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The Craft Fair at Robbinsville HighSchool, which raised $5,200 for the RHStheater and band programs April 20, wasa hit with both children and adults. At

left, Jasmine Joaquin, 4, is all smilesabout the butterfly RHS student MeganRoeloffs (not shown) has painted on herface.

Below: Joey Denisco, 11, owner of JDKnittastic, keeps busy next to his RealMen Knit banner. The sixth-grader, whowas the youngest of 70 vendors at theevent, learned to knit from Libby Fis-chberg at the school districts after-careprogram, R.E.D., and now sells thescarves he creates at craft fairs and onconsignment at various local businesses.

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Paint and purl New options

for municipalspace needsBy JOANNE DEGNAN

Editor

Mayor Dave Fried says thetownship will advertise a requestfor quotations (RFQ) from devel-opers who may have commercialspace to sell in either existing orplanned buildings that could besuitable for Robbinsvilles munic-ipal offices.

Fried said two developers havecontacted the township with of-fers in the wake of the publicityover the cancelled Roma Bankbuilding project, which was sup-posed to have provided the town-ship with one floor of municipaloffice space in 2014 at a cost of $3million. Roma Bank cancelled the

three-story commercial condoproject after its announced merg-er with Investors Bank.

Both new opportunities thathave recently come our way areless expensive than the originalRoma deal, Fried said April 22.One we would take condo spacein an existing building and theother is someone building a build-ing where we we take a floor.

Advertising for an RFQ wouldenable the township to flesh outthe proposals from these two de-velopers, whom he declined toidentify, as well as two differentoptions recently presented by In-vestors Bank, which is expectedto finalize its merger with RomaBank at the end of the month.

If we did an RFQ, wed ask thetwo developers who are pitchingtheir idea, wed ask Roma to pitchtheir idea, and ask anyone elsewho might want to pitch an ideato make a formal quote, Friedsaid. Then wed take all thosequotes, compare them and be ableto have a better understanding ofwhat we want to do.

The township, which currently

leases 8,000 square feet of officespace in the Sharbell building at 1Washington Blvd., made a deal topurchase the third floor of a newmixed use commercial spec build-ing on Route 33 that Roma Bankbroke ground on in October. How-ever, Roma scuttled the projectafter its announced merger with

please see SPACE, page 11

INSIDE THIS ISSUECalendar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8Interfaith Views . . . . . . . . . 12Kids Views . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6Rville in the Past Lane . . . 6Sports . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4, 10, 14

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The Rotary Club of Robbinsville-Hamilton Sunrise recently honored its April Students of the Month. Pic-tured, from left, are Greg Blair, club coordinator of student activities; Kevin King, Jr., Robbinsville HighSchool; Marie Furda, Hamilton West High School; Benjamin Kraml, Steinert High School; Zoey Gater, Not-tingham High School; and Donna Williams, club president.


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Boys Track and Field

At the Mercer County Relayson April 20, RHS runners tookhome two third-place medals inthe 4x800, which included ZachMichon, Ryan Gross, Mike Mi-chon, and Nick Brennan. Therelay teams time was 8:44. Theboys long jump relay also tookthird place as Craig Hunter andDan Gavrushenko both medaled.Their combined total was 382.There were solid performancesall around during a difficult daybecause of the strong winds and

cold temperatures.

Girls Track and FieldThe Ravens Girls Track and

Field team won against Ewing 80-60 on April 16.

Taking first place was ParisHughes (1600 m and 800 m); KatieKoss (400 m); Noel Jancewicz (100m hurdles, 200 m, high jump);Julia Borowski (3200 m); KristenKowalski (javelin); Andin Fosam

(discus); and Caitlyn Krueger, JillTesta, Brigid Tonry, MakenzieBayless in 4x400 m relay.

The girls Track and Field teamalso did a great job and earned afew medals on April 20 at the Mer-cer County Relay Champi-onships. The relay teams thatwon medals include:

Third place relays 4x100 m(Lauren Thompson, Kellie Hod-son, Julia Perhacs, Myana Mor-ris-Bullock); 4x800 m (Erin

Holzbaur, Julia Borowski, CaitlynKrueger, Makenzie Bayless); HighJump relay (Noel Jancewicz,Stephanie Wujek)

Second place relays SprintMedley (Katie Koss, Kelly Koss,Noel Jancewicz, Paris Hughes),Shot Put relay (Myana Morris-Bullock, Andin Fosam), Discusrelay (Andin Fosam, Casey Reca)

First place relays shuttle hur-dle (Emily Langsdorf, JuliaFahey, Andrea Maldonado, Alli-son Whitty), javelin relay (Noel

Jancewicz, Kristen Kowalski).

BaseballThe Ravens Varsity Baseball

team beat Nottingham 2-0 onApril 19, the teams fourth

straight win. Senior Steve Krebspitched seven scoreless inningsand gave up only three hits in theshutout.

Krebs also hit a triple andscored one of the Ravens tworuns. Ben Sanders had an RBIsingle and score the second run.Ryan Fischer also had an RBIdouble. The Ravens had a greatdefensive effort, with no errors.

The Ravens defeated Lawrence7-3 at RHS on April 17. Sophomore

Ryan Krebs picked up the win forthe Ravens and Lawrences JessRusso was tagged with the loss.The Ravens Stephen Dranoffwent 2-3 with four runs batted in.

Girls LacrossePrinceton defeated Rob-

binsville 15-8 at home on April 23.Jackie Levering and Emily Mar-tin each had two goals and two as-sists for Robbinsville, whileEmily Kratz, Erin Pittas, CateTizzano and Amanda Giordano

each had one goal apiece for theRavens.

For Princeton, Emelia Lopez-Ona, Alexandra Callaway andElizabeth Jacobs led the offensewith three goals each.


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The Ravens Dan Milo (right) running in the 4x1600 relay during theMercer County Relays on April 20 at Robbinsville High School.


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The following items were takenfrom reports on file with the Rob-binsville Police Department:

A 24-year-old Willingboro manwas held on $30,000 bail last weekafter being charged with resistingarrest and aggravated assault ona Robbinsville police officer dur-ing a traffic stop on April 16.

