked for the Post Office Credit.Union.

He Was an. active member of Six M ile Run -Reformed Church in Franklin Park, w h e re he ’ served as church treasurer for,

m any years. He served as an cld-, cr and deacon on The, church consistory and worked long and hard on niany other church com-- mittees. He w as active in South Brunswick politics in the Six-,

■ lies, becoming chairman of the Smith Brunswick Republican I’arty and eventually running for the .Assembly. He had served on .the Delaware Raritan Valley G irl Seoul Council.

He is sur\ ived by his wife of .52 years, Loui.se Edwards I.ow- ande; Two daughters. Karen and her husband, Souheil Ben Salha. rtf Rivefside, Calif., ami ,Sus;in, at liuine; a brother. John A. and his wife, Giz.ella Lowande. of Franklin -Park; and se\er;il nieces and nephews:

l-uneral services were held' .Monday. April 19. al Selover, Inineral Home. 555 Georgc.s Road. North Bninswick. Ijiier- menl followed in Van Liew, Cemetery in North Brunswick. In-lieu of llowers, contrihuiions can he imule to the Six M ile Run Reformed ('huieh. Route 21. l-ranklin Park. N.J. 08823.

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Police c.iid someone al- lempted i(' buy eom|Hiier et|ui|i- nieiii on four separaie occasions for$i;J0. $322. $120 and $220.

Police said the orders were' ne\er processed because ihe card expired.

,A eell phone, ;i briefease ami a Dell lapiop eompiilei-.with a. total value (it $2,820 were siolon. from the. re;ir of a parked ear

Dulside. the,.Courtyard Hotel on. Koine 32 between 7:25 and 7:50. a.m:.ApiiM5.

Someone keved a ear tliai was-parked on C lie iiy .Street in Kendall Park helween 8 p.m. .April 14 and 5 p.m, .April 15.

Someone eul ihe chains o il a bamlieap swmg at. the play­ground on Kara .Street. I l l .Mon­mouth Junction ill aroiiiul 5 |i.m. I-ridav.

Someone smashed ihe wind­shield of a 1991 .Mazda R.X-7 parked on Quiiiey C ircle in Day- Ion between 11 p.m. Saturday ami 11:3.5 a.m. Sunday.

Police round a brick next lo the. ear ;iiul said it was probably thrown at the windshield. After the buck hit the wiiulshield it ricoelieied - onto a black 2003 .Mercury ixirkcil next to the .Maz­da, scratching. ilii; hood and w indshicld.-. . .

Someone smashed the front door window and stole a mint- hike from Valley's Garage on Route 1 in .Monmouth Juneiion between 8 p.m. Siimlay amt 5:45 p.tii. .Monday.

Police said Ihe total loss was $300

Some slmibbery was crushed and lurmiurc rearranged lo form skate ramps in the hack . of Princeton Radiology in Kondull Park between 4 p.m, Friday and, 8 ;i.m. .Moiuiav.

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Traffic. Petition.Continued from Page lA

am bu lance co u ld n ’ t get through," Mr. Baroni, who trav­eled from Hamilton Township, .said. “This road is dangerous.”

Chief ' Paquette said that since Jan. 1, 2002', the police have issued 1.300 traffic viola­tion summonses and reported 600 accidents. Police estimate that between three and four o f those accidenLs were fatal.

“We thought that the vol­ume of traffic and the numbers I was able to give you a few min­utes ago really spoke volumes about the need to do something about the traffic in South Brunswick," the chief said.

Under the first of Mr. Baro- ni’ s proposed bills, the defini- tiort. of safe corridor w ill in­clude any, portion o f a state highway connected to two safe corridors, if.that portion is less than 15 miles in.Icngth.

In addition, i f a portion of a safe corridor travels through a municipality, the designation is expanded to include the remain­ing portion of the highway lo­cated in that municipality.

Mr. Baroni's second b ill would require the Turnpike Au­thority to prohibit passenger vc- ihcles from using lanes of the N.J..TutTipikc dedicated to com -. mercial 'vehicles and buses ex-; cept during emergencies, lane closures, traffic, un.safe road conditions or any other condir tion that slows the flow of traf­fic as determined by the N.J. Turnpike Authority.

Mr. Baroni’ s third proposal .seeks to lower toll rates along the N.J. Turnpike, which he said would encourage trucks to use the N.J. Turnpike, as op­posed to local roads.

“in iis legislation would help us ge) r id of these nonlocal trucks on Route 1,” Mr. Baroni said. “ In an ideal world, the courts. would allow us to ban nonlocal trucks because these: are trucks don’ t stop on Route 1 but are using Route 1 as their osvn free private driveway."

.Mr. Baroni .said he is wail­ing for a .hearing with the A s­sembly Transportation Commit-

. tee on the proposed bills.

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the township be limited in the amount of campaign contribu­tions they can make at local and county levels.

.. Tire council discussed a similar reform plan April 13 and plans to introduce it in ordi­nance; fomv on April 27. Tlie council dis’eussed so-ca lled . “ pay-to-play" reforms through­out 2003, but a majority on the council decided not to support them.

While the council has not decided what restrictions w ill be included in its own ordinance, council members had expressed a desire to have it coven both businesses, seeking contracts, from tlic township and develop­ers with applications before the planning and zoning boards. ■

The citizens group met April 14 to discuss its draft or­dinance and petition! The group needs 549 signatures — 10 per­cent o f the number of vote.s cast in the la.st General Assembly general election — the ordi­nance goes on the November

Soldier.Continued from Paget A

camp."He came out o f boot camp

saying, ‘ thatwas fun,’ " Jason said. "There were gijys crying and dropping out and he said. 'itwasfun.V"

Cpl. Boiomy was among 600 recent graduates-of Marine Corps boot camp who sailed from the U.S. Marine base iii New,River. N.C.. to the shores of Kuwait. He.has been in Iraq for almost a month after only finding out in early November he would be deployed.

“He got married because he knew they were going to be de­ployed." .Ms. Bulumy said.

Cpl. Boiomy married .Amanda Pennineton. 20. in K is ­simmee. l-la..,Nov. 29. 200.3.Ms. Boiomy said her son left his wedding ring with his wife.

"He told her to keep the ring here because he's coming back lor it,'’M s . Boiomy said,

.She said Cpl. Boiomy, who is in Squtidron MMM-261. .Ma­rine .Aifcrart Group 26, origi- iially was scheduled to stay in Iraci for seven,months. Recent­ly, that was bumped to nine ' months.

C|il. Bolomy’s (lad. .Alan Boiomy of .Monroe Township, said lengthening the duration of the soldiers' stayTn Iraq lowers troiyp morale.

"How arc you supposed to keep their spirits up when yoii're changing things like that," he said.

.According to tlie squadron's Web site, ww w .ragingbullsfa- mily.com. it's the squadron's mission to provide iissault sup­port of combat troops, supplies and equipment during land and water operations and any other operations ashore.

"Hopefully, he'll he home by riituiksgis ing." a frustrated- Ms. Boiomy said

.She has little contact w iih her son. a 2002 graduate of Syniih Brunswick High -School. They infrequently e.xchange e- inaiis. Cpl. Boloiiiy writes to . his mom and she responds hop­ing to liCiir something,soon. ,

Ms. Boiomy said that origi­nally she w ;is gung-ho about her son joining the m ilitary, when lie graduated high school, but niiw she's not so sure about that. She said the news about the unrest and reports o f Ameri­can ^oldiers being attacked and in some cases killed es ei.y day hasn't heipc’d her cope w ith Ins absence.

"I'm worried about him." she said."I'm more current on the news. His whole family and extended family are pioud ol .Andrew and proud that he has embraced the opportum'iy to serve his country."

.Mr. Boiomy said he sup­ports his son. but not the Amerr lean military 's ptesence in haep He saufihe elfori to help estab­lish a stable lra(| government

■while policing the country is a lost cause, • \

"If something liappeii.vtir"'- • niN son. this country is not going to likeme.” ."xli. Boiomy said. ".My son is fighting for no reasmi because this thing is never going to stop. You re tar- ueting this one country. Are y ou eoimi to go into the next coun- rrvpimd do it to them and keep losing (leople for no. reason'.’ NolKidy..should be losing their kids over there."

Cpl. Bolomy’s 15-vear-old brother. Gregory, a Monroe res­ident. said he supports his brother’ s decision to light just as lone as he remains un­

harmed,“ 1 think if lie really wants to

serve his county, it's OK," Gre­gory said. "Just as long as he's safe over there."

Ms. Boiomy said Cpl. Bolp- iny isn't allowed to divulge his whereabouts or details about his mssigntimms via emiail. The only thing she knows is that he was oh nighttime rooftop guard duty for one assignment.■ Aside from other tasks Cpl.

Boiomy is assigned, his training is in servicing thi; vveaponry on medium vertical jilt assault air­craft — the helicopters with dual propellers used to transport trc'ops.

Cpl. Boiomy's superior o ffi­cers update the soldiers' fami­lies w ith newsletters on the s(|iiadron’ s Web site where sol­diers listed items they need. The requests on theAVeb site in­clude razor blades, feminine, toiletry products, playing cards, "good’Moilei paper and foot powder.

, "1 don’t know, they rccom- iiiendcd that Andrevy buy a bike before he goes over there," Ms. Btylomy said with a laugh. "So in an e-mail one of the things he asked for were 26-inch tire tubes."

People can check out the , donation requests at the squad­ron's \Veb site. Ms. Boiomy said Cpl. Boiomy alsohas re­

quested Gatorade, Kool-Aid and Chef Boyardee canned . food, which his wife plans to seiid.

“ Also, too, since they don’.t htive a lot o f water, they, ask that we send diaper wipes, so ' they, can clean themselves off." M.s. Boiomy said.

Meanwhile, iCpl. Bolomy's family members are.back home, thihkirigabout him and working to honor his care package re­quests, regardless of how un­usual the reque.sts are. ;

Cpl. Bolomy's brotlmr. Ja- c son, a student,at Devry in North

Brunswick, says he stays away ' from the media broadcasts about the war because his mom does enough watching and w or­rying for the both of them. I3ut that diresn’ l iiiean he’ s not con­cerned.

Jason said he knows Cpl. Boiomy has the skill and 'wjiercw’ithal to adapt to the toughest conditions. Befoie Cpl. Boiomy left for duty and a life of taking orders to survive. Jason gave hjs brother some oi - (ler.s of his own..

"I think i i ’ s good for him.", Jason said. "I think my moin

. stresses a little too much about ■ it, but Andrew's goi a good

' head on his shoulders and he's a tough guy. Before he left. I told him good luck and to come back in one piece."

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Tvyo residents (ittended the public meeting along w ith; rep- re.sentatives from Common Cause NJ and the Center for C iv ic Responsib ility , two groups working for campaign iTnance reforini

Committee member Joe Del Guercio said the group would like to have the petition out in three to four weeks.

"Once you tell people what it does and ordinary taxpayers understand it. they’ ll sign it .w ithout'a problem," M r . Del Guercio said.."If it goes to vote, rthink it’ ll pifss overw'helming-. ly. When we’ re out there in your neighborhp.od getting sig- ;natures. Ft’s going .to. raise awareness." .

The citizens group has draft­ed an ordinance that. include,s that $400 clause as well as a prohibition on cciinpanies .seek­ing no-hid contracts' with the township that keeps them from contribiiting more . than. $1,200 total to the political campargn of a . candidate or officeholder who ,c;in determine Whether to award the Contracts, liichided in the S1.200- limit are .eiimribu-, tions to political entities such as

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Also under the committee’ s plan, no political contribution made prior to Jan. 1, 2005, w ill be considerad a violation. The . office'that is considered to have "ultimate responsibility" for the award o f the contract is the council, i f ii approved o r spent township money on the goods and services. ‘

According to the plan, the professionals the township hires will have to sign ;i sworn agree­ment stating they have nm made

■ a contributionWithin three years of signing the contract.

If a company or person vio­lates the ordinance, the town­ship would have no more than 60 days to' hife a hew service prov ider.

■ "Vy'c’ re trying to close some of the loopholes, but nothing is going to be perfect," Mr. Guer­cio sa id ."You can get so strict with this that you can nin into constitutional problems. The language vvt: have is about thor­oughness, fairness and simplici-

Heather Taylor of C'oinmon Cause said her organization has a model that 14 other immici- palilies in the stale have used to develop a campaign finanee re- fonn ordinance. Those towns include Sayreville Township,.

Hopew ell Tow nsh ip . O ld Bridge Township ' anil Mont­gomery Township.

Ms. Taylor .said that in Franklin Township in Hunter­don County and Lawrence Township in Mercer County passed ordinances that do not include restrictions on' county campaign dohations. However, Lawrence is working on a peti­tion to amend itsordinance to

■ include the county. Hamilton Township in Mercer County drafted a petitipn for a similar campaign finance reform ordi­nance and 4.(XX) registered vot­ers signed it. Tlie Township Council there passed the ordi-. nance after seeing signatures.

"The movement for reforai has been increasing," Ms. Tay­lor said. "There are several more municipalities that are considering reform and there’s been this, mounting cause for re­form and that’ s w'hy I think (the .South Brunsw ick council) brought it up again."

Residents Joan and Paul Murray supported the,commit-, tee’ s proposed ■■pay-to-play" or­dinance. Ms, Murray said it is long overdue.

■■it’ ll get r id o f qll o f the po­litical competition," Ms. Murray said. ■■It’ s important for people to gel paid lor what they do and not how much they contrib­uted.” •

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The South Brunswick High School Asian Cultural Club presented “Pure Imaginasian” during its annual show Friday at the South Brunsvyick High School. The event featured dancing, a fashion show and other entertain­ment, including an original story about a man named Ajatashatni, who is

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.-\ssemlily Toiiri-.ni and: : Ciaining C'nmmitice C'liainiian JclY Van Drew mi April S urged .-\ssemhly .Majority OlCiee re- seareher-N and rasiiui Control Commis.sion CTiairwoinan l.inda M. Kassekeri to ihomugiily ev- aniine llie eonsiitutionalii\ ol' spoils betting in .\ilanlie C'ii\

■Mr. \'.m Drew. D C'.ipe .Ma\. direeied Majority OlTiee sialT to determine whetlier leder- al ami slate laws woiild allow casinos to . olTer wagering on prol'essional sports_ teams. Mr. •Van Drew also .reipiested that Nls. Kassekeri look inii> the is­sue as the head ol the Casino Cmitrol (.'ominissioii, which is le-sponsihle lor lieeiising .iiul regitlaling the slate's e.isinos •Mr! Van Drew said .Ms. Kasse- keit. expressed inteiesi in doing, siieh an evahiation.

“ I’ lo le s s io n a l sp o ils hotting e o iild p io x id e a m ajo r biio.st lo e conom ie s r'll' .-NtlaiUie C i ix and ■New .lersex.!' s.nd .Mr. \'an D rew . "W ith o the r states e x ­pand ing the ir g am h im g o p p o it ii- m ties. sports be tting e o iiU i help

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. m ent, d e s im a iio n . \V c m ust tie ag g rcss ix c III re \ ie w in g the eon- s iitu iio n a l issues m i s j io r is b e l­ting I 'e lo ie we bet the lim ise on e li. ille n gm g federa l lasx"

•Mr, \ an D iew sa id lie w ou ld lio h l an .-Vs'.cmbly Im i i is i i i l . 'm iim iiie e h eam ie on the issue b e lo ie the l.e g is l. iu ire breaks tor Its ir . id ii io n a l s im iii ie r recess

I l ls aerim i on the i-.sue com es on the heels o l d is cu s ­s ion s as to w lu - ilie i in o le s s io n .il s p o ils g m iib ln ig c o u ld be used .is .1 source o l rexe iiue lo i b o ili ihe .-M la iiiie C i t y ca s ino s m u l the stale Inrdgei.

C m ie i l i lx . lode i.t l law lim its sports b e ll in g ’ to X e x .u l.i, O re ­gon . D e law a re ■ .u id M m it.im i. w h ile on ix N evada am i O reem i o t ie r i i .

New Jeisov had an ojipoiut­ility, ill 1‘bM to initiate sports helling when it w.is first legal­ized by the feilei.il government, but tile I.egislaiure\rid urn place a emistitutioiial ameiKlmeiii on the hallm for vmier aii|irov.il.

. "Manv ■ i|ues!ioiis suiToumi- liig the plausibiliiv' of s|ioits bet­ting need lo be answered belore we si.Ill emniimg the revenue that can be realized." said Mr. Van Drew. - .

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Voters.Continued from Page lA

leased by the counly in t.hrcc to todays.

Dr. Prodromo said Wednes­day he would wait for the provi­sional votes before deterifnining whether to ask for a re-count.

Voters polled by the Soutli Brunswick Post Tue.sday said they supported the school plan, which carried a $78.5 million ta.x-lcvy and said maintaining and e.xpanding district buildings was a chief concern for them.

“ Doing what needed’ to be

done to the buildings was prob­ably most important to me," said Kathy Ma//.ola. who voted at Indian Fields .School.

Transplanted Californ ian Rebecca Pavicy said she voted for the budget because she has seen school : buildings in her home- state become dilapidated for lack of adequate funding.

“We .see Tirsthand what .no money for .schools can do,” site said.

Ms. Pavley recalled the con­dition o f a. high school in an af­fluent neighborhood.

"It just lookedjike. it looked

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first place for front page layout. Fonner staff writer Rebecca To- kar/, Mr. Saccenti and 1 won a second place for Responsible Journalism: Public Service (Lloyd P, Bums Memorial Award) for our “Pockets of Need" series and Ms. Tokar/. won a second place for Respon- 'siblc Journalism: -Fnicrpri.sej:,..'’]I.j writing fora story looking into the background of former su­perintendent candidate Leigh Byron.. Photographer Jolm Keating won a second place for sports feature picture story. .Ms, Morgiin won iliird jilace for headline writing.

In addition. The Cranbury Press — which is produced by the same H)-person staff out of our Dayton office — won four awards: Rich Fisher won sec.- ond place for sports section lay­out and content and Mr. Sac­centi and 1 Won a third place for editorial section layout and con­tent. Mr. Keating won a secr)nd place for general news picture story and an honorable mention for sports reature. The Press has won the General F.xccllence award four times.

Writer Amy Brummer look first pliice in the feature writing category for lier three-part se­ries of tirticles, “ Beyonil Orgtm- ic..“ "I.oc.'il Actions" and “ It's About Ttiste."Which ran in TimeOFI-. the Ptickct group's entertainment m;ig;i/.ine. Time- O ff Editor Ilene Dube took home second place in the pack- - tiging the news product catego­ry fora specialty section.

Gwen McNtuiiiini won first place in the ctitegory of specitil subject writing for her tirticle. “ 'rraveling in the future's fiisi htne.'"nte story, which ap­peared in the Princeton Busi­ness Journal. w;is about Bus Rapid Transit systems.

This recogniiittn is gratify­ing anil. I hope, demonstrates to the community our commitment to what we do. Thtii the Da\ton siaffhas won lOCieneral F\cel- lence awards .in 12 years, de­spite the kind of regular staff turnover that occurs at a new s- paper of our si/e. is a testament to that commitment,

I also want to mention that tlie Post w ould not be the kind ■ of ptiper it has’heen without the active participation ol our read­ers. It IS their stories w.e tell, their letters that oiler substance to the Tow n Forum section and their children whose athletic ac­complishments are chronicled oh our sports itages. We could

. never have ilone this w iihout them.

■ The New ' 'ork Times' nioi- ip is “A ll the news that is lit to print" and the New 'I'ork Daily .New s claims to publish “.Ml the news that fits.".■.

We'd like to think our mot­to: should be. “ If it’ s in .South Brunswick, it's in the Post."

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like a prison, really," she said.'.'vSchool officitils and botird

mcmber.s said they had hoped for a more resounding endorse­ment of the budget, which passed by a vole . o f 1,491 to L052. ' :

Tlie pliin carries a tax rate increase of 14..1 cents per $100 of assessed valuation to S2.I0.

. Under that rate, the ow ner of-a house -assessed at the tow nship average o f SlSS.fiOO winild pay $.1,961 in school taxes, up $269 from the current school year.

“Obviously I'm pleased that the budget passed. I'm con­

cerned that the margin'wasn't greater than it.xvas," said Super­intendent Gary McCartney. .

, ,School board winners, said Tuesday that while they were pleased with their victory, the budget was a central concern,

“ I think that's the big elec­tion' tonight, that the citizens voted to have the schools move forw-ard." Mr. Mahan said.

