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FEB. 39, 2016

Princeton Minority
Achievement Network
aims to facilitate change
PHS chapter members speak at BOE meeting
By ERICA CHAYES WIDA
The Sun
At last Tuesdays Board of Education meeting, students from
Princeton High Schools chapter
of the Minority Student Achievement Network stood before the
board to share their experiences
from the October MSAN Confer-

ence in Wisconsin, outline future

goals and make promises to see
through change in the district.
Last time we were here, we explained things about the conference. This time, we want to do
something different, MSAN Vice
President Luis Estrada proplease see CONFERENCE, page 9

ERICA CHAYES WIDA/The Sun

Gillett Good Griffin, left, has a laugh with Princetonian Jim Floyd Jr., who met Griffin while working in
the library as a young man.

Framing Princeton in time

Gillett Good Griffins Heads and Tales, Portraits and Legends
tells stories through art at the Princeton Public Library
By ERICA CHAYES WIDA
The Sun
A swarm of Princetonians
fluttered about Princeton Public
Librarys second-floor gallery
last Tuesday night at the final
exhibit before the space disap-

pears into renovation. Gillett

Good Griffin sat in his wheelchair at the center of it all with a
smile so quiet it could hinder
you from realizing the portraits
strewn across the orange wall
were his.
A crowd of funky university

students, foreigners, long-time

locals and graceful old friends of
the Meso-American anthropologist, curator and master sketcher/painter/graphic
artist
weaved in and out of Griffins
please see GRIFFINS, page 19

ERICA CHAYES WIDA/The Sun

Students from Minority Student Achievement Network Princeton presented news from the MSAN Conference at last weeks BOE meeting.
Pictured from right: advisor Lenora Keel, President Joanne Adebayo,
Vice President Luis Estrada, Malachi Benjamin, Isaiah Anagbo, Briani
Vasquez, Yoselin Hernandez and, in back, advisor John Anagbo.

INSIDE THIS ISSUE

Council meeting
Princeton Ridge acquisition
tabled. PAGE 21

Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Police Report . . . . . . . . . . 20
Editorials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

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FEB. 39, 2016 THE PRINCETON SUN 3

Sharing the untold stories of the only black battalion on D-Day

Author Linda Hervieux, whose book journeys through racism in the U.S., to speak at Princeton University Feb. 10
By ERICA CHAYES WIDA
The Sun
Corporal Waverly B. Woodson
Jr. of West Philadelphia landed
early on D-Day under heavy fire.
He was wounded before his boots
touched Omaha Beach yet he
began saving lives as soon as he
hit the sand. He worked for 30
hours straight before he collapsed. He was nominated for the
Medal of Honor.
Woodson is one of the men represented in Linda Hervieuxs
book, Forgotten: The Untold
Story of D-Day's Black Heroes, at
Home and at War. The quote
above, Hervieuxs synopsis of

Woodsons injustice, is
only a whisper in the
many
recounts
of
Americas victorious
history. Woodson died
in 2005 and, despite
his heroic sacrifice,
never received the
Medal of Honor.
Until 1997, no
black man from
his battalion did.
Hervieux, a
journalist and
photographer
who has been
featured in
the New York Times
and International Herald

Tribune, revived the story of

the 320th Barrage Balloon Battalion.
This group of
roughly
700
men was the
only
African
American combat
unit to land on
Normandy beaches
that day.
In June 2009, the
65th anniversary of
D-Day, Hervieux wrote
a story for the New
York Daily News about
Virginia veteran William
Garfield Dabney, who had
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images of them floating over the
Normandy coast after the Allied
invasion. I had thought little of
the presence of African Americans on those blood-soaked beaches. Organizers said Dabney was
likely the only member of the
320th still alive, Hervieux said.
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checked.
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families.
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said on the other end of the line.
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became one of the central characters in Forgotten.
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in our opinion

Budget time

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Princeton, NJ 08542
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Its that time of year again when tough decisions have to be made
f you sit on a school board or municipal governing body, youre entering the part of the year that
probably causes you the most
headaches. Its budget time. Its time to
do the impossible: provide outstanding
service for little or no money.
A few years ago, Gov. Christie made
headlines and more than a few enemies when he slashed state funding
and eventually added a 2 percent cap
on tax hikes.
Since then, at least some of the
money has returned. Sometime this
month, the governor will release state
funding figures for this year.
But its safe to say that no district or
town will find itself rolling in dough.
Governing bodies will continue to face
decisions that involve reducing or
holding the line on services and/or

Get involved
Think taxes are too high? Think services
have been cut too deeply? Now is the time
to make your voice heard. Its budget season, and most local governing bodies have
ways to involve the public in the decisionmaking process.

raising taxes. And we all love more

taxes, dont we?
We already pay the highest property
taxes in the nation, so why not pay
more? One bright spot some would
say the only bright spot to come of
this is that many governing bodies
these days have made the budget
process open to the public.
Transparent is the watchword
today.
Its a smart move to involve the public everyone from those who want to

cut taxes to the bone to those who

would like to see expanded services.
When the public is invited in, they
not only see the difficult choices leaders have to make, but they also feel like
they have a voice. Leaders are listening
to them. Their input is valued. While
not everyone will be happy with every
decision, at least there is a sense of inclusion and ownership of the
process.
We encourage everyone to get involved with their local budget processes this year. In most instances, there
will be hearings. Items will be posted
online.
Its easy to offer your suggestions to
the people who eventually will make
the final decision.
And, chances are, your feedback will
be appreciated.