Patrolman Shawn Emmonssustained a minor injury in theincident, which unfolded after theofficer saw a vehicle travelingwithout an inspection sticker onWest Manor Way and pulled it

over at 7:57 a.m. on ApplegateDrive.

The driver tried to run awayfrom the vehicle and kicked theofficer in the chest to escape.

The suspect was later foundhiding in a cornfield on GordonRoad and taken into custody.

An investigation determinedthat the suspect had an outstand-ing warrant for his arrest on a$750 traffic violation out of Will-ingboro, which may have beenwhy he attempted to flee, police

said.Patrolman Emmons was treat-

ed and released at Robert WoodJohnson University Hospital atHamilton and has returned to fullactive duty.

The suspect was charged withaggravated assault on a police of-ficer, resisting arrest, obstruc-tion/hindering apprehension,driving while suspended and fail-ure to inspect a vehicle.

Municipal Court Judge Dou-

glas Hoffman set the suspectsbail at $30,000 with a 10 percentoption. The suspect was unable toimmediately post bail and taken

to the Mercer County CorrectionCenter.

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A 19-year-old Dayton man wasarrested on drug charges after amotor vehicle stop on Route 130 at7:39 p.m., April 20.

Patrolman Shawn Brutonstopped the vehicle because it hadan illegal tinted license platecover and a front view obstruc-tion.

While speaking with the driverhe detected evidence of narcotics

in the vehicle and a subsequentsearch revealed a small quantityof marijuana and drug parapher-nalia.

The driver was charged withpossession of marijuana, posses-sion of drug paraphernalia, hav-ing an obstructed view, unclearplates, and having a controlleddangerous substance in a motorvehicle.

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An 18-year-old Levittown,Pennsylvania man was chargedwith possession of marijuanaand other offenses after a motorvehicle stop on Route 130 North at11:29 a.m., April 19.

Patrolman Adrian Markowskipulled the vehicle over near theintersection of Voelbel Road be-cause it was traveling significant-ly below the speed limit.

While speaking with the driver,the officer detected evidence nar-

cotics might be present and a sub-sequent search revealed a smallquantity of marijuana.

The driver was additionally

charged with having a controlleddangerous substance in a motorvehicle, having a view obstruc-tion and delaying traffic.

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A 26-year-old Robbinsville manwas charged with DWI and otheroffenses after a traffic stop onRoute 33 at 12:52 p.m., April 17.

Patrolman Thomas Eganpulled the vehicle over after see-ing the driver fail to use the vehi-cles directional signal at the in-tersection of Robbinsville-Edin-

burg Road and Route 33.During the traffic stop, the offi-

cer detected evidence the driverhad been drinking and asked himto perform field sobriety tests,which he failed.

The driver was additionallycharged with careless driving,reckless driving, failure to main-tain lane and failure to use a turnsignal.

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rville in the past lane

Founding Father as fugitiveon Old York Road

By Cathy ZahnIn my last column we talked about the

founding of Robbinsville, but now we turnto the story of one of this nations Found-ing Fathers, who as a 17-year-old runawaywalked along our own Old York Road backin 1723.

Yes, before he became a successful pub-

lisher, inventor, scientist, a drafter of theDeclaration of Independence, statesman,abolitionist, governor and ambassador,Benjamin Franklin was a teenage fugitivewho illegally broke his apprenticeship andwas on the run to Philadelphia.

One of the youngest children of JosiahFranklin and his second wife, Abiah Fol-ger, Benjamin was apprenticed at age of 12as a printer to his older brother, James, inBoston. His job was to set up the printingpress, run it, and then go out to the streetsof Boston to sell the papers. But the onetask Benjamin most wanted to do writing

was forbidden. Benjamin tricked hisbrother, however, by disguising his hand-writing and authoring letters under thepseudonym Mrs. Silence Dogwood, which

were anonymously slipped under theprinters door. His jealous brother wasangry when the popular columnists trueidentity was eventually revealed and hecontinued demeaning and beating hisyounger brother until Benjamin ran awaytwo years later.

Thats how one of this nations future

Founding Fathers eventually ended up onthe run along a road that runs throughwhat is now Robbinsville Township 290years ago. Franklin took a boat fromBoston to New York and, unable to findwork there, decided to keep heading southto Philadelphia.

He took a ferry from New York to PerthAmboy and walked across New Jersey fol-lowing a route from Perth Amboy toBurlington, where he crossed the DelawareRiver into Pennsylvania. In his papers hedescribes the route through New Jersey,the people he met, places he stayed, and

what he saw along the journey.In a 1761 letter to Henry Potts, postmas-

ter of London, Franklin gives a frank as-sessment of this road from Perth Amboy to

Burlington (which included part of OldYork Road along the present-day boundaryof Mercer and Monmouth counties). Thisold road was inconvenient for travel be-cause its loose sand was fatiguing to horsesand it went through areas not well inhab-ited, nor the inns well supplied with provi-sions, Franklin wrote.

He noted the old post route had fallenout of favor 30 years earlier (about 10 yearsafter he used it as his escape route) be-cause a new road from Trenton to Eliza-beth by way of Princeton was now muchmore convenient.

The next time you find yourself travel-ing from Allentown to Hightstown on OldYork Road, think of Benjamin Franklin,and how the road might have looked in1723. Franklins autobiography and papersare part of Yale Universitys historical col-lection. You can view them atwww.franklinpapers.org.

Cathy Zahn is a genealogy expert and third-grade teacher at Sharon Elementary School.She can be reached at [email protected].

Editors note: The writers are all students

at Pond Road Middle School.

Violent video gamesare not for kidsDid you know that a shooter admitted to

training for a massacre by playing theCall of Duty video game? This just goesto show how drastically violent videogames can affect people. Children may notalways turn to killing someone, but it does-nt exclude the possibility of affectingthem in a negative way. Parents need tostop buying mature content for their youngchildren because of all the harm its caus-ing them.

