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One of the nine Tibetan monks from the Drepung Gomang Monastery in Southern India meticulously works on the outer circle of the sacred
sand mandala that was created at the Princeton Center for Yoga and Health in Skillman between May 7 and May 12.
Student
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all-girl
team
By HEATHER FIORE
The Montgomery Sun
Who ever said football was
strictly a male sport?
Ally Rosenthal, a sixth-grad-
er at Montgomery Lower Mid-
dle School, didnt think so,
which is what allowed her to
conjure up the energy and
girls to start Montgomerys
first all-girl flag football team.
For many years, Mont-
gomery has had a flag football
league for kids in kinder-
garten through eighth-grade,
which are broken up into four
divisions K-2, 3-4, 5-6, and 7-8.
Ally always watched her
brother, Jason, participate in
the league, and always had an
interest in playing.
In fall 2009, she finally made
the move to join the league,
making her the only female
player in the 3-4 third- and
fourth-grade division.
Since Ally has a genuine
love for the game and didnt
necessarily want to be the only
girl playing in the league, she
decided to spearhead a move-
ment and start recruiting
other girls to play with her.
After playing with the boys,
I wanted some of my friends to
play too, she said. That is
Monks create traditional piece of art
By HEATHER FIORE
The Montgomery Sun
A traditional piece of Buddhist
history was created at the Prince-
ton Center for Yoga and Health in
Skillman between May 7 and May
12.
Nine monks from the Drepung
Gomang Monastery in Southern
India traveled to the center to cre-
ate a sacred sand mandala, which
is an intricately detailed Tibetan
sand painting that is an ancient
form of Tibetan Buddhism.
The word mandala is a San-
skrit word that means cosmo-
gram, or world in harmony.
The mandala is just like an
imaginary pedestal of the deity,
leading monk and translator
Geshe Nawang Tsondu said. It
helps us to meditate and realize.
The mandala is created with
millions of grains of colored
sand, colored with vegetable dyes
or opaque tempera, using two
metal funnels otherwise known
as chakpurs. The chakpurs are
supposed to symbolize the union
of wisdom and compassion.
To create the mandala, the
sand is poured into the top of one
chakpur that is placed vertically
and then the other chakpur is
placed horizontally and is used to
rub against the other to disperse
the sand from the inside. The
harder and faster they are
clashed together, the more sand
comes out, and the softer and
slower they are combined, less
sand comes out.
The mandalas are created
whenever a need for healing of
the environment and living be-
ings is felt. The monks consider
our present age to be one of great
need in this respect, and therefore
are creating these mandalas
where requested throughout
their world tours.
Its such a gift to host this at
the Princeton Center, director of
the Princeton Center for Yoga and
Health Deborah Metzger said.
They believe theres a time to
bring their work out to the world,
and it helps support themselves
and share the healing they be-
lieve is important in the world.
Each year, the master of the
please see TEAM, page 5 please see MANDALA, page 10
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The following items were taken
from reports on file with the
Montgomery Police Department:
On May 11 at 12:53 p.m., police
say they stopped a 2006 Mercedes
Benz on Route 206 after observing
the driver using his cell phone
without a hands-free device. Dur-
ing the motor vehicle stop, the
driver, a 30-year-old man with ad-
dresses out of North Miami, Fla.,
and Union City, was found to have
an active warrant for $200 from
Union City. The suspect was
placed under arrest and trans-
ported to police headquarters for
processing. The suspect was is-
sued a motor vehicle summons
for using his cell phone while
driving and was released after
posting bail.
On May 9 at 9 a.m., police re-
sponded to Route 601 near the in-
tersection of Skillman Road for a
motor-vehicle crash involving
three vehicles. A 1998 Volvo oper-
ated by a 60-year-old man of
Ocean City, traveling northbound
on Route 601, impacted the rear of
a 2002 Volvo operated by a 42-year-
old man of Monmouth Junction,
who was stopped on Route 601
north in traffic.
The impact caused the mans
vehicle to be pushed forward into
a 2006 Lexus operated by a 40-
year-old Lawrence woman, who
was also stopped in traffic. The
60-year-old mans vehicle was
towed as a result of the crash and
he received a summons for care-
less driving and is scheduled to
appear in Montgomery Munici-
pal Court at a later date.
On May 12 at 4:51 p.m., Mont-
gomery police, fire companies No.