Ms.Tupe expressed a sim i­lar view. .

'T in very happy to sec that the budget was supported by our community and Fm just re­ally proud of South Bruns­

wick.” Ms. Tupc^aid. •Dr. Prodromo .said he was

proud of the positive campaign he and other incumbents ran, in spite o f critics, including fonner khoo ls Superintendent Sam Stewart who joined fonner Su­perintendent Jame.sKimple in endorsing Mr. Ponte and Mr. Mahan in a letter to the South Brunswick Post.

Lt. Delgado, who works for the South Brun.swick Police Dc- paitmcnt. said that some of his critics wcr,c upset with the way teacher contract negotiations went in November.

“ 1 think some very good people wasted some very viilu- able. time mehing judgments and opinions about the way adults were treated and that's a different issue. We tried to fo cus in on the needs of children,'' L tf Delgado said Wednesday.

Mr, Ponte .said Tuesday night that the district would benefit from the candidates’ commitment to young people.

“ It’s a good thing w.hen you sec a lot o f candidtiies coming out because they want to -serxe and support the children." he said.

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EDITORIAL

Campaign reform must

There is nothing like a little grass-roots activism to gel the powers that be moving in the right direction.

That is the lesson that local residents should take from the Township Council's decision to introduce an ordinance next week liniiting campaign contributions from

. firms seeking to do business with the town­ship.. The. c.ounci! had m.xed a similar relbmi

■'' litiui nisTyeaniftericniajojity of it.s members raised concerns about die reforms’ constiui- tfonality.

We applaud the council: for coming to it.s sense and putting the pay-to-play reforms back on the table, but we are'concerned that the reforms that the council is likely toxrraft-

-• will be far weakenthan what is being pro- posed by the citizens’ group or that it could . purposely include language that would get the ordinance deemed unconstitutional.

Mayor Frank Ganibatesc and C ouncil-. man Edmund Luciano were both very cletir , in their objections to the ordinance last fall, saying it was unnecessary and could jead to . litigation. Councilman'Chris Killmurray, who sought to include developers in the fi­nal draft of the ordinance last fall, ultimately decided not to support it, citing cqn.stitutidn- al concerns'. . ,

So what’s changed in the last .six months?

The U.S. Supreme Court upheld signifi­cant portions of the federal McCain-Fein- ■ gold campaign reforms, dellating much of the trio 's constitutional arguments.

More importantly, a group of citizens decided to lake matters into their own hands by making use of the township's Initiati ve

."and Referendum law to try an end nin ; around the council on the Lssue;*. The citizens’ group — known as South . Brunswick Initiative for Campaign Finance TRafonn— is drafting a petition demanding ;jthat the council pass so-called pay-to-play• '•reforms that'would limit donations to.candi-! dates from firms seeking to do business with ; the township to $400 and would prohibit• them from donating more than $1,200 total ; during an election cycle to candidates and; local or county political organizations.

The group needs 549 signatures — or 10 I percent of the number o f voles cast in the ■ last General Assembly general election — to < get the ordinance on the November’general ! election ballot. It hopes to have the petition I in circulation in May.I While we think pa^to-play reforms may I prove to be little m o re ^ u i a Band-Aid on a I badly hemorrhaging campaign finance sys- ' ipm, we support the petition drive and think I every registered voter in South Brunswick I should sign it-.; At the very lea.st, it would send a me.s-.’ sage to local politicians that the ob.scene ! quantities o f cash being spent in South I Brunswick — and.in'paiticular. but the local ‘ Democrats — ;ire unacceptable.I We also think that the pay-to-play rules |.-should be only one of several separate rc- ►Jorms that include limits on the amount that, ►jiroperty ow'iiers with applications before ‘ township boards and commissions can con­

tribute.We also urge the leaders of the Demo­

cratic and Republican parties to meet and set negotiated spending limits for this year’s ctmipaign. These limits would be considered voluntary and should not raise constitutional, issues.

We continue to support public financing of elections, but have no illusions that the federal or stale governments will be moving in that direction anytime .soon. So in the meantime, W'e need to continue pushing for whatever reforms we can get.

POST FORUM

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The South Brunswick Post is'hosting a weekly forum that allovv readers and users o f the World Wide Web to offer their opinions on ayaricty o f issues.

The fonim is designed to encourage debate and- to offer the community infonhation about the dircclipn residents o f .South Brunswick want their town to take in the future.

Th is week's foruin topic is:Should campaign contrL

bution limits be placed on firms or individuals .seeking to do businc.ss with the town­ship?

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Nix Route 92, adopt bus planTo the editor:

The federal Environmental Pro­tection Agency has given New Jersey three years to bring its dirty air in line with national standards or lose federartiigliway funding. \Ve can all see the cause o f the problem: ever-in­creasing traffic, brought on hy a stunted and inadequate niass transit .system and an out-of-control road building machine.

Building new roads to relieve congestion is like playing Whack-a- Molc with traffic at a billion dollars a whack.’ In fact, it's .worse than that. New roads simply generate new traf­fic. which generates more smog and

■creates, “demand" for more new roads.

T liis vicious cycle iiiakes life worse for all o f us at a huge cost. Certain politicos wlio, arc aligned, with the sprawl indusiiy; havcv. pre­dictably. tried to pin the blame for smog on, say, Ohio povycr pl:inls. But we’ re all stuck in the real .prohlem everyday.

T lic solution is simple. We can shift the funding from smog-spewing new roads, like the N.J. Turnpike Au ­thority’s redundant and environ­mentally obscene Route 02, to rea l. solutions, like the proposed Bus Rap­id Transit sy stem along Route I.

LETTER & E-MAIL POLICYWe encourage our readers to

write letters to the editor. Letters must be received by 5 p.m. M on­day for consideration for the fol­lowing Thursday’s edition. (E- , mail letters can be submitted up until 9 a.m. on Tue.sday.)

Letters should be typed and signed, and should include the writer’ s address and daytime tele­phone number.

We w ill also accept letters sent via e-mail. E-mail me.ssages must likewise include home address and a daytime telephone number.

It is our policy to print, the name and town o f the letter writer. The telephone number is for pur­poses of confirmation only and w ill not be published. ,

Letters sent via.c-inail must be inciucled, in .the text of the e-mail ■ mc.ssagc. W c cannot accept lettcr.s

sent as attachments. 'We reserve the right to edit

letters and to lim it length and fre­quency. , ■ ’ ■

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397 Ridge Road;.Dayton Pro­fessional Center (behind Dayton Video).

PJcase call (732) 329-9214 to confinu receipt of- faxes dr e- inails.

Rather than worsening the prob­lem. BRT woukl genuinely relieve hotli tral'fic and shiog along Route I ' It's an idea W ith bipartisan support among forward-thinking leaders throughout central New Jersey,

We all want cleaner air and less tralTic. We ali wain to see our public money spent to improve our quality of life rather than hurt it. New mads like 92 arc public-policy dinosaurs.

Bus Rapid Transit is an i.dea whose time is now. ' ,

.Steve Masticpla Kingston

A heart-felt thanks to donorsTo the editor:

South Brunswick's Blood Hank Coiumillee would like lu sa\

"Thanks!'’ to l.s.3 donors who came to our Bl'ooil Donor Drive. We’appre- cinie iheir giv ing us pact cif a sunny spring .Saturday. A toKil ol 134 uiiils of much-needed blood were col­lected. . .

But vve’ re hopeful even inorc folks w ill Join us bet. Id at the Com­munity Center. We hope you' II make donating blood a lirc-long eommit- menl. ' . ' '. ' ■ .

Wc also want to thank those who lielpeil us with this drive: (itrl Scout Troops .3().s. .vS.s. 89(1. I .s.M. l.s.sS. 17.S.V and 1800 lor dcliscring fivers; all ihc u iluniccis who rHii up b ill­boards and posters, handled the icgis- iration ol’ donors and fed the siall.

We also acknowledge eullcge- bound Sean Hammer for his years of service and G irl Scout froop d5 for helping with our childcare for do-

; nuls, :... ; - . -■W c'rc grateful for suppori from

local businesses; .AiyP. Bagel Baskei, Beiler's .Meats.Home Depot. McCaf- frey's, M agya r Hank, .Vfomnouili .Mobile Homes. Pierre's Bakery, Shop-Rite. Super Slop iV .Shop, Tas- lee Subshop II, Tha i's Family Res- laurani. \\’egmaiTs and W ihl Oats.

If you'd like to join our commil- Ice and/or lend a helping hand with our coming blood donor drives, please call me al (7.J2l 297-.VI08.

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Reality TV casts a surreal glow on newsTve seen enough of W illiam

Hung,

1 admit, his bold butchering of Ricky Martin’ s "She Bangs,", a pain­ful bit o f pop wliether sung by the in­imitable Mr. Martin of someone else, was funny at first, But now, after re­peated viowings, I just want it to go away. - " : !.■ .

Instead, Mr. Hung wins a record contract and some unexpectedly de­cent sales — and the public appear­ances and other paraphernalia of fame have multiplied.

It’s all a joke. I know . But .w liiii started out as a cute bit bn a reality-. T V .show' about a man with delusions of stardom has turned into a joke on us. You can’t blame .Mr. Hung for taking the money, tliough I hope he understands that his big payday is due to his utter lack of talent and . willingness to make himself the butt o fa national Joke.

Hopefully, Mr, Hung’s momeiu in the s'un will not exceed Andy War­hol’ s proverbial 1.8 minutes and he , w ill be \yhisked of into a well de- served ob.scurity. But given the struc­ture of our cultural ob.sessions, we can he guaranteed thatmore W illiam Hungs w ill be coming down the pike. (Does anyone remember that ignoble Bril who achieved a hit of nameless celehriiy for slaughtering "Eye uf the Tiger." a clip of which made its w ay around the Web.')

The .American culture industry has become a parade o l so-called re­ality sliows tluil turn otherwise aver­age people into stars lo r the-moment. On the surface, one might be tempted to view the trend as llie application of the democratic ideal to the concept ol

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stardom, or perhaps a form of pure meritocracy in wliich the hesi and , most talented rise to the top.'

Tbe.iniplication js that anyone. ■with enough pluck and nerve and a modicum of talent should he able to make a name for himself ,in ource- : lebfiiy-obse.sscd culture — if only he can get himself in front ofa camera.

But fame on these shows — neep. hig for some, a bit longer in duration for some others — comes with a , price. Tlie would-be celebrity must run a gantlet o f poienlial liumifiaiion. There is Simon Cow'ell and his wicked longue on "American Idol," Donald Trump's signature tag,"you’ re lired" on "The Appremice" fj never ihought the majority of .Americans would actually want to, 'hear someone utter those two words) and the various permutations o f "Sur­vivor" and "The Bachelor" and all those other shows that rec|uire their eoniesiants to put up with an array ol embarrassments and abuse just so they call have a shoi at the pn/e ■ money. . • ‘

These eoninvanecs have infected llie news and political arenas, as well, with the major news maga/.ines and TV news-iirograms chasing alter each and every loser and mislil'and lurn-

. ing them into the hig story of ihe mo­ment. Yes. we gel coverage of Rich­ard Clarke and C.*oiid()Iee//.a Rice's testimony before the 9-11 commis­sion. but what everyone Wants to know is which eonteslaiil Jesse I'alm- er plans to eonneel with and w liether ".Apprenliee" loser Kwaine Jackson w ill take that hig job otter Irom Mark t.'uban.

In politics, this approach is at least panialty responsible tin the cre­ation and destruclioii of Howarvl Dean’ s candidacy — the former Ver­mont governor wins an on-line "pri­mary" conducted among liberal vbt- ers. gets some major cov erage for it, stalls raking in the big campaign cash and he’ s the star ofihe niomeiu.

‘ Then, vvith the attention planted llrm- ly'on all of his character flaw s, the Dean candidacy implodes in speciae- ular fashion, his “ scream" becoming the invlitieal equivalent ol Willimn Hung’ s "American Idol" audition.

We lend lo ireal our poliiieal leaders as eelehi ilies. prelerring lo locus on A l Gore’ s snri'iiess and John Kerry’ s serioii.siiess and not on wliai It IS iliev say. We (real iheiii as char­acters in a reality TV senes..- duringthe 2000 eleelioii eanipaigii. ihe Wastiiiigloii press corps crealed. and

then e n fo ic a l . a basic n . ir ra liv c m w h ich ( ie u ig e B tis li w .is t lie l i i i i .lov­ing I'ral b ro lh e r w h ile ,A1 G o re was the k id vv.ho sal i ir lh e fro 'iil i i f Ihe e lassriuvm . knew a ll the an sw ers, and ta llie d on the resi o f h is c la s s iiia le s .

Look till the ciineiil eaininiigii to he leeasi in iliesc leriiis. I’lesideiii Bush IS casting himself as the lake- . charge gu v. a lesoliiic leader in lot il control. Il this were "J'lic .Apiireii- lice." the BiNh team s'eeiiis lo vvaiit us to helieve dial he shouki be e.isi in the role of Donald I'liiiiip. (.Social Falilor ,Melissa Morgan, an a iliiiilla l rcaliiv fV itiiikic. helped me w iiii ■ these.) . .

B u sh o p p o iic ii is I i i i c l i id i i ig iiiv - se lf) see the p res ide iil m d ilt e r e i i i le n iis . F o r iliem , ihe p ie s n le i i i is O m a io sa . a c u l- ll im a l and d e v io u s e o iite s ta iil w il lin g lo do a i iv i l i i i ig lo

, succeed , o r .Nick die eo |iie i sa lesm an , a sm oo th ta lke r u id i no d is c e ilia b leskills.

■file B u sh lean) w au ls Sen . K e rry to be pe rce iv ed as Sam . a m an w ho w il l say o r lio a iiv th ing and k iss up It anyone lo gel ahead. I he K e rry team hovveve i. wants iis in a ii lo be per- ‘c e iv ed as — ye s—^ D o n a ld f iu m p .

I t 's s t i l l e .iiiy .uul d ie f in a l s c i i| ' l lo i d ie p ie s id e iil ia l le a li iv se r ies - - le i 's c a ll II ".Mr. I 'r e s id e iu " ... has ye10 be w n ite ii. B u i you can be sure i l l .11 t lie .p ie s s corps w il l re so ri lo s ii i i p ie s le ie o iv jies ui its eove raee .

•Aiul a ll o l iis w il l be the w orse011 lo r II.

Uiink Kuh t (V uiuiMgi/ie r it itm o f llic Smiili Ifninswirk I’d'.i tiiiil llw ('ran- hun /’ e.v.v. He cwi hr rr(h lit'il vui r- iiu iil ti/lik(ilri(i‘ ij)i( inih t 1)111.

Thursday. April 22, 2(1)4South Brunswick Post 9A

R E A D E R ^ VOICE T o m L i b a s s i

Future of YMCA Is in yourI :iin excited :ih(Ul llie op­

portunity to lend tie .Soutli -Brunswick I-am ilyYMCA.

As a board mmiber ibr 7 years.-1 ;im very ,'amiliar witli. the operations o' the YM C A . our successes a> well as the cliallenges aheid.

Rest assured the board is committed toprovidinu quality programs iiia ii atmosphere where we cun continue to build strong kids strong lamilies. and strong communities.

There are endless opportuni­ties for \ou iind your family to enjoy' a woiideiful experience at the .South Brunswick YM CA . The classes offered Cover a wide spectrum Iron summer c;imp. swimming ar'd t-ball. to fitness, yoga and imirtial,arts.We might even be hel|iing to training the next Olympian.

Jn order for the Y M C A m continue t,i grow to ineet the . needs of the comnumitv. we

need to strengthen our relation­ships with township officials and the Board of Education, as well

. as encourage local businesses to support our operations. .

We have already met with Mayor FYank Gambate.se. Town­ship Manager Matt Watkins and Tom Morris,of the Recreation Department. In the coming weeks, we anticipate presenting the township with an opportuni­ty to offer a ‘‘corporate" mem­bership to all township employ­ees. As a result o f my relationship with .scvcral incm- bers of .the Police Department, I discovered their interest in a

“ corporate" membership pro- . gram.

Iri an effort to build a strong conimunity. we h;ive begun reaching but to the local busi­nesses, "a strong relationship with the business community is vitiil to bur gro,wth and.fuiid- ra'ising effoijis.lt w ill require

visiting with companies, attend­ing Chamber of Commerce meetings and participating in othercorporate events. In March, we visited w'ith McMas- tcr-Carr (located on Ridge Road).

To keep pace with our growth and the growth of the community, we w ill be evaluat­ing opportunities to expand the remaining space in the building. Did you know that more than 13.000 square feet-of the build­ing has not been renovated"? Re- cenlly, Middlesex County awarded the Y M C A a $75,000 grant to renovate a portion of the building for additional senior programming as well as land- based programming for special needs children. •

Representatives of the YM C A of the U.S. A, visited with us during the first week of April. These experienced Y M C A professionttls met stall

and board members, as well as local township officials with a goal toward providing advice and suggestions to improve.our program offerings and improve our service.’ We are looking for- ; ward to the final report so their comments can be implemented.

Over the next .several . months, the Y M C A w ill be pre­paring a surv'ey to be mailed to all past and present members.We are interested in your opin­ions and comments to help us in our efforts to improve our serv ­ice. If you have some thoughts . that you would like to share with us now, please do'not hesitate to conlact me atj(732) 329-1.150, ext.205.

Oiir goal is not to meet your e.xpeciations; bur goal is to ex­ceed your expectations. .

Tom IJhossi is the director o f the South Brunswick Fiintily YMCA.

PERCEPTIO NS S i e v e F eltl

Free pass on p ric e s? Only at the pumpsI paid S. 'O lor gas 1 uesday.

,-\nd I was hapin about It.1 spent my weekend m H on­

da on a short getaway. .And while It's always nice to t.ike a short excursion to rechaige your batteries, reiuveiiate your spirits, and any other cliches you can think ot. 1 was hapjiy to letiirn to New Jersey . .

I lookeil loi waid to months lit' build-uii culminating Tuestlay with the school board electirm.

I lookerl loiwaid toiheever- ' improving spring weathei we re eii|o\iiig in the Garden State

,\nd I looked lorwartl to pay- ine SI .70 lor O.'-oeiane gas.

I'or any one to be excited about that bloated price, there w inikl need to be a significantly worse price somew here fyir corny parison. The .Siinshine State gave me thill. . ' : ■ ' ■

; 1 was shocked when 1 prilled into a Raceway gas sialion in souihern I-lorida and .siiw that 1 would peed to jrny. .$2.05 for the pivrnium blend, fair me to fill up my 1996,1-ord Cr ow it Victoria, w ith the normal 17 gallons, that would cost me $3-1.S5. .Stisnd-

Steve FeitI isthe managing editorof The Lawrence Ledger.H ise-m a iiissfeitl@pacpub.com

rienly. iny gas experience in cen­tral New Jersey 'ruesday seemed like a blessing. •

1 tend not to complain about giis prices anyway, since they are so volatile ;md rise and tall at a nunieiit's notice, I-or exani|ile. the rverage price for regular gas in tbe United States was 95 cents forthe first three moirthsof P»9, according to the Eiiergy . Irformaiion Administration..a satisiical ageiicy oiThe Depart- iienl of Energy, l-'ive years later, it w as $1.fib for the first iltrec itionihs of this year.

in the years in beiweeni the price bounced arouiid. Sure.,A A A reported its all-time high­est national average gas price for reuular this week, w ith $1.805

for regular Tuesday. But that could drop by the time ytni read this.

Not only that, but gas pr ices are radically tough to gauge ticcording to location, as my Elorida-New Jersey comparison showed. Backing up my obser­vations. A A A reported the aver­age price in Florida was S 1.817 Monday, as c'pposed to $ 1.656 in New Jersey.

There undoubtedly are nu­merous explanations ftir all o f these changes, but I’d rather not dwell on them, I’m not sure why, but variable gas prices don’ t bother me. But.l do know it’ s one of the I’e.w expenses that get such a free pass from me.

Can you imagine if we just

‘accepted other cost discrepan­cies as easily as we accept shitt­ing gas prices?

If you walked into your locxil bagel shop, expecting to pay 50 cents for your breakfast, only to be shocked that the price had . skyrocketed to 95 cents one week and fell back to 65 cents the next?

Or if you planned to send a postcard from your vacatioii spot of choice, only to leant that stamps cost 10 cents more in getaway hotspots?

Or i f you wanted to buy a ticket for the New York Lottery. Inn found it now took more than just one "dollar and a dream?"