Mature video games can lead to bad out-comes for children who play them. As Dr.Phil has noted, So when kids have anxiety,which they do, instead of soothing them-selves, calming themselves, talking aboutit, expressing it to someone, or even ex-

pressing it emotionally by crying, theytend to externalize it. They can attacksomething, they can kick a wall, they canbe mean to a dog or a pet. This is whats

going to keep happening, unless parentstake these games away from kids. Accord-ing to ABC News, Adam Lanza, 20, forcedhis way into Sandy Hook ElementarySchool on Friday morning and killed 20children and six adults before committingsuicide. He was most likely addicted to vi-olent video games and it caused him to dothis tragic thing. If parents dont help stopthis, these tragic events wont stop its aseasy as that.

Some people are for these violent gamesand argue, I play them, and Im not hurt-ing others. I agree, not every single

human being who plays mature videogames is going to harm others, but the ma-

jority are becoming violent from playingthem. Parents need to realize how badlythe games are affecting their children. Par-ents have the authority to stop a lot of bad

things from happening and should make achange today.

Peter Mathews, age 11Robbinsville

Down with homework!

Do you ever think children are perfectlyfine with homework? Do you think theylike the work they receive after eight hoursof school? The answer is NO! They do notlike it at all! I believe kids shouldnt havehomework.

An article called Homework Revolt, byAndrea Bennett, states Even 8- and 9-year-olds are reporting serious stress levels be-cause of an overabundance of schoolworkand lack of sleep. Kids shouldnt get that

stressed at this age! Think about it. Do youwant children to have a low life expectancyor a good education?

Think about all the after school activi-

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FRIDAYMAY 3Ravens Boys Varsity Baseball: 4p.m., Robbinsville High School, 155Robbinsville-Edinburg Road. Gamesubject to change; check

http://www.usatodayhss.com.Ravens Boys Varsity Tennis: 4p.m., Robbinsville High School, 155Robbinsville-Edinburg Road. Gamesubject to change; checkhttp://www.usatodayhss.com.

Ravens Boys Varsity Lacrosse(Senior Night) vs. Hightstown: 7p.m., Robbinsville High School, 155Robbinsville-Edinburg Road. Gamesubject to change; checkhttp://www.usatodayhss.com.

SATURDAYMAY 4Clothing Drive Fundraiser: PondRoad Middle Schools state champi-on Destination Imagination teamwill be going neighborhood toneighborhood on Saturday, May 4collecting gently used clothing,shoes, handbags, backpacks, belts,ties, gloves, hats, scarves, babyaccessories, towels, sheets, and oth-er household items. (No books,tapes or breakable items, please!)Donations can also be dropped off(in tied plastic bags) at 8 AcaciaAve. until May 12. For more informa-tion, email [email protected].

SUNDAYMAY 5Robbinsville Day at Great Adven-ture: Great Adventure AmusementPark, 1 Six Flags Blvd., JacksonTownship. Admission: $43.99 plustax includes admission to safari,theme park and an all-you-can-eatcatered lunch in the picnic grove.

Children 2 and under are free. Tick-ets must be purchased online atwww.sixflags/greatadventure.comusing the special promotion codeRobbinsville13. For more informa-tion, call Rosemary at 732-685-

6573.

MONDAYMAY 6Tai Chi Classes at Senior Center:9:30 a.m., 1117 Route 130 North. Pre-registration required. There are stillopenings in the current session thatruns through May 20. For cost andfurther information, contact, ReneeBurns at 259-1567 or [email protected].

Free Blood Pressure Screenings:11:30 a.m., 12:15 p.m., Senior Center,

1117 Route 130 North. For more infor-mation, contact Renee Burns at259-1567.

Ravens Girls Varsity Softball vs.Notre Dame: 4 p.m., RobbinsvilleHigh School, 155 Robbinsville-Edin-burg Road. Game subject to change;check http://www.usatodayhss.com.

Ravens Boys Varsity Tennis vs.Allentown: 4 p.m., Robbinsville HighSchool, 155 Robbinsville-EdinburgRoad. Game subject to change;check http://www.usatodayhss.com.

TUESDAYMAY 7Create a Cat: 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Rob-binville branch of the Mercer CountyLibrary System, 42 Robbinsville-Allentown Road. For children of allages accompanied by an adult. Dropin; no registration needed. For moreinformation, call 259-2150.

Babytime: 10:15 a.m., Robbinsvillebranch of the Mercer CountyLibrary System, 42 Robbinsville-

Allentown Road. Ages 6 months to24 months, accompanied by anadult. Registration required onlineat www.mcl.org.

Chair Yoga: 10:15 to 11:15 a.m., SeniorCenter, 1117 Route 130 North. A freeclass for seniors 60 and over taughtby Connie Ferrara. No reservationsneeded. For further information, call259-1567.

Ravens Boys Varsity Baseball vs.Notre Dame: 4 p.m., RobbinsvilleHigh School, 155 Robbinsville-Edin-burg Road. Game subject to change;check http://www.usatodayhss.com.

Ravens Boys Varsity Lacrosse vs.Lawrence: 4 p.m., Robbinsville HighSchool, 155 Robbinsville-EdinburgRoad. Game subject to change;

check http://www.usatodayhss.com.

THURSDAYMAY 9Chair Yoga: 10:15 to 11:15 a.m., SeniorCenter, 1117 Route 130 North. A freeclass for seniors 60 and over taughtby Connie Ferrara. No reservationsneeded. For further information, call259-1567.

Coffee, Doughnuts & a Movie: 1:30p.m., Robbinsville branch of the Mer-cer County Library System, 42 Rob-binsville-Allentown Road. For moreinformation call 259-2150.

Ravens Boys Varsity Baseball vs.Hun: 4 p.m., Robbinsville HighSchool, 155 Robbinsville-EdinburgRoad. Game subject to change;check http://www.usatodayhss.com.

Dealing with Dizziness: 7 p.m., Rob-binsville branch of the Mercer Coun-ty Library System, Robbinsville-Allentown Road. Vestibular rehabili-tation specialist Linda A. Lucuski,

MPT, Rehabilitation Coordinatorwith Princeton HealthCare SystemsOutpatient Rehabilitation Network,will discuss vestibular rehabilitationand explain how specific exercisescan provide symptom relief, improve

balance, and enhance safe activitylevels. Register online atwww.mcl.org.

Robbinsville Township Council:7:30 p.m., 1117 Route 130. Agendaposted online at www.robbinsville-twp.org.