1 and 2 and Montgomery EMS re-
sponded to a residence on Tarry-
town Terrace for a reported fire.
Police say a 35-year-old Hillsbor-
ough man was fueling a lawn
tractor inside a garage when
gasoline spilled on to the engine
causing it to ignite. He pushed the
burning tractor out of the garage
to prevent the fire from spreading
and was burned on his legs and
hands as a result. The fire was ex-
tinguished by a neighbor before
police arrived. Montgomery EMS
and Somerset medics treated the
man and transported him to the
Montgomery Evangelical
Church, where he was flown by a
medevac helicopter to St. Barn-
abas Hospital in Livingston. As of
Sunday May 13, he was listed in
stable condition, police said.
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Through June 3, the annual
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Last year, the front seat belt
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cent compliance rate.
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still work to do, he said. To meet
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efforts that educate all motor vehi-
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Poedubicky said the campaign
will focus on rear-seat passengers
as well. Despite laws requiring
adult back seat passengers to
buckle up, adult back seat belt use
stands at only 35 percent.
During the 2011 Click it or
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when I started recruiting. After I
got a couple of girls, but not
enough for a full team, my dad
thought it would be a cool idea to
get even more girls and form a
whole team.
The following year after Ally
started playing, she started the re-
cruiting process and got one of
the girls from her winter recre-
ation basketball team, Sarah
OShea, to play on the team with
her, making them the only two
girls in the league.
Thats when her dad, Matt
Rosenthal, decided to start coach-
ing and encouraging her to
spread the word to other girls in
the area to join the team.
I chose to coach the team for
two reasons, he said. The first
reason is all leagues need parents
to step up and volunteer. The sec-
ond reason is that I enjoy partici-
pating in the activities that my
daughter involves herself. I want
to make it that Ally and the other
girls continually get positive rein-
forcement, keep things in per-
spective and most of all, have
fun.
When Ally entered fifth-grade,
she signed up to play again in the
fall, and was the only girl out of
100 in the league to play in the 5-6
division.
However, when she decided to
play again in the spring, she was
able to recruit four other girls to
join her.
After Ally successfully rallied
together half of a team, since the
teams consist of 10 players, Matt
coached a co-ed team with five
girls and four boys. Although
they didnt play the most ideal
season, they did manage to beat
one of the all-boys teams.
Coaching the girls football
team can be challenging in some
respects, but not because our op-
ponents are boys, Matt said.
The girls on my team can, for the
most part, match the boys in
speed and strategy, when it comes
to playing defense or running the
ball on offense. Our lack of physi-
cality only manifests itself when
it comes to throwing the ball.
Most girls dont throw footballs
with their siblings, parents or
friends, and therefore, it is not a
natural thing like it is for the av-
erage boy.
Last fall, when Ally entered the
sixth-grade, she played again and
was able to recruit one more addi-
tional girl, expanding the team to
six girls and three boys. Now, this
spring, Ally gathered a total of
nine girls to play on the team,
which is enough to field a team
without any boys.
And, to show how Allys efforts
are truly unique and essentially
revolutionary for the town, her
team is the only group of girls
playing in the entire league this
year.
After all of her hard work and
efforts, Ally has finally made an
idea and interest of hers into a re-
ality.
It is very rewarding knowing
that after all of my efforts, my
dream was accomplished, she
said. Its such a great feeling
knowing that your hard work has
paid off. I love knowing that I
formed Montgomerys first-ever
all-girls flag-football team. I know
that a handful of other girls have
played before me, but it is great to
know no one has ever started a
team before I did.
Aside from Ally, the team cur-
rently consists of eight other girls
who are in fifth- and sixth-grade.
The fifth-grade girls include Kate
Reim, Sarah OShea and Sanaa
and Sontee Riley-Waller; and the
sixth-grade girls include Sarah
Molnar, Rhea Sehgal, Nia Pretto
and Rebecca Lubin.
Kate and Rebecca are the only
two girls on the team that dont go
to school in Montgomery, but are
nearby, local neighbors.
Since Kate and Rebecca are the
only two girls that dont attend
school in Montgomery, Matt
helped Ally with their recruiting.
Kate, who lives in Skillman
and attends a private school, gen-
uinely enjoys football and looks
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in our opinion
W
e re all familiar with Me-
morial Day. We know that it
is a day set aside to honor
the brave men and women who made
the ultimate sacrifice to protect our
country and the freedom we have.
