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Tabernacle Board of Education Approves Sale of Vacant Schoolhouse for $850,000 Subject to Acceptance by Board’s Counsel

By Douglas D. Melegari Staff Writer

TA BER NACLE —T he Tab e r n a cle Tow n sh ip Boa rd of E ducat ion ha s approved the sale of the former Tabernacle Schoolhouse, a landmark building located in the heart of Tabernacle at the intersection of Flyatt and Carranza roads, subject to review and acceptance by the board’s counsel of a finalized agreement of sale.

The board, by a 7-0 vote on Feb. 17 following an executive session (with Board members Dr. Kevin McCloy and Daniel Dilks absent), approved the sale of the schoolhouse at 180 Carranza Road, which had been leased to the Lenape Regional High School District’s (LRHSD) Sequoia Alternative Program for at least two decades until a vehicle crashed into it in February 2018, to The Friends of Cyrus Partners II, LLC for $850,000.

However, according to Taber nacle Township Board of Education Secretary and School District Business Administrator Jessica DeWysockie, the interested buyer has asked the school board to pay for a portion of the closing costs and upgrades to the building and that is “going to be added” to

the finalized agreement of sale.

“They offered us $850,000,” said Brian Lepsis, a member of the Taber nacle Township Board of Education, who also is the chairperson of its Finance Committee.

“We are going to help fund the closing and renovations to the tune of a total of $75,000.

So, we will net $775,000, which is 90 percent plus of our asking price.”

The Friends of Cyrus Partners, according to its website, is a Northern New Jerseybased business co-founded by Kamelia Kameli and Daren Singhani, which assists individuals with disabilities in improving their quality of life, family life, selfperception, self-esteem, confidence, ability to gain and retain employment, the ability to live in their home, ability to decrease depression, anxiety, and other mental health concerns, for more successful outcomes.

Kameli, who has been involved in the healthcare industry for more than 15 years and led business development projects of programs for children with disabilities, specialty nursing home units, medical adult day care, partial hospital programs and foreign nursing placements, is a parent of a child with autism, according to the firm’s

Facebook page.

“We hope to purchase the building in Tabernacle to use it as a day habilitation program and training center for adults with developmental disabilities,” Kameli told this newspaper on Feb. 26. “This site will be exceptional. We will be providing pre-vocational, vocational and supported employment services, as well as a Saturday program, which is much needed.

“Additionally, we will be running classes such as music, martial arts, yoga, cooking/ baking, arts and crafts, and others. The five acres will allow our individuals not to only play sports, but also to have the opportunity to learn organic gardening and animal tending. Yes, we would like to have donkeys, goats and chickens! Our participants could even run their own small business. Stay tuned!”

The Friends of Cyrus Partners, opened a 9,000-square-foot adult-day facility in neighboring Medford Township, off Tuckerton Road, this past November. It has a total of 18 homes statewide, with 13 operational and 5 in development, according See SELLING/ Page 13

LITTLE EGG HARBOR—An invitation to the public to participate this upcoming summer in the Pinelands Regional School District’s review of course material it is developing as one of 12 districts in New Jersey taking part in a pilot program to help in the formulation of a statewide LGBTQ-inclusive curriculum was extended at a Feb. 19 Board of Education meeting by Superintendent Dr. Melissa McCooley.

“Once we get through the pilot, we are going to give feedback to the New Jersey Department of Education (NJDOE), and we would like to meet with parents (and) local community members, whether they be religious or not, and go over some of the sample lessons that we are planning to infuse into the curriculum for the next school year,” McCooley told the sizable crowd in attendance after a procession of individuals came forward to express every conceivable point of view on the issue during a residents’ forum. “We do curriculum work every summer, regardless, and we would like you to be a part of that to give your feedback.”

What will be under consideration, the superintendent noted, “is not a boxed set of lessons that someone has to take off the shelf and say now we’re going to do the LGBTQ curriculum. It is rather, course material that has been taught for many years by the district and will now be “altered” to help implement the new state law designed to make New Jersey’s public schools more LGBTQ friendly.

An example that she cited of material along these lines was being taught in a math lesson in which two moms took their kids out for ice cream, with the students being asked to figure out how much money was being spent.

“They solved the math problem,” McCooley said. “The fact that there were two moms never even came up because to our students this is second nature and normal.”

Board Member Karen Poklikuha, who spoke immediately after ward, said the example of “having two gay moms in a math question does not identify the political, historical and economic contributions” of the LGBTQ community, which is what the new See PUBLIC/ Page 7

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Tabernacle Schools’ Business Administrator to Resign for Position Closer to Home, As District Struggles to Offset State Aid Cuts

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Jessica DeWysockie has resigned from her position as Tabernacle Board of Education secretary and district business administrator effective April 29, or sooner.

By Douglas D. Melegari Staff Writer

TABERNACLE—Jessica DeWysockie, who came to the Taber nacle Township School District from Ewing Public Schools in November 2016, has resigned from her position as Tabernacle Board of Education secretary and district business administrator effective April 29, “or earlier if an interim business administrator is secured.”

DeWysockie’s resignation was accepted by the school board in a 7-0 vote during its Feb. 17 meeting. Board Members Dr. Kevin McCloy and Daniel Dilks were absent from the meeting.

Word that DeWysockie was planning to resign from the Tabernacle district had leaked out several weeks ago, and her intention to leave was confirmed at another school board meeting held on Feb. 3.

“Our thanks to Jess for the last, almost four years,” said Brian Lepsis, a member of the Tabernacle Township Board of Education, who also is the chairperson of its Finance Committee. “We had a good time. We accomplished a lot. Jess has been a very out of the box thinker, brought a lot of good ideas our way and got a lot of things done. She thought of a lot of innovative stuff.”

DeWysockie, who told this newspaper that she just accepted a position in Holmdel, is the latest top official to resign from the Tabernacle district. She follows in the footsteps of Glenn Robbins, who left the Tabernacle district as its superintendent at the end of January for another position with the Brigantine School District. DeWysockie became a Tabernacle district staffer the same day that Robbins began his tenure there.

The Tabernacle district’s technology director and technology assistant also recently resigned.

“I found a better opportunity in Monmouth County, closer to my house,” said DeWysockie after the Feb. 17 meeting to this newspaper.

However, all of the resignations come against the backdrop of the district struggling financially to stay afloat in the wake of a recent decline in enrollment and a cut in state aid that has already begun, and will grow over the next five years to the tune of $2.6 million, the result of a recently implemented modified school funding law.

During the 2018-19 school year, when the revised funding formula had its first-real impact on Tabernacle Public Schools, the district lost $198,000 in state aid, and this school year, the district has lost about another $312,000, according to DeWysockie. The business administrator recently contended that the district is anticipated to lose at least $481,615 in state aid for the 2020-21 school year, and perhaps as much as $520,000.

