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Road project to affect large
part of downtown. PAGE 4
The Philadelphia Orchestra
returns to Princeton on July
17 for the first time in nearly
50 years as William and
Judith Scheide welcome the
ensemble for the Sixth
Annual Midsummer
Celebration concert. The
performance will be led by
guest conductor Mark
Laycock, who made his
Philadelphia Orchestra con-
ducting debut at the age of
21 as winner of the Leopold
Stokowski Memorial
Conducting Competition
nearly 35 years ago.
The concert will be held at
8 p.m. in the Richardson
Auditorium in Alexander Hall
at Princeton University. The
orchestra will perform pieces
by Prokofiev, Weber, Brahms
and Schumann. Tickets are
available online at
www.scheideconcerts.com.
SPOTLIGHT
Celebrate Midsummer
with Scheide concert
And the
survey
says...
By KATIE MORGAN
The Princeton Sun
The Princeton Police Depart-
ment has released the results of a
survey conducted over several
months by its Safe Neighborhoods
Unit.
Officers began going door-to-
door with the survey in February,
and a version of it was also avail-
able on the municipalitys web-
site.
The department compiled the
394 responses, approximately half
of which were completed online
and half were completed in per-
son.
The most common concerns of
the respondents were a main-
tained police presence, speeding,
traffic enforcement and communi-
ty policing, the summary read.
All of the specific speeding or
traffic related issues were for-
warded to the Traffic Safety Unit
for review. The community polic-
ing concerns or ideas that were
KATIE MORGAN/The Princeton Sun
Waiters from local restaurants Zorbas, Mediterra, Eno Terra and others leave the starting line
during a qualifying heat at the Waiters Race at Princeton Shopping Center on July 11. See the
story and photos on page 2.
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2 THE PRINCETON SUN JULY 17-23, 2013
Waiters, waitresses race for glory
By KATIE MORGAN
The Princeton Sun
As the sun beat down on the af-
ternoon of July 11, 56 waiters and
waitresses and dozens of specta-
tors and volunteers from 15 of
Princetons restaurants gathered
in the courtyard of the Princeton
Shopping Center to race for glory.
In an event hosted by the
Princeton Merchants Associa-
tion, the waiters and waitresses
ran in 10 qualifying heats, carry-
ing trays loaded with a full wine
glass, champagne flute and bottle
of water with the cap removed.
The racers had to hold the tray
with one hand, palm up, and
could not hold or cup the glasses.
Contestants had to complete a
lap around the shopping centers
courtyard without spilling any-
thing on their tray.
Laura Estey, assistant general
manager at Witherspoon Grill
and a co-organizer of the event,
said she was glad the race was
held at the Princeton Shopping
Center, and felt it was an improve-
ment over last years race at
Palmer Square.
This location really lends it-
self to this event, Estey said.
Its easier to decorate with spon-
sors, we dont have to close off
any streets, and it just makes it
easier for the people planning it.
Estey said the organizers were
concerned that changing the loca-
tion would result in lower atten-
dance.
Obviously, that wasnt an
issue, she said, gesturing to the
large and enthusiastic crowd.
Last years female winner,
Melanie Guntner of Mediterra,
said she thought the new location
was a huge game-changer.
I won last year because I ran
track in high school, Guntner
said. But this year its a totally
different setting. We dont have
the hill to deal with, and I think
that took a few people out last
year, so now its anyones game.
After the qualifying heats nar-
rowed the field to eight waiters
and eight waitresses, the two final
races were held.
Mens winner John Ryan Fry of
the Yankee Doodle Tap Room won
for the second year in a row.
Its definitely exciting to have
a repeat victory, Fry said. My
strategy is really just run for
your life.
Womens winner Sylwia Praw-
ica of Winberries said she has
dropped trays at the restaurant
before, but managed to hang on
through the race.
The third-place winners were
given an Ace Hardware cooler, $75
in cash, a bottle of champagne
and two $25 gift cards to local
restaurants.
The second-place winners re-
ceived an Ace Hardware cooler,
$150 in cash, a bottle of cham-
pagne and two $25 gift cards to
local restaurants.
Fry and Prawica, the first-place
winners, received Ace Hardware
coolers, $250 in cash, a weekend
overnight stay at the Nassau Inn,
a bottle of champagne, two $25
gift cards to local restaurants, a
$50 Hamilton gift card and a gift
card for a haircut at La Jolie.