FRIDAYMAY 10Sing Along with Miss Amy: 10:30a.m., Robbinsville branch of the Mer-cer County Library System, 42 Rob-binsville-Allentown Road. A music

program is for children of all ages,accompanied by an adult. Registeronline at www.mcl.org.

21st Annual Joe Vastano 5K Runand Chickie DeVito 2-Mile HealthWalk: 7 p.m. sharp, starts at St. Gre-gory the Great Parish Center, 4620Nottingham Way, Hamilton, and con-tinues through residential streetsclosed to traffic. Prizes and raffles.Registration for 5K is $20 on raceday; $15 in advance. To register, goto www.stgregorythegreatacade-my.org/5K.

SATURDAYMAY 117th Annual Head to Toe WomensExpo: 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., RobbinsvilleHigh School, 155 Robbinsville-Edin-burg Road. More than 100 exhibitorsand three one-hour seminar ses-sions offered on topics that includehealth, legal, finance home, gardenfood, fashion beauty and more.Hosted by Mercer County Woman.Free admission. For further informa-tion, call 609-890-4054.

MONDAYMAY 13Tai Chi Classes at Senior Center:9:30 a.m., 1117 Route 130 North. Pre-registration required. There are stillopenings in the current session thatruns through May 20. For cost andfurther information, contact, ReneeBurns at 259-1567 or [email protected].

Free Blood Pressure Screenings:11:30 a.m., 12:15 p.m., Senior Center,1117 Route 130 North. For more infor-mation, contact Renee Burns at259-1567.

Ravens Girls Varsity Lacrosse vs.West Windsor-Plainsboro South: 4p.m. Robbinsville High School, 155Robbinsville-Edinburg Road. Gamesubject to change; check

http://www.usatodayhss.com.

Ravens Boys Varsity Tennis vs.Notre Dame: 4 p.m., RobbinsvilleHigh School, 155 Robbinsville-Edin-burg Road. Game subject to change;check http://www.usatodayhss.com.

TUESDAYMAY 14Create a Ladybug: 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.,Robbinville branch of the MercerCounty Library System, 42 Rob-binsville-Allentown Road. For chil-dren of all ages accompanied by anadult. Drop in; no registration need-ed. For more information, call 259-2150.

Babytime: 10:15 a.m., Robbinsvillebranch of the Mercer CountyLibrary System, 42 Robbinsville-

Allentown Road. Ages 6 months to24 months, accompanied by anadult. Registration required onlineat www.mcl.org.

Chair Yoga: 10:15 to 11:15 a.m., SeniorCenter, 1117 Route 130 North. A freeclass for seniors 60 and over taughtby Connie Ferrara. No reservationsneeded. For further information, call259-1567.

Yikes! Whats Happening to MyBody? 7 p.m., Robbinsville branch ofthe Mercer County Library, 42 Rob-binsville-Allentown Road. A programabout puberty for girls ages 9 to 12with a parent or guardian. Spon-sored by Princeton HealthCareCommunity Education and Out-reach. Registration required. Call259-2150.

WEDNESDAYMAY 15Robbinsville Planning Board: 7:30p.m., Robbinsville Senior Center, 42Robbinsville-Allentown Road. Agen-da online at www.robbinsville-twp.org.

THURSDAYMAY 16Chair Yoga: 10:15 to 11:15 a.m., SeniorCenter, 1117 Route 130 North. A freeclass for seniors 60 and over taughtby Connie Ferrara. No reservationsneeded. For info., call 259-1567.

School-Age Storytime and Craft:4:30 p.m., Robbinsville branch of theMercer County Library, 42 Rob-binsville-Allentown Road. Ageskindergarten and up. Online regis-tration required at www.mcl.org.

Book Talk with Author Jennie Gia-rdine: 7 p.m., Robbinsville branch ofthe Mercer County Library System,42 Robbinsville-Allentown Road.Giardines historical romantic sus-

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Getting a leg up on

the Broadway dreamBy JOANNE DEGNANEditor

Ever since she watched theRockettes dance in the Radio CityChristmas Spectacular when shewas 6, Arianna Lipschutz hasyearned to be part of Broadwaysmost famous and glamorous kickline. Today, shes one step closer

to the dream.The 14-year-old Robbinsvilleresident, and her friend CaitlynBrady, 16, of East Windsor, madethe cut at the New York City audi-tions earlier this year (one of 15U.S. cities where auditions wereheld) to win spots in the RockettesSummer Intensive led by currentRockettes and their choreogra-pher. The girls will attend theweeklong session in New YorkCity that runs July 14-19, whenthey will take six hours of classes

daily with an emphasis on Rock-ettes jazz, tap, formations andkick line.

The highly competitive pro-gram is held in the same studioswhere the Rockettes rehearse theChristmas Spectacular. Accept-ance to the program is consideredan important stepping stone forthose who want to dance profes-sionally one day on Broadway.The Rockettes summer programshave launched more than 50 as-

piring dancers to becoming mem-bers of the precision chorus line.At the New York City audition

in February, the pressure was onthe dancers who were given onlya half hour to learn the choreog-raphy before the tryouts, Lip-schutz said.

I was a little nervous duringthe audition, but mostly I was just

very excited, Lipschutz said.This was a dream experience forme; something Ive always want-ed every since I was 6.

Holly Yablonowitz and CynthiaCoolidge, owners of All ForDance in Robbinsville where Lip-schutz and Brady have been tak-ing classes for years, were just asexcited about the girls achieve-ment.

Its the first time anyone herehas auditioned and made it, butIm really not surprised that theydid, Yablonowitz said. They areboth extremely talented and havegreat technique.

Lipschutz and Brady havetaken every dance course the stu-dio has, including ballet, tap, jazz,modern dance, musical theatre

hip-hop, and more, Yablonowitzsaid. Theyve taken advantage ofevery opportunity offered and aregreat role models and mentors tothe younger dancers here.