Or if your copy of The Law­rence Ledger cost 75 cents in the downtown village, hut SI along the Route f.corridor?

Don’ t worry, none o f that should happen. It's only gas prices that lluciuate so random-.

■ iy. 'I guess I can live with that.

Steve FeitI is the n ifj/m g r/ig edit­or of The UiwrenceU'd'iter. He cdiihe reached at sfeitldi pac- -- puhicom. ■ ‘

REACHING THE TOWNSHIP~ Contact information for South Brunswick township and the --

South Brunswick Board o f Education foiiows:

South Brunswick township ofneest• P.O. Box 190 , Monmouth Junction, N.J. 08852; tele- ,

phone, (7 3 2 ) 3 2 9 -4 0 0 0 ; Web, www.twp.south-brunswick.nj.us/ ;• Council and staff e-mail addresses: <». , . .Mayor Frank Gambatese (D) — mayor@sbtnJ.netCarol Barrett (D) carolb3440@aol.com .Chris Killmurray(D) — ckillmurray@prkk.com

-Edmund Luciano (D) — eall234@aol.com Ted Van Hessen (R) — sbtcdvh@aol.com

Board of Education:• P.O. Box 181. Monmouth Junction, N.J. 08852; tele­

phone', (732) 297-7800; fax, (732) 422-8054; Web,. www.sbschools.org

• School board members and stuff e-mail addres.ses:Robert F. Long, prc.sident — rlong@sb.schools.orgHairy J. Delgado, vice president — hdelgado@sb.school-

s.org- L. -Martin Abschutz— rnabschui/, @ sbschools.org Bryan Laurita — blaurita@sbschools.org Barry Nathanson

— bnathanson@.sbschools.orgPaul P r o d r o m e pprodromo@sb.schools.org Matthew Speesicr— mspcesler@sbschools.org Anna Tupc — atijpe@sbschools.org Daniel Watts— ■ dwaU,s@sbschools.org Jeffrey R. Scott, assistant Mi|X'rintcndent. for bu.siness —

jscott@sbschools.org• School contact infonnation:Brooks Crossing School, 50 Deans Rhode Hall Road, Mon­

mouth Junction. N. J. 08852; (732) 821-7478; Gary W. Abba-rhont, principal, abbamont@sbsch(iols.org

Brunswick Acres School, 41 Kory Drive. KendalFPark, N J.- 08824; (732.) 297-662f; Joseph Anzek, principal, jan-, zek@sbschbols.org

Cambridge School, 35 Cambridge Road, Kendall Park, N. _ J. 08824; (7 3 2 ) 297-2941; Glenn Famous, principal, gfa- mous@sbschools.org ■

Constable School, 29 Constiible Road, Kendall Park, N. J. 08824; ^32) 297-2488; Richard Chromey, principal, rchro- mcy@sbschooIs.org •

Greenbrook School, 23 Roberts St.. Kendall Park, N. J. 08824; (732) 297-2480; Patricia Holliday, principal, pholli-

. day@.sbschools.org■ Indian .Fields School. 359 Ridge Road. Dayton. N. J.

08810; (732)'329-1043; Raymond Ivey, principal. rivey@sbs- chools.org

• Monmouth Junction School, 630 'Ridge Road. MonmouthJunction. N. J. 08852; (732) 329-6981; Janis Bozowski, princi- pa l,jbozowski@sbschools.org v . ■

Crossroads North M idd le School. 635 Georges Road, Mon- ' mouth Junction, N. J. 08852; (732) .329-4191; Joanne Kerekes,

principal.jkerekes@sb.schools.org ‘ ^Crossroads South M iddle Scliooli .195 Major. Road, Mon­

mouth Junction. N. J. 08852; (732) 329-4633; James Warfcl; principal, jwarfeI@sbschools.org

South Brunswick High School. 750. Ridge Road, Mon-, mouth Junction. N. J. 08852; (732) 329-4044; Frank Ingargiola,principal, fingiu-giolaCO'Sbschools.org

w JBomething f o re v e r y o n e !

LEGtSLATORS ‘Safe havens’ measureThe names, addresses and telephone nuwhers'of (deck'd (ffk cials repre'icntinp South Brunswick at the federal level follow:

L'.S. Senate

Sen. .Inn Coiv.ine (1));• One Gateway Center, M ill Floor. Newark. N.J. 07102;

(973) 645-30.30: fax (973) (>45-0.502.• 502 Han Senate Office Building. Washington, D.C.

20510; (2 0 2 ) 224-1744; fax (202) 224-4744. ■• H-maifcor/ine.senate.gov/eontacl.cfiu

.Soil. Frank I.autenherg (D):• United .States Senate, Washington, D.C. 20510, (202)

224-3224.I .S. House of Repre.sentativcs

U.S. Rep. Kush Holt (D-12,);• 50 Washington Road Princeton Junction. N.J. 085.50,

1-(S77) 874-4058. • . ‘ ■• H o t ) I.ongworth II.Hise Office Building. W'ushington,

D C '21)515-100i. (202) 2:5-5801.• W'cb page-hltp://wvw,house,go\7rltolt/• l:-maif lUsli.hollC'.nail.house.gov ,

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Legislation that would create additional safeguards to jirotect . victims o f domestie violence wlto seek help was signed into law .Aiiril 7.

Sponsored by Sens Peter In- verso anti Anthony Bueeo. the measure, A1560/SI05, clarifies that the loc:ilion o f domestic vio­lence shelters be kept confiden­tial and not included in public •records.

"V ictims of ilomestie v io- ’lenee can rest easier today knowing that tbe state is taking protective measures to ensure their safely and well-being. Peo­ple who-want to stop the circle of violence turn to these shelters

for help and refuge; Confiden­tiality and anonymity are essen­tial in keeping victims of domes- lic violence- from being located • hv their abuser." said .Sen. Inver-so

Before the measure became law, the Shelters for Victims of Domestic Violence Act provided for tbe eonfidentiality o f the identity or localioii o f a person seeking domestic v iolence' shel­ter services. but did not provide for the conridentialitv o f the lo­cation of the shelter.

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IOA South Brunswick Post Thjrsday, April 22, 2004

EiS.Continual from Pu}(C 1A

ncrhrL'ak.At the puhlic heariiiji. pri)-

pononis and oppoiiL-nts to Roittc* 92 ■ w ill net speak on the 3S3-|iaiie studC', w liicli is avail­able tor review -;tt the South Brunswick Public Librarv- refer­ence desk. -

The Army Corps is conduct­in';, the review because federal and state environmental agen­cies disagree over wiiether per- inils should be issued i'or the tilling v>f wetlands. The federal lin y ironn ien ta l P ro tection Agency refused to issue permits in 1998. saying there were less environtnentally disniptive al- tematives; while the state De- .partinenl of 1-nviroinnental Pro­tection issued permits in 1999. ,

The state , permits expired March 29. but the Turnpike Au ­thority has said it would apply tii retiew the permits, but wasn’ t

■ sure When. Meanwhile, the. .Arniv Corps of l;ngiiu;ers has said it would continue its re- view;. . . '

• The .South Brunsvyick Township Council is opposed to the highw ay, as are the govern- ing bodies ol . Hopewell Bor-

. ough and Tow nsliip. .Montgom­ery. Pranklin. Uillsborough and Rocky Hill. Plainsboro. CTa'n- bnry. .North Brunswick. West Windsor. Monroe and Princeton'

. Borough and Towriship are in favor of the highway.

Local residents who review­ed the report on W’ediiesday. the first day it was available to the public,Were crilical.of its tind- ings.' ,

'1 feviewed the e.xecutive summary and thought that as LIS reports go. it seemed kind oL'iioneommentary," South Brunswick .Mayor Prank Gam- batese said Wednesday evening.

"I didn’ t think it really defined a ciise for Route 92. At best, it was lukewarm.”

Steve Masiicola. :i Kingston resident who hits been a vocal opponent of the highway, called the reptm “ sickening greeiir wash.” .

' "It’sm aking .statements that contradict all common sense ; and seientille evidence,” he said Wednesday. "When was the last time putting more asphalt down made traffic go away.”

Dianne Brake; president of The Regional Planniilg Partner­ship (formerly known as the M SM Regional Council), a con- . sortium of municipal goveni- ments and area businesses, said she needed to review the draft environmental report before coihmentihg. Her organization has been a proponent of Route 92 from the start o f the discus­sions, g

"We Were waiting to make be sure about our position is ae- curatc.” ,M s . Brake s:iid, "We support the position that an east-west connector is very im­portant to the region.” .

. Plainsboro M a y o r Peter Cantu, w ho also favors the higitway. said he also is waiting to read the report.

•■We’ re pleased that it has . been released,” Mayor Cantu said. •‘(The DLIS) is a proce.ss

; callcM for and vve‘ re glad to .see it mov ing forward.” '

Cathy Do'^gui. who lives on Friendship Road near where the highway, vyould be built, said .she vvould try tci ensure a large turnout of opponents at the pub­lic hearing; . . y -

■‘They 're impressed by ■ numbers.” she said Wednesday. ■•\Ve have to eiicourage people to go there, regardless of vvheth-

'■ er they speak or not, just -to get bodies there and sav that w e ’ re

against it.”The Army Corps screened

17 alternatives for the dnift study including a "no-action” alternative for environmental elfects. socioeconomic effects and responsiveness to; project purpose and need. Tliose not meeting the criteria were elim i­nated from further considera­tion.

Those that met the .screening criteria Were fully evaluated. They were a no-aetion alterna­tive, constmetion of proposed Route 92, widening Route I and widening Route I and removing traffic signals.

"nie draft study said; (bat a new east-west highway would provide a high-speed link be­tween the major north-south highways in centr.il New Jersey, improving I easi-west, mobility, providing access to an aitenia- tive route for north-.south traffic that now uses Route I and re­ducing the. adverse impacts of through traffic on local commu­nities. - ■

The proposed project, which, runs through parts o f Souths Brunswick, Plainsboro and Monroe.; vvould pas.s . through land mostly used for agricul­ture. with lesser amounts; of parkland and other open .space, co’mmercial and residential use's' iilso present, the abstract portion ofthe DEIS says- .

The DLIS reviewed existing env ironm enta l cond ition s, vvhTch it used as the basis o f the impact evaluation of the no-ac- tion alternative. The environ- hiental section includes .sections' on geology/soil.s, water re­sources. W etlands, fish and • w ildlife, hirmland, historic and cultural resources, air c|uality. iransportation noi.se. aesthetics, known coniaminaied sites, hu­man health, socioceCondmics.

land use and environmental jus­tice,

The Turnpike Authority vvould f il l 12.03 acres o f vvet-' lands during the propo.sed con- , strtJction of Route,92 and 1.16 acres would be permanently af- fccted by shading from elevat­ed section of the roadway, according to the EIS. .

Analy.s.is shows that pro­posed Route 92 vvould result in emissions of volatile organic compounds, carbon monoxide and nitrogen oxides that are all significantly le.ss than the no- action scenario, the EIS said. The proposed Route 92. is e,x- pcctcd to meet EPA regula­tions; ■ ; ., Zoning in the study areas ranges from low-density resi­dential. to commercial to light industrial; The proposed Route 92 corridor passes mainly through office, re.se'arch, con-, ference and low-density resi­dential areas. Approximately. 3.9 miles of the 6.7 miles of proposed Route 92w ou ld pass through land currently assessed as fannjand for property ’tax purpo.ses . A significant stretch of the eastern portion o f the

' proposed Route 92 vvould also pass through active agricultural ■ land.

’ ' ’The pro'pd.sed Rdiiie 92 roadway and associated inter­changes would displace ap­proximately 210 acres of active agricultural land. In addition, the proposed roadvvtiy vvould interfere with access to an addi­tional 78 acres of agricultural land. None of the land is sub­ject to preservation under the state Farmland Preservation Program. . • ;

In the demographic portion of the DEIS, it says South Brunswick has grown by 46 percent between l990-200(). al­

most four limes greater than 12 percent growth o f the county population during the decade.

Since 1980, strong popula­tion and employment growth has occurred in the communities along Route I around Princeton, the report says; T liis growth has . resulted in increased traffic vol­umes on the area’ s roads, in­cluding Route I and the. local and secondary east-west roads, according to the report. Contin­ued rapid grovyth is projected in this area over the next two dec­ades, the report .said.

The DEIS says the construc­tion of Route 92 vvould result in a 17 percent reduction in peak- hour truck volume bn the local and secondary' east-west roads in the traffic study area and along Route 27 in Kingston ,

Peak-hour irayel times are projected to decrease by an. av­erage of lO percent if Route 92 is built, the, report said. Travel , times Iretwccn Route L in Plain- sboro and the Turnpike Exit 8A arc expected to improve by about 30 percent, the report says.

Under the Route I widening and signal removal alternative, . the amount of through traffic on the local and secondary ea.st- vvest roads would be reduced by 10 percent, as "Compared vvith the no action alternative, the re­port said.

While a vvider Route I could carry more traffic,, but vvould also attract to Route I a large number of vehicles that • vvould bthervvi.se use altcrnite " routes to avoid congc.stion on Route I, the report .says. As a result. Route I would remain heavily congested, it said. Most of the new traffic attracted to Route I would be routed away ■

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Peak-hOir truck volumes onj the local ahi secondary ca.st- west roads viould be cxpcctedl to drop by 8 percent, as corn-l pared with ihe’jio-action scenar-* io. the report and. The report said there is expected to be a, surge in traffc coi^gestion caused by a large umount of de-’ velopment over the next 25 years and that it vmuld not be' relieved by the no-»ction alter­native.

According to the DEIS, the - construction of proposed Route 92 is expected to reduce the. amount of. peak-hour through / traffic onThe local and second­ary ea,sl-vvest roads by 18 per­cent in 2028, as compared vyith,. the no action alternative. ' Through traffic may decrease : by more than 60 percent on sev-, cral o f the.se roads, the study says. In additionrio reducing peak-hour traffic levels on tho e.xisting east-weSt> roads |n the., study are;i.v modejing. indicates' that construction of propo.sed .■ Route . 92 vvould generally re­duce peak-hour traffic volumes ' along the most constricted por- ' _ tion of Route I in South Bruns- ' wick and North Brunswick. The traffic study area 'consi.ds of South Brunswick. Plainsboro, Cranbury. West Windsor,.East Windsor and Hightstown.

The DEIS also says the Army Corps w il l wait to.discu.ss several specific impact issues at the public hearing that combine several environmental and soci­oeconomic factors. One of those factors includes iransportation.

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Jersey standardsLegislalion Sen, Stephen M.

Sweeney and Assemblymen John J.; Bnrzicbelli and Douglas H. l-ishcr sponsored to promote the use 'o f New Jersey-grown food products w;is signed into law hy Gov. James E. .VlcGree- vev.

The me;isnnrr'.S.s94 / .•M.39(>, .enci'urages the state to award contracts for the purchase of food products to the lowest re- s|iOnsible hidiler offering Jersey Lresh, Jersey Grow n or any oth­er New Jersey-grown |iroiluCe.

" r iu le r this new hiw. every­one in New Jersey vvins." saiil Sen. .Svveenevi D-Gloucesier, C'nmherhind and Salem. "State farms are able, to stay open be­cause they lire making money, iuid .New Jersev residents re­ceive the freshest possible pro­duce.”

Growers wishing to use the "Jersey Fresh" logo on their packaging are required to regis­ter w ith the state Department o f .•Xgficuliure’ s quality, grading program. 'Hus label indic;ttes that the product meets standards equal to. or higher than USD.A No. I. (he highest rating offered by the federaf gov erntncni.

"The sale of agricultural commodities is an important compoiicnt o f the health o f New Jersey's ccttnomy.” said Mr, Bur/ichelli, D-Gloucestcr. “Rc- t|uiring the slate to purchase Jer- .scy Fresh products w ill help to ensure the continuation o f New Jersey agriculture.”

Items labeled Jersey Grown tiiusi be grown using common plant techniques used to identify plant size.

■‘In addition to ensuring the economic viahilitv ol larm oper­ations, reciuiring the state to pur­chase ’Jersey I-resh' also w ill help preserve the state's limited open space.” said .Mr. Lisher. D- Guntberland.

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Doing dances to demonstrate Native American cuitureStudents perform for their parents by doing rain and corn dances and showing off their Pueblo projectsBy Melissa MorganSocial Editor

. If the area sees some , rainy weather in the next few days. Constable, second-graders may by the ones to blame.

Students decorated sviih . feathers, beaded necklaces and other Native American garb acted out several dances— in­cluding a rain dance, diick dance and com dance — for their par­ents on Friday as pan of the an­nual second-grade Ntitive .Amer­ican PowVVow. -

Tlie beat o f a large drum, .snapping fingers and stomping, feet signified rain, which :icted as an example of the traditional dance Pueblo Indians used to beckon water for their crops.

After giving family and friends a taste o f what they have been learning about Native American culture during the as­sembly, second-graders invited them back to their classrooms to enjoy some traditional Pueblo foods and listen to presentations.

In Jennifer. Pischer's class, students took. turns, describing several projects, including mak­ing hieroglyphics, clay pottery,, ceremonial rattles and Pueblo houses.-Aficrwards they snacked : on meatless chili, corn chips and com hiuffins. provided by. their parents. . . . , ,

"The dances were really fun to do, and I liked doing that," said second-grader .Noah Brown as he snacked on some corn bread in Ms. Fischer's class, "The best part was holding up our arms like a bridge."

.Sabrina Porcelli said she en­joyed learning about how Pueblo culture was compamd to modern lile. •

“When m aking corn, they had to mush it iisiiig a stohe." she said. "Doing the.se projects makes us feel like we were actu­ally there."

Brianne Font, w h o score a hat bearing her Native American name — G irl of Generosity —

Above, Sam Petrone introduces the corn dance during the assembly. Right, Michelle Hall acts

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Staff photos by John Keating

agreed."They iiiade pots out of clay

from the Harth." she said. VTliey had to do a lot more work."

.Ms. Fischer said going the students a haiuls-on le.lining ex­perience was exactly the point of the two-month project.

"It (Pueblo, culture) is an ab­stract concept for them." she said. "When they, actually make, something with their hands, it makes it much more like a reali­ty. and' they understand hiiw nuich harder It was .back then."

M s . I 'is c l^ said the. annual project is aUx ays a highlight o f the year for secoiul-graders and their parents.

"'flie ir enthusiasm makes ii easy to do." she said. "It lakes a lot of research for second-grad­ers. and lb.It's lough to do. bm they did a great job. They are a hunch of hams, so they lor e per-" forming."

.Second-grade teacher .Melis­sa Jones, who worked tin the project with fellosv leachersMs. lascher and L iz Cross, said she enjoys it because it includes a lot of different elements and involv­es not oiilv social studies skills.

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Olivia DeOliveira plays the drums during the diick dance.

but also art and music. .Shc'said bringing in the parents at the end gives students an opportunity to share their kiiow ledge.

"When the parents come in. the studcnis gel nioremotivated to show d li' whaiV they bas e done." she saiil.

.Ms. Jones said she's prouil

of the performance of her stu­dents and how the Pow Wow- turned out.

".A lot o f time and planning , on the teachers part goes into this, but in the end, it's Avorih- while because both the teachers and students enjoy doing it," she said.

T he following was- sub­mitted by the staff o f Consta­ble School -—

Kindergarten students have been using their scientif­ic sk ills to observe and record the weather each day during morning . meetings. A p ril’ s showers have prompted them to focus on rainy weather, and they have engaged in some hands-on .science experiments to find put how it rains and what makes a rainbow.

They arc looking forward to a class trip to the Discovery Hpusc in East Brun.swick, where they w ill encounter more opportunities for hands- on exploration and learning.

* *. *First-grade students have

been busy witli math. They have been working with rec­ognizing coins and values and adding different coins to get a total value. They are also tell­ing time to the hour and half hour and beginning to explore time in fiverminufc intervals...’ In .science, first-gniders"

have been working on w eath- er and water units. Tlie up­coming study o f oceans and ocean animals w ill culminate with a Jcnkinson’ s Aquarium trip next month.

. Readers are growing by ' leaps and bounds with their word study, which includes short and long vowel patterns combined with word families to give emergent readers a so­lid foundation.

In second-grade science, tadpoles have finally arrived and students w ill be learning* about the lifecycle of the frog. Tlifough observation journals and literature, they are learn­ing many new things about amphibians. In the next few weeks, students w ill al.so be­gin a study of rocks and soil.