letter to the editor

Designate Witherspoon-Jackson
neighborhood as historic district
Designation of the Witherspoon-Jackson neighborhood as a historic district
needs to happen. Time is of the essence, as
we know there are many steps in this
process, since properties are being purchased and houses torn down as we speak.
There are 19 other historic districts in
Princeton. With the WJ community's
unique and significant history, there
should be no question.
We all understand the importance of the
structures that define the living/lived history of the Witherspoon-Jackson community. But its not individual structures
alone. Its their linkage with people and
culture.
The Wise Report states that its survey
found the neighborhood to be a cohesive

and intact expression of Princetons

largest African American community,
whose appearance and setting is a result of
years of social, economic and educational
disparity brought about by discrimination
and segregation. The buildings and
streetscape here, opposed to elsewhere in
Princeton, tell this story; the district designation should help preserve it.
Everyone should note: still cohesive
and intact.
The Wise Report notes one of the chief
reasons for that cohesion: One prevalent
feature found throughout the community
were front porches, most of which are not
enclosed. The massing of houses, though
close to most sidewalks, is by default scaled
to the community streetscapes.
The link between architecture and people is evident: the many porches the architectural connection, outdoors, between the
buildings and the people on the street. The

closeness of the porches to the street has

helped all of us survive and maintain our
community throughout the decades.
The report indicates that systemic patterns of segregation created an area based
on race, ethnicity and economics. The WJ
neighborhood was not just their neighborhood of choice; it was set apart for them
their only choice. African-American settlers in this community have always been
here to serve wealthy Princetonians and
the university. To dismiss the neighborhood's character and relationship to the
history of Princeton would also be inaccurate.
Over time, as opportunity grew, some
Italian and Irish families arrived and
then were able and allowed to move on to
other neighborhoods in Princeton. Some
Italian families still remain. WJ has alplease see LETTER, page 22

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CALENDAR

FEB. 39, 2016

WEDNESDAY FEB. 3
Acting Out: Students grades Kthree are invited to engage in
drama including discussions,
games and other fun activities
led by Princeton High School drama aficionados. Princeton Public
Library Story Room 4 p.m.
Author Discussion: Donna Clovis
discusses her book Quantum
Leaps in Princetons Place.
Princeton Public Library Community Room, 7 p.m.

THURSDAY FEB. 4
The Assassin (Taiwan/China):
Part of the Princeton International Cinema Series. In ninth-century China, an exiled assassin must
choose between love and duty
when she receives orders to kill a
man from her past. 2 hours.
Princeton Garden Theatre, 5:30
p.m.
Thursday Afternoon Stories: children age 4 and older. Princeton
Public Library Story Room, 4 p.m.
Wine Tasting: Wines of the Alpine
region served with light hors
doeuvres. $20 per person. Eno
Terra, 6 to 8 p.m.
Marrisa Cant Read, a Dyslexia
Presentation for Parents: at 7,
Marissa Warren was diagnosed
with severe dyslexia, and with
dyscalculia and ADHD by 18.
Despite the challenges, Marissa
learned to read, went to a fouryear college, studied abroad, and
graduated with a BA in history.
Warren speaks of her experience
followed by Q&A. Free and open
to public. Princeton University, 7
to
8:30
p.m.
Register:
danas@princeton.edu;
(609)
258-2697.

FRIDAY FEB. 5
Job Seeker Sessions: for professionals seeking new employment
and contracting opportunities
throughout the region. Princeton
Public Library Community Room,
9:45 a.m.
Elektra: The Lewis Center for the
Arts Program in Theater at
Princeton University presents
Sophocles Elektra, a dark bloody
tale of familial vengeance from
ancient Greece. Tickets in
advance $12/$11 students; days of
performance $17/$15 students.
Marie & Edward Matthews '53

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Princeton Photo Workshop: Learn
Adobe Photoshop with Alan
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Chill Out: teens invited after
midterms to relax to read, play
board games, craft, knit and swap
books while enjoying hot chocolate and pizza. Fuzzy socks provided, BYOBlanket. Princeton
Public Library Community Room,
5 p.m.
Cover to Cover Book Group (C2C):
fourth- and fifth-grade book
group reads, writes reviews and
learns to post in Bibliocommons.
First Saturday of every month.
No registration needed. Princeton Public Library Study Room
354, 11 a.m.
Community Conversation: Not In
Our Town Princeton partner with
McCarter Theatre for discussion
on race and its resonance in
August Wilsons The Piano Lesson. McCarter Theatre Berlind
Rehearsal Room, following 3 p.m.
matinee. Register: mccarter.org.

SUNDAY FEB. 7
YWCA Super Sunday Flea Market:
Bargains galore. $3 for ages 12
and up. Snow date, Feb. 14. YWCA
Princeton, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

MONDAY FEB. 8
Letra Pequea: educational Span-

ish sessions are for children 2- to

5-years-old with parent or caregiver. Princeton Public Library
Story Room, 11 a.m.
Poets at the Library Launch Party:
Dark as a Hazel Eye: Coffee &
Chocolate Poems, edited by
Ellen Foos, Vasiliki Katsarou and
Lynne Shapiro. Selected poems
from the new anthology published by Ragged Sky Press
will be read. Princeton Public
Library
Community
Room,
7 p.m.
AARP Tax Help: free help preparing
and filing federal and state electronic tax returns by appointment on Monday mornings
through April 11. Call (609) 9249529, ext. 1220. Princeton Public
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Community
Room,
9 a.m.
Reading Treehouse 1: for developing readers in kindergarten and
first grade. Meets monthly on the
second Monday during the school
year. Stories, reading aloud,
crafts, games. No registration
required.
Princeton
Public
Library Story Room, 4 p.m.