The district is projected to lose another $596,575 in state aid during the 2021-22 school year, an additional $558,684 in state funding during the 2022-23 school year, another $347,400 in state aid during the 202425 school year and a further $109,705 in state aid during the 2024-25 school year, according to DeWysockie.

“The reality is they all have the right to go and better their lives and do what they want to do,” said Lepsis on Feb. 3, in response to the concern over the resignations amid the funding crisis. “We can’t hold people here.”

T he Taber nacle Tow nship Board of Education, in a decision that wasn’t unanimous, voted on Feb. 3 to move the Tabernacle district’s second, third and fourth grade classes from Tabernacle Elementary School to Olson Middle School, beginning with the 2020-21 school year, as part of a “consolidation” to help offset the projected $2.6 million loss in state aid.

The cost savings that the district “hopes to achieve” by doing so, according to Lepsis, is See RESIGN/ Page 12

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Residents Request Town Condemn Home Purportedly Drawing Insects and Rodents

By Michael Garofalo Staff Writer

P E M B E RT O N —T h e To w n s h i p o f Pemberton’s efforts to address what residents claim are hazardous health conditions at a property, with a home on it, off Hanover Boulevard near Roxbury Street, located in the township’s Browns Mills section, were a revisited topic of discussion at Pemberton Township Council’s Feb. 19 meeting.

The lot has purportedly been a persistent source of frustration for neighbors, who have frequently complained about excessive trash, insects and rodents at the site, at times spreading to surrounding properties.

Township officials have acknowledged the neighbors’ concerns and issued summonses to the owners of the parcel, but maintain that the Burlington County Health Department holds responsibility for enforcing local public health regulations relating to housing, pursuant to a 1978 health services agreement.

Officials with the Burlington County Health Department, however, believe that they do not have authority to conduct such enforcement, according to Pemberton Township officials.

P e m b e r t o n To w n s h i p B u s i n e s s Administrator Daniel Hornickel, at the latest council meeting, said that he and Pemberton Township Solicitor Andy Bayer had met recently with county officials to discuss the issue.

“The county indicated to us that we need to adopt additional language in our ordinances in order for them to be able to do inspections inside the house,” Hornickel said.

Hornickel added that the township would seek to present a draft ordinance for council review in March that would fulfill the requirements specified by the county.

Bayer said county officials had indicated the county may seek to revise and update all of its municipal health services agreements in the future, including the agreement with Pemberton Township.

A spokesman for the county did not respond to a request for comment on this story.

In response to two neighbors who requested

that the township condemn the Hanover Boulevard house in question, Township Solicitor Andy Bayer emphasized that municipal officials must follow legal processes as they attempt to resolve the issue.

“We’re not the Gestapo,” Bayer said. “We can’t just go in and, like, take somebody’s house.”

Mayor David Patriarca said that municipal code enforcement officials would be directed to visit the site daily and issue new summonses for any violations present.

Patriarca said he would also direct the township’s construction official to review the appropriateness of various statutory powers available to address conditions at the site, which include potentially declaring a structure “unfit for human habitation.”

Later in the meeting, Patriarca told council that the township was putting the final touches on a new firehouse off New York Road in the Presidential Lakes section of Pemberton. The township, he said, aims to hold an opening ceremony at the new facility in late March.

“The building is beautiful,” said Fire Chief Craig Augustoni in comments to council. “The administration did a great job and we are really proud of that.”

The Pemberton Township Fire Department is conducting a membership drive in conjunction with the opening of the new facility, Augustoni added. The department is seeking to recruit volunteers to serve as firefighters, EMTs and fire police, and is also looking for new members to work in non-emergency administrative support roles.

Also at the Feb. 19 meeting, council approved of the township acquiring a small vacant parcel of land at the corner of Pemberton-Browns Mills Road and Juliustown Road, adjacent to the CVS Pharmacy.

The parcel was formerly owned by the Rite Aid Corporation, which agreed to deed the land to the township for a nominal consideration on the condition that the land not be used for the benefit of CVS. The township plans to install a paved walkway through the site featuring planters and benches.

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Gun-Rights Advocates Emphasize Safety After Father Charged with Endangering 4-Year-Old Son Who Fatally Shot Himself

By Bill Bonvie Staff Writer

MOU NT HOLLY—With a Pemberton Township father now facing criminal charges over his 4-year-old son’s accidental death from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, a renewed emphasis on responsible firearms ownership is being heard not only from law-enforcement officials, but from Burlington County Second Amendment supporters as well.

“It was a terrible tragedy, and a crying shame, but in this day and age, there is really no reason why this should have happened,” was how one advocate for the rights of firearms owners, Cliff Toye, of Tabernacle, responded to the Burlington County Prosecutor’s Office’s charges brought against Andrew Mack, a Navy petty officer at Joint Base McGuire-DixLakehurst.

The charges filed against Mack were in connection with the Feb. 7 incident at his home in the Browns Mills section of Pemberton Township.

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by Burlington C o u n t y Superior Court Judge Mark Tarantino after being arrested and charged the previous day with endangering the welfare of a Mack child, a seconddegree offense, and storage of firearms if a minor may have access to it, a disorderly person’s violation. His next court appearance has reportedly been scheduled for April 8.

An investigation revealed that Mack was asleep in a bedroom of the Maricopa Trail home with a loaded 9mm handgun next to him on his bed when his son, Lincoln, entered the room shortly after 7 p.m., took the weapon See SAFETY/ Page 14

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Bradley Bauer, currently one of five assistant principals at Seneca High School, has been named principal of the high school beginning with the 2020-21 school year.

By Andy Milone Staff Writer

SHAMONG—The Lenape Regional High School District (LRHSD) Board of Education recently approved Bradley Bauer, currently one of five assistant principals at the school district’s Seneca High School, as a replacement for longtime Seneca Principal Jeff Spector, who will retire this summer after assuming the top school post from John Furgione in 2008.

Bauer, a 12-year assistant principal of the

high school, has also served as Seneca’s athletic and activities director since 2008 after Spector gave up that post to serve as school principal.

Additionally, Bauer currently supervises Seneca’s Health and Physical Education department and the school’s nurses.

“I am very excited for our recommendation of Mr. Bauer to be the next principal of Seneca High School,” said Superintendent Dr. Carol See SENECA/ Page 15

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Medford Democrats Call on Council to Enact New Pay-to-Play Ordinance Following Repeal of 2012 Regulations

By Michael Garofalo Staff Writer

MEDFORD—When Medford Township Council voted unanimously last December to repeal its municipal pay-to-play law, citing unclear and out-of-date language in the 2012 ordinance, council members vowed to swiftly replace the scrapped regulations with a new ordinance to limit political spending by public contractors.

Now, with no replacement ordinance in place two months later, the governing body is facing pressure to act.

Three residents pressed council to enact a new municipal pay-to-play ordinance during a public comment session at the Feb. 18 council meeting.

Mayor Charles “Chuck” Watson replied that council has directed Township Solicitor Timothy Prime to examine the issue, but did not share a specific timeline for when any new pay-to-play ordinance might be introduced.