T h ird -g rade students should be able to harvest bush beans that arc growing in their hydroponics gardehs soon. *nie gardens arc a part o f the . Structures o f L ife ' science. unit.

In social studies, they arc beginning to study immigra- tion and leant about their cu l­tural heritage. Tlie unit w ill culm inatewith a trip to f illip Island in June.

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Fourth-grade students arc learning about electricity and magnetism and how .they are ■ powerful forces in our world. On April 14, rnentbers from PSE&G visited with siudcnts to help llicm le^ynmore about electricity and safety precau­tions. .

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Throughout the remainder o f the school year, fifth-grad­ers xvill be learning about the respiratory sysiem. World W a r II. solar energy and ihe decades of the fiOs. 7()s, HOs. and 90.S. '

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THIS WEEK

Saturday

Musical Gala: The South Brunswick Library Founda­tion and Federation of India Associations are presenting a musical gala by MFusion to raise "ftinds for the library ex­pansion at 7 p.m. in the Cross­roads South Middle School auditorium.

Funds firom the program will be pledged toward a new computer room dedicated in the name of the Indian Ameri­can community. .

MFusion will entertain with music creations drawn from new and old Hindi films. The band will be accompanied by young artists Tarjani and Navni.

Tickets are $20 and can be purchased at the library. For more information, call Sand- hya Majmudar at (732) 951-9961.

Y^rd $sle: The Mega • YanfSale, sponsored by St.

Cecilia LifeTeen Youth Min­istry, will be held from 8:30 a.m.-3;30 p.m. at St. Cecilia’s

- Parish, 10 Kingston Lane in Monmouth Junction. The rain date is May 15.

All proceeds will benefit-. the LifeTeen Youth Ministry and help to fund the World Youth Day trip to Cologne, Germany in 2005 to see the Pope. Any left oyer items, will be donated to the Vietnam

. Veterans of America.African Dinner: St. Bar­

nabas Episcopal Church, 142 Sand Hill Road, will host an African dinner from 5 to 7 p.m. to raise money to help . two parishioners with their healing ministry trip to Kenya from April 29 to May 7.

Noel Hogu, M.D., and Ter­ry Webb will be training med­ical personnel in strategies to help people recover .ftom alco-

‘ hoi and/or nicotine addiction during a weeklong sojourn in that East African country.

Tickets for the dinner are $15 for adults 2 1 and oyer,SIO for those aged 12-20, and $5 for children under 12. The p ro g r^ will include a pre.sen- tation on the history and cul­ture of Kenya by parishioners' who arc Kenyan and a silent auction of African crafts. Members of the public arc in­vited.

/For further information, call St. Barnabas at (732) 297-4607.

Christian M usk: Christ the King Church, 3330 Route 27 in Kendall Park, is hosting an evening of contemporary

j Christian music presented by My Brother’s Keeper at 6 p.m. Tliere will be a contemporary

worship service at 5 p.m., with the conceit imm^iately fol­lowing.

Admission is free. For more information, call (732) 297-1200.

Freedom School Regis­tration: Registration for the Summer 2004 Freedom School is today from 9 to 11 a.m. at Indian Fields School, on Ridge Road in Dayton.

Freedom School is an ini­tiative taht began in 1964 as part of the Civil Rights Move­ment. Volunteers work with African American students throughout the summer months, using curriculum, in­struction- and other activities to promote equality, self-dis­covery, community activism and social justice.

Freedom School in South Brunswfek began in 2001 and is open to students in first through fifth grade. The pro­gram runs five days a week, over a five-week period dur­ing the s’ummer. It is open to all South Brunswick students but its curriculum will focus on African American culture. The program is funded through outside donations and grants. Parents will be asked for a financial donation.

For additional informa­tion, contact Indian Fields Principal and Freedom School Director Ray Ivey at (732) 329-1043.

Sunday

Earth Day Soiree: Indi­viduals, families and groups were encouraged to choose a littered area within the town­ship that they would be will­ing to clean up anytime be­tween April 1 and 25. Tlie town provided bags and gloves to volunteers.

To thank them, volunteers arc invited to a celebration thrown by tlie township at

: Rcichler Park on April 25 from noon to 2 p.m. The cele­bration will be kicked off with a flag ceremony imd a tree planing ceremony. Free t- shirLs, hot dogs, drinks and seedlings will be given to vol­unteers as a way of thanking, them for their cleanup work. Music and games run by the Recreation Department will/be included in the festivities. \

In the case of rain, the event will be held at the South Brunswick Senior Center. In­terested groups, families or in­dividuals should call the Pub­lic .Works Department at (732) 329-4000, ext. 274 to report the approximate number of participants, location for cleanup and'the date chosen for cleanup, if known.

Dewey Ferguson keeps the score' and slats on the sidelines.

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By Matthew KirdahyStaff Writer

■ Judging by the sopped jer­seys worn by the players at Monday night’s Y M C A basket­ball game, the league is bound to whip its players into shape.

“It's run.and gun." said C lin ­ton Counts, the league coordina­tor. .

And the players aren’ t just in It to win. Some participate to simply play organized ball and others do it just to get it shape. .

Through word of mouth and a love of the game. the. South: Bninswick J-amily Y M C A coed adult basketball le.ague' has grown into .a competitive,11 -team and two-iind-a-half- inonth prognmi that Iras local players going head to head — alter w ork and school, of course.

Mr. Counts took over the league four and a half years ago when it was just four-on-four basketball. The league grew to

' 16 teams before Mr. Counts re- .ali/ed it was time for a resluif- fling.’ . ^

" ‘A ll'r ig h t, then.' I said. 'Now It's time to go five, on live.' " Mr. Counts said.

In the current league, each

team has abour seven or eighr players. The ' teams are broken up into A iind B divisions! There are five teams in division .A and six teams in division B. Both d i­visions play in the South Bruns­wick elementary school gyms, and each, has its own playoff competition for the champion­ship. By rule, every leant makes, the playoffs.

“The.se two teams in particu- , lar are probably among the bet­ter two (in the B league)." .Mr. Counts said, pointing to the 6:30 pirn, match-up between TTie In- dividuals and the 2H Terrors on Monday night. “ You know some guys join because they want to- play competitive basketball, some join because they've bebn • away from the game for too long and others join because they jusi 'Want to get in shape.".

Individuals , team“ captain M ike Hoffman led a squad of six men against the. ■ ,2H Terrors,

. fronted by team captain Rob Li. Mr. Hoffman said he has been playing in the league for'a cou­ple of years. This year, he and his teammates joined as individ­uals for $50 a head, and Mr. Counts fonned the team.

To join as a teanV costs $350. plus any late fees that apply. In

return, the players get colored jerseys :ind at least .-fO minutes of playing; time, cad i game, which are split info two 20-minute halve.s; Each team; gets five timeouts per game and is in charge of; its own player substitutions.

Mr. Counts saiil two referees monitor the games under liigh school rules, Larry Ivan o f Princeton is the head releree.

And no. the playersairen'l a l­lowed to dunk the ball.

A dunking violaliim results in a technical foul — one Iree- throw shot by the opposing team and loss of possession lor the teani that-dunked. Besides that. Mr. Counts said league conduct is never an issue. The guys.just come to play. c ■

“ Dealing with egos'.’" .Me. Cotints joked. “ They're guys. It's no problem."

Meanwhile, the league has its sights set on more important issues than good sportsiiiansbip — like finding a vacant court in the district. Currently, the league hosts it games at Crossroads South and Indian Fields.

“ Facility- use is definitely the hardest part about organizing the leauue," Mr. Counts, said, "W e

used , to play at Cro.ssropds North, but this year we couldn't gel into it. So, the only other, schools that: would be '. big , enough to hold it would be Indi­an Fields, the new gym at the high school or Crossroads Stiiiih."

Aside from that, the league continues to grow, partly be­cause: M r . Counts never loses' touch. He has started reaching out to more local companies to develop their own teams from their staffs to come play and continues to keep lies with fo r - . iner league participants.

“ I make it a habit of keeping track.of all the guys who have ever played in (the league)," .Mr,'Counts said. "I give, them a random call and say this is com­ing up again, i f you want to en­ter by yourself or vvith a (earn yoti’ re ' more than welcome.That's why the growUi has been - so steady. I have a file with ev­ery person that has ever played in the league." .

The league niiis twice a year . —. from April to June and again in the fall. \Vhile. i f s too. late to jo in this season, for more in­formation on joining . future ' ,leagues, call Mr. Counts at (732.) Chris Mear of the 2H Terrors goes up for a shot against Brian. 329-1150, ext, 212. ■ Innes of The Individuals,

Thursday, April 22. 2004 South Brunswick Post 13A

D A TES TO REMEMA p ril 29

Author Luncheon: Paula Marantz ■ Cohen w ill discuss

( . “ Jane Austen in Boca” at a book * anck^uithor luncheon sponsored by the Brandeis University Na­tional Women's • Committee. Middlesex County Chapter, at- Pierre's, on Georges Road in .South Brunswick, at noon.

, Ms. Colie ii's (Irst novel is a difrerent take on Jane Austen's

“ Pride and Prejudice” set in a Boca Raton retirement commu­nity. populated by a cast of ma-

. ture Jewish singles, y Enjoy lunch and support the ; Brandeis University Library.. Cost is S.' S per person! For more 1 infonnation. contact Audrev at •■(7.' 2) . 254-.'?235. or Renee at !(7.32)2.S7-h2-n.

A p r il .30(Jala D inner: The Y M C A

Mth annual Silent Auction and 'G a la Dinner w ill be held at ••pierre's Restaurant, on Georges >Road.p Proceeds from the eventw ill- .benefit the scholar>hip, fund. lATall ■ the .Y.MC.A for more in- id'ormalion. (732) 329-1 l.sO

M ay? ;, Vendors Night: Little

. ‘ Rocky Volunteer J-ire Coinpany 1-Ladies Auxiliary w ill have a “Vendors night at %. p.m. at the

fire house. 4348 Route 27 be­tween Kingston and Kendall Park,• Attending vendors w ill in­

clude A ir Purificr.s, Boxes by Helen, Creative Hands, Stampin' Up. Tastefully Simple and oth­ers. Free admission and refresh­ments. .

For inorc inforpiation. call (732) 297-0478. e.xt. 6.

M a y sBenefit Conctrt: Karen

Young and the Spin River Band will perform at the Pioneer Grange Hall. 410 Ridge Road in

, Dayton, at 7:30 p.rn., Karen Young is a singer-

songwriter whose songs are in- .spired by cvent.s and nature. Her concert w ill include songs of the C iv il W a r and Original .songs about local places and people. Spin River Band, which tours with Ms. Young and collaborat­ed on her first CD, i.s a band that gets together to play musical po- eiry. .

The concert is sponsored by die Dayton VillageGitizens' Co­alition. a South Brunswick non­profit. It w ill benefit local histor­ical preservation efforts and, en­vironmental projects. Donations for tickets are $8 for adults and S6 for seniors ahd students.

For concert details and for tickets, call (732) 329-3429 or write to the Dayton Village C iti- ' zens' Coalition at P.O, Box 2.“i8.

Dayton. New Jersey. 08810.

May 15Flea M arkc l: Six M ile Run

Rcfomied Church. 3037 Route 27 in Franklin Park, w ill sponsor a fleamarket from 8:30 a.ni. to 3 p.m; at the church. F'eatured items w ill be men's and wom­en's and children's clothing, toys, books, furniture, jewelrs'; knickknacks. household items and more.. yriiere w ill be a b;ike sale ta­ble available to purchase home­made cakes, cookies, pics aiul brownies. A light lunch o f hot dogs and hamburgers w ill he available from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Beveragqs will be available for purchase throughout the day.

For more information, call the . church office at (732) 297-3734 from. .Momlay to Ffi-; day between.9 a.m. and nooii. .

)une30Design Deadline: .South

Brunswick. Township is seeking design proposals-for a perma­nent centerpiece in the 9/11 .Me­morial .Garden in front of the Munic ipa l Building; ■ .

The South . Brunswick .Arts Commission is asking New Jei- ;Sey artists, sculptors, architects., landscaiK’ ilesigners and others age 18 and older to submit pro-- posals. for desigivof ii inenibiial that would recognize the events.

of-September II. 2001 and its impact on South Brunswick, which lost three residents.

I lie statewide competition reXiuires the submissioii o f a de­sign concept and statement on a single presentation board, not to exceerl IS by 24 inches. ,\'o models or three-tliniensional de­signs should be submitted ;il this time.

The .Arts Commission w ill review initial cmicepts and ile- termine w hich, if any. ap|ilicaiits may be iet|uired to dee clop their ilesign tnore fully. .A final design selection w ilfb e aiiiuumced in tlie.fall (if 2004 and the memori­al dedicated on September II. 2003, ;■ Proposals , nmsi be received by 4:30 pan.. June 30. ,at the .South Bhinswick .Arts Commis­sion, NIunicip.il HuilUin'g. P.O. Box 490 Moninouth . .lunetion. NJ0SS32.;

zNpplicatibns - includ ingdi- mensions of the site w ith photo- graph — are. avaikible at the Municipal Building, the South Brun.svv ick Public I .ibniiy and the .Senior Citizens ('eiiter. .A survev o f the Nlemot iai (Jarden is also av ailable upon rei|uesi.

For additional information. plea.se call the South Brunsw ick .Arts Commission at (732) 329-4(K)0. e.sr. (■<}>: ' '

Back row, Lindsay Alexandra Vetter (left), New Jersey State C.A.R. president, and Melissa Ldgh OI(Je, National C.A.R. president. Front row, Vittoria Marie Flick (left), New Jersey Conference Page chairperson, and RJ Peters, Morven Society president..

• V itto ria Flick, conference page chairman, o f Dayton, was . elected a representative of the M ill veil Society'of Princeton at the NJ Stati: Conference of the Children ol (he .American Revo­lution tCf A.R:i. held at the Som- cisct Double free Hotel on ■

.March 20.During the 74th annual con-

tcrence. members were recog- 1'1 i zed for their outstanding proj­ects promoting patriotism and love of country in support, o f the. national (heme, "A 'Patriot's l.ecacv'."'

COM M UNITY ACTIVITYFamily YMCA

The South Brunswick Fami­ly, Y M C A is located at 329 Cu l­ver Road.in .Monmouth Jumiiion. Call (732) 329-1130 for thore in­formation,, • The 4th annual Silent .Altc-

. (ion and Gala D inne rw ill Ix' held on Friday. .April .30 at Pierre's Restaurant, on George.s Road in South Bninswick.

Proceeds from the event w ill benefit the scholarship fund. Call the YMC.A for more in­formation.

• The .South Bruiisvyick Family Y.MC.-N announced that their summer camp locations will be at the Y M C A and Deans School this year. Camp hours are 9 a.m.-4 p.m.. w ith free be­fore and after ciiitip care starling

• as eariy as 7:30 a.in: and lasting I until 6:13 p.m.

Registration is now open. Contact the Y'MC.A for more in-.

,* formation iir to rei]uesi a bro- ; ehure; Financial assistance is > available on a limited basis to ' those in need.

•, fhe Y.MCA is now uiking ■ registration for its Kindercamp j Miminei camp program for ch il­

dren in’ kindergarten and ITrsi . grade. The full-day eamp offered at Brooks Crossing at- Deans School : provides the youngest campers the iipportunity.to expe­rience everything camp is all about. ■ “ :

.Activities nuiy . include Sports., art; nature, cooking and movemenl. Certified swim in­structors will-teach lessons.three. times per w e e k , 'rhe campers vvilf also piirticipaie in Wednes­day trips, and Fridtiy special events.

Call the Y M C A for more in- lorination.; • The A 'M CA is now taking

registration for Its Explorer Camp. program for'children iti

: grades second to fifth. The. full- d;iy camp vvilfm eet at the Brooks Crossing at Deans

. .School and offer campers 11 vari-, ciy ol activities, including sports, art. projects, cooking or expldriiig the outdoors. Campers will have the freedom and choices U) determine tlie focus of the camp.

Counselors w i l l allow older panicipants to prov ide , input in group activities and .weekly

themes. Svyim lessons vv111 also be offered three times per week for'childreif who enjoy the water but still need to develop their swimming abilities, . •

Call the YNIC.A fitr more in­formation.

• Registration is now open for .Sutnmer Gymnastics .Camp for ages 3-13. Tl)e camp is tam lored Ibr liie enthusiastic gyin-'^ nast. Campers receive one-i'ii- one training, along with group instruction on Boor. bars. beam, vault. Ilexibility and strength.

They will also pariieipiite m swimming two times per week. Call the Y.MC.A for more in fonnation.

• .Sports Camp Ibr eliildren in grades kindergarten (if 8th in­cludes skilled instruction and gamc/scrimmage pUty. Children vvill-’tH’;.'grouped by4ige and par­ticipate in age4ippropriaie'ae(iv-. itiescach’day.

c'ainp als(i tillersAithe’r strue'tured activities such as .irts and emits, group games, svvini- ining lessons and 'weekly Wednesday iri('s and i rulay spe­cial events. ,

Registration is now iipcn.

Call the ,YMC.-\ for tnore m- forination. ■

• l or .tdults. the A .’vlC.Adt- feis a variety of health and fit­ness prograins. .A full l in e H f strength tr.uniiig aiitl e.irdiinas- cuiar cijuipmeiit includes stair- climbers.- bikes. . ireatlmillv. crosstraineis and.freeweights.

Fitness cl.(sses melude .ib blaster, biidv bar sculpting-, tlex- a-ball, steji. eireiiii. kickboxing aiul eardio eombo

Other .idull health ,iiul lit ness |-iio>jiams inehiile peison.d ti.immg. .Aikido, ailuh k.iraie. .1 h.iskeib;ill league. ,1. eoctl. .uliiii fall solthall league and .in .ulult tap d.inee class,

• I he Y.Nk.'.A js now taking registnitioirlor their cti-ed ;tduh basketball le'.igiie. fhe le.igiie plays ('II'Moiukiy aiul W ednesr day evenings at Crossroads Ni'ith .School. ,\ or B leagues are avaiilable.

For niiire itiloiin.ition, eon- tact M ike Russo .it ,(7-’2) 320-1 I.'sO, ext. 2()2 or (.Imum Count's at e.xi. 2.12.

• Registr.itioii li'i r-h.ill' leagues, lo f ages I 7 is now open, fhe piogr.im nin-. ihiouglt

lime 9.and has heon revamped to give partieipants iimie of . a le.-igiie format." r i t e ii 1s t-four vveeksyvill be

designated for skill instnielion, where eliildren w ill learn hitting, fielding aiufbase nmning drills, 'fhe retiiainder of the session , w ill eoiisist of games vvlicre ch il­d ren w ill get a chance to play on a team and utilize the skills they have learned.

Call the Y.MC.A for more in- toi-niation,

• Coimminity t'I’R is also being ollered and will Iv taiigbi hv a eeitified Red Cross Instrne- tor. .At the end of the five-hour class. p:irtieipiitits will he eerti- lic il ill infant, child ;ind adult l l ’R, .

Call the YM C A at t732) .32‘)-ll.sn. ext,, 2(K) or 201 for tiu'ie information; - *

South Brunswick Depiirtmenl of Recreation

The .South Bruiiswiek De- ixirtiiieiil o f Recreation and Commimity .Aflairs is located at P.O. Box .ihO. Munieipar Bu ild ­

ing. Monmouth Junction. For more information, contact (732) 329-4000, e.xt, 671.

• South Brunswick w il l be offering a new program. Recre­ation Bow ling C lub for ages 6-12 for the spring season, 'rhe instructional program w i l l teach the pafticipani basic liowling terms and. skills, sucli as liow to hold and roll the hall and how to make a strike or spare.

file program is for South Hruiisvviek residents only and will he held at Brunswick Zone C'arolier. 790 LkS Route I in North Brunswick.- on -Mondays from 4:13-3:13 |i.m. through .May 17.

A registralion lee o f S3 is payable to .South Brimsvviek Ttpviiship. and a ,class Ice of .S30 is payable to Brunswick Zone Carolier I.ancs un the first day of cliiss. The class fee includes iusiructiims and die lental lor shoes and bowling hall.

Registralion is now open. Class size is limited to 30 partic­ipants. C a l l for iiu.ire iiilorma- fion. . , .