TUESDAY FEB. 9
Book Reading: Princeton University
Creative Writing Professor Idra
Novey discusses debut novel,
Ways to Disappear, a combination of mystery, romance, noir
and humor. Princeton Public
Library
Community
Room,
7 p.m.
Chess: children can learn to play
and practice chess at these weekly drop-in sessions led by Princeton High School Chess members.
Princeton Public Library Story
Room, 4 p.m.
The Write Space: all levels of writers welcome for these drop-in
workshops. Princeton Public
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Conference was in October

CONFERENCE
Continued from page 1
claimed. We need an action plan
and not just inspiration.
We join you in having this be
the year to get something done,
Superintendent Steve Cochrane
replied.
Earlier the same day, Cochrane
met with an action team to work
on one of the Princeton Public
Schools strategic plan goals of
closing the achievement gap.
Groups such as MSAN aim to facilitate this process.
We have a goal of dedicating a
year of research to discovering
what works and what doesnt in
our school while also discovering
ways to improve, said Isaiah
Anagbo, who heads activities for
PHS MSAN.
The groups primary focus will
be to better understand studentteacher relationships.
Its a two-way street, Anagbo
continued. We feel that both student and teacher have to participate in creating a relationship
that ensures the quality of taking
the initiative and must work toward creating a stable learning
environment by putting themselves out there.
Malachi Benjamin, a freshman
in the group, explained the difference of equality versus equity to
the board.
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their peers. Its important for the
education system to work around
these impediments, Benjamin
said. We must value equity be
fair to every student to create
common value and appreciation.
The board sent Princetons
MSAN students to the MSAN Student Conference hosted in the
Verona Area School District in
Wisconsin from Oct. 7 to Oct. 10.
The theme was exploring deeper
roots and demonstrated to minority students the importance of
taking action, being agents of
change and embracing ones self.
PHS MSAN President Joanne
Adebayo quoted one of her favorite speakers from the conference, Everett D. Mitchell: What
are you going to do with the
power youve been given?
The conference seemed to
serve as an impetus for the students to kick up their efforts a few
notches and be the change rather
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10 THE PRINCETON SUN FEB. 39, 2016

Much to honor and much to do

during Black History Month
By ERICA CHAYES WIDA
The Sun
According to the Library of
Congress archives, Black History
Month arose from Negro History Week in 1925, which spanned
over the birthdays of both Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln in February. In 1976, President Gerald R. Ford extended the
week to a month, urging the nation to seize the opportunity to
honor the too-often neglected accomplishments of black Americans in every area of endeavor
throughout our history.
Though some, such as Princetons first black mayor Jim Floyd
in an interview during last years
BHM, may say we dont need a
month to celebrate the countless
feats of African Americans in
this country, the country has one
anyway. And, if you feel like celebrating that, theres plenty to do
in the neighborhood.
This Saturday, Feb. 6, there will
be a Community Partnership
Event hosted by Not In Our Town
Princeton and McCarter Theatre.
Directly following the 3 p.m. matinee of McCarters The Piano
Lesson, guests are invited to the
Berlind Rehearsal Room for an interactive and intimate conversation among small groups.
This post-performance event

is intended to provide an opportunity for interested audience members to engage with one another
in a conversation that focuses
specifically on the story of The
Piano Lesson as an articulation
of black American experience
through which issues and themes
pertaining to race, racism and
racial oppression and injustice
can be shared and explored for
meaning and understanding,
McCarters PR Director Tom
Miller said.
Reservations for the 90-minute
event are required. For more information,
visit
niotprinceton.com
or
mccarter.org.
The Princeton community and
public schools will join together
at the corner of Walnut Lane and
Franklin Avenue for an evening
of gospel music and dance. In celebration of BHM, Princeton High
Performing arts will fill with
voices. Composer and conductor
J. Donald Dumpson will lead the
Princeton High School choirs, the
Revelation Praise Dance Ministry
of First Baptist Church, as well as
members of the Witherspoon
Street Presbyterian Church and
First Baptist Church of Princeton.
In past years, PPS celebrated
the artistic contributions of
African Americans by introduc-

ing students and community

members to the rich and diverse
genres of American music, said
Assenka Oksiloff, communications director for PPS. Our 2016
Black History Month Celebration
will highlight the development of
gospel music as an art form.
The celebration will be held
Feb. 19 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $10
for adults and $5 for students and
seniors. For more information
and tickets, contact Mia Gargan
at (609) 806-4270.
As part of the WitherspoonJackson Neighborhood Stories
Project, there will be a celebration on Feb. 21 at the Princeton
Public Library. Entitled Listen,
Lord: The Witherspoon Street
Presbyterian Churchs 175 Years
in the Fight for Freedom, the
event is sponsored by the library
and Arts Council of Princeton
with support from the National
Endowment for the Humanities.
The program, from 3 to 4 p.m.,
will feature readings and music
about the fight for freedom. This
will span from the founding of
the Witherspoon Street Presbyterian Church through the Civil
Rights period to now. The gathering will take place at the librarys
community room. It is free and
open to the public.
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New Jersey enacts uniform trust code