“We’ve directed our solicitor to work on it and he is looking into it and will report back as soon as he has something for us to consider,” Watson said.

The township’s recently repealed pay-toplay law was the first ordinance passed by then-new Republican council members who took office in 2012, as Medford grappled with questions about township contracting practices and budget shortfalls accrued under council’s previous Republican leadership.

Watson and Councilman Frank Czekay, two council members who voted to enact the 2012 pay-to-play ordinance, still sit on the governing body and voted in December to repeal the law in its entirety.

The previous regulations disqualified any company from doing business with the town if the business made contributions of a certain threshold in the previous calendar year to “any continuing political committee or political action committee that regularly engages in the support of the Township of Medford or County of Burlington elections and/or Township of Medford or County of Burlington candidates, candidate com mittees, joint candidate committees, political committees, political parties or political action committees.” The thresholds ranged from $300 to $500 dollars, depending on the recipient.

In explaining council’s reasoning for repealing the ordinance, Watson said on Dec. 3 that the text had been unclear in certain respects, making it difficult for the township to advise its professionals about compliance.

Bruce Goldman, a township resident and chairman of the Medford Democratic Club, dismissed this explanation at the Feb. 18 meeting.

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does or might consider doing business with is of a size and scale that they have access to the advice necessary to ensure compliance with the law,” Goldman said. “If they don’t, then they should not consider doing business with the township and you should not consider hiring them.”

In the absence of a municipal ordinance, public contractors doing business with the township are subject to a state pay-to-play law, which imposes similar restrictions.

Notably, however, the state statute does not apply to contributions made to political action committees (PACs), as the repealed municipal ordinance did.

Additionally, the state law does not prohibit the practice commonly known as “wheeling,” whereby certain contribution limits can be skirted by passing funds through an intermediary. The repealed township law prohibited wheeling.

Goldman contended that the “real reason” the ordinance was repealed was to allow township professionals to “contribute to PACs in amounts larger than what our ordinance allowed.” Such funds, he suggested, could then be transferred by PACs to campaign and party organizations in Medford or elsewhere in the county or state—activity that would have been impermissible under the repealed ordinance.

“The ordinance was adopted for a reason: to keep the town free from undue political influence,” said Goldman in an interview following the meeting.

“What they are trying to do is allow contractors in Medford, who were otherwise precluded from making large contributions to PACs before, to give huge amounts to PACs, which can then in turn contribute those funds back to not just Republican candidates in Medford, but throughout the county and state.”

Council did not respond to Goldman’s comments about the motivation for the repeal.

Watson, however, disputed a notion put forth during public comment by resident Kelly Clark, also a member of the Medford Democratic Club, who contended that the municipality’s former financial difficulties were a result of municipal pay-to-play practices.

“Pay-to-play isn’t what ran us into the ground,” Watson said. “Spending more money than we take in is what ran us into the ground.”

Goldman vowed to maintain pressure on council to enact a strong replacement ordinance that applies to PAC contributions.

“I have run three campaigns now, and I have the right, by our law, to take money from professionals and I have never taken a penny from professionals in past elections,” Watson said. “So, just because it is there, doesn’t mean people need or will have to take advantage of it.”

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Juvenile Allegedly Used Rocks to Damage Moving Vehicles on Multiple Occasions

By Andy Milone Staff Writer

MEDFORD —A “juvenile male” from Medford Township allegedly used rocks to damage moving vehicles on four separate occasions in the area of Tuckerton Road, near the border of Medford Township and Medford Lakes Borough, according to Medford Township Police Chief Richard J. Meder in a press release and later interview with this newspaper.

According to Meder, township police were in the area where previous incidents had been reported, performing additional patrols as a suspect had not yet been apprehended or identified for what were two known incidents at the time, when they located a vehicle stopped on the side of the road at 6:04 p.m. Feb. 19 that had just been damaged by a rock.

“The victim showed the officers where the (latest) incident occurred and police began to check the area,” Meder said. “During their check, juveniles were located, and through investigation, it was determined that one of the juveniles had thrown a rock at the damaged vehicle.”

Meder added that further investigation by police revealed that the juvenile responsible for the Feb. 19 incident was also responsible for the two other incidents, which occurred on Feb. 4 and 13.

“The juvenile was turned over to his parents and charges are pending further investigation,” said Meder, who declined to reveal the juvenile’s age citing state juvenile guidelines.

Since the initial pronouncement to the community that police had taken a suspect into custody, Meder told this newspaper that a fourth victim had come forward and indicated

her vehicle was damaged by a thrown rock on or about Feb. 6. That fourth vehicle only sustained a reported scratch, according to the police chief.

Meder said each of the incidents involved a single rock, not a barrage of rocks. He added that “to the best of his knowledge,” no one was injured in the incidents and that only one window was broken in each of the vehicles involved.

“These types of incidents are very serious,” said Lt. Arthur Waterman, a spokesman for the township police department and head of its Administrative Bureau, to WPVI-TVPhiladelphia (6 ABC) the day prior to the apprehension of a suspect. “It could cause serious bodily injury or even death.”

One of the victims, Macy Kemble, of Medford Lakes, in a Facebook post that was shared over 500 times throughout the community, said that she was driving Feb. 13 at around 6 p.m. on Tuckerton Road, “somewhere between the old Rosie’s stand and Lenape Trail,” when her passenger side window was shattered by a rock.

“I was driving alone because I was on my way home from work and the only thing that I could think to do was keep driving and get home safely (even with glass all over myself and my car),” she wrote in the post. “At first, we were unsure what happened, as we could not find anything, and the only thing I could think of was that something had hit my arm and caused the window to shatter to pieces.

After further inspection of the car and a lot of glass clean-up, my dad found a rock in the backseat of the car.”

Kemble added that Tuckerton Road is a main thoroughfare for all surrounding areas See ROCKS/ Page 8

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Poklikuha said she was also bothered that she had not seen any reference so far to the disabled in the curriculum, which is another of the law’s requirements.

“I feel we are including one group and excluding another, and I am not confident at this stage that we are making any progress on (solving) that,” she declared.

Other board members indicated they were willing to give the administration the benefit of the doubt in determining how to best go about implementing the program for eighth graders (the grade level the district was assigned when given its mandate to proceed under the pilot program).

“We are here on the ground floor to determine what is best for our students, and I have to put faith in our administration and our teachers that they are going to do just that,” said Board Member Patricia Chambers, who worked as a teacher at Pinelands for 35 years, during which time she noted that she had helped run a pilot program in the 1990s to provide “inclass support” for special-education students.

That earlier program, Chambers recalled, encountered “some of the same difficulties” and “some of the same comments.” But what was different, she maintained, was that people were pulling their children out of class because they were concerned that the school system was “dumbing down” course material.

Chambers added that she was very happy to hear McCooley invite parents to take part in the process of picking and choosing “what works best for our community and our students based on our dynamics,” and that she thought the Pinelands district would “bring a very special, unique point of view” to the input provided by

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different school districts in formulating the “blanket curriculum lessons, whatever you want to call them, for the entire state.”