COM M UNITY EDUCATION• South Bruiiswiek Commii-

mtv l-.ilue.itioii wdl receive a ;Check Into l.iicracy Gr.int s | H ) I 1 -

sored hv .New Jersey Reads, a non-profit org;inizatioti created hv literacy advocates to support and raise limds for ."Sew Jersey organizations dedicated to im­proving literacy skills;

C o m m u n ity lid . w i l l re ce ive .1 grant va lu ed at .S4.369. w h ich w il l be Used to e iiha iiee its ()|X 'i- a tio ii B o o k w o rm Program ()p- e r.itio ii JLlookvvork is a one-on- One read ing lu U ir program that he lps 13(1 k iude rga rine rs and liix t -g ra d e is ai ( i ie e iib io o k and (.'am hridge S ch o o ls m tiito ve ih e ir read ing sk ills ,

4 he grant will he used lo ..provide addilioiia! vohiliteei

training, parent wiiikslups .iiid resouree iiKilerials. lor the pio-

i gram.; • '4 t 's 1 lin e ' lo F .xp lo je m' .Sum m er 2004 " b roehu ies have i lie e ii m a ile d 10 area le s id eu ts

and are available al the Board of liduealioii Ofliee and the Com- imimty ■lidiieation office hehind Crossroads M idd le School. Camps are open to all area ch il­dren — they do not luive to at­tend South Brunswick schools. Complete registration informa­tion and forms for summer pro­grams eaii he found in the bro­chure and are also availahle lor download from the Web site w vv vv .shsehools.org.

I'liitioii -assisianee is .lyail- .ihle lo iiualified residents, Call

M a ria at (732) 297-7800, e.xt. 39SS lor more information. .-\s- sisiaiiee deadline lor day camps is .-\piil 30,and May 3(i tor cn- richmcnl and sports camps.

II anyone has not received .1 .brocluirc or has addiiiomil i|ucs- iiotis. call Dcana Mvers at. (732) 297-7800. CXI. 3 9 9 2 !

• Day Camps (illcr parents 7 ;i.m.-(' p.m. care, activ iiics, cm- icrtammcnt and trips, I'his year.

Com im iiiily Fd vvill o iler B,-\.SE Camp at B iooks C ioss ing .School lor gi.ales 1 's liom June 23-..-\ug. 13

.Advenliire. (’ amp w ill he held al Crossro,ids North School from June 22-,Aug. 13. and Star ('am p w ill he held at Crossroads South Scdiool from June 22-July 16 I'or grades 6-8._

Travel ('amp fio iu Aug 16-20 vvill lx‘ held al liu lu ii Fields School.

• Enrichment Camps will include .Academic Knrichmetil. ..Aflernoim Adventures. Sum­mer Time rrio . .Slimmer Fun. Summer M an iii. Kindergarten Prep. Advanced JJraw ing. Theatre and yoga and iinisie eanips.

• Spurts Camps vv ill include Baseball, Super Sports. G irls N’olleyhall, G ir ls andTloys La­crosse. ( iir ls amd Boys Basket­ball. G ir ls and Boys Soeeer. Gvmnasties, I'emiis. Softball.

G o lf .iiid ( iir ls Field HockeyNew loi lliiv Niinmiei i- \ i-

k iiig Baseball Camp, diuxled In die Sou.lli Bniii'-wKk High Sclu'ol varsity coaili. Boys \ ol- leyhall. 'I'raek'and Field, .uid Cross Country.

• flic Couimuiiiiy l.-diie.iliou I'Kvliiiie. "Soar 11110 Spring" w.i-. 111.tiled lo Soulh Hiuiiswuk rc'idenls .nul lesidenl' ol -iii louiklme soiiiiiuiinlie- in l.mii .iiy

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Apiil .md M.iy .Anyone who has not leceivwl ,r bioehiite should emiail CoinF;d.-\diilil’ rog(.! s|-is cliools.org to be added liie m.nl- iiig list, call N.incy ' K iiia l a'l i7’32) 297-78(.)0. ■ cxi. 3991'. or!stop hv ilie iifliee beh iiid j'lo ss roads .South Scluml .MoMdiiv to Fi id.IV Irom ‘) .1,111. -1 p.m.

• New trips foi .this se.oon. will melude Foxwiioils oii M.iy 22. .Mill .Nimapoiis <iii lime 3

• t he follow ing classes he- ■jin diiniig .-\pril and May .iiul li.ive sp.iee.s lemammg.

• G o lf From Tee To Green cl.isses are limited to eight and lesemhle. semi-private lessons. Choose from Sundays from 7-8 p.m. heginning .ApriMS. Sun­days from 6:3()-'7:3I) p.m. or 7 3 0 8:30 p.m. hegiiining M;iy 3(1 or I'lutrsvlays from 6:30-7 30 pm or 7 ’'0•8:3(). p Ml begin imig May 2” .

*■ One-mglit classes include C ra ft a Mercedes Rose Basket on May 3 and I’ainted W alls Deeoralively on M:iy 18.

• I real ilie'miiid aiul body to In irodnetiiin to Meditation, wlncli begins on A liiil 27 lor four sessions.. • Computer courses for be- giimeis o lle i skilled instruction, and ilic laicsi iccbnology. Inter­mediate 3\ord begins .April 27. and Intermediate Excel bceiiis

on .April 29.

• Defensive D riv ing will licl(i s.ive money and points. Choose from Saturdays. May I o r June 5.

• I'or a listing of all the course offerings, see. the "Soar into Spring" Coinim iniiy School hro-. cluire. Call Nancy Kinal at (732)

»297-7800, cxi. 3991 for informa- liiiii or to register hv phone with Masiere.iivl/N'isa.

Register m person at die Comnuiniiy 1-diiealion ofliee he- hind Crossroads South School Mon-Fi'i Irom 9 a.m.-4 p.m.

F.-mail rog is lra lions to' CoiiiF.d.-NdiillFrog0' shschool- s.o ig.Most classes arc held .it ilu: Souili Brunswick HighSchool-(Stout's Lane and Ridge Road). South Brunswick 'I'ovvn- ship senior ciliz.cMis- w ill receive a discount on most classes.

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14A South Brunswick Post Thuns'clay, April 22,2004

1 RELIGIOUS LISTIMGS _____________ - ^ ^

Assembly of God; Services are held at St. Barnabas Episco-, pal Church, 142 Sand Hills Road, South Brunswick; phone, (732) 735-9771 or- (609)

.466-2'490; the Rev. Larry Coch­ran is the pastor.

Chabad House-Lubavitch o f North and South Uruas- wick: P.O. Box 275. South

' B runsw ick; phone. ',(732)296- 8806; fax, (732) 828-6890; e-mail, njrabbi@hoiinail.com. Web site, www.southbnmswick-

• chabad.com. Tlie rabbi is Mendy Carlcbach..

Chabad .fewLsh Center; 1 Riva Ave. in South Brunswick: phone, (732) 398-9492: Web site, www.chabadsouthbrun- swick.com; Levi Azimov is the rabbi.

Chabad Jewish Center of South Brunswick is an cduca-. tional and social center caring to the needs of Jewish residents of the South Bmnswick.area.

\Vcekly' Saturday morning, ..services are held.at 10 a.m. Tra­ditional services are followed by a Kiddish buffet lunch. Kiddush includes traditional Shabbat foods, gefilte fish, kugel and

; cholent.Christ the K ing Lutheran

Church: 33.30 Route 27. Ken- da ll Park; phone, (732)2 9 7 - 1200; e-mai 1. X ih e - K ing@ aol.co in; Web site, www.XthcKing.org. The Rev. Fred Schott is the pastor.'

Ah infonnal .service will) contemporary music is held SatT urdays at S p.m.

Sunday services are at 9 and 10;.30 a.m. Sunday school and adult group discussion are at 9 a.m. People o f all ages and back-, grounds'arc welcome.

• Christ the King Church is hosting an evening of contempo­rary Christian music presented by My Brother's Keeper on Sat­urday. April 24 at 6 p.m. Tlicre

w i l l be a contemporary- worship .sers'icc at .5 p.m.. with the con­cert immediately following.

Admission is free. Call the church for more information.

Church of the Nazjtrcne: For more infonnaiion. call tlie Rev. Don W. Overbv at (732) 4.38-52.56,

Community Presbyterian of the Sand Hills: 57 Sand Hills Road, Kendall -Park: phone. (7.32) 297-9182: fax. (732)' 297-9959; Web site.-ww w'.coin- munitypres.org. The Rev. Bruce Calk-ins is the pastor. .

Sund:iy worship is at 9:30

a.m., followed by fellowship at 10:30 a.m. Sunday school for all ages is offered at 11 a.m.

Congregation B ’nai T ik- vah:- 1001 Finnegans Lane, North Brunswick; phone; (732) 2 9 7 - 0 6 9 6 ; W e b s i t e , www.bnaitikvah.org. Rabbi Da­vid Eligberg is the .spirituaMead- c r . . ■

Kabbalat Shabbat .services are held Fridays at 8 p.m. Satur­day morning Shabbat service be­gins at 9:30 a.m. Refreshments follow both services.

• Congregation B ’ nai Tikvah offers special family serv-iccs on the third Friday of every month. The sen-ice is designed for chil­dren ages 2 to 7. their parents,, .grandparents, aunts, uncles, etc. ■This participatory sen-ice,.runs from 7 p.m.-7:45. p.m. in the’ synagogue’ s Kiddush room and includes singing, dancing, pup­pet shows and abbreviated pray­ers.' '

Following the .service, juice and cookies are .sen-ed. Mem­bership is not required to attend these seiw'ices..

Evangel United Brethren eburch: Sen-ices held at Christ the King Church, 3^30 Route 27. Kendall Park; phone, (732) 297-7739. The Rev. B illy K. Simbo is the spiritual le:ider.■ Worship sen'ices are held each Sunday at 2 p.m. Dress is casual.

Faith Lutheran Church; Pio­neer' Grange Hall, 410 Ridge Road, ' Davton: phone, (732) 274-0252. the Rev. Arie l Hidal­go is pastor.

Sunday school is held every Sunday at 9:15 a.m. Services, in­cluding a children’ s sermon and Holy Communion, are . Sundays at 10:15a.m,. ■,

F irst Presbyterian Church at Dayton: 362 Georges Road, Dayton; phone, (732) 438-5222. The pastor is the Rev. Dr. Kathy Nelson, associate pastor is the Rev. Joanne Martindale and par­ish participating pastor is the Rev. Kathleen M ulvih ill.

Fresh Ponds Gospel M is­sion Chapel: 25-27 Old David- ,sons M ill Road, South Bruns­wick: rnailinc address, P.O. Bo.x 361. Dayton; N.J. 08810-0361; phone. (732) 297-3008 or (609) 448-2503. The pastor is the Rev. Robert S. Turton 111.

Services are held at 7:30 p.m, Sundays,

Lslamic Society of Central Jersey: 4145 Route 1, Mon­

mouth Junction; phone, (732) 329-8126; fax, (732) 329-1988. Imam Hamad Ahmed Chebli is the religious director.

The mosque is open for five daily prayers. Friday prayers are held a r t p.m. There are semi­nars on topics o f general interest on Saturday at 3 p.m. and Sun­day at 9:45 a.m. and Islamic Ed­ucation School Saturday and Sunday. Family night is the first Saturday of every month from 7-10 p.m. Bring some dinner and de.sert. ■ -- -

Kendall Park Baptist:3583 Route 27; telephone. (732) 297-4644. The Rev. Daniel R. Brown is pastor.

Morning worship is at f l a.m. Sunday, and evening fel­lowship service is 6:30 p.m. Sunday, Each, service has a nurs­ery. Sunday School begins at 9:45 a.m. with classes for every age, from niirsery to adult. There is a regular niidvyeek prayer meeting Wednesdays at 7 p.m.

The Teen You th Group meets Wednesdays at 7 p.m. with activities throughout the month. s

K ingston P re sb y te r ia n Church: 4565 Route 27, Kings­ton; telephone, (609) 921-8895; Web site.' KingstOripresbyieria- n@earthlink.net. The pastor is the Rev. John Heinsohn.

Each Sunday there w ill be two morning worship ,servicc.s at 8:30 a.m. (less • formal) and 11:00 am. A young adult fellow­ship group meets on Sunday evenings. Every;one is welcome to all event.s, ■

Sunday Church School for all ages is at 9:30 a.m., and childcare is available for ch il­dren under 3. Adult .study groups, adult fellowship groups, youth groups — including a m id-week junior high program — the Bethel Bible Series, the Alpha program, a men's group, a women’s program and choir for a ll ages —• including a Handbell Choir —- arc all offered as well. There is access for the handicap­ped.

Kingston United Methodist Church: 291 Church St,, Kings­ton; telephone, (609) 921-6812. The Rev. Carole E. McCallum is pastor. Sunday service and Sun­day School w ill be held at 10 u.in.

M ille r M em oria l Presby­terian Church: New Road and Ridge Road, Monmouth Junc­tion: telephone, (732) 329-6262; The Rev. John H. Maltby is the pa.stor.

Worship services w ill be on Sunday from 11 a.m .-noon, fol­lowed by a coffee hour. Sunday schoo l w i l l meet ' from 9:15-10:30 a.m. The Youth

e^-Gfoup meets on Sundays from ^ 6:30-8 p.m.

• Primary and junior Sunday sciiool classes . w ill help lead worship at 11 a.m. during an Earth -Stewardship observance. Teachers Paul Bouzano; Janet Beris, Peter Godinez and Brenda Reek are in charge o f the pro- gniih.

• The Rev. .Maltby w ill con­duct a cla.ss for' new member candidates at the church on Sun­day at 3 p.m.

• The church’ s Worship Team w ill lead a .service of songs and prayers at Park Place Center nursing home on Wednc.sday.: April 28 from 3-4 p.m. .

St. Auglastine of Can ­terbury R.C. Church: Can­terbury R.C, Church. 45 Hender- ,son Road, Kendall Park; phone (732) •297-.3(X)(). 33tc p:istor is the Rev. Robert G. Lynam.

. Tlie mass .schedule is a Sat­urday Vigil.Mass at 5 p.m.; Sun­day masses at 7:30 a.m., 9 a.m.. 10:30 a m., noon, and 5 p.m.; weekdays at 9 a.m.

Tiie .Sacrament of Reconcili­ation is held Saturday from. 1,1 r30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in the chapel. ' • ■.

Religious education classes are held at St. Augusti’ne .School. For more information on cla.sses, call Brother Robert Sheclcy, S.C. (732) 297-.30n.

St. Barnabas Episcopal Church: 142 Sand H ills Road. Monmouth Junction; phone, (732) 297-4607; Web site.\vw'w;.slbaniaba.s-sbnj.drg.

The Rev. Francis A. Hub­bard is the .rector. .Sunday serv­ices are at 8:30 a.m. and 10:30. a.m, coniinunion.

Sunday School, for agc.s 18 months to eighth-graders, is at 10:15 a.m. Classes are free, and newcomers arc welcome.

The church has :i "tiuiet room" next to the worship area for those who m;iy need a space in which to quiet young children while still being able to see and hear the service:

• .St. Barnabas Episcopal Church w ill host an African din­ner from 5-7 p.m. on Saturday; April 24 to raise money to help two parishioners with their heal­ing ministrytrip to Kenya from April 29 to May 7.

; N oc1 llogu.'M .D., ;ind Terry Webb w ill be training medical personnel in strategies io help people recover from alcohol and/or nicotine addiction during a wceklong s'ojoum in that East African country.

Tickets for the dinner are $15 for adults 21 and over, S 10 for tho.se aged 12-20, and $5 for children under 12. The program will include a presentation on. the history and culture of Kenya by parishioners who are Kenyan iind a silent auction of African crafts. Members of the public arc invited.

• The adult Lenten book study w ill be on Sundays from 9:25-10:05 a.m. (between the 8:30 and 10:30 church services) and W e d n e s d a y s fro m 7:30-8:45.' : ;

The book “The Purpo.se- Drivc Life: What on Earth Am 1 Here For?’’ by R ick Warren w ill be the Lenten study book.

Free childcare for children 18 months old or older is avail­able at the church during the Sunday morning study group.

St. Cec ilia ’s R .C. Church; Kingston Lane and Georges Road, Monmouth Junction;

. phone. ; {732) 329-289.3 for the parish office, (732) 329-1141 for religious education. The pastor is the Rev. Sylvester J. Cronin. Services: Saturday Mass at 5 p.m.: Sunday Masses: at 8 .1 0 and 11:30 a m.; and a vveekday Mass at 8 a;m. The Sacram'eht o f Reconciliation is held Saturdays from 3:45-4:30 p.m.

• The Mega Yard Sale. spon-. sored by St. Cecilia Life Teen Youth M in is try .w ill be heid .on Saturday. April 24 from , 8:30 a.m.-3:.30 p.m. at St. Cecilia ’ s. The riiin date is May 15.

A ll proceeds w ill Ixiiiefit the LifcTeen Yoiith Ministry and help to fund the World Youth Day trip to Cologne, Germany in 2005 to see the" Pope. Any left over items w ill be doiiated to the Vietnam Veterans ol'Americai ^

Six M i le Run 'Reformed C liu rcb : 3037 Route 27, Frank­lin Park Road; telephone. (732) 297-3734; e-mail, re\dpr(f> !u)l- mail.com. The Rev. David Ris-- seenw is the pastor;

Sunday church service be­gins, at K) a.m. and is followed by fellowship and refrcsliments in (he church hall. Children over 4 attend the service during-the first 20minutes and then go : to their Sunday school classes.

Classes are available I'or

■ • — j - -- wNursery^are is . provided for

.ages newborn to 3. .• A coffeehouse w ill be held

on Saturday, May Tat 8 p.rn. ln- clude.s a perfomiancc by a comic and m usic.. Call the church of­fice for more information or di­rections. : ■ ;

• Si.\. Mile Run w ill sponsor a fiea market on Saturday, May 15 from 8;30 a.m.-3 p.m. at thechurch. Featured ite in sw ill be

• men's, women’s and children s clothing, toys, books, furniture, jewelry, knickknacks. household items and more.

' ■ There will be a bake sale ta­ble available to purchase.home­made cakes, Cookies, pies and brdvynies.'A light lunch o l.hot dogs and hainburger.s vvill be available from 11. a.m.-2 p..m. Beverages will be; available for purchase throughout tire day.

For m o r e information, call the church office j at (732) 297-3734 from Monday to Fri­day beiween 9 a.im and noon. '■ • Adults arc invited to join a newly forming book discussion group on Sundays at Six M ile; . The grirup will .be reading Ste- 'ven Covey’ s” The 7 Habits o f H ighly Effective Familie.s” for the first book.. The group w ill meet in the S ix M ile Run church lounge from 11:30 a.m.-i p.m. on the first and third Sundays of every month for the riiext .several monthsi Babysitting w ill. , be available.. • . ' ^

Wives and husbands are cn- couiaged to come-together when possible to citable ellcctive dis­cussions from all sides. A ll are welcome.

C a ll the church office or croupmoderators Robin Suy- dam at (732) 846-6200 or Suz­anne Jones at (732);247-5836 for. more information.

South Brunswick Chrisdan Fellowship: 115 Sand H illsRoad. Monmouth Junction; phone. (732) 940-1 tt)l; fax. ,(732) 94()-ll,k5, Senior pastors are O/zie anil Carol Gonzalez.

■fhere is a pre-serv ice prayer on Sundays at 10 a.m. Praise and worship and children’s church begins at 1():.30 a.m..

W eekly events include a ' 'ruesday nigltt prayer service

fiom 8-9 p.m.. Royal Rangers ■ meeting on Wednesdays from 7-8:30 p.in. and a meeting for pre-teens and teens o n Friday

. from 7:30-9 p.m.

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GETTING INVOLVED LIBpiARYNEW SNational Council of Jewish Women

Niitioniil Council of Jewish Women, Middlesex County sec­tion is bused in Kendall Park, For more infonnation about the group, contact Cheryl Klug- Hoffman at (732J 940-7269 or Hofrmanck@att.net.

• The National Council pf

Jewi.sh Women (Middlesex County Section) w ill be cele­brating a Mock Bar Mitzvah re­ception on Saturday, April 24 at 7 p.m. at the South Brunswick Senior Center, o ff Route 522 in Monmouth Junction.

Includes a buffet dinner ca­tered and served by Tiger’s "Tale and a silent auction arid, dancing to celebrate the bar mitzvah of Stuart Benjamin. The event is

■S20 per person, festive casual and bring your own bottle.

The silent auction includes hut is not limited to artwork, sports nicmorabilia, restaurant,9,- hotel stays, theater and sports ticket*: Cash and- checks w ill be accepted for silent auctioii pur­chases.