By: Steven L. Friedman, Esq.
Chair, Trusts & Estates Group, Stark & Stark

There are several types of laws

that govern our lives. Statutory
Law is created by legislatures to
codify and bring certainty to a particular area of law. Common Law
is developed over time by the
courts, where a judges written
opinion is considered binding on
future matters with similar issues.
Perhaps the most well known
source of Common Law is the
United States Supreme Court.
The Uniform Law Commission is a
nonprofit organization that creates
suggested "Uniform" laws as
models for State legislatures to
use, which helps standardize laws
from state-to-state.
On Jan. 19, New Jersey became
the 32nd state to enact a version
of the Uniform Trust Code. Until
now, many disputes regarding
Trusts have been controlled by
Common Law. While some trust

law has already been incorporated

into the New Jersey Probate Code,
the Uniform Trust Code is much
more
comprehensive
and
addresses some very important
issues, including the following:
Trust Creation. Just like the
requirements for signing a will,
trusts must be made in writing,
and the person who creates the
trust (the Settlor) must have the
capacity, and indicate the intention, to create a trust.
Types of Trusts. Specific guidelines are established for creating
Special Need Trusts for disabled
individuals, trusts for the care of
animals, and even trusts without
ascertainable beneficiaries.
Trusteeship. Rules are included
to regulate the administration of a
trust when there are several CoTrustees acting together, or if
there is a vacancy in the trusteeship. Trustees will be obligated to
disclose information to certain

trust beneficiaries, but will be able

to avoid liability by obtaining the
consent of trust beneficiaries
before taking certain action. To
simplify the administration of a
trust, trustees will be permitted to
supply trust certifications to financial institutions in lieu of providing
copies of the entire trust agreement.
Non-Judicial
Settlement
Agreements. Beneficiaries and
Trustees will be allowed to enter
into settlement agreements without court approval, as long as the
agreements do not violate a material purpose of the Trust, thereby
resolving many trust disputes economically and expeditiously.
Interpretation, Modification and
Termination of Trusts. The
Doctrine of Probable Intent allows
the courts to use a Settlor's probable intent to interpret, and even
reform, ambiguous trust provisions. The law also establishes

multiple criteria for when a trust

may be modified or terminated,
including:
1.) Lack of any purpose to be
achieved by the trust;
2.) Consent of the settlor and
the beneficiaries;
3.) Occurrence of an unanticipated circumstance;
4.) Inability to administer the
trust effectively; and
5.) The trust becoming uneconomical to administer.
Beneficiary representation. The

law establishes virtual representation, which allows a parent to represent and bind the interest of any
minor or unborn children, barring
no conflicts of interest. The attorney general is given the authority
to represent charitable beneficiaries having their principal place of
administration in New Jersey.
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Hervieux: Its really a

history of our country and
its not a pretty history
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community, and African Americans were part of it from the beginning. The city was integrated
early on until white Atlantic
City decided theyd had enough
and pushed blacks into the North
Side and segregated the boardwalk. Its shocking and fascinating and something all Americans
should know.
Hervieux spoke to what she
will discuss at her Princeton University lecture and book signing
slated for Feb. 10.
Its really a history of our
country and its not a pretty history, she continued. Its about
what racism and Jim Crow did to
these men and how the effects of
feeling freedom outside the U.S.
made a huge impact on the budding civil rights movement.
When the men returned home,
they refused to take being treated
as sub-human.
Hervieux
explained
how
Britain did not allow Jim Crow to
be imported to the shores. Regardless of how hard the army
tried to perpetuate its segregated
ways in Europe, the territory it
was in would not allow blacks to
be treated less.
We were treated as 100 percent
citizens, one veteran told
Hervieux.
It was like a spark of light,
another voiced.
I am thrilled Princeton University invited me to speak. I will
be talking about Jim Crow Amer-

on campus
Caroline Miller of Princeton was
named to the Lycoming College
dean's list for the fall semester.
Emily Scharer of Princeton was
named to the University of Rhode
Island dean's list for the fall semester.

ica, the army,

WWII and the
effect these instances had on
our country,
Hervieux said.
This war affected the men
of the 350ths
lives as well as
a whole generHERVIEUX
ation
of
African Americans.
Hervieux will speak at Princeton Universitys Carl Fields Center on Feb. 10 from 6 to 7 p.m. with
a book signing to follow. The
event is free and open to the public.
Forgotten: The Untold Story
of D-Day's Black Heroes, at Home
and at War, released Oct. 27 of
last year by Harper Collins, is
available at Barnes & Noble,
Amazon, Harper Collins, Books A
Million and more. To read more
about Forgotten and to sign the
petition to have Woodson receive
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Princeton Battlefield Society hosts

George Washington lecture Feb. 22
A lecture on George Washington by Larry Kidder will be Feb.
22 at 7:30 p.m. in the FAHS Auditorium of Universalist Unitarian
Congregation, 50 Cherry Hill
Road. Sponsored by the Princeton
Battlefield Society, this illustrated
lecture will discuss how Washingtons character and leadership
skills were tested. Kidder is a
local historian and author who
taught history at The Hun School
for 32 years and has published
several books on Mercer County
history.
His A People Harassed and Exhausted: The Story of a New Jersey Militia Regiment in the
American Revolution was pub-

OBITUARIES
The Sun will print obituaries,
free of charge.

lished in 2013. More recently, he

was a contributor to The American Revolution in New Jersey:
Where the Battlefront Meets the
Home Front, published by Rutgers University Press. In 2015,
Kidder was editor for Meet Your
Revolutionary Neighbors, published by Crossroads of the
American Revolution and is the
coordinator for the continuing
Meet Your Revolutionary Neighbors project of Crossroads.
Kidder is working on a book
looking at the American Revolution through the experiences of
people in Trenton between 1774
and 1783, and exploring the many
contributions made to the Revolution by people in Trenton.
The lecture will be followed by
a book signing and refreshments.
Kidders 2013 book will be available for sale.
A free-will donation for the
Princeton Battlefield Society will
be appreciated.