Concurring with those sentiments, Board Member Thomas D. Williams emphasized the importance of making sure “that everyone is included moving forward” in what the Pinelands district is going to do with the program, which he termed the best way to bring about “the healing of this community.”

The importance of recognizing all points of view and encouraging community participation was also emphasized by Thomas Rosetti, who said he wished he could “just wave a magic wand and make everybody happy.”

“Compromise is important here,” he said. “... It is a pilot program, and we are trying to make it work the best way possible.”

Board member Rachel Harper pointed out that “the LGBTQ pilot is just one resource of many” that is being utilized to fulfill the Pinelands district’s legal obligations with the mandate, as well as its “commitment to all students.” She added that it shouldn’t be referred to as a curriculum.

“The lesson topics don’t even fulfill the definition of an actual lesson plan,” she maintained, but rather are elements that teachers can infuse into their course material.

But August Daleo, who spoke following Harper, and who noted he wasn’t yet on the board when it approved the pilot program for the district, said that while he had no objection to talking about the achievements of the LGBTQ community, he also didn’t believe “it should be a steppingstone for a teacher to run with it and change it to whatever their ideology is.”

Daleo said his opinion was based on having listened “with an open mind” to both a series of speakers at Calvary Baptist Church in Little Egg Harbor, which opposes the program, and a NJDOE presentation. He contended that he was

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Teresa Marzocca, 93, of Clarksburg passed away Saturday, Feb. 22, 2020 at Atrium Post-Acute Care in Hamilton.

Born in Molfetta, Italy, she was a Clarksburg (section of Millstone Township, Monmouth County) resident for over 70 years.

Teresa was dedicated to her family. She was a talented cook and spent her time caring for her family and helping her husband on the family farm.

Daughter of the late Dominic and Martha Minervini; Teresa was predeceased by her husband of 66 years, Lawrence. She is survived by her daughter and son-in-law, Diane J. and Douglas Melegari; two sons, Joe Marzocca and Lawrence Marzocca Jr.; a grandson, Douglas D. Melegari and her dear friends, Cathy and John Falconio.

Private services were held Wednesday, Feb. 26 under the direction of Peppler Funeral Home, Allentown.

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The alleged perpetrator is facing “juvenile complaints” in incidents being labeled “criminal mischief,” according to the press release.

“The incident required further investigation

WWW.PINEBARRENSTRIBUNE.COM to determine the monetary damage of the damage vehicles and to determine the possibility of any additional victims,” Meder told this newspaper. “Very often, when dealing with juveniles, we consult with a juvenile prosecutor from the Burlington County Prosecutor’s Office to determine the most appropriate course of action. This was done in this case. The juvenile justice system is very different from the adult system and provides a number of options in dealing with juveniles and this juvenile will be held accountable for his actions based upon the appropriate guidelines.”

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PEMBERTON—Some 40 seniors from Pemberton Township traveled to Superstar Theater at Resorts Casino in Atlantic City on Feb. 19 to watch a musical tribute to Neil Diamond, the artist behind the 1969 hit “Sweet Caroline.”

Diamond retired from touring in early 2018 after being diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease.

The Neil Diamond Tribute Show that came to Atlantic City has been performed all over the U.S. and Europe, with Thomas Sadge and his band performing Diamond’s hits of yesterday and today as if the singer was still at the helm.

The high-energy show had all of the seniors on their feet, singing along to all of their favorite Diamond hits such as “Cherry, Cherry,” “Sweet Caroline,” “America, Forever in Blue Jeans,” and “Song Sung Blue” just to name a few.

Sadge has been impersonating Diamond since his teenage years, and in November 1997, he began touring the U.S. and Europe.

It is said that when Diamond first heard Sadge impersonate him, he was amazed at the authenticity of his act.

Sadge, while performing at the 3:30 p.m. show, actually came off stage to involve several audience members in his latest act. The fourpiece band was led by guitarist John Lewis.

The closing number was “I am Proud to be an American” providing for a rousing, patriotic tribute.

Prior to the show, many seniors chose to go to Breadsticks Café and Grill, an establishment on the second floor of the casino. Resorts gave each senior a $20 food voucher and there were many three-course meal choices available well under $20 to select from, including shepherd’s pie, blackened snapper and chicken medley.

The seniors also had time to do some gaming at the casino while waiting for the show to begin and each one received a $20 “coin credit” to try their luck.

A St. Patrick’s Day-week tradition that the seniors hope will bring them luck is a trip to Doolan’s Shore Club, in Spring Lake, for a party to celebrate the holiday, which will include cor ned beef and cabbage, roast chicken and herbed salmon. A few $55 tickets are still available for the party, which will also include a live band and comedian.

Visit the Pemberton Township Senior Center to register for the trip and get more details about it.

Irish music will be featured during the party and there will be traditional dancing, along with line dancing. There is an open bar for the hour preceding the meal and wine will be served as well.

The Pemberton Township High School Interact Club will celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with the seniors on March 17 from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. A buffet meal will be served for only $10.

The students will provide entertainment and games as well. This is always a great evening and a terrific way to celebrate the holiday!

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McCooley, in her remarks, also took the occasion to address what she acknowledged was “a bone of contention with many religious organizations,”—the use of Garden State Equality (GSE), a statewide education organization for the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community to help implement the program. The group, she noted, had not only worked with the NJDOE to fund this project, but had hired New Jersey teachers to take lessons that “they have been teaching for years and alter them to be more reflective of an inclusive environment.”

Just how divisive the issue continues to be, however, was readily apparent at the public forum part of the meeting, which Board of Education President Betti Anne McVey opened with an admonition that “children feel anxious when well-meaning adults say something that makes them question their self-worth” and asking “anyone wishing to speak to please come from a place of love and compassion.”

Some of those who spoke at the forum proceeded to do as she advised, passionately defending the incorporation of LGBTQfriendly concepts in the curriculum, while others voiced vociferous opposition to the district’s participation in the pilot program, the use of GSE to implement the program and the state law that now mandates the incorporation of LGBTQ-inclusive material into publicschool instruction.

Among those advocating for the district’s withdrawal from the pilot was one of its most outspoken critics, ex-Barnegat Mayor Alfonso Cirulli, a retired educator with 25 years of experience as a teacher and assistant principal

WWW.PINEBARRENSTRIBUNE.COM at Pinelands, who declared that lawmakers are “opening a Pandora’s box the way this (law) is written.”

The curriculum changes mandated by the law, Cirulli contended “will have serious psychological consequences that adolescents and young children will be exposed to in their formative years.” Taken together with “the extra motivation of some educators,” he warned that such teachings would cause a rise in cases of gender dysphoria, the distress caused by a mismatch between one’s gender identity and their sex assigned at birth, although claiming (as did other speakers) that statistics show between 60 and 90 percent of individuals with this condition eventually get over it.