For more infonnation, con­tact Marla at (7.32) 297-(K)3S dr Hope at (7.32) .329-1399.

• Frankie Troncoso. a founh-grader at Brooks Crossing. Elementars' School, auditioned to sing the National Anthem at a Somerset Patriots game at Woodbridge Center on Saturday, March 27.-Out of, 100 people who auditioned, Frankie - w.as among 10- selected to sing at Com m ergc^diu in on Aug. 20.

I'/inkie also sang the Na­tional Anthem at the S B A A Opening Day Cereindnies.

• T he Arts & EducationCenter, the organiztition that nins the Middlesex County Arts' High School and Arts M iddle School prognims, is accepting applicittions, for the Summer Arts .Academy, which begins on June 2S. ■ ■

The four-week program pro-, vidcs training in the arts for ch il­

dren in grades 7-12. Disciplines offered include musical theater, theater and visual arts. The pro­gram i.s held four days a. week, Monday through Thursday from 9 a.m.-3 p.m.. Faculty is com­prised of teachers from the Arts High School and Arts Middle School. ,

Admission is by audition only. The Academy w ill be held . in the Monroe Township High School. Student busing w ill be ava ilab le from lo ca tion s throughout Middlesex County. For enrollment forms and other infonnation, call the Arts and Education Center at (732) 249-5151 of e-mail ArtsHSorM- S@aol.com . -

• The South Brnnswick High School IT O has kicked off a re­cycling campaign to benefit its yearly scholarship program.

Empty ink . Jet and laser/toner caMridge.s w ill be collected at the high . school throughout this spring and tunicd over to a re-: cycler, who w ill pay the PTO anywhere froni $.25 to $13 per cartridge.

The drive w ill augi]ient other PTO efforts to fund 15 schol-: arships for this year’ s graduating seniors. A ll members ' o f the community tire encouraged to participate by .sending used car­tridges to the main receptacle in the high .school . foyer via a SUMS student o f staff member.' Businesses .are encouraged to contiict the school (.lirectly tit (732) 329-4044.

T h e inititil drive w ill run ihrough April 23 in celebralioii of Earth Day. blit contributions w ill be ticcepied throughout the school Near.'

O N C A M PU S

Radha Shiragiri• Rudha Sh irag iri o f Moiir imnitli Junction, a 2001 gitiduate t)f South Brunswick: H igh ■School and the daughter o f Nal- licheri and 'Ceetliti Shiragiri, was oiie o f <S0 Boston Unisersity stu­dents to pledge her commitinent

to a life of teaching at the School of Education’ s Jun io r. Pinning Ceremony. Sponsored by the school’ s Alumni Board, the cer­emony signifies the beginning of her career in the cla.ssroom. '

Ms. Shiragiri recited the “Educator's Affirination," dedi­cating her life to the ideals of the leaching profession, in front of I'ainily. friends and fellow edu­cators at the jecent ceremony. Guest speaker Audrey Morgen- besser, a BU aliiinna, addressed the studcni.s about the first years ofietiching. - ^

Ms. Shiragiri is a junior ma­joring in political science at the College o f Arts and social stud­ies education at the .Sciences and School of Education,

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:The Public l.ihrary is located at 110 Kingston Lane. Mon­mouth Junction. Fmr information • call (732) 329r4(H)(). ext. 286.s , ,

M embershipOpportunity

The Eriends o f the .South Brunswick Public Library w ill offer a memhershijv opportunity to coincide with National l.i- brarv Week, which is from April 17-24.

From now until June 30. 'any person enrolling as a lifetime member with the Friends w ill be given the opportunity to pl;ite ;i _leaf on l l ie Giving 'free for $.s0 (which is half the normal lc;if price o f $100). The fee for a life­time, membership in Friends of the South Brunswick Public L i­brary is $200. ’

F'or tliose will) are lu.U al­ready lifetimemembers. a cheek for $250 will enable Ibem to eih .roll as such and additioualK he reeogni/ed on fhe Giving Tree. This opportunity also applies to existing lifelimememb'ers.

;l'or more uiformaiion or to , join the l-rieiuls. eontaet Susan at (732) .329-6688.

M usical GalaThe South Bfimswiek L i­

brary. Eoundation and Federation of India Associations arc pres­enting a imisieal gala by .VlEu- .sion to raise funds for the Pubiic- l.ihrary exp.tnsionTui Satiirdav. .April 24 at 7 p.m. in the Cross­roads Suullr.VIiddle SeluH'l aiidi .toriiim. .

Funds from the program will be pledged louaril. a iiew. eoin- piitef room dedicated in the mi.me of tile. Indian .-\mcriean eomiiuiniiy,

.Vll'usion.will entertain with music ereation.s ilraw ii from new and old Hindi films. The hand, .will be accompanied by .yoiing 'ariistsTarJani :md .Navni, .

Tiekels are $20 and can he purchased at ilie librars. For

more information, eall Saiidhya MiVTinudar at (732) 951 -9961.

Citizenship ClassA citizenship class w ill be

ruiiuing on Salurday.s at the l i ­brary through May 15 from i():.3()-nooii.

Space is liniiied. and regis- iniiion is retiuired. Participants imisl be able to eoinmunieale in F.nglish at an intermediate level. Call or slop by the information desk for mure details.

Mother Goose Program

Fhe South Brunswick L i­brary's Mother Goose Program offers ehildren ages 1 and 2 an imeraetive program of nursery rhyme's, songs and a .storx'.

Programs for 1-year-olds w ill meet at 10:i5 a.in,, and the 2-\earmolds will meet at 10:45 a,111. on .Monday s. Tuesdays and Wednesdays, Pmgrams w ill run into the montli of May.

F'or rnore information, eall the library at |732) .329-4000. exi/285'.

ESL Class .'I'lie library w ill have an ESL

beginners eoiirse that leaches the tvasies ' i n eoniiiiunieation on Moiulays I'rom I0:.3()-noon ihrmigh June 21.7

Kegisiratioii is rcijuircd.'and class size is limited. Interested paiiieipants must register in per­son at tlie infoimaiion desk. E’or additional information, e;ill (7.32) 329-.|t)00. ext. 2iS(i,-

Yoga Classes, The spring session of yoga

. w ill meet oiv Thursdays from 7-8:30 ji.in. ill the library meet­ing lAH'in. Class d;|tes arc .April 22 t today .1 iind 29 and .May 6.

Cost lur the seven-week ses­sion isia fee o f $55. payable at the lime ol registration. Please bring a yi'ga or exerei.semal. For more inlnrmalion or to reuisiL-r.-

stop by the information desk.

Homework Buddies’Hic Homework Buddic.s tu­

toring program at the library is every Mondtiy through Thursday from 4-8 p.m. ihrough, May 20.

It helps any elementary-age Students in, grades kindergarten- sixth with drills in math, extra help in reading or spelling or as­sistance in whatever is required.

This program is free to all and is staffed by volunteers in grades 6-12. No sign up is re­quired. Call the library or stop by the information desk for more infonnation.

Adult Book Discussion

The South Brunswick Public Library adult reading discussion- group w ill -ineiude “One 'ThoU: sand White Women” by Jim Fer­gus for May,

The next meeting is Monday, •May .3 at 7:30 p.m. Contact Carl HcITington at the library' for

, more information.

Support Group Meeting

The Central Jersey Lyme Disease .Support Group w ill meet on the second Tuc.sday of every month from 7-9 p.m. at the library. The next meeting i.s .viay 11. Everyone is welcome to discuss all tile aspects of living with lA ine Disease. Call the l i­brary for more information.

Story TimeThe library yvilj have a new

story lime for ehildren in fir.sl, second and third grade on Wednesday afternoons at 4 p;m.

Story lime for children ages 3-5 w ill ebniinue to meet on Mondays at 4 p,m. and on Tues­days and. Thursdays at ll:3 0 a .m : .

Call the library at (732) .329-4()()(). ext. 285 i'or more in- forinaiion.

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Buckingham PI.ice .A'-sisicd Living & .Adult Day C iiiv i" lo­cated at 155 Raymoiul Ro.td in South Brunswick. Lor more in-' formation, eall (732i 329-,SSSS. ext. 401. ■

• On riiursday. .Ajuil 22 (to­day l.'Uoberla SeliarlT a physical therapist from the Rehaliilitaiion Center at Buckingham Place, w ill give the lecture. "Fall Pre­vention and the Fikleily" .it 2 p.m. ■ ,

Open house tours ol Buck­ingham w ill be .ill ilay I'lom 9 a.m.-4 pin. RSVP to c7'2i .529 .S'lsSS livenl i- liee .iiul open 111 the pnbiK ki-lieshmenis w ill he served.

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• Sonlh Hiuiiswiek Cumniu miy DeveInpmeiU ( 'lu i le-inn Place Seniiii Citi/ens w ill h.ivi- ,i rtimm.ige s.de. on Iml.iy. Apnl 3(1 and Saliinlay. Mav I I'nim 10 a.m.--l p.m. at ,'-)24 Ronie 2“ in Kendall P.iik,

1 he pii'ceeds lom i the s.ile enable existing seiiii.ii luograms to eoninuie. DoMaliuns ol elolli- mg and household items me wel- Ciime. (.‘all (7.'2) 2'’ / " '.i(>(i Ini more minimaiiiin.

South Brunswick Senior Center

Ilie'.Semoi (.'eiiier. ioe.iieil in the iminiei|ial aunplex on Ridge Road/Rmiie 522. is ope iiM m i d.iv to I riday luim 8..91 ;i,ni 4:30 p.m.. two Saluii.lays a monili Irom *1 a.m -1 p.m. ,ind .Sundays Irom I -4 p.m

■ I he Senior ( enter can he IV.idled at (732) 32'J-40il0. ext (i70. I he eeitiei s Web sUe is vv vv vv ,sbm|,nei.

The eeiiler judviiles liee- dooi-lo-vlooi , ii.uispoilation to and from the eeiiiei to doeti'i ' appomlineiiis, griieery stores .md liK-al trips. Call loi mine inliirm- aiioii.

The lollovving live, local trips w i l l leave from the Semoi C'en ter m .Aiml: ’

. • W'almart on Ap ril' 27 .it 10:30,!.111. . '

file South Biimsvv lek Seinni Club w ill I'e siniiis.iimig the lob lovvrnr^’ftips. vvliid) le.ive.liom

W o o d lu l Park. C a l l L i l l ia n at (732 ) 422 93.) 1 In s ign up.

• The H i l iu i iC a s in o in A i- t.m lie C i iy on A p r i l 22 (today) at 9 a.m ,C o s t is $17 w i i l i $15b;iek:

• The, D e lavva ie S h o w w id i runy k)an/a w i l l lie on .May 5 and (>, 1-odg iiig at l l i) l id ; iy Inn w ith w o leom e iveep tio n . tr ip to U i\ lie e sh opp ing m a ll andmeals.,

Cosi is $IS() w ill) $15 hack.

H ie ( io ld o ii .Age C lu b w i l l be s | 'o iiso r iiig the lo llo v v in g trip , b il l ie se iv ;t iio n s . c a ll D o t at (■’ >2i '2 9 2214 o r t i lu r ia .it1 ■ 12 I 3 . 1 SOU

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1 he iV iliiivv ing tree le e tiire s w il l be o tte red by the S e n io r C 'en ie i in the co m in g weeks:

• ( In l lu n sday . .April 28 ,ii I 2 '() p 111 . lo h ii ( ) liv e il . iiit l .A l• be lt C o o v n l i o l ,\1 J. M uqvhv j ' lm e ia l ■ H um e in M o n m o iiih .(unc lidn w il l le a il .i sem ina r that w il l in c lu d e the b e n e lils o r pre- .n i.m gm g .md p ie lim d m g lim e ia l$cr\Tccs. V . .

I■(lilllvvmg w i l l be a iiu e stnm aru i-a iisw er to rum . ,

• O n I tu iis d a v . A p r il 2 ‘ > al 12:30 [i.m.. there w il l be a pre- -en ta tion bv I ib e iiv M an o r. ,t ' ii in n u ii i i iy - lo e iis e d . .iss is ied l i v - i iu ’ la e d iiy III .Man,d.i|'an.

t.um e III atul play b in g o vviih • \ ln id v w h ile .isk iice t|ues(tonsabout l.il'ie r iy M ano r.

• I he $ e m o iC e i i t e r w i l l o l- le i a le e liiie senes, w liie h w il l .u iK e n ir . ite on w isd o m lite ra tu re (<1 il ie o k l .m il new testam ent o l the B i l ’ le. m eliii.hng the dead s c ro lls .md N .ig H a m m a iii. (in l i id a v s at 10:30 a.m , sta rting M a i eh 19 lo r s i\ w eeks.

B i l l R o u ib e rg . a edu ca to r w ho has been le ad ing (liesc d is - e u ss in ii e io iip s at the cen te r as w e ll as p.m o l tlie R l. '- .A L l. A e a ile m v tor l. i le lo n g l.e , lin in g .11 R ii ig e is . w i l l present.

I he lee is $12 lo r a ll s isH ee -IUIi.'s, ^

1 he lo llo v v in g p rog ram s w il l be o l le ie d by ibe S em o r C en te r III tlie eon im g w eeks ' •

• new .w o ik shop t ille d . ■ 'Im piiive ) i i i i r M e m o ry , '', vv.ill meet for s iv w e e k s at 10:45 a.m. I'be g io u p w il l be l. ie d ila le il by

the eenler's .socialworker. Kath­leen Osieriag and will help par- lieiiiaiits examine the reasons behind memory loss and what to do ahuui it, Pre-rcgisiralion is ret|uired by calling the Senior Center. .

• ,A workshop on veterans’ benelils w i l l he on Tuesday. .April 27 at 12:30 p.in.

Carl .Ass/ony from the M id ­dlesex County Veterans’ Adm in­istration w ill provide updated in-- romialion on veterans’ services' ,iml benefits. Call Uie senior een- lei for more information,

• The South Brnnswick Sen­ior Golfers .Association w ill be­gin Its eighth season al the Fam- .ii.iek Goll d u l l in May . Tee olT will be on 'Fluirsdays at 9;3() a.m. and eoniiiuie t<i the end o( Oeiober.

.Anyone interested in joining the group should eall Don H;ir- vey at (732i 297-4429. Fhe only rules ate that golfers are able to pailiei(iale every Thursday mormng and have an tnaintain an average 18 lioies score of 120or less. ,

• .Social dancing is heki eve- eiv Smuhiy at 1 p.m. Seniors should brnig their own music and dance as a grou[i, ■

Also al Irom 1-4 p.m. on Sundays IS draw ing/sketehing wuh a live model, bridge, hoard 'James, hillnuds. ping pong, hneee. shuinehoard and horse­shoes.

• A hereavement suppon gmuji w ill be ottered at the Sen­ior Center lor those who have evpeiieiieed the loss ol a loved one. Everyone is invited to join with others who niulerstand and can share and otter help, hope and support on- the |ourney tlirmigh griet.

I he 10-week' program,■whieli meets on luesdays at 9:15 .i.m. starting on .Aiml 6. will he laeilitated by Dorothy M .u iin and l.orrie.Quinlan, with Imulmg pioviiled hy the South Briinswiek .Municipal .Alliance. Call the Senior Center for more

. inl'ormalion.,

AARP

I on more mlorniation re- gaidmg chapter membership or dues, mil lesineled to South Hiuiiswiek residents, call Eihe- Ivn .Alhsoii .11 (ti09) 395-.9209.

Sports Editor: Rich Fisher SportsFax:(732)329^ff29U^^^Sports VoiceMaii: (609) 924-3244, ext. 702 Sports E-Mail: Rfisher@pacpub.com Sports ontine: www.southbrunswickpost.com

I G A S o u t h B r u n s w i c k P o s t T h u r s d a y , A p r i l 2 2 , 2 0 0 4

South Brunswick Bop Warner football and cheer registration will be held Mon­day. May 3. from 6 io 8 p.m. at the .South Brunswick Munici pal Building. Cheer registration is open to girls age.s 5-13 a football registration is opc l to iHjys ages 5-12.

There is an optional orr entatibn meeting at 7:30 p.m on Thursday. April 29. at the Community Center at Woodlot Park.

For football infonnation c a ll Don P a r lo w at 732-329-0325 or for chcerlead- ing information call Ali.son Lesko at 732-297-2561.

V SBAA Summer Baseball r^istralion will run 1‘rom May 1 through June .11. The pro­gram is'for players cuffenlly in grades 1-6. and is open to all Junior Farm, I and II. .Senior Farm. American. Viking and National league players from the regular spring settson.-.Ml si.sth-graders can-join even if they arc not playing this spring. The league ruhs from July 6 through Aug. 6 with two games per week ;ind no weekend games.

Fmphasis is on having lun. team play and try ing new posi­tions (less competitive than the spring league). The Junior Fann I and II leagues will play together using JF II rules and registration fee is S30. The Senior Farm and American leagues will play together using American League, while the Viking and National leagues combine and use National rules. Registration lee S-U) lor both. Fee includes a SBAA jer­sey and hat and a year-end award.

Registration can only 1k" done by inieniel. Free access can Iv gained at' the South Brunswick Public l.ibrary. Register at www.sbaabasebal- l.eom. i’or lurther inlorniation c a ll Jo e C a Ivan o a t732-297-395S or e-mail joeleli- ca(<' aol.com.

South Brunswick Soccer Club’.s in-lown registrationwill be held the .Saturdays of May H and 15 at the Recreation Ccnier (Woodlot Park - New Road) I'roni 9 a.m. to I p.m. Registration and' camp, forms can be downloaded at WWW .sbsiKcer.org,.

The South- Brunswick Athletic As.sociation is look­ing for a manager for the 15-ycar-old tournament base­ball Team. Anyone interested should contact Anthony Feltre at 732-438-9310.

SB.-\A Picture Day is .Mas 8 at the South Brunswick .Sen­ior Center. For all coaches to resene Iheir time slot, call Jer­ry Veglia at 732-329-1790 after 5 p.m. on sseeknights and any time on weekends, or 732-652-6591 from lO'a.ni. to, 3 p.m. on weekends.

South Brunswick Commu­nity Fducatioii's Community School is offering Golf From Tec to Green cla.sses at the Raritan Golf Range. Beginners to advanced. are welcome. There will be si.x one-hour ses­sions with limited eiirolliiieiit. Register lor six Thursdays be­ginning on -May 27. Or choose SIX Sundays beginning on May 0. Call Nanev Kinal at

732-297-7800 ext! 3991 to reg­ister by phone with MastercardA’isa. Register m person at the Community I'du- ealion olTice weekdays from 9 a 111. to 4 p.m. Registration lorins will be m the Communi- ly School Spring Brochure

Coninuinily Kdiieatioir.s Spring Tennis Program reg­istration has begun. ..Spriiie I emus begins a senes o| siv Saturdays .-\pril 23 tor ages 4 to grade 12 at the.South Bruns­wick High School Courts The Pee Wee iirogram (ages 4-7i iiitrodiices young children to leniiis cl .isscs lor small groups are at 8:50 and 9:40 a.m. at Crossroads and 12:15 pm, at SBllS Students ages 8-9 meet Irom l():30 lo iioon at Cross­roads, Students ages 6-8 meet Irom'1.05 to 1:.5() p.m and ages lO-.ind-over meet troin 10:30 to noon at SBllS. Stu­dents will be grouped by age and atulils

Students may register in person at the South Brunsw ick. Comimiiiity F.ducaiion Oltlce or. call Deana Mvers at 732:297-781)0 x.3992 ' for the reeistratitui lomi.

I he LS 12-West Wmdsor- Plainsboro Soccer .-kssiKiation Strikers have revised the dates for an open tryout for a 2(H)4-(I5 L'nder-i3 team to .May 10 and 12. For lunher in- lonnation contact Joe Wadling- er at WW-275-8832 or sisit sswwAvwpsa.org.

Let the games begin!Photos by Kelley Nelson

The sign at Saturday’s opening day festivities said it all, as it's time lo play ball in the South Brunstwick Athletic Association. Dis- Maying the banner that reminds everyone what time of the year it is, are Rookie League Dodger players (from left Jamie Thigpen, Eric Bruder and Drew Schreiber, Moving clockwise. Rookie Phillie player Jason Hutnick shows that a baseball cap can also .be used as a sand pail; volcanoes, castles and sand scribblings tooJ< shape on Reichler's main diamond during grown-up introduc­tions as the Dodgers’ Chase Byrne and Sean Wenke and the Phils Mateo Webster pass the time with their hands; and Sanjay Ravi, Sean Marlin and William Drost line up to watch the parade march into Reichler Field. Please remember. The Post wishes all the SBAA players good luck and encourages all the teams to submit their results this spring by e-mail or fax, -

double 2003 win totalBy Ken Weingartner Sports W riter

"AWhen the’ South Brunswick

High boys volleyball team step­ped onto the court Monday to faccCoIts Neck, it was meeting a team that— like the Vikings — was in its second sea.son o f var­sity existence.