Special to The Sun

The Princeton Battlefield Society will host a lecture on George

Washington Feb. 22.

on campus
Philip Pecora of Princeton was
named to the Susquehanna University dean's list for the fall.

in the Sigmund Weis School of

Business London Program during the spring semester.

Alexander Pecora of Princeton

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Amelia Beckerman of Princeton

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Next BOE meeting is Feb. 23

NEXT
Continued from page 9
than just speaking about it. To
this, the board seemed open and
grateful.
Cochrane asked the team its
plan for creating and distributing
a survey. They did not have an immediate answer, and so the superintendent assigned them a time
frame.
March 7 is our third meeting
for closing the achievement gap,
he said. We will be happy to
work with you to get it done by
then.
Student board liaisons Madi
Norman and Nick Pibl also offered to help using the online platform they created to issue surveys for student feedback on
board issues.
This issue youre bringing to
us, the need to talk about race and
education and change, this is
something consistent throughout
all of Mercer County. It is an
issue we need to address as a community, and there are a lot of people who want to address it. You
are all wonderful ambassadors
for Princeton. Were not sending
you there [to the conference] to
make you feel better, board member Evelyn Spann said. Were
sending you there because we
need you. We really do want this
relationship to work.
In other news:
The board recognized the fol-

lowing retirees: Ellen Wadyka,

grade four teacher, Littlebrook Elementary School after 25 years of
service effective July 1; John
Anagbo, supervisor of language
arts and social studies at Princeton High School; Susan Bellusci,
LDTC at Johnson Park Elementary School; Susan Cahill, secretary at Littlebrook Elementary
School; and Richard Kelly, instructional assistant, Johnson
Park Elementary School.
The board administrators and
members of the public paid tribute to John Kavalos, an art
teacher at PHS, who passed away
on Jan. 11.
The board approved the new
or revised curricula that was
worked on this summer: PHS
Choir, Dance, AP Art History, Studio Art I and Drama 6-8.
The board approved the Performance Assessment Leadership Capacity Building partnership with the Tri-State Consortium and participating districts
in 2015-2016, for a revised fee of
$4,750. Funding for this service
will be provided through general
funds.
The district will apply for and
accept funds, if awarded, for a
school green team capacity building grant for $2,000 for Community Park School, Littlebrook
School, Riverside School, John
Witherspoon Middle School and
Princeton High School. These
grants would provide general
support for each schools green
team activities through February

2017. Eligible activities include

wages for out-of-school time, supplies, incentives and awards, and
educational materials. Funding
for this grant is provided by
PSEG
through
Sustainable
Princeton.
The board passed the following resolution: "The board recognizes that there is a need to promote the health and safety of our
children. Driving children to
school by private vehicle and
idling in the school vicinity contributes to traffic congestion and
air pollution near the school, and
air pollution near schools could
have adverse effects on student
health as well as on the local environment.
The board recognizes that bicycling and walking to school can
have a positive mental and physical impact on the health of children and youth and may help
them arrive at school better prepared to learn. Providing safer
routes to and from schools may
decrease pedestrian and bicycling
related injuries, not just for students but for the entire community. We are informed that the New
Jersey Safe Routes to School program uses education, encouragement, infrastructure and enforcement strategies to help make
walking and bicycling to school
safer and more attractive to children."
The next meeting of the
Board of Education will be Feb.
23 at 8 p.m. in the Board Conference Room at Valley Road.

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It took four quarters and one
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Division game between Princeton
Youth Sports and Mason, Griffin
& Pierson. PYS won the game 3027 behind Mathew Lands 10
points, while Isaac Write-Muller,
Tarak
Jayachandran,
Emil
Hansen, and Henry Doran all
scored four points each in the victory. Matthias Damrau scored 14
points in the loss of M, G, & P
while Thomas Poljevka added
five points.
In other games in the Boys 4th5th Grade Division, Lependorf &
Silverstein topped Ace Hardware
24-22 behind strong performances
from Remmick Granozio (nine

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points), Rohan Sheth (seven

points) and Alex Winters (six
points). Jack Serxner scored 18
points in the loss for Ace Hardware. Princeton Pi pulled out a
late victory over Princeton Dental Group by a score of 25-21.
Bram Silva scored 14 points to
pace Princeton Pi, while Jeremy
Sallade added nine points in the
win. AJ Surace scored eight
points and Jason Singer added
seven points in the loss for
Princeton Dental Group. Jefferson Plumbing outscored Contes
24-21, as William Brandt and
Owen Biggs led the way with
eight and six points respectively
for Jefferson. Jude Blaser poured
in seven points and Aristide Fenaux added six points in the loss
for Contes.
In the Boys 6th-7th Grade Division, Corner House defeated
Princeton Pediatrics by a score of
38-29. Corner House was led by a
balanced team effort from Jake
Renda (15 points), Jacob Rose-Seiden (eight points) and Jaxon
Petrone (six points). MarShawn
Ferguson scored 19 points in the
loss for Princeton Pediatrics,
while Dylan Riddal added four
points. In other game action,
Baldino & Brothers outscored
University Orthopedic Associates
45-31 as Tommy Delany poured in
14 points in the win, with Charles
Hamit adding 10 points. Andrew
Friedman led the way for University Orthopedic Associates with
14 points and Eland Etheredge
added five points in the loss.
Princeton Orthopedic Associates
took down McCaffreys 54-27, led
by a very balanced team performance from Ryan Brown (13
points), Patrick McDonald (11
points), Drew Petrone (11 points)
and Theo Steiger (10 points). Benjamin Barkofsky led McCaffreys
with 11 points, while Evan Lilienthal and James Petrone each
scored six points in the loss.
During the Boys 8th-9th Grade
Division games, Princeton PBA
#130 took down Princeton