“If you are supporting this curriculum because you think it is going to stop bullying, you are mistaken,” he added. “To isolate sexual preference as a specifically identified issue is to ignore the many other forms of bullying (and) to think that you will achieve such a utopia is beyond wishful thinking.”

Another speaker, who claimed he is “not a hater of people with this lifestyle,” referred to the new mandate as part of a much broader “radical agenda with no opt-out,” calling it “a lavishly funded taxpayer-subsidized sedition movement” that is using “schools as a base of operation” and “children as indoctrinated agents of change.”

Still another opponent of the program charged that GSE is a special-interest group representing the LGBTQ movement, and that by promoting an agenda “while refusing to take any other belief system into account,” the board is contrary to (its) code of ethics, as well as going beyond what the new law requires or “has deemed to be an appropriate way to handle this curriculum.” To encourage freedom of thought, speech and religion, she added, in no way constitutes “bigotry or discrimination.

Supporters of the program, however, offered sharply contrasting perspectives on its merits

and benefits to students, reflecting on how it would help those with different sexual orientations feel better about themselves and more accepted in their school environment.

They also expressed their appreciation to the board for allowing the district to take part of the pilot program.

One former Pinelands student, who related how a teacher to whom she had “come out” at the age of 12 had offered to support her if anyone gave her a hard time, asserted that “this is not a new idea of Pinelands supporting the LGBTQ community,” but just an expansion of the one that already exists—that all students belong and have a place at Pinelands.”

“I had to sift through a whole new world of information about a community that I didn’t know I had at the most internal time of my life when I was coming to terms with being who I am as an LGBTQ individual,” the former student said. “(The curriculum now being developed) is going to help so many young, questioning and LGBTQ children come to terms with who they are and see that they have a wonderful, amazing, vibrant community and a history bigger than anyone could (envision) in a middle school hallway.”

Another proponent of the program, who said that being in a heterosexual marriage “doesn’t erase my queer identity,” told how as a Pinelands student she had been subjected to slurs and disparaging remarks from both students and staff, and how not having been in any same-sex relationships during that time did not exempt her from bullying and harassment over her perceived sexuality.

“I feel strongly that my bullying could have been avoided or diminished if we had had representation of notable queer figures in the curriculum, not just beginning in 8th grade, but from an elementary school level,” she said, adding that she had been taught about persecution of religious figures through the ages despite the fact that their religious beliefs

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are counter to her own as an agnostic secular humanist.

She also encouraged those present to “normalize us—humanize us” and suggested that opponents of the program read a Wikipedia page detailing the history of violence against LGBTQ people in the United States.

One of the more emotional of the threeminute speeches was made by a mother who described how her gay 17-year-old son had been bullied and called names by his classmates, and had to give up a sport he loved because other children didn’t want to share a locker room with him.

“It (being gay) is not a lifestyle choice,” the mother said. “My son is what he was born to be and the only choice that he made was to be true to himself. My son is a Christian and a good person. He should be able to go through high school being who he is, and to be able to walk in the community openly being who he is without the bigotry, the hatred, the name calling.

“It really breaks my heart to see the number of people who continuously say he has made a lifestyle choice or that he is just part of a mass special agenda.”

The mother ended her remarks by thanking the Pinelands district for acting as a community that is going to make her son feel more welcome and “feel more a part of the world he belongs to.”

In addition to such statements on behalf of the program, a group of its supporters gathered outside of Pinelands Regional Junior High School, where the school board meeting was held, to “show the love” for LGBTQ students and curriculum changes.

“For many young people in our community, getting love and support for who they are can be a matter of life or death,” said Shannon Duffy, one of the demonstration’s organizers, in a press release distributed during the meeting. “We are all here to say to our LGBTQ and questioning students: we love you just as you are.”

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Kim Fails to Deliver for Joint Base MDL In 2018, then-Democratic candidate Andy Kim (now a freshman Congressman in the Third Congressional District) swore to voters that he would not support Nancy Pelosi as Speaker of the House, and then went back on his word in the very first vote he cast, handing Pelosi the Speaker’s gavel.

Kim’s defenders claimed the lie was acceptable because it landed him a seat on the coveted House Armed Services Committee. That seat, they argued, would enable Kim to advocate for Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst (JBMDL).

His first opportunity to prove his influence came this month as the U.S. Army selected a location for a new headquarters. Unfortunately, Kim once again failed. The new headquarters will be based in Kentucky.

Kim traded his vote for Nancy Pelosi as Speaker in return for a seat on the House Armed Services Committee—all so he could advocate for the Joint Base.

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But he couldn’t even do that right. Kim delivered for Pelosi, but couldn’t deliver for his own district.

Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst is the second largest employer in New Jersey. Being designated as the new Army headquarters would have brought hundreds of additional active duty soldiers to the Third Congressional District, and would have boosted economic development in the communities surrounding the base.

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Not Being Smart Enough to Not Be Caught Drinking on the Beach is Really Troubling

It is interesting to read that the Republican party has put up a woman, who has a criminal record, to run against Third Congressional District Rep. Andy Kim, a freshman Democrat; and now claims that because the Democratic party in Burlington County had a freeholder elected with a record last time around, no one should care.

It is a fact that the Democrat with a record, immediately upon being sworn in to office, was forced to resign because Democrats did care when they found out what he had done.

Kate Gibbs didn’t shoplift food because she was hungry, or needed baby supplies. She was charged and convicted for shoplifting at Kohls, where they sell clothes and makeup. She was also charged and convicted of possession of marijuana and drinking on the beach. She also didn’t pay her rent.

These are not “youthful indiscretions” as has been described by the right. She did these things five years ago when she was 28 years old.

I don’t know Kate Gibbs, but I have a child that age, and despite the fact that he is a “starving artist” and lives paycheck-to-paycheck, he has never resorted to stealing a thing. He was also never stupid enough to be caught drinking on a beach, or allowing anyone to even suspect that he might be carrying pot around in his pocket.

Leaving aside the sticky fingers at Kohls…and we can debate whether the other things should even be illegal… what is really troubling to me is that Gibbs was not smart enough to not be caught. It is just not that hard to drink on a beach without being noticed.

In his twenties, Kim, a Rhodes Scholar who has spent his entire adult life in service, was busy graduating Phi Beta Kapa and getting ready to attend Oxford to study

international relations. Kim was playing the cello, and helped create a community garden in Chicago. He worked with an advocacy organization to address homelessness and prostitution. He also baked bagels and studied to become an EMT. He wasn’t arrested, or charged and convicted of “youthful indiscretions.”

Kim has done something that his predecessor was unwilling to do, and that is to meet with, and talk to, every person who has shown up at his monthly town halls, or asked for a meeting to discuss and listen to what they have to say. He is not afraid to have critics in the room and he responds respectfully to all.

If Gibbs ads are reflective of how she will treat critics, we are not going to see her allowing them to get anywhere near her.