When vSB walked o ff the court after \vinning the match in three straight games, it gave a glimpse at how far the Vikes have come in one year.

South Bhjnswick halted - a . three-match -slidejvith. a ,25; 13, 25-21. 25-23 win over Colts Neck. That triumph.; coupled

w ith a 3-2 win over Old Bridge on Tuc.sday, improved the V i­kings to 4-3. which means the Vikings have doubled their \vin total from a ye:ir ago.

■ After just one season, coach

VOLLEYBALL

^Stephen Deiiller is already bat­tling over-confidence. “We ex­pect to win at this point, which am;i/es me." Dentler said. “ My kids are convinced there are games on the schedule ihey can ' tick o ff as wins right now. M y Job is, to make sure they know the games haven’ t been played yet and to keep their feet on the ground. .

"Colts’ Neck made the match close, hut our kids found a way to win, and they know they have to do that to reach their goals. . We played very well in the first game and not_ so good in the next two. We were inconsistent, which .was not 'a, surprise. But we’ re getting there." . •

Darryl Pratt had 25 k ills — 12 o f them coming in the first! game — and two blocks against;! Colts Neck. Toni,Lanza had 18! assists and Andrew Orlando had seven kills;’ -

“ Danyl really played well,” ! Dentler said. “ In the first game, he was lethal. It was a fireworks show. We don't get to see that too often; it was fun to watch. Then we had some passing prob- leins in the next two games and our sets were not as consistent." ,

The Vikings won their firs t, two matches of the season be- ; fore runiiing into unbeaten J.P. Stevens and the top two teams in the state, Bridgewaler-Raritan and Last Brunswick last week. Lven though SB got swept in three games in each match, the. tea'nv was undiseduraged.

"It w;ts a tough week for us,-; but it was good." Dentler said."It gave us enough infonnation! to see ‘what we need to do to! compete on that level. Now, it ’ s ' a inatter of being able to product;'' ■ and get the level o f consistency in our game lo play at that level. •!

" The kids were disappointed with the outcome, but it didn’ t shake tlteir spirit. I don’ t think it’ s thrown them o ff their go.'ds, . w hich are to t|ualify for the state playoffs and establish them­selves in the IGreaicr Middle.se.x Conlerencel. Tho.se were some

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SBHS has Strong showing at Holmdel RelaysBy Carolyn M. HarlkoSports W riter TbACK & FIELD

■ S iah photo'by John Keatfhg,

Ronak Shah was part of two jronze medal winning teams for South Brunswick at the Holmdel Relays. ■

The Holmdel Relays have become ;is much a part til Npnng as-liallodils and lellv beans for track teams across .New Jeisev. Both .South Brunswiek si|uails showed verv well iii the 2004 edition ol tins big track invita­tional. in spile of some very

■ tough competition, especially in Section III, the llig lit for the largest schools in the state.

South Brunsw ick found itself up against powerlunises like Trento.n, Freehold Township. .Marlhoro, Ocean and the Toms River Ingh scliodls. And some teilow Greater Middlesex C’on- ferorice .scliools,- like Old Bridge and Last Brunswiek, had a good meet as w ell.

"When you're vvith all ilie Group IV schools, there's al­ways, tough competition." V i­king girls co;ich Brian Jost saul. "It gave the kills a taste o f what It’ s going to be like later on in the year with (state) sectionals and stuff like that. And it was a nice day. so we couldn’ t com­plain alnuit that."

The Viking boys finished fourth overall in the team com-I ■ .piJtiiion.'racking tip 35 points. They won the discus relay, and placed top three in five other varsity events. Juniors ■ .Yemi .‘\_vem ajid I’ rescolt H ill took .the gold in the d iscus' with a eomhinevL-iotal ol 287 feet. The

duo then w ent on to take bronze medars in the sliol put (85;5').

On the track,'die boys show­ed particular sUehgtli in the sprints. The Team of Jeremy Guzman. Coron Shori. ITnariuel King and Charles W illis came in second in the 4,\200. Miguel Ra- inos replaced Short in this group when Ihev took- third in the 4x100 (44.8 seconds). In the 4y4(M), it was .Stev e Guadeloupe. Kinjal Shah. Rashaan, Jones and Nana .Ampin.

South’ s middle distance. st|iiad should he winners for sev­eral years to come. 'I'he varsity team, (Jones. Lmery Greenfield, Ronak Shah and K. Shah) loiik a set . of bron/e medals with a combined time o f 8:40. But ■

■ So iiili’ s ninth, graders (Steve Sani|ile, Cole Croshy. .Maiideep and Rishi .Matluir) w on the

freshman llighi in 9:18.Tire Lady Vikings also have

top sprinters tltis spring. In the sprint medley, freshman Indira Morton led off with die 400 leg passing off to classmate Krista Belick and junior Laura Clnrico for the 200 sprints. Junior Amy Rhein ran the 800 anchor leg. crossing the line at the 4:30.9 mark. On the fourth place 4x400 team (4:31,7). it ■ Was Sliante Slaughter u'l Ani.sa Ramo.s. to O liv ia Fa lcon .Sen io r Ashley Carter was the anchor.

The Lady Vikings picked up a filth in the long jump with Morton and A. Kamos jumping a combined 29-2.

. "We placed as well as we thought we could in those events," Josi said. "And in some

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Thursday, April 22, 2004 South Brunswick Post 17A

By Rich FisherSports Editor

Anyone trying to get an early read on the South Bi^jnsWick High girls ’ lacrosse team might want to try something a bit sim­pler. L ike War & Peace, or something along those line.s.

"I think this team has its ups and downs, like ever)' team does,” said sophomore attack Heather Bacci.

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Actually, it has been up. down and in between, as it has been d in icu lt to gauge just how the Vikes might fare this year.

SBHS opened the season .April 8 with a tight, 8-7 setback at Phillipsburg. After a week of rain, the Vikes retumed lo action Saturday and e.xploded for a 15-0 victory over North Hunier- doii in their honie opener." Two days later, Hillsborough .visited the comer of Ridge iV Stout and took a 16-.Vvictory,

“We just played really well Saturday.’’ said Bacci. who had two goals in .Monday’s loss. “We had beaten (Hillsborough)

.beforc. hut they-ie. gotten better since previous years and I guess we just weren’ t expecting it.”

One thing that can he ex-, pccted from.the Vikes. is the un­expected. An infusion of young talent could lead to a wild ride, ranging from really good to real­ly bad and everything in be­tween. It should be interesiinu.

. . ■ . . Pholo by Kolloy Nelson

The Vikings’ Kristen Majewski (left) maneuvers around Hillsborough defender Soso Doumanis during Saturday’s game at SBHS. ’

••A lot of the sophomores w e ’ re really used to each other." these sopliomores ate s e m o i s . mg to get Icwk to the state lour-.h;ive been playing together fora . ‘AVe've got a great sopho- this w ill be a leally siioiig pio-long time,” Bacci said. "Not in "more class,” .senior tri-caiitain gram. Ibis year is kind ol like ,ilacrosse, but in other sports. So Kate Marowit/ said. "When building ye.ii, but we re still liy-

iianieiil.” aller gelling their lor the Inst tune last setison.

M.now it/ eot oil to a siruiie

start with two goals and an assist against Phillipsburg and a team- high five goals and an assist against North Hunterdon. Soph­omore A li Ruggircllo also look­ed good with seven goals arid four assists in the first two games. .

Freshman Alana Jogan had a stellar high school debut with tw'o goals and three assists against Phillipsburg. She fol­lowed. with a goal and two as­sists tigainsi North Hunterdon and a goal against Hillsborough.

",Alana has really been play­ingw e ll at midfield.” Marowit/. said. “ Everybody’ s stepping up to the plate. I think w'e.have a solid olfensive line with me and A li iind Mciither, and on defense you have Ori-c;iptains) Krystal

.Brown and Chrissie (Tupe) in goal.”

Tupe only faced six shots tigttiiisi North Hunterdon, but made sevenil outstanding saves to notch the shutout. She was pelted by Hillsborough and came up with 12 saves.

“Chrissie is really pro- -gre-ssing in goal,” Marowit/. said.

Bacci admitted the H ills­borough loss was disappointing tiller the Vikes played so well in the previous game. The Raiders jumped to a 5-0 lead in the first 10 niimites and never looked back.

"That was a little ".surpris­ing.” Bacci said. "Everyone's selfesteem kind of dropped and everyone wtisii’ t retilly into it alter they got a couple of goals.”

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By Joseph HarvieS ta ffW ritc r

■ Sleven Yu had ti strong sea­son last year and Nancy McDonald is expecting him fo htive ii strong showing in the Greater Middlese.x Conference' tournament this weekeiul.

".Steve’ s playing well.” M cD ona ld stiid. "He play'ed Thursday tind l-ridtiy. but. he was sick over the weekend tind he yvtis in school (on Mondtiy) and didn't feel like playing, he felt weak. He is strong second singles lor us this year. He was tojv four in (i.MC second singles last year'tind he is looking to etiual thiit. at least."

Yu, :i junior, finished last season at 10-12 tuulMcDonuld saiil she wtis expecting him to get him seeded fourth at Tiies-. diiy'os seeding meeting (seeils were unavilihible at press limei.

"He is probably going to be seeded in the top four," the coiich said, "b.asi Brunswick w ill be one. Old Bridge :ind .I.P. (Stevens) will he two and three, they tire righl there with us, 1 expect him ('I'lD to get a louiih seed. We haven’t played tt lot

of tnalches (three as of Tue.s- day) so it is going to be hard."

McDonaTd said Y'u is a so- liii pliiycr at second singles tind did Well for the team last yctir but stiid he needs to take control of his menttil game to advtince in the counties.

"At this stage he’ s got till the strokes but he ileeds to be

more consistent ■ and better mentally, especially in first part o f the first .set he tends to rush, tind when he rushes he makes mistakes.” she said. ."He finds' h imself battling from behind the whole match. He htis to manage the match more consistently tind once he gets ihtit.iinder control he’ ll be under control,"

As the Vikings head into G.MC’ s. .McDontild was happy to ticuitilly htive. a fevvmatches under her belt.

The team is. now 2-1. de- , fetiring Bisctitawtiy, 4-1. last Thursdtiy tind Wootlbridge. 5-0, last Friday.

The Vikings lost on Mon­dtiy to East Brunswick, but .McDontiUl said her team ex­pected to be challenged belore the match even sitirted. .

Photo by Kclloy Nelson

Junior Steven Yu could make a strong run at second singles in this weekend's GMC tournament.

"We knew going in that ranked secoiul in the si.iie they g lc s pkivei i ' one ol the topthey are much stronger." are strone till the way ilovvn the-■McDonald said, "'Ihev are line. ’Iheir reiurniiig Inst sm- plaveis in the s ia ti. .

Vikingsthird in 18-hoie event1 he .South Brunswick High gitls golf tetiin |iut lorth a strong ef- lon in an 18-hold loiirnameni at the Copper H ill Country Club on Mondtiy. Imishing thinl out ol 14 letinis.

Ihe V'lkings finished with a score ol 42>S. while .Moorestovvn vvtin the event with tt .180. Keirie fracy led the way with ti score,

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9.5. lollovved by Priyanka itiiiclitini. (lOSk Lis.i -.N’ lc- tiison (III) tind Connie Chen K i ) ."It was the first time we

tiyed 18 holes.-so 1 thought the rls did ti gretit |o b , ” c o .k I i .Eiy- ee Boehmer stiitl.

In dual meet tiction. Stuith innsvvick has hetiten Hunter- 111 Central. 2()9-2.Vi. ami lost to ‘ddie. 2.19-24U. liulividiial re- Itswere not available.

1 he Vikings had a ’ home titch vv I th. .Moorestow 11 sched- ed on Wcdiiesd.iy and w ill 1st I-.tist Brunswick Eiitkiy, ■ith matches are scheduled loi [i.m, tit Bunker Hill.

South defeats itself in East Brunswick lossBy Carolyn M. HartkoSports W riter

Stall ptiolo by John Keating

Connie Chen’s 116 helped the Vikes finish third in an 18-hoie tour­nament at Copper Hill.

IMaying wctikcr tc.inis eailv I I I the season can li.ivc ils tliavv hacks- l-or- Ihc .South Bmiisvv ick I'ligli School varsity solii->.dl letim. ilic down side has been llitii the Vikings have eoiicn iiwtiy vviih some slti|i|iy licltline. averaging nui many c iio is pci game.

Oil 'luesilay . East Brunsw ick (5-11 shovvevi ihc Vikings ilic er­ror ol Iticir vvttys. itikme a -1-2 decision tlmt ilroppm! .Sonih to 4-2. Sotiih Brunswick jiosicd five errors tigaiiist ilic Bcais.

“ W c. sliould have I’c.iicn tliciii." Vikmg lictid coach lYin lellc M tiila c k saul, \kc bc.ii ourselves - liicy-tiidii i bctii iis,

Ongmally. .Smith Hiuiiswick had loughi btick liom an I'tiilv l-O ile fic il w hen llicy scoied ivvo runs 111 the top ot the liiih m nmg. But ilie lujiiic letim ic giimetl tlie tidv-aniage in die boi tom lit the sixth led by ,i l.mds.iv Bruno triple'’ vlovvII die Icli lick l line.

Ihe .Sotiili Brunswick bais

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snappedBy Redd E. PatrickSports W riter

If and when the' South Brunswick High School gull team vvas going to have its long winning streak snapped this year, coach Mark Kraft wanted to make sure it came against a formidahle opponent and that the Vikings didn't beat iliem- sehes.

- .As it turned out. boili hap­pened. ■

On Eriday .al the Bunker H ill G o lf Course, .Smith Brunswick

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w c ic not hot ill i-..isi B n iiisv v ic k . r iic v li.id ju s i d n v c h its i l l seven n in in 'js . .lessic .i M iis i im m id i h iid one in d ie l i ld i . a llo w in g P.im W e iss lo knot d ie s co ic at 1-1. A l ic ia E angone ;nu| W e is s c.tch li.id ,1 b.isc h it .la ck ic .Abda lla

■scored .S o iid i’ s scem id run w hen D .n iic llc B la ir h il in to a l ie k ic r ’ s c lio ic c ,

A d d ii ie to the p rob lem s vv ils ,;tn app .ircn i l. ic k o lm ie i is i t y tUir- iiig the'game.. ; ■ , ■

W i ‘ went lip 2-1 on d iem , and we ii is i k in d o i vve ien ’ l real eveiievi ..iIhhiI i l , ' .M adack s;iid.

,\t le .is i. n o i iis m uch as I il io u g lil w c s lio u h l be. .-Mso. (in die l i i s i m m iig i. w c had a runner tin t i is i w ith m il'ody out and w c cm ild n t ect hc i (o secviiid. It io sc d im e s k i l l y tu i.

I c .n lm e up lo th is w e e k 's e.lines, d ie \ ikm g s ira v c lc d to A licntovv n to r il lou rn am cn i Iasi S .ilindav I itev ended up sp lit - lin e 111 the im nnam en i. lo s in e

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had a ,'.S niiiich winning streak snapped with a I(i7-I7l setback to West Windsor-I’ lainshoro Smith. Ihc Vikings, now 4-1. hadn’ f hisi a regularsseason since early in the 2002 season

•’Wc lost to a strong pro­gram." Kraft Said. "Wc. tmigh- cnevi up our schedule this year because wc want lo be lounia- mcni tough. The win sircak was iiwesomc. but wc knew ii vvmild ei.iiiie lo ai) end because our goal

■ now is to eel prepareii for the imirnameius at the end ol ilic year, so that’s why wc upgraded oursehedule.

"But at die same time, we ol be.n ourselves. Some of our kids snuggled. W'e could have taken 10 strokes oil our score. We’ re playing some real strong teams dlls year, so we have lo be ready to play every, day. But as lor the county, a 171 -would iiave heaieii I-.iisi Brunsvviek. which shot a . 172 the same day

Bobby .Ayala ami Brian .McCracken Iml the Vikmgs by shooimg lour-ov er-par 41s. Ryan Cohen shot 44, while Ryan Dowgm shot 45 (Bryant Morin also shot 45).

"I have to hand it to .McCracken." said Krali. "He playeil at No. 4 lor us and shot 41. 11 y iiiir ,N’o. 4 shoots 41. you’ re going to win 99 pereeni ol the lime."

'Hie \ ikmgs. who look on St. .losepifs W'ediiesday at die Meiiiehen Country Cluli, will hosr die maiigiiral Bunker H i l l Invitational on riiiirsilay, Ihe

.field vvdi.leauire some ot the lop talent Irom around the state, .is le.ims siieli as West Wmdsm- I’ l.iitisbo io .South. E.asiem. Maml.ind and Oratory Prep will be on hand, idong with local powers South liruiisw lek, E.ast Brunsvviek. St. Joseph-and Old Bndge. .All told, p) teams iiie expecietl to aileiid.

"We have the .No. I ami 2 ranked players in the state eoni- mg. ’ K ia ti said.-"If s going to be

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SBHS fin e ly gets to play, but now it’s looking to winBy James McKeeverS ports W riter

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Tim Barnshaw pulled himself out of an early-season slide with two hits, including a home run, against East Brunswick.

First, two pieces of good news for the South Brunswick baseball team: After poor weath­er limited the Vikings to playing just two games in- the- firsL, 14.. days of the season, the sun broke out late last week and the V i­kings played three days in a row and four times in six days.

Plus, after getting shut, out for three straight games. South Brunswick started hitting the ball, scoring 12 runs over a two- game span. ,

Now, some bad news; The Vikings were still searching for their first victory ol the season. Tfiey brought an 0-6 record into a scheduled home game against J.P. Stevens yesterday (Wednes­day). • ■

Head coach Leo Danik is ob­viously not happy with the end results, but he is beaming aliout the elfort and attitude his team has displayed. .

"Give these kids a lot o f credit.” he said. “They are not keeping their heads down. They keep plugging away. When you have a season going like -this there are two things you can do: Put your head down and go home, or go back to work. These kids keep working."

Last week Piscataway, Ed i­son and St. Joseph’ s shutout South Brunswick in succession over a live-day period. The V i­kings had a total of eight hits.

South ran into two of M id ­dlesex County’ s best pitchers in Carlton Smith (Piscataway) and Mike Bujalkowski (S t.. Jo­seph's). Smith bred a raiii-.>hort-

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cned, five-inning two-hitter in a 4-0 victory. After losing to Edi­son 3-0 last Thursday, Bujal- kow.ski pitched a two-hitter on Friday in a 7-0 Falcons win.

"We faced Smith on a cold, wet, miserable day and I don’ t think any team would have hit him,” Danik said. “ Bujalkowski overmatched us, too. The Edison game was a good ballgame. We made one mistake in the outfield and it helped therii score three runs in the .sixth.” .

Travis Smart was the tdugh- luck loser agaimst Edi.son, The junior worked .six innings of five-hit ball and did not give up an earned run. He fanned seven, walked two and hit two batters.

Last Saturday' again.st East Brunswick! the Vikings .scored three runs in the second to break

•a 25-inning scoreless drought.' East Brunswick had a four-run rally in the fourth and added a run in the fifth to take a 5-3 lead. Soutlv Brunswick sliced the defi­cit to 5-4w ith a fun in the sev­enth arid still had the bases load­ed with one out before East Bninswick locked up the final out.

Smart, sophomore Dan Gur­ney and freshman Matt Fordnin knocked in runs in the lo.s.s.