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28-26. Judd Petrone scored a
team-high 12 points, while Atticus Lynch added 5 points in the
victory for Princeton PBA #130.
Denzel Kabewah Washington led
all scorers with 17 points, while
Kevin Linko added seven points
in the loss for Princeton Restorative & Implant Dentistry. Cross
Culture defeated Metropolis Spa
Salon by a score of 41-34. Jaylen
Johnson led all scorers with 37
points, while Jack Souzzi added
four points for Cross Culture in
the win. Metropolis Spa Salons
Gerfan Bar-Cohen Grant Luther
scored 9 points and five points respectively. Princeton Pettoranello
defeated Woodwinds.
In the Girls Division, the Seattle Storm defeated the Washington Mystics 12-7 behind a balanced scoring attack from Skai
Reynolds (four points), Tara
Nevin (four points) and Marcela
Nearing (four points). Claire
Johnson scored four points in the
loss for the Mystics, while Lauren
Klein added three points.
The rest of the games in the
Girls Division included the New
York Liberty outscoring the Los
Angeles Sparks 18-12. Macayla
Baxter scored eight points to pace
the Liberty, while Yayla Tur
added six points in the win. Irene
Dumitriu scored six points in the
loss for the Sparks as Sammy
Renda also added four points.
The Dallas Wings defeated the Atlanta Dream 14-7 as Myla Wailoo
scored a game-high eight points
and Milan Couillens scored six
points in the win for the Wings.
Casey Serxner scored three
points in the loss for the Dream.
The Pheonix Mercury outscored
the Chicago Sky 31-13 behind a
balanced team performance from
Hillary
Allen
(10
points),
Shoshana
Henderson
(eight
points) and Molly Brown (six
points).
Jane Biggs scored
five points in the loss for the Sky
and Ali Surace scored four
points.

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FEB. 39, 2016 THE PRINCETON SUN 19

Griffins portraits illuminate his

subjects human essence and dignity
GRIFFINS
Continued from page 1
foggy gaze offering hugs and congratulations. A few strangers
added to the diversity: a boy with
his face tattooed staring at the
works while munching on banana bread baked by Brown Little, Griffins neighbor and co-curator.
The exhibit entitled Portraits
and Legends arose when Andor
Carius, a friend who had been interviewing, or rather conversing,
with Griffin for years, became curious about the many people who
sat for Griffin.
As I was interviewing Gillett, I
noticed many of his portraits
were done when his subjects were
at a younger age and wondered
whatever happened to them,
where are they now, and what are
they doing today? I researched
some of these names, and suddenly very interesting life stories
emerged, Carius said. Some of
his depicted subjects had become
legends in their lifetimes.
Curated by Carius and Little
with support of the library and
Arts Council of Princeton, the exhibit is filled with Griffins portraits. Each was accompanied by
two legends containing the subjects stories, one as remembered
by Griffin and the other recorded
by Carius years later.
The pieces were pulled out
from closets and from under beds.
Individuals from all walks of life,
both dead and living, awoke on
the library walls in mismatched
frames.
Its incredible, Griffin whispered in response to the crowd
whod surfaced from the snow the
way his portraits surfaced from
the dust.
Griffin, born in Brooklyn in
1928, drew so often he could do a
17-inch by 24-inch portrait draw-

ing in about 20 to 40 minutes. He

studied graphic arts at Yale when
graphic art was but a bud in the
art world. In 1952, he became curator of graphic arts at Princeton
Universitys Firestone Library
until 1967, during which he cultivated a passion for Meso-American culture. Griffin was later appointed as the Princeton University Art Museums curator of PreColumbian Art where he stayed
until 2005. Griffin traveled extensively throughout Central and
South America to learn more of
his trade.
"I didn't want to be a cameratoting gringo, so I decided to draw
or paint what I see," Griffin, now
87, told Carius during one of their
chats.
When Griffin became curator,
PUAM had just a few works of
Pre-Columbian art. Today, thanks
to Griffins devotion as well as
many contributions from his own
reservoir of artifacts, the museums collection is widely recognized.
After some introductory remarks about the significance of
certain pieces, [Griffin] allows
students and visitors at the museum or at home in his private collection to handle expensive antique artifacts directly without
gloves and without fear, to get in
touch with them by sensual and
intuitive feeling to perceive their
use and meaning, Carius said.
In addition to his unique teaching approach, Griffin adored
drawing his subjects and, according to Carius, illuminated their
human essence and dignity, regardless of socio-cultural status.
Ty Heineken, a local anthropologist, writer and patron of Japanese folk art, met Griffin in 1972.
Gillett has a beautiful eye for
all sorts of things, Heineken
said. He has a way of finding reality without seeking it and,
while shedding his naivet, has
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is what we all are supposed to do

as we get older.
You are a living treasure, Little told Griffin at the opening.
This is the last exhibit of this
kind in this space, Arts Council
President Jeff Nathanson announced. And for this I am sad.
But I cannot think of a more fitting artist to have in this final
show.
After
I
am
recycled,
Heineken continued, I hope to
meet Gillett in a cloud and pass
the time doing wonderful things
like looking at art and listening to
music.