While Lipschutz sees the Rock-ettes Summer Intensive programas an opportunity to one day gether foot in the door at Radio CityMusic Hall, Brady is embracing it

as a learning experience, but withless lofty expectations.Its not that I wouldnt love to

be a Rockette, but Im not tallenough, Brady laughed, notingshes about 6 inches shy of the 5-fotot-6-inch height requirement.Still the program is going to begreat training and a great experi-ence so Im really looking for-ward to doing it.

Robbinsville Day at Great AdventureIts Robbinsville Day at Great

Adventure on Sunday, May 5, aspecial event for township resi-dents that includes admission tothe safari and theme park, as well

as an all-you-can-eat meal ticketat a discounted price.

The catered lunch for Rob-binsville residents will be servedin the picnic grove from noon to 2p.m. and includes hamburgers,hot dogs, nachos and cheese, pota-to salad, garden salad, cookiesand beverages.

The cost for the package is$43.99 plus tax for residents whopurchase their tickets in advanceonline at www.sixflags/greatad-

venture.com using the specialpromotion code Robbinsville13.Children 2 and under are free.

Residents attending Rob-binsville Day also have the oppor-tunity to upgrade their tickets toseason passes for $19.99 eachwhen they come to the park May 5or on any other day they visitGreat Adventure.

To help drum up enthusiasm

for the event, the Township Recre-ation Committee sponsored an

art contest for grades 4-8 at PondRoad Middle School. The winningentry depicting RobbinsvilleTownship Day at Great Adven-ture was drawn in pencil by sixth-grader Mustakeem Ayuby, whoseprize is $20 gift certificate to Mag-gie Moos, 2350 Route 33.

For further information aboutRobbinsville Day at Great Adven-ture, call 732-685-6573.


Pond Road Middle School sixth-grader Mustakeem Ayuby wonthe Township Recreation Com-mittees art contest.

Special to The Sun

Caitlyn Brady (left) and AriannaLipschutz pose outside RadioCity Music Hall in New York CIty.

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By JUSTIN FEILSpecial to The Robbinsville Sun

No team yet has stopped Lean-na Gearhart from safely hitting,and that is a big problem for any-one trying to stop the Rob-binsville High School softballteam.

Gearhart has done everythingthat can be asked of a lead-off hit-ter for the Ravens. Prior to Rob-binsvilles 15-1 win over HopewellValley on April 22, the junior hadhit safely in her first 11 games at aferocious .450 clip.

Last year, I hit sixth,Gearhart said. Im used to hit-ting leadoff. In travel, I hit first orsecond. I like starting things offand getting the team going. I men-tally get ready every time. I watchthe pitcher and see what sheslike. I like hitting first rather thansixth.

Gearhart is a slap-hitter, andshe gives opponents plenty to

think about as they approach her.Leanna is just a weapon, said

Robbinsville head coach Chris-

tine Cabarle. Not only is she real-ly fast, shes a power slapper.Whatever you set up against,shes going the other way.

A natural right-handed hitter,Gearhart listened when a coachon her travel New Jersey Chee-tahs team turned her around tobe a slap hitter.

At first, I missed righty, shesaid. Now Im so used to it, I canswing away or slap with completeconfidence.

I started off just doing littleslaps. I enjoy when the defense isplaying so far in and Im able torip the ball past them. I get some

joy out of it because theyre ex-pecting something totally differ-ent.

Gearhart had to be pretty spe-cial to unseat Christine Levering,who has been their leadoff hitterthe last two years. Levering, who

was 3-for-3 with 3 RBI and a pairof runs against Hopewell, hasbeen her usual reliable self. She

had plenty of help Monday. Mor-gan Psiuk, Megan Hevey andKaitlin Stahlbrand had three hitsapiece; Hannah Olshevski, GabbyManto and Blaire Morsell hadtwo hits each. The Ravens had 20hits total.

Christine Levering has beenleadoff for two years, Cabarlesaid. Everybody knows what toexpect. Now shes hitting away alittle more at the plate.

Levering is among the familiar

faces taking on big roles. LaurenFischer has been stellar at pitcherand Becca Freeman steady atcatcher. The Ravens arent afraidto try some new faces if theyreready to play.

Its definitely different thanlast year, Gearhart said. A lot ofour core players arent with usthis year. We definitely have aclose team though. We have a lot

of talent. As long as we stay to-gether, I know we can go far.

The Ravens are 11-1, with their

lone loss coming at the hands ofToms River East, 5-2, when theywere held to just five hits.Gearhart had two of the hits, in-cluding a double. Despite the hotstart, which includes a pair ofwins in the Rancocas Valley tour-nament that was scheduled tocontinue April 28 (after presstime) with a semifinal matchupagainst Shawnee and the finalslated for later that day, theRavens are far from satisfied.

I think were doing reallywell, Gearhart said. I know weare perfectionists. There is al-ways something we want to fix orchange. As a whole, we have a lotof talent. When were workingand clicking, we can be success-ful.

Not only has Gearhart made aswitch in the lineup, but she hasalso recently changed spots on

the field. Cabarle has brought herfrom left field in to play thirdbase, a new position though she

has played second base with theCheetahs.

Shes been putting in a greatdeal of time, Cabarle said. Sheplays on a competitive travelteam. She has a lot more confi-dence this year. She grew up a lotsince last year.

Gearhart already has given herverbal commitment to continueher playing career at the Univer-sity of Delaware. Her decisionwas a source of relief, but she is

still focusing on her studies andtrying to improve her softballskills while aiming for a champi-onship season with the Ravens.

I have a great deal of confi-dence in our leadership and Ithink that will be the decidingfactor in how far we go, Cabarlesaid. They need to pull the youngones in and transfer that beliefdown.


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Short Hills-based Investors Bank.Investors $452 million all-stockbuyout of Roma is expected to befinalized at the end of May.

Fried said on April 22 Investorshad sent the township a writtenproposal with two options: Leasemunicipal office space in a part ofthe 48,000-square-foot Roma head-quarters that Investors may notneed because it is keeping its own

Short Hills headquarters, or buythe vacant parcel where Romahad planned to build the commer-cial condo building until In-vestors required it to nix the proj-ect because Investors didnt wantto be part of speculative real es-tate development.

Roma did not yet have a buyerfor the two floors below the mu-nicipal offices at the time thebuilding project was cancelled.