And we know that it is celebrated on
the last Monday in May, thereby creat-
ing a three-day weekend for most.
Maybe it shouldnt be that way.
Back when Memorial Day was first
established during the Civil War era, it
was observed on May 30. It had its own
special day, which, many will argue,
kept the focus on the meaning of the
day.
They have a point.
When one thinks of Memorial Day
these days, its easy to lose focus.
There are Memorial Day sales at
stores and the kick-off to summer
sentiment. That people have three
days off often overshadows what the
spirit of Memorial Day is all about.
We dont want to sound completely
negative. Many communities still take
pride in holding a thoughtful, mean-
ingful Memorial Day ceremony
and/or parade. We still see flags dis-
played. We still see a lot of people take
time to honor those who died serving
our country.
But we also cant help but think that
lumping Memorial Day into a three-
day weekend has diminished the
meaning of the day at least some-
what. There are too many distractions.
How many of us have made Memorial
Day weekend plans that have absolute-
ly nothing to do with honoring the
meaning of the day?
Memorial Day should be special. It
should be a time when every Ameri-
can reflects on the sacrifices made on
his or her behalf and takes the time to
pay proper respect. Nothing should
distract from those sentiments.
Will the three-day weekend be re-
placed with a move back to May 30?
Doubtful. Its going to be up to each in-
dividual to cut through the clutter and
honor those who made the ultimate
sacrifice.
Memorial Day
Three-day weekend or a return to a traditional day of remembrance?
Holiday weekend distracts
Memorial Day shouldnt be about
sales or heading to the beach. It
should be about honoring those who
died serving this country.
Unfortunately, the three-day weekend
distracts from that goal.
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Candidates exemplify
commitment, leadership
Mark Petraske and Andrea Bradley, the
two Democratic candidates for township
committee this year, exemplify three quali-
ties I feel are most important in govern-
ment officials: commitment, experience
and leadership.
I have known both candidates for several
years, and I can say wholeheartedly their
credentials are excellent. Mark and An-
drea both care deeply about the communi-
ty, as can be seen from the volunteer activi-
ties that they have immersed themselves in
over the past several years.
I feel Mark and Andrea will be outstand-
ing members of the township committee.
They will be willing to listen to feedback
from the public, will weigh decisions based
on their merits and will serve Montgomery
with honor.
With their very impressive back-
grounds, they will be able to protect Mont-
gomerys quality of life while making rea-
sonable and responsible fiscal decisions. I
sincerely hope that both of them will be
elected to serve on the township committee
this fall. I felt the need to send this letter
out now rather than later, when in the heat
of the campaign, the media will be over-
loaded with campaign rhetoric. Please re-
member to keep Mark and Andrea in mind
when deciding on whom to vote for in this
falls elections.
Alan Bookman
Writer will vote for experienced
incumbent for Assembly
This is in response to Louise Wilson and
Elaine Schumans May 16 letter in support
of their candidate for state Assembly. Most
of us in Montgomery have never heard of
Sue Nemeth, who is running in the state's
Democratic Primary on June 5, so I read
the letter with interest. All was fine until
the end of the letter when an unnecessary
swipe was taken on the unproven, unpro-
ductive, un-elected Republican incum-
bent.
All would have been fine had the two
writers stayed on message on their candi-
date versus their fellow Democrat primary
opponent Marie Corfield.
But, this is the kind of vitriol we have
come to expect from the writers as well as
the Democratic Party in New Jersey. Other
than our current Republican governor, De-
mocrats have held sway in New Jersey
making this one of the highest-taxed states
in the country. It is election time after all so
candidates will claim to reduce our taxes
and improve services but they never do.
The track record shows otherwise.
Some of us may remember New Jersey
without a sales tax it then started at 3 per-
cent and is now 7 percent. Once their kids
graduate from Montgomery schools, peo-
ple leave for lower-taxed towns and states.
So, ask these politicians why towns like
Montgomery have such high property
taxes. Ask why towns like Montgomery
only get back about 5 cents on the tax dol-
lar we send to Trenton. Ask why the state
had record deficits that the governor is
now reducing.
It should be clear, if you want higher
taxes, if you want more businesses and
high earners that actually pay taxes to
leave the state, if you like death taxes, if
you want more government regulations
and control of your lives, then vote Demo-
cratic in New Jersey.
In the November elections, I will vote for
the experienced incumbent with a proven
track record, Donna Simon for New Jersey
Assembly!
