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A Community Bulletin

The Princeton Regional Health Department, along with Maxim Health System, will administer flu shots to residents over nine years of age at the Henry F. Pannell Learning Center at the corner of Clay and Witherspoon Streets next Wednesday, November 28, between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. Flu shots will be free for individuals over age 65 who are able to present a Medicare B card. There is no co-pay for individuals with Aetna or U.S. Healthcare. For all others, the cost of the flu shot will be $30. Maxim Health and the Princeton Regional Health Department are also offering Princeton residents the chance to protect themselves against pneumonia. There are more than eighty different types of pneumococcus bacteria that can cause this serious lung infection. The current pneumococcal vaccine offers protection against 23 of these bacteria. The cost of the pneumococcal shot is $40. For information, call the Health Department at (609) 497-7608.

Three Princeton University seniors have been awarded Rhodes Scholarships for two or three years of graduate study at the University of Oxford. Sherif Girgis and Brett Masters are among the 32 American college students who won the fellowships, while Landis Stankievech is from Trochu, Alberta. Mr. Girgis, a Dover, Del., resident who was born in Cairo, Egypt, is a philosophy major and intends to study philosophy at Oxford. Mr. Masters, a Charlotte, Mich., native, is a comparative literature major who hopes to further his academic interest in the medieval period at Oxford. Mr. Stankievech is a mechanical and aerospace engineering major who plans to earn a second bachelor’s degree at Oxford in a joint program in philosophy, politics and economics. In other news, Princeton University President Shirley M. Tilghman has been named one of “America’s Best Leaders” in the November 19 issue of U.S. News & World Report. The 18 honorees were selected by a committee of academic, government, business and nonprofit leaders convened by the Center for Public Leadership at Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government, which collaborated on the project with U.S. News.

Princeton Human Services is seeking donors for its ninth annual Holiday Wish Program. For the past eight years, Princeton Human Services, local businesses, and private donors have been providing economically deprived Princeton children with at least one gift. Hundreds of applications have been distributed in both the Township and the Borough and more than 200 have been returned. Children up to 12 are required to list three items they would like for the holidays. Donors can adopt one or more children by supplying them with listed items not to exceed $50 in cost. To become a donor, call the Princeton Human Services Department at (609) 688-2055 between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m.

The Princeton Education Foundation is seeking book donations in honor of students, family members, favorite teachers, or a special event, for Princeton High School’s new library and media center. Gifts will be acknowledged with bookplate dedication. Checks, payable to Princeton Education Foundation, can also be mailed to: Princeton Education Foundation, P.O. Box 176, Princeton, NJ 08542. For information, call Susan Paterson at (609) 655-9570, or e-mail Spaterson2@aol.com.

Members of the Princeton High School Choir will sing traditional carols on the Palmer Square Green at the Annual Tree Lighting Celebration this Friday, November 23, at 4:30 p.m. The event is free and open to the public.

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