The mayor said that on the ad-vice of Township Attorney Mark

Roselli he could only talk aboutthe two new proposals from In-

vestors Bank in general terms. Aspokesman for Investors BankCEO Kevin Cummings declined

on April 24 to release the banksletter to the mayor.

They gave us what seems to bea very favorable price for theproperty, Fried said, but thenwed have to build the buildingand sell the other two floors.While its a very interesting price,I dont know that the townshipshould be engaging in real estatespeculation (and) development.

Fried also declined to revealthe specific leasing terms In-

vestors proposed for the commer-cial space inside the Roma Bankheadquarters building, sayingonly the offer was cheaper, butnot significantly cheaper thanthe townships current lease withSharbell that expires in 2014.

The Township Council author-ized spending $3 million in 2012 tobuy third floor office space in theplanned Roma building, but thecontracts were never signed andno money was exchanged beforethe project was scuttled several

months after the groundbreak-ing. The $2.5 million in bonds

were not sold, and the required$150,000 cash down payment isstill in the budget.

The money sitting in budgetwould either be transferred for anew purchase or we would haveto cancel it, Fried said.

MAY 1-7, 2013 THE ROBBINSVILLE SUN 11PROFESSIONAL WEBSITES.

PEASANT PRICES.New options for spaceSPACE

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pense novel Opium Dreams cen-ters around an infamous opium denin 1883 London that drew high soci-ety. Giardine is a Robbinsville resi-dent and composition instructor atBucks County Community Collegeand the Community College ofPhiladelphia. Register online atwww.mcl.org.

FRIDAYMAY 17Storybooks in Action: 10:30 a.m.,Robbinsville branch of the Mercer

County Library System. Watch theanimated version of a storybookand make a craft. Adults mustaccompany children under 4. Onlineregistration required atwww.mcl.org.

RHS Prom Red Carpet: 4 p.m. to6:30 p.m. outside Robbinsville HighSchool. The community is invited tosee the Class of 2013 in their promattire walk the Red Carpet out the

front doors of RHS before theydepart for the prom. Parking in frontof the school is for prom-goers; par-ents and the community are askedto park in the lot behind the school.

SATURDAYMAY 18Robbinsville Township Shred Day:9 a.m. to 1 p.m. (or until the truck isfilled), Robbinsville Fire House park-ing lot, 1149 Route 130. Rain or shine.Must show proof of Robbinsville res-idency (drivers license, tax bill orutility bill). Permissible items includefile folders, paper, bills, financialstatements, or anything you cannotrecycle due to confidentiality con-cerns. Call Public Works at 259-0422.

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By DAN GRECOPastor

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My daughter has a pottymouth. She is not even 2 yearsold. Like most toddlers, learningto speak produces lots of cute andfunny moments.

The other day she pointed tomy wifes van and said, Wan.We all chuckled when she mispro-

nounced it. And when my daugh-ter pointed to my pickup truck,her annunciation was also some-what skewed. What came out wasnothing I will repeat. We laugheda little more at that one. The firsttime. Now, it is her favorite wordand she wont stop saying it.There is nothing like gettingwoken up at 5 in the morning byyour adorable, curly-headed, andbutton-nosed daughter shoutingobscenities.

At first I tried to correct her.

Anyone who has ever arguedwith a toddler knows the futilityof that route. It became a

game...how loud could she shoutit (with a smile on her face)? NextI tried redirecting, bribery, andeven begging. Nothing worked.Our current strategy is to ignoreher and hope the novelty of thisword that makes people snickerand snort, wears off. Truthfully,she is innocent and does not havea clue what she is saying. But ifshe is still saying it a few yearsfrom now, we will have another

conversation.Life is full of profane toddlers.Every day we deal with things wecan and cannot control. I haveheard it said that stress is tryingto control things we have nopower over. Some days we musttry to fix what is wrong.

Other days, we just have toshake our head and laugh. Ittakes wisdom to know the differ-ence. For you today, what do youneed to deal with? And what doyou need to simply shake your

head and laugh about?FYI, she didnt hear it from

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Laugh it off

St. Gregory the Great Church

The 21st Annual Joe Vastano5K Run & Chickie DeVito HealthWalk will be held at 7 p.m., Friday,May 10.

Runners will meet at theParish Center of St. Gregory theGreat Church at 4620 NottinghamWay, Hamilton Square.

The 5K Race and 2-mile HealthWalk courses will be on residen-tial streets in Hamilton that willbe closed for traffic during the

race.The proceeds from this years

race will benefit St. Gregory theGreat Academys technology ini-tiatives.

For more information and reg-

istration forms, go to www.stgre-gorythegreatacademy.org/5K.

The first St. Gregory the Great5K Race was held in 1992 and ded-icated to the Memory of Joe Vas-tano, who was a parishioner andactive member of the HamiltonRoadrunners. Joe Vastano por-trayed the spirit of the race: Doyour best, have fun and help if afriend is in need.

His humor and joy of life madehim a delight to partner and runwith.

Join your family, friends andneighbors this May 10, as we con-tinue to honor the spirit of JoeVastano and Chickie DeVito byhaving fun and raising money fora deserving cause.

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Little League AAA Division

Phillies (DeLorenzos TomatoPies) 6

Marlins (Pearle Vision) 2Daniel Sonnenfeld sparked the

Phillies to victory over the Mar-lins on April 19. His booming RBItriple scored Shane Martin (sin-gle) and Aiden Bechamps (walk)and capped the Phils three-runuprising in the bottom of thethird. Sonnenfeld also tossed twoscoreless innings in relief ofstarter Ryan Visich, striking outfive. Visich was also outstandingin two shutout innings (fivestrikeouts). The speedy Martinled the Phils offensive attackfrom his leadoff spot, with twohits and two runs scored. TheMarlins rallied in the top of thefifth when Tyler Mercantinitripled and scored on Chad Brun-ners RBI single. With one out,Jason Gallucci who had a stronggame at catcher drove in Brun-ner with a single. But Phils short-stop Luke Aromando made anifty play on a grounder to nipPhil Sapienza at first and hard-

throwing righty Ryan Smithrecorded a key strikeout to endthe threat. Smith struck out theside in the sixth to seal the dealfor the Phillies.