Kim is running for re-election and deserves our support. In such bitter and divisive times, it is useful to read what one of Kim’s professors said about him back when the congressman was in his twenties.

“Andy can disagree with one radically (as he often did with me), while maintaining not mere civility, but genuine openness radiated and elicited by his own seriousness about the issues at stake.”

Gibbs is trying to tell us that she has changed and is a trustworthy and legitimate choice to represent us in Congress. I don’t think so. Yes, people can change, but I would suggest that Gibbs give it a few more years, and get out there and prove that her moral compass is at least what Kim’s was when he was 22 years old.

Marty Hagerty Cinnaminson, New Jersey

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One day in 1986, at 6:30 a.m., a car barreled through that exact spot (intersection of N. Main Street and Route 206), never stopped at the stop sign, and to avoid a collision, I had to pass on the left. My car spun out of control and rolled over once in the southbound lane. The impact totaled my 1985 Mustang GT. I walked away with not a scratch on me, but I was covered in dirt and glass. ~Michael Ruggiano

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Location: Mount Holly Details: Learn how to become an advocate for abused and neglected children in Burlington County by attending an information session on June 11 at 5 p.m. The session is less than one hour in length and will be held at the Mt. Holly Office of Court Appointed Advocates for Children of Mercer and Burlington Counties, 100 High St., Suite 301. For more information, contact Harr y Cassidy at 609-265 -2222, or sign up for a session at www.casaMB.org .

Location: Vincentown Details: The Southampton Historical Society will present great story teller Alisa Dupuy, who will discuss Clara Barton, one of the most remarkable women of the 19th Century.

First lady of humanitarianism and angel of the battlefield, Miss Barton will speak of her life, her Civil War experiences and her establishment of the Red Cross, despite overwhelming odds. Come and hear the true story of her life, her loves and her feelings. The program is free and open to the public. Light refreshments will be served. For more information, call 609-859-0524.

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Location: Medford Lakes Details: The Log Cabin Café invites you to the second annual St. Patrick’s Day show on March 7, at 108 Stokes Road, Medford Lakes, in historic Memorial Hall. Doors open at 7 p.m. with two outstanding acts. In keeping with the holiday tradition, we are pleased to welcome back “Anderson’s Six Mile Cross,” a n I r i sh A mer i c a n fat her daughter duo of Dave Anderson on guitar and Ellen on fiddle.

Together, they wow audiences with heartwarming ballads, toetapping reels, and plaintive love songs. “Wheels” is making its first appearance at the Café. The band started touring in the 70s with four talented neighborhood kids who took their craft throughout the region. They reunited for another spin this year with all original members intact, infusing folk-rock covers with original songs penned by publ ished, commercial ly successful song writer Bob Adamski. Light fare, beverages and unique merchandise will be sold throughout the evening.

Admission is $10 ($5 for children under age 16 when accompanied by an adult) at the door, or in advance at the Protestant Community Church office (during regular business hours), 100 Stokes Road, Medford Lakes.

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Location: Vincentown Details: The 24th Jade Run 5K and Family Fun Walk, supporting the Vincentown Library, will be held on March 7. Start time is 9 a.m. with registration starting at 7:30 a.m. The fee for the run is $25 on the day of the race, and the fee for the walk is $15 on the day of the race. You may also register in advance at runsignup.com.

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Location: Medford D e t a i l s: T he B er r y Ba ske t Quilters Guild is hosting guest speaker, Jody Beck, who will present “Jody’s Jems Journey Trunk Show” at Medford Leas auditorium, Route 70, Medford, at 7:30 p.m. The presentation will feature 20 to 30 quilts, table runners, toppers, placemats and ornaments made from patterns she has created throughout her 15 years of quilting.

Become an Advocate for Children

Location: Mount Holly Details: Learn how to become an advocate for abused and neglected children in Burlington County by attending an information session on June 11 at 5 p.m. The session is less than one hour in length and will be held at the Mt. Holly Office of Court Appointed Advocates for Children of Mercer and Burlington Counties, 100 High St., Suite 301. For more information, contact Harr y Cassidy at 609-265 -2222, or sign up for a session at www.casaMB.org .

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(Continued from Page 2) around $200,000 in the first year and about $290,000 in each subsequent year after that, even though kindergarten and first grade classes will continue to be held at the elementary school.

Lepsis previously contended that the “consolidation” would save personnel, though doing so may still not be enough prior to the start of the upcoming school year to avert additional layoffs of district personnel, or privatization of positions. The Tabernacle district RIFed four teachers and a principal last year.

Lepsis has also previously contended that the school board will have to make “harder and harder” decisions in ensuing years as the Tabernacle district continues to lose aid, but has not offered a concrete plan as to how the district will offset the additional anticipated losses in aid beyond the 2020-21 school year.

During a town hall this past December, Lepsis said that other “future-potential ch a nge s” t he b oa rd i s r ev iew i ng t o help offset the loss in funding includes creating a joint superintendent/principal position to oversee both district schools in the wake of the resignation of Robbins, eliminating one high-paying administrative position.

Some residents, during the town hall and Feb. 3 Tabernacle Township Board of Education meeting inquired whether the Tabernacle district could also save additional money by sharing a business administrator and school board secretary with another area district.

The neighboring Woodland Township School District recently began to utilize the business administrator and board secretary services of Laura Archer, employed by the Shamong Township School District.

However, it was noted during the Feb. 17 Tabernacle Board of Education meeting that DeWysockie spent many late nights, weekends and even holidays working in her current capacity.

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Thomas P. Christensen, named interim superintendent of the Tabernacle district Jan. 30 after Robbins departed, recommended Feb. 17 that the Tabernacle Board of Education call the Tabernacle district’s moving of second, third and fourth grade classes from Tabernacle Elementary School to Olson Middle School a “relocation” and not a “consolidation.”

“It has more ring as to what the process is going to involve,” Christensen said. “So, we will talk about it as a relocation plan.”

Christensen also announced that there had been a recent meeting in Southampton Township involving administrators from the Lenape region school districts that was held to discuss how each district can share services in light of the state aid cuts. Lenape Region schools are slated to lose over $23 million combined over the next five years.

“Some of the things we looked at include sharing OT and PT services two days a week with Shamong Township Schools,” he said.

“We are also looking into how we can develop a Teacher of the Deaf class for the entire four school (Lenape) region.”

He said the Lenape region administrators are also exploring sharing behavioral therapists.

“We are still looking for some other avenues to explore to try to gain some revenue for the (Tabernacle) school district,” Christensen said.

“Speaking of trying to generate more revenue, we decided as an administrative team to invest our energies when information comes out about SEMI, which is Medicaid reimbursement from the state. We have the potential to get $15,000 to $16,000 as a result of that process.”

According to the state’s website, SEMI is a Special Education Medicaid Initiative program jointly operated by the New Jersey Departments of Education, Human Services and Treasury, along with participating local education agencies (LEAs).