At least the-V ik ings w e re starting to. piil .something on the scoreboard, and on Tuesday,they played East Bninswick again and responded with their best of- lensive showing, o f the young sea.son. Danik’ s ■ team scored eight limes on 11 hits, but lost to the Bears 10-8. Kyle Breese went 2-for-4 with tsvo doubles

and four RBI to raise his average up to .267. Brad Barksdale had;a 3-for-4 game with two doubles and two RBI, pushing his aver­age to ;357. Smart (.375) went 3-for-3 and Tim Barnshaw, hejd to one hit in the first live games, was 2-for-3 with one RBI. He blasted the V ikings’ first honie nin of the .season, I

O f South Brunswick’ s fust six. losses, two have been ont- run decisions, another was ja two-run game, and another was decided by three runs. •;

. “ In a lot of games, its been one bad mistake in the field pr one bad inning that has hurt uis Danik said.” We just have a Ibt o f young kids, a lot bl kids maf;- ing one or two jumps in level Jo the varsity. We’ re going to be; a good team eventually. The kitls know it. We’ re still getting good pitching and w'cTc in games. \Ve tell the kids you just have to stay positive.” y

Two pitchers who ha<e stood out are Smart and '.Se^n Farrell. Smart hasn’ t allowed Sin earned run (he’s given up lojir

, .unearned runs) in eight innings after tW'o starts. He also has nihe strikeouts with four walks/and six hits allowed. Farrell Nis made three relief appearanees and owns a 1.24 ERA afterT?.2 innings. He’ s struck out .eiglit and walked three.

.Of the 34 runs the team h{is allowed only 18 have been eanied, leaving the staff with-,a 3!47 ERA. : , ' : y

The Vikings host Old Bridge today (Thursday) and play at J.F. Kennedy at 11 a.m. on Saturday. Ne.xt week WoodHridge visits South Brunswick on M6nd(iy and the .Vikings play at J.P. S e ­vens on Wednesday... Wood- bridge edged the Vikings 5-4 the first time around.

South Brunswick runs winning streak to six straightBy Carolyn M. HartkoS p o rts \V r|ter

School boys' varsity lacrosse team extended its winning streak to six with victories over Peri

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Monday," the coach said. “ It was important for'our guys lofe- focus; and understand what it takes for us to be successful. And I think, they did that very well, because we came out and we were really all over St. Rose.” . ■

The Vikings opened with a 4-0 first quarter on Tuesday, and had extended their lead.to 9-0 by half-time. Si. Rose managed to sneak one in Ihe tliird quarter, hut South added three niore 10 (lieir tola! in the same period.

"We had a lot more intensity to start that game,which we did not have against Pennington." Ziminski said. "We had a lot more defensive iniensitv and ground ball intensity. And that s the only way we're going to re­alize our potential - to play with intensity and focus.”

The Vikings w ill need that kind of inlcnsiiy when they face off against Montgomery Friday at liome. Both teams are current­ly undefeated in division play

and. tied for .first iriitec in (lie . Curcip Division. Avhicli means

•the, outcome, w ill probably de­cide the divisionTitle: According to Zim inski, the giinU; will be Jelevised on. oiie o f the , local channels, but the phiy ' date had • not been set as of press time.

"You have to play this gapie at a higlv level o f intensity lo be successful," Zim inski added. “ I ihink we reali/ed.(Tuesday) that our level o f inien.sity i.s going'io have to be coiisislent to beat Montgomery, or to beat Free­hold. our hext- two opponeiKs, who are probably ou r two tough­est divisional opponents co'ming up"

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Hornets buzz to titleThe Hornets recently won the South Brunswick Recreation Monday-Wednesday High School Basketball League title, as the llth-grade Monday Night squad defeated a team of Wednesday Night 12th-graders in the title game, team members Include (from left) coach Eric Webb, Tim Hester, Brian Goy, Kyle McKendrick, Brad Barksdale, Victor Cruz, Ryan Webb, Matt Hart, Tim Barnshaw, Ian Muchanlc and Greg Spinner. ,

A second-half explosion twists things the right way for U-10’s

It took a half, but South Brunswick finally twisted the game to its liking.

After a scoreless first half, the South Brunswick Soccer Club Under-10 Twisters erupted for four.goals in the. .second to take, a 4-0 travel victory over North Hunterdon last weekend. Adam Rothstcin, Chase Adams, Nashacr Safi and Toto Felli had the goals while Francis White picked up an assist. Michael Knapp .supplied suong offensive pressure while Dominic Violantc and Michael Tyburkzy anchored

SBSC

the defense.UNDER-8

. Tlie Wind took a .1-1 victory over Princeton on goals by Ken- dra.Barat, Em ily .Gross! and Car­olyn RehndstcdC'Cagnie Anlc- zak picked up an assist. The defense was anchored by Dan­ielle Oakes. Samantha Stojanov- ski and Allison Boni, while the midfield was dominated by Julia Morris, Lealv Mulvey, .Hannah Sherm.an and Sanam Kakkad. The WJ.n.4.(9.11.1.0 West Windsor, 2-i , on a goal with just minutes' remaining. Barat had the goal for the Wind (1-2). . . ^

The Blizzard topped the Clark Clippers. .1-1, as Alex Ri- zick came up with nine saves in

'goiil while Tliomas Presli. Matt Dilu.sfo and Joey Trautwein con­trolled the m id fie ld . Jake Izzo, Aaron Fawzy and Chucky LaSa- ta dominated the defense. Offen­sively, Freddie Strcbeck scored

Staff photo by John Kealina

The SBSC Astros’ Michael Beberman battles a Plainfield player for the ball during Sunday's travel game at Sondek Park.

off a pass froih PJ. Delacmz. game's first goal and assisted on Austin Morse added a goat as- two more as the Rays took a 1-2' sisted by "J". de la Bandera and victory over Roselle Park. Tyler Tommy Dorsay completed the Annstrong assisted on Sudah's scoring with assi.sjxjWiii Morse goal. RP rallied for a 2-1 lead and Strcbeck. __y • before Suda set up T.J. Elias for

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SBAA ALL-STAR TRYOUT SCHEDULE

South Brunswick residents who helped the Rartian Valley YMCA Riptide to a second-place overall finish in the YWCA Junior/Senior National championship were (from left) Chris Hochman, Abby Weingarten, Gessica Charhiga, Amy Wolf and Tyler Wardlow.

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SHA.'X Itiiys Tournamcnl .All-Slar lia'.oh.itt iry i 'i il ' ,ia' a-, follows; .

8 - >var-o l(l; 0 |x ;n to players I'orii K 'lw ceii .Vii.o I.anil July .M. IW ti; al Rcictilcr No. 2 on I riil.iy. M .iy I t iS-S p.nt,). .Samrilay. Slay l.S l.S-H p in I .mil Simil.iy. M .o In i .i n p.ni.). Conl.iel Jim Cooney at 7 .I2 -S 2 I -2SN) ,

9 - ye iir-n l(l: ( ) |v n m player\ horn beiween ,\n e I. m o l and July . ' I . 1‘W.S, at Reicliler No. 1 on Salutd.iy A pril 2-1 |5-S P 111.), ^uitilay. .Sunday. A pril 2.s t.J-6 p in .), and .SauirdayM ay I (5-S p m .l. C'onlaci Kevin Oale.s at

ll -y e a r -n id : Open to player, bom t>eiweeii .Aim 1. I')')2 and July ,JI, l ‘W.C at SmiJef. 0 on I rid .iy . .April .'O i. ' S p m i and Saiurdav. .Slav I I.S to 8 p in, I, Coiilael ICivc I latter .it 7.)2-S31,-4.'IS2.'-. c '. ■ - ■' .

14 -year-iiId : Open io playcry born Iv tw een Aug. I, lOSO and July .M. lOVO.al ihoS H trS Ires lunan lield on Friday. M.iy

U t.S-.S p in.V.ind .Saturday. .M.lv l.S (5-8 p.nl.l. Coiilael .Mark Hienii.m.il732i207.(W7‘).' ^ .

15-year-ulil: Uiete is no ciuicli lor this ape proup. Anyone inleriMed should eontaet Anthony I'ellre ai.7.^2-4.48-0.tlO oi klelne-1'(•'eoimasi net.

.Itiniiir l.epiini: .-\i Sondek A on Saturil.iy. April 2-1 i,5-S p in 1 ami Sund.iy. April 25 15-S p m,). Contact Deninyl’imers at 7.l2-.(20-5fi7ii!

I'l.iyer. ate eneouraped to attend ihe fu ll tryout (leriod. In - t ill idu.il learns lu ll t v selected lor players 8 -1 4 years.of .ipe. IF . seleeied there is a repisftalion fee O) $150, per player. Games w ill I v pl.iyed Irom inid/lale June through the end ol July or early'Aupiisi, l or lunher infonnatiim c o n la tl the aue-appropri- ■ile* e iC ie li o r .-\iiih o n y F'cltrc a t • 7.A2s4.1X-‘J.s I I I . (kfelired.Jtreom easi.nei).

Five South Brun.swick resi- denls recently Iwd strong show- iims whilt^dwlping the Raritan Valley VM CA Riptide swim team to an overall second-phice

. finish in- the Y W C A Junior/ Senior National Championships

. in Charloiie, N.C. It vyas the best national finish in Riptide histo­ry. as the boys finished second and the girls fihished fourth.

.T lie five swimmers were11- yc;ir-old Gessica Chaniiga,12- year-old Abby Weingarten and Tyler Wardlow, I .A-ye;ir-old Chris Hoebmaii and l7-year-old /\my Wolf.

I , Chaniiga, the R ip tide ’ s youngest incinber. swam in her

• first national meet. Swimming in the Junior (1.1-and-under) cate­gory, the Brunswick .Acres

' 5th-grader notched personal . bests in the 1(H) breast (1:24.90),

50 . free (29.21). 100 IM(1:15.67) and 100 free (1:07.78). She set Riptide records-in the

■ 100 breast and 30 free. Chamiga also competed in two free relay.s that both finished 16ili.

Weingarten also swain her first nationals and had an im-

"j.pre.ssive meet as a Junior. Tlie -Crossroads' South, 6th-grader notched PB's in the 100 breast (1:19.53). 100 fiy (1:08.21); 50

Tree (28;71), 100 IM (Irl2.23)- and the 100 free (1:05..37j. She

••#-set new Riptide records in her *“ 4 1/12 age.group in the 100 fiy, ^-lind eompefed'iii two medley rc- ‘C lays that finished 12th (2(X)) and

•>:i4th (400).

f '€ u b s overcome M arlins <\n SBAA Mustang game•/ r' . , " ' ■ ■

- The Dislinetiyc Designs by ' 'M ico le Cubs took a 10-9..e.\tra-

inning victory over the Regency .-'.Dry Cleaner Marlins; in the ->• S B A A Mustang League.>■ Tlie Cubs made an inspired '-."comeback after trailing 8-1 in C' .tlic fifth inning. In the Irottom of •;'‘ 'the eigtub, Eric Lorber smashed

a two-out triple to tie the game :> at 9-9. Adam Austerlitz. followed i-w ith an RBI single to end the■ 'v'liamc. Other highlights lor the ;"; Cubs included a long.double by C^'Robbie Powers and several key “ i.-dofensive plays by .Alex Sp.ihr at ■ 7 third and John Azzara in center C -fie ld . Tlie Marlins got strong

pitching from Greg Aficn (eight • strikeouts ill three innings) and *,valso made the defensive play of

the game when a perfect relay ‘-•rfrom Cody Cleffi to Jared Kling '> to Corey Allen cut down Powers - > : at third. W ill Low^Beef turned a ^ ►■ aiifty double play with a key run- “"'ning catch ip lelt and a strong

throw to second base. '

YMCA SWIMMING

Wardlow competed in bis first nationals in the Junior D iv i­sion and had personal bests in the’50 free (28.17); the 100 IM (I; 12.39). the' 100 back (1:09.00) and the lOO free (1:03.29). The Crossroads'.North 6th-gr;ider led off the 200 medley relay with a Riptide 11/12-year-old record in the 50 hack with a 31.24. His ef­fort helped the relay team finish fourth overall.

Hochman swam in his sec­ond nationals meet in the Junior Division and helped the 400 medley relay team to a fourih- plaec medal by swimming a PB 1:09.60 in the leudoff 100 back- stroke leg. The .St. Augustine's

7tb-grader added iiersonal bests in the 500 free (6:01.50), 200 free (2:17.20).TOO fiv (1:11.92), 200 IM (2:36.64) and 100 back (1:09.92).

AVoIf. swimming in her sixth nationals, reached the finals in' four individual ' events. The South Brunswick High junior finished seventli in the 100 and 200 brea.st. 13th in the 2(K) IM (PB 2:16.32). I lih in the 400 IM and 17th in ihe 100 fiy. She also helped the Riptide, break three longstanding records as they fin­ished second in the 200 medley relay andThird in the 4(K) ined- ley.. W o lf had a personal be.st in the 400 free relay with a 58.82 as the leadotf swimmer.

Aside from eompeting well, the Riptide also won the“ .Spirit .Award" for the fmirili straight year.

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SlafI photo by John Keating

Ryan O'Shea gets ready to score during the Astros’ contest with-Plairifield^at Sondek Park Sunday.

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the equalizer, then as.si.sted his brother, Slay Sutlah, for . the game winner. Bryan Slonkiis. Josh Bagley. Robby Galos, Brad Reil, Ian Oiidrejkti and Saajan Chopra supplied strong defense for the winners,while Malt Pe-. terson and Chris Todisco pKiycd brilliantly in the midfield. James

Ross and Matt Goble were tough up front, while goalies Andrew ■Bergamaseo and. Tyler Am i- strong plaved well for the Ravs (1-0-1). ' . '

u n i ) i:r - i 2 .The Comets took ;i win

over Flemington Sunday, as Kyle Morse's goal 30 seconds into the game got ihings started. Michael Hever. Tavlor Denno.

John A/.zarii ;ind Tom Huchko. also tallied, while Huchko Jiacb two assists and Tyler Smith had one. Goalie Brendan Vina played well, getting support from Ryan Jago, Joe Tupe and Michael MacMurray. Hard- Working Patrick Harkness con­trolled the midfield with help from Michael Rosario-and Step­hen Clickner.

Continued from Page 17A

Despite the loss; there is still optimism.. .

*‘Wc need to work on our groundballs more and some of our catching,” Bacci said. ‘‘We have to run our plays a little bet­ter. But I think there’s poieniial to have a good .season."

One of the biggest changes has been offensively, as the graduation of explosive scorer Tanya Earl has caused an evolu­tion in the attack zone.

“When we had Tanya, she took the ball and she could run up the field," Marow iiz said. “This year, we really have to work the ball around becau.se we don't have that fast girl that takes the ball up;

“ 1 think that really builds team unity and w e just go out there and play as hard as we can. No.one’ s relying on one person this year. It's a really a team."

Just what kind of team it w ill be, remains to be seen.

NOTES: L o r i. Schmon. had- three goals and an .as.sist ,against North Hunterdon, while Kristen MajeWski had a goal and Ashley Foltiny added an assist . . . Tlie V ik ings hosted Immaculata Wednesday after press tinie and w ill liosf North Bmn.swack'Ffi- dav.

Photo by Kolley Nelson

Heather Bacci sprints ahead of North Hunterdon’s Lauren Martinez during Saturday’s home opener, won by. the Vikes 15-0.

Holmdel.

Double.Continued from Page 16A

re,-illy high-quality, teams, East Brunswick hasn't lost a game to iinyonc all season and we played them very close in the second game. It wasn’ t like they weren't perfomiing well; we were pass­ing well and getting a good swing at the ball and making it d ifficult for them.

"We're not the s:ime team that we were last year. We have some

South Brunswick w ill play •St. Joseph today (Thur.sd.iy) be­fore taking part, in the East Brun.swick Ihvit.itional on Satur­day. Tlie EB tourney will feature

six of the top 10 teams in New Jersey, so ii w ill provide the V i­kings withmore chances to learn — and to see if they have made, an improvement from a week ago.

••OITensively. we have the firepower," Dentler said. "But there were a lot of court-cover­age issues last week. We weren’ t positioned tremendously well in sonic o f the contests and it came back to haunt us. .And our pass­ing, that’ s the big issue. If there’ s no pass, we can’ t run an offense. It all starts on the first touch.

“ If 1 sat down realistically and looked at the schedule, this

13-3 Start] is what I Would have envisioned.” he contiiiued. “ But it’ s a long rest o f the season. We have to continue to work hard and play well. The real key is what we do in games that have to be must-wins. So far, we luiven’ i dropped a game in any of those. I’ ve been very happy with that.".

In (be match against OkF Bridge, the Vikings showed some gutsy determination after letting a 2-0 lead slip away. (3r- lando had I.S kills and six blocks as the Vikes won 2.‘i-16. 2.3-19, 16-24, 24-26 and 1.5-12. Lanza had 1.5 assists and 4-4 kills.

Continued from Page 16A

of the others, we gave sortie of the younger kids an opportunity to compete. Our juniors had some highlights. Lauren White ran ii 6:08 on tlie. distance med­ley team, which was her best o f the season so far. Arid Taylor M ille r threw 82 feet, which is ’ her personal best in the javelin."

Both South Bninswick teams w ill be represented at this year’ s annual Penn Relays. The girls are competing today (Tliursday), while the boys’ events are scheduled for I’riday and Satur- dav. Slauehter. Carter and Mor­

ton are e.xpected to run . the 4xl()0.The fourth spot was still being contested as of press time, but A. Ramos and Chirico were top contenders. Josi was plan­ning on drawing from the same five girls for the 4x400 squad.

On the boys’ .side, Ayeni has qualified individually for the discus competition on Saturday. As of press time, the 4,x 100 team wa.s .set up with W illis, Guzman. K ing and Abdul' Taylor, fhe 4,x400 was shaping up to be Short, K. Shah, Guadeloupe and .Ampin. However, boys' head coach Wagner .Marseilles said the lineup could change, based

oiv the outcome of Tuesday’ s meet with Woodbridge.

FO O TPR IN TS: The Viking girls defeated Woodbridge, 79-.51, in Tuesday’ s duel as Morton had an outstanding day by w inning the .100. (13.2), .200 (27.3), high jump (4-6) and long jump (15-8!/;), Other winners were Jasmine John.son (400, 1:03.0). Amv.. Rhein (800, 2:28.0). White {.5200, 12:49.1). Chirico . (pole vault, 7-6) and .Miller (javelin. 8.5-0). The boys results were unavailable . . . The girls are planning to run a dual meet against Sayreville on Sat- uidav.

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lentino took virtually all of the face-offs in 2003. w inning about 75 percent of them.. This year. Ziminski is looking to a trio of juniors to cover that duty. Ian .Muchanic.. Nick Ga//.:ile and Kyle .McKendrick have all taken

a turn \ i/the centei circle, de­pending L'on which midfield grouji IS on the field.

"Those gus’s are doing an ex­cellent job for us." Ziminski said. "\Ve wink very hard on that e\ery day in practice, and work on our iechnu|ue. 'Ihose are three toneh individuals, and

tiiey je doing a scry good job to try to replace .Mike. Tlnii’ s one area we luuen’ t dru|'ped oil in."

E X T R A M A N : Against .St. Rose, Miich;mic and Pete Sai;ig- nese hail two goals apiece, and Anthony Oslonie. Kory Kelly and Foo each netted one'.Niemc- zyk and Saragnese each |iosied two assists.

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ilieir first game to Him 4-1. then taking the second againsi Bni- lington City 9-0.

According- to .Vhiihiek. Biir- . lingtun is a sniall Ciroup I seliool that appeared to be in over its head.

"Hun was good competi­tion.". .Malhick said, “ .Again, we kind of he;it ourselves. Wiv lost 4-1 and had four errors. But with all the bad weather, lit least wc aetualiy got an opportunity to play, which is what we need to' get hetter."

With games scheduled for five days in ;i row this week, most coaches would he moaning about not fiaving any practice days to smooih out the rough spots. But .Matkick's philosophy is that her team needs to play more to improve..

"We need to shaipen up a little bit o f everything.’’ Nhilla'ck said. "But it’ s not about working on suiff. I l ’ .s a mailer of (the girls) believing in .themselves and gaining confidence."

.Next up I'lir South Bruns­wick is today’ s ( riunsd:iy’ s) game at Old Bridge, and they

w i l l be, at Metueben on I’riday. Saturdtiy’ s game has been clianged. Instead o f an oui-of- conference niateh w iih _ H ills­borough. the Vikings will host Red Division rival Edison for an afternoon game, with the start lime between 1:30 :iiid 2:(X). They are back on the road next week, to Woodbridge t.Mond:iy) and West Windsor-Pkiinshoro •South (Tuesday

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a grc;it tounuiment ;ind ,i great tosr for us to sec where we st;ind.’’

After losing to WWP.S. tlie Vikings got back on track Mon­day with a 176-190 victory over Old Bridge . ;ii the ehallenging Glenwood Country Club, .Ayala and .McCracken each shot 43, while Cohen and Morin came in at45. .