Cubs (Sylvan Learning Center) 3Braves (MarketingScoop.com) 0Cole Leach, Karl Schott, Daniel

Silberberg and Tyler Provostcombined on the mound to keepthe Cubs undefeated in shuttingout the Braves 3-0 on April 18.Run-scoring singles by MarcusGonzales, Kyle Madera and BrianHerbert in the first inning provid-ed the run support for the Cubs.Christian Ailey added a hit forthe Cubs and made a nice run-ning catch into short right field.Chris Au pitched well for theBraves striking out seven battersin three innings of work.

Cubs (Sylvan Learning Center) 5Marlins (Pearle Vision) 2

After falling behind 2-0 in thefirst inning the Cubs came backand beat the Marlins 5-2 in AAA

Division action on April 16. Awalk by Jason Gallucci, a tripleby Tyler Mercantini and a de-layed steal of home by Mercanti-ni accounted for the Marlinsruns. Thomas Mills, starting

pitcher for the Marlins, struckout all six batters he faced to startthe game. The Cubs came roaringback in the third, scoring four

times on run-scoring singles byKarl Schott and Josh Lichten-stein, and a two-run double byBlake Grembowitz. Marcus Gon-zales, Blake Grembowitz and KyleMadera pitched the Cubs to victo-ry.

Phillies (DeLorenzos TomatoPies), 12

Sunnybrae LL (BucchinoBuilders) 3

The Phillies used five-run ral-lies in the fourth and fifth inningsto erase a 3-2 deficit and roll tovictory at Tantum Park on April9. Shane Martin earned the winwith four strong innings, strikingout 11 including seven in a row

and walking only two batters.Ryan Visich threw the last two in-nings and struck out all six bat-ters he faced.

The Phils offensive attack fea-tured nine hits.

The big blows were Martinssolo homer, an RBI triple byDaniel Sonnenfeld and Luke Aro-

mandos RBI double. AidenBechamps chipped in with twohits and two runs scored. Martin,Sonnenfeld and Ryan Smith eachscored two runs apiece. MichaelRadosti, Sean Evans and LorenzoAmico also had hits for thePhillies, who moved to 2-1 on theseason.

Little League Rookie BallSantinos Ristorante

vs. Robbinville CleanersAfter some overnight rain the

boys from Santinos Ristorantewere glad the sun was shiningand they could take the field April20. Santinos was led by somegreat fielding plays, highlightedby Dylan Golizio who turned anunassisted double play off of ahard line drive from the bat of theCleaners Luke Hanuscin. Also,Ben Slaven, Jack Bottoni, WillSchreyer and Avery Stefanics hada plenty of leather on display inthe infield. There were also lots of

deep fly balls from Grayson Hop-kins, Lucas Hutt and Hayden Pe-rusich. The hard hits kept comingoff the bats of Will Schreyer,Mitchell Shapiro, Evan Taeffner,AJ Koch, and Ethan Brown.

The squad from RobbinsvilleCleaners, aka The Mighty Lep-rechauns, posted a number ofstellar defensive plays, including

several strong throws by Christo-pher Burton at third base to ChrisNaperkoski at first. Conor Doranand Reece Caldwell completedsome nice force-outs at third.Tough defense at behind the platecame from Evan Bunnell, Antho-ny Viscidio and Hanuscin, and asmart play at the mound camefrom Jack Miller. Strong plate ap-pearances were turned in onceagain by Brendyn Porter, EnzoImmordino, Jack Newman andWill Blum.

Travel Soccer GirlsU9 International Division

Robbinsville Comets 1,Glassboro Doves 0

The Robbinsville Comets main-tained their perfect spring seasoncoming out on the right side of atense 1-0 victory over the Glass-boro Doves April 20.

In a rematch from the priorweekend both teams played tightdefense in the first half resulting

in a 0-0 tie with Caroline Cogginsstanding strong in goal for theComets. Robbinsville finallybroke through in the second halfwhen Maddie Pike tallied theonly goal of the game on a nicerun up the left side using herspeed to shake free of the defend-er before burying it in the back ofthe net.

From there, the goal tending ofBecky Blitz and strong defensefrom Nicole Weaver, Alena Pietri-ni, Jaimee McEntee and KaileyPacifico kept the lead safe. It wasa great team effort from all of theComets in fighting off a deter-mined opponent.

Robbinsville Basketball Assoc.In the Robbinsville Basketball

Associations Girls 5-6 Champi-onship, Gloria Nilson Realtors(aka The Killer Bees) rallied pastBrace Place 23-11.

Trailing 8-6 after a well playedhalf by both teams, GNR explod-

ed with eight unanswered pointsincluding a jump shot by ClaraMartin from just inside the 3-point arc as time expired in thethird quarter. Additional offen-sive stars included Grace Maslak

with nine points, Lauren Kirnon

with four points off of two toughrebounds and Amanda Godfreywith four points including twoswished foul shots. The Beesswarming defense was led Aash-mi Mathew on the perimeter,

Gillian Carr at the baseline and

Elizabeth Margeotes on theboards.

Daniela Blitz led Brace Placeon both sides of the ball with adriving layup as she was fouledand great hustle defense.

youth sports scene


The Robbinsville Rampage 10U travel softball team, recently won theLincoln Park Spring Fever Fast Pitch Softball Tournament. The teamis pictured above with their trophies.


The Gloria Nilson Realtors Girls Basketball Team, aka The KillerBees, shown above with their coaches after winning the RobbinsvilleGirls 5-6 Championship earlier this year.


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Students advance in National History Day contestBy JOANNE DEGNAN

Editor

Two RHS students are donningthe long white skirts and purpleVotes for Women sashes of 1913suffragettes as they make a turn-ing point in history come alive for

judges this weekend at the statesNational History Day tourna-ment.

Sophomores Sydney Rubin andSarah Pieslak are one of two Rob-binsville teams competing atWilliam Paterson University onMay 4 with the hope of advancingto the National History Day pro-gram finals at the University ofMaryland in June. A pair of PondRoad sixth-graders, AmandaAllen and Tori DiStefano, are alsoheaded to the state tournamentthis weekend.