The purpose of SEMI is to recover a portion of costs for certain Medicaid-covered services provided to Medicaid-eligible students enrolled in participating LEAs. The Federal Medicaid program funds the reimbursements that participating LEAs receive for the provision of the health-related services.

programs created by Mr. Spector and his staff.

We want to thank Mr. Spector, and congratulate Mr. Bauer.”

Bauer, before coming to Seneca, previously taught math at the LRHSD’s Lenape High School from 2007 to 2008, during which time he also served as that school’s assistant athletic director. Prior to joining the LRHSD, he was an assistant principal at Maple Shade High School from 2005-2007.

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(Continued from Page 1) to Kameli.

“Friends of Cyrus owns and operates an adult day habilitation program in Medford, serving over 50 consumers,” Kameli said “Our vision is to grow responsibly, and to be a provider of choice in New Jersey where families trust us with the care of their loved ones. There is a huge need for quality day services for adults with developmental disabilities. I would open one in every county if I could. We aim to—and we will become the premier service provider in Burlington County.”

DeWysockie told the public that any money received from the sale “would fall” into the Tabernacle district’s capital or maintenance reserve accounts, though she indicated additional action by the board would need to be taken for that to happen.

“I had suggested to the board that we do fund our capital reserve account only because we do have a large amount of repairs that are going to be needed, and we don’t have the money to move forward with those repairs if we don’t put this money into that reserve account,” DeWysockie said. “So, that is what I am going to be asking us to do at the end of the school year when we have that opportunity to do so.”

Board Member Stephen Henske prefaced the school board’s sale vote by saying just “so we are clear with where this money is going,” and with the aid of his colleagues, committed that the money isn’t going to be placed in the Tabernacle district’s “boiler budget.”

“We can only use it for maintenance reserve or capital—facilities,” Henske said. “I want to make sure that is very clear to everybody out there that this isn’t free money that is saving us.

It is going to help when we have that inevitable issue with facilities. This is what is going to save us.”

The Tabernacle district is projected to lose $2.6 million in state aid over the next five years, the result of a recently implemented modified school funding law. The Tabernacle Board of Education, in a decision that was not unanimous, voted Feb. 3 to move the Tabernacle Township School District’s second, third and fourth grade classes from Tabernacle Elementary School to Olson Middle School, beginning with the 2020-21 school year, to help offset the loss in funding.

The cost savings that the Tabernacle district “hopes to achieve” through “consolidation,” according to Lepsis in December, is around $200,000 in the first year and about $290,000 in each subsequent year after that, even though kindergarten and first grade classes will continue to be held at the elementary school.

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Lepsis has also previously contended that the Tabernacle school board will have to make “harder and harder” decisions in ensuing years as the district continues to lose aid, but has not offered a concrete plan as to how the Tabernacle district will offset the additional anticipated losses in aid beyond the 2020-21 school year.

During a town hall this past December, Lepsis said that other “future-potential changes” the Tabernacle board is reviewing to help offset the loss in funding, is creating a joint superintendent/principal position to oversee both district schools in the wake of the resignation of then-Superintendent Glenn Robbins, eliminating one high-paying administrative position; selling a vacant schoolhouse the district owns; and moving away from individual bus stops in favor of group bus stops “where it makes sense.” The vacant schoolhouse reference pertained to the schoolhouse that the Tabernacle board is now in the process of selling.

“Closing (on the schoolhouse) is anticipated for May 15, 2020, which is very soon,” DeWysockie said.

Tabernacle Board of Education President Megan Chamberlain, while reading the sale resolution into the record, contended that the Tabernacle board had received no bids in

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Prior to a Honda Odyssey crashing into the brick schoolhouse on Feb. 4, 2018, which tore a hole in it and left the vehicle lodged partially inside, the then-Tabernacle Township Committee had publicly expressed interest in acquiring an approximate 5.7-acre parcel adjacent to the schoolhouse lot for possible construction of a new town hall.

The discussion prompted the Tabernacle district to publicly oppose such construction because of the possible impact it would have on its then-tenant, the LRHSD, which had a lease agreement with the district through 2020.

Then, in July 2018, then-Taber nacle Township Deputy Mayor Stephen Lee IV said during a township committee meeting that the school “offers a really unique opportunity.” He added that there “could be municipal offices there,” or that the “school district could have offices there.”

“We can have our community center there,” he said. “It could be a place for seniors to go to, or a nonprofit library branch. Maybe it could even be a daycare.”

The township committee met in executive session a couple times following the crash to discuss agenda item, “The purchase, lease or acquisition of real property with public funds: Lenape School/Sequoia.”

According to minutes posted online for

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a Tabernacle Township Committee Nov. 26, 2018, executive session meeting, the Tabernacle Board of Education had proposed the municipality purchase the schoolhouse and an associated wastewater treatment plant with piping that runs throughout the property. It was the consensus of the then-committee that it was not willing to pay for the schoolhouse and that the township had no interest in the sewage treatment facility, according to the minutes.

The topic had not been raised since by the township committee through at least the end of 2019, according to executive session minutes posted online.

During the report session of the Feb. 17 Tabernacle Board of Education meeting, Dr. Megan Jones, a board member who serves as the liaison between the township and Tabernacle school board, said that she had “reached out to the mayor via email” to express the decisionmaking body’s interest in setting up a meeting.

“I have not heard back from the township committee,” Jones said.

Amanda Williams, a parent who has been in attendance at recent school board meetings, asked the township committee during its Feb. 24 meeting if the municipality has met with the Tabernacle school board.

“The township has not met with the school,” said Mayor Kim Brown, while Jones was in the audience. “I have not been contacted to have a meeting arranged yet. I believe it is in the works, but it has not yet happened. That is your answer to your question, the school has not reached out to the township.”

Brown, after the Feb. 24 township committee meeting, when read back Jones’ Feb. 17 statement contending that had not heard back from the township committee, replied, “I find that extremely hard to believe!” She also replied “Yes!” when asked if she would be willing to meet with the school board and that she would go with a “hard Yes!” when asked if she was concerned about its predicament.

DeWysockie, during the Feb. 17 Tabernacle Board of Education meeting, noted that The Friends of Cyrus Partners is “aware” that the schoolhouse “is hooked up to the sewer system.”

“So, I have to work out those costs as well,” she said.

The LRHSD Board of Education, all while the township expressed future interest in the Sequoia property, quietly approved a four-year lease agreement at its May 9, 2018 meeting to use the former Florence V. Evans Elementary School in Evesham Township for the district’s Sequoia Alternative Program. The LRHSD action followed Lee telling this newspaper that the regional school district was told that the Taber nacle schoolhouse would not be repaired for occupancy by September 2018, the star t of another school year.

The LRHSD has been leasing the Evans School from the Evesham Township Board of Education ever since.

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(Continued from Page 3) into another room where he had been playing with his younger sister and shot himself in the face. The boy was subsequently pronounced dead an hour later at Capital Health at Deborah – Emergency Services.