When asked what she planned
to do with her winnings, Prawica
turned to her Winberries cowork-
ers and said, were going for
manicures, right girls?
Estey said the race promotes
camaraderie between the Prince-
ton restaurants.
A lot of the prizes are from all
the different restaurants that are
in it, Estey said. So theyre get-
ting a chance to go visit other
restaurants when maybe they
wouldnt have. This is basically to
celebrate the waiters and wait-
resses in this town.
KATIE MORGAN
The Princeton Sun
Above, first-place winners John
Ryan Fry of the Yankee Doodle
Tap Room and Sylwia Prawica of
Winberries celebrate their victo-
ry with a high-five at the Wait-
ers Race at Princeton Shopping
Center on July 11. To the right, a
waiter from Zorbas, a local
Greek restaurant, balances his
tray as he rounds the final turn
during the Waiters Race.
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The following incidents were
taken from reports on file with
the Princeton Police Department:
On July 1 at 4:15 p.m., during a
motor vehicle stop, an active traf-
fic warrant was discovered for a
29-year-old female driver out of
Princeton Municipal Court in the
amount of $150. The woman was
placed under arrest, transported
to police HQ and was later re-
leased after posting bail.
On July 2, at 9:18 p.m., a caller
reported to police that, sometime
overnight on July 1, an unknown
person entered their unlocked
garage and removed a bicycle val-
ued at $75.
On July 3 at 7:20 p.m., a victim
reported that, sometime within
an hour of the call, an unknown
person or persons removed three
bicycles from the front porch of
their apartment. One of the bicy-
cles was located later in the day
on Nassau Street by the victim.
The total amount of the theft of
the remaining bicycles is estimat-
ed at $550.
On July 3 at 3:13 p.m., patrols
responded to the Community
Park Pool on the report that a
theft had occurred there. After a
brief investigation, it was deter-
mined that a 10-year-old juvenile
was responsible for the theft. The
juvenile was released to a
guardian at the scene.
On July 3, at 9:15 a.m., the par-
ent of a juvenile victim reported
to police that sometime between
July 7 and July 14, the juveniles
red and white Trek mountain
bike was stolen from the bike
rack at the Princeton High
School. The bicycle is valued at
$550.
On July 4 at 8:26 p.m., subse-
police reports
please see POLICE, page 12
By KATIE MORGAN
The Princeton Sun
Road project
will affect large
portion of downtown
The Princeton Council award-
ed a bid of nearly $1.7 million to
contractors S. Brothers Inc., for a
road project that is expected to
begin at the end of this month.
This is a big downtown road
project that will impact every-
body, Mayor Liz Lempert said.
The project entails reconstruc-
tion of sewers, roads and side-
walks on Park Place, Vandeventer
Avenue and Moore Street.
This is something thats been
in the works for four years, Ad-
ministrator Bob Bruschi said.
Were getting some environmen-
tal infrastructure money from the
state for the project. Our system
is 75 to 100 years old in some
places. It will be a big project, and
it will feel like the whole down-
town is under construction, but it
will be nice when its done.
Lempert said the project is ex-
pected to last through November,
and the municipal engineering
department has begun planning
the construction around school
schedules.
Were working hard to plan
things out in a way that will be
least disruptive to everyone, she
said.
Princeton Merchants
Association to introduce
One Princeton card
The Princeton Merchants As-
sociation has announced that it
will launch the One Princeton
card in September. The card will
act as a parking and debit card,
valid at participating local mer-
chants.
The program allows local mer-
chants to avoid credit card pro-
cessing fees as high as 3 percent.
Local processor Heartland Pay-
ment Systems will charge mer-
chants a flat rate of five cents per
transaction, and merchants will
donate 1 percent of each transac-
tion to local charities. The card
will link to a shoppers checking
account and will include a park-
ing chip, similar to the Smart
Cards currently used in the
parking garage. Princeton Uni-
versity plans to issue One
Princeton cards to students.
Princeton Council
approves new
police agreement
The Princeton Council voted to
approve a new three-year con-
tract for the Princeton Police De-
partment at the July 8 meeting.
The Council went into closed ses-
sion during the previous meeting
to discuss the specifics of the con-
tract.