20 THE PRINCETON SUN FEB. 39, 2016

Police: Witherspoon attacker arrested

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On Jan. 22 at approximately
9:45 p.m., a female victim was
walking north on Witherspoon
Street near Green Street. A male
suspect approached her from behind and struck her. She was
brought to 20 Green St. where the
assault continued before she was
able to escape jumping from a
window. Patrols responded as did
Princeton First Aid and Rescue.
The female victim was transported to Capital Health with multiple
injuries.
On Jan. 25, Princeton Police
Department investigators accused a 49-year-old male resident
of Princeton and arrested him at
his home on Green Street. The
man was charged with one count
of terroristic threats and one
count of simple assault. Bail was
set at $15,000 with a 10 percent
posting option. The investigation
revealed that the victim, a 48-

year-old female Princeton resident, was previously acquainted

with the accused and was not randomly targeted. The accused was
transported to the Mercer County
Correctional Center, as he was
unable to post bail.

Jan. 19
A 27-year-old Princeton male
was arrested on Bergen County
Superior Court warrants totaling $9,265
during a car stop on
State Road. He was
processed at police
headquarters
and
turned over to the Bergen County
Sheriff Department.

posting bail.
A 63-year-old Trenton male was
arrested on a Trenton Municipal
Court warrant totaling $200 during a car stop on Mercer Street.
He was processed at police headquarters and released after posting bail.
A 30-year-old Newark male was
arrested on a Harrison
Municipal Court warrant for $263 during a
car stop on Bayard
Lane. He was released
after posting bail.

police
report

Jan. 20
A 31-year-old Princeton female
was arrested on a Trenton Municipal Court warrant for $150 during a dispute investigation on
Mulberry Row. The suspect was
processed at police headquarters
and released on her own recognizance.
A 23-year-old Edison female
was arrested for possession of
drug paraphernalia during a car
stop on Spring Street. She was
processed at police headquarters
and released with summonses.

Jan. 21
A 21-year-old Camden male
was arrested on a Cherry Hill
Municipal Court warrant for $600
during a car stop on State Road.
He was processed at police headquarters and released after posting bail.

A 32-year-old Maryland male

was arrested on an Irvington Municipal Court warrant for $89 during a car stop on Hamilton Avenue. He was processed at police
headquarters and released after
posting bail.

Jan. 25
A 28-year-old Hillsborough
male was arrested on multiple
warrants from Warren Township
and Union Township municipal
courts totaling $1,640 during a car
stop on State Road. He was
processed at police headquarters
and released after posting bail.
A 26-year-old Princeton male
was arrested on a warrant for $58
during a motor vehicle stop on
Washington Road.
He was
processed at police headquarters
and released after posting bail

Jan. 26

A 33-year-old Princeton male

was arrested on a Wall Township
Municipal Court warrant for $104
during a car stop on Nassau
Street. He was processed at police
headquarters and released after

A 21-year-old Princeton female

was arrested on multiple warrants from Princeton and Hamilton municipal courts totaling
$750 during a motor vehicle accident investigation on Rosedale
Road. She was processed at police
headquarters and released after
posting bail.

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FEB. 39, 2016 THE PRINCETON SUN 21

Princeton Council tables Princeton Ridge acquisition

With Green Acres Program under legislative heat, council fears grant money may fall through
By ERICA CHAYES WIDA
The Sun
At its Jan. 11 meeting, Princeton council introduced a bond ordinance that would add 20.4 acres
of land to the Princeton Ridge
Preserve between Mt. Lucas Road
and Route 206. On Jan. 25, after an
hour-long discussion regarding a
possible fall-through of government funding from the Department of Environmental Protections Green Acres Program, a divided council tabled the vote until
Feb. 8.
When the ordinance was first
introduced, all members were in
favor except Bernie Miller and Jo
Butler, who was not in attendance. Miller voiced his disapproval based on the notion that
council has approved and acquired acreage like wildfire and
should focus its efforts not on obtaining more land but on being
better stewards of the land that
already is owned.
This ordinance is for the purchase of Princeton land at the
ridge preserve for a purchase of
$4.4 million. This is a partnership
between a county grant and other
partners, Princeton Administrator Marc Dashield said.
Mercer County will make $2.2
million in funding available for
the acquisition: $700,000 to the
municipality, $500,000 to Friends
of Princeton Open Space, $500,000
to New Jersey Conservation
Foundation and $500,000 to Stony
Brook-Millstone Watershed. In
addition, Friends of Princeton
Open Space will give $100,000 and
Transco | Williams will pay

$153,000.
Dashield updated council regarding its application for a
Green Acres Program grant from
the state Department of Environmental Protection: They cant
give us a definite, but once money
is available, and we believe it will
be available, we should be able to
receive the remaining balance
from Green Acres.
Lempert said there has recently been some legislative heat in
terms of the Green Acres funding
on how it needs to be done.
The governor wants it to go
through the budget process as opposed to having the legislature do
it through a separate appropriation process, which is what they
have been doing, Lempert said.
She emphasized that, to her understanding, the money for the
fund would still be there at the
time of purchase but is not there
at this moment.
Councilman Patrick Simon
voiced his opinion: Right now,
(Gov.) Christie has made it look
like the state wont come through,
and even though we have received
assurances, I would be comfortable tabling this because if were
wrong and pass it, were sticking
the Princeton taxpayer with $2
million.
Whats the risk if we dont do
this now in terms of losing the
property?
Councilwoman
Heather Howard asked.
Not passing this ordinance
could risk the actual purchase of
the property. We will have another break point before the actual
closing happens if we want to
back out, Dashield said.