If convicted, Mack, who has two other children and has been described as a family man and devoted father, could face a potential 10-year prison term on the second-degree charge. Meanwhile, according to the reported terms of his release, any firearms he owns have been confiscated and he has been ordered to continue receiving mental health treatments. “Our deepest sympathies are with the Mack family and all of those who loved Lincoln, however, the defendant must be held accountable for not securing his firearm,� said Prosecutor Scott Coffina in a press release announcing the charges.

The boy’s death, the prosecutor maintained, was a tragedy that was “made all the worse by the fact that it was entirely avoidable.�

That is also the sentiment expressed by Toye and Teresa Inacker, the communications director for the Coalition of New Jersey Fi rea r ms Ow ners (C NJ FO), i n phone interviews with the Pine Barrens Tribune on Wednesday. Both have been backers of an effort to declare New Jersey municipalities “Second Amendment Sanctuaries.� “In this day and age, there are ways that such things can be prevented,� Toye maintained.

But while Toye contended the charges facing Mack may not be “totally inappropriate,� he also said he “didn’t know what purpose is served by pursuing them.� “What would be the point of putting him in jail?� Toye asked. “I don’t think that needs to be done. The net effect is bad for everybody concerned.�

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As far as Inacker is concerned, leaving a loaded gun within reach of a child is “absolutely irresponsible,� although whether Mack is guilty of the charges is something that she would prefer should be left to the justice system to determine. “I can’t imagine losing a child,� Inacker said.

But along with gun rights also comes “great responsibility,� she said, maintaining that most gun owners “place a high level of importance on safety first.� To this end, her organization has a youth education program with a coordinator who teaches young children the basics of firearms safety, with two upcoming sessions scheduled for May 29 and June 21.

The idea that sentencing Mack to prison, or even making him pay a fine, would only further harm a family that has already suffered an enormous loss was also expressed Wednesday by family friend Michael Tamburri, who was previously interviewed by the Pine Barrens Tribune after he established a GoFundMe page to cover Lincoln’s funeral expenses. “He’s already been through a wringer,� said Tamburri, who had just returned from a visit to the Mack family. “Both he and Amanda (Andrew Mack’s wife) are going to have a life sentence. It is an awful thing that has happened, and believe me, they are paying the price every minute of every day. If somebody doesn’t think that is enough, that is horrible.�

As for the possibility of Andrew Mack having to serve time, Tamburri pointed out that “he is needed at home as a provider for his family.� He also described Andrew Mack as a “nice guy� who had told him he had “never had so much as a parking ticket.�

Attempts to contact Andrew Mack’s attorney, Richard Isolda, of Riverside, had gone unanswered by this newspaper’s deadline.

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Bauer’s promotion will be effective Aug. 1.

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His father, Mike, was both an assistant principal and athletic director before moving into a principal role at Lenape High School, and his mother, Dorothy, was an English and history teacher in Southampton Township Schools.

Bauer’s wife is a counselor at Tabernacle’s Kenneth R. Olson Middle School, and his brother, Greg, is an environmental science teacher and head wrestling coach at Seneca.

Bauer’s son, Jackson, is a freshman at Seneca; son, Travis, is in seventh grade; daughter, Riley, in fifth grade; and son, Chase in second grade—the youngest three are enrolled in Southampton Township Schools.

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“Administration will have no other statement outside of the press release and the comments made by the superintendent at the (school board) meeting,” said District Spokesperson Allyson Roberts.

According to the New Jersey Department of Education Taxpayers’ Guide to Education Spending 2019, the median administrator salary for the 2018-19 school year in the LRHSD was $148,500.

According to the press release, Spector, who “looks forward to retirement and spending more time with family,” contended that “Seneca is in good hands with Bauer.”

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All Ages, Preschoolers to Seniors BOOKKEEPING & TAX SERVICE Jennifer R. Hodder EA Retired Shamong Township Music Teacher O:609-667-7683 • C:575-749-6445 Graduate of Westminster Choir College bookworkabs@yahoo.com 300 Campus Drive, Professional Church Organist Mount Holly, NJ 08060

Full Charge Bookkeeping & Tax Preparation

Jennifer R. Hodder EA

SINCE 1989

300 Campus Drive, Mount Holly, NJ 08060

Pat McCullough ADLER MUSIC STUDIOS 40+ Years Experience 609-267-2880 AUTHORIZED 609-654-6648 e file 609-267-2083

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Estate Sale! February 29 and March 1 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Vincentown Grange Hall, Main Street, in Vincentown. Antiques, Collectables, Furniture & Much More!

Bill’s Odd Jobs and Light Hauling. Attics, basements, and garages cleaned. General yard clean up and removal of sheds, decks and old fencing, and more! Call 1-609-268-5227.

Adopted from Popcorn Park: looking for three dogs, Miniature Pinschers named Taz, Rusty and Henry. Please call 732-796-3572 or 908670-1173. Reward for return.

Estate Sale! Saturday and Sunday, March 7 and 8 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. 30 Chatham Place, LeisureTowne. DR, LR, outdoor, jewelry, pictures, household goods, collectibles, boat and house!

Household appliances.

Televisions, furniture, etc. for disposal or transport.

Garage, yard and gutter cleanups and gutter cleaning. Free estimates. Call Bob at 609-880-3789.

FOR RENT

INSURANCE

Christian Home Sharing. No drinking. No smoking. Call 609-386-0024.

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PHONE NUMBER: 1-609-268-2158.

2004 Lincoln Town Car. 32,000 miles. Inquire about the cost. Call 609-654-8881.

CLEANING Residential/commercial cleaning. Offering one-time or periodic cleans. Free estimates!

References available upon request. Up to $20 off your first cleaning. For more information, email me at dontstresswellfixthemess@gmail. com or call me at 609-622-9855.

ESTATE SALE ESTATE SALE, CHEAP AND NEGOTIABLE. 17 pieces of Ashley Furniture (twin bed, two full beds, living room furniture, lampshades, table for 12, Mahogany China cabinet, two painted portraits, etc.) If interested, please call Wilhalmina anytime at 856-580-3508.

FURNITURE REPAIR Adam’s Furniture Restoration, LLC. Fully insured. Furniture repair, kitchen cabinet refinishing, touch-ups, and in-home services.

856-979-6210.

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REAL ESTATE FOR SALE: BAR AND RESTAURANT WITH CURRENT LIQUOR LICENSE, 5.8 ACRES— The Historic Woodshed Beef n’ Beer.

Commercial 550 ft. highway road frontage. Side road access. Located on Rt. 72, Chatsworth.

2-3 buildable lots. 2 occupied rental apartments with $800 and $1,200 rental income possibility.

2 wells on property. Outside Tiki Bar. Used car license available. Numerous opportunities at this location. $325,000. Call 609-203-5273 and ask for Al, or 609-709-5005 and ask for Vin.

YARD CLEAN UP Yard and gutter clean up. Shrub pruning and some tree work, along with hauling.

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