The National History Day pro-grams research theme for 2013 isTurning Points in History: Peo-ple, Ideas, Events. Team Rubin-Pieslak chose to explore the his-torical significance of the 1848Seneca Falls Convention, which

marked the start of the womenssuffrage movement and a 72-yearfight for ratification of the 19thAmendment to the U.S. Constitu-tion that gave women the right tovote.

What we did was create a 10-minute skit, and we act as suffra-gettes in the 1913 parade on Wash-ington and look back at theSeneca Falls Convention as aturning point, Pieslak ex-plained.

The millions of students in theUnited States who compete in re-gional and state tournaments forNational History Day programmust do primary and secondaryresearch related to their chosentopic and present their work inone of five ways: a research paper,an exhibit, a performance, a docu-mentary or a website. All proj-ects, including the performancesand exhibits, must also include a500-word process paper explain-ing how the research was con-

ducted and an annotated bibliog-raphy.Its not a project that a student

can knock out on a weekend visitto the library, said Anne DiGu-iseppe, the Pond Road Middle

School teacher who serves as theafter-school adviser to studentswho participate in the program.

Students are also expected to con-duct extensive research througharchives and museums, oral his-tory interviews, and visits to his-torical sites related to their cho-sen topic.

The high school teams re-search on the Seneca Falls con-vention led to family road tripslast summer to see the SenecaFalls, New York museum that wasonce the home of one of thefounders of the suffrage move-ment, Elizabeth Cady Stanton.Rubin and Pieslak also inter-viewed one of Stantons descen-dants living in Connecticut, andmet with renowned historian andPulitzer Prize winning authorJames McPherson in Princeton.

Another research expeditionbrought them to the Sewall-Bel-mont House and Museum inWashington, D.C., (the formerheadquarters of the NationalWomans Party) where there is anextensive collection of suffrage

banners, archives and exhibits,including artifacts from theWoman Suffrage Parade of 1913when 5,000 women marching onPennsylvania Avenue were at-tacked by a crowd in a riot thatsent 500 to the hospital and endedonly when the U.S. cavalry inter-vened. Sorting through the vastamount of information they haveamassed over eight months of re-search, and boiling it down to adramatic performance with a 10-minute time limit, has been theirbiggest challenge, Pieslak said.

Its really tough to fit all thatwe want to say into 10 minutes,Pieslak said.

In their skit, the girls portrayStantons daughter, Harriot Stan-ton Blatch; and Gertrude PierceEasby whose mother, CharlottePierce, was the only one of the 68signers of the Declaration of Sen-timents at Seneca Falls who wasstill alive in 1920 when women fi-nally got the right to vote.

Pieslak said the founders ofthe suffrage movement wouldhave been either dead or too old toparticipate in the famous 1913Washington protest march depict-ed in their skit.

Thats why she and Rubinopted to portray the second-gen-eration suffragettes, Blatch andEasby, who were active in the suf-

frage movement their mothershad helped start.

The girls perform their skit inhandmade outfits modeled afterthe uniform of the suffragettes white blouses and skirts in theTemperance Tradition, and pur-ple sashes. Rubin and Pieslak alsohave created props and a set thatincludes picket signs, a ballot box,and a portable room divider cov-ered with copies of historicalmagazine and newspaper clip-pings about suffrage.

The characters reminiscenceswhen they meet at the Washing-ton, D.C. march are used todemonstrate the breadth ofRubin and Pieslaks research ontheir topic. In her performance,Rubin, who portrays Blatch, evendraws on what she learned in herinterview with Helene Jenkins, adirect descendant of Blatch andStanton. Jenkins shared familystories of her great-grandmotherand the girls incorporated some

of this into the skits dialogue.The many hours Rubin andPieslak have spent researching,traveling to historic sites, writ-ing, designing costumes, buildingthe set and rehearsing have all

taken place outside of school, put-ting them at a bit of a competitivedisadvantage with teams fromother New Jersey school districtsthat incorporate National HistoryDay projects and trips into theregular school curriculum.

Yet even though they must pre-pare on their own time with onlyafter-school guidance from DiGu-iseppe, they nevertheless haveamassed a proven track record ofsuccess at previous National His-

tory Day competitions. Twice be-fore, as seventh-graders and aseighth-graders, their solid per-formances have advanced thembeyond the state contest to the na-tional finals in Maryland.

DiGuiseppe said she feels con-

fident about Rubin and Pieslakschances for a three-peat in thisweekends state competition.

The depth of the girls re-search on this is truly amazing,DiGuiseppe said.


Robbinsville High School students Sarah Pieslak (left) and Sydney Rubin rehearse their skit about thewomens suffrage movement that they will perform for judges May 4 at the National History Day statecompetition at William Paterson University.

LINDA PIESLAK/Special to The Robbinsville Sun

RHS students Sydney Rubin (left) and Sarah Pieslak (right) inter-viewed renowned Princeton historian James M. McPherson (center)as part of their research for their National History Day project.


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garlic & white wine sauce, served with asparagus

& home tries

Childrens Options $4Scrambled Eggs & Bacon Waffles

French Toast Mac n' Cheese Pancakes

CentroMeatloaf

$153-COURSE SPEEDY LUNCH

Monday Friday 11:30 2:30

1st Course (Choice)Mesclun Green Salad Caesar Salad Freshly Made Soup of the Day

2nd Course (Choice)Vodka Penne Linguini Portabella Centro Meatloaf Three Cheese Stuffed Eggplant Parmesan

Soho Burger Ale Battered Fish & Chips

3rd CourseOur Daily Dessert (for here or to go)

SERVING DINNER 7 DAYS A WEEK,

FEATURING DAILY SPECIALS

NEW MENU FEATURES INCLUDE:

Cuban Pork and Mango Quesadilla - $9

Almond Crusted Red Snapper - $21Braised Short Ribs - $22Visit our web site for the entire new spring dinner menu.

20% OFF BRUNCHOffer valid thru 5/12/13.

Cannot be combined with any other offers.

10% OFFLUNCH

Offer valid thru 5/19/13.Cannot be combined with any other offers.

$10 OFFAny purchase of $50 or more.Offer valid thru 5/19/13.Cannot be combined with any other offers.

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