Or Shortly
Thereafter.

Princeton resident Wendy

Mager, who serves as president of
Friends of Princeton Open Space
and first vice president of the
New Jersey Conservation Foundation, stepped to the podium to
clarify that the funds from Green
Acres are from an old Green
Acres grant and will not be affected by the legislative issues with
the governor.
The money is being collected
and has been constitutionally
dedicated by the voters. There
may be a delay in the funds, but
there is no question that the
funds are there, Mager said.
The principle cost of this purchase is fully funded, which I
think is amazing. This has been
in our master plan for literally
decades that the Princeton Ridge
is a key area to preserve land. You
made the right decision in introducing the ordinance, and I

strongly urge you to go forward

and pass this ordinance tonight.
After an hour of conflict and
public hearing, Council remained
divided on the topic and decided
to delay its vote to Feb. 8 and will
pursue information regarding
Green Acres before then. The
final meeting to close the purchase of the Princeton Ridge
property remains to be Feb. 28.
In other news:
Council introduced the new
director of Princeton Public Library, Brett Bonfield.
Council held a work session
continuing strategic priorities.
Dashield said the first stage outlining the priorities has been
completed, and council will move
onto the second stage of setting
the highest priorities.
Butler announced there will
be public meetings regarding the
Mary Moss playground on March

9 and May 3 at 6:30 p.m. in the municipal community room.

The Professional Engineers
Society of Mercer County will be
honoring Princetons Municipal
Engineer Bob Kiser as Engineer
of the Year at a Feb. 20 banquet at
Mercer Oaks.
Lempert announced there
will be a special meeting dedicated entirely to the Witherspoon
Jackson historic designation on
Feb. 29 in the municipal community room.
Council introduced an ordinance to regulate parking along
Mount Lucas Road. Council also
introduced a similar ordinance
regarding parking along Prospect
Avenue. The public hearings on
both topics is scheduled for Feb. 8.
Council passed a resolution to
appoint Patrick Simon and Miller
as Princeton Community TV liaisons.

22 THE PRINCETON SUN FEB. 39, 2016

YWCA Princeton announces

Tribute to Women Honorees
The YWCA Princeton will celebrate the 33rd anniversary of the
prestigious Tribute to Women
Awards on March 3 at the Hyatt
Regency Princeton. Tribute to
Women was established by the
YWCA Princeton in 1984 to honor
women of excellence.
Honorees live or work in the
greater Princeton area and have
made significant contributions to
their professions and community.
These women demonstrate a high
level of leadership, exceptional
talent and embody YWCAs mission of eliminating racism and
empowering women.
Karen Jezierny, director of
public affairs at Princeton University and Anna Lustenberg,
noted public affairs professional,
are serving as event co-chairs this
year. Honorees are nominated by
colleagues and peers in the workplace and in the community each
fall. A selection committee of
past honorees, community members and YWCA staff and board
evaluates all those nominated on
criteria highlighted by a commitment to the YWCAs mission of
eliminating racism and empowering women.
The 2016 honorees include Lisa
Breza, Stacey Geurds, Shannon
Greco, Lenora Green, Sharon
Pfluger, Jane Silverman, Elizabeth Protage Walsh and Marcia

Wood.
Professor Cecelia B. Hodges
will receive the Fannie E. Floyd
Racial Justice Award. The award
was established in 2009 and is
given periodically to a person
who has made significant contributions towards the goal of racial
justice and equality, a key mission of YWCAs across the country.
Doodie Meyer, President of
Meyer Educational Consultants,
will receive the Waxwood Lifetime Achievement Award. This
award is the highest honor the
YWCA Princeton bestows upon a
person and is given to a woman
who, over the course of many
years, has made a truly distinguished contribution to the
YWCA.
Sponsorship opportunities are
available by calling Nancy Faherty at (609) 497-2100 ext. 316. To add
a congratulatory message or
place an advertisement in the program book in honor of the award
recipients, please contact Joanne
McGann at (609) 497-2100 ext. 333
by Feb. 8. Tickets to the Awards
Dinner are $150 per person. Reserved full and half tables are
also available. Price per ticket increases by $25 after Feb. 18. For
more information on this event,
visit
www.ywcaprinceton.org/
tribute.

letter to the editor

LETTER
Continued from page 6
ways been a neighborhood of inclusion, a community of many
languages where all have been
welcome. Its early historic makeup was African American then
Irish and Italian.
The African American community was not afforded similar opportunities. But there was no bitterness. Instead and largely due
to discriminatory practices and

common necessity, the neighborhood established many successful

businesses, schools and churches,
and always with a spirit of welcome and neighborliness.
Princeton Council must continue to highlight Princeton as a
town of inclusion. It should designate the WJ neighborhood a
historic district, and acknowledge that this community's past
represents a significant part of
the towns history. Princeton
Council must recognize Princetons significance in the state, national and international mind.
Thomas Parker

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