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date Wednesday, July 11). Just like
last year, it will be a fantastic way
to usher in the summer. Activities
start at 6 p.m. and continue to
dusk. This event will once again
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As always, this is a wonderful
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Last year was the event was
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thanks to the generosity of the
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This year, the committee is
planning a bigger and better
event.
The sound system will be up-
graded so the Star Spangled Ban-
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the Funkin Soulnuts band,
back by popular demand from
2011, can be heard across the
crowd. There will be a wide vari-
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choose from and lots of fun activi-
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www.montgomeryfireworks.com,
which explains how to sign up as
a vendor (spots are limited), how
to donate to the event as an indi-
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chase parking spots.
Fireworks committee members
are Frank Drift, Kacey Dyer, Matt
Galvin, Meg Helms, Cynthia
Weshnak, Karen Zimmerman
and chairman George Jarvis.
New Jersey State Elks Batter
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competition will be held Sunday,
June 17. Competitions are held at
a local level and competitors
move to the regional and state
competition levels based upon
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to 7 p.m.
McKnight complex is located
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special needs, ages 5 to 18.
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forward to continuing to play on
the team.
At my school, I was the first
girl who played sports with the
boys every day, and I was actually
not that bad at football and want-
ed to try it out, Kate said. I am
really proud of my team and I for
having the guts to face the boys
even though we may seem like the
underdogs.
The other fifth-graders on the
team all enjoy playing on the
team, and arent the slightest bit
intimidated by the boys they face.
And all plan on returning next
year to play.
Sometimes at school, kids, es-
pecially the boys, say, Hey, have
you heard about the all-girls foot-
ball team? And I'll be like, Yeah,
I'm on that team, Sarah said.
The most rewarding thing for
me is knowing that we are tough
enough to go against the boys,
Sontee said. Even though they
are boys, we play just as hard, if
not harder than they do.
I never feel intimidated play-
ing against the boys, Sanaa said.
You just have to try your best. I
am always confident about put-
ting up a good fight.
Along with all of the fifth-
graders, sixth-grader Sarah Mol-
nar also has confidence the team
can put up a good game against
boys teams and was convinced by
both Ally and Matt to join the team.
Sarahs father, Mark Molnar, is
also the commissioner of the
Montgomery Flag Football
League.
I think the most exciting thing
about being the first all-girls team
is showing other girls that we can
do things that boys can do, she
said.
The other sixth-grade players,
Rhea and Nia, are also confident
playing against boys and look for-
ward to showing the other teams
in the league what their team has
to offer.
Nia has the strongest arm on
the team, which has placed her as
quarterback, and isnt hesitant
when executing plays and com-
peting against all boys.
There's no way to beat your
opponent by being scared, even if
they might be more athletic than
us at times, she said. But, coach
says we can match them at team
speed and, at our game on April
29, it showed.
Rhea also agrees with the other
teammates about playing boys
and doesnt allow the stereotypi-
cal feedback to affect her per-
formance.
Most guys think that girls
cant be as good as them in sports,
but we show them its not true,
she said.
After watching his daughter
take a strong initiative, Matt gen-
uinely recognizes Allys courage
and persuasion.
It has been my daughters goal
to field an all-girls team and she
has finally done it, he said. As a
coach and involved in the sport in
town for many years, I am very
proud of her efforts to recruit and
bring girls into a recreational
sport dominated by boys.
WEDNESDAY MAY 23
Keeping Your Mind Sharp Through
Dolls and Toys: Program pre-
sented by Virginia Aris of the
Princeton Doll and Toy Museum
at the Montgomery Senior Cen-
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For more information call (609)
466-0846.
Montgomery Township Landmarks
Commission meeting: 7:30 p.m.
in the conference room, Munici-
pal Building. For confirmation or
more information, visit
www.montgomery.nj.us.
FRIDAY MAY 25
Rhyme Time: Ages newborn to 2.
Nursery rhyme fun plus play time. No registration needed.
Franklin Township Swinging
Singing Seniors: Group performs
at 10:30 a.m. at the Montgomery
Senior Center, 365 Skillman
Road, Skillman. For more infor-
mation call (609) 466-0846.
MONDAY MAY 28
Memorial Day Closings: Township
offices and the Mary Jacobs
Library will be closed in obser-
vance of Memorial Day.
Veterans Day Memorial Service: 10
a.m. at Panicaro Park in Rocky
Hill.