The new contract eliminates
longevity pay for all new officers
hired after Jan 1, 2014, and dou-
bles the time it takes new officers
to reach their maximum salary.
The contract also includes a pay
raise for existing and newly hired
officers each year. The first two
years, officers will see a 1.75 per-
cent raise, and the third year,
2015, the raise will be 1.9 percent.
We were pleased to be able to
keep the raises below the 2 per-
cent cap, Bruschi said, though
he mentioned that several officers
may get a slightly larger raise, be-
cause the salaries will be rounded
up to fit into the established pay
grades.
Bruschi said another big victo-
ry for the municipality was the
elimination of longevity pay from
the contract. Though current offi-
cers will still receive a percentage
of longevity pay based on their
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I
ts easy to forget that youth sports
is about having fun, staying active
and building character in kids.
With all the emphasis society puts on
winning whether it be on the sports
field, in the classroom, at work or in
social situations the goals of youth
sports often get lost in the shuffle, hid-
ing behind that key word: Win!
Even more so in recent years, it
seems, high school sports have some-
how drifted away from the youth
label and become a highly-competitive
training ground for future profession-
al athletes. This emphasis on succeed-
ing on the scoreboard is only purely
negative when it is the only focus,
when its a win-at-all-costs mentali-
ty, and when it crosses the line.
A few weeks ago, The New Jersey
Interscholastic Athletic Association
the non-profit organization that over-
sees 425 accredited public, private and
parochial high schools in the state rep-
resenting high school athletics
passed new laws aimed at curbing
trash talking that attacks others based
on race, ethnicity and sexual orienta-
tion. Its a new rule that piggybacks on
the states recently-enacted anti-bully-
ing law.
Steve Goodell, an attorney for the
NJSIAA, said: Trash talking, were
not banning that. Were saying that
race-baiting, attacking ones race or
ethnicity, thats out of bounds.
And Steven Timko, the executive di-
rector of the NJSIAA, said: Obscene
gestures, profanity or unduly provoca-
tive language or action toward offi-
cials, opponents or spectators wont be
tolerated in the classroom or the field
of play.
Sounds simple and straightforward
enough: Being unsportsmanlike wont
be tolerated. But the announcement of
the rules received some backlash from
people asking when the policing, when
the Big Brother mentality, will finally
end.
To that, we say, are you kidding?
Its beyond us how anyone could
argue that promoting sportsmanship,
at any level youth, amateur or even
professional would be a bad thing. If
the NFL, NHL, MLB, NBA, NCAA or
MLS passed an official rule like this,
the move would, and should, be ap-
plauded, not criticized. So lets get
real. Lets get back to focusing on
whats important here building char-
acter in our kids.
Take that trash talking elsewhere
Ban on youth sports trash talking is a good idea
Your thoughts
What do you think about the NJSIAAs
new rule, and about sportsmanship in
youth sports nowadays? Let your voice
be heard through a letter to the editor.
salary and number of years with the de-
partment, new hires will not receive any.
Its huge to get it out of the contract al-
together going forward, Bruschi said. We
were able to get them to go to a two-tiered
structure, where payments are different
for current and new employees. The
longevity payment, when everyone quali-
fies, is a huge number. Its over $300,000 a
year if everybodys at the top of the scale.
As salaries go up, longevity payments go
up. So, by eliminating that going forward,
we will save significant annual money.
Council passes compensation
ordinance, takes no action
on council salaries
The Princeton Council passed an ordi-
nance on July 8 concerning retroactive
salary adjustments for municipal employ-
ees. Bruschi said officials looked at the
salaries of employees of neighboring com-
munities who have similar positions to get
an idea of where Princetons salaries fall.
Were right about where we need to be,
Bruschi said. In some cases, were on the
higher end of the scale.
The ordinance divides municipal posi-
tions into 15 wage classes, with listed
salaries from $30,000 to $160,000.
In some cases, it will provide for a
raise, Bruschi said. No one will have to
take a pay cut.
Salaries and compensation determined
by the new ordinance will be retroactively
effective as of Jan. 1, 2013.
For several weeks, the Council has been
discussing raises for themselves and the
mayor that would bring the salaries to the
level of the former Township Committee.
The Council has been divided on the issue,
but Lempert said its likely the adjust-
ments will be decided at the Aug. 5 meet-
ing.
Council takes no action on salaries
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