TUESDAY MAY 29
Evening Book Discussion: 7:30 to
8:30 p.m. at Mary Jacobs Library.
Sarahs Key by Tatiana de Ros-
nay will be discussed. On the six-
tieth anniversary of the 1942
roundup of Jews by the French
police in the Vel d'Hiv section of
Paris, American journalist Julia
Jarmond is asked to write an arti-
cle on this dark episode during
World War II and embarks on an
investigation that leads her to
long-hidden family secrets and to
the ordeal of Sarah, a young girl
caught up in the raid.For more
information call (609) 924-7073,
ext. 4.
Toddler Sing with Pat: Ages 1 to 3.
10:30 to 11 a.m. at Mary Jacobs
Library. Sing along fun with
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monastery selects the nine
monks who are essentially the
most loyal to travel to the United
States and tour certain states to
create these sanctified mandalas.
The master evaluates all
monks and appoints the ones who
inherit the best personal charac-
teristics to come over to the Unit-
ed States to create the mandalas.
The reasoning behind this selec-
tion process is because many
monks who come over to the Unit-
ed States are tempted to stay, and
many have been lost to the temp-
tations this country exudes.
Therefore, in order to ensure the
return of monks to India, the
master chooses who he sends
very carefully.
The monks began their tour in
Louisville, Ky., in the beginning
of January and are here in the
United States touring until Dec.
27.
The creation of the mandala
began with an opening ceremony
on Monday, May 7, where the
monks consecrated the
center and chanted mantras ac-
companied by flutes, drum and
cymbals.
Before we create the mandala,
we will chant for motivation for
helping the people and chant
prayers to Buddha to bless this
mandala and to help this world,
Tsondu said.
After the ceremony, they began
the actual construction by draw-
ing the design on the base, other-
wise known as tek-pu.
The mandala is a formal geo-
metric pattern that displays the
floor plan of a sacred mansion. It
is approximately 5 feet in diame-
ter and incorporates a variety of
things, all of which have a differ-
ent meaning and symbolism.
The mandala was created in re-
spect of the Medicine Buddha,
which is why they place the Medi-
cine Buddha in the middle
where they begin. Its surrounded
by all aspects of the traditional
culture, and adds to the entirety
of the mandala by symbolizing
healing energy.
There are eight additional
Medicine Buddhas right outside
of the dominant Medicine Bud-
dha, successively followed by 16
disciples and 24 lotus petals,
which represent 12 guardians and
12 demons.
Theres four directions and
each direction is a different
color, Tsondu said. The eastern
side is blue, the southern is yel-
low, the western is red and north-
ern is green. There are also four
gates symbolizing four limitless
teachings love, compassion, joy
and economy.
Essentially, the completed man-
dala is supposed to represent the
world uncoiling, by showing the
lotus petals around the edge un-
folding through the four direc-
tions of space of four gates.
In order to complete the man-
dala, the monks worked every day
from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. from Mon-
day, May 7, through Friday, May
11. Although there were nine
monks who came to the center,
only four monks worked on the
mandala at a time, rotating
throughout the day. All construc-
tion hours were open to the pub-
lic, and many local residents
came by the Center to observe the
complex process.
On Friday, May 11, the monks
participated in prayers and
chanting, where prayers were re-
cited in the traditional overtone
chanting with each monk singing
a full chord of three notes, accom-
panied by hand gestures, cym-
bals, drums, horns and flutes.
The intent of the rituals is to
overcome negativities, which
may be obstacles in obtaining re-
lease from suffering, and to pro-
mote spiritual, emotional, mental
and physical well-being.
The mandala was completed
during the afternoon of May 12,
and was directly followed by a
closing ceremony, in which the
monks dismantled the mandala
by sweeping up the colored sand.
The dismantling or the de-
struction of the mandala is the
lesson and teaching of imperma-
nence, Tsondu said. It shows
that things are not everlasting.
Metzger also enforced Tsondus
explanation by stating how the
monks show Americans how to
focus on the important things in
life and not superficial aspects
with the whole process of the
mandala.
Once the mandala was disman-
tled, the monks gave half of the
sand to people who attended the
closing ceremony in allotted bags
as blessings for personal health
and healing. The other half of the
sand was ceremonially dispersed
into a running body of water in
order to spread the healing ener-
gies on the mandala throughout
the world.
The purpose is to raise funds
for their survival and educate
people about their culture at the
same time because its a dying
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